Chapter 668: Kind Concubine Lu Jing, Unexpected Elder Xu
Chen Ting explained some things one after another, such as the one with Lu...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Concubine Lu, who was waiting for news, heard Chen Yan's voice and stood up suddenly, "How is it?"
Today is the fifth day. If Jiang Qingzhi cannot find any clues, the Dali Temple will have to intervene.
Once the Dali Temple intervenes, external forces will also intervene. As for King Jing’s future... forget about fighting for the throne, he can’t even think about the fiefdom.
Mother and son are connected by heart. Concubine Lu Jing rushed to the palace gate in a panic, then stopped, took a deep breath, and suppressed the anxiety in her heart.
Chen Yan came jogging.
She gasped and said, "My lady, great joy, great joy!"
"Speak!" Concubine Lu Jing shouted rudely.
"Chang Wei Bo had already arranged for Chen Ting to be watched. As expected, a guard tried to contact Chen Ting secretly last night, but was captured by the people arranged by Chang Wei Bo."
Chen Yan was panting heavily. Concubine Lu wanted to urge her on, but when she looked around, everyone was far away from her with a look of astonishment on their faces.
I have lost my composure!
Lu Jingfei wiped her face, and Chen Yan continued, "Chang Wei Bo exposed the true face of the miracle doctor on the spot. He was just a liar. Then he was arrested and tortured for questioning. It turned out that the medicine boy was poisoned by Chen Ting. That afternoon, Chen Ting put drugs in the medicine boy's food..."
"Hahahaha!"
Madam, be reserved! Chen Yan: “…”
Concubine Lu put her hands on her hips and laughed out loud.
All the stress, anxiety and torment of the past few days were relieved at this moment through laughter.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Chen Yan saluted.
"Congratulations, empress!"
Concubine Lu stopped laughing, "Qingzhi that kid..."
You used to call him Chang Wei Bo, Qingzhi that kid... Chen Yan looked up and saw Concubine Lu Jingfei's kind face. She thought to herself that it had been a long time since she saw the queen being so kind.
"Your Majesty, Prince Jing is here."
King Jing came in, knelt down and said, "I am an unfilial son and I have made you worry."
Concubine Lu Jing walked over, slapped him on the head, and then choked up and said, "You are young and like to make trouble, mother lets you do it. But you... do you know that if it weren't for your uncle, you would have been imprisoned somewhere in the palace and would never see the light of day again in this life!"
"Yes." King Jing lowered his head.
After venting her anger, Concubine Lu gradually regained her composure. "By the way, that liar approached you... his plan must be something big. Did you find out?"
Jiang Qingzhi left early because he didn't want to hear about those private matters. King Jing was there the whole time. He said, "At the beginning, Chen Ting was ordered to lie low and look for an opportunity to give the emperor drugs..."
Concubine Lu Jing's body trembled, she thought of the former crown prince who was poisoned to death.
"Later, they gave up on this matter." King Jing's eyes were cold, "They asked Chen Ting to find an opportunity to drug me."
"You good thief!" Concubine Lu Jing said gritting her teeth.
"But I eat three meals a day alone, so Chen Ting can't find a chance. I should thank my mother." King Jing looked up, and Chen Yan actually saw flattery...
My God, His Highness has actually learned to flatter.
"Oh!" Concubine Lu laughed, "Why?"
"The people around me have been replaced by my mother several times. If not, I would definitely not have escaped this time." King Jing said, "Then when they saw that there was no chance to find out, they asked Chen Ting to frame me... That's why the medicine boy died while testing the medicine."
"This matter...Chen Yan, go ask His Majesty if he is free."
Emperor Jiajing happened to be free today, and when Concubine Lu Jing learned about it, she hurried to ask for an audience.
"Your Majesty, I would like to use this opportunity to cleanse the palace." Concubine Lu Jing said.
"You want to use this as an opportunity to cleanse the palace... that's fine, but you forgot one thing." Emperor Jiajing stroked the jade cone, "Do you want to bring in new people after the cleansing?"
