Zhu Xiaoyong's thin face couldn't help but twitch, and then a look of hatred appeared on his face: "It's annoying, hateful, and pathetic. Before the thieves arrived, the officials and soldiers of Lu'an Prefecture fled away. Li Yuexin, the southern Hebei soldier who was stationed in Lu'an Prefecture, the important town of Shangdang, The official Xing Yingdou had abandoned the city and fled back to his hometown before Pingyang fell. Only the judge Feng Shengzhao lurked in disguise. The city gate of Lu'an Prefecture had been open for two months without anyone noticing. It is ridiculous that the huge Lu'an Prefecture had become inhumane. The Lord was in a land without soldiers, and allowed the thieves to march straight in, and occupied the nearby counties and counties without any use or blood. Seeing the situation, the king had no choice but to flee with his family, but was chased by the thieves. Fortunately, Mr. Wu of the Jinyi Guards rescued him and escaped... "
Chang Yu held the teacup with an expressionless face and listened to Zhu Xiaoyong's indignant account of the bumpy journey, but in his heart he thought that God was playing tricks on people. In history, Zhu Changzi, the king of Lu in Weihui Mansion, escaped and lived for a few more years, and King Shen of Lu'an Mansion was killed. The bandits captured and killed them alive and stole their property.
But now, because of the wings of his little butterfly, Zhu Changzi curled up his pigtails in anger, while Zhu Xiaoyong, who was supposed to die, fled to Taiyuan and was furious in front of him at this moment.
"The thieves' army is powerful, but they can only show off their bravery for a short time. We will take good care of the thieves when we withdraw our hands. Your Majesty, my condolences. As long as people are well, everything will be safe. Once you come, you will be in peace, so that you can have good health and be healthy." After the army defeats the thief, your return to Lu'an will be just around the corner."
Chang Yu comforted.
Zhu Xiaoyong couldn't help but want to curl his lips, "Go ahead and coax a three-year-old child with these nonsense. The imperial court has been suppressing bandits for more than ten years and has been getting bigger and bigger. Waiting for you to defeat the bandits, I don't know if I will see it again in my lifetime."
Of course, I could only mutter these words in my heart, while still nodding slightly on the surface.
"Our family has rushed to Beijing to report this matter to the emperor. I believe the imperial court will send someone to appease him in a few days!"
Zhu Xiaoyong couldn't help but roll his eyes and comfort him. Is a jade as good as he wishes? Thinking that his huge palace might be being ravaged by thieves at this time, he couldn't help but feel pain.
"Your Majesty, can you hear about Prince Lu?" Chang Yu said suddenly.
"Wei Hui's King Lu? What happened to him?" Zhu Xiaoyong was startled. King Lu and King Fu were both descended from the lineage of King Yan Zhu Di, and were also part of the current royal family. Prince Zhu Changzi of Lu was actually Chongzhen's imperial uncle!
"He was attacked and killed by a thief more than ten days ago!" Chang Yu said nonchalantly.
Zhu Xiaoyong was startled, his mouth slightly opened, and it took him a long time to speak, because the thing happened nearby but far away, and he had not heard it yet.
"The little lucky king Zhu Yousong was also in trouble at the same time!" Chang Yu said again.
Zhu Xiaoyong was still speechless.
The thieves' army was powerful and they were invincible when attacking the city, including many large state capitals. Every time they entered the city, the vassal prince's palace in the city must be their main target. King Zhou in Kaifeng, King Fu in Luoyang, King Qin in Xi'an, and King Chong in Runing Mansion in Henan. , which one is not a family that is broken up and people are dead, even those who survive the disaster are like dogs that have lost their homes and are left under someone else's fence.
But after all, these vassal kings were still far away from him. Although they heard about it afterwards, they were not as shocked as when they heard about the disaster of Lu King Zhu Changqi beside his bed!
"What a blessing!" Zhu Xiaoyong was glad that he had escaped death and that he happened to meet Wu Mengming.
"Your Majesty was lucky enough to meet Mr. Wu, so he saved the lives of hundreds of people in Prince Shen's mansion!" Chang Yu also said silently at this time.
Zhu Xiaoyong nodded slightly, feeling the same. He had escaped, but there were other hereditary kings and generals in Lu'an Mansion, so they probably wouldn't be so lucky.
For example, King Dingtao was not so lucky, and he and his son committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well.
