Lu Jiude saw Zuo Liangyu's suspicious look. Although he felt guilty, he smiled calmly and said, "Why, Uncle Ning Nan doesn't think Prince Fu can afford such a large betrothal gift?"
Zuo Liangyu sneered and said: "I know that the former King Fu was rich and powerful, but after Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, his family property was confiscated. I wonder where King Fu got the five million taels of gold?"
Lu Jiude smiled and said: "Li Zicheng did confiscate a lot of Prince Fu's property, but a cunning rabbit has three holes, let alone Prince Fu, who is the richest in the world?"
Zuo Liangyu shook his head and said: "Lu Jianjun, don't try to deceive me. According to my information, King Fu lived in a very difficult situation after he fled to the south. If he is so rich, how can he be so poor?"
Lu Jiude said: "Uncle Ning Nan, you should know that a man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade!"
"The current society is in turmoil. If King Fu is not careful, once his treasure is revealed, wouldn't he be in trouble!"
"Furthermore, most of the money hidden by the former King Fu was in Henan. At that time, Henan was still in the hands of the rebels, and it was inconvenient for King Fu to access it!"
As Lu Jiude spoke, he took out a meeting ticket and a map from his arms, handed it to Zuo Liangyu and said: "Uncle Ning Nan, this is the Shanxi merchant's money order that King Fu exchanged for a treasure trove of silver. There is also a treasure hidden by the former King Fu." You will know it at a glance!”
Zuo Liangyu took it casually, glanced at the map above, and found that there was only an approximate location of the treasure cache, and they were all within Gao Jie's sphere of influence, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Then he picked up the ticket below with some disdain and took a look at it. When he saw that it was actually a gold ticket worth 500,000 taels, a look of surprise flashed across his face.
Seeing this, Lu Jiude said in a timely manner: "Uncle Ning Nan, these five hundred thousand taels of gold are a meeting gift from King Fu to you. If you agree to King Fu's proposal, King Fu will get back five million for you after the marriage." Two gold.”
Zuo Liangyu stared at the ticket in silence for a while, then said coldly: "Lu Jianjun, you have lived in Fengyang for a long time, and now you are so familiar with the situation in various places. I think it will cost a lot!"
When Lu Jiude heard this, he was slightly startled, and then smiled and said: "Uncle Ning Nan is indeed very discerning. Our family has some expenses, but they are not much. It is only a mere one hundred thousand taels of silver."
"One hundred thousand taels?"
Zuo Liangyu smiled and said: "Wang Dehua acts cautiously. Apart from Li Zushu, the only one who knows his whereabouts is Mr. Zou Da."
"I have dealt with Mr. Zou Da before. I'm afraid a mere hundred thousand taels of silver won't impress him!"
Lu Jiude nodded and said: "One hundred thousand taels of silver really can't impress Mr. Zou Da, but it can impress Song Xiance!"
"Song Xiance?"
Zuo Liangyu was a little surprised and said: "He actually came to Shanxi too?"
Lu Jiude said in a deep voice: "Not only did he come to Shanxi, but he also gained the trust of Mr. Zou Da. Unfortunately, bandits are bandits, and their horizons are really too small. When he saw one hundred thousand taels of silver, he sold Mr. Zou Da. .”
After he finished speaking, he secretly observed Zuo Liangyu's expression.
Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu frowned and said: "Impossible, Song Xiance had been in Shaanxi before his disappearance. Even though he followed Mr. Zou Da to Shanxi now, Mr. Zou Da has always acted cautiously and will never give you a chance to persuade Song Xiance. "
Lu Jiude smiled and said: "Uncle Ning Nan should still remember Guo Sheng's move south. At that time, everyone was very puzzled by Guo Sheng's move, and our family was also quite confused about it."
"But it's a coincidence that when our family was in Huai'an, we accidentally captured one of Guo Sheng's personal guards, and unexpectedly learned that Guo Sheng's journey south was actually ordered by Song Xiance."
"Our family felt something was wrong about this matter, so we sent people to investigate secretly. Unexpectedly, we found out that Song Xiance was Mr. Zou Da's junior brother."
