Since Yan Shifan was threatened by Lu Bing last time, he has been feeling uneasy.

Yes, he was a little scared.

In the past, when the Jinyiwei suppressed all officials, Yan Shifan didn't take it seriously at all, because he knew very well that he could look at the West Garden with thunder and rain, and he could not control his Grand Commander Lu.

However, when Lu Bing took out Wang Zhi's confession and bluntly stated that Hu Zongxian had forged a pardon edict, he even pointed out that Yan Shifan felt fear for the first time after the steward of Yan's mansion took away the silver sealed by Wang Zhi.

After more than a year, Lu Bing can find out.

Hu Zongxian once mentioned the edict in his letter to Yan Song, so Yan Shifan did not doubt that the confession was fake. The Jinyiwei got a confession from the prison, so it should not be too simple.

Moreover, because Wang Zhi has been sentenced to death and has no evidence now, it is impossible for Wang Zhi to revise his confession. When it comes to this matter, it can only be said to be a murder and silence.

Even though killing Wang Zhi was the decision of the court and the final ruling made by the emperor, it would definitely turn into their father and son who promoted the matter.

The key point is that they did take the money. Can the Jinyiwei check this matter?

After more than a month of deep thought, Yan Shifan finally made a dangerous decision to kill Lu Bing.

He had discussed this matter privately with Yan Song, but he did rebuke it repeatedly after waiting.

The relationship between Lu Bing and the emperor is extremely subtle. If Lu Bing is killed, God knows what Emperor Jiajing would do.

Yan Song knew it was very powerful, so he naturally chose to rebuke the idea raised by his son, asking him to completely dispel this idea.

Unfortunately, he forgot that he is now very different from more than ten years ago.

Although Yan Song was old at that time, he was still energetic and had a good attitude when doing things. However, now he needs his son's help and advice everywhere, and he has long lost his majesty as he used to do the past.

Even in Yan Shifan's mind, if he hadn't been giving advice to his father, he would have been pulled down from the throne of the chief minister by Xu Jie long ago.

Of course, these thoughts can only stay in his mind.

Therefore, Yan Shifan did not care about Yan Song's refusal and scolding at all, but secretly began to look for allies, trying to find ways to kill Lu Bing without knowing it.

After all, Lu Bing is the left governor of the Governor's Office of the Later Army, and the Jinyiwei commands the boss who is in charge of the Jinyiwei. It is not easy to kill him secretly.

Killing such a big shot not only requires choosing the right time and place, but also requiring the right people to handle this matter well. These are not easy to do.

However, as a genius praised by Emperor Jiajing, Yan Shifan did not stop him in this most difficult level. It was just that he was not very good to reach in there.

He couldn't find a helper there, but it didn't mean that no one else was.

Naturally, Yan Shifan's eyes turned to his natural ally, King Jing, and only His Highness King Jing could do something in it and achieve his goal.

Yan Shifan didn't think that His Highness King Jing was a little white rabbit, or came from the palace or from the Jiajing Dynasty, so he was naturally very clear about the palace fighting.

The relationship between Emperor Jiajing's harem is quite complicated.

Emperor Jiajing conferred three empresses, but each died of misfortune.

Until now, Emperor Jiajing no longer enthroned the queen, and Concubine Wen was in charge of the harem.

King Jing's biological mother, Concubine Lu Jing, was one of the "Nine Concubines" selected in March of the tenth year of Jiajing. After giving birth to Queen Jing, Concubine Jing, he was the few concubines in the palace who were favored by Emperor Jiajing. His status in the palace was second only to Concubine Wen.

Prince Yu's mother, Concubine Kang, was gone as early as the 33rd year of Jiajing. It was precisely because of the lack of auspicious support from the palace that Prince Yu suffered a great loss in the secret battle with King Jing.

The conversation in the secret room continued. In Yan Shifan's words, Lu Bing had gone from a close minister who was "loyal" to an emperor Jiajing to a jester who had long since secretly turned to King Yu.

King Jing is naturally not easy to fool. Lu Bing’s relationship with Emperor Jiajing is very special. Regarding Yan Shifan’s words, King Jing naturally felt distrust.

Although drinking is a bit overwhelming, it does not mean that King Jing is easy to fool. There is only a moment of suspicion on his face, and he immediately disguised it.

However, when Yan Shifan was telling about Lu Bing's threat to King Jing, his eyes kept staring at King Jing for a moment, and the change in expression for that moment was naturally seen by him.

"According to my findings, the main reason why Lu Bing joined King Yu was because of Xu Jie. He had been tracing Xia Yan's death. It was Governor Lu who gave Xia Yan a fatal blow.

He fabricated the fact that Zeng Xian failed to report his defeat, greedy for military pay, and bribed Xia Yan. After Xia Yan dismissed from office and left Beijing, he spread rumors, saying that Xia Yan complained and slandered Shizong before leaving, and then he secretly reported to the emperor, which eventually made the emperor want to kill."

Seeing King Jing's face appearing shocked, he continued: "The emperor is the most unwilling to be deceived. If the emperor knew about this, it would be hard to say what he would do. Even if he was a compatriot, Lu Bing would not be able to do well."

"So, he asked my brother Wang to protect him and asked Xu Jie to stop? Or is this the purpose of Brother Wang and Xu Jie?"

King Jing couldn't help but be alert when he heard the reason why Lu Bing turned to King Yu.

In the past, he was quite relieved about Lu Bing and thought it was a knife in his father's hand, but if the person who took the knife was replaced, it would be a different matter.

Before Yan Shifan could answer, King Jing suddenly became alert again, and then continued, "Where did Brother Donglou know about this? Since he knew the reason, why not show up with Lu Bing directly, let him be in Cao's camp and work hard for the lonely."

