Lin Jue said to Guo Chong in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is a principle called the principle of 'profit'. When the situation is chaotic, just think about it, why are these people doing this? Whoever is good for this will see the truth through the clouds. The minister couldn't tell the emperor who leaked the secret, and the people who knew about it were none other than the more than ten people. That's the range. The minister is also suspicious, and Princess Green Dance knows that she is also suspicious. But judging from the principle of profit, if I spread these rumors and slander the Liang Palace, wouldn't I have put myself in it, and what benefit would I have? Therefore, there is no need for the minister to justify, and no one with a brain will doubt me. Green Dance will not do it, this will hurt Concubine Rong and her husband, and it will not do her any good. The emperor only needs to think about it one by one according to this analysis method of the ministers, and it is not difficult to draw conclusions. ”

Guo Chong's fingers tapped slowly on the table, his mind racing fast. In fact, as soon as Lin Jue's principle of profit was said, Guo Chong immediately came to a conclusion. killed Concubine Rong and other related people, and involved Liang Wangfu to come in, the whole mess seems to be a mess, but it is not without a trace. Last night, Lin Jue and his own words about the root cause of the chaos in the imperial court were still in his ears, and Guo Chong also agreed with Lin Jue's conclusion afterwards. The root of everything lies in the competition for the position of the crown prince, so the current chaos is inevitably inseparable from this matter. As long as you think about it, Concubine Rong, the crown prince and the Liang Wangfu are all supporters standing behind Guo Mian, and the whole incident becomes clear in an instant. Obviously, it was done by the party that supported Guo Xu, that is, the person who leaked the secret was in this room, that is, one or all of the seemingly innocent people in front of him.

Guo Chong was thinking about whether he should point out this matter on the spot, and he hesitated. Supposedly, such a thing could not be tolerated by himself, but he had to worry about it. Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun, and Wu Chunlai, these are all important ministers of the country. Guo Chong had to consider the consequences of pointing out the matter. If it was before, Guo Chong would not hesitate. But now Guo Chong has experienced many things, and the way he thinks about problems has changed. He had to weigh whether to punish the few people in front of him for a quick moment to expose the lies of the people in front of him, or whether it would be better for him to know and give them some room to maneuver.

In fact, to give them room to maneuver is to give themselves room to maneuver. After it was revealed, everyone had no way out. Will he dismiss all the prime minister's privy envoys? They are all deep-rooted people, they may fall, but the court will definitely not be at peace. Perhaps it would be wiser to save face for them and not reveal it today. Maybe he will have more initiative because of this matter. Perhaps I could make an appointment with one of them alone and tell him that I actually knew that he had done it, and that he had the matter under control. Then, on the contrary, he occupies a greater initiative.

Guo Chong's fingers tapped on the table, and the sound of knocking was extremely harsh in the quiet room, making people panic. Lu Zhongtian and Wu Chunlai pretended to be calm, and they did not intend to admit it. Even if the emperor named him, they would not admit it. Because the emperor has no evidence. But they can't help but feel scared, Lin Jue's analysis is actually very clear, maybe it is because of the lack of guilt in being a thief, they feel that every sentence of Lin Jue is aimed at themselves, but Lin Jue did not point it out at the end.

Finally, Guo Chong stopped banging on the table and said in a deep voice: "I understand, I don't want to ask more about this matter." Yang Aiqing, I order you to calm down this matter immediately, and if necessary, you can make an example of the chickens and monkeys. However, anyone who dares to spread rumors and discuss the affairs of the harem of the government must be severely punished. I'm giving you a day, and I don't want to hear any more rumors going on before it gets dark tomorrow. Do you understand? ”

Yang Jun bowed down and said loudly: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister will do it immediately." If anyone dares to spread rumors again, the minister will never let him speak. Does the emperor want his ministers to take the opportunity to track down the source of the rumors? The minister can catch them one by one and ask them, and he will always find clues. ”

Guo Chong waved his hand and said, "No need, I don't want to know who is the one who spreads the rumors and who is the one who leaks it." I just want to end this mess as soon as possible. ”

Yang Jun nodded and said, "Obey the order!" ”

Lin Jue frowned and pondered beside him, he suddenly realized that Yang Jun might not really know about this, otherwise he would not have said anything to find clues. If you really want to check, it's not impossible to find out. The initiators of the rumors may not be traced. It may not be impossible to touch Lu Zhongtian and their heads. Since Yang Jun dared to ask, it was definitely not a pretense, but he really didn't know that Lu Zhongtian and them did it. This is also in line with his own judgment, Yang Jun and Lu Zhongtian are just joining forces in the matter of establishing the crown prince, but in fact, the relationship between them is not close, and there are even old suspicions that have not been resolved. It's just that they have temporarily cobbled together for the common good. How could they let Yang Jun know about such a leak of secrets and public opinion, didn't they give Yang Jun a handle.

