Raising Wolves

In mid-July, on the grounds of going south to worship his mother, the golden cicada escaped from its shell and went to the right side of the Yangtze River. His Majesty the Emperor, who made a big deal, finally set off for Beijing early under the expectation of a kind of official from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

All the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang breathed a long sigh of relief and were deeply moved—they finally sent off His Majesty the evil god.

The carriage was ready early in the morning, and the Jin Yiwei and the imperial guards accompanied him closely. However, His Majesty the Emperor didn't seem to be in a hurry to return to Beijing, and the carriage traveled leisurely along the way.

The reason for this is known only to Commander Zheng and Chief Changshun who are beside His Majesty.

The car drove all the way north, until mid-August, the cicadas kept singing, and the convoy finally rushed back to Yanjing.

All the officials headed by Wei Herong had been waiting outside Yanjing for a long time. When Ning Juan showed up, no matter what their mood was, they all knelt down and shouted long live.

Knowing clearly that his handle fell into the wrong hands, and that the little emperor came in a bad way, Wei Shoufu still showed no sense of panic on his expression, and glanced at the young emperor who was accompanying him with a silver face, showing an elusive look. Smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, I am very relieved that His Majesty can return safely."

Ning Juan no longer had to pretend to be submissive in front of Wei Herong, and said in a calm voice, "The first assistant has shared my worries and worked hard on state affairs. I heard that you just fell ill a few days ago. Now that I'm back, you don't have to do that." Hard work."

Wei Herong naturally understood the double meaning in these words, raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the dozen or so carriages behind him, and saw Pan Jingmin and others.

Since they are prisoners, naturally they will not be treated very well. The prison car drove all the way, exposed to the wind and the sun, and the venomous sun turned the group of dog officials who were once high above into dry dog ​​tail grass, and their eyes were dull and numb.

Pan Jingmin was cooking oil under the scorching sun, and his obese body lost a few laps.

Hearing the sound, Pan Jingmin turned his head stiffly, and seeing Wei Herong, he was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly burst into great joy, he tried to open his mouth wide, and shouted "Wei Shoufu, save me".

But because his throat was so dry that it was smoking, bloody smell oozes from his throat, and his voice was so hoarse that only he could hear it.

Wei Herong's eyes were cold, he looked away, and stretched out his hand to salute: "Your Majesty, please go first."

As soon as he arrived in the capital, Ning Juan went back to the palace first, and there was still a lot of business waiting for him. The royalist party waited day and night, also waiting to see him.

Lu Qing, who was still ill, brought Chen Xiaodao and Lin Xi back to the Lu Mansion where he had been away for a long time in a low-key manner.

Those who were brought back to Beijing together, except Jiangyou Governor Pan Jingmin who was about to be sent to Dali Temple Prison to be interrogated by the three divisions, Ji'an prefect Zhao Zhengde, Jiangyou General Soldier, etc., and more than a dozen vehicles were mighty The gold, silver, jewelry, jade carvings, calligraphy and paintings all add up to millions of taels.

Most of these things were filled into the treasury that had been empty for a long time, and the smile on the face of Hubu Shangshu never stopped.

A small part of Ning Juan stayed, and in the midst of his busy schedule that night, he took the time to select a dozen samples and sent them all to the Lu residence.

Lu Qing had just come out of the shower when the reward in the rear palace arrived.

Ning Juan picked things that fit Lu Qingze’s aesthetics, such as Yunjin Shujin, Yuhuan Ruyi, Qingtian Stone, famous calligraphy and paintings, a bunch of rewards, but Lu Qing was inexplicable when he rewarded: "Your Majesty has made a fortune, and I can still get rich." stained?"

...if you dare to say so.

Chang Shun took out a small handkerchief to wipe off his sweat: "Your Majesty said that Mr. Lu has contributed to the flood control case and the reconstruction of Jiangyou, so he personally selected the items for our family to send."

Ning Juan didn't favor one person over another, and made his partiality too obvious.

