On the evening of the same day, Gongsun Xun returned safely, his face was as usual.

"Wen Qi." Lu Fan took the initiative to come over and ask. "How?"

"What else?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but smile while taking off his shoes and changing his boots. "As we expected, that Chen Qiu originally expected to wait for the third duke again, but instead made an insulting official position like Yongle Shaofu, so he was resentful of Cao Jie, so he wanted to contact me and Yangqiu to plot against Cao Jie."

"Chen Qiu is also a generation of celebrities,......" Lu Fan couldn't help but shake his head. Why is that? ”

"Ziheng, I don't understand." Gongsun Xun sat down in the hall after washing his hands and cleaning his face, and naturally a maidservant served a sour soup soaked in wine...... In other words, Aunt Gongsun has been diligently seeking the 'tea' for half her life, but she has not seen it so far. "Although Chen Gong has a family background, he was born in Xiapi, Xuzhou, and he is not the so-called Wanluo Ruying, and he has already exhausted his strength to ascend to the position of the third prince before. But because of this, he is particularly eager for the position of the third prince. Think about it, with his family background, if he can repeatedly ascend to the position of the third prince during his lifetime, then their Chen family will naturally squeeze into the ranks of the world's famous families. ”

Lu Fan couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

In other words, if it was in the past, Lu Ziheng, who was born in Runan, might actually quite agree with this so-called truth of family personality promotion. However, following Gongsun Xun to the north and south, he has seen a lot of knowledge, plus there is Lou Gui, who is obviously from a wealthy family in Nanyang, but he has recognized it since he was a child, and has been advocating the existence of the big Han pill around him, he actually dismisses this kind of thing.

Of course, if you don't think so, you can't stop it, right?

"Don't talk about that." Lu Fan came back to his senses and hurriedly asked again. "Did Wen Qi promise them?"

"Promised." Gongsun Xun replied disapprovingly, blowing the heat of sour soup. "Or else?"

"Why?" Lu Fan couldn't help but be surprised. "Didn't Wen Qi disagree?"

"I really don't think so." Gongsun Xun lowered his head and swallowed a mouthful of sour soup, then put down the soup bowl and explained to his henchman seriously. But Ziheng didn't know, whether it was Chen Qiu or Yang Qiu, although both of them were determined to do it with Cao Jie again, they both had self-knowledge...... Yang Qiu bluntly said that if he can't be reinstated as the captain of Si Li, then wanting to kill Cao Jie is tantamount to a fool's dream; Chen Qiu also said that if there is no Son of Heaven in the palace to respond internally, this matter is just a moon in the water after all. ”

Lu Fan was relieved: "In this way, they are just lip service, and they will not act arbitrarily?" ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Xun nodded. "Besides, maybe we'll be leaving Beijing in a few days, and they won't be able to stand up to us anyway, so let's go with them. And...... This time it was not completely fruitless, I had a good chat with the judge at the banquet, and I also met Chen Qiu's nephew Chen Qi, both of whom are rare talents! ”

"Speaking of leaving Beijing." Lu Fan nodded slightly, and then suddenly said. "I'm waiting here, in addition to asking Wen Qi what the result of this time is, there is another thing to tell Wen Qi......

"Tell me." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically.

"Today, Wang Lang and Wang Jingxing of Shangshutai are here." Lu Fan said. "He came to deliver a message for Lu Shi, saying that Liaodong Xiangping may be vacant recently......"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help frowning, and then fell silent...... And Lu Fan stood quietly aside, waiting for his lord's reply.

In other words, for Gongsun Xun, if he really runs Liaoxi all his life according to the meaning of his wife, then Xiangping in Liaodong may not be a bad place, after all, Liaodong County is the core of the five counties outside the Saiwai, and Xiangping is the first city and the largest county outside the Saiwai, and it is the capital of the so-called 'Liaohe Plain' in the mouth of his own wife.

Besides, the current situation does not allow him to pick and choose, which is similar to fleeing!

But I don't know why, since he came back from Danhan Mountain that day, Gongsun Xun has faintly felt an inexplicable sense of resistance to his mother's arrangements.

Moreover, if he could still suppress and endure in the face of his own wife in Yanmen that day, then now that he has come to Luoyang again, he has seen that Cao Mengde, the later master of his true life, is so down, and he has successfully slaughtered a Xuanhe eunuch like Wang Fu, and even inadvertently made the father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers half-dead...... To tell the truth, Gongsun Xun now has a lot of inexplicable self-confidence and restlessness in his heart.

