Placid Chang'an

An old case from 11 years ago returned to ashes and ashes within three days.

The raging fire burned the entire shop, and those hidden in the dark, sinister, ugly, dark, and painstaking all surfaced.

This fire has been burning for 11 years, from the middle of Sichuan to the city of Chang'an.

In the end, he still chose to follow his master in the same way.

Seeing that the fire broke the last beam, Su Cen turned and left. The first one was gone, but he still had tasks to complete, the truth had not yet been revealed, the case of offering sacrifices to heaven had not yet been closed, and neither had the case of exterminating the family of the Shen family. case closed.

Su Cen walked towards the imperial city without looking back, striding forward, although only a few government servants followed behind him, but it seemed like he followed thirty or so people in a mighty manner.

The three-day time limit was up, the little emperor sat upright, and listened to Su Cen explain the case in an orderly manner. A few days ago, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep, but now he couldn't help but sigh after hearing the whole story.

Immediately issued an order: The case of Shen's extermination of the family was remanded for retrial, and the result was announced to the world that Nian had no descendants in the Shen family, and Shen Cun was posthumously appointed as a servant of the painting academy and given the posthumous title of Wenzhen.Xu Youhuai, Liu Kang, and Cao Wei committed murder and set fire to them, dug graves in private, robbed graves, and sold artifacts. Their crimes cannot be punished. They thought that they were dead, and their corpses were exposed for three days. All their property was confiscated, and all the artifacts sold in private were recovered.Su Cen was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver for his meritorious service in solving the case within a time limit, and another reward will be granted when the case is concluded.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty turned red-eyed, and offered other rewards. What else can they reward? Naturally, they will be promoted to nobles, high-ranking officials and rich salary. It has only been three days, and the position that others have not climbed for most of their lives has been picked away like this. .The people in the Ministry of Punishment thought that they had dumped a big burden, and the assassination in front of the imperial court did not involve the forces of all parties. The thorns all over the body were hard to swallow.I never thought that it would turn out to be a piece of sweet pastry, but now it's too late to mix it up, and the intestines that were ruined in a while are green.

Su Cen thanked the emperor for his kindness, raised his head slightly, and saw that the seat on the right side of the hall was actually empty, and felt a little empty for no reason.

The three-day time limit you set for me, I arrived as scheduled, but you were absent without reason.

Saying you don't care at all is a lie.

After they dispersed, Su Cen deliberately walked at the end, and while no one was paying attention, he slipped into the Hanlin Academy to have a look.

It was not easy for him to go directly to Xingqing Palace during the day, so he went to Zheng Yang's place first to find out.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Yang was also confused, tilting his head and said: "Little uncle never misses the court meeting without reason, can it be because of illness? But yesterday he scolded the little emperor vigorously."

Su Cen only knew that he was admitted to the palace for no reason yesterday, but he didn't know the cause of the incident. Although he felt something strange afterwards, he was busy solving the case and didn't think about it carefully.Hearing what Zheng Yang said afterwards, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This man didn't know what he was doing, how many pairs of eyes were staring at him behind him, waiting to poke his spine, yet he could still say it in front of the officials. Such outrageous words!

Combined with what happened early this morning, something must have happened to Xingqing Palace, right?

Zheng Yang smiled instead: "It is said that the emperor is not in a hurry for the eunuchs. My little uncle is afraid that he hasn't paid attention to it yet, but you have made plans for him."

Su Cen made up his mind, now that he is still young, he won't be able to attack Li Shi, Xingqing Palace has an iron wall, and outsiders can't get in, if he cares about it, he will be in chaos.Regardless of the joke in Zheng Yang's words, Su Cen said seriously: "I'll go and have a look when it gets dark."

Zheng Yang frowned: "Why wait for the weather, you can just go if you want."

Su Cen shook his head.

