In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Several servants quickly stopped her and cried into a ball.

An officer and soldier couldn't stand it anymore, stopped his hands, and whispered: "Boss, if you don't count, they won't search..."

The leader of the officers and soldiers scolded: "So you will soften your heart? Do you know how Guo Zongbing was killed by Xia Xingcheng and Wang Zheng, two despicable villains who controlled the government? Guo Zongbing guarded Xuanfu because He refused to bribe Wang Zheng, and was framed by the eunuch Wang Zheng, dismissed and investigated. In order to curry favor with Wang Zheng, the eunuch Xia Xingcheng impeached Mr. Guo on ten counts. In the end, the Guo family was exiled to the border and lost all their wealth. Xiaodu died on the road to guard the border! I dare not forget this bloody feud!"

When he said a word, Xia Xingcheng's face became a little ashamed, and in the end, Xia Xingcheng was too ashamed to lift his head.

The officers and soldiers said again: "Xia Xingcheng, the old thief, has done more harm than this one! What kind of humiliation he suffered today is all his own fault, the way of heaven is reincarnation!"

The commotion in front of Xia Mansion's gate attracted many people to stop.Many of Xia Xingcheng's colleagues were among them.

Seeing that the women in the family were going to be insulted, Xia Xingcheng threw away all face, disregarding his dignity and dignity, and asked for help from the onlookers: "Mr. Chen! Please say a few words for the old man. Although the old man made a mistake once, but It’s not that he has done all the bad things. During the famine in Henan, the old man even ordered his family to release food for disaster relief...”

Unexpectedly, Chen Langzhong, the official secretary of the Ministry of War, who was asked for help by him sneered, and reprimanded righteously: "Xia Yushi, you open a warehouse to donate food, but you are just trying to gain fame! Your family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and the warehouse is full of grain. You can't finish it, and you can use it for disaster relief and gain fame for yourself, it's better than piled up in the warehouse to rot!"

Xia Xingcheng never expected that Chen Langzhong would say such a thing, and he said in astonishment: "Chen Jicai, back then when you impeached Cao Moru and offended Cao Cunlin in Shangshu, it was the old man who said good things, otherwise how could you be like today, with awe-inspiring righteousness? To scold the old man? Unexpectedly, you will repay your kindness with revenge, how hypocritical! How despicable!"

Chen Langzhong sneered and said: "Cao Moru relies on his uncle Cao Cunlin to be the emperor's favored minister. He is domineering in Wang Gong's factory, greedy for ink and military supplies, and lending money for profit. I impeach him. Is there anything wrong?!"

Cao Moru's reputation among the people has always been bad. Hearing that Chen Langzhong impeached Cao Moru, the crowd applauded him, praising him as a loyal and upright minister.

Xia Xingcheng understood the warmth and coldness of human nature, and felt sad and bitter for a while, bursting into tears, and said loudly: "That's all! There are thousands of mistakes, and the fault is all on this old man! Today, this old man would like to die to thank the world! But I beg my family members, old and young, to be safe!"

After Xia Xingcheng finished speaking, he came to the well and was about to jump down, when two people came galloping from a distance, and shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Immediately, both of them were young gentlemen, dressed in the official uniform of the Inspectorate, with a heroic appearance.The officers and soldiers said: "Hey, are you here to see off Xia Yushi?"

The young Langjun jumped off his horse and said loudly: "Prime Minister Mu ordered us to come and supervise the house raids. Prime Minister Mu said that you must handle it fairly, without showing favoritism or making things difficult on purpose. , Your Majesty is not easy to explain."

Hearing this, the officers and soldiers snorted: "Mr. Prime Minister Mu is such a troublesome man. Will he think of him as a ruthless dog official?"

That being said, in the end, the women's family members were spared.

Chen Feng sat upstairs and watched quietly.Sitting beside him was a middle-aged man with an ordinary face and a short stature, except for the occasional gleam in his eyes.

The middle-aged man said: "Chen Tianshi, the tea is cold."

Chen Feng asked: "What happened to the matter I asked you to investigate?"

The middle-aged man said: "The owner of the house in Ertiao Hutong is indeed Yu. As for whether he is really an eunuch in the palace, it is impossible to find out."

"Okay." Chen Feng swept his sleeves, stood up, and put on the felt hat: "I heard that the emperor will inspect the military camp in two days, you go and prepare well, we will give him a big gift."

The middle-aged man bowed and agreed.Chen Feng walked down the teahouse, left through the back door, and boarded a small sedan chair.

The bearer was very enthusiastic and asked Chen Feng where he was going.When Chen Feng heard his voice, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Go to the entrance of Ertiao Hutong in Wensifang."

The bearer said: "Yo, you are going there too. What a coincidence, I just went there yesterday."

Chen Feng asked: "'Brother Gu, Yu Xianggong ordered a villain to pick you up.' You said it."

The bearer was taken aback and said, "How do you know?"

Chen Feng heard his voice early and asked him: "Who is Mr. Yu?"

The bearer said carelessly: "Hey, the villain doesn't know either. The employer told me, 'Knock on the door three times, remember to say, 'Brother Gu, Mr. Yu ordered the villain to pick you up.'" The employer explained so, little one Just do it."

