son, don't mess around

Chapter 771 Tracking
"Xie family?"

"Queen Mother?!"

Lin Jiangnian concentrated and listened to Zhao Xi's words, his expression gradually becoming serious: "Are you saying that the Lu family has a relationship with the current queen mother?!"

"The Lu family was able to escape rebellion because of the Queen Mother?!"

Seeing Lin Jiangnian's solemn expression, Zhao Xi also became serious. She sat up slightly and shook her head slightly: "I don't know about this."

"But the Lu family is indeed related to the Xie family by blood. Although they are quite far apart, they are still connected. Not many people know about this. I only heard my father mention it by accident..."

Zhao Xi spoke softly. She didn't know much, but she had heard a little about the affairs between the Lu and Xie families.

"During this mutiny, the entire Lu family was indeed imprisoned at first, and everyone thought that the Lu family was doomed. However, the Lu family was imprisoned in the Sky Prison for several months, and no one had dealt with them yet..."

As the current Minister of Personnel, Lü Fusheng was once a powerful figure. With his fall, everyone is waiting for the emperor to deal with him.

But unexpectedly, the emperor's treatment of the Lu family was completely lenient. He only dismissed Lu Fusheng from his official position, confiscated the Lu family's property, and strictly prohibited any member of the Lu family from becoming an official.

Afterwards, the Lu family was placed under house arrest in Beijing, just like the fate of the Xu family. They were not allowed to leave at will and were under close surveillance.

This result was beyond the expectations of many people and also caused dissatisfaction among many people.

The Lu family colluded with the third prince, but they were let off so easily for a capital crime?
Obviously very unusual.

However, no matter how the outside world discussed it or how the officials in the court impeached it, the treatment of the Lu family had indeed come to an end. Many voices were discussing it, but no conclusion could be reached.

"I guess it's probably related to the Queen Mother in the palace."

Zhao Xi spoke softly.

The current Queen Mother?

She was the empress of the previous dynasty, the emperor of the current dynasty, and Li Piaomiao's biological mother.

Lin Jiangnian had met the Empress Dowager before. She was very friendly and told Lin Jiangnian to take good care of Li Piaomiao.

Obviously, she accepted him as her son-in-law.

After Li Ci Ning ascended the throne, he appointed his mother as empress dowager.

"That queen mother is soft-hearted. Her family is the Xie family of Yuzhou, which is also a famous aristocratic family. They are related by blood to the Lu family and have some friendship with them."

"The Lu family was able to escape this disaster, most likely because the Queen Mother pleaded for mercy in front of the Emperor..."

Zhao Xi said softly.

Lin Jiangnian fell into deep thought. This news was contrary to what he had learned from his investigation. If this was true, all his previous guesses would be wrong.

However, it seems that it is not entirely certain.

This makes things even more confusing.

Lin Jiangnian frowned.

"how?"

Zhao Xi noticed that Lin Jiangnian was frowning: "Have you thought of anything?"

"No."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head.

"Why did you suddenly mention the Lu family?"

Zhao Xi looked worried: "The person who assassinated you is related to the Lu family?!"

"uncertain."

Lin Jiangnian said, "However, I'm afraid it is probably related to the Lu family."

"In addition to the Lu family, there are also some shadows of other families in the capital!"

This assassination attempt against him and Xu Chaoge in Jiangnan had taken place all the way north, and Lin Jiangnian had secretly found a lot of clues.

"what happened?"

Zhao Xi stared at Lin Jiangnian with a worried look on his face: "What did you find out? Do you need any help?"

She realized that Lin Jiangnian's personal return to the capital proved that this assassination was definitely no trivial matter.

In this case, she naturally wanted to help.

"Being not."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head, but after he finished speaking, he saw no sound in front of him. He raised his eyes and saw Zhao Xi staring at him quietly: "What? Do you think I'm a burden?"

"how come!"

Lin Jiangnian quickly denied it.

"Don't you just think I'm useless and dislike that I can't help you?"

Zhao Xi insisted: "Such a big thing happened, and you don't even want to tell me?"

Knowing that this woman did it on purpose, Lin Jiangnian sighed. He had not originally intended to involve her, but seeing how persistent she was, Lin Jiangnian sighed, "I do suspect one thing."

"what's up?"

"This assassination is indeed related to the Lu family, but what I suspect more is..."

Lin Jiangnian's eyes were deep: "Is the Lu family related to Prince Xu's Mansion?"

"Prince Xu's Mansion?"

A trace of solemnity flashed across Zhao Xi's eyes: "How did you know that?"

