Chapter 118 Lu Family's Bet
Lu Mansion, Lu Bing Jingshe.
"Reported. The left governor, Jinyi, personally commander of the army. Minister, Lu Bing. Reported..."
A dry hand raised the brush and wrote on the fold on the cover of a yellow silk book. However, when he looked up, he wrote a pot of tea.
After lying on Chuáng for half a year, Lu Bing felt his hands and feet were sore and his eyesight was a little blurred. He had to read and look at each word for a long time before he could write it with difficulty.
"I report secretly and report the news. In the past, if there was anything, I would just go straight to Xiyuan. How could I be so troublesome?" Lu Bing sighed in his heart: "I'm old, I'm really old. I'm so old that my hands and feet are trembling and my eyes are dizzy. But I... I'm only in my early fifties!"
A kind of powerless sadness rose from the bottom of my heart, causing the vest of the old man who held the largest secret agent in the Ming Dynasty to feel cold.
I looked up at the gossip mirror hanging on the wall beside me. In the mirror was an old man with chicken skin and hair, with a slim figure and bones standing, as if it was about to be blown away in just a gust of wind.
Fortunately, the windows were closed, and more than a dozen candles as thick as arms were lit in the house, which was so bright that they were afraid of people. The light attracted countless moths on summer nights and hit the window paper, continuously.
The house was stuffy and hot. Lu Xi, the second master of the Lu family, was better, and he looked calm and elegant. The eldest master Lu Yi and the clan master Dai Shisheng had already sweated and wet his coat, and the sweat on his forehead fell like rain.
Especially Mr. Dai, he had old injuries on his body. When he sweated, the scar on his face was itchy as if countless bugs were biting.
After Lu Bing lay down for the first half of the year, he finally recovered in the past few days and was able to walk around.
Therefore, there were too many backlogs of business in the past six months, and he couldn't do it alone, so he called his two sons and Mr. Dai over.
The three people in the room are all the closest and most trustworthy people Lu Bing is.
If it were usual, anyone who coughed would cause a small earthquake in the capital.
Unfortunately, I thought the situation was changing. Since Lu Bing submitted a memorial to the appointment of the crown prince, the emperor was furious. After another half a year, he had changed the world.
"Father, be careful!" Seeing Lu Bing stop writing, Lu Yi, the eldest master of the Lu family, quickly raised his voice: "Indeed, Qiu Luan led his troops to support the king. After coming to Beijing, he held tens of thousands of Xuan, a great elite. He sat there and watched Altan burn and kill in the capital, without firing a single arrow from beginning to end. It is not enough to calm the anger of the people when he feared the enemy and avoided the war. But have you ever thought about it? Qiu Luan is the man of Ge Lao Yan..."
"Oh, what about Yan Song's people?" Lu Bing put down the pen in his hand and looked at his son lovingly, encouraging him to continue.
In Lu Yi's eyes, my father was a strict person. Today, he was surprisingly kind and immediately raised his courage: "My father, in the 36th year of Jiajing, it seemed that a Ge Lao Yan had joined forces to bring down the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Xia Yan. Now that the incense is still there, he suddenly turned against him, which is a bit unreasonable... If this matter is spread... others..."
"How should others talk about me, Lu Bing?" Lu Bing was still smiling.
Lu Yi suddenly became a little scared: "Yes...that's the saying..."
"You, you, you, you are so kind." Lu Bing sighed again and smiled bitterly, pointing to Lu Yi and Lu Xi: "You two brothers, have a weak heart, narrow vision, and are in a high position. If I die, what will happen in the future? Alas, I blame me for being too harsh on you on weekdays, but I don't want to make you so cowardly. Yes, Yan Song once had a relationship with me, but so what? There are no people in the court to talk about. Everything is powerful, once you decide, it is a sword light and a sword shadow. You must not have hesitation and compassion."
Lu Yi was a reckless man. Seeing that his father looked kind today, he became bolder: "Father, that's it. But you had already made the Emperor furious a while ago because of the appointment of the crown prince. Now, you should take good care of the emperor's close ministers and talk to him on his behalf. My father is the old minister of Your Majesty Long Qianshi. If you do it intentionally, it will not be difficult to get favors from His Majesty's past love. But my father has not left the house for half a year, and even the affairs of the Jinyiwei, and now he wants to provoke Master Yan. Yan Song is the one who can be used in front of the emperor. He may not be of any use to say good things to his father, but if he makes a few words, it will be convenient. The three of them become tigers, maybe..."
"Maybe what, at worst, I will stop commanding the commander, and even be sent to prison." Lu Bing's god became stern and sneered: "The emperor is close minister, the emperor is close minister... Yan Song is close minister, but he can only write a few poems of green poems. Others don't know His Majesty, but I know this Long Live Master clearly. All he has in his heart is just a stone. If not, the great etiquette would not have such high and cold means.
When Lu Yi was scolded by his father, sweat on his forehead became even more intense, but he looked dissatisfied: "Those who do not plan for the moment are not worth planning for the rest of their lives."
"You are short-sighted in your life." Lu Bing sneered and coughed gently: "Yes, once this note is handed over to Your Majesty, the court will be in an uproar again. With Your Majesty's son, Qiu Luan and Yan Song will be finished. Qiu Luan is not a pity to die. However, Yan Song has been in the court for many years, and his disciples and former officials are so cool that they will definitely fight back. Our Lu family will not be able to have a good time. Besides..."
"Besides, Your Majesty is also intending to touch Yan Song." Dai Shisheng got into trouble.
