From the beginning of the five elements, the north belongs to water, and black is the correct color of water. Water belongs to yin, and yin governs punishment and death. Therefore, the Jinyiwei Yamen is located in the north of the capital, and the gate tower buildings are mainly black.
In the winter, the capital city was freezing and windy, but when we arrived at the imperial prison of Jin Yiwei, it was actually three points colder than outside.
After going down to court, Lu Hanjiang came to the Jinyiwei Prison. Something like this happened today, and Wu Qiming, the official, had to come to the prison in person to interrogate the man who was shouting in the street.
When Lu Hanjiang arrived, the people in the cell were already covered in bloodstains and were dying.
"I have met you, sir." Wu Qiming came forward to greet him.
Lu Hanjiang waved his hand, looked away in the direction of the cell, and asked, "How did the interrogation go?"
Wu Qiming looked gloomy and said: "This thief is probably determined to die. Even though the brothers are serving him a severe punishment, he still doesn't say a word. Please wait for a while and let the brothers try him in a different way."
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Lu Hanjiang nodded and asked, "Have you found out his origins?"
Wu Qiming's eyes flashed with a hint of sinisterness, and he replied: "Reporting to your lord, we have found out that this person's name is Han Cheng, a native of Jiangnan, who once studied at Meihua Academy, and although he and Vice President Qi Yunzhou are not known as masters and disciples,
But he is actually a master and a disciple, and this visit to Beijing was also invited by his letter."
"It's also an academy," Lu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes and said to himself: "So, at the end of the investigation, Jin Yiwei can only touch on this level of relationship, right?"
"Yeah?" Wu Qiming was startled, then his eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "Have you guessed who the man behind this is?"
Lu Hanjiang patted Wu Qiming on the shoulder, and the two left the cell and walked to an open space. He said: "Although there is no evidence for this matter, it is not difficult to guess based on the results. Anyway, we can rule out the Academy and Luo
Old Master."
Wu Qiming frowned and said, "Are you being too arbitrary, sir? This person has a close relationship with the academy. How can we say he has nothing to do with those people?"
Lu Hanjiang smiled and said: "The vice president Qi Yunzhou is an interesting person. He will not do such stupid things. But if Old Master Luo wants to curse, with his temperament, he will come to the door personally and introduce a dead soldier as a pioneer.
To die would not be to bring shame on the four-character plaque in front of his master's door."
Wu Qiming still hesitated: "Having said that..."
Lu Hanjiang added: "One more thing, the academy is basically located in the south of the Yangtze River. It was moved to the capital because of the chaos caused by the beggar gang. Do you think how big a net they can lay in just one year? Apart from this, this matter alone can
Do you think they can hide it from Jin Yiwei's sight?"
This is not Lu Hanjiang's blind confidence. Jin Yiwei's home base is in the capital, and it is their job to supervise all officials. It can be said that no disturbance in the capital can escape their eyes.
To put it bluntly, the layout of these big families in the capital is basically one-way transparent to Jin Yiwei. How can a mere academy be an exception?
Wu Qiming also came to his senses at this moment. The biggest doubt about this matter is how the crazy man blinded Jin Yiwei's eyes. His identity is complicated, and it is difficult for people to believe that he did it suddenly on a whim.
At this time, Lu Hanjiang pointed out a clear path for Wu Qiming: "Master Wu, although the Jin Yiwei has spies all over the capital and can monitor hundreds of officials and ministers, if you think about it carefully, there is one place that we cannot reach out no matter what.
of."
Wu Qiming frowned and thought hard, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He was horrified and said: "What did you say, Ouchi?!"
Jin Yiwei can control the movements of the entire capital, but there is one place where his eyesight is completely dark, and that is within the imperial city. This is the only blind spot that Jin Yiwei cannot reach.
Lu Hanjiang nodded lightly, and Wu Qiming immediately thought of the key: "The words of an adult make a humble person feel like drinking wine. If Cao Yuan is the master of this matter, then it will be difficult for us to detect it."
The East Factory and the West Factory are all under the control of the Twelve Supervisors. Although the West Factory was killed by the Jin Yiwei to scare the monkeys, the East Factory is still there. As an existence hidden under the deep water of the capital, their arrangements will naturally not be noticed by the Jin Yiwei.
But Lu Hanjiang still shook his head: "Mr. Wu is still wrong. Although Eunuch Cao is very capable, he is not very courageous. To be disrespectful, compared to our Lord Meng, this eunuch who holds the seal of the Chief of Ceremonies is more honest.
too much."
Cao Yuan was the eunuch who served the old emperor, and he understood the old emperor's thoughts best. When Lu Hanjiang killed Zou Jiliwei to test, the old emperor made his attitude clear. Since then, the Third Inner Palace Factory has never had any conflicts with Jinyiwei.
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Whether overtly or covertly, Cao Yuan firmly suppressed his godsons. No one dared to continue to tease Jin Yiwei's tiger beard, even if Lu Hanjiang did his best and killed Xichang with blood, or even
Completely silent, they remained silent.
Cao Yuan understood the emperor's thoughts. The old man was now addicted to immortality and could ignore state affairs. However, one thing must be guaranteed, that is, he had control over his own power.
Jinyiwei and the Third Inner Palace Factory are the necessary conditions to achieve this demand, and they are also the largest capital in the hands of the old emperor.
Therefore, he could allow the eunuchs to become powerful, and he could also allow the royal guards to dominate the government, but he would never allow the two to conflict and cause unnecessary internal friction, because the final result would threaten his imperial power.
Cao Yuan was a smart man. After testing Naxi Factory to no avail and seeing clearly the old emperor's attitude, he immediately chose to reconcile with Lu Hanjiang, even taking a few steps back and completely lowering his stance.
Lu Hanjiang believed that Cao Yuan would not do such a thing that would do more harm than good, so he was not the one behind this rampage.
Wu Qiming frowned again: "If it's not Cao Yuan, who else could it be?"
Lu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes and said nothing. It took Wu Qiming a while to come back to his senses, and he solemnly said: "Your Majesty, do you think that the Crown Princess did this?"
The Imperial City of the Inner Palace is within the sphere of influence that Jin Yiwei cannot touch, but the three major factories are not the only ones with energy in the Inner Palace, there is also a force within it, and that is the East Palace where the Crown Princess is located.
Lu Hanjiang nodded slightly, and then said with some doubts: "Although I am basically certain that His Highness did this, I still can't figure out what she is trying to do."
Lu Hanjiang knew the Crown Princess very well, and they had already been at odds with each other for a long time. It was not surprising that the Crown Princess would resort to murderous moves, but this time she cursed like crazy, it was more like a test, or a taunt, or some kind of disaster.
Prelude to Dongyin.
In general, it may make Jin Yiwei look bad, but it will definitely not hurt his muscles and bones. Even judging from Jin Yiwei's current power, the biggest effect is probably to disgust people.
Therefore, Lu Hanjiang felt extremely puzzled. He knew that the Crown Princess was a smart person. In this life-and-death situation, it was the right way to stab the knife with your dead hand when you saw the opportunity. Like now, slap her mouth suddenly, it seems that it doesn't really matter.
significance.
"Sir, how should we respond?" Wu Qiming asked in a low voice. Since the East Palace and the Crown Princess are involved, it will be useless for them to continue interrogating him.
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"Let me think about it," Lu Hanjiang pondered for a moment, and then asked, "By the way, has County Magistrate Fang been escorted back to Beijing?"