The rebirth of the son-in-law

That night, Song Zhi rested in Luanhe Pavilion.She asked Princess Xianning where she slept, there was no extra bed in the room, could it be that she was asked to sleep on the floor?Princess Xianning glanced at her with a half-smile, and pointed to the bed she was sleeping on: "If the son-in-law likes to sleep on the ground, I will not stop her."

Before the words finished, Song Zhi jumped onto the bed, hid in a corner, happily knelt on the bed and bowed: "Thank you princess for your kindness!"

Princess Xianning didn't bother to talk to her, so she asked someone to bring a new pillow and quilt, lay on the bed, and ordered Junjun to blow out the lamp, leaving only two lamps beside the bed.Song Zhi was startled by Zhang He, and his spirit was tense all the time. He closed his eyes and smelled the faint fragrance of Princess Xianning, as if he had returned to the modern life and shared the bed with his best friend, in a half-awake, half-dream state. Getting closer to Princess Xianning's body, unconsciously, she fell into a deep sleep with Princess Xianning in her arms.

In good health. Princess Xianning, who had a good night's sleep last night, suddenly had another person beside her. She couldn't sleep. After waiting for a while with her eyes open, Song Zhi unconsciously hugged her. She was startled, and her body froze.Hearing Song Zhi's steady breathing, she turned her head to see that Song Zhi was sleeping soundly.

There was a sweet smile on the sickly pale face, and the supple skin was smudged by the bedside bean lamp, and the soft down was fine and shiny.The small nose is breathing long and evenly, the wings of the nose are fluttering, the plump and pink lips are slightly parted, and the sharp-edged outline in daytime is soft and charming under the infiltration of the light.Princess Xianning's gaze lingered on her face, and her heart softened because of her peaceful and defenseless sleeping appearance and half-open pink lips, and she couldn't help but hook the corners of her lips.

This woman is very wise and stupid, she knows everything, but she is too kind and always trusts others without reservation.First, Song Qian asked her to marry her brother, saying that the whole family's life was in her hands, and she was moved to believe it.Furthermore, Zhang He approached him deliberately and made things difficult again and again with malicious intentions, but she just didn't behave well, and continued to call Zhang He brothers and sisters after she got angry.There is also the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven just played a play at random, pretending to care, but she still foolishly believed it, and in turn asked people to persuade the Son of Heaven to pay attention to the country and the community, and not to neglect his duties.

Princess Xianning's smile was even stronger, thinking of Song Zhi's flurry of mistakes, the embarrassment after realizing the mistake, and the trembling body that pretended to be calm but actually betrayed her without knowing it.Princess Xianning doesn't like sweet-talking courtiers, but every time Song Zhi speaks flatteringly and flatters, she hears it with joy and joy. She thinks Song Zhi is very cute, the kind of sincere and silly behavior that hides fear is natural and not artificial.

In fact, if Song Zhi was not from the Song family, maybe she would have trained Song Zhi to be a talented confidant with both virtue and skill, or she would really bring Song Zhi by her side, as a favored courtier.It's a pity that she is from the Song family.

Princess Xianning looked at Song Zhi's face with a regretful expression, and soon disappeared in the lights.

Sure enough, the next morning, when Princess Xianning opened her eyes, she heard Yu Du outside saying that an angel had come out of the palace.Angels are messengers of the Son of Heaven.

Princess Xianning woke up Song Zhi, who was still asleep, and then Junjun led a group of people to enter in a file, and waited for the "Zhihe couple" to change their clothes, combed their hair, washed their face and brushed their teeth.After packing up, the angel's chariot arrived at the door to convey the emperor's oral instructions.

The oral order is that Princess Chu of Xuan Xianning and Song Fang, the leader of the consort Du Yingchuan, the prefect Song Fang, will enter the palace together and leave immediately without delay.

After receiving the decree, Princess Xianning brought a resentful Song Zhi into the palace. Song Zhi didn't eat breakfast, and complained, "Why did your Majesty deliver the decree so early? It's not yet dawn, and the princess hasn't eaten yet. Enter the palace in a hurry..."

Princess Xianning rolled her eyes at her, and said angrily: "Last night, Princess Xianma Li Bi went to the palace overnight to report to my father. My father was kind enough not to tell you that you had a good night's sleep. You have to make further progress!"

Song Zhi squinted his eyes, covered his face with his sleeves and yawned, then put down his hands and said innocently: "Anyway, those who clean up clean up themselves, and my body is not afraid of the slanting shadow!"

Laughing angrily at her words, Princess Xianning nodded and said: "I don't know who begged the old year to give gifts to Fan Hou last night to save his life, and who is flattering and serving, crying to the palace for protection, this person You are so spineless, you must not be a son-in-law."

Song Zhi blushed, bit her lip and gave her a farewell look, muttering in a low voice, "I'm afraid, the princess will add insult to injury if she doesn't comfort her, it's really insincere."

Princess Xianning saw that she was so good at beating her up, she was so angry that she had no desire to pity her, so she wanted to stop the coachman, go back to the princess mansion, and let Song Zhi face the group of wolves, tigers and leopards alone.See if you can give her!Who is used to it?Who gave you the courage?Why are you so angry!

Knowing the rules earlier, Princess Xianning's carriage went straight into the palace, and then Huang Menling came to greet her, and took the two of them to the announcement room.Song Zhi took off his boots outside the hall, took off his sword, and fell half a step behind Princess Xianning. The two quickly walked to the Danbi steps and bowed down.

