Yang Yiqing resigned, but Zhu Houxi naturally did not allow it. Under Yang Yiqing's hint, under Zhu Houxi's general direction, the courtiers who saw the wind and made the rudder began to attack Zhang Zhang. Zhang Xuan did not fight the crowd like he did in the great ceremony before, and he was brave and invincible. Of course, this is also because this is not in the field of etiquette that he is good at, so Zhang Xuan was defeated. Zhu Houxi issued an order and ordered Zhang Xuan to go home to recuperate.

Zhang Xuan was defeated, and ran to the Lu Mansion in despair, Lu Bingzheng was at home looking at the documents sent by Shen Yeshan and Duan Qingfeng this month, and when he heard that Zhang Xuan was visiting, he hurriedly went to greet him. Zhang Xuan sat down on the chair with a sad face and said: "Hey, Brother Lu Bing, I found that as long as I get involved with you, you will definitely be promoted and rich, I am absolutely down, are you defeating me." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Bing smiled and poured tea for Zhang Xuan and said, Zhang Xuan glanced at Lu Bing and said: "I don't believe that you are a ghost and a ghost, I don't know what happened, I was kicked out of the court by the emperor, just to help you participate in Yang Yiqing." ”

"That's it?" Lu Bing said: "What should I do, my brother, don't be afraid, the emperor is just angry for a while, I will enter the palace to ask to see the emperor, and let him take back your order as soon as possible and let you reinstate your official position." Didn't you say okay, let's work together inside and outside, you attack Yang Yiqing, I'm responsible for saving you, hehe. In fact, Brother Mao Gong, think about it, Yang Yiqing is an old minister in the court, why should the saint give him a little thin noodles, you sued him, and now he is countering. Now the emperor asked you to go back to recuperate, firstly, to give Yang Yiqing face, and secondly, to protect you, otherwise you would not be eaten to death by Yang Yiqing, an old ghost. This kind of face-saving work is over, rest assured that the situation will not last, I don't think you should go anywhere, why go back to your hometown. Just stay in my house, and soon you will be invited back. Don't forget, you're also a hero of the Great Rite Event. Without Yang Yiqing, the Holy Emperor would not be able to sit on the throne, and without you Zhang Xuan, would the Holy Power be so firmly in his hands?! ”

"You can't say that, you can't say that, it's a rebellious statement. But then again, after you say that, I seem to have a little bottom in my heart. Yes. Brother, I'll leave this matter to you, don't let me down. Zhang Xuan said with satisfaction.

Lu Bing hugged his fists and said, "Just take a look." ”

Sure enough, within a month's effort, Zhang Xuan was recalled to the DPRK and Central China, and he was still a cabinet scholar. Zhang Xuan had no skin or face, and he didn't feel ashamed at all when he came back. When you see someone, you still greet whom, and you don't know what it means to be low-key. However, Lu Bing specially told Zhang Xuan not to settle accounts afterwards, which would make the people who instinctively became his allies leave one after another.

In fact, Lu Bing's reason for persuading Zhu Houxi to let Zhang Xuan come back is very simple. Don't chill the hearts of supporters, Zhang Xuan typically erects a formal endorsement for those who obey me and those who oppose me, so it needs to be recalled to let others know that only supporting the emperor is the only way to get promoted and make a fortune and even survive.

While everything was going according to plan, bad news came from Xindu in Sichuan, and Yang Tinghe had passed away two months ago. Lu Bing was shocked, Yang Tinghe was still fine a few months ago, why did his body suddenly fail now, and he died so soon.

Local taxation and economic policies, as well as incumbent officials and civil affairs, are the first things that Lu Bing's intelligence network needs to transmit, and Yang Ting and Lu Bing have not sent anyone to keep an eye on them. This news was also learned through normal channels. It took more than two months to get the news. This made Lu Bing a little sad. Thinking of the battle between himself and Zhu Houxi and Yang Tinghe, and thinking of the later work together in the same boat, chatting about the past and the present, although he knew that birth, old age, sickness and death were the normal feelings of people, Lu Bing's mood couldn't help but become heavy again.

Yang Ting and death are strange, when they met a few months ago. Lu Bing did not find the hidden dangers of Yang Tinghe's body, but now he died of illness, and according to the symptoms, he seems to have died of ash. It is understandable that you have typhoid fever or something like that when you are older, you will die of the epidemic. As everyone knows, Yang Tinghe did not live in the mountains, how could he be infected by carbon-like bacteria and get sick, and after investigation, there was no large-scale epidemic plague in Xindu, Sichuan. So how did Yang Tinghe get sick, when Lu Bing saw Yang Tinghe by day, it should be the incubation period of the source of the disease, but Lu Bing didn't find it at that time.

Suddenly, a ridiculous idea came into Lu Bing's thoughts, could it be that Yang Tinghe was killed by Mi Thirteen because he told him the news of Mi Thirteen?! Then why didn't they attack themselves, what was the purpose of attacking Yang Ting and such an old man who was already at home and had no political role, was it just to take revenge? This group of people is either crazy or crazy.

For this headless case, Lu Bing couldn't grasp the clue at all, so he could only make plans after refuting Yang Yiqing and defeating Mi 13.

