If Su Shi was allowed to go to the Empress Dowager Gao Tao first, their plan might be put on hold immediately.

However, Lu Gongzhu is not a fool, so he naturally knows what Wen Yanbo's purpose is in asking this, which is nothing more than to let him take the lead in slandering the Empress Dowager and saying bad things about Su Shi.

This kind of thing can only be echoed, but it is absolutely impossible to be the leader, he is not his father Lu Yijian, and he does not have the ability and prestige, because if this matter is spread out, it will not sound good, and it will also set the leader on fire, and the reputation will be greatly reduced, whether it will be impeached by the imperial historians or even spurned by Shilin, the result is unpredictable.

The stakes are just too great!

Therefore, after Lu Gongzhu learned that Su Shi suddenly appeared, he had already made up his mind not to wade into the troubled waters this time, so he said: "Brother Wen, there is no need to do this. When you and I get to the Empress Dowager, we just need to tell the truth, and she will definitely make the most correct decision. ”

"Why is that?" The Empress Dowager is not old and confused, can she really settle Su's beard to tell the truth? He really didn't believe that.

"Hehehe!" Lu Gongzhu chuckled twice, got up and said, "Brother Wen, let's go!" Don't you know if you go? ”

"Alright then!" Helpless, Wen Yanbo shook his head, so he had to get up and follow the other party to meet the Empress Dowager.

……

After a while, the little eunuch in the palace led them to the Qinzheng Palace.

Now, Zhao Xu is being supervised by the Empress Dowager Xiang, and he is still being dragged by several big Confucians to study seriously, so only Gao Taotao receives them.

The two were led to the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, and the two glanced at it slightly, only to see Gao Taotao with a slight anger on his face, glaring at the two of them coldly.

After the two of them finished their salutes respectfully, the Empress Dowager did not immediately inquire about the two, and did not even ask them to get up and sit down immediately, as before, but let the two old ministers kneel in front of her and cold the two of them for a while.

After a while, Gao Tao said: "How did you do things, such a big thing happened in Taixue, and I don't know how to send someone to suppress it in advance." ”

Wen Yanbo just wanted to make a statement to defend himself, but he was preempted by Lu Gongzhu, so he heard him say: "The Empress Dowager, this matter is indeed the fault of the two of us. However, it wasn't Weichen who deliberately made excuses, presumably, you have also heard, I don't know who it was, distributing leaflets everywhere in the entire Bianliang City, wantonly framing Sima Xianggong. I ......"

"This is something that the lonely family has indeed heard. But what does this have to do with you, have you found the culprit behind the scenes, or have you arrested all the people who distributed the leaflets? The Empress Dowager unceremoniously interrupted Lu Gongshu's words and questioned it.

"The minister is incompetent! did not do the above things, according to the reports of the subordinates, there are various indications that this incident and the sudden gathering of Taixue students to make trouble, it must be the same person behind it. The Empress Dowager, these are not the most important things. Saying this, Lu Gongzhu deliberately paused, looked up, and the high on the throne was surging, seeing that she had no intention of stopping herself.

Lu Gongzhu continued: "Chen, I just heard the report from my subordinates, on the royal road, Su Shi came forward to stop and successfully stopped those troublesome students from moving forward. However, he later went to visit Sima Xianggong, but for some reason, Sima Xianggong's mansion suddenly closed the entire mansion. The minister guessed that Sima Xiang's guild would not be angry because of this. Empress Dowager Shengming, you must also know that when he was in Luoyang before, Sima Xianggong repaired books all the year round, and when he entered Beijing this time, his health was not very good, in case he ...... this time."

Speaking of this, Lu Gongshu stopped talking, because the meaning he wanted to express had already been fully said, and as for what happened, everyone would think worse about it.

Since Gao Taotao believes in Sima Guang so much, with him in front, he will definitely be able to divert the attention of the Empress Dowager.

Compared with the skills of slander, Wen Yanbo is really not the opponent of Lu Gongshu. After he said these gentle and clever words, he could completely shift Gao Tao's attention to the matter that Su Shi and Sima Guang might be sick because of this.

