The next morning.

The Duke of Song, who had been neglected for several days, suddenly came a guest.

Cheng Yaojin and Lu Heng stood at the door and said to the doorman:

"Where is your master, tell him, Duke Lu and Baiqisi investigate the case and ask him to come out and see him."

This gatekeeper was the one who arrogantly stopped Lu Heng outside and refused to enter.

However, this time he did not dare to be arrogant when facing a person like Cheng Yaojin. He nodded and bowed like a grandson.

He seemed to have already had the order and said with apologies:

"Duke Lu, it's not that the master doesn't want to see you, but he is really unwell. He has been taking leave from the court for several days."

"You see...why do you two come back again if you change your time?"

Lu Heng next to him sneered.

"It's so amazing, I don't know. I can still choose a good day when I'm sick."

"He is so old that he is very tough. It's okay to spray five of him alone. I just burned my bookstore and I couldn't afford to get bedridden?"

"It's a coincidence!"

The concierge looked ugly and wanted to refute this guy, but because Cheng Yaojin was there, he didn't dare to say much.

Cheng Yaojin was obviously supporting Lu Heng and nodded.

"After all, I'm just asking questions. He's bedridden. I can just ask him and go to the bedside to ask."

"You just spread this matter, oh, by the way-"

"Tell Xiao Yu again, if he insists on not seeing him, I am now authorized by His Majesty to act cheaply, so I can ask the imperial guards to break into the door."

"You have to think clearly!"

He was blatantly threatening a prime minister of the dynasty, who was also a duke with the same official position as him.

But when this happened to Cheng Yaojin, it seemed less outrageous.

It's even a little...for granted.

Hearing his threat, the concierge swallowed with some difficulty.

"I'll go and spread it now. Please wait for a while here."

It's true that I'm scared.

In front of him, Lu Heng drew his sword and chopped the door, but now Cheng Yaojin threatened the imperial guards to break in.

The concierge had no doubt that Cheng Yaojin could do such a thing.

After all, this person's reputation in Chang'an City is even more eccentric than those playboys!

He hurried in, and soon he turned back.

"My master invites you to the study room to chat."

Lu Heng and Cheng Yaojin looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Sure enough.

What this old guy is most afraid of is embarrassment.

If Cheng Yaojin really called the imperial guards to break the door, I am afraid that the Duke Song Mansion would have lost the same face!

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Inside the mansion, study room.

When they saw Xiao Yu, Cheng Yaojin and Lu Heng were both a little surprised.

It has only been a few days since the bookstore was burned.

But Xiao Yu looked like he was ten years older. He looked pretty good before, but now the wrinkles on his face are much deeper, and there are huge blue-black bags hanging under his eyes.

"It seems that the concierge did not lie. Duke Song, you are really in a state of discomfort."

Cheng Yaojin did not feel at all a guest, and sat on the couch in the study.

Xiao Yu's face looked a little ugly again.

He stared at the two men in front of him, coughed a few times before speaking coldly.

"Duke Lu, you might as well say it directly."

"Come to find me early in the morning, what's the matter to talk about?"

"Realistically speaking, you should go to the morning court at this time."

Cheng Yaojin did not answer him immediately, but looked around, found the kettle and poured himself a glass of water. After several cups, he seemed to finally feel more comfortable.

He smiled and said:

"To be honest, Cheng has accepted His Majesty's order and wants to investigate the truth about the bookstore's water within ten days."

"If you can't find out clearly, this matter will probably be attributed to you."

"So, cooperating with my investigation is also saving yourself."

"Duke of Song, what do you think?"

Xiao Yu looked at him coldly:

"Stop going around the corner, Cheng Yaojin, you are not doing this normally."

"You can just say whatever you want to ask!"

Cheng Yaojin glanced back at Lu Heng.

They discussed what to ask, so Lu Heng understood the meaning and immediately took a step forward.

"On that day, I heard that Zheng Rentai came to inform you, and he also took the Chang'an newspaper published by our bookstore, right?"

Xiao Yu was already disgusted with Lu Heng, and both sides even had a great grudge.

But what I’m talking about now is about your reputation.

After the accident, Xiao Yu stayed at home and never saw anyone. He just waited quietly for His Majesty Li Er to deal with it.

Of course, he also found connections to check, but he couldn't find anything.

Now that Lu Heng asked Zheng Rentai, this inevitably made Xiao Yu think more.

"Yes, that's true. I was very angry after I learned about this. He also advised me to act cautiously and to join forces with other aristocratic families to take action."

"Why... how does this matter have something to do with him?"

Xiao Yu glanced at the two of them in front of him suspiciously, feeling very confused.

Lu Heng laughed loudly when he heard this.

They had known that it was a letter from Zheng Rentai and Xiao Yu, and they didn't realize there was any problem before.

But he only understood the cause and effect of the incident last night.

Zheng Rentai is the one who brought Xiao Yu into the pit, secretly urging him behind his back and even persuading him on his face.

Who doesn’t know Xiao Yu’s character in the court? Talking him is just adding fuel to the fire!

"You were used as a knife, and you thought your enemy was Lu Heng... Yes, that's true."

Cheng Yaojin shook his head, his face full of speechlessness:

"Xiao Yu, you are not young anymore, why can't you even tell who is sincere and who is false?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yu's originally ugly face turned into confusion.

Being used as a knife?

"Where does this start?"

Xiao Yu's gray eyebrows were frowning tightly:

"You mean, Jung In-tae wants to kill me?"

Lu Heng couldn't stand it anymore.

I thought Cheng Yaojin was a straightforward person, but now I saw that the two of them were talking in a curve, even worse than Xiao Yu's pleasure.

He spoke coldly beside him:

"Yes, he wanted to burn the bookstore. It would be better to kill me. It would be better to kill the prince, but killing you is just a matter of by the way."

"The situation was so chaotic at that time. No matter who died accidentally by the prince, it would only benefit and not harm them."

"As for you... you took people to the bookstore in anger. The books were teared by someone, and the tincture oil was poured by someone. They just need to throw a fire note secretly. Who can find them?"

"Even if I or the prince dies, the charges are all on your head."

"Just think about it carefully, did Zheng Rentai sincerely advise you not to go, I think you have an answer in your heart."

"Sobert you!"

Xiao Yu was in a bad mood.

He knew that he and the five surnames and seven hopes were just mutually exploiting each other.
Chapter completed!