Great Tang princess

Chapter 509 Sneak into the investigation
Hearing Li Yuechen's question, Lu Zhenghao was startled, showing a look of disbelief.

Even the beard on the chin was trembling slightly: "Your Highness...what do you mean?"

"Now that the Lu family's rebellion has become a fact, no matter what, the imperial court can no longer tolerate them." Li Yuechen said softly, holding a teacup, "But the demise of Lu's huge family business will also bring about a huge economic crisis to the local area. Fortunately, the crime of treason does not have to be repeated, so this Palace believes that a person who is loyal to the court can be recommended to take over the Lu family's property..."

Having said this, the meaning is already very clear, and Lu Zhenghao can naturally understand it.

His breathing became a little short of breath. If the princess is willing to support him to take over the Lu family, it means that in the future he will become the direct descendant of the Lu family and take over this huge property.

"Of course, we have to talk about it first." Li Yuechen continued, "If you take over the Lu family, you can no longer support the dead in the future, and you can't meddle in the army and government affairs. You can run your business with peace of mind. At least I have my palace here to protect you for three generations. not bad."

Li Yuechen's meaning is very simple, the aristocratic family can continue to exist, but it must not touch the government or the military power anymore, just manage wealth obediently.

The wealth in the world cannot be distributed equally, there must be rich and poor.

But it is undeniable that it is precisely because of the existence of the gap between the rich and the poor that competition arises, and only with competition can society develop sustainably.

Otherwise, everyone will lie flat, and the country will not need to develop.

Lu Zhenghao naturally understood what he meant, and nodded after thinking for a while: "Your Highness's order, the subordinates must obey."

"I know that businessmen are lowly and easy to be looked down upon. But this kind of grievance will only last for a few generations at most." Li Yuechen smiled, "When becoming an official is not the only way out in the future, businessmen will naturally no longer be lowly. gone."

Such a seemingly ordinary sentence is no less than a blockbuster to Lu Zhenghao. There is too much information contained in this sentence!

Being an official is not the only way out. From this sentence, it can be heard that the princess's ideals are absolutely extraordinary. She wants to overturn the social pattern that has been arranged in this way since ancient times.

What would it be like to live in such a world?Lu Zhenghao couldn't help but start to fantasize in his heart.

……

On the other side, the two soldiers sent out had already arrived in Cangzhou. After contacting the pilot, they flew back to Qingdao on a hang glider.

For the two soldiers, this was the first time in their lives that they flew fast in the air on a hang glider, and they immediately shouted excitedly.

However, he still did not forget his mission, and went to find Geng Yunqiang immediately after returning to Qingdao.

After reading the letter, Geng Yunqiang weighed the half of the fish talisman sent back together, and immediately dispatched troops. Except for some necessary soldiers on duty, the rest were all on board, ready to go to Tianjin.

This was discussed at the very beginning, and Geng Yunqiang did not neglect in the slightest.

Li Shouyi and the other four, who were older, had also been notified that they would also board the ship as trainees this time.

After arriving on the boat, the four of them felt a sense of disobedience.

Because they were not students in the military academy at this time, although they were also wearing military uniforms, they did not have epaulettes, and they always felt out of place compared with other people.

Looking at all the busy soldiers with different patterns of epaulettes, and looking at my own empty shoulders, I feel a little complicated.

But they didn't have time to sigh, and after a while, Liu Huang came over: "Several nobles, come into the cabin with me, the deck is very windy, be careful of catching cold."

The father of Li Shouyi and his brothers is Li Xian, who is a common man in name, so he cannot be called His Highness.The other two sisters, Li Shu and Li Linghui, are collateral members of the royal family. It stands to reason that they should be called "county masters", but this is specially used to address women. Considering that there are two men next to them, they are called noblemen .

Li Shouli, on the other hand, smiled: "You don't need to address your nobleman, we will all be comrades-in-arms in the future."

"How dare you, etiquette cannot be broken!" Liu Huang said politely, and then brought them into the cabin.

After entering, there were already many people sitting around. Looking at the epaulets, they were all officers.

Geng Yunqiang got up and said: "His Royal Highness has an order. Several nobles took this opportunity to go out with the army, which can be regarded as learning in advance. This time, they will stay at the headquarters and work together with the staff."

"Understood!" Li Shouyi and the others agreed, and sat on the chairs prepared for them.

