The servants of the Gongsun family obeyed the words of the patriarch and immediately made way for Gongsun Long to take Zhu Gui to a secret room in the Gongsun family's old house.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if there is anything important when you come to the humble residence this time?" Gongsun Long quickly bowed his body and said respectfully as soon as he entered the secret room.
Don't look at Gongsun Long's age. Although he is about the same age as Zhu Yuanzhang, he is already over sixty, and Gongsun Ming is still his grandson.
Zhu Gui had long been accustomed to facing this kind of attitude from the other party.
Zhu Gui had already figured out the situation of the Gongsun family, so he asked directly: "How much do you know about the matter between this king and Gongsun Ming?"
Gongsun Long was stunned when he heard Zhu Gui's words, because he had already left all family affairs to his eldest son, and usually would not disturb him unless there was something particularly important.
As for Gongsun Ming's incident at Zuixian Tower yesterday, the Gongsun family has not alarmed Gongsun Long yet, so he still doesn't know what Zhu Gui is talking about, but he doesn't dare to let Zhu Gui explain it to him, and is stunned for a moment.
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He thought that Zhu Gui came this time to raise an army to accuse him, but as the vassal king of Yunzhou, why did Zhu Gui appear at Gongsun's house in this way?
The situation in front of him really left Gongsun Long a little confused.
Seeing his confused look, Zhu Gui had no choice but to briefly tell him what had happened.
"So it's like this. It's an honor for the Gongsun family that the prince can take a fancy to the useless grandson of the common people. Whatever the prince orders, the common people will definitely obey."
After hearing this, Gongsun Long showed an excited look on his face. The Gongsun family had invested a lot in King Jin, but the other party never let go, so none of the descendants of the Gongsun family could join the military ranks.
Unexpectedly, the king would take the initiative to offer them such an opportunity. This was a blessing from heaven. However, Gongsun Long also knew that there was no one in the royal family who was easy to get along with. The other party must have something that the Gongsun family should do.
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Sure enough, when Zhu Gui saw how excited he was, he didn't make any more detours and said directly: "Your eldest son Gongsun Yunzi is in charge of the Gongsun family, right? Send someone to call him, we still need his help in this matter."
"Yes, the common people will do it now." Gongsun Long tremblingly called a confidant and told him to let Gongsun Yun come to see him as soon as possible no matter what.
After half a stick of incense, Gongsun Yun knocked on Gongsun Long's door with a puzzled look on his face.
"Dad, what's going on? I'm discussing important matters with the heads of the Wang family and the Zhao family." Gongsun Yun said helplessly.
"Come in quickly, there are more important things for you to do here." Gongsun Long said loudly.
"What's important? Who is this?"
As soon as Gongsun Yun entered the room, he noticed Zhu Gui sitting next to him.
What surprised him even more was that the young man was actually sitting, while his father stood carefully beside him. Who was this young man? How could he be treated like this by his father?
"This is the acting king, why don't you come over and salute?" Gongsun Long scolded angrily, fearing that Gongsun Yun would offend Zhu Gui.
"The acting king? Which acting king? Is it? The common people kowtow to see the acting king."
Gongsun Yun was halfway through speaking when he realized what he was saying. His expression suddenly changed and he immediately knelt down to greet Zhu Gui.
"Get up." Zhu Gui said lightly.
Gongsun Yun stood up with a look of fear on his face, and kept glancing at Zhu Gui with his peripheral vision.
Gongsun Long gave him a walking stick, and then told him what Zhu Gui had just said to him.
Only then did Gongsun Yun realize that his good son Gongsun Ming wanted to hold a banquet because of this incident, and he actually had a close relationship with the acting king.
"My lord, what do you mean?" Gongsun Yun asked cautiously.
"I was entrusted by Governor Liao to come to Taiyuan to calm down the chaotic situation in the area. As for what happened with Young Master Gongsun, it was purely a coincidence. It's just that I had a very pleasant conversation with him, so I gave him a chance."
Zhu Gui said.
His words made Gongsun Long and his son breathe a sigh of relief. They were not here to cause trouble, but they also understood that it seemed that Taiyuan's "good times" were coming to an end soon.
"However, I don't want Gongsun Ming to know my identity, and I also want to use this banquet to attack the restless forces in Taiyuan Mansion. Do you understand what I mean?"
Zhu Gui continued.
"Please make it clear, Your Majesty, that I and the Gongsun family will fully cooperate." Gongsun Yun said with cupped hands.
"It seems that you are not as smart as your son. Do you need this king to remind you? In fact, I know everything about the movements of your three major families in the past two days. You have already reaped the benefits from this matter, right?
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Zhu Gui looked at Gongsun Yun, this old boy was really dishonest.
Gongsun Yun looked shocked. Before he could say anything, Gongsun Ling next to him hit him on the back with a cane.
"Kneel down, you traitor, what did you do without telling me?" Gongsun Long scolded.
"Dad, I didn't." Gongsun Yun wanted to say something else.
"If you are not honest in front of the prince, I will let the second son take charge of the house from now on."
Gongsun Long made up his mind and said, compared to the interests of the entire Gongsun family, changing a new person in charge is a trivial matter.
Gongsun Yun's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately kowtowed to Zhu Gui three times and said, "Your Majesty, this villain is wrong. Please give me your orders. I will definitely obey my orders."
Zhu Gui nodded and said: "Okay, old man, you don't have to be angry. This matter will not have a big impact on this king's plan. Chief Gongsun, go and invite the chiefs of the Zhao family and the Wang family here now."
Come here, I don’t want to say the same thing twice."
"Yes." This time Gongsun Yun did not dare to delay any longer and went out to handle the matter in person.
After another moment of burning incense, the patriarchs of the Zhao family and the Wang family came to the door of the secret room almost being pushed and fought by Gongsun Yun.
"Brother Gongsun, what are you doing? Why are you so urgent?" Zhao Yuancheng, the head of the Zhao family, said somewhat unhappy.
"That's right, shouldn't we worry about the banquet now? We have invited all the big shots in Taiyuan City tonight." Wang Tianyi, the head of the Wang family, also said.
"This is a matter of life and death. Don't blame me for not reminding you. You will know when you go in." Gongsun Yun said excitedly.
"Hey, Lao Wang, take a look, when has he ever been like this? It's still a matter of life and death. What else can threaten the power of our three families in Taiyuan now?" Zhao Yuancheng said to Wang Tianyi with a smile, as if he felt