Chapter 194: Step by step

Xi'an Prefecture, a once glorious metropolis in Chinese history, once witnessed the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and gradually declined in the chaos in the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty. By the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was just a regional city.

Zhu Yuanzhang had also considered moving the capital to Xi'an. For this reason, he specially asked the former crown prince Zhu Biao to visit Xi'an Prefecture. However, as Zhu Biao died of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang's health became worse and he was a little overwhelmed. The issue was put on hold indefinitely. This issue will be considered by his children and grandchildren in the future!

Xi'an Prefecture is the vassal state of King Zhu Chuang of Qin. After Zhu Yunwen entered the Eastern Palace, the eldest prince was silent for a while after Zhu Yunwen entered the Eastern Palace. He tore off his disguised face and continued his debauchery and shameless life, and even called it: This is a manifestation of his unintentional rise.

But did he give up? No, just like a dog can never change his nature of eating shit, Zhu Ceng's fire of ambition has not yet been extinguished, but has been closed. Once the time comes, his ambition will immediately burn.

The King of Qin was silent, and his once active subordinates became idle. His aide Shao Wenda gave birth to a son last year. The old age made him extremely happy. He began to think that he still had the ability to continue his descendants. In order to have a few more sons, he married three concubines in October last year and January this year, and his family burden increased. The salary he received in the Qin Palace was far from enough for the family expenses. He opened a large restaurant on Chang'an Street, but the business was unsophisticated and the stall was too large. He lost half of his capital in just a few months. His wife at home thought he could not make money and always quarreled with him. The concubines in several rooms also did not serve him so hard because they could not get any oil and water from him to subsidize his parents' family.

The pressure of supporting a family made Shao Wenda worry all day long. He sold his house in the capital, but it was still not enough to make up for the losses. He was determined to ask for some money from the King of Yan, but he couldn't speak. He had to make contributions to get rewards, but now there was no chance to make contributions. Talking for money would only make the King of Yan underestimate him.

At noon that day, Shao Wenda came to the restaurant again as usual. The restaurant hall was deserted and more than a dozen lazy waiters stood there in a state of ignorance. Now it was lunch time, and the business was so bad. In fact, Shao Wenda already knew where the problem was. The problem was that he made a mistake in making a decision and moved out the Qin King's sign. In order to expand the momentum, he specially invited officials from Xi'an Prefecture in the name of the King of Qin when the restaurant opened. There were many people coming to congratulate him at that time. The scene was very hot, but after that, he passed.

In two days, fewer and fewer people were. He later realized that it was because he played the Qin King's brand that most ordinary people in Xi'an refused to come to his restaurant for dinner. The Qin King's reputation among the people was too bad. The officials who came to support him were only willing to come this time, but it was too late to regret it. This four-story restaurant cost him thousands of taels of silver to decorate, as well as rent and salary. He lost his capital every day. Shao Wenda was heartbroken and wanted to transfer it, but no one was willing to accept this "Qin King's restaurant".

The dismal restaurant made him sigh and wanted to turn around and go back, but the shopkeeper in the store called him, "Shao Dong's family!"

"What's the matter?" Shao Wenda asked with some displeasure.

"Someone is looking for you and said he is your old friend."

Shao Wenda was stunned. He looked at him without seeing anyone, and asked, "Where are the people?"

"I'm waiting for you in the fourth floor elegant room." The shopkeeper handed him a note, "He said, you'll know if you look at this."

Shao Wenda opened the note and saw the word "Yan" written inside. He jumped up suddenly, and he didn't care about asking anymore, and ran to the fourth floor.

There was a table and a table of people eating on the second and third floors, but the fourth floor was deserted and there was no guest. There were only eight big men standing at the door of the elegant room on the front, with four people standing on both sides. Shao Wenda knew that the person coming was waiting for him in the room.

"Is the person coming Mr. Shao?" a big man stepped forward and bowed to him and asked.

"I'm exactly."

"My adult has been waiting for Mr. Shao in the house for a long time. Please come in."

