After the Qin Keqing incident, Lu Jing did not pay too much attention to the affairs of the Jia family, but studied hard in the study every day and studied the Rongjin set sent by Chen Ting.

Rongjin set contains the top ten articles in the provincial township test and the national examination of the dynasty, the township test is the main department, the township test is the main department, the ugly, the new, the Chen, the year is the main department, the rest of the years are Enke, the dynasty has opened a total of 37 scientific examinations since the founding of the country, including eight Enke, Rongjin set contains thousands of scientific examination articles.

Chen Ting spent more than half a month copying dozens of articles from those who were good and distributed them to Lu Jing and Ge Yin.

Lu Jing was extremely moved when he received it, and after personally expressing his gratitude to Chen Ting, he began to study the routines in these articles.

On November 22, Lu Jing suddenly received a post from Shen Liang, inviting him to go to Chang'an Street tomorrow to watch Xiangrui.

Lu Jing was surprised by this, he retreated for three or four days, and the capital was full of auspiciousness, he asked people to reply that Shen Liang would definitely go to the appointment tomorrow, and then invited Lu Zheng to ask where Xiangrui came from.

"Master, the little one only heard about it in the past two days, and said that it was the Qianxiang Kingdom that paid tribute to a white deer and wanted to present it to the emperor, and the specific small one is not clear!" Lu Zhengyu reported that the matter was concealed very strictly, and he only learned about it when Xiangrui entered Beijing, and now he is investigating.

When Lu Jing heard this, he made a slight inference, and understood that since Bailu was a tribute from the Qianxiang Kingdom, it must have nothing to do with the king of Nan'an County.

The king of Nan'an County holds hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the south and faces the Qianxiang country across the sea, and has business dealings with the Qianxiang country, and the relationship between the two is extremely close.

It is estimated that the purpose of their deer sacrifice is not so simple, the deer is not only a symbol of longevity, but also represents the regime and the throne.

The white deer has always been regarded as Tianlu, "Fu Ruizhi" said: "The deer is a pure and good beast, and the king is filial, so the white deer will see; Wang Zhiming, benefit the next, see also. ”

Therefore, the appearance of the white deer in all dynasties is regarded as a sign of peace in the world, and every time the white deer appears, the court will reward hundreds of officials, and many people will increase their official ranks.

Lu Jing found a special meaning from it, 'the king is filial, then the white deer will see', which seems to be a satire on Emperor Yuanyong's unfilial piety, and his actions in the south of the Yangtze River took away the financial power of the emperor.

'Wang Zheming, benefit the next, see also', it should be a hint that Emperor Yuanyong gave them an official and a knight.

"You let us check in the eyes of those noble families to see if this matter has anything to do with the king of Nan'an County, the king of Xining County, and the king of Dongping County?"

"Yes, let's check the little one!" Lu Zheng replied with a solemn expression, these eyeliners are rarely used in ordinary things, and now that Lu Jing mentioned that they need to investigate, it can be seen that this matter is not simple.

Lu Jing saw that Lu Zheng misunderstood what he meant, so he advised: "This matter is not as important as you think, and there is no need to force it, it is best to find it, it doesn't matter if you can't find it, the most important thing is not to expose our identity." ”

Lu Zheng's expression was obviously a little more relaxed than just now, and he nodded in response: "Don't worry, uncle, the little one must be cautious." ”

Lu Jing nodded, and then asked Lu Zheng to retreat, he found that Xungui had made a lot of moves recently, first demonstrating at Qin Keqing's funeral, and now he had Xiangrui hinting, one light and one dark, the king of Beijing and the king of Nan'an County have made a move, but I don't know how Emperor Yuanyong will respond.

Now the situation in Beijing is becoming more and more treacherous, and if it cannot be stabilized before the year, it will inevitably affect the spring of next year.

On November 23, the wind was cold and the cold was pressing.

