Just when Liu Ling arrived in Jinzhou, a secret report from Jinling was delivered to Liu Ling. Jinling's geographical location is very important in governing Jiangnan, so Liu Ling deployed many people in Jinling. Of course,
Nothing can be seen on the surface. When Hou Shen was appointed as the governor of Jiangnan Province, his first stop was to go to Jinling.
Liu Ling specially transferred 200 cavalry to Hou Shen, and then transferred 30 guards from six places, plus a powerful golden-robed man. Such a lineup can be called luxurious, and Hou Shen was very proud that he could have such a
I have to be proud of the treatment I received. The person in golden clothes is Ji Wuming in Jinling.
Hou Shen didn't know that his imperial guard of honor had not yet set off. Another team of 200 Tiqi had already quietly left the city gate in the night. Chen Xiaoshu was holding a warrant from Liu Ling in his arms and felt a little awkward again.
Rush to Jinling.
Jinling
An Le Gong's Mansion
Li Yu was lying on the bed groaning in pain. A doctor connected his broken leg bone and applied herbal medicine. After bandaging, the doctor told him that it was best to rest in bed and not move around. If the injured muscles and bones are less, he would have to rest for a hundred days.
, especially now that it is winter, recovery will be slower.
Li Yu's attendant thanked the doctor and took out ten coins made by a big man as medical expenses. The doctor did not accept the tray full of copper coins. He looked at Li Yu's painful face and sighed: "Master, I will not pay for the medical expenses."
Accept it. I just hope that the father-in-law will not tell anyone about the fact that I treated him... King Zhao has issued a message that no one is allowed to treat the father-in-law."
Li Yu's face twitched, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, sir. Thank you very much, sir."
He took off a jade pendant from his waist with great effort and handed it to the attendants, saying: "Copper coins are difficult to carry, and it is inconvenient for you to send your husband back. This jade pendant will be used as a thank you gift for your reward, please don't refuse."
He was an emperor half a year ago, and now he is so polite to an ordinary doctor.
The doctor bowed deeply: "My lord... the grassroots really can't accept it. It's not that the grassroots are afraid of the domineering King Zhao. What I said before about not letting King Zhao know that the grassroots treat the father-in-law is not because they are afraid of being implicated. The grassroots are not afraid of being implicated."
I'm afraid that King Zhao will come again and make unreasonable troubles. Cao Min... came from the palace hospital, but the father-in-law doesn't remember Cao Min."
Li Yu looked suffocated, and then nodded: "I don't even remember the people around me, haha... No wonder I ended up like this. I thought I had done a good job, and I was not responsible for the destruction of the country and the family, but I actually
Even the people in Taiyuan Hospital can’t remember it, so you can imagine how unorganized it was back then.”
He struggled to sit up on the bed and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, it's better not to leave the house. Even if you come in secretly, there's no guarantee that King Zhao's men won't see you. Although the house is cold, it's not a problem to arrange for you.
"
The doctor thought for a while, then bowed and said, "Thank you sir, I will go and make some medicine."
After the doctor went out, Li Yu leaned on the bed slumped. One of his trusted attendants pulled the brocade quilt over and covered him with it, comforting him and said: "Master, please bear with this for the time being. When he recovers, he will go to Jinzhou to find him."
The King of Han commented. Is it possible that you can still bear this bad breath? The King of Han just left Jinling. He said that he would protect his master for the rest of his life. If those people forget the words of the King of Han so quickly, the King of Han will definitely not forgive them lightly."
Li Yu shook his head in pain: "King Zhao and Liu Zhuan are the younger brothers of the King of Han. So what if the King of Han had said that? He would never turn against King Zhao for a surrender like me."
Li Yu sighed in frustration and said to himself: "I'm just sorry for Miss Niyu. She was implicated because of me. I don't know what kind of suffering she is suffering in Prince Zhao's Mansion now."
The attendant said: "Master, why don't you understand? If it weren't for that frivolous woman, how could King Zhao bully the master! If you want to blame it, you have to blame that woman for being too promiscuous! The master is still thinking about her, but she is
I don’t know how happy and carefree I am in Prince Zhao’s Mansion!”
"Shut up!"
Li Yu scolded: "You are not allowed to talk about Miss Niyu like this. In this world... besides her, who else understands me?"
The trusted attendant lowered his head, but he was extremely unhappy. That day at Feihua Tower, Li Yuxin composed a poem to look for Ni Yu, the red girl from Feihua Tower. The Ni Yu girl was quite proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially poetry.
She is also quite accomplished. When Li Yu was the emperor, he often went incognito to look for her. Now that the country was broken, he was granted the title of Duke An Le, but he went to a more convenient place. The two of them were drinking and talking on the painted boat when King Zhao's ship came near.
Come up.
On the boat, several servants in Tsing Yi invited Ni Yu to go to King Zhao's ship. Ni Yu was afraid that Li Yu would feel uncomfortable, so she refused. The servants were very fierce and forcibly pulled Ni Yu away. Although Li Yu's country was broken, there were many people around him.
After all, his bodyguards were not comparable to those few servants. He did not know that the servants who came to rob people were the servants of King Zhao Liu Zhuan. Those servants only said that my master asked the girl to cross the boat to talk. Li Yu was angry and ordered the servants to take those servants
After the fight broke out, Li Yu's attendants injured several domineering servants.
Li Yu didn't know that they were from King Zhao Liu Zhuan, but Ni Yu knew. She was afraid that Li Yu would be implicated, so she finally followed the servants on King Zhao's ship. After King Zhao learned that his men had been beaten, he mobilized people from King Zhao's mansion
He seized Li Yu's boat, and then tied up Li Yu's master and servants and took them to his own ship.
