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Chapter 1437. All for justice (6).

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    <!¡ª¡ª> ¡­¡­ ¡­¡­ In the "Yao Hai Pavilion", a troubling conversation was going on.  But both parties in the conversation were unaware of it.  After all, whether it is the seventh prince Zhu Hejian or the great scholar Huo Zhengyuan, they are both high-ranking nobles. However, the two young men, Song Jicheng and Lu De, knew that they did not have enough weight, so naturally they did not dare to criticize them publicly, so they had to transform themselves into  The Riddler refers to Zhu Hejian and Huo Zhengyuan as the "people behind the scenes". He also believes that the person he is talking to is a very smart person and must be able to understand his deep meaning.  So, a misunderstanding was born.  * "I don't think the person behind the scenes wants to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the opportunity to do anything!" Lu De shook his head and said: "Maybe it's just that the enemy forces are pushing too hard, and he just has no choice but to fight back." Lu De said this.  This means that the reason why the seventh prince Zhu Hejian wanted to drive the "United Shipping Company" to disrupt the situation in Nanjing was all because of the deliberate targeting of Zhou Shangjing, Song Chengren and others.  After Song Jicheng heard this, he thought of the recent experience of University Scholar Huo Zhengyuan. It was obvious that he was deliberately targeted, plotted and warned, and his followers were also killed and injured in many accidents. He said that he was forced to fight back and was killed.  That's right.  So, Song Jicheng nodded lightly first, then shook his head and said: "The recent situation of the man behind the scenes is indeed a bit embarrassing, but such a reaction is too drastic! Moreover, his temperament has changed drastically recently, and he is no longer as cautious as before.  , on the contrary, he has shown great ambition. Now he is deliberately disrupting the situation in Nanjing. He definitely has big intentions. It cannot be just to protect himself. Brother Lu must not despise him or trust himperhaps, in his follow-up plan  "Song Jicheng was obviously talking about the recent change of temperament of the great scholar Huo Zhengyuan, but after hearing this, Lu De still didn't notice anything wrong, because before and after the seventh prince Zhu Hejian arrived in Nanjing,  He also changed his temperament. Instead of being as humble and courteous as before, he gradually showed courage and sharpness.  Therefore, Song Jicheng still thought that Lu De was talking about the great scholar Huo Zhengyuan, and Lu De also still thought that Song Jicheng was talking about the seventh prince Zhu Hejian. These two talented and quick-witted young people were not aware of the misunderstanding.  As a result, the conversation went further and further off track.  Lu De shook his head again and defended Zhu Hejian, saying: "Brother Song seems to think that the man behind the scenes is respectful and arrogant, so he is prejudiced against him and secretly guarded against him, but I still have different ideas! Of course!  When a person is about to step from behind the scenes to the stage, he must change his mentality and behavior! This man behind the scenes was just an insignificant shadow in the past, so he naturally had to be careful about his duties, but now he is about to do so!  Taking charge of power will definitely attract the attention of the public in the future, so he should show his courage and sharpness. Otherwise, how can he replace him and make people follow him with peace of mind? Therefore, his change in temperament is not a result of being respectful and arrogant, but after the situation changes.  The meaning in the question is "You said replace it?" Song Jicheng was immediately shocked when he heard this word!  Lu De is still talking about the seventh prince Zhu Hejian. The so-called "replacement" naturally refers to the abolition of the crown prince.  Song Jicheng still thought that Lu De was talking about Huo Zhengyuan. After all, Huo Zhengyuan used to be a shadow of Zhao Junchen. Now that he has served as the patrol envoy to the southeast, he is also about to take charge of the ocean power and will inevitably attract the attention of the public in the future.  But"replace"?  Who does Huo Zhengyuan want to replace?  With Huo Zhengyuan¡¯s status, if he wants to replace him, there is only one goal, that is-Zhao Junchen! ?? Could it be that Huo Zhengyuan actually has ambitions to replace Zhao Junchen, to become the new leader of the "Zhao Party", or even to turn the "Zhao Party" into the "Huo Party"?  