"Your Majesty, the Warp Weaving Division raised Lord Qin to ask to see you."

There are palace people outside who report softly.

Li Duan said indifferently: "Xuan." ”

He raised his eyes to look at Lu Shen and explained slightly: "Although you haven't mentioned it, I know that you are very interested in the assassination case in Xiliu Lane, so I sent someone to summon Qin Zheng in advance and let him state the details in person, so that you don't have to go to the Warp Weaving Division again." ”

Lu Shen's heart moved slightly, of course, the temperament of the Son of Heaven was not only the generosity and gentleness shown in front of him, otherwise it would be impossible to gradually grasp the authority under the constraints of all parties, and take advantage of the struggle with the family represented by Zuo Xiang.

This seemingly gentle supreme has a pair of eyes that are as calm as a lake, as if he can see through the clouds and mist the thoughts of his courtiers.

While he was pondering, the warp weaver lifted Qin Zheng and slowly walked into the Hall of Rende, came to the front of the palace and bowed: "Minister Qin Zheng, please meet Your Majesty." ”

Li Duan raised his hand and said, "Aiqing is exempt from courtesy." ”

Qin Zheng straightened his body, and Lu Shen looked at it.

Lu Shen was naturally quite curious about this thunderous spy leader, but after entering Beijing, he endured his curiosity and did not go to visit, he only saw it from a distance at the court meeting that day, and he didn't see it very really.

At this moment, the two are only three feet apart, and the subtleties can be distinguished.

He is over forty years old, of medium stature, with a neutral face and a calm and introverted bearing.

Li Duan said kindly, "Has the identity of the assassin been confirmed?" ”

Qin Zheng replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has already investigated clearly, and these two assassins are both masters of the Pseudo-Yan Inspectorate Hall. The swordsman killed by Lu Duwei was named Cao Huai, and the strong man assassin who was arrested was named Chen Fang. ”

Lu Shen remembered that Li Bingxue had said that the assassination case had been handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for investigation, and now it seems that there is no progress there, but the Warp Weaving Department is obviously investigating in secret.

In other words, Qin Zheng's initiative to withdraw from the investigation was just a lie, and it was very likely that it was a trick of the monarchs and ministers in the court, in order to confuse the ministers and the Northern Yan spies hiding in the shadows.

However, they did not shy away from it in front of Lu Shen, obviously the Son of Heaven had great trust in him.

Li Duan looked at Lu Shen's face, a smile appeared on his lips, and then he said to Qin Zheng: "Today, in front of the bitter master, I will briefly talk about the information that the Warp Weaving Division currently has. ”

"Obey."

Qin Zheng knew very well the intentions of the Son of Heaven, and said unhurriedly: "It is not difficult to guess the purpose of the pseudo-Yan assassins, they assassinated Lu Duwei in order to drive a wedge between the center of our dynasty and the border army, and the reason why they chose to attack Lu Duwei is because His Majesty attaches too much importance to Lu Duwei this time. The minister is not complaining about His Majesty, when the governor of Jingzhou Li Du decided to help Lu Duwei make a name for himself, what happened afterwards became inevitable. ”

Lu Shen was a little surprised, the relationship between the monarch and the minister was really different.

Even if the power is as monstrous as the left minister Li Daoyan, I am afraid that he will not openly say the word "complain" to the Son of Heaven, and he must always maintain the prestige of the king and the humility of his courtiers on the surface.

Qin Zheng never squinted and continued: "As for who leaked the news of Lu Duwei's whereabouts, the Warp Weaving Department has not yet found out. A total of seven people under the command of the minister knew the details, but the internal guards repeatedly checked several times, and all seven of them had been ruled out of suspicion. The minister thinks that it is very likely that someone in the right minister's mansion has leaked the news, but-"

He paused at this point, looked at the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty, the minister suggests that it is enough to secretly inform the right minister, and it is not appropriate to make it public." The Pseudo-Yan Assassin who is still alive is both a dead soldier and an outcast, and can reveal his identity and crime and then put him to death, so that it can also give the world an explanation. As for the possible moles in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, you might as well wait for this matter to settle down and inquire separately. ”

Lu Shen noticed that the Son of Heaven was looking towards him, and immediately understood the origin of this scene.

