As soon as Lu Zhiyao finished asking, Wan Yue immediately started to groan, and after replying to her a few words, she ran out of the room. Lu Zhiyao smiled, ate something, cleaned up, and went out directly.
Arrive at the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Lu Zhiyao had just returned with Lin Yinan two days ago, so reappearing so quickly made Lu Yuanzheng definitely think that something was wrong with her. And Lu Zhiyao did not waste his time. After entering the room with Lu Yuanzheng,
He said straight to the point: "Dad, I came back today to ask you about the Gu family and the Chu family."
Lu Yuanzheng was stunned for a moment. He had been watching the excitement between the two families, but he didn't expect that Lu Zhiyao would want to intervene in this matter.
"This matter...has anything to do with the Eighth Emperor's Mansion?" Lu Yuanzheng asked hesitantly, frowning.
"It doesn't matter, it's just something I wanted to ask out of curiosity."
Lu Zhiyao's answer did not convince Lu Yuanzheng. The word "curious" alone was not enough for her to come and ask in person. Besides, it was a time when she shouldn't be nosy.
"The Chu family has helped me a lot, so I want to return this favor." Lu Zhiyao added after a pause. Looking at Lu Yuanzheng, Lu Zhiyao asked softly: "Dad
, I heard that the imperial court is arresting fugitives recently, how much do you know about this matter?"
Lu Yuanzheng pondered for a moment, thought about what he knew, and replied: "Are you referring to the recent incident where the Ministry of Punishment sent people to search the capital?"
Lu Zhiyao nodded, and Lu Yuanzheng said awkwardly: "I don't know, I just heard that the emperor personally gave Han Mu an order, and no one else knows the truth."
"Then the soldiers responsible for searching should know who they are looking for, right? Otherwise, even if they search house to house, wouldn't it just be a waste of time?"
"I haven't asked about this, but the people in the Ministry of Justice are very strict about it, especially about something that is directly related to the emperor. I don't think it's easy to ask."
Lu Zhiyao twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled silently. The people over there were so tight-lipped. Even Lan Ruoling, a person in the Ministry of Justice, didn't know the inside story. How could he expect to learn from the words of those officers and soldiers who only knew some three-legged cat kung fu?
What did he ask? In Lu Zhiyao's view, those people were nothing more than pawns used by the Ministry of Punishment to disturb everyone's attention.
"Dad, please pay attention to this matter for me. I want to know the truth. Remember, do not let irrelevant people know that we are investigating this matter, especially the people from the prince's side. I am afraid that you will be in any danger.
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Lu Yuanzheng's heart sank after Lu Zhiyao said these words, but there was no way. Even if he was afraid of death, he had to do something after Lu Zhiyao spoke.
"How can I contact you after I find out?" Lu Yuanzheng asked worriedly: "The Queen's people shouldn't be able to evacuate for a while, right?"
"I will come back when I find time. Don't pay attention to those people. When it's time to leave, they will leave naturally."
After Lu Zhiyao left the Prime Minister's Mansion, she returned to the Eighth Emperor's Mansion, but she did not stop her actions. She sent Ling Yi to Ye's house to send a message to Ye Zhihua, asking Ye Zhihua to cooperate with Lu Yuanzheng to investigate the matter. Ye Zhihua was in the court
She may have more eyes and ears than Lu Yuanzheng, and this was the first thing Lu Zhiyao asked him to do since he came to Lin Yinan, so she felt that Ye Zhihua would work very hard to complete it to show his appreciation.
loyalty and ability.
After the joint investigation by Lu Yuanzheng, Ye Zhihua and Lan Ruoling, as well as some information revealed by Li Muchen, the truth of the matter gradually became clearer.
Lu Zhiyao was sitting alone in the house thinking about the whole story, and found that the capital was really a place of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
It is true that Han Mu, the Minister of Punishment, is from the prince's side, otherwise Lan Ruoling would not have been excluded from this matter. As far as Lu Zhiyao knows, Han Mu has only been in this position for less than three years. Now.
It seems that in the past three years, he should have received no less benefits from the Gu family, otherwise he would not have helped them so much.
Lu Zhiyao had always known that the Chu family and the Gu family were very rich, but he never thought that the Chu family would be so rich. Although the Gu family is a little worse than the Chu family, no matter how bad it is, it will not be any worse.
Once this incident is over, what should we do with the Gu family's property? There are no people left in the Gu family, so it would be too wasteful to hand it over to the court...
"Madam." Yudie came in from outside, disrupting Lu Zhiyao's thoughts. She walked to the table. Yudie brought some fruits and handed them to Lu Zhiyao. She frowned and asked in a low voice: "Those things in the house
When will the guards leave? It's so awkward to have so many people suddenly appear."
"These people are specially sent to us by the queen. They will be kept for use. There is no rush."
The faint smile on the corner of Lu Zhiyao's mouth made Yudie feel confident. After following Lu Zhiyao for a long time, her heart also became wild. Now that she saw that her master was confident, Yudie felt relieved and waited.
Lively. Yudie didn't know what Lu Zhiyao, Lin Yinan and others were busy with every day, but she knew in her heart that if these two people took action together, it would definitely not be a trivial matter.
