That evening, Gongsun Xun returned safely and looked as usual.
"Wen Qi." Lu Fan came over and asked, "How is it?"
"What else can we do?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but laugh as he took off his shoes and changed into his clogs. "As we expected, Chen Qiu originally expected to wait for the third prince, but instead he took the humiliating official position of Yongle Shaofu, so
I felt resentful towards Cao Jie, so I wanted to contact Yang Qiu and me to plot against Cao Jie."
"Chen Qiu is also a famous minister..." Lu Fan couldn't help but shake his head. "Why is this so?"
"Zi Heng doesn't understand." Gongsun Xun washed his hands and sat down in the hall. Naturally, a maid brought him a sour soup to relieve hangover... In other words, the 'tea' that Gongsun has been striving for for half his life has not been seen alive so far.
."Although Mr. Chen has a good family background, he was born in Xiapi, Xuzhou, and did not belong to the so-called Wanluo Ruying. He had already exhausted his efforts before he could ascend to the position of the Three Dukes. But because of this, he was very interested in the Three Dukes.
The position is particularly coveted. If you think about it, with his family background, if he could repeatedly ascend to the position of three princes during his lifetime, then the Chen family would naturally join the ranks of famous families in the world."
Lu Fan couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.
To be honest, if it were in the past, Lu Ziheng, who was born in Runan, might actually have quite recognized this so-called principle of family status improvement. However, following Gongsun Xun from south to north, he has seen a lot, and there is also Lou Gui.
Zhong obviously came from a wealthy family in Nanyang, but he had believed in it since he was a child and had been advocating the existence of Dahan pills hanging around him. In fact, he began to disdain this kind of thing.
Of course, even if you don’t take it seriously, you can’t stop them from taking it seriously, right?
"Let's not talk about this." Lu Fan came back to his senses and asked quickly, "Did Wen Qi agree to them?"
"I agreed." Gongsun Xun replied, blowing the hot breath of the sour soup nonchalantly. "What else?"
"Why?" Lu Fan couldn't help but be surprised. "Didn't Wen Qi disapprove of it?"
"I really don't think so." Gongsun Xun lowered his head and swallowed a sip of the sour soup, then put down the soup bowl and explained to his confidants seriously. "But Zi Heng doesn't know that Chen Qiu and Yang Qiu are both strong.
They really want to have sex with Cao Jie again, but both of them are self-aware... Yang Qiu bluntly said that if he can't return to being the captain of Sili, then wanting to kill Cao Jie is nothing more than a fool's dream; Chen Qiu also said
, If there is no internal response from the emperor in the palace, this matter will be just a moon in the water."
Only then did Lu Fan feel relieved: "So, they are just paying lip service and will not act arbitrarily?"
"That should be the case." Gongsun Xun nodded. "Besides, we might be leaving Beijing in a few days. They won't be able to get by us no matter what, so let them go. And... this time too
It’s not that I gained nothing at all. I had a good chat with the judge at the banquet, and I also got to know Chen Qiu’s nephew Chen Gui. Both of them are rare talents!”
"Speaking of leaving Beijing." Lu Fan nodded slightly at first, and then suddenly said. "I am waiting here. In addition to asking Wen Qi what the outcome of this incident is, I also have something to tell Wen Qi...
"
"Tell me." Gongsun Xun said indifferently.
"Wang Lang and Wang Jingxing from Shangshutai came here today," Lu Fan said. "He came to deliver a message to Master Lu, saying that there may be a vacancy in Xiangping, Liaodong recently..."
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but frown, and then fell silent...while Lu Fan stood aside, quietly waiting for his lord's reply.
In other words, for Gongsun Xun, if he really wants to run Liaoxi for the rest of his life according to his mother's wishes, then Xiangping, Liaodong may not be a bad place. After all, Liaodong County is the core of the five counties outside the Great Wall, and Xiangping is the number one outside the Great Wall.
The famous city, the largest county, is the capital of what my mother calls the "Liaohe Plain".
Besides, the current situation does not allow him to be picky. It is basically an act similar to running away!
But for some unknown reason, ever since he returned from Danhanshan that day, Gongsun Xun had developed an inexplicable feeling of resistance to his mother's arrangements.
Moreover, if he could still suppress and endure when facing his mother in Yanmen that day, then when he came to Luoyang again, he saw that the future master of his life, Cao Mengde, was in such a state of desolation, and he successfully killed Cao Mengde.
A prominent eunuch like Wang Fu even inadvertently brought Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers' biological father to death... To be honest, Gongsun Xun now had a lot of inexplicable self-confidence and restlessness in his heart.
Of course, it must be said that Gongsun Xun also knew in his heart that whether he went to Xiangping or not had nothing to do with the overall situation. After all, he was just a county magistrate, just a resume. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be promoted and resigned in two or three years, and
It can't really be run like that.