"I wonder if your family's noble surname?"

"He's surname is Sun, and Mr. Shao doesn't know him."

‘Submit Sun?’ Shao Wenda thought about it carefully. He had never heard of someone named Sun around King Yan. He shook his head and pushed the door and pushed in.

Two followers with swords stood beside the door in the room, tall and cold, but there was a person standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Looking at the person behind him, he was looking out of the window in a daze.

Shao Wenda hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm Shao Wenda, what's the matter with me, Lord Sun?"

The person in front of the window slowly turned around, replied with a greeting, and said with a faint smile: "Sir, please sit down."

Seeing that he was really very disgusted, Shao Wenda couldn't help feeling uneasy. Logically, only a few people knew about his secret refuge in the King of Yan. Usually, those people came to him, but today a person whom he didn't know was at all. He hesitated and asked, "You are..."

The visitor smiled and said, "It's so rude. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm under the surname Sun Ji, the subordinate of General Li of Liaodong."

When Shao Wenda heard the five words "General Li of Liaodong", he was shocked. He stood up and ran away. The two big men behind him pressed him on the chair, one left and one right. Shao Wenda was so scared that his face was pale. Li Weizheng actually knew that he was the King of Yan, so can he still live?

"Are you scared? When you planned to frame General Li, how could you not expect that today?" Sun Ji took out a letter and threw it in front of him and said coldly: "Do you still know this letter?"

Seeing this letter, Shao Wenda's heart sank to the abyss. He wrote a letter of loyalty to the King of Yan a few years ago. Unexpectedly, it fell into Li Weizheng's hands. This letter was obtained by Lu Siyuan from King of Yan for a long time. Now it has become a proof of Shao Wenda's death knives. Shao Wenda rushed up and wanted to grab the letter, but was caught by two big men behind him.

Sun Ji smiled and put away the letter. He squatted in front of Shao Wenda and said with a smile: "It seems you are really scared. What would you do if I gave this letter to the King of Qin?'Crack!' The head fell to the ground. I know that you just gave birth to a son. He is still young. You can call someone else a father. No longer have the surname Shao. Your woman will be ridden by other men. Of course, you will not have any troubles in this restaurant. How about it, do you want me to tell the King of Qin?"

Shao Wenda was so scared that his teeth were knocking up and down. His life, his son, his woman, was filled with despair. But when he heard the other party's tone, he seemed to have room for negotiation, so he immediately said tremblingly: "Tell me! What are your conditions?"

"General Li's conditions are very simple, and it is easy for you. As long as you defect to the King of Yan and work for General Li, we will naturally keep all the secrets for you."

Shao Wenda calmed down and sighed secretly. He knew that as long as he agreed, he would sink deeper and deeper, and he would be involuntarily from then on. But if he didn't agree, he would definitely be dead. At this time, Sun Ji clapped his hands gently and a big man walked into the outside, carrying a leather bag in his hand. He poured the leather bag onto the table, rolling out a pile of golden gold. The big man put the gold ingots one by one, and there were a total of ten ingots.

"We know you are short of money, and here is five hundred taels of gold. As long as you agree, gold will be yours. If you don't agree, I should be able to see your head in an hour."

Sun Ji had completely pinched Shao Wenda's seven inches. There was a temptation of gold in front and a death threat behind. Shao Wenda was helpless and could only sigh and nodded, "Okay! I promise, you must come with a purpose, so please tell me!"

The palace of King Zhu Chuang of Qin was brilliant. There were guards, eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. After returning from the capital, he returned to his life of drunkenness and dreams. He spent most of his time in the pile of women, and no one saw him. At this moment, he was lying on several young women, drinking while watching a group of dancers performing. Although he was extremely lustful, he felt a little tired of playing with women all day long. Moreover, his health was getting worse and worse. Women played too much, and his energy was seriously damaged, which made his mind always feel drowsy.

After watching the dancing for a long time, he suddenly felt annoyed and waved his hand and said, "Get down for me."

