Ninefold above

Chapter 64
Two days later, turn to December.

There have been constant turmoil in recent days in the court. First, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice presented dictionaries, and the winter disasters continued in the bitter cold north. Then there was a large-scale bandit riot in Subei, which disturbed the people. The officials sent by the court to suppress the bandits just arrived. Unaccustomed to the water and soil, vomiting and diarrhea continued, and became the laughing stock of colleagues for a while.

For several days in a row, the emperor's brows were not stretched.

Lu Chengfeng entered the court today, standing at the end of the line on the right, with a calm expression on his face.

"Who wants to go to Changcheng for disaster relief?"

Everyone is playing small Jiujiu in their hearts, you look at me and I look at you, exchanging looks with each other.

The emperor laughed back angrily, and glanced at all the ministers: "Don't you want to go?"

Changcheng is located at the junction of Suidong and Nanling. The climate is complicated and it is close to the sea. As soon as winter comes, it snows heavily. The farmhouses are crushed and many pigs, cattle, horses and sheep are killed. Barely get by in the house.

"What did the Ministry of Industry say?"

Cui Cong came out of the queue in a hurry: "Go back to the emperor, I am willing to go."

Qin Zhiheng was a little displeased: "The Ministry of Industry has been so busy these days that you, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, have to do everything yourself. What's the use of supporting others?"

Cui Cong nodded and waited quietly for Sheng Ting.

No wonder everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the main reason is that the matter in Changcheng is quite difficult, and the environment is extremely harsh, no one wants to travel thousands of miles to suffer, and the New Year is coming soon, so come and go, don’t even be able to catch up with the New Year’s Eve dinner at home trip.

Go away early.

Lu Chengfeng lagged behind and gave way, letting the ministers go first, followed by deliberately waiting for Hu Rong: "Sir."

Hu Rong nodded, and the two of them walked out slowly: "Can you guess why you were sent to court today?"

Lu Chengfeng smiled lightly: "It's impossible for me to go to Suidongchang City for disaster relief."

Hu Rong walked around with his hands behind his hands: "That's not enough, the emperor has already chosen someone."

Lu Chengfeng guessed, but didn't know who it was, and said, "Who does the emperor want to send?"

"Wu Jinchang."

"A doctor from Hubu?" Lu Chengfeng frowned: "Wu Jinchang went to Changzhou, this trip is not enough."

Wu Jinchang was a Jinshi admitted from a poor family. He had no support and no power. He had been an official for more than ten years.

This man is very famous, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth. He is clearly a Beijing official but he looks like a master. Sending him to relieve disasters is like sending a child to be a teacher.

"That's enough, so I should also send an official who is above him."

Lu Chengfeng thought for a while, then looked at Hu Rong with some surprise: "Are you talking about Cheng Yi?"

Lu Chengfeng paused, and said, "The emperor wants to bring up Cheng Yi?"

Hu Rongben admired Tan Chengyi very much, and he had some friendship with his father, so since he came to Beijing, although he didn't take good care of him, he still favored him a little, and even deliberately matched him with Lu ride the wind.

"Before there was a flood in the suburbs of Yanjing, he handled his errands beautifully. I'm afraid the emperor has considered this. Do you still remember what I told you about the emperor and Xie Yunqian breaking up unhappy?"

Lu Chengfeng nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Could it be related to Tan Chengyi?"

Lu Chengfeng just guessed casually, but Hu Rong nodded: "It has something to do with him."

Lu Chengfeng's eyes flickered slightly, he didn't know what to think of, and froze in place.

Hu Rong stopped after taking two steps, seeing her expression changed, he said, "Chengfeng?"

Lu Chengfeng's face changed, and he raised his head slowly after a while, his eyes were so clear: "Do you know that Tan Chengyi once proposed marriage to me?"

Hu Rong frowned so much that he could almost pinch a mosquito to death: "There is such a thing? When?"

"Just before Xie Yunqian had a dispute with the emperor."

Hu Rong understood almost instantly, his eyes were heavy, and his expression changed a few times: "So that's how it is..."

