A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

Once the first month is over, the weather in Dongdu starts to get warmer.The winter plums that bloomed all winter are gradually withering, and the quiet fragrance of flowers fills the entire courtyard.

The icicles condensed on the eaves dripped tears like rain in the sun, the snow-covered holly seemed to be covered with a thick layer of salt frost, and the wind pavilion behind the rockery was also covered in white.Viewed from a distance, it looks like a quiet splash-ink landscape.

In the center of the scroll, there is a pair of wooden wheelchairs, on which sits a young man with a weak crown.He has a clear face and a dull expression.The eyebrows like spring mountains and autumn water are exquisite and picturesque, but they are covered with a layer of melancholy like light smoke and light rain.

Is this the legendary male version of Daiyu?Looking at the thin man wrapped in snow fox fur, Liang Han touched his nose and asked, "How is the second brother recently? The queen mother asked me to come and see you."

King Qing raised his head, his pale lips curled up slightly, and a smile as elegant as a plum blossomed: "Thank you, Empress, for your concern, I am fine, and I will enter the palace to pay my respects after the ban is over."

To celebrate the second brother's birthday, the three princes went to Linghan Mountain to enjoy the snow in the lake, and the prince accidentally fell into the water because of this.The emperor took his anger out on King Qing and ordered Liang Sheng to be confined without even specifying the time limit.

Although this matter had nothing to do with him, Liang Hao looked at the other party really pitifully, and asked, "Second brother, do you still remember what happened the day I fell into the water?" He clearly remembered that someone attacked him from behind, If the real culprit behind the scenes is not found out, wouldn't Prince Qing be confined in the palace forever?

Because of King Lian, Liang Sheng knew a little about the prince's memory loss when he fell into the water, so he recalled it for a while, and replied: "Brother was very drunk that day, and went to bed early. I turned back to the cabin because of the wind blowing at the bow. Drink the medicine. You were playing outside with a few court ladies and eunuchs. Later, someone heard the sound of falling into the water, and we went out to search around, only to find out that you were gone."

"Second brother, do you know which court ladies and eunuchs they are?"

Liang Sheng shook his head: "They should all be servants of the Eastern Palace. Except for Chunsheng next to you, I don't know anyone else."

Chunsheng... Liang Han turned his head and looked at the two people waiting outside the wind pavilion.

Liang Sheng followed his gaze, pointed at Yan Chongjin curiously and said, "Who is that masked person?"

"A rabid, arrogant, immoral, and rude face who is more ugly than a pig and whose heart is more ugly than his face. A bastard with intermittent episodes of mental illness."

Liang Sheng: "..."

Liang Han: "Is my vital capacity roaring?"

Liang Sheng: "So you're drowning?"

Liang Han: "..."

Yan Chongjin was already impatiently waiting in the snow.

He is not a servant of the Eastern Palace, he is not great enough to let the crown prince chat with King Qing, and drink the northwest wind by himself as a clothes drying pole.Stomped the snow foam on the shoes, raised his breath and rushed to the wind pavilion on the rockery with lightness kung fu.Unexpectedly, as soon as he jumped on a torte, he suddenly caught the sound of a hidden weapon breaking through the air in his ears!Yan Chongjin hastily turned over with a kite, and evaded the vital point in the air, but alarmed the people in the pavilion during the ups and downs.

Liang Sheng scolded in a low voice, "What's going on?"

The old black pine beside the wind pavilion suddenly began to rustle, snow and mist, and a shadow jumped out from the crown of the tree.The man was plain looking, dressed as a palace guard, kneeling down and said: "Damn it, let Xiaoxiao disturb the crown prince and His Highness..."

Yan Chongjin glanced at the pine nuts deeply embedded in the Qingyan, and said with a sneer, "His Royal Highness Qing's guards are amazing, and their attack is a killer move. Fortunately, Xiaoxiao, I was able to hide in time."

The guard retorted: "You covered your face and approached the two highnesses without authorization. Who knows if you are an assassin?"

Liang Han laughed: "You are wrong. Master Yan is an assassin after taking off his mask, and he can directly scare me to death..."