Besides Lu Qingze, others also received rewards, such as Xu Shu who was brought back from Jiangyou.

Xu Shu cured the epidemic on the right side of the river and saved tens of thousands of victims of the disaster. Even if he was directly appointed as the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, no one would be dissatisfied with his great achievements.

But Xu Shu didn't want to be an official, so Ning Juan rewarded him ten thousand taels of gold, a four-entry mansion in the east of the city, and the four characters "Xuanhu Jishi" written by himself.

When he first arrived in the capital, Xu Shu, whose alias was Xu Yuan, became famous in the capital. On the second day, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries came to visit him personally, begging this divine doctor to heal his illness.

When Xu Shu cured his illness with the medicine, he even solved the old problems of several nobles who had not healed for many years in a few days.

Although he has a weird personality and is not polite, since he is a genius doctor who can save lives, who would think he has a bad temper.

Although Lu Qing stayed at home, he listened to all directions, and he heard all the news from the capital, and Chen Xiaodao brought them all back.

After riding in a carriage for a month, no matter how comfortable the carriage was, his bones seemed to be misplaced, and the aches and pains reached his bones. In addition, he was tired in the summer and sleepy at home for a few days. The feeling of being broken slowly subsided, and my spirit recovered a little.

It was afternoon when he woke up, Lu Qing rubbed his eyes dimly, heard a voice outside, floated down like a ghost, and found Chen Xiaodao and Lin Xi chatting in the yard.

As soon as he sat down, Chen Xiaodao let go of Lin Xi and turned his head: "Master, are you awake? It's so hot, do you want something to drink?"

Lu Qing shook his head, pressed his swollen temples, and felt that if he slept again, he would be useless: "Is there any new news outside?"

Chen Xiaodao's greatest joy is going out for a walk every day, looking for someone to chat with, and when he hears the question, he becomes excited: "Young master, I want to ask about 'there' news, but I haven't done it yet. I heard that Pan Jingmin is in prison again. Suddenly he changed his words and retracted his confession, he denied Wei Herong to death, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple disagreed, and the Procuratorate did not say anything, it may not be possible for a while."

Lu Qing frowned: "Where is Xu Shu?"

Chen Xiaodao shook his head: "I didn't see the Wei Mansion sending anyone there either."

Lu Qing said indifferently: "Wei Shoufu is very calm."

Wei Herong's only son, Wei Qiao, was born with an incurable disease. In order to protect this frail and sick child, Wei Herong even sent the youngest son back to his deceased wife's hometown. Wei Qiao's illusion.

But before the Dragon Boat Festival, Wei Qiao was probably not well, and Wei Herong secretly asked someone to bring Wei Qiao back to the capital to find a famous doctor in the capital for diagnosis and treatment.

Obviously, Wei Herong didn't want to give up saving Wei Qiao's life, but in the face of such a big temptation from Xu Shu, he could still maintain his calm and watch coldly.

Although Xu Shu's alias was Xu Yuan, and his relationship with the Liang family and Ning Juan was wiped out, no one knew about it, but they brought him back from Jiangyou, so Wei Herong must be very vigilant.

Unless Wei Qiao fell ill again and fell into a dangerous situation, Wei Herong would choose to observe for a while longer, but it is not a good thing to delay for too long. The longer the delay, the more things Wei Herong can find out.

I have to go to the palace to discuss with Ning Juan.

Lu Qing was lazily leaning against the railing, making up his mind, and looking up, Chen Xiaodao was enthusiastically pulling Lin Xi to talk again.

The former looked enthusiastic: "Lin Xi, you fought back and forth with Mr. Zheng that day, and it was really good. Can you teach me two tricks!"

The latter looked terrified, shrinking back again and again, wishing to shrink into a dark corner and become a small mushroom that no one cared about.

For more than ten years, Chen Xiaodao has been on the human relationship network, and it was the first time he met Lin Xi who was neither steamed nor cooked. Can't talk!

Don't say you are not familiar, when Lin Xi really can't avoid it, he will slowly shut himself up, close his eyes and let his mind go.

