Lu Ji looked at the painting with a smile, his eyes were full of joy, Empress Dowager Xu was a little strange, took the painting in his hand, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Is there any problem?"

Lu Ji knew that he was out of shape, so he hurriedly smiled and asked, "Queen Mother, does this aunt have a daughter?"

When Empress Dowager Xu heard this, she tapped his forehead with her finger and said with a smile: "You, what are you thinking, what's the matter, you still want to beat other people's daughters?"

Lu Ji was a little ashamed and explained: "My son is just asking out of curiosity, what did the queen mother say?"

Empress Dowager Xu nodded, sighed, and said, "I haven't seen her for so many years, and I don't know very well, but I heard that she seems to have a little daughter, as old as you." ”

Lu Ji nodded, not sure, he had a change of inspiration, and said to the Empress Dowager Xu: "Queen Mother, your best friend has been in the vast sea of people for many years, and you haven't seen each other, why not take advantage of your son's birthday to invite her, it can be regarded as your wish." ”

When Empress Dowager Xu heard this, she was full of relief, took his hand, and said with a smile: "My Ji'er has grown up and knows that she thinks about her mother everywhere." Well, since the king said it, the queen mother naturally wants to have a banquet and let her and her whole family come over. ”

After Lu Ji talked with the Empress Dowager Xu, he left the Empress Dowager's palace and went to the imperial study. On the way, he bumped into Tong Duolun who was in a hurry, and when he saw Lu Ji, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister is about to look for you, and there are a large number of riots on the streets of Puchang to protest against your peace with Yan Guo!"

Lu Ji patted his head, his original joy was swept away, and he asked, "What the hell is going on?" I made peace with Yan Guo, and it was also a helpless move, what are they protesting for?" After speaking, he didn't wait for Tong Duolun to answer, and hurriedly rushed to the council hall, followed by Tong Duolun.

As soon as he stepped into the council hall, the ministers surrounded him and complained one after another.

Lu Ji waved his hand, motioned for the ministers to get out of the way, and after sitting on the dragon chair, he said, "If something happens, you guys will come together!"

A minister stepped forward and said: "The minister was reading at home at the time, and suddenly a group of people rushed in, reprimanding us for making peace with the Yan Kingdom, losing power and humiliating the country, and losing the blood of the Qing Dynasty, and then began to smash and burn and plunder, and many of the minister's family members were injured by them, Your Majesty, please call the shots?"

Another minister also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also went to the mansion in a sedan chair, but was besieged by a group of chaotic people, saying that the court is not, if it is not for the desperate protection of the guards, the minister is afraid that he will not see His Majesty." ”

Xu Yin stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, now the streets of Puchang are turbulent, the people are in turmoil, and the officials of the DPRK and China are often raided.

Lu Ji nodded and said: "That's right, for the long-term peace and stability of the court, for the prestige of the court, we must send troops to suppress it, come here, immediately transfer out the tiger army, if you encounter chaos people, you will be killed!"

At this time, Tong Duolun, who has always been taciturn, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it is important to send troops to suppress it, but the top priority is to find out the source of the turmoil, otherwise this turmoil will be like a wildfire, the more suppressed it is, the more vigorous it is, and it is likely to ignite a raging fire in our country!"

When Wang Ze heard this, he also stepped forward and said: "The minister completely agrees with what Lord Tong said, the slaughter and slaughter are just the work of the puppet!" After speaking, he also glanced at Xu Yin, and continued, "The bloody suppression can only be to stop the boiling, Your Majesty is the king of the Holy Ming, you should find out the source of the turmoil, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and you will definitely be able to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle and completely stop the riot!"

Lu Ji listened to what Tong Duolun and Wang Ze said, and felt that it was very reasonable, and hurriedly ordered: "The Tiger Ben Army continues to suppress the people, in addition, put eyes and ears in all corners of Puchang City, check every household all night, and if you find the slightest clue, quickly report to me!"

He frowned and said to himself, "No matter who is fueling the trouble, I must find him out!"

The palace gave an order, and immediately the city was full of wind and rain, and there were tiger soldiers patrolling the streets day and night, and every household was likely to be checked at any time, and the eyes and ears of the Qing army were everywhere, so that the people could only keep silent.

