Respect the little husband [farming]
Chapter 103
In Shen's residence, the guards standing on both sides of the gate of the residence were no different from the usual vigilance, but as the night approached, the atmosphere began to become a little subtle.
The beggars who had finished receiving the porridge squatted in the corner and drank the porridge quietly together in threes and twos. They looked calm, but they vaguely drew camps with each other, and their eyes were more or less glanced at the entrance of Shen's residence.
Wang Muze came out from the mansion and ordered his servants to light up the lantern at the door. He turned his hands and glanced at the person in the opposite alley with a blue cloth around his ankle. He tapped his toes on the ground. The person agreed and drank the porridge in his hand. He got up and took the beggars with him into the alley.
Storm is coming.
Shen Wenxuan finished his meditation with the ministers and was about to go down to the Temple of Heaven. Shao Youli, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed over to block him, and said with a smile, "Master Shen, on the first day of the new official's tenure, don't we invite our colleagues to join us?" To drink?"
Another servant of the Ministry of Rituals echoed: "That's right, Master Shen, although meat and fish are not allowed during the memorial ceremony, it is still beautiful for us to drink some sake and have some simple and elegant snacks. Don't refuse, Your Excellency."
"My lord, you will have to spend a lot tonight."
Shen Wenxuan laughed: "Since everyone has this intention, how dare Shen Mou care about the cost or not, let's go, it happens that Shen Mou has a lot of time tonight, we are going to Qingyazhai, Lexianju, and Fengyuelou Once."
Liu Shilang: "Okay, my lord is refreshing."
Shen Wenxuan went out of the palace with them, and when his eyes touched Fu Yanrui who was walking far ahead, there was both excitement and treachery in the depths of his eyes.
Fu Houye and his son returned home in the same carriage. It was inconvenient for him to talk in the busy place in the palace, but now in the private place where only the two of them get along, he finally couldn't hold back: "Yan Rui, Zhen Er married The second prince's mansion is the emperor's will, you and I can't refute it, we can only do our best to back it up, in the end, misfortune and fortune will depend on the fate of the individual.
"But before she married, I told you that no matter what, our Fu family can't participate in the battle for the succession. We just want to be a pure minister wholeheartedly. You deserved well at that time, but today it's the opposite. Follow the path, and push my Fu family into the abyss with one move—"
"Father is serious," Fu Yanrui interrupted him, stroking the jade pendant around his waist with his fingers anxiously, "I believe the second prince will be the one to reach the top. You can see the situation in the court more clearly than I do. The fourth prince and concubine Xi are already out. The ministers who supported them before either defected or were slowly replaced, and the situation was one-sided, if not for the fact that the emperor is suppressing the second prince and not allowing him to participate in the government, the position of the crown prince has already been determined."
Lord Fu: "I see it more clearly than you! The situation in this court is changing rapidly. Unless you are on the throne, there is no foregone conclusion! The emperor's attitude is obviously that he wants people to support the seventh prince. Concubine An, the mother concubine, will be named Concubine An, who is more respected than the original Concubine Xi, not to mention that the emperor is in his prime, how can you be so clear about the next ten years?!"
Fu Yanrui's eyes met him: "I've made up my mind, what's the use of father saying these things now?! Conglong Zhigong, did father really never think about it?"
Fu Houye was silent for a moment, he noticed his restless fingers with a glance, and asked with a deep breath: "Yanrui, knowing son is better than father, you have changed so abnormally, you must have something to hide from me."
Fu Yanrui turned his head: "No, father is too worried."
"A year ago your mother lied to me that you admired the four great sages of Langya Mountain and went to Beijing to study, but I wrote a letter and got that you had never been to Langya Mountain. How do you explain this? It has been more than half a year since you left Beijing. What exactly did you do? Also, if you really support the second prince, you don't have to stand up for him because of a little rite minister. When you were sitting in meditation, you looked at Shen Wenxuan's eyes even more wrongly. What are you hiding from me? Today If you don’t tell me, don’t blame me for investigating.”
Fu Yanrui squeezed the jade pendant in his hand tightly, until the veins on the back of his hand bulged, and said with a stiff neck: "You really want to know? Well, let me tell you, I support the second prince only because the queen can help me get rid of Shen Wenxuan. The Fu family has a good relationship with Jing Zhaoyin, and the queen has her own contacts, so tonight she will put Xuelian's name on the Shen family, and use the emperor's hand to punish him."
Fu Houye was so shocked that he lost his voice, and he had to react for a long time before asking: "...Why?"
Fu Yanrui: "It's all my father's fault! If you had agreed to me to go to Ning's family to propose marriage earlier, I wouldn't be able to do this!"
"You—" Master Fu was so angry that he became dizzy, "What's the matter with the Ning family?"
Fu Yanrui held back the anger in his heart and did not answer, but the carriage stopped suddenly.
"Killing loyal ministers, beheading good generals, the No. 1 emperor of the dynasty, Chi Jiaruo, He Jiayin, Fu's lackeys, who is to be pitied."
"Hahahahahaha, kill loyal ministers, behead good generals, the No.1 emperor of the dynasty, the Chi family is ruthless, the He family is yin, and Fu's lackeys are pathetic!"
Master Fu frowned, opened the curtain of the car and came out to see a group of masked beggar children singing nursery rhymes, with sugar figurines in their hands, laughing and running past the carriage.
"Stop," Master Fu shouted, "Who taught you to sing this? This is treason—"
Before he finished speaking, he saw many pieces of paper scattered from the sky, like paper money floating down under the night sky, Fu Houye was even more surprised, caught one and turned it over, it was blood lotus.
"Father?" Fu Yanrui asked suspiciously, he opened the curtain and was about to come out, but Master Fu pushed him back: "Don't come out, go back and stay well!"
"Get out of here, groom," Fu Houye ordered, feeling more and more uneasy, but he didn't see the groom's response for a long time, so Fu Houye couldn't help pushing him, but he saw that the man fell down limply, obviously dead, his limbs It was very cold, and he still held the rein in his hand, as if he had just gone there.
Who was the man driving the carriage just now?Master Fu felt cold all over his body. He looked around and realized that this place was strange and extremely quiet. It was not the way back to Fu's mansion. The children who sang nursery rhymes just now had long since disappeared. Except for the groom, the servants who followed them went nowhere. .
The blood lotus on the paper hurt people's eyes. Master Fu pushed the groom out of the cart, took the reins from his hand, and wanted to continue driving the horse, but it was too late. Dozens of □□ shot from the sky——
"Killer! Killer! Help!"
A sloppy beggar stumbled towards Shuntian Mansion, bumped on the door and knocked desperately: "Help! Help! Help——"
A small awl shot into the back of his head, the beggar instantly silenced, slipped and fell out of breath in front of the door, the yamen servant in Shuntian Mansion opened the door and wanted to curse to keep people from sleeping, but suddenly saw a dead man, his heart ached. As soon as Jing Jian raised his head, he was frightened by the people and horses in front of him.
I saw five black-clothed men riding tall horses and wearing red lotus masks, exactly the same as the strange thieves who appeared at night.
