"Pang Ban?" Yang Shu's hand holding the pen paused and muttered: "What is he doing here? Let him in."
The eunuch hurried out, and after a long time he led Pang Ban in from outside the palace gate. When he arrived at the door, Pang Ban was called in. Wearing a black robe of Xuanqing Guard, he came in, bowed and stood aside with his hands tied.
After Yang Shu reviewed the copper bars in his hand, he raised his head, glanced at Pang Ban, and waved to the eunuch to show him his seat.
"What can Mr. Pang have to report?" Yang Shu asked with a tired look on his face, looking at Pang Ban with a smile.
Pang Ban held up the file made by the Black Flag Battalion with both hands and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Black Flag Battalion recently discovered some suspicious clues while suppressing the false and evil cultivators. I don’t dare to act rashly, so please ask Your Majesty for your decision.”
Hearing Pang Ban's words, Yang Shu frowned.
He has not touched the personnel affairs of Xuanqingwei at all since he ascended the throne. Firstly, Xuanqing Guard was special. Secondly, Xuanqing Guard still abide by his duties during the imperial examination, which made him feel reassured. Thirdly, Pang Ban's ability was obvious to all and he was very respectful to him, so there was no need to move. Generally speaking, Pang Ban could decide all matters with one word. He would never use the word "frightened" and would even bring it to him to ask for a decision. Besides, it sounds like the evil monk is involved in the matter.
Yang Shu felt inexplicably agitated, knowing that Pang Ban's visit was definitely not a good thing.
With a hum, Yang Shu took the file forwarded by the eunuch, then waved his hand to dismiss the rest of the people in the study, and then opened the file and started reading.
The more he looked, the deeper his frown became. Yang Shu even raised his head and looked at Pang Ban several times while watching it, seemingly unexpectedly with a bit of disbelief.
Pang Ban sat upright like a stone and remained speechless. The content in the dossier is not complicated, and the language is concise. There is no need for him to introduce it from the side. I believe the emperor can completely understand it.
With a sound of "Bang!", Yang Shu closed the file heavily after reading it, and slammed the table hard. The fatigue on his face was washed away by anger, and the murderous intent in his eyes almost overflowed.
"What did the Black Flag Battalion say?"
Hearing this, Pang Ban replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the Black Flag Battalion is already 70% sure of the situation. If you allow them, they will be able to get closer to observe immediately. If they are involved in the evil monks, they will have an answer right away."
Yang Shu snorted. After being silent for a while, he said: "Take action immediately, but don't let the Lu family notice it. No matter what the result is, report the result as soon as possible."
He didn't say anything else, he just agreed to Black Flag Camp's request.
Let’s investigate first, and then talk about other things after we get the evidence of Tie Shi. Even if Yang Shu trusts Xuan Qingwei again, Lu Liang's status in his heart is really not low, and everything must be based on evidence to make decisions.
"I accept your order!"
Pang Ban came here just to ask for orders. After getting the emperor's consent, he bowed and retreated without any delay. Before he could leave the palace, a copy of the Thousand Miles Note was delivered to the hands of Shen Hao, the commander of the black flag camp in Fengri City. Shen Hao also did not waste a moment. After receiving the permission, he immediately gave Heishui an order to conduct a close observation of the children of the two side branches hidden in Lu Liang.
That night, at the time of Xu Zheng, Pang Ban entered the palace again to ask for an audience with Emperor Shu. The latest verified news was reported.
"This time, we checked the children of the Lu family who were hiding and wanted to clear up their relationship. There are eight children in the family. They are all at the beginning of the Qi Refining Realm. The high ones are at the third level, and the low ones are just starting out.
The mana fluctuations in seven of these eight people caused the array to move abnormally, and they were confirmed to be pseudo-evil monks. The root of their breakthrough should be the special elixir "Obstacle Breaking Pill" that the pseudo-evil monks relied on.
In this way, distant relatives of the Lu family have been determined to be actually involved with the pseudo-evil monks. "
Just these few words made Yang Shu's eyebrows stand up, and the tea cup in his hand was smashed to pieces by him.
"Bitch bastard! Eat the dog bastard inside and outside!" Yang Shu felt deeply betrayed and angry, and at the same time, he was also surprisingly absurd. The person he had chosen as the left prime minister, the mastermind who had followed him through all the difficulties, was now actually found to be involved with an evil monk. Does this count as a slap in the face to yourself?
Betrayed by someone you like. Betrayed by someone you like. Yang Shu's anger is also reasonable.
But scolding is enough, and things still need to be handled with caution. Lu Liang, the person who was accidentally involved, suddenly became the key to the matter. Instead, the evil monks and the Jingbei Qin family were matched.
There are still differences from the previous Dongshijia Valve. The most direct thing is that the target strength gap between the two things is huge. This time, neither the Jingbei Qin family nor the upstart Lu family have many trump cards, and they won't need to use Fenghong Villa or the Forbidden Army. Xuan Qingwei alone is enough to handle it.
Mainly the influence and the emperor's face.
"Your Majesty, the Lu family has almost no foundation. The place where we sit has only some superficial connections. Even if a sudden accident leads to the death of a group of people, there will not be too big a ripple. When the time comes, Your Majesty will issue a decree to mourn."
Yang Shu snorted and asked after a moment: "What about Lu Liang? Let him have an accident too?"
"Lü Lianghui was so worried that he became ill due to the accident at home and soon died at home." Pang Ban gave a solution.
The Lu family has a shallow foundation and no complicated personal connections. Even if they are in a high position now, establishing connections does not happen overnight. Especially deep-rooted connections require one or even several generations to slowly develop them. So don't look at the current prosperity of the Lu family now, but once something goes wrong, there will be absolutely very few people who will sincerely stand up to help them or even share the difficulties with them, not even one.
This leaves room for attack.
"Who do you think you can hide this from?"
"It can be concealed from all those who can understand and those who can't understand. It can also settle the matter in the gentlest way. At the same time, it can also stay clean of what happened to the Qin family in Jingbei and will never be associated with anyone. "
Pang Ban made it clear when he needed to come up with ideas.
Yang Shu walked back and forth in the study, thinking about Pang Ban's suggestion. It has to be said that Xuan Qingwei is indeed an expert when it comes to playing tricks under the table, and Pang Ban, a master of the Xuanhai Realm, is also very familiar with these tricks. And it just hit the point where Yang Shu was most troubled.
If Pang Ban's method is followed, the Lu family can indeed smoothly disappear from the top power of the Jing Dynasty. At the same time, the words evil monk will not be printed on the head of the "emperor's confidant".
"Do what you want. Let Shen Hao do it himself. No one from the Lu family will be spared, but it can't cause a big fuss. What I want is to fade away quickly. It's best to return to normal by the end of this year. Normal. Do you understand?”
"I understand!" Pang Ban responded with his hands raised.