Qin Zheng's proposal was for the sake of the overall situation, after all, Xue Nanting's reputation in the government and the opposition was extremely upright, but if the courtiers knew that he was not strict in governing the family, and the mansion was infiltrated by the Pseudo-Yan Prosecutor's Office, it would be very unfavorable for the right minister, and it was difficult to ensure that other important ministers would not take this opportunity to stir up trouble.

But Lu Shen is the bitter master of the assassination case, and behind him are now Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun, who are also the arms that the Son of Heaven relies on, and how to deal with this matter in the end has to take into account Lu Shen's own thoughts after all.

Thinking of this, Lu Shen said calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Qin's suggestion. ”

Li Duan laughed softly and said to Qin Zheng: "I said before that Lu Shen will definitely not object, how about it?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Qin Zheng bowed his hand, then turned his head to look at Lu Shen, and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, as early as half a year ago, when Su Yunqing used his merits to exchange Lu Duwei for the position of officer, the minister knew that this young man was different. In fact, the minister wanted to promote him to the official position in the warp weaving department, especially after reading the detailed report sent by the Guangling Yamen in Huaizhou, the minister thought that Lu Duwei could be called a genius in this regard, but it was a pity that His Majesty did not allow the minister to do this. ”

Lu Shen's eyes condensed slightly.

Although Qin Zheng said it more tactfully, he could hear the deep meaning of those words, it turned out that Su Yunqing was not able to be promoted because someone framed him, but pushed most of the credit to Lu Shen, so there was that conversation in the tavern.

Over there, the son of heaven smiled and said: "Don't tell me, Lu Shen is a talent that Xiao Wangzhi fancies, and he has the ability to fight with him." ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, Xiao Du will supervise me like a thief." ”

The two of them talked and laughed happily, but Lu Shen just listened quietly.

After a while, Li Duan looked at Lu Shen and asked with a smile, "I remember that you are nineteen years old this year?" ”

Lu Shen replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister will be twenty years old at the end of this year. ”

Li Duan asked again: "Is there a table word?" ”

Lu Shen shook his head and said, "I haven't done the crown salute yet, and my father hasn't taken the word." ”

Li Duan said: "I heard Qin Aiqing say this, so I plan to give you a watchword, and I hope you don't dislike it." ”

The posture of the Son of Heaven is enough to be called a corporal of Lixian, although Lu Shen feels a little sudden, but it is really difficult to refuse at this time, if it is very stupid to use Lu Tong as a shield, he bowed his head and said: "It is the honor of the minister that Your Majesty gives the word." ”

"It's good if you don't dislike me."

Li Duan smiled and said leisurely: "Your single name is a Shen character, Ling Zun should be taken from Shen Yi to be guarded, solemn and stable, I thought about it last night, and I think the word Jing'an is more appropriate, what do you think?" ”

Lu Shen Lu Jing'an?

Sounds pretty good.

Lu Shen didn't really care about the words, but Lu Shen would definitely slander the emperor a few words after he was informed, but the Son of Heaven gave so many benefits at the previous court meeting, and he showed such concern after he was assassinated, so it was the right way to accept it at this time.

