After leaving Kaifeng Mansion and finding a secluded corner, Xue Baotou asked: "Brother Bai, can you tell me the truth about the jade seal? As a brother, I feel confident, and I know how to deal with what happens next." .”
Bai Yutian said: "Brother Xue, I travel around the world and make friends with the word "faithfulness". Since I have promised to help you solve this case and recover the stolen jade seal, I will definitely do what I say. Please, Brother Xue Please be patient and wait for a day and a half. When I see Mr. Lu and know the seriousness of the matter, I will tell you the truth, so as not to cause you unnecessary trouble."
Xue Yunfei smiled happily: "Since my brother has said this, I will naturally relax my heart. At dinner time, I will go to Bafang Inn and accompany you to Lu Xiang's Mansion. Let me show you the way."
Bai Yutian clasped his fists and said thanks, "Then I'll help you, Brother Xue."
Xue Yunfei cupped his fists and returned the greeting: "Recovering the jade seal will be of great benefit to you and me, no need to say thank you."
Bai Yutian cupped his hands and said, "Farewell!"
Xue Yunfei cupped his hands and said, "Go slowly, I won't see you off." He watched Bai Yutian leave and disappear from sight.
Bai Yutian thought about it all the way back to Bafang Inn, thanked the store owner for the recommendation, and returned to the bedroom. Master Mingzhi, Elder Gu Huai, and Shi Xingyun happened to be there.
After Bai Yutian sat down and drank the tea that Shi Xingyun poured for him, Gu Huai asked, "Has the person behind the scenes been found?"
Bai Yutian replied: "I found it, it's Prime Minister Lu Yijian."
Master Mingzhi heard this, but he didn't agree with it very much. He said softly: "As the Prime Minister of the country, Lu Yi Jian has been in power for more than ten years. He has contributed a lot to the stability and prosperity of the Song Dynasty. And he is over sixty years old and his health is not very good. , there is no reason to have trouble with a small Longwei Escort Agency for no reason. Don't listen to other people's slanders by mistake and jump to conclusions without using your brain. This can kill people. "
Bai Yutian said: "I plan to go to see Lu Xiangguo after dinner. I will know if I have mistakenly heard other people's slander."
Master Mingzhi said: "You have a very good idea. It is not easy to see the ministers in the court. I will give up this intention."
Gu Huai said: "Old Li, I think this Lu Yijian can meet. The Dragon Slaying Association has only grown in strength in the past ten years. He, Lu Yijian, has controlled the power of the Song Dynasty for more than ten years. If he doesn't know about the Dragon Slaying Association, he is a bit deceiving himself."
Master Mingzhi said: "But Lu Yijian has deep roots in the court and has followers all over the world. If he says that he didn't know that Dragon Slaying would collaborate with the enemy and rebel against the Song Dynasty, would you, Gu Huai, believe it?"
Gu Huai said: "Of course I won't believe it."
Master Mingzhi said: "Since he knows that the Dragon Slaying Society is collaborating with the enemy and treason, and he has an unshirkable responsibility once the Dragon Slaying Society is exposed, how can he dare to help the Dragon Slaying Society to suppress the righteous people in martial arts?"
Bai Yutian felt that what Master Mingzhi said was very reasonable, so he continued: "Mr. Li, you killed Ren Wuji and Shui Buwen in Zhuxian Town. Did you kill them by mistake? This made Lu Xiangguo unhappy and killed us by mistake?" Think of it as the eagle dog of the Dragon Slayer Club."
Gu Huai said: "Tian'er, why do you have such an idea?"
Bai Yutian said: "If this were not the case, Longwei Escort Agency did nothing wrong, so how could it have attracted the hatred of the imperial court."
Master Mingzhi said: "Boy, you are very good at thinking of this level today."
Bai Yutian said: "Mr. Li, do you also suspect that you killed the wrong person in Zhuxian Town?"
