Second minister and thief

"..." Chu Linqiu flicked his clothes for a while, his eyes showed some astonishment, but then he regained his composure, and replied, "The Ministry of Rites just gave it to me, so Chu thinks it's okay to try it. Hou Grandpa doesn't...?"

"No, no. That's right, the Marquis is here to ask you," Xiao Cen finally regained his sense of reason. He suddenly strode up to Chu Linqiu, raised his head slightly to look at him, and asked every word "What's the matter with Mr. Yu Younian? The old manager of Yu Zhai said that the Commander sent his subordinates to take him away and put him in prison early in the morning. There are a lot of discussions in the capital! Why are you still in the mood here? Trying on the wedding gown?"

"..." As soon as Chu Linqiu heard this, he knew that this person had come to ask the teacher for his crimes, and his originally good mood suddenly became gloomy. Dangerous light flashes.

He didn't answer but instead asked, "Master Hou has been to Yu Mansion? But what did that family tell you?"

"They didn't say anything, it's up to the Marquis himself to take care of it. Mr. Yu was a good friend of his grandfather during his lifetime. He was open-minded, gentle and honest. If you dare to ask Master Chu, what treasonous thing did he do that caused Xuanwuwei to treat him like this?" He? He didn't even say hello, and went straight to the house!"

"He has something to do with the case of Li's Mansion. My people found out through investigation that the last time the monk who disappeared on the streets of Taodu was in the backyard of Yu's Mansion."

"That evil monk who distributes poisonous sachets?"

"Exactly."

"With this alone, you can arrest people at will? Aren't you afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the world?"

"People in the world have been dissatisfied with Chu for a long time, and it's not bad." Chu Linqiu frowned, and glanced at him strangely, as if he wanted to say something, but turned around and let the waiter stand aside holding his breath. The angry maid smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes for him.

"Do you really think you don't care at all?!" Xiao Cen was agitated by this man's casual tone, he made a sudden move, his five fingers stretched forward, creating a gust of wind.

Chu Linqiu's eyes sharpened, and he dodged sideways, avoiding the hand that was about to grab his shoulder in time, and turned his defense to attack and pulled Xiao Cen over.

"Master Hou, I would like to advise you, don't listen to or ask about things you shouldn't care about, lest you get burned. If you want to pursue it, wait until this period of time has passed."

"...You, what do you mean?" The posture of the two of them at this time was very awkward, which made Xiao Cen's heart shudder, and the skin on his back gradually felt a little itchy.It was as if he was half leaning on Chu Linqiu's arms, his wrists were clamped together and he couldn't move, and even his four slender and straight legs were randomly staggered because there was no place to rest them.

The maidservants behind had retreated from the room with great insight, and closed the door intimately.

"Master Hou, do you believe me?"

"Chu...you are too close to this Marquis, please speak up!" Xiao Cen subconsciously wanted to bump Chu Linqiu's chest with his elbow, but thinking of his unresolved heart palpitations, he promptly changed "bump" to "Push", but the self-confessed strength is not small.Unexpectedly, Chu Linqiu, a sick child, usually collapses when a gust of wind blows, but now he is surprisingly strong.No matter how Xiao Cen struggled and attacked, he remained motionless, and even took the opportunity to change his posture, hugging the person in his arms, and resting his chin on his shoulder naturally.

"..."

"Master Hou, are you willing to believe me?" Chu Linqiu waited for a while, seeing that Xiao Cen hadn't answered for a long time, he repeated it with a good temper.

"..." Xiao Cen is a typical person who prefers softness to hard work. If Chu Linqiu had been talking to him with such a cold and unkind attitude just now, he might not be able to get along with him. Had a quarrel, then slammed the door and went out.But it is obvious that Master Chu is a smart person, he has already figured out Xiao Cen's character, not only suddenly showed weakness and softened his tone, but also changed the subject, changing the focus of their conversation.

Xiao Cen didn't know what to do.

He was stunned for a long time, and finally said in a low voice, "Master Chu, this is not something you would ask."

"Then Hou Ye thinks, what should Chu say?"

"What should I say, isn't Master Chu very clear in his heart?" Xiao Cen secretly bit the tip of his tongue, until he tasted a fishy taste, and then managed to regain a sliver of reason.He kept looking down at his toes, and after a long time he said vaguely, "Lord Chu, let him go. Yu is too old to bear such torment."

"..." Chu Linqiu's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this, he took the initiative to let go of Xiao Cen, and took a step back to look at him, his eyes were as black as ink, containing complicated emotions.

Even if Xiao Cen turned his back to him, he could still feel the anger that was about to overflow.

"Is this the purpose of Master Hou's trip?"

"Yes." Xiao Cen suddenly felt ashamed and didn't dare to look at him, so he turned his head away, put his hands behind his back and clenched into fists, and said a little nervously, "Can the old man be grounded in the house before the truth of the case comes to light?" In the house? Benhou Xinzhi has something wrong with the governor, and he has no intention of blaming him, but whether to take it or let it go is not a matter of your Lord Chu's words? Mr. You Nian..."

"No intention to blame? If Master Hou really didn't blame Chu, how would you explain the initial questioning?"

"This this......"

"What are you doing? Lord Marquis." Chu Linqiu turned around suddenly, leaned forward, stretched out two fingers to twirl Xiao Cen's broken hair on his forehead, pinned it behind his ear, then put down his hand as if nothing had happened, He sighed helplessly, "How can you stay in the capital if you are so naive?"

"..."

"You don't want to trust Chu, but you want Chu to do things for you. How can there be such a good deal in the world?"

Chu Linqiu waited patiently for a while, seeing that Xiao Cen was still slow to respond, his phoenix eyes gradually became tinged with anger.At this time, the corners of his eyes were red, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and his jaw was tense. With the red wedding dress as a lining, one can imagine the oppressive feeling.

Xiao Cen looked at Chu Linqiu like this, his mind went blank, and he couldn't even say a word.In a trance, he thought of Chu Linqiu who was hugging him on Guique Street on the tenth day of July, he was also so noble and domineering, don't blame himself for mistaking him for a son of a family.

"I didn't disbelieve you."

"What did you say, Lord Hou?"

"I, Benhou, don't believe you." Xiao Cen still didn't dare to look at him, because he was afraid that if he turned his head, the secret he had painstakingly buried would be exposed in an instant.

Why is he easily swayed by Chu Linqiu's emotions?

Why did he uncontrollably want to go forward to smooth his brows when he frowned?

And why after learning about this, the first reaction was not to enter the palace, but to go back to the Chu Mansion to ask for clarification?