Although Cui Chengxiu felt that Cui Jing's methods were too whimsical, he did not have a better way to deal with the situation at the moment, so he had to agree and retreat with timidity.

"This guy is really crazy!" Cui Chengxiu left Cui Jing's house and muttered secretly. He felt that Cui Jing was overestimating his abilities and arrogant, and would definitely be defeated by Sun Quan. At this point, how can he be separated from this madman and save his life is the key. But he had no opinion and had to go to Zhu Siwei and Liu Maoxiang to make an idea. Cui Jing's request to keep him confidential was naturally thrown away.

In Zhu Siwei's study, Cui Chengxiu told Cui Jing's plan in front of the two old guys. The two old men were also shocked by their Hu Zuofeiwei, and then he lowered his face and scolded him: "You are simply playing with fire. When the old prime minister left, he repeatedly told me that the way out of our way out is in the capital, and not involve Jiangbei's affairs, but the result is this!"

Cui Chengxiu cried and said, "Oh, I regret not listening to the old prime minister's words. It's a big deal. But now the situation is over. Please think of a perfect way to save the younger generation." As he said that, he bowed to the two of them to the ground.

Zhu Siwei said: "Cui Jing is very arrogant now and doesn't listen to the preaching of us old guys. Humph, honest words are unpleasant, and the unscrupulous ones are not enough to make up for the plan!"

Liu Maoxiang also nodded and said, "I think Cui Jing will definitely be defeated by Sun Quan."

"Yes, yes, yes, so do I think so." Choi Chengxiu said while wiping the snot and tears on her face with her sleeves, "Since that's the case, why don't I go to Sun Quan?"

"Relying on Sun Quan? He only has the interests of Jiangbei in his eyes. What benefits can it do to us?" The old guys shook their heads and said, "Now the old prime minister is unemployed, and Cui Jing is not worth relying on. Instead of relying on Sun Quan, how can you go to Ronglu?"

Cui Chengxiu said: "Terry to Ronglu? Now, Ronglu is happy to see that we and Sun Quan both suffer losses. He will not accept us and have conflicts with Sun Quan."

Zhu Siwei narrowed his eyes and said, "If we collapse, wouldn't he Ronglu still have to conflict with Sun Quan? So, as long as you and I lower your stature and give up power, all matters will be decided by the Guards' Personal Military Department. I believe Ronglu will not be moved by this. You must know that the current cardinal ministers in the Political Affairs Hall include Sun Quan, Ronglu, Lord Liu and me. Sun Quan is in power with the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and he has no words. Ronglu alone cannot compete with the Sun family, but if we two Zhangjing can help each other, Sun Quan will become a minority in the Cardinal Office, and what Ronglu said will have weight in national affairs."

Cui Chengxiu suddenly realized: "Oh, if it weren't for the two old men's guidance, I would be desperate, and I would have died."

Zhu Siwei said, "Don't be busy thanking me for now. Another concern is that if you collude with the Northern Army to cause trouble in Gaoyang and the court will issue an edict to punish me, we are probably implicated by Cui Jing. At that time, you and Cui Jing will naturally fall to the ground, and we will inevitably be expelled from the Political Affairs Hall. At that time, even Ronglu wants to protect us, he will be powerless."

"This..." Cui Chengxiu thought for a while, and said gritting her teeth: "Then she can only throw away her pawns and protect the cart, and report Cui Jing's conspiracy to the emperor to clear our crime of rebellion."

Liu Maoxiang nodded and said, "This matter needs to be given three points of face to the old prime minister. I should first write a letter to Kuaiji Mountain to explain the whole story of the matter to the old prime minister, and ask the old prime minister to seize the matter."

Cui Chengxiu hesitated and said, "This...what should the old prime minister disagree with our approach?"

Zhu Siwei thought for a while and said slowly: "Let's tell the old prime minister about this matter first. The old prime minister has always been knowledgeable, and let's see what he has to do. If it's reasonable, we will do it according to what the old prime minister said. If the method mentioned by the old prime minister is not feasible, we will do it according to the method we discussed."

Liu Maoxiang and Cui Chengxiu felt that Zhu Siwei was thinking the best way, so she temporarily suppressed Cui Jing's affairs and first compiled a letter to Mao Shikeng, who was unemployed in his hometown, informing Cui Jing of his conspiracy.

On the southern foot of Kuaiji Mountain outside the north gate of Mao Shikeng's hometown, there was once a village called Yuanshang Village on the north bank of Yuanxi. It is called village, but in fact only one family lives. People in Shengzhou call it Mao Family Garden or Mao House. Its owner is Mao Shikeng, a veteran of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

This place is Yuanxi in front and Kuaiji Mountain behind. The back mountain is the so-called place of beauty in Feng Shui. However, Mao Shikeng values ​​this place, and is by no means simply superstitious about Feng Shui. More importantly, from the geographical point of view, Shengzhou is located at the intersection of Kuaiji and the capital of the capital, and is a major transportation route between north and south. It is not too far from the capital. It is well-connected. Kuaiji is Mao Shikeng's place of success, and Jincheng is Mao Shikeng's developed place. These two places have a lot of connections. If he wants to make a comeback, he needs to be convenient for contact and use various forces and various relationships. His hometown Shengzhou is of course a perfect choice.

Therefore, Mao Shikeng took advantage of various relationships and occupied more than 200 acres of land here to build a three-sided and nine palace courtyard. He built a village wall of more than one person around the courtyard. A tall arrow tower was built at four corners of the village wall, and finally formed a village similar to the landlord fortress. Mao Shikeng himself called it Yuanshang Village, as a cave among his three caves. He also moved his relatives into the village to settle down, and his third brother Mao Shilian was responsible for the daily management of manor affairs.

Later, he suffered both losses in the battle with Zhao Qin, and instead asked Sun Quan to benefit from it. The court asked him to "released the vacancies and restore the traits". Mao Shikeng had to take his three wives and four concubines to flee to Yuanshang Village in a panic as his temporary habitat for the abyss.

Mao Shikeng was naturally unwilling to be demoted and had been planning a comeback. But he was afraid of arousing Sun Quan's vigilance, so he used all kinds of disguises to confuse the court. He was not a quiet person, but pretended to be a hermit who saw through the world and was transcendent from the world. He and his third brother Yuan Shilian were in the villa of Yuan Shang, tea and sipped on the flap and fished on the boat. He could be said to have a rich and colorful life and enjoyed the joy of heaven and man. He even gave himself the name of a fisherman in Yuan Shang, and invited a painter from Daxing Prefecture to draw a very famous "Feeling on the Yuan Shang", in which he sat on the boat, wearing a straw raincoat, wearing a straw hat, and a fish basket next to him; his brother Mao Shilian dressed as a boatman and stood on the head of the boat with a long oar.
Chapter completed!