Liang Sheng waved back the guards and looked at Yan Chongjin with a smile: "This is the third younger brother's companion, Mr. Yan, right? It's better to see once than to hear. I didn't expect you to be able to evade the hidden weapons of masters at such a young age. Sure enough, a hero came out." juvenile."

Yan Chongjin's voice was flat: "His Royal Highness King Qing is absurd. I just stepped on a dead branch, but I couldn't escape your ears. I am ashamed of being a hero."

Liang Sheng's eyes froze: "This king is sick and disabled, but he has been practicing rituals and music since childhood, so his ears are more sensitive."

King Qing's biological mother was an actress from the Jiaofang Division. She liked to play the sheng and was good at singing and dancing.Liang Sheng is the product of Prince Chen's drunken promiscuity. Although he was born to a woman from Le Ji, he is the second son he has been looking forward to for more than ten years.When Liang Sheng was young, he was far more favored than his eldest son, Liang Yu, and Concubine Yan also dominated Concubine Rong in the palace.

It's a pity that the weather is unpredictable.When Liang Sheng was nine years old, a plague broke out in Dongdu, and many palace people suffered from strange diseases.Concubine Yan could not be cured for a long time, and the fragrance disappeared.Although Liang Sheng's life was saved, both of his legs were lost.If it weren't for this incident, Liang Hao might not be able to take the position of crown prince.

Liang Sheng suffered from such misfortune, he seemed to have lost his soul, and after recovering from his illness, he was even more decadent.In recent years, I don't know what kind of magic, I have become a literati, focusing on poetry, books, wine and music all day long, and never touch political affairs.The emperor scolded him for several years and lost his mind.Whether it's a sick dragon or a zombie, it's all up to him.

Hearing King Qing's overtones, Liang Han became more and more dissatisfied with Yan Chongjin, and asked with a frown, "I am discussing matters with my second elder brother, what do you want to see?"

"Naturally is the most important thing in life." Yan Chongjin said solemnly, "Your Highness has been out for too long, it's time to go back to the palace for dinner."

Liang Han gave him a white look.Are you my mother, anxious to call me home for dinner?

Liang Sheng covered his mouth and coughed lightly: "Third brother should go back too, don't let the palace wait in a hurry."

"The second brother is resting, so I'll leave first." His Highness the Crown Prince reluctantly left Prince Qing's Mansion.

It is rare to go out of the palace and be watched by someone.Liang Han pulled his face all the way, and lost even the interest of shopping.

Yan Chongjin followed beside the carriage unhurriedly, and seldom took the initiative to speak: "Your Highness, it's better to have as little contact with the two princes as possible."

The firecracker in Liang Han's stomach was finally lit, and he opened the window and teased, "Are you jealous that I have two good brothers? Alas, the loneliness of an only child...I understand."

Yan Chongjin chuckled: "Well...Your Highness loves brothers deeply, Chongjin has no blessing to endure it."

"A villain with a strange yin and yang."

The "little man" raised his hand to touch his mask, and Liang Hao immediately retracted his head in fright: "Don't take it off!"

Yan Chongjin held his chin: "Your Highness, don't panic, the villain just suddenly thought that this place is very close to the Ministry of Punishment, why don't you take a stroll along the way?"

"What are you going to the Ministry of Justice for?"

"Go and meet His Highness' good brother."

It's better to let this kid understand earlier.The son of the royal family... the good brother will only be the right hand.

Zhu Heng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, heard that the prince was coming, and hurriedly led all the officials to greet him.Unexpectedly, the crown prince strolled in with his companion and the little eunuch.

"Your Majesty Zhu Heng has met His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness is thousand years old."

Liang Hao waved his hand: "There is no need to be too polite, I just wandered here casually."

Hang out at the Ministry of Justice?Zhu Heng looked at the little Highness with a toothache.

"That's right, a while ago... the matter of my palace falling into the water in Linghan Mountain, father should be handed over to Master Zhu to investigate and deal with it?"

