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Hearing what the eunuch said, everyone was astonished.

"Father-in-law's intention, that Lu Jiu ......"

"Lu Jiu is naturally with our family." As he spoke, Eunuch Fang sighed. "That group of thieves obviously came prepared, our family and General Lu were ambushed halfway, there are thousands of thieves, General Lu is also serious, the battle is a bloody way to fight all night. The group of turtle kings and bastards of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, seeing that there was danger, ran faster than rabbits one by one, and threw down General Lu and our family to support him, if it weren't for General Lu's bravery, I'm afraid ...... When our family returns to the palace, we must be truthful and live ......"

The official couldn't help but ask: "What the father-in-law said about General Lu is Li Xin's subordinate Lu Jiu?" ”

Eunuch Fang rolled his triangular eyes, looked for the person who spoke disrespectfully in the crowd, and found that he didn't recognize this person, who was obviously a petty official who couldn't be on the stage, his face immediately became extremely ugly, and he reprimanded in a weird manner: "Is General Lu's name just what you call it?" We didn't ask you anything, so we stayed honestly. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the eunuch Fang was choked in the matter, and his face was red with anger, but it was not good to openly turn his face against him, and the mouth eunuch who couldn't offend anyone in these years had to swallow this evil breath raw.

Yang Sichang also understood that according to Eunuch Fang's description, Lu Jiu and Eunuch Gao went to suppress the thieves, and then fell into the ambush of more than a thousand thieves, and they escaped from danger after a night of fighting. But why did the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division say that Lu Jiu rebelled? Who's saying the truth?

"Father-in-law Fang, don't worry, where is General Lu now? Bring him to me. ”

Eunuch Fang felt the unusual atmosphere, from Yang Sichang to the official department, everyone seemed to be wary of him, especially Lu Jiu, and immediately became alarmed.

According to common sense, the focus of the ministers of the imperial court should be the war, not a small cavalry commander, but even Yang Sichang asked about Lu Jiu's situation, is there still some unknown secrets? Immediately the heart became anxious.

"Yang Xiang, could it be that something happened to Jingshi?"

Yang Sichang pondered for a moment and then said bluntly: "After the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division returned to the city, they said that Lu Jiu was plotting to rebel, and Long Live had already issued an order to order Admiral Fang to investigate this matter thoroughly!" ”

"What, what? Plotting, rebellion? How is this possible? ”

Eunuch Fang obviously didn't expect that the truth was that he and Lu Jiu were falsely accused of rebellion, and he looked at the ministers vigilantly.

"Then, then you, do you all believe the words of the turtle king bastards of the Five Cities Terracotta Division?"

"The stakes are big, and we should take it seriously. What is the truth, please ask your father-in-law to return to Beijing to confront the generals of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, presumably the truth should be revealed to the world! ”

Yang Sichang had already vaguely believed that Lu Jiu had fallen into the trap of the people behind the scenes, this eunuch was just an unlucky guy, and the people behind the scenes might really want to frame the horse thief Li Xin.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Fang became vigilant, so he wanted to go back to make peace with Lu Jiu before he felt safe, and the celebrant was in a-for-tat confrontation with the cabinet, and he did not do anything to harm the cabinet ministers, and at this time he was even more afraid that Yang Sichang would announce his personal vendetta and kill himself in the name of killing the traitorous party. Yang Sichang's methods of hoeing dissidents are ruthless, and who in the Manchu Dynasty does not know?

But it is obvious that Eunuch Fang is a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain. Yang Sichang not only did not declare personal vendettas, but also inquired in detail about what happened last night, and Eunuch Fang told the matter in detail with anxiety.

It turned out that last night, the soldiers and horses of the five cities wanted to go out of the city to chase down a group of homeless thieves, but they were short of manpower and had no combat experience. Therefore, he asked Fang Zhenghua, the commander of the Beijing camp, to borrow troops. Fang Zhenghua agreed, and immediately sent out the three hundred people of Lu Jiu, who had just been incorporated into the Beijing camp. At the same time, he also left a back hand and sent a confidant eunuch of his own to go with him.

Eunuch Fang and Lu Jiu led the troops to follow the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division out of the Desheng Gate for ten miles to the north, and then to the west for thirty miles, and finally encountered an ambush, but the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division fled from the battle, and they were almost wiped out. The cavalry under Lu Jiu's command was not killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and the ordinary rabble was not an opponent at all, even if there were thousands of thieves in this gang, they still stubbornly resisted and broke through.

In the end, Lu Jiu lost more than 100 people, escorted Eunuch Fang to break through successfully, and ran back and forth to the south for more than 100 miles before he could be regarded as asking for that gang of thieves.

Listening to what Eunuch Fang said, Yang Sichang felt that the situation was strict, if what Eunuch Fang said was true, then it would mean that the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division had colluded with people with ill intentions, and if this matter was not investigated, it would definitely be a big hidden danger to the safety of the Jingshi.

"Please ask my father-in-law and General Lu to go back to Beijing with me immediately to face the saint, and tell the emperor the truth, so as to clear the suspicion."

Eunuch Fang looked at Yang Sichang suspiciously, "You don't want to bring our family and General Lu together, kill people, and declare personal vendettas, right?" ”

Yang Sichang couldn't cry or laugh, he is also a cabinet scholar, how can the dignified minister know you like these small characters.

