Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 570: Sheep? Tiger!

Li Cheng and Wen Da heard this and asked in surprise, "What does the Minister of the Central Secretariat mean?"

Liang Zhongshu said, "Now the court has formed a secret alliance with the Kingdom of Jin. Because we sent troops to destroy Zengtou City, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin made trouble in the court, saying that the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin was killed in Lingzhou. The emperor ordered the Grand Tutor to investigate. Now he sent a letter, asking me to respond early, just waiting for the angel to ask."

"What should we do?" Wen Da asked.

Liang Zhongshu said, "For now, we can only sacrifice the chariot to save the general. Both of you are the military commanders of Hebei Province, so it is not appropriate for you to show up. Only Lu Junyi is a commoner, so it would be best for him to take the responsibility."

"This..." Li Cheng hesitated.

"What? Do you two want to go to Bian Jing?" Liang Zhongshu asked.

Wen Da said: "Sir, how could this happen? At the beginning..."

"Who would have thought that you and others failed in your work and actually let Zeng Nong lead his men to escape back to the Kingdom of Jin." Liang Zhongshu scolded.

Li Cheng said: "Sir, is there no perfect solution? After all, Lu Junyi has contributed a lot. If we do this, I am afraid that the morale of the soldiers will be chilled."

Liang Zhongshu heard that both of them looked embarrassed, but he didn't want to force them. He stood up and paced for a while and said, "There is a way, but I'm afraid Lu Junyi may not be willing."

Hearing this, Li Cheng hurriedly asked, "Sir, please tell me, if I can save his life, I will go and talk to him."

Liang Zhongshu pretended to hesitate and said, "If this man escapes, I will issue a warrant for his arrest. When the angels come here, they will naturally be able to deal with him. But I just want him to give up his good family property and hide his identity from now on. I don't know if he is willing or not."

"Escape?" Wen Da frowned.

Li Chengdao said: "It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death than to hand him over to the Jin people. I will be a bad guy and tell him to leave quickly."

Liang Zhongshu heard this and said to Li Cheng: "The angel will arrive in three to five days, but you should hurry him up and don't delay. By then, I can't make the decision."

"I'll take care of it." After saying that, Li Cheng and Wen Da said goodbye and left the house.

When Liang Zhongshu saw this, he put away his worried look, smiled and went back to the backyard.

Mrs. Cai saw it and asked, "My husband, have you dealt with it well?"

Liang Zhongshu said, "Let's see if Li Cheng and Wen Da can persuade him. If they succeed, not only will the crime of killing the Jin envoy be cleared, but he can also get most of the Lu family's wealth for free. How can he not be happy?"

After Li Cheng and Wen Da left Liang's residence, they asked the soldiers to follow them from a distance. Li Cheng said to Wen Da, "Brother, we both needed Lu Junyi's help to survive this expedition. Now that the husband is like this, how can we deal with it?"

Wen Da also smiled bitterly: "Brother, the situation is stronger than the people. The Grand Tutor wants to be a scapegoat. What can the Secretary-General do?"

"Lu Junyi has taken the blame this time, but who will be the next time? If there is no one else, I'm afraid it will be my two brothers." Li Chengdao.

"Besides, Lu Junyi is a commoner, and the Jin envoy may not believe him. If a fight breaks out, I'm afraid the two of us will be implicated as well."

After hearing this, Wen Da remained silent.

Soon, they arrived at Lu Junyi's residence and welcomed the two men into the main hall. On the side, Li Gu and Yan Qing served the three men. Lu Junyi asked with a smile, "Why did you call the two eunuchs together?"

Li Cheng said: "Sir, we don't need anyone to serve us here. We brothers have some private conversations."

Seeing that Li Cheng had a serious expression on his face, Lu Junyi ordered all the servants to leave, leaving only Li Gu and Yan Qing to guard the place.

"Please speak, Governor."

Li Cheng then told Lu Junyi that he wanted him to take the blame and that the lord was willing to help him by allowing Lu Junyi to escape from Daming Prefecture within two days.

