In the face of Su Buqing's cold blow, Lu Shen seemed to be speechless in shock, but in fact he fell into nervous thinking.

On the way back from Beiyan Tieshan City, Lu Shen had already roughly understood the general situation of the world through casual conversations with others.

In the seventh year of Yuankang of Great Qi, the three northern kingdoms broke through the Jinghe defense line for the first time and approached the city of Heluo, causing the world to tremble.

In order to send away these plague gods and keep the capital, Emperor Qi could only sign an alliance under the city to give up several important towns in the north, and even betrayed the seven departments of Shazhou, which had been loyal to the Great Qi for a hundred years, so that thousands of soldiers who rushed to King Qin died in Yanziling outside the city.

On the way back from the Three Kingdoms Alliance, the Jing Dynasty Iron Cavalry unexpectedly attacked the Dai and Zhao Erguo, and severely damaged the Iron Armor Army led by the children of Zhao Guozong, thus establishing the dominance of the Jing Dynasty.

In the eleventh year of Yuankang, the army of the Jing Dynasty went south again, this time because there was no barrier from the northern pass, tens of thousands of iron horsemen entered no man's land, and rushed all the way to surround Heluo City. When the Jing Dynasty infantry arrived, it took only 12 days to capture Heluo, and Emperor Qi and the prince were humiliated and self-immolated in the palace, which is known as the Yuanjia Change.

If it weren't for Li Duan, the seventh son of the emperor, to gather all the forces in the south in time and ascend the throne as emperor in Yongjia City, southeast of Xinzhou, I am afraid that the Great Qi Dynasty, which once dominated the world, would have perished.

The Jing Dynasty may have been weak in succession, or it needed time to slowly digest the vast territory it had conquered, and it did not chase after the Southern Qi Dynasty, but instead took Heluo, the old capital of the Qi State, as the capital, and established the original Qi State Rite Department Shangshu as the emperor, and the country name as Yan, so as to bind the hearts of the Qi people in the north.

Time has passed, and thirteen years have passed since the change of Yuanjia.

During this short period of time, under the support or persecution of the Jing Dynasty, the Northern Yan frequently fought with the Southern Qi, and the contradiction between the two sides fell in Huaizhou, which is located in the north of the Jiangbei. After a series of vicious battles in the past few years, Beiyan has never been able to break through the defense line of Panlong Pass and Huaizhou, so they can only take a step back, and the next struggle has evolved into intrigue under the water.

The Southern Qi Weaving Division has developed and grown in the competition with the Northern Yan Prosecutor's Office, and both sides will win over officials at all levels who oppose the opposing side, especially the military generals who are in charge of military power on the border line, and Zhang Xi mentioned by Su Buqing is one of the typical examples.

Judging from the superficial evidence, the Warp Weaving Division found Zhang Xi's head through the Beiyan captured in Taixing Mansion, and then learned the four words Guangling Lu family from Zhang Xi's mouth, and all the development was logical, Su Buqing detained Lu Tong in the government and asked Gu Yong to intercept and search the Lu family caravan.

Compared with the usual style of the warp weaving department, Su Buqing even treated the Lu family very leniently.

However, Lu Shen knew some other information, such as the secret letter that was put into the compartment of his carriage by the guards of Panlong Pass, such as the sudden appearance of Sun Yu who instigated him to abscond, such as the secret agent of the Warp Weaving Division led by Gu Yong who appeared outside the city at the right time.

The smell of conspiracy in these things is too strong, and the traces of axe chisels are too obvious, so that Lu Shen can't believe Su Buqing's words, at least the other party is false in some key statements.

It's just that he still needs more information to analyze the truth of this matter, as well as the role played by the senior official of the Warp Weaving Department who controls the fate of the Lu family in front of him.

Based on this, Lu Shen looked up at Su Buqing's icy gaze, and said categorically: "Master Su, my father is definitely not a person who collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country, and it is impossible for the Lu family to collude with Beiyan to make a fine work!" ”

"There is something commendable about the youthful spirit, but that's about it."

Su Buqing sighed slowly, immediately picked up the teacup next to him, drank all the cold tea in the cup, and said step by step: "This official hopes that you can understand, even if it is just based on the confession left by Zhang Xi before his death, the Warp Weaving Division can put your Lu family and others on death row." You're still young, and you'll have a lot of time to enjoy life in the future, so it's a shame to lose your head like this. ”

Lu Shen knew that he couldn't continue to play a tough posture, it would be easy to be self-defeating, after all, he didn't know the other party's true intentions at the moment, so he changed his strategy and said thoughtfully: "The younger generation is stupid, please make it clear to Master Su." ”

Su Buqing saw that this young man had been beaten by himself repeatedly, and Fang Cai's sharpness had disappeared, so he couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and said in a slow tone: "This official believes that the Lu family is just going astray, if you can honestly explain your own secrets and help the Weaving Division find out the deeply hidden traitor, this official will plead with Lord Tiju, at least you can save the lives of your father and son." ”

This is what Lu Shen would not have believed when he just graduated from the military academy in his previous life.

