Pick all the cold branches

The Jiangnan Weaving Bureau moved to Nanzhili on its own initiative, and it was the first time that a "commissioner" came to the Dongji Police Factory, and he even brought a letter from Governor Chen himself.

Suspicious of deceit, Lu Shiquan asked his adopted son to go to meet him, then he went out the back door and sat on a small ox cart to watch.

After a while, Yizi led several people in pointed hats and white boots, also came out from the back door, and walked west.

Lu Shiquan looked from a distance, and immediately saw that although those people were wearing Dongchang uniforms, they were by no means internal officials, but more like soldiers.

Chen Shiqin did send people south, and Lu Shiquan knew this.It's just that the person who came here should be looking for Jing Wang Jiafei, not Lu Shiquan.Looking at the situation now, Governor Chen's sons and grandsons are probably all lost by Prince Jing, and the real body has long been buried somewhere.

As soon as Jingzhong moved, His Highness Prince Jing rushed towards him immediately, this is to use him as a bargaining chip in the game with Chen Shiqin.

Lu Shiquan knew it clearly in his heart, and he had already made plans.

Ever since Hu Jingcheng accepted the head sent by Prince Jing and turned him away, Lu Shiquan knew that the situation in the southeast was over, and it was only a matter of time before he died sooner or later.

It's not just His Highness Prince Jing.Depending on the situation, that old bastard Chen Shiqin might not be able to let him live.

Lu Shiquan was actually greatly relieved when he found out that the person who came was not an eunuch but was just pretending to be from Dongchang.

These people are Prince Jing's people.

Compared with Chen Shiqin, Jing Wang Jiafei is the one who talks about "rules".

And once a person talks about the "rules", there are thousands of unruly ways to deal with them.

In particular, Prince Jing had just arrived in Zhezhi, even if he had the military power in his hands, it might not be so easy to catch him.And he has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and he has already prepared a retreat, no matter how strong a dragon is, it will always be difficult to overwhelm the local snake.

Lu Shiquan watched those fake fans go away, put down the curtain of the cart, and told the ox cart to go east slowly. After spending half a day, he left Nanjing City and came to a remote Taoist temple.

Today, Mr. Huang is good, and all the servants in the palace are looking for their own preferences. They all like to find a lay name in the Taoist temple, learn a few lines of "Tao De Jing", so as to gain appreciation in front of the imperial court.

Lu Shiquan entered the Taoist temple, walked in the depths after finishing the incense in the Tianzun statue.

This Taoist temple was built by him to avoid disasters. There were not many people in the temple, and the two or three Taoist priests and Taoist boys were all his adopted sons.He entered the wing room at the end of the Taoist temple, changed into a Taoist robe, and specially glued on a fake beard, and walked out with a handful of dust. He arrived in front of the Sanqing Hall, but saw a thin figure bowing down in front of the statue of the patriarch.

The man was in his twenties, wearing a blue Taoist robe, his black hair neatly bundled up, and his figure became more and more slender, tall and straight, with an extraordinary bearing, it was Zhen Xian.

Lu Shiquan was stunned for a moment, and then his heart sank completely.

It seems that he underestimated that Prince Jing again.

Those fake tricks who deliberately sold him an opening were just bait and sticks for weeding, and the real falcon must have already fixed his eyes on this snake that thought he was moving around quickly, so he followed him all the way. go here.

Although the accident was unexpected, it was not too shocking.Lu Shiquan originally didn't expect this Taoist temple to be hidden from people's eyes forever.Since His Highness Prince Jing wanted to find him, he would find him here sooner or later.He just didn't expect it to come so fast.

He never thought that it would be Zhen Xian who came.

For this son of the Zhen family, Lu Shiquan actually only met him once or twice in a hurry.But only these two times are impressive enough.

Zhen Xian is not so much Jing Wang Jiafei's adviser, but more like Jing Wang Jiafei's weakness.He once wanted to seize this weakness, but finally failed, so he fell into today's field.

