Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 272 Outrageous Prices (Fifth Watch)
Chapter 277

Diao Yi said, "It's too late now!"

Lu Shi asked suspiciously, "Too late?"

"That's right," Diao Yi said with a wry smile, "His Royal Highness King Jiaodong followed thirty guards with knives, and only 28 of them entered the Diao Mansion. There was no corpse at the scene, and the whereabouts of those two guards are unknown!"

Lu Shi was taken aback.

Diao Yi continued: "In addition, last night, outside Ziyang Mountain, there were more than a dozen Jiangnan people who took care of the King of Jiaodong, and now these people have disappeared! Now there is no way to be ignorant or ignorant!"

Lu Shi is now in a panic. It is said that the leak in the house coincides with the continuous rain. Today he just received a letter of accountability from Xie Shi. The wording in the letter was strong and asked Lu Shi to give Xie an explanation!
Originally, Lu Shi didn't care about it. The Xie family and the Lu family rarely interacted with each other, so there shouldn't be any conflicts.

After asking the person who came, he found out that Lu Qin had the guts to molested Xie's family members.

Originally, the Lu family was far inferior to the Xie family in terms of strength, reputation, and influence in the government and the public. Without this, he would not know what to do. Shi is about to come to a critical moment of life and death!

Diao Yi persuaded: "Brother Lu Shi, there is still room for relaxation in this matter, don't be impatient, and Yi will go to find out what the King of Jiaodong has to say!"

At this moment, Ran Ming was in a very good mood.

Seeing that Zhu Yingtai's face was a little pale, he comforted him, "I'm sorry, brother Yingtai was frightened!"

Zhu Yingtai said: "I heard that brother Ziyang is good at the piano, why don't you play a piece to calm Yingtai's surprise!"

Ran Ming said: "That's fine!"

Liu Mo tactfully brought Ran Ming the erhu, namely Ji Qin!

Wearing a boa robe, Ran Ming raised his right leg habitually, raised the string in his hand and stretched his bow: "The geese are flying south, the geese are flying south, and the sound of the geese is breaking my heart; I don't wait for today to go, I'm already looking forward to the return of spring. Today's departure was originally When spring comes, don’t crush your heart in anticipation, don’t crush your heart, just wait for spring to return.”

A famous erhu song, Yan Nanfei, which Cui Ren wept down, slowly flowed out under Ran Ming's hands!
In this bleak yet sentimental erhu sound, Liu Wei and Zhu Yingtai's eyes are red, a little crazy!
Ran Ming raised his eyes and saw that the two had entered a state of obsession, with a look of complacency on their faces.

Ran Ming looked at Zhu Yingtai with ulterior motives. Last night, taking advantage of Zhu Yingtai's coma, Ran Ming already knew the fact that Zhu Yingtai was a woman with a flick of his finger.

However, he never thought that Zhu Yingtai is the talented Xie Daoyun!

Ran Ming thought silently in his heart: "Xiaomian, let me see how long you can hold on, under my trick to kill girls, no one can escape from my palm!"

However, to the dismay of the scenery, a roar of thunder destroyed this dreamlike scene!
"My lord, my lord, someone wants to see me!"

The music stopped abruptly, and Ran Ming showed a man-eating gaze: "Lin Heishan, you bastard, you don't have eyes!"

Lin Heishan is not only a foodie, but also thick-skinned. Facing Ran Ming's cannibalistic eyes, he still kept his expression on his face.

Ran Ming was completely speechless to this incomprehensible Lin Heishan.Let's scold, people don't care at all; fight, this guy has a thick skin and is not afraid of pain.The point is that this guy doesn't have the scruples of ordinary guards, if Ran Ming hits him, he dares to fight back!It doesn't matter how serious it is to start.Ran Ming was singled out, not his opponent at all.

Ran Ming looked at Lin Heishan maliciously and said with a smile: "Heishan, you are only allowed to eat three bowls of rice tonight!"

"Ah!" Lin Heishan rubbed his half-flat stomach, and said bitterly: "Master, I didn't eat all day because of last night's banquet. If you don't let me eat enough, I won't starve to death!"

Ran Ming said angrily, "You deserve it!"

Ran Ming turned and left, and came to the front hall!
At this moment, Ran Ming's face was full of smiles, and his appearance was a bit like a wolf grandma staring at Little Red Riding Hood with malicious intentions!
Ran Ming's demeanor made Diao Yi feel like he was falling into the jaws of a tiger.

Diao Yi originally wanted to take advantage of Ran Ming's assassination and profit from it!If Lu Na really adopted his bad idea at that time, Diao Yi would definitely stand on the opposite side of the Lu family and act as the vanguard to protect Ran Ming!
However, Lu's chose to calm down, so he didn't dare to expose the matter easily.

Now he and Lu Na are grasshoppers on the same rope, if they can't run away from Lu Na, they won't be able to heal him either!
Diao Yi said awkwardly: "Yi is here to disturb His Highness again!"

Ran Ming said seriously: "What is Diao Nei Shi talking about? Gu first came to Wu Jun, and he was not familiar with the place, but he was imprisoned. If it hadn't for Diao Shijun's righteous help, I am afraid that Gu would have nowhere to live now!"

Diao Yi took a sip of tea, pretending to be mysterious and said: "Your Highness, do you know what happened last night?"