"nature."
"Among those newcomers, do you know how many are other people's loyal soldiers or spies?" Emperor Jiajing said, "There have been several incidents in the palace, and many of the thorns planted by those people have been cleared. If we start a war, those people will laugh their bellies off..."
——You stupid woman!
Concubine Lu blushed, "Your Highness...I am just too concerned."
"This is not without benefit." Emperor Jiajing said, "I don't care about Lu's case, you can deal with it yourself. I will come to the palace."
It was rare for Emperor Jiajing to interfere in the palace, and Concubine Lu was shocked and said, "Yes."
After leaving Yongshou Palace, Concubine Lu Jing sneered, "Let my brother enter the palace."
Lu Wei immediately went into the palace. He didn't know what the brother and sister talked about. After returning home, Lu Wei summoned the clan members and arrested three idle and gambling clan members on the spot.
"Break their hands!" Lu Wei said coldly.
Amid the screams, Lu Wei looked at his tribesmen and said, "From now on, anyone addicted to gambling will be dealt with in the same way!"
An old man sighed: "This is too cruel."
Lu Wei said: "Your Highness was almost framed this time, do you know?"
Everyone nodded, and the old man said angrily: "Such liars should be killed."
"That liar was introduced to Your Highness by someone from the Lu family!" Lu Wei's face turned pale.
"But is it Lu Shan who was captured last night?" the old man was surprised.
Lu Wei nodded, "Lu Shan is addicted to gambling. He was set up and lost all his money. He also owed a lot of gambling debts. After being threatened and lured, he introduced the so-called miracle doctor to Your Highness, and swore that he saw the miracle doctor treat people with his own eyes, and the medicine cured the disease... Otherwise, with Your Highness's intelligence, how could you believe it so easily?"
The old man took a deep breath and turned around and said, "It's hard to quit gambling. I've seen people who broke their hands before. They couldn't stand the addiction and practiced hard on their toes... Or, break the feet of these three people too!"
The three gamblers cursed and swore never to gamble again. But Lu Wei said grimly: "Very good!"
The Lu family had three more disabled people with broken limbs, but Jiang Qingzhi's family had a new hero.
Tang Shunzhi came to visit the Jiang family today. When asked by Sun Chonglou about his travel experiences, he picked out some interesting ones to tell them, especially the several times when he saw injustice and helped others, which aroused everyone's yearning.
"My Lord." Fu Cheng came over. "Someone from Xu Jie's side came and said that he would like to invite my Lord to the banquet later."
"Xu Jie?" Xu Wei sneered, "This must be a bad banquet."
Hu Zongxian said: "But you don't have to go."
Xia Yan shook his head, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Xu Jie and Qing Zhi have a grudge over a disciple. Xu Jie seems to be patient, but people who are patient are always vindictive. Since they are mortal enemies, why did Xu Jie invite Qing Zhi to the banquet? Go and find out what's going on. As for whether to agree or not... we'll talk later."
"Let's have a meal first." Sun Chonglou said.
"Xu Jie?" Tang Shunzhi said, "I heard from Shen Lian that Xu Jie has been in frequent contact with people in the School of Mind recently."
"Recently, he has been severely suppressed by Yan Song and his son. Could it be that Lord Xu wants to find another way?" Xu Wei pondered.
Jiang Qingzhi didn't have so many concerns. At this moment, looking at these talented people, if Zhang Juzheng was added...
What the hell!
It turns out that I have collected so many talents without realizing it?
Jiang Qingzhi returned to the backyard, "My wife."
"Husband." Last time, Jiang Qingzhi said he would find a business for Li Tian to do to relieve her boredom, but Li Tian had been sleepy recently, so Jiang Qingzhi put the matter on hold.
So Li Tian returned to her daily routine of reading novels or taking walks when she had nothing to do.
"I won't be home for dinner." Jiang Qingzhi said.
"Who's treating?" Li Tian asked with a smile.
"Xu Jie."