Chen Xiaodao, who encountered Waterloo in his life, became more frustrated and courageous, trying to talk to Lin Xi every day.

Two social fears.

Lu Qing rubbed his chin, but Chen Xiaodao was a social terrorist and Lin Xi was a social terrorist.

However, when Lin Xi first came to the capital, he was unfamiliar with the place and felt insecure. Although Chen Xiaodao babbled a little, he was sincere and kind.

Chen Xiaodao tentatively guessed, all guesses were wrong.

Lin Xi angrily dragged him to squat down, and while writing on the ground, he silently gestured in sign language, teaching Chen Xiaodao to recognize sign language.

Lu Qing watched the whole process with great interest and laughed sullenly.

Being led by Chen Xiaodao, Lin Xi was no longer autistic like before, making the two children noisy, and the family was more lively.

Maybe Lin Xi could speak again before Duke Wu returned to the capital?

Lu Qing got up, went into the room and changed his clothes, and came out with a mask in his hand: "I'll go into the palace once, so you don't have to give me the knife, let's play with Lin Xi."

Chen Xiaodao: "Huh? Then who will send you?"

Lu Qingze: "You Wu."

The guards in Lu's residence were carefully selected by Ning Juan, and they would not come out to disturb Lu Qingze at ordinary times, and they were especially quick at sweeping and cleaning the inner courtyard.

Chen Xiaodao doesn't know how powerful these people are, but he knows how powerful "You Wu" who is the leader of the guards is - the last time he rushed in recklessly with vegetables, he tripped on his feet, and almost brought food with him After falling into the pool, You Wuyi stretched out his hand, and caught them all firmly, including the people and vegetables, which was quite skillful.

Chen Xiaodao suddenly felt relieved: "Young master, are you coming back tonight?"

Lu Qing, on the other hand, had an inexplicable feeling that he wanted to go out and was asked by his parents, "Do you want to stay at home tonight?" He shook his head to shake off this messy thought, and said solemnly, "Of course I will come back."

Always staying in the palace, the censor can hardly hold down his pen.

Chen Xiaodao squatted on the ground, muttering to himself: "Why do I feel hung? Your Majesty will let you back after you enter the palace?"

Lu Qing put on his mask and didn't care much: "Will His Majesty still stop me?"

Lin Xi's eyes were confused, and he didn't know what history there was.

Looking at Lu Qingze's thin back as he stepped out of the yard, Chen Xiaodao turned his head and said, "See? Every time the young master enters the palace, eight out of ten times he said so, and four out of eight times he was left in the palace."

Only now did Lin Xi realize where Chen Xiaodao's weird expression came from, and couldn't help but smile.

Chen Xiaodao applauded tearfully: "You laughed, you laughed! I, Chen Xiaodao, have finally saved my fame!"

Lu Qing didn't know what Chen Xiaodao told Lin Xi that Lu's mansion was not far from the imperial city, he got into the carriage, didn't wait too long, arrived at the gate of the palace, and handed out the tooth card for entering the palace.

The imperial guards saw the tooth card and let it go immediately.

When he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Ning Juan was in the South Study Room reviewing papers.

In the past, Ning Juan was nominally pro-government, but was suppressed by Wei Herong. The memorials were sent to the Wei Mansion first, and after being approved, they were sent to Ning Juan, and the processed ones were thrown to Ning Juan.

This time he came to the fore, Wei Herong naturally could no longer act so recklessly on the grounds that the young emperor was ignorant, at least most of the memorials were sent to Ning Juan.

But controlling the political affairs of a country is infinitely more complicated and difficult than managing the political affairs of a province.

What Wei Herong threw on purpose were troublesome notes.

The guards were looking forward to it, secretly praying that the little emperor was just putting on airs, unable to deal with these papers, unable to solve the problem, and finally threw it back to the cabinet, so that the power would still be firmly in the hands of Wei Herong.

But their hopes will obviously be in vain.

