Jiajing opened his eyes. Today's cultivation time was temporarily over, and he switched to emperor mode.
"Didn't you stop him?"
Lu Bing bowed deeply: "I am curious for a moment and want to hear whether this person is a liar. I am guilty."
The great eunuch Huang Jin stood behind Jiajing, squinting his eyes and looking at this minister who was probably Jiajing's most trusted minister.
He didn't believe that Lu Bing was out of curiosity. If he were Lu Bing, he might do the same.
When working with Jiajing, you not only have to listen to what he asks you to do, but you also have to figure out whether he really wants you to do it.
In the name of an inspection article, Jiajing kept King Yu in Xiyuan for a whole day, but let him go when the sun was about to set.
And this time is just enough for one person to run from Xiyuan to the main street. If you run wildly, you still have some time to spare.
Was this an oversight? People who are not familiar with Jiajing may think so. But Huang Jin, who was called "Huang Ban" by Jiajing, would never make such a mistake.
Of course Lu Bing would not make such a mistake.
In this little time, Jiajing could see a lot of things.
For example, does King Yu insist on running to fight counterfeiting? For another example, would Xiao Feng wait until the end and still feel guilty and leave early?
Who wants to let King Yu make this mistake and who wants to prevent King Yu from making this mistake represents the different attitudes of the court towards King Yu and King Jing.
So Lu Bing prevented the scale of the situation, but did not prevent it from happening.
I stopped it, but I didn’t stop it completely. Long live, I am neutral, neither biased towards King Yu nor King Jing.
Moreover, I guess Wanzai also wants to know the result. Since Xiao Feng didn't run away, is he a liar?
Maybe this last thing is more important to Jiajing, who has switched into Daojun mode, than the situation in the court and the dispute between the princes.
Jiajing smiled coldly: "At your age, you still suffer from curiosity. I don't blame you this time, and I won't do it next time."
I know you predicted me, but I want you to know that I also predicted yours. We are all smart people, and this is interesting.
Huang Jin, who was also a smart man, also smiled slightly. It was his turn to appear, and he could not let the emperor ask questions in person.
"Long live, these days the children who hear Chu Gong Cai Buy always talk about this sky-high price fortune teller.
The slave is unsatisfactory, but now that he is old, he is also curious. I don’t know if he is a liar or if he is really capable. "
From the initial disdain to the expectation in the past two days, Jiajing has indeed changed his mentality.
Because he checked the Taoist classics and found that in fortune telling, fortune telling is indeed an authentic Taoist method, but very few people have succeeded in practicing this method.
Lu Bing explained the process of Wang Yu's character test, and Jiajing raised his eyebrows inconspicuously.
"Do you think he guessed or calculated?"
Lu Bing shook his head: "This matter is indeed difficult to determine.
Although Prince Yu rarely showed his whereabouts, if Xiao Feng was smart enough, he might have guessed that it was the prince based on what happened the day before yesterday.
If one guesses this, there is at least a half chance that the prince of this age is either King Yu or King Jing. "
"Where are the people from before?"
"That Zhang Tianci has left the capital. It's unclear whether he is a shill. The brothel girl only said that she had a chance to become a good person, but she didn't say that she would die, and she didn't get any money."
Jiajing suddenly smiled.
"If Zhang Tianci was a bastard, and the brothel woman was deceived but not given any money, the only one who was really defrauded of her money is my stupid son who wants to fight against the scammer?"
Huang Jin said softly: "Long live, do you want to secretly bring someone in and ask..."
Jiajing shook his head: "Huang Ban, that's not possible. A few years ago, I opened the palace door and recruited Youdao real people from all over the world. The result? The real people didn't see it, and there were a lot of swindlers.
If it weren't for the two Taoist masters Shao and Tao who supported the scene, almost everyone in the world would think that all Taoists are liars! The ministers also took the opportunity to remonstrate, demanding that alchemy and Taoism should not be practiced in the palace. If it weren't for Yan Song and Lu Bing's pressure, it would have been almost out of control. "
From then on, he was extremely cautious when summoning alchemists into the palace. If he is a liar, he will give the officials an excuse to attack Taoism.
