This trip to visit Luo Fuzi was indeed worthwhile for Lu Hanjiang. At least the advice Qi Yunzhou gave him was good. After he adopted it, the effect was immediate.
Since their positions were not in contact with each other, Lu Hanjiang did not cause trouble for the Imperial Army in the upper court. This would be inconvenient and would not end well.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Lu Hanjiang sent someone to "invite" someone to the imperial edict, Wen Jinzhi, the second son of Wen Kongheng, the commander of the Imperial Army.
Wen Kongheng's eldest son died young. This second son was actually the eldest son and the future heir of the Wen family, which was of extraordinary significance. The Jin Yiwei detained the man without saying a word. This move was no smaller than kicking the door of the Imperial Guard.
The saying "beat a dog to see its master" is never a fig leaf for losers, but a practical and feasible principle.
As the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, Wen Kongheng is the face of the entire Forbidden Army. Regardless of whether the people in the Forbidden Army are against him or not, his face is always the top priority.
Therefore, even if a dog of the Wen family is beaten, it must be recovered because it affects the face of the entire Forbidden Army, not to mention that the person who is being snatched away now is the Young Master of the Wen family.
Before Wen Kongheng, the commander-in-chief, responded, several of his commanders who were guarding the four gates of the imperial city could no longer sit still.
As soon as the news spread, Tao Yuanlang, the commander in charge of guarding the north gate, led his men towards the Jinyiwei Yamen aggressively.
Seeing Yan Feng and Zeng Hong confronting Commander Tao at the Yamen Gate, Lu Hanjiang nodded with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted.
As long as there is a conflict between the Forbidden Army and the Royal Guards, in order to avoid suspicion and avoid being targeted by His Majesty's suspicion, the princes should not come to the Lu Mansion to chat during this period.
As for Mr. Wen who was detained by them, as long as they find some reason to let him go and make the whole case an anticlimax, the matter will be dealt with.
Because this was just for show, the Jin Yiwei sent Mr. Wen to prison with great fanfare, but did not do anything to him. Instead, they offered him good food and drink.
After all, it's one thing to use the Imperial Guards for a show, but it's another thing to actually turn against them.
But even though it was just for show, Lu Hanjiang had a conversation out of curiosity about Mr. Wen who was calm in times of crisis.
These young men in the capital can be roughly divided into two categories according to their personalities. The first category relies entirely on the support of their fathers and has no outstanding achievements, but their family background and background can ensure that they have a worry-free life.
Therefore, this group of people is always happy every day, and most of them are disgusting dandies. The representative person is Yang Shilang's son, Yang Zhiyuan, who is known as Commander Lu's best friend.
As for the second type, they also rely on their parents’ support, but they are also very good themselves, so they can stand on the moral high ground and express varying degrees of contempt and disdain for Yang Zhiyuan and others with a noble attitude.
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For example, the two young masters in Lu Shangshu's family, Lu Hongwen and Lu Yuanjia, are this type of people. They want to be knowledgeable and well-established, and most of them are pretentious.
The above two types of people, based on their likes and dislikes of Jin Yiwei, can also show two completely opposite attitudes. For example, Yang Zhiyuan and others who rely on their family background to dominate usually have a very good attitude towards Jin Yiwei.
Princes such as Lu Hongwen, who claim to be scholars of the Qing Dynasty, generally cannot stand the way Jin Yiwei wields power, so they usually show varying degrees of alienation and disgust.
But the second son of the Wen family is not very similar to either of the above two categories. He comes from the wealthy Wen family, his father is the current commander of the Forbidden Army, and he is also a young master with an astonishing background.
But his attitude towards Jin Yiwei was a bit subtle. There was neither disdainful hostility based on his family background nor flattery on his face.
Wen Jinzhi behaved in a way that was neither alienated nor very close. He showed no concern for Jin Yiwei's forcible arrest of someone, as if the captured person was not him at all.
From Wen Jinzhi's eyes, Lu Hanjiang was surprised to see a kind of lifelessness that was completely indifferent to everything in the world. The other person was similar in age to him, but his whole person exuded an air of twilight, just like that old man in his sixties, unable to see
A little bit of the vitality that young people should have.
Even when Wen Jinzhi was taken to the imperial prison, Lu Hanjiang could read a sense of relief from the other's expression. This was the first person to enter the prison cell with such a strange mood in so many years.
Out of curiosity, when the other party looked at the cell door and sighed, Lu Hanjiang pushed the door open and had a conversation with the other party: "Why are Mr. Wen sighing? Could it be that life is not going well?"
Wen Jinzhi raised his head and glanced at Lu Hanjiang, then said with a smile: "There are rumors in the capital that Commander Yushu Linfeng looks like a young man in his early twenties. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true."
This is not a deliberate attempt to please the other party. In fact, everyone who sees Lu Hanjiang's real face will have this feeling to some extent. It is true that the record of being over 100 years old in his case file is too nonsense.
"Everyone says so." Lu Hanjiang chuckled and did not comment on this question.
Wen Jinzhi did not dwell on this issue for long. After being silent for a moment, he said calmly: "Master Lu, please come back today. If it is to target my father, I am afraid I will disappoint you."
"Oh? Why is this?" Lu Hanjiang asked curiously.
Wen Jinzhi smiled calmly and said: "Don't you know how my brother died? My father is not the only son like me. If you want to make a fuss about me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade my father."
"Yeah?"
Lu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows slightly. To be honest, he really didn't know how Wen Jinzhi's eldest brother died, but he didn't bother to look through the files from that year. Wasn't the person who knew about it right here?
"I really haven't paid attention to Mr. Wen's family affairs before. Why don't you ask the young master to help me clear up my doubts?" Lu Hanjiang said.
Wen Jinzhi glanced at Lu Hanjiang in surprise, but he followed suit and heard him say: "My brother was not careful in his conduct and was punished by my father."
Lu Hanjiang was stunned for a while, and then said with slight surprise: "...Wait a minute, Mr. Wen, what do you mean by 'disposal'?"
Wen Jinzhi nodded slightly and explained softly: "Brother, when he was eight years old, he followed his father to the palace to pay homage to His Majesty. He was very popular with His Majesty, so he was given a token so that he could enter the palace at any time."
Lu Hanjiang nodded and said, "Young Master Wen is favored by Your Majesty and will have a smooth journey in the future. This is a good thing."
"I'm afraid it's not necessarily true for my brother. My brother is favored by His Majesty and can come and go in and out of the palace at will. Because of the difference in age, no one will restrain him even if he goes in and out of the harem garden. But who would have thought..."
As he spoke, Wen Jinzhi's smile was a little bitter, and he said: "Brother, relying on his age and Your Majesty's favor, he not only orders the palace people at will, but also often plays and plays with the maids of each palace. To Your Majesty, this is all
It’s a matter of turning a blind eye, but my father doesn’t think so.”
Wen Jinzhi lowered his eyes and spoke with an unconscious sadness: "When I was ten years old, my brother was discovered by my father while he was having a fight with the palace maid. He took my brother home to enforce the family law, and he was beaten to death with a wooden board."