Jiajing opened his eyes. Today's cultivation time was temporarily over and he switched to emperor mode.
"Didn't you stop him?"
Lu Bing bowed deeply: "I am curious for a moment and want to hear whether this person is a liar and whether I am guilty."
The great eunuch Huang Jin stood behind Jiajing, squinting his eyes and looking at this man who was probably Jiajing's most trusted minister.
He didn't believe that Lu Bing was out of curiosity. If he were Lu Bing, he might do the same thing.
When working with Jiajing, you not only have to listen to what he asks you to do, but you also have to figure out whether he really wants you to do it.
In the name of an inspection article, Jiajing kept King Yu in Xiyuan for a whole day, but let him go when the sun was about to set.
And this time is just enough for a person to run from Xiyuan to the main street. If he runs wildly, there is still a little time left.
Is this a momentary oversight? People unfamiliar with Jiajing may think so. But Huang Jin, who was called "Huang Ban" by Jiajing, would never make such a mistake.
Of course Lu Bing would not make such a mistake.
In this little time, Jiajing can see a lot of things.
For example, does King Yu insist on running to fight counterfeiting? Another example, will Xiao Feng wait until the end and still feel guilty and leave early?
Who wants to let King Yu make this mistake, and who wants to prevent King Yu from making this mistake, represents the different attitudes of the court towards King Yu and King Jing.
So Lu Bing prevented the scale of the situation, but did not prevent it from happening.
I stopped it, but I didn't stop it completely. Long live, I am neutral, neither leaning towards King Yu nor King Jing.
Moreover, I guess Long Live also wants to know the result. Since Xiao Feng didn't run away, is he a liar?
Maybe this last thing is more important to Jiajing, who has switched into the Daojun mode, than the situation in the court and the dispute between the princes.
Jiajing smiled coldly: "At your age, you still suffer from temporary curiosity. I don't blame you this time, and I won't do it next time."
I know you predicted me, but I want you to know that I also predicted yours. We are all smart people, and that's what makes it interesting.
Huang Jin, who was also a smart man, also smiled slightly. It was his turn to appear, and he could not let the emperor ask questions in person.
"Long live the fortune teller, the children who hear the news from Gong Cai are always talking about this sky-high price fortune teller these days.
I'm a servant who doesn't live up to expectations, but now that I'm old I'm curious, I don't know if I'm a liar or if I'm really capable."
From the initial disdain to the expectation in the past two days, Jiajing has indeed changed his mentality.
Because he checked Taoist classics and found that in fortune-telling, fortune-telling is indeed an authentic Taoist method, but very few people have succeeded in practicing this method.
Lu Bing explained the process of Wang Yu's character test, and Jiajing raised his eyebrows inconspicuously.
"Do you think he guessed or calculated?"
Lu Bing shook his head: "This matter is indeed difficult to determine.
Although Prince Yu rarely shows his whereabouts, if Xiao Feng is smart enough, based on what happened the day before yesterday, he might not be able to guess that it is the prince.
If we guess this, there is at least a half chance that the prince of this age is either Prince Yu or Prince Jing."
"Where are the people from before?"
"That Zhang Tianci has left the capital. It is still unknown whether he is a shill. The brothel woman only said that she had a chance to become a good person, but she did not say that she would die, and she did not get any money."
Jiajing suddenly smiled.
"If Zhang Tianci was a bastard, and the brothel woman was deceived but not given any money, the only one who was really defrauded of her money is my stupid son who wants to fight against the scammer?"
Huang Jin said softly: "Long live, do you want to secretly bring someone in and ask..."
Jiajing shook his head: "Huang Ban, that's not possible. A few years ago, I opened the palace doors and recruited Youdao real people from all over the world. What happened? The real people didn't see them, and there were a lot of scammers.
If it weren't for the two Taoist masters Shao and Tao who supported the scene, almost everyone in the world would think that all Taoists are liars! The ministers also took the opportunity to remonstrate, demanding that the palace should not refine elixirs and practice Taoism. If it weren't for Yan Song and Lu Bing's pressure, it would have been almost out of control."
