Silent crying, hooked a lot of Jinyiwei's thoughts, they recalled the time when the governor was there, the brothers BMW light fur, happy and enmity, and thought of such a good day, it must be gone forever, now they are like a group of motherless children, and they don't know how to be unlucky, for a while sadness came from it, they all cried loudly, and the cry reached the sky...... That night, Shen Mo stayed at Lu's house to keep a guard for Lu Bing, in addition to Lu Bing's family, all the people in the capital in the Thirteen Taibao were also in the mourning hall to guard filial piety.

The mourning shed was pierced with the wind, and in the middle of the night the north wind whined, and the inside was as cold as the outside, and although Shen Mo wore a cotton jacket, his teeth still chattered.

At this time, someone draped a quilt on his back, and silently looked back to see that it was Zhu Jiuye. Gratefully, he wrapped the quilt tightly and asked softly, "Ninth Master, how did my senior brother go?" It was fine last month. ”

Zhu Jiu's face changed when he heard this, he shook his head, and whispered: "Lord Shen, this matter is unspeakable, let's wait for the results of the investigation in Dongchang." ”

Shen Mo asked softly, "Could it be that the sky has changed?" ”

Zhu Jiu smiled bitterly, lowered his voice and said, "That's not enough, but in short, it's better to be careful." He said vaguely, but Shen Mo could understand what he meant, the status of the emperor's spy force like Jinyiwei depends on how the saint is, and now that the strongest commander in their history is dead, there is no one who can replace his position, so it is almost a foregone conclusion that Jinyiwei will flourish and decline. And on the side of the East Factory, without Lu Bing's strong suppression, he will definitely be relieved, and he will open his teeth and claws again, and he will not be able to return to the sad situation of Jinyiwei being clamped down by the East Factory.

At this kind of internal panic, it was really embarrassing for Zhu Jiuye to say something in front of everyone.

smiled silently and understood, and stopped asking. It was easy to stay up until dawn, and he could go home to sleep, he rubbed his sour limbs, got up from the ground, and was just about to go out, but he heard a burst of chickens and dogs jumping at the door, and then saw a group of people break straight into the mourning hall!

led the crowd to invade the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion with weapons, if Lu Bing was still there, no one would dare, but now that he is dead, someone will dare.

I saw that among the visitors, the leader wore a round hat, soap boots, and a brown shirt; The rest of the people all wore pointed hats, white leather boots, brown clothes, and tied small tapestry, this costume has disappeared in the capital for a long time, so they are silent and don't recognize it, but for Jinyiwei, it is extremely dazzling, because this is the uniform of Dongchang Fanzi.

Just like the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife are the symbols of Jinyiwei, these peaked hats and white leather boots are also the symbols of Dongchang Fanzi. Dongchang has never disappeared, even if Lu Bing was alive, they were still active in the capital, but you will never see this kind of costume, because in order to please Lu Taibao, they all put on flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives.

But now that Lu Bing is dead, they will 'pick up my embroidered spring knife and wear my old clothes', and change back to the original pointed hat and white leather boots! The meaning contained in this is really difficult for the people of Jinyiwei to accept.

But the more unacceptable thing was still to come, so I heard the leader of the head say loudly: "Listen to the people of Jinyiwei, the factory driver has arrived, and he still doesn't kneel to greet him!" As soon as the words fell, I saw the fans separated left and right, and a eunuch wearing a big red python robe appeared, which was the chief of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi and the eunuch Chen Hong of the Admiral Dongchang.

I saw that Chen Hong's fair horse face was full of arrogant expression, and he glanced at the thirteen Taibao wearing linen and filial piety from the corner of his eye, and then looked up at the sky.

"Are you all deaf? On your knees! Seeing this, the head snorted, snapped, and shook the whip in his hand.

Zhu Jiu and the others showed resentment, and they all looked at the head of the Thirteen Taibao, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Da, Zhu Da saluted Chen Hong with an embarrassed face: "It turned out to be Gonggong Chen, do you always come to mourn our Grand Governor?" ”

As if he hadn't heard it, Chen Hong still raised his head and looked at the sky.

