The rebirth of the son-in-law

Princess Xianning finally understood why the old Tingwei hesitated to agree to come forward after hearing about Shen Yan.Although Shen Yan did not have a good relationship with the Shen family, he was highly valued by the King of Changsha. Among the younger generation of Shen family children, only Shen Yan became an official, and he was sent to Liancheng Princess to come back. It's no wonder that the old Ting Wei is unwilling to offend a child of an ordinary family.

"So, Shen Yan's family is very rich?" Princess Xianning asked.

"It's not rich." Chu Yan shook his head. Thinking back to the first time he went to Shen's mansion, he didn't think Shen Yan was a rich man. .Although the king rewards him with money every time, I heard that he is still very poor. I have never heard that he likes to gamble and drink, so it is impossible to be so poor."

Hearing Chu Yan repeatedly mentioning that concubine, Princess Xianning took her heart and asked, "Who is his concubine?"

Chu Yan was surprised: "How do I know? I don't know about Shen Yan's family affairs."

Princess Xianning felt that she should not go to Taiwei's Mansion, but to visit Shen's Mansion directly.She got up to bid farewell to Chu Yan, and was about to leave the palace.

"Hey, I'll go with you." Chu Yan stopped her, stood up and walked to her side, proudly said, "You can't enter Shen Yan's mansion without me, because the guards of Shen's mansion don't know you, no?" Yinshou's Tingwei Mansion Left Supervisor."

Princess Xianning smiled, cupped her hands and said: "Then please trouble the Princess, and ask the Princess to lead the Chen family."

"That's natural." Chu Yan raised the corners of her lips, turned and walked forward.What she was thinking in her heart was that she took Qu He to Shen's residence, Shen Yan should have self-knowledge and a little bit of understanding, and when the time came, she would really offer marriage or something, so she could refuse it.

Although Princess Xianning didn't know why Chu Yan was so active, she didn't care.Even if Chu Yan has bad intentions, the fire will not burn her, and this suspicious case needs Chu Yan's influence.

The two drove to the Shen Mansion, and as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the Shen Mansion, they saw Zhang He waiting outside the door, and a family member of the Shen Mansion turned around to deliver the post.

Zhang He did not expect to meet Princess Xianning, because after he got the news, he thought that Princess Xianning was going to the palace to ask for a handbook, so she should be in the Taiwei Mansion at this moment.Accidents are accidents, he quickly stepped forward to say goodbye.

"Is Uncle Que here to visit Shen Zhonglang?" Princess Xianning had a smile on her lips, her face was neither hot nor cold.

"Didn't Mingzhi come here specially to visit Shen Zhonglang?" Zhang He cupped his hands and said very kindly.

"Since they all came to see Shen Yan, let's go in together." Chu Yan had a little impression of Zhang He, only knew that he was from the imperial court, and he was one of the three people who entered the palace last night.

Neither Princess Xianning nor Zhang He had any objections.

Seeing the arrival of Princess Liancheng, the family members of the Shen family hurried in to report. Shen Yan, who had just showered and changed into comfortable clothes and was about to fall asleep, heard that they were coming to visit, so he hurriedly put on his coat and rushed out, regardless of whether his hair was still wet. , Seeing Chu Yan chatting and laughing with two people from Tingwei Mansion at the door, he carried his robe and went down the steps, bowed and bowed, and said in a loud voice: "General Yubayashi Zhonglang, I pay my respects to Princess Liancheng." The two colleagues saluted, "Two gentlemen."

Princess Xianning and Zhang He replied: "Shen Zhonglang."

"Okay, okay, let's talk first if you have anything to say." Chu Yan waited for them to salute each other, and said to Shen Yan, "Shen Zhonglang, the two of them want to ask you something. I'm just here to play. What can you do?" Talk carefully, slowly."

Shen Yan was puzzled, raised his head to look at the faces of the three people, then lowered his head to let the three of them enter the house.

The three entered Shen's mansion, Shen Yan led them to the hall, and asked people to prepare food and drinks, while he stayed by Chu Yan's side, waiting for orders.

"Oh, that's right." Chu Yan turned around, and his eyes fell on the respectful Shen Yan, and suddenly said, "Where is your concubine? Can you call it out and let the princess see what it looks like?"

This is so rude, for an ordinary person, Shen Yan might get angry.But the one in front of him is the overbearing and unreasonable Princess Liancheng. If someone gets upset, it would be trivial to kill him and demolish the house. He dare not offend.In the eyes of the world, a concubine's status is humble and can't be a big deal. There are also friends who give concubines to each other, thinking that there are many friends. The father of Situ Gong Song Qian in this dynasty once gave a concubine to the then Patriarch of the Shen family, and it was said that It's a good talk, so it's not impossible for Chu Yan to let his concubines come to see and serve guests.Princess Xianning and Zhang He were also used to it, and they didn't stop her. Besides, Princess Xianning also wanted to see what kind of beauty could make Shen Yan fascinated, and she didn't hesitate to have a bad relationship with the Shen family.

Shen Yan didn't refuse, and asked his family to call a concubine to serve him.The food and wine were served quickly, Princess Xianning and Zhang He were seated at the bottom respectively, Chu Yan was at the top, and Shen Yan was at the bottom of Chu Yan.

After drinking for three rounds, the scene became lively. After everyone had a few words of laughter, Zhang He raised his glass to Shen Yan with a smile and said: "Shen Zhonglang, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, please take care of us in the future."

Shen Yan toasted quickly, and said humbly: "Don't dare, it's just to take care of each other. We both serve the king, so we should help each other in the same boat."

After drinking a cup, Zhang He still smiled, and seemed to be chatting intentionally: "Shen Zhonglang has been an official in the palace, how many years has it been?"