I heard that Lord Zhen has been in poor health since he was injured on the way back to Beijing from Suzhou, so His Royal Highness Prince Jing is willing to let him come here in person, so he thinks highly of himself.

Lu Shi showed a strange sneer all over his face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Zhen has been in the land of barbarians for a long time, and has he forgotten the rule of 'seeing the third rank of the official'?"

Zhen Xian turned around after hearing the sound, and glanced at Lu Shiquan's old Taoist attire, with emotion in his eyes, "Eunuch Lu asked so sincerely, if the Holy Majesty knew it, he would definitely appreciate it."

Lu Shiquan sneered sarcastically, "Thank you for your good words, if our family is really blessed and enjoys the grace and protection of the Holy One, we will have no regrets in this life."

It was as if His Royal Highness Prince Jing wanted to capture him and kill him to silence him.

Zhen Xian couldn't help laughing, and said in a harmonious voice: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing is not a vicious murderer, and if he doesn't engage in hired murderers, the father-in-law will naturally return to Beijing."

Lu Shiquan is the witness who can testify against Chen Shiqin, and holds too many secrets in his hands. With this witness, it is possible to bring down Chen Shiqin in one fell swoop.

As long as Lu Shiquan is willing to speak.

If Lu Shiquan is unwilling to speak... then in terms of the situation, this person has lost the value of existence, and there is only one dead end.

From the powerful side to the prisoner under the rank, it just changed overnight. The eunuch who besieged the Yanling Ancient Temple and trapped the two His Royal Highnesses in the mountain was not much different from the old man who disguised himself and escaped today.

Zhen Xian suddenly sighed, and couldn't help but sigh, "The Holy One is a wise monarch, I believe he will make a judgment for the father-in-law."

But he himself is a person who has been wiped out by a single edict.

How wise the Holy One is, he should be the clearest.

Why lie to yourself.

Lu Shiquan smiled when he heard it.

"The first two rounds failed to kill you, it was your fate."

He looked at Zhen Xian coldly, there was not much emotion in his eyes, not even warmth.

Except for the last time he was besieged by Japanese pirates, the "first two episodes" he mentioned probably refers to Xiao Hengwu.

Zhen Xian couldn't help being startled again, not knowing what expression to make.

"Zhen Xian and father-in-law are far from each other, and have no enmity recently—"

Lu Shiquan suddenly laughed out loud.

"Master Zhen is really good at telling jokes."

What kind of friendship and enmity, but each is their own master, since they are not in the same boat, they are mutual enemies.

But now he didn't lose to Jing Wang Jiafei, let alone the young man in front of him, but he just lost to the Holy Majesty, to the irresistible power.

It's just that the Holy Majesty used the southeast provinces as a sword to confront Chen Shiqin once, and it turned him from the big eunuch of the Weaving Bureau that everyone fawned on to an outcast who would be rejected.As for Chen Shiqin, the reason why he has no scruples to make bold moves is simply because he has seen that his gecko's tail is probably at the point where it cannot be stopped, so it doesn't matter if he abandons him to protect himself.

The Holy Majesty made up his mind to move the Priest before he saw it.But he, Lu Shiquan, could not be the supervisor of ceremonies at any time.

That's all.

But even so, some dignity and posture should not be lost.

Lu Shiquan slowly raised his hand, smoothed the fake beard sticking to his chin, raised his eyes, fixedly stared at Zhen Xian, and smiled to himself for a long time.

"As eunuchs, once we are abandoned by the sage, we are no longer individuals. Chen Shiqin has seen through this point, so he tried his best to create a 'sage' who obeyed his every word and obeyed everything. Throughout the ages, Chen Shiqin It's not the first one, and it won't be the last one. No matter whether it is successful or not, he will always be included in the history books of later generations. And those of you who are foreign ministers are no different from our internal officials. In the end, they are just servants If all the chess pieces are used up, they are cooking dogs with Tibetan bows. It is easy to be favored for a while, but extremely difficult for the rest of the life. Our family also hopes that Mr. Zhen will be wronged and be exonerated. on."

