The straight man who wears bright clothes is also afraid of messing with him

On the second day of October in the 25th year of Hongwu, King Yan's mansion closed its doors to thank guests, and there were twice as many guards in the mansion than usual. Except for the gate, everyone surrounded the school grounds.

Cui Miao looked at the ten people who had just finished running, approached Shen Qing, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, I'll go to the rest area to have a look, I need to trouble you to keep an eye on it."

Shen Qing's eyes flickered, and he said softly: "I'll go, you watch here."

Looking at Shen Qing's back, Cui Miao couldn't help being amused, and couldn't help but slander in her heart: With Shen Qing's possessiveness, if you let him go to modern times with me, maybe Xia Tian won't let you go out.

Cui Miao shook her head helplessly, and turned her eyes to everyone on the school field again.Seeing everyone looking at him from time to time, some even looked at him and whispered, their expressions were haughty, and the dissatisfaction on their faces was undisguised.Cui Miao, who often walks around the palace, naturally recognizes that those people are either officials of the palace, or celebrities in front of the masters of the palace. They have been in the palace for a long time, relying on their seniority and talent, they gradually forget themselves The status of a slave.

Cui Miao curled her lips, not caring about their dissatisfaction at all. A group of idiots who can't see their own position will reap their own consequences sooner or later. He doesn't need to be as knowledgeable as them.Anyway, this is the order of King Yan, even if they are dissatisfied, they have to accept it.Although he has a good temper on weekdays, except for a few people, he keeps a proper distance from everyone, neither being intimate nor deliberately alienating.Serving the royal family, you can be lonely and out of place, as long as you let the master know your loyalty.The most taboo thing is to be close to everyone, which will make the master think that you are forming a party for personal gain and plotting evil.

Seeing Shen Qing leave, they started to move around. After whispering for a while, an arrogant guest came over, cupped his hands perfunctorily, and said in a bad tone: "Cui Qianhu, I don't know what is the reason for mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people like this today?"

Others didn't give him good looks, and Cui Miao didn't have the habit of sticking a hot face to a cold ass, so he said coldly: "I just follow the order of the prince. As for why, Wang Changshi can ask the prince."

Wang Yun is the Zuo Changshi of the palace, with the same rank as Cui Miao, but relying on himself as the emperor's relatives, he is always defiant, completely looking like the best he is under the king of Yan.If it wasn't for Emperor Hongwu's reaction, King Yan would have abolished him long ago.

"You!" Wang Yun was annoyed for a while, and said: "Cui Miao, don't act recklessly just because of the prince's favor!"

"What does Wang Changshi mean by this? How can I become reckless when I work for the prince? I can't afford to take off your big hat. Let's go to the prince to discuss the theory and let the prince comment. How about it?" ?”

Wang Yun's complexion changed again and again, and he said angrily: "Cui Miao! Don't be complacent, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, I want to see how long the prince can pamper you!"

Cui Miao said indifferently: "I don't need to worry about Wang Changshi. No matter how long the prince's favor is, it is also a favor. It's not like someone who has been in the mansion for many years and doesn't invite the prince to see him."

"You!" Wang Yun's most taboo thing is that others mention this matter. Cui Miao's words undoubtedly hit his sore spot. He said with resentment: "Cui Miao, don't be complacent, let's wait and see!"

Cui Miao didn't take Wang Yun's threat to heart at all, and said with a smirk: "Okay, I'll wait. It's just that Wang Changshi is used to being pampered, can he still run later, don't run halfway If you can’t run anymore, it’s so embarrassing.”

"Hmph!" Wang Changshi blushed from anger, snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Although everyone couldn't hear what the two said clearly, but looking at Wang Yun's gloomy face, they knew that something must have happened to the two of them, and there was a look of optimism on their faces.Unexpectedly, Wang Yun was dismissed in a few words, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Wang Cong leaned over to Cui Miao and said in a low voice, "Qianhu, are you okay, did Wang Changshi bother you just now?"

Cui Miao shook her head and said with a smile: "It's okay. I'm not the one who suffers. Don't worry."

Wang Cong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the person opposite, and then asked: "Qianhu, do you have a special purpose for doing this?"

Cui Miao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't ask too many questions, just follow orders."

"Ah! Hurry up, hurry up, someone, something happened to Xiaoluzi!"

The person who was running on the school field suddenly fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and the person running beside him quickly stopped and squatted on the ground to check the situation of that person.

The crowd began to be chaotic, and the original whispers became less and less scruples.

"What's going on, let us come to this school field without any explanation."

"Yeah, this is going to kill people, and we won't give us an explanation."

"He is a popular person around the prince, and he has the token of the prince in his hand. Even if we go out of line, we have to endure it. We will be able to win the favor of the prince someday, so that we can speak up straight."

"Hmph, I don't know how this favor came about. Look at his appearance, he is more handsome than my little lady..."

Cui Miao glanced at those people indifferently, and ordered directly: "Yanshan Guard listens to the order."

The surrounding Yanshan guards all stood at attention, and responded loudly: "Submit the order!"

