People always think I'm a broken sleeve

Su Bian stared at Long Jingying silently for a moment, and then said calmly, "Then respect is worse than obedience."

But it's just a lunch in the prime minister's mansion, there's no need to avoid it like a snake and a scorpion, like facing a big enemy.

Su Bian got up, followed Yueyao, and followed Long Jingying to the dining hall.

Su Bian casually found a place to sit down, and then sat down. Long Jingying, who was supposed to be sitting in the main seat, took a seat beside Su Bian without haste.

Su Bian paused slightly and did not speak.

Soon, the servants brought up a plate of dishes.Just like Yueyao said, there is no onion, ginger and garlic in it.

Although there is no onion, ginger and garlic, it is not certain, and it is not certain that there are other things in the dish...

Long Jingying suddenly left him for lunch uncharacteristically, it is impossible for him to have no purpose.

When picking up the dishes, Su Bian paid extra attention, but after picking up almost all the dishes on the table, he found no trace of the medicine.

Could it be that the medicine is actually in the drink?

Su Bian frowned, and looked suspiciously at the drink on the side.

While secretly guessing, probably noticed Su Bian's gaze, Long Jingying took the initiative to reach out and brought the drink for Su Bian.Then, he poured a glass for Su Bian with a calm expression.

Su Bian was slightly taken aback.

During the few days in Huai'an, he was always the one who served Long Jingying, but this time in the Prime Minister's residence, it was the other way around.

Su Bian looked at Long Jingying with a delicate expression.

The latter's expression was as usual, and he didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong. The calm appearance seemed to have been done thousands of times.

Su Bian took a sip of his wine glass.

The taste is pure, and he didn't feel any discomfort until he finished drinking it.

— The water has not yet been drugged.

Su Bian was not hungry at all, and after eating two mouthfuls, he put down his chopsticks.

Just as Su Bian put down his chopsticks, Long Jingying looked up and asked, "Isn't it in Mrs. Zhuang's taste?"

Su Bian replied: "The lower officials are already full."

Only then did Long Jingying look back, and said calmly: "Master Zhuang is weak, you should eat more."

After Long Jingying finished speaking, Su Bian was silent for two seconds.

Long Jingying has always been alienated and indifferent, ignorant of world affairs, as if she never cared about anything.Therefore, Su Bian couldn't help being terrified for two seconds at what he said just now.

What's more terrifying is not here.

After Su Bian put down his chopsticks, it wasn't long before Long Jingying, who didn't eat much, put down his chopsticks too.

Then, the servant standing on the side quickly stepped forward with a clean handkerchief, and stood still in front of Long Jingying.

After Long Jingying took the handkerchief, she didn't start to wipe her hands. Instead, she looked at Su Bian and said in a nutshell: "Hands."

Su Bian was puzzled and stretched out his hand.

Just when Su Bian was wondering what Long Jingying was going to do, Long Jingying slowly held Su Bian's finger and began to wipe it carefully.

So meticulous that even the fingertips didn't slip through.

Su Bian froze, then panicked.

As for the former, under Su Bian's horrified expression, his expression was still as usual, calm.

After wiping it carefully, Long Jingying calmly withdrew her hand.

After Long Jingying stopped, she glanced at Su Bian, "...Master Zhuang?"

After Long Jingying finished speaking, Su Bian regained consciousness.

After regaining consciousness, it was even more frightening.

If it wasn't for Su Bian's sobriety now, Su Bian would even think that everything just now was his illusion.

He clearly remembered that Long Jingying didn't like to touch others.

Su Bian, who felt that the situation was becoming more and more strange, stood up all of a sudden, pretending to be calm and said: "The officer suddenly realized that there is something important to do, so I leave."

Su Bian turned and left.

Yue-Yao watched Su Bian's leaving back, and said worriedly: "My lord..."

Long Jingying picked up the porcelain cup that Su Bian had just used, sipped lightly at the place where Su Bian had just drank, and then said lightly: "No rush."

--Take it easy.

the other side.

After Su Bian returned home, he sat in the dormitory and thought deeply.

The current scene seems to be getting more and more weird and terrifying.

If it was before, Su Bian would not have thought much about Long Jingying's actions just now.But after Xuanyue confessed his love for no reason, and recalling Long Jingying's actions just now, it makes people feel a little bit outrageous.

It's incredible.

Su Bian clicked his tongue, feeling more and more headache.

It's just that Xuan Yue is abnormal, but even Long Jingying has become abnormal.

The next day.

