Lu Bing fell into deep thought: "But if it weren't for Yan Shifan, who would have written to Tan Tong and Liutai?"

This matter was already very secret, and the two of them took the content of the letter to Xu Jie at the moment of crisis, intending to exchange, and the letter was known to Xu Fan.

Who else would know these things until then? ”

Xiao Feng stared at the words, and when he looked at it again, his face was slightly pale. After a long time, he sighed.

"I didn't expect it to be like this, it's really surprising."

Lu Bing looked at Xiao Feng, waiting for Xiao Feng's next words, Xiao Feng pointed to the word "牋" and said slowly.

"Since the ancient meaning of the word '戋' has the meaning of 'thief', and the word 'piece' has the meaning of 'deception', the letter writer should be a thief shouting to catch a thief in order to deceive these two people into being gunmen."

Lu Bing was shocked: "What do you mean ......?"

Xiao Feng nodded: "Since you only used the two of you as guns, the letter writer should have only written these two letters."

That is to say, 'one person' only 'shows' and 'two people' know, Lord Lu, what kind of word should this be? ”

Lu Bing picked up the pen, first wrote down the word 'person', then wrote the word 'show' below, and added a double next to it on the left.

A big "Xu" word jumped on the paper, and Lu Bing nodded with a wry smile.

"The thief shouted to catch the thief, so it is. The first person to get the content of the letter turned out to be Xu Fan. Then Xu Fan wrote another letter to Tan Tong and Liu Tai.

He expected that as the investigation by the Anti-Corruption Court became stricter and stricter, the two would use this letter as a condition to seek refuge in Xu Jie.

Then he pretended to get this from the two of them, and deliberately shouted 'Jiangnan Longfeng Shop' in Chunyan Building, which made me think that he didn't know much.

Awesome, awesome. Tan Tong and Liu Tai were kept in the dark by him, and they thought that the letter they received was really written to them by Yan Shifan when he was dying! ”

Xiao Feng sighed: "This matter can only be measured like this." If you still want to know where Xu Fan learned the content of the letter, then it is not something you can ask. ”

Lu Bing sneered: "Now that I know it's him, do I still use word measurement?" Since he dares to play such a trick, then don't blame me for being unsympathetic. ”

Xiao Feng reminded: "If you don't tell Banzai about this, then if you continue to investigate, it will be a rebellion."

You have someone under you, so it's okay to secretly check on them. But if Xu Fan is moved, Xu Jie will not sit idly by, and this matter cannot be hidden. ”

Lu Bing said lightly: "I know, thank you for the reminder." ”

After speaking, Lu Bing strode away from Xiao Mansion, Xiao Feng looked at him behind him, and suddenly felt that Lu Bing's always straight back was already a little rickety.

In Xiyuan, in the Jingjing House, Lu Bing was persuading Jiajing to allow himself to interrogate Xu Fan, and Jiajing listened quietly without saying a word.

"Long live, the minister asked Xiao Feng to test the words, and it has been ascertained that the letters from Tan Tong and Liu Tai are all from Xu Fan's hand.

But where Xu Fan learned about this is unknown. Since this matter was not Yan Shifan's doing, the matter became more complicated.

It shows that in addition to Yan Shifan, there are other people who know about this. If you don't find out, it will be difficult for the minister to rest assured.

Zha Xu Fan does not involve hundreds of officials, nor does it cause turmoil in the court, and please long live your permission. ”

Jiajing was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Xu Fan is the son of the first assistant of the dynasty, there is no evidence, and it is inappropriate to arrest and interrogate people just based on Xiao Feng's word measurement."

What's more, if Xu Fan doesn't admit it, what will you do? Is it torture?

Xu Jietang's first assistant, and there is no fault, tortured his son for no reason, how to explain to the hundred officials?

All officials know that Xiao Feng and Xu Jie's fight, and at this time, Jinyiwei arrested Xu Fan, and it was Xiao Feng's crime of measuring words, how could the court not be in chaos? ”

Lu Bing had already prepared: "Long live, first of all, there must be a reasonable charge." Secondly, unless it is absolutely necessary, the punishment will not be moved.

The minister has been in charge of Jinyiwei for many years, and has tried countless crimes, and the minister has a way to interrogate it, please rest assured. ”

Jiajing was silent again for a long time, and finally nodded, Lu Bing breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to retire when Jiajing suddenly spoke tiredly.

"Lu Bing, I asked you not to investigate the strict party officials before, why do you still let people secretly investigate? Can't you even listen to me? ”

Jiajing's voice was not high, but in Lu Bing's ears, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, shaking his body, which had always been as stable as a mountain.