Sure enough, Gao Taotao did not continue to hold the two of them accountable, but frowned and asked without thinking: "Su Shi has just entered Beijing, and he has not come to see His Majesty, how could he stop those students who are too learned?" Moreover, why did he visit Sima Xianggong for no reason, and what was his intention? ”

In fact, just now, in Lu Gong's words, there was a small language trap, which Gao Tao was not aware of. However, Wen Yanbo heard it.

He had to secretly admire the cleverness of Lu Gong's book in his heart, and he also had to be surprised that this colleague was too well-informed. Listening to the meaning of his words, Sima Guang is not going to be angry, nine out of ten he will already be angry.

As for the language trap, it is also very simple, Lu Gongshu deliberately put the matter of Sima Guang being sick after Su Shi went to visit. Anyone who has heard these words, the first and most intuitive impression is that after Su Shi's visit, Sima Xianggong was sick. With Sima Guang's status in the heart of the Empress Dowager, Gao Tao must have hated this eventful Su Shi now.

Lu Gong was indeed very well prepared, and then said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, yesterday, the students in Taixue were still preparing for the exam. No one thought that they would suddenly gather early this morning to make trouble, and they also went to the royal road. By the time the ministers got the report, it was indeed too late. However, Wen Xiang and I have already sent men and horses to intercept them on the royal road. But this Su Shi ran out suddenly, he did calm down those students, but in the process of their conversation, Su Shi said something that he agreed with those students for making such a move. This is what was transcribed by the subordinates sent out by the minister at that time, and the content of Su Shi's conversation with those students at that time. Please take a look. ”

After speaking, Lu Gongshu took out the prepared fold from his sleeve and handed it to the palace maid beside Gao Taotao, and on top of the fold was indeed the detailed content of the conversation between Su Shi and the students copied by his subordinates. He didn't add oil and vinegar to it, and he didn't even use his own handwriting, but presented directly to Gao Tao what one of his most well-documented subordinates had written.

Of course, it was because the time was too tight, so when this subordinate recorded, it was not so neatly written.

"Empress Dowager Qiqi, among today's officials, there are many ministers who are from that faction, and besides, there are even more ministers like Su Shi who sympathize with these troublemaking students. Therefore, the reason why the two of us got the news that the Taixue students were making trouble so late was because someone deliberately delayed it. This point, I will investigate it in detail after Lu Xiang and I go down. Wen Yanbo interjected.

He chose the best time to deliberately delay the two of them, wanting to make a big deal directly on the heads of Su Shi and those law changers.

Gao Taotao took Lu Gong's recital, read it carefully twice, and Lu Gongzhu was careful and presented the content of the conversation recorded by his subordinates directly to her, otherwise, Gao Taotao would not necessarily believe the nonsense of the two.

After pondering for a while, Gao Taotao broke the silence first, and she first ordered: "Calm down!" Come, give a seat. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" The two of them stood up and thanked them.

After sitting down, Gao Tao asked, "Two Aiqing, as far as you know, who did these two things, and what is the purpose of doing this?" Gao Tao asked, in fact, she already had her own answer in her heart, and asking the two of them was just to say it through the mouths of the two of them, and to confirm her own thoughts.

This time, it was Wen Yanbo who took the lead, and he said his analysis of these two incidents: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the minister thinks that if you just look at the matter of scattering leaflets, on the surface, it seems to be the handiwork of that little Taoist, because he has already done such a thing before." However, the others had already left Beijing, and before leaving, they drove all their subordinates out of Bianliang City, and all the students in that school were scattered. There is no force at all.

So, even if he had the heart to do it, he was no longer able to do it.

What's more, as far as the second thing is concerned, he doesn't have the ability to influence those students in the entire Taixue.

Also, just throwing leaflets alone can't spread this matter so quickly, the key is that those who distort the facts everywhere in Bianliang City and arbitrarily interpret the contents of those two pieces of paper, although he has money, he can't find so many scholars who are willing to do it for him for money, and are likely to be questioned for it. Moreover, according to the report below, those who interpret it all seem to have the same title - Liu Gongzi. Isn't that too obvious? ”

In Lu Gongshu's heart, he looked down on Wen Yanbo a little.