I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 60 Uncontrollable Chess Pieces

At the end of the court on this day, Lu Zhi received an invitation from a dignitary in Beijing to have a banquet in his mansion.

Logically speaking, Lu Zhi doesn't like to drink with people from aristocratic families. He likes to make friends with celebrities and talk about affairs, rather than go to the homes of those who are famous for their intrigue.

But this time, Lu Zhi couldn't refuse this person.

This person is Yuan's current family father-in-law and suzerain, and also Yuan Kai who has just moved from Taichang to Situ.

After coming to Yuan's house, Lu Zhi and Yuan Kai chatted about court affairs while drinking, but they were all trivial matters and not important.

It was not until the wine was half drunk that Yuan Wei finally brought up the topic he wanted to talk about.

"Zigan, recently in Luoyang City, everyone is praising a disciple under your sect. It should be called Liu Deran, right?"

Lu Zhi's heart sank slightly, and he said: "Oh, brother Ciyang is busy with everything, and he can notice my little apprentice. It seems that he has been too popular recently. Later, he went to Luoyang. I am a teacher. , I need to remind him a little bit."

Yuan Kai waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Ah! What you said, what do you mean by being too popular? This is clearly a virtuous name! You have an apprentice like this, it is really comforting for the rest of your life!"

Lu Zhi said with a smile: "If brother is interested, how about giving Lu to you?"

Yuan Kai laughed loudly: "Don't! Don't! A gentleman doesn't take away people's love. If you are such a good student, you should keep it to yourself. If you don't look back, you will make Yuan feel bad."

After the two said it, they all laughed.

But although Lu Zhi was smiling on his face, he was actually trembling in his heart.

Although he and Yuan Kai's family are quite different, they are well aware of this person's sophistication and ability.

After all, he is the suzerain of the Yuan clan, and he has thousands of old disciples in his hands. Although he endured dormancy after being imprisoned by the party and kept a low profile, his ability to make arrangements in secret is indeed the best that Lu Zhi has ever seen.

Last year, secretly encouraging Cao Jie to kill Yangqiu was just one of them. In the first month of this year, this person arranged another game, which caused the emperor and eunuchs to suffer a dumb loss.

This person can't ask him to drink for no reason, he must have a plan.

"Brother Zigan, I heard that the year before last in Jie County, Hedong, there was a family with the surname Zheng, who was the brother-in-law of Cao Jie's younger brother Cao Poshi. His family members were slaughtered. Do you know about this?"

Lu Zhi secretly sighed in his heart:

Sure enough, there is no good banquet.

Since he asked, it means that he has fully found out, and there is no need to hide it from him.

"This matter was done by my apprentice, why did you ask me about it?"

Yuan Kai smiled.

"Okay, good kill! The old man knows that the Zheng family is the evil side. Because they are relatives of Cao Jie, they take pleasure in shooting and killing living people on weekdays. The world will not tolerate such insects. Why leave him?"

Lu Zhi stared at Yuan Kai quietly, and then saluted: "Ciyang's words are kind and kind."

Yuan Kui smiled and said: "It's a pity, although your disciple's behavior is commendable, but in Luoyang, I'm afraid that some people will not tolerate him."

Lu Zhi reacted quickly, and immediately replied: "Cao Jie is dead."

"Yes, Cao Jie is dead, but the rest of the Cao family are still alive."

Lu Zhi frowned slightly after hearing this.

"Brother, you want to use my disciple's business to get rid of Cao's family in Beijing?"

Yuan Kui stood up with a smile, and said: "Zigan, Your Majesty is young, and he loves eunuchs and thieves, but he doesn't know that these thieves are very evil on weekdays. Don't tell anyone, it's just Cao Poshi, the younger brother of Cao Jie, the school captain of Yueqi. How absurd that a mediocre and stupid husband can manage the Yueqi Camp?"

"Just last year, there was a sergeant's wife in the Yueqi camp who was quite attractive. Cao Poshi asked his subordinates for his wife, but his wife refused and finally committed suicide. My fifth battalion of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty unexpectedly produced such a big What's the face of the Tian family for things that are absurd and chaotic?"

