Looking at the puzzled expression on Yan Shifan's face, Yan Song sighed helplessly and explained instead.

"I've been an official in the same dynasty as Xu Jie for so many years, don't I know his temperament?"

"If there are not enough interests in the middle, he will never take the initiative to provoke such an extremely difficult enemy for himself!"

After listening to Yan Song's explanation, Yan Shifan was also thoughtful, and after a long time, he spoke.

"Then father, you mean, Xu Jie has a reason to do this?"

When Yan Song heard this, he nodded and continued.

"Well, that's right, combined with what you said earlier, in the past few days, many unknown people suddenly appeared near Xu Jie's home, and not long ago, these people received orders to evacuate."

Yan Song paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued.

"These unknown people, there is no doubt that they are the Jinyi guards sent by His Majesty to monitor Xu Jie!"

It was only at this time that Yan Shifan reacted, and subconsciously turned his gaze to Yan Song and confirmed to him.

"Then father, what do you mean, that Xu Jie didn't know what he did wrong to annoy His Majesty, and in order to atone for his crimes, he took the initiative to confront those officials?"

Yan Song saw that Yan Shifan understood what he meant, nodded, and immediately spoke.

"Well, that's right, judging by the current situation, this is most likely the case!"

At this moment, Yan Shifan on the side seemed to have thought of something, and proposed to Yan Song.

"Father, let's continue to check down this line to see what Xu Jie has done to annoy Your Majesty, so that we can be prepared and don't have to ......."

It's just that before Yan Shifan's words could be finished, he was coldly interrupted by Yan Song.

"You idiot, you know that this is not a good thing, but you still rush up to make up, let me ask you, if Your Majesty knows about this, what should we do?"

"He Xu Jie, who paid such a heavy price, also wants to ask for His Majesty's forgiveness, so it can be seen that this is definitely not a trivial matter!"

"There are some things that I still don't know, understand?"

After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan was also shocked, and cold sweat couldn't help but drip on his forehead.

"What my father said makes sense, this matter has made Xu Jie anxious, even to the point of currying favor with His Majesty by taking the initiative to offend those officials!"

"Therefore, the whole matter must be extremely tricky, and if you investigate this matter yourself, you will definitely be extremely risky, in case you annoy Your Majesty......"

After Yan Shifan understood all this, he immediately put on a teachable posture and said respectfully.

"Thank you father for solving the child's doubts, the child knows!"

Seeing this situation, Yan Song looked Yan Shifan up and down before relieving himself and commanded instead.

"Next, you have to pay more attention to the movements of the Yanguan, if there is anything, report to me immediately!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, father, the child knows!"

Seeing that the matter had come to an end, the expression on Yan Song's face gradually eased, and he saw that he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body and said slowly.

"Alright, it's not too early, you can go back and rest quickly!"

"Yes, father, you should rest early, too!"

After that, Yan Shifan did not make any stop in the study, but turned to leave.

……

On the other side, Jinan Mansion, Shandong, next to a long-abandoned temple outside Licheng County.

Under the reflection of the orange firelight, the surrounding people were looking at the figure standing on the steps with fanatical expressions, and Hai Rui and his personal guard Xiao Er were also mixed in.

The matter has to be traced back to a few days ago, when Hai Rui was discussing with Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, how to deal with the White Lotus Sect, he offered to personally go to the area where the White Lotus Sect was rampant to investigate the corresponding situation.

As soon as this remark came out, it was naturally fiercely opposed by Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, and later, under Hai Rui's repeated insistence, Cao Feng had to relent.

After this, Hai Rui took his guards and marched towards Licheng County, where the White Lotus Sect was seriously rampant.

Along the way, it was very smooth, and Hai Rui and his party did not encounter any episodes.

After coming to Licheng County, Hai Rui was shocked to realize that the infiltration of the White Lotus Sect was serious, and many ordinary people's homes were enshrined with tablets of the unborn old mother, not only that, but those people worked as farmers during the day and went to participate in the regular gatherings of the White Lotus Sect at night.

After making up the identity of a merchant for himself, Hai Rui quickly connected with the White Lotus Cultists and was able to participate in the regular meetings of the White Lotus Sect.

At this moment, I only heard a very pious chanting sound, interrupting Hai Rui's thoughts: "Vacuum hometown, no biological mother, the sky for the Jade Emperor, the underground for the Hades, there is a white lotus in my heart, protect my good homeland......"

"The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the white lotus is in full bloom!"

When Hai Rui followed the prestige, he saw the person standing on the steps before, quite solemnly inserting the three sticks of incense in his hand into the incense burner on the makeshift table.

Behind the incense burner, there is also a tablet with a sad and unborn mother!

After doing this, the man standing on the top of the steps turned his gaze to the many believers below.

"I'm glad that you can come to this meeting, and today, I have been instructed by the young treasurer to teach you the charm."

"But before that, anyone who has a plague can come forward, as long as you drink this bowl of rune water, you can cure the disease!"

As soon as the man standing on the steps finished speaking, more than a dozen White Lotus Sect disciples wearing white robes stepped forward, each holding a bowl of runic water in their hands.

Seeing this, many of the believers below immediately became agitated, after all, this is a rare good thing!

A moment later, about a dozen believers walked up, including a father who walked up with his yellow-skinned and languid child, for him, the talisman water in the hands of those White Lotus Sect disciples was the last straw.

The man standing on the steps, seeing so many believers coming forward, couldn't help but nod his head, and immediately reminded him.

"Later, when you drink this bowl of talisman water, you must silently recite the name of the lifeless old mother, only those who are sincere can be effective, understand?"

After listening to the advice of the person standing on the steps, the dozen or so believers all nodded firmly, and the father who went up with the child before touched his child's head and admonished.

"Huzi, when you drink that bowl of talisman water later, you must silently recite the name of the lifeless old mother, understand?"

"As long as you drink the runic water, your illness will be cured, and when your illness is cured, Dad will go and buy you a sugar gourd!"

The child, named Huzi, heard his father's advice, nodded inexplicably, and immediately responded.

"Ahem, Dad, Huzi knows, ahem......"

Subsequently, under the chanting of many believers at the scene, the dozen or so believers who came to the stage took the runic water from the hands of those White Lotus Sect disciples, and after silently reciting the name of the lifeless old mother in their hearts, they drank all the runic water in the bowl.

A moment later, there was a shout of excitement.

"Hahaha, I'm cured, my illness is cured!"

"Haha, the illness that has plagued me for many years is finally cured, meet my mother!"

Seeing that those who drank Fu Shui before, one by one, claimed that their illnesses had been cured by Fu Shui.

The father, who had taken his child up earlier, turned his gaze to his child, who had already drunk the talisman water, and asked anxiously.

"Huzi, are you feeling better?"

Seeing this, the child named Huzi shook his head and said slowly.

"Dad, I'm so uncomfortable, cough, cough......"

Before the child could finish his words, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell straight to the ground. (End of chapter)