After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Those supporters of the Lu family insisted that Lu Dingchang received news that there were rebels in the city and stormed the palace. In desperation, he took the risk to lead troops into the city when the troop deployment order was not in compliance with the regulations. He was right The emperor was extremely loyal. Although his actions were somewhat imprudent, his loyalty was commendable and he did not cause any trouble. Not only should he not be punished, but he should be rewarded.

The loyal people headed by Wei Xuanzheng, the left minister of the Ministry of War, insisted that the rules were the rules. If anyone could just fabricate a reason and break the rules on the grounds of "emergency" and "loyalty", then the capital would be completely in chaos.

The two parties couldn't argue, and Lu Tong was impatient to continue bickering with Wei Xuanzheng and others, so he threatened the emperor with his eyes to stand on their side.

Although the emperor did not dare to speak out in support of Wei Xuanzheng, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and others, he withstood the pressure from Lu Tong and never spoke out in support of the Lu family.

However, in the end, the thin arms of Wei Xuanzheng and others still failed to twist the thick thighs of the Lu family. Lu Tong found the Empress Dowager Da Lu, who took the decision and fined Lu Dingchang one year's salary and reduced him by one. With a senior official rank, this matter is considered a thing of the past.

Lu Dingchang was not a member of the Qingliu family, and he did not expect to live on his salary. Although his official rank was lowered by one level, he still held the position of former Army Commander of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion firmly in his hands, and he had real power. In fact, he has nothing to lose.

After a year and a half, the limelight of this matter has passed, and the Lu family will find another opportunity to help him get his official rank back. It can be said that Lu Dingchang has not paid any price for his actions.

The old minister obviously understood the secret. He was filled with grief and anger. He pointed at Lu Tong and scolded him for confusing right and wrong, disregarding the law, forming cliques for personal gain and disrupting the government, his ambitions being revealed, and being a traitor to deceiving the emperor. He also cried bitterly and declared that Daqi Sooner or later it will be destroyed by the Lu family.

Lu Tong's face turned black as black as ink after being scolded by him, and he ordered the guard guarding the door to pull him down.

After hearing this, the guards immediately rushed into the Jinluan Palace with ferocious faces to catch Wei Shilang.

When Wei Shilang saw this, he became more and more sad and angry. He cursed Lu Tong, "You are a traitor who has brought disaster to the country! You, the palace guard, can use your arms and fingers like your own hands. You are so bold and unconcealed. You are not afraid of the words and writings of the wise people in the world!" "

The guards came up to tear Wei Shilang apart, and Yang Zhengde and others rushed over to protect the old minister.

The guards had a fierce look on their faces. They put their right hands on the hilts of the swords at their waists and glanced at Lu Tong, as if they were waiting for Lu Tong's order.

The emperor could no longer pretend to be mute. He stood up and shouted, "Stop! Stop it!"

Unfortunately, no one listened to him.

In order to warn him (his behavior of ignoring Lu Tong's hint just made Lu Tong very dissatisfied), Lu Tong directly said, "Drag him out!"

The guards were indeed obedient. They ignored the emperor and reached out to drag Yang Zhengde and others away to drag Wei Shilang away.

Wei Shilang burst into tears. He knelt down tremblingly, kowtowed to the emperor while crying, and then shouted, "I will die for humiliating you! Lu Tong, I will risk my life today to let the world see clearly." Your true identity as a traitor and traitor will make you ruined and infamy for eternity."

After saying this, the old servant turned around and without hesitation hit his head against the pillar.

Yang Zhengde and others were unable to stop him, and the old servant's head was covered with blood. He quickly died under their grief-stricken gaze.

There was a cry of sorrow in the Jinluan Palace. Yang Zhengde and others surrounded the old minister, crying and glaring at the officials of the Lu family with resentful eyes.

Lu Tong never expected that Wei Shilang would be so violent. He felt a thump in his heart and thought to himself that something was wrong.

He is not afraid of what the emperor or Yang Zhengde and others will do to him, but as the old minister said, once today's incident is spread, his reputation will be completely ruined. He aspires to be in the 95th position, and reputation is still very important to him.

But he can't shut everyone's mouths. He doesn't have the ability to cover up the sky with one hand and pretend that a deer is a horse.

The angry Lu Tong vented his anger on the old minister. He shooed away the guards, turned around with a gloomy face, and spoke to the emperor in a threatening tone, "Servant Wei lost his etiquette in front of the emperor and collided with the emperor. Even though he is dead. , His crime is unforgivable, why not let someone take off his official hat and throw his body out of the palace."

The emperor, Yang Zhengde and others firmly opposed it.

The emperor said it more tactfully, "The deceased is dead, Mr. Lu should not get angry with Mr. Wei anymore."

Yang Zhengde's words were much sharper, "Wei Shilang is gone, so you still want to slander his reputation? You're dreaming! Unless you kill me too, I will never let you confuse right and wrong at will!" "

Lu Tong's face was sinister and cruel. He thought to himself, did he not want to kill Yang Zhengde, who had always been in his way? He just didn't make it!

Long before Yu Zizhen came to Beijing, he had already done tricks on Yang Zhengde several times, but this old guy has always been very slippery.

The only time he spent a lot of money and sent dead soldiers to assassinate Yang Zhengde regardless of the cost, but the information sent back by the informant was wrong. The person sitting in the carriage was not Yang Zhengde at all, but Yang Zhengde's son.

Although he was very happy and happy to be able to kill Yang Zhengde's son, Yang Zhengde's son's death has obviously become more difficult than before. Since then, this old guy has even become more capable of causing trouble for him. One floor up.

Just as he was secretly feeling cruel, he heard Fan Ting also joining in, "Master Lu, the deceased is the greatest, so please don't embarrass Minister Wei anymore."

Lu Tong had a heart attack. He glared at Fan Ting fiercely, thinking that there was this old man named Fan, and he had long wanted to give him a knife and send him to his death.

The three of them were in a stalemate for a moment. Lu Tong saw that Yang Zhengde was indeed willing to fight him to the death, and to preserve Wei Shilang's posthumous reputation. In desperation, he could only choose to take a step back.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Yang Zhengde, but that in his opinion, a mere minister of Wei was not worthy of him completely falling out with Yang Zhengde without being ready to usurp the throne.

He didn't want to have a fight with Yang Zhengde, so in the end, Yang Zhengde was able to personally send Wei Shilang's body back to the Wei family for funeral.

The emperor, who had witnessed the death of a loyal minister, was in a bad mood. He was distracted and returned to the palace. Then he dismissed the palace guests and went to the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin alone.

Xiao Yuanjin bowed his hands and greeted the emperor.

The emperor waved his hands feebly. He sat across from Xiao Yuanjin and apologized to his son dejectedly, "Father, I'm sorry for you."

Xiao Yuanjin:? ? ?

This surprise was no small matter, and the expression on Xiao Yuanjin's face immediately became serious. He asked the emperor, "Father, did something happen in the morning that embarrassed you?"