The dance music stopped, and the dancers retreated one after another. Zhu Ren drank the wine in the glass and turned around to ask an old eunuch, "What are some fun ideas do you have?"

The old eunuch said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, why don't we go hunting!"

"Hunting! Hunting! What else do you know besides hunting?" Zhu Ren threw the cup to the ground fiercely.

At this time, an eunuch walked in and knelt down to report: "Your Highness, Mr. Shao is asking for a meeting outside and said there is important information!"

If it were the past, Zhu Ren was in a drowsy state, he might not have the intention to meet him. But now is the time when he is bored, and he really wants to meet Shao Wenda. There is also important information. He seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he ordered: "Take him to my study."

Zhu Chuang has not entered the study room for nearly half a year. Although people come to clean it every day, there is still a faint musty smell in the study room. Before Zhu Chuang comes, several eunuchs quickly opened the window. It is mid-February. When it is chilly in spring, the eunuchs bring in a few big braziers. Soon, the room becomes warmer.

When Zhu Chuang appeared at the entrance of the study room in a sedan surrounded by dozens of guards, Shao Wenda had been waiting for him for almost half an hour. Seeing that Zhu Chuang had just arrived now, Shao Wenda couldn't help but sigh secretly. Zhu Chuang was too addicted to wine and sex, and in just one year, he looked like a fat pig and became more dull. However, he knew Zhu Chuang too much, and this person did not have ambitions disappeared. On the contrary, his dream of becoming an emperor became even more intense. In the palace, his pomp and etiquette were completely imitated by his emperor's father, and he secretly wore a dragon robe in the deep palace.

Now that he had major intelligence reports, he actually made himself wait for half an hour. He became too slow and lost the sensitivity to fighting for power. This would be better able to control him.

"See Your Highness!" Shao Wenda knelt down. This was the new rule set by Zhu Ceng, and everyone must kneel down when they see him.

Zhu Xi hadn't seen his chief aide in the past four months. He waved his hand and said, "Don't give me a gift."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

When they entered the study, Zhu Chuang sat down and asked, "What's the matter with me?"

"Your Highness, my subordinates have received a major intelligence and come to report it."

"What information?" Zhu Chuang waved to the people on both sides and ordered them to go down.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shao Wenda lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the emperor had vomited blood several times and fainted. It can be seen that the emperor has not had much time left."

In fact, there are major loopholes in Shao Wenda's words. How could he know such top-secret information? As long as Zhu Chuang continues to ask questions, Shao Wenda will be exposed, or it may be heard of, but Zhu Chuang didn't think of this at all. He stood up with a 'live', the fat meat on his face trembled, and he asked excitedly: "Are you saying that your father is not going to be able to do it?"

Shao Wenda nodded and smiled, "Your Highness's opportunity is coming again."

Zhu Ren didn't react. He blinked and asked quickly: "Sir, please make it clear, where is my chance?"

Shao Wenda smiled slightly and said, "Didn't your highness think? If the emperor dies, Zhu Yunwen will enter the Eastern Palace for too short a day and it will be difficult to convince the people. How can the kings not raise troops to fight for the throne? I heard that the King of Yan is ambitious and has long been determined to seize the throne. King Jin has privately made seal talismans and dragon robes, and he will definitely raise troops. There are King Qi, King Ning, King Zhou and King Wuchang Chu. This is the repetition of the eight kings fighting for the throne in the first half of Jin. In this case, whoever has the most army is the strongest, whoever can laugh to the end. Your Highness has nearly 80,000 troops, and is one of the vassal kings with the largest number of troops among the kings. Didn't your Highness find this an opportunity?"

After Shao Wenda said this, Zhu Chuang did suddenly realize it. It is right that even King Qi and King Zhou were determined to compete for the throne. As the eldest son of the emperor, he was justified and could not fall behind. Of course, he also had to fight, but Zhu Chuang also knew that although he had many troops, it was not outstanding. The army of King Yan, King Ning, and King Jin was also 80,000, especially the army of King Yan could fight tough battles, and King Yan could also lead troops. If he really started, he might not be able to laugh to the end.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said worriedly: "If I want to seize the throne, I still have too few troops in my hands."