"Her Majesty, Princess Xianning, I pay my respects."

"The prince's son-in-law, the prefect of Yingchuan, let me pay my respects to Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven was condescending, knelt and sat behind the case, raised his head, looked at the two with gentle expression, and said, "Get up." When the two stood up straight, he said solemnly, "Princess Xian Ma Li Bi entered the palace last night to participate in the court ceremony. Zhang He, the left supervisor of the Wei's Mansion, trespassed on Princess Xianning's mansion and disturbed the princess and her son-in-law, is there such a thing?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Ting Wei's left supervisor Zhang He is ordered to investigate the case and arrest the criminal." Ting Wei got up and stood in the court, holding a tablet, and said loudly.

"Oh?" the Son of Heaven said in a deep voice, "What kind of case was the investigation? The residence of Princess Xianning was found, and what criminals were arrested? Where is Zhang He, the left supervisor of Ting Wei?"

Zhang He, seated in the back seat of Lieutenant Ting, stood up, straightened his clothes, met the gazes of civil and military officials, and walked quickly into the court, made a big salute, and said in a confident voice: "Wei Tingwei, Zuo Jianchen congratulates you, according to His Majesty's will, we will completely The investigation into the case of Situ's mansion leaking water has already begun. Your Majesty, Rong Chen will report back the details and present them in court to testify one by one!"

Although Song Zhi didn't see Zhang He's expression, he could feel the awe-inspiring righteousness in his heart.She couldn't help smiling wryly in her heart, knowing that things were not so easy to settle, she raised her head and glanced at Princess Xianning who was listening carefully to Zhang He's words from the corner of her eye. , my heart was in a panic.

"Yes." The emperor allowed Zhang He to confront him in court.

Zhang He bowed, straightened up and looked around the court, and said with a smile: "This matter, we should start from the first year of Zhengping." All the officials showed doubts, but he turned a blind eye, "In that year, the minister was just Situ I was studying in Luoyang under the Gongmen. One day, I went for an outing in Mingyang Lake and met the captain-in-law at that time. Although the son-in-law was not like his brother Song Min at that time, he was also elegant and elegant. When I met the son-in-law, I felt his demeanor. Pianpian, very envious. At that time, there was a good friend beside the son-in-law, who was called "the fifth son". It was not until later in Luoyang that the son-in-law betrayed the princess, and the fifth son-in-law had left Chunfeng Pavilion the night before..."

Song Zhi glanced at Song Qian's eyebrows trembling and lowered his head a little, secretly feeling that something was wrong.Could it be that Song Qian knew about the Fifth Young Master?

"I went to the princess mansion for a banquet to see the son-in-law again. I found the son-in-law looked strange. I was sensitive and suspicious, so I paid attention to it secretly. The next day, Situ's mansion was ignited and the entire mansion was burned down. No one in it except Situ escaped. Survived, and even Situ Cheng was buried in the sea of ​​flames. The fire was so strange that it attracted the attention of the minister. What's even more strange is that all the slaves in Situ's mansion were burned to death, and their bodies were turned into coke, but the backyard dug up A corpse of a man beyond recognition!" Zhang He narrated slowly, loudly, "I think it is not surprising that this man died in Situ's Mansion, but his death without a face is confusing. Could it be that his identity is very important, so he has to be in the Situ Mansion?" After his death, he ruined his appearance to cover up the truth? However, because too many people died, and it was the residence of important ministers like Situ Mansion, I did not conduct an autopsy immediately, but first checked the identities of the slaves who died in Huohai one by one. Hand over the man's body to the imperial physician."

"I once asked Mr. Situ the cause of the fire. Mr. Situ explained to him that the maid accidentally knocked over the candlestick and fell it in the East Cang. I found a melted bronze candlestick, and found that as Situ Gong said, it was full of fire starters, so the fire was uncontrollable and caught fire quickly."

The eyes of all the officials fell on Song Qian, who was silent with downcast eyes, and chatted about the inside story of Situ Mansion in whispers.Zhang He saw it, smiled slightly, and continued: "But why does Mr. Situ, who has read a lot of poetry and books, not know how to put these flammable things together in autumn? Does Mr. Situ not even understand such a simple truth?" Don't you understand?"

"What nonsense!"

"You brat! How could Mr. Situ not understand these truths?"

"It was probably arranged by Situ Cheng, right? Mr. Situ cares about the world's major events, so where does he have time to pay attention to these?"

"Mr. Situ trusted Situ Cheng too much to end up like this. Situ Cheng deserves to die!"

Zhang He didn't take it seriously and let them refute.As soon as he saw Song Qian who was sick and went to court, he knew that Song Qian's faction would definitely push the responsibility away, but what His Majesty would think after hearing this was beyond their control.

"Even if Dongcang catches fire, Situ's Mansion is so big, it's impossible to burn the whole Situ's Mansion all at once, and even a slave can't escape? I will continue to look for clues, and in the original backyard of Situ's Mansion, and the study room to the west , traces of arson were found. This means that there is at least one fire point. If this is an accident, why are there multiple fire points? Is every place an accident?" Zhang He said in a deep voice He asked, "If it wasn't an accident, this would be a deliberate homicide!"

"And the murderer is none other than the dignified scholar leader, Situ Songqian, the head of all officials, and his son-in-law, Princess Shangxianning's son-in-law, and Song Fang, the prefect of Yingchuan!"

Everyone was in an uproar and dumbfounded.