() "As for Dong Yu's position, I don't know, but now it seems that the prince intends to cultivate you, but it depends on yourself how far you can reach and what position you stand."

"Otherwise, with Dong Yu's official position and status, do you really think that if you don't care about it, you will be allowed to live until now and be promoted to an official position? And with what I know about it, he won't give up, not to mention, you are the only one who can really deal with the court and confront him. ”

"Whether others know about this matter or not, he only needs to say that he was victimized by the adulterer, slandered, and there is no evidence, so naturally he cannot be convicted, only you are the biggest hidden danger in his heart, so the prince tries his best to protect you, first, because in today's court, you are the only one who is innocent and has not participated in any system."

"Second, if you have something to achieve in the future, you will naturally be another force in the palace, you can confront Dong Yu, there can be no loyal ministers in this court, but with loyal ministers, there will inevitably be traitorous people, the prince knows this best, and the deceit he has experienced is naturally beyond your imagination as a blank sheet of paper."

"So take advantage of the fact that you don't know anything now, buy people's hearts, and serve the prince and the court in the future."

"Then, Master Chen, are you...... Is it towards the imperial court, or towards the sixth elder brother? ”

Xue Tan asked Chen Dongshan tentatively, he knew that after so many frames, betrayals, intimidations, and threats, he would never trust anyone again.

But he can feel that Chen Dongshan is a true temperament, extremely bold, and he has the stubbornness and unruliness of a martial arts practitioner in his bones, as well as arrogance.

"That's an interesting question."

Chen Dongshan smiled, Xue Tan has been here for a long time, and it is the first time he has seen Chen Dongshan smile.

"Do you want to know which party I belong to to decide whether or not to be close to me?"

"For me, no matter who rules this country, it is the same, it is nothing more than a change of dynasty, if it is beneficial to the people, I will naturally do my best to assist, if not, it will be the opposite."

"But you must know that for the people of Limin, the last thing they want is to fight, how many officers and soldiers die on the battlefield, food, gold and silver treasures, are the people's hard-earned money, taxes, dead people, grain harvest, no matter what, you don't want the war to happen."

"So if someone wants to rebel, it will naturally be bloodshed, grievances, power, and deceit, I have long been tired of seeing it, and now you ask me who I am loyal to, and I tell you, I would rather maintain the status quo, at least, there will not be so many people, and they will be in the wilderness."

Du Jiang Du Governor's Mansion is ready to set off and go to the capital immediately.

And in order to hide people's eyes, he only brought a few entourages and a few small workers who pressed the goods, disguised as a caravan, Du Jiang walked in the middle with a few people, and the front and rear were short-term workers hired to unload the goods, and a group of people led

Heavy cargo.

Coming out of Yangzhou, going straight to the capital, the scenery on the way is very good, and there is no time to take care of it, what Du Jiang thinks in his heart is to see Dong Yu Dong as soon as possible, discuss this matter, and settle down the hidden danger of Siniang.

And the other side.

Dong Yu hurriedly invited the sixth elder brother into the house, and the two discussed the case of the Jinghong Pavilion.

"Sixth Elder Brother, how is it?" Dong Yu asked.

"Now, I can't save you."

The sixth elder brother took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"Master Dong, you are ......"

There was a hint of murderous intent in the eyes of the sixth elder brother.

And Dong Yu also put down the teacup in his hand embarrassedly.

"It's not that I won't help you, but now, Prince Qi Yuan intends to replace you."

The sixth elder brother continued: "Do you know who Qi Yuan invited that day, in addition to announcing my admonition? ”

"Who?" Dong Yu hurriedly asked.

"Concubine Shuniang, you must know that Concubine Shuniang and the prince have always been at odds, and Concubine Shuniang is in charge of the harem, and there are many forces in the court, and the emperor is behind her back, you must be clear that if the prince wants you to die, no matter what you have done or what you have not done, you will be a dead end."

"So what do you want to do? What is the matter with the crown prince Xuan Shufei? Dong Yu said.

