Chapter 210: Escalation (Two Chapters in One)
The angel who proclaimed the decree came at the end of the hour. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The middle door of the Jingguo Mansion was wide open, and the incense case was placed in the courtyard in the middle, and all the people in the house, regardless of the old and the young, respected and humble, all knelt down to greet them, and respectfully listened to the eunuch's decree.
It was an old eunuch from the Qinzheng Palace who came to announce the decree, and his voice was high and sharp, so loud that the ordinary people guarding the gate of the Jingguo Mansion could hear it clearly.
The meaning of the holy decree is very clear, Lu Shuo has made meritorious contributions in solving the case, and a number of acres of silver fields are specially rewarded for his commendation.
Lu Shuo knelt down with the people in the house, listened to the edict eunuch read the decree word by word, and when the eunuch put down the holy decree in his hand, Lu Shuo was about to get up to receive the decree, but the eunuch raised his voice and used a voice that everyone present could hear, and roughly explained the "passage" of the matter.
When the eunuch said this, although Lu Shuo was kneeling down, his ears were vigilantly erected, and he heard a low discussion outside the door of the mansion from time to time, although everyone's voice was extremely low, and it was far away from Lu Shuo, but because of the large number of onlookers, it became a "buzzing" noise in Lu Shuo's ears, which was extremely loud.
This has been rendered so well that the whole thing is attributed to Xu Shujun's head, and as a result, a contest between the princes and the conspiracy of the people behind it with bad intentions has evolved into a boring revenge action between the teenagers.
Lu Shuo sighed slightly in his heart, presumably this matter of "announcing in public about the passage of that night's banquet" must not have happened only to their Lu family, the other three should be the same.
The only difference is that the Lu Mansion is the only one to be praised, while the other three are unlucky.
Especially Gaofu, it is the first time that he has been reprimanded by the Holy Order, although the object of this reprimand is Gao Yan, but no one in the Beijing Division knows that this Gao Yan is just like Gao Zhuo's lifeline, but the Holy Lord ordered him to be sent to the Jingshi camp for good reform, and it was because of his stubborn personality and the crime of seducing the prince. Although the camp of the Beijing Division is a good place to go, and many children of the official family in the Beijing Division are among them, for Gao Zhuo, it is nothing less than a big warning.
What about other mansions, Lu Shuo doesn't care for the time being, just talking about what he hears now, Lu Shuo can't help but feel a little funny.
Obviously, Emperor Hui Chong wanted to use this means to calm the unbearable discussions of the people in Beijing about the four princes and the crown prince, the starting point is good, and the way cannot be said to be wrong, but whether it can be effective or not, this is a bit uncertain.
Lu Shuo had already learned about the hundred or so little guys who looked very similar to each other from Lu Yun's mouth, and then contacted what he saw and heard at the banquet before, it is conceivable that the person behind this is not small in ambition and extraordinary ability, since he has set up this game, he has made up his mind to ruin the reputation of the four princes and Prince Xuande, and when everyone in the capital does not know who he is, he will not give up.
Lu Shuo thought like this, but the mouth of the eunuch still opened and closed, and after about a quarter of an hour, the eunuch finished babbling.
Lu Shuo knelt for so long for the first time, only to feel that his knees were stiff and trembling uncontrollably, and as soon as the eunuch's voice fell, he immediately stood up, due to the excessive movement, his legs and feet were numb, and he almost couldn't stand, if it weren't for so many years of hard work, I am afraid that he would have lost his temper in public!
Lu Shuo stabilized his body before receiving the decree from the eunuch's hand, Lu Fang and Lu Yun stepped forward to greet the eunuch for a few words, and after Lu Fang handed over the purse, the eunuch asked the little eunuchs to go back to the palace.
It was at this time that Lu Yun stood up and said that he was going to enter the palace with the eunuch.
For Lu Yun's move, the Bai family was a little surprised, but the rest of the Lu Mansion was not strange, as soon as the spies finished reporting that day, Lu Yun made this matter clear to them, and they were also clear about the Lu Mansion's plan to enter the palace to face the saint and raise the matter.
The eunuch listened to the decree, but he was stunned for a moment.
However, he was an old man who had been in the palace for many years, and he reacted in a moment, arched his waist slightly, and asked with a smile: "Governor Lu, ...... are you?"
The movements are respectful, and they are much more pleasing to the eye than the eunuchs in the queen's palace.
Lu Yun smiled and said: "Father-in-law Lu, Xia Guan has already handed a sign to the palace last night, if you want to report something important, you planned to go early in the morning, who would have expected you to come to the Lu Mansion at this time to announce the decree?" But in this way, it is just convenient, just follow you into the palace! ”
When Father-in-law Lu heard that Lu Yun had handed over the sign, the smile on his face became even bigger.
