Xu Chengzong's hand effect does have it, but it also has its shortcomings. Although Lu Zhen was besieged by those old officials for two consecutive days, it was impossible for the guards under him to stay in the Wei Mansion. Especially after Lu Zhen saw some clues, he would not do nothing, and the next morning, he sent Yao Gan and a few of them out.

In the afternoon of that day, not long after Lu Zhen walked out of the side hall in a little dizzy, Yao Gan came to him with a solemn face: "My lord......"

"Did you find anything?" Lu Zhen asked casually while rubbing his eyebrows so that his mind could be clearer. Anyway, it's not easy to fight with those old-fashioned and stubborn guys, they use the ancestral provisions to oppress people at every turn, and he is not really opposed, so many times he is really a little aggrieved and passive.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Lu Zhen is fighting alone here, if he is in the Beijing court, there will be someone to help him speak, and he will be able to take a breath. But here, with one enemy, he asked himself that he didn't have the eloquence of Zhuge Kongming's tongue in the romance, so he could only barely parry.

However, after Yao Gan said some of the things he had discovered today, Lu Zhen didn't have the heart to think about them: "My subordinates inquired, not only did the defense of Nanjing City suddenly become much stricter during this period of time, but also the movement of troops and horses was quite frequent. There were probably no less than 2,000 soldiers and horses who had been stationed at the gates of the city and other key places to be temporarily transferred and replaced by another group of people. ”

"Is that so?" Lu Zhen took a slight breath, what does this mean, as long as anyone who knows a little about military affairs can see something. This is clearly someone who wants to completely control the entire Nanjing guard power in their own hands.

"Not only that, but I also found out about another very strange thing today." Yao Gan said and lowered his voice: "At noon, more than a dozen carts covered with straw mats entered the city, and it stands to reason that the guards guarding the gate should be strictly checked, but as a result, they didn't see any obstacles, so they let the convoy enter the city."

When the subordinate saw this, he quietly followed, and took an opportunity to look at the contents of the car. Outcome...... It was found that the cart was loaded with a large number of crossbows and arrows. ”

"Are you sure you're right?" Hearing him say this, Lu Jin's movements in his hands also stopped, his body sat up straight, and asked urgently.

"My subordinates don't dare to spread rumors about such things."

Crossbow arrows have always been regarded as a forbidden weapon of mass destruction by the imperial court, and even in the army, except for a small number of elites, they are rarely equipped. Generally, the officers and soldiers of the local guard station use bows and arrows, even if it is the defenders in Nanjing, I am afraid that it will not be an exception.

But now, a large number of crossbow arrows have suddenly been smuggled into the city of Nanjing, and it is no longer too clear what this means. Moreover, these crossbow arrows were unimpeded when they were transported into the city, which naturally meant that someone had already greeted the guards guarding the gate. In other words, it was the government, no, someone who controlled the power of the army secretly sent crossbow arrows into the city without permission.

For such a phenomenon, Lu Zhen can easily draw two judgments - one is that a certain garrison general in Nanjing City wants to plot against him and is accumulating strength to prepare for trouble. Second, Xu Chengzong, who holds the military and political power in Nanjing, wants to raise troops!

The former is not completely impossible, after all, it is a special moment for Xu Xianzong's sudden death, and maybe some conspirators plan to take advantage of such an opportunity to take Nanjing City. But in comparison, it is more likely to be the latter, especially when Lu Zhen combined this matter with some doubts he had discovered recently, he felt that Xu Chengzong was going to raise a military incident in Nanjing.

And Xu Chengzong is now a well-known existence in Nanjing, what reason does he have for raising troops here? There is only one explanation - he wants to rebel!

Even if he had already guessed before, when this thought really jumped out of his mind, Lu Jin's body couldn't help but tremble, and his expression became extremely ugly: "How can this be?" How could he have such an idea? He is already a very popular Duke of Wei, and he is deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, and he holds great power, how can he still want to take such a risk? ”

At this moment, Lu Zhen felt that Xu Chengzong was so strange, and he didn't recognize this former friend at all.

After being stunned for nearly a quarter of an hour, he looked at Yao Gan again: "Can you find out where those crossbow arrows ended up?" ”

"The subordinates followed all the way, and finally saw that they drove the convoy into the military camp in the east of the city."

This answer completely confirmed Lu Jin's judgment and shattered his last bit of luck. With the Xu family's many years of operation and popularity here, no one with bad intentions dared to send the forbidden crossbow arrows into the barracks so blatantly. So the only explanation is that Xu Chengzong is the mastermind behind this matter!

