Chapter 417 This pot is too big for him to bear alone
"Feng Qiuli!"
Master Liang gave a low cry.
Feng Qiuli stopped talking, but the anger was still visible on her face.
Although Grand Tutor Liang stopped him, he was still influenced by Feng Qiuli's words.
Lu Chongyuan has been acting more and more strangely recently. It's hard to say whether he really has ambitions to step on the other families to get to the top. What he did is even worse than Cui Lin.
The most important thing is that Qian Baokun has now seen the affairs of King Pingshan. Once it is exposed, it will not only be the Lu family that will die.
We must punish the Lu family before something happens in the South, and separate Lu Chongyuan and his family from the other families.
Grand Tutor Liang is not a soft-hearted and hesitant person. No matter if it is for the interests of the Liang family or all their families, he will not hesitate once he has made a decision.
He said to Feng Qiuli, "I will ask them to relax their grip on the Lu family's affairs and have the Privy Council investigate as soon as possible. If there is any connection between your family and the Lu family, it should be hidden and severed."
Feng Qiuli was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up: "Grand Master..."
Grand Tutor Liang said coldly, "I will also secretly instruct the other families."
"I know you're close to Cui Lin. If Cui Lin asks you to attack the Lu family again, or wants to do something else, you don't have to stop him. Let him do it."
Feng Qiuli opened her mouth.
Grand Tutor Liang looked at him and asked, "Why, do you think I'm cruel?"
Seeing Feng Qiuli remained silent, he said in a deep voice, "Lu Chongyuan was personally supported by this old man. In the past, even if the Lu family fell, I would have protected the lives of everyone in the Lu family. However, Lu Chongyuan disregarded the interests of the family and used everyone's lives to gamble on that ridiculous future. Naturally, I don't need to care about his life or death."
"The family cannot be destroyed because of him alone, and we cannot give His Majesty an opportunity to ban and eliminate him."
Feng Qiuli's expression changed. She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "Grand Master is right. It's not easy for a noble family to reach where it is today. We must not let it be ruined because of the Lu family. I'll go see Lord Cui later!"
Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Liang's expression softened a bit. "Don't worry, even if Cui Lin does something, it won't be excessive. Just take this opportunity to distance yourself from the Lu family."
Feng Qiuli seemed to relax. "Thanks to you, otherwise I don't know what to do."
The pot is too big for him to carry alone.
"With you at the helm, our families will be safe."
Since Grand Tutor Liang had asked him to trick Cui Lin, he could do it with confidence and boldness.
"In the past, I always felt that you were distant from us. Now I know I was wrong. You are the only one among the noble families who always cares about us and has no selfish motives."
Feng Qiuli's face showed just the right amount of admiration and respect.
Master Liang felt comforted after hearing his words. How could he have been so blind before that he had never seen such an outstanding young man?
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The letter that Qian Baokun sent to the clan was secretly intercepted by Liang Taishi's men. After reading the contents of the letter carefully and confirming that the news about Feng Qiuli was correct, he became even more disgusted with the Lu family.
He intercepted the letter for a few days before sending it out, and during these days the Privy Council "found out" a lot about the Lu family.
Xiao Yan looked at the thick stack of charges against the Lu family and handed it to Tang Ning beside him.
Tang Ning couldn't help but gasp when he looked down. He felt that Master Liang was really a man who loved the Lu family so much that he wanted them to live and hated them so much that he wanted them to die. He was simply cutting off the Lu family's financial resources and stripping them of their very bones.
Di Tao squatted beside the table and took a look: "I thought he would keep the letter, why did he send it to the Qian family?"
Tang Ning said softly, "The Qian family knew this news first. Qian Baokun didn't receive a reply for a long time, so he naturally knew that there was a problem with the letter he sent. He won't be able to stop him from sending it next time. Besides, Grand Tutor Liang has no intention of saving the Lu family at all."
Di Tao tutted, "True. He's just short of turning the Lu family upside down. This Grand Tutor Liang is quite ruthless."
Xiao Yan sneered: "Who among the people from aristocratic families isn't ruthless?"
When it comes to interests, even the closest relationships can be severed at any time.
Like the He family back then.
