Demolition

Ji Chuan did not answer his doubts, because his servants reported that General Ren had returned.

Ren Yuan is a very important person, when he heard that he was back, Lu Chen naturally got up from the bed and went to the door, but he found a big acquaintance for himself.

"Ye Ji!"

"A Chen?"

Neither of them expected to meet each other in this place, and they were all taken aback.Lu Chen did not expect that Ye Ji did not return to the capital after his farewell in Ganzhou, but came to Anqing Mansion. Ye Ji obviously did not expect to see Lu Chen here who was supposed to deal with the crow problem in the Northland.

"How will you be here?"

"I was delayed on the road, so I was two steps behind. What about you?"

"The emperor sent someone to look at the border guards, and I volunteered to come here when I have nothing to do."

It was only then that Lu Chen remembered about Ren Yuan, and told Ye Ji that we would talk later, and turned to Ren Yuan.

"General Ren, my subordinate is Lu Chen, the governor of Yangyue City, who was ordered to go north to deal with the crow problem."

"Hello, Mr. Lu."

"It is reasonable to say that this incident is suspected of violating his post, but I dare to ask why General Ren took away more than half of the army during the patrol? And I heard that General Ren only patrolled once half a month ago, why did he go on patrol without permission? Do you know why? What kind of predicament did Anqing Mansion fall into last night due to your negligence?"

Before Ren Yuan could answer, Ye Ji spoke first.

"I already know about this. Is it my fault? I arrived suddenly and the time was urgent, so I asked General Ren to adjust the time of the patrol, and the emperor had some other orders, so he took away a large number of people. I didn't either Thinking that this kind of thing would happen, we rushed back immediately after receiving your report, and didn't even sleep. This really cannot be blamed on General Ren."

Ye Ji took all the responsibilities, and Lu Chen didn't have much to say. He couldn't blame the emperor for not sending people early or late, but he sent people when there were crows.He observed Ren Yuan's expression, and found that the other party's face was calm, and he didn't show any displeasure because of Lu Chen's questioning. He nodded his head because he was very similar to the rumored character.

Ye Ji hurriedly asked

"How are the casualties?"

Lu Chen shook his head, "There were no civilian casualties, only a few soldiers were injured?"

"What!" Ye Ji was taken aback, and felt that he had overreacted, scratching his head, "As expected of Ah Chen, he took down 3000 crows with [-] people! The loss is so small! I must say hello to Master Ying! I commend you!"

Lu Chen smiled wryly

"It's not my fault, it's the crows that have a problem."

"Oh? What's the problem?"

"They seem to have been summoned."

"Summon? Who summoned them?"

Lu Chen looked back at Ji Chuan who was sitting behind him without saying a word. Ye Ji realized that there was an acquaintance here, and hurriedly said

"Isn't this Brother Shen? Why are you here?"

"I am the young master's servant, so naturally I will be there wherever the young master is." He handed Lu Chen a box while talking.After Lu Chen took it, he showed the contents to Ye Ji and Ren Yuan.

"I found this in the city, do you know what it is?"

Ye Ji shook his head blankly, Ren Yuan observed it and said

"This is the inner alchemy of the crow."

"Oh! That's right, that's the crow's inner alchemy! What's wrong?" Ye Jiyi remembered after being reminded.

"I suspect that's what caused the crows to come."

"Huh? Does the inner alchemy still have this effect?"

"This is not an ordinary inner alchemy. It is synthesized with the inner alchemy of many crows. It is fully capable of summoning a large number of crows."

Ye Ji was amazed, and Ren Yuan also said

"This matter is a bit strange. It is unheard of for an official to summon a crow using the inner alchemy."

"Something you haven't heard of doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Ji Chuan said aside, Ren Yuan looked over, but didn't refute

"This subordinate is indeed short-sighted, please be aware of it, sir."

"It must be investigated, but Master Ren, I need your help with one thing."

"Sir, please speak."

"I want a list of all the crow demolishers registered in Anqing Mansion."

The man who dismantled the crows was under the management of Yinxiaolou, and the owner of Yinxiaolou is Ying Yuanzhi, so all the lists are in the hands of the local garrison. Ren Yuan had no nonsense and immediately ordered the people below to bring them

"Achen, why do you want this list?"

"I suspect there are moles among these people."

"What? How is this possible?"

"The advance team sent by the prefect of Anqing was ambushed, causing the news to lag behind. If I hadn't caused a catastrophe early on, and last night when we were hunting crows together, someone sneaked up on me."

"Ambush you! Are you injured?"

"Fortunately, there is no serious problem." Lu Chen comforted Ye Ji, and then said, "If you have the opportunity to get access to the information about the crow's attack, and have the opportunity to place the inner alchemy in the city, and at the same time want to get rid of me who is in the way, Only the crow-removing man from Anqing Mansion is left, and this man is most likely sent by the north to spy on information."

Lu Chen told Ye Ji what happened last night in detail, and General Ren over there also brought the roster.Lu Chen was not busy after taking it

"General Ren has worked hard on the patrol, and some losses last night have to be dealt with by General Ren."

"This is the duty of a subordinate official, you don't have to be polite." After finishing speaking, he retreated politely, and Ye Ji also yawned.

"Achen, I've been running all night and I'm very tired, so I'll have to rely on you for the rest."