Hearing Changshun's announcement, Lu Qing begged to see him. His Majesty, who had been working hard in government affairs, raised his head in surprise: "What is the announcement? Let the teacher come in!"

Lu Qing stepped into the study room, walked slowly to the desk, glanced at the pile of memorials accumulated on the desk, habitually wanted to pick it up, and helped to take a look, stretched his hand halfway, paused with his fingertips, and took it back : "I heard from Chang Shun that you have been sleepless for the past few days, so you should pay attention to your body."

Ning Juan noticed his subtle movements keenly, and was suddenly displeased.

He knew that Lu Qingze just wanted to help him out of habit, but he just looked at it if he wanted to, so why be cautious?

It wasn't like that between them when Jiangyou was handling official business.

Ning Juan barely suppressed his unhappiness, without showing it on his face, got up and pushed Lu Qingze to his seat, pressed him to sit down, stood behind the chair, put his hands on the table, and almost circled Lu Qingze In his arms, he acted like a baby: "This group of waste snacks, you have to report the big things, your eyes are so tired, the teacher will help me look."

Seeing that His Majesty was so blatant, Chang Shun's eyes twitched, and with a wink, he told all the servants in the study to go out, and retreated to the door in silence.

Lu Qing was also a little uncomfortable.

Ning Juan has long since ceased to be a skinny child who could be held in his arms to study, and has become taller and taller than him. Although he just pressed against the table without direct contact, the boy's body temperature was against his back, and his breath came from his ears. It brushed past, giving him the illusion of being hugged from behind.

In terms of aggression, this posture is not strong, but it is impossible to get up, and the retreat is blocked.

Being pushed to sit on the main seat of His Majesty's study, Lu Qing felt quite inappropriate, guessing what Ning Juan meant, and said helplessly, "Guoguo, the court records are different from the political affairs of a province."

It's okay to discuss together, but asking him to approve the memorial is crossing the line.

He doesn't want to be a powerful minister.

Ning Juan's Adam's apple rolled, "So what" came to his lips, and he swallowed it back.

In fact, he knew all too well that Lu Qing had no desire for power.

In other words, Lu Qing seems to have no desire for anything. The power of life and death, gold, silver and jewels, love and love are all separated from him by a layer of distance. It is really like the bright moon above the nine heavens, only the brilliance shines on the world, It is very far away to touch with worldly hands.

This is what Ning Juan fears the most.

The most frightening thing is not a person who is obsessed with power, but a person who has no desire. He wants to hold Lu Qingze firmly by his side for the rest of his life, but he can't find anything that can lure Lu Qingze to stay.

He could only desperately send all the things he thought were good to Lu Qingze's hands.

Just like the power of the emperor.

Not only does he want the moon to be all over his body, he also wants to hold the bright moon in his arms.

Ning Juan said in a low voice, "Teachers are different."

Lu Qing looked at the huge workload, and then looked back at the faint blackness in the young man's eyes, but still couldn't bear to ignore it: "Leave the unimportant things to me."

Ning Juan smiled, at least he knew that Lu Qing would take soft things rather than hard things.

But his purpose was not to make Lu Qingze tired, but just to let Lu Qingze "have power", he didn't continue the topic, and asked instead: "Teacher hasn't come to see me in the palace for a long time, why did you come here suddenly? Let's do it."

At the end of the sentence, there was a bit of a lonely sigh.

Accompanied by that look of disappointment, it looks like a puppy that was forgotten at home by its owner and thought he was abandoned.

Lu Qing listened to his resentment, and couldn't laugh or cry: "It's been less than seven days since I returned to Beijing, how can it be so long? It sounds like I have been waiting for 18 years in a cold kiln. Are you Ning Baochuan?"

Ning Juan was not angry when he was called Ning Baochuan, but rather happy.

Wang Baochuan and Xue Pinggui are husband and wife, the teacher's analogy...it's hard not to make him happy.

The more Ning Juan thought about it, the happier he was. He pulled the chair and sat down, lying beside Lu Qingze, leaning his head on his thin shoulder, and continued to work hard: "But I miss the teacher very much, and I think about it all the time."

