UGB Chapter 52
Chapter 52
"Why do I only see you today and not your cousin?" Yuechen said with a smile.
"Master Yue should have heard that there is something going on in the Hou's mansion today, so my cousin is naturally at home." Chu Lishu said with a gentle expression, and there was nothing wrong with his attitude.
"Then why did you come to see Mr. Cao? As far as I know, Mr. Cao doesn't like to be visited by young students."
Chu Lishu knew that Yuechen was trying to test him, but he had discussed with Cao Lao long ago.
"Entrusted, to help Mr. Cao find books."
Yuechen raised his eyebrows, and then said: "Then guess, why are we going to Mr. Cao today?"
"Of course it's because of the things the two adults are busy with recently, but I can't guess how these things have anything to do with Mr. Cao. If it's the language of the Tianwu Clan, one teacher is enough."
"The case...it was closed a few hours ago." Yuechen said suddenly.
Chu Li was a little surprised in writing, and then praised: "The speed of the two cases is really fast."
Up to this moment, the straight-hearted Huo Luo couldn't help it anymore, "Hurry up, it was forcibly married, there must be a mole in Dali Temple!"
Chu Lishu frowned slightly, and Yuechen said slowly, "Did you know? The list you're looking for is actually more than one."
Chu Lishu was taken aback.
Yuechen is very good at interrogating prisoners. He interrogated the old bustard and the men responsible for delivering incense separately. One of them was to repeat the records on the register that they knew. After several rounds of torture, they had to repeat it three times in total. Then compare them one by one.
"After sorting out the information on the roster and accounts one by one, we can see that there must be more than one roster, but they are the information that I extorted under torture. It may be regarded as misremembering, so there is no evidence to prove that there is still The second book, we originally wanted to continue the investigation, but unfortunately the old bust committed suicide in prison, and at the same time, several places in Chunxiang Building suddenly caught fire, and the rescue failed, so we can only close the case here."
When Chu Lishu heard this, he naturally believed in Yuechen's judgment, but this case was meaningless to him, and he would not waste his energy on it. "I'm afraid Mr. Yue is wrong. Liu Wen'er found the roster."
Yuechen smiled, it was really watertight.But it doesn't matter, and continued: "Soon, those women including Liu Wen'er will be released. Liu Wen'er's tattoos have been washed off, and they will probably return to Chunxiang Tower, but the old bustard is dead. The person behind the scenes is an abandoned child."
"That's a good thing for them." Chu Li wrote.
"Do you have any guesses about the person behind the scenes?" Yue Chen asked.
Chu Lishu looked up at Yuechen, and said, "Why don't Mr. Yue speak first?"
Seeing Yuechen's appearance, he wanted to tell him something, so he could only bear with him and tell him, looking out of the window, it's time for the Hou's mansion to have dinner now, and since he hasn't gone back for a day, that person must be jumping in a hurry .It can also be regarded as giving him a sense of boundaries, letting him know that the two of them don't have to stick together.
While listening to Yuechen's words, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the braised pork on the table. He didn't realize until it was in his mouth. He didn't eat with Lin Qingyang, so why did he still eat food he didn't like.
But this braised pork tastes good, and I can bring him a copy later.In this way, even if he is unhappy because of his late return, he will probably feel better.
"Hey, Mr. Chu, what are you thinking? Did you hear what I said?" Yuechen found that Chu Lishu was getting more and more absent-minded, so he couldn't help but ask, but when he saw him eating braised pork, his eyes flickered .
He remembered that the man never ate braised pork.
"Young Master Yue invites people to dinner, so I can't let me listen to you while I'm hungry." Chu Lishu restrained his thoughts and said directly: "Young Master suspects that the four major clans are involved behind that thing, you can only be sure it's not you The Yue family, but you can’t distinguish the other three, so you have doubts in your heart, so you will go to Mr. Cao, and hope he can help you with advice.”
Yue Chen and Huo Luo stopped and looked at Chu Li's book.
In fact, Yuechen didn't say so much just now, but Chu Lishu had already completely analyzed their intentions with just a few words, and the agility of his thinking was amazing.
Yuechen's eyes changed slightly, this feeling is very similar to when he was talking to that person before, as if you only need to say the beginning of a sentence, and the person knows what you will say next, even if you can't figure out how to express it , he can find the most suitable way of speaking, and speak to your heart.
Maybe this is the ability of people who are extremely smart.
"Cheng, Wang, Pei...it's all possible." Yuechen said slowly: "Young Master Chu has just arrived in the capital, and it seems that he is determined to enter the palace as a companion, but do you know the real situation in the capital?"
"I also ask Mr. Yue to enlighten me." Chu Li wrote.
Yuechen smiled, "Okay, then I'll be a guiding light to help you sort it out, so that you can have a clear idea of who will serve you in the future."