Of course, having to say that, Gongsun Xun also knew in his heart that whether or not to go to Xiangping actually had nothing to do with the overall situation, after all, it was just a county order, just a resume, and he couldn't really run into anything.

All in all, under the influence of various thoughts, Gongsun Xun immediately gave an unclear answer: "Ziheng will visit Wang Jingxing tomorrow, and say that if there is really no other place to go, Xiangping is not impossible!" ”

This is what it means to want to see it again, Lu Fan immediately understood, and he didn't say anything...... After all, not to mention that the current situation is not bad and he is about to flee Luoyang, just say that he is a Runan person, if he really follows him to Liaodong, it will be a little frightening to think about it.

In other words, not to mention the careful thinking of Gongsun Xun and Lu Fan, just say that on the other hand, these two young people also underestimated the hatred of Cao Jie in the hearts of Yang Qiu and Chen Qiu!

Chen Qiu had a bumpy career for half his life, and finally relied on Qiao Xuan's non-remembering grudges to get to the position of 'extremely human minister', but his future was interrupted by Cao Jie's stick...... Cutting off people's futures, this hatred is almost to the bone!

As for Yang Qiu, not to mention, this guy is born with a fierce personality and is good at going to extremes, in the words of Aunt Gongsun's letter, that is, this person is sick!

Therefore, after returning home, Gongsun Xun drank sour soup and sobered up, and then thought about when he would leave Beijing and where he would go to work, and then continued to wait at home for Lu Zhi to arrange a beauty for himself...... And in the next few days, Nayang Qiu and Chen Qiu are calling friends and devoting themselves to doing great things!

Gongsun Xun didn't know anything about this...... Perhaps, in the eyes of Chen Qiu and Yang Qiu, after everything is ready, when you need to use the knife, it is not too late to come to Gongsun Xun, a 'sharp blade' that has now been recognized by the world.

However, what Erqiu never expected was that although the behavior they thought was hidden in the past few days was not noticed by Gongsun Xun, it fell into the eyes of people with a heart early.

"Did you find it?" As the bearded Luo Mu walked into the room, Cao Jie, who had been sitting without a hat and closing his eyes to recuperate, suddenly opened his eyes.

"You've gotten what you've gained." Romu sat down and replied. "We bought off a servant in Chen Qiu's mansion, who was in charge of delivering wine at the banquet, so we heard a few words...... Indeed, those people had come to meet for the adults that day. ”

Cao Jie immediately laughed angrily: "Do these people think I'm a fool? One by two, three got together, all of them had a grudge against me, and Nayang Qiu even refused to obey the order in front of the Son of Heaven, and said that I was a jackal...... They don't want to think about it, how can I rest assured of this kind of person? What else? ”

"And," Romu continued. "Judging from our surveillance outside Chen Qiu's mansion, it seems that he has been in constant contact with Infantry Captain Liu Ne these days......"

"Liu Ne?" Cao Jie couldn't help but continue to sneer. "Chen Qiu is really a master with a low eye! Liu Ne is not the Shangshu of Shangshutai now, but an infantry captain! What does he want to do privately with a person who has military power?! Aren't you afraid of the taboo of the Son of Heaven? Besides, if he really has military power, it would be fine, but Liu Ne has just taken office, who in the infantry battalion listens to him? ”

Hearing this, Luo Mu couldn't help laughing: "Then Chen Qiu is afraid that he just thinks that Liu Ne, like him, is blocked by adults, so he simply wooed one or two, and didn't think too much...... What military power is not military power, taboo is not taboo, a scribe from the Kwantung clan, where does he understand this? ”

"That's right, what else?"

"The rest is gone." Luo Mu couldn't help frowning. "Gongsun Xun and Yang Qiu are just as always, and they haven't seen anything superfluous...... The former is still hiding next to Liu Kuan and Liu Taiwei to study, and the latter is also going to court and performing his duties as usual, only occasionally accompanying his beloved little wife Cheng to play and visit relatives. ”

"That's weird." Cao Jie was also a little uneasy and stroked his gray bun. "Gongsun Xun's path is also ordinary, he has already killed Wang Fu and is famous all over the world, just waiting for Lu Zhi here in Shangshutai to arrange a good position for him, naturally he can study at home all day long, but how can Yangqiu, a madman, be willing to be dull? There must be deception in it! ”

"That's what the villain thinks, too." Luo Mu couldn't help but say. "It's just that adults, Chen Qiu and Yang Qiu are not small people, and we are not as good as in the past, if there is no real evidence to impress the Son of Heaven, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with them! Therefore, knowing that this Yang Qiu is deceitful, and knowing that Chen Qiu has Dai Xin, we must also obtain real evidence that makes the Son of Heaven angry before we can take them down. ”

"yes." Cao Jie also sighed faintly when he heard this. "After tossing for so long, I, Cao Hanfeng, have indeed exhausted my strength."

