Born short-lived

Dong Sheng looked at the little girl in front of him who had just reached the height of his belly button, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, and fixedly looked at the stranger in front of him who was connected by his blood.

Dong Li was wearing a crimson silk dress, with bright red rouge on her lips, which gave her a sense of maturity that didn't belong to her age. Although she was pretty, there was an indescribable violation.

The little girl's white and cloudy eyeballs didn't know where to look, and she raised her head somewhat awkwardly, as if she wanted to find out where Dong Sheng was.

Dong Sheng had heard before that this little princess had an eye disease, which was inherited from her father's family.

Although not completely blind, but in fact the difference is not much different from being completely blind, everything looks like a piece of paper stuck in the eyes.

Dong Li hesitated for a while and didn't know how to speak. Fortunately, Dong Sheng saluted at the right time and said, "Princess Dong Li."

Zhou Zirong then also bowed and said: "At the end of the day, Zhou Zirong, see Your Highness the Princess."

Dong Li seemed to realize that there was someone else beside Brother Huang, and was slightly startled off guard, then calmed down immediately, and nodded towards the place where the sound probably came from.

"Your Highness, didn't you let you rest in the Moon Cold Palace? It would be bad if you caught a cold when you come out." A short man in a royal blue court dress came from the corridor behind Dong Li, with pity and blame on his brows .

As soon as Dong Li heard the voice, she hurriedly turned around at a loss, looking for the direction the man came from: "Uncle..."

The man was well-grown, but for some reason he had a goatee, which made his white face look a little funny like rat droppings.The man walked over, as if he had just noticed Dong Sheng, bowed in fear and said: "Wei... my minister Jiang Kun, see Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Dong Sheng had met this person a few times, but he still had a bad impression, so he raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Master Shoufu, you are so polite."

Jiang Kun is the chief assistant of the current cabinet, and his power is almost above the six ministries. If he is brave enough, he can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people.

Therefore, his temper, which is amiable and fearful when he sees everyone, inevitably makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

Moreover, he is still the uncle of the princess, so he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor.

Jiang Kun smiled so that his eyes were narrowed, and there was an indescribable flattery: "His Royal Highness is fighting everywhere for the court. It is really hard work. I wonder if the East Palace is still comfortable when I come back this time?"

Dong Sheng smiled, and said: "We are fighting everywhere for Hua Xu, how can we be so lucky? As for the East Palace, I haven't had time to see it yet, and Mr. Lao Shoufu will take care of it."

Jiang Kun was stunned by him, his expression was calm, and the smile on his face remained unabated: "His Royal Highness has admired the bravery of the Crown Prince since she was a child, and she admired him even more when she heard that His Royal Highness went to war in the South and North, isn't it, Your Highness? ?”

Dong Li's face turned red when he heard this, and he nodded his head for a while: "I don't know, brother... I would like to have a story with A Li Liushangtai, brother."

The little girl's voice was soft and waxy, with some cautious expectations, as if she was afraid of being rejected.

Dong Sheng's expression could not help softening: "If the princess is willing, Gu will definitely live up to expectations."

When Dong Li heard it, his cloudy eyes seemed to light up, and he tried his best to suppress the smile on his mouth: "Then...then we will agree that Ah Li will wait for the emperor at Liushang Terrace tonight."

The little girl was almost grateful, and finally bid farewell to Dong Sheng reluctantly under Jiang Kun and Yan Yuese's tactful urging.

Jiang Kun sent the princess away, and asked with a smile on his face: "At noon today, the traitor Yang Gui was interrogated by the Third Division of the Ministry of Punishment. I wonder if Your Highness would like to observe it?"

Dong Sheng waved his hand: "The traitor Yang Guili has been connected to foreign countries and harmed all directions, so he must be punished with death."

Jiang Kun: "Yes, what His Highness said is true."

Dong Sheng really didn't think there was anything to look at, and he himself had no interest in making trouble. Just as he was about to give up and leave, Zhou Zirong pulled the sleeves behind him unexpectedly.

Dong Sheng glanced back at him, only to see that the man squeezed towards him with one eye twitching.

Dong Sheng hesitated for a moment, but still said to Jiang Kun: "...Actually, it's good to have a look, he hurt so many innocent people, and almost caused Hua Xu Nanjiang to fall into someone else's pocket. .”

Jiang Kun saluted with a smile on his face.

After dismissing the smiling goat that jumped out of the ground, Dong Sheng grabbed Zhou Zirong: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Zirong's expression was unusually serious: "Do you still remember Zhou Yang?"

Dong Sheng was taken aback.

Zhou Zirong: "Seven years ago, at Southeast Asia, the Yang family, remember?"

Dong Sheng just thought of it with a slap on the head.

When their naval ship was attacked in Southeast Asia, Zhou Zirong's younger brother Zhou Yang died on the spot, and when Zhou Zirong arrived, he failed to save many people.This matter was too big, and the court said that it must be thoroughly investigated.At that time, Zhou Zirong's father, Zhou Haiping, was still alive, and he brought a son in. Of course, he couldn't let it go easily. False results—it was said that two local officials had colluded with pirates and illegally smuggled minerals.

One of them is the Yang family, yes, it is Yang Gui's own family.

However, Yang Gui was a relative of the Yang family's relatives, and because he was the supervisor of the case in name, he took the credit for being "just and selfless", so when the three families of the Yang family sat together and ransacked all the families, he didn't get a drop of blood on his body. intact.

Then, all the real estate of the Yang family fell on him, and the jurisdiction of the entire Yunnan and Fujian gradually came into his hands.

Dong Sheng: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Zirong shook his head: "I don't worry if I don't go and see."

Originally, Dong Sheng felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but after being reminded by him, he also felt that he had to go and have a look.

