Chapter Thirty-Nine: Alliance and Confrontation (3)
One day later, Wei Chong returned to the Yamen to approve official documents as usual, but he kept thinking about what happened yesterday. Once the Lu Party had a military coup, it was not uncommon for internal cracks to appear due to uneven distribution of the spoils; he silently
I thought, it would be better not to go to the Lu Mansion in the near future. The only place to go is the Prince's Mansion.
However, Secretary Wei was very disgusted with Wan Heshun's way of shouting around and raising slaves. Not only did he work hard to perform surveillance tasks, he also received no rewards on weekdays, but also the abominable Hu Qi... He felt more and more
Wan Heshun is no longer worthy of serving.
"Wei Secretary Office," a clerk said, holding a volume of documents in his hand and pushing open the door, "here is another pile."
"Bring them all." Wei Chong sighed.
He took the document and saw that it was written with the words "Wang Magistrate" and other words on it, so he curled his lips and said, "I dare to approve this?"
The little official chuckled secretly.
"What are you laughing at?"
"You don't know yet? Hu Shangshu said this morning, 'If Magistrate Ye is not in the office, all the affairs of the yamen will be handled by Wei Chong. As long as the official affairs are reported to the Magistrate,' we will do it."
Wei Chong was opening the account book halfway. After hearing his words, he quickly closed the book and stood up: "Does Prefect Ye know?"
He looked blankly into Wei Chong's sharp eyes: "Of course I know, after all, it is the order of King Wanjun."
Wei Chong was overjoyed, looked at the document in his hand, and said with a smile: "You have passed on good news! Go ahead!"
Not long after the clerk left, Secretary Wei concentrated on approving the official documents carefully. Within a moment, he put down his pen again, feeling a burst of regret in his heart.
After all, the princes of thousands of counties have treated him like this, but he is betraying the former's trust step by step, and it is too shameful to think about repaying kindness with hatred. He has to repay the favor now, and let out the news that the Lu party's people are unstable.
I don’t want to hang out with the Yue government anymore.
So, in order to be sure and beware of Lu Fangxuan's tricks, after he left the Yamen, he no longer went to the palace, but went straight to Qi Zi's residence.
The residence of this commander is very conspicuous. It has a wide door, bright red walls, and deep red tiles along the eaves, surrounding a vast courtyard. It has the posture of a prince and general. Who would have thought that a mere commander
There was so much wealth that the people who didn't know it looked at it from a distance and mistakenly thought it was Lu Yue Gong's mansion.
There were more than a dozen armor-clad soldiers standing before and after them. When they saw Wei Chong coming, they searched for a while and said, "Go in." Then they let him into the house.
"If you drink any more, you won't be happy!"
In a room, Qi Zi and several officers sat on the floor, set two tables with delicious food and meat, and took turns drinking with them.
"Is Secretary Wei here?" Qi Zi squinted his eyes and said, "Come, sit down, sit down."
Wei Chong saw that all these officers looked drunk and acted rudely. He was afraid of making them angry, so he only leaned against the wall cautiously.
"What brings you here?" Qi Zun asked.
"The villain...the villain is sending a message." Wei Chong said.
"Whose words are you passing on?" Qi Zi suddenly became furious and shouted sternly, "Whose words are you passing on!"
Wei Chong shrank his head: "Lu, Mr. Lu."
Qi Zi slapped the table: "Secretary Wei, Mr. Lu is treating me unfairly. You have seen it with your own eyes... Why are you still facing him? Tell me!"
Wei Chong turned around and knelt down: "I am a civil servant, how dare you interfere in your affairs with Mr. Lu?"
"Then you have a drink." Qi Zi said coldly.
Wei Chong saw that he was angry, so he followed his wishes and drank a bowl of wine.
"Lu Fangxuan... I have been good brothers with him since childhood. We have been friends for more than 20 years, but we only got a deputy commander! Who is Zheng Shiyan? He has made no achievements, but I saved Lu Fangxuan's life.
I helped him pull off the military coup, but there was no reward, and he couldn't move his official position, so I might as well change his family!"
The officers looked at each other in disbelief and were sober from drinking that Qi Zi was the only one talking to himself in a daze.
Wei Chong's eyes flickered and he said mysteriously: "I have something to advise you."
Qi Zi pondered for a while and then motioned to everyone: "You guys leave first and I'll listen to Wei Shuban's words."
The officers walked out one after another, and Wei Chong said: "Since Mr. Lu doesn't know what he is doing now, he went to vote with Prince Wanjun as a plan."
Qi Zi's eyelids twitched, and then he frowned: "This is wonderful. But the king of Wanjun has many soldiers, so I'm afraid he won't let me stay."
"Where, as a subordinate of the county king, how about being a lobbyist and ensuring that everything is safe?"
Qi Zi pretended to be cautious and nodded: "That's right. I'd like to trouble the clerk to tell him. I'll just wait here."
"One more drink?" he asked, looking at the clerk who was about to leave.
"No, no need." Wei Chong replied with a smile.
Hu Qi and Wan Heshun were discussing the matter of dealing with the Lu Party in the living room. At this moment when they were at a loss what to do, a servant suddenly said: "Wei Shuban wants to see you."
Wan Heshun smiled at Hu Qi and called, "Ask him to come."
"Wei Chong sees the prince." He knelt down and kowtowed three times, but as if it was not enough, he kowtowed one more time.
"What...what?" Wan Heshun couldn't understand.
"This is a villain who wants to repay the kindness of the county king." He raised his head and said sincerely.
"You must have something else to do," Wan Heshun said with a smile.
"That's right." Wei Chong crawled forward two steps, stretched his head in front of Wan Heshun, and whispered: "The Lu Party is in crisis now, Qi Zi can take advantage of it."
Wan Heshun's expression froze in surprise.
Wei Chong continued: "Because of the uneven distribution of the spoils between Lu Fangxuan and his officers, the commander Qi Zi was dissatisfied and quite disloyal. Now it is possible to see that there is a loophole, and this is a God-given opportunity!"
"Stop it first." Wan Heshun was surprised but remained calm, "Does Qi Zi really want to come and vote?"
Wei Chong kowtowed again: "He and Zheng Shiyan drew swords at each other. Afterwards, he drank a lot of bitter wine, became very lonely, and publicly criticized the Mainland Party - his future there is gone."
Wan Heshun heard that Qi Zi was arrogant and extravagant. At this moment, he was convinced and clapped his hands: "Okay! Good thing! He asked you to tell me?"
"That's right."
Wan Heshun waved his hands excitedly: "Secretary Office Wei, wait a minute while we slowly discuss it."
"Come here, take Wei Shuban to the next room to rest."
A nearby Atlantic bell rang.
"The time has come," Hu Qi said.
"Soldiers are very quick," Wan Heshun said, getting rid of the excitement just now, "I will try to win over Qi Zi tonight."
"It's not difficult for Qi Zi to come here, I'm just afraid..."
"I'm afraid Lu Fangxuan will take further action and occupy the academy at night." Wan He followed Hu Qi's words.
"Yes, there are only thirty or forty people stationed in the academy, but if we increase the number of troops, the city of Nanjing will fall into panic," Hu Qi said.
"The only way is to seize troops from Lu Fangxuan. Qi Zi will definitely participate. If we take the opportunity to incite him to rebel, the academy will be safe." Wan Heshunzheng conceived a perfect plan.