"Before this, I have always been wondering why the Lu family was spared by the emperor when they were clearly colluding with the third prince to rebel. But your explanation just now gave me some clues..."

Lin Jiangnian sneered, "The Lu family is related to the Xie family. In this case, as you said, the Lu family was able to escape the disaster, which must be related to the current queen mother."

"Of course, more importantly..."

Lin Jiangnian's eyes flashed with a gleam of light: "The current empress dowager gave birth to three children in total. In addition to the current emperor and the eldest princess, there is another person..."

Zhao Xi reacted instantly and opened his eyes wide: "Li Yuan?!"

"Exactly!"

The Third Prince, who failed in his rebellion and was rescued by Prince Xu's Mansion and is now raising an army to rebel in the name of "clearing the court of evil officials", was also born to the Queen Mother of the current dynasty.

In this way, many problems seem to be solved.

Why did the Lu family stand firmly on the side of the third prince? In a sense, the Lu family was originally a foreign relative. If the third prince had successfully rebelled, the Lu family would not only have the merit of following the dragon, but would also have become a powerful foreign relative with great power in the court.

From the beginning to the end, this seemed to be an internal struggle over family power and a turmoil among the royal family of the Daning Dynasty.

The only difference was that Lin Jiangnian, who had been assassinated, suddenly broke in.

"In that case, Prince Xu's Mansion is indeed very suspicious."

Zhao Xi's eyes darkened slightly as he muttered to himself.

If it is closely related to the Lu family, the Lu family has an affair with the third prince, and now the third prince has taken refuge in Prince Xu's Mansion... one thing leads to another.

"Then why did you come to the capital this time?"

Zhao Xi raised his eyes and looked towards Lin Jiangnian.

"Just to get to the bottom of this matter."

Lin Jiangnian spoke.

Of course, he had a bigger doubt that he didn't voice.

"Can we find out just by investigating the Lu family?" Zhao Xi frowned, obviously she was not optimistic.

"We have to give it a try, otherwise it would be a waste of time."

Lin Jiangnian already had an idea when he found out that the Tao family had the power of the Lu family behind them.

"Oh, by the way, I do need your help."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Zhao Xi.

"What's the deal?"

"I just arrived in the capital, so it's not convenient for me to show up for the time being."

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and said, "The Lu family is in a special situation right now, so we'd better avoid any trouble. I'm afraid I need to borrow your identity from the Zhao family to help me with the visit to the Lu family."

"Is that all you need?"

Zhao Xi was a little disappointed when he heard this: "You want to borrow my father's name?" "Yours is fine too."

Lin Jiangnian said with a smile: "Miss Zhao still has some reputation in the capital, I think the Lu family will also be helpful."

Zhao Xi did not comment on this. As the daughter of Prime Minister Zhao, she would be given some face in the capital no matter what, but it was not bragging.

"You're going to see Lu Fusheng?"

"I have to go see him."

Lin Jiangnian nodded.

If he wanted to find out the truth about this matter, he would have to have some contact with the Lu family. Lin Jiangnian did not plan to delay his visit to the capital this time.

He planned to test Lu Fusheng first before making any plans.

"I will go with you."

Hearing this, Zhao Xi was eager to try.

"This won't work."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head and rejected her: "It's very dangerous."

"I'm not afraid!"

Zhao Xi, with her face bare, raised her snow-white neck like a swan: "The Lu family dare not touch me!"

"That won't allow you to take any risks."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head. He didn't know the strength of the Lu family yet, so he naturally couldn't let Zhao Xi take the risk.

"You should stay at home and wait for me to come back."

Lin Jiangnian spoke.

Zhao Xi's expression immediately turned resentful again: "Do you really think of me as a burden?"

"how come?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and chuckled, "It's more important for me that you stay at home!"

"Really?"

"What are you lying to?"

Seeing that Zhao Xi was still staring at him with a suspicious look on his face, Lin Jiangnian quietly moved closer and said softly, "Remember to wash yourself clean. I'll come back to deal with you tonight."

His tone was serious, but Zhao Xi's face instantly turned red. He immediately raised his hand to slap him, and said angrily: "You, you wish!"

"Hey, you're playing tricks, huh?"

Lin Jiangnian spoke up. It was important for him to come to the capital this time to investigate the mastermind behind his assassination.

But sleeping with Miss Zhao, whom he has been thinking about all the time, is equally important.

We met again last night after a long separation, and I had already let her go once, giving her enough time to prepare.

Naturally, there is no time to lose!
"Pooh!"

