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Wei Guangde thought it strange when Gao Gong said "disturb the water" before, but now he heard him say "blame", Wei Guangde realized that he seemed to be preparing for the conspiracy to be revealed.

Obviously, the other party has noticed something wrong.

If Dongchang wants to track down the elixir, it will inevitably take away the remaining elixir first, and then will naturally take away the servant who has the opportunity to touch the elixir in the further investigation. Naturally, it is the easiest to leak information in this link.

Immediately, the other party used the method of disturbing the audiovisual, that is, spreading the previous rumors, linking Lu Bing's death with the second king and Jiufan.

What happens in the end?

Can Emperor Jiajing continue to pursue it?
No matter who it is, the final result may involve one of his sons.

Either King Jing did it, or King Yu framed King Jing.

So what if it is found out, how to deal with it?
Thinking about it, after Emperor Jiajing knew all this, the last and only choice was to calm down and suspend the investigation.

Having figured out this link, Wei Guangde let out a long breath.

"King Yu is not involved in this matter."

Although Wei Guangde knew that King Yu was weak in the palace, he still asked this question.

King Yu was weak by nature, no matter what he did, he would definitely consult with Gao Gong, so when Wei Guangde asked this question, his eyes were fixed on Gao Gong's face, carefully discerning the slightest change, even the eyes.

It's just that Gao Gong's face remained calm, without any change at all, which made Wei Guangde feel a little more at ease.

I only saw Gao Gong shaking his head lightly. Although Yu Wang didn't know about it at all, Gao Gong had to seriously analyze it now, because inadvertently, Yu Wang's mansion had been involved in this conspiracy.

If they don't take some actions, if Emperor Jiajing mistakenly thinks that it is Prince Yu's mansion who murdered Lu Bing, and also King Jing by the way, the consequences are definitely not what they are willing to bear.

"What was the relationship between you and Governor Lu before his death?"

Gao Gong asked suddenly.

"He is an elder of mine, a trustworthy elder."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Is he the source of one of your messages?"

This question is very important to Gao Gong, because once it is established, it means that Lu Bing is actually one of the extra-staff forces in Yuwangfu.

Wei Guangde stared blankly at Gao Gong, he had already realized what Gao Gong wanted to express.

Nodding his head, Wei Guangde replied, "Yes."

"Tomorrow, I will tell His Highness that before, it was just a routine to send people to the Lu Mansion to express condolences. This time, His Highness will go in person, and you should be present."

Gao Gong said to Wei Guangde without thinking.

"Ok?"

After being slightly surprised, Wei Guangde understood Gao Gong's meaning, whether it was true or not, anyway, now Yuwangfu's mansion wants everyone to know that Lu Bing is a member of Yuwangfu, and Lu's mansion will be bound together with Yuwangfu.

"If you do this, will your majesty be there?"

Wei Guangde was a little hesitant, Lu Bing had always maintained a neutral existence in front of Emperor Jiajing, if the news of him joining Prince Yu's House was released now, it might have a bad impact on Lu House.

"I don't care about that much anymore."

Gao Gong said, "I'm almost sure that Yan Shifan is planning this matter, and King Jing will probably be the last one to do it."

“How come you see?”

Wei Guangde asked.

In his opinion, the more concealed this kind of thing is, the better, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. If you have the ability to solve it, you should never involve other people in it. It will only increase the risk of exposure.

Chen Ju said that Emperor Jiajing monitored the officials through Jinyiwei, but the officials also tried their best to bribe the emperor's servants to inform them.

Chen Ju was not sure how many eunuchs and servants in Yongshou Palace received money from Yan's family, but he had heard that Yan's family seemed to know what Emperor Jiajing said and did in Yongshou Palace. The reason why he was able to guess the riddles of Emperor Jiajing many times.

Gao Gong said that this matter was planned by Yan Shifan and carried out by King Jing. This is too arbitrary.

"Your source must have said that the only ones who can do this are the Yan family and King Jing."

Gao Gong opened his mouth and saw Wei Guangde nodding before continuing: "The Yan family dare not interfere in this matter. Although Yan Song is a noble family, he is probably not as good as Lu Bing, but His Majesty needs him to control the court, so Sided with him most of the time.

If the Yan family took action to harm Lu Bing, what awaited the Yan family might not only be a catastrophe of family raiding and extermination, but if the Yan family could escape such a crisis, it would be to lure King Jing to take action.

My own son, no matter what happens, His Majesty will not kill him. "

Speaking of this, Gao Gong blinked and continued: "The struggle between the Lu family and the Yan family is probably more dangerous than what we have seen, and Yan Song has been forced to the point where he is going to fight.

Guangde, when you go back, you have to be careful about where you eat and live, and you have to bring more guards with you when you go in and out. You must not be sloppy. "

Wei Guangde originally wanted to remind Gao Gong to be careful, but he didn't expect Gao Gong to say it instead.