Lu Junyi was so shocked that he remained silent for a long time.

Wen Da said, "As long as there is green, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood. You are taking the blame for us this time. I am really ashamed of having saved us on the battlefield. The Minister of the Central Secretariat will only give you two days, and then they will post a notice to search for you. You should make preparations early."

Yan Qing, who was standing by, said angrily, "How can this be? He has made great contributions but has ended up like this. Isn't the Minister of the Central Secretariat afraid of disappointing the people? Moreover, once the arrest warrant is issued, the owner will have to hide his identity and most of his wealth will be confiscated."

Wen Da said, "Brother Yanqing, please stop talking in anger. You still need to think about where to go. We have tried to get the chance to go to the Minister of the Central Secretariat, but he refused. After all, most of the Jin commanders were killed by you."

Lu Junyi sighed, "How could this be? I have no guilt and I have quite a bit of wealth. I have worked hard for the country today, but ended up like this. Well, if you want me to take the blame, I will go to Bianjing."

Li Cheng said, "Sir, please don't do that. Listen to me. You are going to Bianjing for no reason. When the time comes, the Secretary of State will definitely put all the blame on you. We have sent a lot of troops, and they will definitely say that you sued and found the Jin Kingdom's spies, which led to this situation. I'm afraid you will be killed and your property will be confiscated. I heard that the Jingdong Road pacification minister has always accepted heroes from all over the world. Why don't you go there? In this way, even if the arrest warrant is issued, you don't have to hide your name. Instead, Liangshan will respect you."

Yan Qing was delighted when he heard this and said, "That's great. Mr. Zhao from Liangshan also invited my master to come."

Lu Junyi nodded and said, "That's all we can do now. I'll have someone pack up some valuables and head to Liangshan."

After hearing this, Li Cheng and Wen Da said goodbye and left.

After seeing off Li Cheng and Wen Da, Lu Junyi asked Li Gu to urge the managers to pack the valuables.

He also ordered Yan Qing to take a few companions with him to go to Liangshan to serve as the vanguard.

After making all the arrangements, Lu Junyi went to invite Wen Da and Li Cheng, and entrusted them to sell all the land and houses at a low price, and took away the gold and silver. If there were any that could not be sold, they would temporarily keep them with the two, and perhaps they could return them one day in the future.

As for Li Gu, he hurriedly summoned 40 or 50 financial managers in his family to go to various shops to pack up the property. As soon as everyone left, Li Gu went to the street to look for Huang Wen.

After the meeting, Li Gu said to Huang Wen, "Young Master, now there is a disaster. Mr. Lu participated in the expedition to Lingzhou and killed the leader of the Jin people. The Secretary of State has ordered Mr. Lu to leave Beijing to avoid the disaster. What should we do?"

Huang Wen listened, his eyes turned, and asked: "I'm afraid he can't take this Daming Mansion with him. If you sell it in a hurry, there will be no buyers. Why don't you ask for orders to guard it?"

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"Everyone cares. Why, you can't bear to leave Mr. Lu's wife?" Huang Wen asked.

"Hey, how come I didn't know that you were such a passionate person. With Mr. Lu's wealth, what kind of women wouldn't you want?"

Li Gu said, "I'm afraid you won't agree."

Huang Wen said: "What can I do? You have worked with him for many years, maybe you can do something."

After that, Huang Wen left Li Gu alone and hurried back to his house, intending to buy Lu Junyi's property at a low price.

Let's talk about Li Gu. He hurried back to Lu's house and heard from several servants that the official had gone to look for Li Cheng and Wen Da to sell the land and houses. Li Gu directed everyone to the warehouse to count the finances.

Li Gu secretly went to the back house to meet Jia.

When Jia saw Li Gu breaking into the room, she whispered, "You are crazy, breaking into my place in broad daylight."

Li Gu also whispered: "Madam, it's a disaster, how can we care about so many things."

