Chapter 175 Whirlpool

There is a kind of person called a spy who is ubiquitous and pervasive, telling his master what he knows and other people's secrets, or selling it to someone he thinks is worth selling.

This person is Liu Mu, the minister of Yan.

The Shangshu in this era is not the head of the department in the Ming Dynasty, but a very general name, but this Liu Mu is a very powerful Shangshu, because he is in charge of the promotion of officials in Shangshu Province.

This is a person who is very passionate about power. Of course, such a person is easy to be pulled into the coup group that attempts to subvert Murongxi. Of course, it is also easy to be pulled out by Murong Xi.

So news about Murong Yun's participation in the coup, conspiracy to take action at the wedding banquet, and preparing to choose Yan Xiao as assassins continued to fall into Murong Xi's hands.

In fact, Murong Xi was a little sad about Murong Yun's participation in the rebellion. After all, he valued this brother-in-law very much before, but since Murong Yun chose to fight against him, there was only one way to die.

At this time, Murong Xi's personal eunuch also sent back the news of Feng Bayan to invite Lu Qiang. At the same time, the eunuch also told Murong Xi that there were indeed several people with strong martial arts under the salt officer. Although the two sides did not face each other, he could feel that those people's martial arts were not under him.

In this way, even Murong Xi became interested in this salt shack from Jiankang.

Yan is also close to the sea, but due to climate reasons, the main source of salt is still in the south of the Yangtze River. Murongxi often hears that the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are extremely rich, and since this salt merchant is the boss of the salt gang in the south of the Yangtze River, how rich will he be?

Murong Xi is more aggressive and also extremely vain, and these preferences are supported by money. In fact, it has not been a few years since his accession to the throne, but the treasury has been emptied by him, so he urgently needs to find a new source of wealth.

Now there is a salt shack in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is a salt gang boss who is more powerful than those salt merchants. How much money does it have to make if such a person can use it for himself?

For a moment, Murong Xi seemed to have a silvery road in front of him, and even the beautiful woman seemed to be much darker.

This person must not be used by Murong Yun and others, but if he is attracted like this, it is bound to attract Murong Yun and others to be alert.

But if he finds him afterwards, will he be trapped in Murong Yun's conspiracy?

At this time, Wang Shenai had promised to marry Murong Xi according to Sun Yao's instructions, and the reason why she would agree was that Sun Yao told her that she would be rescued before marriage.

So Murong Xi, who got the news, has been very happy these days, but the sudden appearance of this matter has really affected his mood. What should he do?

Seeing Murong Xi's unrestrained appearance, Fu Xunying couldn't help saying anxiously, "Your Majesty, are you thinking about that goddess again? In that case, Your Majesty'd better send your concubine out of the palace! Inso as not to annoy your majesty here"

Murong Xi came to his senses and said, "Hey hey!" Smiling, he reached out and took Fu Xunying's slender waist and said with a smile, "How can I not like you? I was just thinking about another thing. I have already thought about it. When the goddess becomes my person, I will make you queen at the same time, regardless of size, to serve me together, haha!"

Fu Xunying has long known the character of Murong Xihuang**. As early as when his sister was alive, the two sisters served him together, but he could share a man with his sister. How can others do it?

In addition, seeing that Murong Xi's love for the goddess has exceeded her, how can she not be jealous? It hasn't been a day or two since she wanted to get rid of the goddess's heart.

It's just that she is a woman who lives deep in the palace, her father is gone, and the rest of the family can't help her. Moreover, the goddess is Murong Xi's favorite woman. The palace guards she can command dare not kill!

So she also wants to find an outsider to do it, but there has never been a suitable opportunity or candidate.

He gently twisted his body and turned his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, it will be your majesty's wedding day in a few days. I want to go back to see my mother and beg your majesty's permission."

How can Murong Xi not know Fu Xunying's thoughts, but isn't it fun for several women to be jealous of him together?

Thinking about it, when the goddess didn't appear, she always spoiled her the most. When she got married in a few days, she was bound to leave her alone in the deep palace. Is she in a good mood? Instead of doing this, it would be better to fulfill her wish.

When preparing to agree to Fu Xunying's request, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind. If the Fu family came forward to see the salt xiao of Jiankang, couldn't they avoid Murong Yun and others from being suspicious?

Because the Fu sisters were favored, the whole Fu family followed the chickens and dogs to the sky. Although Fu Xunying's father died, several of her brothers were officials in the court, including the salt and iron envoys with the largest oil.

Thinking of this, Murong Xi suddenly became happy and immediately told Fu Xunying the origin of Lu Qiang and his party, and then asked Fu Xunying to go back to his mother's house tomorrow morning, and then asked Fu Xunying's brother to summon Lu Qiang to convey his meaning.

Although this matter can also be completed by the eunuch, it will not show his intention. According to his idea, he must let the salt xiao know that he values him very much.

Of course, the meeting place cannot be chosen at the Fu family. The main purpose of the meeting is to make Lu Qiang stand firm. In addition, after this incident, he will definitely summon Lu Qiang in person and promise to value profits and so on.

