Chapter 186: The Master
Faced with such an uneasy plot, Lu Wenjie was completely confused. He didn't know how to play this way.
When people face this situation, their first reaction is of course to keep warm.
Lu Wenjie was very scared, very scared. He didn't hesitate at all. He got on the crane car without saying a word and rushed to the outer city.
Usually, he rarely appears here. Even if he appears, it is just a relationship of favors. Generally speaking, even if he visits here occasionally, no one will find it strange, because there are many people who come here to visit the owner of this courtyard, and no one can avoid it from coming here.
He stepped into the thatched cottage in this small courtyard in horror. Under the faint light, an old man with white hair and beard was coughing. Lu Wenjiena said to him and said, "En Mansion...I..."
The old man sighed faintly before saying, "You shouldn't have come."
"Ah...but...that Shouning Hou..."
"They aren't going to kill you." The old man sighed again and said, "If they want to kill you, there will be many ways. They won't use such a stupid method. There are already reports on the inner city affairs. You... are so secrets, hey..."
Suddenly... Lu Wenjie shuddered, and he suddenly realized something and suddenly found that he had exposed a fatal flaw.
Why didn't he know that the Ye family members were always asking who was behind him? He has always been cautious in doing things, but he never expected that he would make such a stupid mistake today. He was so smart that he was actually fooled by others.
In fact, this is understandable. After all, people are panicked and unable to solve the problem and are in a hurry, their first reaction is to seek help. He regards this as his life-saving straw. After all, the Zhang brothers are too terrible. They will lose thunder if they disagree.
But……
Because of this, so...
So at this time, someone must have arranged someone to follow him. If someone he went to meet at this time, then this person must be the person behind Lu Wenjie.
From the beginning, people didn't want to take his life at all, nor were they so stupid that they really bombed his whole family. They just used this horror to mess up his stance.
Lu Wenjie figured out the reason, but sighed bitterly: "The officials are so dead."
The old man didn't say anything. He was dressed simply, his old face leaned forward slightly, and then he showed his old face and said, "Wait, someone will come to visit soon."
Lu Wenjie was a little uneasy and had to kneel obediently on one side. After a stick of incense, the door came: "Master, Duke Zhenguo asked for a meeting..."
"Call in."
The old man said happily.
After a while, the young man wearing a sword on his waist walked into the thatched cottage. Ye Chunqiu kept looking at the courtyard, giving him a very simple feeling, even to the extreme.
After he came in, he bowed his hands and bowed deeply to the old man: "I have met Liu Taibao in Chunqiu."
Taibao, whose full name is Prince Taibao.
The old man looked at Ye Chunqiu with no joy and anger on his face and said, "I heard about the name of Duke Zhenguo. When I saw him today, it was indeed extraordinary. Please sit down."
Ye Chunqiu was not polite, and knelt on the futon beside him.
The old man's eyes swept over the uneasy Lu Wenjie, and then a little smile finally appeared, saying, "What's the matter with the Duke of Zhenguo coming to visit late at night?"
Ye Chunqiu also looked at Lu Wenjie and then said, "Chunqiu is visiting to ask Mr. Lu what happened when he came late at night."
The old man remained silent.
Lu Wenjie seemed a little embarrassed and said, "I...I'll ask Taibao for advice."
"No." Ye Chunqiu said seriously: "I'm afraid it's not asking for advice, but asking for help!"
Now, Ye Chunqiu has broken his face and even showed an aggressive attitude, and then said, "Mr. Lu is anxious and is about to be exposed, so he wants to ask the people behind you for help. If I guess correctly, Liu Taibao must be the master behind this."
"You, you... nonsense!" Lu Wenjie widened his eyes and shouted at Ye Chunqiu.
Ye Chunqiu ignored Lu Wenjie and looked at the old man with a smile, saying, "What do you think Liu Taibao?"
The old man shook his head and sighed: "It seems that the Duke of Zhenguo likes to open the skylight and speak brightly, so... he might as well say it straight."
Ye Chunqiu was too lazy to go around with them. Although he was respectful to the old man, he smiled at this moment: "I just never expected that Liu Daxia, who is known as the three gentlemen of Hongzhi, had a relationship with private businessmen."
"You are slandering, what a private businessman, you are talking nonsense." Before the old man could speak, Lu Wenjie had already refuted it.
This old man was Liu Daxia, one of the pillars of the Hongzhi Dynasty, and was also a close friend of Liu Jian and others. He was called a gentleman.
As early as twenty years ago, he had become famous all over the world. He had experienced four dynasties and promoted many disciples and old officials. He even repeatedly contradicted the emperors of all dynasties and won good reputations. He had confronted Wang Zhi and Liu Jin. He could be said to be a first-class virtuous person in the eyes of the world.
The late emperor regarded him as his humerus, and the people in the world regarded him as the object of worship.
Not long ago, he was framed by Liu Jin and was convicted and exiled, but soon, he was rehabilitated and appointed as the Prince's Taibao.
This man has no official position now and is even ready to leave for his hometown at any time. Ye Chunqiu never expected that he would be involved in private business.
At this time, Liu Daxia sighed and said, "What else do you want to say in Zhenguo?"
In fact, Ye Chunqiu had an excellent impression of Liu Daxia in the past. This Liu Taibao was even praised by the officials of the cabinet. There are many anecdotes about him in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and countless people regard him as a role model.
But... Ye Chunqiu finally sighed: "I still remember many of Liu Gong's words, which are still widely circulated today."
He stood up and slowly said, "During the Chenghua period of Emperor Xianzong, a eunuch advised the former emperor to follow the story of Emperor Wen and go to the West again. So the emperor issued an edict to the Ministry of War to ask for information such as the charts and other information on Zheng He's mission. At that time, Liu Gong was the chariot driver, right? But Liu Gong hid these information in advance. Xiang Zhong, the Minister of War, ordered the officials to search in the warehouse, but in the end he could not find it. At that time, the Minister of Shangshu was very angry and asked the minor official who was in charge of the archives: 'How can the case files in the warehouse be lost!' So Liu Gong, who was beside him, said, "Three guarantees to go to the West, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and grain, and the military and civilians died, and even if they get the treasure, they will benefit the country. This is a special bad policy, which is what the ministers should advise. Although the old cases are still alive, they should be forged."
Ye Chunqiu looked at Liu Daxia with bright eyes, but there was still no joy or anger on his wrinkled face.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!