At the end of the day, Lu Zhi received an invitation from a dignitary in the capital to have a banquet at his residence.
Logically speaking, Lu Zhi didn't like drinking with people from aristocratic families. He liked to make friends with celebrities and talk about romance, instead of going to the houses of well-known families to talk about intrigues.
But this time, Lu Zhi couldn't refuse this person.
This person is the current patriarch of the Yuan family, and he is also Yuan Wei, who has just moved from Taichang to become Situ.
After arriving at Yuan's house, Lu Zhi and Yuan Wei drank and talked freely about various court affairs, but they were all trivial matters and nothing confidential.
It wasn't until he was half drunk that Yuan Wei finally brought up the topic he wanted to talk about.
"Ziqian, recently, people everywhere in Luoyang City are praising one of your disciples. He should be named Liu Deran, right?"
Lu Zhi's heart sank slightly and he said: "Oh, brother Ciyang is so busy with everything that he can notice my little disciple. It seems that he has been too popular recently. When he comes back to Luoyang, I am a teacher.
, he needs to be given some guidance."
Yuan Wei waved his hands with a smile and said: "Oh! What do you mean by being too popular? This is clearly a virtuous name! You have a disciple like this, which is really a comfort to my life!"
Lu Zhi smiled and said: "If brother likes it, how about giving it to you, Lu?"
Yuan Wei laughed loudly: "Don't! Don't! A gentleman doesn't take away someone's love. You should keep such a good disciple to yourself. Don't look back, but it will make Yuan Mou miserable."
After the two said this, they both laughed.
But although Lu Zhi was smiling on his face, he was actually frightened in his heart.
Although he and Yuan Wei are in the same lineage, he is well aware of this man's sophistication and ability.
After all, he is the head of the Yuan family, with thousands of disciples and former officials in his hands. Although he has been dormant and low-key after being imprisoned by the party, his ability to make secret plans is truly the best Lu Zhi has ever seen.
Last year, secretly instigating Cao Jie to kill Yang Qiu was just one of them. In the first month of this year, this person set up another plan, causing the emperor and the eunuchs to suffer a dumb loss.
It is impossible for this person to ask me to drink for no reason, there must be something up his sleeve.
"Brother Zigan, I heard that there was a family named Zheng in Jiexian County, Hedong two years ago. He was the brother-in-law of Cao Jie's brother Cao Poshi. His family was slaughtered. Do you know about this?"
Lu Zhi sighed secretly:
Sure enough, there is no such thing as a good banquet.
Since he asked, it means that he has completely found out and there is no need to hide it from him.
"This matter was done by my young disciple. Why do you ask me about it?"
Yuan Wei smiled.
"Okay, good kill! I know that the Zheng family is an evil side, and because they are relatives of Cao Jie, they actually enjoy shooting dead people on weekdays. There is no room for such worms in the world, so why should we leave him?"
Lu Zhi stared at Yuan Wei quietly, then saluted and said: "Ci Yang's words are both good and good."
Yuan Wei laughed and said: "It's a pity that although your disciple's behavior is commendable, there are probably people in Luoyang who cannot tolerate him."
Lu Zhi reacted quickly and immediately replied: "Cao Jie is dead."
"Yes, Cao Jie is dead, but the rest of the Cao family are still here."
After Lu Zhi heard this, his brows trembled slightly.
"Brother, you want to use my disciple's affairs to get rid of the Cao family in Beijing?"
Yuan Wei stood up with a smile and said: "Ziqian, your Majesty is young and favors eunuchs and thieves, but you don't know that these thieves do serious evil in daily life. Not to mention Cao Jie's younger brother Cao Paishi, the captain of the Yueqi School, but
How ridiculous is it that a mediocre and stupid man can be in charge of the Yueqi Camp?"
"Just last year, there was a soldier's wife in the Yueqi camp who was quite sexy. Cao Paishi actually asked his subordinates for his wife, but her wife refused and eventually committed suicide. Our fifth camp of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty actually produced such a huge woman.
How can the face of the Tian family be saved by such absurd things?"
