Shangguan Yi took a deep breath and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will investigate the situation as soon as possible. With the speed of the bad guys, I believe there will be news in less than half a day. "
Du Qi said, "I'll wait for your news."
Shangguan Yi turned and left.
Du Qi continued to deal with the government affairs. In less than half a day, Shangguan Yi came back. At this time, Shangguan Yi's expression was a little dignified. He said, "Your Majesty, the investigation has been completed."
Du Qi said, "What's the situation?"
Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty, Yang Yousan has some contact with the people of the Tang dynasty."
Du Qi asked, "Has he been instigated?"
"No!"
Shangguan Yi said, "He has been used."
Du Qi said, "What's the situation? Explain it in detail."
Shangguan Yi explained, "The specific situation is that there is a rich businessman named Lu Jinsheng in Chang 'an City. This man was really instigated by the spies of the Tang dynasty. Lu Jinsheng found Yang Yousan and said that he had a beautiful daughter and hoped to enter the palace through the concubine selection and become His Majesty's concubine. "
"So, he begged Yang Yousan to unite with the officials and ask His Majesty to marry a concubine and select concubines. It happened that His Majesty only had two children, the Crown Prince and the Princess for many years. There were only the Empress and the Imperial Concubine in the harem. In addition, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine were in business. For a scholar like Yang Yousan, it was a little unpleasant. "
Shangguan Yi said, "Originally, Yang Yousan did not advise, and no officials did. But under Lu Jinsheng's instigation, he began to act. He was not instigated, but used. "
Du Qi said, "How much did Lu Jinsheng pay Yang Yousan to do it?"
Shangguan Yi said, "Lu Jinsheng gave Yang Yousan 50,000 strings of coins in the first batch. It is said that there will be another 100,000 strings of coins after it is done. All in all, it's at least 150,000 strings of coins. "
Du Qi sneered and said, "How generous. In order to affect me, you're willing to spend 150,000 strings of coins. Of course, to leave a spy by my side for 150,000 strings of string of money and even affect me and threaten my life, the other party's plan is really not simple. "
Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty, it was this subject's oversight. Who would have thought that something like this would happen? If I hadn't investigated Yang Yousan, I wouldn't have known about this. "
Pausing for a moment, Shangguan Yi continued, "However, Lu Jinsheng managed to evade detection. Even though we thought we had many spies of the Tang dynasty under our control, we still overlooked this person. He missed out on a big shot like Lu Jinsheng. Please punish me, Your Majesty! "
Du Qi said, "You can't be blamed for this. Don't be in a hurry to take action. Keep an eye on all of Lu Jinsheng's people. In addition, there might be other unknown clues that we don't know about, so let's wait first. The court assembly will be held in three days. At that time, the public opinion may completely explode. "
Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty is brilliant!"
Du Qi waved his hand. Shangguan Yi turned around and left, but a cold light flashed in Du Qi's eyes. Because of what had happened this time, Du Qi was a little angry. Since it involved his family, he wouldn't allow it.
That was his reverse scale.
Gaochang City, west of the city.
It was the house where Lu Jinsheng lived.
In the beginning, Lu Jinsheng was just a big businessman in Gaochang. He quickly made a fortune by obtaining the management rights of cement and running tea shops. However, Lu Jinsheng came into contact with spies of the Tang dynasty and was eventually instigated to defect and become a member of the Tang dynasty.
Lu Jinsheng became a member of the Tang dynasty, but in fact, he had little contact with the spies of the Tang dynasty.
Almost none.
Therefore, many of Lu Jinsheng's actions were arranged by himself. Unfortunately, Gaochang City was Du Qi's headquarters. In this area where bad people were everywhere, Lu Jinsheng's every move could not be concealed. In the end, all the news was dug out.
However, Lu Jinsheng was still unaware of it.
At this moment, in the study.
Lu Jinsheng and his aide were discussing something. His aide was called A Guda, and he was from the west of Gaochang. A Guda was extremely shrewd and had also read books. He had been assisting Lu Jinsheng for a long time.
However, A Guda did not know Lu Jinsheng's identity as a member of the Tang dynasty.
Lu Jinsheng looked at A Guda and said, "A Guda, the public opinion is not enough. Countless people must begin to talk about the business of the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, as well as that His Majesty does not have enough concubines. You have been in charge of this matter. Add more fuel to the fire. Whether our Lu family can produce a noble person depends on this. As long as His Majesty arranges for the selection, then my daughter will definitely be selected and have a chance to enter His Majesty's sight. "
A Guda said, "Rest assured, Patriarch. Everything will be arranged properly."
Lu Jinsheng nodded.
Dong! Dong!
There was a knock on the door outside the room.
Lu Jinsheng said, "Come in." The housekeeper of the residence entered and said, "Patriarch, someone from Imperial Censor Yang's residence has come to invite you to discuss an important matter."
Lu Jinsheng said, "Got it."
The housekeeper left, and Lu Jinsheng changed his clothes and went to Yang Yousan's residence. As soon as he arrived, he said, "Imperial Censor Yang asked me to come here. Is there something important to discuss?"
Yang Yousan was in his early forties.
He used to be a civil official of Yanqi. After submitting to Du Qi, he eventually became an imperial censor under Du Qi's command, a Secondary Grade Six official. He was an honest official. His official position was not high, but he had the responsibility of a picket officer. He could be considered to have power.
Yang Yousan waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper Lu, please sit down!"
"Thank you!"
Yang Yousan sat down after thanking him and said, "Shopkeeper Lu, I asked you to come here today because it involves the imperial court meeting in three days. The operation of this matter can't be done by me alone. It needs more people to participate. So now, I need you to give me money again so that I can make the arrangements. "
Lu Jinsheng frowned, feeling somewhat unhappy.
He had already given 50,000 strings of cash.
It was not a small amount.
However, Lu Jinsheng knew that this plan was extremely crucial. No matter how much money he gave, it was worth it. So when he heard Yang Yousan's words, even if he was unhappy, he still said, "How much more do you need?"
Yang Yousan said, "10,000 strings of cash."
10,000 strings of cash?
Lu Jinsheng was somewhat surprised and said, "Imperial Censor Yang, 10,000 strings of cash is not a small amount!"
Yang Yousan said, "Shopkeeper Lu, it is not a small matter to get more people to participate. Especially with His Majesty's nature, many people know. His Majesty has always been extremely unyielding. Under this premise, we must persuade His Majesty to let His Majesty choose a concubine. It is actually very difficult and risky. So this time, we need 10,000 strings of cash. Shopkeeper Lu, if this matter succeeds, your Lu family will have an imperial concubine. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. "
Lu Jinsheng was somewhat angry. He was angry at Yang Yousan's greed. He was already thinking that once this matter succeeded, he would definitely make a move against Yang Yousan in the future. As long as his daughter became an imperial concubine or even gave birth to a prince, dealing with Yang Yousan would be a simple matter.
Lu Jinsheng took a deep breath and said, "No problem. I'll have someone send it over when I return."
Yang Yousan said, "Go!"
Lu Jinsheng took a deep breath and turned to leave. He had to go back and prepare the money as well as arrange the other matters. Even though Lu Jinsheng had a lot of anger, he could only endure it.
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