prosperous age

Would an old fox like Yan Song do such a thing?
Wei Guangde didn't believe it in his heart.

If the news spread that Lu Bing was poisoned to death, the Yan family would naturally be treated differently by everyone.

This other eye is definitely not a good one.

There are still many taboos in fighting in the officialdom. When fighting, you can do everything you can, but it is not acceptable to use methods such as assassination, and even if you admit defeat and become an official, you will generally not continue to embarrass others and kill them all.

The so-called "cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots and regenerating them in the spring breeze" is not suitable for official struggles.

It is not casual to say that the sentence is not good for scholar-bureaucrats.

Of course, if the emperor wants to kill, that's another matter.

Having said that, even if Yan Song was determined that Emperor Jiajing would not pursue the matter afterwards, people are always getting old. If in the end, he is about to retire and the emperor does not need him to manage the government, will he turn over the old score.

·It always feels wrong, but Wei Guangde can't think of other forces that might be involved in this matter.

In his opinion, King Jing was not singled out to talk about the matter. After all, the strength of King Jing's mansion is so great. Without Yan Song's support, it is not enough to compete with King Yu's mansion.

Even if King Jing came from the court, if the Yan family hadn't nodded, they wouldn't be able to assassinate Lu Bing. After all, Lu Bing was the enemy of the Yan family, but he never disrespected King Jing.

Just as Wei Guangde was thinking about something, Chen Ju's voice continued to sound.

"Godfather has heard about this, and he thinks about the same as you. There is only one in this world who can do this."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde looked up at Chen Ju, and then fell silent.

"Although I don't know why and how the Yan family made the move this time, what is certain is that since it has started, it will be difficult to control it later.

I told you before that although the emperor didn't say who to stand for, from the standpoint of style, King Yu is undoubtedly the most likely.

Since the Yan family dared to use such means as assassination against the enemy, there is no guarantee that King Jing's Mansion will not follow suit, so you people in Prince Yu's Mansion should be careful. "

Wei Guangde nodded upon hearing this.

Before, I thought that Lu Bing's death was just an accident, but now, according to Chen Ju, it is obvious that Lu Bing died in a well-planned conspiracy.

"What's the reaction from His Majesty?"

Wei Guangde asked carefully.

"The emperor must know, but I didn't see any difference from the past when I was serving the emperor."

Chen Ju shook his head and replied.

That's right, Huang Jin has been serving Emperor Jiajing, and he has the opportunity to report this matter when there is no one else.

Emperor Jiajing has been an emperor for many years, and he has already developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger.

"Eunuch Gao also thinks that it might be the Yan family who did this?"

Wei Guangde continued to ask questions cautiously.

"How many people are qualified to be Lu Dudu's opponents?"

Chen Ju replied disdainfully at this time, after all, they are the factory guards, and they all follow the emperor's order. Naturally, they look down on those ministers in the court who pretend to be noble, even people like Yan Song. Usually can't show it.

"Let me tell you another private matter, which I only heard about after I returned to court."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju suddenly became more cautious and approached Wei Guangde. The smell from the sachet he was carrying made Wei Guangde feel suffocated.

However, Wei Guangde still controlled his expression very well and did not show it at all.

When the relationship with Chen Ju was normal before, they had never stayed so close together. Although Wei Guangde had smelled the scent of the sachet on Chen Ju, it was not as pungent as it is now.

"You know the thing about the emperor's decree to behead Guo Xiyan, right? I heard that the day before the execution, the emperor summoned Dudu Lu alone, and the two spies in Yongshou Palace for a while. At that time, even Eunuch Huang was arrested. When I rushed outside the hall, I didn't know what was said inside.

I've heard that it may have something to do with King Jing's Jiufan. It is said that a servant standing at the window accidentally overheard a sentence or two, that is, 'Jiufan' or something. "

"Have you found the little servant?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise, this is very important, if you know which prince will be arranged to be the feudal lord, everything will be settled.

Chen Ju looked at Wei Guangde, then shook his head, but his eyes were very unfriendly.

Wei Guangde understood that Chen Ju hadn't found anyone, and the look in his eyes clearly looked like an idiot.

Thinking about it, if it really involved the feudal lord's vassal ceremony, Chen Ju might go to the other side directly, and he wouldn't come here to say these things by himself.

But by this time, Wei Guangde somewhat understood why Emperor Jiajing asked Jin Yiwei to search for the pills.

