Daming: The Sims, Lao Zhu’s mentality collapsed

Chapter 95 Taking the bait

Zhu Tong smiled lightly: "The old man thinks too highly of me. I am just an idle king with no ambitions and no talent. How can I be worthy of the old man's praise?"

"Your Highness, you are not an idle king." Liu Ji shook his head and said, "You made me and Li Shanchang play around in the court, and even now I don't know where you plan to land your next move... Lan Yu I returned to Beijing today, does Your Highness know about this?"

Zhu Rui looked surprised: "I really don't know about this, but what does Lan Yu's return to the capital have to do with me, and I have nothing to do with him."

"Isn't it His Highness' plan that Lan Yu return to Beijing?"

Liu Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm very curious about what your Highness plans to do with Lan Yu, and who he plans to kill."

His Royal Highness, King Wu, was not only superb at chess, but also in politics.

King Wu held the white second hand, and his attacks were like waves and waves, one after another, making people breathless. If he had the black first hand, Liu Ji really didn't know how suffocating it would be.

Zhu Ting did not answer the question and asked casually: "Old uncle, are you really just looking for me to play chess?"

Liu Ji asked: "Then what do you think I am here for?"

Zhu Zhu shook his head, took out a red apple from his sleeve, and started to chew it slowly: "How did I know that this old man is good at divination and he is said to be able to predict five hundred years in advance? I found out five hundred years later, but I wonder if it’s true?”

Liu Bowen laughed and said, "I don't know where this rumor came from. There is no magical magic in the world. Even if there is, it has nothing to do with me."

"Really?" Zhu Rui's eyes formed an arc like a fox, "I don't have the ability to know five hundred years in advance and five hundred years in the future, but I have a hunch that something big will happen soon. "

When Liu Ji heard this, he felt a thump in his heart, but he still maintained a calm attitude: "I wonder if your highness can reveal what big thing will happen soon?"

Zhu Xi smiled and said nothing.

Not long after, there were rapid footsteps.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards are here to report that there is something wrong with Prime Minister Hu's house!"

Liu Ji suddenly looked at Zhu Xi, with shock and confusion in his eyes.

He was not wondering how Zhu Rui knew in advance that there would be a fire in Hu Weiyong's house. Even a fool could guess by now that Zhu Rui sent someone to do this.

Liu Bowen was just shocked that Zhu Xi dared to set fire to the capital and set fire to the prime minister's mansion!

The whole capital and even most of the south are focusing on Hu Weiyong. They are all waiting for the final result of this party struggle. In front of everyone, how could King Wu have the courage to set this fire?

Zhu Xi stood up immediately with a calm expression: "Old uncle, such a big thing has happened. Can you and I go together to see it?"

Liu Ji couldn't guess what Zhu Xi was thinking, but he had no way to refuse him at this time. He could only agree: "I am deeply honored that your highness has promoted me."

……

Black smoke billowed straight into the sky, and the fire was as terrifying as the falling sun in the city of Nanjing. The fire shop officers of the Bingma Division poured water on the fire, and it was instantly evaporated into water vapor by the blazing high temperature.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion cannot be saved. The fire cannot be stopped at all. We can only quickly demolish the buildings around the Prime Minister's Mansion before the fire spreads and try to minimize the losses!"

When the commander of the Military and Horse Division came to the scene and saw the intensity of the fire, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​​​rescuing the Prime Minister's Mansion and ordered the fire shop officials to demolish the buildings around the Prime Minister's Mansion and monopolize the fire within the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The officers and soldiers under his command wiped the sweat from their foreheads and said: "Sir, this fire is coming from an evil source. There is nothing happening elsewhere. The fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion cannot be stopped at all. I'm afraid someone is secretly behind it." Is it causing trouble?"

"Our duty is to control the fire. There is no need to mention matters that have nothing to do with it. Let the Jin Yiwei worry about the investigation." The commander of the Military and Horse Division said solemnly, "Have all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion been rescued?"

The officers and soldiers at the fire shop clasped their fists and said, "Your Majesty, when the incident occurred, Prime Minister Hu was on duty at the Zhongshu Provincial Yamen. We rushed into the sea of ​​​​fire and rescued Mr. Hu's wife and children, but the rest of the property in the Prime Minister's Mansion must have been destroyed by the fire. It was burned to the ground." The commander of the Military and Horse Division breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as no one died, everything else is irrelevant."

Not long after, a group of armored guards arrived, guarding a carriage that looked luxurious from a distance.

Zhu Ji and Liu Ji stepped off the carriage. When the commander of the Military and Horse Department saw them, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "His Royal Highness, King Wu, uncle, why are you two here?"

"Such a big thing has happened. I, the king, come here to take a look and see if there is anything I can do to help." Zhu Xi said with a smile.

The commander of the Military and Horse Division smiled bitterly and said: "This place is filled with smoke and is extremely polluted. If His Highness's body of thousands of gold is infected with the poison of fire, then I will really deserve to die."

Zhu Ji waved his hand and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, you and I are subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and I am also a subject of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are Han people born in this land, they are the most noble Ming people in the world. You and me are not afraid of fire. Poison, what do I have to fear?"

Hearing this, everyone around him was in awe, clasping their fists to show respect: "Your Highness is righteous."

After a while, Hu Xiangguo, wearing a scarlet robe, hurried over.

Hu Weiyong looked at the Prime Minister's Mansion that had been burned into a sea of ​​flames, and everyone felt numb: "Here comes trouble, trouble comes."

Zhu Xi comforted him and said, "Xiang Hu, as long as the person is fine, it will be fine. If the mansion burns down, it can be rebuilt, but if the person is gone, it is really gone."

Hu Weiyong was a little helpless, but he could only accept the reality: "Yes, as long as everything is fine."

As soon as the voice fell, a fire shop official rushed over in a panic and shouted: "Sir, something big has happened!"

The commander of the Army and Horses Department scolded: "How can you be so flustered in front of His Highness the King of Wu, the old man, and the Prime Minister? What is there that you can't talk about properly?"

The official in the fire shop was about to cry but had no tears: "Sir, it's not that you have despised your position and lost your heart. It's really..."

"What is it really?"

"It is really……"

The fire shop official glanced at Hu Weiyong, then lowered his head with guilt.

Hu Weiyong's heart skipped a beat, "Oh no, this is coming for him."

The commander of the Military and Horse Department frowned, thinking that this fire must have been burned out by Hu Xiang's foundation. In front of so many people, he couldn't tear down Hu Weiyong, right?

Hesitant, he could only look at Zhu Zhu and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, let's see what you want..."

"Then let's take a look."

Zhu Xi said calmly, "How can there be anything shameful in Prime Minister Hu's house?"

Liu Ji, who had been silent all this time, suddenly looked at Zhu Zhu.

He seemed to have smelled the danger, but this danger was heading towards Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong was like an ignorant fish, biting the fishhook thrown by King Wu to death.

Now, it's time to lift the hook.

I just don’t know how many people will be involved and how many people will die.

(End of this chapter)