Zongwu: Madam, please respect yourself

Lu Wende's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets.

It looks very terrifying.

Especially, when he saw his wife still lying motionless in Wu Gong's arms.

My whole body was filled with a dizzying feeling.

He didn't know whether it was because he was out of breath or because his blood vessels had burst. His face turned blood red and he fell to the ground. He was twitching constantly and it looked like he wouldn't survive for long.

Wu Gong frowned.

He gently patted Mrs. Lu's shoulder, then waved his hand and shot out a green light.

Accompanied by a flash of green light.

Lu Wende's face became better, but he was still in a state of confusion.

Wu Gong saw that the man was not dead, so he stopped caring about him.

Instead, he said to Mrs. Lu in his arms: "Haha, it seems like he can't accept the facts."

Mrs. Lu said nothing, her eyes full of hesitation.

However, his eyes soon became firm.

"He has long been connected with the Japanese pirates. This is something I have always been ashamed of. Although my Qi family does not have any blood feud with the Japanese pirates, it can be regarded as a big coastal family that hates Japanese pirates deeply. Ever since I knew After he got in touch with the Japanese pirates, I never paid attention to him again. During this period of time, I have been resting at my house and have not been anywhere." Mrs. Lu looked at Lu Wende, and there was no longer any trace of concern in her eyes. Guilt and shame.

As a woman from a big family.

Regarding the concept of right and wrong, it can be regarded as very clear.

If Lv Wende surrenders to the Mongols or the Manchus.

That makes sense because the Mongols and the Manchus are now relatively powerful, but the power of the Song Dynasty is very small.

Relying on the strong is not unacceptable.

But surrendering to the Japanese pirates is not the same thing.

The Japanese pirates came from a small country, and their strength was better than nothing. More importantly, there was a deep grudge between the Japanese pirates and the coastal residents of the Song Dynasty.

It can be said without exaggeration.

The grudges between the Song Dynasty and Japanese pirates can be traced back hundreds of years.

There is a relationship between Lu Wende and Japanese pirates. In a sense, everyone in the Song Dynasty can punish them.

What Wu Gong was doing at this moment was not harmful to Madam Lu.

Instead, he was saving her.

"Although he and I have been married for many years, I am also a citizen of the Song Dynasty and a woman of the Song Dynasty. Naturally, I am not the kind of person who does not understand the importance. Officials, I know everything about the transactions between Lu Wende and the Japanese pirates. Accounts, as well as the place where correspondence is stored, and the communication codes for communicating with Japanese pirates." Mrs. Lu said without any intention of standing up. Instead, she looked at Wu Gong affectionately, expressing what she wanted to express. The meaning is already very clear.

This woman is also an extremely smart woman.

She made the decision immediately.

The news of Lu Wende's contact with Japanese pirates was not exposed before.

Therefore, although Mrs. Lu was uneasy in her heart, she still had a lucky mentality and did not separate from Lu Wende. But as time went by, Mrs. Lu became more and more uneasy and began to become trance-like.

As a woman from a big family, she wanted to make the connection between Lu Wende and the Japanese pirates public, but she was afraid of being gossiped about. After all, betraying one's husband can be regarded as unruly women to some extent.

That's why she was taking chances, and more importantly, she had no way out.

But now a new way out appeared in front of her.

If Mrs. Lu can never seize such a good opportunity again.

That would really be a dead end.

Wu Gong glanced at the dying Lu Wende lying on the ground.

He reached out and stroked Mrs. Lu's hair.

He said softly: "I know what you are thinking. If Lu Wende comes into contact with Japanese pirates, to put it in a bad way, he should be cut into pieces. But what's more, to a certain extent, it is not just He simply contacted and did business with the Japanese pirates, but instead helped the Japanese pirates to harm the people of the Song Dynasty.

It is not difficult to see from this.

Lu Wende has truly reached the point of being insane.

You come from a big family, so you naturally understand how dangerous this is.

