Rebellious officials bow their heads

The room was narrow and cold, casting a large and obscure shadow. The woman used an old voice to reveal the secrets that buried countless people many years ago. Xie Linze heard this sentence in silence, frowned unbearably, stopped staying, and turned around strode out.

"Linze..." Xu Yan called out, but the other party walked quickly and got into the carriage without looking back. He could only tell the woman a few words, and hurriedly followed the man's footsteps.

He opened the curtain, and Xie Linze was sitting inside, with his palms resting on his forehead, his eyelashes half closed, and the whole person was extremely quiet.

Xu Yan sat next to him, touched his hand, and found that the other's hand was warm and cold, so he opened the box in the carriage, which contained some candied fruit, pastries, tea and fruit, and he poured a cup of hot tea. into the hands of men.

The warm temperature spread to the bottom of Xie Linze's heart along with the cup, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he took a sip slowly before saying: "Apart from the tampered medicinal material, what evidence did you find?"

"The letters collected from He Jifeng's old department, the reason why He Jifeng was able to clearly grasp the whereabouts of the late emperor was that Qingci used the handle to bribe the attendants around the late emperor, and he cleaned up many traces left behind... and, He has always been in contact with Feilian's clan in Beirao, and even Yuan Xuanfeng from Lingbei made connections because of his connection."

"...I see." Xie Linze nodded, "Bei Rao's involvement is enough for him to die without a burial, but is there any conclusive evidence?"

"It's just some clues, and we need to continue to investigate."

Xie Linze said: "Except for the matter of Bei Rao, it seems that you are almost ready for the rest, so we should go back to the palace tonight, right?"

"Yes, before that, we need to meet someone else." Xu Yanyan ran his hands along the man's temples, "Linze."

"Huh?" He looked up at the young man beside him.

Seeing that he was indescribably depressed, Xu Yan wanted to comfort him, but the past that Xie Linze had experienced was too heavy, and no words could make up for it. The words rolled around his mouth, and Xu Yan Some words were poor and authentic: "You don't need to be too sad about the conspiracy of the late emperor's assassination."

The man lowered his head, his expression hidden in the shadows, and his slender fingers pressed the cup of the teacup, which turned a little pale due to the force, and even his back trembled slightly, "It's nothing, I'm used to living in lies In the novel, rights are originally composed of traps, and if you make a mistake, you will never be able to recover, and the truth will always be buried under the light, I knew it a long time ago."

"Linze..." Xu Yan was startled when he saw his reaction, and put his hands on his shoulders, but the man suddenly turned around and threw himself into his arms, laughing loudly, "Do you think I'm about to cry? I Don't feel sad, don't worry, the matter is over, Qingci will pay the price for what he did."

Xu Yan supported the carriage with his hands, so he didn't fall down because of the man's sudden pounce. He listened to the other party's laughter and relaxed his heartstrings, and because of the obvious narrowness, his face tensed seriously.

Xie Linze stared at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes for a long while, then said with a slight smile, "Yan'er?"

The malevolence in the man's eyes was so obvious that Xu Yan didn't respond for a while.

Xie Linze raised his face and kissed his chin with his lips.

The soft touch was instant, which made Xu Yan's mouth feel parched. One hand tightened around the man who was about to retreat after doing bad deeds, and the other held his chin, deeply intertwined with his lips and tongue, exchanging each other's saliva.

Xie Linze didn't expect the opponent to come so fiercely, leaving no room for him to breathe, all his movements were suppressed forcefully, like a wild beast firmly in control of its prey.Just when he was about to feel suffocated, Xu Yan was willing to step back a little.

He breathed violently, and the breath lingered on Xu Yan's lips. Xie Linze completely lost the initiative and shrank back in embarrassment, but the other party pinched his chin and looked at him with downcast eyes. dark wave.

Xu Yan's pupils reflected the man in front of him with disheveled temple hair, reddish eyes, and panting.

"Is your name still Yan'er?" He asked in a low voice.

Xie Linze was simply unable to resist, if he was not in the carriage now, he knew that he would not be able to escape this time.

He coughed, looked away, touched his lips with his fingers, "It's all swollen from your bite."

This half-complaining sentence obviously pleased Xu Yan, and was poked into the soft heart by the other party.