Thinking about this joint clearly, Lu Shen bowed and said, "Thank you for your majesty's words." ”

Seeing him so upright, Li Duan was naturally overjoyed, and said with a smile: "It's good if you like it, it's not in vain that I thought about it for half the night." The assassination case will continue to be investigated, you don't have to worry about it, just raise it for a few days and set off to return, go back before the New Year's Festival, and spend the holiday with your family. After the beginning of the year, I hope that you will obey Xiao Wangzhi's dispatch and assist him in handling border military affairs. ”

Lu Shen felt that there was something in the words of the Son of Heaven, but when he saw that the other party showed the intention of expelling customers, he lowered his head and said: "The ministers will remember His Majesty's teachings, and the ministers will retire." ”

Li Duan bowed slightly, and said: "You don't have to come out of your way to resign when you leave Beijing, I know that you border army men don't like red tape." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Shen still answered very calmly.

Li Duan looked at his upright figure, and there was a bit of emotion in the depths of his eyes, so he said to Qin Zheng: "Qin Aiqing sent him on my behalf." ”

"Obey."

Qin Zheng was obviously as familiar with the palace as his own, and he didn't need the eunuchs of the Inner Servant Province to guide him, only a few small yellow gates followed far behind.

Lu Shen knew that this big man who controlled thousands of secret agents in Daliang had another explanation, otherwise no matter how much the Son of Heaven valued Lu Shen, it would be impossible for him to let the warp weaver lift him to lead the way.

Sure enough, Qin Zheng looked ahead and said straight to the point: "What I said in front of Your Majesty just now is not polite, if it weren't for Xiao Dudu blocking the front, I hope you can play a greater role in the Warp Weaving Division." ”

Lu Shen wisely remained silent.

"In the report sent by the Guangling Yamen, the whole process of your battle of wits and courage with the spies of the Pseudo-Yan Inspectorate Department is recorded in detail, and it can be seen from those details that you are born with a keen insight and extremely meticulous thinking. Of course, saying this now is just emotion, I don't want to face the stinky face of Governor Xiao because of the competition for a junior. ”

Qin Zheng smiled faintly, and then changed his words and said: "Su Yunqing's loyalty to the imperial court is beyond doubt, you must have seen this clearly in your previous contacts, but he lacks it in some aspects. ”

Lu Shen didn't agree with this, because he saw with his own eyes that the secret agents in Huaizhou of the Warp Weaving Division had paid a lot, and there was naturally Su Yunqing's credit in this, so he said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Qin, the last general thinks that Su Jianxiao's ability is not bad at all. ”

"You misunderstood, I'm not saying he's incompetent."

Qin Zheng's tone was calm, and then he said: "He has been in Huaizhou for more than eight years, and the people in the north have already figured out his temperament and style of acting. Although he is also well aware of the habits of the northerners, he is more than enterprising enough, and sometimes he is not flexible enough. Therefore, I hope that you can provide him with some reference when necessary, which will also be of great benefit to the next step of the Huaizhou Governor's strategy. ”

With that, he took out a waist tag from his sleeve and handed it over.

Lu Shen took a look and saw that this waist card was somewhat similar to the previous dry jade card, the difference was that the decoration on the reverse side was more exquisite.

Qin Zhengdao: "You still have the identity of a cadre, and this waist card can enhance your authority within the Warp Weaving Division, which is on par with the four major inspectors." On the other hand, with this waist card, you can use the highest level of the Warp Weaving Division to present the secret fold directly to His Majesty. ”

Lu Shen was slightly stunned, even if his understanding of this world was not very deep, he knew what it meant to have the right to play the Son of Heaven.

Qin Zheng continued: "You are a smart and calm young man, and you should understand that you can't use this right lightly except for major matters related to the situation on the border. ”

Lu Shen nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"I will send someone to inform Su Yunqing of this matter, and if you need it in the future, you can go directly to him."

Qin Zheng looked at the palace gate in front of him, stopped and turned his head to look at him, with a bit of expectation in his deep eyes, and said with a smile: "I hope you can cooperate sincerely and make another meritorious contribution to Daqi." ”

Lu Shen arched his hand and said: "The last general should do his best." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, watched him walk towards the outside of the palace with a steady pace, and whispered to himself, "I also hope that you can be worthy of Your Majesty's respect." ”

(End of chapter)