Your Highness, has he stopped today?

Lu Chi read the book from the beginning to the end, and said that General Wu Jie went to Chu State as a hostage, colluded with the prince of Chu State, and secretly brought him back to Yecheng when he returned to Chen State, planning to plot a rebellion.The excerpts are not signed, and the handwriting is ordinary, and it is completely impossible to tell who made them.

Seeing that he was silent, Emperor Chongde snorted coldly: "Is it true what is said in the booklet?"

Lu Chi settled down, clasped his fists with both hands, and said calmly: "The sixth prince of Chu State did live in the Mansion for a while, because Zheyu was his companion when he was in Chu State, and the two of them had a little bit of a relationship." Friendship. As early as when Zheyu went to Beidi, Yun Jing had already left Chen Guo. As for the rebellion, it is even more nonsense."

Emperor Chongde stared at him closely: "It's just nonsense, it's just one side of Lord Hou, right?"

Lu Chi was neither humble nor overbearing: "If Zheyu is said to be rebellious, please ask the colleague who wrote this note to show evidence."

"Although there is no evidence, it is unreasonable for Dingyuan Hou's mansion to secretly hide the prince of the enemy country." Emperor Chongde said, "I also need to investigate, and return Lord Hou's innocence, right?"

Lu Chi frowned.

"I think that several generations of loyal officials in the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion have only imprisoned Lu Zheyu, and they have never implicated the Marquis' Mansion, so it is already a lenient." Emperor Chongde said calmly. "I also hope that Lu Qing will not be ignorant of flattery."

Lu Chi didn't speak for a long time.In the end, he leaned over, touched his forehead to the back of his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Minister, obey the order."

Emperor Chongde watched Lu Chi leave Bixiao Palace, stood up, and looked at Yu Deye standing beside him with calm eyes: "Is Han Qing still there?"

Yu Deye respectfully said: "According to His Majesty's instructions, I am waiting in the side hall."

Emperor Chongde sighed: "Go and tell him that I have already shown the paper to Lu Chi. As for Lu Zheyu's matter, leave it to him to investigate, I am tired."

Yu Deye was startled for a moment, and replied respectfully: "Old servant obeys."

……

a few days later.

In the most prosperous area of ​​Yecheng, there is a restaurant named "Zuichun Pavilion". Because the food here is delicious, the singing and dancing are outstanding, and the price is very expensive, so most of the people who come and go to this place are high-ranking officials or wealthy families in Yecheng.Whether it is to entertain guests or discuss important matters, this is a good place.

At this moment, it was noon, there was an endless stream of guests coming for lunch, people were coming and going in the restaurant, and the waiter in the restaurant was almost unable to greet him due to the wind on his feet.

On the high platform on the first floor of the restaurant, the storyteller is talking about the book.Today's storytellers are more and more aware of the tastes of the guests, and now they don't tell those old stories anymore, they only talk about the major events that happened in Yecheng and even in the past few months in the past year or even in the past few months.Today, the storyteller is telling the story of General Chen Guowu Jie leading the Dingyuan Army to defeat Beidi.

The audience in the audience was fascinated and applauded one after another, but the guests at the next table started whispering.

"Hey, do you know? It's been three months since General Lu defeated Beidi. I heard that after General Lu won the battle, our Majesty immediately ordered him to return to Beijing to report on his duties. As a result, This General Lu, relying on his military merits, refuses to return to Beijing, and wants to support himself in Li Prefecture." Said the man on the left waving a folding fan.

"There is such a thing?" The man in a mandarin jacket sitting on his right was shocked. "Then what happened next?"

Shaking the folding fan, he continued: "The emperor issued three imperial edicts to General Lu to call him back to Beijing, but General Lu would not come back. Until the last imperial edict, he probably finally figured it out, but As soon as I returned to Yecheng, I was arrested."

The man in the mandarin jacket clicked his tongue twice: "What's wrong with being his general well, don't you still want to rebel?"

The man who was shaking the folding fan suddenly closed it and said, "Hey, these officials are greedy for power."

"Hey, how do you know about this?" asked the man in the jacket.

The one who shook the folding fan smiled: "My cousin's grandfather's nephew is an official in the Ministry of Officials. I heard from him. There is nothing wrong with this matter."

The two of you talked to each other, and the chat was very lively.

Sitting in the corner of the restaurant was a young man wearing a white fence. He was sipping tea while listening to the conversation between the two people verbatim.It's just that the restaurant is too noisy, everyone's energy is concentrated on the storyteller on stage, and the young people in this corner are naturally inconspicuous.

After a while, the storyteller had finished telling the story of General Wu Jie’s battle with the Beidi Army. There was a burst of applause from the audience, and a man in black at the door walked into the restaurant in disorder, passed through the crowd and came to the corner. He sat opposite the young man wearing a white fence.

The visitor lowered his voice, and said: "My subordinates have already found out that Mr. Lu has indeed returned to Ye City, but now he is not in the Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, and he has not been to the Hou's Mansion since he came back from Lizhou. Your Highness, may I Do you need your subordinates to continue to inquire about Mr. Lu's whereabouts?"

"No need, I already know where he is now." Shi Yunjing put the tea cup back on the table. "He's probably in trouble, and now he's locked up by their dog emperor."

When Miao Xing heard the three words from his master's mouth, he hissed softly, and said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, we are in Chen Country, so we should be more careful when we speak..."

