Mingshi

Chapter 1057 Tracking
The two had just had a drink when they heard a light knock on the door.Luo Xin put down his wine glass and said softly:
"coming!"

King Yu also hastily straightened his chest, making a majestic appearance.Luo Xin looked funny, got up and came to the door, opened the door, and saw Lu Daqing standing outside, behind him stood a man in ordinary clothes and a bamboo hat.Seeing Luo Xin come out, he said softly:

"Lord Luo, I'm coming!"

"come in!"

Luo Xin said softly, then moved away, the man walked in, Luo Xin told Lu Daqing to keep watch outside, and then gently closed the door.

The man in the room took off his bamboo hat, knelt down in front of King Yu with a plop, and said:

"Sir, Liu Shouyou pays his respects to His Highness."

King Yu stood up gracefully, took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to support Liu Shouyou's shoulder, and said cordially:

"General Liu, please get up."

"Write Your Highness!"

Liu Shouyou stood up, and saluted Luo Xin again: "I've met Mr. Luo."

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite between us, we are all assisting His Royal Highness King Yu."

King Yu was even more happy when he heard this.He waved his hand and said, "Master Luo, General Liu, sit down and eat while talking."

Luo Xin and Liu Shouyou took their seats after thanking them.Having already prepared bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses for Liu Shouyou, Luo Xin poured wine for the three of them and said with a smile:
"Come on, let's have a drink."

"I respect Your Highness." Liu Shouyou hastily raised his wine glass.

All three of them drank in one gulp.Then there was a conversation between King Yu and Liu Shouyou. King Yu showed great kindness, Liu Shouyou also showed great loyalty, and the monarch and his ministers enjoyed each other.Luo Xin just sat on the side, not disturbing them, and watched with a smile.After talking like this for about two quarters of an hour, Liu Shouyou suddenly closed his mouth, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Seeing the embarrassment on Liu Shouyou's face, King Yu smiled kindly: "General Liu, if you have anything to say, talk to Gu, as long as Gu can solve it, I will solve it for you."

"No!" Liu Shouyou said hesitantly: "It's just that I got some news, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Say!" Yu Wang said simply.

"Yes!" Liu Shouyou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with a trace of nervousness on his face, "Your Highness, I have received a message that Mr. Xu Ge invited Yuan Wei to a banquet tonight."

"What?" King Yu didn't pay attention at first, but when he heard Liu Shouyou's words, he almost jumped up: "What did you say?"

"The minister said, Elder Xu Ge invited Yuan Wei to a banquet tonight!"

"Master Xu invited Yuan Wei to the banquet?" King Yu asked in disbelief.

"Yes!"

"General Liu!" Luo Xin interrupted with a serious face, "This is not a joke, are you sure?"

"I'm sure!" Liu Shouyou nodded seriously.

King Yu's face suddenly became ugly, and he muttered to himself: "Master Xu is Gu's teacher, and Yuan Wei is the first teacher of the fourth brother. What does it mean that Master Xu invited Yuan Wei to the banquet?"

Luo Xin and Liu Shouyou looked at each other without saying a word.The original joyful atmosphere in the study was gone, and it became dignified.After a while, Yu Wang asked in a condensed voice:

"Mr. Xu Ge only invited Yuan Wei to the banquet alone?"

"This... I don't know."

"Are you really sure?"

"I'm sure!"

"I don't believe it!"

King Yu suddenly slapped the table and stood up, walking back and forth in the study, his heart was full of a sense of failure at this moment.Just now I was full of confidence, I had Xu Jie and Gao Gong outside, and now I heard that Xu Jie invited King Jing's teacher to dinner.

Xu Jie What does this mean?
Do you want to betray yourself?
What did you do to apologize to him?

King Yu thought about it, and felt even more angry. Isn't it because he was not invited into the mansion yesterday?

I also asked him if he was okay!

If there is something wrong, can I not invite him into the mansion?

You voted for King Jing just for such a trivial matter?
Do not!
I do not believe!

King Yu couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it. Seeing the struggling look on King Yu's face, Luo Xin sighed softly.

He and Xu Jie had a grudge, but he didn't want to let Xu Jie switch to King Jing at this time, which would be a heavy blow to King Yu's camp.

Regardless of Xu Jie's status in King Yu's heart, don't forget that Xu Jie is the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet.With this status and position, sitting there and doing nothing will attract a large number of people who support King Yu.

However, if Xu Jie switches to King Jing, he will lead a large number of people to leave King Yu's camp.And Yu Wang's reputation will also be hit hard.

His own teacher, the chief minister of the cabinet, can't keep it. Is King Yu worthy of support?
I'm afraid King Yu's camp will be shaken immediately.

However, Luo Xin couldn't pretend that this incident didn't happen.Xu Jie's switch to Jingwang was a blow to Yuwang, but if Xu Jie switched to Jingwang, Yuwang didn't know it and still trusted Xu Jie, this is the most dangerous thing.Therefore, King Yu must be made aware of the seriousness of this matter.So Luo Xin said softly:
"Your Highness, it's very simple to know whether Xu Jie invited Yuan Wei to dinner or whether he only invited Yuan Wei to dinner."

"How to do it?" King Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at King Yu.

"Your Highness and the minister changed into casual clothes, took a carriage and went out from the minister's back door, and just watched from a short distance in front of Xu Jie's gate."

King Yu thought for a while and nodded. The place where Xu Jie lived was actually on the same street as Luo Xin's Mansion. This street was full of courtiers and there were no taverns at all.Therefore, if you want to monitor Xu Jie, you must ride a carriage.

Having made a decision, although King Yu was very irritable, he still sat down and drank absent-mindedly with Luo Xin and Liu Shouyou.After eating, Liu Shouyou took his leave and left, while Luo Xin and King Yu sat opposite each other and drank tea.

Until [-] o'clock in the evening, Luo Xin and Yu Wang both changed into casual clothes, and walked in a carriage from the back door. One of Luo Xin's servants also changed his disguise and wore a bamboo hat, and drove the carriage towards Xu Jie's mansion. go.

When the gate of Xu Mansion could be seen from a distance, the groom slowed down the speed of the carriage to the minimum, and the carriage walked forward unsteadily.Luo Xin and Yu Wang were sitting in the carriage sullenly.The carriage wobbled past the gate of Xu Mansion, and after traveling about a hundred meters, it stopped under a big tree.The coachman jumped off the shaft, squatted in front of the wheel, and pretended to be repairing the car.He just looked at the gate of Xu Mansion from time to time.

About a quarter of an hour later, Luo Xin and Yu Wang, who were sitting in the carriage, heard the driver outside whisper:

"Your Highness, my lord, Yuan Wei is here."

King Yu and Luo's confidence was lifted, they opened the window of the carriage a crack, and looked towards the front of Xu's mansion.At this time, Yuan Wei had come out of the sedan chair, and was talking politely to Xu Jie who came out to meet him. Xu Jie also had a happy face, and entered the gate of the mansion with Yuan Wei's arms.

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