So, in short, under the influence of various thoughts, Gongsun Xun gave an unclear answer with some hesitation: "Ziheng will visit Wang Jingxing tomorrow and say that if there is really no other place to go, Xiangping is not the place to go."
Can't!"
This meant that he wanted to see it again. Lu Fan understood it immediately and didn't say anything more... After all, not to mention that the current situation was not bad enough that he would soon escape from Luoyang. Let's just talk about him.
If people from Runan really followed them to Liaodong beyond the Great Wall, it would be a bit scary to think about it.
By the way, let alone Gongsun Xun and Lu Fan’s respective petty thoughts, on the other hand, these two young men also underestimated Yang Qiu and Chen Qiu’s hatred for Cao Jie!
Chen Qiu had a bumpy official career for half his life. He finally managed to reach the position of being a "very human minister" by relying on Qiao Xuan's disregard of old grudges. However, his future was interrupted by Cao Jie's stick... This kind of hatred can ruin a person's future.
The meaning is almost visceral!
Not to mention Yang Qiu, this guy is born with a fierce personality and likes to go to extremes. To use the words in Gongsun's letter, this guy is sick!
Therefore, after returning home, Gongsun Xun drank sour soup to sober up, and then thought about when he would leave the capital and where he would go to take up his post, and then continued to stay at home and wait for Lu Zhi to give him
Arrange a good job... But in the next few days, Yang Qiu and Chen Qiu continued to call friends and show off their skills, as if they were dedicated to doing something big!
Gongsun Xun knew nothing about this... Perhaps, in the eyes of Chen Qiu and Yang Qiu, after everything is ready, when it is time to use the knife, Gongsun Xun, who is now recognized by the world, can be turned to Gongsun Xun.
It's not too late for 'Sharp Blade'.
However, what Er Qiu never expected was that although Gongsun Xun had not noticed their concealed behavior in the past few days, it had already fallen into the eyes of interested people... In fact, they were watched carefully from the beginning.
of.
"Have you found it?" As the bearded Luo Mu entered the room, Cao Jie, who had been sitting with his eyes closed and concentrating, suddenly opened his eyes.
"We have gained something." Luo Mu sat down and replied calmly. "We bribed a servant in Chen Qiu's house. He was responsible for delivering wine at the banquet, so he heard a few words... Although it was not very detailed, but
Those people really came to the party that day for adults."
Cao Jie immediately laughed angrily: "Do these people think I am a fool? One, two or three gathered together, and they all have grudges against me. Yang Qiu even refused to obey the order in front of the emperor.
, and they said I was a jackal... They didn’t even think about it, how could I feel at ease with such a person? What else?”
"Also," Luo Mu continued to speak seriously. "According to our surveillance outside Chen Qiu's mansion, he seems to have been in constant contact with Infantry Colonel Liu Ne these days..."
"Liu Ne?" Cao Jie couldn't help but continue to sneer. "Chen Qiu is really too ambitious but too weak! Liu Ne is no longer the minister of the chancery, but an infantry captain! What does he want to do if he contacts a person with military power in private?! He's not afraid
What is taboo for the emperor? Besides, it would be fine if he really had military power, but Liu Ne has just taken office, who in the infantry battalion will listen to him?"
Hearing this, Luo Mu couldn't help but laugh: "I'm afraid Chen Qiu just thought that Liu Ne, like him, had his future blocked by adults, so he simply roped him in and didn't think too much about military power...
Without military power, taboos or taboos, how can a scribe from a noble family in Guandong know these things?"
"That's true, what else is there?"
"The rest is gone." Luo Mu couldn't help but frowned. "Gongsun Xun and Yang Qiu were just as usual, and they didn't see anything unnecessary... The former was still hiding next to Liu Kuan and Taiwei Liu to study, and the latter was also as usual.
He goes to court and performs his duties, and only occasionally plays with his beloved wife Cheng and visits relatives."
"This is strange." Cao Jie also stroked his gray hair uneasily. "Gongsun Xun's path is quite ordinary. He has killed Wang Fu and become famous all over the world. He is waiting for Lu Zhi here at the Chancellery.
Just arrange a good position for him, and he can naturally study at home all day long, but how can this madman Yang Qiu be willing to be ordinary? There must be fraud in it!"
"The villain thinks so too." Luo Mu couldn't help but said seriously. "It's just that my lord, Chen Qiu and Yang Qiu are not small people. We are no longer what we used to be. If we don't have any solid evidence to impress the emperor, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with them! So!
, We know that Yang Qiu is deceitful, and we know that Chen Qiu has evil intentions, but we still need to obtain real evidence that will make the emperor angry before we can capture them."
