The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

"Don't tell me... the people outside believe it?"

Chen Huai'an swallowed hard, suddenly feeling a little panicked.

Wang Bai said with a bitter face, "Sir, they have no choice but to believe you. The Duke of Anguo's mansion has already closed down, yet you still sent your subordinates and Yunyan to prepare all sorts of funeral items, and even ordered a coffin."

"Moreover... you were indeed poisoned, and the person who poisoned you probably believed you were dead more than anyone else."

Chen Huai'an: "..."

"No, won't they even come to see my body?" he blurted out instinctively, then seemed to realize his mistake. "Wait, they haven't even seen me, how can they be so sure?"

Wang Bai remained silent, staring at him in silence.

What is there to question about the things Chen Huai'an asked him to do?

We've already publicized it all over the world. Once the funeral supplies are ready, we can almost start the feast. How can you expect people not to believe us?

"Oh dear..."

Chen Huai'an felt a headache coming on. He paced back and forth, pointing at Wang Bai's nose and cursing, "You son of a bitch, look what you've done! How the hell did I just die?"

"Is that how you interpret things?!"

Wang Bai opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but dared not.

Where can he go to reason with them?!

Didn't I just do everything as instructed?

How can there be a mistake?

Wang Bai felt wronged, but he didn't say anything.

"never mind!"

Chen Huai'an lay back on the bed and started to give up: "So what if I die? It's good for me to die."

"..."

"Ha...that weird thing is finally dead!"

Inside the Lu family compound, Lu Yanqing received the news without any surprise, coldly sneering, "So what if six assassins can't kill you? You'll still die from poison!"

Lu Xingjia said calmly, "If you have to blame someone, you can only blame his own gluttony. We prepared several stalls, and we thought it would be good if he could eat at one, but we didn't expect him to fall for them all."

"Having ingested so much poison, even a god descending to earth couldn't save him."

"However, it's pointless to discuss a dead man now; Li Shimin must have already received the news."

"At this critical juncture, we are highly suspicious."

"Li Shimin will not let this go easily. He will also feel threatened, after all, what we have done... has posed a serious threat to him."

"What we need to do now is lie low and avoid the limelight."

Lu Yanqing nodded in agreement: "Let's do it according to what we decided before."

"Chen Huai'an's biggest mistake was uttering the phrase 'The mind is principle, extend innate knowledge, and unite knowledge and action.' Otherwise, the Cui family would never have agreed to do something so risky."

Lu Xingjia didn't say anything, but he agreed in his heart.

The mind is reason, extend innate knowledge, and unite knowledge and action. At the time, they thought it was profound, but after returning, many great scholars from various families studied it carefully and found that this short sentence contained countless truths.

A closer look at Chen Huai'an's experiences reveals that they subtly align with the principles of "the mind is reason," "extending innate knowledge," and "unity of knowledge and action."

If Chen Huai'an continues to practice this philosophy, his reputation will grow and his prestige among the people will increase.

His ideas of "the mind is reason," "extending innate knowledge," and "unity of knowledge and action" will be studied and discussed by countless scholars.

When Chen Huai'an's reputation reaches its peak, that will probably be the day he becomes a saint.

At that moment, the aristocratic families were truly terrified.

The world can allow new sages to emerge, but absolutely not now, in this era!

Therefore, Chen Huai'an must die!

This is a thought that everyone tacitly agrees on!

Lu Yanqing sighed, "It's a pity. When Chen Huai'an passed the imperial examination, we did give him a chance."

"Unfortunately, he didn't know what was good for him, otherwise... he wouldn't have ended up like this, becoming the next Huo Qubing!"

Lu Xingjia smiled faintly and said, "Becoming Huo Qubing is the best ending for him. At least his deeds and the ideas he left behind are destined to leave a strong mark in history."

"Future generations will..."

Before he could finish speaking, a commotion broke out outside, with screams of terror and shouts coming from outside.

Lu Yanqing frowned: "What happened?"

Just as he was about to get up and go out to take a look, Du Ruhui barged in with his men, followed by a squad of imperial guards in full armor.

A hint of panic flashed in Lu Yanqing's eyes. The Imperial Guards were not to be mobilized casually. Li Shimin's reaction was far greater and more intense than they had imagined!

"Lu Yanqing, Lu Xingjia!" Du Ruhui's voice was icy cold. "You are suspected of embezzlement, abuse of power, suppression of subordinates, and illegal land accumulation. His Majesty's desk is already piled high with memorials impeaching you. Come with me!"

Having said that, he didn't give the two a chance to speak at all, and waved his hand, saying, "Take them down!"

"yes!"

Four imperial guards stepped forward to seize the two men.

Lu Yanqing feigned composure and said, "Lord Du, is there some misunderstanding? Everyone knows my character; I have never embezzled, much less abused my power for personal gain!"

"Is it reasonable for you to make such a big fuss?"

"Reasonable?" Du Ruhui seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "You don't need to care whether my behavior today is reasonable or not. Just now, dozens of memorials impeaching you have been submitted. The contents of them still shock me when I think about them now."

"There's no misunderstanding here. If there is, then your entire Lu family can go tell the King of Hell in the underworld!"

Lu Yanqing felt a chill run down his spine; from these words, he instantly understood many things.

In a short time, dozens of memorials impeaching them were submitted, which was definitely not something that could be prepared in a short period of time.

There must have been premeditated behind this.

It was the Cui and Zheng families of Qinghe who had foreseen this scene, so they pushed them out as scapegoats.

Or were the three families that sided with Li Shimin, and in order to maintain balance and stability, they joined forces with many other forces to attack the Lu family?

Or perhaps this is simply a slander, and Li Shimin intends to use Chen Huai'an's case as a pretext to unleash his murderous intent?

"Let me go!" Lu Xingjia shouted angrily as he was taken down by the Imperial Guards. "What right do you have to arrest me? If you were to arrest someone, it should be the Ministry of Justice or the Court of Judicial Review!"

"Furthermore, this is blatant slander!"

"Slander?" Du Ruhui seemed to have a sensitive nerve touched, and his anger erupted instantly. He rushed over and grabbed his hair tightly, so hard that he wished he could tear his head off right now.

"Don't you know what you've done?"

"Do you think that just because you belong to one of the five most prestigious families, a renowned clan, or a powerful aristocratic clan, you can act without any scruples?"

Du Ruhui grabbed Lu Xingjia's hair, forcing him to look him in the eye: "Your Lu family is finished!"

"..."