"That's right." Lu Bing sat upright: "Your Majesty is a half-immortal body, but because you take elixirs all year round, your body is no longer good. If it were normal, I would never have thought that I would go here. But I would not be able to do it as soon as I fell ill and saw it. But I reminded Wansui. Everyone is old and there is no time left for the matter behind him. Yan Song is so powerful in the court. If Your Majesty becomes the throne ten thousand years later, I am afraid that the ministers are strong and weak at that time will not be a blessing for the country. Lu Bing has followed Wansui since he was a child, and he does everything that His Majesty is inconvenient and unwilling to do. Before he dies, he will dirty his hands and help His Majesty move Yan Song's stone."
This was the first time when the eldest and second masters of the Lu family heard their father speak so deeply that they immediately realized.
The two brothers looked at each other, but Lu Yi smiled. He couldn't help but turn to his father and said, "My father's words are like clearing the clouds and fog to see the blue sky. If Jianqin can do this time, in addition to the stumbling block of Master Yan, not only will Jian be in the imperial heart, but even King Yu and the second assistant to the cabinet Xu Jie will also accept your friendship. Gao, it's really high. Haha, I've been so suffocated in the past. Others will stare at the face of my Lu family when they see that my Lu family has lost their holy family. Even the officials who have supported us in the past want to break the sky seal. Haha, if my father can gain the trust of His Majesty this time, he will look at the faces of those idiots. Haha."
"Fool."
"What...father Dachen..." Lu Yi shrank in embarrassment.
"I said you are just a fool, and it's worthless to call you here today." Lu Bing snorted and turned his eyes to his second son. But he saw the old man Lu Xi standing here with a respectful look, with a look of confusion.
Lu Bing sang in almost pain: None of these two sons is a talent for use!
"Dai Shisheng, tell these two fools." Lu Bing pointed his two sons with a trembling finger, then closed his eyes in disappointment.
Dai Shisheng nodded and bowed to the Lu brothers: "If the two masters really hand over this memorial, I am afraid that our Lu family will not only not regain their power, but will fall. The biggest possibility is that Mr. Lu can't even command the Jinyi Personal Army."
"Ah, why is this happening? Since that's the case, why do you still need to submit a memorandum to impeach Yan Song?" The two masters of the Lu family screamed in shock at the same time.
Mr. Dai said slowly: "Yes, Your Majesty is determined to move to Master Yan to clear the obstacles for the wealthy king to take over the position in the future. Not only that, all the old ministers in Jiajing years must be cleaned. A piece of white paper can be painted and written a beautiful article. But don't forget that our Long Live King is a wise king who cannot win over his will. He is very independent. Once the matter is decided, there is no favor to talk about. My Lu family is probably also on his list of cleaning. This time, I can not only move Yan Ge away, but also use the opportunity to suppress my Lu family. In the vortex, how can my Lu family escape unscathed? The result is a loss-making ending."
Boss Lu suddenly shouted: "Mr. Dai, since that's the case, why did my father submit this memorial?"
Mr. Dai: "There is an advantage to put this note. Although from now on, our Lu family will lose power for a while, but when King Yu ascends the throne in the future, he will think of Mr. Lu's contributions. Our Lu family will regain the glory of the past."
"So that's how it is." The two masters of the Lu family looked at each other again, and their faces were filled with joy, and then looked at their father with admiration.
Lu Bing is still keeping himself in peace.
Dai Shisheng whispered: "Two masters, Mr. Lu is tired."
Then the two of them respectfully gave their father a favor and quietly retreated out.
As soon as the two sons left the temple, Lu Bing opened his eyes suddenly, but there were two shimmers like a knife in his eyes. "Shi Sheng, what's going on with the Jinyiwei now?"
Dai Shisheng: "If you go back to Duke Lu, Wan Wenming will be fine. He basically doesn't care about the matter, just a decoration."
"He knows how to protect himself and knows what kind of role he should play. His Majesty's dragon body is not good, but he doesn't know what direction he will develop in the past few years. He is in a high position, and it is better not to do it than to do it, and it is better to be quiet than to move."
Dai Shisheng smiled and said, "Wan Wenming is just a transitional person. He can't do this golden matter for a long time. If he wants to make a difference, he is the way to die. However, Zhu Xizhong has been very brave and diligent in the Nanya recently, which is a major constraint for the master. Zhu Neng's descendants were also rich and noble, so he naturally refused to let go of such an opportunity."
"Zhu Xizhong, that is the team that Your Majesty prepared for King Yu in advance. If I handed over this note, I would probably take over as my position as Commander of the Jinyiwei."
"Well, I guess it's the same." Mr. Dai and Lu Bing's guest have been in a low position for more than 20 years, and there is no distinction between high and low, and they speak casually: "Mr. Lu, you have made such a great contribution for King Yu, and this position will sooner or later return to our Lu family in the future."
"Who can tell the future clearly? I am also making a bet." Lu Bing said sternly: "Often people say that wealth is only three generations, but our Lu family has been rich for five generations, and it is said that it should decline long ago. But I don't believe in this fate, and I have to bet on it once. I have been a cow for my children and grandchildren for my whole life, but when it comes, I still can't let it go. Both sons are useless, so I can only plant trees for my predecessors and enjoy the cool of my younger generations.
Lu Bing probably won't live this winter, even if he dies, the spirit of Heaven will protect two generations."
He reached out, grabbed the brush, and continued to write: "To ask for an order to steal the order, on the fifth day of the eighth month of this year, the general of Datong Qiu Luan was impeached to seek rewards for the loss of his troops and lost his territory."!
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Chapter completed!