Luo Mu was stunned for a while, but immediately reminded in a loud voice: "My lord, it is precisely because of this that you have to do thunderous deeds and let the world know that you are powerful. Otherwise, you won't be able to live out your old age in peace......"

"Yes, yes." Cao Jie beat his spirit. "The more I do my best, the more I have to do thunderous acts, so that the world can't see my reality and reality, and only by shocking everyone can I spend my old age in peace and let the family continue. Zixian, you continue to spy on these people and try to help me find out the credentials...... Whether you can shock the world and let the Cao family be safe behind me is up to you. ”

Luo Mu bowed his head and remained silent.

"Zixian, is there anything else you want to say?" Of course, Cao Jie noticed that the other party was wrong.

"Yes, sir." Luo Mu immediately replied in a low voice. The villain thought that if he could, he would not only do thunderous acts against Yang Qiu, but also some characters in the family should be restrained. Otherwise, go to the yang ball and the yin ball, and go to the Chen ball and the king ball. ”

"You're right." Cao Jie couldn't help nodding. "For the sake of their descendants, I must also restrain them, and let them know that I will protect them for a while, but I will not protect them for a lifetime! In a few days, let Feng Fang (Cao Jie's son-in-law) and them also come to the house, and I will give you some advice. ”

Luo Mu bowed slightly, and indeed still didn't move.

"What's wrong?" Cao Jie couldn't help laughing. "You and I are like father and son, if you don't want to change your surname, maybe you are already a real father and son...... Something to talk about! ”

"Everyone else is so restrained...... What should the second master do? Luo Mu couldn't help but grit his teeth and asked. If the adult is not there, he will definitely be the one who will bring the disaster of destruction to the Cao family in the future! ”

At this moment, it was Cao Jie's turn to be speechless for a while.

And for a long time, this Great Changqiu and Shang Shuling asked with some apprehension: "What does Zi Xian think?" ”

"IMHO." Luo Mu continued to grit his teeth and replied. "The second master is also old, it is better to send him back to his hometown in Wei County, and save him from staying in Luozhong to cause trouble."

Cao Jie couldn't help but groan, but quickly shook his head: "Zixian's words are certainly reasonable, but after all, I only have this one brother, and my children are all inherited from him...... How can you get him out? Why don't you wait until I'm not in good health to arrange this, what do you think? ”

Luo Mu wanted to speak and stopped, but finally didn't say more. After all, who didn't change their surname to Cao? An outsider, although he called an adult, could not be mixed with other people's flesh and blood after all...... It seems that we have to think of another way.

As soon as he thought of this, Luo Mu immediately bowed down, and then said goodbye and left.

As the night deepened, Cao Jie couldn't bear to get older, and rested early, but Luo Mu, who was Cao Hanfeng's confidant, relied on his youth and still twisted his beard to compare information from all sides under the oil lamp in his room...... In these days, it is not that there are no professional spies and spies, but in fact the results are very poor, so the real sources of intelligence are varied.

On the first few cases of Luo Mu's sitting, there was information obtained by bribing the other party's servants; There is information obtained by guarding the door waiting for the rabbit to watch; Of course, there is also the information obtained by the elite guests; There are even rumors from the market!

It's dense and complicated...... But to be honest, Luo Mu's work is much simpler now than before, after all, there is Gongsun paper that can be used now, and in the past, it was all wooden tablets, silk and silk miscellaneous use.

And when it comes to this, Luo Mu is actually very grateful to Gongsun Xun.

"On the evening of the third day of the fifth month, Cheng Changzhi had a banquet at home, and all the adopted daughters and sons-in-law came, with Situ Liu He as the chief and Yang Qiu as the second seat...... "Luo Mu was sleepy, and he was already going to sleep, but for some reason, he always felt that this message made him care a little.

But after thinking about it, Liu He and Yang Qiu both married the adopted daughter of Cheng Chang's 'Master Cheng', and the old father-in-law made a banquet, and the two sons-in-law went to the banquet...... Isn't it accurate?

