The general is always teased

After Shen Yijin's voice fell, Shi Nanyue's expression changed. He believed that with Shen Yijin's sense of hearing, there would be absolutely no mistakes.

But when they came out today, they didn't bring anyone with them. Both He Fang and He Yuan were recovering from their wounds, and they didn't follow King Yu. Therefore, at this time, when the enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear, it is not appropriate to startle the snake, otherwise it will make them follow. People took the opportunity to escape.

Thinking of this, Shi Nanyue simply took Shen Yijin's hand, pulled him over, and led him forward, pretending to be completely ignorant, and at the same time nodded to King Yu who was beside him.

Seeing that Shi Nanyue didn't move, Shen Yijin couldn't help being a little puzzled, and he called out, "Brother Shi?"

Turning his face to him and shaking his head, Shi Nanyue said softly: "Be safe and don't be impatient, Xiao Jin."

After finishing speaking, he said in a low voice to King Yu beside him: "I remember there is a fork in front, my lord, let's separate there first, that person's target may be me, I'll go and see who he is, Xiao Jin then Please protect me."

"Okay." King Yu nodded, and replied: "General Shi, don't worry, this king will protect Young Master Shen."

There are two roads at the fork ahead, one is going to Prince Yu's Mansion, the other is going to West Street, it is not abrupt to separate there, so when they parted, no one who followed them was attracted Suspect.

After separating from Shi Nanyue, Shen Yijin and the others continued to walk in the direction of Prince Yu's Mansion. Shen Yijin walked slowly, and paid special attention to the sounds around her. She heard them clearly and found that the people following them had not left, so she whispered: "That person followed."

It can be seen from this that the person's goal should be among the four of them, not Shi Nanyue.

King Yu narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Let's continue walking." After a pause, he said to Shen Yijin, "Go to Xiaoyan's side."

Shen Yijin was startled for a moment, and after realizing it, she walked to Lin Yan's side as she said.

King Yu looked at old man Lin again.

Catching his gaze, old man Lin shook his head and said, "Don't worry about me, old man. I can protect myself. It's enough for you to protect the two of them."

"In that case, senior, please be more careful." King Yu nodded slightly, and then protected Shen Yijin and Lin Yan inside, his expression became vigilant.

After that, they walked for a long time, but the person hiding in the dark never made a move.

After about a stick of incense, King Yu suddenly couldn't detect the man's aura.

He glanced sideways at Shen Yijin, and Shen Yijin had already noticed it, he noticed King Yu's gaze, and responded: "My lord, that person seems to be gone."

King Yu told: "Well, General Shi should have succeeded."

He just felt two strands of internal force fighting each other. Although the distance was far away, he knew that one of them belonged to Shi Nanyue.

Shi Nanyue's master is Bai Su, he has used Bai Su's moves before, and he still remembers Bai Su's unique internal strength clearly.

"Is it Brother Shi? That's good!" Shen Yijin breathed a sigh of relief after hearing King Yu's words.

Now that there was no danger, Shen Yijin stopped following Lin Yan and King Yu. He smiled at Lin Yan, blinked again, and then quickly stepped forward, walking up to Old Man Lin.

Seeing Shen Yijin approaching, old man Lin glanced at him, motioned for him to help him, and then continued to walk unhurriedly.

Old man Lin seemed to be in a good mood. After letting Shen Yijin support him, he looked left and right to observe the surrounding environment, and seemed very satisfied with the tranquility around him.

He said: "The environment here is good, not noisy, very good."

King Yu took Lin Yan's hand and interlocked his fingers. Hearing this, he told him, "This neighborhood is the boundary of my palace. Because I like quietness, there are few people coming and going on weekdays."

After hearing what he said, old man Lin looked back at him, and said without hesitation: "As expected, you are worthy of being a prince. You are very domineering. There must be many rumors about you in the market, right?"

"Indeed." King Yu didn't deny it, he nodded in recognition, and then continued: "And it's not a good word."

After a while, he didn't care at all and said, "However, most of these remarks are true, and there is nothing to refute."

After hearing what he said, Lin Yan looked up at him, frowned slightly, and did not agree with what he said.