"Exactly, but I heard that His Highness's jade body is not in good condition, and there are no witnesses on the boat, so the lower officials treat it as an accident for the time being."

Liang Han was seated at the main seat in the lobby, and Yan Chongjin stared back at Erlang's legs just as he raised his legs. He cleared his throat and said, "I only remembered it in the past few days. Someone attacked me from behind at that time, and I was knocked unconscious gone."

If someone deliberately murdered the prince, the case would be serious.Zhu Heng turned pale with shock: "Dare to ask Your Highness, have you ever seen the face of a thief?"

This is Pig Shangshu, right?They all said that they got tricked from behind, but I have eyes in the back? !

Liang Han took a deep breath: "Never. Will Master Zhu investigate the people on board?"

"Yes, there are." Zhu Heng sent someone to fetch the case file, "In addition to His Royal Highnesses King Lian and King Qing, there were fourteen maids, sixteen eunuchs, thirty-eight guards...all of them were on the boat. The testimonies are all here, His Royal Highness please have a look."

Liang Han's eyes were still dissatisfied with the traditional Chinese characters, so he threw it at Yan Chongjin.Holding a cup of fragrant tea, he asked Chunsheng to buy some bunches of candied haws, and gnawed on them while waiting.

Yan Chongjin looked at the time of a cup of tea, raised his head and said, "My lord, there is something strange about this case."

On the day of the incident, the three princes chartered a double-decker painting boat.Set sail from the foot of Linghan Mountain and swim in the lake with the waves.

According to the servants, after the banquet, King Lian fell asleep drunk, and King Qing went back to the cabin on the second floor to rest.The prince was playful when he was young, playing hide and seek with the court ladies and eunuchs on the deck.Just when they couldn't find the prince who was hiding, there was a sound of a heavy object falling into the water from the stern, and someone shouted: The prince fell into the water!Everyone flocked to the stern of the ship, but failed to find the prince.

"After a person falls into the water, if there is no heavy object on his body, he will definitely float on the water first." Yan Chongjin said, "The water area around the painting boat is so big, since the salvage started as soon as it fell into the lake, how could the prince not be found? "

Zhu Heng said: "Could it be that it snowed that day and there was fog on the lake, so my eyesight was blocked..."

Yan Chongjin interrupted: "In such a short period of time, and in a lake with gentle currents, it is impossible for people to drift far. Although the snow and fog are heavy, they should be visible within three feet." At that time, others were on the shore and heard When Liang Han called for help, how could the people on the boat not be found?

Zhu Heng made a bitter face: "What's going on?"

Liang Hao swallowed a sour candied haws, smacked his lips and said, "Isn't that simple? It means that the sound of falling into the water doesn't coincide with the time when Ben Gong fell into the lake."

"what?!"

Yan Chongjin nodded and said: "When they heard the sound, the prince was no longer on the boat."

Getting an unconscious child into the water is not difficult.It is only necessary to put a person in some kind of vessel, hang him out of the boat with a rope, cut the rope and let him flow with the water.When the person drifted far away, he casually took a heavy object and threw it into the water to attract the attention of others, thus making it logical for the prince to fall into the water.

The murderer took advantage of the time difference to mislead the people on the boat.They salvaged it for a long time, but it was nothing more than seeking a sword, because the prince was far away from the center of the lake at that time.

Zhu Heng questioned: "Since it is contained in a floating vessel, how can His Royal Highness drown?"

Liang Hao quickly realized: "This palace may have been placed on an ice floe." The temperature of the lake water is higher than the ice, and when the ice melts to a certain extent, the people on it will fall off.This kind of bold and ingenious technique without leaving any traces... If it wasn't for him who was unlucky, he would have praised it.

"So that's how it is." Zhu Heng only felt that his IQ had been crushed into scum by the two children, "The murderer can't push His Highness directly into the water, because it will attract attendants to rescue him. Your Highness directly reprimanded...Your Highness atones for your sins, I'm just an example. Alas...Which daring thief actually has such vicious schemes?!"

"Master Zhu, don't you understand?" Yan Chongjin opened the file and pointed to one of the names.

"The murderer is him."