"That's what I mean too. The Yan family will use black hands to deal with political opponents. It's hard to guarantee that they won't do the same to the people in the palace."

Wei Guangde said hastily.

"Tomorrow morning, I will go to the palace to meet the lord first, and tell the lord what happened today. You must arrive at the Lu's house before noon, and His Highness will definitely be there by then."

Wei Guangde nodded, probably the only person in front of him who dared to make an itinerary for King Yu.

If Yin Shizhen and Chen Yiqin said this, Wei Guangde would not believe it, because then King Yu would definitely ask Gao Gong first if he wanted to do this.

However, after thinking carefully for a while, Wei Guangde still said: "But in this way, it is not to express to His Majesty that the palace also has power in private, and it has also infiltrated such a vital department as Jinyiwei, which may arouse His Majesty's suspicion."

"Yes, this matter is the most difficult problem."

Gao Gong nodded, "There must be hidden stakes in the East Factory in Lu's residence, just tell the truth when the time comes."

"Tell me the truth?"

Wei Guangde was sweating a little when he heard the words. Isn't this just to put himself on the shelf, and Lu Bing passed the news to Yuwang Mansion through himself.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that Lu Bingyou had secretly revealed some information to himself, but that gang was not Yu Wangfu, but him.

What Lu Bing has been adhering to in the battle between the two kings is to be impartial and strictly implement the orders of Emperor Jiajing. The result of not offending the two is that both sides are offended.

In fact, Prince Yu's Mansion is full of complaints about him, the governor of the mainland, because in the eyes of the people in Prince Yu's Mansion, as the emperor's close minister, you should persuade the emperor to act according to the ancestral system. It should be Yu Wang who is the elder brother to succeed the crown prince.

This was also when there was no such person as Wei Guangde. In the period of Emperor Longqing, Gao Gong deposed and confiscated the Lu family in order to attack political enemies and frame the Lu family. It was not until the Wanli emperor that he was exonerated with the help of Zhang Juzheng.

But it probably won't happen now, through this incident, it can be regarded as tying the Lu family to the big ship Yuwang Mansion, and finding a big backer for Lu Bing's descendants.

Although Wei Guangde felt something was wrong in his heart, the main reason was that he didn't communicate with Lu Yi about it, and he might not appreciate it if he acted rashly.

However, Wei Guangde immediately thought of Lu Yi's attitude towards him when he went to Lu's house to express his condolences that day. He thought that he would not reject King Yu when he came to Lu's house at this time.

Wei Guangde thought about it, and went to Lu's house earlier, and talked about this matter with Lu Yi alone, so that he could have a mental preparation.

Although without Lu Bing, the influence of the Lu family will be greatly reduced, but Lu Bing has been running Jinyiwei for many years, and he must have placed a lot of confidantes. If he can really win over the Lu family to join King Yu, the influence of King Yu in Jinyiwei will also increase greatly. .

But then, Wei Guangde thought of the one from Xiyuan.

Forget it, I remember the last time I heard Chen Ju say that during the Aoshan Lantern Festival, when I was in contact with King Yu, I was seen by him, and it was absolutely impossible to get rid of it.

Anyway, there was already a conflict with the Yan family, and Wei Guangde didn't want to continue to cover it up, so he could just carve the characters "Yuwangfu" on his head, as long as Yuwang didn't fall, he would be safe.

Wei Guangde doesn't intend to hide any more. In fact, the so-called concealment is just to deceive those low-level and unfamiliar officials. Those who are really in power have their own channels to inquire about the news. It is estimated that they have known about him and Prince Yu's mansion for a long time. related.

"Only in this way can Yan Shifan's follow-up plan be broken."

At this time, Gao Gong continued to speak again: "Didn't he want to stir up trouble and make His Majesty suspect that King Yu killed Lu Bing, and wanted to blame King Yu's mansion and destroy King Yu's impression in His Majesty's heart?

We don't know how he will operate in the future, but as long as King Yu goes to the Lu Mansion to express condolences and reveals that Lu Bing is secretly supporting our Prince Yu Mansion, then his follow-up plans will be invalidated. "

Gao Gong looked at Wei Guangde, "Yan Shifan is too insidious and cunning, it's really hard for us to guess his follow-up plan, so we just cut off this way for him, Lu Bing is one of us, he has a high position and authority, and there will only be fools at that time Only then will I believe his arrangements."

Wei Guangde nodded when he heard the words, and he also thought about what to say to Lu Yi.

I think Lu Yi would choose to say those things to him when he saw him. Lu Bing must have explained something before he was alive, otherwise Lu Yi would never have said so much to him when they met him for the first time, and asked him to protect the family in a timely manner .

