Jin Yi Kill - Chapter 79

Peng Ze was in a trance when told by a monk he had never met before, and walked out with frown. Peng Ze was so immersed in his own world that he didn’t notice that there were a lot fewer pilgrims in the temple, and even the floor-sweeping monks were gone.

After Peng Ze walked out, the pedestrian who seemed to be worshipping Buddha turned around, quickly slipped to the wing, and tapped the window three times. This is the code they agreed upon, and knocking it three times means that Peng Ze is no longer in sight.

In the closed wing, there was a Jin Yiwei disguised as an ordinary person, and Lu Heng was in it. Lu Heng glanced at the real monk who was knocked unconscious at his feet and said, “Peng Ze is gone, the four of you stay behind to take care of the aftermath, don’t make these monks suspicious. The rest of the people will stare at Peng Ze, no matter what he does next. Wherever you go, be sure to follow.”

Jin Yiwei should be, and then spread out, each doing their own thing. Lu Heng pushed open the door and walked out in the sun. He even took Wang Yanqing to the front of the hall to put incense sticks. Wang Yanqing looked at his actions and said helplessly, “Brother, it’s almost done.”

He knocked out the host and novice in the temple, pretended to be a monk and deceived people, and now he comes to the Buddha to offer incense. If the Buddha had a spirit in the sky, he would have to be mad at him.

Lu Heng inserted the incense stick into the incense burner, and said lightly: “If it can really hear and see, it will be a good thing. I am afraid that it will close its eyes and ears, and will not listen to it.”

It is indeed random that Peng Ze came to this temple today, and he did not ambush in advance. It’s just that Lu Heng had people follow Peng Ze long ago. When Jin Yiwei saw that Peng Ze entered the temple, he immediately went to notify Lu Heng. Lu Heng knew that there was a good opportunity and ordered to do it.

When Peng Ze prayed to the Buddha in the main hall, the monk behind him was silently brought down. The monk needs to shave, so it is not easy to pretend, Jin Yiwei can only dress up as a pilgrim, wander around aimlessly, and stop those who want to come in and offer incense.

After Jin Yiwei disguised himself at the scene, Lu Heng also arrived with Wang Yanqing. Lu Heng also brought a professional monk pretending to be a monk. This person likes to shave his head. He is obviously Jin Yiwei but has kind eyes and is always called a “monk” jokingly. He simply shaved his hair, placed six ring scars on his scalp, and pretended to be an outsider when performing tasks, which often yielded unexpected results.

He changed into the host’s clothes in time, and stayed on the ground that must be passed when leaving the temple, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

As long as you know enough about a person, it’s actually not difficult to predict his behavior. Although the fake monk didn’t say a word, Lu Heng was sure that Peng Ze would go up and talk to him.

Sure enough, Peng Ze fell into the trap. Although Peng Ze was superstitious in ghosts and gods, he was not bad for being a servant of the Ministry of Personnel. If a fortune-teller or an eminent monk took the initiative to talk to him, Peng Ze wouldn’t believe him even if he told him about the flowers; if Peng Ze chose it himself, it would be easy to gain his trust.

When the fake monk told Peng Ze the speech he had made up, Wang Yanqing and Lu Heng stood in the wing and carefully observed Peng Ze’s performance. Seeing Peng Ze’s expression, Lu Heng could already be sure that Peng Ze had a ghost in his heart, but he still asked for confirmation: “Qingqing, what did you find out about Peng Ze?”

Wang Yanqing stood in front of the Buddha statue, watching the faint flames flicker on the incense. Wang Yanqing said: “I couldn’t see the details of his face clearly, but I could see that his eyes were wide open. After that, he kept frowning when he went out, and his arm swing was smaller than before when he walked. He heard a strange voice. People who knew him said he wronged others, but he wasn’t angry at all, he was worried.”

Lu Heng stood in front of the Buddha statue with his hands behind his back, and the fragrance of Fan Xiang lingered around him, adding a lot of meaning to him. Lu Heng asked, “Is there any more?”

