Return of the Swallow

Lu Wenru was stunned by Lu Heng's question. He thought carefully about what His Majesty had done in recent days, and said with a wry smile: "Why do I feel that His Majesty is possessed by a demon? He went crazy for the treasure and the imperial mausoleum."

Lu Heng nodded, "He has secured the throne and has high expectations for the future. The world pays more attention to the mourning and honors behind him. Naturally, he is eager to build the imperial mausoleum. It's just that he is too impatient and believes too much in his absolute rule over the Zhou Dynasty. So much so that we have forgotten the people’s hearts and what our ministers care about most.”

It is human nature for ministers to want to be promoted and rich, but no one wants to be around a tyrant all the time.

Even a distinguished noble like Prince Zhongshun with great military exploits was treated like that by the Holy One, let alone their ordinary civil servants?

The emperor's absence from the capital for no reason has already caused turmoil in the hearts of the people in the court. Coupled with the news that Pang Xiao was treated like that, and the fire dragon incident in Jinggang, I believe that the already unstable people's hearts will become even more unstable.

"If I guess correctly, Your Majesty will leave for Beijing soon." Lu Heng took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Lu Wenru's heart skipped a beat and he said worriedly: "Uncle, when Your Majesty returns to Beijing, I'm afraid he will deal with the treasure. I don't know if His Majesty believes you or not. What if Prince Zhongshun finds out something wrong with us? The Holy Spirit blames us, what should we do?

Lu Heng smiled and did not immediately answer Lu Wenru's words.

He was trying to get hold of Pang Xiao that day, just to use the family's background and the Holy Master's suspicion of Pang Xiao to buy himself some time.

"Am I still going to stay and wait to die?" Lu Heng smiled slightly, picked up the tea bowl and concentrated on drinking tea.

Lu Wenru was stunned for a moment and then understood everything.

He was a little worried whether Lu Heng would leave him alone at the critical moment. After all, if he really had to run for his life, Lu Heng should not be able to care about others under heavy pursuit, right?

But Lu Wenru has been serving Lu Heng for these years, and he feels that he knows a lot of secrets around Lu Heng. If Lu Heng doesn't take him with him, he is afraid that he will leak the secrets, right?

Or will he kill him?

When Lu Wenru thought of this, the hairs all over his body stood up.

He just wants to be a follower in peace, but he doesn't want to be involved in these things!

Lu Heng seemed to see Lu Wenru's worry, smiled and said: "You have to prepare yourself these days so that you can hit the road."

This is too ambiguous,

Lu Wen was so frightened that he was so excited.

Lu Heng couldn't help laughing when he saw him like this, "What are you thinking? Am I the kind of person who just wants to run for his own life? Don't worry, even if I don't take Bian with me, I will take you with me."

Lu Wenru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and smiled bitterly, "Uncle, please stop making fun of the villain."

Lu Heng shook his head, "It's not a joke, it's just so that all the Lu family can live a stable life in the future. As the patriarch of the Lu family, I have never forgotten the importance of the family. By the way, how do you do what you are asked to do? Already?"

Lu Wenru immediately looked serious and lowered his voice: "It's done, let's wait for the news."

"Okay, then you can stay with me these days and obey my orders." Lu Heng nodded with a smile.

A giant fire-breathing dragon flew over from Golden Port, burned down the pier, and destroyed all the warships used by the Holy Emperor to build the imperial mausoleum. The news seemed to have wings, and everyone in the capital knew the news.

However, Li Qitian was still not calm at this time, and secret messages came from the places where stones were transported one after another. No treasure was found in those places.

A total of ten directions were transported, and Li Qitian robbed one of them himself. Of the remaining nine, four of them were already sure to have no treasure. Li Qitian hopes that the remaining five routes will yield results. After all, his treasury is now stretched thin.

The limited money was ordered to be allocated by the Ministry of Accounts to Lu Heng to purchase new stones a few days ago. Now that the warship was destroyed and the wood was reduced to ashes, he had to find more good wood. Wouldn't that add to the expense? All the money was being held up in the stone quarry. If there was any big incident that required money, he would have no place to find the money!

The corners of Li Qitian's mouth became bubbly overnight.

Rumors about the Golden Harbor Fire Dragon also arose uneasily in the capital.

He also knew that it was taboo for the emperor to leave the capital, so he immediately ordered people to prepare to return to the capital.

Xiong Jinshui asked: "Your Majesty, Prince Zhongshun's body is not in good condition yet. The doctor said that Prince Zhongshun is really not suitable to move around at this time. Please tell me whether I should take Prince Zhongshun with me on this trip?"

"Can't move? Then ask someone to carry him." Li Qitian sneered, "Even if he is carried, he must be carried back to the capital for me. I still have something to ask him! And Lu Heng, you all give me good service. Come on, don't let Uncle Lu make any mistakes."

Xiong Jinshui quickly saluted, "Yes, I obey the order, I will go and do it now."

Xiong Jinshui left the back office and stood on the corridor taking several deep breaths before calming down the panic in his heart. It's not that he's a coward, it's because the Holy Father has been in a bad mood these days and is moody. Yesterday, he pulled a waiter out and beat him twenty times because he accidentally spilled a drop of water while pouring tea. He has been hanging around the Holy Master all day long. , I really don’t dare to act carelessly. I am afraid that I will be caught wrongly and punished severely.

Xiong Jinshui felt that his face was about to turn into a bitter melon face like Dr. Gao's.

Even though he didn't dare to let others see his frown, in front of others, he was still the prudent general manager.

Along the way, he crossed the courtyard at the back and asked to see Prince Zhongshun. Not long after, his entourage respectfully invited him in.

Xiong Jinshui naturally did not dare to show off in front of Pang Xiao. Even if he was beaten by the Holy Master, he was still very afraid.

"My slave, please pay your respects to the prince. The prince looks much better."

Pang Xiao's hair was disheveled, and he wore a dark blue outer robe over his snow-white tunic. Hearing this, he coughed twice weakly, and under Tang Xiu's service, he changed from lying down to sitting sideways on a large pillow.

"Eunuch Xiong, there is no need to be polite. I am afraid that something is wrong with my body, and I won't be able to get better in a while. My father-in-law came here specially, but what is the emperor's order?"

Looking at Pang Xiao's pale face and lips, Xiong Jinshui gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has ordered us to prepare to return to the capital. We will be setting off tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I have specially asked my servants to come and tell you." He He paused for a moment to look at Pang Xiao's color, and then said: "There are many imperial doctors in the capital with good medical skills. The prince will be able to recover as soon as possible when he returns to the capital, so that he can go on errands for the emperor as soon as possible."

Pang Xiao naturally knew that the last sentence was added by Xiong Jinshui himself. Although Xiong Jinshui was someone close to Li Qitian, he did not want to generalize, let alone embarrass others, so he smiled and said: "Thank you, Eunuch Xiong, since it is the will of the Holy One." , I will definitely obey, so I will order people to get ready and return to the capital with your Majesty."

I didn’t expect Pang Xiao to be so easy to talk to.

Xiong Jinshui was overjoyed, secretly thinking that Prince Zhongshun might not be as dangerous as the emperor thought. He happily agreed and went to deliver the decree to the Lu Mansion.

After Xiong Jinshui left, Tang Xiu asked Pang Xiao, "Your Majesty, do we really want to follow His Majesty back to the capital?"