After slowly exhaling a breath, Lu Jin settled down: "No one should know about this matter except you, right?" After receiving the other party's confirmed response, he said: "In this way, you will leave Nanjing today and go to Zhejiang!" ”

"Huh?" Yao Gan looked at Lu Zhen with some puzzlement, if someone really wanted to make trouble in Nanjing, shouldn't he stay by the side of the adults to protect him?

"I asked you to go to Zhejiang to find Lin Lie, and let him think of mobilizing Zhejiang's officers and troops to march north, at least to line up people and horses at the junction of the two provinces, and make a situation that troops can be sent into the south at any time." Lu Zhen quickly gave his own thoughts.

Only then did Yao Gan understand that if Zhejiang soldiers and horses appeared on the border between the two provinces, it would be enough to deter those who wanted to cause trouble in Nanjing. He was not a man of mud and water, and since the lord ordered him to come down, he immediately took the order with his fists and left in a hurry.

Lu Jin, on the other hand, continued to sit in his chair, his face full of uneasiness and entanglement. This fact is so big that he still can't make up his mind how to deal with it.

In fact, if he is more sensible, in order to ensure his own safety, what he should do now is to find an opportunity to leave Nanjing, which is a place of wrong. Judging from Xu Chengzong's efforts to conceal it, as long as he wants to leave, the other party will definitely not stop him. However, in this way, it was completely impossible to prevent the Nanjing rebellion.

This is something that Lu Zhen is extremely unwilling to see. This is not only because the current Ming Dynasty can't withstand the toss of civil strife, but also because he doesn't want to see Xu Chengzong, a friend, go to a dead end.

Even if there has never been such a situation in history, Lu Zhen can assert that Xu Chengzong's rebellion this time will definitely not succeed. And the result of failure will inevitably destroy the entire Xu family with him!

Thinking of Xu Chengzong's righteousness with his friends, and remembering his kindness ten years ago, he repeatedly helped him through difficulties at critical moments, Lu Zhen knew that he would never be able to stand by and watch this matter. Even if he knew that it would be dangerous to stay in Nanjing, he had to take a risk!

It's just that Xu Chengzong has already come to this point, and it is impossible to persuade him to give up this practice by words alone, and he must come up with something more deterrent. Although Zhejiang's soldiers and horses have a certain effect, it is difficult to save the thirst from far water, and he has to find another army that is enough to make him jealous.

"In the city of Nanjing, what other soldiers and horses are not controlled by it? Jin Yiwei? No, the number of Jinyi Guards here is limited, and he may have been bribed and co-opted by him for many years in Nanjing, otherwise he wouldn't have even revealed the slightest bit of information before. "Indeed, with the dexterity of Jinyiwei's eyes and ears, it is normally impossible to hide a rebellion like Xu Chengzong, who has been planning for many years.

"I'm afraid that most of the officers and soldiers of the local guard post are already under its control, and those who refuse to obey the order have already been transferred, so it is impossible to start from this side. Will you let me go to the officials of the various yamen? Quickly calculating the situation of the army in Nanjing City, Lu Jin's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

From here, we can see how inappropriate it was for Zhu Di to move the capital to Beijing and entrust all the defense of Nanjing to Wei Guogong's family. If Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is replaced, the situation may be different, at least there will be a lot of people left to contain it......

Thinking of Zhu Yuanzhang, Lu Jin's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiaoling...... Xiaolingwei! By the way, in this Nanjing, there is actually another army that is completely outside the control of his Wei Guogong, that is, the Xiaoling Guard who guards the filial piety! ”

When Zhu Di moved the capital, in order to prevent the world from saying that he was unfilial, he arranged such an elite of the court at that time to stay in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's grave to guard his soul. And this guard is a hundred years.

Although Lu Zhen doesn't know if this Xiaoling Guard still has the combat power it once had, at least it is still useful to use them as a containment of Xu Chengzong. Even, he didn't really need to contact the other party, as long as he let Xu Chengzong know that there was such an elite army watching, it was enough for him not to dare to act rashly.

Now, everything is ready, and there is only one breakthrough left, that is, evidence that can prove that Xu Chengzong does have bad intentions. And for this, Lu Zhen also immediately had an idea.

After thinking about it for a while, the whole plan was decided, and then he opened the door and beckoned to Qingle, who was guarding outside. Because he was worried that something would happen, while sending Yao Gan out to investigate in the past two days, Qinggele had been by his side all the time, and he was also summoned at this time.

"What do you command?" He asked as soon as he walked in.

"There is an extremely important matter that I need you to cooperate with me. But there are some difficulties in this matter, are you willing to take a risk for me and the court? Lu Zhen looked at him solemnly and said.

"Your Excellency, please command, go to the soup and go to the fire." Qingler's answer was very crisp and did not hesitate.

"Okay, then listen to me, ...... tonight" Lu Zhen immediately leaned over, lowered his voice and instructed carefully.