"Who do I think is so domineering and beating my servants in public? It turns out to be the famous An Le Gong. Do you think... this Jinling is still your Jinling?"
"You are just a king who has subjugated his country. My ninth brother will reward you with a way to survive. Why don't you die of shame yourself?"
King Zhao's words still resound in Li Yu's mind, and the shame of that day is as deeply engraved in his heart as a brand. Even if he is the king of subjugation, can he be humiliated at will? Li Yu didn't want to be troublesome, but
The King of Zhao was so aggressive that he ordered all Li Yu's servants to be beaten to death. Li Yu argued that King Zhao actually ordered the evil slaves to break one of his legs. If the soldiers from the Jinling General Mansion hadn't arrived later, what would have happened to King Zhao?
If you start, I'm afraid that Li Yu may really be beaten to death that day.
Li Yu lay on the bed and sighed, and ordered his attendants: "You should pay more attention these days. If anything happens to Miss Niyu, I will really feel sorry for you."
The attendant responded, feeling quite helpless.
Prince Zhao's Mansion
One of King Zhao's staff frowned and said, "Why did the prince do such an unwise thing this time?"
He was worried: "If the news reaches the King of Han at this time, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the prince."
Liu Zhuan took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes and said, "Jinling is such a good place."
He stood up, walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside and said: "This was once the residence of Li Suining, the meritorious king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and now it is my residence. Over there is the imperial palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is still empty. It is said that Ninth Brother has granted a special license
A person lives there, but until now I don’t know who is so valued in front of Ninth Brother. I plan to live in Jinling permanently, and Ninth Brother obviously knows that, why didn’t he point out Jinling to me?”
Liu Zhuan sneered: "It's just for the ridiculous reputation."
"Li Yu is nothing. To me, a big man, he is just one of many subjugated kings."
"Liu Yuan is dead, Ma Xi'e is dead, why doesn't Ninth Brother kill Li Yu?"
The aide thought for a moment and said, "The King of Han wants to show his magnanimity."
Liu Zhuan smiled: "Tolerant? I just want to try. How generous is he to my brother? If he refuses to give me the land in Jinling, then I will take it for myself. Li Yu is just a small role, I
I beat him just to know how much tolerance Ninth Brother has for me."
"Sooner or later he will ascend the throne. Is it possible that he would not even give me a city?"
"Besides, if Li Yu is really dead, maybe Ninth Brother will thank me."
He smiled: "The king of a subjugated country is also a king. Even if Li Yu has no rebellious intentions, don't his original ministers have no evil intentions in their hearts? Ninth Brother pities his talent and reputation and cannot bear to kill him, so I will use him to test Ninth Brother's bottom line.
."
Liu Zhuan raised his chin and said: "After Ninth Brother ascends the throne, will he still be able to fight all day long like he is now? Whether it is military power or political power, it will eventually be let go. Now try Ninth Brother's heart
, if he ignores me, I will always have to fight for some rights in the court in the future. Wouldn’t it be great to have a prince sitting in charge of this important land in the south of the Yangtze River? "
The staff member smiled bitterly and said to himself, my lord, how could you be such an idiot? Even if the King of Han ascends the throne in the future, I am afraid that the military power will not be handed over to you.
"Your Majesty, to be on the safe side, it is better to write a memorial and submit it to the King of Han. If General Jinling reports this matter first, Your Majesty will be passive."
"No! No need."
Liu Zhuan said arrogantly: "Wang Xiaoniu doesn't dare!"
"Even if Ninth Brother's feelings are wrong this time, can Ninth Brother still deal with me because of Li Yu? At most, it's just a few words of reprimand. After all, now he only has two relatives with me, Eleventh Brother."
"However... Wang Xiaoniu cannot be neglected. Although he is just a soldier from Ninth Brother, if I want to stand firm in Jinling in the future, I still have to give him face."
"The post with my name was sent to General Jinling's residence, saying that I would invite General Wang to have a drink at Feihua Tower tomorrow night. In addition, the Jinling County Sheriff also sent a copy. Officials of the sixth rank and above are invited, and I will come with you tomorrow.
Banquet."
The staff member hummed and went out to make arrangements.
Liu Zhuo was the only one left in the room, and his face gradually darkened: "Brother Ninth? That's nonsense! Doing this... is just to see where your bottom line is. After so many years, I've had enough to worry about.
I'm just an idle prince who doesn't do his job, right? What can I do if I beat a subordinate out of jealousy over a woman?"
He turned around and said to the back of the screen: "Keep an eye on who is delivering the message to Jinzhou. In Jinling, I want to see who his cronies are! If you want to gain a foothold in Jinling, you must get rid of all those nails."
Force it out."
A man with a cold face appeared from behind the screen. He bowed and said, "I obey, but... isn't the prince worried that he will anger the King of Han this time?"
Liu Zhuan laughed and said: "Angry? He must be angry. He is a person who wants reputation. He should reprimand me severely and then be banned from the Zhao Palace. I will be fined for a few years and then I can be fine again."
Comfort Li Yu. He will do enough to save face."
"That's all. Could he still kill me for Li Yu?"
"You just need to do what I told you. I want to see who else in Jinling besides Wang Xiaoniu is his confidant. It can make everyone come out. It doesn't matter even if I am demoted to the county king. I want to
With Jinling as the foundation, we must force all the people on the surface and behind the scenes to be exposed. It can't be done. When I go to win over an official, I don't even know the details of that official. Whoever surfaces, I will
Slowly play to death. Sooner or later, I will make this Jiangnan mine, and then I will take the big man..."
He sneered: "I am his biological brother, what a unique advantage." (To be continued)
