Liu Yan also looked at Xun Mou with a confused look on his face and asked: "General Xun, since you said that, there must be some way to restrain him. Please tell me and listen!"
Xun Mou laughed and looked confident, "There is no way to deal with Uncle Ping Yuan, but it is more than enough to deal with An Shilu." After saying that, Xun Mou stood up and whispered a few words in Liu Yan's ear.
Liu Yan listened with relish and praised the case, "General Xun's plan is really brilliant! Good, good... Let's do it like this, just do it! Then I'll do it now!"
"Hey! It's not possible now!" Xun Mou stopped him, "This matter can only be done after Lu Zuo and others leave the capital."
"It makes sense! Recently, many positions in the six departments within the court have been vacant. I am thinking that there is no place to place my own people. As soon as he leaves, we will immediately place our confidants in the court, whether in the military or outside the country." The people inside the court are all ours, no matter how good Lu Zuo is, he can't compete with so many insiders like ours." Liu Yan said with a proud look on his face.
Xun Mou sat back down and waved his hand, "It's too early to say this now. As long as we isolate them step by step in the court, we will be half successful! But all this must be done without revealing the truth, otherwise the emperor will For such a sensitive person, the emperor took the blame before we could arrange the people in these positions."
Xun Yu and Prince Ning both nodded in agreement. Xun Yu suddenly thought of Prince Ning Liu Xun, so he asked: "Your Highness, have you heard any news about Prince Ning recently?"
"Prince Ning?" Liu Yan suddenly woke up, "If Duke Wei didn't say anything, I almost forgot about it." Then he slapped his forehead, feeling a little annoyed, "I have been so worried about Lu Zuo's affairs these days, I have no time. I have taken care of him. However, I have indeed not heard from him for a long time. I have not seen him speak to him for a long time during the morning court, and I have not heard anything wrong with him in private. "
"Is this strange?" Xun Mou asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, don't you find it strange?"
Liu Yan tilted his head and thought, "Yes, I feel strange too, but I just can't figure out what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd? General Xun, what do you think?"
Xun Mou stood up, walked around the empty hall, and said after a moment: "Have you not noticed that Prince Ning rarely appears since Lu Zuo appeared?"
"What do you mean by General Xun's words?" Liu Yan thought about it and suddenly realized, "You mean, Lu Zuo is related to Prince Ning?"
"Hmm..." Xun Mou said meaningfully, "I guess Lu Zuo must be from Prince Ning!"
"Why are you so sure?" Liu Yan and Xun Yu asked in unison.
"Otherwise, why would King Ning see Lu Zuo letting him develop his power? Moreover, according to King Ning's character, he would definitely send his own people to participate in the martial arts contest, but he doesn't care at all. Don't you think so? Is it strange?" Xun Mou thought, "If Lu Zuo is not one of King Ning's men, what other explanation can there be?"
Xun Yu also nodded in agreement, "Hmm... That makes sense. Now there are only two forces left in the court. One is your side, the prince, and the other is Prince Ning's party. How can he do it if he doesn't have Prince Ning's support?" So much so?"
Liu Yan secretly gritted his teeth and said: "This Lu Zuo seems to be really willing to drink the toast instead of having to drink as a penalty. And Uncle Ning, he is really an old fox. He lets others charge into the battle while he hides behind and remains calm."
"This is the brilliance of Prince Ning. He seems to be far away from party disputes, but in fact everything is under his control!" He became Prince Ning’s right-hand man when he came up.”
"General Xun, what should we do?"
"Your Highness, don't worry. Since Prince Ning is standing still and acting obediently in front of the Holy Master, then this time, as soon as Lu Zuo leaves, we will let Prince Ning show his fox tail!"
"Hmph..." Liu Yan slapped the table angrily, "You're right. If I put my own people in the Sixth Department this time, let's see if he is in a hurry."
Seeing that Lu Zuo's wedding was approaching, after proposing and getting engaged, he waited for the auspicious day to arrive.
August 13th came quietly, and today the whole Lu Mansion was filled with joy, with bright red window grilles, couplets, lanterns... Yin Ji was even more busy, and had to personally direct everything. All the officials at the same level in the court came to congratulate him, especially his colleagues from the Yushitai. Even Du Zongting, the imperial censor, came to congratulate him in person after careful consideration. Chen Tuizhi was worried that he would be easily discovered by officials on such an occasion, so he disguised himself as a slave and helped.
At noon, it was an auspicious time for the two of them. Seeing that the bride's sedan chair was about to arrive in front of the house, Yin Ji quickly asked people to play music and set off firecrackers. All of a sudden, the music and firecrackers blared together. Lu Zuo, clad in red and colorful clothes, walked down the stone steps to greet her, and the groomsmen also helped the bride out of the sedan. Lu Zuo felt so happy when he saw An Anruo wearing red makeup and wearing a hijab! Taking three steps and two steps at a time, he stepped forward to take the mandarin duck knot as if flying, and led him to the main hall. The best man shouted to worship heaven and earth. After the ceremony, he was sent directly to the bridal chamber.
It was a rare moment of joy and laughter in the Lu Mansion. Eight banquet tables were set up in the large courtyard. Although there were not many relatives and friends, the seats were full of high-ranking officials from the court. Counting them down, there were seven tables. Since most of Lu Zuo's friends were from the martial arts world, he didn't ask those people to come. He just wanted to invite those brothers to have a good time when he went back to his hometown to have a banquet. The colleagues at the banquet were also very considerate and polite in their toasts and speeches.
Lu Zuo also discovered that the people at the table in the southeast corner of the courtyard were all colleagues from the Yushitai. These people looked quite embarrassed. Should they follow the lively commotion? Or keep your head down and say nothing? But both of them seemed inappropriate. After all, they were both from the prince, and they all knew about Lu Zuo and the prince's feud. But from now on, Lu Zuo would be a colleague of the Yushitai. Although he was new, he was the emperor's favorite after all. minister.
Du Zongting, who was sitting at the head of the table, looked even more depressed. He was the confidant of King Liu Xu of Wei at first, and later became the prince, so it was extremely embarrassing to meet Lu Zuo. Ordinarily, he was also responsible for Lu Zuo's imprisonment. But if I don't come today, I will look like a coward. Even General Xun Mou and Xun ask me to come over and have a look. How can I refuse? So I decided to take a look, and maybe I could clear up the past suspicions, although the chance was almost impossible.
After Lu Zuo took turns toasting at each table, it was the turn of the last table in the southeast corner. Almost everyone at the table knew the relationship between the people at this table and Lu Zuo, so when Lu Zuo stood at that table, The shouts and shouts in the courtyard suddenly stopped, and everyone was looking to see what Lu Zuo would say to them.
