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Chu Huan's expression was calm, but his eyes were full of sternness, and he said lightly: "Master Lu, what do you understand?"

"Now I finally understand why you didn't stop me from going to Beishan." Lu Haosheng sneered, "All of this is your conspiracy. You already knew in your heart that once I arrived at Beishan, I would definitely be in trouble. If you make a mistake, you will be given a chance."

"Opportunity?" Chu Huan glanced at Lu Haosheng and asked, "What opportunity?"

Lu Haosheng said in a deep voice: "Chu Huan, don't think that no one knows what you are thinking. You...you want to be the king of the Northwest, and you want all three areas in the Northwest to be under your control. Tianshan already has your people, You want to get your hands on Beishan again, and Lu Mou saw this, so he took the initiative to ask the prince to go to Beishan."

Chu Huan smiled lightly: "You mean, you went to Beishan to take up your post to prevent the governor from controlling Beishan?"

"Lu Mou does not dispute, the governor of Beishan must be occupied by your people." Lu Haosheng said sharply: "You deliberately let me go to Beishan, just to see the governor make mistakes, and then take the opportunity to get rid of me... The prince is here, you have Concern, deliberately pretending to be magnanimous, in fact, you have already planned to send your own people to Beishan, but the name is not right, so you will wait for my mistake first, and then take the opportunity to coerce the prince and let your people go. "

"Coercion?" Chu Huan frowned, glanced at King Qi, who had already changed color, and said sharply, "Lu Changshi, what are you talking nonsense about? Chu Huan is loyal and patriotic, and loyal to this king, you...you are here What nonsense are you talking about here?"

"My lord, if Lu Changshi said that, I wouldn't dare to go to Beishan." Gongsun Chu sighed: "Chu Du works day and night, loyal to the lord, but he is so slandered by Mr. Lu. The next official listens to it and feels cold." In my heart." Looking up at Lu Haosheng, he said: "Lord Lu, you said that Chu Du threatened the prince to send me to Beishan, but Chu Du never recommended the prince to the prince, and today the prince thinks highly of him and wants to send the prince to go there , I really don't know, where does the word coercion come from?"

Pei Ji caressed his beard and said indifferently: "Master Lu, you said that Governor Chu waited for you to make mistakes. Could it be that Governor Chu didn't predict that he would leave Beishan alone after knowing that you had been in Beishan for less than a day? The prince trusted you a lot and sent you to Beishan to sit in charge , I also hope that you, Mr. Lu, will stabilize Beishan, and serve the prince together with Governor Chu, and wait until he obeys the order of the prince and enter the pass to suppress the thieves... But you are unable to govern Beishan by yourself. My lord, you want to stand up, but you are so slanderous...!" He stood up slowly, and cupped his hands to King Qi: "Your lord, what Master Lu has done really chills us, and I ask you to make the decision. , return Chu Du to be fair."

Lu Haosheng's face was pale, and he glanced at King Qi, who was turning blue, and suddenly laughed, and said loudly: "My lord, I'm a lowly and incompetent person, yes, the lowly person has stolen the name of the lord and pretended to be the governor, please let me know how to deal with it." His Majesty decides."

King Qi opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Chu Huan said slowly: "My lord, the one who is clear will be clear by himself. Please pay attention to what Mr. Lu said. It's just that the matter is urgent and there is no delay. Since the lord wants to send Gongsun Chu to Beishan, the officials think that Gongsun Chun will be there tomorrow morning." Leave immediately." Glancing at Lu Haosheng, he said, "As for Mr. Lu, why don't you put him in jail first, and deal with it later?"

At this moment, King Qi's mind was blank, he had no master, the accident happened so suddenly, he didn't understand it for a while, so he could only say: "Everything... everything is handled by you, but... Lu Changshi's response to this The king is very loyal, and...!"

"Don't worry, my lord, I will guarantee that Master Lu is safe and sound." Chu Huan said: "Temporarily put Master Lu in prison, and wait for Gongsun Chu to stabilize the situation in Beishan. After a while, we will find a reason to release Master Lu. that is."

King Qi nodded and said, "Okay, just... let's do it like this."

Lu Haosheng straightened his clothes, knelt down beside King Qi, and said respectfully: "My lord, go to the humble position first, and take care of yourself...!"

King Qi glanced at Lu Haosheng, turned his head quickly, and didn't say much.

Pei Ji called people in and took Lu Haosheng down. Next, Chu Huan ordered Gongsun Chu to prepare overnight and set off for Beishan early the next morning. After Gongsun Chu and the rations were all withdrawn, Chu Huan looked at King Qi and asked Said: "My lord, do you feel unbearable for Lord Lu to be imprisoned?"

"No...not!" King Qi looked up at Chu Huan, and said with a wry smile, "It's just that he followed me from the middle of the capital to the Northwest through hardships, but I didn't expect...!"

Chu Huan also sighed: "My lord, when he went to Beishan, I was worried that there would be trouble... I didn't want to see such a result, but he happened. My lord, Lu Haosheng abandoned Beishan, and this matter will soon be over. I know that the detainment of Mr. Lu and imprisonment today is, in the final analysis, all for the prince's consideration."