Between the lightning and the fire, Lu Bing has already made a decision: it is meaningless to deny, since Jiajing said so, he must have evidence.

Lu Bing knelt directly on the ground: "Long live, the minister always feels that the old things that have been dusted for many years have suddenly been turned up, and the purpose is by no means simple."

The minister intuitively felt that this matter might cause great harm to Long Live and Da Ming. For this reason, the minister dared to act rashly, but he only let people secretly investigate, and did not dare to continue to alarm the officials. ”

After a long time, Jiajing sighed: "Of course I know that you are kind, but if I say it, it is a holy decree!" Whether my decision is right or wrong, it must be carried out.

Go and get thirty court rods, and let the people of Dongchang execute them. You remember, just this once. There will be another time, and I will not spare it! ”

Lu Bing kowtowed repeatedly, Jiajing waved his hand, and Lu Bing stood up and turned to leave. Jiajing turned his head to look at Huang Jin.

"Huang Ban, Xiao Chunzi has done a good job, it is in vain for so many years of cultivation."

Huang Jin stepped forward and pinched Jiajing's shoulder: "This is all good for long live training." If it weren't for the fact that Lord Lu might continue to investigate, it would be difficult for Koharuko to notice.

Lord Lu is telling the truth, and there is no need to doubt his loyalty to Banzai. Long live is extraordinarily gracious, and naturally because of this. ”

Jiajing sighed: "The things in this world are often bad because of the good intentions of self-determination.

Lu Bing is naturally different from others, and I know it well. If it is someone else, there is such a thing, and the commander of the brocade guard should be replaced!

In fact, I am not at ease about the matter of that letter, otherwise I would not have agreed to Lu Bing's continued interrogation of Xu Fan today. ”

Huang Jin stood behind Jiajing, a hint of fear flashing in the smile on his face.

Jiajing's words implied a shocking fact.

In fact, he also wanted to continue to investigate, but he ordered Lu Bing not to investigate. Then he asked Dongchang to secretly probe the movements of Jinyiwei.

He was testing Lu Bing. Lu Bing's loyalty to him, he should have no doubts a long time ago.

What he tested was actually whether Lu Bing was loyal enough to not hesitate to give any order, just like Mao Dun trained his own dead soldiers.

Mao Dun was originally the eldest son of Touman Danyu, and it stands to reason that he is the crown prince. But Tou Mandan later gave birth to a younger son, so he wanted to kill Mao Dun and make the youngest son the crown prince.

Because Mao Dun himself has a certain strength, Tou Manshan was unwilling to do it directly, so he thought of a way to kill people with a knife. Let Mao Dun go to the Yueshi.

As a result, as soon as Mao Dun arrived at Yue's, the old man sent troops to attack Yue's without paying attention to martial virtues. Sure enough, the Yue clan was furious and wanted to kill Mao Dun. Maudun snatched a horse and fled back.

This time Mao suddenly became a warrior on the grassland, and Tou Manshan Yu was even more difficult to do, so he put this matter down. But he put it down, but Maudun didn't.

Maudon began to train his own dead soldiers, and the training methods were very bloody. He made a whistle on his arrows, which whined as soon as they were fired, and named them "Ringing Arrows".

He ordered that wherever he shot, his men must shoot there, without hesitation or doubt, and those who disobey the order must be beheaded.

Then he pulled out his favorite BMW and shot it with an arrow, but most of his men didn't dare to shoot it, only a few followed.

Maudun directly killed all his subordinates who didn't dare to shoot arrows. Then, two days later, he called his beloved wife out of the tent and came directly to him.

This time, most of his subordinates shot, but a small number of his subordinates didn't dare to shoot, and without saying a word, he directly killed all those who didn't shoot arrows.

After these two knockouts, Mao Dun and his remaining men found his father, who was hunting on the grassland, and shot an arrow directly without saying a word.

His gang of subordinates, who had long since distinguished between right and wrong, good and evil, whether dead or alive, shot arrows together without hesitation, and shot his father directly to death.

Maudun thus became the greatest and worst Da Shan Yu in the history of the Xiongnu. It was this guy who surrounded Liu Bang in Baishan Mountain and opened the history of the Han Dynasty and relatives.

This incident fully shows that loyalty and foolishness are not the same thing, and subordinates who will hesitate to shoot the leader's wife are not necessarily disloyal.

But the leader is obviously a person who is more willing to be foolish, whether it is Da Shan Yu on the grassland or the emperor in the palace, they all think so.