The current situation in the court hall is considered to be the most complicated situation in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Yuechen simply dipped his chopsticks in tea and drew on the table for him to see.
The current form of the harem is also the current form of seizing the throne, divided into four major forces, and the families behind them.
As I said before, the current prince is the child of the former emperor and the nephew of the current emperor. Behind the prince is the Cheng family of Taiyuan, one of the four major clans. She became a prince, so she was promoted to Empress Cheng, temporarily living in the palace, and asked her to serve the queen mother.This is the grace given by the emperor.
But in this way, the status of the emperor's own eldest son and wife will change.
The eldest son can only be the eldest prince, and the first wife who is backed by the Wang family of Qinghe can only be the imperial concubine, but her status and power are the real empress, and the Phoenix seal is also in her hands, but the title is not close.Coupled with the help of the Wang family, who is also one of the four major clans, the eldest prince will naturally become the favorite to win the heir apparent. Their only weakness is that the emperor doesn't like their mother and son, and always treats them indifferently.
The prince that the emperor likes is the third prince, that is, the child of Concubine Pei. The third prince is backed by the Gusu Pei family, one of the four major clans. Over the years, there have been a lot of talents, occupying many important positions in the court, and the overall strength cannot be underestimated.In addition, Lin Qingxu had been hanging out with Pei Jin, who was born in the Pei family, in Taixue, and he wanted to be the third prince's companion.
The fourth force is Prime Minister Li's daughter, Concubine Mei. She is considered the favorite concubine of the emperor today, and she also gave birth to four princes. She also has the father of the current prime minister. Some strength.
Some people are optimistic about the fourth prince because they feel that the current emperor is young and strong. When he retires, the previous ones will probably be older. The fourth prince is only ten years old, which is very suitable for long-term investment.
Moreover, the current emperor actually does not like the feeling of being restricted by the four major clans, so he favors Concubine Mei and Xu Guiren who later entered the palace even more.
Looking at this situation, one will understand the balance of forces in the palace, so that everyone has the hope of taking the lead, but no one will take the risk too much.
It has to be said that the current emperor still knows the art of emperors very well.
After Chu Lishu finished listening, his expression didn't change, because he knew more than this.
On the contrary, Huo Luo was a little surprised by Yuechen's patience with Chu Lishu, and even told him so many things that shouldn't be said. If someone listened to it, it would cause trouble.
"So who do you like more?" Yuechen asked directly.
Chu Lishu wanted to fool around for a while, but suddenly thought of something, and his face gradually changed.
Yuechen looked at Chu Lishu suspiciously, and after a while, he heard Chu Lishu say slowly: "I think I know who is most suspected."
"You mean the man behind the drug?"
Chu Lishu raised his head and said, "It should be the Pei family."
Yuechen was taken aback, and quickly realized, "Because Lin Qingyang's concubine followed Pei Jin, the eldest son of Pei's younger generation?"
"Is this kind of association too rough and direct?" Huo Luo felt very far-fetched.
"Lin Qingxu has always performed well in Annanhou's mansion. In order to maintain his image in front of Annanhou, it is impossible for him to go to a place like Chunxianglou. Then how did he come into contact with such things as addictive substances? If he didn't, what if he didn't? Will he know how to use him to harm people?" Chu Lishu analyzed.
"But people from the Pei family, whether it's Pei Jin or not, wouldn't let Lin Qingxu come into contact with such things in order to win over a bastard. What if Lin Qingxu exposed them?" Huo Luo said.
"Perhaps Lin Qingxu just accidentally learned that there is such a place selling addictive substances. Pei Jin can completely disregard the relationship. It's very simple." Yue Chen rubbed his chin and said, "Mr. Pei... wants to help Lin Qingxu obtain a son. position, forcing Marquis Annan to stand in line with the third prince!"
Marquis Annan is neutral, does not belong to any faction, and works in the Ministry of Industry. He has the emperor's trust and is a very worthy target.But Marquis Annan was still on the sidelines.
Although I thought of sending my children to be companions, I never revealed to my children who I hope they will follow in Taixue. I just let them study hard and perform hard. Unlike other people, they found their own camp as soon as they entered After all, in Taixue, Cheng Yi, Wang Tongen, Pei Jin and even Xu Wenze all represent a force.Being close to someone means wanting to be the companion of the prince.
At that time, Lin Qingyang fell in love with Xu Wenze as soon as he came in, and tried his best to share a courtyard with Xu Wenze. In the eyes of others, he chose the fourth prince behind the alliance between Prime Minister Li and Duke Wei.
Pei Jin should be regarded as the most ambitious and powerful among those few people. With Pei's foresight, they naturally don't want the fat piece of Annanhou's Mansion to slip away, so after analyzing the current situation of Annanhou's Mansion, he decided to support it. Lin Qingxu, using Lin Qingxu's own greed to give him a chance to attack his prostitute Lin Qingyang without anyone noticing.