Wang Yanqing sighed in a low voice and said, “A normal person will be surprised and angry, but not afraid when they are guessed by strangers for no reason. His behavior is more like he already knew about it. Moreover, the fake monk said very well. Fuzzy, he can explain everything when he puts it in. Often when he is worried, he will think that the Zen language is implying something. When he hears the worry behind him, he unconsciously suppresses even the movement of walking, which shows that the person he wronged has something to do with him. Threats, otherwise, he should have shown contempt.”

The words of the fake monk were instructed by Wang Yanqing. The mysterious and mysterious Buddhist words in front of him were all smoke. One was to pretend to be a high-ranking monk, and the other was to lower Peng Ze’s defense.

What Wang Yanqing wanted to ask was actually only one sentence.

You have wronged him in this world.

No one said “he” here, but looking at Peng Ze’s appearance, he clearly had a choice in his heart. Then there is no running away. A person who has never done anything, even if he is intimidated, will not show such a low attitude.

“So, they really saw Xue Kan’s draft.” Lu Heng was not surprised, and said, “Zhang Jinggong doesn’t need to check. He handed the book to the emperor. Since Peng Ze knows, Zhang Jinggong can’t get rid of it.”

“So Xue Kan and Xia Ge were always wronged?”

“Not necessarily.” Lu Heng said, “it can only prove that Peng Ze leaked Xue Kan’s book, but it doesn’t mean that Xue Kan’s book is okay. Who knows if Xue Kan thought of it himself, or was instructed by someone to write it. .”

“You suspect Elder Xia Ge?”

“It’s not me who suspects it, it’s the emperor who suspects it.” Lu Heng thought of Guo Xun, Zhai Luan, and Qin Fu who were fighting into a pot of porridge, and had a headache, “It’s really troublesome to go around the three of them to see Xue Kan. Forget it, Let’s start with the people outside the prison first.”

Lu Heng walked out, Wang Yanqing silently followed behind. Crossing the high threshold of the Buddhist hall, the sunlight outside suddenly pierced into the eyes. Wang Yanqing raised his hand to cover the top and asked, “They have been friends for more than ten years, is it worth it?”

Lu Heng just smiled lightly at this: “What is a friend? As long as the interests are big enough, even a wife and children can be given up, not to mention a friend?”

“Why did the court choose such a person to be an official?”

“That’s wrong.” Lu Heng stopped and looked back at her with a smile. The sun passed over his shoulders, making those eyes extraordinarily quiet and deep. “People who are officials will become like this.”

In other words, only by becoming such a person can he survive in officialdom.

Seeing Wang Yanqing’s unacceptable appearance that Ming was about to die, Lu Heng couldn’t help laughing. He took her hand and said, “Don’t worry, I’m working towards the prosperity of the country and the people, and nothing will happen to you. The civil war between officials shows that we have a vast land, a rich country and a strong army. Only when there are interests can there be struggles. Other small countries have neither territory nor property, and even use our words, how can there be any ritual, music, punishment and administration?”

Wang Yanqing couldn’t say anything to refute for a while, and Lu Heng tightened her hand and said, “It’s rare to come out, let’s go shopping around. I wonder if their temple marriage is effective.”

Wang Yanqing thought that even if it was effective, if you were knocked down with a sap, the Buddha would not bless you. Lu Heng dragged Wang Yanqing around the temple, and when he passed a door, a young monk struggled to get up from the grass, rubbing the back of his neck in pain as soon as he moved. He looked at his hands and seemed to wonder why he was here.

Wang Yanqing was suddenly tense, and his body was tense. Lu Heng’s slender palm wrapped around Wang Yanqing’s hand, his strength was steady and firm. He smiled at the little monk and asked enthusiastically, “Is the little master asleep?”

Is he asleep? The little monk nodded in confusion: “It seems so.”

Lu Heng said with a smile: “The little master should be careful next time.”

The little monk put his hands together and said to Lu Heng gratefully: “Thank you, the donor for reminding me, Amitabha, the donor is really a good person.”

Wang Yanqing watched silently as the “good man” Lu Heng answered these words without any shame, swaggered through the monastery, and walked away.

Lu Heng took Wang Yanqing to play at the public expense, and when he slowly sent Wang Yanqing back to the mansion, he happened to hear a reply from his subordinates. After Peng Ze came out of the temple, he was restless and finally went to Zhang’s house.

Lu Heng smiled lightly, and a faint light flashed across his eyes. It seems that there will be a second first assistant in his hands.