"Tan Chengyi is the new emperor's man!"

Lu Chengfeng thought about it and said, "This move is too deep."

When the late emperor was around, Tan Chengyi was a man who was once a prodigy. He was supposed to have a bright future, but he was willing to hide his strength and bide his time in the Imperial Academy for five years. Finally, he took the lead and was reused. Now he is moving forward bit by bit. It is estimated that he will die soon. Famous in Yanjing City, how many people in this world can match this kind of forbearance, this kind of thought?

What scares Lu Chengfeng the most is his insight. Until now, Lu Chengfeng didn't understand why Tan Chengyi proposed marriage to her.

The so-called admiration is just an excuse.Since he is a new emperor faction, if the emperor wants to deal with the Xie family, I'm afraid he already knew about it and got involved in it.

Lu Chengfeng thought about Fan Jie, thought for a while, and said, "Before, in the Nanling disaster bank case, Xie Yunqian fell into trouble. The emperor secretly ordered him to let him go. He thought it would be safe, but he didn't expect the Chen family to reverse the confession in the end. Talking about Cheng Yi's decision." Did he know something, or... Fan Jie said something to him, so that he showed his affection to me inexplicably later. Although I was vigilant, I really suspected that it was because of Subei's early years. It turned out to be like this."

Lu Chengfeng looked into the distance: "Tan Chengyi knows that I have contributed to Xie Yunqian's matter. Although he doesn't know why I have held the Fan family's hand, he can restrain a second-rank official in Yanjing, so that he does not dare to act casually." Reckless, and this person is Fan Jie, who is good at dancing and has a slick face, he must be shocked by this incident. He helped me at Fan Shiyuan's daughter's banquet, and he saw that I was too vigilant to get close, so he used you to get close to me. If I marry the Tan family, in the future the court or the emperor will deal with the Xie family, I have to stand by the Tan family's side no matter what."

Lu Chengfeng's eyes were bright: "He almost succeeded."

If Xie Jiuxiao hadn't come in the rain that night, hadn't said that and done that, she would have really nodded the next day.

Zhuo San was waiting at the gate of the palace, when the master and servant met again in the past, Zhuo San only respectfully greeted him from a distance, but did not come forward.

Hu Rong's eyes were deep, he was silent for a while, and sighed: "It's so, I misjudged the person."

Lu Chengfeng said: "What do you mean by misjudgment? It's just that each of them has their own plans."

The two stayed for too long, but they couldn't avoid other people's suspicions. Halfway through the conversation, Lu Chengfeng saluted and said goodbye.

She also guessed what Hu Rong hadn't finished saying, the emperor specially announced her morning court today, just to let her hear about the recent situation in Subei, the emperor never gave up on this idea.

On the second day, the imperial court sent Tan Chengyi to accompany Wu Jinchang to Changcheng.

Just after noon, Lu Chengfeng came back from the command post, changed his official robes and had lunch, Qing Feng came back.

He entered with the brochure in his hand: "Master, brochure."

Lu Chengfeng took it and said, "Does anyone else have any questions?"

Qingfeng said: "I was holding the badge of Jinyiwei, and the people from the Lefang Division didn't dare to ask a word, they just asked me to return the booklet intact after reading it."

Lu Chengfeng flipped through it.

Qing Feng said: "Master, is this really useful?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "It's useful."

Lu Chengfeng was almost certain that the Ji Li that Xie Jiuxiao was talking about was the same person as the Ji Li who asked Fu Dan to approach Fan Shizhou to inquire about Fan's family account books. How could a man in white get involved in official affairs for no reason? It won't be the Xie family.

Since this person is Xie Jiuxiao's husband, this is a scourge. It is necessary to find out the details before others are aware of it, and it is possible to spy out the person behind Ji Li from this.

And the only clue is in Le Fang Division.

At the beginning, Vo Dan once said that the origin of her obedience to Ji Li was set up by a woman who was out of the Le Fang Division. Then find out this woman, can I know something?

(End of this chapter)