Placid Chang'an

The morning of the first day of the lunar new year is the Grand Court Meeting, and officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing will go to the Hanyuan Hall to congratulate His Majesty on the new year.

Su Cen hid among the officials with a hangover face, bowed together with the crowd, shouted long live, almost fell asleep at the first touch of the floor.

He only remembered that he was drunk last night, and he still had the intention to remember the appearance of those people, so that he could settle accounts in the future.Afterwards, when he made a calculation, he really wanted to do something, and it was estimated that half of the Xingqing Palace would be slaughtered, so he had no choice but to give up.

Su Cen has now been promoted to Dali Shaoqing, from the fourth rank, next to him is a Zhongsi servant who is over fifty years old, and when he saw Su Cen early in the morning, he began to smile with his yellow teeth.Su Cen didn't know why at first, but when he turned to the old man, he elbowed Su Cen, "Master Su is young and energetic, but you should also pay attention to your body, hahahaha!"

Su Cen stared blankly at the mouth of yellow teeth for a moment, watched the old man staring at his neck, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover it.

The old man laughed again, and patted Su Cen on the shoulder meaningfully before walking away, leaving Su Cen on the spot clutching his neck as if trying to cover it up.

Su Cen gritted his teeth angrily as he walked back, he was so drunk last night, yet Li Shi was able to do it!Combined with his overly indulgent face, no wonder others think too much.

Su Cen returned to Xingqing Palace as if fleeing. He thought that he would hide and see no one for a few days. He never wanted to forget the original agreement with Zheng Yang. When he entered the gate of Xingqing Palace, he was startled.

I saw that the Xingqing Palace, which used to be calm and peaceful, is now very lively, and there are people standing in various courtyards, corridors and pavilions, in groups of three and four, and the crowds are crowded.

Su Cen's first feeling when he saw these people was - Zheng Yang is going to die.

There were only three or five people that Zheng Yang reported to Li Shi that day, but now there are more than a dozen people, and there are still people coming in, and the guards at the door have green faces.

The one who came later patted Su Cen on the shoulder, and when Su Cen looked over, the man smiled and cupped his hands, "Brother, this is also the first time you have entered this Xingqing Palace. This is Zou Mingjing, the son of Marquis Pingyuan. This Xingqing Palace It's really impressive, brother, would you like to go shopping together?"

Su Cen returned the salute and gave his name. He didn't want to make any further entanglements. He was about to leave when the man followed.

"You are Su Cen? The Su Cen who just broke the case of offering sacrifices to heaven? You are so young? Your Majesty is so capable that he invited you here. I sent a lot of things to the British government in vain."

Su Cen smiled lightly, she is very capable, even Xingqing Palace dared to use it to raise money, and she was not afraid of taking it or spending it if she didn't.

Zou Mingjing followed Su Cen step by step, marveling at the majestic grandeur of Xingqing Palace, looking around as if he had never seen the world before, Su Cen suddenly stopped and Zou Mingjing bumped into it.

Su Cen stopped in a hurry because he met an acquaintance, "Ning Santong?"

It just so happened that Ning Santong also noticed Su Cen, and casually sent the left and right to meet him, "Brother Su, you're here too? Today, there are a lot of people here."

Su Cen's surprise wasn't that Ning Santong was here because of his actions, but that today this man had a pair of Liuhe boots with gold silk kui pattern and a suit of snow satin with crane singing and luan singing.The two people who followed behind him earlier also looked respectful, and with this aura, they didn't look like the person he knew before.

At this time, Zou Mingjing had already come out from behind Su Cen, holding his nose. Seeing Ning Santong, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly saluted, "Master Ning."

Seeing that Su Cen didn't follow him to salute, Zou Mingjing pretended that he didn't know the big man in front of him, and hurriedly introduced to Su Cen, "This is the third son of the Grand Tutor's Mansion." He quietly leaned into Su Cen's ear and said, "Ning Yi It's his grandfather."