Lu Zhi stroked his beard and said nothing, but his expression was already grim.
However, he also knew in his heart that the life and death of the sergeant's wife in the Yueqi camp was not a big deal in Yuan Wei's eyes - it was just that Cao Poshi was in charge of one of the five battalions of the Northern Army, which in Yuan Wei's view was very unpleasant.
"Ziqian, I won't hide it from you. In the hands of Chen Hangong, the Cao family has been responsible for many crimes over the years, big or small. As long as you find an opportunity, you can gather the wise ministers in the court to report their crimes to Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty gives you permission, you will be punished."
But we can trace it one line at a time."
"The Cao family's affairs have been difficult to deal with. Now that Cao Jie is gone, it's not difficult to uproot them and punish them..."
Lu Zhi sighed: "I'm afraid your Majesty is deliberately protecting me."
Yuan Wei said: "Your Majesty wants to protect you, but you have to look at what the matter is. Some small things in daily life can't be brought to the table, so forget it. But if the Cao family seeks revenge from your apprentice due to personal enmity, the matter will be brought to the table."
What will happen if I report it to His Majesty? Haha, the hero who hindered the Han Dynasty, Xiaolian, a famous person from Luoyang..."
"This is where I want to use my apprentice? Put him in danger?"
Lu Zhi stood up angrily and said: "The Cao family are not stupid people, how can they act like this?"
"Haha, don't be anxious, Ziqian, I will protect your apprentice's life from danger!" Yuan Wei stood up in a hurry, came to Lu Zhi, comforted him and sat down.
"Ziqian, the Cao family are not stupid, but they are stupid! They will definitely not be able to prevent Xiaolian from being killed, but I will not hide it from you, I have a retainer in Cao Paishi's house, and his status is not high.
Low, not to mention that Cao Poshi confided in him, but he still obeyed his words and asked him to advise Cao Poshi to cause trouble for your apprentice. It is not difficult to use his hands to relieve his anger."
Lu Zhi took a deep breath and said, "If it's just a fight in the street, how can we stop the killing?"
"Ha, Zigan, there are some things that can only be said in front of His Majesty. There are many of us, so we are not blocking the execution. If there are too many people talking, it will also become the blocking of the killing."
Lu Zhi slowly turned his head and looked at Yuan Wei: "Listen to what my brother said, the matter has been decided. Is it a routine matter to inform Lu about today's matter?"
"Zigan, what you said!" Yuan Wei shook his head: "Without your mentor's nod, how could I practice this method? But you need to know that this is to deal with the eunuchs and for the sake of the country!"
Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "I dare to ask brother, at the beginning of this year, we arranged for people from various states and counties to come to Beijing to complain about their grievances, and let Chen Hangong accuse the twenty-six dismissed officials from the border counties. This was also for the sake of integrity.
Kunimoto?”
Yuan Wei smiled and patted Lu Zhi on the shoulder, saying: "Ziqian, I can tell you... yes! Your Majesty wants to take advantage of Xianbei's victory to capture those twenty-six people and buy them the title of official.
Okay! Let your majesty collect some money, that's a small matter, but as for the new candidate, you can't let your majesty do whatever you want. As I said, it's related to the foundation of the country."
Lu Zhi sighed and said, "I understand."
He knew in his heart that the wealthy families of Luoyang, represented by Yuan Wei, were determined to do what they wanted to do, and no one could stop them.
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A few days later, Liu Jian, who was resting with Zheng Ci at the post house, received a handwritten letter from Lu Zhi.
At that time, Liu Jian had just finished giving Zheng Ci the medicine.
After he briefly read the contents of Lu Zhi's letter, his face suddenly sank.
Zheng Ci seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
"Husband, what happened?"
Liu Jian came to his senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing serious, it's just that someone in Luoyang City wants to take advantage of your husband."
"Use?" Zheng Ci was surprised when he heard this: "How to use it? Who?"
"Haha, it's okay, you don't have to worry about it. Some people in this world think that they have a high position. They come when they open their hands and go when they wave. They think that everyone in the world is his chess piece... But he doesn't know that some chess pieces are as important as