Raising Wolves

The arrest of Wei Herong not only caused a sensation in Yanjing and the ruling and opposition parties.

The news quickly spread out, heading towards Mobei, Shuzhong, and King Jing.

The Wei Mansion, which was originally beautiful, was sealed, and all the servants in the mansion were imprisoned, pending review.

In addition, there was a well-covered carriage, which drove to the outskirts of the city in a low-key way that night, and knocked on the gate of Yunfeng Temple.

Lu Qing's behavior in entering the palace was no less than throwing himself into a trap. Under Ning Juan's eyes, after entering the palace, it was impossible for him to leave the palace and return to his residence.

Lu Qing guessed it when he entered the palace. He lay flat and didn't struggle. It's just that Wei Herong was captured today, and there are too many follow-up matters to be explained. Seeing Ning Juan coming and going in the study, he was sitting by the side wrapped in His Majesty's clothes Going up, how weird it looked, he got up and wanted to take off the robe that Ning Juan had wrapped around him: "I'm going to take a shower and change into clothes."

It was raining, and the clothes inside were wet and uncomfortable.

Ning Juan held him down without raising his eyelids, and said displeasedly, "Don't take it off, what if you catch a cold? I ordered the kitchen to cook the medicine, and the teacher will come and drink it later."

Lu Qing replied lazily. He didn't want to get sick, so he put on a mask and walked out wrapped in his clothes.

When he was about to reach the door, a young man's deep voice came from behind him: "Next time, if there is anything wrong with the teacher, you can tell me directly, and don't let yourself get hurt again."

He won't be happy.

Did the kid find out?

Lu Qing paused a little, without making a sound, and stepped out of the study.

Knowing that it is useless to enter the palace with an umbrella in the fine autumn rain, he still didn't ask someone to prepare a carriage.

Half intentional, half unintentional.

The last few words that Wei Herong whispered in his ear really made him think a lot.

Leaving the South Study Room, Lu Qing happened to bump into Mr. Feng Ge and others who came to see him.

When they saw him wrapped in Ning Juan's robe, they glanced up and down strangely, wondering, "Master Lu, you are..."

Lu Qing pursed his pale lips and coughed a few times: "It's raining a little, Your Majesty is worried that I'll catch a cold."

Feng Ge's seniors suddenly realized that Lord Lu's fragile body like glass was unknown to all the civil and military men in the court, so they quickly turned sideways to make way for him, fearing that he would catch the cold in the wind and fall ill again later.

Seeing that the Guards were about to be abolished, the next most powerful person in the court had faintly revealed his face.

His Majesty is also very concerned.

Whether it's real concern or fake concern, in short, don't offend Lu Qing right now.

Seeing that he had passed by, Lu Qing quickly slipped away.

When Lu Qing came back after washing off the chill, the night was already dark, and the officials gathered in the South Study Room also went down, leaving it temporarily empty.

Ning Juan held the pleading paper handed in by Zhang Zhengyao, which was drawn by Pan Jingmin.

Lu Qing took a look: "Pan Jingmin made a move this time?"

Ning Juan nodded: "It's recruited, not only Wei Herong, but also other people."

Imprisoned alone in the big prison, Pan Jingmin, who was squeezed sleeplessly by the growing doubts, finally couldn't hold on, and recruited not only Beijing officials, but also many local officials.

Zheng Yao had to lead people around to work again.

"Teacher, read this again." Ning Juan handed over a secret letter.

Lu Qing leaned against the table, glanced twice, and raised his eyebrows: "Someone surrendered so soon?"

It was a letter secretly submitted by members of the Guards.

In addition to exposing several accomplices, it also tells an old story, saying that Wei Herong once colluded with the Tatars, with evil intentions, and hope that His Majesty will severely punish this.

The meaning is very simple, I want to seal Wei Herong's mouth as soon as possible, lest he say anything.

After reading it, Lu Qing said flatly, "Impossible."

Ning Juan raised his eyebrows: "Teacher is so sure?"

"Even if Wei Herong seeks rebellion, he won't collude with foreigners."

