bamboo horse prince

Yang Nian walked into the mansion quickly, and saw Yang Shao standing in front of a square table in the front yard. He walked forward to the opposite side of the square table, and saw his father holding a brush in his right hand, closing his eyes and meditating, and did not move for a long time.

"Father?" Yang Nian called softly, "I haven't seen you writing for a long time."

Yang Shao's hands trembled slightly, and a few drops of ink splashed onto the paper, "You ruined a piece of paper," Yang Shao shook his head, and put the pen on the pen holder, "I'm bored, I want to find a way to relieve it."

"About Chaoli?"

"Not all, tell dad about something new in the mansion today, it will make me feel better."

"Today," Yang Nian asked after a pause, "Father, do you know that an old eunuch died in the west of the city?"

"I heard about it when I went to court. Didn't I say that it was going to be handed over to Dali Temple? Is it still in your mansion?"

"His godson sought refuge in our mansion, saying that the old eunuch had been to our mansion, implying that he had something to do with you."

When Yang Shao heard this, he looked at Yang Nian, puzzled, "Is it related to me?"

"Did anyone come to see you on the Queen Mother's birthday?"

"Just ask Yang You, won't it be clear?" Yang Shao removed the paperweight, rolled up the paper, and slowly picked up the pen and ink in front of the square table.

"Master, you are looking for me," Yang Nian asked the servant to find the old housekeeper as soon as Yang Shao finished speaking, he happened to come over.

Seeing Yang Shao's calm expression, Yang Nian felt even more uneasy in his heart, "Let me ask you, did anyone come to the mansion on the Queen Mother's birthday?"

"Well," Yang You thought about it carefully, "there was an old man who was crazy and wanted to see the master, but the master and you had already set off for the palace at that time, so we didn't meet."

"He's the only one?" Yang Nian asked, "Then does he have anything to give to Dad?"

"He's the only one, he didn't have anything with him, he was just trying to find the master, but I saw that he was unconscious, so I pointed him to the Jingzhou Prefecture and asked him to go there to find someone. "

"Do you know that the old man is the old eunuch who died a few days ago?" Yang Nian asked.

Yang You retreated back, shocked, "Oh, I don't know about this, did I waste a life?"

"Yang Nian, don't go on talking," Yang Shao stopped Yang Nian, and comforted Yang You, "Everyone has their own destiny, and it's not because of you that he does this. Go on."

"Is this all right?" After Yang You left, Yang Shao asked Yang Nian.

Yang Nian nodded, "It was originally a case that was going to be sent to Dali Temple. It said that it had something to do with our family, so I was nervous. After all, it was a human life."

"That's good, I want to ask the emperor to transfer you to the Imperial Academy, so that you don't have anything to do with these cases." Yang Shao pointed to the things on the table, "Help father take them into the study."

"Father! I remembered that I left my purse at the mansion, and I'll go and get it back."

Yang Shao looked at Yang Nian's back with complicated eyes.

He pondered for a while, then spread out the paper again, picked up the pen, "My friend Chengyun,..."

Yang Nian entered the Jingzhou mansion through the back door, and paid special attention to the closed door of the governor's room, and then

Going around to the room where the witnesses are detained in the courtyard, he greeted the yamen guard at the door, saying that some parts of the written statement just now need to be confirmed, and entered Zhao San's room.

Zhao San was lying on the bed moaning, and seeing Yang Nian screaming louder, "What's the matter with you, my lord?"

Yang Nian asked, "How many people are in charge of you?"

"Two people."

"Where are you locked up?"

"Didn't I tell you, my lord, my shop is in the east of the city, and I was arrested as soon as I went out, so of course I was locked up in the east of the city."

"Your godfather lives in the west of the city, why did you open a shop in the east of the city?"

"Here, the east part of the city is good." Zhao San felt guilty, and after speaking, he cried out loudly, and called the yamen servant standing at the door to come in.

"Yang Nian, what are you doing in there?" Fu Yin heard the movement and came over, and he dragged Yang Nian out, "Didn't you understand what I said, our task is to sort out the case files , and then give it to Dali Temple."

"However, this person's testimony is full of loopholes. The deceased was tortured professionally, and his injuries were all flesh, not a single bone was injured. They are two people."

"So?" Fu Yin asked back.

"So..." Yang Nian was choked and speechless, "My lord, don't we just want to find out the truth?"

Fu Yin shook his head, thinking that he would never want these fledglings to be his subordinates again, "The matter of finding the truth is the business of Dali Temple. Think about it, if we find out the truth, what will Dali Temple do? What does the Ministry of Punishment do? Are the three divisions going to be abolished?"

"I know that he mentioned your family, so it's messy if he cares about it, but this matter has to be done according to procedures, right? Once Dali Temple takes over, we will definitely ask us to cooperate with their investigation. By then, you can ask whatever you want?" Fu Yin said again.

"But, I feel uncomfortable if I don't ask clearly."

"Yang Nian!" Fu Yin raised his voice, with a threatening tone, "Don't forget, you are not the eldest son of the prime minister, you are the secretary of my Jingzhou government. The right of witnesses to collect evidence! I don’t care if you are a first-time offender, but if you keep pestering me, I can punish you!”

Yang Nian lowered his head, "I'm sorry, my lord."

Seeing him obediently admitting his mistake, Fu Yin felt that he was being serious again, and patted Yang Nian on the shoulder, "I know you are young and energetic, and I also had this drive back then, but you have to hit the wall more to realize that not only is there no such impulsiveness. Use it, and it may be self-defeating.”

"Your status is special, the less you avoid suspicion, the more you participate in this matter, the more unfavorable it will be to the prime minister. Besides, you are not afraid of the shadow, since the prime minister is innocent, you will not be discredited by others."

"My lord, I'm not afraid that my father will be wronged, I'm afraid that someone will use this matter to cause other troubles..."

"It's better not to let others know about some things." Fu Yin interrupted Yang Nian's words, and glanced into the room.

Yang Nian naturally understood, said goodbye, and left Jingzhou Mansion, but he still had a knot in his heart.

He wanted to discuss it with Li Sheng, but he knew that it would be even worse. The eunuch who served the concubine was looking for Yang Shao crazily, and he had something to give to him...

Yang Nian leaned against the wall of the backyard of the Jingzhou Mansion, and kept sorting out the known clues, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

This incident may destroy everything he owns.