"Oh?"

"Lu Haosheng is a capital official, which is completely different from a local official. He has no experience in the local area, and he has no foundation in the northwest. It is almost impossible to easily stabilize Beishan." Chu Huan sighed: "But the prince is willing Given him a chance, I naturally can't say anything more. Now that he has not been able to last three days in Beishan, he has returned in embarrassment. As far as I know, he has announced to everyone in Beishan that he is an official sent by the prince Just imagine, my lord, Master Lu has no ability to govern the country, but the lord sends such an official, what will the officials in the northwest think?"

King Qi frowned, and Chu Huan said softly: "With all due respect, to them, they won't say how incompetent Mr. Lu is, they will only say that the prince is ignorant... This is of course a great damage to the reputation of the prince. , so it can only be said that Lord Lu is pretending to be by stealing his name, so that everyone will know that Lord Lu is not sent by the prince, and the reputation of the prince will be preserved, and the prestige will not be damaged."

"So that's how it is." King Qi understood, "Chu Huan, you mean that you punished Lu Changshi to protect the reputation of this king?"

"No matter what others say, I must protect the prince with all my heart." Chu Huan stared at King Qi, "My lord, Mr. Lu said that I have plotted against you and wanted to be the king of the Northwest. I don't know what the prince thinks?"

King Qi hurriedly said: "He is talking nonsense. Others don't know you, so this king doesn't know? You are loyal to this king, and this king knows it very well."

Chu Huan smiled slightly, stared at King Qi, and said, "My lord, I will always regard you as a friend, just as you have always regarded me as a friend. We were friends before, we are friends now, and we will still be friends in the future."

King Qi immediately said: "Yes, you are...you are my best friend."

Chu Huan didn't stay in the palace for too long. After leaving, the palace of Prince Qi was deserted. After Chu Huan left, King Qi sat on his seat without moving, his eyes staring straight at the darkness outside the door.

After an unknown amount of time, King Qi suddenly grabbed the teacup on the case and smashed it down hard. The teacup shattered into pieces and made a crisp sound. Sun Desheng rushed in from outside the door. Seeing the situation, he hurriedly said: "My lord, you... ...!" He stepped forward and knelt down, "You have to take care of yourself."

King Qi stared at the door, as if he was talking to himself, "Protect my king's reputation? Is it an idiot to be my king? Why did you send Lu Haosheng to prison? Chu Huan, you...you let me down so much!"

At the side door, Ling Shuang, who was dressed in plain clothes, had already rushed over upon hearing the sound. Seeing Sun Desheng entering the hall first, he didn't come in. He turned around to leave, but when he heard King Qi talking to himself, he couldn't help but turned his head and looked at King Qi's figure from a distance. She frowned slightly, but her beautiful eyes were full of worry.

Chu Huan left the palace. He was planning to return directly to the governor's mansion, but when he reached a street corner, he stopped suddenly and looked into the alley. Hongben wanted to follow, but Chu Huan ordered him to go back first. Qi Hong didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he had to let people go back first. With two people, they followed Chu Huan from a distance.

Chu Huan seemed to be preoccupied, and turned directly into the alley. The alley was rather deserted. Qi Hong followed him from a distance. After walking for a while, he saw Chu Huan stop in front of a house and tie his horse to the In front of the house, he knocked on the door, but no one opened the door. Then he saw Chu Huan go around the narrow alley beside the house and get into the alley.

The place where Chu Huan stayed was Xifeng Restaurant. He hadn’t been here for a long time. This was a small restaurant run by Yu Hongzhuang. After Huang Ruhu was killed by King Yasha, the restaurant became even more deserted. It was already very old, Chu Huan looked through the crack of the door, and under the moonlight of Tianshan Mountain, he vaguely saw that the tables and chairs in the house were all pulled together, and the restaurant seemed to be unoperated.

He was a little surprised, and didn't know if Yu Hongzhuang had left. He was quite familiar with the structure of the restaurant. He knew that apart from the dining hall in front, there was a courtyard behind, and he walked into the narrow alley and climbed over the wall to enter the courtyard. It was quiet all around, remembering that Yu Hongzhuang's house was in the courtyard, she walked over lightly, and saw that the house was lit with lights, she felt relieved, went to the window, took a look inside, and saw the people inside the house There was a solitary lamp on the table, besides that, there were four or five wine jugs on the table, tilted here and there, Yu Hongzhuang was wearing pink clothes, but she was sitting by the table at this time, with her upper body lying on the table, motionless , seems to have fallen asleep.

Chu Huan frowned slightly, and went to push the door, but the door was not closed. When he entered the room, he smelled a strong smell of wine permeating the room, but there were wine jars everywhere under his feet, which seemed to have been drunk Guang, surprised in his heart, wondered whether all these wines were drunk by Yu Hongzhuang. When he reached the door, he knocked lightly on the door, but there was no movement. He frowned and pushed the door open. The smell wafted out, Chu Huan entered the room, raised his hand and slapped his nose, and couldn't help saying to himself, "How did you become a drunkard?"