Although the only in-depth conversation with Wei Herong was in the official department, before Wei Herong was about to be arrested, Lu Qing was extremely convinced of this: "Wei Mansion has been seized, Your Majesty You can send someone to search the Wei Mansion to find evidence. Wei Herong is indeed guilty, but he should not be charged with unnecessary crimes."

Seeing his serious expression, Ning Juan thought for a while, nodded and said: "The teacher is right, I will send someone to check carefully."

Lu Qing held up a cup of hot tea and warmed his slightly cold fingers: "Wei Herong was imprisoned, and the hearts of the guards almost collapsed. The first person who sent a secret letter appeared today, and tomorrow there will be a second one." Well, they have been used to being domineering all these years, none of them have clean hands, they are afraid of being liquidated by you, trapped animals will fight, and poor birds will peck at them, so be careful."

The warm yellow candlelight is bright, and outlines his face extraordinarily softly.

Ning Juan stared at him, nodded with a smile: "Yeah."

Lu Qing lowered his eyes and sipped his tea, as if he didn't notice his burning gaze, and said in a clear voice, "I heard that Fan Wei once worshiped Wei Herong as his adoptive father, but now Wei Herong is in prison, but he hasn't moved, so we need to pay special attention to it." Keep it, so as not to change."

Fan Wei also had to solve it.

After the rest of the guards are settled, not only will the court be rectified, but also the three major battalions will be rectified, the leaders of the three major battalions will be cleaned up, and the power will be regained.

Ning Juan is busy, so he can take advantage of this time to make some plans for himself.

That night, the South Study Room was still very lively.

The positions of Guozijian Jijiu and Minister of the Ministry of Officials were vacant, and Ning Juan didn't even think about it. They were all assigned to Lu Qingze, and he only said that he was a temporary replacement.

He wanted to give Lu Qingze the best.

Right now, no qualified person could be found, so Lu Qing had no choice but to take over the position temporarily.

When Lu Qing came out of the palace, it seemed to be plated with several layers of gold. For a while, the Lu family was full of people, and there were many people who wanted to make friends.

During the two consecutive days of the morning court, people were constantly being taken away. The royalist party was full of joy, and the remnants of the guard party were ashamed.

They have been silent for half a month before, and they have never felt at ease. They have been worried, holding their breath and waiting for the little emperor to make another move. They didn't expect such a blow to the head. The fire not only burned their eyebrows, but also burned the top of their heads. Bald.

A group of people hurriedly got together again to discuss what to do.

Wei Herong has already been brought into the Imperial Prison. Among the remaining guards, the highest rank is a court elder named Yuan and a court elder named Fei. They were all single-handedly promoted by Wei Herong. .

Elder Xu Ge, who relied on his seniority and liked to urge His Majesty to marry him, was not considered a guard. Wei Herong was nearly two rounds younger than him, how could Elder Xu be willing to respect him as the leader.

Although he stood on the side all these years, he didn't have too many interests involved. Seeing that the situation was not right, Elder Xu Ge immediately drew a clear line with the Guards.

Mr. Yuan Ge and Mr. Fei Ge have been under Wei Herong for many years, and their abilities are not outstanding, but they are easy to use——Wei Herong is too lazy to install too many smart people in the cabinet, it is enough if they are obedient and easy to use .

Elder Fei Ge, who was a little smarter, was taken away this morning.

Elder Yuan Ge always followed Wei Herong's lead, and couldn't come up with any good ideas for a while, so he scratched his head in panic: "Can any of you get in touch with Commander Fan?"

Anyone can betray Wei Herong, but Fan Wei will never.

Back then when he entered the palace to capture the eunuchs, Fan Wei was hacked several times by the eunuchs for Wei Herong, almost losing half his life.

However, the rest shook their heads.

Fan Wei has a violent and arrogant personality, and has always looked down on these civil servants. Except for Wei Herong, no one can command him.

But Wei Herong was arrested, so Fan Wei didn't say anything?That was his adoptive father.