Although I don't know what Lu Bing said, but now that Lu Bing is gone, Wei Guangde can make use of the topic to say a few words at will.

Speaking of it, Lu Bing had died more than half a month ago, but because many relatives of the Lu family were still in Huguang and were on their way, the funeral date had not yet passed, and the burial was delayed.

According to the results of discussion between Zhu Xixiao and Lu Yi, Lu Bing's funeral was set for three months, so that relatives and friends from all over the world could come to mourn.

In ancient China, the length of the funeral varied from 3 days to 30 days, mainly determined by the person attending the funeral. In ancient times, the coffin was buried for 3 months at most, and up to 7 months.

According to the traditional customs of the Han nationality, when the parents die, the children must go to the funeral, otherwise it is unfilial.

Relatives and friends will mourn and pay homage to the deceased in the future, which is called "mourning" or "condolence".

Those who go to mourning must wear mourning clothes. The ancient Han people’s mourning clothes are divided into five types: chopping, Qishui, great merit, minor merit, and hemp weaving, which are called "five clothes". The mourning clothes of the people are called "wearing hemp and filial piety".

It's just that white cloth was often used as mourning clothes in later generations, while Wei Guangde's modern cities at that time generally wore white flowers on the chest and black gauze on the arms.

Wei Guangde first went to the Imperial Academy to be on duty, and then found an excuse to visit Zhan Shifu, and then left the Imperial Academy.

After all, he has already held several positions, so he has good reasons to leave early and go to other yamen, and Yu Jiu also began to change into an old fritter during his stay in the Imperial Academy, no longer as honest as before.

After Wei Guangde left the Imperial Academy, he naturally would not go to Zhan Shi's Mansion, but said to Li San who was driving the horse: "Let's go to Lu Mansion."

"Come on."

Li San waved his whip and lashed at the pack horse pulling the cart, and the horse dragged the cart forward with its long legs in pain.

Wei Guangde closed his eyes and rested his mind in the car until he felt the jolting of the carriage stopped, and the carriage had stopped.

"Master, here we are."

Lian San, who was driving at the front of the car, reported to him in a low voice outside the car.

"it is good."

Wei Guangde simply agreed, then opened the curtain and got out of the car.

At this time, the front of Lu's house no longer had the same atmosphere as before, and looked depressed.

When Wei Guangde came here to express his condolences for the first time, there was still a lot of traffic outside the gate of the Lu Mansion, and many officials in Beijing came to express their condolences, but now, everyone who should have come has already come, and Lu Bing has long been forgotten.

Li San drove his car to the Shuanmashi outside the gate of Lu Mansion and parked it, but the neat row of Shuanmashi here was empty at this time, only his car.

After getting out of the car, Li San took out Wei Guangde's name card from his pocket and rushed to greet the steward who came out of the Lu residence in front of Wei Guangde, saying: "My master came to the residence to express his condolences."

Wei Guangde's name post is still very useful, although the manager wondered why Wei Guangde came at this time, but he respectfully let Wei Guangde into the mansion, and while taking Wei Guangde to the mourning hall, he arranged for someone to hold the name post to inform the third young master Lu Yi .

Familiar with the road, Wei Guangde burned three sticks of incense in the mourning hall, and when he got up after the ceremony, he heard footsteps in the distance, and someone came jogging all the way.

Looking sideways, it was indeed Lu Yi who had come.

When Lu Yi came to the mourning hall, he first saluted Wei Guangde, which is also an etiquette. After the guests mourned, the host had to return the salute, and then the two entered a side room next to them.

Although Lu Yi was surprised by Wei Guangde's sudden visit, he was not worried.

Yes, it would be the scariest thing if someone like Wei Guangde suddenly visited after the old man died many years ago.

Now, the old man's coffin is parked there, and no one will dare to make trouble at this time, no matter who it is, the one from Xiyuan will never agree.

"Master Wei, please have some tea."

After the two sat down, a servant brought tea, Lu Yi said.

In fact, Lu Yi is older than Wei Guangde, and his official rank is far higher than Wei Guangde's sixth rank, but because he is a general, in the Ming Dynasty, even the Lu family who received the emperor's favor had to bow their heads when facing civil officials.

Wei Guangde picked up the teacup on the table, the lid of the cup gently scraped off the tea leaves on the water surface, took a sip, and then nodded.

There was no polite question about whether tea is good or not, Wei Guangde cut to the point and said, "I don't know how much Mr. Lu told you about me back then?"

Wei Guangde's directness made Lu Yi slightly dazed.

Lu Bing didn't say much about Wei Guangde, Lu Yi just vaguely remembered that his father praised Wei Guangde's youth and outstanding ability, and then casually said "Wei Guangde is credible".

Wei Guangde's visit today, is there any relationship between him and his father?