He had his own considerations about the relationship between him and Li Shi. When he was in Yangzhou, Li Shi sold an official position to the officials in order to cover him. Although everyone knew afterwards that he was helping Li Shi investigate the case, But it is still unavoidable that some caring people make use of the problem.Since he came back from Yangzhou, Li Shi's father-in-law, Wen Tingyan, has put pressure on him. He doesn't care about these things, but he has to care for Li Shi.Old Wen's students accounted for half of Dazhou's officialdom. If Li Shizhen broke up with the little emperor in the end, these people might be a piece of driftwood, or they might be the straw that broke the camel's back.

Zheng Yang couldn't help laughing when he saw this, "You really think about him in everything, but you don't have to worry, if something happens to my little uncle, the mother and son must be more anxious than you. Since they haven't moved, it means it's nothing serious. "

Su Cen couldn't help rolling her eyes: "What do you say, the mother and son don't seem to be your cousin and aunt. I dare you to think that the prince is the only uncle in your eyes."

"My little uncle has loved me since I was a child... Although he also loves to torment me, but after all, my little uncle is not the same kind of person as them." Zheng Yang's eyes suddenly turned cold, "You don't know what they did to my little uncle. "

Su Cen was taken aback for a moment, he could hear something in Zheng Yang's words, before he could ask carefully, he saw Zheng Yang put on that hippie smiling face, "Brother Su, it will be the Spring Festival soon, what are your plans? You are in Beijing Don't you have any other relatives or friends, why don't you come to our British government to celebrate the New Year? Anyway, we are a family, so you don't need to be polite to me, I just happen to have a few friends who I want to introduce to you."

This topic was really blunt, but since Zheng Yang didn't want to talk about Su Cen, he couldn't ask in detail, so he rolled his eyes: "Who is your family."

"Aren't you with little uncle..." Zheng Yang resentfully stopped under Su Cen's cold gaze.

Su Cen said: "Cui Hao is about to be promoted to a doctor, do you know why you can't beat him?"

Zheng Yang snorted: "He has a backer who is in charge of the official department."

Su Cen smiled secretly: "In terms of backing, who is bigger than you."

Zheng Yang also smiled, "That's true, but the little uncle is not selfish. If I don't have any achievements to show off, he can't promote me. Look at what I can do in this Imperial Academy every day. It's not like You, there are cases that can be solved, and they are all big cases. You have more chances to show your face than me. I think this time Liu Zhen thought you were going to be promoted to Shaoqing, so he promoted Cui Hao so that he would not appear He is a head lower than my little uncle."

Zheng Yang suddenly approached Su Cen and whispered: "I heard that Cui Hao has been running to Liu Xiang's house every day recently, I'm afraid he is in a hurry to serve tea and water to applaud other people's stinky feet. You should take care of yourself, don't be pressured by others." Go head to head."

Su Cen was a little speechless: "Where did you hear these gossips?"

Zheng Yang felt proud instead: "There is nothing in Chang'an city that I don't know about, I also know that you came out of the palace yesterday and got into my uncle's carriage, and then..."

Su Cen: "..."

Although he knew that the people in Xingqing Palace were very strict, it was impossible for Zheng Yang to know what happened in the carriage yesterday.But Mr. Su was guilty of being a villain himself, he really had no face to think about that incident, so he hurriedly got up, pretending to leave.

Zheng Yang laughed so hard that he didn't forget to joke when he saw the person leaving: "How good is my little uncle?"

Su Cen gritted his teeth angrily, thinking that this person is not in good hands, he doesn't respect seniority at all, next time Li Shi makes a move, he will help pass the feather duster.

After leaving the Imperial Academy, Su Cen went to Dali Temple to apply for leave. He was busy handling the case these days and didn't get any sleep at all. Just sold a favor.By the way, he went back to take a good rest, and then visited Xingqing Palace at night.

Zhang Jun knew what was going on, and immediately swung his hand to confirm it, but Su Cen didn't rest well when he went back.As the end of the year approached, the government and courts began to move around, and Su Cen had just made a big splash in the court, and the Beijing officials were naturally in a hurry to curry favor, sending this one away and ushering in that one, the Su family's tea was almost drunk.

It was already dusk by the time Su Zhai finally settled down at the entrance of Su's house. After receiving guests for a day, Su Cen was more tired than handling cases all day.