However, Luo Mu just felt that something was missing! And Luo Zixian, who was able to be appreciated by Cao Jie, became a confidant among his henchmen in just a few years, not only did the two fall in love, but also had such a bit of 'righteousness of father and son', and Luo Mu himself also had the ability to do things.

If it were someone else, he might have fallen asleep by this time, but Luo Mu gritted his teeth, stacked all the complicated and chaotic information together, and then actually re-read it.

"On the first day of the fifth month, Gongsun Xun castrated a cat at home and named it Apu...... Husband and wife reconcile again! ”

"On the second day of the fifth month, Gongsun Fan entered the Taiwei Mansion with Taiwei Liu Kuan to do chores......"

"On April 30, Xiu Mu, Chen Qiu and Liu Ne talked all day in Chen Qiu's mansion, and they came out in the evening."

……

"On the second day of the fifth month, Chen Qiu's nephew Chen Qi and his uncle's henchmen went to Yuan's mansion to meet Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao visited his father on the road, and the trial and Yuan Shao had a very happy conversation, and it was rumored that Yuan Shu was resentful......"

"On the fourth day of the fifth month, Liu Ne entered the Situ Mansion in the name of unclear transfer of the position of infantry captain, and competed with the former infantry captain, now Situ Liu He...... In the evening, Liu He sent him off with a gift, opened the middle door and went out......"

At this time, Luo Mu was really sleepy, his eyelids drooped, and then instinctively thought about this information...... After all, it is too common to invite names this year, and Liu Ne and Liu He do have the fact that they have handed over their positions.

However, as Luo Zixian slammed his forehead on the table unsteadily, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

"Your Excellency!" Half an hour later, Luo Mu suddenly broke into Cao Jie's bedroom directly. "Big things are not good!"

Cao Jie was very old and slept very lightly, so he woke up almost immediately, and got up to put on his clothes: "Don't be in a hurry, talk slowly...... What's the matter? ”

"Yang Qiu and Chen Qiu have persuaded Situ Liu He to join the gang!" Luo Mu was concise and to the point.

Cao Jie was slightly stunned, and then his face turned pale: "Nine times out of ten, this matter is true...... You must know that although I borrowed Wang Fu's hand that day, I did have a grudge against Liu He for killing my brother! There is evidence for this. ”

"It's just a conjecture, no evidence!" Luo Mu replied quickly.

"That's going to be difficult." Cao Jie said hurriedly. "Liu He is ranked as the third duke, and His Majesty is deeply trusted, if there is no evidence, I am afraid it will be really difficult!"

"So...... Do something extraordinary! Luo Mu hurriedly said. As I expected, it should be that Yang Qiu first failed to invite Liu He through the relationship between the two, and then Chen Qiu persuaded Liu He through Liu Ne! We might as well take down Liu Ne and torture ......"

"Stay." Cao Jie suddenly waved his hand and asked. "Yang Qiu and Liu He are relatives?"

"The two wives are both adopted daughters of Master Cheng." Luo Mu immediately explained. "Because they are not wives, not many people know about them...... This should be a means used by Cheng Chang to stabilize the relationship. ”

Cao Jie suddenly laughed: "I'm afraid it's more than that!" I know this old thing's mind clearly......"

Luo Mu was puzzled.

"Arrest Liu Ne, it's better to arrest our 'Master Cheng'!" Cao Jie sneered more and more, but suddenly lifted the quilt. "Tell someone to prepare treasures and goods, and call dozens of guests, all of whom are armed with me...... Let's find out what happened to 'Master Cheng' now! ”

———I'm going to redo the dividing line of the line in the new January———

Before the matter was released, Qiu Fu persuaded him in a book: "The public is from the clan, the position is on the stage, the world is looking forward, and the society is guarding, how can it be the same and tolerant?" Today, Cao Festival and other indulgences are harmful, and for a long time, and the brothers-in-law are victimized, etc., and the Empress Dowager Yongle knows it herself. Today, it can be expressed as the captain of the guard Yang Qiu as the lieutenant of the division, and he will be punished by the second festival. The government is out of the Holy Lord, the world is peaceful, and you can wait for it. In addition, Shangshu Liu Na was an upright eunuch and became an infantry captain, and he also deeply persuaded Yu He. He said: "There are many ears and eyes for fierceness, and I am afraid that before the incident, I will suffer the disaster first." Na said: "The public is the pillar of the country, and he does not hold on to the danger, so why use the other to be evil?" "He promised, and also conspired with Yang Qiu." ——Biography of Chen Qiu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty

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