After a pause, he said again in a low voice: "Teacher is at home. There is Chen Xiaodao on the left and Lin Xi on the right. It's very lively. I'm afraid you won't remember me. If it wasn't for today's business, you wouldn't come to see me in the palace. But teacher I'm also very happy to come and see me."

"..."

This little bastard, why does the tea smell like tea?

Lu Qing became more and more funny as he listened, and slapped him on the head as lightly as if he was stroking, and scolded with a smile: "You are so busy as soon as you return to the palace, and I have a cough again, what are you doing here in the palace, bothering you, By the way, will it infect you to cough together? Keep it up."

Ning Juan put away his temper at the right time, and argued in a low voice, "Why is the teacher disturbing me when he comes to the palace, and I am in good health, so I won't be infected."

Lu Qing used a little force this time, and patted his head: "Sit up straight, Your Majesty, where is your royal demeanor?"

Seeing that Lu Qingze taught himself a lesson as before, Ning Juan's mouth ticked in satisfaction.

When he retracted his head, he seemingly inadvertently rubbed Lu Qingze's side cheek lightly.

The soft hair tip brushed past first, and then the scorching breath also passed by the side of his neck, snatching a touch of plum fragrance.

Lu Qing subconsciously turned his head away, seeing that Ning Juan sat up straight with a serious face, and felt that he was sensitive, and after a while, he remembered the purpose of this trip: "I came to the palace to be with you Let's talk about Xu Shu."

Right now, Pan Jingmin suddenly retracted his confession, denied it to death, only had the ledger but no correspondence, he had nothing to do with Wei Herong.

The Guard Party has a large number of people in the imperial court, and it is deeply rooted. Fan Wei, the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion, is still an absolute supporter of Wei Herong. This force is too huge. It is impossible to dismantle it cleanly. We must first weaken the Guard Party. Power, and then pull it out in one fell swoop.

The Fifth Army Battalion was stationed at the Jingwei Office, and the Jingshi was just around the corner. Fan Wei was definitely a big problem. With him around, Wei Herong couldn't be moved at will for the time being.

But they didn't expect to solve Wei Herong directly this time.

Using Xu Shu may speed up the process.

If it wasn't for the fact that Xu Shu's activities on the right side of the river were not too big to hide, they wanted to arrange for Xu Shu to enter Beijing with another identity, so that Wei Herong would be less vigilant.

Ning Juan knew what Lu Qing was talking about, and said clearly: "The spies reported that Wei Qiao's condition is still stable, and Wei Herong is not in a hurry. Like the teacher, I also want to speed up."

Stretching out two fingers, he precisely took out a secret letter from the pile of books and handed it to Lu Qingze: "This is Xu Shu's background, I think it can be used."

The royal back tone is very well done.

Lu Qing took the secret letter, opened it, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He knew that Xu Shu was adopted by the Liang family, but he didn't expect that Xu Shu had some relationship with the imperial court.

More than 30 years ago, there was a court judge surnamed Xu in Taiyuan Hospital. This judge Xu was very skilled in medicine and was in charge of the safety pulse of a noble concubine.

Unexpectedly, the concubine's fetal gas was alarmed, she gave birth suddenly in the middle of the night, and died of massive bleeding.

So Xu Yuanjuan, who was in charge of asking for the pulse and failed to save others, was punished.

That imperial concubine was the emperor's favorite, and the emperor was furious, Xu Yuan sentenced his family to prison, the female family members were thrown into the court, and all the male members were executed.

Xu Shu is the fish that slipped through the net.

When the accident happened, he was at his grandmother's house in the south of the Yangtze River. Officers and soldiers arrested him. He fled in a hurry and fell into the river.

Not to mention a child, even a strong adult man fell into the river, and the possibility of surviving is very low. The officers and soldiers waited for a long time and saw that no one came up, they felt that Xu Shu was dead, and left to report. up.

