After receiving the latest news about Yang Jisheng's impeachment in the afternoon, the crisis in Prince Yu's Mansion was imminent, because when Yan Song slandered Yang Jisheng to the emperor, he said that Yang Jisheng "privately colluded with the two princes, alienated the relationship between the emperor and his son, and had ulterior motives!".
Secretly colluded with the two kings.
This sentence is the key point!
Yan Song's words had already dragged Prince Yu's Mansion into trouble.
When Prince Yu returned to his study from the inner palace and heard the news, he broke out in a cold sweat and was terrified.
"We have never met before, and there is no reason for us to do so, but somehow it got me involved. Yang Jisheng is a scholar, and he has wronged me... The old villain Yan Song has lied and framed me, he deserves to die, and his heart should be killed..."
Prince Yu was like an ant on hot pot, pacing around in his study, sighing and groaning, saying that Yang Jisheng had misled him and that Yan Song deserved to die.
Chen Yiqin, Gao Gong, Yin Shidan and Zhu Ping'an constantly tried to comfort Prince Yu, saying that there was still hope for the situation to turn around.
The anxious Prince Yu calmed down a little after being persuaded by everyone. Then, he sent Gao Gong and Zhu Ping'an to visit Xu Jie again to inquire about the results of Xu Jie's talk with Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing and to ask Xu Jie for countermeasures again.
So, Zhu Ping'an and Gao Gong visited Xu's mansion twice.
When the two arrived at Xu's residence, Xu Jie had just returned from Lu Bing's visit. After hearing about Zhu Ping'an and Gao Gong's purpose of coming, he told them about the visit.
When Xu Jie visited Lu Bing, Lu Bing had not yet received the imperial edict to arrest Yang Jisheng. After Xu Jie arrived at Lu Bing's house, he did not waste time and directly stated his purpose. He said to Lu Bing, "Brother Lu, if you are to investigate the case of Yang Jisheng, I hope you will handle it carefully and not involve too many people. Otherwise, if you don't handle it well, the prince may be involved at any time. If the matter gets out of hand, what good will it do to the emperor? What good will it do to the Ming Dynasty?"
"What is Commander Lu's answer?" Gao Gong asked with concern.
"Lu Bing did not agree." Xu Jie said slowly.
"Ah? He didn't agree?" After Gao Gong heard Xu Jie say that Lu Bing did not agree, he felt as if he was hit by a club. His head suddenly buzzed and he felt as if the whole world was spinning.
This piece of news was devastating to Gao Gong and Prince Yu's Mansion.
Originally, the reason why Gao Gong still had a lot of confidence was because after listening to Zhu Ping'an's analysis, he felt that with Lu Bing's loyalty to Emperor Jiajing and the Ming Dynasty, he would stand on the side of Prince Yu's Mansion and would not help Yan Song frame Prince Yu's Mansion.
But now, no one expected that Lu Bing would not agree to Xu Jie.
This is really sad news.
Gao Gong seemed to be completely overwhelmed.
Zhu Pingan was different from Gao Gong. After listening to Xu Jie's words, Zhu Pingan looked up at Xu Jie and noticed the smile on Xu Jie's lips. So Zhu Pingan couldn't help but pull the corner of his mouth and complained in his heart: Teacher, you are old but your heart is not old. You are still keeping me in suspense at this time. You are having fun...
Sure enough, Zhu Ping'an's idea was confirmed the next second.
"Haha, although Lu Bing didn't agree, I noticed his hesitation. After I finished speaking, he was silent for a long time, then looked at me. From his eyes, I knew that he had agreed."
Xu Jie smiled slightly, then changed the subject and continued.
It’s true, it’s fun to be naughty.
"Brother Xu, you really are... Haha, it's enough to keep it tacit. Lu Bing's position means that he cannot and will not express his opinion." Hearing this, Gao Gong's expression changed from disappointment to ecstasy in a second. He looked up at Xu Jie with great joy, smiled and shook his head, then spoke slowly.
Xu Jie smiled and nodded, agreeing with Gao Gong's statement.
Zhu Ping'an already knew the result in his heart, and what he was concerned about now was another issue.
"Teacher, has Lord Lu promised to take care of Senior Brother Yang?" Zhu Ping'an asked with concern.
After hearing Zhu Ping'an's question, Xu Jie's expression suddenly darkened. He sighed and shook his head, "Lu Bing said that if the emperor ordered the arrest of Yang Jisheng, then he would be powerless. The matter is too complicated for him to cover up."
Although he had expected it, Zhu Ping'an still couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news.
"However, I have asked Lu Bing to be more careful and not let anyone else harm Zhongfang in prison. Lu Bing did not refuse this because of our friendship of working together for many years," Xu Jie said again.
Zhu Pingan felt relieved after hearing this, and then he looked up at Xu Jie, half expressing his sincere emotion from the bottom of his heart, and half flattering the teacher, and said with emotion, "Senior brother, you are so lucky to have a teacher."
"Once a teacher, always a father. How can I just stand by and watch when Zhongfang is in trouble?" Xu Jie sighed.
When I came out of Xu's house, the sunset was already beautiful, but it was almost dusk. The sun had retracted its dazzling light, becoming dim and gloomy, squinting its cloudy eyes and staring at the earth gloomily.
On the horizon, Zhu Ping'an and Gao Gong parted ways.
Gao Gong returned to Prince Yu's Mansion to report, while Zhu Ping'an went to a nearby pharmacy called Qingnang Dejitang, spent two taels of silver, bought some top-quality medicine for stick injuries, and prepared to visit Yang Jisheng in prison.
Since I and Yang Jisheng were from the same school, I had sufficient reasons to visit Yang Jisheng and there was no need to be too shy.
On the way to the prison, Zhu Ping'an thought of the historical records of Brother Yang cutting off rotten flesh to heal his wounds, so he bought a porcelain bottle of highly distilled liquor at a tavern he passed by, thinking that Brother Yang could use the liquor to disinfect the wound and prevent infection.
Zhu Pingan paid for the wine and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a pair of python gallbladders the size of an egg soaked in the jar of the store's medicinal wine. He could not help but stop. Then, Zhu Pingan thought of a story recorded in history. Senior Brother Yang was beaten with more than a hundred sticks in the court and was beaten beyond recognition. A colleague could not bear it and asked someone to give Senior Brother Yang a pair of snake gallbladders and told him that swallowing snake gallbladders could relieve pain. Senior Brother Yang declined the snake gallbladder from his colleague and smiled fearlessly, "I, Yang Jisheng, have my own courage, so I don't need this!"
By the way, this colleague couldn't be me? !
Zhu Ping'an was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. No, historical records showed that the colleague was a man named Wang.
Zhu Ping'an did not buy snake gall, but stopped the shop owner and bought a bottle of snake gall medicinal wine.
It was not because I was afraid of spending money, changing history, or imitating history, but because Senior Brother Yang refused. It was because snake gallbladders really cannot be eaten raw casually. Those in martial arts novels are all lies. First, snake gallbladders are highly toxic, and eating them raw may cause poisoning, kidney failure and liver damage. Second, snake gallbladders often have parasites, and eating them raw may cause parasitic infection. Senior Brother Yang was tortured by the imperial caning and prison, and his body was already weak. Giving Senior Brother Yang snake gallbladders at this time would not save Senior Brother Yang, but harm him.
Snake gallbladder soaked in wine, this processing method is the best. The medicinal properties are mild, the efficacy is good, and there is no need to worry about being rejected by Senior Brother Yang.