"It's okay." Squeezing Lin Yan's palm, King Yu showed him a gentle smile and comforted him softly: "Others talk, so let them talk. It has nothing to do with me, and because of these I am also more relaxed about speech, otherwise if most of the speeches in the public praise me, it will be more troublesome, and the merits are overwhelming, if this is the case, how can I live so carefree."

Although he is not interested in power and status, he knows that even if he does nothing, his position is destined to be feared, so most of these public remarks and rumors are intentional.

Seeing King Yu's free and easy attitude, old man Lin really didn't care too much about these remarks, so he couldn't help but feel a little satisfied, and his favorability for him also increased a little.

Instead of continuing the topic, Old Man Lin changed the question and asked, "How long is the distance from the shop you mentioned?"

King Yu replied, "It's not far ahead." After a pause, he continued, "However, it's better for us to go back to the palace first. General Shi seems to have captured the person who followed us just now."

After his words fell, Shi Nanyue walked over from not far away.

Old man Lin naturally also saw Shi Nanyue, so he agreed: "Forget it, I'm tired from walking too, so I just went to rest my feet."

—

Prince Yu's Mansion, study room.

After Qing Zhu brought the refreshments, she retreated and waited outside the door according to King Yu's order.

In the room, the five people were seated separately, and on the ground in the middle, a handsome man was thrown on the ground, tied up with five flowers, and his mouth was also stuffed with a cloth strip.

Shi Nanyue took the lead and said: "This person is the one who has been following us just now. I fought with him, and his martial arts are not weak."

Lin Yan looked at the people on the ground, and asked with some doubts: "Commander Li?" He had seen him several times last night and said a few words.

"Doctor Xiao Lin knows this person?" Shi Nanyue asked in surprise.

"He is the commander of the guards in the palace, named Li Yi." King Yu withdrew his gaze, replaced Lin Yan, and quietly told Shi Nanyue who he was.

Shi Nanyue frowned: "The commander of the guards?"

King Yu looked at Li Yi, with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "He is probably the eyeliner that the imperial brother put in the palace. he."

After finishing speaking, he stood up, walked to Li Yi and squatted down, and lifted the cloth strip that was stuffed in Li Yi's mouth. With great disappointment in his eyes, he asked in a cold voice: "When did you get bribed by the emperor?" For all these years, have you been working for the emperor?"

Li Yi is the lover of Princess Yu who has passed away. Because he saved Princess Yu's life, he was recommended by Princess Yu to enter Prince Yu's mansion. However, he was just an ordinary warrior with no power or influence.

Before Princess Yu was seriously ill and passed away, the only thing she asked King Yu was for Li Yi. Because of her, Li Yi is what he is now. Li Yi is also a person who values ​​love and righteousness. After that, he never married a wife and had children. Alone.

This is also the reason why King Yu promoted and trusted him.

Faced with the questioning, Li Yi's expression remained unchanged, and he defended himself very calmly: "This subordinate does not understand what you are talking about, my lord."

Seeing Li Yi's denial, King Yu's eyes turned cold again. He grabbed Li Yi's lapel and lifted him up, "Tell me, did you have a purpose to get close to Zhiyun?"

Zhiyun is the boudoir name of Princess Yu.

Speaking of Princess Yu, Li Yi's expression finally changed a little, but it was only for a moment. He raised his head and said angrily: "No, this subordinate has never approached Princess Yu with any purpose..."

At this moment, King Yu didn't believe Li Yi's words at all, not to mention he also noticed Li Yi's changed expression at that moment, which was obviously guilt.

His face was as cold as ice, he pinched Li Yi's neck with his hands, and said sharply: "You followed me all the way, did you receive the order of the emperor?"

Li Yi's face turned purple from being pinched, and he said with some difficulty: "My subordinate...following you is just protecting you in secret..."

"..."

After a stalemate over a cup of tea, Li Yi still said the same thing, only describing his stalking as covert protection, very calm and composed.

Even when King Yu mentioned Concubine Yu, except for the slight change in expression at the beginning, there was no change after that.

Li Yi's mouth is too strict, just this kind of interrogation, can't ask anything at all.

King Yu was both disappointed and angry. He felt worthless for the woman who was still thinking about Li Yi in front of the hospital bed. At the same time, he was also angry that he didn't know people clearly!

