What Gu Qinghuan said was true, but he overestimated the power in the capital.
The eight major sects in the capital are not monolithic, nor are they either enemies or friends as Lu Bai initially thought. Instead, they transform and change each other. Yesterday's enemies may become friends today, and today's benefactors may become enemies.
Just like the water of the Qinhuai River, it comes from the mighty Ningjiang River and goes to the mighty Ningjiang River. No one can distinguish every drop of water in the water, because they have already done it without distinguishing between you and me.
What pushes you forward today may knock you on the shore tomorrow.
The only thing that remains unchanged is profit.
Lu Bai had no doubt that if the Gu family and Yiqiu Villa had the same demands, then the Gu family would also stand with the Lu family.
Just like more than ten years ago, the Gu family turned a blind eye to Gu Qinghuan's life for the sake of the throne.
"So, while the Shen family is looking forward to becoming a secular force in Jianzhai, they are also supporting Prince Kang." Lu Bai mused. He now understood that a mature hen never lays eggs in the same basket.
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Gu Qinghuan nodded, "However, this has little to do with you. Whoever the Shen family supports as emperor will not affect you, right?"
Lu Bai smiled and said, "That's true."
He didn't care much about Jianzhai. When you were in Ankang City, he had already killed one of Jianzhai's proud disciples.
He doesn't care about any of the Shi family, so what does he care about the Shen family who is weaker than the Shi family.
Having said that, he might become friends with the Shen family. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is a friend. If he hadn't killed Young Master Shi Qi, the Shen family would have no hope of becoming a secular force in Jianzhai.
, the Shen family should thank him.
"What I care about now is how this news has anything to do with the case I want to investigate," Lu Bai said.
The Guan Supervisor bought an official position from King Luo, secretly supported King Kang, and was subsequently killed.
The only reason Lu Bai could think of was that King Luo became so angry that he had the Supervisory Officer killed, but in this case——
"Hey, we're back again." Lu Bai felt ridiculous and shook his head.
It’s not that he thinks King Luo won’t kill the Guan Supervisor. In fact, the above reason is quite sufficient, enough to make King Luo want to kill. If he were King Luo, he would probably kill him long ago, and then let King Kang’s people come to buy things.
The position of Shuiguan Supervisor can earn more money.
But King Luo said last time that he didn't want to kill him.
With the status of King Luo, he said last time that he killed the Guan Supervisor, and the emperor could only kick him a few times. There is no need for King Luo to hide it. Unless the Guan Supervisor has some shameful evidence about King Luo, so
King Luo did not dare to tell anyone about the murder until he silenced it. But what evidence could a person from the Department of Customs and Supervision, who bought an official position, have?
He wants to have evidence and will probably report it to King Kang in the morning.
"Not necessarily." Gu Qinghuan reminded him, "The Customs and Supervision Bureau was a businessman before buying an official position."
Businessmen are the most disloyal creatures in pursuit of profit. If the supervisor has any important information in his hands, he may sell it for a price.
"If the Customs Supervision Department can find something, it must be at the Xishui Pass." Gu Qinghuan said.
She suggested that Lu Bai start with the position of the Customs and Supervision Department to see if there is anything unusual, and maybe he can find some clues.
Lu Bai nodded.
He did everything possible, but he should have done this a long time ago. Since he couldn't find anything around the Customs Supervision Department and Huang Junsheng's Jinyiwei, he should have started with the duties of the Customs Supervision Department.
"I'll go get married tomorrow," Lu Bai said.
Next, their topic turned to the demon book case.
"What Tang Zhu said is not unreasonable. The birth date is easily hidden from others, but it is clearly written in the demon book. After careful analysis, it does seem that the demon book came from Ouchi." Lu Bai said.
Gu Qinghuan glanced at him and said, "You are not very capable. You only figured out such a simple truth today after Tang Zhu reminded you."
Lu Bai smiled awkwardly.
He had never paid much attention to this case, but he didn't expect that he would be caught by Lu Qinghuan today.
But this further proves that Lu Bai was wise not to investigate this case.
Think about it, according to the news coming out of the palace, if the culprit found out is really someone from the palace, this person will definitely not be caught. This case that cannot catch the criminal will not only reduce Lu Bai's success rate in solving the case, but it will also reduce Lu Bai's success rate in solving the case.
What's the use of investigating this case if he doesn't even get a chance to win the lottery?
Wouldn't it be better to spend more time communicating with Gu Qinghuan about our feelings now?
Of course, this cannot be said directly. Lu Bai looked at Lu Qinghuan's teasing eyes and said seriously: "In your opinion, who came from the palace and what is their purpose?"