The case of Shi Wen and Feng Cheng has reached the final stage, and in two days, it will almost be time for questioning and beheading.

Emperor Jin thought that Su Bian had almost finished handling his official duties, and he should be free, so he called Su Bian after the court, and planned to let Su Bian accompany him to Xunfang Pavilion to play.

However, the Jin emperor stopped talking, only to hear Long Jingying's sudden and abrupt opening, saying: "The emperor should put the country, the country and the country as the most important thing, how can he think about pulling Mrs. Zhuang to mess around all day long."

Long Jingying's voice was cold, but with just one sentence, the heart of Emperor Jin, who was still excited just now, suddenly cooled down.

In the past, Long Jingying always ignored him and ignored the affairs of the court, but after returning to Beijing from Huai'an this time, she seemed to be a completely different person.

Emperor Jin was depressed and regretted endlessly.

If you knew this was the result, you would have let General Xie go if you knew it in the first place.

Emperor Jin muttered in his heart.

On the other side, Ji Yixiao glanced in the direction of Long Jingying, then in the direction of Su Bian, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.

All the ministers in the court saw Long Jingying's uncharacteristic behavior.

Afraid of being punished by Su Bian, the ministers dared not speak publicly, so they secretly gossiped.

Saying that Chitose changed his usual practice of not caring about world affairs and protecting Su Bian like this, compared to what happened in Huai'an in those few days.

When talking about what happened, the gossip ministers became ambiguous.

Implications mean self-evident.

One story, ten stories, one story, each one adding oil and vinegar, the month when Su Bian and Long Jingying went to Huai'an was vividly and vividly described.

It was as if they were there too.

Xie Daochen didn't believe it at first, but seeing Long Jingying's abnormal attitude, he couldn't help being half-believing for a moment.

After a while, Xie Daochen was silent for a while, but finally couldn't hold back, and said, "Master Zhuang...it seems that he has a lot to do with Lord Qiantui."

Su Bian paused, then quickly returned to normal.

Su Bian replied without blushing, "Because we have been together for a few days in Huai'an, although it is not a deep friendship, compared to other ministers, we are still a little more familiar."

What Su Bian said was impeccable, and his face did not change, as if nothing happened yesterday.

Therefore, Xie Daochen believed him without doubting him.

Then...the mood got better again.

Xuan Yue was still locked up in the punishment room, ignorant of everything outside.

However, in the past few days in prison, he sneezed one after another, and his mood gradually deteriorated for some reason.

Xuan Yue looked up at the jailer not far away, and asked, "When will your Lord Jiuqing come?"

The jailer replied tremblingly, "I don't know..."

Xuan Yue clicked his tongue and said in an unhappy mood: "Then what do you know?"

After Xuanyue finished speaking, the jailer's legs went limp, and he almost cried, "Master Jiuqing has always been elusive, and I really don't know when he will come to Taiqing Court—"

Xuan Yue watched the jailer piss in fear, and looked away in disappointment.

Tsk, boring.

This comparison made his wife even more rare and interesting.

But... Madame got angry and hung him in the execution room without even looking at him.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yue felt depressed.

Xuan Yue fiddled with the shackles on his wrists boredly.

If he wasn't afraid that his wife would be even more angry, he would have removed this obstructive thing long ago.

Xuan Yue fiddled with the lock on the shackles, then turned back to ask another servant in the execution room.

Xuan Yue: "When will your Lord Jiuqing come?"

This time, Xuan Yue just finished speaking, and the other jailer was so scared that he peed his pants.

The jailer's legs kept trembling, and he stammered back: "Little... small... no... I don't know..."

Seeing his frightened appearance, Xuan Yue clicked his tongue, and looked away boredly again.

Hey, I miss Madam so much.

In the past few days, Long Jingying didn't do anything else, except that Yueyao invited Su Bian to the Prime Minister's mansion from time to time.

Su Bian wanted to say no, but when he thought of the painting in the study, he hesitated for a moment, and then agreed again.

Su Bian sneaked into the study two more times, but unfortunately, the painting in the study remained the same as before without any change.

However, Su Bian added two strokes to the painting before, but someone hung it up.

The unfinished portrait hangs next to the original one, eye-catching.

……

Three days later, it was the day when Shi Wen and all the ministers wanted to beheaded.

Therefore, the interrogation and beheading involved a wide range of ministers, from Chang Huai from the first rank to the fourth rank, a total of more than a dozen ministers, it is by no means an ordinary major case, so the person who is to be executed must

It must be Su Bian, the master of Jiuqing, who made it.

At this time, Su Bian sat on the interrogating platform and waited quietly.