Cui Shilang, who had spoken surprisingly before, looked around and said coldly: "Everyone, now is the time of life and death. Don't forget the massacre on the right side of the river. The little emperor has always been ruthless in his attacks. No one will think that he will Let anyone go."

The surrounding suddenly fell into silence.

Thinking of the news from Jiangyou, everyone shuddered.

On that day, the little emperor sent Zheng Yao to arrest dozens of officials. The list in his hand was like a book of life and death. If a name was crossed out, a head would be lost. If you think about it, you can smell the strong rust-like smell of blood.

Will they be a part of it too?

No one wants to die.

They spent the first half of their lives studying hard and fighting for power and profit, not for the sake of losing their heads in the second half of their lives.

Seeing everyone staring at him silently, Cui Shilang slowly raised his breath: "Then what do you guys think of my previous proposal?"

Elder Yuan Ge couldn't help but said: "I can't get in touch with Commander Fan right now, so it's possible that Cui Shilang can conjure up some people out of thin air?"

Cui Shilang smiled confidently: "Actually, before Wei Shoufu was arrested, I sent someone to send a letter to the Fifth Army Battalion, and got a reply from Commander Fan. If you dare to come with me, I will borrow some people."

Everyone who is not used to procrastinating on important matters, seeing such an active person, looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment, a little hesitant.

Accustomed to the comfortable life of being flattered wherever they go, they have long since lost the spirit of daring to fight against danger.

Cui Shilang cursed in his heart, caught off guard and grabbed a cup from the table, slamming it to the ground.

Caught off guard, there was a crisp "pop", and everyone's heart skipped a beat.

"Three days later, it will be the Chongyang Festival. At that time, the little emperor will lead a hundred officials to climb up the Long Live Mountain to offer sacrifices." Cui Shilang looked at the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the minister of Taipusi, "The little emperor has captured Wei Herong. It is the time when the spring breeze is in full swing, and the two usually keep a low profile, so they will definitely be able to place people in it."

It's literally driving people away.

The two ministers who were named looked at each other, finally gritted their teeth and nodded.

If you don't do it again, they may be the next one!

With one, others nodded their heads.

Cui Shilang said: "At that time, the sound of broken jade will be used as a name. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent."

"If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!"

As the words fell, everyone threw their cups one after another, and amidst the crisp crackling sound, they shouted together to show their determination.

After several autumn rains, the bleak autumn cold finally pervades Yanjing.

Probably because he was drinking Xu Shu's prescription for conditioning, and went to General Shi's place to check in and exercise from time to time. In previous years, even if he stayed at home, Lu Qing would fall ill for a few days and cough intermittently. This year Running around, people are fine.

As soon as Xu Shu came back from Yunfeng Temple, Lu Qing asked Ning Juan about Xu Shu's whereabouts, and immediately took him to Wu Guogong's mansion.

Dr. Xu had a sullen face, cursing: "Is it over? I just came back, even if it's a millstone, it needs to rest for a few days!"

Lu Qing smiled with a good temper, and when he finished cursing, he suppressed him with one sentence: "I am going to see a doctor for General Shi, will you go?"

Who is General Shi?

In the whole of Daqi, everyone who knows Shi Rongfeng's name respects and admires him.

Xu Shu swallowed back the next sentence that was about to beep, and couldn't help but feel the anticipation of meeting his idol: "General Shi? Is it really General Shi?"

The speed of changing his face back and forth was so fast, Lu Qing said with a smile: "It's absolutely true, the general."

Xu Shu immediately had no objection.

Lu Qing saw that his expression was indeed a little tired, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Have you been watching Wei Qiao at Yunfeng Temple these days?"

Xu Shu nodded: "Wei Qiao is now in a coma twice a day, and he has little time to be awake. He is so sick that he can't leave him. Send him to the west. Even if the patient I'm dealing with is about to die, I have to watch him die."

"..." Lu Qing choked on the phrase "send someone to the west" for three seconds, "Does Wei Qiao know that Wei Herong has been imprisoned?"