On this night, Lu Ji had dinner, and was about to take a look at the information from various places in Puchang that had been reported in recent days. Luo Chuan took a basin of hot water, soaked the towel in the water, squeezed out the water in it, rubbed it on his face and felt the temperature, feeling that the temperature was suitable, and then handed it to Lu Ji to wipe his face. Lu Ji wiped his face and handed it to her again. At this moment, Kang Chao carried an embarrassed scholar and led several armor soldiers into Lu Ji's imperial study.

Lu Ji looked at the scholar, saw that his face was pale, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes were disheveled, he frowned, and asked Kang Chao, "Who is he?"

Kang Chao threw the scholar to the ground and reported: "Your Majesty, the last general was ordered to patrol the streets in civilian clothes, drank a few bowls of wine in a tavern, and was about to find a place to leave the palace.

Lu Ji looked at him with trembling hands, and hurriedly asked, "You, what's your name, and who are your accomplices?"

The scholar kowtowed again and again, repeating, "I don't know, I don't know!

"Well, if you confess to your accomplices, I won't kill you!"

The scholar looked at Lu Ji, shook his head desperately, and said, "I can't say it, if I do, they won't let me go!"

Lu Ji slapped the table and scolded: "They won't let you go, do you think I will let you go?" If you don't say it, I will put you to death now!"

Seeing that Lu Ji's tone was not speaking, the scholar was frightened, trembling all over, and suddenly shouted and rushed over. Kang Chao thought that he was going to give it a go and hold Lu Ji hostage, but who knew that he hit his head and died on the pillar.

Lu Ji watched the scholar collapse and tremble in a pool of blood, and hurriedly asked someone to change to the imperial doctor. Before the soldier went out, the scholar rolled his eyes and lost his breath, Lu Ji was furious when he saw it, and angrily threw the song fold on the ground, and said: "I have been going through many twists and turns, and I finally caught a chaotic party, and I didn't ask a word to come out, and let him die, what made him give up hope of life, and he didn't want to confess his accomplices!"

"Your Majesty, the little girl knows him. At this time, Luo Chuan on the side came up, looked at the scholar's appearance, and said categorically.

When Lu Ji heard this, he quickly turned around and asked, "Oh, do you know who he is?"

Luo Chuan nodded and said, "Before I entered the palace, I often went to the Wang family as a guest, I have seen this person many times, and he is the guest of Ning Yu, the cousin of the Wang family!"

When Lu Ji heard "Ning Yu", he suddenly remembered that he was not the scribe who met him in the restaurant in Pingshui a few days ago, although he was not very close to him, but he was personable, dignified and upright, and his words were burning, mostly worried about the country and the people, and he was definitely not a traitor who betrayed the lord and rebelled against the country, he asked again, and said, "Are you really Ning Gongzi's guest?"

Luo Chuan nodded solemnly and said, "I have seen him many times, how could I recognize the wrong person, does Your Majesty think that Luo Chuan can't lie?"

Lu Ji frowned, sighed, and said, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that the Wang family is a member of the Great Qing Dynasty, how could they destroy the Great Wall and incite turmoil?"

Luo Chuan said: "The slave only knows that he is the curtain guest of the king's cousin, and the others don't know, maybe he is doing this rebellious thing behind the king's cousin's back." ”

Lu Ji paced a few steps and said to Kang Chao: "In this way, you immediately secretly arrange people, arrange eyes and ears in every corner of the Wang family, and report to me whenever there is any trouble." Remember, don't let the news slip out, lest it startle the snake!"

Kang Chao went down with a "whoosh".

Lu Ji continued to pace a few steps, pondered for a while, and asked Luo Chuan, "Do you know Ning Yu?"

Luo Chuan nodded and said: "The slave maid and the princess of the Wang family are best friends, and Ning Yu is the man whom the sister admires, I naturally listened to her talk about it, and I have seen it with my own eyes." ”

Lu Ji let out an "oh" and motioned for him to continue. Luo Chuan paused and said: "Ning Yu Gongzi is a personable man, not only born with a magnificent instrument, but also a piano, chess, poetry and painting, omniscient, extraordinary, frank, and deeply loved by the clansmen. It's a pity that he lost his mother at a young age, but he was strict with himself and did not get contaminated with the habits of a gentleman. ”

When Lu Ji heard this, his heart was full of heaviness, he sat on the dragon chair, didn't say a word for a long time, and suddenly said, "Then why don't I try him?"

