With the sound of firecrackers marking the end of the year, and the day of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, Lu Hanjiang's house was also bustling with activity. This was the first year since he was promoted to the Commander of the Imperial Guards, so naturally many people came to congratulate him.
In addition, Lu Hanjiang has officially returned to the Lu family at this moment. Although he did not invite any guests to make a big show, I heard that it was just Lu Shangshu who held a ceremony for him, which was equivalent to a formality.
But no matter what, Lu Hanjiang's reputation is different now. Although this icing on the cake has mediocre results, everyone has no better choice now. After all, Mr. Lu was promoted too quickly and gave everyone no chance to help everyone.
Welcoming guests from all walks of life at home, the old man at the door smiled and turned into a Maitreya Buddha. In his opinion, this was a sign that Lu Hanjiang and his team were about to fly into the sky together.
Although he knew that the master of the Lu family would achieve extraordinary things in the future when he and Lu Hanjiang left the Lu clan, but to be able to reach the heights he is today at the age of less than thirty is something that even Lord Meng cannot achieve. An impossible feat.
During the first month of the first lunar month, in addition to fellow Jin Yiwei and officials from the imperial court, there were even some scholars from aristocratic families who came to the Lu Mansion to congratulate him.
These people really have integrity. They came to visit this time not to follow the crowd. They are all Confucian students. Now that the head of Confucianism and Taoism, Luo Yuanjing, wants to accept Lu Hanjiang as a disciple, they naturally want to see the news. Let’s take a look at what kind of person this Mr. Lu is.
Don't think that since the academy has disciples all over the world, this Luo Fuzi's students are not valuable. This is a big mistake.
Among Lu Hanjiang's personal disciples of Luo Fuzi, except for Zhao Ziyi, who seemed to be an unenlightened scholar, none of them were economical.
Even Qiao Shifang, who was killed by him first, was the same. Although this person's martial arts was not worth mentioning in front of him, it was still enough to be worthy of the position of Thousand Households.
Not to mention, Qiao Shifang's cultural foundation is the highest among the brothers in the history since the establishment of Jinyiwei. Luo Fuzi once scolded him for abandoning literature and embracing martial arts, which was a self-destruction. This scolding was absolutely correct.
Qiao Shifang's literary level was even so high that when he announced for the first time that he would join the Jinyi Guards, many literati sighed for it. When this man left the south of the Yangtze River and went north to the capital, the number of students and scholars who came to see him off even reached a thousand. There are so many people.
At the same time, he is also the only outstanding person of his generation who still enjoys a high reputation in the literary world even after serving as a royal guard. Even if he kills countless people, he is still praised by many scholars.
None of the disciples Luo Fuzi accepted personally was simple. Even the old master had already said that Lu Hanjiang was his closed disciple. In other words, this world-famous Confucian leader would not accept any more disciples.
This made Lu Hanjiang's popularity rise to a new level. If he was appointed as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, it would only shock the capital. Now that he is going to become Luo Fuzi's closed disciple, this news is enough to shock the world.
But just before Lu Hanjiang's scheduled date of apprenticeship, something happened that pushed the impact of this matter to the extreme.
Fang Huayu, who was imprisoned in Fusi Prison in Beizhen, died.
When they suddenly heard the news, everyone in the Jinyi Guards and Lu Hanjiang himself felt shocked for a while.
First of all, Lu Hanjiang was certain that he had never thought of killing this person, nor had he hinted that his men would kill this person. After briefly interrogating the guards, he was able to confirm that it was not done by one of their own.
Since Fang Huayu was imprisoned, only two kinds of people have come to visit him, one is his classmates from the academy, and the other is the envoy from the East Palace.
Fang Huayu's classmates had no motive for poisoning, but the envoys from the East Palace had no chance to poison, because every time they came on behalf of the Crown Princess, Qi Yunzhou, the vice president of Meihua Academy, would accompany them to ensure the safety of his poor junior brother. .
But even so, Fang Huayu died.
And judging from the rumors after the incident, people all over the world generally believed that the incident was the work of Jin Yiwei. They had no evidence and no suitable reason, so they could only choose the only answer through elimination.
Lu Hanjiang was invisibly accused of being blamed, but he didn't take it to heart, because as long as Luo Fuzi believed that he was not responsible for the matter, there would be no big problem.
The way people in the world choose the murderer gave Lu Hanjiang an idea. He knew that it was not the mastermind of Jin Yiwei. The news that Qi Yunzhou came in a hurry also proved that someone in the academy was not crazy.
Then the remaining answer is that of the Crown Princess, which is both reasonable and unreasonable.
Lu Hanjiang was not surprised that the other party would take action, but he didn't know how the other party did it. He was able to kill people silently under the eyes of Jin Yiwei and the Academy, until he saw Fang Huayu's death.
Fang Huayu, who died suddenly in prison, had a terrifying change. His black hair became old and withered, and the skin all over his body was as skinny as tree bark. He was obviously a man in his prime, but he looked like an old man.
Lu Hanjiang looked at Fang Huayu in front of him, and suddenly thought of another person, the young cousin of the Gongsun family, Lu Peng.
That unlucky guy was killed by Yan'er using the Heavenly Poison Weeping Heart, and was saved by Gongsun Wang using the Heavenly Destiny to bring him back to life. The magic medicine and the poisonous blood clashed, depleting his vitality, and finally turning him from a young man in his early twenties to a He became an old man with gray hair and chicken skin.
Lu Hanjiang didn't think these two things were just accidents and coincidences. He told Master Wu what he discovered.
Wu Qiming was extremely surprised after hearing this. He pondered for a long time and said: "Sir, I have heard about the origin of the rejuvenation pill that day. It was indeed developed by Gongsun Wang for many years, and the quantity of this medicine is rare. There are only two pills in the world. How can the Crown Princess get it in such a short time?"
Wu Qiming is right. No matter how powerful the Crown Princess is, she cannot silently fetch the elixir from thousands of miles away. Moreover, even if she is really powerful and has arranged the elixir in advance, she will not be able to get the elixir from the East Palace in the past few days. Even just two pills are definitely not enough.
Lu Hanjiang had already guessed the method of the Crown Princess killing people. The cakes brought by the envoys from the East Palace in the past few days contained some special ingredients, which were not poisonous, but rather tonic. It was for this reason that Jin Yiwei and the Academy had no doubts.
"I thought that perhaps it was not only the Destiny Resurrection Pill that could arouse toxic rage. His Highness most likely adopted the same idea, but used other drugs." Lu Hanjiang said.
What Lu Hanjiang thought of was that the Crown Princess was once able to control the onset of Sky Poison's weeping heart with medicine, thus making Shang Jidao obey her orders. Now she was able to kill people in such unimaginable ways, which was a trace.
Wu Qiming narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, there must be a poison master beside His Highness, and his skills are even higher than Gongsun Wang, a master of medical skills."
Lu Hanjiang nodded: "There will never be another hundred poisoners in the world. Now the Gongsun family is truly the number one medical family in the world, and no one can surpass it. If outsiders want to surpass Gongsun Wang in medical skills... ..almost impossible."
"My lord, what you say makes sense. If so, then maybe this person is not outside at all."
Wu Qiming's words woke up the dreamer. Lu Hanjiang raised his head in surprise and said, "Could it be that Mr. Wu is talking about Gongsun Huan?"
Wu Qiming nodded slightly and said solemnly: "The Jianghu aristocratic families are all in the same spirit. Since Dongfang can be used by Huangfu, why can't Gongsun?"