I don’t know if it was Lu Heng’s crow’s mouth. After he said that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and safe, and there will be no accident, a battle report came from the front line. Mongolia harassed the border, and Datong Prefecture was in an emergency.

The imperial court has been at war with neighboring countries all year round, but Mongolia is undoubtedly the most powerful threat. Datong Mansion is the most important checkpoint in the nine towns. Once Datong falls, the capital will be in danger. The matter of establishing the crown prince has not yet been understood, and the matter of war has been put on the agenda again.

Fu Yue, the old marquis of Zhenyuan, once stationed in Datong and repulsed the Mongols several times. Now that the old story is brought up again, Fu Tingzhou has become a hotly debated candidate to lead the army. Fu Tingzhou knew that this was an opportunity, and actively walked in the DPRK, wanting to unite with people to promote himself.

But the war is very involved, the generals are not united, and the civil servants will not sit idly by. Fu Tingzhou has been running for a long time, but he has never been able to win the military power. It seems that someone secretly stumbles him and deliberately opposes him.

Fu Tingzhou worked hard for a long time to no avail, and gradually realized that it was hard to do it alone, and he needed support.

At this juncture, the only person he could ask for help was Marquis Wu Ding.

It happened that Guo Xun was also investigating Xue Kan’s case. This case is actually not difficult to investigate, it is the people involved that are difficult. A mere Xue Kan case involved three patriarchs, and the results of the investigation were directly related to who would lose and who would win between the two major civil servant factions. Zhang Shoufu continued to intervene in the case-handling process by relying on his own influence, while the other protagonist, Xia Wenjin, said nothing and did not move. Guo Xun consciously pinpointed the lifeline of the civil servant, just as Fu Tingzhou also came to the door, Guo Xun ordered a banquet in the restaurant, and invited Fu Tingzhou and Xia Wenjin as the host, and wanted to exchange with Xia Wenjin.

The concept of entertaining a guest at a restaurant is different from hosting a banquet at home. If Guo Xun was in the Marquis of Wuding, Xia Wenjin would definitely not attend the appointment, so in the end Guo Xun set the banquet at the best restaurant in the capital. This restaurant is used to receiving distinguished guests, and there are supporting boxes in it, so there is no need to worry about safety.

Guo Xun had the financial resources to cover the entire building, but it was unnecessary, for fear that the emperor would not know that they met? Officials treat guests to dinner after they leave the office, which is called a normal exchange.

Guo Xun has been in the court for many years, and he still has this face. Fu Tingzhou and Xia Wenjin both arrived on time that day. The feast has not yet started, the house has already played the silk and bamboo, the lute is melodious and melodious, and the qin is low and harmonious.

Guo Xun was quite proud, and he was already thinking about how to blackmail Xia Wenjin for a while, and how to make Fu Tingzhou and Xia Wenjin use it for him. Guo Xun was the host and sat in the main seat without any accident, Xia Wenjin and Fu Tingzhou were seated on the left and right. Guo Xun raised his glass and drank, said some words on the stage, and was about to introduce the theme, when suddenly there were footsteps outside.

Marquis Wu Ding held a banquet, and the store owner had long since separated the area, and no one would break in without a long eye. Guo Xun stopped talking, and Fu Tingzhou and Xia Wenjin’s expressions changed slightly at the wine table.

The door was pushed open, and a person walked in, his eyes swept across the audience, and he smiled slightly: “Wuding Hou, Xia Ge Lao, Zhenyuan Hou. , it would be rude to know not to worship, I will come to say hello to all of you.”

Fu Tingzhou quickly exchanged glances with Guo Xun. Guo Xun’s surprise didn’t seem to be fake, and even Xia Wenjin was surprised, apparently no one expected this uninvited guest. But since everyone came in, Guo Xun couldn’t drive them out, so he said with a smile: “Lord Lu is very polite, I didn’t know you were in Ruyi Building before, so I was very neglectful. Since we met today, if Lord Lu is not too shabby. , why don’t you show your face and stay for a few drinks.”

Lu Heng was polite for a moment, but he really stayed. Guo Xun had no choice but to order the store to add another set of tableware.