If the prostitute Lin Qingyang dies, and the Lord Yawen dies again, then Lin Qingxu will be the only heir to the heir. By then, Lin Qingxu has left a handle in their hands because of his use of addictive substances, and then Marquis Annan can only submit to the Pei family. .
Therefore, it was Pei's people who really wanted to kill Lin Qingyang, and the purpose was to stand in line with the Marquis of Annan, which meant that even if they guarded against Lin Qingxu's little fish, there was still a Pei family watching behind him.Or those who also want the power of the Marquis of Annan are also planning how to use or kill Lin Qingyang.
Huo Luo listened to what they said, and his eyes couldn't help being filled with anger, "The older generation can live and die, but the intrigue has even been tricked into the younger generation..."
"Aren't there fewer people who died in Beijing in the past few years? You should get used to it by now." Yue Chen said coldly, "Lin Qingyang is lucky to have found out so early. And you, a wise general, are by his side. Fate is big. Otherwise, it is just an innocent undead who died without knowing why."
After Yuechen finished speaking, he saw Chu Lishu's expression seemed to be frozen, it could be seen that someone was angry.
At this time, Chu Lishu had only one thought in his mind, Lin Qingyang was not allowed to go to the palace no matter what.
In the process of analyzing just now, Chu Lishu guessed and understood the mentality of Marquis Annan. Not telling the children who to follow and allowing them to develop means that Marquis Annan has the right to choose. His children, whether they are legitimate sons or not, are It's not their boss's, they're just pawns.He is well aware that his two children have different personalities, and he will definitely not follow one person.That is tantamount to giving him two choices.
He can keep a wait-and-see attitude until one day in the future when there is a clear difference between the various forces, he will choose one and give up the others, no matter who that person is.
So for Lin Qingyang, the safest thing to do is not to participate in it, wait until he... When he can control the overall situation, Lin Qingyang doesn't need to make a choice, just choose him.
"Ah, I remembered, that matter must have been arranged by Mrs. Pei." Yue Chen suddenly said suspiciously.
"What?" Chu Lishu asked immediately.
"Lin Qingyang's former best friend Yuzhang Langjun, he may have been addicted to drugs by Pei's design. Recently, he was kicked out of the Youting Building because of his addiction to incense. As usual, we should arrest people who are addicted to incense. But today I learned that he went to look for Lin Qingyang. After all, we know each other well, so it's not good to go to the door and arrest him. It's not good if Lin Qingyang's smoking history is exposed. Anyway, the case is over, so we won't Nevermind."
As soon as Yuechen finished speaking, Chu Lishu stood up instantly.
He designed the addictive substance, but Yu Barrier never knew about it. Even if he suspected that he was addicted, he would probably think that he got it accidentally when Lin Qingyang was harmed. Qing Yang.Unless...someone sent it over on purpose.
Killing a person is not the only way to destroy a person.
"Next time, let's talk about important things earlier." After Chu Lishu finished speaking, he turned around and left, making Yuechen look confused.
"Which of the things we just said is not more important than this?" Yuechen asked doubtfully.
Huo Luo immediately said with contempt: "You are stupid, you can say that Yuzhang is Lin Qingyang's old friend, please, Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang's relationship is so ambiguous, it makes the rivals of love jealous when they meet each other!"
"You..." Yue Chen was amused, "Aren't you unacceptable to men and women? Why do you understand so much all of a sudden?"
Huo Luo immediately showed a proud face, "I draw inferences from one instance, and it makes sense."
"Then can you, a smart brain, help me to recall it." Yuechen said with a smile: "Think about whether Chu Lishu looks like...someone we used to know?"
"Who is it? Isn't he the nephew of the Marquis of Annan? We probably haven't had any contact with him."
"The nephew of the Marquis of Annan's mansion, Chu Lishu... Something happened to the Chu family. The whole family went to Beijing to seek refuge with relatives, and ran into gangsters. In the end, only Chu Lishu was left. If he hadn't come here with a token, he hadn't seen him for more than ten years. Who would know if he is the real Chu Lishu?" Yue Chen dug out the details of the person after seeing Chu Lishu for the first time.
Huo Luo was surprised and said, "You doubt his identity? Who could it be? If we have met...his face looks like this, we will never forget it."
"I'm not talking about the face but... what's inside that skin."
"Guts?"
"..."
On the other side, in the flower hall of Marquis Annan's Mansion, it was already so quiet that one could hardly breathe.
A weak man in ragged clothes was kneeling on the ground in the middle, holding Lin Qingyang's clothes and crying.
"Mr. Lin, the villain doesn't ask for anything. I just ask you to take me in and give me a bite to eat because of the love I have served you so many times."