They shot the cone just now with slingshots. After the five of them succeeded, they turned around and left on horseback.
The yamen servant trembled, and when he realized his reaction, he immediately went back and called for someone: "Come, my lord! My lord! The blood lotus thief that I want to catch has appeared, my lord! Come on, my lord!"
Compared with the past, Shuntian Mansion reacted much faster this time. Jing Zhaoyin had already put on his official uniform and came out when the yamen servant called out for the third time, and immediately ordered to search for traces to arrest people.
Headhunter: "Yes, my lord."
Dozens of yamen servants filed out of Shuntian Mansion with torches held high, the movement was so loud that they almost didn't even look at it and went straight to Shen Mansion.
Many people in the capital city, which had already been sleeping peacefully, woke up with their lights on, and carefully watched the excitement through the window screens.
The yamen servants stopped in front of Shen's mansion and surrounded Shen's mansion in a tight way.
"Open the door, Shuntian Mansion investigates the case! Open the door quickly!"
The door was slammed, and Wang Muze opened the door and came out. He was not surprised to see at least three circles of yamen servants outside, and he was not surprised by such a big battle. Why did you knock on the door of my Shen residence late?"
"What's the matter, hmph, you asked the question knowingly," Jing Zhaoyin said with a majestic expression on his face, without even looking at him, "Come on, search for me! Check Shen's mansion to the bottom and get the blood lotus who escaped inside to be obedient." Get the thief out for me!"
"Yes!"
The guards stopped him immediately with sticks, and the two lives collided.
"My lord," Wang Muze took a step closer to Jing Zhaoyin, "My lord is a third-rank minister, do you have a search warrant if you want to search?"
Jing Zhaoyin threatened: "Follow the power urgently. The emperor specially ordered to track down the blood lotus monster thief. I, Shuntian Mansion, managed to find some clues. Is it possible that you want to stop it?"
"Clue? My lord saw that strange thief enter the gate of my Shen residence with his own eyes?"
Jing Zhaoyin: "It's not just that I saw it, I still have a witness, come and put it up."
A group of cowering beggars were escorted to kneel on the ground, and one of them said, "Yes, we all saw that. Those five people fled on horseback, then entered this street, and then disappeared in front of your house."
Jing Zhaoyin: "Hmph! Why do you have sophistry? No, do you want to delay and destroy the evidence? Come on, let me go in and search immediately!"
Wang Muze glanced at the group of beggars, especially at the ankles. It was obvious that they were not from the Shen residence. He waved his hand to let the guards move away, and let them go in to check.
"My lord's words really scare the little ones. Since the lord is so sure, then check it out. It's just that it's okay to find out. If you can't find anything, don't blame my lord for holding grudges." Wang Muze sneered. With a loud laugh, he ordered the servants in the mansion to find the young master and come back.
At this time, Shen Wenxuan was sitting in the Fengyue Tower. This is a place for performing arts. Although it is a decent and elegant place to listen to people talking about opera and singing, if Jiao Shihan knew that he was here, he would probably... Throw everything you sent over.
Shen Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, and drank the wine in his glass.
"...drink...drink...keep drinking." Shao Shangshu, Liu Shilang, and the six directors of the Sixth Division of the Ministry of Rites were all flushed with drunkenness, staring in bewilderment.
Liu Shilang: "My lord, you are blushing hahahahahahaha, you are drunk."
Shao Shangshu: "I'm not drunk! If you want to be drunk, you are drunk... Eh? Why do you have two heads?"
"Nonsense, you obviously grew three!"
Shen Wenxuan couldn't help turning his face away, feeling blind.
The servant from Shen's residence ran into the lobby and caught a glimpse of his young master climbing up the stairs immediately, and whispered something eagerly in his ear, Shen Wenxuan frowned, tapped the table with his fingers, and the rest of them all looked over.
Shen Wenxuan smiled and said: "There is a good show going on at Shen's house, it's so exciting, I wonder if the adults are interested in accompanying Shen to see it?"
"A play? Listen to a play? Watch... watch! Brother Shen is treating you, why don't you watch it! Let's go!"
"go!"
Several people were so drunk that they couldn't stand still, their hands and feet slipped, and they had to be half-supported and half-dragged by the servants. Shen Wenxuan lifted his feet and walked in front, in a very good mood. When they returned to Shen's mansion, the search was almost over. This group of people turned the house into a mess, and the backyard was almost dug bare, but as expected, they found nothing.
Jing Zhaoyin couldn't help sweating, this... Fu Xiaohou had clearly told him that everything had been arranged... How could this be the case?
Naturally, those five fakes were killed when they stepped into this street. They used thin steel wires that had been laid out long ago, and just cut off the neck of a person when they passed by on horseback, silently and quickly.
And the few beggars who had been dormant around their Shen mansion for a long time and wanted to bury the black clothes and blood lotus masks in the backyard of the Shen mansion were all stabbed to death, and their bodies were hidden in the neighboring Master Chu Hechu's house. , Searched the Chu family together.
"My lord, you gave Shen a big surprise in the middle of the night, but you have thought about what you want to give me?" Shen Wenxuan came out from behind the crowd with a half-smile on his face.
Jing Zhaoyin was deflated, he was at the same level as him, even if he made a mistake first, he was not afraid of his sarcasm, but he was followed by a second-rank minister, so he had to be more polite.
"It's my recklessness to investigate your lord's mansion without following the rules, but it's also due to my eagerness to handle the case. I hope your lord can understand." Jing Zhaoyin bowed his hands and made a salute, and then changed the topic, "But we all know that the blood lotus monster is a villain. Treacherous, I am afraid that it is not difficult to escape from the hands of dozens of yamen servants in this official district, and it does not exempt you from the suspicion of your lord. When you go to the court tomorrow and report the truth, your lord will not be surprised."
"What do you mean?!" Shao Shangshu stared at him and pushed him, his tongue was numb, "Do you suspect that my subordinate is having an affair with that strange thief? Heh, this is the worst thing I've heard tonight. Funny joke."
Jing Zhaoyin took a step back to avoid his hand, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I'm just investigating the case truthfully."
Shao Shangshu: "Fuck your grandma! I know you're from the second prince's side. You came here to find fault on the first day I took office as a new subordinate. Did you do it on purpose? Did you look down on our seventh prince?!"
He dared to say anything when he was drunk.
Jing Zhaoyin was visibly panicked, with a layer of sweat protruding from his forehead: "Your Excellency is serious, how could this lower official have such thoughts."
Liu Shilang also bowed in front of him: "If you have it, you will have it, the Seventh Prince is weak and weak to bully us! You are all snobbish!"
A bunch of drunks!Jing Zhaoyin was so angry that he clenched his hands, and suddenly patted the catcher next to him: "What are you still doing in a daze? The adults are all drunk, send them back home!"
"Yes... my lord."
The catcher weighed his strength and was embarrassed to think about how to do it. He suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in front of him, getting closer and closer. It was someone from the patrol battalion.