Zhao Xi spat, and as she was talking, this bastard started to go astray and started thinking about that thing again.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xi said angrily: "Get out of here and don't come back!"

Lin Jiangnian said with a smile: "If I really don't come back, what will you do if you hide under the quilt and drop your little pearls?"

"Take your head off!"

Zhao Xi was extremely ashamed and furious.

"You unfaithful man, come back if you want... leave now, leave now!"

"..."

Morning time.

At the end of Dongjiao Street in the capital city, there is a series of mansions and courtyards.

Those who can live here are either rich or noble, either officials in the court or children of aristocratic families.

The streets were extremely quiet.

Across a street and a small bridge is a prosperous commercial area in the capital.

A carriage drove out of the house and came to the commercial district. It passed through the alleys and streets and finally stopped at the door of a restaurant.

The carriage slowly opened its door, and a woman in a green dress walked out, supported by a maid.

The woman in the green dress was pretty, but her complexion was not very good. After getting off the carriage, she walked quickly into the restaurant.

Not long after the woman in green skirt approached the restaurant, Xu Zhongshan appeared in a corner on the street outside the restaurant, looked up at the scene, thoughtfully.

Then he followed her into the restaurant.

The restaurant was quite lively, with many people from the capital and wandering knights around. What they were discussing was nothing more than the current situation in the world.

In the past few months, the news that Prince Xu's Mansion in the north had launched a rebellion dominated the capital's hot search headlines and has not subsided for several months.

After Xu Zhongshan disguised himself, he did not attract anyone's attention. After entering the restaurant, the woman in the green skirt followed the maid's lead and entered the backyard of the restaurant.

When Xu Zhongshan approached the backyard of the restaurant, he was stopped by someone.

"This is a restricted restaurant. No one is allowed to approach."

Xu Zhongshan glanced at the two burly figures in front of him, who were obviously guards, and did not force his way in. He turned around and left.

After casually walking around the restaurant and figuring out the layout of the restaurant's surroundings, he left the restaurant. He first walked away, then turned back quietly, came to a courtyard wall, and took advantage of the fact that no one was around to sneak into the courtyard.

Just yesterday, Xu Zhongshan met Lin Jiangnian, and Lin Jiangnian asked him for a favor.

Lin Jiangnian hopes that he can find a way to get close to Hu Yao and win her trust without disturbing her.

Hu Yao was the daughter of the Hu family whom Xu Zhongshan had offended at the party at the manor yesterday.

At first, Xu Zhongshan didn't understand why His Highness wanted him to get close to Hu Yao, and even thought it was a bit ridiculous.

He had just offended Hu Yao, and now he was taking the initiative to approach her... Could he trust her?
But Lin Jiangnian said frankly that it was precisely because he had offended Hu Yao that he was the most suitable candidate and would be least likely to arouse the other party's vigilance and suspicion!
Xu Zhongshan was skeptical, but he still agreed and decided to give it a try.

He did not act rashly. To get close to Hu Yao, he had to find out about her first. So Xu Zhongshan decided to find out about Hu Yao's whereabouts before making the next decision.

But today, he secretly followed Hu Yao all the way and gradually realized that something was wrong... There was something wrong with Hu Yao!

Although it is not clear what is wrong, judging from Hu Yao's sneaky behavior today, it is obviously unusual.

As the daughter of the Hu family, why would Hu Yao come to such a mixed place?
And what secrets are hidden in the backyard of this restaurant?
In order to clarify this, Xu Zhongshan avoided the sight of the people around the restaurant and sneaked into the yard quietly.

The yard was quiet and empty.

Xu Zhongshan tiptoed quietly and accurately to the corner of the courtyard wall. When he approached the door of the inner courtyard, he soon heard noises coming from a room not far away.

"Useless! Your people are all useless! Didn't you say it was foolproof? How come you still failed?"

"Have you dealt with the tail? If it gets traced back to everyone, then everyone will be in trouble!"

"Didn't you say you have an all-powerful hand? Didn't you say the power behind you is so powerful that you won't worry about your secret being exposed?"

"Are you guys lying?"

"..."

Inside the room, several people were talking.

Xu Zhongshan listened carefully and could vaguely hear Hu Yao's voice. She seemed a little agitated and was questioning something.

In addition, there were voices of several other people in the room, who seemed to be discussing something.

What conspiracy are they discussing?
Dealing with what?!

Xu Zhongshan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to continue eavesdropping to make sure more clearly.

Suddenly, a warning shout was heard in the room.

"Who?!"

Outside the door, Xu Zhongshan was suddenly startled.

……

(End of this chapter)