Chen Feng raised his eyes: "Who hired you?"

"Chen Bashi in Rongxian Hutong, who drives a carriage in this capital."

Chen Feng suddenly became suspicious.

Gu Li sat at the table, wrote and drew, and when the ink was dry, he put it away and folded it, and went around to the back of the north dining room with Zhou Changshun as usual. He changed into a scarf and dark clothes, and left the imperial city. Today's weather is gloomy , the cold wind blowing on the body is chilly, and it is estimated that it will rain in a few days.

This time I changed to a carriage, the driver was not as talkative as last time, he quietly took Gu Li to the entrance of Ertiao Hutong, Gu Li paid the fare and walked into the house.

Chen Feng was sitting in the room, with his coat unbuttoned and his hair loose, looking out of the window in a daze.Seeing Gu Li come in, Chen Feng asked, "You came so early today? Did Eunuch Yu keep you?"

Gu Li walked in carelessly: "That's not for you!"

He sat down at the table and asked, "What did you have for breakfast? Is there still the little duck from yesterday?"

"There are leftovers in the kitchen, go get them yourself."

Gu Li was drooling, and his figure disappeared at the kitchen door, unaware of a probing gaze behind him.

Not long after, he brought out a bowl of duck noodles, sat a little far away from Chen Feng, and happily blew on the noodles while blowing.

Chen Feng asked: "Why? Eunuch Yu didn't even give you breakfast?"

With long eyelashes hanging down, Gu Li concentrated on eating the noodles, and said casually, "Hey, they are all clear soups with little water, and they don't taste very good!"

Chen Feng smiled slightly, resting his chin on his left hand: "Then you should eat more."

Gu Li then felt a little strange, when did Chen Feng, a cheapskate, become so generous?He raised his head, met Chen Feng's eyes through the mist of duck noodles, and suddenly felt a chill.

Although Chen Feng was smiling, he looked at him as if he was looking at a dead person.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a call from outside: "Brother Gu, Mr. Yu ordered a villain to come pick you up."

Gu Li was terrified. Yesterday, in order to make his background appear more authentic and reliable, and to gain Chen Feng's trust as much as possible, he specially hired someone to knock on the door, but today he didn't arrange it!

Chen Feng stood up and walked towards him with a smile: "Look what's going on? You just came back, and Eunuch Yu sent someone to pick you up. He really loves you!"

There was a second call from outside the door.

Gu Li was nailed to the spot and did not move.

Chen Feng stretched out his hand, and those slender and white fingers, like wet and cold seaweed, wrapped around Gu Li's cheek: "Why didn't you move?"

The third call sounded outside the door, and after the sound fell, the house fell into a tense silence.Gu Li suddenly stood up and ran out the door. Chen Feng grabbed him with his backhand and threw him on the bed. He clasped his hands behind his back and put his knee on his back: "You want to run now? Why don't you just pretend?"

Gu Li struggled and said: "Chen Feng! Let me go!"

"Why did you suddenly quarrel with me yesterday? Let me guess, is it because you are afraid that I will see your body? Is there no trace left by Eunuch Yu on your body at all? You even invented Eunuch Yu?!"

Gu Li scolded: "Chen Feng! Don't doubt me after listening to other people's gossip! You don't trust me so much, are you worthy of me?!"

"A hundred words from you are not as real as what I saw with my own eyes!" Chen Feng pressed Gu Li's shoulder, stretched a hand under him, and tore off Gu Li's clothes.

Then he was stunned by the blue and purple marks on Gu Li's body.

Chen Feng was dazed, and let go of his hand involuntarily.

Gu Li sat up, put on his clothes quickly, and the folded paper fell out of his arms.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Chen Feng grabbed the paper.Gu Li scolded: "Give it back to me! If you don't believe me, don't take my things!"

Chen Feng held him down, and shook the paper away with one hand, only to see that it was written in small letters on the top: the principle of mirage image formation.

Then there are some bibles such as "refractive index", "air humidity", and "density".Although it was a poor handwriting and the content was incomprehensible, Chen Feng had an intuition that it was something extraordinary.

"Is this how the Buddha shadow on the Mingguang Pavilion came from?" Chen Feng folded the paper carefully, put it in his arms, looked at Gu Li, and explored with some doubts.

Gu Li snorted and asked, "Don't you believe me? You don't even give me a chance to explain!"

Chen Fengdao: "I will give you a chance now, you can explain it well."

"You are so arrogant, I don't want to say it."

"I have given you the opportunity to cherish it. My patience is limited." Chen Feng had a cold face, and Gu Li had no doubt that if he didn't give an explanation to convince Chen Feng, Chen Feng would definitely kill him.

Gu Li had no choice but to say: "I have never lied to you. If I can invent an Eunuch Yu, how can I invent this house and the content on this paper? What's more, don't you also see the scars on my body? Is it? I didn’t want to change clothes in front of you yesterday because I was afraid of scaring you!”

Gu Li gathered up his clothes to cover up the marks left by the cupping.

In order to make the traces natural and realistic, as if he had suffered inhumane abuse, he specially asked Zhou Changshun to find several long-mouthed containers, supplemented by walking cans, and connected together, it was like whip marks and scars.

I didn't expect it to come in handy today, it really is wise!