"Ning San..." Su Cen looked at Ning Santong and didn't know what to call him for a moment, and finally smiled, "Tell me, how much revenge have you recorded in your little notebook?"

Ning Santong smiled, and walked forward with Su Cen's familiar arms, "Brother Su, you finally fell into my hands once. I'm going to go back and tell the old man. He must be very happy."

Su Cen: "So what's your name?"

Ning Santong laughed and said, "The name is Ci and the word is Tong. You can call it whatever you like."

Su Cen raised his eyebrows: "That's not dare, what if I encounter the misfortune of Third Young Master Ning."

Ning Santong laughed heartily: "Brother Su, are you getting angry from embarrassment?"

Zou Mingjing watched the two walk further and further apart: "..."

Su Cen didn't see Zheng Yang and Feng Yiming until he walked to the Chenxiang Pavilion next to the Longchi.Zheng Yang took a black cloak to cover himself with only his eyes. If he hadn't seen Feng Yiming who was drinking tea leisurely, Su Cen would have hardly recognized him.

Su Cen asked after a brief greeting from the front: "Where is he going to sing?"

Feng Yiming smiled coldly: "Maybe because he is afraid of being recognized by the prince and beaten to death."

Zheng Yang grabbed Su Cen's hand: "Brother Su, you can save me, my uncle likes you the most, you have to say something nice for me."

Su Cen coughed lightly, took a peek at Ning Santong, and continued after seeing that no one was suspicious, "You knew this earlier, so why bother?"

"I didn't know it would happen like this," Zheng Yang put on his hood and wanted to cry, "I told a few people, and when they heard that they could enter Xingqing Palace, they spread the word ten or ten, and they all found it. Come to the door. They are all friends who played together when they were young, and I can’t always favor one another, but the snowball got bigger and bigger, and it became what it is now.”

"You call it self-inflicted." Ning Santong sat down next to Zheng Yang, "I haven't seen the prince get angry yet. Thanks to you, let us experience it. You are not wronged."

"White-eyed wolf, did you come to Xingqing Palace without me?" Zheng Yang glared at Ning Santong, then looked at Su Cen, "Why are you together? I wanted to introduce you to each other."

"Don't worry about it," Su Cen sat down next to Feng Yiming, a square stone table was just full, "you'd better worry about yourself."

Ning Santong and Feng Yiming gave a brief introduction, and everyone at this table knew each other. Only Su Cen and Feng Yiming were above the fifth rank, and because Feng Yiming was not a Beijing official, he didn't have to attend the court meeting. They are all in regular clothes, only Su Cen is wearing official clothes.

Zheng Yang asked: "Where's little uncle? Didn't you come back from the court with you?"

Su Cen said: "He was left behind by the little emperor, and he may not come back until after lunch."

Zheng Yang laughed heartily at once, and took off his hood, "Then I'll drive all these people away in a while, and then my little uncle won't know what I did."

The other three people glanced at Zheng Yang as if they were fools. Are these people in Xingqing Palace deaf and blind?

When I had nothing to do, I talked about the case years ago. Su Cen was in a hurry to go back to Xingqing Palace, so he didn't participate in the follow-up of the case, but later heard that Shen Yugui was taken back home by Ning Santong. At that time, he thought Ning Santong's family has some people who practice medicine. Now it seems that the majestic Taifu's mansion naturally has the best doctors and medicinal materials.

Asked how Shen Yugui was doing, Ning Santong sighed first, "The tendons have been reconnected, but it's impossible to imagine how freely you used to be. At most, if you practice well, it won't affect your daily life."

"I didn't expect a girl to bear such a heavy blood feud," Zheng Yang couldn't help sighing, "Fortunately, the little emperor is kind and won't hold her accountable. I will go to see what kind of strange woman she is some other day." .”

Su Cen kindly reminded: "This strange woman is nineteen years old."

"Ah?" Zheng Yang frowned, "That's still a child."

Feng Yiming asked: "Then what about the suspect who was caught later?"