Before Lu Heng came, Guo Xun took the main seat, Xia Wenjin and Fu Tingzhou took their seats in turn. Now that Lu Heng came, Fu Tingzhou got up to give way, but Lu Heng declined with a smile and sat last. Fu Tingzhou felt that Lu Heng had bad intentions at first, but now that Lu Heng didn’t smack his nose, he felt more and more that this fellow had no intentions.

Fu Tingzhou was secretly vigilant, and the other two were also thinking about it. They didn’t believe that Lu Heng really came to the restaurant for dinner and came up to say hello. It was more believable that he came specially for them. Although Guo Xun invited guests to dinner in private, it was not difficult for Jin Yiwei to find out the time and place.

Several people present naturally thought of the matter of Prince Li not long ago. During this period of time, Guo Xun and the cabinet were fighting fiercely, but Jin Yiwei was extraordinarily safe. Anyway, Guo Xun didn’t believe it, and Lu Heng would ignore such a big thing.

Guo Xun had already turned several thoughts in the blink of an eye. He wasn’t sure what Lu Heng wanted to do, and he didn’t dare to speak for a while. A few people exchanged cups, smiled and said politely. The atmosphere in the box was very harmonious. In fact, everyone was testing each other’s intentions.

Lu Heng seemed to have really come to eat here, without mentioning the government and politics, and earnestly gossiping with Guo Xun. Lu Heng asked Guo Xun: “I heard that you have a happy birthday this month, congratulations to Marquis Wu Ding. I don’t know when the full moon wine will be held?”

This person, Lu Heng, even knew how many concubines in other people’s families and when they had children. Guo Xun smiled and said, “A child doesn’t need to be a big deal. It’s enough for his family to have a meal. If you do it in a big way, I’m afraid it will spoil him.”

“The Marquis of Wuding has a good teaching son, and I admire him.” Lu Heng said with a smile, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to get rid of it, so I can only make up for the full moon ceremony, and I also hope that the Marquis of Wuding Haihan.”

Guo Xun naturally kept saying politeness, and when Lu Heng and Guo Xun were polite, they did not forget Xia Wenjin. Lu Heng asked: “Xia Ge’s grandson should be sent to school, right? I heard that Lingsun is very smart and can recite poems when he is three years old. I don’t know which master he hired?”

Xia Wenjin has a solitary temperament, but when it comes to children and grandchildren, he is embarrassed to keep his face straight, and he can’t help but say a few words. Where Lu Heng is there, he never has to worry about being in the cold. No matter who he encounters, he can chat, and the topics are endless. Fu Tingzhou sat and listened, thinking that Lu Heng was really disgusting, no woman with a long tongue didn’t have his mother-in-law.

I don’t know if Lu Heng heard Fu Tingzhou’s slander, but he suddenly turned his eyes and looked at Fu Tingzhou and said with a smile, “I heard that Marquis Zhenyuan is getting married, it’s really a big joy. I wonder when will I be able to drink Marquis Zhenyuan’s wedding wine?”

Fu Tingzhou was stunned and looked a little unhappy, but because of Guo Xun’s presence, he reluctantly said, “I don’t know that these matters are handled by the inner house.”

“Oh?” Lu Heng looked surprised, looked at Guo Xun and Fu Tingzhou left and right, and suddenly realized, “So, the Marquis of Zhenyuan hasn’t proposed marriage to the Marquis of Yongping yet?”

Fu Tingzhou almost wanted to throw the wine glass on Lu Heng’s face. Fu Tingzhou didn’t believe that with Lu Heng’s well-informed level, he would not know that he and the Hong family were not engaged yet. But Lu Heng had to lift it up at the dinner table, in front of Guo Xun.

Fu Tingzhou even suspected that Lu Heng came here today to disgust him by saying this.

Lu Heng shouldn’t be so boring, right? But Fu Tingzhou thought about it and felt that with Lu Heng’s wickedness, he was completely capable of doing such a thing. But in any case, after the topic started, Fu Tingzhou had to give Guo Xun an explanation.

Fu Tingzhou drank the wine in the glass in one go, and the spirits flowed down the esophagus, burning all the way, but after the heat, it became more icy cold. Fu Tingzhou said: “After coming from the southern tour, there are too many things, and now there is a war. I want to follow my grandfather’s will and go to Datong to guard the border. I don’t know if I will live or die, so don’t delay the woman’s life. If I can come back, let’s talk about my children’s privacy. It’s not too late.”

