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Wu Chunlai had no choice but to put the matter on hold for the time being, but he was also a little hairy in his heart. He was ninety percent sure in his heart that it was Lin Jue's doing, Lin Jue was a bold person, he even dared to kidnap the son of Yanei, let alone kill a mere Liu Xiding? Liu Xiding's death is nothing, the key is that this incident means that Lin Jue will start to retaliate by any means. The sixteen words on Liu Xiding's belly read: Eat inside and out, die innocently, now Suoer's life, who will be next? That means obviously, Liu Xiding is just the beginning, and there are goals behind. Wu Chunlai decided that he must strengthen his own protection and ensure his safety. Because obviously, you must be one of the targets. And he must immediately discuss countermeasures with Lu Xiang, this Lin Jue must be eliminated, he has become the most tricky person in the current court, and he must be eliminated quickly.

The matter is far from over, just when the news of Liu Xiding's murder was in an uproar, in the early morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, eight murders occurred in various parts of the capital, and the victims were all officials of the Ordinance Department, and all of them were related to the case of Fang Dunru in a solemn manner. These people all acted as tainted witnesses in the case of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, fabricating so-called evidence to frame Yan Fang and the others. They were all beheaded, and their headless corpses knelt on the ground with their hands and feet tied, with a sign hanging on their chests that read: Eat inside and out, ungrateful, unjust souls ask for their lives, and die innocently.

The murders took place in the middle of the night, and several witnesses pointed out that two ghostly men dressed in black appeared near the murders, close to each other. In less than half an hour after the third watch, eight people who lived in various places in the inner and outer cities of the capital were killed one after another. All this further confirms the already quietly divergent theory of ghosts seeking their lives. This similar method of murder was clearly committed by the same group. But if it weren't for the ghosts, how could they appear in a few distant corners of the huge capital in half an hour. Only ghosts have the ability to come and go without a trace, and go wherever they want.

The originally peaceful New Year's atmosphere suddenly fell into panic after this series of murders. Especially those who played a disgraceful role in the case of Yan Fang and the two of them, they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do.

Of course, Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai and others still don't believe in the so-called ghost asking for their lives, which is obviously someone deliberately creating panic and revenge for killing. That method is actually not clever, and it is not difficult for Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru to look like Makeup City. Killing people everywhere at the same time, it was obviously a group of people. It's not difficult to step on a good point, make an appointment at a good time, and make an agreement to kill people in the same way. Those who were killed were not too vigilant, after all, who would believe that in the capital, someone would dare to do such a heart-wrenching thing?

But in the face of this situation, Lu Zhongtian also had to take measures. He ordered troops to be sent to protect the residences of officials involved in the case of Yan Zheng Su Fang Dunru to prevent further murders. At the same time, he also agreed with Wu Chunlai's opinion, he believed that Lin Jue must be behind the trouble, which can be judged without evidence at all. It is necessary to take measures against Lin Jue, this person's existence has become a thorn in his eye, and he will not be able to get rid of him.

In fact, even if there was no such serial murder case, Lu Zhongtian decided to do it to Lin Jue. After the impeachment of the dynasty that morning, Lin Jue had already torn his face and deliberately hinted at something to the emperor. Afterwards, the emperor summoned Guo Xu and sternly questioned him on what considerations he had based on at that time. Guo Xu naturally would never tell the truth, he insisted that it was the psychology of gains and losses at that time, for fear of messing things up again, so he didn't dare to chase after the bandits, nor did he dare to send troops easily. But even so, the doubts in Guo Chong's heart have begun to take root.

An obvious sign is that during this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Guo Chong did not let Guo Xu's mother and son participate. The eldest prince Guo Mian and her mother accompanied the empress dowager and Concubine Rong to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. This move is unprecedented. This shows that Guo Xu has lost Guo Chong's trust and preference, and Guo Chong has developed dislike and disgust for this second son. The root cause of all this was instigated by Lin Jue, who succeeded in arousing Guo Chong's suspicion of the Huai King's behavior in counterinsurgency operations. Guo Chong has often said on various occasions in the past few days that he will never allow civil strife within the royal family, which is not just talking.

Guo Chong once gave an example of the Tang Dynasty, he said that everyone said that Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was a generation of Ming monarchs who created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. But he was extremely disdainful of Li Shimin. Compared with the so-called prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's actions of killing his brother and forcing his father to abdicate had a much worse impact on the later generations of the Tang Dynasty than his achievements. Later emperors followed suit, causing endless internal strife in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, continuous internal strife within the royal family, and a woman seized the throne, which was simply a great shame. The root cause of all kinds of chaos is the extremely bad impact brought about by Li Shimin's Xuanwumen Change.

It can be seen from this that Guo Chong's attitude towards this kind of palace chaos. Therefore, once Guo Chong suspected that Guo Xu was secretly using his hands and feet, trying to kill people with a knife, and attempting to kill Guo Mian in the counterinsurgency operation, that was when Guo Xu was alienated and abandoned by him.