Master Mingzhi said: "I don't know whether I killed the wrong person or not. However, if the Jingzhao Yin Mansion comes to arrest this person this morning, and if it is really Lu Yijian's order, then Ren Wuji and Shui Buwen must be the intermediaries of the imperial court who broke into the Dragon Slaying Association. .”
Bai Yutian said: "Then Liu Gaosheng of the Zhengyuan Escort Bureau is not the eagle dog of the Dragon Slayer Association?"
Gu Huai said: "Liu Gaosheng has always been mercenary and likes the art of playing both sides. The Zhengyuan Escort Bureau is engaged in the business of escorting goods to the northwest. The Dragon Slaying Society is rampant in the northwest, but it can be said that they have nothing to do with the Zhengyuan Escort Bureau. It is really strange to think about it. .”
Master Mingzhi said: "Since you knew this, why did you let Huang Daoting kill Ren Wuji? Did you not have any brains at that time?"
Elder Guhuai didn't think so much at the time. Although he felt that he had done something wrong, he did not admit it easily in front of his disciples. He argued: "Weren't you also there at the time? Why didn't you know how to ask Huang Daoting to be merciful and spare Ren Wu?" Don't risk your life. Besides, without what happened today, based on the situation at that time, who would have known that Ren Wuji was not a member of the Dragon Slayer Club."
Master Mingzhi also felt that what Gu Huai said was reasonable and there was no need to argue any further, so he drank tea.
Gu Huai took a sip of tea and asked Bai Yutian: "Tian'er, why do you suddenly suspect that Shui Buwen might be the intermediary arranged by the government in the Dragon Slaying Club?"
Bai Yutian said: "I remember Xingyun said that Shui Buwen asked people from the Yan Gang to go to Mingcuifang to settle their personal grudges with him, but he did not show up at Mingcuifang, and Zhao Yuheng happened to be drinking at Mingcuifang. Hua Jiu also fought with people from the Yan Gang and was injured. Now that I think about it, Shui Buwen lured people from the Yan Gang to Mingcuifang, most likely to kill people with borrowed knives, just to get rid of Zhao Yuheng."
Shi Xingyun heard this and was very sad. He whispered: "Brother Bai, I recognized Shui Buwen that day. Was it wrong?"
Bai Yutian smiled slightly, touched the back of Shi Xingyun's head, and said comfortingly: "You had good intentions and just told what you knew. You did nothing wrong. It was Brother Bai who was wrong. He let Brother Jiang Longwei kill people without thinking. Killing, wasting human life in order to achieve the goal."
Master Mingzhi saw that Bai Yutian had realized this, and it was already very difficult. He showed a rare smile and said: "Now that I know I was wrong, I might as well add on to the mistake and go to Prime Minister Lu's mansion. Tell him Lu Yijian, Shui Buwen's identity has been exposed, you killed Shui Buwen to wipe his butt, not only is it not wrong but it is meritorious."
Elder Gu Huai said: "Old Li, Lu Yijian, who has been in the officialdom for so many years, has become as slippery as a loach. How can such nonsense to deceive children be of use to him? He can no longer be smart, it is better to speak the truth."
Bai Yutian said: "Old, I think what Mr. Li said is reasonable. The Dragon Slayer will let Ren Wuji and Shui Buwen provoke a dispute between the Zhengyuan Escort Bureau and the Longwei Escort Bureau. If Liu Gaosheng is really the eagle dog of the Dragon Slayer Association, then the Dragon Slayer Association will Let Ren Wuji and Shui Buwen die. With both of them dead, the government has lost sight of the Dragon Slaying Association, and it will naturally make them feel more at ease when the Dragon Slaying Association secretly does those shameful things. This will do no harm to annihilating the Dragon Slaying Association in one fell swoop in the future."
Gu Huai said: "You are saying that Lu Yijian arranged an informant in the Dragon Slaying Association to prepare for the eradication of the Dragon Slaying Association in the future."