"I will remember Mr. Wu's life-saving grace in my heart!"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wu was ordered to do other official business. It happened that the prince was in trouble and he risked his life to rescue him. It was indeed sentimental and righteous. However, the prince sent it off with just one sentence that he kept in mind. Our family must seek justice for those brothers who died in the war! "
When he heard this, Zhu Xiaoyong was startled at first, and then his face turned angry. It turned out that he was here for this trouble. He was really like a tiger who fell flat and was bullied by a dog. He just escaped from the edge of life and death, and now he needs money.
It's hard to be angry, but after all, the lives of hundreds of people in the family were saved by others, and I heard that many people died, so it's definitely worth offering some money. It's really disgusting and irritating to come to the door in such a hurry to ask for help.
"How many?"
Zhu Xiaoyong was angry and his tone became cold, wanting to send the person in front of him away quickly.
"More than forty of our brothers died in the battle, how much do you think is a good deal, Your Majesty?" Chang Yu chuckled.
Zhu Xiaoyong closed his eyes, took a long breath, and suppressed the anger in his heart: "I am in a hurry to escape, and the gold and silver I carry are limited. As long as the factory supervisor does not go too far, Prince Shen's Mansion will repay the kindness."
"My lord, please be happy." Chang Yu stretched out his hand and opened it.
"Five hundred taels? That's fine!" Zhu Xiaoyong heard that more than forty people were killed in the war. Although the pension of five hundred taels seemed a bit expensive, he accepted it after thinking that his life was saved by others.
"My lord, are you kidding me?" Chang Yu sneered: "Are the hundreds of people in Prince Shen's residence only worth a mere five hundred taels?"
Hey! Zhu Xiaoyong suddenly became angry. He had heard for a long time that Dongchang Jinyiwei was not a good person and would do anything to blackmail him, but he unexpectedly got it all on the head of the feudal lord, so he took this opportunity to make himself fat.
"Forget it, five thousand is just five thousand!" Zhu Xiaoyong endured it again. After all, his life was indeed saved by others, and secondly, he was living under someone else's roof. No one could say what would happen in the future. He should also take care of people like Dongchang and build some connections.
This time Chang Yu smiled, the kind of smile without saying a word, but everyone could see that it was a disdainful ridicule.
Zhu Xiaoyong immediately turned over and got out of bed without even wearing his shoes: "Don't go too far, or the old man will go out of his way to find the emperor for comment!"
Chang Yu still smiled and said nothing!
"Do you know how many lives fifty thousand taels of silver can buy? My Prince Shen's mansion is in such a state right now, and you still want to come to blackmail me. I put my words here. It's impossible. If you have the ability, you can kill me. !”
"My lord, if our family wants to kill you, can we still let you enter Taiyuan City?" Chang Yu chuckled.
Zhu Xiaoyong was stunned for a moment, and then his muscles twitched, threatening! Chi Guoguo's threat!
"Also, what our family wants is not fifty thousand taels!"
Ah, it's not fifty thousand. Zhu Xiaoyong, who was about to be set on fire, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he had realized that he was wrong.
"It's five hundred thousand taels!" Chang Yu added nonchalantly, and Zhu Xiaoyong took a few steps back and sat down on the table, covering his chest and coughing hard: "You, what did you say?"
"Your Highness has already heard it, why ask again?" Chang Yu picked up the teacup on the table and walked to the bed, handing it to Zhu Xiaoyong.
With a bang, Zhu Xiaoyong waved his hand and knocked down the teacup. It shattered on the ground: "If you dare to bully me, I will risk my life to report to the emperor..."
"Your Majesty, can you please listen to our family?" Chang Yu interrupted him!
"Let it go if there is p!" Zhu Xiaoyong roared!
"Have you ever heard that King Lu was attacked by thieves when he was fleeing? More than half of the hundreds of family members were killed or injured. The female family members were humiliated to death. After desperately escaping, they were revolted and killed by the thieves. In the end, the family was ruined. I dare to ask the prince, is it money? What’s important is life!”
"Are you threatening this king?"
Zhu Xiaoyong roared and glared at Chang Yu!
"Listen to what we have to say," Chang Yu waved his hand and said again.
"Does Your Majesty know about the escape of King Zhou and Prince Xiaofu back then?"
Zhu Xiaoyong was still angry: "What do you mean?"
Chang Yu sat down, looked at him and said: "When the city of Luoyang was destroyed, King Xiaofu fell off the city with a rope and fled alone to hide in Tibet for several months. After that, he was ordered to flee to Huaiqing Mansion for refuge.
