A spring rain continued to fall for a while, and although the morning court was over the next day, I heard that the Holy Lord had summoned several ministers to the palace to discuss matters.

Ning Guogong, Prime Minister Wei, and Gu Jiangyuan are all among them.

Imperial Palace, Chengqing Palace.

Gu Jiangyuan received the order this morning and rode to the palace, naturally faster than the rest of the civil officials, and was also the first to arrive at the Chengqing Palace.

The palace people said that the saint had not yet gotten up, so Gu Jiangyuan waited outside the hall quite consciously for a while, but fortunately, the spring rain was intermittent and almost drenched.

In this kung fu, Gu Jiangyuan was not idle, he asked the palace people about some things:

After the palace banquet was dispersed last night, the queen came to the Chengqing Hall with King Xian of Shu, at that time, Imperial Doctor Chen had not left, and the saint was also asleep, serving the sick all night, and also stable all night.

The queen didn't leave until dawn, and the two princes were about to retire, but they were called back by the saint who had just woken up, and asked about last night's affairs, and also learned about Yuan Changxin's dispatch of troops.

So there was the will to spread the word that Gu Jiangyuan and others entered the palace, and at this moment, King Xian and King Shu were still in the Chengqing Palace.

Gu Jiangyuan waited for a while, and Ning Guogong and Prime Minister Wei Cheng arrived, so the door of the palace was opened, and some internal supervisors invited a few people into the inner hall.

When the people entered the temple, the Holy One was already sitting on the top.

At the same time, Lu Chengxiu and Lu Guitang were both on one side, and when a few people saw the ceremony, the saint talked about last night's incident straight to the point.

As Gu Jin estimated, this matter was not brought to the fore, but the saint kept silent, only saying that he should not be greedy for a cup.

Prime Minister Wei hesitated, and just wanted to open his mouth to impeach Ning Guogong for using military power without permission, but he was cut off by the saint with his hand.

"The guard is serious, I handed over the talisman to Ning Guogong to mobilize the garrison of the imperial city, isn't it just to rely on this pair of garrisons to protect my imperial city one day."

Prime Minister Wei was choked by these words, and then he vaguely guessed that the saint was unwilling to make a big deal about last night's incident at all.

In this way, Ning Guogong is cheaper.

The matter should have been explained in a few words, but he overheard Lu Guitang on the side speak:

"Enlighten my father, my son, I still have something to explain."

The saint raised his eyebrows and looked at him, a little unexpected: "Oh? ”

"Erchen was also greedy for a cup last night, and he went out of the palace to walk around during the banquet, but he ran into the garrison under General Yuan, not only that, but there were casualties among them, and Erchen was drunk at that time, and roughly estimated...... There must have been thirty or forty soldiers who died on the long street. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was silent.

In addition to Lu Chengxiu and Yuan Changxin, even Ning Guogong didn't know about this matter, this matter sounds appalling, but Lu Guitang's words are not unknown, what is the truth?

Seeing that the saint was furious, his body, which had just improved a little, looked a little weaker again.

Everyone was busy concerned about the dragon body of the saint, but they were stopped by the saint and only asked: "At the foot of my imperial city, there is a garrison that has been killed on the street?" How did Yuan Changxin become a general! ”

Gu Jiangyuan secretly "hissed" in his heart, and at this moment, he took out the note written last night according to Gu Jin's intention and submitted it, which only mentioned Yuan Changxin's unauthorized dispatch of troops.

At this point, the black cauldron on Yuan Changxin's head can't be removed.

The saint immediately issued an order, removed Yuan Changxin from all his positions, and asked the three divisions to intervene in a thorough investigation of the killing of the thirty or forty people last night.

In the end, Yuan Changxin was born in a scholar family, and he was a guest of the Ningguo Mansion, so he couldn't stand too heavy a reproach.

After discussing this matter, Gu Jiangyuan and the others retreated, and the saint was silent, and Lu Chengxiu and Lu Guitang were also released from the palace.

When the two of them came out, it rained a little heavily, so one of them held an oil-paper umbrella and walked on the long road of the palace, not a minute faster, nor a minute slower.

The oil-paper umbrella condensed the rain, covering the faces of the two under the umbrella, if you don't look at it from a distance, you can see that the two brothers have different bearings, and it really teaches people to be unable to distinguish who is who for a while.

After a long time, it was Lu Chengxiu who spoke up first, and he asked Lu Guitang: "When the fourth brother told his father about the incident of Changjie last night, why didn't he mention that he met me. ”

If Lu Guitang just added a sentence, such as Yuan Changxin and King Shu after the A army he saw, then Lu Chengxiu was afraid that he would also be suspicious of the saint.

What Lu Chengxiu couldn't understand was that Lu Guitang actually skipped this matter, why did he let go of such a good opportunity?

But I saw Lu Guitang's hand holding the oil-paper umbrella condensed slightly, and even the smile on the corner of his mouth was condensed.

He was lazy, and he seemed to be very suitable for the situation in the spring rain: "Yuan Changxin has 3,000 garrisons under his hands, but I only met 500 last night. ”

Lu Chengxiu was slightly stunned, and naturally he didn't forget what he told Lu Guitang when they returned to the palace together:

In fact, what Yuan Changxin said tonight is true.

Ning Guogong's order was actually 3,000 people, but when Lu Chengxiu went to find Yuan Changxin to transfer troops, he only said 500. One is because he is worried that things will change, and the other is that in order to keep the pure land in his heart, he does not want to be saddled with the name of rebellion.

Five hundred people are a pretense, entering the palace to explore the way, if there is something, it is said that Ning Guogong was transferred into the palace to guard the safety of the emperor.

But what Lu Chengxiu didn't expect was that there would be an assassination on Long Street, and he really didn't know whether to say that he was lucky or unlucky.

As for whether the deaths of those thirty or so people have anything to do with Lu Guitang, it is probably a question that it will never be possible to know the truth.

Lu Chengxiu smiled: "Fourth brother, I really underestimated you as a brother in the past. ”

The two went all the way out of the palace, and Lu Guitang didn't say anything more.

……

In the days that followed, Bianliang City returned to its former tranquility.

Except for the dismissal of Yuan Changxin, which was occasionally mentioned after people's tea and dinner, the rest of the matter did not make any waves.

As for the assassination of the soldiers in the garrison camp of the imperial city, few people know about it.

Lu Guitang and Gu Jin had a long talk about the palace banquet, that day the spring rain was at the beginning of the break, the sky was getting late, the two sat on the bank of the Xiaolang River, just like the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

I haven't seen each other for a few days, but the two of them have some doubts in their hearts, Rao is Gu Jin has always had a cold temperament, but he still couldn't help but ask him first: "You didn't use my father's troops that night, how did you stop Lu Chengxiu?" After a pause, there was some disbelief in her eyes, and she asked again, "Or did Lu Chengxiu not move at all?" ”

Lu Guitang looked at the sparkling Xiaolang River and sighed: "Whether he has a movement or not, I can't be sure." After that, he looked at Shang Gu Jin: "It's like you waited with the Taiye Pool that night, and you didn't know if the person waiting for me was me, or the change in the palace, right?" ”