Seeing this, Shi Nanyue was about to speak, and wanted to bring Li Yi back to the mansion for He Zhang to interrogate, but the old man Lin who was at the side beat him one step, and said aloud: "As far as your method of interrogation is to ask the old man, he Not telling the truth."

He plucked his ears, old man Lin looked a little impatient, he looked at Li Yi on the ground with disgust, took out a bottle of medicine from the medicine box he carried, threw it to King Yu and said, "This is for you , Feed him to eat, old man, I promise he will answer whatever you ask."

Old man Lin thought for a while, and added: "By the way, this bottle of medicine is also highly poisonous. Although it is not fatal, it can make people who take it suffer extremely, and there is no antidote. Old man, I hate this kind of treacherous person the most in my life. For such people, death is a relief for them, and they must live well to repay it!"

Upon hearing this, King Yu looked at old man Lin, and then looked down at the medicine bottle in his hand. After thinking about it for a while, he prepared to feed it to Li Yi.

Although he had once promised Liu Zhiyun that he would not harm Li Yi's life, but now Li Yi has broken his promise and his motives are not pure from beginning to end, so he has no choice but to break his promise.

What's more, he believes that Liu Zhiyun has always understood righteousness, even if he knows it underground, he will not blame him.

Hearing old man Lin's words, Li Yi finally changed his face, and he said suddenly: "Wait a minute."

Although Li Yi didn't believe old man Lin's words, where in the world is there such a drug?But he didn't dare to try it lightly. He had too many secrets in his heart, and he absolutely couldn't tell them.

Therefore, he quickly said: "My lord, if you want to know anything, this subordinate will tell you."

King Yu's expression changed slightly, he put away the pills, and asked: "Since that's the case, I'll invite you according to the truth. Are you the emperor's eyeliner, and why did you follow me all the way today?"

Li Yi's thoughts changed, and he already had an idea in his mind. He pretended to hesitate for a long time, and then he said: "...This subordinate is not the eyeliner of the Northwest King, but the right minister gave this subordinate a sum of money, and asked this subordinate to transfer My lord, tell him your whereabouts in detail."

King Yu frowned and said, "You mean, Wang Yan?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "It's Prime Minister Wang."

Li Yi looked up at King Yu, swallowed, and continued to explain: "This subordinate was addicted to gambling before, and owed a large amount of gambling debt a year ago, and he really couldn't pay it back. At that time Prime Minister Wang found his subordinate and said that as long as his subordinate helped him, he would pay off his gambling debt and give him a sum of money. At that time, his subordinate was obsessed with money, so he agreed..."

King Yu stood up, looked down at Li Yi, and said expressionlessly, "If what you said is true, how can I believe you?"

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said: "If the prince doesn't believe it, he can send someone to search the residence of his subordinates. In the hidden compartment under the bed, there are still letters between his subordinates and Prime Minister Wang."

When King Yu heard the words, he called Hou Qingzhu, who was outside the door, and asked him to search Li Yi's residence.

"Yes." Qing Zhu quickly ran out after taking the order.

Shen Yijin listened to everything from the side, but kept frowning. He turned his head to look at Shi Nanyue, but saw Shi Nanyue also looking at him, and shook his head slightly at him again.

Seeing that Shi Nanyue understood that something was wrong, Shen Yijin became quiet.

Soon, Qingzhu came back, he was running out of breath, holding a thick stack of letters in his hand.

"My lord." Handing the letter to King Yu, Qingzhu stood aside, waiting quietly with his hands down.

King Yu opened the letter, read it ten lines at a glance, read five or six letters in a row, and then checked the signature. It was indeed Wang Yan's seal, and then handed the letter to Shi Nanyue, asking him to have a look too.

Shi Nanyue took it, looked down, nodded and said: "This is indeed the handwriting of the right minister."

Li Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he said just now was indeed true, it was just another truth, and this truth was used to cover it up.

Gently touched the table with his index finger, King Yu stared at Li Yi, after a long silence, he said softly: "This king promised Zhiyun that he would spare your life no matter what, so this time, I will spare you, but , this king will not let you go free, and you will spend the rest of your life in the dungeon."

After finishing speaking, he asked Qingzhu to call the guards and took Li Yi down.

After Li Yi left, the study became quiet.

Old man Lin glanced at King Yu, closed his eyes again, and asked lazily: "That kid is clearly not telling the truth, why don't you use the medicine I gave you? Do you think what I said is not true?"

