Cui Yixiao was born in the border army, and he once spent some time in the Cefeng Army, which had long been taboo. As an army deeply imprinted with the prince's mark, many officers here had personally met the former prince himself.
Although Cui Yixiao's official position was not high back then, he was still a seventh-rank official. Lu Hanjiang asked him privately. Although he did not have the opportunity to meet the former prince face to face, he had met him several times from a distance.
Lu Hanjiang's purpose in asking him to identify the painting was simple: he wanted to confirm the identity of the person in the painting.
The result was indeed not beyond his expectation. Even though twenty years had passed, Cui Yixiao still recognized the former Crown Prince at a glance.
Now that his identity has been confirmed, there is no need for Lu Hanjiang to instigate him any more, as the people around him have already started to act according to the previous instructions.
Lu Hanjiang and Xun Yinge had no grievances, and the main reason for wanting to kill each other was not to keep it secret. In fact, if this matter was exposed, the blow to the Donggong faction could be imagined.
Regardless of the authenticity of this matter, as long as Jin Yiwei spreads it, no matter how fake it is, three people will become tigers, and it will become something unclear. As for the truth behind this matter, who is Xun Yinge?
How many people care?
But Lu Hanjiang still gave up this opportunity. It can even be said that by killing Xun Yinge, Lu Hanjiang secretly helped the Crown Princess.
Of course, this was not because he suddenly realized that he wanted to shake hands and make peace with the other party, but because Lu Hanjiang himself had other considerations.
First of all, I have to admire the quality of the academy's disciples. Even Xun Yinge, who was tricked and misled into being a sweeping monk for ten years, is not an ordinary person. At least he is decisive in his character.
Although Lu Hanjiang proved his identity by producing Luo Fuzi's handwritten copy of "The Analects of Confucius", don't forget that in Xun Yinge's understanding, even Qi Yunzhou, whom he regarded as his brother, could "betray", let alone others.
Lu Hanjiang was just a disciple who started after him. In terms of distance and familiarity, he was not even as good as the neighbors Xun Yinge knew now.
But even so, Xun Yinge still chose to tell all the facts. This was not because he was crazy, but because he couldn't wait any longer and didn't want to wait any longer.
Xun Yinge never gave up on tracing the truth of that year. He changed his name to Qing Yao and hid in the academy. Everything he did was for the future.
Whether Lu Hanjiang is a partner who can cooperate is of little significance to Xun Yinge. All he needs is someone who believes in him and can be his mouthpiece or even a knife in his hand. As long as someone can see through his disguise, no matter it is
No matter what his identity, he would put it on the line.
This kind of person is very terrifying. Lu Hanjiang is not sure that he can control Xun Yinge and let him act according to his ideas.
If one day in the future, Xun Yinge acts without permission, not only will Lu Hanjiang himself be easily exposed, but there is also a high probability that the Crown Princess will take a counterattack, thus completely rendering this secret useless.
This possibility is very high, because the two people have fundamentally different purposes. What Xun Yinge wants is to make the truth public, to clear his name, and finally to deal with Qi Yunzhou, who he thinks is the mastermind behind the scenes.
But what Lu Hanjiang wanted was completely different from the other party. At least in his mind, it was a good thing for Qi Yunzhou to continue to serve as the academy's talker.
Although this person has a lot of talent and different opinions, he is also a great person. If you want to conquer the other party for your own use, I am afraid it will not be possible overnight, but it is undeniable that Qi Yunzhou's way of life is very lovable.
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Lu Shangshu's layout was to enable Lu Hanjiang to gain support from some literati, and among the academy, the one who was most likely to turn to Lu Hanjiang was Qi Yunzhou.
He doesn't even need to make any indication. As long as the time is right, it is almost certain that the other party will turn to Jin Yiwei, although in the future when he orders the other party to do things, he may encounter a bastard attitude of being obedient and submissive.
But so what? It is impossible for Jinyiwei to really give power to outsiders. Qi Yunzhou's lack of effort will have no impact on them at all.
This was a win-win deal. Jin Yiwei joined forces with the Academy, thereby gaining support from the literati and gaining momentum, while the Academy was able to rely on the power of Jin Yiwei to protect itself in the capital.
There is even a future.
Regarding Lu Hanjiang's apprenticeship not long ago, although he didn't know what conditions Lu Shangshu promised to Master Luo, it definitely included things in the future.
As a minister, when His Majesty the current Emperor is still alive, he wants to seek another job as a servant and makes arrogant suggestions about his successor. This is undoubtedly a manifestation of disloyalty.
But now His Majesty has long been addicted to cultivating immortals and cannot extricate himself. People of insight have long given up hope that the old emperor will return from his lost ways. Everyone is silently waiting for the new emperor to succeed to the throne.
Judging from the current situation and analyzing it from the most objective perspective, no matter which His Highness takes office in the future, the initiative will not be in their own hands.
Jinyiwei and Donggong—the outcome of the fight between these two families is the key to deciding whose family will be the leader in the future.
It was inevitable for Luo Fuzi to place separate bets, but this time his bet was a bit bigger, but it didn't matter. Anyway, his eldest disciple Qi Yunzhou had a flexible moral bottom line, and things like shame could not be a factor that hindered him at all.
As long as this person is still here, no matter how glorious the academy is, at least it will not fail in his generation.
The night passed, and at noon the next day, people on the street found that the morning had passed, and the door of the academy was still tightly closed. Even the doctor who came to Wei Qing for a follow-up consultation today did not knock on the door.
Everyone was full of doubts. Finally, someone couldn't help it. He brought a ladder and climbed over the wall into the academy. In this era, ordinary people respected scholars. Even though the administrators in the academy were gone, no one dared to
Just rush through the door boldly.
Soon, an exclamation came from the academy, and now everyone was even more anxious. However, everyone did not dare to break through the door, so they had to wait for the man to crawl to the wall with weak legs and shout outside.
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"Hurry, officer! Something happened to old man Qing Yao!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. When the officials arrived, with the county magistrate taking the lead, everyone was finally able to enter the courtyard through the gate of the academy. Then everyone went straight to Qing Yao's room. As soon as they entered, they smelled the smell of blood.
Qing Yao was killed on the bed. He died in a horrific manner. His eyes were wide open and his expression was ferocious. He obviously refused to die with his eyes open.
The county magistrate was also frightened and angry. Although there were rangers and bandits in the areas under his rule, and there were occasional casualties, but they were all people of the world, and they deserved to die.
Now this Qing Yao old man is a good man and one of the people under his rule. Moreover, this murder also occurred at the former site of the famous Meihua Academy. This matter was not a small matter from the beginning.
The magistrate immediately sent someone to investigate, and soon learned about yesterday's events from the people around him. However, Lu Hanjiang had already left the place, and when the official mission arrived late, he could only get some clues about Mohu from a few words.
In front of the detectives are a vast world and three unknown people. Qing Yao's death may only become a mystery in a short time.