"Song Xiance was still under Li Zicheng at that time, so our family asked a confidant to secretly go to Shaanxi to visit Song Xiance with one hundred thousand taels of silver. Unexpectedly, Song Xiance was very enthusiastic and reached an agreement with our family very readily."
Zuo Liangyu only recently learned about the relationship between Song Xiance and Mr. Zou Da. When Lu Jiude said it now, he knew that the other party had not lied to him.
He immediately thought that although Mr. Zou Da was not Li Zushu's subordinate, he had a close personal relationship with Li Zushu, and Wang Dehua even recruited people from Yunnan for Li Zushu. Now that both groups had come in secret, they might have accomplished this behind his back. Some kind of agreement.
The reason why this situation occurred was that Zuo Xianmei did not act in accordance with the previous agreement in Wuchang. Li Zushu and others were dissatisfied but did not want to quarrel, so they borrowed the help of Song Xiance to let Lu Jiude come. Apply pressure.
Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but said angrily: "If I want to get the five million taels of gold, I'm afraid I have to drive out Gao Jie for King Fu and take back Luoyang and other places!"
When Lu Jiude saw Zuo Liangyu talking about sending troops, he relaxed a little and said with a smile: "Uncle Ning Nan is serious. If you agree to the marriage, Prince Fu will be your son-in-law. If your son-in-law can secure his position in Luoyang, it will be great for him." Isn’t it also beneficial to you!”
"As for Gao Jie, he is just a martial artist, and he probably has too much time to take care of himself now. If you want to expel him, it will be almost effortless, so what's the point!"
Zuo Liangyu sneered: "Easy to blow away? I'm afraid not necessarily!"
Lu Jiude said: "Although Gao Jie now occupies places such as the west of Henan and Xi'an, the forces in Henan are intertwined. In addition, his army has entered Shaanxi, and there is almost no defensive force."
"In Shaanxi, although he and Ling Gongzi share Xi'an equally, Yuan Zongdi is eyeing the south of Xi'an, and Liu Zongmin and others are in the north who may go south at any time. Plus Li Zicheng, who has never shown up, with his mere tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, How can I rest my head on it?"
Although Zuo Liangyu also believed that this was indeed the case, he said that Gao Jie was so powerful that he would never be trapped in a dangerous city and wait for death.
In fact, Zuo Liangyu was right this time, because Gao Jie was indeed ready to flee Xi'an.
But it was not Gao Jie who made this decision, but Mrs. Xing.
It turns out that after Zuo Mengeng forced his way into Xi'an, the two sides often fought.
Because Gao Jie was dissatisfied with Zuo Mengeng's domineering behavior, he wanted to transfer troops from Henan to Xi'an, but was stopped by Mrs. Xing.
Later, Mrs. Xing learned that Liu Zongmin had defeated Gong Yonggu and found that Zuo Menggeng was not as arrogant as before, so she suspected that Zuo Liangyu wanted to give up Xi'an.
Therefore, she deliberately asked Hu Maozhen to provoke a dispute and triggered a fight.
Then she suggested that both sides withdraw some of their soldiers from Xi'an on the grounds that there were too many troops in Xi'an.
She was doing this as a test, but she didn't expect Zuo Mengeng to agree readily. She knew that Zuo Liangyu was going to give up on Xi'an.
So she took the opportunity to let Hu Maozhen secretly lead his army to retreat eastward, and guard the various fortresses retreating to Henan to avoid cutting off the return route.
But there were only more than 10,000 people left in the city to protect her and Gao Jie's safety.
On this day, Gao Jie came back from inspecting the city defenses and saw Mrs. Xing already packing her bags. He said with some reluctance: "Madam, do we really want to give up on Xi'an?"
"You must know that Xi'an City has high walls and thick walls. If we use this as a foundation, even if we cannot be king, we can still dominate. Isn't it a pity to give it to Zuo Mengeng?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Xing smiled and said: "Master, we are not abandoning Xi'an, we are just making a strategic move. We can come back after Zuo Menggeng and Li Thief are both injured."
Gao Jie said hesitantly: "Li Zeijing was defeated previously. Even if he is not dead, he should not be able to counterattack. Otherwise, Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi would not have delayed action..."
Before he finished speaking, a guard hurried in to report that the rebels had been spotted fifty miles away.
Some people died, but not completely...
