Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 189 The Secret of the Duke's Mansion, I Will Not Let You Flee
"Zhuge Liang?"

Startled, Li Gan also went to the front door of the carriage, and looked out of the carriage through the gap in the curtain.

Sure enough, two people dressed in plain clothes and with fierce temperament were confronting each other. Among them, there were several wounded. Angled.

"It's just a misunderstanding, isn't it too much for you to strike so hard?" On the side with fewer people, the leading man in green frowned, looking at the group of people on the opposite side.

"Can this be called a misunderstanding?"

There were so many people in black on the opposite side, and they all had a sneer on their faces: "Seeing that we are also looking for them, they made a blundering trick, and if it works, just leave us here. If it doesn't work, it's a misunderstanding?"

"How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?"

The man in green knew he was wrong, and frowned even tighter: "It's just a coincidence. Since you have already taught him a lesson, why don't you just forget about it?"

As he said that, he also glanced at the crowd watching, obviously implying something, and he didn't want to make things worse.

"Coincidentally? Let's just learn the lesson?"

The leader of the man in black sneered, and a gleam of coldness flashed in the tiger's eyes: "My brother has lost a leg, so it's as simple as that?"

He pointed at the wounded man in the other party's crowd, and said bitterly: "Hand him over so you can leave."

As soon as these words came out, the complexions of the men in green changed, and the man with the bruised nose and swollen face turned pale, tremblingly looking at his boss.

The man in green looked cold: "Impossible!"

"Toast, don't eat fine wine!" The headed man in black sneered, and pulled out a long strip wrapped in black cloth from the package behind him.

Pulling off the black cloth, revealing one of the sharp blades, he grinned and forced forward: "Don't force me to be serious."

The man in green narrowed his eyes, and his subordinates also changed their expressions, and took half a step back.

As for the people who were still in the distance just now, the onlookers who were watching with relish changed their colors in an uproar in fright, and backed away.

In order to prevent being too outstanding, Li Gan and his carriage also stepped back a few steps.

In the carriage, Lu Bu explained in a low voice: "My lord, I have seen that man in green walking beside General Yang. He has good hands and feet."

"The man in black also entered the palace with Tang Guogong, so he must be from the Duke's mansion."

Li Qian nodded slightly, and continued to look at the commotion ahead.

Yang Jian's people seemed to be carrying out a secret mission, they didn't bring weapons, or they didn't want to make things big, so they had to obey obediently.

The people at the Duke's Mansion got someone, and they stopped entanglement, and quickly dispersed, and the farce ended like this.

Li Gan stared at the direction in which the men in black in the General's Mansion were leaving: "Fengxian, can you arrest them for interrogation so that no one else will find out?"

Both Lu Bu and the old eunuch were taken aback, and the former immediately said: "Master, Bu can try it. But if they only choose places with a lot of people, then it definitely won't work."

"If you go to a place where no one is around, then it's fine."

Li Gan nodded: "Go ahead, grab them and ask them what clues they have, where is Zhuge Liang?"

These people all ran out of the city and started fighting, so they must have some news.

"Yes, master." Lu Bu replied excitedly.

Li Qian hesitated for a moment, and then said: "By the way, I will ask about the internal news of the Duke's mansion, and pry out everything they know."

He stared at Lu Bu solemnly: "You can only ask yourself, don't pretend to others."

Lu Bu also seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter, and his expression became solemn: "Yes, master."

Then he asked tentatively: "Master, did they all..."

You still have to be cautious when dealing with the people in the Duke's mansion. If you offend the masters behind them and lead them to investigate thoroughly, it will be bad.

Lu Bu originally planned to bring people to do this kind of thing with their faces masked, to catch these people without revealing their identities, and leave after questioning.

Now that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all interested in Zhuge Liang, it seems not surprising that this kind of thing happened.

But if you ask about the secrets of the Duke's mansion...then the nature is different, and Tang Guogong will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.

Li Gan naturally knew the consequences of this, so he hesitated just now.

"The people in the General's Mansion have been robbed, so naturally they will not let it go."

Through the dark brown glass, Li Gan looked at the blurred backs of the men in black and merged into the crowd, and said slowly: "They gathered a group of people to take back their own people, but they were torn apart by the people of the Duke's Mansion. "

"Under the rage, the two sides clashed, and it is normal for there to be casualties."