But Xu Shu didn't die, he was very watery, escaped from death and was rescued by Liang's family.

The Patriarch of the Liang family had a friendship with Xu Yuanpan as classmates, and they got along very well. Seeing that something happened to Xu Yuanpan's family, he couldn't bear it, and secretly adopted Xu Shu, and changed his surname from "Xu" to "Xu". They only said that Xu Shu was an orphan, and seeing him pitiful, they adopted him.

Lu Qing read the secret letter and shook his head secretly.

"If you can't save people, you'll be buried together" - this sentence is a rotten stalk that has been ridiculed by countless people in later generations, but in this era, it is terrible to say it from the emperor's mouth.

First, something happened to her own family, and then her younger sister was forcibly taken away by the emperor, and then the Liang family who adopted her was implicated in the palace, and Concubine Jing died of illness and died in the cold palace.

No wonder Xu Shu hates the capital and the royal family so much.

If Ning Juan wasn't Liang Yuan's child, he probably wouldn't give face. He would rather be beheaded than come to Beijing to help.

"Did Xu Shu agree? How are you going to use it?"

Lu Qing thought for a while, put down the secret letter, and raised his eyelashes, only to realize that when he was reading the letter, Ning Juan was looking at him with his elbow resting on his chin.

I don't know how long I watched it.

Seeing Lu Qing raised his head, Ning Juan didn't panic, and looked at him calmly: "He shouldn't have any objections, and he has his own exposure to investigate this matter. Now that the clues of the past have been erased, Xu Yuan is Xu Shu. Only we know about being adopted by the Liang family."

Wen Xiange knew the elegance, but Lu Qing sniffed some meaning from his words: "You want to say, use Xu Shu's 'hatred' towards the royal family to start?"

The whole family died under the influence of the emperor's wrath, which was a disaster.

Who can not hate?

Seeing Lu Qing immediately understood what he meant, Ning Juan showed a bit of a smile: "Well, show the show to Wei Herong. After a while, ask Xu Shu to poison me when he asks for pulse, and then ask someone to check It turned out that it was he who poisoned him, exposing Xu Shu as the legacy of the Xu family, in this way, Xu Shu has completely stood on our 'opposite side', and will not be ours."

Lu Qing then continued: "Naturally, Wei Herong will not miss this opportunity to be kind to Xu Shu. The Ministry of Criminal Justice is his territory. After Xu Shu is thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he will definitely find a way to rescue Xu Shu and bring Xu Shu with him. Enter Wei Mansion and treat Wei Qiao."

Ning Juan smiled even stronger: "Exactly."

After the discussion was completed smoothly, Lu Qing felt relieved, so he stopped delaying and helped Ning Juan share half of the memorials.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

Lu Qing pulled his head out of the tedious government affairs, rubbed his temples, and looked outside: "The gate of the palace is about to be locked, I should go back home."

Ning Juan was silent for a while, put down the brush, and said quietly: "I knew that the teacher would never come to the palace to see me if it wasn't for something... Forget it, the teacher will go back and share dinner with Chen Xiaodao, and don't forget to drink the medicine. Be careful, if you remember to think of me, I will be very happy."

Lu Qingze: "..."

Chang Shun slowly poked his head out from the outside: "Your Majesty, you are useless for breakfast and lunch today, do you want to announce dinner?"

Ning Juan lowered his eyes: "Leave it, I have no appetite."

Lu Qingze: "..."

Lu Qing met Shang Ning Juan's sneaky glance, and sat back wordlessly, annoyed and funny: "There's no end to this, stop acting! Chang Shun, why don't you join in the fun, why don't I stay!"

Lu House.

Chen Xiaodao, who didn't see Lu Qingze coming back after the palace gate was locked, didn't feel surprised at all. Holding a watermelon with Lin Xi, he gave himself a thumbs up: "Look, I predict things like a god."

Lin Xi gnawed on the melon and nodded in agreement.

The author has something to say:

Changshun: Three sentences, let Your Majesty raise my salary by eighteen.