"There is no credible evidence. The news was heard by my people privately. Xu Jie had something in his hand to prove Lu Bing's crime, but we didn't have it. Who could we threaten? It's empty talk."

Yan Shifan replied with a very regretful expression.

Although King Jing did not fully believe Yan Shifan's words, he knew the abilities of the Jinyiwei. In fact, the entire court was afraid of the Jinyiwei like a tiger.

The factory guards and the Dongchang is in front of the Jinyiwei, but now the Dongchang led by Huang Jin is dormant, while the Jinyiwei under Lu Bing rises again and becomes a terrified existence for civil servants to talk about it.

It is hard to say how many evidences of officials Lu Bing has in his hands.

King Jing naturally didn't know whether the evidence of the crime was secretly handed over to Emperor Jiajing, but if you think about it, you can roughly guess it. It is probably still in Lu Bing's hands, and you may wait until the critical moment to use it.

"hiss"

Thinking of this, King Jing couldn't help but gasp in the air, it was so scary.

If Lu Bing was still loyal to Emperor Jiajing, everything would be fine, and it would not matter whether it was to King Yu or him.

But Yan Shifan just told him that Lu Bing had already turned to King Yu, and that his brother Wang was naturally not an ignorant little white rabbit. With Lu Bing's weapon in hand, he might have thought that he would suddenly attack him and catch him off guard.

King Jing has been away from the palace for many years and has long seen through the officialdom.

It's sucked.

The officials who defected to him, in addition to greed for the achievements of the dragon, also had their own small plans. They did many shameful things in private, just hope that he could plead for the most critical moment and help make a comeback.

If those people had evidence to fall into Lu Bing's hands, they might not only reveal some secrets between him and the Yan family, but also be more likely to fight back at critical moments. After all, their own wealth and life are under Lu Bing's hands.

This person cannot be kept.

At this time, King Jing and Yan Shifan had the same idea, and only Lu Bing could he feel at ease if he died.

Of course King Jing was not stupid. At this time, he already knew the purpose of Yan Shifan's secret discussion with him. He should be to deal with Lu Bing. As for the desired result, can there be anything else besides letting him die?

Political struggles are fierce, and everyone will stop fighting between civil servants, that is, they will usually leave some mercy after one side leaves the world and will not kill them all.

However, now they are no longer a political struggle, but a battle for the throne, which will be much more tragic. The losing side is not only a destruction of the career, but also a normal loss of life.

In fact, this is also the reason why many old political families are unwilling to easily get involved in the battle for the throne.

By maintaining the status quo, they can always enjoy a wealthy life. Once they are involved, it is better to win, but they may be able to go to the next level. Once they fail, the entire family will be completely destroyed into the endless abyss.

The noble families in the Ming Dynasty who lived with the country had a good grasp of this measure and would not easily get involved without the emperor's will, so they could be preserved. Even if their power expanded to a point that the emperor was somewhat afraid of, they could still ensure that the family would last forever.

They only listen to the emperor, and they also give outsiders a ruffian of living a life of waiting to die, making people think they have no big ambitions.

Without great ambitions, there will naturally be no great ambitions, and the emperor will naturally be more at ease.

The emperor felt even more at ease when he showed some lack of ability.

"Brother Donglou, we are wise and don't say secret words, what do you want to do?"

After all, King Jing was not as experienced as Yan Shifan. After all, he could not hold back his anger after thinking it through and asked directly.

"I think your highness understands that Lu Bing can't keep it, just

Lu Bing has a special identity. Whether it is poisoning or assassination, it will cause huge waves, so it is not advisable."

Yan Shifan answered.

"Then what else can we do not doubt that God will let him be gone without anyone knowing it?"

King Jing asked with a frown.

He could think of the consequences of assassinating Lu Bing, but other than that, what other ways could he kill him?

He is Lu Bing, who is in charge of the Jinyiwei.

"In addition to being the Jinyiwei, Lord Lu actually often does one thing."

Speaking of this, Yan Shifan deliberately paused to give King Jing time to think, perhaps he would think of it.

"What do you often do? I have never heard of him looking for women outside when I eat or sleep. Otherwise, if I try to drink some medicine and let him die on the woman's belly, my family will probably hide it."

King Jing thought for a moment and said casually that he couldn't think of it. All he could think of was the dirty things in the fireworks and willow alley.

To be honest, Lu Bing's lifestyle is quite upright. Apart from the hobby that everyone has, that is, making money, he really can't find any other major problems.

As for the women in the mansion, okay, Lu Bing has brought many beauties home, but that is in the Lu Mansion after all, and they can't get into it.

The Lu family is strictly guarded and kidding. They are just doing this business, so naturally people won’t take advantage of loopholes easily.

"hehe."

After hearing what King Jing said, Yan Shifan didn't feel decent at all. That was his hobby, so he didn't think there was anything inconvenient to say.

After chuckling, Yan Shifan spoke: "Your Highness must have heard that Lord Lu and the palace are walking frequently and have to run into the palace almost every day."

"I know, it's all the daily errands of the Jinyiwei, who conveys the news from the capital and outside to the father."

King Jing nodded and said that he knew that although he had never seen Emperor Jiajing, whether he was his mother or other people in the palace, he would provide him with information to let him know about the emperor's recent situation.

The safety of Emperor Jiajing is not only related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty, but also to the future of him and his brother, Prince Yu. Who can sit in that position and who can only go to a small place to be a prince who seems idle but is actually forbidden.

"Since that's the case, does Your Highness know that the time when Lu Bing entered the palace was mostly close to the time when Emperor Jiajing opened the furnace and refined the alchemy, and those elixirs."
To be continued...