Moreover, if Yang Gui was really related to the Southeast Asia Rebellion at that time, he would also be regarded as the enemy of the Northern Zhaowang Zhou family.

But in the Trial Hall of the Third Division, there are really everyone.

In order to find out what happened, Dong Sheng still brought Zhou Zirong here, but when he arrived, he was shocked to find that this traitor, the empress was so disgusting that she didn't even bother to take a second look. The characters are recruited.

The presiding judge of the three-division joint trial turned out to be Jiang Kun, the chief assistant of the cabinet. The minister of the Ministry of punishment, the secretary of Dali Temple of Dali Temple, and the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate almost became observers.

What was even more shocking was that the high priest of the Jiang clan, who was notorious for not going out of the door, even condescendingly came to join in the fun.

What kind of a mess is this.

The characters are all earth-shattering, but the content is lacklustre.

It is true that Yang Gui has been plotting in southern Xinjiang for many years, and he also secretly supported Chaotianhui. He is waiting for the day when raising soldiers for a thousand days will be used for a while, and spend some money to fool the common people. Naturally, there will be enough people to help him confuse the public. Create opportunities.

The people of Daling gave him a promise to send troops south to make peace with the black flag of Silan at the appointed time, to take down Silan first, and then Daling sent troops to help him go north to force Beijing.

It's a pity that this big spring and autumn dream that had been done for nearly ten years was shattered just when there was a little sign that it seemed to be realized.

The result was not unexpected, Jiang Kun threw the bamboo stick and sentenced Ling Chi to death.

In the courtroom, Yang Gui was very calm, confessing everything, as if he knew he was going to die, but Jiang Huaibi, the high priest of the Jiang clan, who had always been unconcerned about the world, actually told the nasty things verbatim from beginning to end. After listening to it carefully, she didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. She just stared at Yang Gui with gloomy eyes while others around her yelled indignantly.

When the verdict came down, Dong Sheng noticed that she seemed to be almost imperceptibly relieved.

After the end, Zhou Zirong also remained silent.

If it is said that Yang Gui has long had the idea of ​​occupying one side, then what happened back then is absolutely inseparable from him.

He and Zeng Fenglei have investigated Nanyang for so many years, and suddenly understood on this day, no one knelt in front of him to repent, and still no one kowtowed to apologize to his brother who died in vain, and no one even pointed to his nose and scolded him. It's their bad luck and they deserve it - there is nothing, everything is like stating the cause and effect, and then just understand.

One person dies, then what?

Zhou Zirong couldn't help but look at Dong Sheng, and his gaze seemed to be glued to him again.

He thought to himself, what else is more important than living well?

Dong Sheng only thought that he was in a bad mood, and originally wanted to take him out for a drink, but suddenly remembered that he still had an appointment with the princess at Liushangtai.

On the way to Liushang Terrace, both of them remained silent. Dong Sheng thought for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "Princess won't sleep too late, after I'm done, I'll go to your house for a drink?"

Zhou Zirong said with a smile: "If Your Highness really has such thoughts, then of course I will leave him alone."

Liushang Terrace was built when the little princess was born. It was a gift from the Empress. It was built on the Qushui, with white wood bead curtains, quite elegant.

It was said that it was Haishi, but Dong Li had been waiting there as soon as he finished his meal. There was a qin in front of him, only half of the incense sticks long forearms were left, and the sandalwood incense box was full of incense ash.

The little princess knelt in front of the short table and dozed off like a chicken pecking rice. Dong Sheng was amused and almost hesitated to wake her up.

Dong Sheng waved to the maids on both sides, motioning them to back down, then gently opened the bead curtain and walked in, a gentle jade-like sandalwood fragrance soaked into the lungs.

Dong Li heard the soft sound of the bead curtains colliding, and opened her eyes hastily as if waking up from a dream... Although opening her eyes is useless, this princess is blind.

Dong Li hurriedly straightened up and sat up straight.

Dong Sheng couldn't help laughing, and sat opposite her very naturally: "Since there is no official business, there is no need to be restrained."

Only then did Dong Li relax a little bit, and turned towards Dong Sheng to bless him: "Brother Huang."

Then I didn't know what to say, Dong Li hemmed and hawed as if he couldn't say a thousand words, his little face was flushed.

Dong Sheng couldn't stand it any longer, and said patiently: "Although you and I are brothers and sisters, we are not familiar with each other. In private, how about I call you A Li?"

Dong Sheng didn't call himself "solitary" at the moment, which really relaxed the atmosphere a lot. Dong Li hurriedly nodded when he heard it: "Brother Huang can call you whatever you want."

Dong Sheng glanced at the piano, and asked as if looking for something to say: "How elegant is Ah Li?"

Dong Li blushed: "...playing the piano..."

Dong Sheng: "Brother Huang, can I hear you?"

The sound of the piano on the Liushang stage gradually rose, as mellow and light as the water, and Zhou Zirong, who was watching from a distance, couldn't help but listened carefully for a while.

Luo Chi, who was standing by the side, didn't have that kind of taste. He held the qin music as a lullaby like an old hat, and yawned disrespectfully: "Ha... General... I said you are standing here What are you doing? Isn’t it our business?”

Zhou Zirong smiled and turned his head to look at him, but said nothing, meaning: comprehend by himself.

Then he continued to stare at the Liushang Terrace.

Luo Chi could hardly keep his eyes open, so he could only comfort himself with nonsense, this is escorting... escorting... If the prince accidentally falls into the water, they will come to rescue him...

The melody-like sound of the piano in Liushang Terrace was flowing, but it was suddenly interrupted.

"Dongli."

The queen lifted the curtain and came in without making a sound, her face was as cold as frost.