Hearing this, Zhu Tai couldn't help but stiffen.
In the current situation, his hope is indeed too slim, because of the successive setbacks a while ago, and the incident at Danfeng Tower made him completely embarrassed.
Although the Danfeng Tower incident was not a big deal, it was really embarrassing and made him a joke in the entire Kyoto. On the contrary, although the second child's performance was not amazing, after all, he had the gem of a great talent in front of him.
But no matter what, it can be considered quite satisfactory, with no great achievements and no major faults.
In addition, he was favored by the princess of Vientiane Kingdom.
Under such circumstances, it would be almost impossible for him to make a comeback, at least under normal circumstances there would be no hope.
It was precisely because of this that he took the risk to come to Ezhou after receiving Lin Bai's letter, because this was probably his only chance to make a comeback.
Of course, the premise is to fix Ezhou New City and clean up this mess, then the emperor will definitely look at it differently.
But what's terrible is that the talented man actually killed Zhang Weimin. Once the father becomes angry, the consequences can be imagined.
So Zhu Tai was panicking at this moment and didn't understand what the talented man wanted to say.
He looked at the talented man in surprise.
Lin Bai said: "Don't you understand? You have no chance at all. Even if you please His Majesty, it will be useless. Instead, His Majesty will feel that you are not doing your job properly and only know how to flatter him all day long."
"What you have to do now is to show your abilities. As long as you solve the Ezhou problem and deal with this mess, what's wrong with killing one Zhang Weimin? It doesn't matter if you kill ten."
"Maybe His Majesty will think you are decisive and courageous in doing things."
"Taking a step back, even if His Majesty blames you, you are the prince after all. What can His Majesty do to you? It is impossible to kill you. You have no chance anyway, so what are you afraid of?"
This seems to be the truth!
Zhu Tai frowned, feeling that the talented man's words were not deception.
Maybe it was because he suffered too much from the talented man, which always made him feel on tenterhooks.
He thought for a while and asked: "Lin Qingfeng, what exactly do you want to do? Tell me, did you arrange these people? Do you want to rebel?"
The people he was talking about were naturally those who rebelled in the name of great talents.
Obviously, he still had some doubts about this matter. After all, it was possible for a great talent to arrange these people to let the people shout slogans of rebellion.
The so-called people's will is what rebels like to do since ancient times.
Lin Bai snorted, "If I want to rebel, I won't bring supplies, but an army."
this!
Zhu Tai stiffened for a moment, as if this was indeed the case.
To win people's hearts? With the other party's current popularity, it seems completely unnecessary.
To take a step back, if the opponent is worried about not being strong enough, it is enough to just sit back and watch the show. Seeing chaos in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, and seeing Ezhou unable to contain the situation, there will naturally be chaos.
It would be wisest to wait until Li Chao is completely in chaos before going out to harvest, but...
"What are you planning on?"
Zhu Tai couldn't help but ask.
He really didn't understand that his father was suppressing the southwest in an all-round way. Outsiders didn't know about the relationship between the southwest and the inland, but he knew it very well, but the other party spared no effort to help Ezhou.
Not to mention anything else, these materials alone are extremely astonishing, and the wages of workers will also be an astronomical figure.
Lin Bai did not answer, saying that in order to fulfill his original promise? For the people of Ezhou? For those businessmen who believe in themselves? It seems too pretentious, and a bit like someone who has been taken advantage of.
Is it a betrothal gift for Lao Zhu? It doesn't seem appropriate either.
While the two were talking, at the workers' registration office, someone finally couldn't bear it any longer. Someone tried to create chaos, but failed.
Later, someone tried to seize the boat and escape by boat.
The scene was chaotic.
But unfortunately, the guards of the Southwest Palace were well prepared, and the soldiers led by Cao Guangda had already sealed off the surrounding areas.
Seeing that they could not escape, these people no longer concealed their identity and directly detained several workers as hostages. The huge crowd suddenly became panicked.
"what happened?"
Zhu Tai was still a little confused and his face was full of astonishment.
Lin Bai said: "You still don't understand? These people are either the Red Lotus Sect or people who rebelled in the name of my king, or both."
Zhu Tai's face froze, then he understood.
The dock was now in a mess, and the crowd was so frightened that they retreated, leaving only a dozen or twenty people on the scene, as well as several hostages.
Yan Gang led the soldiers to surround these people early.
And these people also showed their weapons, grabbed the hostages and shouted: "It's none of our business, let us out."
"Be bold!"
Yan Gang said angrily, "You incite workers to cause trouble, and you dare to say it's none of your business. Tell me honestly, who are you? Otherwise, I'll kill you without mercy!"
All the royal guards were murderous.
"We don't. We are just following orders and it has nothing to do with us." The leader, a man in rough clothes, said.
Lin Bai had already walked up at this time and asked: "Whose order are you giving? What order are you giving?"
The big man in rough clothes looked at the talented man with a look of awe on his face and said: "Fourth...Your Highness, we don't want to go against you, but we have to obey Master Zhang's orders."
"It was Mr. Zhang Weimin who asked us to pretend to be workers, stir up trouble, and then use the name of His Highness the Fourth. Your Majesty the Fourth Highness, please spare us. We are also helpless."
The people around all looked at each other in confusion.
No matter how stupid they are, they will understand what is going on now. Even Zhu Tai breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that the talented man would really rebel. If this was the case, he would be afraid...
It's okay now, the talented man was framed, and it's not too much for him to contact the other party.
"This is simply unreasonable. You dare to frame the King of Southwest. You deserve death."
Zhu Tai now had a lot of confidence to speak, and shouted: "Take them all down. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy!"
This guy naturally doesn't care about the safety of those hostages. For him, these are minions, and they will die if they die. The key is to capture these people, maybe he can drag the second child into the water, so...
When the guards around him heard this, they immediately wanted to kill him.
The group of people were obviously panicked. They probably knew that the hostages in their hands were worthless, but they still held on to them. After all, this was their only life-saving straw.
"No... don't come here. If you come here again, we will all die together..."
"Wait!"
Lin Bai then said, "Third brother, we are just a few minions, there is no need to make a fuss."
As he spoke, he looked at the group of people again and said, "Let the hostages go, and I can spare your lives."
After hearing this, the big man in rough clothes showed a look of joy on his face, and he was ready to let him go.
At this time, not far from him, another man in black said: "Who knows if you will break your promise, we want a boat to leave."
Zhu Tai was furious, "You are so bold, you dare to negotiate terms."
Lin Bai's lips curled up with an intriguing look. He looked at the man in rough clothes and said, "Okay, I will give you a boat and let you leave."
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