They first excluded the Queen Mother.
If the Queen Mother had spread this news, she would not have asked Lu Bai to investigate it.
"Among the remaining forces are the Emperor, the Empress, and Concubine Lu." Lu Bai counted them on his fingers and eliminated them one by one. The Emperor was worried about this matter. He wished that the ministers would forget about the dispute between the Crown Prince and the old thing.
Mention again.
It seems possible that the Queen represents King Luo.
"King Luo was afraid that the ministers would loosen their minds. In addition, the emperor suffered a serious illness last year. He was deeply afraid that if the emperor died, the edict would be a foregone conclusion, so he brought up the old things again, which made the ministers nervous and continued to help him." Lu Lu
Bai said.
Concubine Lu is also possible.
Concubine Lu is survived by her biological son, Prince Kang.
This demonic book case was at least openly cheering for King Kang, so Concubine Lu was the most suspect.
but--
Lu Bai thought she would be the queen.
"Oh?" Gu Qinghuan was a little surprised, "I thought your analysis of Datong would lead to no conclusion. I never thought you thought it would be the queen. Why her?"
Lu Bai smiled slightly, "As Tang Zhu said, the birth date cannot be leaked easily. The only fear is that some unscrupulous people will use the birth date to do sorcery."
Since the royal family has this taboo, it is obvious that neither the emperor nor Concubine Lu will reveal their son's birth date and make it available for analysis.
Although after the birth horoscope is leaked, the probability of someone using witchcraft to do evil is very low, but parents never dare to let the slightest danger get close to their children.
The emperor may be ruthless, but he is not willing to play tricks like this.
On the contrary, they can provoke these troubles with just one sentence, without using any magic book at all.
Not so with the Queen.
King Luo is not her biological child, so she doesn't care about such minute details, but King Luo is the card in her hand, and she must play him well, so making the ministers nervous is what she wants to see.
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Gu Qinghuan nodded, "Your analysis makes sense, but -"
She reminded Lu Bai that there were not only the emperor and queen in the palace, but also Xichang and Dongchang. "What if this is the news from them?" Gu Qinghuan asked.
Lu Bai hesitated for a moment, "There is also an internal study hall in the East Factory and the West Factory. If they don't always follow the emperor's lead, they shouldn't do these things, right?"
Gu Qinghuan just mentioned it casually to give Lu Bai a warning. As for the East Factory, West Factory and Nei Shutang doing these things, she couldn't find a reason for the time being.
"Forget it, no more guessing, I'll just stick with the Supervision Department case." Lu Bai waved his hand.
This case involving Ouchi is very likely to be a waste of effort. Lu Bai doesn't care about it. He might as well pay more attention to the case of the Shimonoseki Supervisor. If this case is solved, there will be a lottery.
It was getting late now, so Lu Bai decided to stop thinking and prepare to have a good rest.
He asked Yun Niang to untie the curtain and cover the floor-to-ceiling window in front of the study so that the outside could no longer see anything inside.
Before covering up, Lu Bai suddenly asked: "Hey, by the way, has the swallow started building a nest?"
These days, a swallow has been eyeing Lu Bai's study. It often lingers under the eaves in front of the window and chirps. Lu Bai seems to have taken a fancy to the feng shui treasure of Lu Bai's study and plans to build a nest here.
Lu Bai was very welcoming.
Not to mention that the swallow is a beneficial bird, the swallow itself was a beloved bird in the Southern Dynasties.
The lovable thing about swallows is that they know their families...
After breeding and growing up here this year, they will return to the old place next year, which makes the house buzz with chatter and bustle in the summer. Therefore, people generally believe that swallows building nests at home is a sign of a prosperous family.
Therefore, the people in the capital all like swallows to build nests in their homes, and they have repeatedly warned wanderers at home not to dig out bird's nests or disturb the swallows' hatching of eggs and reproduction of offspring.
When the swallows hatch out their chicks, some homes will also prepare bamboo baskets under the nests to prevent the swallows from being injured if they fall from the nest. As for feces and other dirty things under the nest, people generally do not find it troublesome.
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Lu Bai also likes swallows.
He felt that Yanzi was like an old friend. When he saw her every other year, it felt like meeting old acquaintances and reminiscing about old times.
What's even more difficult is that the chirping of swallows adds some lively atmosphere to the study.
Just imagine, you are making tea, practicing calligraphy, reading, and enjoying the scenery in the study. Outside the study, there are swallows coming in and out, sometimes holding summer insects in their mouths, sometimes holding mud, and whispering softly beside them. What a lively scene.
However--
Yun Niang shook her head, "It is still alone now."
Yun Niang learned that swallows will only start building nests when they find a mate.