Lu Jing and Shen Liang sat in the private room of Dongxing Building, watching the group of envoys of Qianxiang Kingdom, hugging a white deer dressed in red and hanging colors, and slowly passed through Chang'an Street.

I saw that this white stag, from the fur to the four hooves, from the tail to the antlers, is all snow-white, especially the antlers, which are as crystal clear and shining as white jade.

Shen Liang praised: "Immortal birds can be heard from time to time, and feather people are difficult to see. Bailu Fan has traveled a few times, and Huang Jing is like a repressor. ”

"Brother, how many times can you see such a rui beast again in your life?"

"Hehe, Chengyu, I'm afraid not everyone wants to see this auspiciousness!" Lu Jing shook his head and smiled.

This white deer does look good, but there are many places where it is artificially dressed, such as the shining places on the antlers, where a lot of silver dust is sprinkled.

For him, the white deer is just a mutated breed, and it is only called auspicious because of its rarity, which has no practical significance, but the ancients have always attached importance to this, but they don't know how Emperor Yuanyong will feel.

Shen Liang was puzzled: "Why did my brother say that?" ”

Lu Jing asked, "Chengyu, who do you say this white deer is dedicated to?" ”

Shen Liang smiled when he heard this: "Yesterday, I heard my father say that it has been written in the newspaper of Qianxiang Country that it is to be dedicated to today's saints. ”

"What about the Emperor?" Lu Jing immediately asked, if Qianxiang Kingdom is directly dedicated to the emperor, it will be fine, but if you give up the emperor and dedicate it to the emperor, you are digging a pit for Emperor Yuanyong.

Shen Liang said with a smile: "The deer is a thousand years old, and it is white when it is five hundred years old, this white deer is a symbol of longevity, presumably the emperor will also borrow flowers to offer Buddha and dedicate to the emperor to show filial piety, and the emperor will be happy to get this white deer." ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "Chengyu, if the emperor sacrifices the deer to the emperor, will he also return to the emperor, and the deer will be on the throne." ”

Shen Liang was speechless for a moment, he thought that it was the best of both worlds to be transferred by the emperor to the emperor, but after listening to Lu Jing's reminder, he felt that this matter was not easy to handle.

Especially now that the emperor and the emperor have been secretly competing, the deer represents the imperial power, if the emperor sacrifices the deer, it is very likely that someone will take advantage of this to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, so that the emperor can return to the emperor, but if you don't offer, you will lose filial piety.

He thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "In this way, it is really difficult to do. ”

Lu Jing continued: "Not only that, the king is filial, then the white deer will see you; Wang Zhiming, benefit the next, see also. When the emperor was in power, he didn't see the white deer appear, and when the emperor was in power, the white deer appeared, how do you make the emperor feel? ”

Shen Liang's expression changed when he heard this, he often heard his father talk about the situation in Beijing, so he immediately realized that the appearance of this deer was probably not a good thing, and it seemed to provoke the relationship between him and the emperor today.

While the two were talking, the door of the private room was pushed open instantly, and a middle-aged man in a brocade robe walked in, who smiled proudly: "You don't mind, this king sits down and has a drink, right?" ”

Saying that, he didn't wait for Lu Jing and the two to answer, so he sat down by himself.

When Shen Liang saw the visitor, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly got up and bowed: "Shen Chengyu, the prisoner of the country, greets the prince!" ”

"Excuse me!" King Zhongshun smiled: "I didn't expect you to be so young that you can recognize this king?" ”

"My father was blessed by heaven, and now he is the Dali Temple, and the student once saw the prince at last year's Taishou banquet!" Shen Liang hurriedly replied.

He had seen King Chungshun once, and he had heard a lot about King Chungshun, but none of them had a good evaluation, so he was extremely uneasy about the appearance of King Chungshun.

"Haha, it turns out that you are a kid from the Shen Ji family, no wonder you know this king, this king also listened to your grandfather Rui Weng's scripture and history class when he was young." King Zhongshun smiled, and then his gaze stayed on Lu Jing.

