Cang Ri Qing Lan

All the ministers in the court, no matter they were displaced during the war, or they were sticking to the capital, they have gone through some turbulent days.

Now that the world is initially settled and the war is not peaceful, and we have not withdrawn from the troubled times, I feel a little ignorant of the words of the sages who said "the son of a thousand gold will not sit in the hall" in the time of peace.

However, the imperial court has only been restored for more than a month, and there are many affairs. It is still too late to take care of the escape of the palace people and the incomplete guards in the palace.

Furthermore, in the past two years of expeditions to the west, Cang Lan's horses are the first to be seen by all. In addition, the ministers have experienced a lot of their own way of doing things, so although the ministers of the court felt inappropriate for the emperor to leave the palace secretly, they did not mind too much .

But not long after he was assassinated, the imperial army was mobilized again, and the ministers in Beijing and China could no longer turn a blind eye.

That's right, the front hall of the imperial palace was very lively, and before Cang Lan returned to the palace, these civil and military officials came to court in a swarm.Cang Lan spread the word to make people retreat, but the officials still couldn't kneel in the front hall, admonishing the emperor not to leave the palace easily, "prevent disasters first and not hurt later", and so on. Some even said that the guards were negligent, and even directly Refers to the general's treason, please punish him.

Cang Lan simply ignored him and fell asleep, as if everything had nothing to do with him.The apse was quiet, and when he woke up, the sky was bright, he closed his eyes for a moment, stroked his hair and sat up, and saw Xing Ye,

"What time is it?"

The voice was still hoarse, Cang Lan frowned, and Xing Ye had already replied,

"It's past three quarters, my lord."

Slightly shifting her gaze while speaking, Cang Lan had already sensed it, looked down at her own half body, and lazily said,

"The most serious traces were made by you, are you planning to see them out of sight?"

"The subordinate didn't mean to..."

Instantly recalling the scene of Cang Lan lying in his arms, Xing Ye's neck turned red, but his heart settled down. Cang Lan brought this up nonchalantly, and it seemed that he really didn't take it seriously.

"It's easy to say, if you let me leave a mark on your body whenever you want, it will be considered clean."

Seeing Xing Ye's embarrassed expression, Cang Lan pursed her lips, got out of bed barefoot, and walked to the right side of the bedroom.Nine out of ten things in the world are unsatisfactory, and the taller the person, the more things he has encountered, so he must deal with his emotions as quickly as possible, otherwise he will be enough to defeat himself.

Across the aisle is a four-meter-square bath. He didn't live in the main hall of □, but chose this place as his bedroom, mostly because the bath here is the closest.

At noon, the hall was brightly lit, and the bruises on Cang Lan's body were clearly visible. He was used to going to the bathroom naked before and after going to bed, and he didn't mind much even though Xing Ye was by his side.But the other party obviously didn't think so, and had brought the clothes in front of her, Cang Lan raised her eyebrows, put the clothes on her body, and said as she walked,

"What about Leng Tian? How about the things you told him last night?"

Before arriving at the palace last night, a woman who reported to a brothel was killed. Such an act of harming innocent people, Cang Lan saw that it was not Shen Haozhe who did it, so she sent a message for Leng Zhou to investigate. It was already noon, why? There should be an answer.

"Leng Zhou has been waiting outside the palace for some time."

"Call him."

Cang Lan sat in the bath, the dye on her hair was soaked by the water, the ink color was muddy, and she was very uncomfortable.

Before he could open his mouth, Xing Ye, who had gone out to give the little eunuch a message, had turned back, turned into the screen, and cleaned his hair with a basin of water.

Cang Lan seldom needs someone to be around when she takes a bath, only when she dyes her hair, she finds it bothersome. Once she asked Xing Ye to call someone to wait on her, but she didn't want the other party to take this matter on her.He didn't bother to find out why Xing Ye was there, and he had no objection, and it became a habit over time.

Closing his eyes slightly, he felt Xing Ye's hands slipping down from the top of his head again and again, following the falling water through his hair, his movements were very careful.And it seems to be getting smoother every time...

This pair of hands that have been callused by the sword can actually be very gentle when doing this kind of thing. He is a little interested in the expression on the face of this boring gourd at the moment. Cang Lan opened his eyes, and the meticulous expression on the other side made him laugh.

Xing Ye carefully rinsed the hair in his hands over and over again, he warned himself that he did this only because the brand mark on Cang Lan's back could not be discovered.