Lu Zhi stroked his beard without saying a word, but his face was already grim.

But he also knew in his heart that the life and death of the sergeant's wife in Yueqiying was not a big deal in Yuan Kai's eyes-it was just that Cao Poshi was in charge of one of the five battalions of the Northern Army, which in Yuan Kai's view was very uncomfortable.

"Zigan, I won't hide it from you. In the hands of Chen Hangong, he has grasped many crimes of the Cao family over the years, whether big or small. Just find an opportunity to gather virtuous officials from the court to report to His Majesty, and say that he is guilty. You can trace it down one line, "

"There are countless incidents in his Cao family. Now that there are no eunuchs Cao Jie, it is not difficult to uproot them and punish them..."

Lu Zhi sighed, "I'm afraid His Majesty will deliberately protect you."

Yuan Kui said: "Your Majesty wants to protect you, but it also depends on what it is. For some trivial matters in daily life, if you can't get it on the table, it's fine. What will happen when I report to His Majesty? Hehe, the heroes, Xiaolian, and Luoyang celebrities who hindered the Han Dynasty..."

"This is where brother wants to use my apprentice? Put him in danger?"

Lu Zhi stood up angrily, and said, "The Cao family are not stupid, how can they act like this?"

"Haha, don't worry, Zigan, I will guarantee that your apprentice will not be killed!" Yuan Kai hurriedly got up, came to Lu Zhi's side, and comforted him to sit down.

"Zigan, the Cao family is not stupid, but they are stupid! They definitely can't do anything to prevent Xiaolian from being killed, but I won't hide it from you, the old man is in Cao Poshi's home. Low, let’s not say that Cao Poshi is confiding in him, but he is also obedient, so it’s not difficult for him to advise Cao Poshi to seek trouble with your apprentice, to use his hands to relieve his anger.”

Lu Zhi took a deep breath and said, "If it's just a fight in the street, why stop the killing?"

"Ha, son-in-law, some things are said before His Majesty. If we have too many people, it's not to stop the killing. If there are too many people who talk about it, it becomes the stopping of the killing."

Lu Zhi slowly turned his head to look at Yuan Kai: "Listen to what brother said, this matter is already settled, today's matter is a routine notification to Lu Mou?"

"Zigan what you said!" Yuan Wei shook his head: "Without your mentor nodding, how could I practice this method? But you need to know that this is to deal with eunuchs and for the sake of the country!"

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes, and said lightly: "Dare to ask, brother, at the beginning of this year, people from various states and counties were arranged to come to Beijing to appeal for grievances, and Chen Hangong pointed out that the 26 dismissed border county officials were all corrupt. This is also for the sake of the country. ?”

Yuan Kai stretched out his hand and patted Lu Zhi's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Zigan, I can tell you... yes! Your Majesty wants to take advantage of Xianbei's big victory to take down those 26 people and buy Juefu officials, yes! Asking His Majesty to collect some money is a trivial matter, but the re-appointed candidate cannot be left to His Majesty's discretion, as the saying goes, it is a matter of the country."

Lu Zhichang sighed and said, "I understand."

He knew in his heart that Luoyang and other aristocratic families, represented by Yuan Kui, were determined to do what they wanted to do, and no one would be able to stop them.

……

A few days later, Liu Jian, who was resting with Zheng Ci in the posthouse, received a handwritten letter from Lu Zhi.

At that time, Liu Jian had just finished feeding Zheng Ci the medicine.

After he roughly glanced at the content of Lu Zhi's letter, his face sank instantly.

Zheng Ci seemed to see something was wrong.

"Husband, what happened?"

Liu Jian came to his senses and said with a smile, "It's nothing serious, it's just that someone in Luoyang City wants to take advantage of your husband."

"Use?" Zheng Ci was quite surprised when he heard the words: "How to use? Who?"

"Hehe, it's okay, you don't need to worry about it. Some people in this world think that they are high and powerful, and they come when they open their hands, and they go away when they wave their hands. They think that everyone in the world is his pawn... But he doesn't know that some pawns are as important as Wanjun, but it is beyond his control."

(End of this chapter)