Jia asked, "The house suddenly became chaotic today. What happened?"

Li Gu then explained the cause and the severity of the incident. After hearing this, Jia cried, "It was all because of you, this heartless thief, who took my body by force and now wants to kill me."

Li Gu said: "I wanted to send him to Lingzhou to be an official, but I didn't expect this incident to happen. The only solution now is to get some money and hide. If he goes to Liangshan, he will be unfamiliar with the place and I am afraid that we will never be able to be together again."

After hearing this, Jia stopped crying and said, "I have a lot of jewelry and fine fabrics on me, and you took them all and hid them. Now there is chaos outside, so I hid in the box, but you carried me out and put me away."

"What's the use of this little money? Without 100,000 strings of cash, how can we live freely in the future?" Li Gu said.

Jia cried out in amazement, "How can I have so much money on me? I can only use it from the treasury. Now that the master is at home, how can I get it?"

Li Gu said: "If we can't live without worries for the rest of our lives, we'd better break up completely. You can be your Lady Lu, and I can be my Li Duguan. This way, we can enjoy wealth and honor, which is better than relying on others for support in the future."

"Doesn't he want to mortgage the land and houses? How can he accomplish that in just two days? Doesn't the Secretary of State want to seize my family's wealth?" Jia said.

Li Gu was shocked when he heard this and said to Jia: "I have thought of a way, but I want you to report it with me."

Seeing that Jia remained silent, Li Gu continued, "Just as you said, the Secretary is probably trying to embezzle the land and property of the official. Now the official is selling it. If we go and file a complaint, saying that the official wants to flee to Jingdong Road to avoid disaster and is selling the land and property at a low price, the Secretary will certainly not agree." Jia said, "No, I am a woman, how can I file a complaint with my husband?"

"How cruel of a woman." Li Gu cursed and pushed the door open and left.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into someone. Li Gu was about to curse when he saw Lu Junyi's eyes spitting fire and looking like he was going to kill someone.

When Li Gu saw this, he was so shocked that he sat down on the threshold.

Jia heard the noise and said in a low voice, "Why did you come back?"

As he spoke, he walked out from behind the screen and saw Li Gu fallen to the ground, his eyes looking outside.

Jia was also surprised to see Lu Junyi standing outside the door: "Sir, I saw that the family was in a commotion, so I asked Li Gu to come and ask."

"How dare you, adulterer and adulteress, hide this from me?"

Li Gu struggled to get up and was about to run outside, but Lu Junyi kicked him down and he was unable to get up for half a day.

They found ropes and tied them both up.

Lu Junyi held a dagger in his hand and cursed her as a shrew, a thief and a slave. When Li Gu and Jia heard this, they excreted and urinated all over.

Lu Junyi walked away with disdain and said to the two men, "I won't kill you today, but I'll use you two as sacrifices tomorrow."

After saying that, Lu Junyi locked the door and went to the front to urge the managers to pack up their belongings.

At noon the next day, more than 300 carriages of various sizes, together with the farmhands, maids, nannies, and their families, a total of more than 2,000 people, left Daming Prefecture through the east gate.

As soon as Lu Junyi left, he saw the prefect Huang Zhensheng ordering people to seal up Lu Junyi's mansion and shops.

Then he hurried to Liang Zhongshu's house.

Huang Wen, along with his servants, swaggered into Lu Junyi's residence. The guards on duty did not dare to stop them and let them go in.

When Fan Neipi and others saw such a huge mansion, they couldn't help but look around.

Huang Wen strolled around, thinking about how he could take this mansion into his possession.

There was only a scream, and Huang Wen yelled, "What are you yelling for?"

I only heard the bug in the rice shouting, "Yanei, someone is dead."

"What nonsense." Huang Wen scolded.

Then the man on the fence also shouted, "Yanei, Li Gu is dead."

After hearing this, Huang Wen hurried in and saw two bodies with their stomachs ripped open, lying dead on the ground.

Judging from their faces, they were Li Gu and Jia Shi.

