One day later, Wei Chong returned to the yamen to approve official documents as usual, but he kept thinking about what happened yesterday. Once the Lu Party had a military coup, it was not uncommon for internal rifts to appear due to uneven distribution of spoils. He silently thought that it would be best not to go to the Lu Mansion in the near future. There is only the prince's palace to go to.
However, Secretary Wei was very disgusted with Wan Heshun's behavior like raising slaves. Not only did he work hard to perform surveillance tasks, he also received no rewards on weekdays, and that abominable Hu Qi... He felt more and more Wan Heshun is no longer worthy of serving.
"Wei Secretary Office," a clerk said, holding a roll of documents in his hand and pushing open the door, "here is another pile."
"Bring them all." Wei Chong sighed.
When he received the document and saw the words "Wang Magistrate" and other words on it, he curled his lips and said, "I dare to approve this?"
The little official chuckled secretly.
"What are you laughing at?"
"You don't know yet? Hu Shangshu said this morning, 'If Magistrate Ye is not in the office, all the affairs of the yamen will be handled by Wei Chong. As long as the official affairs are reported to the Magistrate,' we will do it."
Wei Chong was opening the account book halfway. After hearing his words, he quickly closed the book and stood up: "Does Prefect Ye know?"
He looked blankly into Wei Chong's sharp eyes: "Of course I know, after all, it is the order of King Wanjun."
Wei Chong was overjoyed, looked at the document in his hand, and said with a smile: "You have passed on good news! Go ahead!"
Not long after the clerk left, Secretary Wei concentrated on approving the official documents carefully. Within a moment, he put down his pen again, feeling a burst of regret in his heart.
After all, thousands of princes have treated him like this, but he is betraying his trust step by step, and still thinking about repaying kindness with hatred, which is too shameful. He had to repay the favor now, get the news out that the Lu party's people were unstable, and stop hanging out with the Yue government for the time being.
So, in order to be sure and beware of Lu Fangxuan's tricks, after he left the Yamen, he no longer went to the palace, but went straight to Qi Zi's residence.
The residence of this leader is very conspicuous, with a wide door, bright red walls, and deep red tiles along the eaves, surrounding a vast courtyard, with a posture like a prince or general. Who would have thought that a mere leader could have so much wealth? The people who didn't know it looked at it from a distance and mistakenly thought it was Lu Yuegong's mansion.
There were more than a dozen armor-clad soldiers standing in front and back. Seeing Wei Chong coming, they searched for a while and said, "Go in." Then they let him into the house.
"If you drink any more, you won't be happy!"
In a room, Qi Zi and several officers sat on the floor, setting out two tables of delicious food and meat, and took turns drinking with them.
"Is Secretary Wei here?" Qi Zi squinted his eyes, "Come, sit down, sit down."
Wei Chong saw that all the officers looked drunk and acted rudely. He was afraid of making them angry, so he only leaned against the wall cautiously.
"What brings you here?" Qi Zhi asked.
"The villain...the villain is sending a message." Wei Chong said.
"Whose words are you passing on?" Qi Zi suddenly became furious and shouted sternly, "Whose words are you passing on!"
Wei Chong shrank his head: "Lu, Mr. Lu."
Qi Zi slapped the table: "Secretary Wei, Master Lu is treating me unfairly. You have seen it with your own eyes... Why are you still facing him? Tell me!"
Wei Chong turned around and knelt down: "I am a civil servant, how dare you interfere in your affairs with Mr. Lu?"
"Then you have a drink." Qi Zi said coldly.
Wei Chong saw that he was angry, so he followed his wishes and drank a bowl of wine.
"Lu Fangxuan... I have been good friends with him since childhood. We have been friends for more than 20 years, but we only got a deputy commander! Who is Zheng Shiyan? He has made no achievements, but I saved Lu Fangxuan's life. I helped him pull off the military coup, but the reward was missing, and his official position could not be transferred, so why not change his family!"
The officers looked at each other in confusion and were sober from drinking. Only Qi Zi was talking to himself in a daze.
Wei Chong's eyes flickered and he said mysteriously, "I have something to advise you."
Qi Zi pondered for a while, then motioned to everyone: "You guys leave first, and I'll listen to Wei Shuban's words."
The officers walked out one by one, and Wei Chong said: "Since Lu Gong doesn't know what he is doing now, it is a good idea to go to Prince Wanjun."
Qi Zi's eyelids twitched, and then he frowned: "This is wonderful. But the king of Wanjun has many soldiers, so I'm afraid he won't let me stay."
"Where, as a subordinate of the county king, how about being a lobbyist and ensuring that everything is safe?"
Qi Zi pretended to be cautious and nodded: "That's right. I'd like to trouble the clerk to tell him. I'll just wait here."
"One more drink?" he asked, looking at the clerk who was about to leave.
"No, no need." Wei Chong replied with a smile.
Hu Qi and Wan Heshun were discussing the matter of dealing with Lu Dang in the living room. At this moment when they were at a loss what to do, a servant suddenly said, "Wei Shuban wants to see you."
Wan Heshun smiled at Hu Qi and called, "Ask him to come."
"Wei Chong sees the prince." He knelt down and kowtowed three times, but as if it was not enough, he kowtowed one more time.
"What...what?" Wan Heshun couldn't understand.
"This is a villain who wants to repay the kindness of the county king." He raised his head and said sincerely.
"I guess you have other things to do." Wan Heshun said with a smile.
"That's right." Wei Chong crawled forward two steps, stretched his head in front of Wan Heshun, and whispered: "The Lu Party is in crisis now, Qi Zi can take advantage of it."
Wan Heshun's expression froze in surprise.
Wei Chong continued: "Because of the uneven distribution of the spoils between Lu Fangxuan and his officers, the commander Qi Zi was dissatisfied and quite disengaged. Now it is possible to find a way to sneak in, and this is a God-given opportunity!"
"Stop it first." Wan Heshun was surprised but remained calm, "Does Qi Zi really want to vote?"
Wei Chong kowtowed again: "He and Zheng Shiyan drew swords at each other. Afterwards, he drank a lot of bitter wine. He became very lonely and publicly criticized the Mainland Party - his future there is gone."
Wan Heshun heard that Qi Zi was arrogant and extravagant. At this moment, he was convinced and clapped his hands: "Okay! Good thing! Did he ask you to tell me?"
"That's right."
Wan Heshun waved his hands excitedly: "Secretary Office Wei, wait a minute while we slowly discuss it."
"Come here, take Wei Shuban to the next room to rest."
A nearby Atlantic bell rang.
"The time has come," Hu Qi said.
"Soldiers are very quick," Wan Heshun said, getting rid of the excitement just now, "I will try to win over Qi Zi tonight."
"It's not difficult for Qi Zi to come here, I'm just afraid..."
"I'm afraid Lu Fangxuan will take further action and occupy the academy at night." Wan He followed Hu Qi's words.
"Yes, there are only thirty or forty people stationed in the academy, but if we increase the number of troops, Nanjing will fall into panic." Hu Qi said.
"The only way is to seize the troops from Lu Fangxuan. Qi Zi will definitely participate. If we take the opportunity to incite him to rebel, the academy will be safe." Wan Heshunzheng conceived a perfect plan.