He didn't say it directly, and asked a little dazedly: "Master Su, what does the so-called secret mean?" ”

Su Buqing was silent for a moment, and said openly: "When the official heard the word Lu family from Zhang Xi's mouth, he asked people to sort out the files related to your family and found many past events worth pondering. ”

"In the fifth year of the establishment of the military, in view of the increasingly strong demand for trade between the people and the north, the imperial court secretly opened an opening, allowing some merchants to enter the territory of Beiyan to buy and sell goods through Panlong Pass and Jiquan Road in Anfu from the north. In the first batch of business names to go to Beiyan, your Lu family is impressively listed. At that time, not long after Ling Tang's death, Ling Zun was actually in the mood to handle business, which contradicted his performance that he had not continued for many years. ”

"In the early autumn of the eighth year of Jianwu, the Yongquanguan offensive planned by the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion for more than half a year was discovered by the Northern Yan in advance, if it weren't for the Inspector Xiao Dadu who sensed the abnormality, my border army would have plunged into the encirclement of the Northern Yan. The strange thing is that the movements of your Lu family business were extremely frequent that year, and you went to Beiyan four times before autumn. ”

"Ten years after the establishment of the martial arts, that is, in the spring of the previous year, the Beiyan Prosecutor's Office wantonly searched for my Chaoerlang in Heluo City, and the Warp Weaving Division lost thirty-six elite spies in that storm. More than half a month before the incident, Ling Zun happened to personally lead the caravan to Heluo. ”

"If it is repeated, can it be covered up with the word coincidence?"

Su Buqing's tone turned cold, his eyes were deep, and an invisible pressure surged towards Lu Shen.

Many things seem ordinary, but they can't stand the associations of people with hearts, not to mention that Su Buqing's identity is extremely special.

Merely...... Lu Shen calmed down at this moment, faced the other party's forced gaze, and shook his head decisively: "What Lord Su said, the younger generation doesn't think there is anything strange about it, and——"

He paused for a moment and said sincerely: "There are countless businesses in Huaizhou, and the Lu family is just an ordinary member of them. Even in Guangling Mansion, there are still two or three firms that are stronger than the Lu family. The younger generation thinks that if it is according to the standards of Lord Su, then there is far more than the Lu family that is worth questioning. After all, Huaizhou is located in the north of the Yangtze River, and the Northern Yan has coveted this place for a long time, and the disputes between the two countries have been constant all year round. At each particular point in time, it is believed that we can find a business name that can be associated. ”

Su Buqing stared at the young man's eyes and said slowly: "Do you want to tell this official that the Lu family is innocent and has never done anything to make ghosts?" ”

Lu Shen did not back down and dodged, and said resolutely: "Lord Su, after repeated recollections, the younger generation can confirm that the Lu family has never had any dealings with Beiyan Xizuo in secret, let alone transmitting information to collaborate with the enemy and treason. ”

If these words were said by Lu Tong, Su Buqing would only sneer at them.

Previously, in front of Zhan Hui, after Lu Tong survived the initial shock, no matter how Su Buqing put pressure, he flatly denied it, and would never admit that the Lu family colluded with Beiyan.

The words that Su Buqing intimidated Lu Shen just now were really difficult to do.

Zhang Xi's confession was not a lie, but this guy died after saying the words "Guangling Lu family", and he didn't even explain how he communicated with the Lu family. Under the premise of no empirical evidence, it is difficult for Su Buqing to directly arrest the Lu family and others and torture them based on the dead man's confession, which is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

First of all, Lu Tong has a deep friendship with Zhan Hui, the prefect of Guangling, and secondly, the Lu family has a good reputation in Huaizhou, and has never spared no effort to build bridges and pave roads for the benefit of Sangzi. Dealing with a popular squire like Lu Tong, reckless actions may be counterattacked.

Of course, in terms of the authority of the Warp Weaving Division, if Su Buqing was determined to pry Lu Tong's mouth open with torture, Zhan Hui would not be able to stop it, at most he would bring this matter to the court. If things develop to that point, it will be the two Xiangye of Zhongshu Province and Qin Zheng of the Warp Weaving Division who are fighting in the ring, and the people below can only wait for the result.

It's just that Su Buqing didn't expect that an old man living in the city would actually pull the Lu family. This person has no official identity, and he has never been an official, and he has only been famous for the word "miracle doctor" for decades, but considering the old man's famous nephew, Su Buqing can only pinch his nose to find evidence.

This is the reason why he chose Lu Shen as the breakthrough point, but this young man's frank and firm reaction at the moment made him hesitate, could it be that his judgment this time was wrong?

Su Buqing is confident that his eye for seeing people is very accurate, Lu Shen is young and has little experience, if he has a ghost in his heart, he will definitely not be able to do it so naturally, from his eyes to subtle expressions, he is impeccable.

How could a nineteen-year-old immature young man perform seamlessly in front of him, Su Buqing had never seen such a demon even in Yongjia City.

And yet—

Lu Shen looked at him calmly, he really didn't think that there was anything wrong with the coincidences that Su Buqing recounted, because he didn't remember what Lu Tong had done in a certain year and month, where he went, or what secrets were hidden in the Lu family.

All that was left by the original owner of this body was some memory fragments, and most of the memories were missing, especially the past two years ago, which was a blank for the current Lu Shen.

Because of ignorance, of course, it can be justified.