Chapter 3091 Three Strategies
He took them out and counted them. There were three brocade bags in total, one bluish-white, one light red, and one dark purple. He opened one of them a little and took a look. There was a note inside.
Obviously, it should have been left to Zhu Chengjin by Xu Shizong before his death.
Could it be that this is what he wants to explain?
Upon seeing these things, Lu Guangwei strode over, reached out and picked up one, ready to open it, saying, "Just open it and you'll know."
"Wait a minute."
Guo Mi stopped him and said cautiously, "Don't touch these things yet."
"Why?"
"These are what the military advisor left for you before he died. We can't look at them first."
“…”
Although Lu Guangwei was reckless, he had a little experience in this matter and understood it. After thinking for a while, he stuffed the embroidered bag back into Guo Mi's hands. Guo Mi put the things away and said, "We don't know what happened in here just now. Don't move anything. We will make plans after the young master arrives."
"All right."
After saying that, the two of them turned to look at Nan Yan.
They vaguely felt that something was wrong with what happened tonight. Little by little, step by step, it seemed as if it was planned, and the final result became the situation before them. But there was nothing they could do now, and they could only be wary of this woman.
At this time, Ge Long hurried all the way and arrived at Jiaotai Hall in a panic.
The hall was dark, and several guards were standing outside.
Because the surroundings were very quiet, as soon as he approached, he heard a suppressed groan coming from the hall with closed doors and windows, revealing unspeakable pain, but then the sound was forcibly suppressed, as if someone was gritting their teeth and enduring great pain.
When Ge Long walked outside the hall, several guards immediately came forward.
"The Master has ordered that outsiders are not allowed to disturb us."
Ge Long panted and said, "Something serious has happened. Let me go in and report it to the Master."
"no!"
Ge Long was also getting anxious, so he simply straightened his neck and shouted inside: "Master! Master!"
Suddenly, the sounds inside disappeared, and the sound of someone getting out of bed and walking heavily could be heard. Then the candlelight lit up, and Zhu Chengjin's impatient voice came out: "What are you doing? Do you want to die?"
Ge Long then lowered his voice again and said, "Sir, something big has happened."
"What's up?"
"Military Advisor, Military Advisor, he—"
He didn't dare to show off and stopped after saying these few words. However, Zhu Chengjin had obviously sensed something was wrong. He could hear the rustling sound of someone getting dressed. Then the door opened and Zhu Chengjin came out wearing only a thin long gown, holding a candlestick in his hand, his face sullen. "What's wrong?"
Ge Long stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "Military Advisor...is dead."
"What?!"
Zhu Chengjin was horrified.
He even almost lost his grip on the candlestick in his hand and dropped it.
Ge Long was quick to catch it, and the scalding wax made him tremble. Zhu Chengjin's face darkened, and his eyes flickered a few times before he said, "Go and take a look."
Just as he was about to leave, he looked back and ordered, "Close the door and don't let anyone in."
A guard immediately stepped forward and closed the door.
So, he took Ge Long and two personal attendants and hurried to Lezhizhai. Halfway there, he met Ye Zheng who came from Ye Ting. When the two men met, they both knew what was going on. Without saying much, they hurried to Lezhizhai.
The lights here are already on.
Some people who rushed over after hearing the news could only stand outside. The guards were guarding the door like strong doorposts. Zhu Chengjin walked forward, and then everyone parted to make way for him.
He immediately walked in with Ye Zheng and Ge Long.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw one lying on the bed and one lying on the floor.
Lu Guangwei and Guo Mi were sitting at the table, talking in low voices, holding something in their hands, while Si Nanyan was kneeling in the corner, protecting the young eunuch named Tingfu beside her. The eunuch was bleeding from his mouth and nose and had fainted.
When Zhu Chengjin saw Xu Shizong on the bed, his brows immediately knitted together: "What's going on?!"
Lu and Guo stood up immediately.
"Young Master."
Zhu Chengjin walked to the bedside, looked down at Xu Shizong's pale face, and reached out to take his pulse. Guo Mi said beside him, "Sir, this was already the case when we just came in."
"It's already... like this?"
Zhu Chengjin looked back again and saw Xiaoman also lying on the ground with his neck twisted in an abnormal state.
Said: "This, too?"
Lu Guangwei immediately said, "When we came in, this woman was ordering her men to kill people. Before we could rescue Xiaoman, she was killed by that eunuch."
"What about the military advisor?"
"Military Advisor...died from a serious illness and suffered no serious injuries."
Zhu Chengjin's brows furrowed even tighter.
If Nan Yan wanted to kill someone, it should be Xu Shizong, but Xu Shizong died of illness, but she asked people to kill Xiaoman, who was beside Xu Shizong. This sounds a bit strange.
So he said, "Tell me exactly what happened."
Lu and Guo then told each other everything that had happened. Afterwards, Guo Mi glared at Ye Zheng, who was standing behind him, and said coldly, "If Master Ye hadn't insisted on sending people to guard the entrance of Lezhizhai to prevent us from entering, we wouldn't have been unable to rescue him and would have watched the military advisor die tragically."
Ye Zheng lowered his eyelids indifferently and did not refute.
Zhu Chengjin glanced back at him without saying anything. He frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "So, you just said that the military advisor wanted to give me something before he died. What was it?"
Guo Mi hurriedly stepped forward and presented the three embroidered bags in his hands to him.
Zhu Chengjin's gaze suddenly fixed.
"That's it, these three?"
"yes."
"Has anyone else touched it?"
"When we came in, we only saw Tingfu killing Xiaoman. The thing was still in Xiaoman's hand, and he didn't have time to touch it."
Zhu Chengjin nodded, reached out and took it, impatiently opened the bluish-white embroidered bag, took out the note from it, unfolded it, and saw that it was actually a plan -
Go to Xiajiang Town, find Zhu Feng's body, announce it to the world, and march north.
As soon as Zhu Chengjin saw this plan, his eyes lit up.
This is exactly what he wants!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly opened the other two embroidered bags. The plan written in the water-red bag was: "Cross the river and attack Yangzhou. Use this place as a base and defeat them one by one."
Seeing this plan, Zhu Chengjin subconsciously shook his head slightly.
Then open the purple embroidered bag, the plan inside is -
"We will hold on to Nanjing, recapture the prefectures south of the Yangtze River, and rule over the country by dividing the river with the imperial court, thus becoming the Southern Dynasty."
Zhu Chengjin's brows were furrowed.
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