Chapter 43: Intelligence from the capital
When the Zhou family rebelled, the Mu Guogong Mansion was implicated once, and that time Mu Changtian took out an iron scroll to avoid death, which barely saved the entire Mu Guogong Mansion.
It's only been more than a year, and this kind of thing happened to the Mu Guogong Mansion again.
Lu Chen was a little skeptical that his father-in-law was really so stupid.
Even if he really has a backbone, he won't collude with Chen Guoyu in such a short period of time.
He is not a fool, now that Emperor Xia is in the prime of life, and his realm has broken through to the realm of grandmasters, it is definitely not a problem to live for more than a hundred years.
It was so easy to assassinate Emperor Xia and then overthrow the Great Xia Dynasty.
Chu Yuqin hurriedly said to Lu Chen at this time: "Chen'er, Zixuan just gave birth to a child, and she must not know about this matter." ”
Although there is no such thing as postpartum depression in this era, people in this era also know that women are more emotionally sensitive after giving birth.
If Mu Zixuan knew that the entire Mu family was imprisoned, it would probably affect her physical recovery.
Lu Chen said: "Well, I understand. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Chen looked at Qin Yushan and asked, "Commander Qin, has my father been injured in any way?" ”
Qin Yushan replied: "Back to the prince, Your Majesty was not injured, it is said that when Chen Guoyu assassinated His Majesty, the national teacher was in front of His Majesty. ”
Hearing this, Lu Chen laughed.
Then he said: "Are these remnants of Chen really so stupid? How dare you assassinate a grandmaster in front of a great grandmaster? ”
Although Situ Ce never said that he was a great grandmaster, it was no secret that he was a great grandmaster.
After all, it is the national pillar of the Great Xia Dynasty, if it does not have the strength of the Great Grandmaster, how can it be called the national pillar.
When the remnants of the Chen State assassinated Emperor Xia, they really didn't do any homework at all?
Lu Chen continued to ask, "How many assassins did the remnants of the Chen Kingdom send to assassinate my father?" What about the strength of these assassins? ”
Qin Yushan replied: "According to the information collected by his colleagues in the capital, Chen Guoyu sent a total of thirty assassins to infiltrate the palace, and among these assassins, most of them were around the sixth grade, and the strongest of them was the half-step grandmaster, and there were two half-step grandmasters in total. ”
Hearing Qin Yushan's report, Lu Chen didn't know how to complain.
Send thirty assassins, two half-step grandmasters, to assassinate a grandmaster in a heavily guarded place like the Imperial Palace.
And without asking the emperor beforehand if there were any more powerful people around him, these assassins really had a bit of a problem with their brains.
Lu Chen even doubted whether these Chen Guo remnants were really Chen Guo remnants.
Lu Chen then asked, "Has Jin Yiwei investigated these remnants of the Chen Kingdom?" Are they really the remnants of the Chen Kingdom? ”
Qin Yushan said: "Back to the prince, Commander Liang sent someone to investigate, and confirmed that there were indeed remnants of Chen Guo entering the palace, but after the investigation of Commander Liang, the escape of Chen Commander from the capital may have nothing to do with the Duke of Mu's mansion. ”
Qin Yushan also knew what Lu Chen wanted to know, so he directly told Liang Zong's investigation.
After hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen fell silent.
Emperor Xia first used the Zhou family's rebellion to make a fuss and took away the death-free iron scroll of the Mu State Mansion, and then relieved Mu Changtian of his military power, and finally disbanded the Tiger Ben Army, and divided the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army into other military camps.
Now he is using the remnants of Chen Guo to put the Mu Guogong Mansion and his family in prison, and his father, the emperor, is planning to unload the mill and kill the donkey.
No matter how political novice Lu Chen is, he basically understands what Emperor Xia wants to do.
Mu Changtian and Zhou Wangtian, who rebelled more than a year ago, are known as the two great heavenly kings of the Great Xia Dynasty, and now that Zhou Wangtian has been destroyed, there is also a Mu Changtian who should almost go down.
With the destruction of their two heavenly kings, the Xia Emperor's control over the Great Xia Dynasty reached a height never before seen in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty, and he received all the military power into his own hands, what was this going to do?
Seeing that Lu Chen didn't speak for a long time, Chu Yuqin sighed on the side and said, "Chen'er, I'm afraid your father is planning to do something to the family." ”
Hearing this, Lu Chen reacted.
His father, the emperor, must have something to do if he tries his best to recover the military power, otherwise he will take the risk of shaking the country's capital and go to great lengths to recover the military power.
If it is to do it to the family, it does need to have soldiers in hand, but I didn't expect that my father, the emperor, would have such courage.
In all dynasties, there were not many emperors who dared to do anything to the family.
It is said that "a thousand-year-old family, a century-old dynasty." Even if a dynasty is overthrown, those families still exist, and it is commonplace for the family to monopolize the court.
His father has such self-motivation, which makes Lu Chen have to admire him very much.
But then again, he's in a bit of an awkward position right now.
First of all, his maternal family came from the Chu family, the largest of the Jiangnan families, and secondly, his princess was the daughter of Mu Changtian......
Lu Chen then looked at Qin Yushan and asked, "Did the imperial court say what to do with this king's princess?" ”
Qin Yushan replied: "There have been several debates in the court about this issue, the Eighth Prince's faction believes that the princess should be brought back to the capital to deal with it together, while the eldest prince thinks that the princess is already the wife of the prince and should not continue to be regarded as a person from the Mu State Mansion. ”
Lu Chen said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there were still people in the capital who spoke for me, a waste prince." ”
At this moment, a royal soldier entered the martial arts training ground.
"Lord Wang, there is a warrior outside who claims to be a Jinyi Guard, asking to see you."
Speaking of this, the soldiers of the royal palace glanced at the brocade-clothed guards on the martial arts training ground, and then continued: "That person is wearing the same clothes as them. ”
Lu Chen said directly: "Let him in." ”
"Yes, lord."
Subsequently, the soldiers of the palace took the later brocade guards into the martial arts training ground.
When the brocade-clothed guard saw Lu Chen, he immediately knelt down and said, "See the prince." ”
Lu Chen said, "Get up." ”
Lu Chen originally thought that this brocade-clothed guard had just arrived at the palace because of the long distance, but after the brocade-clothed guard got up, he immediately took out a bamboo tube from his waist and handed it to Lu Chen.
"Lord Wang, there is a letter from the capital, the Muguo Mansion is suspected of colluding with the remnants of Chen Guo, and he was exiled to the northwest by His Majesty."
Lu Chen was a little surprised, he had just taken over Jinyiwei, and the Jinyiwei intelligence agency was operational.
Lu Chen immediately took the bamboo tube in the hands of the Jinyi guard, then took out a piece of information from it and read it carefully.
Through the content of the information, Lu Chen instantly understood that this was a regular exchange of information between Jinyiwei, not because Jinyiwei in the capital knew in advance that he, the king of the north, was their master.
Seeing that Lu Chen's face was a little solemn, Chu Yuqin asked, "Chen'er, what's wrong?" ”
Lu Chen replied: "Commander Liang said in this information that when Mu Guogong was exiled to the northwest, he would be assassinated by many forces, and now that Mu Guogong's skills have been abolished, he is just an ordinary person, and the whole family of Mu Guogong's mansion will probably not be able to go to the northwest." ”
(End of chapter)