Ran Ming shook his head!
Diao Yi was secretly surprised. He originally thought that Ran Ming was only a half-grown child, so he must be easy to fool.

After this access, Diao Yi discovered that Ran Ming was not only smart, but also deeper.Ran Ming couldn't tell right now, it must be an irony.He must be very clear in his heart.

I just entered the city yesterday, and I didn't have any conflicts with anyone. The only enemy is Lu Qin. In Wu County, only the four major families of Lu, Zhu, Zhang, and Gu are capable of doing such a thing!
After a little thought, Diao Yi decided to confess in front of Ran Ming. He sighed and said, "I'm ashamed to say that Yi used to have a rough experience in prison, and I found a clue from this case. Song Jie is just a knife, and the mastermind is someone else! "

Diao Yi looked up at Ran Ming, and found that Ran Ming's eyes were still as clear as water, and he was sipping tea calmly!

Diao Yi continued: "Although this case has not yet been formally tried, Yi can still be sure. The mastermind who intends to murder His Highness is Mr. Lu Qin, the fake son of Prefect Lu. According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, Mr. Lu Qin should be sentenced to Kill the three clans. However, Yi still affirms His Highness. Although the case is simple on the surface, if it is made public, it will have a great impact. Especially at this time, people with ulterior motives will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble and break the current balance !"

Diao Yi said: "Wu County cannot live without the Lu family, and the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River do not want the Lu family to perish. So Yi acted as a lobbyist and begged His Highness for help. As for the conditions, His Highness can raise it! Lu only asks that this matter not be made public. If His Highness It's hard to get angry, Lu Shi can offer Mr. Lu Qin's head!"

Lu Shi's consideration is very far-reaching. In this world, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests!
Huan Wen had a lot of power in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but no matter whether the northern and southern gentry were interested in him.For a long time, Huan Wen wanted to make an example to others, but unfortunately, he didn't get this chance!

Now this opportunity gave Huan Wen a glimmer of hope.

With Huan Wen's political scheming, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to uproot the Lu family under the banner of avenging Ran Ming.As long as the Lu family dies, the balance between the Jiangnan gentry and the northern gentry will be broken.

The entire Jiangnan gentry group will be weak. If there is no foreign aid, they will be suppressed by the northern gentry and unable to raise their heads!In the difficult choice of the family, the country, and the world, if the family is to survive, some people will definitely give up their integrity and directly cooperate with Huan Wen!Huan Wen holds the military power in the world, and the military and political power of the Jing, Yi, and Jiang states. If he gets the support of the gentry, Huan Wen will have no scruples to force the Jin Emperor to abdicate!
This is a big event that will affect the whole body. Lu Shi believes that even if Sun Sheng can't see this opportunity, Meng Jia and Xi Chao will definitely be able to see it. Maybe they have already started to prepare for it now!

After thinking about it again and again, Lu Shi decided that even if he sacrificed his son, he still wanted to keep his family.If the son is gone, he can be born again. Anyway, he is only under forty, and he still has a chance to have another one.

In this way, Lu Shi can be regarded as very courageous, at the critical moment of the family's life and death.

Lu Shi directly placed Lu Na and Lu Qin under house arrest with the authorization of the Lu Clan Presbyterian Council, waiting for the result!If Ran Ming really disagreed with the settlement, he would take the last resort and surrender to Huan Wen.Serve as the vanguard of the rebellion against Jin.

Ran Ming, as a later generation, naturally understands that "the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people". This is nothing more than a hope and fantasy. In fact, this is impossible. The prince will never commit the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law. China People have never known about democracy, freedom, and the rule of law.

A slap in the face of a small citizen who is an official will wear him out of prison.

It is not uncommon for officials to bully the people.

Especially in the feudal era, what was said was the imperial decree, the king's law.An imperial decree, amnesty.The death penalty is exempt! For the emperor personally, this law is the best umbrella and the best excuse that can be used arbitrarily to determine who should be protected, sanctioned, and suppressed.

But what Ran Ming couldn't understand was that the Lu family could offer Lu Qin's head. This bottom line is too unexpected!However, as the ambassador of the Wei State, Ran Ming really didn't need to form a deep hatred with the Lu family.

Although the Lu family can't compare with Wang Xie, they are rich and have plenty of money.In this world, money can make ghosts turn millstones.

The Lu family can offer a reward of tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Under the weight of profit, the rangers in the entire Jiangdong are sure to be moved by the news, even if they can't kill you, they can annoy you to death!
Besides, this time Ran Ming set up a trap just for profit.

The murderer, a mere Lu Qin, he didn't take it to heart at all!He wished that the entire Lu family would be a dude like Lu Qin.

Ran Ming walked back and forth in the front hall, and was silent for a long time. Ran Ming returned to Diao Yi, stared at Diao Yi firmly and said, "Gu has thought it through clearly, and let the past go. It's easy to say, but actually it will affect Gu. Very big! Gu is an envoy of Great Wei, but represents the state system of Great Wei. If Gu is assassinated and dare not say anything, how will the people of the world think of us, Great Wei, and Gu?"

Diao Yi nodded silently, he understood Ran Ming's difficulties.

Thinking in another way, if the ambassador of the Jin Dynasty is attacked in the Wei State, no matter how weak their Jin State is, they must at least take a decent action!
Ran Ming said: "Even so, the conditions for being alone are a bit high, I hope you understand!"

(End of this chapter)