The dissuasion from Huo Yan, Qin Hong and others made Lu Zuo hesitate, not because of the complexity of the court situation, but because his mother's funeral made him worried. After Lu Zuo thought deeply, he sighed and said, "Okay! Since the matter is urgent, I will resign to the emperor early tomorrow morning and return to my hometown to mourn. I will see if it is best to set off tomorrow. If not, I will have to wait until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. ”
After An Jingruo arranged accommodation for several people, Lu Renxiang went back to his mansion, and Qin Hong, Lu Manxi and Huo Yan also went back to their guest rooms to rest.
After Lu Zuo and Jing Jingruo chatted for a few words in the guest room, they were about to go back to the wing to rest. When they walked to the door, they saw Huo Yan coming back again and pulling Lu Zuo back to the study in a panic. Jing Jingruo watched the two of them enter the study blankly, then realized that something big might have happened, so after closing the door firmly, she turned around and followed him into the room, and then asked Huo Yan when he entered the room, "What happened? "
Huo Yan pulled Lu Zuo beside the table and looked around in the shadows of the lights. After making sure there was no one else, she said, "When Lu Renxiang returned to the village a while ago, there was something fishy about the woman he brought with him!"
"Oh!" Lu Zuo exclaimed, "You mean the younger brother and sister, the He family?"
"Yes!" Huo Yan continued, "We inquired and found out that He was the wife of Renxiang when he was serving in Suzhou. She was also the daughter of He Younian, the governor of Suzhou, and her origins were unusual. It is said that He Younian was still deposed. The prince’s people.”
Jing Jingruo answered, "We all know this, but Renxiang likes it herself, and when Renxiang was in Suzhou, it was thanks to the help of He and his daughter that he was able to return to Beijing safely. He must be different from her father."
Lu Zuo nodded in agreement.
Huo Yanshen shook his head disapprovingly, "According to the reliable information from the big boss, the first day Renxiang and the others returned to Lujiazhuang, the He family sent people to Fengji Mountain to inquire about the situation, and they were caught by our minions. Two If the leader and the others hadn't looked out for Renxiang's face, they would have killed the spy long ago."
"How did you deal with this spy later?" Lu Zuo asked.
"Put it back." A trace of worry appeared on Huo Yan's brow, "Brother Lu, that's why the big boss and the others are anxious to ask you to go back at this time. Otherwise, sooner or later, this He family will find out your details. It will be too late to regret it then. That’s it.”
Jing Jingruo looked at Lu Zuo suspiciously, never expecting that her husband's face was completely calm.
"I know." Lu Zuo immediately said seriously, "It's time to return home!"
Jing Jingruo was a little puzzled, but Huo Yan was there, so he didn't ask further questions.
As if he had completed his task, Huo Yan suppressed a smile and said, "Then I'm going to prepare my luggage." After saying that, he was about to turn around when he was stopped by Lu Zuo and asked, "What else can I do?"
"In a moment, you will accompany me to Prince Ning's Mansion."
"Prince Ning's Mansion?" Huo Yan looked at Lu Zuo in disbelief. She didn't expect that he would ask her to accompany him, but still flatly refused, "I'm not going to see some bullshit Prince Ning!"
Seeing that he was about to turn away again, Lu Zuo shouted: "Not to see Prince Ning."
"I won't go either."
"This person is related to everyone in the world!"
Huo Yan said disdainfully: "What does it have to do with me?"
"Then what if this person is related to the fortune and life of Brother Fengjishan?"
Huo Yan's face darkened, full of suspicion, "Who are you meeting?"
"You'll find out soon after you get there."
Huo Yan frowned deeply for a moment and said, "Go ahead! Brother Lu, wait here for me for a while."
After An Jingruo saw Huo Yan walking away, he asked Lu Zuodao, "Ms. sir, what do you mean when you say it's time to return home?"
Lu Zuodao: "Now it seems that the situation is about to change. We must withdraw."
"Change?" Jing Jingruo was even more puzzled, "Isn't the situation now favorable to Prince Ning? Why are we running?"
"The prince and the others have already started to take action. If we don't pull away, we may all be buried with him." Since the case of King Wei last year, Lu Zuo knew that he should retreat when he should, and he must not try too hard.
"Isn't the prince still in the prison?"
"It is precisely because the prince is in the prison that all of us relax our vigilance. The prince is already in jail, but He is still trying his best to find out information about me for the prince. Now it seems that I still underestimated this trick. If I If my guess is correct, the prince’s confidants have already laid out a plan to counterattack Prince Ning.”
"Then why not tell Prince Ning and ask him to prepare quickly in case the prince rebels?"
Lu Zuo shook his head and fell into deep thought, "I'm afraid it's too late. As soon as Prince Ning makes any move, I'm afraid the Crown Prince's people will take action immediately."
Jing Jingruo also became a little nervous, "So, we can only take advantage of the opportunity and run away now?"
Lu Zuo nodded, "There is no choice. So tomorrow I will take the excuse of mourning and we will resign and return to our hometown."
"But..." Jing Jingruo said, "What will my father and the others do?"
"My father-in-law is the founding hero of the country, and he has not been favored by the emperor in recent years. He has nothing to do with Prince Ning, so there is no problem in staying in the capital. And your eldest brother has no military power now, so they have no reason to attack."
An Jingruo's face was as dark as water. It might not be a bad thing for his father to stay in the capital, but if he left here together, I'm afraid it would arouse people's suspicions and everyone would be in danger. Now it seemed that this was the only way, so he asked again: "Then You are so mysterious, who do you want to take Huo Yan to Prince Ning's Mansion to meet?"
"Liu Xingyuan." Lu Zuo's eyes revealed a murderous intent, "We must take him with us tomorrow."
"Liu Xingyuan?" An Jingruo exclaimed in a stunned voice, "Why?"
"Nowadays, a bloody battle is inevitable in the court. Both the prince and Prince Ning will definitely suffer losses. But now it seems that the prince has a higher chance of winning. If he takes control of the government, we must rise up in Shanzhou, otherwise we will still be at the mercy of others. "
Jing Jingruo finally understood Lu Zuo's intention at this time. It was impossible to persuade Liu Xingzhi to leave the capital with him. He must be immersed in the dream of becoming a prince now, and the feasibility of bringing Liu Xingyuan with him was even higher. , This is just for the sake of becoming famous in the future, "Then are you going to tell Liu Xingyuan about this?"
Lu Zuo shook his head, "No, I'm afraid Liu Xingyuan will relent. Once he leaks the news to Prince Ning, Prince Ning will definitely mobilize his troops to defeat us. I'm afraid we won't have a chance to survive by then."
An Jingruo lowered his head in a depressed manner. All this happened so quickly. It was really you who sang and I came on stage. In the blink of an eye, Prince Ning's power was about to face a real challenge. Sadly, Prince Ning himself was still immersed in the victory. In joy.
At the top of the moon, Lu Zuo led Huo Yan one after another from the secret passage of Xinghua Restaurant to the secret room of Prince Ning's Mansion. At that time, Liu Xingyuan had already received the news about the servant and had been waiting in the secret room for a long time.
Liu Xingyuan saw a strange man with a powerful figure behind Lu Zuo. He quickly stood up and saluted him. He never thought that the other man would hold his head high and turned a blind eye. This made Liu Xingyuan quite embarrassed, so he smiled and nodded to Lu Zuo and asked Lu Zuo : "Mr. Lu, this dear friend is..."