Of course, there is another more important reason that he still doesn't know, that is, Emperor Jiajing himself is quite proficient in medicinal materials and alchemy, but the outer court doesn't know about it.

But even if Wei Guangde knew it, he would just scoff at it. After all, the elixir is such a thing that the technology of later generations is so advanced that no one has ever heard of it being developed, perhaps because of the lack of experimental samples and related parameters.

Cultivating immortals only exists in novels and film and television works in later generations, and does not exist in the real world at all.

Immediately, Wei Guangde became serious again, and he discovered a problem that he had neglected earlier, that is, "Jiu Fan".

No matter who it is, if Chen Ju's words are correct, Emperor Jiajing should already be considering sending away a son, instead of letting him stay in the capital because the child is still young. This shows that Guo Xiyan's blood does not seem to be in vain. Flow.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help becoming suspicious.

He didn't suspect that Guo Xiyan was not dead and was manipulated by Lu Bing to carry out Li Daitao's death, but he suspected that Guo Xiyan was actually killed and silenced.

What kind of mouth is to be suppressed, that is to prevent people from making noise about the matter of King Jing's vassal.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help being shocked, he felt that he seemed to understand Emperor Jiajing's thoughts.

Perhaps, in that old man's mind, he had already made arrangements for King Jing to go out of Beijing to become a feudal clan, but he has not made up his mind to send him away for a long time.

Guo Xiyan's memorandum obviously disrupted Emperor Jiajing's plans.

He was worried that after the dismissal of the Memorial, Guo Xiyan would continue to entangle in the issue of establishing a reserve for his own self-interest. After all, this is a common problem among literati and officials in this era, so he could simply kill people without doing anything.

And Lu Bing was poisoned to death in the palace, "Hiss"

Wei Guangde suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air, and instantly his hairs stood on his head.

Seeing Wei Guangde's instant change, Chen Ju frowned slightly, and then asked, "What's wrong?"""

"It's nothing."

Wei Guangde shook his head slightly, and immediately noticed Chen Ju's unswerving expression, knowing that Chen Ju might think he was perfunctory, so he had no choice but to say: "Tell me, is it possible that this matter is King Jing's unilateral idea?"

Before, Wei Guangde didn't know that there was still this trouble in the palace. Emperor Jiajing might have discussed with Lu Bing about the feudal domain, otherwise King Jing would never be missed.

"King Jing?"

Chen Ju turned his head to think about it, and then denied it: "His Royal Highness King Jing cannot have the courage. He may be able to arrange these things, but he didn't kill Lu Bing."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju stopped, and he also realized that it seemed that King Jing really had the possibility of poisoning Lu Bing.

Of course, Chen Ju didn't know how the news spread in Yongshou Palace. He was not in the capital at that time.

A few days later, something happened to Lu Bing in Yongshou Palace, so the two may not really have no connection.

"However, to be able to control all of this... This is not an easy task, unless it is Yan Song and Yan Shifan's idea, let King Jing operate it.

Lu Bing tested the medicine for the emperor, not much is known about it, only the few adults in the court may know a little bit.

Those who can also mobilize the servants in the palace, even if Xu Ge is good enough, Yan Ge may have such ability, King Jing may have such ability, but it is not sure. "

Chen Ju's frown didn't relax, he was thinking quickly.

"Does King Yu have this ability?"

Really don't want to, Wei Guangde on the side abruptly interjected a question.

"King Yu can't, his mother and queen are gone, and now he can hardly find anyone in the palace to talk to."

Chen Ju replied without thinking.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, it would have been better if it hadn't been King Yu.

When Wei Guangde was in Nanjing, he had already made up his mind to go back to the capital to test Lu Bing. If he wanted to, he might as well bring him closer to King Yu's camp.

Lu Bing is a smart man, it is impossible for him not to think about the future of his family.

Like him, he was already an extremely human minister in the Jiajing Dynasty. If he could not handle the relationship with the future monarch carefully, he would never end well after the change of the throne.

It's just that I didn't expect that it was a step too late in the end, and Wei Guangde died before returning to Beijing.

After being interrupted by Wei Guangde, Chen Ju also came to his senses. The purpose of his trip was to remind Wei Guangde to be careful. After all, the Yan family used some taboo methods to attack political opponents.

Guessing the real culprit behind Lu Bingzhi's death seems to have nothing to do with them. Emperor Jiajing has handed over the job to Dongchang.

It is only a matter of time before the real culprit is found out, but it is one thing to find out, and another thing to be punished.