Afterwards, Geng Yunqiang held a meeting with his staff, pointing to the map on the table: "Your Highness ordered us to land from here, and then go straight to Zhuozhou. However, the statement in your Highness's letter has not been revealed at this time, so we need to hide our identities first. Get in touch with His Highness..."

Zhong Qin on the side shook her head: "Impossible, I am waiting for more than [-] people, and the accent is different. It is almost impossible to hide in Zhuozhou! Why don't you get in touch with His Highness first, and then see what His Highness ordered... ..."

"But this place is more than [-] miles away from Zhuozhou. Even if we are good at long-distance raids, it will take seven or eight days to arrive. By then, the news will come and go, and the transmission may be a bit slow..." Another staff officer next to him replied.

"No need!" Zhong Qin interrupted him, "It only takes two people to get in touch with His Highness. You can get there in a day by borrowing a fast horse from the post station."

The so-called [-]-mile rush in this era is actually not as slow as imagined.

It is indeed possible to run [-] kilometers a day without the Maxie people resting, so they landed from Tianjin, and it is indeed possible to go to Zhuozhou within a day.

"But the question is, will the Lu family find out about borrowing the fast horse from the post station?" Geng Yunqiang asked back, "After all, in the land of Fan Yang, the Lu family has a lot of eyeballs."

Geng Yunqiang and several staff officers started a heated discussion, analyzing what should be done after landing.

They have already boarded the boat. It is now April and the sea wind is quite strong. They are expected to arrive at the landing site within five days.

In the next few days, the top military officers discussed the best way almost every day.

After several days of continuous discussion, a consensus was finally reached.

At least the princess has not been exposed yet, so there is no need to advance the army at the beginning. After logging in, send someone to quickly enter Zhuozhou, contact His Highness, and then see what His Highness ordered. As long as there is no exposure, everything will be in time.

Because according to the letter sent back by the princess, it can be known that now it is only discovered that the Lu family has a large amount of armor.

In this case, why rush to expose it?
Normally, Li Yuechen always taught them that war does not require blood and romance, as long as it is professional, so it is necessary to make a judgment that best meets the conditions.

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On the other side, Zhuozhou.

During the recent period, Li Yuechen stayed in Lu Zhenghao's mansion every day, thinking about clues, and carefully thinking about what he had overlooked.

What she wanted was not to let a large group of her subordinates rush in to wash Lu's mansion bloody, but to try not to affect the daily life of ordinary people, and to avoid involving ordinary people as much as possible.

There is no need to go inside the Lu Mansion. Since Lu Xiaoqian is willing to be an internal response, all you need to do is ask her about the affairs inside.

Most importantly, is there any way to solve this matter as quickly as possible?This is what Li Yuechen wants to know now.

For several days in a row, I stayed in the mansion with nothing to do. Apart from daily exercise, I just thought about how to fight this battle.

Lu Zhenghao would occasionally be called to talk to Lu's mansion, and Lu Wangda's temptation to him gradually became obvious.

Although he hasn't clearly stated the matter of preparing to rebel, but the meaning is relatively obvious, and he wants to know his attitude.

After all, he and the princess are now in a cooperative relationship, helping to sell canned food, and will also ask him for some information about the princess.

Under Li Yuechen's instruction, Lu Zhenghao didn't hide too much, and basically told everything he knew.

In fact, Li Yuechen himself didn't care much about this, anyway, the more Lu Zhenghao talked, the more likely he was to extract useful information from Lu Wangda's mouth.

As the saying goes, if you don't want your child to be a wolf, Li Yuechen also took the initiative to tell him a lot of information about himself.

Apart from some military secrets, other things told him a lot.

For example, the production of salt fields and the like.

While Lu Wangda was surprised by these things, he was gradually relieved. Lu Zhenghao's ability to say so much showed that his loyalty to the princess was actually not that high.

It's just that rebellion is very serious after all, so it hasn't been clearly stated yet.

On this day, after Lu Zhenghao came back, he reported the situation to Li Yuechen: "Your Highness, the patriarch asked a lot about Yantian today."

"Oh..." Li Yuechen was not interested in what he asked, but instead asked, "Did he have any valuable clues?"

"The patriarch didn't say much, but his subordinates found out that there are many Mohe people coming and going in and out of the Lu Manor today, and judging by their attire... they should have some status."