The newly appointed Battalion Commander Qi tightened his reins in front of everyone, and said anxiously: "Master He, what are you still doing here? Go to Jingxi Street quickly, something happened to the Fu family!"
Jing Zhaoyin was the first to shout: "What happened? What happened?"
"I heard that it was the blood lotus monster who did it. I don't know how Fu Houye and Fu Xiaohou are hurt. Oh, come up with me." Battalion Commander Qi pulled him onto the horse's back, clamped the horse's belly, and whipped him. walk away.
"It turned out that what happened in Jingxi Street was not my Jinshui Street," Shen Wenxuan said loudly, "I'm afraid Mr. He was fooled by this blood lotus monster."
Shao Shangshu: "yes, yes, it's a good thing, this man surnamed He is old enough to be able to wear this box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box That brat from the Fu family was so arrogant this morning—”
"My lord," Shen Wenxuan interrupted him with a smile, "You should go back to sleep."
"Huh, huh? It's okay, I'm not sleepy, I can still drink!"
"If you're not sleepy, go back and write the memorial and help me to get a copy of Mr. He, please." Shen Wenxuan turned around for him, motioned for Wang Muze to send him back to the mansion, and entered his mansion with his hands behind his back.
It is estimated that tomorrow will be another big battle.
In the Golden Luan Hall, Princess Anjun knelt on the main hall with tears on her face: "Your Majesty, please make decisions for my Lord Hou and my son. That strange thief has repeatedly caused chaos in the capital, and took my son for no reason last night." Life, my family's Lord Hou was also seriously injured. I am a woman with no virtue, no talent, and no support. I feel that the sky is about to collapse this day. I beg the emperor to uphold justice for my Fu family. …”
"Mother," the second concubine cried while protecting Princess Anjun, "Mother, you have to keep your health, mother, the Fu family needs to be presided over by the mother. If you fall, what will happen to the seriously injured father?"
The second prince: "Father, the blood lotus is something sinister and evil, and what good is the strange thief that it refers to? This matter is a warning. If the blood lotus forces are not completely eliminated, my capital will never have peace." '
Shen Wenxuan stood in the third column on the left side of the main hall, adhering to the attitude of eating melons and not being afraid of big troubles, watching with a half-smile, and glanced at the expression of the emperor above, hey, so gloomy.
Emperor Chongxin: "Qilian, how long, you two, tell me what happened last night."
Qi Lian took the lead: "Your Majesty, when the patrolling soldiers passed Jingxi Street last night, they suddenly found something wrong. In the past, Jingxi Street was remote and hardly anyone came and went, but there was a carriage parked abruptly. When I got closer, I found that it was From the Fu family, arrows were everywhere, and blood lotus pictures were scattered on the ground. Young Master Fu was pierced through the chest by a gun while sitting in the carriage. His injuries ranged from mild to severe, but they did not affect his life."
"Your majesty," Princess An Jun took out a booklet from her sleeve, "My family, my Lord Marquis told me to hand over this booklet to the emperor for inspection after waking up, and maybe we can find those pickled things." !"
Emperor Chongxin asked someone to present it, opened it and only glanced at it, his brows frown tightly.
"Ridiculous! Absolutely lawless!" Emperor Chongxin slapped the booklet on the table, furious with thunder, his brows and eyes were full of sternness, and the ministers below tightened their necks and became more respectful.
This brochure recorded the nursery rhyme Fu Hou Ye heard last night, and it also pointed out that it was sung by beggar children.
Emperor Chongxin: "How long, I heard that you caught those strange thieves last night, is it true?"
He Jiu shook his fingers, and said bravely: "Reporting to the emperor, the strange thief blatantly killed people at the gate of Shuntian Mansion last night and fled. Wei Chen led the government officials to search for the traces, and lost the trace of those people in Jinshui Street. , but I heard from the beggars on that street that they saw those strange thieves enter the Shen residence."
Shen Wenxuan: "Master He searched my mansion last night, but found nothing. Are the words of those beggars so credible to adults?"
Beggars, beggars, beggars again!Emperor Chongxin clenched his fists tightly. He knew that after the great turmoil, many people in the capital were displaced and became refugees begging for food, but he never expected that the chaos would reach this level.
Prime Minister He glanced at him, sneered in his heart, he had already written a letter stating that the number of vagrants in the capital was at least twice as many, and if he didn’t arrange it as soon as possible, something would happen sooner or later. As a result, the emperor was busy inviting monks from Xiangguo Temple to chant and pray Who is willing to give money to help the people, so that people can take advantage of this group of people to do things, who is to blame.
The second prince: "Father, there is no reason for anything. Since someone saw those strange thieves entering Shen's mansion, although no conclusive evidence was found in the mansion, it at least proves that Shen Wenxuan was somewhat involved with those strange thieves. Thoroughly investigate Shen Wenxuan."
Shao Youli: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with you. Before the accident happened last night, Mr. Shen and this minister had been together. They had no chance to do anything, and they had no motive to cut off the Fu family. And Mr. He trespassed without a search warrant. The search of Mr. Shen's mansion has no clue, so it is inevitable that people will suspect that someone is deliberately targeting."
He Jiu: "I'm just eager to handle the case, not as nasty as Master Shao thought."
Shao Youli: "If you were really diligent in handling the case and seeking truth from facts, you wouldn't allude to the Shen family without evidence."
The second prince glared at him: "Shao Shangshu, he is your subordinate, you naturally protect—"
"I'm afraid it's not just a matter of subordinates. I'm from the lineage of the seventh prince, and you are the second prince, so naturally you bother to suppress me." Shen Wenxuan looked at him and smiled, lightly pointing out the dispute between the two factions in the Ming Dynasty Hall.
Second Prince: "You—"
"That's enough!" Emperor Chongxin slapped the table violently, and the hall was silent.
The second prince desperately wanted to put a pot of shit on the Shen family's head, which made Emperor Chongxin believe that the Shen family was innocent, and at the same time he hated the struggle for the heir apparent even more. He also sat on the dragon chair, and no one was allowed to move around!
After a long while, Emperor Chongxin said in a deep voice: "Second brother, I see that you are passionately expressing your feelings today, and you have the intention of reprimanding Fang Qiu. It can be seen that you really want to participate in the government, so I will spare you six months of grounding and allow you to go to the court every day." towards."
The second prince was overjoyed, and before thanking him, he heard Emperor Chongxin continue: "Old Seven, take a few steps forward."
"The five prefectures in the Southwest were severely damaged, people were devastated, and the common people were in dire straits. The Ministry of Household Affairs has prepared the relief money. You will be the imperial envoy to appease the Southwest for me."
The Seventh Prince was stunned, and took the emperor's imperial decree to seal the jade seal in a daze.The second prince wanted to go crazy with jealousy, but Prime Minister He grabbed his hand and pressed him down when he wanted to refute.
Let the second prince participate in the government because the Fu family suffered heavy losses, and compensated the second prince's lineage, and let the fat difference of disaster relief fall on the seventh prince who came to court for the first time. The essence is to support the seventh prince. If he does well this time , you can gain a foothold in the court.