Shi Yunjing didn't speak.Even across the fence, Miao Xing couldn't see his expression.

Miao Xing asked tentatively: "Does Your Highness have any countermeasures? If we can't contact Mr. Lu, we can't borrow troops."

"If you want to borrow troops, you should not ask Lu Zheyu." Shi Yunjing said. "The military power of the Dingyuan Army is not in his hands."

"Whose hands is that in?" Miao Xing showed doubts on his face, and then he was suddenly shocked, "Could it be that Your Highness wants to find Marquis Dingyuan directly?"

"What do you think?" Shi Yunjing said.

"..." Miao Xing was silent for a while, and then said, "Your Highness, the Marquis of Dingyuan knows about your... relationship with Mr. Lu, so how could he help you? Leaving this aside, Marquis Dingyuan is Chen The minister of the country, you are the prince of the state of Chu, you are talking about Dali, but that is a crime of treason."

"Don't you know? Now Lu Zheyu has been accused of treason by that dog...that emperor." Shi Yunjing said.

"Ah?" Miao Xing was very puzzled.

"Tell me, is this God helping me?" Shi Yunjing laughed.

Miao Xing:?

"It's fine if you don't understand." Shi Yunjing didn't bother to explain. "I'm going to Dingyuanhou's Mansion to meet my future father-in-law."

Miao Xing: "What about the subordinates?"

"I entrust you with an important task." Shi Yunjing said. "There are three imperial edicts issued to Lu Zheyu. I don't know where they went. You search all the way along the post road from Yecheng to Lizhou. If you dig three feet, you will find who has the edict."

Miao Xing: "Oh, good..."

Saying that, Shi Yunjing stood up and was about to leave, Miao Xing put the tea money on the table, and then chased after her.

"Hey, wait, Your Highness...you're wearing it crookedly..."

……

Over the past few days, Lu Chi has been running around for Lu Zheyu's matter, and discussed with Yan Shao many times, but he still hasn't come up with any solution.After several days without closing his eyes, Butler Du of the Hou Mansion saw his master coming back from the outside with a dusty appearance and a very bad expression on his face. He walked up and said cautiously: "Master Hou, there is a guest at home. "

Lu Chi got off his horse and said hoarsely, "Who is it?"

Butler Du led the horse over and said, "It's the one who helped in the other garden before, surnamed Shi. Now he is waiting for Lord Hou in the front hall."

Lu Chi's face froze, and then he strode towards the front hall.

……

Three days later.An inn in Yecheng.

In the middle of the night, the city of Ye had already reached the curfew, and the only sound left on the streets was the sound of beaters.Two black shadows sneaked into the inn silently and entered a guest room.

Shi Yunjing knew that it was Miao Xing who had returned, so she asked, "I'll tell you about your case, how did the investigation go?"

"Your Highness..."

A voice came from behind, which sounded very familiar, but it was not Miao Xing's voice.

Shi Yunjing looked back.

Eyes met, the man knelt on one knee and said, "Subordinate Chu Heng, see Your Highness."

Shi Yunjing was slightly stunned, and his eyes turned from him to Miao Xing: "What's going on?"

Miao Xing clasped his fists and said truthfully: "I followed His Highness's instructions and searched all the way along the post road from Yecheng to Lizhou, but I ran into Chu Heng." He paused, and then said, "He is also investigating this matter."

Shi Yunjing looked at Chu Heng again: "Get up and answer."

Chu Heng stood up and said, "Young Master Yan asked me to investigate, and now there are clues."

The three of them sat down, Chu Heng took out something like a wooden sign from his arms, and put it on the table, Shi Yunjing took it and took a look.

"My subordinates secretly checked the post stations along the way, and there were no problems with the first few post stations, until they found a post station in Zijin County, Yucheng. Excuse me, that man hid poison in his mouth and committed suicide. I found the badge from him."

"Hiding poison in his mouth, this person is a dead soldier, not a post soldier." Shi Yunjing looked at the waist badge firmly, and said, "Can you check the history of the waist badge? Whose house is it?"

Chu Heng replied: "I've checked, it's from a non-government organization of dead men, I didn't find out its name, but it's all about taking money to sell their lives. And recently... Chen Guosi's chief inspector Han Qing, with them There are coming and going."

"Han Qing..." Shi Yunjing narrowed her eyes. "Why is this name so familiar?"

Chu Heng said softly: "Your Highness, do you still remember why Mr. Lu came to Chu as a hostage back then?"

Shi Yunjing suddenly realized, remembering that Lu Zheyu had mentioned to him that Han Qing had never dealt with their gentry faction, and it was this person who caused the defeat of the Marquis of Dingyuan, which led to the matter of the ten sons entering Chu as hostages .

"So, it was this eunuch who intercepted the imperial decree along the way and labeled Zheyu as a traitor." Shi Yunjing gradually cleared up everything.

Miao Xing hurriedly said: "Then what should we do now? This waist card is now evidence, should we send it to Marquis Ding Yuan?"

Shi Yunjing: "A waist card can't prove anything, and it will scare the snake."

Chu Heng: "That's right. Besides, there is no way to prove that Han Qing had any contact with that organization of dead men."

Miao Xing scratched his head, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Then... how can we help Mr. Lu?"

Shi Yunjing didn't speak for a long time, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Anyway, I want to meet Lu Zheyu first."

[The author has something to say: I have been waiting for a long time.The next chapter is really about to meet. 】