Shen Yan was silent for a moment, thought for a while and said: "I am Habayashi Churo General who served in the first year of Zhengping. I entered the Guangluxun Mansion and walked in the palace. It has been... five years."

This year is exactly five years in Zhengping, and Shen Yan is already 25 years old.

"Oh? Have you been in the palace for five years?" Princess Xianning raised her eyebrows, and said inadvertently, "I wonder if Shen Zhonglang is familiar with all the places in the palace?"

"There are four Habayashi Zhonglang generals on duty in the front palace. They guard the four directions of the front palace, east, west, north, south, and change every three days. There are also military passwords as a basis. If you talk about the front palace, I am indeed familiar with it." Shen Yan said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhang He took the words and asked, "Does Shen Zhonglang live in the palace?"

"It stands to reason that I should live in the palace when I'm on duty. I just returned to my country yesterday, and it's not my turn to be on duty, so I went back home."

Princess Xianning's heart fluttered, and she asked with a calm smile: "Shen Zhonglang, I just came out of the palace and saw how far Zhonglang's mansion is from the palace. I'm afraid I have to get up before dawn every day, after all, it takes two quarters to walk from the palace."

"Qu Zuojian's words are wrong." Shen Yan was at a loss, thinking that Qu He was joking, "If I am on duty, I will naturally ride a horse or take a car, and it only takes a moment to get to the palace."

"It only takes a moment?" Zhang He and Princess Xianning looked at each other, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his lips, he turned to look at Shen Yan and said, "Then dare to ask Shen Zhonglang, can you rush to the palace within a stick of incense? And dispatch soldiers to surround the bell tower?"

Shen Yan finally heard something wrong.Zhang He and Qu He each said something, they were concerned about his time in the palace, and they asked how long it would take him to go to court. They went around and said that they were suspicious of him.He couldn't help changing his face, and said coldly: "What do you mean by this? Are you doubting me?"

Princess Xianning shook her head and said, "The two of us are not suspicious of Shen Zhonglang, but just want to know where Shen Zhonglang was when the crime happened last night? How can we quickly rush to the scene of the murder after the princess heard the screams, and dispatch troops to the scene?" Surround the bell tower."

Shen Yan seemed to want to get angry, so he opened his mouth, and the words of refutation came to his lips, but he murmured a few times, but didn't say it.

"Shen Zhonglang, where were you last night?" Zhang He stared at him, seeing that he hesitated to speak, his eyes turned cold, and asked forcefully.

Shen Yan wanted to refute several times, but he didn't say it out. Sweat soon oozed from his forehead, and his face turned pale a lot.In the end, he just said helplessly: "I was outside the palace last night. I don't know who the murderer is for the palace man's death. If you want to doubt me, you'd better show real evidence, otherwise I will be able to sue you for slander."

"Shen Yan," Chu Yan who was listening at the side said strangely, "You said you were not in the palace, but can someone testify for you?"

Shen Yan sighed, shook his head and said: "No. At that time, I was only alone. I was going back to the mansion last night. Later, I always felt that something happened and felt depressed, so I went out for a walk. As soon as I walked, I walked to the palace gate. When I want to go back, Feng Changshi will send someone to find me, and let me go to the bell tower to block the news."

"Since it's the gate of the palace, there must be guards there, and the princess can know it just by asking." Zhang He twitched the corner of his mouth, and saw through Shen Yan's lie at a glance.

If it is not a lie, why are there so many loopholes in the words?Take a walk and go to the palace, the palace of Changsha Kingdom is too easy to enter, right?What a coincidence, the guards didn't notice that Shen Yan had entered the palace?This is absolutely impossible.

Shen Yan couldn't argue with each other, and said angrily: "I have never had any grievances with Zhang Tingwei, why does Zhang Tingwei make things difficult for me again and again?"

Zhang He still wanted to question him, but the family member who was going to call the concubine hurried in, threw himself on the ground in a panic, knelt down and said, "It's no good, Zhonglang! Concubine, she——she's gone!"

Shen Yan suddenly stood up, and turned over the jug, the wine spilled all over the floor, he didn't care to clean it up, walked in front of his family in two steps, lifted him up, glared and said: "What did you say? "

"She...she really disappeared! The old slave searched the backyard, but there was no sign of the concubine. I heard from them that the concubine didn't come back after going out in the afternoon..." After the family finished speaking tremblingly, Shen Yan Throw it on the ground, but dare not say a word.

Both Princess Xianning and Zhang He stood up, looking at each other, feeling extremely heavy in their hearts.As soon as they arrived in Linxiang City, something happened in the palace that night. They found Song Jian's wine house. Song Jian's father got drunk and had an accident.When Shen's residence was found, Shen Yan's whereabouts were secret, but his concubine disappeared at this time!This made both of them keenly aware that there seemed to be a huge bureau, which was clearing up all the traces one by one, and surrounded them with layers of traps.

"Princess, please forgive me for being rude." Shen Yan bowed and said anxiously.

Chu Yan nodded blankly, and Shen Yan couldn't wait to follow his family to the backyard.

Princess Xianning let out a breath, and said softly: "The disappearance of Cuiniang, the death of the guests, the disappearance of Song Jian, and the death of the palace servants all seem to be related to Shen Yan."

Zhang He looked at Princess Xianning, then at Chu Yan, thought for a moment, smiled slightly and said, "Mingzhi wants to know if there is any connection, so he can follow up and see. Maybe he can find some clues and help Shen Zhonglang find his love." Concubine?"

Princess Xianning said: "That's exactly what I mean. Why don't you go with Uncle Que?"

"Ming please."

"Uncle, please."

Seeing that both of them were going to the backyard, Chu Yan didn't want to stay at all, it was more important to watch the fun beside Qu He: "I'm going too, I'm going too!"