Lu Heng smiled, but scoffed in his heart. If Hong Wanqing was replaced by Wang Yanqing, Fu Tingzhou would be in a hurry to marry someone and put his stamp on it. What kind of face does Fu Tingzhou have to pretend to be a gentleman.

Selfless in front of the country, Fu Tingzhou has said that he will serve the country, what else can Guo Xun say? Guo Xun didn’t care about it anymore, but Lu Heng said, “Marquis Zhenyuan’s remarks are bad. Swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If you don’t come back, you will leave more and more children in the house.”

Fu Tingzhou squeezed the wine glass tightly, and Lu Heng added wine to him with a smile. The wine was poured into the wine glass, and the two smiled coldly, and neither of them wanted to look away. When the wine was full, Lu Heng put the thin-mouthed silver pot aside and said with a smile: “Besides, the Marquis of Zhenyuan is a man and doesn’t care about age, but the lady of the boudoir can’t. If this battle will take two or three years, Miss Hong will not be able to. Have you been waiting?”

Fu Tingzhou was sure that Lu Heng was here to block him. The Hong family has nothing to do with Lu Heng at all, so Lu Heng doesn’t care whether Hong Wanqing can marry or not. On the contrary, he said earlier that if Fu Tingzhou could not come back, Fu Tingzhou completely believed that Lu Heng was sincere.

Guo Xun looked at Lu Heng in surprise, then at Fu Tingzhou, and felt a very strange feeling for a while. Hong Wanqing is his niece, why does Lu Heng care more than him? Guo Xun almost thought that Lu Heng also liked Hong Wanqing.

Guo Xun felt that it was not right, but also felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was very strange. Fu Tingzhou and Lu Heng didn’t know why things were so serious. Guo Xun laughed and said round the field: “The Marquis of Zhenyuan is very Xiao Qi’s ancestor, he will definitely be able to retreat to Mongolia bravely and return safely. My sister and brother-in-law are reasonable people, and they don’t care about such things. I remember that Mr. Lu is older than the Marquis of Zhenyuan. Two years old, I wonder when Mr. Lu plans to marry?”

Lu Heng shook the wine in the glass lightly, and the sparkle reflected in his eyes: “Marquis Wu Ding forgot, I still have my father’s filial piety. But after the filial piety is over, it can be arranged.”

Guo Xun and Xia Wenjin were a little surprised when they heard it, so they quickly asked, “Which girl is that? Why haven’t they been mentioned?”

Guo Xun was really curious about Lu Heng’s wife. Lu Heng had no woman at his age. Guo Xun always thought it was Lu Heng’s health problem. Now that he suddenly changed his tune, how could he not attract attention?

After Guo Xun asked, there was a heavy collision on the right. Guo Xun glanced at Fu Tingzhou, not understanding what he was doing. Lu Heng glanced at Fu Tingzhou, his eyes were cold, without the slightest warmth, and when he turned to Guo Xun and Xia Wenjin, his smile resumed: “She doesn’t like Xuanzhang, except for her family, she didn’t notify the outside world. When we got married, I will definitely send you invitations, and I will also invite Marquis Wuding, Marquis Xia and Marquis Zhenyuan to join us at that time.”

Guo Xun smiled and responded boldly, but he was wondering which family wanted to marry Lu Heng. Fu Tingzhou already regretted coming to Ruyilou for the banquet today. Knowing that Lu Heng was coming, he would not show up even if he offended Marquis Wuding.

This unfortunate thing, the disgusting person is really a good hand.

However, Lu Heng didn’t intend to stop there. He turned to Fu Tingzhou and said, “I can’t do the wedding because of my filial piety. Why does the Marquis of Zhenyuan have all kinds of scruples? Could it be that Marquis Zhenyuan has any doubts about this marriage?”

Fu Tingzhou’s heart jumped, and he squinted at Lu Heng. Lu Heng was waiting for him, with a smile in his eyes, but there was a hidden edge in it: “Or, the Marquis of Zhenyuan had other ideas and deliberately delayed the wedding?”