Zhu Da glanced at Lu Bing's eldest son, Lu Gang, meaning, you have to say something, you can't lose face to the Metropolitan Governor no matter what.

Lu Gang was not afraid of Dongchang, so he stood up and said: "If Gonggong Chen comes to worship his father, please offer incense in front of the spirit, and if there is anything else, please come back another day." ”

Chen Hong's gaze changed to level gaze, and he arched his hand casually: "It turned out to be the eldest prince, of course our family is here to hang filial piety." ”

There was a crisp chime ...... the bell. Chen Hong walked to Lu Bing's spirit, looking at the sandalwood tablet with black letters on a blue background, he actually felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, as if Lu Bing was sitting in the coffin, smiling at himself.

Chen Hong hurriedly shook his head and cheered himself up: "What is there to be afraid of a dead tiger? Having said that, he still picked up a bouquet of incense, lit it in front of the candle, and inserted it in front of the spirit respectfully, but he didn't dare to look at the tablet again, so he turned around and said to Lu Gang and Lu Lun: "Lu Taibao died young, the emperor is heartbroken, and our family is also very sad. ”

There was another chime sound, and the filial son kowtowed to the guests, and it stands to reason that Chen Hong should leave, but he still stood there, his eyes swept over the thirteenth Taibao with a complicated look and said: "The emperor has ordered Dongchang to find out the reason for Lu Taibao's violent death, in order to facilitate the investigation, please do not leave the capital, and follow the rumors," paused and said: "Don't be on an errand for the time being, first concentrate your efforts and find out the matter clearly." ”

Zhu Da frowned when he heard this: "Factory father, each of us has an important position, a big mess, if we are all resting at home, in case of chaos, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

Chen Hong glanced at him and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, the miscellaneous family will send someone to take care of it...... Don't worry, I won't swallow your power, when it is clear, there will be no suspicion, and it will naturally be handed over to you again. "Can you bring back the meat that was sent to the wolf's mouth? Dream on!

But the thirteen Taibao, who were flying in the air, were all dumbfounded at this moment, silently listening to Chen Hong's orders, silently watching him leave, and from beginning to end, he didn't dare to say a word.

Until Chen Hong and the people from Dongchang went, the Thirteenth Taibao was still stunned like a clay sculpture, until someone suddenly turned around, knelt in front of Lu Bingling and cried: "Metropolitan Governor, open your eyes and see what the children have been bullied into?!" This sentence aroused the grief and indignation of the people, and they all knelt there and wept loudly.

This scene was really sad for those who heard it and cried for those who saw it, which made Shen Ming, who had been watching from the sidelines, feel extremely heavy. He glanced at the mansion, which seemed to be inevitably decaying.

'Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water, Waves Sweeping Away Heroes. Success or failure turned empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red and red ...... several times' Yang Sheng'an's swan song suddenly floated in his silent heart, and finally understood that if he had not experienced the ups and downs of life and death, he would not have had such a great understanding.

When he left the Lu Mansion, he saw Zhu Jiu standing at the door and said, "I'll give the adults a ride." ”

Shen Mo nodded and got into Zhu Jiu's carriage, which galloped on the wide streets of Yanjing City, making all eyeliner stalkers useless.

Seeing that the dignified Jinyi Wei Shun Tianfu Qianhu, on his own territory, was so cautious, Shen Mo said with some sadness: "I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the world was turned upside down." ”

"Upside down?" Zhu Jiupin sighed at this word for a long time before he sighed: "Yes, for those of us, falling from the clouds into the mud is indeed earth-shaking. ”

Shen Mo sighed secretly, and said that I was no better, so he returned to the topic and asked, "My senior brother is so decent, how can he be a violent pawn?" When I saw him last month, he was fine. ”

"Your Excellency, see for yourself." Zhu Jiu took out a notebook from his arms and said: "This is the transcript of our Dadu Governor's Chronicles, which is exactly the same as the one he wrote himself, recording the changes in his body in the past month. ”

Shen Mo took it, opened it and looked at it from the first page, only to see that it was written: 'On October 17, the Holy Lord gave the elixir Dragon and Tiger Pill, and ordered Weichen to take it first. Seeing this, Shen Mo suddenly felt extremely ridiculous, he couldn't imagine that Jiajing would let his close ministers try it before taking drugs, he was quite afraid of death, but he didn't care about other people's surnames.