Without violating the rules, it would be excellent to curry favor with the Lu Governor in front of you! Others don't know, Father-in-law Lu is on duty in the Qinzheng Palace, but he is very clear about this, the saint can be said to be extremely satisfied and valued by the Lu prefect in front of him, this time he returned to Beijing to report on his work, and in just a few days, he has been to the Lu Mansion for the last few rounds of things, which shows that the saint is rich.
Thinking of this, Gonggong Lu promised repeatedly, nodded, and took Lu Yun out of the Lu Mansion and returned to the palace.
The eunuchs who announced the decree left, but the people gathered outside the gate of the Jingguo Mansion did not disperse, compared to just in front of the eunuchs who announced the decree, they seemed to be bolder, and the voice of the voice was louder, Lu Shuo stood in the gate of the mansion and listened carefully, it was nothing more than discussing some gossip between the four princes and Prince Xuande, but compared to the previous few days, the views of the common people have changed a lot.
It seems that in a short period of time, Emperor Hui Chong's method still has a certain effect.
"Sir, look at this ......"
Steward Lu looked at the people who were talking outside and hesitated.
These ordinary people, every word is talking about the princes, this kind of action, if it was left in the period of the first emperor, I am afraid that they would have been taken away and locked up. Although Emperor Hui Chong is much more lenient on these, there is an accident in everything, and this is in front of their mansion......
"Let them be! I'm afraid that after a while, the crowd will disperse, and if you deliberately drive it away, it won't be good......"
It was Roche who spoke, and his voice was a little low.
"This kind of thing can't be stopped, besides, almost everyone in the capital is talking about this matter now, just talking about it in front of our mansion is nothing."
Emperor Hui Chong's will today is not so much to reward Lu Shuo, but to sit down and confirm the words from the mouth of the eunuch who just announced the decree, which shows that he knows everything in his heart.
Steward Lu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that Lu Fang also nodded, he bowed his head and gave up.
Lu Fang followed the ladies back to the back house, and Lu Shuo went back to Wanluxuan alone, and followed Master Wei to attend classes together.
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Diligent Palace.
Deathly silence.
Except for the occasional sound of Emperor Hui Chong flipping through the pages, there was no other sound.
The eunuchs and palace maids all retreated, and only Lu Yun and Emperor Hui Chong were left in the palace.
Lu Yun sat on the brocade at the head of His Royal Highness, lifted the tea lid slightly, stared at the floating tea leaves on the turquoise tea water, and quietly waited for Emperor Hui Chong to answer.
Emperor Hui Chong flipped through it back and forth, his breathing gradually sank, and when he finished reading it all, his chest rose and fell more and more intensely.
"Bump" on the ground.
Emperor Hui Chong threw the stack of albums on the case.
Lu Yun saw that his face was not good, and there were some signs of anger, so he hurriedly put down the teacup, got up and stood respectfully.
"Aiqing doesn't have to panic, sit down." Emperor Hui Chong.
Lu Yun raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Hui Chong slightly, seeing that although he was angry, his reason was still there, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and sat back in silence.
"Where is that little guy now? If you arrest someone immediately, you can find it? ”
"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Lu Yun lowered his eyes, stood up again, and arched his hand: "The situation was unknown at the time, and the little one was afraid that this little guy would react and run away." Therefore, after Weichen found out about these last night, he privately used the people in the mansion to arrest this little guy from the Gao Mansion, and now this person is in the Lu Mansion, if His Majesty wants to see it, he can see it immediately. ”
"Hey~" Emperor Hui Chong waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "This matter is not in a hurry, since people are with you, you can't run away for the time being, just continue to lock it up, but you don't have to rush for a while." ”
After speaking, Emperor Hui Chong no longer paid attention to Lu Yun, and instead twisted his brows, thinking about what Lu Yun said just now.
The meaning of the words was very clear, and he didn't blame Lu Yun at all.
Lu Yun agreed to his promise and sat back with his head down.
Just taking advantage of the gap between Emperor Hui Chong's flipping through the album, Lu Yun added and subtracted from the fact that he was attacked from behind by assassins when he was in Jiang Mansion that day and on the way to look for Lu Shuo. It's just that for Lu Shuo's safety, he omitted the part that Lu Shuo overheard in the Pillow Mountain Pavilion.
"Is it really exactly the same?"
After a long time, Emperor Hui Chong raised his head and asked thoughtlessly.
