Fanyang City, in Lu Fu.

"The head of the family, there seems to be an unusual atmosphere in Fanyang City in the past two days, that Yang Liuping originally greeted me with a smile when he saw me, I don't know what happened in the past two days, he saw that we all had a stinky face, and I don't know what kind of wind he smoked."

The head of the Lu family is named Lu Hong, and he is not angry with himself, but he is aggressive. When he heard this, Twilight turned around, stared at the person behind him and asked, "Have you ever annoyed Yang Liuping before?" ”

The man behind him hurriedly bowed his hand and replied: "The head of the family, I have already asked those young masters in the family, and they all said that they have never intersected with Yang Liuping during this time, let alone provoked him, there is nothing at all." ”

"What about the other officials? What was the attitude of the other officials sent by the imperial court to supervise us? But the same as Yang Liuping? ”

The man behind Lu Hong clapped his hands and said excitedly: "It's not, although these people are all sent by the imperial court, but if you want to live a good life in the territory of Fanyang, you don't have to look at the face of our Lu family, but I don't know what's wrong during this time, they all turn their faces and don't recognize people, it's really infuriating!" ”

With a "swish", Lu Hong stretched out his hand and grabbed the collar of the person behind him, and said angrily: "What did you say?" Their attitudes are similar to Yang Liuping's? Idiot! How can such an important thing be said now? ”

The man was so frightened by Lu Hong's sudden change of face that he didn't dare to say more, and said in a trembling voice: "Home... The head of the house, I also said it out of a sudden thought, I don't know how serious the matter is! ”

Lu Hong let go of him, and then threw him to the ground, "Hey! The family is full of waste like you, talk about the prosperity of the family? Ay! You, go and invite a few elders, as well as the second and third brothers, and quickly come to my study to discuss matters, and say that there is something important to discuss, go quickly! ”

"Yes! Be! The man did not dare to say more, but quickly got up from the ground and stumbled towards the door to find someone.

Within half an hour, the elders of the Lu family and important principals gathered together and sat silently in Lu Hong's study, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

“........ The current situation is like this, the attitude of the people sent by the imperial court towards us has changed sharply, and everyone can probably guess it. I think that what happened last time has already been revealed, and the worst case scenario is that the court already knows about our plan. The things planned before are no less than rebellion, once the court knows, it will definitely not spare us and others, I am afraid that the court has already begun to plan to deal with us, so I asked you to come here to imagine that you will explain a very important thing - the Lu family... In this crisis, we must prepare for the worst, and when necessary, we must fight to the death! Otherwise, there will be no life! ”

As soon as Lu Hong finished speaking, some people in the audience immediately objected.

"Big brother! Are you a bit alarmist? Yang Liuping and a few people have a bad attitude towards us, which means that the imperial court has known about this? Ready to get your hands on us? That's too far, isn't it? Just imagine, if the imperial court really knows about this, why hasn't there been any news from our protégé in Chang'an City? Yang Liuping has the military power of Fanyang City, why doesn't he do it to us? Wouldn't it be much easier to just take us down together? And why hide it? If you want to talk about me, big brother, you are just too worried. The two missing sons are afraid that they just made some enemies outside and were beaten with a stick, and the court may not know about it.

Besides, didn't they also send people to guard the gate of Chang'an? Anyone who escorts the two to Chang'an will definitely be discovered by our people. But there is no corresponding return so far, which means that this matter is not as complicated as the eldest brother thought. ”

It was the third brother of the Lu family, Lu Hong's third brother Lu Mingzhang, who spoke. Everyone in the family knows that he and Lu Hong are inherently at odds, and now they feel accustomed to jumping out and singing against each other.

However, what made Lu Hong angry was that there were still many conservative people who believed what Lu Mingzhang said, and felt that Lu Hong was making a bit of a fuss, worrying about the sky, and talking about it.

"Humph! What stupidity! Do you have to put the knife on our necks before you know that you regret it? Yang Liuping's abnormal behavior has almost told us that the imperial court knows about this, and we will immediately open the knife, if we don't make some preparations, everyone will wait to die together! Hum! ”

Lu Mingzhang smiled, and was about to continue to say something, but was opened by the second child, that is, Lu Mingyu, Lu Mingzhi's father, Lu Feng. "There is some truth in what the eldest brother said, and the attitude of some officials in the city is indeed a little suspicious, so we should prepare as soon as possible. When the knife really reaches the neck, it's really too late to do anything. ”

The third brother Lu Ming swallowed in one gulp, snorted angrily, and spread his hands: "Then what do you say?" Prepare? How do I prepare? This world is the world of the Li family, there are so many of us, where can we escape? ”

Lu Hong squinted slightly, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and said: "It's better to do nothing, just hold high the banner of righteousness, and turn against the current dynasty!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the study suddenly became quiet, so quiet that even so many people couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

After a long time, an old man trembled and spoke: "What... What the? Lu Hong, do you want to... Cannot! Never! Once the banner of righteousness is raised, it is really difficult to turn back! The family business that the ancestors of the Lu family worked so hard to work hard will be ruined sooner or later! ”

Some of the people sitting there responded one after another, persuading Lu Hong not to be rash. The involvement of raising troops to plot rebellion is very large, and it is not necessary to draw conclusions lightly.

"Why not?" Lu Hong shook his hand and stood alone, "Your Majesty is immoral, killing his brother and usurping the throne, someone should have come out to crusade, but unfortunately at that time, foreign enemies invaded, and they had to deal with foreign enemies, and they were unable to take care of it. For the sake of the people, for the sake of this big river, we will raise our arms and shout, and some people will gladly obey. What's more, the world's families are mostly dissatisfied with the Li Dynasty, as long as we take the lead, we will inevitably get their support and capture Chang'an... Be just round the corner! ”

"Lu Hong, don't mess around! You are the head of the house, but it's not for you to send everyone to a dead end. Let me ask you, the imperial court has sharp weapons, called 'Thunderbolt Fire', the 200,000 allied troops in the Western Regions, and the 150,000 cavalry of Xue Yantuo have all fallen on this thing, do you have a good way to deal with it? ”

Lu Hong smiled noncommittally: "Good strategy? I naturally have a way to deal with it, do you know, where is Chen Fei, who invented Thunderbolt, now? He's in Tongding! It's only a few hundred miles away, and there must be a number of officials who are our cronies.

Once the banner of righteousness is raised, Chen Fei will be taken down immediately, why worry that there is no thunderbolt fire? Taking Chang'an, isn't it like taking a bag? ”

"You... You... You... It's ridiculous! An old man pointed at Lu Hong and scolded: "If it is really as simple as you say, the country has already changed hands, how can it be your turn?" Immature! ”

Being pointed at his nose and scolded, Lu Hong gradually lost his patience, he pulled out the saber at his waist and yelled, "Someone!" ”

The door of the study was suddenly kicked open, and more than a dozen knife-wielding subordinates rushed in.

Lu Hong smiled at the frightened crowd and said, "Everyone, I have made up my mind, who is in favor today?" Who is against? ”

(End of chapter)