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Since the last assassination in the palace, the emperor has been distrustful of the people around him, even if the case is found to have nothing to do with the crown prince, it can still be seen that the emperor has suspicions in his heart. The Gyeonggi Wei gang had nothing to do all day, and their task was to keep an eye on whether the ministers in Beijing had bad intentions, and if it was known that the prefect of Lin'an gave him a big gift, it would be a hell of a life if he was not suspected.

Wu Zhiyi also noticed that his behavior was inappropriate, so he hurriedly got up and stood up, with a sneering face, "It's the negligence of the lower officials." ”

"Lord Wu, please speak directly." Lu Zhiyuan felt dissatisfied in his heart, and his words became a lot colder.

Wu Zhiyi's face was a little uneasy when he heard this, and he sighed and said, "This matter started three months ago. ”

Three months ago, the hospital in Lin'an Province admitted a few patients with high fever that did not go away, and at first they thought it was ordinary typhoid fever, but they didn't want those people to have a rash all over their bodies after a few days of fever, and then sent out pus, and finally within a few days those people died one after another.

The doctor in the hospital had never seen such a disease, but with experience, he also knew that there was something strange about this disease, so he immediately went to the government to report the case.

Wu Zhiyi didn't take this matter to heart, and sent the doctor who reported to the official away with a few casual words.

I thought it was just a trivial matter, but I didn't want someone to have the exact same symptoms again a month later. Soon several more people died.

Wu Zhiyi still didn't care, it was not a big deal to die a few ordinary people in these years.

But the next development of things caught people off guard, and soon more and more people showed symptoms of high fever that did not go away, and the medical hall in the city was instantly full, and at this time Wu Zhiyi realized that something was wrong.

The matter seemed to get serious overnight, and Wu Zhiyi was also scared, on the one hand, he ordered the news to be blocked, and on the other hand, he tried to suppress the spread of the disease. He ordered all those who had high fevers to be isolated and imprisoned outside the city.

But the matter did not subside, on the contrary, more people fell ill, and one after another died, and some people were dissatisfied with the government's inaction, and there was a riot.

The government sent troops to suppress it for a while, but in the end they still ran a few and have not been found yet. Lin'an is not far from the capital, and those patients are very likely to come to the capital. At this point, it will naturally not be a simple illness, it can already be expected to be a plague.

"Such a big thing, if you don't report it, what are you waiting for!" After Lu Zhiyuan heard what happened, he immediately sensed that something was wrong. Lin'an Province is a traffic artery, there are four big cities in the east, west, north and south, if the plague flows out, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan......" Wu Zhiyi also wanted to report, but he didn't dare, this matter was delayed at first, and then he sensed that it was not good and wanted to try his best to remedy it, so he ordered to burn all the sick people outside the city.

Hundreds of people died, but the disease was not controlled, and there was a tendency to get worse. The most important point is that he didn't know that King Xuan's only son, Xiao Xiaowangye, was passing by Lin'an Mansion and was arrested as a person infected with the epidemic.

He knew the news as soon as he knew that it was a big disaster.

King Xuan is the younger brother of today's saint, although the two brothers are not the same mother, but they have a good relationship since childhood, plus King Xuan has no intention of court, and he has fun with a group of wives and concubines in the fief all day long, and the emperor is also willing to spoil this only younger brother.

The little prince's life on his territory was gone, Wu Zhiyi knew that the news could not be hidden, and when he was desperate, he remembered the Lu family in the capital. The Lu family is inextricably linked with him, and in such a big matter, only the Lu family can save him.

Lu Zhiyuan listened to Wu Zhiyi's words with a calm face, and slapped the table fiercely, "You are so bold!" ”

Wu Zhiyi was frightened, and reached out to wipe his sweat, "It was a momentary negligence on the part of the lower officials, and they didn't find out that Xiao Xiaowang would be there." ”

Lu Zhiyuan looked at him with a cold expression, "The life of the prince is the life, but the life of the people is not?" Who gave you the guts to dare to order a fire. ”

"The lower officials don't want to set fires, but there is no other way if they don't set fires." Wu Zhiyi's voice became lower and lower.

"Come with me to meet the Holy One!" Lu Zhiyuan spoke, there is really no need to discuss this matter, there must be an explanation for so many people who have died.

"No, no." Wu Zhiyi shook his head, "I can't go, my life will definitely be gone when I see the emperor." ”

"Why didn't you think about the lives of hundreds of people when you ordered them to be burned." Lu Zhiyuan sneered, "Lord Wu, this matter can't be hidden, if you are smart, go with me to see the emperor now and see how to remedy it, otherwise I will report it, and you can do it yourself." ”

"I can't go, Lord Lu, you can find a way to save me." Wu Zhiyi opened his mouth and pleaded.

"How can I save you?"

Don't say that things are so big that they can't be saved, even if they can save him, they don't want to save such a ruthless person. Even if an official can't benefit one party, he shouldn't care about the life and death of the people.

"I'm going to enter the palace to face the saint, whether Lord Wu will go with me or not, you can decide for yourself." After Lu Zhiyuan finished speaking, he had already stood up from his chair and walked towards the door.

Behind him, Wu Zhiyi looked at his back and gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Lu still stays, if I see the emperor, I'm afraid the first person to be afraid is your grandfather." ”

"What do you mean?" Lu Zhiyuan stopped and turned to look at him, obviously having something to say.

"Does Lord Lu know about the former imperial concubine?"