After he finished speaking, he shook the floating dust, he really looked like a cultivator, took big steps, and walked forward past Zhen Xian.

Those who followed Zhen Xian were all the guards around King Jing, who saw this and stepped forward to hold him down.

Lu Shiquan still couldn't stop laughing, but his eyes were shining brightly.

That appearance seemed insane, like a mockery of the world, falling into the eyes, inexplicably shocked Zhen Xian.

More is ridiculous.

Eunuch Lu's "good words" about his death are nothing more than telling him not to be too pretentious, and not to think that if he is favored by His Highness Prince Jing, his life will be smooth and his favor will last forever.

Lu Shiquan probably wasn't alone in thinking like this.

Zhen Xian didn't really want to explain that the reason why he followed His Highness was not because of his own fame and fame, and the relationship between him and His Highness was not as dirty as all kinds of selfish speculations.

Because it doesn't make sense.

He never had a day when he expected others to understand.

What everyone sees is party struggle, who wins and who loses, as long as power wins or loses life and death, then it doesn't matter if they think so.

He wasn't afraid to be portrayed as a charlatan and power-getter in word of mouth.As long as he is still alive and by His Highness's side, such rumors will not dissipate the silence.

He's just a little sad.

He is just a blade of grass placed by His Highness, and a swallow under its wings. Even so, it is unknown how lonely and cold His Highness is in his heart...

Perhaps throughout this life, people who think about what they want and who can use it will not understand.Just like Lu Lan or Zhang Er, they never really understood His Highness's painstaking efforts - and they didn't bother to understand at all. It's better to be like San Niang and just not think about anything.

But that's the norm.Those who don't know the evil of all living beings and refuse to abandon them cannot guard the people. If they can't do it, they are not worthy of a high position.

The reason why Lu Shiquan said such things to him was nothing more than ridicule.

Of course, he would not be swayed by a few cynicisms, showing people a joke.

However, Lu Shiquan also told him that "he has been wronged and rehabilitated".

These four words are as heavy as a thousand weights, even he himself did not dare to think deeply about them.

He didn't come back to His Highness for the sake of revenge, and he didn't use His Highness's power to overthrow Chen Shiqin.

He didn't know why Lu Shiquan had such an idea, and even used these four words to ridicule him.Ever since he came back, these few words, like broken ice, would pop up and pierce his heart from time to time, always giving him an extremely dangerous premonition.

It's not that he doesn't want to know the truth.But he was also terrified.

When he walked out of the Taoist temple, he suddenly staggered.

The throbbing pain in his chest made his eyes go dark, and he covered his mouth when he coughed, and the blood gushed out between his fingers.

The guards around him were terrified, and rushed forward to support him.

He gritted his teeth and endured it for a long time before he swallowed the mouthful of fishy sweetness, barely stood still, and whispered: "Don't tell the prince..."

But the blood that gushed out was so obvious that anyone who wasn't blind could see it all.

The guards showed embarrassment on their faces, and they all knew that this kind of troublesome matter should not be concealed. If something happened in the future, the prince would be furious, and those who did not report it would not be able to escape.

But Zhen Xian was very persistent, and said directly: "The decisive battle is coming soon, don't let the prince worry too much." He also said that when the battle is over, he will explain to the prince himself, and will not make things difficult for everyone.

The guards had already seen his stubborn temper, and they couldn't push it. They were even more afraid of provoking his injuries, so they followed him one by one, vowing to coax him back to rest for a while. .

However, the word "rest" seems to be a real luxury to Zhen Xian.

His Royal Highness King Jing acted swiftly, captured Lu Shiquan first, and imprisoned him in the Taoist temple on the spot, keeping it secret to the outside world.Immediately afterwards, Gan Tingyu, the governor of Zhejiang, and Hang Ningyuan, the inspector, were taken down one by one, and they were controlled in their mansions respectively.The government affairs of the three divisions are all managed by His Royal Highness King Jing himself.The rest of the officials in the two provinces directly involved in Zhejiang Province who were not deeply involved all reflected on themselves.