"That's not the case." King Yu put the medicine in his hand on the table, and explained: "Senior Lin's medicine is miraculous, but if Li Yi is caught at this time, it will only scare the snake, so that after the emperor gets the news, he can take the opportunity to escape , there is a chance to join Rong Xiucheng and the others."

Old man Lin opened his eyes and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

King Yu said: "Just follow the plan and lead the snake out of the hole."

After pondering for a while, King Yu said: "I know Li Yi's temperament, he will definitely not be trapped in the dungeon obediently, he will definitely find a way to escape tonight, I will order the guards to relax their vigilance on purpose so that he can escape, If he escapes, he will definitely go back and report to Brother Huang."

"He has revealed his identity today. Once he goes to report to the emperor, he will definitely not be able to stay in the capital. In this way, the emperor will have no way of knowing whether he is dead or alive, and he will not be suspicious. So when he leaves the emperor It won't be too late to catch him again when he is in the mansion."

Having said that, he looked at old man Lin again, and said, "When the time comes, please lend me this bottle of medicine, Senior Lin."

Old man Lin waved his hand and said, "The medicine is given to you, it's just an experiment anyway."

At this time, Shen Yijin opened her mouth and expressed her doubts: "Li Yi is an eyeliner that the Northwest King deliberately planted in the Yu Palace. For more than ten years, he has not been discovered. Since he has been cautious before, he just reported to the Prince. Your whereabouts are enough, why did he suddenly follow the prince today, so that he exposed himself?"

Hearing this, Shi Nanyue also fell into deep thought.

Lin Yan thought for a while and said, "Maybe there is something unavoidable that forced him to take action?"

"Although so, but..." Shen Yijin lowered his eyes, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, he always felt that something was wrong, after being quiet for a long time, he suddenly raised his head to look at Lin Yan, frowned and said: "Could it be, he The purpose is Brother Lin?"

"Ah, me?" Lin Yan pointed at himself in a daze.

Shen Yijin asked: "Brother Lin, why do you know Li Yi?"

Lin Yan replied truthfully: "Yesterday, I met him in Prince Yu's Mansion, and I ran into him several times last night, and talked to him a few times."

"Brother Lin, what did you talk to him about?"

Lin Yan thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "I didn't say anything, just some ordinary conversations, but when I met him last night, he was still holding a black suit in his hand. Now that I think about it, it's really strange."

Shen Yijin nodded and said: "If I'm not mistaken, when Big Brother Lin met Li Yi last night, he should have just returned from the Northwest Palace."

Shen Yijin turned her head to the side, looked at King Yu, and said: "Yesterday when Big Brother Lin came to look for the Prince, the prince's attitude towards Brother Lin should have given Li Yi a clue, and he went to report to the Northwest King last night."

Speaking of this, he was a little puzzled and said, "It's just, why does the Northwest King want Brother Lin?"

Shi Nanyue looked at Shen Yijin and told him: "I think Zhao Rong is probably afraid of the military power in the hands of the prince."

Shi Nanyue continued: "The king of the Northwest has already set up troops privately and colluded with foreign tribes. He wants to stir up gunpowder and change the dynasty. Now he is ready to do so, and the military power in your hands has always been the reason why he dare not act rashly. He probably already knows that Doctor Xiaolin is your weakness, and he wants to capture Doctor Xiaolin and use it to threaten you to hand over the military talisman."

King Yu's face was gloomy, his eyes were as deep as cold pools, "He dares!"

Shi Nanyue's gaze was like a torch, and he fell directly on King Yu, and said: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to make a decision. His Majesty needs your help."

King Yu looked at Shi Nanyue, pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment, then turned his head and stared at Lin Yan for a long time, after a long while, his eyes froze, and he finally nodded and said, "Okay, you go and tell him, this king has decided to help him. "

Shi Nanyue was overjoyed, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your righteousness."

King Yu said: "I just want a world where I and the person I admire can live and work in peace and contentment." When speaking, he held Lin Yan's hand tightly, and smiled gently at Lin Yan.

At the same time, because of Shen Yijin and Shi Nanyue's analysis, old man Lin's complexion also became very ugly, he narrowed his eyes and said: "It seems that I should do something, old man."

