Seeing this scene, Lu Qingtian could only sigh.
"You can handle the people you bring back."
With these words, Lu Qingtian returned to the house.
He doesn't have to worry about matters over the border, but he is still in charge of all matters within the territory. He doesn't feel at ease if he leaves it to Yuan Jinfeng.
Lu Feng responded and walked towards his yard.
The scholar who had been being held up in front stood in shock at the entrance of Lu Feng's courtyard. Before he entered, he met a pair of blue pupils.
It was a white tiger, bigger than any tiger he had ever seen. It was looking at him curiously.
Da Ru's legs were shaking with fear. He gritted his teeth and looked at the two guards.
"I want to go back."
"The young Marquis told you to stay in the courtyard. This is Pojun and he doesn't like to bite."
When the guard said this, Po Jun understood.
It smelled the owner's scent on the other person, and immediately bared its big teeth and began to express its friendliness.
Po Jun completely forgot that he had just eaten a bowl of raw meat from Xiao Junya. The blood stains on his teeth had not been wiped off, and there were a few pieces of meat stuck to them.
"This, this, this..."
When the scholar saw this, he even wanted to run away. Unfortunately, he bumped into Lu Feng who was coming over.
Fortunately, Lu Feng was quite tall, otherwise he would have been knocked over.
"Sir, what's going on? Are you leaving right now?"
As Lu Feng spoke, he looked into his yard.
Po Jun, who looked aggrieved, squatted at the door and looked at him a little at a loss. Lu Feng instantly knew what was going on.
He smiled, took the man's hand and strode forward, saying:
"Your Excellency, you have seen the big world. How could this mere tiger scare you? It wouldn't be nice to spread the news, wouldn't it?"
After hearing this, Da Ru's expression froze, and he immediately walked away along Lu Feng with some resistance.
That's right, it would be better if you didn't close your eyes when passing by Pojun.
We were taken all the way to the courtyard, where a few touches of gold were swimming in the clear lake. The great scholar was also surprised when he saw the layout of the courtyard.
It's not like Lu Qingtian's style. It seems that Lu Feng arranged it himself.
"I wonder what you call me, sir?"
The maid brought over a pot of hot tea, and while the tea was being poured, Lu Feng asked.
The great scholar straightened his sleeves and said:
"I am the Crown Prince and Tutor, and the Emperor Wu was taught by me."
Lu Feng was surprised. There were several princes under the Tutor back then, and they themselves knew how true or false the teachings were.
"It turns out to be the Grand Tutor, but apart from his mother and concubine, there is nothing else that the Seventh Prince can find fault with. Why is the Grand Tutor so opposed to it?"
"I don't want to discuss this matter with a kid like you. Don't let Lu Qingtian use you to deal with me."
It seemed that he had made up his mind to find his father.
Lu Feng originally wanted to hand him a cup of tea, but when he heard this, he took his hand back.
"Perfunctory with you? Master Tutor, do you know that it is not easy for the princes to come to me?"
"just you?"
The Crown Prince and Tutor, who was a great scholar, looked suspicious.
"It seems that the Grand Tutor has really not taken care of the affairs of this capital for a long time. Let me tell you bluntly, if you insist on asking my father to oppose it, then I am afraid that you will have to stay in the Marquis Mansion from now on."
Slowly turning the teacup in his hand, Lu Feng's eyes glanced across the other person's neck as if there was no trace.
The Crown Prince was startled and stood up and pointed at Lu Feng again.
"Bold! How dare you say that you want to kill me in the Marquis Mansion!"
"..."
Lu Feng's face was dark. When did he say he wanted to kill people?
"Master Taifu, this is the Marquis Mansion, so you don't need to make such a loud noise."
"Besides, I have no intention of killing you. I'm just imprisoned in the Marquis' Mansion, so I won't be so excited."
Now the Taifu was even more shocked.
"Have you and your son planned to plot against me from the beginning? Is this your Majesty's idea? You don't want me to die in the palace, so you use this method to prevent me from speaking?"
I stopped shouting.
Lu Feng understood that maybe the Tutor was really having trouble with the matter of Xiao Jue's mother and concubine, so he stood up directly.
As for the others who also thought it was inappropriate but did not speak up, they were waiting for him to come out.
"Why……"
"Master Taifu, do you know the news that the third prince is dead and the eighth prince is deposed?"
Lu Feng suddenly asked.
"What?"
The Taifu didn't react and was shocked later.
"This is real?"
"How come Master Taifu is so ignorant of the world? Has no one ever told you this?"
After all, he is the Crown Prince and Tutor. If he doesn't even know this, occupying this position is just for show.
The Tutor was a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Lu Feng thought, maybe he was right?
At the age when he should abdicate, he still clung to this position, but other officials had no objections, and Emperor Wu couldn't do anything to him, so he had no choice but to let him go.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with it. More etiquette systems would make things more orderly.
However, if you control it too broadly, you will be hostile to others.
"...I am already an old man, and I am no longer useful in your eyes."
"That's not necessarily the case. There are a lot of things that Old Bones can do."
Lu Feng curled his lips and handed over the tea.
…
The second prince didn't really believe that his father would suddenly give the prince to Xiao Jue. He was thinking about the two children he had found out.
That night, he sent someone to silence one of them.
It's not normal for two children to die at the same time. It takes time to get over it.
At this time, the two boys who were targeted were chopping firewood with axes that were longer than their arms. Unlike the palace maids who needed to wash clothes, they usually did these physical tasks.
The ax hit the wooden pile, and the firewood was split into two halves and fell to the ground. The thinner boy picked it up and stacked it, while the other one sat on the bamboo chair and looked at the moon and yawned.
"Hurry up, I'm already sleepy."
An impatient voice came from behind. The skinny boy did not pause or respond. He only focused on the firewood under his hand.
Aim at the center of the circle and strike down!
The firewood was cut into two pieces and repeatedly picked up and stacked.
"I said you have a temper now, right? Didn't you hear what I said???"
The ear was grabbed hard by a hand, and the wound that was not healed before was torn, but the pain became numb on this thin body.
He made a fist with one hand and held the ax tightly with the other.
The dissatisfied words of the boy behind him were still ringing in his ears, and the image of chopping firewood with an ax appeared over and over in the mind of the thin boy.
His empty eyes moved, and he took the ax, ignoring the grabbed ear, and pointed it at the dark head. In his field of vision, it seemed to coincide with the center of the firewood circle.
Oh yes, he wants to chop wood.
The ax struck.
The people sent by the second prince missed this scene. What they saw was the boy covered in blood chopping wood sluggishly and swinging the ax again and again.
Next to the boy, lay his body cut in half.
The secret guards looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't know what to do. The man was already dead.
But the boy seemed to have noticed them and walked towards them. The secret guard was not panicked, he was just a child, even though he had killed someone just now.
Walking in front of them, the skinny boy made a sound from his dry throat.
"Can you take me to see your Highness?"
In the end, the secret guard had no choice but to bring the person to the second prince.
Seeing the dirty boy in front of him who was living a very miserable life, the second prince paid close attention to the thick calluses on his hands.
As the warm tea entered his throat, he spoke softly:
"Why do you want to see me?"
The hollow look in the skinny boy's eyes slowly receded, he knelt down on the ground and said in a muffled voice:
"I'm coming to take refuge with you."
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