Then he turned the second page and found that the emperor was anxious to know the effect of Lu Bing's trial, so the day after he gave the medicine, he asked him how he felt after taking the medicine. Lu Bing couldn't delay now, so he had to start taking it on the same day, and at the same time gradually reported the reaction after taking the medicine...... Shen Mo couldn't help but feel a little sad, the best man with three dukes and three orphans was forced to test the emperor's medicine, no matter how big this kind of official is, what's the point?

Turning to the chronicle of October 20, I saw that it was written: "The emperor asked: 'Surrender to the second Danjing, but what is the feeling?' The minister said: "The minister took the medicine according to the law, and there was a slight flatulence in his abdomen, and he visited the place of reincarnation of grains several times at night, and he didn't feel anything else." Chen Wen Fan medicine does not have to be fast-acting, long-term nourishment, its effect is greater, Rong Chen continued to take it, to see the after-effect. ”

Twenty-two said: 'The minister has taken ten pills in a row, and after taking it, he feels that if there is something in the umbilicus and abdomen, it is the same as the previous time. But up to the chest, it seems to be full. The minister can see this grain, it is made of cinnabar, there are silver stars like mercury, the taste is less sweet, it seems to be brewed with jujubes, and it is thought to be a combination of lead and mercury to become a Dan. I don't know what to do now, I don't know what the future will be? ’

Twenty-eight said: 'The ministers are coming, feeling the umbilicus to the top, there is often heat that does not dissipate, the whole body is itchy and abnormal, can not be endured, every night is over, its itching only stops......

During this period, Lu Bing wrote: "All medicines should not be overdosed, and they will stop when they are effective." If there is too much, even if it is suitable, it will also turn harmful, and the medicine of this herb and tree is the same. As for lead and mercury, it is a golden stone and the like, and the surname is already hot. The subordinate is not suitable for light service, and he is afraid of this. The ministers said that when they felt the umbilicus to the top, there was often heat that did not disperse, so they knew the weight of the medicine, and His Majesty should be cautious. It can be seen that at this time, Lu Bing also retreated.

However, on the second day of the first month of November, Lu Bing happily recorded: "Today, the irritability has decreased slightly, the itching has stopped, and it seems that the test has passed. After that, he was unharmed for several days, until the fifth day of the first month of November, when suddenly there was this record: "After taking the medicine, I became short of breath, weak, and had a splitting headache; The tip of the tongue and mouth were numb, and the mouth and nose began to bleed......"

The record came to an abrupt end, but the silence could completely imagine the tragic situation of Lu Bing's sudden death in pain, because the date of his death was the fifth day of the first lunar month.

After reading the book, Shen Mo handed it back to Zhu Jiu, but he refused: "Please keep this book." ”

"Why?" Shen Mo asked softly.

"You also know the cause of the death of the Metropolitan Governor," Zhu Jiu said: "That's why Your Majesty will let the people from Dongchang come to investigate, what I am afraid of is that the truth will be revealed to the world and become a laughing stock for the ages." ”

Hearing this, Shen Mo nodded slightly, the emperor asked the closest courtiers to test the medicine, and as a result, the minister was drugged to death, no matter what the original was, it was an out-and-out scandal, and it would definitely be talked about, this is the Jiajing Emperor who wants to save face, and he can't accept it no matter what.

"I hope that the adults can keep it and return the Jinyi Guard to a clean slate when the time comes!" Zhu Jiu said angrily: "Otherwise, the world still thinks that we are so incompetent that we can't even protect our own governor, so that he can be easily killed by others." It seems that he has expected that the final result will definitely be to clear up the relationship in the palace, so that no matter who is to blame, Jinyiwei will not be able to escape responsibility.