Besides, Lu Wende is Lu Wende.

You are 伱.

You didn't have any verbal contact with me, and you didn't do anything that was sorry to the people of Song Dynasty. Naturally, there is no need to bury Lu Wende with him. I know you want to find a new supporter.

If that's the case, then I'm willing to be your backer.

Give me those things, and I'll keep you safe and help you explain the twists and turns.

how do you feel? "

Mrs. Lu looked at Wu Gong.

Suddenly he chuckled and said: "It's not that I don't want to believe you. It's just that there is no so-called trust in this world. In the early years, Lu Wende and I were also very loving as husband and wife. But people's hearts are separated from each other, and this person's heart is absolutely It’s unpredictable, so I will never believe you if you just say it out of thin air.”

Wu Gong stared at Mrs. Lu, "Then what do you want me to do to trust me?"

"It's very simple. All we need is that we are husband and wife."

Wu Gong continued to stroke her hair.

A weird smile gradually formed on the corner of his mouth, "If you want to test whether I am a gentleman, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. But if you really just want to find a backer, then I will satisfy you."

Wu Gong took the account book.

He walked out of Lu Wende's mansion expressionlessly.

This Lu Wende will become a vegetative person without any consciousness from today on.

To some extent.

He was lucky enough to be alive instead of dead.

Wu Gong himself did not expect that he would get such an unexpected gain when he came here today.

His original purpose of coming here was just to intimidate Lu Wende.

thereby getting him to cooperate. But he didn't expect that it was because of Mrs. Lu's existence.

This led to unexpected gains.

The contents of these account books in hand are really surprising.

This Lu Wende is really a brainless person.

It’s okay for this guy to give and take bribes.

It is also necessary to keep an account book, but this guy wrote down the names, official positions, locations of the officials who collected the money, and the methods of collecting the money on the account book, without exception. What's wrong with even the banknote number being written down? Are you planning to use these things to threaten those officials?

Wu Gong sneered and put the account book into his arms.

With this thing in hand, the lives of many officials in the court were also in his hands. When I have the opportunity to hand this thing over to Queen Wu, I hope she can use it properly.

Returned to the Prefect's Mansion.

I just walked in the door not long ago.

Wu Gong saw two soldiers escorting a guy dressed as a doctor towards the backyard. As they walked, the doctor was still struggling, but his mouth was poisoned and he couldn't say anything at all.

Guo Fu followed them, and when she saw Wu Gong coming back, her expression became a little ugly.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Wu Gong asked her with some doubts.

Guo Fu looked around.

She whispered to Wu Gong: "My mother just vomited violently and then fainted. We quickly called the doctor. Who knew that after the doctor arrived here, he suddenly uttered wild words and said that the mother was pregnant. The mother asked us to He arrested him and said that he was disturbing the morale of the army and asked me to keep him in a cell secretly and not allow him to be released. At the same time, I was not allowed to spread the news. "

Of course Wu Gong knew about this.

Wu Gong immediately said to Guo Fu: "This matter must not be spread outside. Anyone who knows about this matter will die if he cannot control it."

Guo Fu nodded, her face full of seriousness.

"This is a banknote of two hundred taels, sent to the doctor's family. It was said that someone assassinated the prefect, and he set an example and saved the prefect, but he died of serious injuries. As for him, he locked up the person first and talked about it later."

Guo Fu took the banknote and went to do it immediately without much hesitation.

But Wu Gong quickly walked towards the inner courtyard.

Soldiers from three floors inside and three outside surrounded the place where Huang Rong was resting. These soldiers did not know Wu Gong and waved their spears to stop him. Wu Gong's palm quickly became larger. As if cleaning the table, he swung forward vigorously and all the soldiers in front of him were shot away. However, because he did not use any strength on his hands, he only suffered some minor injuries and did not die.

He quickly opened the door and walked in.

This Huang Rong is sitting on the bed drinking medicine.

There was a maid serving beside him.

