For two days in a row, in addition to preparing to withdraw from Luoyang and return to Jiangdu, Han Jian was also secretly inquiring about the news. Han Jian not only had to inquire about the news in the palace, but also to inquire about the movements of Luoyang City and even the armies of the Western and Northern Kings in order to determine the culprit of this Luoyang Rebellion.

By the tenth day of October, Han Jian learned that the king of the west had already made some moves, and the troops had left the western capital, and the soldiers had the intention of getting involved in Chang'an City. In the land of Guanzhong, Chang'an City is larger than the Western Capital, and when the King of the West captures Chang'an, he has a tendency to establish himself as the emperor in Guanzhong.

On the side of the Northern King, the movement is still unknown. The main thing is that there is Mrs. Luo's eyeliner in Guanzhong, Han Jian can learn the news as soon as possible, there are very few eyeliners arranged by the Dongwang Mansion in the north, and it is difficult for Han Jian to find out what military movements Xiaobei Wang has in the first place.

As for the situation in the palace, it is like a pool of stagnant water, and even a needle cannot be inserted. Han Jian could not know the current safety situation of the empress from all sources, and Han Jian even guessed that the empress might have encountered an accident, and the reason why Yang Yu did not ascend the throne was because the situation was unstable, and he did not dare to rashly establish himself as emperor. Han Jian guessed that the most critical link in the situation was the forces that supported Yang Yu behind the scenes, and now that it was the most likely to be the North King.

But after all, the Northern King was imprisoned by the empress in Luoyang City, and there was a tendency to lose power, even if there was an entrenched power of the Northern King Party, which could help the Northern King Party seize Luoyang City, there were also disputes within the Northern King Party, that is, the rivalry between the old North King and the Little North King. Now the next qiē activities are all carried out by Yang Ke, the king of Xiaobei, and when the dust settles, how can Yang Ke lightly hand over the throne to his father? And Yang Yu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, just this party. There are three parties vying for the throne, and this is not counting the king of the west, as well as the king of Yanning County, who has ambitions in his own right.

In short, in the entire Luoyang City, nominally Han Jian was only able to mobilize fifty guards from the Dongwangfu District, and with these people, it was not enough to protect the Dongwangfu Annex, let alone change anything.

By October 11, Gu Weipan insisted on worshipping the minister who died in prison with him, but Han Jian couldn't screw him, and he promised to go to worship with Gu Weipan before. Convenient for the afternoon of the day. Paper bundles and ingots and candles were prepared, and they went out of the house to worship.

Although it is nominally a worship, in fact, this is an open liaison activity of Gu Weipan, and the object of contact is the minister of the DPRK and China. At the same time, put pressure on Yang Yu. Ordered Yang Yu to release the empress. Returned to the Empress. Of course, this is just Gu Weipan's wishful thinking, and what the current situation of the empress is still a mystery, and the ministers of the court and the central government are succumbing to the form. and did not dare to come out and worship together.

Another absurd thing about this worship is that there is no object of worship at all, and there is no specific place to worship.

There are many people who were imprisoned with Gu Weipan this time, a few have died, and some ministers are still detained in the prison of the Criminal Department, and their lives and deaths are uncertain. And the dead minister, I don't know where to bury, there is no grave, just like Han Jian said, Luoyang everywhere may be a place where loyal souls return. According to Han Jian's meaning, to worship is to go all the way to Luoyang City to worship until the souls of the dead rest in peace.

The worship is actually just a pretense, on the one hand, it is to contact the minister, and on the other hand, Gu Weipan hopes to put pressure on Yang Yu in such a way to force Yang Yu to release him. Although Han Jian knew that this was just Gu Weipan's wishful thinking.

The first day of worship was on October 11, and the place was outside the Dongwang Mansion, because Gu Weipan's leg had not healed and he had difficulty moving, and he insisted on refusing to accept the help of others, so he walked not far outside the Dongwang Mansion. But they set up the incense burner and the altar, and buried the incense and worshipped.

At dusk, the worship also attracted the attention of a few ordinary people, but in addition to the officials who had just escaped from the Dongwang Mansion, there were also "outsiders" like Han Jian and Yang Li'er. The worship was initiated by Gu Weipan, so every qiē was also led by Gu Weipan, and Han Jian was just acting as a helper, responsible for helping to deliver incense or something on the side.

Until midnight, the people also dispersed, Gu Weipan still refused to leave, Han Jian and other people from the East Wangfu and the South Wangfu also accompanied Gu Weipan to worship until late at night, until it was confirmed that the next minister of the Manchu Dynasty did not come.

"Chief Gu, it's late at night, it's time to go back and rest." Han Jian stepped forward to persuade.

At this time, Gu Weipan was full of vicissitudes, and was silent in front of the incense candles and the altar. Han Jian guessed that his heart was also very cold at this time, all of them were loyal ministers of the empress at the beginning, but now, they have all become turtles with shrunken heads, seeing that the loyal ministers in Luoyang City were unjustly killed, and the life and death of the empress were uncertain, he launched such a worship activity, but in the end, none of the ministers came out to stand side by side with him.

"Packed up." Gu Weipan turned around and walked in the direction of the gate of Dongwangfu on crutches, just when Han Jian thought that Gu Weipan should be dead, he didn't expect Gu Weipan to continue, "Continue tomorrow." ”

Han Jian smiled slightly bitterly, Gu Weipan had the determination not to hit the south wall and not look back, in the final analysis, it was still the stubbornness and stubbornness of an old minister. However, Han Jian was also moved in his heart, such an old minister, in such a situation, still adheres to the beliefs and principles in his heart, which is commendable in any dynasty and generation.

