It was less than a day after Qi Min was arrested, he was released completely.

Even the Empress even felt a bit guilty for this old pedant who didn't like him when he was a child. After releasing him from the prison, he actually left him in the palace and comforted him a few words before letting him go home. .

When Qi Min returned home, the street was already lit up.

His whole family has already been released from the prison, and they are waiting to welcome him at the door.Several of his friends were also waiting in front of his house, and when they saw him get off the carriage, they came forward to congratulate him one after another.

Surviving a catastrophe is considered a happy event, after Qi Min exchanged greetings with them one by one, he welcomed them all into the mansion, leaving them to have a light meal before returning.

The officials naturally did not refuse.

Qi Min set up a banquet at home, and he had the right to congratulate everyone.He was usually frugal, but this time his house was searched, and he did not confiscate much money.

Therefore, the preparation for this banquet was quite simple, but everyone at the banquet was his close friends and knew him as a person.

The officials closed their doors and had a banquet. After drinking and eating, they gradually became more open-minded.

"On the court today, I only know what coldness is." One of the officials held a wine glass and said drunkenly.

For a while, everyone in the banquet lost their voices and gradually became quiet.

The official said to himself: "Master Qi is more or less full of peaches and plums. Who is he who is not a literati who has read sage books? But today, the group of people who framed him, fanned the flames, and took the opportunity to clear the ties are all him. Carefully promoted disciple!"

Although Qi Min has never been Mr. One Day, he is a scholar who always respects rules.If folk students want to be an official, they all have to pass the scientific examination, and the candidates who pass the imperial examination have always been grateful for the examiner's kindness, so they have to treat their examiners as teachers.

And Qi Min has been the chief examiner of the imperial examination for an unknown number of times.

Hearing this, the banquet was silent.

After a while, an official drank the wine in the glass and put the wine glass on the table with a clang.

"Dun Ting...! Who would have imagined that it was Dun Ting who did this kind of thing!"

All the officials present here know that Zhao Dunting is the most filial to Qi Min.Back then Zhao Dunting was impoverished and sold his ancestral home and property to go to Beijing for scientific research, but he was robbed by thieves outside the city and he was penniless when he went to Beijing.At that time, it was Qi Min who met him and helped him, so that he was able to gain a foothold in Beijing and take the exam.

Since then, Zhao Dunting repays Qi Min every year, which is also seen by everyone.

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone at the banquet became more and more serious.But Qi Min was silent for a while, picked up his chopsticks, picked up some vegetables, and put them into his mouth.

"I didn't teach him for a day. He was admitted to Juren and served the court. It's all his own ability and luck." He said lightly. "I can't be considered his teacher, and he can't be considered a betrayal to me."

For a moment, everyone sighed.

Then someone went on to say: "Today's event is also a good thing for Duke Qi. Seeing the nature of some people clearly is a blessing in disguise."

The officials at the side applauded: "That's right. Zhang Yan, who is under Lord Qi and forced the emperor to thoroughly investigate Lord Qi's relatives and friends, is a hidden person."

Several people around nodded their heads.

But Qi Min put down his chopsticks.

"He's not," he said.

The officer next to him was surprised: "Master Qi means...?"

Seeing Qi Min staring at the cups on the table, he said slowly.

"He seemed to be making trouble today, but he didn't forget to involve Zhao Dunting. If it weren't for him, I would have been decapitated by now. His actions, on the contrary, seemed to know something in advance, and he stood up to save me."

There was silence during the meeting.

"I just don't know how he knew who was standing behind."

At this moment, an official spoke slowly.

"Master Qi, I have some personal friendship with Zhang Yan. He once said a word to me when he was drunk a few days ago."

Qi Min looked at him, and saw him speak slowly.

"He said...he wants to do something for His Royal Highness Prince Jing. He doesn't know whether he will live or die, but he must do it."

-

When the lanterns first came on, the Zhao residence was almost completely searched.

The officers and soldiers dispersed, and the Zhao family was arrested and dismissed early on. The heavy gate was slowly closed and sealed.

The Zhao Mansion, where people come and go, fell into a pitch-black silence.

At this moment, a few shadows appeared on the eaves, very fast, like owls in the night, sprinting up the wall from the darkness, and then disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

These are the dead soldiers behind Xu Du's men.

The black shadow flashed a few times before entering a dark alley, and within half a stick of incense, the alley was already empty.The few people in night clothes disappeared long ago, only a few unobtrusive servants, wearing coarse cloth bunts, went straight into Prince Jing's mansion with the sundries they purchased from the downtown.

And no one noticed that there was a bottomless dead end next to the street where they disappeared. Turning there and walking a little distance, one could smell the bloody smell.

A few people were quietly lurking there, and under their feet lay a dozen corpses, piled up on a hill.

These corpses are precisely the handwriting of these people.

The sound of inaudible footsteps came.

"Let's go." The man stood still in front of the corpse and said slowly.

Seeing those snake-like figures clinging to the wall in the darkness, they all moved vigorously when they heard this.One of them jumped down from the wall, tore off his mask, went to the corpse, and kicked it casually.

"It's over," he said. "The killer sent by old thief Pang is really capable."

Then he saw that the person who was watching the wind outside also tore off his mask.

It was Wei Kai.

"I still need to work brothers to clean up these things." He looked at the corpses and said. "Be sure to leave no trace."

"Commander Wei, don't worry." A person beside him said. "Let's take care of things, you just need to rest assured."

Then, several people got busy in the dark.

The one who spoke before was busy, but also said: "I don't know what the general thinks, I think it's a big deal, even Commander Wei has to work."

