Luo Jiujiu listened to Lu Shen's categorical words in a daze, and the anger in his heart quietly dissipated.

She is a very intelligent woman, and she can see many truths in this world.

During the time she came to the capital of Qi State, she had an understanding of the huge upper-class pattern of Qi State through the information held by Luo Yan, the Twelfth Uncle, and some clansmen hidden here.

She knew that the emperor of Qi wanted the Northern Expedition but many ministers in the court did not agree, and she also knew that there was a deep contradiction between the Jing army of Qi and the border army, so she would use Mo Yuan's internal should be prepared with both hands, if she could not succeed in killing Hou Yu, she would involve Lu Shen, and use this young prince who rose in the border army to achieve her goal.

In other words, she knew very well that Lu Shen was not only standing up for her at the moment, but also partly because he was using this opportunity to fight Hou Yu and the forces behind him.

However, even if he knew the twists and turns in this, when she was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and a large group of important ministers of the Qi State were besieging her, and even shouting at her to kill her, Lu Shen stood in front of her to block all the wind and waves, and resolutely shouted the word "justice", Luo Jiujiu's heartstrings couldn't help but be plucked fiercely.

The other courtiers obviously did not have Luo Jiujiu's moving emotions, especially those important ministers who were born in the Jiangnan clan, and they only had a sense of crisis in their hearts at this moment.

These deep old bureaucrats in the city government will not ignore Lu Shen's sentence in the middle.

"And how many people are involved? And how many people helped him hide it? ”

This sentence is the real killer move.

No matter how brave Hou Yu is, even if he can defeat hundreds of enemies on the battlefield, it is impossible to hide everyone's ears and eyes, and turn the initiative to deliberately kill the people of Shazhou into a military feat to protect the territory and the people.

In this process, there will inevitably be many people who conspire with Hou Yu, or help him cover up his traces, so that he can successfully hide the ears and eyes of the warp weaving division, and then deceive the emperor in the palace.

Lu Shen saw through this, so this time he didn't let the situation develop, and stood up decisively, and pinched the seven inches of this case as soon as he made a move.

Of course, someone needs to stop Lu Shen at the moment, otherwise if the imperial court really investigates deeply, who knows if it will be pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud in the end, and the trouble will be out of control?

Several important ministers looked at each other, and Shang Shuding of the military department secretly gritted his teeth, stood up and said to Lu Shen: "General Lu, you are also a person who knows the soldiers, and you should understand that it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in border warfare, and many times you have to use some means. It is an indisputable fact that the seven departments of Shazhou attacked the border with our DPRK, and Hou Yu of Nan'an was only promoted to the governor of Chengdu six years ago. It's General Lu himself, who has also taken the initiative to lead the troops to attack in the past two years, and there is no will of His Majesty! ”

Lu Shen said lightly: "Ding Shangshu, the national policy of the Great Qi is the Northern Expedition, not the Western Expedition. ”

One sentence made Ding Hui speechless.

No dynasty can make enemies on all sides, and if it is as strong as the Jing Dynasty, it must gradually advance into a battalion, not to mention the Qi Dynasty, which is already weak in military strength?

Under the premise that the Northern Expedition had become a basic national policy, the Governors of Chengzhou and Taiping Prefecture had to maintain a strategy of focusing on defense, and taking the initiative to attack was against the decision of the center, which was an intolerable act of self-determination.

In this way, Hou Yu's possible problems are more serious, and it is not as simple as lying about the military situation.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn, and Xue Nanting, the right minister, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with the judgment of the Marquis of Shanyang. This matter involves not only Nan Anhou himself, but also has an extremely important relationship with the stability of the western border, and the imperial court should investigate it thoroughly! ”

After hearing the latter sentence, some courtiers couldn't help but look at the woman in red standing in the center of the main hall.

The Yalong Department is the head of the Shazhou Seven Divisions, and Luo Jiujiu is the daughter of the head of the Yalong Division, if Daqi can take advantage of this opportunity to successfully release goodwill to the Shazhou Seven Divisions, and even repair the relationship with the Shazhou Seven Divisions, this is indeed a great thing that can eliminate the hidden dangers in the western border.

Xue Nanting's perspective on the problem has obviously gone beyond the scope of fighting for power and profit, and what he cares about is whether this matter is beneficial to Daqi.