Huang Wen screamed and almost fell down.

He shouted, "Quick, send me to my father."

There were dung on the fence and maggots in the shit. They picked up Huang Wen and walked out.

After a while, Huang Wen went to Liang Zhongshu's residence and met Liang Zhongshu and Huang Zhensheng who were having a very pleasant conversation.

Huang Zhensheng saw Huang Wen, who was sweating profusely, and shouted, "What are you in such a hurry for? It's so disrespectful in front of the Minister of the Central Secretariat."

Huang Wen didn't care about anything else and panted and said, "Murder..."

"Where did the murder take place?" Huang Zhensheng asked hurriedly.

"In Lu Junyi's backyard, the steward Li Gu and Lu Junyi's wife Jia both died there."

Huang Zhensheng was shocked when he heard this and shouted, "How could this be?"

Liang Zhongshu also frowned after hearing this and said, "My dear nephew, aren't you mistaken?"

Huang Wen said: "Sir, my servants are all street vendors, they will definitely not make a mistake."

Liang Zhongshu was surprised and asked, "Why did Lu Junyi want to kill Jia and Li Gu?"

Huang Wen said, "Did you catch them having an affair?"

Huang Zhensheng scolded: "Stop talking nonsense."

Liang Zhongshu heard this and asked, "What else could have happened to anger Lu Junyi and kill the two?"

Huang Wen said: "It is most likely the case. This Li Gu once asked me for knockout drugs, and one day he even boasted that he could be half the master of the Lu family."

Huang Zhensheng heard this and asked, "Sir, what should we do?"

Liang Zhongshu said, "You were lamenting earlier that Lu Junyi took away so much money. Don't wait until tomorrow, issue a warrant for his arrest now. Then have the yamen runners hunt down Lu Junyi and bring him to justice."

Huang Zhensheng heard this and left with Huang Wen.

Seeing the two men leave, Liang Zhongshu laughed and said, "God really grants one's wishes."

Huang Zhensheng left Liang Zhongshu's residence, gave Huang Wen some instructions, and then hurried to the government office.

Huang Zhensheng summoned the on-duty coroner and a clerk to go to Lu Junyi's mansion to examine the woman and Li Gu's bodies, fill out a list of corpses, and return to the mansion to present the case in court.

On the one hand, he sent people to arrest the murderer.

The person on duty today was Wang, the detective. After receiving a complaint from the police, he took up a lasso, a machete, a steel fork, and invited guests to stay. He led a hundred or two hundred policemen and went out of the east gate to chase Lu Junyi.

After all, Lu Junyi and his entourage were escorted by carriages and accompanied by the elderly and the weak, so they could not walk fast. When it was dark, Wang Guancha caught up with them.

Lu Junyi seemed to have anticipated this, and he wore armor and held spears all the way. He also called out the 200 farmhands who had followed him into battle, and divided them into two waves, the front and the back, and also wore armor and held swords for protection. Lu Junyi personally led the rear.

Others thought it was just a precaution against robbers and didn't take it seriously.

When Wang Guancha and a group of officials caught up, Lu Junyi was already waiting with a spear in hand.

Wang Guancha saw this and shouted, "Lu Junyi, your crime has been exposed. Come back to the city with me to avoid physical pain."

Lu Junyi shouted, "The chancellor gave me a pass to go out of town on official business, and you dared to stop me. Don't blame me for not recognizing you with the spear in my hand."

Wang Guancha said angrily, "Guys, help me capture him."

After hearing this, a group of officials rushed forward.

When Lu Junyi saw this, he angrily said, "Today I will tell you all to die one by one."

After saying that, Lu Junyi rode forward, attacking with hatred, swinging his spear, anyone who was hit would die, anyone who was touched would die.

He stabbed more than ten people to death in one go.

When the officials saw that the tiger was angry, they scattered in all directions.

Lu Junyi did not chase after him, and shouted: "I will spare you this time, but if you come again, I will kill you one by one."

(End of this chapter)