By the second day, the Dongwang Mansion had been packed up and could leave Luoyang City at any time. In the morning, Huang Lie's heart burned over, since entering Luoyang City, Han Jian hadn't seen him for a few days.

"Brother Han, you want to find a way to help find Miss Lin, I have been looking for him for a few days, but there is still no whereabouts of him, and even her embroidery workshop is closed. I inquired about the people who ran the embroidery workshop in Luoyang City, but none of her whereabouts were. When Huang Lie saw Han Jian, he said in a somewhat pleading tone as if he had seen a savior.

Han Jian shook his head helplessly, but now Huang Lie still has the mind to be Yi Die. Originally, Han Jian directly wanted to say a few words to make Huang Lie die, but after thinking about it, he seemed to find that something had been ignored by him.

It's the Department of Punishment.

In the capital, the officials of the various yamen of the imperial court may think for themselves, and they can ignore their principles in front of the imperial power. However, the Penal Division is an institution that the Empress has cultivated to be loyal to the Empress, and apart from the Empress, even the prison state cannot get involved in the operation of the Penal Division. But after the accident in Luoyang City, the Shen Criminal Division was nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but what was managed by the imperial court was only the Shen Criminal Division's foreign yamen under the responsibility of Yu Han. And Ling Jun, the real helmsman of the Yamen in the Shen Criminal Division, has always been the most mysterious figure in the entire Great Wei Dynasty, Han Jian has been in and out of the palace many times, and he doesn't know which one is Ling Jun, the deputy chief minister of the Shangting Division.

"Miss Lin's matter, put it aside for the time being. I'll tell you more about it later. Han Jian said a word to Huang Lie, and turned to see Gu Weipan.

Han Jian expected that he had never met Ling Jun, and Gu Weipan, who was the chief minister of the Shangting Office, should know Ling Jun even if he didn't have a relationship.

But when Han Jian told Gu Weipan, Gu Weipan shook his head helplessly and said: "The affairs of the Prudent Criminal Division have always been taken care of by His Majesty, and the old man is not allowed to ask." As for the post of deputy chief of the Upper Listening Office, it is only hung in the Upper Listening Office, and no one knows what kind of person he is. ”

Only then did Han Jian know that in the Luoyang City Incident, there was a link that could not be touched by any party who coveted the throne, that is, the internal government of the Prudential Criminal Division.

"Then Chief Gu knows where Ling Jun is?" Han Jian hurriedly asked.

Gu Weipan shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know." ”

Han Jian didn't ask, he also knew that Gu Weipan's mental state was not good now, and he would continue to keep vigil and worship at night, so it was not appropriate for him to work too hard.

Han Jian came out, and Huang Lie was still waiting for Han Jian in the main hall to say something about "Miss Lin". Han Jian naturally didn't have the leisure to tell him this, he wanted to find Yang Li'er and Han Cui's back to discuss how to find Ling Jun.

When Yang Li'er and Han Cui'er learned of Han Jian's intentions, they were a little puzzled, especially Yang Li'er. In her opinion, since the whole court has succumbed to Yang Yu's might, what kind of waves can a deputy chief minister of the upper hearing office make?

Yang Li'er said: "The whole court knows that the Criminal Justice Division is just set up to investigate the case. Its manpower is limited, and even if he finds this person, he is afraid that it will not help. ”

After all, Han Choi is older and knows a little about the affairs of the DPRK. Being mentioned by Han Jian, Han Cuishi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty did mention it before, no one in the world can believe it, but only the people of the Criminal Division, Your Majesty is convinced." ”

Yang Li'er asked, "Why is that?" ”

Han Cuishi said: "The top and bottom of the Shen Criminal Division are all arranged by His Majesty, and it is unknown what the reason is. ”

Han Jian breathed a long sigh of relief, originally he thought that the bureau in Luoyang City was a dead end, but now it seems that there is still room for a turnaround, and it depends on how much help the Shen Criminal Division can bring. Han Cui's and Yang Li'er didn't know how much power the internal office of the Shen Criminal Division had, Han Jian had seen it, just the careful work of the Shen Criminal Division in the south of the Yangtze River had been lurking for more than ten years or even decades, they may be no different from ordinary people on weekdays, but when they want to be used by the imperial court, they can even abandon their wives and children to fight for their lives. During the operation of Jinling City to blow up the secret arsenal of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Han Jian later learned that nine of the ten people of the Wei Dynasty died, and it was because of their sacrifice that the arsenal of the Southern Qi was completely destroyed.

Han Jian thought to himself, the empress has been guarding against the rebellion of the king of the north and the king of the west for more than ten years, and she should have the last trump card. After all, the empress may have encountered an accident now, or she may not be able to help herself, and the Prudential Division itself is only at the dispatch of the empress, how can she use the Prudential Division for her own use, or it may be the only way to resolve the current predicament of Luoyang City.

When Han Jian said his thoughts, Han Cuishi immediately objected: "Jian'er, no matter what the Shen Criminal Division is, it is just a yamen, and there are still people behind it. People have good and evil, and if something happens to you, how can they sacrifice their lives to save each other? You still don't want anything else, leave Luoyang early, there is no other way. ”

Han Jian insisted: "Sanniang, I said it all, if there is a chance, I won't leave." Even if I go, I'm going to take my majesty with me! ”

Han Jian's words not only made Han Cui's stunned on the spot, but Yang Li'er was also surprised. (To be continued......)