On this day, Lu Zhi received an invitation from a dignitary in Beijing and invited him to his mansion for a banquet.

It stands to reason that Lu Zhi doesn't like to drink with people from the prestigious family very much, he likes to make friends with famous people and talk about the wind and the moon, rather than going to those homes to talk about intrigues.

But this time, Lu Zhi couldn't refuse.

This person is the current patriarch of the Yuan family, and he is also Yuan Kui, who has just moved from Taichang to Situ.

After coming to Yuan's house, Lu Zhi and Yuan Kui drank and talked freely about various affairs of the court, but they were all idle things and had no importance.

It wasn't until the wine was half-drunk that Yuan Kui finally threw out the topic he wanted to say.

"Zigan, recently, in Luoyang City, there has been a lot of praise for one of your disciples, it should be named Liu Deran, right?"

Lu Zhi's heart sank slightly, and said: "Heh, Brother Ciyang is busy with everything, and he can even notice my little apprentice, it seems that he has been in the limelight too much recently. ”

Yuan Kui waved his hand with a smile and said, "Alas! What you are talking about, what is too much limelight, this is clearly a good name! It's a blessing for you to have such a vain! ”

Lu Zhi smiled: "If my brother likes it, how about Lu give it to you?" ”

Yuan Kui laughed: "Don't! Other! A gentleman doesn't win people's love, such a good apprentice, you still keep it for yourself, don't look back, but let Yuan Mou fall into the body. ”

The two of them laughed.

But although Lu Zhi was smiling on his face, he was actually trembling in his heart.

Although he and Yuan Kui are clearly distinguished, they know this person's old spiciness and ability.

After all, he is the suzerain of the Yuan family, and he has thousands of protégés in his hands, although he is dormant and low-key after the party's control, but his ability to lay out in the dark is really the most Lu Zhi has seen.

Last year, he secretly instigated Cao Jie to kill Yang Qiu, and in the first month of this year, this person set up another game, which made the Son of Heaven and the eunuchs suffer a dumb loss.

It is impossible for this person to drink with himself for no reason, and he must have a plan.

"Brother Zi, the old man heard that the year before last, in Xie County, Hedong, there was a family surnamed Zheng, who was the brother-in-law of Cao Jie's brother Cao Poshi, and his family was slaughtered, do you know about this?"

Lu Zhi sighed in his heart:

Sure enough, there was no good feast.

Since he asked, it means that he has completely found out, and there is no need to hide it from him.

"This matter was done by my little apprentice, why did my brother ask about it?"

Yuan Kui smiled.

"Good, good kill! The old man knew that the Zheng family was the evil party, relying on Cao Jie's relatives, and he actually took pleasure in shooting the living on weekdays. ”

Lu Zhi stared at Yuan Kui quietly, and then saluted: "Ciyang's words are good and kind. ”

Yuan Kui said with a smile: "It's a pity, although your apprenticeship is commendable, but in this sun, I'm afraid that someone can't tolerate him." ”

Lu Zhi reacted quickly, and immediately replied: "Cao Jie is dead. ”

"Yes, Cao Jie is dead, but the rest of the Cao family is still there."

When Lu Zhi heard this, his brows trembled slightly.

"Brother wants to borrow my apprenticeship, except for the Cao family's people in Beijing?"

Yuan Kui stood up with a smile and said: "Zigan, Your Majesty is young and favors eunuchs, but I don't know that these thieves are very evil on weekdays, others don't say it, just Cao Jie's brother Yue Cavalry Captain Cao Poshi, but a mediocre and stupid husband, but he can be in charge of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, how ridiculous?" ”

"Just said that last year, there was a sergeant's wife in the Yue Cavalry Battalion who was quite colorful, then Cao Poshi actually asked his subordinates to ask for his wife, but his wife refused, and finally committed suicide.

Lu Zhi stroked his beard and kept silent, but his face was already unkind.

