Standing in the snow, Lu Linchu looked surprised: "Why did you leave suddenly?"

In this case, there was no rush to ask Fu Guiyun to get off the carriage.

The postmaster replied, "It seems that he was taken away by people from Dongyi."

Fu Guiyun frowned when he heard this: "Why would the King of Dongyi take him back for no reason?"

Could it be that Song Weizhao fought back?

Prince Dongyi and Prince Jiurong received the secret decree and are preparing to deal with their father-in-law?

This shouldn't be the case. If Song Weizhao fought back, there should at least be some news.

"I don't know why."

The postmaster said, "But the fourth young master is still waiting inside."

"Fourth?"

Lu Linchu wanted to find out what happened and wanted to ask the Crown Princess to wait in the carriage, but Fu Guiyun came out by herself.

"The Fourth Young Master has not returned to the palace yet. I think he knows that the Crown Prince and I are coming. Let's go in and ask him first."

Fu Guiyun explained to him, ordered the guards to wait outside, and only led Cheng Kui and Tingxu in.

When I arrived at Yin Cang's resting room, I saw Lu Linzhi sitting contentedly at the coffee table sipping tea, with a chess game that had not been finished yet on the table.

"Master Lu, what happened? Why did Governor Yin suddenly leave?"

Without allowing him to stand up, Fu Guiyun asked anxiously, "Is it because Hong Qian's men beat him up that he is angry?"

"That's not General Hong's fault."

Lu Linzhi stood up and bowed to the couple, then replied slowly, "It was my brother who arranged for someone to beat him up."

"Old Four, why are you doing this?"

Lu Linchu's face immediately darkened: "You sent people to beat him up before sending him to the posthouse. How can this be considered a proper way to treat a guest? You are still gloating over someone else's misfortune. What tricks are you playing?"

Although he knew that he was seriously injured in the Li River before, the injustice should be settled with the King of Dongyi. It is petty to make things difficult for a county governor.

"If I don't send someone to beat him up first, how will he know that the Lu family army is still angry?"

Lu Linzhi said indifferently: "If I don't save him, how can he be grateful to me and reveal something we don't know."

Fu Guiyun understood immediately, and sat down with the two brothers, asking urgently: "Master Lu, please stop keeping us in suspense and don't make your brother anxious. Tell us what happened."

"As early as when Yin Cang entered the border town, I learned that he did not come alone, and there were many people following him."

Lu Linzhi smiled with an amused look on his face.

"Even if there is a grudge between us and the King of Dongyi, we are still ministers of the same dynasty. Yin Cang is only here to pay respect to the deceased as promised. The King of Dongyi would not have someone follow him secretly. So, brother and the Crown Princess, under what circumstances do you think the King of Dongyi would act like this?"

As Lu Linchu was thinking, Fu Guiyun said without hesitation: "I'm afraid he has something to hide."

"Yes, that's right."

Lu Linzhi said happily: "There is no unusual movement in the northern border at the moment. Logically, the court should not be on guard against us."

Of course, he said this to Fu Guiyun. Lu Linchu was already confused: "There are unusual movements in the northern border, he should have let us know earlier, why is he on guard?"

Fu Guiyun's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he felt that Lu Changshi was pointing at him.

Why is he mentioning the North for no reason?

According to common sense, Lu Linchu's idea is the correct logic, unless he also knows about the unusual movements in the northern border, Emperor Hui will let King Jiurong and King Dongyi set an ambush against his father-in-law.

Does this person have the ability to predict the future or is he like me, reborn again?

If he had the ability to predict the future, he should not have watched his father-in-law die in his previous life.

Apart from this, the latter possibility remains.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look up and glance at Lu Linzhi.

Noticing the strangeness in her eyes, Lu Linzhi was now completely certain that she, like himself, had been reborn.

But he didn't want to expose himself, so he calmly began to talk back:

"Emperor Hui is narrow-minded. My brother and the Crown Princess should not think of him in the same way as ordinary people. Don't be paralyzed by the two additional fiefs he granted. He is never afraid of the north, but the south. If there is any unusual movement in the north, he will guard us even tighter."

Thinking about it this way, Fu Guiyun and Lu Linchu both felt that it made sense and temporarily put aside their previous guesses.

Between resisting foreign aggression and maintaining domestic stability, Emperor Hui, like his predecessor, preferred to bully his own people. He wished to eliminate all those who were feared in the court before challenging foreign enemies.

Lu Linchu thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Old Four, what do you want to say? What does the North Border incident have to do with your arrangement for Hong Qian to fight Yin Cang?"

Lu Linzhi paused for a moment, and continued the previous topic: "I feel that the King of Dongyi must have something to hide, so he is so wary of Yin Cang. After thinking about it, I am afraid that Yin Cang will say something to the Crown Prince's Consort because he saved Yin Cang in the border town."

Fu Guiyun frowned slightly: "So, Governor Yin did bring a message."

"good."

Lu Linzhi nodded and said, "At the same time when the imperial edict of Emperor Hui's conferring the title of Emperor arrived in Liyang City, two secret edicts were sent to the palaces of King Dongyi and King Jiurong respectively. At this time, on the Li River, at the junction of the three kings, King Dongyi and King Jiurong have secretly assembled an army of 200,000."

Lu Linchu was so angry that he cursed: "The emperor is really short-sighted. I heard that Song Weizhao has married Princess Aerhe in Lierong City, and the whole family of the Earl's Mansion was slaughtered. Isn't Emperor Hui really worried that Song Weizhao will raise an army to the south?"

Fu Guiyun also frowned when he heard this.

Emperor Hui was really playing with fire and getting burned. He secretly assembled the imperial army throughout the southern border. Wasn't he worried that a few vassal kings would accidentally start a fight?

If that were the case, when Song Weizhao went south, no one would care about his life or death.

"So, Emperor Hui has never really thought about welcoming Miss Cui into the palace, nor does he really want peace in the entire southern border."

Fu Guiyun had already seen through Emperor Hui's thoughts.

"If I'm not mistaken, Emperor Hui wants to use Ying'er's entry into the palace as an excuse to have her die tragically on the way, causing instability in the southern border again. When the situation falls into chaos, King Jiurong and King Dongyi can march south in one fell swoop and take over the countries in the southern border."

"I was wondering how the young Emperor Hui could be so kind-hearted that he gave the old lands of the two countries to my fiefdom of Liyang."

Lu Linchu slammed the table angrily, "Ever since the deposed emperor of Dali fled to the border of Tuoyue, he has been gathering troops and preparing to make a comeback. In the past few months, the governors of various cities in Dali have been defending themselves with troops. After learning that Ying'er was canonized as the virtuous concubine a few days ago, many governors and aristocratic families have submitted letters of surrender, willing to submit to our dynasty. If Ying'er really has an accident, I'm afraid it will shake people's hearts."

"I have an idea."

Fu Guiyun still felt that Lu Linzhi and himself were both reincarnated, so he deliberately tested her, "Why not delay it for a while, and then try to send Ying'er to the palace."

"Will it take some time?"

Lu Linchu didn't understand what was going on. He felt that what these two people said today was more unreasonable than the other. "After all, it was the emperor who issued the decree. Can they force people to stay in Liyang City no matter how long they delay?"

At this moment, Lu Linzhi suddenly fell silent and lowered his head to concentrate on drinking tea.

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