"We seem to be pulling away."

At this moment, Chen Ju said with a smile, the smile was a bit forced
The city of Beijing has entered the night ban mode, but even at this time, it can only stop those ordinary people who have no power and power, but it is useless to the huge group of officials and palace people in the capital.

"Squeak"

The ear-piercing sound of opening the door was heard, and it spread far away. Not long after, a man wrapped in a black robe came out of the door and quickly disappeared into the night.

Two heads popped out of the door, looking left and right, watching for a while before withdrawing, followed by the harsh sound of the wooden door closing again.

"Master, there should be no one outside."

Zhao Hu whispered the report in front of Wei Guangde.

"It's late at night, you should rest too."

Wei Guangde nodded, told them to go back to rest, turned around and walked in, and went back to the inner courtyard.

Chen Ju's arrival tonight was very sudden, and the news he brought was shocking. He would never have thought that this would happen.

To be honest, Wei Guangde is really worried now.

Although he had some doubts about what Chen Ju said later, it was about Lu Bing's death and the establishment of the reserve.

The time interval between Guo Xiyan's execution and Lu Bing's death was very short. In just a few days, Wei Guangde felt that it was unlikely that the murderer took action to get rid of Lu Bing because of this. Otherwise, it could only be said that the murderer was really powerful.

But judging from what Chen Ju said, it seemed that he felt that this was the main reason for getting rid of Lu Bing over there.

Forget it, thinking while walking, I have to remind Gao Gong when I meet with Gao Gong tomorrow.

Just like what Chen Ju said, once an opening is opened to attack political opponents using insidious means, I am afraid that they will be used continuously in the future. This is really dangerous for those who rely on Prince Yu's Mansion.

Wei Guangde wasn't worried that Chen Ju would lie to him, Chen Ju was a sensible person, and he was betting that King Yu was the heir, so he said so much to him, and came to report at this time.

It must be too late to send a message today, and there is no need.

Regardless of whether it was the Yan family or King Jing, at this time, they probably already knew that Emperor Jiajing had noticed their actions.

Wei Guangde didn't even need to guess, with his limited investigation knowledge, he could guess that all the servants who had the opportunity to touch the elixirs after they were refined would probably have already been taken to the East Factory to drink tea by this time.

Of course, he doesn't care if they have tea in Dongchang, but he knows that the people behind the scenes should not dare to make any big noises at this time, and it's too late to find a way to silence them now.

When I meet Gao Gong tomorrow, should I make an appointment with Yin Shizhen, Chen Yiqin and the others, and let them know about this matter by the way?
After thinking about it, Wei Guangde went to the backyard, knocked on the door, and soon there was movement inside the door.

"Who?"

The inner courtyard door had been locked from the inside, because it was very late at night after all.

"it's me."

Wei Guangde replied, and immediately heard the sound of unlocking the door, and the inner courtyard door opened after a while.

Glancing at the healthy woman who opened the door, Wei Guangde just asked casually, "Is Madam asleep yet?"

It's a bit of nonsense, usually Xu Jianglan is already asleep at this time, and Wei Guangde mainly considers whether to go back to the bedroom to sleep or go to the study to rest.

"The madam is still in the house, not resting."

An unexpected answer appeared in Wei Guangde's ears, "Huh? Got it."

Xu Jianglan didn't rest, Wei Guangde shook his head lightly, then walked towards the bedroom.

When he approached, he knew that the healthy woman was right. There was a light on the window, and it was obvious that the house was lit.

He stepped a little harder in front of the door, and then Wei Guangde pushed the door open and entered.

Only Xu Jianglan and her personal maid were in the room, and no other maids were seen.

"It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"

Wei Guangde asked casually.

"Go out and watch."

Xu Jianglan smiled at Wei Guangde, first got up to salute Wei Guangde, and then gave instructions to the maid.

After the people left the house, Xu Jianglan came over to help Wei Guangde change his clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Eunuch Chen paid a sudden visit tonight, what happened?"

It was because of this.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that Xu Jianglan stayed up so late probably because of Chen Ju's visit, which made her guess something, but he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"nothing."

Wei Guangde pretended not to say anything.

"The officials don't want to lie to me. If it was in the past, it would be fine, but Mr. Chen is here today and he still doesn't want someone to call you back. He must have something important to tell you."

Xu Jianglan was naturally not stupid, she had already figured this out in the room before, so she said with a pout.