Under the stage, a group of people looked at the direction of the execution ground gloatingly, waiting for the next good show.

It was the first time that so many ministers were beheaded at the same time.If you don't watch it, maybe you won't see it in this life.

Some of the common people watched the show, while a small group of young girls looked at Qiu Qingxi behind Su Bian with blushing and heartbeats, full of joy.

Qiu Qingxi is over [-] years old and unmarried so far. He is still a dignified third-rank minister. The most important thing is that he looks handsome and looks good. He can even be regarded as good-looking.

With such conditions, he is simply the best candidate for a husband-in-law for an unmarried woman in the capital.

Although Qiu Qingxi didn't know about it.

As for the other small group of young masters, they looked at Su Bian shyly.If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, I'm afraid he would have rushed over to sacrifice himself.

Su Bian's prestige in the court has long been spread throughout the capital, and everyone knows it.

Not to mention the first-rank ministers, not to mention the friendship between Ye Guowei and the prime minister, but also clean and self-sufficient, and never keep male pets.Although the appearance is ordinary, but looking at it makes people can't help but feel excited.

With such conditions, he is simply the best candidate for a husband in the capital.

Naturally, Su Bian was completely unaware of this.

Qiu Qingxi stared at the ambiguous eyes of all the broken sleeves under the supervision platform, and felt that it was an eyesore.

Qiu Qingxi saw that his heart was not going well, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

……

At the same time, Taiqing Academy.

It was Si time at this time, and the jailer was releasing the prisoners in the cell. After they were taken to the execution ground, they would be executed at noon.

The jailers opened the cell doors one by one, shackled the ministers in the cells, and pushed them out roughly.

A group of ministers knew that the time of death had come, so they stopped struggling.

However, just as the jailer opened the door of Chang Huai's cell, Chang Huai's eyes flashed, he grabbed the key from the jailer's hand, knocked the jailer unconscious, and slipped out.

Seeing this, several other jailers hurriedly shouted: "Guard, catch him quickly—"

After hearing this, the guard immediately rushed towards Chang Huai.

Chang Huai quickly used the key to unlock the shackles on his hands and feet, and then knocked all the guards flying up, and escaped with light work.

The guard naturally chased after him without hesitation.

Although Chang Huai's martial arts were not as good as Xuan Yue's, he was still a famous admiral after all, and some small guards couldn't compare to him.

Not long after, Chang Huai threw the guards away.

The guards were lost, and there was a sudden chaos in Taiqing's courtyard.

There was a panic in Taiqing's courtyard, not knowing how to explain to Su Bian.

The Taiqing Courtyard was bustling with people, and the commotion was so loud that it even reached the ears of Xuan Yue who was still in the punishment room of the East Hall.

Xuan Yue was poking holes in the wall boredly, when he heard the movement, he asked casually, "What's going on outside?"

The jailer who had been guarding the torture room looked out, then turned around, and replied respectfully: "Master Hui Guowei, it seems that some prisoners have escaped."

Xuan Yue raised his eyebrows, said yes, and then didn't ask again.

Obviously not interested in it.

Xuanyue didn't ask any more questions, and the guards in the execution room also returned to their original positions, continuing to guard Xuanyue.

……

Outside the torture chamber.

Although he no longer wanted to admit it, Chang Huai had indeed escaped.

They also failed to catch up.

Thinking of Su Bian's expression after knowing this, everyone in Taiqing's courtyard turned pale.

Afraid of being dismissed by Su Bian on the spot, everyone in the Taiqing courtyard stood silently, no one dared to move.

Everyone was silent for a moment, knowing that it would not be a thing to continue to be silent like this, so one of them said: "Choose the most courageous one and go."

Others followed suit.

An Heqing, Fang Huating and others also had no objection.

Then, in the next second, everyone looked at Inspector Fang Huating in unison.

Everyone said earnestly: "Then please trouble Mr. Fang."

Fang Huating: "..."

Fang Huating, no matter how courageous and fearless he was, would be too cowardly in front of Su Bian.

Or rather.

There is no one in the Taiqing courtyard who is not afraid of Su Bian, the Lord Jiuqing.

It was almost noon at this time, and it was the time when the sun was the strongest. Su Bian sat on the interrogation platform, his eyes were a little blinded by the sunlight.

Seeing this, Qiu Qingxi behind him didn't speak, and stood obliquely in front of Su Bian in silence, blocking the light for Su Bian.

Fang Huating walked all the way to the monitoring platform in anxiety, and after taking a deep breath, he leaned over and boldly whispered in Su Bian's ear: "My lord...Chang Huai has escaped."