Lu Bing walked to the open space of Xiyuan and waited for a while, and the two fans of Dongchang stepped forward and arched their hands at Lu Bing.

"Lord Lu, don't blame the brothers, long live has a will, don't play favoritism, and please forgive Lord Lu."

Lu Bing nodded, lay on the ground, and the two fans picked up the court staff and fought.

They didn't fight desperately, but they really didn't release the water either, and several brocade guards stood beside them with their heads down, looking at Lu Bing worriedly.

After the beating of the thirty court staff, Lu Bing was carried out of the West Garden by his subordinates. In fact, with his martial arts, although he was beaten to the ground, he would not be able to leave.

It's just that no matter whether he can go or not, he must pretend to be as miserable as possible at this time.

The first is to let the two fans of Dongchang have an explanation to the above, and the second is to let Jiajing completely vent his dissatisfaction.

Lu Bing was sent back to the mansion, lying on the bed, thinking about his thoughts motionlessly, and the servants did not dare to disturb, so they could only wait outside, holding the medicine and waiting for the summons.

Lu Yi hurriedly ran back to the house, snatched the wound medicine from the servant's hand at the door, rushed into the house, and then was stunned.

Lu Bing hasn't had such a miserable appearance for a long time, at least not since Lu Yi remembered.

Lu Yi hurriedly stepped forward, cut his father's clothes, and gave his father medicine.

"Where have you been? Lao Zhao said that you are not in Fusi in Beizhen. ”

Lu Yi's hand paused, and he whispered, "I...... I'm going to enter the WTO. ”

Lu Bing snorted: "Have you gone to see Xiaodong?" ”

Lu Yi didn't squeak, just applied medicine to his father. Lu Bing closed his eyes and felt the wound gradually turn from hot to cool.

"Do you like Xiaodong?"

Lu Yi whispered "um", Lu Bing couldn't see his face, but he could imagine that his face should have turned red.

"Does she like you?"

"I ...... I do not know. Sometimes she's me, and sometimes she's fine. ”

Lu Bing thought sadly, it's over, the Lu family has a licking dog. But that's not what he cares about at this time.

"Do you know why I was beaten?"

Lu Yi hung his head: "They told me." It was the son's incompetence that made Dongchang Fanzi see the clues and hurt his father. ”

Lu Bing sighed lightly: "It's no wonder you, since Dongchang is staring at you, sooner or later it will be discovered." So it's not you who really makes the mistake, it's me. ”

Lu Yi was puzzled, and Lu Bing said in a low voice: "You're right, if you don't let me check it, I shouldn't check it anymore." He'll let me look it up soon anyway.

This kind of thing, how could it not be investigated before Banzai figured it out? I was concerned and messed up, and I made a big mistake. ”

Lu Yi said in shock: "Father is saying that he said that he would not check before long live, and he was testing his father?" This ......"

Lu Bing said lightly: "It's nothing. In that position, no one can be completely trusted, so the temptation of Viva is right.

It's me who is wrong, as the head of the brocade guard, I shouldn't have considered the rights and wrongs and consequences of the Banzai order, which is why Banzai rewarded me with thirty court staffs. ”

Lu Yi's shock had calmed down, and he said in a low voice, "My son remembers." ”

Lu Bing nodded, because of the medicine on his stomach, this action was quite difficult, like a kowtow insect pressed on the table.

"There are at least two things you should learn from this:

First, as long as you are still in the Jinyi Guard, no matter what position you hold, you must be absolutely loyal to Long live.

Second, don't underestimate Xiao Chunzi, under his management, Dongchang is much stronger than Zhang Yuan at that time.

The emperors of the past dynasties already trusted Dongchang more than Jinyiwei, and now Jinyiwei can have a slight upper hand, but it is just because of my relationship with Banzai.

By your generation, it's hard to say. You and the two princes don't have a particularly close relationship, so you have to be cautious in everything. ”

Lu Yi nodded yes, Lu Bing thought for a while: "Xiao Dong is not yet twelve years old, a little younger." And her identity is doubtful after all, you ......"

Lu Bing didn't finish speaking, Lu Yi didn't answer, and the father and son fell into silence like this, only the movement of the wounded medicine, and the occasional inhalation.

The news of Lu Bing's beating was brought by Lu Yi when he came to find Xiao Feng at night. Xiao Feng was also taken aback, and then fell into deep thought.

"Brother Xiao, my father asked me to find you, and now Banzai agrees to interrogate Xu Fan, but he needs a suitable reason.