However, he also knew in his heart that the death or death of the wife of the sergeant of the Yue Cavalry Battalion was not a big deal in Yuan Kui's eyes - it was just that Cao Poshi was in charge of one of the five battalions of the Northern Army, which was very unhappy in Yuan Kui's opinion.

"Zigan, I won't hide it from you, in the hands of Chen Hangong, he has many responsibilities of the Cao family over the years, big or small, as long as he finds an opportunity to gather the virtuous ministers of the court to play to His Majesty, saying that his crimes are wrong, as long as His Majesty is gracious, he can track it down one by one,"

"The affairs of his Cao family are innumerable, and now that there is no Cao Jie, he wants to uproot them and punish them...... It's not hard! ”

Lu Zhi sighed: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will deliberately protect you." ”

Yuan Kui said: "Your Majesty wants to protect it, but it also depends on what it is, some small things on weekdays, if you can't get it on the table, forget it, but if the Cao family goes to your apprentice for revenge because of personal vendetta, what will happen if the matter is presented to Your Majesty?" Hehe, the heroes who hindered the Han Dynasty, filial piety, and Luoyang celebrities......"

"This is where my brother wants to use my apprentice? Put him in danger? ”

Lu Zhi stood up with some annoyance and said, "The Cao family is not stupid, how can they act like this? ”

"Haha, don't worry, I'll protect your apprentice's life!" Yuan Kui hurriedly got up, came to Lu Zhi's side, and comforted him to sit down.

"Zigan, the Cao family is not stupid, but they are stupid! Blocking the killing of filial piety, they will definitely not be able to do it, but for the sake of the brother, don't hide it from you, the old man is in Cao Poshi's house, there are customers who are meticulous, and the status is not low, not to mention that Cao Poshi is heartfelt to him, but he is also obedient, let him advise Cao Poshi to find trouble with your apprentice, do it, and relieve his anger, it is not difficult. ”

Lu Zhi took a deep breath and said, "If it's just a street fight, how can you stop the killing?" ”

"Ha, Zi Gan, there are some things that are said in front of His Majesty, there are many of us, not to block the killing, but to say that there are many people, it has also become a blockade."

Lu Zhi slowly turned his head to look at Yuan Kui: "Listening to my brother's words, this matter has already been decided, and today's matter is a routine notification to Lu?" ”

"Son, what you're talking about!" Yuan Kui shook his head: "Without the nod of your teacher, how could the old man practice this method without permission?" But you need to know that this is to deal with eunuchs and to the country! ”

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Dare to ask my brother, at the beginning of this year, people from various states and counties were arranged to come to Beijing to complain about grievances, and let Chen Hangong point out that the 26 officials of the border counties who were dismissed were all honest people, and this is also for the sake of the country?" ”

Yuan Kui smiled and reached out to pat Lu Zhi's shoulder, and said, "Zigan, I can tell you...... Be! Your Majesty wants to take the opportunity of Xianbei's great victory to take down those twenty-six people and buy knights, yes! Let Your Majesty collect some money, that's a trivial matter, but this re-top candidate, you can't let Your Majesty do it, or that sentence, it's a matter of the country. ”

Lu Zhi let out a long sigh and said, "I understand." ”

He knew in his heart that the gate valves of the Luoyang family represented by Yuan Kui, what they wanted to do, I was afraid that no one would be able to stop them.

……

A few days later, Liu Jian, who was resting with Zheng Ci in the post house, received a handwritten letter from Lu Zhi.

At that time, Liu Jian had just finished feeding Zheng Ci medicine.

After he roughly looked at the contents of Lu Zhi's letter, his face instantly sank.

Zheng Ci seemed to see that something was wrong.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Liu Jian reacted and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that in Luoyang City, someone wants to take advantage of your husband." ”

"Utilization?" Zheng Ci was surprised when he heard this: "How to use it?" Who? ”

"Hehe, it's okay, you don't have to care, there are some people in this world who think they are high and powerful, they come when they open their hands, and they go when they wave their hands, thinking that everyone in the world is his pawn...... But he didn't know that some chess pieces were as heavy as a thousand pounds, but they were beyond his control. ”