Therefore, this case was investigated jointly by the Jiwei Bureau of both regions, combining military and political forces.
With his family controlled by the imperial court, Lu Jingyuan had no choice but to be obedient, putting on an act of going further and further down the path of smuggling grain.
Then he seized the opportunity to make covert contact with Zhuo Wényuǎn's faction, putting on a show of wanting to join them. Of course, the other party did not easily trust this nouveau riche outsider.
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