Lu Zhiyuan glanced at him, "What do you want to say?" ”

"When the imperial concubine died tragically, one corpse and two lives, what if the emperor knew that the imperial concubine's death was not an accident, but man-made?" Wu Zhiyi relaxed after saying these words, he was one of the witnesses of that incident back then, he was in charge of Gyeonggi Guard, Lu Zhengxian's cronies, and the chaos in the palace was that he led his soldiers to press outside the city, which made the palace change overnight.

Lu Zhiyuan's brows furrowed, he hadn't been born when this happened, so he didn't know a lot, but the favored imperial concubine still heard a little, it is said that the concubine is not high, but the emperor is extremely favored, and even allowed her and the queen to be pregnant at the same time, and said that whoever gave birth to Lin'er first would be crowned the prince.

Twenty years ago, the emperor went to the north, leaving the pregnant queen and the imperial concubine in the palace, and a few months later the queen gave birth to the crown prince, but the imperial concubine was stillborn, one corpse and two lives. The emperor was furious when he heard the news, and immediately sent people to investigate strictly, but first, it delayed time, and secondly, the imperial concubine was dead, and many clues were broken.

Lu Zhiyuan didn't say anything, let people take care of Wu Zhiyi, and hurried back to Lu Mansion.

He went directly to Mr. Lu's study, over the years, Mr. Lu has withdrawn from the court, and even the people of the Lu family rarely see him appear, just teasing birds and practicing calligraphy every day, like an ordinary old man.

This sunlight shone on the Bogu shelf in the room, reflecting very fragmentary shadows on the ground, Old Man Lu stood with his back to the door, his figure looked very thin, he turned his head to look at Lu Zhiyuan, who hurriedly entered the door, and said, "I heard that Wu Zhiyi has entered Beijing?" ”

Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart when he heard this, he sensed that something was wrong, "Grandfather knows? ”

"He hasn't come back for many years, and there must be something going on when he comes back this time." Old Man Lu's face was hidden in the dark, and his eyes faintly revealed a fine light, "I already know about Lin'an, and Wu Zhiyi must be saved." ”

Lu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Since my grandfather knows, he should know that Wu Zhiyi can't be guaranteed." ”

"Since he was the first to look for you when he returned to Beijing, he must have told you other things." Old Man Lu sat down on the chair, and his eyes looked at the past with the heavy pressure of the years.

"Said, mentioned the imperial concubine, what he meant was the death of the imperial concubine and ......" Lu Zhiyuan stopped in the middle of speaking, and turned his head to look at the kind old man in front of him.

"It's related to me, it's related to the Lu family, isn't it?" Old Man Lu answered.

Lu Zhiyuan nodded, his expression was very serious, "Is it true?" ”

"It's true." Old Man Lu said calmly, "Back then, the imperial concubine favored the six palaces alone, and your aunt's position as the queen was already unstable, if she was allowed to give birth to the prince first, the position of our Lu family would be in jeopardy." She had to die. ”

Lu Zhiyuan couldn't understand these things, he looked at the grandfather in front of him who had always been respected by him, and he really didn't want to believe that he was a person who disregarded other people's lives for himself.

"I'm sorry, grandfather." He stood up and turned his back to the old man Lu, "Wu Zhiyi cares about the life and death of the people for his official position, if I don't know, I can't sit idly by." ”

"You are presumptuous!" Old Man Lu grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it to the ground, and the fine white porcelain exploded at his feet, "Do you know that if you do this, you will put our entire Lu family in an extremely dangerous situation." ”

Lu Zhiyuan walked out, leaving only a faint voice, "I'm sorry, I can't do it." ”

"Someone, lock him up for me!"

Old Man Lu's low roar sounded, and soon two family-looking people appeared at the door of the house, clasping their fists at him, "Second son, offended." ”

......

Bai Susu was taking a dip in the house when she saw Chunlan coming in in a hurry.

"Did the old man lock up the second master?" Bai Susu was startled, and sat up from the couch after a moment's excitement, "The news is right." ”

Lu Zhiyuan is simply the most outstanding of this generation of grandchildren, young and promising, Old Man Lu has always been proud, how can he be so angry that people lock him up, this is unlikely.

Chunlan was sweating profusely, reached out to wipe the beads of sweat, and said, "That's right, I just heard that there was a big quarrel in the old man's house, and then I was locked up in the study." The old man personally gave the order, and no one was allowed to see him without his orders. ”

Bai Susu walked around the room, the whole person was confused, Lu Zhiyuan has always respected Mrs. Lu and Old Man Lu, what will happen to cause a quarrel.

She thought back to the memories in her mind, but she was helplessly blank about what happened at this time.

"Let's go to Madame." After fidgeting for a long time, she got up and changed her clothes and prepared to go to Roche to check on the situation.

"Auntie, the second master has something, Madame must be thinking of a way, I'm afraid you won't be able to ask anything at this time. It's better for the slave to go to the front yard to inquire and see if she knows the news. Mingxiang persuaded.

Bai Susu thought about it and felt that it was much easier for Mingxiang to inquire about the news than for her to go by herself, so she hurriedly said, "That's for you." ”

When Mingxiang went out, Bai Susu was still very uneasy, and she had a feeling in her heart that this matter should be related to the affairs of the court, she said to Chunlan, "You go out with the silver, pick a crowded place to go, inquire about the news, if there is anything special in the capital recently, no matter how big or small, you can inquire as much as you can." ”