Chapter 1071 Qin and Qi join forces (2)
Xie Jingxing finished off Lu Zhengchun.
When Lu Zhengchun died, he laughed wildly and shouted, "I have been invincible all my life, and I have ridden all the horses in the world. But now I die at the hands of this brat! I cannot accept this!"
Xie Jingxing chopped off his head and said calmly, "Ignorance."
At this point, the Lu family, a century-old family that had been entrenched in Daliang for two dynasties, disappeared. The remaining forces of the Lu family fled everywhere and were handed over to the Mo Yu army to be killed one by one.
When Shen Miao heard this, she was deeply moved. The rise and fall of a family seemed very simple, but in fact, there were signs long before. The Lu family was arrogant and rebellious, so the royal family killed them without mercy.
Xie Jingxing said, “However, when I came back, I heard that there was a “Letter to Fellow Citizens All Over the World” circulating in the market…” He glanced at Shen Miao, and raised the corner of his lips, “Scholars all over the world want to make acquaintance with this person. I wonder who this talented and heroic man is?”
Shen Miao suppressed her laughter: “I don’t know.”
"We have to let the Mo Yu Army look for her." Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows: "If we find her, if she's a man, we'll become brothers. If she's a woman, then..."
“Just what?” Shen Miao stared at him coldly, as if she was sharpening her knife just because he was not satisfied with her answer.
Xie Jingxing said sternly, "Just drag him out and behead him. Who is so bold as to be more talented than my wife?"
Shen Miao couldn’t help but laugh.
Seeing her smile bloom like a magnolia flower, gentle and pretty, Xie Jingxing's heart moved. He suddenly stood up and picked her up horizontally, walked to the bed and put her down. Shen Miao struggled: "You haven't taken a shower yet."
"Don't move, let me hold you for a while." He turned over, and Shen Miao lay on top of him. Xie Jingxing held her, his face buried in her shoulder. Shen Miao felt a little itchy from his breath, but she heard him say, "Ming Qi might call."
Shen Miao was startled and asked doubtfully, “What?”
"Lu Zhengchun revealed his brother's secret before he died." Xie Jingxing's voice was unrecognizable as either happy or angry. He said, "It seems Fu Xiuyi also knows. Fu Xiuyi will not miss this opportunity."
It turned out that before Lu Zhengchun died, he said to Xie Jingxing, "Guess when Emperor Mingqi will send troops now that he knows your short-lived elder brother will not survive this year?"
Shen Miao was surprised: “How did Lu Zhengchun know that?”
"It's hard to guard against thieves within your own family, even if you're on guard day and night. Besides, the palace is already a complicated place, so it's possible that the news got out from inside." Xie Jingxing said, "The Lu family probably wanted to use this news to threaten my brother, but for some reason they changed their minds and decided to tell Fu Xiuyi."
“Collaborating with the enemy and committing treason?” Shen Miao frowned.
"Not really." Xie Jingxing said, "Lu Zhengchun's personality is probably that he wants to fight to the death."
Upon hearing this, Shen Miao somewhat agreed. Previously, Lu Zhengchun had posted notices everywhere claiming that Emperor Yongle had murdered the emperor and seized the throne, simply to destroy the royal family's reputation. At the time, he hadn't publicized the secret of Emperor Yongle's impending death, perhaps to preserve it until it would become his trump card, the final, fatal blow.
But Lu Zhengchun was not a patient person after all, and he didn't know why Xie Jingxing provoked him. Maybe he felt that the Xie family was powerless to save the situation, so he simply told Xie Jingxing the news before he died.
Shen Miao said, "Indeed, Fu Xiuyi certainly wouldn't give up this opportunity." Fu Xiuyi's personality excelled at "seizing." He would seize upon people, events, and opportunities that could be exploited. Perhaps in his view, if something happened to an emperor whose life was imminent, Daliang would be in chaos, and now would be the perfect time to launch an expedition. She thought for a moment, "It's just that Mingqi isn't yet qualified to confront Daliang. Fu Xiuyi must have done something in secret, only taking action when he had enough confidence."
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