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The emperor became suspicious, but Li Chao did not intend to confess.

"Return to Your Majesty, it is a distant relative of the minister."

But Pei Yi obviously didn't believe it.

"Li Chi, do you want to deceive the king?"

"I dare not. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can investigate."

Pei Yi hadn't seen anyone who talked back to him for a long time, "Li Chi! Are you trying to rebel by covering up a traitor like this?"

Li Qu knelt down unhurriedly, "Your Majesty is wise, please investigate before convicting me, and I will definitely bow my head and plead guilty."

Since Li Qu was so sure of his words, Pei Yi couldn't rashly take him to jail, so he let him go back, and then sent someone to call the officials of the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.

"Has anything happened in the prison recently?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there has been nothing in the sky prison for the past two months. The only prisoner in the sky prison died of illness two months ago."

"Died from illness?"

"Yes, Wu Zuo has also been tested, and it is true that he died of the wind and cold."

Pei Yi slammed the table and stood up, "I put him in the dungeon, and no one notified me when he died?"

The emperor was furious, and the official immediately fell to his knees, "Return...Your Majesty, this kind of situation is usually recorded in the record."

"Then dig up the corpse for me!"

The official lowered his head, trembling, "Return to Your Majesty...the corpses...are all thrown in the mass graves...and can't be found."

Pei Yi laughed back in anger, "Mass Burial Mound, Mass Burial Mound."

He walked back and forth in the imperial study room, and sat back in his chair after a while.

"What happened on the day when the body was still there, can you always answer it?"

"That day, Mr. Li Chi came to the sky prison, took a look at the corpse and left."

"Okay, back off."

The official of the Ministry of Punishment left respectfully.

"It's a good trick to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, Zuo Xuan."

That night, Pei Yi went to Li Chao's residence again.The doorman thought it was Li Chi's colleague visiting, and led him to the study.

Li Qu didn't expect the emperor to come to him so late, so he was surprised to welcome Pei Yi in.

The furnishings in the study are still the same as when Zuo Xuan was there, Li Chi has not changed, originally he wanted this house to test Pei Yi, and now he does not plan to live here for a long time.

After Pei Yi came in, he looked at the study, and then sat on the chair behind the desk.

"Li Chao."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"How much benefit does he give you? If you help him like this, even if you are not careful, you may put yourself in it?"

"It's no good."

"No? I can't tell that Li Aiqing is such a warm-hearted person."

"Your Majesty, sometimes, what you see with your eyes is not necessarily true. You have been away from Ryan for eight years, and you have done enough to change things."

"Is that what he asked you to say?"

Li Chi now has a strong feeling that no matter what he says, Pei Yi will not believe it.He didn't know why the wise emperor deceived himself in this matter, but it was a good thing in disguise, at least Pei Yi didn't care about him as much as Zuo Xuan thought.

Seeing his confidant ministers being speechless by what he said, Pei Yi was not at all happy.He looked around casually, and saw a scroll of paintings placed by the desk. It had been several years, and even the paper had turned yellow.

Pei Yi opened the painting, and saw a picture of himself in military uniform, with the inscription on the lower right of "A thousand pieces of gold don't change".Pei Yi's hand holding the painting trembled, and finally couldn't hold back his anger, and threw the painting to the ground forcefully.

"Why? What qualifications does he have to offer me a thousand pieces of gold?"

Li Chu stood aside with a face of indifference. If he was given a choice, he would not want to stand here at all.Knowing too much means living too tired.But in order to repay Zuo Xuan's favor, he could only help them keep the secret.

Pei Yi was completely ignited by this scroll, walking back and forth like a trapped animal.He just opened his mouth to speak, but felt that it was inappropriate to say this in front of his courtiers, so he could only keep silent.Anger surged back and forth in his chest, and Pei Yi became even more irritable.

Li Chao spoke in a timely manner: "Your Majesty can say whatever you want, after all, I already know half of your story."

"I worked hard in the Northwest for three years. On the first night when I returned to Beijing, I saw him attend the banquet held by the second emperor's brother and come out drunk. I thought about bringing him a gift, but he turned against him. Someone else's camp."

Right.

Zuo Xuan said that when he was chatting with himself that day.