Shen Wenxuan glanced at him. Although the emperor didn't like factionalism, he did a lot of checks and balances. If he really wanted to have a peaceful court, he could push down the seventh prince and concentrate on training the second prince.
Princess Anjun's voice was hoarse: "Your Majesty, my Fu family's enmity... Your Majesty—"
"I know," Emperor Chongxin stood up from the dragon chair, "Qi Lian, the commander of the patrol battalion, let you thoroughly investigate the blood lotus thieves, and at the same time eliminate all beggars in the capital, not a single one will be left behind!"
Clean up - or chase or kill.
Qi Lian clenched his hands tightly, answering in a low voice.
After all, Fu Yanrui grew up under the pampering of Emperor Chongxin, and Lord Fu Hou was a pure minister for more than ten years. Emperor Chongxin couldn't bear to see Princess An's haggard face, and said slowly: "Stop Yanrui's body. In the Temple of Heaven for two days, accept the baptism of the holy monk, and Fu Houye will not go to court until he recovers from his injuries, and I will send an imperial doctor to watch him every day."
Princess Anjun closed her eyes and was extremely disappointed, but she still held on and said: "...Thank you, Your Majesty."
next court.
Shen Wenxuan walked leisurely to the Temple of Heaven and continued to sit in meditation. The Fu family moved quickly, and Fu Yanrui's coffin was carried up soon after. Shen Wenxuan deliberately glanced at the lifeless people inside, and smiled heartlessly.
Shao Youli felt very cold, and silently moved away from the coffin. Shen Wenxuan sat next to him and said, "Thank you for your help just now, sir."
Shao Youli: "Nothing, we are all the Seventh Prince's people, so we should support each other."
Shen Wenxuan paused for a while, and tentatively said: "The Seventh Prince's disaster relief... Shen has some connections in the southwest, and maybe he can help."
"...That's not necessary," Shao Youli glanced at him, and smiled awkwardly, "The Seventh Prince's disaster relief will be assisted by people from the household department, so Lord Shen will not worry about this matter."
......What does it mean?Shen Wenxuan looked at him from the corner of his eye, and he revealed that someone in the Southwest was taking risks, but he didn't expect to get such an answer, like being poured with cold water, Shen Wenxuan withdrew his enthusiasm and shut his mouth tightly.
They can help each other when they are busy, but if it really involves interests, he and the seventh prince's natal family will eventually be two people.
At the west end of the sunset, Shen Wenxuan came out of the palace. As soon as he got into the carriage, his subordinates reported that someone had come to the mass grave—the Chi family father and son.
It was not very dark at this time, so it was impossible for Qin Mu to act now, not to mention that there were still two tomb occupants guarding the mass grave. After getting out of the place, I took Chi Ji through the half-person-high weeds and struggled to identify among the wild graves with the faint fire.
Qin Mu looked at the countless corpses that were swept up by the grass and thrown everywhere, his eyes were full of eagerness, and he didn't care at all about the disgusting stench in the mass graves.
Suddenly, Qin Mu caught a glimpse of a hand protruding from the straw mat. The calluses on it were very familiar, and next to him was the corpse of the official minister's family. Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes turned red. He lifted the mat with trembling hands, but it wasn't his husband inside.
The wind from the mass burial mound made people feel chills on their backs, and Chi Ji bravely lifted up the straw mats around him, but he didn't see the familiar face after walking around.
The two looked at each other in surprise, and the next second they were startled by the sudden voice.
"Chi Ji's body isn't here, I put it in another place." Shen Wenxuan had been standing outside looking at it for a long time, and suddenly said.
Qin Mu stood up and protected Chi Ji behind him. Suddenly a person popped out of such a special place and anyone would feel weird and frightened. Qin Mu's fingertips were trembling, but he still dared to ask: "Who are you? Are you a human or a ghost?"
Wang Muze raised the lantern and took a careful photo of the two of them: "Did you see it? There is a shadow on the ground, so it must be a person."
Qin Mu took a closer look and breathed a sigh of relief, but his vigilance was still tense.
"I sent the person who picked you up from the suburban house," Shen Wenxuan said, "I only wanted you for one thing. I want what Chi Ji left behind. If you hand it in, I will tell you about Chi Ji's body." where."
It was something they saved their lives. If they really handed it over, how many days could they live for?And what is the relationship between this man and his husband?And how did they know that they were coming to find Chi Ji's body tonight?
Qin Mu sized him up a few times: "Are you afraid that you belong to the queen?"
"No," Shen Wenxuan denied, "You don't need to know who I am, that's not important, you just need to know that I want what you have to bring down the queen, and you must also know that your husband is not the mastermind of the trouble in the Southwest, queen How does it feel in your heart to abandon your husband after using him?"
Qin Mu was silent for a moment, he was undoubtedly sad that Chi Ji went crazy to this point because of other women, but since the person is dead, this sadness has become a void that can never be filled, and sometimes the pain is also empty.
"You don't need to provoke me, and I don't know what you're talking about. Either you let us go, or you decide to kill us both here." He said softly, holding Chi Ji's hand tightly. Simple, I am afraid that there are many people secretly prepared here in the middle of the night. They are weak and small.
Although he attached great importance to Chi Ji's body and wanted him to die in peace, it was not as good as the lives of the two of them. As long as the letter was not handed in for a day, their hope of surviving was the greatest.
Shen Wenxuan turned his wrist a little, he didn't want to kill anyone tonight, so he took out a glazed bead from his sleeve and threw it over: "I'll give you time and opportunity, after you think it over, you can come to Shen's mansion to find me. When you have enough ability, you will not want revenge."
"Also, I put Chi Ji's body in Yizhuang." After he finished speaking, he turned and left. The smell of the mass grave made his nose uncomfortable.
Chi Ji waited for him to walk a few steps before picking up the beads on the ground, and when he turned his head to meet Qin Mu's eyes, a little light could not be ignored in the depths of his pupils.
Shen Wenxuan walked down the mountain with his hands behind his back, looked up at the star-studded night sky for a while, and saw Qin Mu groping around the grave, he suddenly remembered the place where Ajiao rescued him from the river and rushed to Ge Zhengzhuo When I was in the Yamen, was she also so afraid and determined?
"Qing'er, why don't you go to sleep?" The queen mother approved a piece of clothing and came out of the inner room, only to find Jiao Shihan still scribbling something to a Bodhisattva statue in the compartment.
Looking closer, it turned out to be someone's portrait, and Jiao Shihan was coloring it bit by bit.
"Grandmother, did I disturb you?" Jiao Shihan smiled shyly. He heard that making a portrait of his sweetheart in front of the Bodhisattva proved that sincerity can keep him safe, and he couldn't stop drawing it.
"No," the Queen Mother gave him a teasing look, and put the clothes on his shoulders on him, "Qing'er misses him?"
Jiao Shihan twirled the pen with her hand, and nodded her head seemingly.
The Queen Mother laughed: "I remember that the Qiang delegation is coming soon. They like hunting. To show the hospitality in the palace, they may go to the imperial forest to compete with the Qiang people. Do Qing'er want to go?"