He grabbed the other person's fingers, and the car was full of warmth and gentleness. Xie Linze gradually calmed down, and smiled slightly, "When did you shave the stubble last time?"

"Three or four days ago."

"Prick your face, I'll clean it up for you when you get back to the palace."

While talking, the driver of Ji's family outside the carriage knocked on the carriage, "Sixth Young Master, he has arrived."

Xu Yan brushed a strand of Xie Linze's hair behind his ear, "The person we were waiting for has arrived."

He said to the outside world: "Come in."

Although the two of them were no longer stuck together, the people outside lifted the curtain and came up, still feeling an indescribable atmosphere, silently repelling him.

The carriage fell into silence. Mu He received a secret letter from Ji's family asking him to explain. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the appointment and stepped into the carriage. His eyes fell from Xu Yan to Xie Linze next to him, and he was silent for a long time. , in a strange atmosphere, he said: "Your Majesty."

Xie Linze supported him with his hands, but did not respond.

Xu Yan beside him said: "General Huaiyuan, you should be clear about the reason for this invitation to have a secret talk, right? As the young master of the Ji family, I ask you to lead the three battalions to assist His Majesty in regaining the imperial power."

Before Mu He could answer, he saw the other emperor suddenly opened his eyes wide, turned his head and whispered something to Xu Yan.

Xie Linze lowered his voice, but couldn't hide the disbelief in his words: "Why did you go back to Ji's house? For me? Have you forgotten about your mother?"

Xu Yan quietly covered his hands a few times, "I'll talk about it later."

Mu He was completely confused. Seeing that the two of them turned their gazes to him, he turned serious and said coldly, "I am sure that I will help the Ji family? Qingci is the one who covers the sky, if the Mu family defected, do you know what will happen? "

He concealed a bit of sarcasm and sharpness in these words. After all, the emperor is still sitting here.

Xu Yan said lightly: "It depends on Yurou Daozu, which side are you willing to be on. Regardless of whether Mu Jiayi is attached to Qingci or not, Qingci will never trust you again based on your actions on Linghetai. Just ask A person who doesn’t even have a foundation of trust, what value does he have left?”

Mu He's face turned ashen when he was told the most worrying thing.

"You can guess that according to Qing Ci's behavior, he will not say it clearly, but will use up the last trace of value of the Mu family and abandon it."

What Xu Yan said, Mu He naturally thought about it, but he still felt a little embarrassing and irritated when he was exposed to danger by the other party, an outsider.

Mu He paused, and saw a cup of tea on the desk, he didn't care much about living in the military camp, so he took it casually and was about to drink it, suppressing the boredom in his chest.

As soon as his finger was stretched out, Xu Yan suddenly raised his hand and pressed the lid of the cup, his eyes looked like sharp ice.

Mu He couldn't help being frightened, and scolded his mother in his heart, feeling unbelievable at Xu Yan's stinginess, and ran all the way here cautiously, not even giving anyone a glass of water.

He sat back in his seat and said mockingly: "Sixth Young Master is indeed a merchant who has been a businessman for a long time—"

Before Mu He could finish his sentence, Xie Linze coughed, and the rest of his voice was stuck in his throat.

Xu Yan secretly raised the corner of his mouth.

Mu He's face was dark, and he held back his temper and said: "Even if you don't attach to Qing Ci, the Mu family can still gain a firm foothold in this court."

Then he heard Xu Yan sneer.

Mu He gritted his teeth with hatred, "What do you mean?"

Xu Yan looked at him, "No one can stand under the dangerous wall of Ji's family and Qingci, either live or die."

What he meant couldn't be clearer, the Ji family is now completely on the side of the emperor, representing the imperial power, and everyone under Qingci's command is classified as treason.

There is no place for a third party to gain a foothold.

The gap between Mu He and Ji's family is very deep, and it is obvious that there is still some unwillingness to give up. He was about to continue the dispute, but was interrupted by the emperor who had never spoken to him, "Enough."

Xie Linze frowned, "Qingci has contacts with Beirao Feilian's clan."

Mu He was stunned. This was not just a power struggle in court. After a long while, he said with difficulty: "Is there any evidence?"

"Qing Ci will not leave any real evidence, but there are indeed some clues. The assassination of the late emperor was also manipulated behind him." Xie Linze looked at him, "Mu He, don't forget your identity. Dazhao, you don’t want your reputation of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to be ruined in your hands, do you?”