Fu Xunying was also surprised to hear that such a group of people came to the capital. Of course, she would not betray Murongxi. However, if the people with strong martial arts around Yan Xiao could be used by her, could she fulfill her wish that she wanted to complete but could not complete?

Originally, Lu Qiang wanted to appear as an upstart, but he didn't expect that because he said one more sentence and a little kindness, he was involved in the coup in Zhongshan, and even became a figure that several parties scrambled to win over.

It's a pity that Lu Qiang is still in the dark and is still planning how to save people and how to escape back to Jiangling.

If you analyze it carefully, you will find that the whole Zhongshan is in a very strange atmosphere.

Murong Yun and Feng Ba were secretly busy with the coup. Murong Xi looked on coldly and was ready to catch them all.

Murong Yun wanted Lu Qiang to send people to assassinate Murong Xi, but Murong Xi sent someone to warn Lu Qiang not to get involved, and the most surprising thing was that Fu Xunying also inserted a bar. She wanted to bribe Lu Qiang and assassinate the goddess for her...

How can this be clearly understood?

Feng Ba's birthday banquet is scheduled at night. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Lu Qiang is not ready to go out during the day. Anyway, the terrain is already well understood, and he will wait for the next step to sneak into the Xiaoyao Palace.

What Lu Qiang didn't expect was that as soon as breakfast was used, an official visited with the post of the salt and iron envoy and asked Lu Qiang to meet Lord Salt and iron envoy Fu.

Lu Qiang was a little stunned. He only stayed in Zhongshan for a day and just wandered around. What did he do? Why did you attract so many people? Am I too popular?

I have the intention to say that I don't want to go, but this is their territory. As soon as they can come to me, it means that they have known something about you. Can't you don't go?

Fu Xunying's brother's name is Fu Baoshan. Through his sister's nepotism, he got the most oily salt and iron power in the State of Yan. While being grateful to his sister, he also understood that his sister must not lose power, otherwise he would have to be unlucky.

So when his sister went home and said this to him, he immediately ordered someone to set up a banquet in the most luxurious restaurant in Zhongshan. Of course, nominally, he still invited a big merchant from Jiankang.

In fact, as for an official position like Fu Baoshan, he prefers to contact these rich Jiangnan businessmen, because he knows that compared with those Jiangnan rich businessmen, his wealth can only be regarded as a penance.

It would be better if you could fish out some oil and water from such a person.

At this time of the day, the restaurant has not opened at all, but the Fu family has opened its mouth. Who dares not to listen? With the order of the shopkeeper, the clerk, cook, maid and so on were all busy.

However, Fu Baoshan covered the top floor of the restaurant, and the errands were useless, but replaced them all with their own families. For no other reason, they couldn't stand the lonely sister Fu Xunying and also disguised up to follow.

In fact, this kind of thing did not need Fu Xunying to come forward in person. If Murong Xi knew it, she would not be happy, but this matter is about assassinating the woman Murong Xi admires. How can she be relieved if she does not explain it in person or hears the other party's consent? So despite his brother's objection, he came forward in person.

Fu Baoshan can't afford to offend this precious sister, so he has to arrange a screen on the side of the single room. If you don't pay attention, it will only be regarded as a decoration. Then wait for Lu Qiang to arrive. This is the State of Yan, not Jiangnan, so the Fu brothers and sisters believe that Lu Qiang will definitely come.

Although sometimes socializing is inevitable, Lu Qiang is really not used to participating in such activities in the morning, but as the Fu sisters thought, he had to come to the place.

Back to Yanlou, a very loud and meaningful name. It is not difficult to see from this name alone that this restaurant must have a very deep*.

A housekeeper stood on the steps outside the restaurant, looked at Lu Qiang coming down from the carriage with a smile, arrogantly arched his hand and said, "Is Ma the head? Please come inside. Our adults have been waiting for a long time."

"It's hard work"

After these two sudden ** situations, Lu Qiang has learned a lesson, more deliberately restrained his breath, and people are more polite and easy-going.

Except for Liu Si's daughter, there are only two most inconspicuous bodyguards, Ding Si and Fan Wu. Moreover, Lu Qiang also worked hard this time, ordering Ding Si and Fan Wu to hold two boxes containing jewelry, gold and silver as a gift for the meeting.

Ding Si and Fan Wu are really inconspicuous. They belong to the kind of people who can't find one. In addition, wearing blue hats, they are two servants, and they can't be connected with first-class assassins and killers at all.

So Liu Si's daughter was regarded as a bodyguard by the housekeeper. Lu Qiang walked inside. The housekeeper suddenly reached out his hand to stop Liu Si's daughter and said, "Just stay outside! It's absolutely safe here. You can rest assured that others can follow Ma in."

Lu Qiang looked at this dog-like housekeeper, and a ridiculous feeling surged in his heart. They all said that dogs look down on people, not to mention his dog eyes... Accurate enough...