Since Lu Zifeng had guessed Prince Qing's general idea, he naturally needed to send a letter to the capital. As for who to send the letter to, it must be his uncle. He wrote a letter overnight and gave it to Lu Qiu.
"Go now and deliver this letter to my uncle. Remember, you must deliver it to him personally. Before it reaches him, no one except you can approach it. If there is any danger, you must destroy it with your own hands."
When Lu Qiu saw Lu Zifeng's serious instructions, he knew the importance of the letter and nodded.
"Master, rest assured. If there is any danger, even if I die, I will ensure that the letter is delivered to the Duke."
"Well, go ahead, take two people with you, and be careful."
After watching Lu Qiu take the two of them away from their temporary residence, Lu Zifeng contacted Chang Lin again and asked him to keep an eye on the situation in the mountain stronghold. Although it was very likely that Prince Qing's 50,000-plus troops would leave from the direction of Lianzhou Prefecture, they also had to be on guard against leaving from the direction of Luzhou Prefecture. If they were not prepared, Luzhou Prefecture would probably also suffer from the war.
Lu Zifeng originally wanted to ask Chang Lin to go to Nan Qingyun to explain the matter, but then he thought better of it. Firstly, he could not guarantee whether Prince Qing's army would pass through Luzhou Prefecture. Secondly, because of this matter, if the emperor wanted a legitimate force to eliminate Prince Qing, then Prince Qing must raise the banner of rebellion. If Nan Qingyun was eager to make a contribution, he would directly transfer troops from Luzhou Prefecture to the mountains to eliminate Shen Laiqing and others. The result would be unpredictable. At this time, Lu Zifeng did not dare to bet on what Nan Qingyun would do, so in the end he still did not let Chang Lin go to Nan Qingyun. He decided to see what Prince Qing's plan was first.
After Situ Hao entered the city, he did not dare to look for Lu Zifeng casually, but waited for Lu Zifeng to come to him. He also sent people to guard the four city gates. If they found that King Qing's men were leaving the city, they would follow them secretly and make sure to find out where those people went and what they did.
Lu Zifeng was monitoring Prince Qing at all times. In the past two days, people came to Prince Qing from time to time to discuss how to start an army.
However, after much discussion, they still had not decided on when to start the rebellion, which made Lu Zifeng quite bored. The task given to him by the emperor was to let Prince Qing start the rebellion first and then let him kill him, so Lu Zifeng could only monitor during this period.
However, Lu Zifeng also knew that Shen Laiqing was indeed stationed in that canyon with 60,000 soldiers and horses, and they finally decided to attack Lianzhou Prefecture first after coming out of the mountains.
In this way, Lu Zifeng began his long wait. At this time, some secret news spread in the capital. The whole family of Prince Qing disappeared for no reason. The emperor was very concerned about his younger brother and personally instructed the Yulin Army and the City Defense Army to find the whereabouts of Prince Qing's family.
All the court officials saw the emperor's worry and came forward to comfort him. However, the emperor was extremely worried about his second brother. He flew into a rage in the court and ordered the Dali Temple and the prefect to go all out. "You must find my second brother's entire family. If you don't, bring your heads to see me."
Minister of War Lu Minghan knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Our emperor is benevolent and righteous, and his brotherly love is truly admirable to us ministers."
This almost ruined Situ Yong's acting, but luckily he managed to hold it back. He suppressed the urge to raise the corners of his mouth, lowered his head, and supported his forehead with his hand.
The officials below were all muttering in their hearts: "Your Majesty, the acting is just fine, why are you crying? Shouldn't we cry too?" But on second thought, it seemed inappropriate, after all, we didn't know whether Prince Qing was alive or dead.
If Situ Yong knew what the ministers below were thinking, he would probably curse.
"Damn it, am I worried about that traitor? I want to laugh, but I can't let you see it! I won't shed tears for that traitor.
From that day on, rumors spread throughout the capital that the current emperor and Prince Qing had a deep brotherly love. Because Prince Qing's family was missing, the emperor was so sad that he actually cried in the court. What Situ Yong did not expect was that his reputation as the emperor actually rose to a higher level again.
When Lu Minghan returned to the mansion, he saw Lu Qiu standing at the door of his study chatting with his guards.
He looked at Lu Qiu in surprise, but did not ask any questions at this time. Instead, he went into the study and spoke.
"Come in."
Lu Qiu heard the Duke asking him to come in, so he went in.
"My humble servant greets you, Lord. This is the letter my master sent for you."
As he said that, he took out Lu Zifeng's letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Minghan.
Lu Minghan took the letter, looked at the seal, and found it was intact. Then he opened the letter and began to read. When he finished reading the letter, his face had become very solemn.
"Lu Qiu, right? Who knows about this letter?"
After hearing Lu Minghan's question, Lu Qiu naturally understood the Duke's intention.
"To answer your question, my Lord, this letter was written by my Master and given to me. I delivered it directly to your Master and never left it with me. Therefore, only you, my Lord, and I know about it. No one else knows about it."
After listening to what Lu Qiu said, Lu Minghan nodded.
"Well, don't leave the Duke's Mansion for now. We'll discuss everything after I come out of the palace. Do you understand?"
Although Lu Qiu didn't know what was written in the letter from his master, he knew the seriousness of the matter. Since the Duke of Guo didn't let him leave the Duke's Mansion, he would just wait here.
"Don't worry, Duke. I understand and will be waiting for your instructions at the mansion."
After sending Lu Qiu away, Lu Minghan read the letter again, put it in his arms, and entered the palace again.
In the palace, Situ Yong was talking to Prince Zhong. When he heard that Lu Minghan had come into the palace at this hour, he thought it was something important, so he asked the eunuch to welcome Lu Minghan in.
"Your Majesty, I bow to you. Long live the Emperor."
Situ Yong rubbed his forehead with a headache, "I'm too lazy to talk to you now, it's always like this!"
Lu Minghan smiled nonchalantly, "Haha, it's become a habit, I can't change it."
Situ Yong was too lazy to dwell on this and just said.
"Brother, you must have something important to tell me now! Tell me!"
Lu Minghan did not delay and took out the letter in his hand and handed it to the eunuch. The eunuch took it and looked at it carefully before handing it to Situ Yong.
Situ Yong was still wondering why Lu Minghan didn't say anything, when he saw him take out a letter. He was immediately happy, because every time Lu Minghan took out a letter, it must have been written by that kid Lu Zifeng.
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