Deliberately ignoring the eye-catching silver glowing in the palm of the hand, the strange feeling brought by the soft and warm touch of fingers inserted into the hairline.Hearing Cang Lan's low laugh, Xing Ye reflexively shifted his gaze halfway, and the man's exuberant smile hit his eyes, his heart jumped suddenly, and he turned his eyes quickly, but saw the body immersed in the bath, his hands stiffened, Cang Lan almost cried out in pain.

Xing Ye didn't know where to look and was so nervous, Cang Lan was really helpless. If there was no problem with his memory, he had seen him like this hundreds of times, so why was he still so flustered? It made him feel like he was molesting the other party.

"Punishment night..."

Cang Lan was about to reiterate that she had no evil intentions, when she heard light footsteps approaching the door, Leng Tian said through the screen,

"Subordinate Leng Zhou sees the emperor."

"how?"

Signaling Xing Ye to back down, Cang Lan stretched her body and sank into the bath, only to hear Leng Tian say again,

"The female corpse in the alley has been inspected by the subordinates. It seems that one person did it. There are more than one or two stab wounds. It seems that they are afraid that they will be left alive."

After a pause, seeing that Cang Lan didn't ask for details, she continued,

"There are not many people in Jianghu who can kill people under the eyes of officers and soldiers and use knives. Their subordinates have already been scouted... It seems that there is only one subordinate in the capital..."

He spoke in lower and lower voices, vaguely, but Cang Lan obviously heard clearly,

"That's you?"

"Not a subordinate!"

Leng Zhou's voice was a little aggrieved, Cang Lan raised her eyebrows in a funny way, but her mouth was merciless,

"If not, let me find out who it is. Isn't your Leng family very well-versed in the world?"

Recalling vaguely the person who sent him to the brothel from the alley yesterday, Cang Lan felt that it would not be a cold day, but still said,

"Where were you last night?"

"This subordinate's dereliction of duty..." Leng Zhou felt even more wronged. He was not on duty yesterday. He glanced at Xing Ye who was standing next to him, and expressed his aggrieved resignation, "I'm going to find out the whereabouts of my little sister."

"found it?"

After a pause, Cang Lan asked knowingly, and Xing Ye seemed to think of something, his expression changed, but Leng Zhou stared at Xing Ye again, and said,

"Go back to the emperor, the subordinates don't know where the little sister is."

"..."

After another moment of silence, Cang Lan's voice came from inside the screen,

"Punishment night?"

"My lord... the subordinates did not inform Leng Zhou of Jiaojiao's whereabouts."

Knowing what Cang Lan asked, Xing Ye immediately answered.Leng Jiaojiao came to the door that day, and mentioned that she had told Leng Zhou about her whereabouts, and he acquiesced to this matter in order to make her give up.He thought it was Leng Zhou who found out by himself, but when Cang Lan asked, he already saw that it was suspicious.

If Leng Jiaojiao's appearance hadn't been deliberately distracting Xing Ye, the timing would have been too 'appropriate'.

Is Leng Jiaojiao also involved in this matter?Cang Lan pondered, he believed in Xing Ye, but he did not rule out the possibility of Leng Zhou lying.Moreover, no matter who is involved in this matter, the person who can make Leng Zhou or Leng Jiaojiao play this move against him in the country of Xing has a deep root in the country of Xing-could it really be the old man of the Shen family? ?What is the relationship between Mr. Shen and the Leng family?

"Have someone bring Leng Jiaojiao into the palace."

Choosing the simplest and most direct method, Cang Lan put the recent events aside in her mind, feeling as if all kinds of snakes and gods were mixed together.He wandered around all day long, and felt that there should be many people who could take advantage of the opportunity, but he always believed that the "crisis" was not just a danger, it was also a great opportunity to eliminate the restless people in Beijing.The bigger the chips, the bigger the rewards, and I have suffered a lot this time...

Suddenly remembering where the person who left her in the brothel had seen before, Cang Lan stood up abruptly, the sound of water suddenly rang out, but Xing Ye was so frightened that he came in, seeing that Cang Lan was fine, she froze on the spot in a daze.

Cang Lan's face has returned to normal, and she said with a smile,

"Don't be such a cupid snake, there is a cold day on duty, you go to rest."

As he said, he stepped onto the poolside and was about to walk out. Seeing this, Xing Ye had put on his prepared clothes and stepped forward, half-kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

Cang Lan took a deep look at Xing Ye, but didn't say anything in the end, turned around after getting dressed, pretending that she didn't see Leng Zhou spying on them with a strange expression.

Turning to the front hall of the dormitory, Cang Lan ordered Xing Ye to go down to rest, and then leaned on the chair with half-wet hair, roughly flipping through the booklet handed over.