Of course, there is a premise here, Hou Yu did something similar, otherwise the imperial court would not be able to use the reputation of a great general to appease the anger of the people of Shazhou.

Xue Nanting has been operating in the court for many years, and he is naturally not alone, although he is not as popular as the left minister, but after he expressed his attitude, even if more than ten high-ranking officials came forward to echo him, his momentum was not weak.

This undoubtedly gave the Son of Heaven extremely strong support.

Ning Yuanfu and the others couldn't help but look at their backbone, but all they saw was the silent Zuo Xiang.

These people did not expect that at such a crucial moment, when Hou Yu's position as a general was in jeopardy, as most of the civil officials of the imperial court and the leader of the Jiangnan clan, Zuo Xiang would choose to remain silent.

Li Daoyan's face was expressionless, and his eyes were indifferent.

He knew that those people would definitely be a little disappointed in their hearts, but at this moment, he was unwilling to stand up and speak for Hou Yu.

The old man just turned his head and glanced at Lu Shen, and there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes.

Lu Shen noticed Zuo Xiang's movements, and he could probably understand the old man's mood at this time.

There is no doubt that the reason why Zuo Xiang did not speak was because Hou Yu did something beyond the bottom line he could bear.

Just like Qu Fenghua, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Li Daoyan knew that he had a problem with greed for money, but because of his ability in government affairs, Li Daoyan chose to turn a blind eye, and even occasionally helped him cover up.

But when Li Daoyan learned that Qu Fenghua was actually in collusion with Pseudo Yan, he did not excuse him again.

The same is true for Hou Yu.

However, Lu Shen did not have joy in his heart, but was a little heavier, because he didn't want to see an irreparable rift between Li Daoyan and the Jiangnan clan.

Once such a situation occurs, who will be able to suppress the huge interest group of the Jiangnan clan in the future?

On the dragon chair, the Son of Heaven and the other halls gradually quieted down, and said in a deep voice: "Regarding the truth about the war in the western border in recent years, and whether Hou Yu of Nan'an has lied about the military situation, used swords and soldiers without permission, and deceived the king, I have decided to thoroughly investigate this matter!" Manchu courtiers, if anyone continues to obstruct it, it will be regarded as Hou Yuzhi's conspiracy! ”

The ministers were terrified.

Li Duan stood up, looked around at the ministers and said: "From now on, suspend all duties on Hou Yu's body, retain his title, and order him to recuperate his injuries in the mansion, and not leave the mansion without a will!" Until the investigation of this matter is clear, if he was wronged, I will return his innocence. ”

The ministers of the palace bowed down.

Li Duan's gaze swept over Luo Jiujiu, and finally stopped at Lu Shen, and said undoubtedly: "This case is not investigated by the Three Law Divisions and the Weaving Division. Lu Shen, I appointed you as the investigator of the case, and you are fully responsible for investigating this case thoroughly, and you must investigate it clearly! ”

Countless eyes instantly converged on Lu Shen, and he bowed and said, "The minister's order." ”

Li Duan bowed slightly, then flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and walked towards the harem.

The slightly shrill voice of the great eunuch Lu Shizhou resounded throughout the Wende Palace.

"Retreat!"

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Dongcheng, Chunhefang, Nan'anhou Mansion.

In the main room of the back house, Hou Yu was lying on the couch sideways, and the wound on his shoulder had been re-bandaged by the imperial doctor.

I have to say that his physique is different from ordinary people, the sword of the red-clothed assassin last night is deep and visible, plus there is so much blood shed, it will definitely take a long time to recover as an ordinary person.

Only half of the day has passed, and Hou Yu's face has become a lot ruddy.

Only he knows the doorway.

In fact, Hou Yu was just pretending to be drunk last night, and with his martial arts, he was completely immune from injury, but when he realized that the appearance of the red-clothed assassin could make this game more perfect, he chose to take the initiative to take a sword, so the injury was far less serious than it seemed.

"What time is it?"

Hou Yu looked at the clear sky outside the window and asked absentmindedly.

There were two henchmen guarding the room, and one of them went to the outside to take a look at the copper kettle dripping, turned around and said, "Master Hou, it's probably the beginning of the hour." ”

Hou Yu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "There is no news from the palace yet?" ”

The two henchmen glanced at each other, shook their heads and said, "Master Hou, if you wait patiently, you will definitely have to toss for most of the day in the palace today." ”

As Hou Yu's most trusted person, they knew a lot of secrets about this Nan'an Hou, and of course they understood the deep meaning of his words.