Cui Miao looked coldly at the person opposite, and raised her voice and said, "Without my order, no one is allowed to leave the school grounds for half a step, otherwise they will be punished as enemy spies, do you understand?"

All the Yanshan guards responded in unison: "Biaoxia takes orders!"

With a gesture from Cui Miao, all the Yanshan guards took their positions and surrounded the entire school grounds.Yanshan Guard is different from the officials of the royal family. They know Cui Miao well, and they know Cui Miao's deeds well. In addition, the method of military training in recent years has been quite effective, which makes the whole Yanshan Guard respect Cui Miao even more.Even if all these reasons were discarded, the mere fact that Cui Miao had King Yan's warrant in his hand could make them obey.This is the difference between generals and civil servants.

Seeing this, Wang Yun frowned, and said angrily, "Cui Miao, what do you mean?"

"I am also acting according to orders. If you have any complaints, you can complain in front of the prince. You are talking here like a woman. You don't shiver. I feel ashamed!"

"You! Cui Miao, you deceive people too much!" In terms of poisonous tongue, Wang Yun was once again defeated.

Cui Miao was too lazy to talk to him, walked up to the fainted man, sniffed his breath, and said, "Who was running beside him just now?"

Everyone looked at each other, pointed to two of them and said, "Going back to Qianhu, it's the two of them."

Cui Miao scrutinized the two of them. Judging from their appearance, they were about the same age, and they were dressed in the clothes of the stewards of the palace. When they saw someone testifying against them, they felt puzzled.

Cui Miao asked: "Which one of them is close, and which one has had physical contact with that person?"

A handsome young man in the crowd came out, pointed at one of them, and said, "Qianhu, the younger one ran behind the two stewards, and saw that Steward Han had contact with that person."

Han Cheng calmly explained: "Xiao Luzi and I are from the same village, so what's wrong with saying hello to each other?"

Cui Miao smiled, and said: "If it is normal, there is nothing wrong with it. But today, it is a big problem. Come here, escort him to the rest area, and hand him over to Lord Hou for disposal."

As soon as Cui Miao finished speaking, four Yanshan guards with weapons came over. Without saying a word, when they came in front of the two, they were about to tie them up.

Han Cheng looked at Cui Miao, and said angrily: "Cui Qianhu, what do you mean, what did I do to ask you to treat me like this? If you don't speak clearly today, even if I die, I will never Let anyone insult you!"

Although the other steward also had resentment on his face, he was not as excited as Han Cheng, and said: "Cui Qianhu, although we are just a small steward in the palace, we have also served in the palace for many years after all, seeing how hard we are. For the sake of labor, I hope Qianhu can clarify."

Cui Miao pointed to the dead servant on the ground, and said: "This man is foaming at the mouth, his lips are blue, and he can smell a special smell when he gets close. He is obviously poisoned. Run a few laps on the school grounds, then take poison and commit suicide. If poisoning is murder, and you are closest to him, the most likely to strike, I ask you two, is there anything wrong?"

"Poisoned?" Everyone looked at each other and started whispering again.

Han Cheng retorted: "Even if he was poisoned, what does that have to do with us? I don't believe that we are the only ones who came into contact with him today. Why didn't you arrest others?"

"Because only the two of you know so far. If you and I change places, will you arrest me? Besides, you are not afraid of the shadow slanting. Since you have never done it, why are you so excited? It seems like a guilty conscience." Cui Miao looked at the other steward and asked, "What's the name of this steward, and where does he work?"

"My name is Zhou Ren, and I work in the Shizi's courtyard as an errand, responsible for the Shizi's meals."

"It turned out to be Guanshi Zhou. Dare I ask Guanshi Zhou, if you were in Cui's position, would you act as you did just now?"

Zhou Ren pondered for a while, then said: "Yes, what Cui Qianhu did is not wrong."

Cui Miao said slowly after hearing the words: "When the matter is clarified, Cui will definitely come to the door to apologize in person."

Zhou Ren shook his head and said, "Cui Qianhu is serious. As you said, if you are upright, you are not afraid of the shadow slanting. If you have not done something, you have nothing to be afraid of."

Cui Miao looked at Han Cheng and asked, "Guan Han, what else can I say?"

Seeing this, Han Cheng snorted coldly and said nothing.Seeing this, the four Yanshan guards pressed the two of them to the rest area.Cui Miao called two more people, dragged the corpses on the ground to the rest area, and handed them over to Shen Qing.

Cui Miao withdrew from the crowd and said loudly, "Everyone continue!"

Everyone stood up in a dawdly manner, obviously unwilling to cooperate.Cui Miao pouted, waved to Wang Cong, and whispered something in his ear.Hearing that Wang Cong nodded repeatedly, he turned his head and left.

After a while, there was a long whip in his hand, he walked behind the procrastinating crowd, flicked the long whip, and there was a 'snap', which startled everyone.Seeing this, Wang Cong smiled with satisfaction, and raised his voice and said: "Thousands of households have their lives, whoever refuses to cooperate, the whip will serve you, everyone should run hard, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless under the whip!"