Obviously, Yan Zi, who values Lu Bai's roof, is still single, oh, no, single Yan, so the construction has not started yet.
"It's okay, don't be anxious. I saw the swallows have graceful figures and loud cries. Sooner or later they will find their partner." Lu Bai was very confident in his swallows. This may be because he loves Wujiwu.
Yun Niang smiled and left, leaving only Lu Bai and Lu Qinghuan.
Lu Bai lowered his head and glanced at her, and saw that Gu Qinghuan's face was particularly attractive under the swaying candlelight. In this situation, amid the noisy shouting outside, maybe it would be good to play the flute.
As a result, the study room became full of life.
When Lu Bai got up in the morning, it was just dawn.
The mist in the Qinhuai River spread to the shore, covering up the streets, alleys, willow trees and courtyards, making the world on both sides of the Qinhuai River seem like falling clouds.
Lu Bai didn't eat at home, he came out after washing up.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the leader of the troupe directing people to move their costumes.
The class leader had a smile on his face, and even the mist in early spring could not hide the excitement on his face.
When he saw Lu Bai, he hurriedly saluted, "Good morning, Mr. Lu."
"Good morning." Lu Bai waved his hand and encouraged them, "If you perform well, if you are capable and stand out, I will accept him to study opera at the Shanmen."
He said boldly: "I can tell you that you don't have to go to the Liyuan to practice spiritual practice. Our Haoqi Sect is no less good than the Liyuan."
The class leader patted his chest and said, "Master Lu, I understand! Don't worry, even if you can't practice, we will do our best just for such a good book, and we will definitely not disgrace your good book."
Lu Bai nodded happily, signaled them to be busy, and then walked into the mist.
Lu Bai had a whim today and wanted to try the snacks on the streets of the capital.
However, because it was still early, some stalls had not yet been set up. Lu Bai walked for several streets without seeing anyone without food. Instead, he saw a cat, sticking its head out from the eaves in front of Lu Bai and looking at it.
After taking a look at Lu Bai, he gracefully jumped across the alley and walked towards the distance along the ridge of the tiled house opposite.
Lu Bai didn't know where to go for a while, so he followed the cat leisurely out of the alley paved with bluestones and walked towards another alley near the Qinhuai River.
At this time, the dense fog dispersed a little, leaving some wet bluestone roads underfoot.
Lu Bai looked around and saw that both the wine flags on the roadside and the eaves of the railings were all wet now, as if a light rain had fallen last night and softened the world.
Lu Bai heard from Gu Qinghuan that after the Qingming Festival, it will be the season of late spring and early summer.
She said that this is the most beautiful season in the south of the Yangtze River. In this season, the gardenia flowers bloom with six petals, the green broad beans are just full, and the locust trees are hanging on the branches in bud, waiting for the girls to pick them.
This is a season full of poetry, when the plums begin to turn yellow, the plum rain begins to drift, and the rivers in the south of the Yangtze River begin to swell.
Lu Bai was heading west all the way. While he was deep in thought, he saw a fishing boat coming out of the river nearby. The fisherman holding a bamboo basket in the boat was wearing a coir raincoat and slowly passed Lu Bai. Then he stopped at a small pier and turned around.
A tea shop on the pier.
The teahouse is open for business, and the noise inside is very noisy.
Lu Bai looked around and saw many coolies drinking tea inside. Many of them were holding pancakes and steamed buns in their hands. They just had tea and rice, and then chatted with others about ancient and modern times. The topic soon changed to what kind of work they will do from now on.
They talked about eight hundred miles away, talking about the emperor's affair with the red girl in the Red Mansion, and then switched from how talented Lu Bai was to what he was going to do tomorrow.
The fatigue of last night and the fear of fatigue today turned into nothingness and ironing in this conversation and a cup of strong tea.
Lu Bai liked the atmosphere of this tea shop very much.
He saw that the tea shop was also selling a kind of cake, so he walked in and waved for a pot of tea and a piece of cake.
With Lu Bai coming in, the tea shop became quiet for a while.
But then, everyone saw that Lu Bai was only drinking tea, not looking at anyone or talking, so they started talking about the sky again.
"Hey, work is getting harder and harder now." One person sighed, "Those people who lost their land in the south of the Yangtze River have all come to the capital to compete with us for food. I think we will all starve to death in the future.
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"It's not bad. I heard that in areas like Suzhou and Lin'an, land is still being harvested to plant mulberry trees. In the future, more people will be left without food." People lamented.
After Tang Zhu's reminder yesterday, Lu Bai thought that changing rice to mulberry might have something to do with the Shen family and the raw silk merchants in Linchuan.