According to the situation of the country

Lin Xuan looked at Jiang Lingyue's frown, and patted Jiang Lingyue's shoulder, "Don't worry, let's talk about it after we find out the ins and outs of the matter."

"Second brother is right, the vision must have a different cause, so let's go to Jifu tonight to find out the truth." Jiang Lingyue must look at Lin Xuan with firm eyes, "No matter what, Lingyue will always stand On the second brother's side."

"We are all courtiers of the emperor's brother, and these words are a bit outrageous. It doesn't matter what you say to the second brother. If a villain who wants to take advantage of you listens to it, it will cause trouble." Lin Xuan patted his head, Jiang Lingyue's head.Lin Xuan also knew that Jiang Lingyue was sincere for him, and that what the emperors of all dynasties feared the most was forming a clique, and the number of princes who have been suspected of cutting their vassals over the past dynasties is countless.Although he is a holy family member and has a good relationship with the emperor, the reason may be that he has never had any confrontation with Lin Jin, and he has always followed Lin Jin's arrangements.

"Second brother, don't worry, I know it well, you remember what I said today." Jiang Lingyue faintly felt that after returning to Beijing, many forces still couldn't see the whole picture. I'm going to lose my head.

Lin Xuan didn't speak, there was a silence in the bumping carriage...

The night was dark and the stars were sparse, and there was no abnormality in front of the gate of the Ji Mansion. Two black shadows moved quickly and climbed in from the north wall of the Ji Mansion.

These two people were very skilled, they landed silently, and soon sneaked into the interior of Jifu.It was already late at night, and apart from the servants who were watching the night, the courtyard of the Ji Mansion seemed extremely deserted.

"Second Brother, the Ji Mansion looks...very calm." Jiang Lingyue lowered her voice.

"After reading Taifu Ji, I didn't know that the emperor was going to pass the Ji mansion tonight. When we set off in the carriage, the emperor should have just left the palace. Counting the time, he should be there soon. Tonight, the emperor left the palace in plain clothes and only brought three A guard in golden armor. If we want to hear their conversation, we have to take risks." Lin Xuan said calmly.

"The golden armor guards are all first-class masters, second brother, do you have a clever plan?"

"You'll find out later. Let's keep going inside..."

In the shadow of a rockery in Ji's mansion, Lin Xuan and Jiang Lingyue stared closely at the room ten feet away. From this angle, the figure in the room fell on the window paper, and this room was Ji Muzhi's study.On the small road opposite the study, a lamp was getting closer and closer to Lin Xuan and the others.

"It's the housekeeper of the Ji Mansion." Lin Xuan stared at the front and whispered.

A Fu, the steward of the quarter's mansion, hurried to the study.

"Look, the emperor has come." Jiang Lingyue lowered her voice and whispered.

"Hmm..." Lin Xuan responded, and the two of them stopped talking.

"Dong dong dong—" the housekeeper knocked on the door, and called twice respectfully: "Master, master—"

"What's the matter?" Ji Muzhi's tired voice came from the room.

"There are distinguished guests visiting."

Then there was a "squeak—" the door opened, and soon Ji Muzhi followed the butler and walked towards the gate of Jifu.

"Quick—" Lin Xuan hurriedly waved at Jiang Lingyue, and the two of them entered Ji Muzhi's study room as light as swallows.

After a while, Lin Xuan flashed out of Ji Muzhi's study, but Jiang Lingyue did not follow behind him.Lin Xuan was dressed in nocturnal clothing, and quickly blended into the night, disappearing in the distance of Jifu.

"Your Majesty, please—" Ji Muzhi pushed open the door of the study and led Lin Jin to his study, followed by two tall guards behind Lin Jin.

Lin Jin raised his legs and entered the room, looking around for the layout of the study.The study is divided into an outer hall and an inner hall by the pavilion. On the pavilion, there are some rare treasures, most of which are collections of the Ji family in the past dynasties. The middle hall and couplets are hung in the middle hall of the outer hall, and there is a big Eight Immortals table, facing Behind the door are several cases and official hat chairs.The inner hall has the largest collection of books, a desk carved from nanmu wood, and inkstones with Zhan Mo's brushes on it, apparently as if the master had just left.The furnishings of the study are clean and refreshing, everything is in sight, and there is nothing to hide from all the displayed objects.

"You guys stay on guard outside."

"Nuo—" the golden armored guard glanced around, saw nothing unusual and pushed down.

Lin Jin was no stranger to the study, so he walked towards the inner hall.

"Teacher, I haven't been here for a long time. It's as elegant as I remember. Taifu Ji is a veritable literati and a master of Confucianism." Lin Jin walked to the desk and picked up Ji Muzhi's unwritten book seemingly casually. After finishing the memorial, he casually glanced at it.

"It's all left by the ancestors of the Ji family, and the veterans just sit back and enjoy it." Ji Muzhi was not at all prepared for the emperor's sudden visit, but thinking about it, he could guess a thing or two about the purpose of the emperor's visit tonight.

"Teacher Ji, I won't play tricks with you. I'm looking for you tonight to disclose the case of Xin Ke." Lin Jin sat on the chair, leaning forward, looking at Ji Muzhi like a torch.