"Bu understands." Lu Bu nodded, and a look of excitement flashed in his eyes: "I'll do it now!"

He jumped out of the carriage, lowered his head and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"Your Majesty, do you want your servant to send someone to follow him?"

The old eunuch was also eager to try, taking advantage of Lv Bu's absence to give him eye drops: "Lv Bu is a rough man, unusable, a dead body, lack of success, smug, erratic, careless, sloppy..."

Li Qian glanced at him speechlessly: "No need, you can follow me back to the palace first."

Right now besides looking for Zhuge Liang, Li Gan has another important thing to do.

The two returned to the imperial city from the north of the palace, and Li Qian went all the way to his Ziwei Palace East Nuan Pavilion, and found that two female secretaries were already writing a ticket.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the two women immediately turned their heads and found that it was Li Gan, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, you are back."

Lu Zhi got up and walked to the yellow porcelain kettle wrapped in cotton cloth, and made a cup of hot tea for Li Gan.

Li Gan took off his outer robe and threw it aside, and walked into the room wearing only his inner robe and mid laner.

Wu Meiniang put down the pen in her hand, stepped forward and supported Li Qian, her fair and pretty face was still a bit tired, and she leaned on him with her soft half body: "Your Majesty, my concubine and sister Lu have almost spent today's day. The memorial ticket has been drafted."

Li Gan lowered his head with a smile, and kissed her fair side face lightly as a reward: "Thank you for your hard work. As the new year is approaching, you will naturally be busy. After a while, each yamen will be sealed, and the memorials handed in It can be much less."

"Finish the work for a while, and wait around New Year's Eve, and then I will take you to the city for a stroll and have fun."

Wu Meiniang let out a coquettish cry, and raised her head in surprise, with a pair of charming phoenix eyes shining beautifully: "Really? Your Majesty?"

"Of course it's true."

Li Gan looked at the beauty in his arms with a smile, much like an unscrupulous boss painting cakes for his employees.

Worked overtime years ago, bonuses, holidays, and team building are all behind!

Wu Meiniang was moved by such a bright prospect, and was pleasantly surprised.

Lu Zhi put the tea on the table, but there was a bit of worry between his brows: "Your Majesty, what should we do about Mr. Cai?"

She pointed to the stack of memorials on the table with her plain finger: "Your Majesty, there has been a lot of chaos at the Sixth Department today, especially at the Ministry of Punishment..."

Only halfway through Lu Zhi's words, Li Qian took him into his arms and kissed him hard.

"I already have a plan." Li Gan said with a relaxed smile, "For Cai Jing's matter, let him handle it for the time being."

"Ah?" Not only Lu Zhi, but even Wu Meiniang raised her head in surprise, and looked at Li Gan with almond eyes slightly open: "Your Majesty, don't you plan to take care of the meeting?"

"If you don't care about them, what will you do with those recruits?"

Lu Zhi's pretty face was full of doubts and eagerness, as if she didn't understand Li Gan's approach: "Could it be possible to change those people to join Cai Jing?"

"Don't care, how can you not care?" Li Gan absolutely could not give up those Juren.

He chuckled and said, "It's just a matter of changing the management method..."

Thinking of this, a sentence inexplicably appeared in Li Qian's mind: Only the ship of the country leaks from the top.

Although it's a bit immoral to do so, and it's a little bit harmful to Cai Jing, an old man, and it doesn't conform to Li Gan's fine virtue of respecting the old and caring for the young...but it seems to be the best solution.

Li Qian had a good time with the two secretaries for a while, and then began to read the memorial.

There were indeed some troubles in the sixth part in the memorial, but this time Li Qian was not as anxious as before, and just laughed it off.

This continued until dark before the old eunuch came in from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Lu Bu is back."

"Just come back!"

Li Gan threw down the vermilion pen and stretched a lot.

In order not to distract Li Gan, the two little secretaries went back to the Sixth Palace early, and now Li Gan is the only one left in this batch of memorials.

But even so, Li Gan was still very absent-minded. While reading the memorial, he kept thinking about Zhuge Liang and Li Yuan's affairs, for fear of any accidents.

"Let him in now."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old eunuch ran out, and led the dusty Lu Bu in after a while.