After eating a few bites hastily, seeing that the sky was about to turn, Su Cen left for Xingqing Palace.

As soon as he entered the gate of Xingqing Palace, Su Cen felt that today's guards were stricter than usual. Qi Lin wasn't here, so when he asked others, he was cover-up. Su Cen didn't bother to pester him any more, and asked directly: " Where is the prince?"

The guard pointed to the direction of the bedroom, Su Cen frowned: "Are you in the bedroom at this hour?"

Prince Ning has a lot of things to do every day, and he would bring a memorial when he drinks tea on weekdays, but now this person is in the bedroom before nightfall, it is really abnormal.

Su Cen glanced at the guard again, and simply stopped asking, and went directly to the bedroom.

The bedroom didn't even turn on the lights, Su Cen panicked all of a sudden, pushed the door open and was almost overwhelmed by the sandalwood scent that filled the room.

After finding the bed in the dark, Su Cen didn't return to his stomach until he saw the man laying down peacefully, breathing steadily but falling asleep.

Only then did I realize that my hands were shaking badly.

In the darkness, the man had deep eyebrows and a high nose bridge. He was majestic and intimidating when he was awake, but he inadvertently revealed a little tenderness when he was asleep.Su Cen had never looked at this person so closely and quietly, and couldn't help stretching out his hand, tracing the outline carefully in the dark, walking past the eyebrows, over the nose, and just when he reached the corner of his lips, he was suddenly held by a hand Hold the wrist.

"Here we come." Li Shi hadn't opened his eyes yet, his voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded inexplicably pleasant.

"Yeah." Su Cen's heart was so soft that he bent down and lay on the man's chest, "Did I wake you up?"

"I woke up already." Li Shi patted the man on the shoulder, inserted five fingers into Su Cen's long hair, and slowly straightened it.

Listening to Li Shi's steady heartbeat beating in his chest, Su Cen felt that his heart, which had been impetuous for a day, gradually calmed down.

"Why didn't you go to the morning court?"

"Slept."

"..." Confidently, Su Cen had no way to refute, and said helplessly, "I have solved the case."

Li Shi chuckled, and it was transmitted to Su Cen's ears through chest resonance. Su Cen felt numb at the tips of his ears.

"Zixu is so powerful, a small case is naturally not a problem." Li Shi looked down at the person and pinched his sharp chin. "Why, are you wronged?"

"Are you sure about the three-day period?" Su Cen really showed a bit of grievance, "You missed the appointment."

"It's my fault," Li Shi generously admitted, "What does Zixu want? I'll make it up to you."

Su Cen raised his face, his eyes were especially clear in the darkness, "Tell me first, is something wrong with Xingqing Palace?"

Li Shi reassured: "It's okay, a few little thieves came in last night, they made a fuss all night and didn't sleep well."

Didn't sleep well all night, so how to order such a heavy soothing incense?As for delaying the morning court?And where is Xingqing Palace, what kind of thief dares to set up an idea here?These words do not hold water by themselves.

Su Cen frowned: "The person from the secret door again?"

Li Shi looked tired, closed his eyes and shook his head lightly, which meant he didn't want to say any more.

Su Cen asked the last question persistently: "What about you, are you injured?"

Li Shi hooked the corners of his mouth, and took off his clothes by himself. After a while, his clothes were wide open, "You might as well come and see for yourself."

Su Cen said "old and unscrupulous", but his eyes still couldn't help wandering around the person, making sure that he didn't have any new injuries, so he was relieved.

Being scolded as "old and unscrupulous", Li Shi put "old and unscrupulous" into practice, and put a hand on his chest, "Just look, don't touch?"

Su Cen's fingertips trembled slightly from being burned, and he gave the man a glare. He was frightened here, but the man was still making fun of him. Su Cen was furious and got up to leave.

With a little force on the hand holding him, he directly pulled the whole person in front of him.

Su Cen struggled a few times, but a pair of arms slowly tightened him.

"Don't move." Li Shi gently rested his chin on the top of Su Cen's head, "Let me hug you for a while, I haven't slept for two days and one night, you are better than Anshenxiang."