Before the routine meeting once a day in the political affairs hall, Jiang Yueguang, the head of the Hanlin Academy, whispered to Zhu Jizuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was sitting beside him.

"It's been half a month since Wei Guogong came back, why hasn't there been any sign of a storm in Nanjing?"

Jiang Yueguang and Zhu Jizuo have a very good personal relationship, so many things are not taboo, but Zhu Jizuo gave him a blank look, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic, isn't it good that there is no wind and rain?" Now looking at the chaos in the world, there are not a few pure lands left! ”

There was a bit of desolation in the last sentence. Jiang Yueguang disagreed, and still insisted on his opinion, "Zhang Li and the thieves are just some small elbows and armpits, the court will calm them sooner or later, but the troubles of the henchmen can't be ignored!" ”

The meaning of the words is so strong that even a fool can hear who he is hinting at who his henchmen are. Zhu Jizuo immediately made a silent movement, and then glanced at the ministers in the political hall a few times with the corner of his eye, and saw that no one paid attention to them, so he whispered: "Brother Jiang, stop a little, don't you look at how many of those who are embarrassed by the town marquis have a good end?" And now you are rushing out with a roar, aren't you in a hurry to send you to death? ”

What do you mean by that? They didn't end well because their bodies were not right, I Jiang Yueguang had a clean breeze on his sleeves, and he never had a bad heart, so where did he come from? ”

In the end, Jiang Yueguang was a little excited, and even his voice couldn't help but raise a little. The last sentence "I'm afraid of where he came from" attracted the surprised eyes of all colleagues, but although Jiang Yueguang's grade is not low, he has always been a dispensable marginal figure in Nanjing Square, so everyone only glanced at him strangely and continued the previous topic, and did not take it to heart.

Jiang Yueguang was a little embarrassed by this sudden change, and he coughed dryly, trying to hide the embarrassment in his heart. Zhu Jizuo took the opportunity to remind him, "Remember that trouble comes from the mouth, Brother Jiang has always paid attention to the flies and dogs in the officialdom, and today he will also watch from the wall!" ”

Suddenly, Zhu Jizuo mysteriously approached Jiang Yueguang, and his voice was even lowered.

"To tell you the truth, I heard something I shouldn't have heard in the past few days, so I'll tell Brother Jiang today. Why hasn't Wei Guogong moved these days? That's because he has been strangled to death by the marquis, and now he can't even get out of the mansion! ”

"What?" Regarding Zhu Jizuo's words, Jiang Yueguang was willing to believe it easily, thinking that he was scolding him.

"Seven days ago, I personally visited Wei Guogong, everything is in order, where is there anything abnormal? Don't blame me! ”

Zhu Jizuo knew that he didn't want to believe it easily, and he was afraid that this old stubborn donkey would hit him headlong and die without knowing whether he was alive or dead, so he gritted his teeth and told everything he knew: "This matter is highly confidential in Nanjing, if it weren't for my brother living on the side of the Wei Mansion, I am afraid that I don't know, he once saw a large number of soap Li gathered outside the door of the Wei Mansion, and later although they all changed into civilian clothes, they can still be identified at a glance, who is it aimed at." ”

When these words came out, Jiang Yueguang was difficult to digest for a while, and tried to find out the flaws in Zhu Jizuo's lie, and Zhu Jizuo continued: "Moreover, there is something even more appalling, what they do is not to monitor the Wei Mansion, but to control the entry and exit of the Wei Mansion, and the people in the mansion are only allowed to go out but not enter. Even the people who transport rice, flour and vegetables can't get in, I'm afraid that the current Wei Mansion has run out of food!

"How daring!"

Jiang Yueguang subconsciously slapped the table, which attracted frequent sideways glances, but most of the eyes cast were dissatisfied and contemptuous. This Jiang Yueguang has always been unfriendly with his colleagues, not sociable, stinky and hard in speech, and maverick in his actions, so others regard him as an outlier. Only this Zhu Jizuo has always been grateful and forbearance to him because he had been favored by him at the beginning.

In fact, Zhu Jizuo had all good intentions, but unfortunately Jiang Yueguang couldn't understand it, and even looked at his only old friend with suspicious eyes to see if he ignored the literati style and cast for Li Xin, who was born as a thief.

But looking at Zhu Jizuo's serious and solemn appearance, Jiang Yueguang's suspicion and scrutiny lasted only a moment, and he already believed most of it.

"Are you saying that the Marquis of Zhenyu has already made a move against Wei Guogong? Still hiding from the officials in Nanjing? When he asked the last sentence, even his voice trembled freely. In his eyes, Li Xin is a thing, but he is a martial artist who was born as a horse thief, taking advantage of the fact that Wei Guogong is not in Nanjing to make trouble in the wind and rain, Wei Guogong plus two hundred years of Guogong, Jiangmen has a deep background, as long as he returns to Nanjing, he will be able to easily clean up this person. Even if the Taiping Mansion was defeated, after all, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, so he was convinced of this until a moment ago.

