At the banquet, the atmosphere was a little strange because of Wang Xian's words. Unfortunately, this guy didn't notice anything and was still chattering there.
"Okay! It's really great!" Wang Xian held up his wine glass and said with a pleased look on his face: "Shandong is so rich and peaceful, it must be the credit of all the adults here. Come! On behalf of the emperor and the court, I boldly express my gratitude to you. Your hard work is a great achievement.
!" After saying that, Wang Xian raised his glass.
The group of Shandong officials in and out of the hall had been deceived by Wang Xian. They were stunned for a while, and then they all stood up as if waking up from a dream. They held wine glasses and respectfully said: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy."
"Do it!" Wang Xian raised his neck and drank up the glass of wine.
"Do it!" All the officials quickly toasted and then sat down. But the atmosphere at the banquet was obviously not the same as before...
"Don't be restrained!" Wang Xian said with a smile, holding up his chopsticks like a carefree person; "We've been working hard all day, and you guys haven't eaten properly yet. Use it quickly." He said, holding a pair of chopsticks and twisting the large intestine nine times, and then served it.
He chewed it in his mouth, and then said to Chu Yan with a face full of enjoyment: "Shandong cuisine is so satisfying, this stuff is fed to dogs elsewhere..."
"Pfft..." Several senior officials sitting at the same table sprayed almost at the same time. Wang Xian laughed loudly when he saw this and said: "That's right, let's liven up the atmosphere! What does it mean to have a stern face while eating?
"
The officials in the hall laughed, whether it was real laughter or fake laughter, the atmosphere was finally not so stagnant...
"Lord Fantai is laughing," Wang Xian saw Chu Yan's face turning pale, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I am a rough man and I don't know how to speak. Don't take it seriously."
"No, no, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy is really kind, really kind!" Chu Yan quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Come on, let's drink and drink." After a few glasses of wine, he hesitated and said: "There may be something wrong with our reception today, please ask the Imperial Envoy
Please be considerate of my sincerity and sincerity."
"That's right! It's very right!" Wang Xian laughed and said, "Master Fantai, don't think too much about it."
"Hey, okay, okay... That's good..." Chu Yan secretly wiped his sweat and cursed, "Do you think I'm deaf? Can't you hear your weird and yin-yang auras?"
After finally getting to the end of the banquet, and asking the imperial envoy to go to the upper room to rest, Chu Yan and the other two people hurriedly gathered together to figure out what Wang Xian meant.
"I think he thinks we have gone too far," Liu Ben said with a frown, "He is hinting that we need to restrain ourselves."
"No, I think he enjoys it quite a lot." Ma Zhong curled his lips and said, "Maybe he really thinks that in his heart."
"Impossible, if he was that kind of idiot, he wouldn't be here today." Chu Yan shook his head decisively and said, "He should be both happy and a bit arrogant. He wants us to do it in the dark as much as possible in the future, not like today.
, making such a big noise."
"That makes sense," Liu Bendao said, "otherwise, let all the prefectures and counties go back tomorrow, and we can just accompany him back to Jinan."
"Yeah." Chu Yan nodded and said, "I'll ask him what he means tomorrow morning. What do you think is good for us?"
"What a great idea!" Neither Ma Zhong nor Liu Ben had any objections.
The next day, when Chu Yan, Liu Ben, and Ma Zhong had breakfast with Wang Xian, they carefully asked him if he wanted to let the prefects and county magistrates return home first. Wang Xian agreed immediately, and Chu Yan asked him about his future arrangements.
However, Wang Xian said that the guests could do as they pleased and let them do whatever they wanted. This made the three adults secretly relieved, and said to themselves that it seemed that it was what they said yesterday, not to be too showy, but not to downgrade...
The three of them immediately fine-tuned their arrangements for the next few days, sent the prefecture and county magistrates back, and accompanied Wang Xian on a smooth journey to Jinan City...
Le'an Prefecture, located in the northeast of Jinan Prefecture, is the fiefdom of Han King Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu's palace is Le'an City, the capital of Le'an Prefecture! The reason why it is said is because Han King Zhu Gaoxu built a lot of construction projects after the vassal, occupying half of the original area.
The royal palace in the state city was expanded again, and even the original state government was driven out of the city, and he had the entire Le'an City to himself!
Therefore, the city wall of Le'an City is the palace wall of the Han Dynasty Palace, and the city gate of Le'an City is the palace gate of the Han Dynasty Palace. In addition to the Han Dynasty family and officials and staff, the palace and city are all garrisoned! At that time, Zhu Di
All the troops of the King of Han were cut off, leaving him only one guard of soldiers and horses as a guard. But as long as you go to the city, you will clearly see that there are more than one guard in the city. I am afraid there must be twenty or thirty thousand! But the emperor said this
Turning a blind eye, the prince did not want to force the King of Han any more, and the officials in Shandong collectively pretended to be deaf and dumb. No one pointed out that the King of Han was secretly expanding his army for evil purposes!
Moreover, even if someone dared to speak, as long as the emperor did not say anything, the King of Han would definitely not pay attention to it! In just two years, Zhu Gaoxu controlled most of the salt fields in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and also opened gold mines in Dengzhou and Laizhou.
When opening iron mines, the Han Dynasty vassals boiled salt and cast iron, forming a kingdom of their own. His Highness, the King of Han, who was defeated in the struggle in the past, regained strength in this land of Shandong and stood up!
