Author: sole red

Time goes back to five days ago, Laizhou Prefecture.

Fu Chengfeng led the firearms battalion soldiers to surround the last group of killers who wanted to silence them and arrested them. After receiving the confessions, he immediately sent a letter to Tianjin to inform Tianjin that they could take action.

Li Zhao immediately led troops to surround the mansions of the four major families.

But they got in without much effort.

As expected, the mansions of the four major families were already empty.

In fact, as early as the failure of the emperor's eldest grandson's first-year banquet, they began to prepare to transfer their belongings and escape.

Ning Yuan said unwillingly: "Your Highness, I will chase you!"

Li Zhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need, I have already asked Wan Quan and Zeng Maozhi to wait in two groups."

Ning Yuan thought for a while and then said: "After all, the gold and silver that can be taken away is limited. I will inform several big banks that the deposits of these four banks cannot be exchanged. Once someone comes to exchange the gold and silver of these four banks, they will be reported to the court immediately.

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Li Zhao waved his hand leisurely again: "I asked Lin Wanfu to talk about it half a month ago."

There was a hint of darkness in Ning Yuan's eyes, and he clasped his fists and said respectfully: "I will lead people to search the mansion right now."

Li Zhao nodded and strolled into the Zhen family's carved and painted mansion. While admiring the spacious and beautiful gardens, he said to Ning Yuan: "These mansions plus the other courtyards are worth a lot of money.

And the farm shop... Haha, that's good. I don't have to go too far and kill them all, right?"

Ning Yuan lowered his eyes and said, "Your Highness is kind!"

Li Zhaoha laughed: "Go and do your work." He stood on the central axis of the mansion, looking at the screen wall in front of him, raising his chin slightly, and the contempt of a winner burst out in his eyes.

After bypassing the screen wall, passing through two courtyards, we finally arrived at the Zhongzheng Lobby.

The old man of the Zhen family, wearing a brown brocade robe woven with golden longevity characters and dark flower clusters, sat on the main seat, with his loyal old servant beside him.

The two of them did not bow down when they saw Li Zhao. Not only was Li Zhao not annoyed, he nodded to the old man and said with a smile: "I have heard that the head of the Zhen family is a great person. Now that we have met today, I have learned a lot."

However, the old man of the Zhen family said calmly: "Your Highness has given you too much praise, but it is just an old tree that is about to die and will turn into dust and mud, so it is not worth mentioning."

Li Zhao laughed, lifted up his robe and sat down on the lower floor. There was an indescribable coolness and uninhibitedness in his movements, as if he didn't care where he sat.

Because no matter where he sits, that's where the real superior is.

Mrs. Zhen looked at Li Zhao with admiration in his eyes and said with a smile: "I have heard long ago that His Highness Long Zhang Fengzi is an unparalleled talent. It turned out to be true when I saw him today."

Li Zhao laughed loudly, but there was a bit of coolness in the laughter. He stretched out his hand and nodded to the old man, saying: "The old man is waiting here. He must have something to say. I am kind and will give you a chance to say it."

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A ray of light suddenly burst out from the seemingly turbid eyes of Mrs. Zhen. He stared into Li Zhao's eyes and said, "Your Highness is so outstanding and he is the eldest son of the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty. Have you ever thought about why Your Majesty doesn't make Him the Crown Prince?"

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Li Zhao threw his head back and laughed again. The laughter was so relaxing and indifferent that it made people feel nervous and chilled all over.

"Why, what kind of deal does the old man want to make with me when he stays? Come on, you old man, you actually think you are useful. Let me see what else you can do for me.

It's an eyesore." He shook his head, finally stopped trembling with laughter, leaned back on the back of the Grand Master's chair, and stared at Old Man Zhen with a playful expression on his face.

Mrs. Zhen was irritated by the contempt in Li Zhao's eyes, and suddenly coughed violently, and an abnormal blush appeared on her face covered with age spots. She didn't know whether it was from shame and anger, or from being choked.

"The old man said slowly, as things have come to this point, I am not in a hurry."

"Your Highness! Before I show my trump card, I want to ask Your Highness for a guarantee that I will spare the lives of the descendants of the Zhen family!" Mrs. Zhen's tone was urgent, but Li Zhao still looked leisurely and at ease.

"Old man, you say you are a dying tree, but that is not the case. You are just a vine that can only survive by clinging to a big tree. Don't take yourself too seriously."

"Your Highness! Your Majesty has not yet named His Highness the Crown Prince. Please open the history books and see how many eldest sons have died tragically at the hands of their fathers throughout the ages! Your Highness, the Empress Yuan has passed away and has a son after her.

There is a younger beloved concubine in the harem, doesn’t Your Highness want to leave a way out for yourself? Your Highness! As long as you are willing to leave a few descendants of Lao Chen and leave incense for our Zhen family, Lao Chen and the descendants of the Zhen family are willing to obey Your Highness.

!Your Highness, don’t chase the poor bandits, the besiegers will be defeated. You still have the princess and the young prince, you don’t want anything to happen to them, right? Your Highness, Prince Jin!!”

Before the old man finished speaking, he heard a bang, and the mahogany tea table in Li Zhao's hand broke apart.