Then, Song Jicheng couldn't help but recall Zhou Shangjing's evaluation of Huo Zhengyuan.  ?According to Zhou Shangjing, the key to the so-called art of controlling subordinates is to properly handle the relationship between yourself and the smart people under your command!  For those in power, smart people under their subordinates can have independent opinions and hold real power, but they must keep this smart person by their side and not let them escape control for a long time; they can also let their smart people hold real power and hold real power for a long time.  Stay away from yourself, but this smart person must not have too many opinions; if a smart person is not only extremely opinionated, but must also stay away from his control for a long time, then he must not be entrusted with important responsibilities and let him take charge of himself  All in all, you just can¡¯t let a responsible, independent, and powerful wise man stay away from you for a long time!  And Huo Zhengyuan served as DongAfter being envoy to the south, he stayed in the southeastern provinces for a long time, taking charge of the ocean power. He was thousands of miles away from Zhao Junchen and had difficulty communicating. In addition, Huo Zhengyuan has gradually gained courage and independence recently, so he will definitely gradually break away from Zhao Junchen's direct control in the future.  Forming a situation where the tail is too big to fall.  However, according to Zhou Shangjing's speculation, even if Huo Zhengyuan will gradually break away from Zhao Junchen's direct control in the future, it will definitely take several years of brewing and fermentation.  But at this time, listening to Lu De's words, it seemed that Huo Zhengyuan had already been eager to get out of Zhao Junchen's control, and even had the ambition to replace him!  Huo Zhengyuan actually has such ambitions?  Why did Lu De know Huo Zhengyuan's true thoughts so well?  So, Song Jicheng quickly asked: "Why does Brother Lu think that the person behind the scenes wants to replace him? Has he personally confessed such ambition to you?" Hearing Song Jicheng's eager questioning, Lu De couldn't help but be slightly startled.  The abolition of the crown prince has long been a secret known to all. Why did Song Jicheng deliberately confirm the thoughts of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian?  While feeling surprised, Lu De finally realized that something was not quite right about his conversation with Song Jicheng.  But I can¡¯t tell what is wrong.  In the end, out of caution, Lu De said with reservations: "I did have a deep conversation with the person behind the scenes about this matter, and he also confided his feelings to me at the time In fact, the person behind the scenes was also thinking about the old relationship.  If he had a choice, of course he would not want to take his place! But unfortunately, this is what His Majesty wants now, and he has no choice but to accept it! " What does Emperor Deqing mean?  Song Jicheng's expression changed slightly, and his brain was racing. He finally thought he understood the truth of the matter.  No wonder Emperor Deqing was willing to let Huo Zhengyuan, who was born in the "Zhao Party", serve as the southeast patrol envoy and hand over all the major powers of ocean trade to Zhao Junchen. This was completely inconsistent with Emperor Deqing's consistent practice of repeatedly suppressing Zhao Junchen's expansion of power.  In fact, Emperor Deqing was willing to hand over the ocean power to Zhao Junchen in order to seek immortals and saints and pursue the art of immortality. However, this secret was only known to a few people including Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen, Huo Zhengyuan, and even Zhou Shangjing was  Being kept in the dark, Song Jicheng certainly didn't know the truth.  But at this moment, because of Lu De's unintentional misdirection, Song Jicheng found a reasonable reason for Emperor Deqing's behavior!  It turns out that Emperor Deqing also understood the art of imperial control: "You cannot let a wise man who is responsible, independent, and powerful stay away from him for a long time." That's why he took the initiative to arrange for Huo Zhengyuan to serve as the patrol envoy to the southeast, to take charge of the power of ocean trade, and to stay away from the emperor.  Zhao Junchen's direct control was to take the opportunity to split the "Zhao Party" forces and let Huo Zhengyuan compete with Zhao Junchen, or even replace him!  This method indeed seems to be Emperor Deqing¡¯s usual tactic!  Therefore, it is no wonder that Huo Zhengyuan has the courage to replace Zhao Junchen. He has shown great courage recently. It turns out that he has the support of Emperor Deqing!  