"The veteran has been busy with the imperial examination these two days, and knows very little about the case." After the leak of the imperial examination, in order not to cause panic and confusion among Confucian scholars, Ji Muzhi was ordered overnight to reorganize the imperial examination. went well.

"Teacher Ji is talking to me, so why bother to go round and round." Lin Jin was a little angry, and his voice was a little forced, "Although the Taifu has not participated in these years, you always know the whole story. I don't want to sacrifice Ji Rong Hou, Li Chengxian's remaining party is too powerful, and his party members are even stored in various state capitals. Since I became the throne, don't be jealous of him. This old fox has done all kinds of bad things——!" Lin Jin almost gritted his teeth, " Now the four kingdoms stand together, and the affairs of the world must be united for a long time, divided for a long time. What I want to do must first eradicate internal troubles!"

"Since the emperor has his own opinion, it will not help the matter if the old officials say more." Ji Muzhi felt a little heartbroken. The emperor has paid more and more attention to the results in recent years. If the emperor is like this, the country will inevitably suffer disaster.

"Hmph—you can tell me, what is wrong with me? Over the years, we first supported the Wang family, and then we drew a tie with Li Chengxian. Being in power is like a wave of ups and downs. I... can't wait—" Lin Jin slapped the table hard, causing the teacup on the desk to "buzz".

"Since the late emperor passed away, the emperor alone provoked the entire Jiangshang of the Zhao country. The old minister knew the difficulty in the emperor's heart. Why didn't the old minister want to help the emperor realize his grand plan and avenge the late emperor. Zhou people are greedy, cunning, and vicious, and sooner or later they will follow I can't bear it. But, Your Majesty—even if there are Li and Wang who have internal worries and do many bad things, how can a gentleman counteract evil with evil, and return conspiracy with conspiracy."

"Presumptuous——" Lin Jin's face flushed red, and he shouted angrily: "You... you, how dare you say that. I'm using his own way to exchange for his own body. Li Chengxian has so many followers, if He can move easily, why do I have to spend so much effort. If his henchmen don't have a handle to fall into my hands, they still don't know how to challenge me."

Ji Muzhi knelt down upright, clasped his fists and said: "In order to eliminate Li Chengxian, a generation of good ministers Ji Ronghou...Liu Fei, using her body as a bait, was imprisoned and became a target of public criticism. The imperial examinations for the past three years have become a trifling matter, and the emperor ignored it. The rules established by the ancestors of Jiangshang Sheji and the chaotic imperial examinations, aren't these costs enough?"

"Shut up—!" Lin Jin was so angry that he almost jumped up, "I'm an out-and-out fool in your mouth, right?"

"The old minister dare not, it is the minister's responsibility to speak up as the Taifu." Ji Muzhi stared straight at Lin Jin with straight eyes, like a flash of fire, making Lin Jin avoid it hastily.

The room was silent for a while... Ji Muzhi knelt on the ground quietly, like a sculpture... When the emperor proposed this imperial examination plan, he was strongly opposed by Ji Muzhi. You can mess around.In the following year, Liu Fei retired and did not ask about the affairs of the court, and he gradually forgot about it, thinking that the emperor was young and thought ill.As soon as the new subject leaked this time, Ji Muzhi immediately thought of that year.It's just that things have developed to the present, and Ji Muzhi never expected Liu Fei to use her body as a bait.

"Teacher, the most important thing now is not to find out right from wrong. Song Ruoming made a move, Dali Temple went to copy Li's mansion tonight, Li Cheng ran away first."

"What—?" Ji Muzhi couldn't believe it. He knew that the emperor had sent heavy troops to stare at Li's house for many days, but he still let Li Chengxian run away... now he didn't know what was going to happen.

Lin Xuan circled around here and returned to the study not far away. Sure enough, a guard in golden armor was hidden on the balcony opposite the study, condescending to have a panoramic view of everything around the study.The other two guards in golden armor occupy the opposite corners of the study room, each with two heads.A smile flitted across the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth, and he felt a little proud. Fortunately, he knew something about the golden armored guards, otherwise his actions would definitely be exposed.

Finally, the door of Taifu Ji's study room was opened again, and Lin Jin hurriedly left Ji's mansion with the guards. What surprised Lin Xuan was that Ji Muzhi didn't come out to send the emperor out of the mansion, but stayed in the study room, Lin Xuan was a little dumbfounded, Jiang Lingyue was still inside...

When Jiang Lingyue heard that the emperor had finally left, she was so nervous that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.This study with a simple layout has always had a third pair of ears. Jiang Lingyue is stuck under the Eight Immortals table, and her clothes are twice as soaked.Although this Eight Immortals table is quite big, it is really impossible for ordinary people to stick a person under the table without being discovered. Thanks to Jiang Lingyue's practice of shrinking bones back then, he was able to hide him.After nearly two hours of torture, Jiang Lingyue was already exhausted, and felt a pain in her heart: Isn't it?This season, the old man dared to challenge the emperor so much. I respect him as a man... Wouldn't he go to see the emperor off... Even if he didn't go to see the emperor off, why didn't he go to sleep in the middle of the night?Energetic, what kind of book are you starting to read again...Second brother, come and save me, if you don't come, I will be exposed...