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Yang Jun's efficiency was still amazing, and it didn't even take a day, and the next afternoon, the rumors in the city came to an abrupt end. Of course, to achieve such an end, the means of thunder are naturally required. The methods used by Yang Jun are still as simple and crude as those he used on the battlefield, but they are absolutely effective.

In the early morning, when a group of coolies on the wharf on Bianhe Street were chatting about those topics with relish in the interval between carrying goods, and when they were obsessed with the secret relationship between Concubine Rong and Lu Feiming, a group of forbidden soldiers rode in and arrested dozens of coolies. On the spot, someone was shot with a crossbow for fleeing without permission.

"Talking about the affairs of the imperial court harem in vain, there is more than enough to die. All those who discuss this matter will be enslaved and will never be released. Immediately, the officer's cold voice as he read out the order chilled the hearts of the dozens of coolies, and the corpses of their companions told them that this was not a joke. The onlookers were terrified. Only then did they realize that it was the incident they were keen to discuss that led to the tragedy in front of them.

The same scene plays out in different neighborhoods. In the restaurant and tea shop, the drinkers and tea customers were foaming at the mouth and discussing yesterday's topic, when suddenly officers and soldiers rushed in and began to arrest people, but all those who resisted and fled were shot mercilessly. By destroying the teahouse, the shopkeeper was arrested, and a notice was posted to inform the people of the reason.

Four cities and eight gates, all over the city, one morning can be described as chickens flying and dogs jumping, and everyone is panicked. These officers and men seem to have clairvoyance and ears, and as soon as they talk about this matter, they will hear about it, which is really incomprehensible. The people knew that after coming out of the palace yesterday, Yang Jun went to see Chen Jue, the commander of the Imperial City Division, to help, and Chen Jue naturally did not dare to slack off, so he discussed a plan to use the people scattered in the city by the Imperial City Division as the eyes and ears to communicate the news in the city at any time. The Imperial City Division has people all over the corners of the city, and you think that the tea guest next to you is here to drink tea, but in fact he is listening to the movement with his ears pricked up. As you frothed at the mouth of your mouth to talk about the incident, the man drank tea and went out, and soon a group of officers and soldiers came on horseback and arrested a group of people who were talking about it. The people knew about these methods, and they were still confused for some reason.

In one morning, Yang Jun arrested thousands of people, destroyed more than a dozen tea shops and restaurants, and killed more than 20 people. Soldiers and horses came and went, notices flew all over the sky, and news of arresting and killing people came out from time to time, and of course the people knew that it was better to shut up quickly, and that matter could no longer be said.

An outbreak of public opinion rises and disappears quickly. Under the thunderous means, it soon disappeared. In the afternoon, when the people walked on the street to meet each other, they no longer dared to say hello, but only dared to make eye contact with each other and speak with gestures. The people who were still talking yesterday are all mute today.

Although public opinion has subsided, public opinion in people's hearts has not subsided. For Lin Jue, the ups and downs of the past two days and one night made him feel palpitations. In the evening, when Lin Jue was strolling alone in the back garden under the sunset, he carefully recalled the experience of these two days and one night, and came to the following conclusions.

One of the conclusions is that this is not necessarily a bad thing. It seems that Concubine Rong's case of changing her son occurred in the east window, Concubine Rong was imprisoned in Changchun Pavilion, and there may be many unpredictable troubles in the future. But as the so-called poisonous sores rupture, poisonous water flows out, it is not necessarily a bad thing. This has always been a timed event. Bomb. Lin Jue always couldn't sleep at midnight because of this. Now that this matter has come out, the result is nothing more than that. If Concubine Rong was really killed by the emperor, it was indeed because of her crimes. If this matter can reach this point, it is already a very good ending. But this timed. Now that the bomb has been detonated, there is no need to worry about it.

Second, their own response is quite effective. He seems to have successfully planted a seed in the emperor's heart again. It was about the words of Lichang Lixian, Lin Jue knew that Guo Chong had some reflection. It is good to have reflection, as long as Guo Chong thinks about it, he will understand that the root cause of the chaos in the imperial court is precisely because of his own selfishness and ambiguity. Guo Chong is not the kind of person who is opinionated, and he may make a change.

Third, this storm of public opinion, the leakage of the truth is actually a failure of Lu Zhongtian and others. They tried to coerce things out in this way, but they were doomed to backfire. I didn't call their names last night, but that's not much different from a roll call. Guo Chong must have understood in his heart who was making the move in secret, although he didn't point it out on the spot, but in his heart, he must have been wary. Guo Chong's change of attitude is the key, and the self-acting cleverness of Lu Zhongtian and others will make things go in the opposite direction. Lin Jue firmly believes in this and will wait and see.