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The beggars who had finished receiving the porridge squatted in the corner and drank the porridge quietly together in threes and twos. They looked calm, but they vaguely drew camps with each other, and their eyes were more or less glanced at the entrance of Shen's residence.
Wang Muze came out from the mansion and ordered his servants to light up the lantern at the door. He turned his hands and glanced at the person in the opposite alley with a blue cloth around his ankle. He tapped his toes on the ground. The person agreed and drank the porridge in his hand. He got up and took the beggars with him into the alley.
Storm is coming.
Shen Wenxuan finished his meditation with the ministers and was about to go down to the Temple of Heaven. Shao Youli, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed over to block him, and said with a smile, "Master Shen, on the first day of the new official's tenure, don't we invite our colleagues to join us?" To drink?"
Another servant of the Ministry of Rituals echoed: "That's right, Master Shen, although meat and fish are not allowed during the memorial ceremony, it is still beautiful for us to drink some sake and have some simple and elegant snacks. Don't refuse, Your Excellency."
"My lord, you will have to spend a lot tonight."
Shen Wenxuan laughed: "Since everyone has this intention, how dare Shen Mou care about the cost or not, let's go, it happens that Shen Mou has a lot of time tonight, we are going to Qingyazhai, Lexianju, and Fengyuelou Once."
Liu Shilang: "Okay, my lord is refreshing."
Shen Wenxuan went out of the palace with them, and when his eyes touched Fu Yanrui who was walking far ahead, there was both excitement and treachery in the depths of his eyes.
Fu Houye and his son returned home in the same carriage. It was inconvenient for him to talk in the busy place in the palace, but now in the private place where only the two of them get along, he finally couldn't hold back: "Yan Rui, Zhen Er married The second prince's mansion is the emperor's will, you and I can't refute it, we can only do our best to back it up, in the end, misfortune and fortune will depend on the fate of the individual.
"But before she married, I told you that no matter what, our Fu family can't participate in the battle for the succession. We just want to be a pure minister wholeheartedly. You deserved well at that time, but today it's the opposite. Follow the path, and push my Fu family into the abyss with one move—"
"Father is serious," Fu Yanrui interrupted him, stroking the jade pendant around his waist with his fingers anxiously, "I believe the second prince will be the one to reach the top. You can see the situation in the court more clearly than I do. The fourth prince and concubine Xi are already out. The ministers who supported them before either defected or were slowly replaced, and the situation was one-sided, if not for the fact that the emperor is suppressing the second prince and not allowing him to participate in the government, the position of the crown prince has already been determined."
Lord Fu: "I see it more clearly than you! The situation in this court is changing rapidly. Unless you are on the throne, there is no foregone conclusion! The emperor's attitude is obviously that he wants people to support the seventh prince. Concubine An, the mother concubine, will be named Concubine An, who is more respected than the original Concubine Xi, not to mention that the emperor is in his prime, how can you be so clear about the next ten years?!"
Fu Yanrui's eyes met him: "I've made up my mind, what's the use of father saying these things now?! Conglong Zhigong, did father really never think about it?"
Fu Houye was silent for a moment, he noticed his restless fingers with a glance, and asked with a deep breath: "Yanrui, knowing son is better than father, you have changed so abnormally, you must have something to hide from me."
Fu Yanrui turned his head: "No, father is too worried."
"A year ago your mother lied to me that you admired the four great sages of Langya Mountain and went to Beijing to study, but I wrote a letter and got that you had never been to Langya Mountain. How do you explain this? It has been more than half a year since you left Beijing. What exactly did you do? Also, if you really support the second prince, you don't have to stand up for him because of a little rite minister. When you were sitting in meditation, you looked at Shen Wenxuan's eyes even more wrongly. What are you hiding from me? Today If you don’t tell me, don’t blame me for investigating.”
Fu Yanrui squeezed the jade pendant in his hand tightly, until the veins on the back of his hand bulged, and said with a stiff neck: "You really want to know? Well, let me tell you, I support the second prince only because the queen can help me get rid of Shen Wenxuan. The Fu family has a good relationship with Jing Zhaoyin, and the queen has her own contacts, so tonight she will put Xuelian's name on the Shen family, and use the emperor's hand to punish him."
Fu Houye was so shocked that he lost his voice, and he had to react for a long time before asking: "...Why?"
Fu Yanrui: "It's all my father's fault! If you had agreed to me to go to Ning's family to propose marriage earlier, I wouldn't be able to do this!"
"You—" Master Fu was so angry that he became dizzy, "What's the matter with the Ning family?"
Fu Yanrui held back the anger in his heart and did not answer, but the carriage stopped suddenly.
"Killing loyal ministers, beheading good generals, the No. 1 emperor of the dynasty, Chi Jiaruo, He Jiayin, Fu's lackeys, who is to be pitied."
"Hahahahahaha, kill loyal ministers, behead good generals, the No.1 emperor of the dynasty, the Chi family is ruthless, the He family is yin, and Fu's lackeys are pathetic!"
Master Fu frowned, opened the curtain of the car and came out to see a group of masked beggar children singing nursery rhymes, with sugar figurines in their hands, laughing and running past the carriage.
"Stop," Master Fu shouted, "Who taught you to sing this? This is treason—"
Before he finished speaking, he saw many pieces of paper scattered from the sky, like paper money floating down under the night sky, Fu Houye was even more surprised, caught one and turned it over, it was blood lotus.
"Father?" Fu Yanrui asked suspiciously, he opened the curtain and was about to come out, but Master Fu pushed him back: "Don't come out, go back and stay well!"
"Get out of here, groom," Fu Houye ordered, feeling more and more uneasy, but he didn't see the groom's response for a long time, so Fu Houye couldn't help pushing him, but he saw that the man fell down limply, obviously dead, his limbs It was very cold, and he still held the rein in his hand, as if he had just gone there.
Who was the man driving the carriage just now?Master Fu felt cold all over his body. He looked around and realized that this place was strange and extremely quiet. It was not the way back to Fu's mansion. The children who sang nursery rhymes just now had long since disappeared. Except for the groom, the servants who followed them went nowhere. .
The blood lotus on the paper hurt people's eyes. Master Fu pushed the groom out of the cart, took the reins from his hand, and wanted to continue driving the horse, but it was too late. Dozens of □□ shot from the sky——
"Killer! Killer! Help!"
A sloppy beggar stumbled towards Shuntian Mansion, bumped on the door and knocked desperately: "Help! Help! Help——"
A small awl shot into the back of his head, the beggar instantly silenced, slipped and fell out of breath in front of the door, the yamen servant in Shuntian Mansion opened the door and wanted to curse to keep people from sleeping, but suddenly saw a dead man, his heart ached. As soon as Jing Jian raised his head, he was frightened by the people and horses in front of him.
I saw five black-clothed men riding tall horses and wearing red lotus masks, exactly the same as the strange thieves who appeared at night.
They shot the cone just now with slingshots. After the five of them succeeded, they turned around and left on horseback.