In the dead of night, Lu Zhiyao talked about the Gu family after Chu Ziqian, Li Muchen and others had arrived.
"It's true that the Criminal Department wants to deal with you, but it's also true that they want to find someone." Lu Zhiyao looked at Chu Ziqian in front of him through the weak candlelight, and said in a clear voice: "If I'm not wrong, they
The people they are looking for are people from the Xia family. I don’t know where they got the news that Xia Han is not dead, but I don’t care so much. I must save Xia Han’s life. Leave the Gu family’s affairs to me.
To deal with it, if we have to, we can only kill them."
"What the Eighth Imperial Concubine means...kill everyone in the Gu family?" Li Muchen frowned and looked at Lu Zhiyao, not thinking that this was a good idea. If it was just about killing people, there would be no need for her to intervene at all. Any one of them
It can be done, and if we do it at this time, the people of the capital will definitely feel panicked. Many people have died recently. If the matter really gets bigger, the emperor will not sit idly by and watch. When the time comes, Lu Zhiyao
What are you going to do?
"It's true that we want to kill, but not all of them." Lu Zhiyao smiled slightly and told the plan he had thought about before. "Gu Ran will die entirely because of his brother Gu Shi. For the sake of the Gu family's family business,
I am not surprised that he colluded with Mrs. Gu to do such a thing. After all, this is a piece of fat meat. Not only the Gu family’s own people, but even outsiders will want to take a bite of it. But if all the Gu family’s
If everyone is removed, I'm afraid this piece of fat will fall into the hands of the imperial court, which will be a pity then. So I want to kill Gu Shi and keep Mrs. Gu."
"Do you want to control the Gu family?" Chu Ziqian tried hard to follow Lu Zhiyao's thoughts. He never thought that Lu Zhiyao would have such ambitions. He turned his head to look at Lin Yinan, who had never said anything.
He was still sitting there expressionless, listening to the conversation of several people with an elegant posture.
"Why not? There's no reason for us not to want the money that comes to our door. Even if we don't want it, the Gu family may not be able to survive. Now that you, the Chu family, are here, and the Gu family no longer has the backbone of Gu Ran, do you think there is anything left in their family?
Who can compete with you? Leave Mrs. Gu to save face, and you will be responsible for the rest. I think there is no reason why the dignified eldest son of the Chu family cannot handle this matter, right?"
After all, Lu Zhiyao still pushed the matter to himself. Chu Ziqian's face froze. He was too lazy to take care of his own business. Now Lu Zhiyao actually wants to give him so many shops of the Gu family?!
"I'm here to help your Chu family expand their business. Don't forget to share some of the money you make with us." Lu Zhiyao got the advantage and behaved so well that Chu Ziqian could only stand there and stare at her.
"It's okay to kill Gu Shi, but once the court investigates this matter, what are you going to do?" Li Muchen watched the excitement for a while and then thought of business. "Trouble has happened to the Gu family one after another. If too many people notice this, they may be involved.
Let’s take action. Once Xia Han starts taking action, he may have to send a lot of people there, so we can’t send you too many people to deal with the Ministry of Punishment and the Gu family.”
"You don't need to come over. I have Ling Yi and Zhan Yulong helping me, which is enough to deal with the people in the Criminal Department." Lu Zhiyao said with a gentle smile: "Jiang Han entered the palace a few days ago and was in the presence of the emperor and the queen.
As I said before, she was stabbed by an assassin who sneaked into the Eight Emperors Mansion. She was just lying about this assassin, but now I want to make it true. Since there is a Feihe Tower in the world that specializes in taking human lives,
There can be a second one. As long as you take the time to act with me in this scene, the Gu family is not the point. The point is, I want to know who wants to catch Xia Han and who Han Mu heard it from.
I received the news that she is still alive."
Lu Zhiyao already looked like he had thought of everything. Li Muchen and Chu Ziqian looked at Lin Yinan in unison. Seeing that he had no intention of saying anything, they had no choice but to suppress their worries.
Let's not talk about it. Letting Lu Zhiyao do this kind of thing alone is undoubtedly a risk, but Lin Yinan is not worried, and they don't need to worry about it.
Li Muchen and Chu Ziqian walked out of the room and said hello to Su Shi, who had been outside for a while. The three of them quickly disappeared from the Eighth Emperor's Mansion.
Lin Yinan sighed softly after they all left. Looking into Lu Zhiyao's eyes, Lin Yinan sat there lazily and asked aloud: "Isn't it a little too big for you to play this time?"
"Compared with the Eighth Prince who tried to seize the throne, is he bigger?" Lu Zhiyao raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile. His unconcerned look made Lin Yinan confirm again that Xia Han was a forbidden area that she could not touch.
Lin Yinan smiled helplessly and shook his head, stood up and pulled her over, saying: "Sleep."
"What are you doing?!" Lu Zhiyao looked down at Lin Yinan's restless hands, then looked at the robe that had been thrown aside, and asked warily.
"No way." Lin Yinan calmly accepted Lu Zhiyao's glare, completely extinguished the light in the room, and sighed quietly: "I have big ambitions and a big appetite. You have to be responsible for feeding me."