Hou Yu couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this.

The presence of the Red Assassin disrupted his plans, but there was no doubt that it would have been better.

This time's plan came from the hands of the Li family's eldest man, with the far-reaching strategy of his thoughts, coupled with the terrifying power of the Jiangnan clan in Beijing and the deep background in the court, I think that this time I will definitely be able to make Lu Shen and the second prince disgraced.

As soon as he thought of this, a leisurely smile appeared on Hou Yu's lips.

"Master Hou! Master Hou! ”

A series of hurried shouts sounded outside the house, and then the chief butler of the Hou Mansion trotted in with a panicked face.

Seeing this, Hou Yu reprimanded: "What are you panicking about! ”

The housekeeper stopped in a hurry and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, something is wrong!" Suddenly, a group of forbidden troops came outside, surrounding our Hou Mansion, and the villain stepped forward to ask, but no one spoke! ”

The two henchmen suddenly changed color.

Ignoring the shoulder injury, Hou Yu sat up directly and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”

The housekeeper said with a sad face: "Master Hou, how dare the villain talk nonsense about such a big thing, there are really a lot of forbidden troops surrounding our Hou Mansion!" ”

Something big is wrong.

This thought suddenly jumped out of Hou Yu's heart, then he got up and walked outside, gritting his teeth and saying, "Immediately gather all the pro-soldiers in the mansion!" ”

The two henchmen looked at each other, and only one of them went to pass the order, and the other hurriedly followed Hou Yu's figure.

When Hou Yu came to the gate of the Hou Mansion, he saw the soldiers of the forbidden army in armor standing in a row on the street, and his face couldn't help but change drastically.

At this moment, Hou Yu only had Lu Shen in the middle in his eyes, and immediately took two steps forward and said sharply: "Shanyang Hou, how dare you lead troops to surround my Hou Mansion, could it be that you want to rebel!" ”

Lu Shen came to the front of the steps and stopped, raised his head slightly to look at Hou Yu, who was angry and rushed to the crown, without saying a word, and greeted Lu Shizhou next to him.

"Hou Yu of Nan'an takes the order!"

Lu Shizhou's shrill voice sounded on the street.

Hou Yu looked at the bright yellow holy decree that slowly spread out in his hand, and his pupils contracted instantly.

“…… He was ordered to recuperate in the mansion and make a decision after the case was clarified, and he was not allowed to leave the mansion without a decree during this period. Chin this. ”

Lu Shizhou quickly finished reading the holy decree, then walked up the steps to Hou Yu, and said indifferently: "Master Hou, take the decree." ”

Hou Yu raised his head very slowly, his eyes were already bloody, he looked at the scroll handed over by Lu Shizhou, and for a while he felt that his mind was blank, and his arms were like a thousand pounds, and he couldn't lift them at all.

Lu Shizhou took a step forward, carefully helped him up, and took advantage of the situation to stuff the holy decree into his hand.

Hou Yu glanced at the holy decree in his hand, and then looked at Lu Shen, who was standing calmly and solemnly not far away, his gaze shifted slightly, and finally saw the red-clothed assassin following Lu Shen.

She looked at her coldly, and there seemed to be a cold flame in her eyes, scorching every inch of Hou Yu's skin.

"I ...... The minister asked to see His Majesty, this is slander, it is slander! ”

Hou Yu's voice was like a beast on the verge of despair, full of resentment and despair.

Lu Shizhou turned sideways and avoided to the side.

Lu Shen looked at Hou Yu, whose body began to tremble, and said lightly: "Nan'an Hou, please go back to the house, Your Majesty will not see you." ”

Hou Yu still wanted to speak, and the soldiers of the forbidden army on the long street stepped forward neatly.

The sound of majestic footsteps stepped on Hou Yu's heart, making his face suddenly pale.

He looked up at the vast sky, and the sun was blazing just after noon.

The earth seemed to shake.

Hou Yu violently spat out a mouthful of blood, and then fell backwards on his back.

"Master Hou! Master Hou! ”

An exclamation from the Hou Mansion sounded in the rear.

Luo Jiujiu stood behind Lu Shen, looking at this scene with unblinking eyes.

When she saw Hou Yu vomit blood and fall to the ground, a crystal tear slipped down her cheek.

(End of chapter)

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