"It's no good for a dying person to know that. I lied to him that he went to Yunfeng Temple to recuperate." Xu Shu rubbed his chin, "In the past in Wei Mansion, Wei Herong rarely visited Wei Qiao when he was awake. , I guess Wei Herong probably didn't want him to know, so he didn't explain anything."

Lu Qing sighed in his heart, and said lightly: "It is indeed better not to know about this kind of thing than to know."

The carriage arrived at the back door of Duke Wu's mansion, and the soldiers guarding the door saw that it was Lu Qingze, asked Xu Shu's identity, and let them go.

Stepping into the yard, Shi Rongfeng was skillfully communicating with Lin Xi in sign language. When he saw Lu Qing coming, he warmly greeted him: "Huaixue is here? Xi Ce mentioned just now that he wanted to visit you in Lu's residence."

Lin Xi raised his head and saw Xu Shu, his eyes lit up, and he jumped up in surprise to say hello.

Lord Lu didn't lie to him, Dr. Xu is really fine!

Lu Qing bent the corners of his lips and introduced sideways: "General, this is the miracle doctor I mentioned to you earlier."

Shi Rongfeng froze for a moment.

He had already told Lu Qingze clearly, but Lu Qingze still found someone for him.

He thought Lu Qing had accepted it calmly.

Shi Rongfeng smiled and rubbed Lin Xi's head: "Go and practice the marksmanship I taught you yesterday."

Lin Xi was not so obedient this time.

He is not stupid, he has already seen it from the attitudes of the people around him, now that Xu Shu is here, he stubbornly wants to stay and listen to Shi Rongfeng's condition together.

Xu Shu stayed in the Wei Mansion for a while and came out. The little mute who had seen a doctor before turned into the prince of Wu Guogong, and he was a little dazed. Guessing a little bit, what's the use of concealing it, instead of making him uneasy, and rushing to prepare for the sudden incident, it is better to let him know the truth as soon as possible, so that he can make plans for the future-the general should not understand this simple reason."

General Shi was silent for a while.

Although Xu Shu's words were not pleasant, they were simple and rude.

In the end, Shi Rongfeng sighed: "Forget it, let's come in together."

Xu Shu checked Shi Rongfeng carefully, while Lu Qing watched his face getting heavier and heavier, and knew it in his heart.

After a long time, Xu Shu let go of Shi Rongfeng's wrist, his sharp mouth was silent for a long time, and then he spoke with difficulty: "It's really admirable that the general can last until now."

Shi Rongfeng waved his hand indifferently: "What do you say?"

Xu Shu is indeed very talented in medical skills, he can be called a genius, and he is also extremely arrogant. He always feels that there is no rare illness in the world, and the imperial hospital is a bunch of waste that cannot be supported.

But first it was Wei Qiao, then Shi Rongfeng, who was quite shocked, exhaled, and said in a low voice: "The colder the weather, the general will be in pain to the marrow, it is very difficult, I will prescribe medicine for the general to ease the pain." .”

Lin Xi heard this sentence, even though he had already guessed it, he still asked without any hope: What else?

Xu Shu could understand a little bit, shook his head and said, "I can't do anything else."

Shi Rongfeng was very calm: "How long can I last?"

"I'll try my best, maybe there will be a year." Xu Shu paused, "Maybe less than a year."

Lin Xi's eyes turned red immediately, and he tried his best to control himself so as not to cry in front of others.

Shi Rongfeng smiled with satisfaction: "Isn't this great? It would be nice to let my father and son spend more time together."

Lu Qing did everything he could do. Seeing that Lin Xi's eyes were full of tears, he patted Xu Shu's shoulder: "In the future, I will trouble you to run back and forth, let's go, you go out and write a prescription, I should do the same." Back to the Ministry of Officials."

Xu Shu didn't look at the atmosphere any more, and knew it was time to leave, so he followed Lu Qingze out of the room.

Lu Qing leaned on the fence and folded his arms: "This is the troubled autumn."

Xu Shu glanced at him: "You are also a sick number, don't think it's nothing to do with you, I'll check on your situation later."