It seemed that something happened to the two of them outside, causing the old eunuch to stare at Lu Bu angrily.

However, Lu Bu ignored the old eunuch, and ran up with a happy face, saying, "Father, Bu has already asked."

"The Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion did find Zhuge Liang's traces. I heard that he showed up in Jingyang to visit friends a few days ago, so those people went north."

"I've sent people to inquire over there to see where Zhuge Liang went after that."

"Okay." Li Gan nodded with satisfaction.

The Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion are so anxious, which means that they haven't found Zhuge Liang, and they still have a chance now.

Lu Bu then laughed and said, "The Generalissimo also got the news, but they were a bit slower."

Li Gan was startled: "You ran into them."

"It's a coincidence." Lu Bu chuckled, "I was planning to blame the people in the General's Mansion. Since they bumped into me, it's better to count them as one."

Li Qian nodded slowly while thinking, the three parties are always more chaotic than the two parties.

Moreover, the misunderstanding between Li Yuan and Yang Jian may be resolved through explanations, but if Zhao Kuangyin is added... that's not necessarily the case.

"well done."

Lu Bu got the praise, and he was even more embarrassed, and continued: "Father, I also asked about the news from the Duke's mansion."

Li Gan nodded, becoming more interested.

In fact, he really wanted to know what secrets were in Li Yuan's Duke's Mansion.

It's just that Lu Bu just started, so he won't continue.

"Father, it's better not to let outsiders listen to such a confidential matter."

Lu Bu looked at the old eunuch maliciously: "Let him go out quickly."

In fact, the old eunuch himself didn't really want to hear it.

According to the "Encyclopedia of Survival Experience of Court Eunuchs" summed up by the eunuchs of the past dynasties, fights between the emperor and his relatives are always inevitable.

When encountering such a situation, if His Majesty the Emperor didn't expressly ask you to meddle, then don't try your best to go in and meddle.

The survival rate is extremely low.

Of course, if you have already stepped in, you don't have to panic too much. The best thing to do is to follow the orders completely and only care about what you need to manage.

Don't think about crossing the line, and don't hold stupid ideas such as making a big contribution, making a big news, and making people's eyes shine, because no matter what, they are relatives, and there is a possibility of reconciliation.

There really will be such a day... The more meritorious service you make, the worse your death will be.

So the old eunuch was already quietly moving his feet outside, but when he heard Lu Bu's words, he endured again and again, but he still couldn't hold back.

"Lu Fengxian, I'm an outsider, so what are you? An outsider!"

Lu Bu smiled triumphantly: "I am the adoptive son of my adoptive father, so naturally I cannot be considered an outsider!"

"you……"

The old eunuch was so angry that his teeth were itchy, he really didn't expect Lu Bu to be so shameless.

"Okay, let's not say a few words."

Li Gan stopped the two people's childish behavior without words: "Hurry up and tell me what you found out!"

"Yes, foster father."

Just as the old eunuch was about to go out, he felt His Majesty's serious gaze, and froze in place, not daring to move.

"Father, that person first talked about a taboo in the Duke's mansion. It was in a small building behind the garden of the Duke's mansion. Some of the servants of the Duke's mansion said that Duke Tang raised a dragon. Give him dragon energy every day."

"Others said that it was an evil spirit that would eat a living person alive every day, and would still make ghost noises on weekdays, which was very scary."

"Others say that it is Tang Guogong's son, but Huang Daxian got on his body..."

Speaking of this, Lu Bu himself felt very unreliable, his face became more and more embarrassed, and his voice gradually became smaller.

The old eunuch glanced at him contemptuously, and then complained to Li Gan: "Look, Your Majesty, he is such an unreliable bastard."

"It's a dragon, it's a ghost, and it belongs to Huang Laoxian. You just believe what they say? Can you be any more stupid?"

"I..." Lu Bu glared angrily.

But before he could open his mouth, the old eunuch said: "There are real dragon emperors like His Majesty in the capital, what evil dragons, and some ghosts and ghosts, Huang Pizi, do they dare to come?"

Lu Bu was so pissed off by him that he choked back the "Fragrant" he had prepared.

Li Gan didn't care about what the two said, because the information Lu Bu brought reminded him of someone.