After driving the maid out, Wu Gong sat next to Huang Rong.

"Godmother, I was only out for a while, why did you faint? What happened?"

Huang Rong smiled bitterly.

After a moment of silence, he took out a military order from the side and handed it over: "I just got the news. I was not feeling well. After seeing the news, I became so out of breath that I fainted and vomited."

Wu Gongyuan opened the military order and took a look at it, but after just one glance, he felt something strange.

The content of the military order showed that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had invaded the northern part of the Song Dynasty, and had captured thirteen cities one after another, and was rapidly moving towards Hangzhou. If nothing else happens, it will only take 7 to 8 days at most to reach Hangzhou.

But going south, the army that was fighting Wu Guogong was unable to do anything at all.

There was no way to go back for rescue.

"Is the Song Dynasty about to end like this?"

Huang Rong took a deep breath, trying to take a breath of air to make her face look better.

Wu Gong shook his head.

"This is wrong. According to what we know, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is currently fighting against the Red Hair and is completely at a disadvantage. What's more important is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now caught in an extremely serious party dispute. Between Kangxi and Obei The time has almost reached the point where the enemy is facing each other, and all the troops on both sides are concentrated in the battle with Hong Mao. Where did they get their troops?

Just rely on the tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry stationed at the estuary?"

Wu Gong's words also immediately attracted Huang Rong's attention.

But then the two of them thought of the same problem together. It was really not very likely that they would have to rely on tens of thousands of cavalry to break in.

So if this information is false, who spread it?

Obviously, the only people who can do such a thing are the Mongols.

It's just that this information came through layers of encryption and came from the queen who was in the south.

It's an eight-hundred-mile express.

The so-called eight-hundred-mile rush is not just about sending a single horse to deliver the message, but at least four horses are sent to start, in order to prevent the military orders sent from being exchanged halfway, resulting in misinformation of the intelligence.

Therefore, the arrangements required to create a fake military order are far beyond ordinary imagination.

What's more, this kind of military order came from the south.

Therefore the possibility of this situation occurring is very small.

However, it cannot be ruled out that this military order is fake.

After all, Mongolians can do anything.

What's more, the Mongols had passed through the Xiangyang defense line before.

Although they retreated again due to the robbery of the grain road, they passed the Xiangyang defense line after all.

It is unlikely that the 300,000 troops will stay, but it is still possible to leave a few thousand scouts in the Song Dynasty.

These servants are said to be scouts, but each of them can be regarded as an experienced spy. They are well-trained and it is possible to forge military orders.

After all, the main method of communication between Xiangyang City and the Song Dynasty court was through military orders.

By deciphering a large number of military orders, secret messages were obtained.

Then forge military orders.

Calculating the last time the Mongols passed through the Xiangyang defense line, all this is really possible.

But there is another possibility, which is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to invade 13 cities of the Song Dynasty in such a short period of time, and approached Lin'an Prefecture in Hangzhou City.

All because someone led the way.

Yes, that's right, there was a traitor in the Song Dynasty court, and he was a traitor with a high status.

Wu Gong and Huang Rong said: "Don't be anxious about this matter. The possibility of it being fake is very high. Let's first send people to the south to ask Empress Wu. If we go through the channel of Bailian Road, it will be very fast. It will take up to three or four days. You will receive a reply within a short period of time. Then you will send someone to find out what the Mongols have been up to recently.

Now even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty has really gone south, we can't cause chaos here, otherwise the Song Dynasty will be completely destroyed. Nowadays, the Song Dynasty court has at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Although there is no way to conduct three-front operations at the same time, if they are gathered in one place. It’s okay to stay in a corner for the time being. Take the Xiangyang Defense Line as an example. The Xiangyang Defense Line can defend against both the Mongols and the Song Dynasty's attack. Moreover, Xiangyang City has its own natural underground water. The most important thing now is to stock up on enough food and grass to prevent being attacked from both sides. . "