"Yes." Cao Jie also sighed faintly after hearing this. "After struggling for so long, I, Cao Hanfeng, have indeed exhausted all my strength."
Luo Mu felt sad for a moment, but he immediately reminded him: "Sir, don't be discouraged. It is precisely because of this that you have to do something thunderous to let the world know how powerful you are. Otherwise, you will just want to spend your old age peacefully.
None of it works..."
"That's what I said, that's what I said." Cao Jie said with vigor. "The more I try my best, the more I have to do something thunderous so that no one in the world can see my truth. Only by frightening everyone can I live in peace."
In my later years, let the family continue. Zixian, please continue to monitor these people and try your best to help me find evidence... It’s up to you whether you can shock the world and allow the Cao family to continue safely after me."
Luo Mu lowered his head and said nothing.
"Is there anything else you want to say, Zixian?" Of course Cao Jie noticed something wrong with the other party.
"Yes, sir." Luo Mu immediately replied in a low voice. "The villain thinks that if possible, not only should we deal with people like Yang Qiu, but also some people in the family should be restrained. Otherwise, if Yang Qiu is gone, there will be more
Yin Qiu, Chen Qiu and Wang Qiu."
"You're right." Cao Jie nodded again and again. "Even for the sake of future generations, I have to restrain them. I want them to know that I protect them for a while, but I can't protect them for the rest of their lives! In a few days, let Feng Fang
(Cao Jie’s son-in-law) They all also come to the house, I want to give them a good warning."
Luo Mu nodded slightly, but still did not move.
"What's wrong?" Cao Jie couldn't help but laugh. "You and I are like father and son. If you hadn't refused to change our surnames, we might have become real father and son... Let's talk!"
"Sir, others are easy to restrain... What should I do with the second master?" Luo Mu couldn't help but gritted his teeth and asked. "My lord, you can still control one or two things for a day. If my lord is not here, the one who will bring about the disaster of extermination for the Cao family in the future will definitely be
he!"
Now, it was Cao Jie's turn to be speechless for a moment.
But for a long time, the Great Changqiu and Shangshu Ling asked with some anxiety: "What do you think Zixian should do?"
"With all due respect." Luo Mu continued to grit his teeth and replied. "The second master is also old. It is better to send him back to his hometown in Wei County, so as not to stay in Luozhong and cause trouble."
Cao Jie couldn't help but ponder, but soon shook his head: "Zixian's words are certainly reasonable, but after all, I only have this one biological brother, and my children are all adopted from him... How can I get rid of him?"
Going out? Why don’t you wait until I’m not well enough to arrange this matter? What do you think?”
Luo Mu hesitated to speak, but finally did not say much. After all, who kept him from changing his surname to Cao? Although an outsider called him "sir", he could not get into the family's flesh and blood after all... It seems that,
Still have to think of another way.
As soon as he thought of this, Romu immediately bowed down and made a promise, then said goodbye and left.
As the night got darker, Cao Jie couldn't bear the growing age and went to bed early. However, Luo Mu, Cao Hanfeng's confidant, relied on his youth and still twirled his beard to compare intelligence from all parties under the oil lamp in his room...
…These days, it’s not that there aren’t professional spies and spies, but the actual results are very poor. Therefore, the real sources of intelligence come from all kinds of sources.
Among the cases before Luo Mu, there was information obtained by bribing the other party's servants; there was information obtained by waiting at the door and watching; of course, there was also information obtained by following elite guests; there were even things like rumors in the market!
It's dense and complicated... But to be honest, Luo Mu's work now is much simpler than before. After all, there are Gongsun paper to use now, but before, it was all wooden slips and silk.
Speaking of this, Luo Mu was actually very grateful to Gongsun Xun.
"On the evening of the third day of the fifth lunar month, Cheng Changshi was having a banquet at his home. All his adopted daughters and sons-in-law were here. Situ Liu He was the chief, and Yang Qiuzi was the second..." Luo Mu was very sleepy and was about to sleep, but he didn't know
Why, he always felt that this piece of information made him care.
But after thinking about it, Liu He and Yang Qiu both married the adopted daughter of Cheng Changshi's "Master Cheng". Their old father-in-law hosted a banquet, and the two sons-in-law went to the banquet... Isn't it still allowed?
However, Luo Mu just felt that there was something missing! And Luo Zixian was able to be appreciated by Cao Jie and become his confidant in just a few years. Not only did the two of them fall in love, but they also had such a sense of 'father and son'.
He also has the ability to do things himself.
If it were anyone else, he might have fallen asleep by now, but Luo Dabeard gritted his teeth, stacked all the complicated and confusing information together, and then actually started reading them one by one again.
"On the first day of the fifth lunar month, Gongsun Xun castrated the cat at home and named it Ah Man...the husband and wife were in harmony again!"