In the twelfth lunar month, the southeast frontier army finally launched the final battle to clear the Japanese pirates, annihilating more than [-] enemies, and chased them straight to their lairs, destroying all the dozens of camps built by the Japanese pirates on offshore islands.

The Japanese pirates were defeated, countless people fell into the water and drowned, and the remnants had nowhere to stay, so they had to flee to the East China Sea.

It is said that on the day of the decisive battle, warships wandering from the open sea came to help in the battle, flanked and intercepted the Japanese pirate ships that were trying to escape, and after sinking one of the enemy ships, fired three salutes, and then disappeared on the horizon.

After this battle, the Japanese pirates in the southeast were completely wiped out, and the sea and border were calmed down.

The good news was sent back to Beijing, together with His Royal Highness Prince Jing's request to the emperor to lift the sea ban and allow private ships to go to sea, he presented it to the imperial court.

The emperor was overjoyed upon hearing the news, and the long-suspended court meeting was finally reopened, and the haze in the smoldering capital due to the concubine Xian's death was swept away.

What most people don't know is that, along with Dongnan Jiebao, several volumes of confessions about the Japanese corruption case of Zhejiang Province and Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, as well as Lu Shiquan himself, who was secretly escorted to Beijing, were presented to the imperial court.

It's just that after the emperor personally interrogated Lu Shiquan overnight, he didn't make a decision for a long time, and he didn't see the order to call His Royal Highness Prince Jing to return to the court.

Jing Wang Jiafei finally moved into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Yingtianfu, and specially summoned Yin Zhaozhe of Yingtianfu, so frightened Master Zhao that he couldn't sleep for three days, thinking that Gan Tingyu next door was still locked up, there is always a kind of aftermath panic.

The next day after arriving at the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Zhen Xian collapsed all of a sudden, whether it was because the strings that had been tense for a long time finally loosened, or because the disease had finally reached a point where it could no longer be concealed.

His Royal Highness Prince Jing was very shocked. At first he felt that there was no warning, but when he thought about it, there were flaws everywhere, and he only hated himself for being confused.

The guards didn't dare to stand up to the thunder, and pretended not to know the truth, but Yuqing, who sold medicine and forgot everything, couldn't escape. From the first day of junior high school to the fifteenth day of junior high school, you can only go to the ground.

This time, Zhen Xian's injury worsened and treatment was delayed. The attack was very dangerous, and he lay in a coma for many days before he gradually recovered and became a little more energetic.

His Royal Highness Prince Jing felt distressed beyond words.

The emperor will not touch Chen Shiqin at this moment, all he wants is a bargaining chip to reach a new balance in the game with Chen Shiqin, and in a few days, there should be a holy will.

It's just that this sacred intention is likely to disappoint Xiaoxian's expectations.

So His Royal Highness Prince Jing just talked about it and coaxed Zhen Xian, telling him to eat well, sleep well, and recover from illness.

Sure enough, five days later, there was an imperial decree from Beijing, saying that Lu Shiquan had been found guilty of Japanese corruption and had already been sentenced to death. Key criminals such as Gan Tingyu and Hang Ningyuan were also sentenced to death. Be clean.

The emperor did not call King Jing Jiafei back to Beijing, but ordered him to stay in Nanzhili.And Zhaowang Jiashou, who was given to live in Qingning Palace, has not been seen to return to the mansion, nor has he been granted a title, but still stays in the East Palace, as if it has been forgotten, no one mentions it, and no one dares to mention it.

After thinking about it, His Highness Prince Jing pondered over his words for a long time before finally carefully telling Zhen Xian all these things. He thought he would write a letter of protest in anger, or at least sulk.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Xian only listened silently, sighed without saying a word, as if he had already guessed right, and said nothing.