Lu Qing is very confident: "I haven't been sick for more than half a month."

Xu Shu felt absurdly speechless, and opened his mouth to ridicule, but seeing Lu Qing's confident expression from the heart, he couldn't bear to destroy his self-confidence for a moment, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "...you must be careful that extreme joy gives rise to sorrow."

I haven't been sick for half a month. Is it something to be proud of?

You are also proud.

Xu Shu opened his mouth like a crow, but Lu Qing fell ill due to the cold the next day.

In the past few days, people have been taken away continuously. The front court has been empty for a little while, and the affairs are busy. The official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Guozijian have been sent to the Lu Mansion, and they have to work even if they are sick.

When Ning Juan rushed to Lu's residence in a hurry, Lu Qing was still wearing a cloak, sitting in the study and coughing while flipping through official documents. His thin body was wrapped in the cloak, and his face was as pale as the moonlight pouring on the ice and snow.

He stepped into the study, not only liking Lu Qingze's appearance, but also worried to death, and said sullenly: "The teacher will leave these things to the people below to deal with, and rest well if you are sick!"

Lu Qing was not surprised why Ning Juan came again, and smiled: "I've been lying down for a long time, and I'm really bored, so let's relieve my boredom."

Ning Juan's face was a little dull. He wanted to hand over the authority to Lu Qingze and give him a respected status, but he didn't want him to bother him. He wanted to hide him and see him alone. It was a bit contradictory.

Seeing that Ning Juan pulled his face in displeasure and remained silent, Lu Qing put down his writing, couldn't help the itchiness in his throat, turned his head and coughed a few more times sullenly, and said in a hoarse voice, "The dinner in the kitchen should be ready, Go back to the palace after eating, don't let me get sick."

The teacher was driving him out again.

But seeing Lu Qing like this, Ning Juan didn't know whether he should feel more distressed or more angry, so he leaned over and hugged him angrily, and said through gritted teeth, "Am I afraid of your sickness?"

As he spoke, he patted Lu Qingze's back lightly, and seeing that he gradually stopped coughing, he didn't let go of his hand, and insisted on sitting in a chair with him stickily: "I heard that the teacher took Xu Shu to see Shi Da General?"

Lu Qing raised his eyelids: "Does Your Majesty want to hear a good result or a bad result?"

Ning Juan pursed her lower lip: "What does the teacher mean by saying that...?"

If Shi Rongfeng died soon, he would be able to hand over his military power early, which would be a good result for Ning Juan.

If he could live for a long time, it would be an unbearable existence for Ning Juan.

How can the imperial power tolerate military power being left behind.

Lu Qingze's words rolled on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't spit it out in the end. He reached out to stroke Ning Juan's head, and said softly, "Guoguo has grown into a qualified emperor."

Ning Juan couldn't help hugging him, rubbing his head against Lu Qingze's palm, sniffing the fragrant plum fragrance from the person in his arms, and barely concealed the infatuation in his eyes: "The teacher accompanied me to this day."

Only in front of him, His Majesty the Emperor still showed a little youthful air, but Lu Qing stroked his soft hair again, feeling complicated.

He believed that Ning Juan just went astray for a while.

Ning Juan has been so attached to him all these years, it's normal to have some illusions.

After everything has been settled and Ning Juan stands on the highest place in the world and looks down at his subjects, he should no longer have those unwanted emotions.

The warnings of Duan Lingguang and Wei Herong may not come true either.

This child was still full of sincerity to him, but he was thinking about the way out for himself, always feeling very guilty.

If Ning Juan knew about it, it would probably be a kind of betrayal.

Ning Juan hated being betrayed the most in his life.

Lu Qing frowned, and gently pushed away His Majesty the Emperor who was sticking to him: "Are you coquettish enough? You still squeeze in in such a small space, and you will be out of breath if you hug me again. Let go!" .”

Ning Juan saw that his face had indeed turned pale again, so he let go of him reluctantly.

It's all because the chair is too narrow.