Shen Liang hurriedly whispered to Lu Jing: "Brother, this is the most beloved brother of the Holy Heaven today, Prince Zhongshun. ”

"Lu Jing, the son of Gusu who should take the exam, visited the prince." Lu Jing was extremely surprised by the appearance of King Zhongshun, and hurriedly bowed down to worship.

"No need to be polite, sit down!"

After King Zhongshun casually beckoned the two of them to sit down, he said to Lu Jing: "You are young, and you have won the lift, which is not bad." ”

"I overheard your opinion just now, and I think it's very interesting."

"Please forgive me, the two of us are just talking nonsense, if there is any disrespect, please don't blame the prince!" Lu Jing said hurriedly.

In his heart, he was thinking about the information of King Zhongshun, King Zhongshun, the thirteenth son of Emperor Taishang, born to Emperor Taishang's palace maid, his biological mother died early, he has never been valued by Emperor Taishang, and his status in the palace is low.

When the prince was still the prince, he was friendly with the four princes, both of whom had been attached to the prince, when the prince was not abolished, the king of Zhongshun was in charge of the five cities of the Soldiers and Horses, and the prince was deposed, and the king of Zhongshun was implicated by the abolished prince because he spoke for the prince, and was detained by the emperor in the Zongren Mansion.

In the 36th year of Yankang's imperial city mutiny, King Zhongshun came out of the Zongren Mansion, first took over the five cities of the Soldiers and Horses, and then stabilized the soldiers and horses of the left and right battalions outside Beijing, stabilized the situation in the imperial city before Emperor Yankang returned to the palace, and made great contributions in the process of Emperor Yuanyong's accession to the throne.

After Emperor Yuanyong succeeded to the throne, he was named Prince Zhongshun, but after King Zhongshun was crowned, he handed over all the rights in his hands, so Emperor Yuanyong was even more favored to him. Later, because the nobles in Beijing fell to the Emperor Taishang, Emperor Yuanyong promoted him again and confronted the magnates in Beijing.

The reputation of the king of Zhongshun in the capital is extremely bad, he likes to raise the puppet play, greedy for fun, since the death of the princess of the king of Zhongshun, he has not selected the concubine, and there are very few women in the back house, now there are only two side concubines, but there are a lot of servants around the play, and the people in Beijing have an extremely bad evaluation of it.

However, Lu Jing felt that King Zhongshun should be to avoid being suspicious of Emperor Yuanyong and tarnish his reputation, after all, when the imperial city mutinied, it was all up to King Zhongshun to control part of the army and take Emperor Yuanyong to the barracks, which protected the safety of Emperor Yuanyong.

Now, except for the eldest prince who was locked up in the Zongren Mansion, and the fifteenth prince and the seventeenth emperor of Emperor Yankang, who had always been ignored, only King Zhongshun could threaten the throne in terms of prestige.

If it weren't for the four kings of the opposite sex, I'm afraid that Emperor Yuanyong would not have used the king of Zhongshun again.

It is precisely because King Zhongshun came out of the mountain again that his reputation began to decline rapidly, and Lu Jing even suspected that King Zhongshun's reputation was unbearable, in addition to his self-defilement, I am afraid that there was also the handiwork of Emperor Yuanyong.

"What's to blame for this, it's your opinion that impresses this king." King Zhongshun praised, he didn't expect to solve the doubts in his heart, it turned out to be a small move to come to Beijing to take the exam, and he finally understood the reason why the emperor was so irritable these days.

"The student saw it, but it made the prince smile!" Lu Jing couldn't figure out what he meant by being loyal to the king, so he said modestly.

King Zhongshun laughed, didn't care about Lu Jing, just asked casually: "If this white deer is in the hands of the emperor, what should be the solution?" ”

When Shen Liang heard that King Zhongshun threw this problem to Lu Jing, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat nervously, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.