"When he returned to the northwest, he was very cold when I sent him off. At that time, I thought it was because I hadn't seen him for many years. Now that I think about it, he must have thought that I was working for the second prince. I didn't talk to him in those few days. The second prince saw it before, only the night he came back, I went to the banquet." Zuo Xuan kept smiling when he said these words, "He saw it. No wonder I went to him later, the doorman had various reasons Refuse me."

Li Qu asked Pei Yi, "So Your Majesty never wrote him a reply?"

Pei Yi was surprised, "Did he even tell you this?"

"said."

Pei Yi sneered, "It seems that he doesn't think it's an important matter."

——If he knows that I even told you about the letter, he will definitely think that I don't care.But this is really not an important thing anymore.

Pei Yi continued, "He helped Second Emperor Brother cut off many political enemies, but Second Emperor Brother was still too impatient, and his success fell short. Never would have expected that Father Emperor would have already made a will to pass on the throne to me."

——Let me tell you another secret, the kind that will kill you if you reveal it.When the late emperor was around, he wanted to make a will. At that time, I was the only one in charge of the sect, so I was summoned to go there.Originally, the first emperor said that he would pass on the throne to the second prince, but I bullied the first emperor because he was so blind that the name written on the will was Pei Yi.When it was handed over to the First Emperor for inspection, he didn't notice it.

——You don't want to die? !

——Yes, I am still alive and well...

Li Qu looked at the ignorant Pei Yi, stood at the commanding heights and accused Zuo Xuan. For the first time, he felt that his Majesty the Emperor was so shameless.

"In what capacity is Your Majesty accusing him?"

Pei Yi was stunned, "What?"

"If your majesty is accusing you as a former friend, then there is nothing wrong with a good bird choosing a tree to live on, and being a minister is your own master. If your majesty is criticizing in another capacity, then your majesty returned five years ago. Jing was married before, how should I justify it?"

"I am the emperor, do I have to take care of my wife?"

Li Chu replied with a smile, "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, so naturally no one can care about him. But Your Majesty has not realized his mistake, so no matter how much I say, it will not help. It is getting late, Your Majesty should go back to the palace as soon as possible."

Li Qu's attitude made Pei Yi doubt himself a little in his heart, and he didn't care about Li Qu's disrespect for him, subconsciously picked up the painting he threw from the ground, and took it back to the palace.

Li Qu sent Pei Yi, who was in deep thought, to the door, and watched him get into the soft sedan chair.

Anyone who told Li Chi a few days ago that you will kick His Majesty the Emperor out of the house, he would not believe it, but at this moment, he has no fear at all.

When Zuo Xuan was going back to his hometown at the beginning, he asked if he should tell Pei Yi about these things, but Zuo Xuan said no, because he wouldn't believe Pei Yi.It wasn't until tonight that Li Qu knew that Zuo Xuan knew Pei Yi so well.

Li Quben didn't need to bother to tell Pei Yi so much, but he was still a little unworthy of Zuo Xuan. If Pei Yi didn't know that someone had done so many things for him, then Zuo Xuan's years of time would count as nothing. what?So take it as the only thing he can do for this old friend who has worked with him for many years.

I just hope that His Majesty the Emperor will not be stubborn.

As soon as Pei Yi returned to his bedroom, the queen came to him, holding a bowl of soup that was said to be made by herself, as if she wanted to ease the relationship between the two of them.

Pei Yi was still immersed in his own thoughts and didn't come out, and the intimacy after adding God was nothing at all.So when he saw the queen wandering in front of him again, he vented all the anger he had provoked at Li Qu's place.

"How many times have I told you that you have to be content with the position of queen, why are you here?"

"Your Majesty has been very busy recently, and my concubine wanted to make some soup for His Majesty..."

"I don't need it, just leave now."

"His Majesty……"

"Go quickly!"

The queen looked like she was about to cry, and walked away step by step.

No one bothered him anymore, so Pei Yi put the scroll in his hand on the desk.Then he opened the cabinet and took out a small locked box.

Pei Yi gently opened the box, and there was a whole box of thick letters in the box.The dozens of letters on it were charred, and most of them were half burned.

Pei Yi covered the letters with his hands, and said in an unbelievably soft tone, "Did I make a mistake? Tell me personally, was I wrong?"

It was quiet all around, only the night wind coming through the window, caressing the tent.