After saying this, Fang Huating closed his mouth, lowered his head, and waited for Su Bian to speak.

Hearing this, Su Bian frowned: "Run away?"

Fang Huating: "When the prison guard opened the cell door and was about to take him to the execution ground, Chang Huai took advantage of his unpreparedness and snatched the key from the prison guard's hand, then opened the shackles and escaped..."

Su Bian: "Have you sent someone to chase after him?"

Fang Huating's voice suddenly became weaker: "I sent someone to chase me, but I didn't catch up..."

Su Bian raised his eyebrows, not surprised.

Chang Huai was an admiral after all, so it was so easy to catch up.

Fang Huating's voice was not loud, but it happened to be the volume that Qiu Qingxi could hear.

Everyone in the Taiqing courtyard thought that Su Bian, who was bound to be furious, didn't have much reaction, but Qiu Qingxi who was beside him immediately became furious.

Qiu Qingxi was furious: "Every piece of trash can make people escape if you are locked in a cell. I see you people don't wear black hats on your heads!"

Fang Huating shrank back and remained silent obediently.

Qiu Qingxi was furious, and Su Bian said calmly: "Lord Qiu, calm down, I think Chang Huai was about to escape a long time ago, but he was just waiting for this opportunity. After all, Chang Huai is the premise supervisor.

He wants to escape, if he is unprepared, how can a few guards stop him. "

Su Bian spoke without haste, and Qiu Qingxi's anger slowed down by two points.

Su Bian looked up at Fang Huating and asked, "Have you sent officers and soldiers to search for it?"

Fang Huating responded respectfully, "I sent people to search immediately."

Su Bian hummed and didn't ask any more questions.

Then, except for Chang Huai, the rest of the ministers were taken to the execution platform in the execution ground.

A group of ministers knelt on the execution platform with ashen complexions, their eyes full of despair.

Su Bian waited for a while until he saw that it was almost noon, then he turned his head and asked in Fang Huating's direction, "Have you found anyone yet?"

Fang Huating shook his head silently.

Su Bian withdrew his gaze, and said calmly, "Then ask Zhan first."

After all, he dropped the token without hesitation.

The token fell to the ground, and then, the executioner's broadsword was lifted up, and then chopped off without hesitation.

The knife fell, and blood splashed all over the ground in an instant.

After the head fell, the common people under the execution platform also watched the good show, and slowly dispersed.

Su Bian sat on the interrogation platform all morning, feeling tired and exhausted.Su Bian stood up slowly, and said: "You continue to search, I will go back to the mansion first to rest."

Qiu Qingxi was dissatisfied when he heard that Su Bian was not planning to go to the Taiqing Academy, but seeing Su Bian's exhausted appearance, he finally said nothing.

Fang Huating on the side respectfully replied yes.

Su Bian returned to the mansion alone.

As soon as they returned to the mansion, Bizhu and Yan Ruyu warmly greeted them.

Bizhu: "My lord is back~"

Yan Ruyu followed behind Su Bian, with a curious expression on her face: "My lord, did those ministers really lose their heads?"

Bizhu couldn't help but said: "Speaking of which, I have never seen a dead person. I don't know what it looks like..."

Yan Ruyu didn't even think about it: "What does it look like? It's disgusting. When I saw the dead for the first time, I was so disgusted that I couldn't eat for three days."

Bizhu opened her eyes wide, "Really?"

Yan Ruyu: "Let me tell you..."

The two of them followed behind Su Bian, babbling on and on, saying something to each other.

Su Bian endured it, but in the end he couldn't.

Su Bian paused, then turned around, "I'm going to rest, you go about your own business."

The two pouted and silently said "oh".back down.

Su Bian turned around, opened the door and entered the room, and after closing the door, someone grabbed his neck from behind.

Su Bian paused.

Two seconds later, Su Bian said, "...Master Chang."

The latter sneered, "Master Zhuang is still as smart as ever... so smart that people hate him."

Su Bian remained expressionless: "Thank you, Mr. Chang, for your compliment."

When Chang Huai heard this, he seemed to be stimulated all of a sudden, grabbed Su Bian's head and slammed it against the wall.

There was a hum in Su Bian's mind, and his mind suddenly went blank.

Su Bian slowly closed his eyes with a calm expression.

Chang Huai said viciously: "Zhuang Duxin, if you don't want to die, you'd better be honest with me."

At this time, Chang Huai was full of hostility and killing intent, and he had completely lost his previous calmness and self-control.