As a smart person, after Song Jicheng thought of this, he immediately thought of more and more important things!  If the arrangement for Huo Zhengyuan to serve as the Southeast Patrol Envoy was because Emperor Deqing wanted to take the opportunity to split the "Zhao Party", does that mean that Huo Zhengyuan's real backer was not Zhao Junchen, but Emperor Deqing?  If Huo Zhengyuan's real backer is actually Emperor Deqing, does that mean that while Huo Zhengyuan was in Nanjing, he ostensibly followed Zhao Junchen's orders and cooperated with Zhou Shangjing to deal with the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, but he was actually one of Emperor Deqing's  The chess pieces will only follow the will of Emperor Deqing?  No wonder, Huo Zhengyuan has been always defying Zhou Shangjing's plan to suppress the seventh prince Zhu Hejian recently. That's it!  The reason why Lu De deliberately revealed such secrets to himself is not surprising considering that he is actually the secret disciple of the former crown prince and grand master He Ming.  Although Lu De did not want the seventh prince Zhu Hejian to fall into trouble early in the chaos in Nanjing, he also did not want Zhou Shangjing to lose everything in the chaos in Nanjing, otherwise he would find a better opportunity to backstab the seventh prince Zhu Hejian in the future.  In fact, there was a lack of strong foreign aid, so he took the opportunity to hint at Huo Zhengyuan's true position, which was that he did not want Zhou Shangjing to collapse and lose power due to Huo Zhengyuan's sudden betrayal at a critical moment!  After realizing that his logic was smooth, Song Jicheng still did not notice anything inappropriate in this conversation. Instead, he nodded gratefully to Lu De. He only felt that this conversation had benefited both the "Zhou Party" and the Song family a lot, and he also wanted to  Keep asking.  But Lu De had already vaguely noticed something was wrong with this conversation, but he didn¡¯t know what was wrong. He just felt that heHe seemed to have made a mistake in a key link, and by the way, Song Jicheng was also brought into the ditch.  Therefore, Lu De didn't care about taking the opportunity to test Song Jicheng, and just wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible.  It just so happened that at this time, outside the "Yaohai Pavilion", the Nanjing defenders responsible for suppressing the chaos in the city finally lost their patience and began to arrest the people who gathered to make trouble.  Just as Song Jicheng said, the "United Shipping Company" did not want to make things worse. When faced with arrests by the officers and soldiers, they were all arrested without resistance or panic.  As the saying goes, "the law does not punish the public," the scale of chaos in Nanjing today is extremely large. Thousands of people have been arrested for causing trouble in various places in the city. Coupled with the influence of the "United Shipping Company" and the influence of those behind the scenes,  Operation and Protection, as well as the Nanjing government, also do not want to make things worse and affect their future, so even if the troublemakers are temporarily arrested, they will be released soon.  Therefore, the confrontation between the military and civilians outside the "Yaohai Pavilion" was finally settled.  After seeing this situation, Lu De was worried that he would make mistakes if he said too much, so he quickly stood up and left, unwilling to talk to Song Jicheng again.  When Song Jicheng saw that Lu De was determined to leave, he couldn't force him to stay, so he personally sent Lu De to the downstairs of "Yaohai Pavilion".  After watching Lu De leave in a hurry, Song Jicheng believed that he had gained a crucial confidential truth, so he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He immediately sent for pens, ink, paper and inkstones to write down his conversation with Lu De in detail.  In the secret message.  Later, Song Jicheng called his chief attendant Song Shun and solemnly confessed: "Immediately give this secret letter to Zhou Shoufu and my grandfather for review without delay!" * However, he said that after Lu De left "Yaohai Pavilion", he hurriedly  Rushed to the Zhanyuan location.  Along the way, Lu De still witnessed many confrontations between Nanjing officers and soldiers and the protesting people in the city. Fortunately, he was not blocked again and delayed his time. He successfully arrived at Zhanyuan and was immediately summoned by the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian.  " Later, Lu De told Zhu Hejian in detail about his various experiences during this period in a study room in Zhanyuan, but the content was incomplete and half-truths.  