Chapter 13: Confrontation
"Bully? How did Lord Fan's son become a bully? Song Yu's eyes shrunk, looking at Lu Yunsheng's eyes, as if he wanted to dig out something from them.
Lu Yunsheng crossed his hands and said, "Your Highness, it seems that Master Fan has not told you everything completely and truthfully. That day, I went to Cuitingzhai with Xiao Weichang, not only for a drink and a break, but also to review a batch of documents by the way. As soon as I checked halfway, there was a noise downstairs, I couldn't bear it, so I wanted to go out to drink, so I saw that Fan You, the son of Lord Fan, was forcing a Cui Tingzhai artist to drink with him, but his true mind must be known to everyone, so I went down to stop it, I was kind enough to persuade Fan Gongzi to stop, but I didn't expect Fan Gongzi to force me to back down with Fan Shangshu's title, and also shot first, and had no choice but to beat it away. That's how the whole thing went. If His Royal Highness doesn't believe it, you can go to Cuiting Zhai to ask for clarification. ”
After Fan Zhao heard this, his face turned red and white for a while, in fact, Fan You didn't tell him the real situation, just said vaguely, he went to Cuiting Zhai to relax, and after having a dispute with Lu Yunsheng of Tiwei Mansion, he was injured by him. Fan Zhao loved his son, and Tiwei Mansion was suspected of favoring the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he simply stabbed the matter to the East Palace, wanting to use the hand of the crown prince Song Yu to severely punish Lu Yunsheng, but he didn't expect this to be the result. I'm afraid that it will not be Lu Yunsheng who will be punished at that time, but himself who will talk nonsense without figuring it out.
Song Yu took a deep breath, then looked back at Fan Zhao: "Master Fan." What's going on? Didn't you say that Ling Lang was the victim? Why did he become a perpetrator in Lord Lu's mouth? ”
Fan Zhao knelt down and said: "Your Highness, the minister was too reckless, and he came to report to His Highness without asking about the situation, and he also wronged Lord Lu, and the minister was willing to be punished." ”
Song Yu snorted coldly in his heart, then stood up, crossed his hands at Sogo and Yunsheng, and said, "Two adults, it was the palace that did not investigate this matter carefully to cause this misunderstanding, and I hope you will forgive me." In the future, the palace will visit the Tiwei Mansion in person. ”
Xiao Chongguang crossed his hands and saluted back: "Don't dare, how can you bother Your Highness, just make things clear." I have always been impartial, never favoritism, and there is a reason for everything I do. I hope there will be no more misunderstandings in the future. ”
Lu Yunsheng also said: "Yes, now that the assassination case of Lord Liu has not yet been clarified, if there is any trouble for His Highness in the future, I hope His Highness can cooperate." ”
Song Yu smiled and said, "Naturally, naturally." ”
Xiao Chongguang said: "In this case, Your Highness, the ministers and others have other important matters to deal with, so they will leave first." ”
Song Yu nodded and said, "Two adults, please." The main palace will not send it. ”
"Farewell."
With that, Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng turned around and left, and closed the door casually.
Song Yu looked at Fan Zhao with a gloomy face: "Look at the good things you have done!" Originally, the palace did not suspect the Tiwei Mansion, but now it is good, the two Tiwei chiefs may have begun to have a grudge against the main palace. Did you see the situation just now? Don't say it's all about losing face, our side is at a loss, and the palace has to borrow a donkey from the slope and promise them to cooperate in the future, how do you say I cooperate? Will you let Hongu watch you being taken for interrogation, or will you wait for them to take Hongu to Tiwei Mansion for tea? ”
Everyone hurriedly knelt down when they heard this. After a while, Jiang Bijin said: "Your Highness, in fact, this time with those two guards is not a bad thing. At least we know that today's chief of the guard is going to the mansion of the secretary of the Ministry of War, which proves that it is difficult to say whether the guard mansion is involved in the party struggle. Moreover, His Highness just said that he was going to visit the Tiwei Mansion, in this case, why not take this opportunity to go to the Tiwei Mansion to observe and observe. ”
When Song Yu heard this, his face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Yes, this palace will also personally see who this Tiwei Mansion is facing." ”
Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng walked out of Dongsheng Restaurant and immediately ran towards Xue's mansion, on the way, Yunsheng asked: "Brother Xiao, you said that you really found the prince in the future, will they really cooperate with the investigation?" ”
Sogo said: "Could it be that I don't know, anyway, they will never let you find out about them so easily, but what I care more about is how the East Palace found out about our whereabouts?" ”
Yun Sheng clasped his hands to his chest and said, "It seems that there is indeed a problem within our Tiwei Mansion. ”
"How many brothers do we know about the things we are going to Xue Mansion?" Xiao Chongguang looked at Lu Yunsheng and asked.
Lu Yunsheng shook his head: "I didn't tell any of the brothers where we were going, and before leaving, I just said that I would go out to do something, and asked them to take care of the mansion." ”
When Xiao Chongguang heard this, he pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Yunsheng, after you go back, you can check carefully, after I meet with the prime minister, I will discuss with you which brothers were on duty that night in the back hall." ”
"Understood."
Eastern Capital, East City, Qingningfang, Xue Mansion, early afternoon
Xue Changqing's mansion is the same as Liu Yuanzhen's house, it is a deep house courtyard that covers an extremely wide area, after all, it is the military department of the dynasty, and the frontier has not been peaceful in recent years, there are Nanban in the south, Rong Di in the north, often harassing the people outside the Guan, the imperial court sent a large army to discuss, it is inevitable that he will play a role in the military department, the overall planning of grain, grass and military salaries, the planning of ordnance and weapons, the establishment and rectification of the troops, etc., all need to be managed by the military department, therefore, Xue Changqing, as the supreme commander, can naturally secretly get a lot of benefits in it. However, it is still far from the Prime Minister's Office.