On the second day, when he went to court, Yang Yiqing submitted his resignation again, and Zhang Zhang's face turned green. Isn't this forcing Zhang Xuan to death, as soon as Zhang Xuan came back, Yang Yiqing asked for his resignation, and the last time he asked for resignation, he forced Zhang Xuan to leave, wouldn't he have to be taken away this time. Yang Yiqing is a big god, how can Zhang Xuan be able to resist it.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was very interesting, and the literati also gave birth to a pair of strange bones, which were as ever-changing as the battlefield. The people who originally supported Yang Yiqing are now a little overwhelmed, thinking that Yang Yiqing is a bit of a stand, and they also feel that Yang Yiqing is a little too deceitful to Zhang Zhang, the rules are not played like this, how can they leave a way for Zhang Zhang to live, if he fights down, he will fight down, how can he still kill them all? So he began to investigate Yang Yiqing and criticized Yang Yiqing. Lu Bing thought that Yang Yiqing was pretending to be a high school and asking for a leave, but after a survey among the people around him, he was shocked to find that he really had no intention of going, which couldn't help but make Lu Bing a little surprised, what is this doing?

Yang Yiqing is such a smart person who should see that Lu Bing instructed Zhang Xuan to sue him, and he had defeated Zhang Xuan by resigning before. As for why Lu Bing targeted Yang Yiqing, he should know very well in his heart, and if it was really an assassin sent by him, then Yang Yiqing should also be vigilant and ready for the assassination after the assassination failed, instead of putting down the power in his hand now and being slaughtered by others.

Could it be that the murderer is not Yang Yiqing, or is it the ** array set up by Yang Yiqing again?

Yang Yiqing resigned and went home, but instead of listening to the false accusations of others and causing Yang Yiqing's crimes, the emperor Zhu Houxi rewarded some treasures and so on. Lu Bing sent someone to secretly investigate Yang Yiqing, keeping an eye on his every move to prevent him from making other moves.

At the beginning of the ninth year of Jiajing, that is, two months after Qi Jingtong was born, Lu Bing went to find Qi Jingtong after he finished his duty. Qi Jingtong got the order and was transferred to Dengzhou to serve as the commander of Dengzhou Wei, although this official position is not high, compared to the current official position in the capital, it is not promoted but demoted, but it can finally fulfill filial piety under his mother's knees.

Parting is approaching, Lu Bing has experienced so many partings and farewells, and he knows how to cherish the people around him, so he has often been with Qi Jingtong recently. Qi Jiguang, this kid likes Lu Bing very much, and this kid often grins at Lu Bing, and he is quite close to Lu Bing.

Lu Bing was holding the child, but he was urinated on his hand, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's so urine." ”

"That is, and I don't see whose son it is." Qi Jingtong said happily, this year Qi Jingtong is fifty-six years old, his hair is gray, Qi Jingtong took the child from Lu Bing's hands, gave it to the nurse and said, "Feiyan should also give birth, right?" ”

"Well, it's been this month, and it looks like it's supposed to be a boy. He and his brothers are okay, they are stepping on their shoulders, the age difference is not big, you will be in Dengzhou in the future, if I also resign and go back, how close our brothers are, they can also play together when they are of the same age, and let them become brothers. Lu Bing said.

Qi Jingtong nodded and said, "That's nature." By the way, what are Xueqing's younger brothers and sisters doing, didn't they say that they came to eat at noon, why haven't they come yet? ”

Lu Bing smiled and said: "She is busier than me now, she is not at home every day, and there are officials' wives and Xue Qing everywhere." Don't say it, from poetry to domino games, she is proficient in everything. When I went to the street that day, I saw an official greeting me, and I didn't remember who that person was for a long time, but Xue Qing secretly told me all his information on the side. It's not an exaggeration at all, it's almost clear who has the surname of the eighteenth generation of the ancestors. ”

"Hahahaha, with this virtuous help, why worry about you Lu Bing not being promoted and making a fortune." Qi Jingtong also laughed and said: "You are really married, Shandong's business is so well taken care of for you, the officialdom can still take the lady's route, and the wind-blown wind at the head of the bed is more effective than any gold and silver treasures." You see that I have only seen your wife a few times in my family, and I will never forget it, and I will make it a close friend, which shows that Xueqing is loved by everyone and has infinite charm. ”

"That's that, that's to be returned to you in a different way, and you don't look at whose lady it is." Lu Bingxi said.

The two talked and laughed for a while, and a pedestrian came to report it, and Qi Jingtong went out to sign and read the documents. The child was taken away, and there was only Qi Jingtong's concubine Wang in the house, although it was a concubine, she had to be called a sister-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law was like a mother and a little brother-in-law, and she couldn't joke. The ancients had many rules, and in order to avoid suspicion, Lu Bing walked towards the backyard, ready to see the flowers and plants of Qi Jingtong's house.

As soon as he arrived in the backyard, he saw Qi Jingtong running over in a hurry, grabbed Lu Bing's arm and said, "Come with me to the front hall, something happened." Lu Bing looked down and couldn't help but be surprised, Qi Jingtong's body was full of blood, but it was obviously not Qi Jingtong's, so he hurriedly ran to the front hall with Qi Jingtong.

On a wooden chair in the antechamber, a man squinted on a wooden chair, covered in wounds, like a bloody man. Lu Bing's heart sank, and he walked to the man's side in three steps and two steps and asked, "What's wrong with Wei and you?" ”