Jiajing was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. Although Xiao Feng is not a Taoist priest, fortune telling is a Taoist skill, which is the same thing.
Jiajing would not take the risk of calling Xiao Feng into the palace before he was sure that he had real abilities.
"Lu Bing, please continue to keep an eye on this Xiao Feng and find out his details as soon as possible. If he has real ability, I will treat him as a Taoist friend; if not, don't make such a big fuss."
Don’t be afraid of being a liar, and it is not a serious crime, but if you don’t control it well, your reputation for cheating will be too great. Once exposed, it will be a blow to Taoism, and Jiajing will never allow it.
Because he needs a legitimate reason to practice Taoism. If the reputation of Taoism is ruined, what legitimate reason can he have?
At this time, there were also three people meeting in Yan's mansion.
Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Zhao Wenhua.
Yan Song frowned and said, "Looking at it this way, Wan Zai intends to protect King Yu?"
Zhao Wenhua was a little crestfallen: "If this were not the case, how could we keep Prince Yu in Xiyuan for a whole day and prevent him from exposing Xiao Feng?"
Yan Shifan took a sip of tea, played with the beautiful jade cup in his hand, and smiled lightly.
"But King Yu finally caught up. Could it be that Banzai was negligent?"
Zhao Wenhua was stunned and rolled his eyes: "Is this really the case? It's a pity, it's a pity that Lu Bing had a hand in it, otherwise King Yu would have made a big mistake!"
Yan Song looked at his son: "What does Lu Bing mean by this? He has always been on good terms with us and would not support Prince Yu so blatantly."
Yan Shifan turned his head, one eye was dim, but the other one was full of light.
"This means long live, not Lu Bing's, so there is no need to worry. On the contrary, Lu Bing's trip is half for Prince Yu and the other half for the fortune teller."
Yan Song was surprised: "What other background does this person have? Is he just a charlatan?"
Yan Song held a high position and had little contact with the affairs below. All the news came from his party members. In fact, Yan Song had never even heard of many people who died at the hands of the Yan Party, those with low status.
Yan Shifan put down his cup: "Eight years ago, Long Live handed over the matter of selecting girls to enter the palace to my father. I wonder if my father still remembers it."
Yan Song nodded. He was still the Minister of Rites at that time and had the trust of Jiajing, so he was naturally obliged to do such an errand.
Moreover, the matter of recruiting girls is very lucrative and has many benefits. Yan Song has always left it to Yan Shifan. He believes that his son will be able to maximize the benefits.
Yan Shifan said: "I made arrangements for this matter at that time and assigned it to our people. At that time, Yuan Zhi was still working locally and received the task."
Zhao Wenhua nodded quickly and recalled for his godfather: "At that time, I was only responsible for one place, but I also made quite a lot of achievements."
On that errand, Zhao Wenhua collected 10,000 taels of silver and handed over 5,000 taels to the Yan Mansion. He also took the opportunity to get himself a concubine.
"At that time, there was a county magistrate under Songjiang Prefecture, who was also under my father's sect. Because someone died, he was captured and brought back to the capital by the Jin Yiwei. Does my father still remember it?"
Yan Song thought for a while, but he really couldn't remember. He has too many disciples, and many of them came through roundabout ways. There were often people who lost their horses, and he just sent people to fish them out.
Yan Shifan narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Of course we fished out the county magistrate, but he was later killed."
Zhao Wenhua said "Ah". After all, he was young and had a better memory than Yan Song.
Although this matter had nothing to do with him, the magistrate was first arrested, then released, and finally killed. After all, this was not common, so he had heard about it.
Yan Shifan nodded: "The Jinyi guard who arrested people was also the person who later killed the county magistrate. He was Xiao Feng's father, Xiao Wannian."