In the living room of the Xue Mansion, Xue Changqing was wearing a brown mink jacket and a cashmere hat on the right side of the main seat.
Today, Emperor Chu is in poor health, so he quit the dynasty, in a year, in addition to the New Year's holidays, how many opportunities can be like today, quietly stay at home all day.
He was in his early fifties, with a mustache, seven feet tall, and a thin build, like a very traditional official of the DPRK and China.
Opposite him, that is, on the left side of the main seat, sat another man in a gray-white fox fur coat, he was slightly older than Xue Changqing, but he was very imposing, they were all sitting and drinking tea, but they always exuded a majesty.
This person is Lin Feng, the Qing of Taichang Temple.
"Lord Lin is visiting today, but because of what the prime minister said?" Xue Changqing asked.
Lin Feng breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Yes, just knowing about this matter, the Tiwei Mansion is the closest to you, and it will definitely look for you first, I will simply come to meet you, and they will be interrogated together." However, what I didn't expect was that the prime minister would so easily authorize those Tiwei to check on us. ”
Changqing said: "The prime minister may have his own deep meaning, maybe he also wants to solve the case as soon as possible, after all, the dead Liu Yuanzhen is under his own command, and the murderer may be here for the prime minister and us." ”
Lin Feng snorted coldly: "In my opinion, it was the prince who did it, watching us flourish, in order to keep our position from being taken away by the king of letters, who was supported by the prime minister, so he tried every possible way to cut off the prime minister's wings. ”
"However, the prime minister doesn't believe that when the first emperor was there, the prime minister could support the prince who was still the emperor's grandson, and the prime minister knew something about the prince's character no matter what he said, since the prime minister said no, it should be credible, things have come to this extent, there is no need for the prime minister to protect the prince." Evergreen Road.
"Protecting the Prince? It seems that Lord Xue still doesn't understand the prime minister, and the prime minister's intention is to splash this basin of dirty water on the prince. It's just that the real culprit was not found, so I didn't dare to do it casually. Lin Feng sneered.
Changqing said: "Isn't this over, the prime minister wants to be one step ahead of others, find out the truth of this case from Tiwei, and after the truth is clear, he will make up a crime and plant it to the prince according to the logic of the truth." In this way, the prime minister will be able to bring down the prince in one fell swoop, and the Tiwei Mansion will be rewarded for solving the case, not because he owes the prime minister help, and the prime minister really has a good plan. ”
Lin Feng shook his head and said, "What kind of place is Tiwei Mansion?" How could he owe the prime minister a favor? Don't forget, this time the prime minister helped Tiwei to build a mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides. ”
Changqing patted his head and said self-deprecatingly: "Look at my brain, I forgot about it again." ”
At this time, a domestic servant hurriedly came to report: "Your Excellency, the two guards of the Tiwei Mansion ask to see you." ”
Lin Feng laughed "heh": "It's really what you said." ”
Xue Changqing said to the servant, "Please let them in." ”
"Whoa."
The servant went down to the hall, and after a while, he took Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng into the living room, and the two of them looked at it and found that Xue Changqing and Lin Feng they were looking for were there, as if they had made an appointment.
"Liang Xiang must have known them." Xiao Chongguang thought to himself, if Liang Xiang had already instructed them something, I was afraid that he would not be able to ask the reason for this trip.
The two of them crossed their hands and said, "I've seen Lord Xue and Lord Lin." ”
Xue Changqing said: "The two guards don't have to be polite, please sit down quickly." Come! Look at the tea. ”
Sogo and Yunsheng sat down on the guest seats on the left and right, and soon two maids served tea and placed it on the small table next to them.
Changqing said: "I don't know what happened to the two of you coming to Xue's house?" ”
"Knowingly asking, pretending." Lu Yunsheng secretly disdainful in his heart.
Xiao Chongguang is used to seeing such people, so he doesn't care, and says directly: "Not for anything else, just because of the assassination of Lord Liu Yuanzhen, I heard Liang Xiang say that on the night of the accident, Lord Liu happened to gather with you and Lord Lin in Qingle Zhai, and it happened that Lord Lin was also there, and I would like to ask the two adults in detail about the events of that day." With that, Sogo took out Liang Xiang's magpie bird epiphany jade from his arms, "Liang Xiang also hopes that the two adults will cooperate." ”
Xue Changqing and Lin Feng glanced at each other, and then Changqing said: "If there is anything you want to know, just ask, this official must know everything." ”
Lin Feng also said: "Lin will also cooperate." ”
Xiao Chongguang nodded and said, "Okay, may I ask the two adults, what happened when you gathered in Qingle Zhai that night?" ”
Changqing said: "Because of the recent attack by the Qiang people in Liangzhou, the saint ordered conscription, and we discussed in Qingle Zhai whether to revise the conscription order. ”
Xiao Chongguang frowned: "Is it really just to revise the conscription order?" There is nothing else. If it was just for the sake of repairing the order, the adults could go to the more convenient Hanlin Yuan to discuss, why go to a noisy and easy-to-leak entertainment place like Qingle Zhai? I really don't understand it. ”
When Xue Changqing heard this, he was silent for a long time and couldn't answer.
"Lord Xiao," at this time, Lin Feng suddenly spoke, staring at Xiao Chongguang's eyes and said, "There are some things that can be done but can't be said, and some things that can be said but can't be done, do you understand?" ”