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Chapter 413 Disposal
For Li Chongjiu, the preparation of the naval army seemed too long-term. After Li Tang ruled the world, he attacked Goguryeo. Due to the difficult land route, he learned the lesson from the failure of the Sui army's three expeditions to Liaodong. Only then did they build a water army to attack Goguryeo and Baekje, and finally succeeded.

Afterwards, the battle of Baijiangkou broke the Japanese, and the Baekje allied forces. At that time, the Datang navy was in full swing, dominating the entire East China Sea.

However, for Li Chongjiu now, it is not realistic to form such a navy, but once he achieves a small success, he can attack Shandong along the coast, and then take advantage of the trend to attack the Jianghuai River and take back the land of Jiangyang.

To make progress in the world, one must first enrich the country and its people, and promote one and two. The richness of Jiang and Yang is better than that of Sichuan and Sichuan.

This plan is too huge, so Li Chongjiu has always kept it in his heart and has not revealed it to everyone, but if the navy fails, nothing will be mentioned.
At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, Shi Wenyanbo, Chief of the Prefect, Ma Lin, the county commander, and Wang Gui, who joined the army in the recording room, came together.

"Report to the governor, Xia Jun has moved!"

"How many people?"

"The main force of Xia's army is gathering towards Leshou. As far as we know, there are [-] to [-] troops, and this is only the vanguard."

"Who is the leading general?"

"General Gao Shixing, this man is the younger brother of Dou Jiande's former master Gao Shida."

"An unknown person." Li Chongjiu got up suddenly, looked at the map and said, "How is the Lu family going?"

"In the secret work of the Lu family, it is said that Lu Ziqian seems to have moved recently. In my opinion, Dou Jiande should be in collusion with him."

Li Chongjiu sneered, and said: "Sure enough, as I expected, this man Lu Ziqian will take revenge. This is to bring disaster to the Lu family."

Wen Yanbo cupped his hands at the side and said: "To tell the governor, after Dou Jiande proclaimed himself emperor, the name of the country was Xia, and it was changed to Yuan Wufeng. This time, he sent 10,000+ troops and came here with the destiny. Its momentum cannot be underestimated."

"Wen Changshi, what do you want to say?"

Wen Yanbo said: "Dou Jiande changed the Yuan Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. His ambition was to change the world and attack our Youzhou in the name of righteousness. However, Lord Shanggu was the governor of Youzhou and separated one side. In terms of weather and timing, he was inferior. Therefore, In order to counter Xia's army, Beizhi once again implores Lord Shanggu to proclaim himself emperor in Youzhou, and after his name is justified, encourage the three armies, and then fight Dou Jiande in a decisive battle."

Wang Gui said: "What Wen Changshi said is also in the heart of the humble official. I implore Ming Gong to proclaim himself emperor!"

After finishing speaking, Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui and Lin Dangfeng all knelt down and paid homage to Li Chongjiu as courtiers.

Li Chongjiu smiled loudly, helped the three of them up, and said: "I am very grateful to the three lovers for planning for a certain person, but when Dou Jiande came to violate the country, I was eager to proclaim the emperor. Didn't it make Dou Jiande think that Li Chongjiu was afraid of me?" The other party. Please sit down, I promise you this matter, but not now."

The three of them were overjoyed after hearing this. These three are the people who have the closest connection with Youzhou Group. To have the status they have today, all thanks to Li Chongjiu.And once Li Chongjiu becomes emperor, they will naturally rise.

The three stood up together, Lin Dangfeng stood up and said: "Dou Jiande's army is coming, if you want to fight against the outside world, you must settle down. The affairs of the Lu family must be done as soon as possible. Please send someone to move Lu Ziqian, Lu Chengqing and Youzhou immediately." , Fan Yang’s Lu family took them together to avoid chaos.”

"No," Wen Yanbo objected, "Although there are signs of rebellion in the Lu family, we don't have enough evidence to arrest them. If we act recklessly, we may lose the good reputation we have so easily established among the nobles in Youzhou." relation."

Hearing what Wen Yanbo and Lin Dangfeng said, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but nodded, his eyes showed a stern look.

On the main hall of Lu's house, candlelight flickered, and Lu Ziqian stroked Yu Ruyi, who had a monkey on his back, with a pensive look on his face.

The jade ruyi with the monkey on the back was a gift from Cui Mingan, the patriarch of the Cui family in Qinghe, implying the title of a prince and a minister.The workmanship of this object is very fine, and Lu Ziqian likes it very much. Yu Ruyi is round and smooth, which shows that it is often rubbed by the owner.

Lu Ziqian was expressionless and asked the people behind him, "You said that the governor's mansion transferred the army from the south of the city to the city, is it true?"

"Yes, the south of the city opens at midnight, and three thousand government troops have secretly entered the city."

Lu Ziqian put Yu Ruyi aside, looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's over!"

The man bowed his head and said word by word: "I found out that I was followed by someone after I came back, and I felt that something was wrong. Now I realize that it was the secret agent of the governor's mansion who was after me. It was the villain's fault, which hurt Lu. male."

Lu Ziqian shook his head and said, "My treason has long been expected by Li Chongjiu. Even if you are not targeted, there will be other clues that will be discovered by the governor's office. This is not your fault."

The servant of Dou Jiande, who was sent as an envoy, knelt on the ground and said to Lu Ziqian: "No matter what you say, the villain deserves death. I beg Lu Gong to give me the death penalty."

The servant couldn't help crying. He was crying not because he was afraid of death, but because he felt that he was hurting the master and the entire Lu family.