Luo Chuan said "Huh?", Lu Ji waved his hand and said, "Go down, I'm a little tired." ”

Luo Chuan hurriedly persuaded: "If Your Majesty is tired, why don't you go back to the dormitory to rest, there is no bed here, which is not conducive to your rest." I'll put these folds in order for you, and you can go back to the dormitory. After saying that, he reached out to arrange the folds for him.

Lu Ji was just about to reprimand her, and pressed the fold with his hand, but he suddenly touched her hand, and suddenly, a silky and warm feeling numbed his arm, making him suddenly soften, and he forgot to put it away.

The two looked at each other, and it only felt that everything was at a standstill. Luo Chuan came back to his senses, and quickly withdrew his hand, his face flushed, and he lowered his head, but he didn't say a word.

Lu Ji is also very embarrassed, men and women do not kiss, although she is called a maid, after all, she will marry one day, her frivolous behavior just now is really undeserved, and she hurriedly gestured with her hands, but she was speechless for a while.

"Your Majesty, slaves and maids should not be offended. Luo Chuan finally opened his mouth. Lu Ji also laughed, nodded, and said: "Well, this, I am indeed tired, I, I left first, just now, what happened just now, I, I was not paying attention for a while." After saying that, he immediately rushed out desperately.

Luo Chuan looked at Lu Ji's back as he disappeared in a hurry, sighed lightly, and complained in his heart: "What if you touched my hand, why should I care if you did it on purpose, I just want to repay you for saving your life with my life, I regard you as a lifelong companion, why do you refuse me thousands of miles away?"

She looked at the table full of folds, and could only put them together one by one, among which there was a roll of pleats tied with gold wire, which stood out from the others, she wanted to open it and take a look, but she reluctantly remembered that Lu Ji had strictly ordered non-courtiers to read the folds at will, although his closest relatives were not allowed to read the folds at will, and he was not his dearest person, how dare he be careless, so he re-stuffed this pleats into other folds.

And said that the Beijing Wang family has a total of Wang Ze, Wang Lian two, Wang Ze's family has three sons, named Wang Yong, Wang Teng, Wang He, of which Yong, Teng are both generals in the court, Wang He is the director of the household department, Wang Lian out of the town of Qingzhou, for the history of Qingzhou Thorn, it has a total of four sons, the fourth son Wang Yu is the famous general of the Zhu State in the dynasty, and the remaining three sons are not as good as the first, but also the capital lord. The Wang family lives in the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors are more famous ministers, the family is developed, its people are all over the Qing Dynasty, and its henchmen are deeply rooted in all dynasties and generations, and the Xu family is called the two major families of the Qing Dynasty.

On the morning of this day, Wang Ying's eldest son, Wang Ying's family, was eating breakfast peacefully, Wang Ying was not like his father and his brother, not good at fighting, not good at economy, but he loved literature and ink, and was keen to chant poetry. At this time, he was sitting on the seat, watching his juniors eat breakfast, and sighed: "A pot of porridge, two dishes of side dishes, can the vanity be comparable?"

The young lady of the Wang family was also at the banquet, it was his daughter Wang Ziji, she smiled and said, "Dad, you are lamenting life again?"

His wife Liu is the queen mother's best friend, although she is nearly half a hundred years old, she is still charming, she also smiled: "Yes, your father doesn't have so many life insights one day." ”

Wang Ying ignored them and said to Ning Yu, who was distracted: "Beloved nephew, what do you think of what I said?" In his eyes, Ning Yu has extraordinary insights on weekdays, does not like flashiness, and sticks to the Qing Festival, and is indeed his confidant.

But at this moment, the family rushed in and hurriedly reported: "Master, no, it's not good, Your Majesty has arrived!"

"Where?" Wang Ying was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "I have nothing to do with the affairs of the DPRK and China, how can Your Majesty come in person? Could it be that it is for the riot of the people, and our Wang family and the Qing Dynasty are united, how can we incite the troubled people?"

Liu didn't care about his panicked look, pouted him and said, "What else do you want?