In Yu Zizhen's life, he was just a handsome young man who was forced by his father to study hard and work hard. He was young and talented, and was deeply trusted and relied upon by Yu Zizhen, but because of his adventurous spirit, he always took the initiative to choose very difficult tasks to complete.
So, after Yu Zizhen withdrew from the capital, Zhou Zheng volunteered to come to the capital in person.
"Yes. Please wait a moment." The old woman guarding the gate said this and slowly moved to find Zhou Zheng. She neither closed the door nor invited Yu Zizhen to come in and sit down and wait.
Yu Zizhen touched his nose, walked in without any hesitation, closed the door, sat on the stone block in the yard, and looked up at the overlapping branches of the two old trees in the yard that had already produced small green apricots.
"Brother Xiao." A clear male voice quickly sounded. Yu Zizhen turned her head and saw Zhou Zheng walking towards her with big strides.
She stood up, cupped her hands, and called out with a smile, "Brother, long time no see."
Zhou Zheng raised his hand and motioned for her to follow him to the main hall. "It's been a while, indeed. I wonder if everything has been going well, Brother Xiao?"
"It went very smoothly." Yu Zizhen followed Zhou Zheng into the main hall, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see you so soon."
Zhou Zheng closed the door, bent his knees and bowed deeply to Yu Zizhen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. "Zhou Zheng greets the Master."
Yu Zizhen held up one of his arms and said, "No need to be so polite."
The two sat down on either side of the desk. Yu Zizhen asked Zhou Zheng directly, "How many capable fighters do we have in the capital now?"
"Six hundred." Zhou Zheng was a little pleased with himself. These were all arranged slowly by him under various pretexts. In order not to attract attention, he really put a lot of thought into it during this period of time.
Yu Zizhen raised his eyebrows slightly, "I feel relieved with so many."
She explained her plan to Zhou Zheng one by one, "I plan to assassinate Lu Tong and his eldest son first. Once I succeed, your men will go to the west gate and open the city gate."
"Simon?"
Yu Zizhen took the lead, "I'll leave the East Gate to someone else."
Zheng Tong, the eldest son of the couple who ran the Zheng family restaurant, had returned safely. Thanks to his superior, he did not return to the border, but stayed in the Wucheng Bingmasi in the capital and worked as a small military officer to take care of his family nearby.
There was also Wei Heng, who had been her classmate for a very short period of time. He owed Lord Yu Zizhen a favor. Before leaving Beijing, Yu Zizhen had entrusted him to help take care of more than 400 imperial guards headed by Liu Zhang, who had offended some playboys of the Lu family because of an incident at the royal hunting ground.
The soldiers of the Imperial Guard, led by Liu Zhang, have been living quite well under Yu Zizhen's secret protection over the years. Even a dozen of them, including Liu Zhang, have been promoted one or even two levels.
But after Yu Zizhen left, without the person who protected them from behind, there was no guarantee that those playboys of the Lu family would not continue to cause trouble for them.
Yu Zizhen did not have high expectations for Wei Heng. She did not expect him to fight against the playboys of the Lu family for Liu Zhang and the others. She only asked Wei Heng to help them avoid some fatal conspiracies and frame-ups at the right time.
Wei Heng agreed, and diligently sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the Lu family and the Imperial Guards. However, what made him speechless was that the backup plan left by Yu Zizhen had never worked on Liu Zhang and others.
Although Yu Zizhen left, the pressure she brought to the Lu family not only did not decrease, but became heavier as time went by.
Before the dandy young men of the Lu family had time to get carried away by the Lu family's complete victory in uniting the party to suppress the dissidents, Yu Zizhen had already set off wave after wave of turbulent waves outside the capital.
Her astonishing rise to power. The Duke of Weiguo strongly supported her when she revealed her identity as a woman. The Prince of Zhenbei and the Duke of Jingguo eventually joined the alliance to punish the Lu family. When everyone was still busy preparing for war, she suddenly attacked and led her army to capture cities and reach the border of Tongzhou in the blink of an eye...
Every time there was news about her, the Lu family members and cronies would inevitably feel uneasy and terrified.
In addition, the discord between the first and second branches of the Lu family has been going on for a long time. The more power Lu Tong, the second master, has, the more dissatisfied his good nephews from the first branch will be.
As the eldest son of the Lu family, they all believed that they were the ones who should hold the highest power in the Lu family.
Lu Tong had to deal with all kinds of chaos outside while suppressing his ignorant nephew at home. He was so overwhelmed that his attitude and methods were naturally a bit intense.
As a result of his drastic measures, not only his good nephews, but also other members of the Lu family became obedient involuntarily. As a result, Liu Zhang and others escaped disaster and did not encounter any other crisis other than exclusion and suppression.
While Wei Heng was feeling fortunate, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful that he hadn't been able to do his bit for Yu Zizhen.
As for Yu Zizhen's identity as a woman, Wei Heng, who was almost obedient to his mother and sister, said, "So what if she's a woman? Women can also be capable and strategic, and they can also hold high positions and wield great power."
At this time, Wei Heng didn't know that he would soon be able to help Yu Zizhen do something as he wished.
After Yu Zizhen came out from Zhou Zheng, he first found a deserted place to change his face, put on a relatively bright set of clothes, and put on some accessories, and then ran to Wei Mansion to ask to see Wei Heng openly.
Wei Heng didn't know this unfortunate visitor named Zhou Xiao, but he was very familiar with Yu Zizhen's handwriting, so the moment he saw the visiting card, Wei Heng stood up subconsciously.
"Quick, please...Mr. Zhou come in!"
The servant left immediately, and Wei Heng began to send away the idlers with both excitement and worry.
By the time Yu Zizhen followed his trusted servant into his study, more than 90% of the servants in his yard had been driven away.
After sending two absolutely trustworthy servants to guard the door outside, Wei Heng stared at Yu Zizhen with excitement, "You..."
"Brother Wei, long time no see." Yu Zizhen said as she reached out to wipe her face. Her disguise skills worked as she wished, and Yu Zizhen's face quickly returned to her original appearance.
"It's really you!" Although Wei Heng was excited, he still remembered to lower his voice. He gestured for Yu Zizhen to sit in the inner room, "Why did you come to the capital? A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, you..."
"Don't worry, I can protect myself." Yu Zizhen interrupted him with a smile, "I came here to ask you for help in contacting Liu Zhang and the others."
Wei Heng nodded. "Then I'll ask Liu Zhang to have a drink with me tonight. He's in a tough situation right now, so it's not convenient for him to sneak out during the day."
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