"Of course, it's about the case of the Hung Pavilion,"

The sixth elder brother rolled his eyes and said, "Now that Siniang has disappeared and died, not only has the prince disappeared as a right-hand man, but also left many opportunities." ”

"Besides, she still holds the secrets of many people in the capital, which is even more tempting, and now that you make such a fuss, don't you make yourself unhappy? You are a military general, and you have threatened Qi Yuan's throne again and again, but if it is me who takes office, then there is no need for so many cumbersome things. ”

"Besides, Qi Yuan has been looking for trouble with you, don't you want to think about it, why he has repeatedly sought your rights and wrongs, naturally there is a reason, these four mothers and Qi Yuan are very close, there must be some private transactions during the period, if you can find his handle, I will give you a few more good words, and naturally let the prince let you go."

"But now Qi Yuan is obviously more favored by Xue Tan, besides, since the incident in the Amazing Hong Pavilion, you have poked a lot of baskets, Qi Yuan actually asked you to investigate this matter, what is the purpose of it?"

"Qi Yuan has lived in General Xue's mansion for so long, so he naturally knows some secrets, if you can convince Xue Tan to help you, I will protect you from death, but if you want his life several times, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

The sixth elder brother showed the way for him and stopped talking.

"Sixth elder brother, I know one person, but you can keep me safe."

Dong Yu suddenly remembered this person and hurriedly said.

"Who?"

"Supervise the Imperial History!"

this day

, Xue Tan got up and went to the barracks with Chang Lei, Chen Dongshan was already waiting there early.

Since Xue Tan visited Chen Dongshan that day, the relationship between the two has eased a lot, and Xue Tan also told Chang Lei, asking him to forget his grievances and concentrate on investigating.

Chen Dongshan called Zhang Ruoxu here today for the sake of handing over the big and small matters in the army.

"In this barracks, not only lead the troops to fight, but also learn to read military books, think of you as a weak scholar, there are not many such books, there are still some in my house, if you need it, take it to see, in addition, the size of this army, grain and grass, horses, there are special people to manage, if they don't listen to you in the future, you will come to me, I will naturally take care of them."

Chen Dongshan said to Xue Tan.

"As for you......"

Chen Dongshan glanced at Chang Lei, and naturally felt a little unhappy in his heart, that day in front of everyone, Chang Lei couldn't let himself get off the stage, and Chen Dongshan still had some pimples in his heart.

"That team is Du Jiang Du Governor's personal guard, you have some skills, don't mess up, if there is anything you don't understand, come and ask me."

After speaking, he went straight to the barracks and led the troops to train.

Chang Lei and Xue Tan looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they had a firm foothold in this army.

"How about it, how do you look at this Chen Dongshan person, when you went to the army yesterday, he didn't make it difficult for you, right?"

After Chen Dongshan left, Chang Lei hurriedly asked.

"No, he's a good guy too, but he's just too stubborn."

Xue Tan knew in his heart that Chen Dongshan would not be a traitorous villain.

"The reason why he made things difficult for us was also for the sake of the law and order of the entire military camp, besides, you and I are not familiar with each other, and we are new to the place, so we naturally need someone to guide us, and besides, in the previous army, all the big and small things were handled by him, if it was destroyed in the hands of you and me, wouldn't it be bad?"

"And now that I'm here, I naturally want to divide power, and somehow someone will get a piece of the pie, and no one will want to." Xue Tan pondered and said.

When Chang Lei heard this, he became serious and asked Xue Tan.

"General Xue, do you know that although this is not the capital, it is also officialdom after all, in this officialdom, it is natural to see people and talk nonsense, you don't blindly trust anyone."

"And you also said that after you come here, you naturally want to share a piece of the pie with him, and he will be a little unhappy in his heart, but the extent of this displeasure, you must also grasp it clearly, don't let the villain spoil the plan."

"Don't worry, Chang Gongzi, I know it in my heart, in this way, you are familiar with it first, I still have some things to deal with, and I will come back afterwards."

Xue Tan suddenly resigned to Chang Lei, Chang Lei wanted to persuade him a few words, but helplessly, he had long since disappeared.