Lu Chen nodded, and after Ye Ji left, only Ji Chuan was left in the room.

Seeing Lu Chen's serious face, Ji Chuan couldn't help asking

"Does the young master have any clues?"

Lu Chen shook his head. He suddenly thought of something, but he didn't fully understand it so he couldn't say it.Instead of looking through the roster, he asked about Ji Chuan

"What do you think of the contents of that book?"

"You can see it whatever you want, young master, why bother to ask my opinion?" Ji Chuan looked indifferent, Lu Chen frowned

"You asked me to tell you the content, and you must let me know why?"

"Hey. If a book is placed in front of you, and it is written about where do people come from, don't you want to read it?"

"How do you know what's written in a book if you've never seen what's inside?"

"That Mr. Cang told me."

Lu Chen pursed his lips, it was Mr. Cang again.

"It's not that I don't believe the content in the book, but there are too many versions of the legend about where the crow's phantom power comes from. It was originally a long time ago. It is difficult to argue whether it is true or not. According to the content in the book, it is too Yixuanmen was destroyed because they stood on the side of the crows. But if so, where did the crows that exist now come from? The Yin Xiao Tower was established after the separation of the North and the South, so there is no reason for it to appear before that The mark of Yin Xiao Tower?"

Ji Chuan did not respond to his question, but instead said

"Young Master, what's wrong with this General Ren?"

Lu Chen was dumbfounded, Ji Chuan's eyes were indeed vicious, he said slowly

"I just thought of who was included in General Ren's request for the seal back then."

Deng Lun won the battle, and the emperor naturally rewarded him heavily, but the court can't do things so straightforwardly, the emperor is afraid that the people below will be arrogant and indulgent, and the general can't directly ask for rewards because the emperor is suspicious of his great achievements, so there are usually a few An official thought about Shang's intentions, handed the emperor a ladder, praised the meritorious officials, and the emperor rewarded them again.Ren Yuan's promotion was naturally mentioned in a book.So who mentioned this crop?

This kind of job is the most flattering, and everyone is willing to compete for it, but Lu Chen suddenly remembered that there was one person who got the paper back then, and it stands to reason that this kind of thing couldn't be done with him, so he followed suit and wrote it. I just happened to have seen it before.

Who is in Ying Yuanzhi's camp? This is actually the most confusing thing for Lu Chen.After he left the Third Prince's Mansion, he could avoid contact with information about it, so the movement of the personnel was not as clear as others.Just one thing, since the emperor dared to let Ying Yuanzhi take care of the army, he didn't dare to get too close to the courtiers.

Emperor Ying's arrangement is actually very ingenious. The older one of the two princes has a famous mother family. Ying Yuanzhi's mother's surname is Meng, which is a common surname. indivual.The so-called teacher for one day and father for life, the advantage of having peaches and plums all over the world is that half of the officials in the court may have been taught by the Meng family.

This is an indescribable force. The teacher's teaching, from the principles of life and the principles of life to the thoughts of the government and government, are all subtly reflected in the students. These students enter the officialdom to manage the country and assist the emperor. This is also the way, that is, It is said that they are consistent with Ying Yuanzhi in thought.In fact, the emperor is not without scruples, but a civil servant is in charge of the army. This is his greatest defense against the third prince and the Meng family.It is hard for a scholar to explain why he met soldiers. No amount of support would be in vain in front of the army. At the same time, those pens dare not write scribbles for fear of hurting their own family members if they are not careful.It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

And the sixth prince wins because his mother is favored.The sixth prince's mother is the current imperial concubine, and her status is a bit inferior, but the emperor likes it, not to mention anything else, just because the imperial concubine is still the only person to accompany the driver, this favor is enough to make her son attract most gaze.Not to mention that besides the third prince for so many years, the fact that he was the only prince alive proved that the concubine's methods should not be underestimated.Lu Chen didn't have much contact with the Sixth Prince, but the word "Corporal Li Xian" did a good job, and the civil servants haven't been able to pick out a few mistakes for so many years, so they must be capable enough.

Smart, capable and favored, this kind of brother should be damned no matter how you look at it.

Lu Chen looked pensive, but Ji Chuan didn't ask General Ren what the problem was. He took the roster and began to check it one by one.Lu Chen also put aside the thoughts in his heart, and followed him to find out the origins of those crow breakers.If it is really found out that the Anqing Mansion has infiltrated the crow demolishers from the north, then this will be a major event. Fortunately, Ye Ji is here, and there is a person sent by the emperor. If anything happens, there is no need to be unknown.

"There are a total of 28 crow crackers on the list. Two of the ones sent out before died, and there were 26 left last night." Lu Chen secretly observed Ji Chuan's expression. When he said that two crow crackers died Changed, sighed and continued, "I had some contact with these people last night, Yinxiao Building has its own way of doing things, I haven't seen any of them, and they are not familiar with the place, and the background of these people is also very clean. "

Ji Chuan asked:

"Young master, have you ever seen the two crow crackers who were killed?"

Lu Chen shook his head and explained the ins and outs to him. The corpses of that group of people probably could not be found.

Ji Chuan drew a roster of three people from it

"Check out these three people."

Lu Chen looked at it, but didn't understand the doorway. Ji Chuan pointed to the time when they entered Anqing Mansion and said:

"This is the year when your father found Mo Cong, handed over his crows, and went to Anqing Mansion for the last time."