A fast horse passed through the city gate and galloped down the wide street. The knight dismounted at the entrance of the inner palace, took off his bamboo hat, revealing an unparalleled face! If not Wei Wuque, who is Mr. Wei?
Wei Wuque showed his token, passed through all the palace restrictions, straightened his clothes in front of the Yin'an Palace, and asked the eunuchs to come and see him.
After a while, the eunuch came out to announce his presence. He then entered the palace with his head held high and kowtowed to His Highness the King of Han who was sitting on the throne.
"Your Majesty, Wei Wuque, bows to His Highness the King of Han. Your Majesty is a thousand years old!"
After many years of separation, Zhu Gaoxu's appearance has not changed much, except for a few more gray spots on his temples. He sat on the throne like a tiger or a dragon, looked down at Wei Wuque at the foot of the stairs, nodded slowly and said: "You are not staying with King Zhao.
Why did you come to Shandong? Third brother, he is willing to let you leave?"
"Haha," Wei Wuque pretended not to understand King Han's sarcasm, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked knowingly. Wang Xian came to Shandong, of course I will follow him."
"Well, I have forgotten that you and that guy have no less trouble than I do." Speaking of Wang Xian, Zhu Gaoxu said with hatred in his tiger eyes: "Where is that guy?"
"We are showing off our power and glory along the way, and the scenery is endless. We are almost at Jinan." Wei Wuque simply did not believe that the King of Han would not know Wang Xian's whereabouts. He gritted his teeth and said: "Now that he has come to Shandong, we must not let him go back alive!"
"You are not allowed to touch him, and no one is allowed to touch him!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly slapped the case hard, startling Wei Wuque, and heard His Highness the King of Han say word by word: "He! It belongs to me!"
"Yes, I know that the prince will kill this beast, so I specifically asked King Zhao to allow me to come to Shandong to help the prince!" Wei Wuque said solemnly: "I swear that I will not be a human unless I kill this beast!"
"Thank you for your kindness, but it's useless." The King of Han said unappreciatively: "In Shandong, I don't need anyone's help if I want to kill anyone."
"Yes, I have no doubts about what the prince said," Wei Wuque was not surprised by King Han's words. He knew that after so many things, King Han was probably no less wary of him than he was of Wang Xian. Faint
With a smile, Wei Wuque said in a deep voice: "If the prince just wants to kill Wang Xian, of course he doesn't need help, but if the prince wants to make a comeback, he can't rely on himself."
"You are wrong again. I have been defeated. What else do you have in mind?" Zhu Gaoxu closed his eyes slightly and said indifferently: "If you have nothing else to do, just go away. I don't like you, so I'm afraid I won't be careful.
I’ll kill you.”
"Your Majesty, you are looking down on others. You are expanding the city in Shandong, controlling the salt fields, privately opening gold and iron mines, and recruiting troops. Is it possible that you are just amusing yourself?" Wei Wuque said unmoved.
"There are many horse thieves in Shandong, as well as the White Lotus Sect. I am expanding the city to recruit troops just to protect myself. As for getting some salt and opening some mines, such a big palace and so many people eating horse chews, I only rely on my salary.
How?" Zhu Gaoxu said expressionlessly: "I have no intention of treason! The sun will tell you! If you frame me again, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!" He closed his eyes completely and said
:"see a visitor out!"
Seeing that Wei Wuque was still motionless, the golden-armored guards in the palace came to push him. A cold light flashed in Wei Wuque's eyes, but he didn't make any move. The guards groaned and fell to the ground.
"Hmph!" Seeing that Wei Wuque dared to take action, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes flashed with anger and he mocked: "It's just a trick!"
"Yes, His Royal Highness the King of Han has unparalleled miraculous abilities, and I am ashamed of myself." Wei Wuque smiled sarcastically and said with a charming demeanor: "But Your Highness, please listen to what I have to say, and then you can kill or behead him as you see fit."
"Say." Zhu Gaoxu's face dropped like water.
"Although I am not a member of the White Lotus, I also know that His Royal Highness the Prince has joined the White Lotus Sect..." Wei Wuque said one word, and Zhu Gaoxu's expression changed drastically, and murderous intent burst out in his eyes! This fact is the number one issue for the palace and the White Lotus Sect.
Secret! Just let Wei Wuque say it out! Zhu Gaoxu made up his mind that he would not be allowed to leave the palace today!
"Your Majesty, you are too wary. Now that we are in the same boat and we can benefit from our cooperation, how could I do such stupid things as those who love relatives and hate those who hate enemies?" Wei Wuque saw Zhu Gaoxu's murderous intention, but he didn't know it.
care.
"Do you think you can do something to this king just by hearing about it?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at Wei Wuque steadily and said coldly: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"If a feudal town wanted to grow in ancient times, it was indispensable to play tricks on the bandits to support themselves." Knowing that the heat was on, Wei Wuque stopped showing off and said with a smile: "The prince and the White Lotus Sect secretly worked together to help them train their troops and provide them with weapons.
I’m afraid I want to take such a path by taking them to make a fortune together.”
"I don't know what you are talking about..." Zhu Gaoxu looked very wrong, and the turmoil in his heart was almost unbearable. He never expected that these things he did in private, he thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and no one knew about it.
, but it was all controlled by this person named Wei!
"The prince wants to secretly help them rebel, and then come out to turn the tide!"