Like the Lu family today.
Everyone is the same.
Jinyun stood aside and said, "The people Shang Qin sent to the south have already started to take action. There are rumors in Shezhou and Langzhou about the flood that happened twenty years ago."
Di Tao asked curiously, "How did he do it so quickly?"
Jinyun laughed and said, "Didn't I take Lou Yongan, Zhou Jungui and the others away earlier to investigate a case? Later, Lu Jiuan's people realized something was wrong, and I couldn't take them away, so I just let them die miserably. The women who escaped took some nightmare powder given by Lady Qin, and were frightened by Shang Qin's people. They kept crying out for retribution."
"Many people in Shezhou were involved in past events, and many of those who committed evil had guilty consciences. Shang Qin's men then murdered two officials, pretending they had died suddenly, leaving them hanging in their respective mansions with blood gushing from all seven orifices. They then spent 30,000 taels of silver to bribe the son of the coroner, and had him take his insane mother to a Buddhist temple to cleanse her sins."
Shang Qin is indeed a talented person. Xiao Yan just mentioned that he could use the people's hearts, but he created a lot of problems.
The successive deaths in the Shezhou officialdom, all of which were sudden deaths, had already caused panic among the people. The constant calls of "karma" by the women of the Lou and Zhou families who died first made people uneasy day and night.
After the women of the Zhou family were frightened to death by him, wealthy families outside the officialdom also began to feel uneasy, and there were even rumors that Shezhou was haunted.
The ghost story became more and more outrageous, and more people became uneasy, and naturally more people came to pray to gods and Buddhas. It just so happened that the coroner's son took his mother, who was "scared crazy", to the Buddhist temple to confess.
When confessing in front of gods and Buddhas, one must naturally tell the truth, and then a group of women from wealthy families heard it clearly through the curtains.
"Burning the Rong River, slaughtering the city with blood, colluding with officials and bandits to frame the Crown Prince, killing relief officers and soldiers, sinking official ships, and embezzling millions of grain funds... Shezhou is a prosperous place, and many of the wealthy families there have extensive connections and intricate ties with powerful people in other places."
"This news was so horrifying that it spread throughout Shezhou within a few days, and even began to spread to Langzhou and Raozhou. Now everyone says that the deceased officials were suffering retribution for their sins. The souls of those who died in the flood in the south have returned to seek revenge..."
Supernatural things are most easily spread among the people, not to mention the massacre and bloodbath that burned tens of thousands of people in Rongjiang City, which could easily arouse the anger of the people.
There are rumors everywhere in the South now, but there is no news from the capital. However, I think there should be news in three to five days at most.
Tang Ning glanced at the evidence in his hand and asked Xiao Yan, "Brother, are you planning to take action against Lu Chongyuan?"
Xiao Yan hummed, "Almost done."
"Did Cui Lin and the others find out about Empress Lu?"
"Not yet, but we have enough clues. We just need one last bit of evidence. I'll have someone send it to them later."
Judging from Cui Lin and the Second Prince's personalities, when he presents the evidence of the Lu family's crimes to the Emperor tomorrow, they will definitely be the first to jump out and "take credit". Then he will just have to watch the show.
Xiao Yan glanced at Di Tao and said, "You will also attend the court tomorrow morning. His Majesty will probably reward you with a mansion. The evidence in Zhao Yuanlang's case has been verified, and the Zhao family will definitely be convicted. I will find a way to get those troops in Zhao Yuanlang's hands into your hands."
"Half of the four battalions outside the capital are in the hands of His Majesty. You are taking the remaining half. Do you remember what I taught you earlier? If His Majesty asks you any questions, do you know how to answer?"
Di Tao stood up and stretched his arms: "I know, isn't it just playing dumb?"
Xiao Yan glared at him. "You don't just have to be stupid. You have to be smart when you need to be smart. There's no need to hide the sharp edge that young people should have. You have to show His Majesty that you have value, but you also have to make sure he doesn't feel that you're a threat to him."
Di Tao felt a headache when he heard this: "Uncle, are all the people in Beijing so cunning?"
Tang Ning couldn't help laughing.
Xiao Yan glanced at him and asked, "Say that again?"
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