Bai Yutian said: "The Dragon Slaying Society has grown and developed thanks to the power of the imperial court. Now it has rebelled against the imperial court. How can the court tolerate it? It will be a matter of time to eliminate the Dragon Slaying Society. If you don't kill the Dragon, you will not collaborate with the enemy and treason to join Li Yuanhao. This is an irreversible choice. There is no turning back.”
Gu Huai said: "In that case, it's time for Lu Yijian to meet him and find a like-minded person."
Master Mingzhi put down his tea cup and said softly: "Tian'er, if the imperial court intends to eliminate the Dragon Slaying Society, cooperation is fine, but don't agree to any of Lu Yijian's conditions. You and he are not the same people."
Bai Yutian looked at Master Mingzhi and wanted to ask why.
Master Mingzhi said: "The dispute between the two parties in the imperial court is extremely serious now. Whichever side you stand on, you will become the enemy of the imperial court. If you want to avoid being involved in the disputes of the imperial court, you can only stay out of it and rely on neither side. You have to know that in twenty years, How they treated your father before, there is no guarantee that they will not treat you like this in the future. A hero who uses force to break the law will always be a public enemy of the court, and no one can change it."
Gu Huai said: "Tian'er, what Lao Li said is right. If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If it piles up on the bank, it will be turbulent. If you stand above the crowd, it will be wrong. What the imperial court wants is peace in the world, which is conducive to Jiangshan Sheji will not hesitate to eliminate hidden dangers, and killing the wrong person is not a big mistake."
Bai Yutian saluted and said: "This junior will follow the instructions of the two elders, do not rely on either side, and remain neutral."
Master Mingzhi said: "But don't be modest. Although Lu Yijian is never soft-hearted in attacking political opponents, he is also a person who values the interests of his family and country. If you don't anger him, speak with reason, move him with emotion, and follow his ideas in everything Let's go, I don't think he will deliberately make things difficult for you, and he will definitely be able to help you through it. After all, in the eyes of their big shots, people in the world are like a needle in the sea, it doesn't matter whether you can fish it out or not."
Bai Yutian said: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for enlightening me."
Shi Cuiyun came over, saw Bai Yutian there, and asked softly: "Brother Bai, how is the matter?"
Bai Yutian stood up and replied with a smile: "Everything goes well, we can bring them back tomorrow."
Shi Cuiyun said happily: "That's good. Aunt Xiao has been sad all day and asks you from time to time if you are back."
Shi Xingyun stood up and asked in a low voice: "Sister, can we start dinner now?"
Shi Cuiyun touched her little brother's hair and said, "I just know how to eat."
Gu Huai stood up and said, "I don't know that eating is not a good boy. Let's go and eat."
Shi Cuiyun quickly let go of her brother and went to help Master Mingzhi.
Bai Yutian smiled happily, followed the four people out of the room, walked to Xiao Ruoyun's room, invited Xiao Ruoyun out, helped her walk towards the front hall, and comforted her heart as she walked, until Xiao Ruoyun revealed half of her hair. The smile stopped.
Walking into the front hall, sitting around a table, and just about to start lighting the dishes, Xue Yunfei came over.
Bai Yutian stood up to greet him, and was very grateful when he learned that Xue Captou had rushed over without having dinner. He quickly asked the waiter to add another dish, and led Xue Yunfei to meet everyone, sit down together, and start drinking happily.
Although Xiao Ruoyun was worried about the safety of her husband Zhang Tianhao, seeing that Bai Yutian was running around for this matter and knowing that the missing items of the palace were in Bai Yutian's hands, he relaxed and prepared dinner with everyone. After eating, send Bai Yutian and Xue Baotou out of the inn and go back to the room to wait for the news.
Bai Yutian and Xue Yunfei left the inn, and not far away, they got into a donkey cart and drove quickly to Prime Minister Lu's mansion, just to meet Lu Yijian early and settle the matter, so that everyone could have peace of mind.