It's just such a morning's work, and the memorials to impeach Shen Haozhe have piled up. These Beijing officials are really well-informed, but Fang Honggeng, who always loves to bother him the most, didn't report it...

Cang Lan wondered secretly, put the book aside, picked up the teacup, and before she could take a sip, the little eunuch came to report again,

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Kingdom of Hui seeks an audience outside the palace gate."

I really don't let him idle for a moment...

Frowning slightly, Cang Lan put down the teacup, looked at the tea stems in the cup, then smiled meaningfully,

"According to my will, hold a banquet in Yuanluan Hall."

The rumored little eunuch was stunned, and a group of important officials in front of the hall were still kneeling. It would be inappropriate to hold a banquet to entertain foreign envoys at such a time, let alone in the Yuanluan Hall, which is the back hall of the imperial palace, and there are not many ministers. People have been in and out.

But the little eunuch knew better that he had no place to speak in front of the emperor, so he immediately lowered his head, bowed and stepped back.

Having to obey Cang Lan's order to leave, Xing Ye didn't stop, on the contrary, he couldn't stop for a moment.Trying to lie on the bed, closing his eyes, it was Cang Lan's body, he was so close...

He knew he shouldn't think about it, that was the person he swore allegiance to!If the actions of the woman last night were offensive to Cang Lan, then the image in his mind would be even more unbearable... But he couldn't control it, so the best way was to let himself have no time to think, and he decided to ask Leng Lan himself. Jiaojiao.

Walking out of the palace gate, Xing Ye walked through the tall palace gates with a cool breeze.

He seldom left the palace like this alone. In the past, his eyes were not on Cang Lan but on his surroundings. He had seen these palace gates many times, and now he felt that they looked different from the past.Without Cang Lan's back, it can remind him how unattainable that person is. His disturbed mind has calmed down. Xing Ye turned his gaze towards the palace, and after walking not far away, he found two groups of people surrounding him one after another.

The visitor is not good.

Xing Ye knew it, but he didn't avoid it.With just one glance, he could tell that these people were not from the martial arts, but were from the ranks.What's more, the other party had no intention of hiding his identity at all, a short and slender man stepped forward, flashed his waist card, and said,

"Master Xing, the villain is ordered to come here by the lieutenant of the Guards of the Forbidden Army."

Xing Ye didn't speak, he knew that the other party would definitely reply, and sure enough, the man said again,

"Mr. Xing's dereliction of duty a few days ago caused the emperor to be in danger. The lieutenant of the guard wants to ask Mr. Xing. If you offend, please forgive me." His tone changed as he said, waving his hands,

"Take it!"

Xing Ye drew out his knife almost immediately, but then hesitated again. He really felt that he had failed his duty.However, what was the other party's intention, he couldn't help thinking deeply——

He is not only himself, but also Cang Lan's bodyguard, if he is taken away casually, it is tantamount to offending Cang Lan's majesty.

The people who rushed forward were really skilled, but they fought for a long time, and no one could take down Xing Ye, and the number of people who could stand up was reduced one by one.

"Master Xing, for the sake of the country, I ask you to plead guilty and obey the law."

Finally someone was impatient to wait until Xing Ye missed and was captured, Fang Honggeng got out from the sedan chair parked at the farthest point.

Seeing that it was him, Xing Ye gave him a meal.Cang Lan doesn't like this person, but still uses him highly. Apart from this person's real talent, it's also because he really has the sour literati integrity of being loyal to the emperor and not seeking personal gain, so Xing Ye is somewhat convinced by him.

"Master Xing should know that all the officials are condemning Lord Shen."

Xing Ye didn't answer, the answer was yes.Fang Honggeng said again,

"I firmly believe that Mr. Shen is definitely not a person who commits trouble. If Mr. Shen is really dismissed, not to mention that Zhongliang is wrongly blamed, the emperor will lose his right arm; False rumors about Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen are prevalent, and some even say that the emperor is insane."

Fang Honggeng stared at Xing Ye closely, and said in a more emphatic tone,

"However... If the fault of the emperor's distress is not Lord Shen, but Lord Xing's negligence, it's another matter."

Fang Honggeng didn't say what the consequences would be for a guard like Xing Ye who came from a low family background for such a crime.

But although he didn't say anything, Xing Ye understood that he tightened his hand holding the sword, and finally let go. Seeing this, Fang Honggeng felt relieved, bowed to Xing Ye to the ground, and said in a loud voice,

"For the great plan of the world, and for the emperor not to lose his good minister, I thank you, Mr. Xing."