Jiang Yueguang has been jumping up and down in the past few days, encouraging the students to make some small moves, just to speculate, and he naturally knows what the cold bench tastes like for many years. As an official, if he doesn't want to hold power in his hands, it would be a lie, but the reality is the opposite, so more often he can only use the anachronism of that belly as a hard armor to disguise himself.

It was Li Xin's misdeeds, the return of Wei Guogong, and the ambiguous attitude of the officials that made Jiang Yueguang seem to see an opportunity to come out, although he had assessed the risks more than once, but after all, he still believed that the probability of success was extremely high. But he never expected that Zhu Jizuo would confide such appalling news to him, which made him unacceptable in a short period of time no matter what.

"Could it be that Wei Guogong is waiting to be killed? There's no way to deal with it? ”

Zhu Jizuo's face seemed to have palpitations, "How can you not fight back?" As my brother said, even the deputy general Ding Huai entered the city, but he was later captured by Ying Tianfu, and he may still be locked up in Ying Tianfu Prison now! ”

It's the other way around, it's the other way around! Is this a mutiny? The grandfather of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years said that he was imprisoned, and the deputy general who led the troops said that he would be arrested, he admitted that he realized it later, and the news channel was blocked, but the noses of the hundred officials were more than cat Turin, couldn't they hear the wind at all?

Jiang Yueguang knew that Zhu Jizuo would never make such an assertion casually, in other words, the reason why he used this secret matter to persuade himself was that he also affirmed the truth of this matter. Jiang Yueguang once again glanced at the ministers in the political hall, and saw that they were talking and laughing, and there seemed to be no abnormality. He felt that his cognition for many years had been subverted, and the warriors were in turmoil, and it was when the ministers of the bones stepped forward and raised their arms to shout, how could these people act as if they didn't care about themselves?

Although Jiang Yueguang, who came to this conclusion, felt heartbroken, he still weighed the severity of the matter. Suddenly frightened by his reckless behavior in the past, he broke out in a cold sweat, and in just a moment, he was on pins and needles.

What to do? What to do? At this moment, Jiang Yueguang kept asking himself this question in his heart, since Li Xin even dared to move Wei Guogong, who else did he dare not move? Jiang Yueguang remembered the small actions he had made against Li Xin before, and suddenly remembered the former Ying Tianfu Yin He Kegang, although this person was idle for a while after his resignation, he was finally caught in prison with an excuse a few days ago, which was miserable. Until now, people in the officialdom have sighed when they talk about this person, straight and impermanent, what a beautiful scenery this person was at the beginning, and he even has today.

At the beginning, Jiang Yueguang didn't think so, thinking that the officials in Nanjing were all short-sighted, and as long as Wei Guogong returned to Nanjing, He Kegang would definitely be acquitted. Only now does he know where those colleagues were in the past, and it was clearly himself!

And He Kegang's experience made Jiang Yueguang even more panicked, he was still in the high hall, and his children and grandchildren were around his knees, if he really got involved in that unfathomable whirlpool because of Wei Guogong's affairs, wouldn't it be ...... At this moment, Jiang Yueguang has completely regretted that he was blinded by lard for a while, why did he put himself in danger for the sake of those illusory scenery and power? Once, he is also concocted by Li Xinru, and the family may not be ruined.

It was the four words that made Jiang Yueguang shudder fiercely, suddenly bounced up, and strode towards the door of the political hall.

Zhu Jizuo was taken aback by Jiang Yueguang's sudden movements, "Seeing that the time has come, what are you going to do?" ”

"The pain in my abdomen is unbearable, go first!" Jiang Yueguang found a reason for this, and left in a panic.

Out of the political hall, the early autumn wind cooled the sweat on the door of the head, and then the mind came to his senses. It is said that Li Xin's eyes will be revenged, and he is targeting him behind his back, I am afraid that he has already been on the list of this person's blows, how can he reverse this unfavorable situation for himself?

Today, Jiang Yueguang still cares about the style of the literati, and his mind is full of how to protect himself. He kept under his feet, walked along the road, and suddenly slapped his thigh as if he was slapping his thigh, and cried with joy: "How did you forget this method?" ”

The Jiang family outside the gate had already seen Master Zijia, and hurriedly carried the sedan chair up.

"The master came out early today, is this going home?"

Jiang Yueguang suddenly came back to his senses and said categorically: "No, you can wait here, the old man still has important matters." ”

The family secretly wondered, why did the old man seem to be unruly today, and even a little panicked? These family members can follow their masters day by day, and they are all human slaves, and observing words and emotions is the most basic skill, so Jiang Yueguang's psychological state is meticulous in front of his own house slaves.

Jiang Yueguang decided not to go home for the time being, but turned around and went to the Hanlin Academy, he still has a henchman in the Hanlin Academy, and those Hanlin people should be his best lifeline. It is said that the bell must be tied to the bell, so how to punish the town of the marquis, where to bridge, isn't it an excellent idea?