Mr. Zhen could still hold his own, but the old servant beside him trembled all over and turned pale with fear.

In fact, when the old man said, "The descendants of the Zhen family are willing to obey His Highness," Li Zhao was a little moved. But the old man should never, never, should not mention the princess, nor should he mention the children, let alone use

Talk to Li Zhao in a threatening tone.

Li Zhao hates people threatening him the most!

He was like an enraged wolf king, with a fierce look in his eyes and a dangerous aura all over his body.

"Do you know what you are like to the Great Zhou Dynasty? Just like the blood-sucking locusts. I plucked you from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you still expect me to save your life? Let you continue to grow up, and then suck the blood.

Da Zhou’s blood?”

"How dare you threaten me with my princess! Hahaha! Old Man Zhen, why would I want to raise a dog that bites people!"

After that, he glanced at Lin Wanfu beside him, lifted up his robe and walked out.

Lin Wanfu sighed secretly.

Probably the head of the Zhen family heard that the eldest prince was very much in love with his royal concubine, and thought that this was His Highness's weakness, but did not want to touch the blue dragon's reverse scale.

The real dragon is angry and lays down millions of corpses.

I am afraid that the Zhen family will not be able to save the three clans.

Near Donghai, Suzhou and Liujiagang.

The ships of the four major families thought that they would be able to escape if they set off half a month early, but from a distance, the eldest son of the Ashi family on the leading ship suddenly took off the telescope, his face was pale and his eyes were frightened, and he pointed at a person behind the ship.

An inconspicuous black spot, he asked with trembling lips: "That is... what is that?"

Hearing this, the crew members all looked at the black spot.

The housekeeper of the Wei family frowned, grabbed his clairvoyant eyes, and looked at the black spot he pointed at. When he finally saw clearly what the black spot was, he was immediately frightened and trembling all over.

Ghost ship!

It's a ghost ship!

It's over, they're done!

Mr. Lu's legs went weak and he fell directly to the ground.

When the uncle of the Fan family saw that they were planning to surrender, he immediately got angry and said, "Get up! Cheer up! Come on, let's go ashore. Let's go ashore now! We don't want anything anymore. Let's go ashore and hide it first!"

The eldest son of the Lu family and the housekeeper of the Wei family seemed to be indifferent, sitting on the ground with dejected faces.

"You're not going to leave?"

The eldest son Lu shook his head: "Uncle Fan, you were not in Tianjin at that time. You haven't seen him, so you can't escape."

"What's the meaning?"

"Uncle Fan, let this be the case for our Lu family. If you want to escape, just escape by yourself. I still have a wife and children, and the court will never let a few children go."

"You...you want to give all this you have?" The Fan family looked at the eldest son of Lu in disbelief, their hearts filled with anger at being betrayed.

"Uncle Fan, they are all external things. As long as you still have life, why worry about not being able to make a comeback in the future?"

"Stupid! Extremely stupid!" He pointed at Mr. Lu's son and cursed, "Your grandfather is a man, and your father is a man! It's unthinkable that you would be born with a weakling like you!"

While he was waiting to scold him again, several nephews from the Fan family suddenly broke in and shouted: "Dad (uncle), let's go ashore and escape! It's too late to escape!"

The eldest son of Lu raised his eyes, looked at several members of the Fan family, and suddenly showed a strange smile.

The uncle of the Fan family felt cold all over his body, but he didn't have time to think too much. He led the people and left in a small boat.

The eldest son of Lu stood up at this time, looked at Butler Wei and said: "Butler Wei, my grandfather said before I went there that the eldest prince is so intelligent that he is almost a monster, with a cruel personality and ruthless methods. You must not mess with him. It's me.

I am young and energetic, so I am rash and impulsive, but I cannot just watch my whole family die miserably! Housekeeper Wei, go back and tell the old lady that I, Lu Yudong, am sorry for her, and advise her to do it even for the sake of her granddaughter.

Be more open-minded."

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When the three ghost craft boats led by Fu Chengfeng caught up and approached, they saw the boat parked where it was, as if waiting for them.

Looking through the binoculars again, the deck was actually covered in blood.

"Was... was it robbed before us?" the deputy general asked doubtfully.

Fu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Let someone go up and have a look first, lest there be a trap."

The selected sailors boarded the ship with the mood of a suicide squad, but they only saw Ashida's son kneeling down and shouting loudly with a wooden box in his hand:

"Lu Yudong, the direct grandson of the Lu family, has killed all the traitors! The Lu family is willing to donate all their wealth and the place where the four families of Lu, Zhen, Fan, and Wei hide their treasures, and serve as a treasure for His Highness.

Ma, I am willing to be a dog! I just ask Your Highness to spare the lives of my wife and children, and Lu Yudong will be grateful!"

The sailors looked at each other in shock at this incident, and had to send someone to inform General Fu. As for Mr. Fan who had been lassoed ashore, Wan Quan and his men were waiting there...

Three days later, Li Zhao obtained from Lu Yudong a box of lists of previous contacts between various coastal shipping merchants and important officials in the DPRK, as well as some letters.

Li Zhao flipped through the list and saw the densely packed names on it, and felt the blood vessels in his forehead pulsing.

It's really awesome.
To be continued...