Chapter 24
Lu Heng didn't let his bad mood affect his expression, he smiled and continued: "Qingqing is willing to help. When your injury is better, I will arrange the procedures and take you to Baoding to see the end of the Liang family. What tricks are you doing? However, it is not appropriate to make a statement until we have the evidence, so we have to change our identities and only go out of the city as a pair of ordinary brothers and sisters. Qingqing, you may be wronged and burdened. "
Wang Yanqing shook his head: "It doesn't matter. Second brother, your career is the most important thing, so what is it for me to be frozen."
The more she said this, the more uncomfortable Lu Heng felt. All her tenderness, consideration, sincerity and trust are based on the fact that he is her adopted brother. What she was looking at now was actually another man.
With a smile on Lu Heng's lips, he touched her hair affectionately, and said, "Okay. But I will tell the palace from Jingde that you should recuperate at home first, and you don't have to worry about travel, everything will be arranged by me. I'll send someone to pick you up when you leave."
Wang Yanqing had no objection, nodded in response, very well-behaved.
Lu Heng said that he was not in a hurry, but after the court dispersed the next day, he went straight to the emperor. Jin Yiwei could face the saint directly, but the eunuch didn't dare to stop him when he saw that it was Lu Heng, and gave a flattering bow: "Master Lu is well. Master Lu, are you here to serve the emperor?"
"Yes." Lu Heng nodded with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you."
The eunuch said that he did not dare, and went inside to spread the word. After a while, Zhang Zuo, who was beside the emperor, greeted him personally and said, "Master Lu, please come inside."
After Lu Heng and Zhang Zuo said hello, they walked steadily towards the hall. In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor was meditating on the couch, and Lu Heng saluted the emperor: "I see the emperor, long live the saint."
The emperor responded, still maintaining a meditating posture. Lu Heng observed the emperor's complexion and said, "The sage's complexion is very good today, his face is ruddy, and his breath is steady. It seems that the effect of keeping the elixir is good."
The emperor's expression has always been light, and when he heard this, he finally showed a smile on his face, and said quite proudly: "You can see it too? After taking it, I feel that my body is much lighter, and I don't have the same heart palpitations when I wake up early," Shao Tianshi said. The method of sacrificial offerings is indeed useful."
Lu Heng accompanied the emperor for a discussion. The emperor said he was happy and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Lu Heng said, "Your Majesty, my minister received a case a few days ago. After thinking about it, I always felt suspicious. I wanted to go out to Beijing to see it for myself."
The emperor and Lu Heng had known each other for more than ten years, and they spoke very casually. The emperor asked, "What case?"
Lu Heng told the emperor the case of Liang Wei's step-wife's accusation of his eldest daughter, and finally, Lu Heng said, "It's really against common sense for a sixteen-year-old girl to communicate with her during her father's filial piety. Even if this is true, It is human nature for a man to love a woman, and the crime does not lead to death. It would be too harsh to sentence Liang's daughter to death."
The emperor came to the capital at the age of fourteen to ascend the throne. At the beginning, he might not be able to adapt to the conditions. The emperor had been ill for many years, and several times almost passed. During that time, the palace felt that the emperor could not live to twenty. Later, the Taoist priest entered the capital and slowly nursed the emperor's body, and he gradually became tougher. Even so, the emperor was wheezing and coughing, and his body was weak and sickly, which was incomparable to Lu Heng's vigorous body.
It took so long to heal the Taihe, but the Taoist priest did it. They saved the emperor's life, and under the care of the Taoist priests, the emperor's health was getting better and better. Therefore, the emperor did not believe in imperial physicians or Buddhas, but only believed.
Taoism is not as abstinent as Buddhists, and pays attention to generosity, morality, and yang harmony. The emperor thought about it right. When a girl is old, it is human nature to have a budding heart, so why is it worth shouting and killing? The emperor nodded and said, "Since you feel suspicious, go check it out."
Lu Heng bowed his head in response, and a dark light flashed across his eyes. He didn't mention Chen Yin a word, but he had already filed a complaint to Chen Yin. The emperor is a smart person, and he will definitely investigate what is going on in this case in the future, and naturally he will know that Chen Yin has settled the case. Even if Lu Heng bypassed Chen Yinlai and the emperor's thoughts, the emperor could guess.
This is how Lu Heng and the emperor get along. When dealing with a wise man, never try to manipulate him. Lu Heng clearly showed his thoughts to the emperor, and the emperor saw through it and was willing to tolerate it.
To put it bluntly, it is normal for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places. For these instinctive desires of human nature, the emperor can accept them. What he really can't accept is deception.
Lu Heng achieved his goal and was about to retire when he suddenly heard the emperor ask, "How is the investigation of Zhang Yong and Xiao Jing?"
Lu Heng froze slightly in his heart and said, "This minister is investigating."
The emperor nodded without further comment, as if he just asked casually. But Lu Heng knew that the emperor was impatient.
In half a month at the latest, the emperor will see the results.
After saluting, Lu Heng exited the palace. He walked out of Qianqingmen, and his pace gradually accelerated. When walking to Zuo Shunmen, he bumped into another person head-on.
The eyes of the two were wrong, and both felt unlucky. But soon, Lu Heng put on his usual thin smile and asked, "Marquis of Zhenyuan."
Fu Tingzhou nodded to Lu Heng, his eyes were deep, and there was a bit of gnashing of teeth when he listened carefully: "Commander Lu is wrong."
Lu Heng now leads the post of commander, and people inside and outside the capital who give face to him call him "commander Lu". Obviously, Fu Tingzhou is not one of those who give face.