Li Qian had met him in Tang Guogong's mansion when he was a child, and the two had even communicated with each other.

The memory of the past life combined with the memory of this life quickly allowed Li Gan to confirm the identity of that person.

Li Gan nodded, and after secretly recording this information in his heart, he said to Lu Bu: "Tell me about any other information you have found."

"Yes, adoptive father." Lu Bu hastily left the old eunuch behind, and continued to tell Li Gan some secrets about Duke Tang's residence...

The three of them stayed in Dongnuan Pavilion until the moon was in the sky, and then they left.

For Li Gan, today's trip to the capital was quite fruitful, and the news provided by Lu Bu at the end gave him some new ideas.

On this basis, some changes may be made to the plan for Cai Jing...

The sky is full of stars and moon, and the cold wind is blowing against the capital city under the night.

When Li Gan fell into a deep sleep with his thoughts, several huge mansions in the capital were still brightly lit, and the heavy atmosphere in them even froze the wind.

But no matter how turbulent the undercurrent is, the sun will rise as usual the next day...

Today, Li Qian began to prepare for his plan.

In the first step, he didn't do anything else, but sent the old eunuch to Zhongshu Province and invited Qin Hui over.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Qin Hui still had a bit of puzzlement in his eyes.

His attitude was already very clear yesterday, and there seems to be no need to talk about it today.

Li Gan shook his head with a smile: "President Qin, don't worry, sit down first."

He told the old eunuch: "Bring a cup of tea to Prime Minister Qin."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The more Li Gan was like this, the more weird Qin Hui felt.

"Qin Xiang, don't be so anxious."

Li Qian looked at Qin Hui with a smile: "I have promised you that I will help the two Zhongshu servants fight for the position of deputy examiner, how could it be possible to break my promise?"

Qin Hui didn't touch the teacup brought over by the old eunuch, but replied cautiously: "It's not that your Majesty doesn't believe what you say, it's that the minister doesn't believe what you say."

"Your Majesty just said to the minister that Zhongshu and the minister under the door can be elected as deputy examiners, and didn't say anything else."

"It's the minister who acted recklessly, speculated on the holy will, and made promises to several servants with empty teeth. The crime lies with the minister alone."

Li Gan paused for a moment, Qin Hui was indeed a slippery character.

But since he was called here today, it is natural for him to cooperate temporarily.

"Qin Xiang, it's not your fault, nor mine."

Li Gan shook his head: "The result has not yet come out, and the position of deputy examiner has not yet been determined. It is too pessimistic to say so now."

"Your Majesty..." Qin Hui wanted to defend himself again, but Li Gan waved his hand and interrupted him.

"Qin Xiang, after talking so much, your mouth is dry, right?"

Li Qian looked at Qin Hui with a smile: "Is it okay to have a sip of tea first?"

Qin Hui was stunned by this sudden change of topic, but his intuition told him that following His Majesty's words would definitely not lead to good results.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I drank water before I came, and I'm not thirsty now." Qin Hui bowed.

However, Li Gan had predicted Qin Hui's prediction long ago, and he smiled slightly in his heart, but his face revealed a bit of emotion and sadness, and he sighed faintly.

"Qin Xiang, are you also afraid that I will poison you?"

Qin Hui was choked again, and it took a while to adjust his disordered facial nerves, and said with a look of panic: "Why did your majesty say that? How dare I have such suspicion of your majesty?"

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup, not afraid of being hot, and poured half a cup of hot tea in one go.

Li Qian also immediately changed his expression, his face was full of emotion, he looked at Qin Hui and nodded: "Qin Xiang, you really still believe in me."

"I'm sure I won't deliberately prescribe drugs to make you go back and slump."

Qin Hui's face froze, as if thinking of what happened to Cai, he subconsciously wanted to reach back and touch his ass.

But when it was stretched halfway, it remembered where it was, and quickly retracted it.

As if he hadn't seen his actions, Li Gan said in a helpless tone: "Mr. Qin, you believe me, but some people don't."

"These people wantonly spread rumors about me. It's not just once or twice."

Li Gan's expression gradually became serious, he stood up with his hands behind his back, looked at Qin Hui and said, "This time I won't let it go, I have to let it out anyway!"

"Qin Xiang, you have to help me!"

(End of this chapter)