The father thought about it, but he still had to let the Incorruptible Government take action. The Xu family is a big family in Songjiang Mansion, even if Xu Jie is not greedy, it is difficult for his family to be clean.

Jin Yiwei reported that at present, a large area of fertile land in Songjiang Mansion has been included in the Xu family, which can be used as a crime to cover people's eyes. It's just that I need your help with this matter. ”

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly: "It's because the Incorruptible Government Institute doesn't listen to Jinyiwei, right?" In the past, it was necessary to find out which official was corrupt, and it was randomly raided by the Anti-Corruption Yuan.

After Xu Fan shouted that voice, Banzai instructed Xu Jie, according to the list provided by Jinyiwei, in the name of the cabinet, to the Anti-Corruption Institute for investigation.

In any case, the ICAC is under the leadership of the cabinet, which is quite right, so Hai Jui did not object.

But this time to check the Xu family, Jin Yiwei can't pass the order of the Cabinet, and it is impossible to directly let Xu Jie do this, which is no different from checking Xu Jie's property.

Long live will not directly flip the table in order to interrogate Xu Fan, so that Xu Jie will not be able to do it, and the hundred officials will naturally make trouble.

So Lord Lu wanted me to write a letter to Hai Rui, and through personal connections, let Hai Rui go to investigate the Xu family, and bring Xu Fan into the capital for trial in the name of justice, right? ”

Lu Yi looked at Xiao Feng in amazement, and nodded again and again: "Brother Xiao is like a god. Father said that if Hai Rui doesn't enter the oil and salt, it is useless to even make a long live decree.

Of course, Banzai can't directly order Hai Rui to do this kind of thing. So only Brother Xiao wrote a letter, and he may be more confident. ”

Xiao Feng pinched his eyebrows with his hand, thought about it with a headache, and finally agreed. After all, Lu Bing was beaten with a stick, and it seemed too much if he didn't help.

Seeing that Xiao Feng agreed to help, Lu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but did not say goodbye, but drank tea silently.

Xiao Feng looked at Lu Yi's expression: "Do you still have something to tell me?" ”

Lu Yi made up his mind: "Brother Xiao, I'm panicked, but I can't say these words to my father, let alone others." ”

Xiao Feng looked at Lu Yi's face, he was already eighteen years old, the childishness on his face had long disappeared, and his face was becoming more and more like Lu Bing.

But Xiao Feng always remembered what he looked like when he was a child, pulling himself to climb trees in his family's garden, digging birds' nests, and peeking at the maids bathing......

Although Xiao Feng was gone at that time, the emotions of his childhood friends continued with his memories and never been broken.

"You say, I won't tell anyone."

Lu Yi hung his head and repeated what Lu Bing had said to him, then raised his head to look at Xiao Feng with a little depression in his eyes.

"Brother Xiao, I have always followed my father's example. I always thought that Zhongjun had reached the extreme of his father's duty.

But today I suddenly realized that even if he was faithful, his father would still be tempted, he would still be beaten, and that was because it was my father!

If it were someone else, I was afraid that I would die. I'm worried about whether I can do what my father did, and I'm even more worried that I'll hurt the Lu family in the future. ”

Xiao Feng nodded, understanding Lu Yi's troubles very well.

In the process of growing up, the saddest hurdle is to find that your father is getting old and you are facing a moment of emptiness in your worries.

"Xiao Yi, in fact, your father must have been very weak at your age. He must have made a lot of mistakes that young people make.

He can become like this, calm and sophisticated, not shocked, and he has experienced many hardships and life and death.

In the tenth year of Jiajing, he went to Meilong Town to spy on the White Lotus Sect, and almost died there, do you really think he wasn't afraid at that time?

In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, he rushed into the sea of fire, carried out Banzai, and made great contributions, do you think he was not afraid at that time?

He was also afraid, but he did it, and therefore he gradually became the most reassuring person in Long Live and the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty.

You will also slowly go through these and eventually become as good as your father, which is a process that every man has to go through.

Just like a caterpillar breaks out of its cocoon and becomes a butterfly, the process of struggling in the cocoon is indispensable. ”

Lu Yi looked at Xiao Feng, this guy is a living example, when his father was alive, he was like that, after his father died, he was like this.

"Brother Xiao, I understand. I just can't figure out why I have to test my father so much. ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "If you promise not to tell Lord Lu, I will tell you why Banzai is."

In fact, you don't need to tell you, Lord Lu's scheming is just a momentary blind, and he will be able to react quickly. ”