Lu De first concealed the fact that Jiang Xiao had fallen into paranoia and madness at this time and wanted to pursue Hu Xiao at any cost; he also reasonably explained that Jiang Xiao disobeyed orders and sent a team of "Chaofeng" dead soldiers to return early.  Regarding what happened in Nanjing, it was said that Jiang Xiao discovered that Huo Zhengyuan's staff were acting sneakily and wanted to investigate in detail just in case. Finally, it was said that he cooperated with Jiang Xiao to kill the two prince guards, Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong.  In order to completely cover up Zhu Hejian's secret accumulation of dead soldiers.  After talking about his "real experience" in the past few days, Lu De did not wait for Zhu Hejian to think carefully, and began to accuse angrily, saying loudly: "Your Highness, the seventh prince, the student's decision to serve you is definitely out of sincerity.  Your future, destiny, wealth and life are all on you. You should understand the sincerity of the students! And that Jiang Xiao only doubted the loyalty of the students, and forced the students to kill Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong with their own hands.  ! They said that only by killing them personally can the students submit their petitions and prove their loyalty to His Highness" At this point, Lu De seemed to have lost his usual calmness and was close to losing control of his emotions.  , gritted his teeth and said: "The student is an innocent scholar. He has never killed a chicken before, but Jiang Xiao actually forced the student to kill two people in a row. If the student doesn't do it, depending on what he wants, the student himself will die."  Bao! How can the student tolerate such a shame and humiliation? Although the student does not want to embarrass His Highness, he also knows that Jiang Xiao is His Highness¡¯s confidant, but if His Highness cannot punish Jiang Xiao and give an explanation to the student, then I hope His Highness will forgive the student.  You will be willful. From now on, if there are still things that require students to cooperate with Jiang Xiao, the students will not accept the order!" After saying that, Lu De ignored his dignity and raised his head to look at Zhu Hejian. He seemed to be in a strong position with Jiang Xiao!  Fire and death.  According to Lu De, he killed Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong with his own hands, all because of Jiang Xiao's coercion. Looking at Lu De's sluggish look, it was obvious that he was very frightened because of the murder he had committed. Last night he was completely  He couldn't sleep and had countless nightmares. No wonder Lu De hated Jiang Xiao so much.  Naturally, Zhu Hejian would not completely believe Lu De¡¯s explanation.  But seeing Lu De losing control of his emotions at this time, and thinking that Lu De would be of great use to him in the future, Zhu Hejian thought that he should give priority to appeasing Lu De, and immediately made a solemn promise to Lu De: "Master Lu, please calm down, and I will do the same."  I didn¡¯t expect Jiang Xiao to dare to be so offensive to you, but don¡¯t worry, after the situation in Nanjing comes to an end, I will definitely punish Jiang Xiao severely and I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!¡± Zhu Hejian¡¯s words were just right!Luo, the eunuch Jia Lun standing behind him also cooperated tacitly, and soon changed the topic to business, and asked with a cold face: "So, Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong are both dead? Jiang  Xiao said that the two of them leaked their whereabouts after leaving the city. What happened? " Lu De calmed down a little and shook his head: "I don't know! But when Guard Guo saw Jiang Xiao, he said that he had hidden himself after leaving the city.  He felt that he was being followed, but he never found the pursuer. He should have just been overthinking it, but after hearing this, Jiang Xiao's face became even colder, and he asked for many details, and then suddenly took control of Guard Guo and forced the students to  Killing Guard Guo with his own hands, saying that Guo Shouzhong was a fool and was not alert when being followed, so the hidden danger must be eliminated In fact, Jiang Xiao did not save any conclusive evidence from beginning to end to prove that Guo and Lu  Two guards were being tracked, but they were killed by just a trace of suspicion in their own minds, and they even forced the students to take action! As far as the students knew, the two guards were His Highness's confidants, and they were so casually killed by Jiang!  This person is definitely audacious and will become a disaster sooner or later! Your Highness, with all due respect to the students, you will soon be the crown prince, and you must not keep such a person by your side!