The yamen servant trembled, and when he realized his reaction, he immediately went back and called for someone: "Come, my lord! My lord! The blood lotus thief that I want to catch has appeared, my lord! Come on, my lord!"
Compared with the past, Shuntian Mansion reacted much faster this time. Jing Zhaoyin had already put on his official uniform and came out when the yamen servant called out for the third time, and immediately ordered to search for traces to arrest people.
Headhunter: "Yes, my lord."
Dozens of yamen servants filed out of Shuntian Mansion with torches held high, the movement was so loud that they almost didn't even look at it and went straight to Shen Mansion.
Many people in the capital city, which had already been sleeping peacefully, woke up with their lights on, and carefully watched the excitement through the window screens.
The yamen servants stopped in front of Shen's mansion and surrounded Shen's mansion in a tight way.
"Open the door, Shuntian Mansion investigates the case! Open the door quickly!"
The door was slammed, and Wang Muze opened the door and came out. He was not surprised to see at least three circles of yamen servants outside, and he was not surprised by such a big battle. Why did you knock on the door of my Shen residence late?"
"What's the matter, hmph, you asked the question knowingly," Jing Zhaoyin said with a majestic expression on his face, without even looking at him, "Come on, search for me! Check Shen's mansion to the bottom and get the blood lotus who escaped inside to be obedient." Get the thief out for me!"
"Yes!"
The guards stopped him immediately with sticks, and the two lives collided.
"My lord," Wang Muze took a step closer to Jing Zhaoyin, "My lord is a third-rank minister, do you have a search warrant if you want to search?"
Jing Zhaoyin threatened: "Follow the power urgently. The emperor specially ordered to track down the blood lotus monster thief. I, Shuntian Mansion, managed to find some clues. Is it possible that you want to stop it?"
"Clue? My lord saw that strange thief enter the gate of my Shen residence with his own eyes?"
Jing Zhaoyin: "It's not just that I saw it, I still have a witness, come and put it up."
A group of cowering beggars were escorted to kneel on the ground, and one of them said, "Yes, we all saw that. Those five people fled on horseback, then entered this street, and then disappeared in front of your house."
Jing Zhaoyin: "Hmph! Why do you have sophistry? No, do you want to delay and destroy the evidence? Come on, let me go in and search immediately!"
Wang Muze glanced at the group of beggars, especially at the ankles. It was obvious that they were not from the Shen residence. He waved his hand to let the guards move away, and let them go in to check.
"My lord's words really scare the little ones. Since the lord is so sure, then check it out. It's just that it's okay to find out. If you can't find anything, don't blame my lord for holding grudges." Wang Muze sneered. With a loud laugh, he ordered the servants in the mansion to find the young master and come back.
At this time, Shen Wenxuan was sitting in the Fengyue Tower. This is a place for performing arts. Although it is a decent and elegant place to listen to people talking about opera and singing, if Jiao Shihan knew that he was here, he would probably... Throw everything you sent over.
Shen Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, and drank the wine in his glass.
"...drink...drink...keep drinking." Shao Shangshu, Liu Shilang, and the six directors of the Sixth Division of the Ministry of Rites were all flushed with drunkenness, staring in bewilderment.
Liu Shilang: "My lord, you are blushing hahahahahahaha, you are drunk."
Shao Shangshu: "I'm not drunk! If you want to be drunk, you are drunk... Eh? Why do you have two heads?"
"Nonsense, you obviously grew three!"
Shen Wenxuan couldn't help turning his face away, feeling blind.
The servant from Shen's residence ran into the lobby and caught a glimpse of his young master climbing up the stairs immediately, and whispered something eagerly in his ear, Shen Wenxuan frowned, tapped the table with his fingers, and the rest of them all looked over.
Shen Wenxuan smiled and said: "There is a good show going on at Shen's house, it's so exciting, I wonder if the adults are interested in accompanying Shen to see it?"
"A play? Listen to a play? Watch... watch! Brother Shen is treating you, why don't you watch it! Let's go!"
"go!"
Several people were so drunk that they couldn't stand still, their hands and feet slipped, and they had to be half-supported and half-dragged by the servants. Shen Wenxuan lifted his feet and walked in front, in a very good mood. When they returned to Shen's mansion, the search was almost over. This group of people turned the house into a mess, and the backyard was almost dug bare, but as expected, they found nothing.
Jing Zhaoyin couldn't help sweating, this... Fu Xiaohou had clearly told him that everything had been arranged... How could this be the case?
Naturally, those five fakes were killed when they stepped into this street. They used thin steel wires that had been laid out long ago, and just cut off the neck of a person when they passed by on horseback, silently and quickly.
And the few beggars who had been dormant around their Shen mansion for a long time and wanted to bury the black clothes and blood lotus masks in the backyard of the Shen mansion were all stabbed to death, and their bodies were hidden in the neighboring Master Chu Hechu's house. , Searched the Chu family together.
"My lord, you gave Shen a big surprise in the middle of the night, but you have thought about what you want to give me?" Shen Wenxuan came out from behind the crowd with a half-smile on his face.
Jing Zhaoyin was deflated, he was at the same level as him, even if he made a mistake first, he was not afraid of his sarcasm, but he was followed by a second-rank minister, so he had to be more polite.
"It's my recklessness to investigate your lord's mansion without following the rules, but it's also due to my eagerness to handle the case. I hope your lord can understand." Jing Zhaoyin bowed his hands and made a salute, and then changed the topic, "But we all know that the blood lotus monster is a villain. Treacherous, I am afraid that it is not difficult to escape from the hands of dozens of yamen servants in this official district, and it does not exempt you from the suspicion of your lord. When you go to the court tomorrow and report the truth, your lord will not be surprised."
"What do you mean?!" Shao Shangshu stared at him and pushed him, his tongue was numb, "Do you suspect that my subordinate is having an affair with that strange thief? Heh, this is the worst thing I've heard tonight. Funny joke."
Jing Zhaoyin took a step back to avoid his hand, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I'm just investigating the case truthfully."
Shao Shangshu: "Fuck your grandma! I know you're from the second prince's side. You came here to find fault on the first day I took office as a new subordinate. Did you do it on purpose? Did you look down on our seventh prince?!"
He dared to say anything when he was drunk.
Jing Zhaoyin was visibly panicked, with a layer of sweat protruding from his forehead: "Your Excellency is serious, how could this lower official have such thoughts."
Liu Shilang also bowed in front of him: "If you have it, you will have it, the Seventh Prince is weak and weak to bully us! You are all snobbish!"
A bunch of drunks!Jing Zhaoyin was so angry that he clenched his hands, and suddenly patted the catcher next to him: "What are you still doing in a daze? The adults are all drunk, send them back home!"
"Yes... my lord."
The catcher weighed his strength and was embarrassed to think about how to do it. He suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in front of him, getting closer and closer. It was someone from the patrol battalion.
The newly appointed Battalion Commander Qi tightened his reins in front of everyone, and said anxiously: "Master He, what are you still doing here? Go to Jingxi Street quickly, something happened to the Fu family!"