Ning Santong said: "He is still locked up in Dali Temple. As the year approaches, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has closed the case. It will not be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for sentencing until the opening of the dynasty. However, the little emperor attaches great importance to this case and should handle it more seriously. Sentenced to be late or something."

Su Cen nodded, finally let go of a worry, and was able to comfort the more than 30 souls in the Shen family.

New Year's Day, today is a rare sunny day, the snow from years ago is still there, and the snow covered the rockery pillars in the distance, shining brightly under the sunlight.

In twos and threes, leisurely people were walking around the Dragon Pond to enjoy the scenery. A group of people passed the Chenxiang Pavilion and were talking about the anecdotes of Xingqing Palace. The four sat in the pavilion and listened to it.

One person said: "There are three mysteries in Xingqing Palace, do you know what they are?"

After a while watching others scratching their heads, the man put on airs and said, "This is number one, why is Qi Lin's surname Qi?"

Everyone knows that Prince Ning has a Turkic bodyguard with him all year round, named Qi Lin, but no one knows why this Turkic man has a Khan name, and others asked anxiously, "Why?"

The man narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It's a mystery, how do I know why?"

Everyone booed him and turned to discuss with each other.

Ning Santong also became interested. He only thought that Zheng Yang should know something as Prince Ning's nephew, so he asked Zheng Yang why.

Zheng Yang scratched his head, then turned to ask Su Cen, "Why?"

Su Cen drank tea from a teacup without changing his face: "How do I know?"

"Actually, it's not difficult," Feng Yiming smiled, "Go and call Qi Lin over and ask about it."

"That's an idea," Zheng Yang clapped his hands, "Then...who will go?"

Su Cen continued to drink tea, Feng Yiming turned his head to look at the lake, Ning Santong responded, "I don't know Qi Lin."

Zheng Yang: "..." Inadvertently making friends!

Seeing that everyone couldn't discuss it, the man went on to say: "The second mystery is the Longchi in front of you. It is said that the dead in Xingqing Palace don't need to be buried, just throw it into the Longchi. I have raised dozens of green-haired turtles that specialize in eating dead people, and after a few hours of throwing them down alone, there are only bones left. Guess how many dead bones are there at the bottom of this dragon pond?"

Now that the dragon pond was covered with ice, it was impossible to see what was going on underneath, but as far as the blue sky and white sun were concerned, everyone shuddered and moved away from the lake again.

Ning Santong asked Zheng Yang: "Is there really a bone under the Longchi?"

Zheng Yang went to ask Su Cen again: "Brother Su, what do you think?"

Su Cen only remembered that when the secret door came to assassinate, a boy said that the blood had stained Longchi red, but he really didn't know where the corpse went, so he drank tea by himself: "I don't know."

"Actually, it's not difficult," Feng Yiming smiled again, "Just wait until the ice melts next year and see."

"Really!" Zheng Yang said happily, "Then... who will go?"

Su Cen poured himself another cup of tea, Feng Yiming stopped looking at the lake, and instead looked at a locust tree next to it, Ning Santong smiled at Zheng Yang: "I don't know how to water."

Zheng Yang: "..." He wants to break up with these people!

After this question was over, the previous person said again: "The last mystery has a big origin!"

The man deliberately lowered his voice: "We only know that after Princess Ning's death, the prince never reunited, so do you know who lives in the backyard of Xingqing Palace?"

Master Su who has been drinking tea: "Cough, cough cough..."

Feng Yiming and Zheng Yang looked at each other, they really knew this.

Only Ning Santong was kept in the dark, looking up at Zheng Yang: "Who is it?"

Zheng Yang: "Brother Su, what do you think?"

Su Cen: "cough cough cough cough..."

"It's actually simple," Feng Yiming glanced at Su Cen gloatingly, "Let's go and have a look and then we'll find out."

Zheng Yang: "Then...who will go?"

Ning Santong and Feng Yiming slapped the table and stood up together.

Su Cen: Excuse me, I suddenly want to go home and see Ah Fu.