"Yes!" Lu Yun immediately reacted and said: "You also know how the four are doing, these more than 100 people are carefully searched by the three secret agents one by one, and they personally confirmed that these people are extremely similar in appearance and body shape, if you look at them separately, you can't see that they are not the same person at all!" ”
Seeing Lu Yun say this, Emperor Hui Chong sighed again, frowning and groaning.
Lu Yun glanced at his face, and then continued in a low voice: "Weichen escaped by luck that night because he took the little servant, and I didn't think there was anything at that time, but after returning home, I thought about it carefully, Weichen didn't have any enemies in Beijing, and then I thought that Weichen returned to Beijing this time to ......"
As soon as Lu Yun said this, Emperor Hui Chong raised his head suddenly, his eyes fixed on Lu Yun.
Lu Yun's heart jumped when he stared at him, but he continued to maintain a calm look on his face, and after a long while, Emperor Hui Chong withdrew his gaze that was staring at him and said, "You go on." ”
"Yes." Lu Yun calmed down, skipped the incident in Hebei Province, and said: "Thinking that this matter is not simple, Weichen took it to heart, and specially ordered the secret agent in the house to go out of the house to investigate, originally thinking that he would catch one, but who knew that such a large number of things would be found in a check......"
Isn't it just a big list?
Emperor Hui Chong looked at the list in his hand, what was written on it was a list of officials who hid this kind of guard in the palace, and at a glance, they were all in power in the court, which was either rich or noble.
This man's appetite is really not small! I can't scatter so many fine works, and it's still a very god-like fine work, so it's even easier to do private things! What is the purpose of this man? Is it just the princes who are fighting each other for succession? Or is this person intending to subvert the country of Daqi?
Thinking of the latter, Emperor Hui Chong couldn't help but think of the incident in Jiangfu a few days ago, maybe it was the smell of Miao medicine that this person did and picked up from the pillow mountain pavilion......
That flavor of Miao medicine?
Emperor Hui Chong thought of a possibility, his eyes were cold, and he exuded an awe-inspiring imperial aura.
Seeing this, Lu Yun closed his mouth and said no more, and sat upright on the brocade with his head down, waiting for Emperor Hui Chong to ask.
After a long time, Emperor Hui Chong let out a deep breath and said, "Aiqing thinks that this person has sent these hundred or so people to the Jingshi, what does he want to do?" ”
Seeing Lu Yun's hesitant look, Emperor Hui Chong said: "Aiqing has something in his heart, but it doesn't hurt to say it, there is no need to avoid any taboos!" ”
When Lu Yun heard this, he stood up, faced Emperor Hui Chong, and said: "These more than 100 people are scattered in various high-ranking officials' mansions, and they have some work on them, which is no different from meticulous work, and the most obvious purpose must be to intercept the information of each family and convey the political situation in Beijing to the people behind them...... However, as long as you cultivate carefully, almost everyone can do it, but these more than 100 people look very similar, almost printed in one mold......"
Emperor Hui Chong nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Lu Yun said: "In our Daqi, twins are extremely rare, not to mention that these hundred or so people all look very similar, it can be seen that this person has spent a lot of effort, then, his purpose is not just to intercept information." Taking advantage of the similarity of these people's appearances, the officials attending the meeting can be confused or misled at a large banquet, and they can unknowingly muddy the waters in the Jingshi, plus ......"
Speaking of this, Lu Yun frowned, and his voice paused.
"Plus what?" Emperor Hui Chong saw that his analysis was clear and clear, and he heard it at the right time, but he suddenly stopped, couldn't help but be a little surprised, and hurriedly asked.
"Your Majesty," Lu Yun was still frowning, "You said, since it is not a problem to arrange more than a hundred similar-looking little guys, is it possible that there are other ...... lurking in our capital division This is just a guess by Wechen, how to be specific, Wechen doesn't have a clue these days, and he hasn't had time to investigate! ”
Emperor Hui Chong couldn't help but be alarmed by his reminder, and the thought just now became even stronger.
"It's not impossible!" For a while, just when Lu Yun was faintly disappointed, thinking that Emperor Hui Chong would not express his position, Emperor Hui Chong agreed in a deep voice.
"This man!" Emperor Hui Chong gritted his teeth and said, "His heart can be punished!" ”
It's ridiculous that Emperor Hui Chong has always boasted that he is deaf and clear-sighted, thinking that everything in the Beijing Division is under his control, but he didn't expect that under the peace and tranquility of the Beijing Division, there is such a big leak hidden.
Lu Shuo lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, not to say much, he had finished what he had to say, and what to do next was up to Emperor Hui Chong.