Fu Tingzhou’s face was completely cold, Lu Heng smiled, picked up the jug, and filled it with himself.

Guo Xun didn’t care about the affection of these sons and daughters. Since Fu Tingzhou promised him, he would never regret it. Besides, in Guo Xun’s opinion, it should be Fu Tingzhou who was eager to tie the Guo family’s boat.

But now after Lu Heng pointed it out, Guo Xun also found that Fu Tingzhou’s attitude was strange. Even if Fu Tingzhou is really busy after returning to Beijing, doesn’t he even have time to invite a matchmaker to the door? The engagement does not require Fu Tingzhou himself to come forward, so it should not affect his affairs outside at all.

Fu Tingzhou is procrastinating, what exactly do you want to do?

Lu Heng is worthy of being a professional prisoner, and he is very good at sowing discord. The way Guo Xun looked at Fu Tingzhou was a bit wrong, it was just normal, but now is the key time for Fu Tingzhou to fight for the right to lead the army in Datong. He still needs the help of the Guo family, so he can’t break up with Guo Xun now.

Fu Tingzhou gritted his teeth with hatred for Lu Heng, but had to hold back his rejection, and said to Guo Xun: “Master Lu is used to handling cases, and his thinking is too complicated. I value this marriage very much, for fear that the hasty proposal would not be grand enough and would be humiliating. Miss Hong, this is the time to prepare again and again. This situation can be learned from the sun and the moon, and there is no second thought.”

Clap, there was applause from the side. Lu Heng stroked his palm and said with a smile: “Marquis Zhenyuan has a deep affection for Miss Hong San, which is really moving. Since Marquis Zhenyuan has never married a daughter of the Hong family in this life, why not ask the sage for a marriage decree, which will make Yongping Marquis of the Marquis can marry a daughter in a decent manner, so that Marquis Zhenyuan can go to the battlefield with peace of mind.”

Please order marriage? Of course Fu Tingzhou didn’t want to, but at this moment he had no choice. Guo Xun felt that Lu Heng’s proposal was very good. As an old hero, it was easy for him to ask for an imperial decree for marriage, but this kind of thing requires the man to take the initiative to show his sincerity. Guo Xun squinted to look at Fu Tingzhou, as if his old husband was waiting for him to please him. Fu Tingzhou was held here step by step, and he could only bite the bullet and say, “If I can get a marriage, it will be my luck for three lifetimes. Is it inappropriate to ask the emperor for a marriage decree at this time?”

Lu Heng answered with a long smile: “What’s out of place?”

Lu Heng was calm, with the expression you continued to make up. Fu Tingzhou was so hated that he swallowed Lu Heng’s heart, gritted his teeth and said, “I have a short drive time, and I am sincere and frightened. When handing over the marriage certificate in the future, please also ask Mr. Lu to have more good words before the Holy Spirit.”

There was a smile in Lu Heng’s eyes, revealing his first sincere smile of the night: “Okay, I will try my best.”

Fu Tingzhou was so angry that he couldn’t eat a single bite. Today, Lu Heng is like taking the wrong medicine. In addition to being annoyed, Fu Tingzhou also had a hint of vigilance.

Something’s wrong, Lu Heng never does anything that doesn’t pay off. He actively promotes the marriage of Fu Tingzhou and the Hong family. What is there to gain? At this time, there was a soft sound from outside the floor cover, someone accidentally knocked over the decoration, and hurriedly bent over to pick up something.

There are people with names and surnames sitting in the box, and they must bring entourages when they go out. They were drinking and talking inside, and the attendants stood guard outside the floor-to-ceiling hood. Since they were all cronies, there was no need to avoid it. Fu Tingzhou instinctively looked at the carved door, and noticed that one of Lu Heng’s entourage was extraordinarily slender and fair, and his height was also a bit shorter, not like Jin Yiwei.

Just now, it was he who knocked over something.

Fu Tingzhou suddenly sounded the alarm, could it be that Lu Heng brought Wang Yanqing today? Lu Heng quoted him to say those words, all for Qingqing?

The author says:

“On how to save yourself on the way to the crematorium”

1. Improve your competitiveness

2. Actively suppress competing products and lock the opponent into the incinerator in advance.

——Lu Heng’s work report