In the end, in the face of Eunuch Fang's nonsense, Yang Sichang had to take a send-off minister to be escorted by the Jingying staff general to go first, and Eunuch Fang and Lu Jiu followed far behind. At this time, Lu Jiu was wounded by more than ten knives and arrows, but the wounds on his body could not withstand the cold in his heart. More than 300 brothers lost half of this battle, and only a little more than 100 people remained, how could he explain to the thirteenth brother? How to explain to the brothers who followed him all the way to the north and south? It's just that it's too late to say anything now, and Lu Jiu swore more than once in his heart that as long as he found out the mastermind behind the scenes, he would definitely return a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood.

Back in Beijing, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were in disbelief, Yang Sichang went to see off Fu Zonglong, the outgoing secretary of the military department, who had returned to his hometown, but brought back the protagonist Lu Jiu, who was in rebellion.

When Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, learned that Lu Jiu was brought back to Beijing, he attached great importance to it, and personally interrogated Eunuch Fang and Lu Jiu.

After listening to the original story of the incident, Zhu Youzhen felt even more unbelievable, and he was also extremely angry, the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division is an important paramilitary force responsible for the security of the Beijing Division, and there are people here who dare to blatantly frame the Beijing camp, it is really bold, if it is used by someone with a heart, it is not impossible to carry out a palace change.

In anger, Zhu Youzhen immediately ordered the arrest of the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and Yin of Shuntian Mansion was dismissed and investigated. Hundreds of people were circled by the people who were related to it, and all of them were immediately arrested and imprisoned. At the same time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple were ordered to try the case.

Zhu Youzhen also became suspicious of Jinyiwei, and in the end, the only force that could be trusted was Dongchang. Immediately, he ordered Cao Huachun to be reinstated as the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of Bingbi, and was also in charge of the imperial horse eunuch, and at the same time he was in charge of the Dongchang, and all the arrest and investigation matters were under his command.

Cao Huachun acted vigorously and resolutely, and really did not disappoint the emperor, but after a small half a day's effort, a huge edict was full, and he had to borrow the prison of the Criminal Department, until the time of the lamp, the arrest work continued, but bad news also came one after another, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division hanged himself in the yamen, and his family and children were all missing, and along with the disappearance of a commander of Jinyiwei.

When Zhu Youzhen heard that his pro-army really had a problem, he was even more furious, and in a fit of anger, he ordered the disbandment of Jinyiwei.

The situation changed sharply in one day, Li Xin silently watched the changes in the climate of the officialdom of Beijing in the small courtyard of the Taiji Factory, and heard that Lu Jiu was fine, and a big stone in his heart finally landed. But because he was involved in the case, he was sent to the Beijing camp as soon as he came back, and he didn't see Lu Jiu himself until this moment.

Li Xin's biggest wish now is to take the road and wait for someone to leave this dark miasma and trap everywhere Daming Jingshi, and if he stays for a moment longer, there is a risk of stepping on the trap and never recovering.

Only one day later, Lu Jiu was released, and along with him, he left the Beijing camp with his "three hundred brothers". Before leaving, Fang Zhenghua, out of kindness, proposed to pick someone from the Beijing cavalry to make up the number of three hundred, but Lu Jiu refused. In Lu Jiu's heart, if one of the three hundred brothers dies, there will be one less, and they will never be recovered. After more than ten days, when he finally saw Li Xin at the Taiji Factory, he couldn't help crying bitterly and scolded him for not taking good care of his brother.

Li Xin let Lu Jiu cry and vent bitterly, until Lu Jiu gritted his teeth and swore that he would definitely break the bodies of the people behind the murder of his 100 brothers, which could be regarded as stopping the crying.

Subsequently, Li Xin told Lu Jiu that he had been appointed by the emperor as the commander-in-chief of the Three Guards, and that he would set out early tomorrow morning.

"There's a mission we need to complete now! The emperor promised to be allocated 100,000 taels of silver by the Inner Mansion, and you immediately ordered all the brothers and went to the Inner Mansion to withdraw the silver. It must be done before dark, otherwise tomorrow's trip will be delayed. ”

Lu Jiu originally wanted to stay in Jingshi and wait for the Three Law Divisions to solve the case, but since the thirteenth brother was urging him to make preparations for leaving, although 100,000 taels of silver was a lot, they were all dead things, and it was not easy to move back, and there were many things in the warehouse of the Taiji Factory, and there was even a place to store the silver. So, Lu Jiu took people out of the Taiji Factory and went straight to the inner mansion.

The use of 100,000 taels of silver Li Xin had already planned in advance, and he only waited for Datong Mansion to take action immediately, just to realize his overall plan, and if only 100,000 taels of silver seemed to be a drop in the bucket.

Until dark, Li Xin didn't see Lu Jiu return to the Taiji Factory, he already faintly felt a little bad, could it be an accident? Sure enough, half an hour later, Lu Jiu returned to the Taiji Factory empty-handed, only to see him say to Li Xin with a face full of shame:

"Something is wrong, Brother Thirteen. 100,000 taels of silver was robbed by the head of the household Shangshu Li Shiwen! ”

"What? You repeat, what happened to the silver, and who robbed it? ”

"Hubu Shangshu Li asked!"