Because there are only things given by the emperor, Jinyiwei can't inspect them, and they have no responsibility, and the rest of the things that are given to Lu Bing through any means have to be held accountable if something goes wrong...... Shen Mo nodded, his face became more and more solemn, Zhu Jiu thought that he was shocked by the truth of the matter, but he didn't know that what he was worried about was another matter, another person, but he couldn't easily ask, otherwise he would cause trouble.

After getting out of Zhu Jiu's carriage and returning home, he said to Sanchi silently: "You go to Liulichang and buy me a set of good sacrificial utensils, I want to worship my senior brother's tablet at home." He lowered his voice and said, "The point is, pay attention on the road, the bull's nose in Qingyang Guan, is it okay now." ”

Three feet should go down, just about to go out, but was silently stopped and instructed: "Don't get out of the car, don't slow down, just look at the carriage from afar." ”

Sanchi couldn't help but tremble and said, "My lord, is the situation corrupted?" ”

"It's not that serious," Shen Mo smiled reluctantly, "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." ”

Three feet later, sat back in the study silently, and ordered someone to 'invite Mr. Li to come', Li Shizhen was dragged in the capital because he wanted to treat King Yu's illness, and he was dragged in the capital and could not leave, so he returned to his hometown silently, and still let him live in the house, and left guards to protect him.

Li Shizhen had been busy with his Compendium of Materia Medica, and he didn't know the earth-shaking changes outside, and when he saw Shen Mo, he said strangely: "Why did you come back?" ”

"Lu Bing is dead." Shen Mo leaned back in his chair, and he didn't have the strength to say a word more, so he handed the note to Li Shizhen and said, "Please take a look, what's going on?" ”

Li Shizhen was stunned for a while, then immediately calmed down, and began to look through the records, and after reading most of it, he shook his head and said: "Judging from the performance, what he is taking should be a nourishing elixir, and it should not poison the immortal...... Seeing the back, he is even more sure of his judgment: "His body has adapted to that kind of tonic, even if he takes it for a long time, there will be no big problem." But when he turned to the last page, he was stunned and said, "Heding Hong!" This is clearly the manifestation of Heding Red after poisoning! ”

Shen Mo frowned and asked, "Did you take it for a long time and accumulate to a certain extent, or did you take it suddenly on the fifth day of the new year?" ”

"Seizures." Li Shizhen was very sure: "If you assume that all the pills have a uniform Heding red, and he will take a small amount of poison every day, then after three or five days, there should be obvious symptoms, such as dyspnea, rapid pulse, severe dermatitis, and hair loss, which is the manifestation of slow surname poisoning." "But none of these symptoms appeared, but on the fifth day of the first month, he showed serious sudden poisoning, which should not be caused by long-term use, but by taking a large amount of poison at one time." ”

"Should?" Shen Mo asked, "Or is it certain?" ”

"Definitely." Li Shizhen said categorically: "It must be like this." ”

"Could it be that the pill itself is fine, but it has been poisoned in other ways?" Shen Mo asked softly, but he vetoed again: "Except for this one that can make Lu Bing unguarded, how can the rest of the poisonous things flow into the mouth of the Metropolitan Governor of Jinyiwei." As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's really strange." ”

"Check the rest of the pills and see if there are any?" Li Shizhen said.

"How could you possibly be able to see it?" Shen Mo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "As soon as the matter happened, Dongchang immediately withdrew all the pills, and not a single pill was allowed to flow out." ”

"Then we will have to wait for their results." Li Shizhen got up and said, "You don't need me, then I'll go back." ”

nodded silently, looking at Li Shizhen's departing back, he was extremely envious in his heart, he felt that Li Shizhen was much happier than himself, at least he didn't have to worry about it all day long, just concentrate on doing one thing well.

Later, Sanchi came back and whispered: "Qingyang Temple has been sealed, and none of the Quanzhen Sect Taoist priests who live in it have been left behind, and they have all been sent to the prison of Dongchang!" ”

Shen Mo was even more worried when he heard this, and secretly shouted: "Lan Dao is in danger!" ’

(To be continued)