But he didn't know that his ideas had been completely pulled by Shao Wenda. Seeing that he had already been in his pocket, Shao Wenda smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I have thought of the solution to this problem for Your Highness. I have a way to increase your Highness by 200,000 troops."

Zhu Chuang was overjoyed, and he hurriedly urged: "Tell me quickly, what can I do?"

"Don't be anxious, please listen to me."

Shao Wenda lured Zhu Feng step by step, "I heard a rumor that the emperor wanted to kill Lan Yu, and the time was set after the kings performed in April. Although this was just a rumor, the subordinates analyzed various signs that the emperor did have the possibility of cleaning the army and killing those who had made great achievements without leaving any ground. Lan Yu was the first to be the one who was the one who was in charge of the master. After the Battle of Fishing Sea, he became more arrogant and repeatedly spoke rudely.

It is said that the first person to shock the Lord. A few years ago, the emperor killed his son was a serious warning, but he still did not know how to restrain himself. Therefore, his subordinates dared to assert that Lan Yu's life is not long. If His Highness helps and saves Lan Yu's life at this time, the kings will fight for the throne in the future. Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others, who will be the object of everyone's struggle for. Think about it, since Your Highness has been kind to Lan Yu, who will he be loyal to at that time?"

Zhu Lin let out a long breath and analyzed it thoroughly! But he frowned and asked, "Then how should I save Lan Yu? My father will definitely not listen to me."

Shao Wenda laughed, "Your Highness only wants one end of the rope, why don't you think about the other end of the rope? Lan Yu is now in Guizhou, and has a 200,000 army in his hand. If Your Highness writes him a secret letter as the eldest son of the emperor and tells him that he is killed, then Lan Yu will definitely stop the troops and refuse to enter the capital. The emperor will throw a rat and dare not touch him lightly. In this way, Lan Yu's affairs will be delayed. A year and a half later, the emperor will die. Your Highness will tell the world with the emperor's eldest son's edict, and count Zhu Yunwen's unvirtuous actions, raise his arms and shout, ascend to the top of the kings. At that time, Lan Yu will help him and promise him a high-ranking official. Your Highness is the legitimate eldest son of the emperor. How could Lan Yu not abandon this merit of supporting him?"

Zhu Ren was so excited that he trembled all over. He stepped forward and hugged Shao Wenda, and said with great gratitude: "Sir, I am really my mentor. The Lone King has recorded it. In the future, I will ascend the throne and I will be named the head of the civil servant."

Shao Wenda was also a little confused by this careful plan, but this plan was Li Weizheng's careful layout. He sighed in his heart. He had many heroes in the world, and it is not yet known that he should consider his future again.

What Shao Wenda lamented that many heroes emerged was actually that heroes had similar opinions. In the big game of Lan Yu Case that was about to break out, the three chess players were nervously making their own layout. Zhu Yuanzhang was the strongest. He had already cast a big net, set up the bait for the kings to perform troops, and sent a large number of Jinyiwei to be ready to close the net at any time. In this game, he had all the advantages of time, place, and people, and could be said to be step by step and has a chance of winning.

Another chess player, Li Weizheng, avoided the real and went to the weakest part of the heart, and found the weakest part of the heart, and cut a small hole on Zhu Yuanzhang's dense net. Although this hole was not big, it was enough to let the big fish in the net get out of the net.

At this moment, the third chess player also walked out of his own chess path.

In Peiping, the Yan Prince's Mansion, Zhu Di was writing a text message quickly at his desk. After he wrote the last word, he read it again, then rolled it into a wax ball and sealed it, and handed it over to his confidant, Ji Gang, and carefully ordered him to say, "You can go for a trip yourself and send this letter to Guizhou as quickly as possible, and secretly hand it over to Lu Siyuan, and order him to act according to the instructions in my letter. This matter is of great importance, and the letter must not be lost."

Ji Gang bowed and replied, "Subordinate to obey the order!"
Chapter completed!