Lu Qing nodded his forehead: "Tomorrow you will lead a hundred officials to the Hundred Years Mountain to climb up and sacrifice. It is estimated that Wei Herong's remnant party is waiting to give you a big gift, so don't delay."

Hearing this, Ning Juan smiled.

Although the corner of the boy's mouth was raised, there was a cold murderous look in his eyes, like the deepest night in the deep winter: "Teacher, don't worry, I am well prepared to accept this great gift."

Presumably after tomorrow, the Guards will be wiped out.

Lu Qing smiled, got up and said, "Let's go, I guessed that you were coming, let the kitchen prepare what you like to eat."

After dinner, Lu Qing ignored Ning Juan's request to stay, so he called You Wu directly, pushed Ning Juan into the carriage, and gave him a slight nod: "Please take care of Your Majesty."

You Wu watched his neat movements, and opened his mouth wide: "...Yes."

His Majesty the Emperor stuck out half of his head from the carriage window sullenly: "Teacher, rest early, and there is no rush to deal with those official documents later."

Lu Qing waved his hand casually, turned around and went back to the study, hesitated for a while, but listened to Ning Juan, stopped torturing himself, took medicine early and fell asleep.

In the early morning of September [-], all the officials accompanied the emperor to climb up the Centennial Mountain to offer sacrifices and pray for blessings.

It was close to noon when Lu Qing woke up. After a nap, his throat felt much more comfortable, but his head was a lot more dizzy.

Lu Qing finished his meal and drank the medicine, continued to look through the official documents, and found that there were several mistakes and omissions in the documents sent by the official department yesterday, which were quite important. Shangyou Wu, take him to the official office of the Ministry of Officials.

Most of the east of the capital city was lived by princes, nobles and high-ranking ministers, and it was quite quiet at this time.

In the past, after passing through two alleys and then crossing a long street, Lu Qing closed his eyes and thought about something in his heart. After a long while, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

According to the usual speed, it's time to get to the side of the street at this time. Even if many people go to the suburbs to climb mountains in the Chongyang Festival today, the huge capital city should not be so quiet.

You Wu outside also noticed the problem, and his voice suddenly tightened: "Lord Lu, stay in the carriage and don't come out!"

Immediately there was a sound of sword clashing, Lu Qing twisted his wrist, felt the sleeve arrow on his wrist, and thought about it calmly.

I thought that today Wei Herong's remnant party would focus on Baisui Mountain and stare at Ning Juan, but I didn't expect that someone would turn their attention to him.

Thinking about it this way, since Wei Herong's accident, he has been silent all the time, and there should be only one person who would blame him.

After a while, the sword clashes did not stop, but the carriage suddenly started running, several times faster than before.

The seat jolted violently, but fortunately, Lu Qing had been prepared for it, so he was not stunned by the horses that suddenly galloped wildly, so he calmly asked, "How is You Wu?"

The people outside were silent.

Lu Qing leaned over and opened the curtain: "Commander Fan, Master Wei probably doesn't want you to do this."

Only when one corner was lifted, a sword was passed from his throat.

Fan Wei covered his face, held the rein of the horse with one hand, and gave him a cold look: "If you want to live, shut up."

Lu Qing closed his mouth calmly, and moved away with the sword between his fingers.

This person is extremely vigilant and has high martial arts skills. If he misses a single blow, he will be the one who will be unlucky.

The arrow in the sleeve pays attention to surprise, and there are only three. He doesn't have many opportunities, so he has to find the right time.

Fan Wei hijacked him, it must be in exchange for Wei Herong, not to hurt his life.

Looking at it like this, Fan Wei's subordinates should have stayed behind to hold You Wu. Seeing that he was robbed, You Wu would not be willing to fight, so he reckoned that he had already left him and ran back to inform Ning Juan's people.

Lu Qing analyzed the situation clearly, pressed down the sleeve arrow that was about to be shot, coughed weakly a few times, and calmly retreated into the carriage.

The author has something to say:

Lu Qingze (confident): I haven't been sick for more than half a month!

Ning Juan: ... The teacher is amazing! (applaud)