Mu He remained silent for a longer time, as if the air in the carriage had condensed into one piece, he made a movement, knelt down in this narrow space, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Linze said to Mu He: "Get up, from today onwards the three major battalions will be responsible for patrolling the palace, and no young resigned troops will be allowed to enter or leave."

Xu Yan said: "In addition, you have to reorganize the Fusi of Nanbei Township, and select people with clean household registrations from the capital or outside the city to join them."

Facing Xu Yan's natural order, Mu He twitched the corners of his mouth. Since the emperor was present, he didn't sneer, but said, "Don't worry, then what is your plan to deal with Qing Ci?"

Xu Yan and Xie Linze looked at each other, and he said, "It's inevitable that the plan will be discovered by Qingci first, so your Mu family will make an accident first, so as to attract his attention, so that I can implement the real plan."

"—Huh?" Is this Namu's family a target?

Xu Yan promptly brought out Xie Linze, "This is His Majesty's imperial decree, do you dare to disobey it?"

Naturally, Mu He couldn't refute, he froze while hesitant to speak, his eyes kept wandering between the two of them.

"Okay, I understand, I will retire." He had no choice but to salute Xie Linze.

"Wait." Xu Yan called to stop him, "His Majesty is going back to the palace tonight. Before stepping into the palace gate, the three battalions must ensure that there are no Qingci troops in the palace."

Mu He only felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell when he got off the carriage.

The two people in the carriage looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Later, news came that Mu He ordered several guards to put on Taoist robes, and clashed with the imperial guards patrolling in the capital under the name of Duyun Guanqingci , As a result, five or six shops in the city were burned. Although there were no civilian casualties, five or six soldiers of the imperial army died.

Hong Nan, the commander of the forbidden army, was very annoyed and ordered to investigate, and he was easily tracked down to the Mu family. These military camps serving as soldiers in Beijing easily collided and caused friction. The forbidden army had long been dissatisfied with the three high-spirited battalions, especially Linghe The matter of Taiwan has dispelled their fears.

Mu He had already found out that Qing Ci was not in the capital tonight, otherwise he would not have put the pot on someone's head so simply.

When Hong Nan, the commander of the imperial army, heard that something had been found out, his first reaction was to report to the national teacher, but Qingci was not in the capital, so he asked his subordinates to send out carrier pigeons.

During this period of time, a cold moon hung in the sky, and the well-arranged [-] Battalion took down the Forbidden Army in the palace. Xie Linze returned to Taixuan Palace in a luan chariot under the protection of the [-] Battalions.

He stepped into the door of the palace, lay down comfortably on the soft couch, remembered the fine wines displayed on the shelf, stepped on the ground with bare feet in high spirits, poured a glass, and just took a sip of the cold, suddenly came a voice: "Are you here?" do what?"

Xie Linze recovered stiffly, Xu Yan's tall figure completely enveloped him.

The two looked at each other, he felt a little danger, showed a bright smile, handed the wine to the man, "I'll pour it for you."

Xie Linze looked at him with a non-smiling smile, and naturally knew his thoughts clearly, took the wine and poured it to the side.

Xie Linze's heart was bleeding when he saw his actions. Seeing that the other party was still looking at the wine rack, he obviously wanted to clear the wine away, so he couldn't help but put his arm on him.

Xu Yan looked back: "Huh?"

Xie Linze pulled him and let the man sit down on the couch, then found a scraper and stroked his chin a few times, "This is the first time I've shaved someone else's beard."

What he said made Xu Yan suspicious, "Are you sure you can shave well?"

"What you should worry about is whether you will be able to afford it or not." Xie Linze brought a water basin, soaked a cloth towel in enough hot water, and applied it on the other person's lower half, and changed the hot cloth several times after it cooled down.

During this period, Xu Yan has been watching his every move, being taken care of comfortably, his whole body is itchy.

Xie Linze squatted down in front of him with a focused look, pinching the handle of the knife with his slender white fingers, turning the scraper skillfully and smoothly, and scraped off the short green beard stubble on his chin with dilated pores after being wrapped in a hot towel.

"Okay." He cleaned up the remaining bits and raised his head, only to find that the man was staring at him as if he was looking at the prey under his claws.