When Lin Yan heard this, he was worried that his father would mess around, so he quickly stopped him: "Father, don't worry about this matter."

Old man Lin stared, and said: "I raised you by myself, that bastard has already set his mind on you, so I can ignore it!"

Lin Yan said anxiously: "But this matter has not yet been settled, and the Northwest King's goal may not necessarily be me, let alone you..."

"Don't worry." Old man Lin interrupted Lin Yan directly, and said: "30 years ago, old man, I made a big fuss in the rivers and lakes. The wind came and went in the rain. I have never seen strong winds and waves, mountains of swords and seas of fire. Didn't I still live well? Although I am not as old as before, but I can't do anything, and I will definitely take care of this matter."

Shen Yijin looked at old man Lin like this, feeling anxious, and was about to speak, when old man Lin looked at him, opened his mouth and said, "Boy Shen, don't try to persuade me, I will definitely take care of this matter, old man, but I still have to take care of it." If you haven’t lived enough, how can you easily seek death? I said to take care of it, but there is a way, just wait and see.”

Shen Yijin wanted to say something, but Shi Nanyue held his hand. Shi Nanyue comforted him and said, "Xiaojin, Doctor Lin won't mess around, just let him do it."

Shen Yijin frowned slightly: "But Brother Shi, old man Lin..."

"It's okay." Shi Nanyue bullied him and hugged him, saying: "Believe me, I will send someone to protect Dr. Lin."

Old man Lin took their reflections into his eyes, and changed the subject after a while: "Okay, we're done discussing things, let's continue to visit the store."

After his words fell, when he was about to go out, he saw Feng Bai walking in a hurry.

Before he had time to salute, Feng Bai said directly: "Senior Brother, Prince Yu, the Northwest King has entered the palace."

—

The palace, the imperial study.

Half an hour ago, Northwest King Zhao Rong suddenly entered the palace and interrupted the discussion between Zhao Yin and the courtiers.

Although Zhao Yin hated Zhao Rong extremely, but because he hadn't completely broken his face in front of everyone, he didn't give him a face, and seeing that he was injured, he gave him a seat.

But Zhao Rong not only refused, but also knelt on the ground directly, begging Zhao Yin to give him a crime.

Zhao Yinhuan glanced at the minister below, then looked at Zhao Rong, and guessed Zhao Rong's intention in his heart. Although he really wanted to push the boat along the way and directly punish Zhao Rong for his felony, Zhao Rong was injured because of the capture of Rong Xiucheng and was almost taken away. , the relationship between the two masters and servants has been broken, and this matter has already spread throughout the capital, so they can no longer use the excuse of colluding with Rong Xiucheng to hurt the emperor's relatives.

Zhao Yin didn't continue to persuade Zhao Rong to get up, so he let him kneel down and asked, "Uncle Huang, what is your crime?"

Zhao Rong knelt straight, and said slowly: "This minister is lax in discipline and ignorant of people. He recruited a thief like Rong Xiucheng into the mansion, which not only caused him to seriously injure Xiao Lang, but also caused Xiao Lang to stay in bed until now, and failed to arrest him. Hold him, let him take the opportunity to escape, I heard that there is no trace of him now, it's all my fault."

Zhao Rong raised his head and said: "As far as the appeal is concerned, I am guilty of the crime, and I beg your majesty to come down."

Zhao Yin cooperated with Zhao Rong's bitter strategy, and said: "Since this is the case, Uncle Huang thinks, how should I punish you for your crime?"

Zhao Rong deliberately said: "Even if it is a death penalty, the humble official has no objection."

Zhao Rong's voice fell, and a courtier pleaded for him: "Your Majesty, I think that although the prince is wrong, he is not guilty. Afterwards, he also took the initiative to arrest him, he was not even injured, and he was almost hijacked, it is really a crime not worthy of death."

With the No.1 minister coming out, more than a dozen more came out one after another, all pleading for Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong lowered his eyes, and there was a hint of sneer in his eyes. After the ministers finished speaking, he said again: "Thank you all ministers for interceding for this king, but this king is indeed guilty, please punish him, Your Majesty."

Zhao Yin didn't speak, just silently played with the jade wrench on his thumb, his expressionless face seemed to be thinking.

Finally, another stick of incense has passed.

The eunuch at the door suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, Prince Yu and General Shi are out to see you."