The sudden thought that came into his mind made Xiao Yan look blank.
Qian Baokun looked at him: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yan whispered: "Someone from the Lu family went to the Southland earlier."
When Qian Baokun heard this, he was shocked at first, thinking that they were going for the old flood case, but then he saw that Xiao Yan looked wrong, and suddenly remembered what he had just said, and then his eyes widened: "You mean, Pingshan king?"
Seeing Xiao Yan's unpredictable expression, he felt frightened.
"Is Lu Chongyuan crazy?"
First, he sent people to collude with King Pingshan to hoard grain and buy horses, and then he caused chaos in the capital and assassinated the emperor.
If this matter is true, then the whole Lu family is seriously dead. No matter how powerful Lu Chongyuan is against Emperor An, since he threatens the throne with his alien intentions, Emperor An will never let him go.
Xiao Yan naturally knew this. He glanced at the crowds of people who were walking away one after another, and whispered to Qian Baokun:
"Uncle Qian, don't tell anyone about this matter yet. Try to find a way for your clan to find out more. It would be best if you can get the evidence that King Pingshan hoarded grain and bought horses. If you can't get it, don't alert the snake."
"I will ask people to explore Pingshan Prince's Mansion as soon as possible. As long as the Lu family can be caught, it will be difficult for them to stand up."
Qian Baokun understood the importance and nodded quickly: "I will send a message to my clan brother when I get back."
…
After Grand Master Liang led Feng Qiuli back to his mansion, he deliberately investigated his background.
The two of them seemed to be drinking tea and playing chess, but in fact they were thinking about everything.
Grand Master Liang would bring up affairs in the court from time to time, and Feng Qiuli would speak frankly about his opinions. He would not keep secrets about what he knew, and would not express his opinions rashly about what he didn't know.
He is an outstanding chess player, even playing against Master Liang. He speaks modestly but not inferiorly, and is confident but not arrogant.
As the chess game came to an end, Master Liang became more and more satisfied with the young man in front of him. After the white piece fell, he asked about the Lu family.
"What do you think about the Lu family's affairs, what should I do?"
"I……"
Just as Feng Qiuli was about to speak, a servant came in from outside and said that a servant from the Feng family had come to report something important.
Feng Qiuli looked at Grand Master Liang.
Taishi Liang said: "Let's go and have a look, just in case it's something important."
After Feng Qiuli confessed his crime and went out, he saw the people waiting in front of the outer courtyard. He was stunned and stepped forward: "Tu Bai?"
Tu Bai turned around and looked at Feng Qiuli with a very respectful expression. After he quickly approached, he whispered a few words in his ear.
Feng Qiuli was shocked: "When did it happen?"
"The Governor just found out about it not long ago."
"How sure are you?"
"Seven or eight points."
The servants of the Liang family all stood far away, and they would not pry rashly when the Feng family came looking for them. Tu Bai lowered his voice and spoke without fear of being overheard.
"It was too strange for Lu Jiuan to leave the capital, and King Pingshan suddenly stocked up on grain and bought horses. When Jinyun was being chased by the Lu family in the south, he noticed that some of those people were members of the military, and they had a lot of moves. It’s strange, now that I think about it, those soldiers should be soldiers from Pingyang County.”
Although the Lu family also has private soldiers, they are not in the Southland area, and the soldiers who have been on the battlefield are completely different from those who have not been on the battlefield.
Feng Qiuli would not doubt Xiao Yan's judgment, but she felt in her heart that Lu Chongyuan was really audacious. There was still room for "negotiation" in clinging to Emperor An, but he could find a new master. He wanted to send the Lu family to their death.
Feeling Taishi Liang behind him looking towards this side, Feng Qiuli whispered: "I understand, you should go back first."
Tu Bai saluted him before turning around and retreating.
Seeing that Feng Qiuli's face was extremely ugly when he came back after going out, and his eyes were even more hesitant and gloomy. Master Liang asked, "What's the matter? What happened in the mansion?"
"no……"
Feng Qiuli shook his head and glanced at Taishi Liang, his face full of hesitation and struggle.
Taishi Liang was confused. He had just played chess with the young man in front of him and knew that he was not a hesitant person. He watched chess as he watched people. His chess moves were changeable and treacherous, but he made decisions immediately without hesitation.
Grand Master Liang held the teapot and poured tea: "What is it that makes you so embarrassed?"
Feng Qiuli pursed her lips tightly for a moment before she seemed to make up her mind: "Just now my people came to report that the Lu family sent their concubine Lu Jiu'an to Nandi more than a month ago."
Although Taishi Liang was surprised, he was not too surprised: "A lot of the Lu family's business is in the south. Although a large part of the previous grain supply was cut off, the remaining ones were enough for the Lu family to pay attention to. They sent people to the south. It’s not surprising…”
"But Lu Jiuan went to see King Pingshan."
Master Liang was stunned and the tea almost rushed to his hand.
As if she had made up her mind, Feng Qiuli did not dare to hide the urgency in her voice.
"Not long after Lu Jiu'an left, the Pingyang County garrison was mobilized, and King Pingshan secretly began to stockpile grain and buy horses. He was afraid of being discovered and sent his cronies to pretend to be businessmen, but he was discovered after he went to the Qian family's horse farm. "
Grand Master Liang dropped the cup in his hand on the table with a bang. When the teapot fell with it, the tea inside overflowed everywhere.
"Are they crazy?!"
Feng Qiuli also looked extremely unhappy: "I tried to keep spies around him when Qian Shangshu intervened in the grain supply case before. I was just worried that the matter would involve other companies, but I didn't expect that I suddenly got the news today."
"Shang Shu Qian has already sent a message back to the clan to ask for details. He is a pure minister. Unlike our family, he will definitely not hide it from His Majesty once the matter is verified."
Taishi Liang's face was ashen. He never expected that Lu Chongyuan would collude with King Pingshan.
Lu Jiuan and King Pingshan were hoarding food and recruiting troops. They couldn't just do it for fun. They obviously wanted to use King Pingshan to rebel.
Lu Chongyuan did not tell anyone beforehand, and he contacted King Pingshan privately and kept it secret. If it happened, the other families would not get any benefits. But if it failed, the Lu family would conspire to kill the nine clans, and all the people in the aristocratic family would also be unlucky.
When Taishi Liang saw that Lu Chongyuan was in trouble, he originally wanted to help the Lu family, at least to save Lu Chongyuan's life, but Lu Chongyuan wanted to drag all of them to die.
Grand Master Liang suddenly felt that it was a big joke that he thought Lu Chongyuan was considering the overall situation.
Feng Qiuli looked at Taishi Liang, whose face turned green and white, and was extremely angry, with gloomy eyes.
"Everyone in the world knows that the family is one, and in His Majesty's eyes, our eight families advance and retreat together. I thought it was outrageous that Lu Chongyuan ordered people to burn down the Forbidden Palace and murder Xiao Yan, but he actually dared to rebel with King Pingshan."
"He's trying to kill us!"
Feng Qiuli was so angry that she spoke indiscriminately.
"He knows full well that what he did represents not just the Lu family. Even if he really wanted to rebel, he should have discussed it with you or us. At least there was a foolproof plan, but he only sent Lu Jiu'an to Nandi to make it happen. "
"Why, is he afraid that we will share the credit for the Lu family's service to the dragon? Or is it because Lu Chongyuan has done enough as a minister and is not enough to be the head of a noble family? If he wants to sit on the dragon chair, he wants to take eight of our We sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of people to pave the way for him?!"