"On the second day of the fifth lunar month, Gongsun Fan followed Taiwei Liu Kuan into the Taiwei's mansion to do chores..."
"On April 30th, during the break, Chen Qiu and Liu Ne talked in Chen Qiu's house all day long and did not go out until evening."
"On the first day of the fifth lunar month, Lu Fan went to see Wang Lang, the chief secretary of the Shangshutai..."
…
"On the second day of May, Chen Qiu's nephew Chen Gui and his uncle's confidant Shen Pei went to Yuan Mansion to meet Yuan Shu. On the way, they met Yuan Shao to visit his father. Shen Pei and Yuan Shao had a very happy conversation. It is said that Yuan Shu was very angry..."
"On the fourth day of May, Liu Na went straight into Situ's mansion on the pretext of unclear transfer of the position of Infantry Colonel, and competed with Liu He, the former Infantry Colonel and current Situ... In the evening, Liu He greeted each other with courtesy and opened the middle door and went out...
…”
By this time, Luo Mu was really sleepy, his eyelids drooped, and then he instinctively wanted to get rid of this information... After all, invitations to names are too common these days, and Liu Ne and Liu He did have to hand over responsibilities.
of this fact.
However, as Luo Zixian unsteadily knocked his forehead on the table, his eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Sir!" Half a quarter of an hour later, Luo Mu suddenly broke into Cao Jie's bedroom. "It's something serious!"
Cao Jie was very old and slept very lightly, so he woke up almost immediately, got up and put on his clothes: "Don't be impatient, tell me slowly...what's the matter?"
"Yang Qiu, Chen Qiu has convinced Situ Liu He to join the team!" Luo Muyan said concisely.
Cao Jie was startled for a moment, and then his face turned pale: "Nine times out of ten, this is true... You must know that although I borrowed Wang Fu's help that day, I did have a grudge against Liu He for killing my brother.
!Is there any evidence for this matter?”
"It's just a conjecture, no evidence!" Luo Mu quickly replied.
"This is going to be difficult to handle." Cao Jie said hurriedly. "Liu He is ranked among the three princes, and even more so, Your Majesty. The Empress Dowager has great trust in you. If there is no evidence, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to handle!"
"Such... an extraordinary move must be made!" Luo Mu suddenly gritted his teeth and said. "We must not sit back and wait for death... Liu Ne is a scholar and cannot control the infantry battalion, but Liu He is not only the third prince, but also the infantry captain for a long time...
He and Liu Ne join forces and can mobilize troops!"
"That's right!" Cao Jie's face became paler. "If we use this plan, there are soldiers and horses on the other side, so we must not delay it! Does Zixian have a plan?!"
"There is no clever plan, but as I expected, it was probably Yang Qiu who first failed to invite Liu He through their relatives, and then Chen Qiu persuaded Liu He through Liu Ne! We might as well take down the middleman Liu Ne.
Tortured and forced to confess..."
"Stay here." Cao Jie suddenly waved his hand and asked, "Are Yang Qiu and Liu He related?"
"The two wives are both the adopted daughters of Master Cheng." Luo Mu immediately explained. "Because they are not the official wives, not many people know about it... This should be a method used by Master Cheng to make friends with important ministers.
means."
Cao Jie suddenly laughed: "I'm afraid it won't stop! I know all about this old weary's thoughts and methods..."
Luo Mu was confused and confused.
"You don't understand. It's better to arrest Liu Ne than to arrest our 'Master Cheng'!" Cao Jie sneered more and more, but suddenly lifted the quilt. "Ask people to prepare treasures and belongings, and then call in dozens of guests.
Wear a sword with me... We men won't sleep anymore, now we go to find Master Cheng to find out what happened!"
————I am the dividing line that needs to be redone in the new month————
"Before the incident happened, Qiu wrote another letter to persuade He, saying: 'The Duke came from the clan, ascended the throne, and was looked upon by the world. He was the guardian of Sheji, how could he be the same? Now Cao Jie and others have indulged themselves and caused harm, and have been around for a long time.
Also, the Empress Dowager Yongle knew that the father-in-law and brother-in-law were injured in the service. Now we can express the move of Wei Wei Yangqiu as the Sili Xiaowei, and then punish him. If the Holy Lord comes out of the government, the world will be peaceful, so we can wait and see.
Ye.' Also, Shangshu Liu Na disobeyed eunuchs because of his integrity and became an infantry captain. He also deeply persuaded He. He said: 'The evil has many ears and eyes, and I am afraid that I will suffer the disaster first before things happen.' Na said: 'Dong
As the pillars of the country, if we can't hold on to danger, how can we use each other to do evil? 'He promised, but also conspired with Yang Qiu." - "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" Biography of Chen Qiu
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