Such news made Li Yuechen's eyes brighten, and it was indeed a valuable clue.

Some time ago, she thought of it. Her reputation is too loud. If the Lu family rebels, the last person she wants to meet is herself, so she will definitely find a way to stop her in advance, so that she will not become its resistance.

Thinking about it differently, the only way Li Yuechen can think of is to contact foreigners and take advantage of the situation to invade the border. When the time comes, the imperial court will send himself to deal with it, and Fan Yang will naturally be crossed.

A Mohe person appeared in the Lu Mansion today, which seemed to confirm Li Yuechen's guess.

But the question is, does it have anything to do with Yuwen's?
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen felt that he should contact Lu Xiaoqian to inquire carefully. Last time, due to lack of time, he didn't have time to inquire about this matter in detail.

So he immediately asked Lu Zhenghao to find an opportunity to contact Lu Xiaoqian when he went to the Lu Mansion tomorrow, and asked her to investigate this matter.

If it is convenient, write a letter and send it out. If it is not convenient, I will find a way to meet her.

Lu Zhenghao immediately agreed.

……

A few days later, I received a message from Lu Xiaoqian. Now that the internal management of the Lu Mansion has become much stricter, it is not convenient to write letters. I hope I can ask her to meet at night.

It's best to sneak into Lu's house, because she can't get out.

Li Yuechen nodded, expressing his understanding.

Wang Wuqiong was a little worried: "Your Highness sneaked into the Lu Mansion, if that woman betrayed His Highness, wouldn't it be..."

"Don't worry, if I really want to run, the whole Lu family will not be able to stop me!" Li Yuechen smiled easily.

This is not arrogance, but confidence in one's own abilities.

The outside world knows that Princess Taiping has superb fighting power, but in fact, only a few people know that her greatest strength is not her strength, but her flexibility.

To put it bluntly, climbing up and down is not difficult for her, coupled with terrifying physical fitness, even horses may not be faster than her in rough places.

Li Yuechen is not a strongman, she is an all-around extreme athlete and an expert in parkour.

It is absolutely impossible for the people in the Lu Mansion to catch her unless they have something like a pistol!

Although Wang Wuqiong was still a little worried, since the order was here, he had no choice but to give up and did not continue to advise.

……

The next night, just after midnight, Li Yuechen, who was wearing night clothes, had arrived at the corner outside the Lu residence.

Her footsteps are very light, and she is not obtrusive in the quiet night.

After looking left and right, he jumped on the spot, and his hands had already grasped the edge of the nearly ten-foot-high wall.

Then she pulled her body up easily, put her head beyond the range of the courtyard wall, and looked inside, but she didn't see anyone.

This is the backyard of the Lu Mansion, and most of the residents are female relatives, and the servants who patrol at night will not come in.

She nimbly climbed up the courtyard wall, and then easily fell from the one-foot-high wall, rolling on the spot, making almost no sound.

Then she avoided the patrolling servants along the way, and quickly ran to Lu Xiaoqian's room in Lu's mansion.

Many of these servants were also from the army, and many of them had been on the battlefield. However, compared with Li Yuechen, they were still a lot worse. She easily touched Lu Xiaoqian's room.

Thanks to the fact that she is the housekeeper's daughter, she is eligible to live in a house alone, while the other maidservants are basically in the Datongpu dormitory.

When he came to the door of Lu Xiaoqian's room, he didn't see the candlelight. Although he felt that the chance of Lu Xiaoqian betraying him was not high, Li Yuechen still took out the ax and held it in his hand to prevent any accidents.

After lightly pushing the door open, Li Yuechen stepped into the house, taking advantage of the moonlight coming in through the window, he didn't see anyone else.

Lu Xiaoqian, who was lying on the bed, immediately sat up, put a coat on her body, and saluted quickly, and said in a low voice: "I have seen Your Highness! You are disheveled, and please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"Excuse me!" Li Yuechen replied in a low voice, and calmly put the ax back into the holster on his lap, "Tell me, what clues do you have?"

Lu Xiaoqian agreed, then knelt down and said in a low voice: "Your Highness must have known that there are Mohe people in the Lu residence. According to what the women know, these Mohe people are from the Yuwen clan."

"How do you say that?" Li Yuechen narrowed his eyes.

　This chapter is from yesterday.

　　
　
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