Jing Zhaoyin was the first to shout: "What happened? What happened?"
"I heard that it was the blood lotus monster who did it. I don't know how Fu Houye and Fu Xiaohou are hurt. Oh, come up with me." Battalion Commander Qi pulled him onto the horse's back, clamped the horse's belly, and whipped him. walk away.
"It turned out that what happened in Jingxi Street was not my Jinshui Street," Shen Wenxuan said loudly, "I'm afraid Mr. He was fooled by this blood lotus monster."
Shao Shangshu: "yes, yes, it's a good thing, this man surnamed He is old enough to be able to wear this box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box box That brat from the Fu family was so arrogant this morning—”
"My lord," Shen Wenxuan interrupted him with a smile, "You should go back to sleep."
"Huh, huh? It's okay, I'm not sleepy, I can still drink!"
"If you're not sleepy, go back and write the memorial and help me to get a copy of Mr. He, please." Shen Wenxuan turned around for him, motioned for Wang Muze to send him back to the mansion, and entered his mansion with his hands behind his back.
It is estimated that tomorrow will be another big battle.
In the Golden Luan Hall, Princess Anjun knelt on the main hall with tears on her face: "Your Majesty, please make decisions for my Lord Hou and my son. That strange thief has repeatedly caused chaos in the capital, and took my son for no reason last night." Life, my family's Lord Hou was also seriously injured. I am a woman with no virtue, no talent, and no support. I feel that the sky is about to collapse this day. I beg the emperor to uphold justice for my Fu family. …”
"Mother," the second concubine cried while protecting Princess Anjun, "Mother, you have to keep your health, mother, the Fu family needs to be presided over by the mother. If you fall, what will happen to the seriously injured father?"
The second prince: "Father, the blood lotus is something sinister and evil, and what good is the strange thief that it refers to? This matter is a warning. If the blood lotus forces are not completely eliminated, my capital will never have peace." '
Shen Wenxuan stood in the third column on the left side of the main hall, adhering to the attitude of eating melons and not being afraid of big troubles, watching with a half-smile, and glanced at the expression of the emperor above, hey, so gloomy.
Emperor Chongxin: "Qilian, how long, you two, tell me what happened last night."
Qi Lian took the lead: "Your Majesty, when the patrolling soldiers passed Jingxi Street last night, they suddenly found something wrong. In the past, Jingxi Street was remote and hardly anyone came and went, but there was a carriage parked abruptly. When I got closer, I found that it was From the Fu family, arrows were everywhere, and blood lotus pictures were scattered on the ground. Young Master Fu was pierced through the chest by a gun while sitting in the carriage. His injuries ranged from mild to severe, but they did not affect his life."
"Your majesty," Princess An Jun took out a booklet from her sleeve, "My family, my Lord Marquis told me to hand over this booklet to the emperor for inspection after waking up, and maybe we can find those pickled things." !"
Emperor Chongxin asked someone to present it, opened it and only glanced at it, his brows frown tightly.
"Ridiculous! Absolutely lawless!" Emperor Chongxin slapped the booklet on the table, furious with thunder, his brows and eyes were full of sternness, and the ministers below tightened their necks and became more respectful.
This brochure recorded the nursery rhyme Fu Hou Ye heard last night, and it also pointed out that it was sung by beggar children.
Emperor Chongxin: "How long, I heard that you caught those strange thieves last night, is it true?"
He Jiu shook his fingers, and said bravely: "Reporting to the emperor, the strange thief blatantly killed people at the gate of Shuntian Mansion last night and fled. Wei Chen led the government officials to search for the traces, and lost the trace of those people in Jinshui Street. , but I heard from the beggars on that street that they saw those strange thieves enter the Shen residence."
Shen Wenxuan: "Master He searched my mansion last night, but found nothing. Are the words of those beggars so credible to adults?"
Beggars, beggars, beggars again!Emperor Chongxin clenched his fists tightly. He knew that after the great turmoil, many people in the capital were displaced and became refugees begging for food, but he never expected that the chaos would reach this level.
Prime Minister He glanced at him, sneered in his heart, he had already written a letter stating that the number of vagrants in the capital was at least twice as many, and if he didn’t arrange it as soon as possible, something would happen sooner or later. As a result, the emperor was busy inviting monks from Xiangguo Temple to chant and pray Who is willing to give money to help the people, so that people can take advantage of this group of people to do things, who is to blame.
The second prince: "Father, there is no reason for anything. Since someone saw those strange thieves entering Shen's mansion, although no conclusive evidence was found in the mansion, it at least proves that Shen Wenxuan was somewhat involved with those strange thieves. Thoroughly investigate Shen Wenxuan."
Shao Youli: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with you. Before the accident happened last night, Mr. Shen and this minister had been together. They had no chance to do anything, and they had no motive to cut off the Fu family. And Mr. He trespassed without a search warrant. The search of Mr. Shen's mansion has no clue, so it is inevitable that people will suspect that someone is deliberately targeting."
He Jiu: "I'm just eager to handle the case, not as nasty as Master Shao thought."
Shao Youli: "If you were really diligent in handling the case and seeking truth from facts, you wouldn't allude to the Shen family without evidence."
The second prince glared at him: "Shao Shangshu, he is your subordinate, you naturally protect—"
"I'm afraid it's not just a matter of subordinates. I'm from the lineage of the seventh prince, and you are the second prince, so naturally you bother to suppress me." Shen Wenxuan looked at him and smiled, lightly pointing out the dispute between the two factions in the Ming Dynasty Hall.
Second Prince: "You—"
"That's enough!" Emperor Chongxin slapped the table violently, and the hall was silent.
The second prince desperately wanted to put a pot of shit on the Shen family's head, which made Emperor Chongxin believe that the Shen family was innocent, and at the same time he hated the struggle for the heir apparent even more. He also sat on the dragon chair, and no one was allowed to move around!
After a long while, Emperor Chongxin said in a deep voice: "Second brother, I see that you are passionately expressing your feelings today, and you have the intention of reprimanding Fang Qiu. It can be seen that you really want to participate in the government, so I will spare you six months of grounding and allow you to go to the court every day." towards."
The second prince was overjoyed, and before thanking him, he heard Emperor Chongxin continue: "Old Seven, take a few steps forward."
"The five prefectures in the Southwest were severely damaged, people were devastated, and the common people were in dire straits. The Ministry of Household Affairs has prepared the relief money. You will be the imperial envoy to appease the Southwest for me."
The Seventh Prince was stunned, and took the emperor's imperial decree to seal the jade seal in a daze.The second prince wanted to go crazy with jealousy, but Prime Minister He grabbed his hand and pressed him down when he wanted to refute.
Let the second prince participate in the government because the Fu family suffered heavy losses, and compensated the second prince's lineage, and let the fat difference of disaster relief fall on the seventh prince who came to court for the first time. The essence is to support the seventh prince. If he does well this time , you can gain a foothold in the court.
Shen Wenxuan glanced at him. Although the emperor didn't like factionalism, he did a lot of checks and balances. If he really wanted to have a peaceful court, he could push down the seventh prince and concentrate on training the second prince.
