Yangzhou.
Xinggong Shouzhiyuan.
Zhu Youxiao listened to the new music from across the bank and looked at the scenery in the garden. He thought to himself: "One million eight hundred thousand taels is not enough. To make King Fu rebel, he has to think of a way to force King Fu again." .”
Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao had a new idea when he saw the water in the lake.
So, Zhu Youxiao suddenly called Wei Zhongxian, who was accompanying him, over: "Wei Zhongxian, do you know about the incident where the Wu Temple fell into the water?"
"Returning to your Majesty, I know that the Martial Temple went south to put down the rebellion due to Zhu Chenhao's rebellion. However, before returning to the capital after putting down Zhu Chenhao's rebellion, he suddenly fell into the water while fishing in a boat."
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied.
"Maybe there are people who want me to fall into the water."
Zhu Youxiao suddenly said something at this time.
Wei Zhongxian was horrified after hearing this, thinking why did the emperor suddenly mention this?
"Wei Zhongxian, do you think someone would let me fall into the water?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
Wei Zhongxian thought quickly and thought to himself: "Why does the emperor suddenly ask this? What is the purpose of the emperor asking this?"
"Go back to your Majesty, this servant doesn't know."
Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to think for too long, so he replied honestly first.
According to Wei Zhongxian's experience, if the emperor suddenly asks a question and doesn't know how to answer it better at the moment, he should answer it honestly and without deception. It won't be too late to analyze it after he returns.
"Then do you think, if I fall into the water, who is most likely to let me fall into the water?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"His Royal Highness Prince Fu!"
Wei Zhongxian replied truthfully.
From Wei Zhongxian's point of view, generally no one would dare to let the emperor fall into the water. The risk would be too great, but now the emperor asked him who was most likely to fall into the water, so he replied without thinking. Such a sentence.
Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction after hearing Wei Zhongxian's answer, and then continued: "You ask the people in Dongchang to spread the news and say that the change to Sino-French was proposed by Mr. Han Ge, who is worried about the country's worries. People, I don’t want to see the border town becoming more and more empty. In addition, next, you will pass on my instructions. You and Mr. Hange will return to Beijing by water and inspect the rivers. Mr. Xiongge and Wang Chengen will accompany me by land to inspect Shandong."
Zhu Youxiao had to admit that compared to Fang Congzhe and Xiong Tingbi, Han Xu was too prudent to protect himself and was not willing to put forward his own reform proposals to offend the rentier class. Therefore, he decided to teach Han Xu a lesson.
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied, and then he quickly understood the implication of Emperor Zhu Youxiao's words and knew that he had to do something that he had to do next.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian called Yang Huan that night and ordered: "When you do this, remember, you must keep it secret. Now you have to find someone who can cooperate with our Dongchang."
"yes!"
Yang Huan replied.
…
this day.
Zhu Youxiao officially left Yangzhou and embarked on the road back to Beijing. He took a chariot and took the dry road to Shandong, accompanied by Xiong Tingbi, Wang Chengen and Ma Xianglin's second battalion of Jinwei Town.
Han Xu and Wei Zhongxian went north by water.
However, Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to take another smaller official ship on the grounds that he would not be too close to foreign ministers when the emperor was not around, and the largest official ship as the center was given to Han Xu. , and said very humbly that he was an eunuch and could not be compared with his assistant ministers.
In this era, Wei Zhongxian did not gradually assume the position of being superior to all officials because of his excessive power like in his previous life. Therefore, Han Xu did not feel much doubt about Wei Zhongxian's sudden humility.
But Han Xu still felt a little uneasy. What made him most uneasy was not that Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to choose another small official ship to go north, but that His Majesty the Emperor did not take him with him on the dry road! He and Wei Zhongxian were actually asked to walk by water together! It’s also called patrolling the river!
But now, Wei Zhongxian was not in the same boat with him, so he had no chance to ask more questions.
Therefore, Han Xu could only sit in the cabin tremblingly, thinking about what might be hidden in it that he had not guessed yet.
But while Han Xu was thinking, not long after the boat returned to the canal, the boat Han Xu was on began to shake violently.
"The boat is taking on water!"
"The boat is taking on water!"
"The boat is taking on water!"
At this time, someone outside was already shouting.
Han Xu was shocked when he heard this, and said to himself: "You don't want me to fall into the water, but I have always been honest and haven't done anything to disgrace your majesty!"
At this moment, another flag school student outside suddenly drew his sword and shouted: "There is an assassin! Protect Mr. Ge!"
After hearing this, Han Xu became even more frightened: "Assassin! Who killed me? Who provoked whom? It was Xiong Tingbi who proposed to change the Chinese law, it was Fang Congzhe and others who found out the father-in-law's land, and it was Bi Ziyan who asked the court to recruit the refugees. It was Xu Guangqi who asked the emperor to train his troops. Even if he has a bad heart toward His Majesty, he doesn’t dare to have any evil intentions! My servant has always been an honest official, an honest man, and kowtows a lot but talks little. How could he come to assassinate me!"
However, at this time, Han Xu did see many assassins driving small boats towards his sinking ship, and they were already fighting with some of his flag schools.
Han Xu was so frightened that he crawled outside the cabin. He couldn't help but ask Yang Huan, who was on the same boat with him: "Yang Qianhu! Why is there an assassin here?"
Yang Huan hurriedly said: "I don't know, I don't know!"
With that said, Yang Huan led his men to fight with the assassin who rushed over, and he quickly captured the assassin.
Han Xu was relieved when he saw this, but suddenly he felt as if someone pushed his back, and then he fell directly into the water.
Plop.
Han Xu immediately drank a lot of water and didn't know what to do.
"Mr. Ge fell into the water!"
"Mr. Ge fell into the water!"
"Save Mr. Ge quickly!"
"Hurry up and save Mr. Ge!"
…
At this time, there were already officers and soldiers shouting around.
Soon, Han Xu was rescued on another official ship, but by the time he was rescued, he could no longer speak and only felt a little cold all over.
Fortunately, Yang Huan immediately came over at this time and ordered: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and go inside to change clothes!"
"Mr. Ge, you are frightened!"
Yang Huan then said something to Han Xu.
Han Xu still didn't speak. He just wanted to know why an assassin suddenly appeared and why he suddenly fell into the water.
…
"What are you doing in Dongchang? You're so good that assassins suddenly appeared around the official ship and Han Aiqing fell into the water. Fortunately, Han Aiqing was not seriously injured. If Han Aiqing does anything bad, I will take your Wei Zhongxian's head first! "
Zhu Youxiao was furious now. After he learned that Han Xu was assassinated and fell into the water, he started criticizing Wei Zhongxian directly.
"My servant's negligence allowed the assassin to take advantage of me. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Get up, I won't care about this with you now. The most important thing now is to find out who the assassin is. Can one or two assassins be caught?"
"Back to your Majesty, some of the slaves have been captured, and a sudden interrogation has been carried out. According to the confession of the captured assassins, they were sent by Deng Ruochang, the servant of His Highness Prince Fu!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
"Is it related to King Fu?"
Zhu Youxiao asked pretending to be surprised.
Wei Zhongxian nodded hurriedly: "They originally planned to assassinate you, Your Majesty, but they didn't know that Your Majesty took the land route. They mistakenly thought that Your Majesty took the water route, so they bribed the sailors on the ship and planned to make Your Majesty fall into the water! It's just that they didn't know that Your Majesty took the water route. , Fortunately, Your Majesty, you did not take the waterway, so only Han Gelao fell into the water."
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