From then on, when summoning an alchemist into the palace, he was extremely cautious. If he was a liar, it would give the officials an excuse to attack Taoism.
Jiajing was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. Although Xiao Feng is not a Taoist, fortune telling is a Taoist skill, which is the same thing.
Jiajing would not take the risk of calling Xiao Feng into the palace before he could be sure that he was really capable.
"Lu Bing, please continue to keep an eye on this Xiao Feng and find out his details as soon as possible. If he has real ability, I will treat him as a Taoist friend; if not, don't make such a big fuss."
Don't be afraid of being a liar, and it is not a serious crime, but if you don't control it well and your reputation for cheating is too great, once you are exposed, it will be a blow to Taoism, and Jiajing will never allow it.
Because he needs a legitimate reason to practice Taoism. If the reputation of Taoism is ruined, what legitimate reason can he have?
At this time, there were also three people meeting in Yan's mansion.
Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Zhao Wenhua.
Yan Song frowned and said, "Looking at it this way, Wan Zai intends to protect King Yu?"
Zhao Wenhua was a little crestfallen: "If this were not the case, how could we keep Prince Yu in Xiyuan for a whole day and prevent him from exposing Xiao Feng?"
Yan Shifan took a sip of tea, played with the beautiful jade cup in his hand, and smiled lightly.
"But King Yu finally caught up. Could it be that Banzai was negligent?"
Zhao Wenhua was stunned and rolled his eyes: "Is this really the case? It's a pity, it's a pity that Lu Bing had a hand in it, otherwise King Yu would have made a big mistake!"
Yan Song looked at his son: "What does Lu Bing mean by this? He has always been on good terms with us and would not support King Yu so blatantly."
Yan Shifan turned his head, one eye was dim, but the other one was full of light.
"This means long live, not Lu Bing's, so there is no need to worry. On the contrary, half of Lu Bing's trip is for King Yu, and the other half is for the fortune teller."
Yan Song was surprised: "What other background does this person have? Is he just a charlatan?"
Yan Song was in a high position and had little contact with the affairs below. All the news came from his party members. In fact, Yan Song had never even heard of many people who died at the hands of the Yan Party and had low status.
Yan Shifan put down his cup: "Eight years ago, Long Live handed over the matter of selecting girls to enter the palace to my father. My father still remembers it."
Yan Song nodded. He was still the Minister of Rites at that time and had the trust of Jiajing, so he was naturally obliged to do such an errand.
Moreover, the matter of recruiting girls was very lucrative and had many benefits. Yan Song had always left it to Yan Shifan. He believed that his son would be able to maximize the benefits.
Yan Shifan said: "I made arrangements for this matter at that time and assigned it to our people. At that time, Yuan Zhi was still working locally and received the task."
Zhao Wenhua nodded quickly and recalled for his godfather: "At that time, I was only responsible for one place, but I also made quite a lot of achievements."
On that errand, Zhao Wenhua collected 10,000 taels of silver and handed over 5,000 taels to the Yan Mansion. He also took the opportunity to get himself a concubine.
"At that time, there was a county magistrate under Songjiang Prefecture, who was also a disciple of my father. Because someone died, he was captured and brought back to the capital by the Jin Yiwei. Does my father still remember it?"
Yan Song thought for a while, but he really couldn't remember. He had too many disciples, and many of them were obtained through roundabout ways. There were also people who often fell off their horses by mistake, and it was just a matter of him sending people to fish them out.
Yan Shifan narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Of course we fished out the county magistrate, but he was later killed."
Zhao Wenhua said "Ah". After all, he was young and had a better memory than Yan Song.
Although this matter had nothing to do with him, he had heard about the county magistrate being first arrested, then released, and finally killed. This was not a common thing after all, so he had heard about it.
Yan Shifan nodded: "The Jinyi guard who arrested people was also the person who later killed the county magistrate. He was Xiao Feng's father, Xiao Wannian."