Princess Anjun's voice was hoarse: "Your Majesty, my Fu family's enmity... Your Majesty—"
"I know," Emperor Chongxin stood up from the dragon chair, "Qi Lian, the commander of the patrol battalion, let you thoroughly investigate the blood lotus thieves, and at the same time eliminate all beggars in the capital, not a single one will be left behind!"
Clean up - or chase or kill.
Qi Lian clenched his hands tightly, answering in a low voice.
After all, Fu Yanrui grew up under the pampering of Emperor Chongxin, and Lord Fu Hou was a pure minister for more than ten years. Emperor Chongxin couldn't bear to see Princess An's haggard face, and said slowly: "Stop Yanrui's body. In the Temple of Heaven for two days, accept the baptism of the holy monk, and Fu Houye will not go to court until he recovers from his injuries, and I will send an imperial doctor to watch him every day."
Princess Anjun closed her eyes and was extremely disappointed, but she still held on and said: "...Thank you, Your Majesty."
next court.
Shen Wenxuan walked leisurely to the Temple of Heaven and continued to sit in meditation. The Fu family moved quickly, and Fu Yanrui's coffin was carried up soon after. Shen Wenxuan deliberately glanced at the lifeless people inside, and smiled heartlessly.
Shao Youli felt very cold, and silently moved away from the coffin. Shen Wenxuan sat next to him and said, "Thank you for your help just now, sir."
Shao Youli: "Nothing, we are all the Seventh Prince's people, so we should support each other."
Shen Wenxuan paused for a while, and tentatively said: "The Seventh Prince's disaster relief... Shen has some connections in the southwest, and maybe he can help."
"...That's not necessary," Shao Youli glanced at him, and smiled awkwardly, "The Seventh Prince's disaster relief will be assisted by people from the household department, so Lord Shen will not worry about this matter."
......What does it mean?Shen Wenxuan looked at him from the corner of his eye, and he revealed that someone in the Southwest was taking risks, but he didn't expect to get such an answer, like being poured with cold water, Shen Wenxuan withdrew his enthusiasm and shut his mouth tightly.
They can help each other when they are busy, but if it really involves interests, he and the seventh prince's natal family will eventually be two people.
At the west end of the sunset, Shen Wenxuan came out of the palace. As soon as he got into the carriage, his subordinates reported that someone had come to the mass grave—the Chi family father and son.
It was not very dark at this time, so it was impossible for Qin Mu to act now, not to mention that there were still two tomb occupants guarding the mass grave. After getting out of the place, I took Chi Ji through the half-person-high weeds and struggled to identify among the wild graves with the faint fire.
Qin Mu looked at the countless corpses that were swept up by the grass and thrown everywhere, his eyes were full of eagerness, and he didn't care at all about the disgusting stench in the mass graves.
Suddenly, Qin Mu caught a glimpse of a hand protruding from the straw mat. The calluses on it were very familiar, and next to him was the corpse of the official minister's family. Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes turned red. He lifted the mat with trembling hands, but it wasn't his husband inside.
The wind from the mass burial mound made people feel chills on their backs, and Chi Ji bravely lifted up the straw mats around him, but he didn't see the familiar face after walking around.
The two looked at each other in surprise, and the next second they were startled by the sudden voice.
"Chi Ji's body isn't here, I put it in another place." Shen Wenxuan had been standing outside looking at it for a long time, and suddenly said.
Qin Mu stood up and protected Chi Ji behind him. Suddenly a person popped out of such a special place and anyone would feel weird and frightened. Qin Mu's fingertips were trembling, but he still dared to ask: "Who are you? Are you a human or a ghost?"
Wang Muze raised the lantern and took a careful photo of the two of them: "Did you see it? There is a shadow on the ground, so it must be a person."
Qin Mu took a closer look and breathed a sigh of relief, but his vigilance was still tense.
"I sent the person who picked you up from the suburban house," Shen Wenxuan said, "I only wanted you for one thing. I want what Chi Ji left behind. If you hand it in, I will tell you about Chi Ji's body." where."
It was something they saved their lives. If they really handed it over, how many days could they live for?And what is the relationship between this man and his husband?And how did they know that they were coming to find Chi Ji's body tonight?
Qin Mu sized him up a few times: "Are you afraid that you belong to the queen?"
"No," Shen Wenxuan denied, "You don't need to know who I am, that's not important, you just need to know that I want what you have to bring down the queen, and you must also know that your husband is not the mastermind of the trouble in the Southwest, queen How does it feel in your heart to abandon your husband after using him?"
Qin Mu was silent for a moment, he was undoubtedly sad that Chi Ji went crazy to this point because of other women, but since the person is dead, this sadness has become a void that can never be filled, and sometimes the pain is also empty.
"You don't need to provoke me, and I don't know what you're talking about. Either you let us go, or you decide to kill us both here." He said softly, holding Chi Ji's hand tightly. Simple, I am afraid that there are many people secretly prepared here in the middle of the night. They are weak and small.
Although he attached great importance to Chi Ji's body and wanted him to die in peace, it was not as good as the lives of the two of them. As long as the letter was not handed in for a day, their hope of surviving was the greatest.
Shen Wenxuan turned his wrist a little, he didn't want to kill anyone tonight, so he took out a glazed bead from his sleeve and threw it over: "I'll give you time and opportunity, after you think it over, you can come to Shen's mansion to find me. When you have enough ability, you will not want revenge."
"Also, I put Chi Ji's body in Yizhuang." After he finished speaking, he turned and left. The smell of the mass grave made his nose uncomfortable.
Chi Ji waited for him to walk a few steps before picking up the beads on the ground, and when he turned his head to meet Qin Mu's eyes, a little light could not be ignored in the depths of his pupils.
Shen Wenxuan walked down the mountain with his hands behind his back, looked up at the star-studded night sky for a while, and saw Qin Mu groping around the grave, he suddenly remembered the place where Ajiao rescued him from the river and rushed to Ge Zhengzhuo When I was in the Yamen, was she also so afraid and determined?
"Qing'er, why don't you go to sleep?" The queen mother approved a piece of clothing and came out of the inner room, only to find Jiao Shihan still scribbling something to a Bodhisattva statue in the compartment.
Looking closer, it turned out to be someone's portrait, and Jiao Shihan was coloring it bit by bit.
"Grandmother, did I disturb you?" Jiao Shihan smiled shyly. He heard that making a portrait of his sweetheart in front of the Bodhisattva proved that sincerity can keep him safe, and he couldn't stop drawing it.
"No," the Queen Mother gave him a teasing look, and put the clothes on his shoulders on him, "Qing'er misses him?"
Jiao Shihan twirled the pen with her hand, and nodded her head seemingly.
The Queen Mother laughed: "I remember that the Qiang delegation is coming soon. They like hunting. To show the hospitality in the palace, they may go to the imperial forest to compete with the Qiang people. Do Qing'er want to go?"
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Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 56 bottles of estelle; 50 bottles of afacridine; 6 bottles of bluedream;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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