"Xu Jie? Doesn't that man have a problem with my husband? I'm afraid it's the Hongmen Banquet."
"Hongmen Banquet? He doesn't have the guts to do that."
Xu Jie was inviting guests openly and honestly, so a Hongmen Banquet was out of the question. However, Jiang Qingzhi was mentally prepared for the fact that no banquet would be good.
In the evening, Jiang Qingzhi appeared outside the restaurant where Xu Wei was hosting a dinner.
"Lord Wei." Xu Jie's followers were waiting outside. "The elder is waiting upstairs."
"lead the way."
On the second floor, Xu Jie stood inside the door and looked at Jiang Qingzhi who was approaching with a smile.
"Long Wilbur."
"Mr. Xu Ge."
After sitting down, Xu Jie prepared to observe Jiang Qingzhi's expression and then act accordingly.
“It tastes good.”
"This pig's trotter is soft and sticky... Hey! Lord Xu is eating it too!" Jiang Qingzhi opened and closed his mouth vigorously, leaving Xu Jie stunned.
Who will eat seriously when the dignitaries attend a banquet?
The so-called banquet must be for something, and eating too much will make the head dizzy and unable to make correct judgments. So this kind of banquet is just a name, and no one will eat and drink seriously.
But Jiang Qingzhi will!
And I ate it with great relish.
He even felt like he was eating at a banquet in his previous life.
At that time, he was still young, and he went to the wedding with his parents. Before leaving, his mother said, "We gave 800 yuan as gifts this time, so we must eat to make up for it. Qingzhi, you must eat more and eat the best dishes."
His father also reminded him, "Pick up the food quickly and accurately, put it in your own bowl first, and then put it in your mouth when your bowl is full. When your mouth is full, pick up another dish with chopsticks..."
As he was eating the delicious food, the scenes of the past were all in his mind.
Mom and Dad, are you okay?
Jiang Qingzhi put down his chopsticks and said, "Master Xu, please tell me what you have to say."
This man had been eating heartily before, but now he seemed to be bored... Xu Jie didn't think Jiang Qingzhi was just pretending, there was no need for that.
Then it means being alone.
"The Beijing guards have been training in full swing recently. The sound of firearms from the Huben Zuowei and the Fujun Vanguard is endless. I heard that some people died." Xu Jie said slowly, "The storm is coming!"
Jiang Qingzhi took a sip of the wine without commenting.
"As for war, the only person in the court who dares to go to war and has the confidence to win is Chang Wei Bo!"
The night wind blew in from the open window. Jiang Qingzhi suddenly lost the desire to deal with Xu Jie and said lightly, "Lord Xu said a lot of nice things. Let's be brief!"
Xu Jie was not angry. "Military generals command the army, and civil officials are in charge. This is the rule of our ancestors... I know that Lord Changwei disagrees, but rules are rules. If we break them at this time, it will not be good for the war. After all... this is a battle related to the country and the people, a battle of life and death. Brothers are fighting against each other, and we have to defend against foreign aggression..."
Jiang Qingzhi had thought about this question.
"Before Emperor Xuande, there was no such ancestral rule." Jiang Qingzhi said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, it was not uncommon for a general to lead an army alone to conquer a region. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu, when Zhang Fu conquered Jiaozhi, it was also common for a general to lead an army alone."
"Yes!" Xu Jie did not refute this, "But we need to form a joint force now."
If they were to fight over this, and there were so many internal conflicts before the war...how could they fight this war?
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Xu Jie, "Actually, I don't care."
Jiang Qingzhi actually didn't object? Xu Jie gently clenched his right hand under the table.
“It doesn’t matter to me who comes.”
Jiang Qingzhi stood up and said, "As I said before, that is a battlefield, a place where swords and guns are used to speak. Who thinks that they can control everything with their eloquence or their despicable means... In fact, Ben Bo likes to talk about reason the most, but many times, many people are afraid of swords instead of reason."
You come, or you don’t come, or who comes.
They're all the same!
(End of this chapter)