A person next to him smiled and said: "No, look at this big battle, I'm gearing up, I thought I was going to rescue the general from Prince Jing's mansion."

Then someone went on to say: "Who knows how many dead men are secretly protected. Commander Wei, do you know whose family these dead men belong to, and they are so expensive?"

Seeing Wei Kai reprimanded with a serious face: "Don't gossip, act quickly."

Several people laughed a few times when they heard the words, but they all fell silent, and moved on neatly.

And Wei Kai stood beside him, frowning tightly.

Not only his brothers were puzzled, but even he didn't know why.

Prince Jing was going to fight against Pang Shao, he probably knew about it; Prince Jing did this, and he also heard about it.

And the general asked him to make arrangements early in the morning, letting them lurk in the dark in advance, waiting to escort Jiang Suizhou's dead soldiers to retreat.

Although the general did predict things like a god, and indeed Pang Shao's people came here to investigate and were killed by them, but Wei Kai didn't know why the general made such a fuss.

Is it to kill this group of Pang Shao's subordinates, or because of these dead soldiers in Prince Jing's mansion, what is so special about it?

-

Jiang Suizhou's two altars of wine are good wines that the mansion has treasured for many years.The original owner seems to like to collect this wine very much, but he doesn't drink it very much. There are a lot of good wine brought from Yecheng in the mansion.

This is one of the altars.

And Jiang Suizhou didn't expect that the wine in the Northland in ancient times was so strong.

He carried the wine jar to Huo Wujiu's room, Huo Wujiu just had dinner.

Seeing him sitting on the bed, Jiang Suizhou realized that he was still injured, and asked quickly, "You're still on medication, can't you drink alcohol?"

Huo Wujiu looked up and saw him hugging the wine jar, asked: "Is it?"

Jiang Suizhou naturally knew what he was talking about.He raised his hand to let the subordinates retreat, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's all in the plan."

Huo Wujiu's eyes stopped on the smile on his face, and he didn't move away for a moment.

Then I saw Jiang Suizhou put the wine jar on the table, sat down on the left side, and said: "I wanted to come to celebrate with you, but I forgot whether your injury is healed. Otherwise, just forget it. It doesn't matter if you drink or not. hinder."

But Huo Wujiu repeated: "Celebrate with me?"

Jiang Suizhou nodded.

"In any case, Pang Shao has a grudge against you. He has suffered a great loss. For you, it is a matter of joy."

What he said was quite high-sounding, and it seemed a little out of place at this moment when the lights were all around.

He paused, put one hand on the wine jar, put his chin on the back of his hand, looked at Huo Wujiu, and smiled frankly.

"There is really no one else. There are very few people who know about this matter. Gu Changyun is unreliable, and Xu Du has not finished his work. If this king asks you to celebrate, wouldn't he be suffocated?"

He was extremely relaxed at this moment, and the disguise on his face was also removed in various ways, revealing that lazy and gentle look.

Seeing that Huo Wujiu was silent, but his hands were neat, he pulled the wheelchair with one hand, supported it with his hand, sat down on the wheelchair, went straight to the table, and sat opposite Jiang Suizhou.

He didn't speak, but opened the wine jar.

For a moment, the aroma of wine overflowed and filled the room.

Jiang Suizhou was taken aback for a moment, then quickly raised his hand to press him.

"Can you drink? It's fine if you can't drink, don't delay the treatment..."

But Huo Wujiu raised his eyes, the black eyes were particularly bright under the lamplight.

"I brought all the wine, do you want to drink it?"

Jiang Suizhou always felt that there was a smile in his eyes at the moment.

Although you can't see it, you can't grasp the clues, but it is bright, like the sun shining on the tip of a gun, shining in people's eyes, making people dizzy for a while.

He involuntarily withdrew his hand, let Huo Wujiu skillfully pick up the wine jar with one hand, picked up two bowls, and filled it up.

It wasn't until Huo Wujiu put one of the bowls in front of him that he came back to his senses and was dumbfounded.

The wine in the bowl is very clear, with a strong aroma, and you can feel strong just by smelling it.The bowl was not small, and the light made the wine shine brightly in the bowl, which made Jiang Suizhou flinch for a while.

Even before he crossed over, he had never seen a bowl of dry liquor, had he?

He stared blankly at the bowl on the table, then raised his eyes to Huo Wujiu, and said firmly, "Drink with this?"

Seeing Huo Wujiu showing doubts: "Otherwise?"

He reacted for a while, then remembered that people in their capital seemed not fond of drinking from bowls, unlike their border gates, where supplies were always in short supply, and they didn't have so many fancy cups, they used the same guys for eating meat and drinking.

He was a little annoyed for a moment, but felt rustic.

"Forgot," he said. "I'm going to ask someone for a cup."

He was about to leave in the wheelchair, but Jiang Suizhou raised his eyes and stopped him.

He saw that the face of Prince Jing in front of him seemed to show a bit of self-esteem that he didn't want to show timidity.

He gritted his teeth, and said: "Forget it. Pang Shao is in bad luck today, it's worth the bowl for me to drink."

Huo Wujiu watched him pick up the bowl, and suddenly remembered that when he came back drunk that day, his body was full of sweet wine smell, he could tell it was not strong alcohol, he must not hold alcohol well.

He paused, and was about to say something to stop him, but he swallowed it.

He remembered that day when the man couldn't stand upright and fell into his arms.

It was full of osmanthus fragrance.

The author has something to say: Huo Wujiu: I am an honest person, either because I really want my wife to get drunk, or because we are rude, we don’t know how to drink with a cup:D

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