After the New Year's dinner incident, Guo Xu came to Lu Zhongtian to cry, and Lu Zhongtian also felt very tricky. If this development continues, the good situation that was originally after the deaths of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru will come to naught. The position of the crown prince is likely to have nothing to do with Guo Xu. This is something that must never happen. Of course, Lu Zhongtian can't sit idly by, before finding a way, of course, the first thing he has to deal with is this Lin Jue, who caused the situation to change. If he can't solve Lin Jue, I don't know what kind of moth he will make.

This guy is bold, he kidnapped Lu Yanei some time ago, and made a lot of nonsense at the court meeting, and now this serial murder and revenge case must also be committed by him, which has reached the point where it is absolutely intolerable.

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On the evening of the fourth day of the first lunar month, Wu Chunlai, Guo Xu and others gathered in the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss how to solve the current predicament and how to solve Lin Jue's problem.

Guo Xu has been in a bad mood for the past two days, he has hated Lin Jue to the core, and the method he proposed is very direct.

"Grandfather, isn't pinching Lin Jue to death as simple as pinching an ant to death? What else is there to consider? Tomorrow night, I will take someone to wash the Lin Mansion in blood, and kill him without leaving a chicken and dog. I want to personally take Lin Jue's head and hang his head on the archway in front of the Great Xiangguo Temple, so as to eliminate the hatred in my heart. ”

Wu Chunlai nodded when he heard this: "Yes, the lower officials agree with King Huai's plan, as long as it is done secretly, suddenly launched, and done cleanly, at most there will be some trouble, but as long as it is in addition to this guy." ”

Lu Zhongtian frowned and shouted: "This is also a method? Do you really think it's that easy to kill Lin Jue? Chunlai, you recently sent someone to keep an eye on the Lin Mansion, didn't Lin Jue have any defense? ”

Wu Chunlai frowned and said, "That's not it. Since the beginning of the year, the Lin Mansion has greatly increased the number of nursing homes. There used to be only a few dozen, but now there are hundreds of them. They are all palace guards who were transferred from the Liang Palace. ”

Lu Zhongtian sneered: "Then let me ask you, if these hundreds of nursing homes want to strangle them cleanly, how many people do you need to mobilize to kill all the old and young of the Lin family?" ”

Wu Chunlai smacked his lips and said, "At least four or five hundred people." Those palace guards are all equipped with martial arts. ”

Lu Zhongtian snorted coldly: "It's a shame that your brain is quite clear. Mobilize the actions of four or five hundred people, can you guarantee that there will be no traces? As long as the 100 people of the Lin family have a stick of incense, they will alarm the soldiers and horses in the city. Don't you forget, that Lin Jue is the son-in-law of King Liang, and the little prince Guo Kun is now the capital of the guard and the military division, can he always pay attention to the safety of the Lin family? At that time, I am afraid that stealing chickens will not make a big mess. ”

Guo Xu said in a deep voice: "Grandfather, you just think too much and are too careful. What are the more than 100 nursing homes afraid of? There are seven or eight hundred people in my house, and when the time comes, it will be like a bamboo, and it won't take long to slaughter all the Lin family. You're sometimes too cautious, and you're thinking so much at this time. ”

Lu Zhongtian turned his head and glared at Guo Xu and said in a deep voice: "Guo Xu, do you think that your grandfather is incompetent?" ”

Guo Xu hurriedly said: "My grandson doesn't dare, my grandson just thinks that I can't worry too much." ”

Lu Zhongtian reprimanded: "The old man has made a decisive decision, stirred up the rebellion of the Qingjiao, and wants you to take some decisive credit, what is the result?" Did you do it? You were once radical and decided to kill people with a knife, but did you succeed? So far, you haven't paid attention to this Lin Jue, you still think that he is a soft persimmon, and you despise his ability so much, which is really disappointing to teach the old man. ”

Guo Xu's face turned red, but he was speechless.

Lu Zhongtian said in a slow tone: "You all listen to me, this Lin Jue is by no means an idle person. You don't want to think about the things he did, which one of them was not to the point, and which one was not flawless. Even if it was a revenge killing, he used the ghost of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru to confuse the public. It stands to reason that he was enraged by the death of Yan Fang and the others, but he didn't mess up any square inch under the anger, isn't this terrifying? On that day's impeachment, he deliberately concealed it and scratched his boots, his purpose was definitely not to impeach the old man and Yang Shumi, he knew that he couldn't do it. But his purpose is to make the emperor suspicious. Your impeachment is not actually an impeachment, and his purpose is also to make the emperor suspicious. The purpose of impeaching us is to arouse the emperor's suspicion, and ultimately destroy the emperor's trust, so as to achieve the goal of ruining you as the crown prince. Even if we defend you, we will be seen as shielding you. In retrospect, the old man did not make a single accusation head-on, and all he had to say was in the meaning of the words. The reasons for his impeachment are irrefutable. It's amazing, it's amazing. Compared with this Lin Jue, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru are far behind. ”

Guo Xu and Wu Chunlai were silent, although they felt that Lu Xiang had exaggerated Lin Jue's ability too much, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

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