¡± Hearing Lu De¡¯s detailed explanation!  , Zhu Hejian and Jia Lun looked at each other and nodded lightly.  If Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong are still unwary despite being followed, then they really deserve to die!  It is also completely in line with Jiang Xiao's consistent style of acting ruthlessly and decisively without leaving any hidden dangers.  In fact, if Zhu Hejian and Jia Lun were present, they would also support Jiang Xiao's approach. It is indeed a pity to lose the two close guards, Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong, but if these two guards would make the enemy  When the forces discovered that Zhu Hejian had secretly cultivated dead soldiers, even if it was only an unverified possibility, they had no choice but to sacrifice the two of them.  At the same time, although Zhu Hejian and Jia Lun are both thoughtful and suspicious people, they do not know that Jiang Xiao has discovered Hu Xiao's whereabouts and are obsessed with hunting down and revenge. They cannot imagine that Jiang Xiao has discovered Hu Xiao's whereabouts.  Lu De and Jiang Xiao, two people with completely different backgrounds, experiences, temperaments, etc., will form an alliance in a short period of time.  Seeing that Lu De wants to encourage Zhu Hejian to severely punish Jiang Xiao or even abandon Jiang Xiao whenever he finds an opportunity, he obviously hates Jiang Xiao very much and is unlikely to conspire with Jiang Xiao to cover up the truth. Therefore, Zhu Hejian and Jia Lun's hearts  Suspicion was reduced to a minimum.  In short, although they do not completely believe Lu De's words, they will only verify it a little bit afterwards in accordance with the usual practice, and will not fully investigate all the details.  What's more, under Lu De's design, Zhu Hejian and Jia Lun were like those "chao Feng" dead soldiers, completely diverting their attention. At this time, they only focused on the possibility that Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong might be killed.  Things to track.  So, after Zhu Hejian pondered for a while, he asked Lu De in detail about the details of the overnight transfer of the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers led by Jiang Xiao. After discovering that Jiang Xiao had not committed any mistakes, he finally nodded with satisfaction and said: "Fortunately, Jiang Xiao is so smart.  Be careful, no one will follow their whereabouts further! However, if someone really secretly tracked Guo Shouzhong and Lu Tong last night, they may have noticed the connection between Mr. Lu and the "Chaofeng" dead man!  Just in case, I have asked Mr. Lu to stay in Zhanyuan for the next few days. Under my protection, no one will dare to track you down." Lu De couldn't help but frown, seeming a little reluctant, but reluctantly nodded in agreement.  .  Jia Lun suddenly asked: "But now in Nanjing City, there is a group of 'Chaofeng' dead soldiers whose whereabouts have been exposed and are being hunted by the government. How should we deal with it?" Lu De shook his head and explained: "By the way, Jiang Xiao  He also mentioned this matter! He said that he would secretly sneak back into Nanjing as soon as possible after ensuring that no one was following him, and find a way to solve this trouble! Now, driven by His Highness the Seventh Prince, the 'United Shipping Company' is actively causing trouble.  The city of Nanjing has also fallen into chaos. Although Jiang Xiao is a hidden danger, he does have some agility and means. He should be able to take advantage of this opportunity to get the matter done!" After hearing this, Zhu Hejian nodded first, showing his concern for Jiang Xiao.  He trusted the means, but then shook his head and explained: "Master Lu misunderstood, the person behind the scenes who drove the United Shipping Company to cause trouble was not me, but the great scholar Huo Zhengyuan! Although I don't know why he did this.  , But such chaos is indeed beneficial to us, and it is easier to cover up the traces of the "Chaofeng" group of dead soldiers in the city, so we did not stop him, but secretly condoned his actions. " Lu De was suddenly stunned.  , finally discovered what was wrong with the conversation between him and Song Jicheng. It seemed that he had made a big mistake because of his preconceived wrong judgment.  Thinking carefully about myself and Song JiRegarding the content of the conversation, Lu De thought secretly: "This conversation should not cause any misunderstandings between Zhou Shangjing and Song Chengren behind Song Jicheng, right?"     <!¡ª¡ª>
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