Also, after the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, the Zhou kings escaped and hid in the woods outside the city for several days in the wind and rain. Bu Congshan, who was ordered to rescue him, took refuge in the Tang Palace in Nanyang. Did the prince know?"
"I heard it, but what do you mean by this?"
Zhu Xiaoyong was even more confused
"The ancestral rules established by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty are that without the emperor's order, the vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without authorization, and the king is not allowed to move around at will. This is what the so-called king does not see.
So after King Zhou escaped, he would rather hide in the woods in the wind and rain than run around at will. He went to Nanyang only after being ordered. Prince Xiao Fu also went to Huaiqing Mansion only after being ordered. But whose order did you come here, my lord?
From Taiyuan?”
Zhu Xiaoyong was suddenly stunned: "This...you...".
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wu is so eager to save people that he couldn't bear to have hundreds of people in your palace being poisoned by thieves. He rescued you, and because the thieves were in hot pursuit, he sent you to Taiyuan in a daze. However, he did bad things with good intentions. Once this happens,
If it reaches the ears of the Holy Emperor, the consequences will be serious. What are the most taboo things of the royal family? You always know better than we do."
"So, the money our family wants is really not for ourselves, but for the lives of hundreds of families!"
"How many hundreds of people were killed, what, how many hundreds of people..." Zhu Xiaoyong stuttered for a moment, unable to speak clearly.
"The several hundred members of Jinyiwei, headed by Mr. Wu, and the several hundred members of Prince Shen's Mansion, led by you."
Chang Yu took a long breath: "You entered Taiyuan City in a big way. Everyone in the city saw it. Even if you want to deny it in the future, you will not be able to deny it. If the emperor pursues this matter, Mr. Wu will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. As for you,
You know very well what the crime is, and how many people will be involved in this investigation... Prince Shen, this is life-saving money, and now we need to use money to save you and save Mr. Wu's life!"
"You wouldn't want to see Mr. Wu, the young man who desperately saved your family from Prince Shen's Mansion, be convicted and imprisoned!" Chang Yu begged with a bitter look on his face.
"This..." Zhu Xiaoyong suddenly lost his mind: "Since you know how powerful it is, why did you allow me to enter the city at that time?"
"How did our family know at that time? Master Wu didn't tell our family until you entered the city. Unfortunately, it was too late and the whole city knew about it."
Chang Yu waved his hands with regret on his face: "Now you know why our family did not attend your reception banquet at noon. We are thinking about how to deal with the aftermath. Once the emperor pursues this matter, not only you and Mr. Wu will be unlucky, but our family will also suffer."
Implicated... Hey, as long as you didn't enter the city, you still had room to maneuver, but now you're fine..."
"This, this time of war and chaos is an emergency. Will the emperor pursue it?" Zhu Xiaoyong was already stunned by Chang Yu's deception.
"The king's heart is unpredictable, Prince Shen. You know better than ours what the royal family has always been most careful about, let alone at a time of turmoil."
Of course Zhu Xiaoyong knew that the emperors of the Ming dynasty guarded against the vassal kings more than against the bandits.
"However, my lineage from Prince Shen's Mansion is not a royal lineage, so there is almost no threat..." Zhu Xiaoyong still held on to a trace of luck, feeling that the gaffe should not be as bad as Chang Yu said.
"Yes, you are not of the royal family, and you are not the most vigilant of the royal family. But because you are not of the royal family, to put it bluntly, it is not necessary to be in trouble at this time. Why doesn't the emperor take the opportunity to get rid of one by one? , and also lost the Wangfu family property. You must know that the imperial treasury is now empty and in urgent need of food and salary."
Zhu Xiaoyong was completely confused. Chang Yu could even say such things that speculated on the emperor's heart. If this was spread, he would be beheaded. But just because of this, it can be seen that what he said was true.
Thinking about what he said was true and reasonable, Chongzhen could have taken the opportunity to commit crimes at this time, destroying an entire family and confiscating a large sum of money. It was indeed a good deal.
The air became quiet, Chang Yu sat on the chair, stroking the tea cup without saying a word, Zhu Xiaoyong leaned on the bedside and stared at the wall without moving.
It took him a long time before he said: "How to manage this money and who to manage it with? Can spending it really ensure the safety of Prince Shen's Mansion?".
"My lord, who is most in need of money at this time?"
Zhu Xiaoyong was startled, stood up and sat upright: "Take care of him?"
It is self-evident who is most short of money in Ming Dynasty.
Chang Yu nodded slightly.
Zhu Xiaoyong immediately understood and spent money to eliminate disasters!
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