Lu Ziqian stepped forward and stroked his back, saying: "Lu Xiang, your grandfather and father have been servants of my Lu family for generations, and you are like my Lu family's nephew and nephew. How did you harm my Lu family? I understand now. Li Chongjiu used the repentance of the marriage to test the loyalty of my Lu family, but I couldn't hold back my anger at that time. Now I'm afraid my Lu family will be destroyed."

The servant got up and said, "Mr. Lu, now we might as well fight to the death. There are still hundreds of family members in the mansion, thousands of clans in Fanyang, and old officials from my Lu family in the eight counties of Zhuo County. Even if there are none, we still have countless people." We took out all the gold, silver, money and silk that we had exhausted, and recruited all the heroes who dared to die to assassinate Li Chongjiu. I want him to know the price of destroying my Lu family."

Lu Ziqian shook his head and said: "If it was fashionable for Li Chongjiu to occupy Youzhou at the beginning, but now his foundation is already strong, and it is difficult to be easily shaken. Once Li Chongjiu decides to destroy my Lu family, how much will he do under the thunderous means?" People escaped. As for dissipating the wealth of the family and recruiting people who dare to die, it is nothing more than Jingke, Qin Wuyang's actions, the real master of one side in ancient times, how many people died at the hands of assassins?"

The servant hesitated for a while, then said: "Then what should we do?"

Lu Ziqian said with a wry smile: "Li Chongjiu dispatched troops into the city tonight, but he didn't directly kill my Lu family. Tell Chengqing to come in, hurry up."

After the servant left, Lu Ziqian took a pen and wrote a letter. Seeing that Lu Chengqing hadn't arrived yet, he immediately asked, "Ma'am, is Brother Xiu and Brother Yun there?"

A servant came from the hall and said: "Reporting to Master, Brother Yun has already rested, Brother Xiu is still doing his homework, Madam is accompanying him."

Lu Ziqian couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "Homework, homework, can't you finish reading the book? It's almost three o'clock, and you still don't rest."

The servant said with a smile: "Brother Xiu likes to study hard, and the master knows it too. Others regard it as hard work, but to him, he enjoys it. Madam is of course willing to accompany Brother Xiu when she sees how competitive he is."

Lu Ziqian's face softened a little when he heard this, and he said, "You can talk."

At this time Lu Chengqing had already arrived in the room and asked, "Uncle is so late, what can you do with me?"

"You guys step back first, Chengqing, sit down!"

Just as Lu Chengqing sat down, he heard Lu Ziqian say: "It has been revealed that I had an affair with Dou Jiande."

Lu Chengqing was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "Uncle."

Lu Ziqian stopped his hand and said: "Time is running out, don't ask questions, listen to me, I didn't plan this matter well, but fortunately you didn't participate, so you can get rid of it. Now that I am dead, you will kill me." Dedicate the corpse of Li Chongjiu to Li Chongjiu, saying that I conspired against you and found out for you, and you use this report to protect the safety of thousands of members of the Lu family."

"Uncle, what are you talking about?" Lu Chengqing stood up and lost his voice.

Lu Ziqian smiled and said: "Didn't I always say that a man should be calm when he is in trouble? Sit down, forget it this time, and don't do it next time."

Lu Chengqing looked at Lu Ziqian and said, "Uncle, is there really no room for redemption?"

Lu Ziqian sighed, and said: "One wrong step, one wrong step, Li Chongjiu still has use for our Lu family, and we won't kill them all, don't want mothers-in-law, if Li Chongjiu's army arrives, it will be too late to plead guilty. "

Speaking of this, Lu Ziqian took out the letter from his sleeve, and said to Lu Chengqing: "The people in this letter are all involved in this matter, you hand it over and talk back to me, as for the others, Look at what you can keep, keep it as much as possible, and discard what you can't. You must know that Li Chongjiu still trusts you, and you can't fail no matter what. In the future, you are the hope of my Lu family."

Speaking of this, Lu Ziqian took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and put it on the table, saying: "Tomorrow, you will put the contents in this bottle in the breakfast of Madam, Brother Xiu, and Brother Yun."

Lu Chengqing knelt on the ground with a puff, and said: "Uncle, this is not the case. Even if I lose my life, I will protect them well. At most, I will only suffer the punishment of exile."

Lu Ziqian smiled miserably and said, "Do you want my wife and children to be humbled by soldiers and civilians? My wife has spent half my life with me in prosperity and wealth, and I can't bear hardships. Brother Yun has been used to playing since he was a child, so he should enjoy all the blessings." It's okay, it's just brother Xiu, alas, I'm the one who can't stand him. You need to do this matter, don't be soft-hearted, in the future, my Lu family will rely on you alone, how can you do great things with a soft heart. "

Lu Ziqian saw that Lu Chengqing took the bottle with great difficulty, and immediately took out the exact same vial, put it in his hand and said with a smile: "Life is like passing by, when you still feel that you have a lot of time to squander, in the blink of an eye it is the last breath." A few breaths."

"Also," Lu Ziqian lifted up the jade ruyi on the table, and said, "I love this thing so much, please bury it with me, and there are concubines and singers in my room, whom I love very much on weekdays." In other words, if you don’t want to part with them, just go down and accompany me.”

Lu Chengqing agreed one by one with tears in his eyes.

In the end, Lu Ziqian opened the seal of the porcelain bottle, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, do you want to see me die from poison? Come back in a quarter of an hour, clean up and send to the Governor's Mansion."

(End of this chapter)