Pei Yi smiled self-deprecatingly, "Yes, I'm really blind. I even forgot the little tricks that belonged to us at the beginning. Even if you wrote so many letters, I just want to read them, but I can't remember. Where is your birthday? sky……"

In Chixi, a small southern town far away from Ruian City, Zuo Xuanzai lived a peaceful life with his family.

The eldest brother of the Zuo family cannot stay at home for a long time because he has to work in the state government. Although he intends to take care of the younger brother, he can only hand over this burden to the second brother Zuo.

Since Zuo Xuan returned home, under the care of Qiu Bie and his family, his complexion gradually recovered.But the trauma in my heart will not heal for a while, and I light a few lights in the room every night when I go to bed.Zuo Han was afraid that something might happen to his younger brother, so he also moved to the next room.

Zuo Xuan seems to be regarded as the apple of the eye of the family, and any request will be immediately agreed to. Even if he wants to get a star, the family will find a way to satisfy him.

Zuo Xuan is full of smiles every day, as if those memories in Rui'an City are all phantoms.

On this day, Zuo Xuan went shopping with Qiu Bie with his parents full of advice.After the two walked for a long time, they randomly picked two stone piers by the river and sat down.

Watching the boatman's long pole propping up the ripples in the river, and a few young children walking on the bridge not far away.

Zuo Xuan hadn't experienced such a leisurely time for a long time, and there was a happy smile on his face.

Qiu Bie at the side looked at Zuo Xuan like this, and said with a shy smile, "Your family treats you so well, it's really enviable."

Zuo Xuan turned to look at him, "Really? You don't have to be too restrained, you can take this place as your own home, Xiaobie."

Qiu Bie was taken aback, and looked away, "How can you imitate Zuo... Zuo Han called me."

After getting acquainted with each other, Zuo Xuan found that this young master Qiu Bie, who was skilled in medicine, seemed to be particularly embarrassed, so he teased him even more wickedly, "Don't you think about telling the story between you and my second brother?"

Qiu Bie knew that Zuo Xuan was teasing him, but he didn't know how to refuse, so he could only lower his head and grab the hem of his clothes, "There's no story, it's just... a normal process of understanding."

Zuo Xuan chuckled, "Qiubie, why are you so good-tempered, isn't it because my second brother bullied you to death?"

As soon as the words fell, Zuo Xuan was pinched by the neck from behind.

"I can't help but say bad things about my second brother behind my back, huh?"

Zuo Xuan was itchy from being pinched, he quickly shrank his neck, and expressed his opinion, "Why, the second brother is so good, is there still a chance for me to say bad things?"

Zuo Han strode in front of the stone pier, and sat huddled with Zuo Xuan, "He will bully those who are younger than you, so don't bother him."

Qiubie looked at the other party without blinking, "Yes."

Zuo Han was also with the two of them, looking at the small bridge in front of the river, but he couldn't bear it after a while.

"You two just sit here and watch for a long time?"

"Is there anything wrong?"

"Everything is boring?"

"It's fun."

Zuo Han remembered that when he was in Rui'an, the younger brother would go out all afternoon.

"Why do you have such a liking for a little old man? When you were in Ryan, did you and..."

Before he finished speaking, Zuo Han fell silent.

"Well, second brother, no..."

But Zuo Xuan didn't seem to be unhappy at all, he still smiled, "That's right, I used to go out to play with Pei Yi, I went to that big plane tree in Rui'an City, sat and watched the street, I could watch it for a long time."

Seeing Zuo Xuan's indifferent appearance, Zuo Han didn't know what to say, he just patted Zuo Xuan's head.

"Xiaoxuan, if you have something in your heart, remember to say it, don't hold it in your heart and get bored."

"I know, second brother, don't worry too much about me."

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go back."

In fact, Zuo Xuan is not as fragile as his family thinks. He has basically let go when he was in Ryan, but his family always faces him cautiously, and he is unwilling to say too much. They lie because they are worried, and they simply don't say it. After a long time, they will know that they have let go.

It's just that when Zuo Xuan wakes up in the middle of the night occasionally, Zuo Xuan can't distinguish between dreams and reality.Obviously he felt that he had fully recovered, but that horrible nightmare always came to bother him.

At this time, Zuo Xuan envied Pei Yi very much, and he wanted to learn the ability to forget as soon as he said it.

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Today's update is inexplicable. It's really painful to write a sentence and think about it. It took six hours to write 4000 words.There is only one update today, um. . .