Startled Meng

In the study, Mrs. He sat at the desk, restless.

First, he sipped the hot tea with his fingers up, and sighed, before the husband died, this kind of good tea was readily available, then with a bitter face, he touched the inkstone with his left hand and the brush with his right hand, and sighed, when the husband is here, this kind of fineness is so beautiful. out of sight.

Yan Cijing looked at He Shi, who looked similar to He Qian, and said, "What do you want to say to me when you sneak out?"

After hearing this, He immediately withdrew his hand, and said without hesitation: "The other day when my brother met the fugitive privately, I heard them quarreling! It was fierce! I have never seen my brother get so angry!"

Luo Sheng wanted He Qian to help him again, but He Qian refused. It's normal to get angry, and Yu Fang knew whether it was right or not: "We already know this."

He stuck for a while, then raised his index finger and said: "I heard the fugitive yell at brother! They were arguing fiercely."

"Impossible!" Yu Fangzhi interrupted her, "Luo Sheng asked General He for protection, how could he still contradict him?"

"Really!" Mrs. He stood up anxiously from the chair, "I heard what they said about understanding or not, and then there was no movement in the room."

Yan Cijing said: "Didn't you eavesdrop against the wall?"

He nodded: "How dare I? My brother is so good at it, what should I do if I was discovered? Fortunately, I didn't go to eavesdrop, or I ran into the fugitive! I stood far away, and I only heard the sound vaguely. What is the noise? , I really didn't hear clearly..."

Yan Cijing and Yu Fangzhi looked at each other.

If what He said was true, then what He Qian said was all lies, and he did not come to Luo Sheng to ask him for protection. According to what He said, the two should have reached some consensus before, but the consensus broke down and the quarrel broke out. He Qian didn't want to help Luo Sheng any more, but Luo got angry and then shot, hurting He Qian.

But Yan Cijing didn't fully believe what she said.

"What you said may put your brother in a disadvantageous situation. In that case, why did you say it?"

"Brother?" He smiled contemptuously, "What brother, I'm just a concubine he hasn't seen a few times. If he really regarded me as a relative, how could he just watch my husband be convicted and executed?"

Yu Fang knew: "Because of ignoring the Jiangling disaster, your husband's crime is not wronged. As for pleading, as far as I know, General He went to Xinye City to ask for your husband's forgiveness, but it was unsuccessful."

"If he doesn't succeed, it means that he is not sincere in helping me!" He yelled, "Otherwise, why would other people be released, and only my husband is going to die?"

After He finished venting, he lowered his head Nuo Nuo again, lest she reveal her ignorance of He Qian's good intentions.

Yan Cijing asked Mrs. He to leave. Yufang knew that Xiao Wu had returned, so he waited in his room. Yan Cijing nodded and left the study.

Along the way, Yan Cijing didn't say much, he was thinking.

He Qian's words are full of mistakes and omissions, and He Shi's words cannot be believed completely.

Although Duan Chengkong had already confirmed that Luo Sheng did have a younger brother who died in battle, Yan Cijing didn't think that Luo Sheng would use this matter to coerce He Qian over and over again, but he couldn't figure it out. What made He Qian help Luo Sheng without hesitation.

"What is more important than hatred and conscience?"

He didn't know the language, so he just said: "Multiple investigations are more convincing than what He Qian said alone."

Outside the courtyard, Juniper waited behind the door, saw Yu Fangzhi, said hello, thought he was a guest, and said he was going to pour some hot tea.

Yan Cijing's mind was full of questions, and he said casually, "No need, close the courtyard door."

Yu Fangzhi followed Yan Cijing into the room, and said with a smile, "You're not afraid of Juniper thinking too much."

Yan Cijing was puzzled: "What do you think?"

"It's nothing." Yu Fangzhi pulled Yan Cijing to his lap and hugged him, "The chair is cold, sit on my lap."

Yan Cijing was held by him, still pondering: "Luo Sheng has been an official in Jiangling for 30 years, and General He has been there for almost that long. After so many years, is it because the friendship between colleagues is too deep?"

Yu Fangzhi replied: "No matter how deep the love of colleagues is, it can't compare to the thoughts of dead wives and children. They are not like you and me who have a private life. If you kill someone, I will protect you even if I die. of."

"Why is it talking about you and me again?" Yan Cijing's train of thought was interrupted, he turned his head to look at Yu Fangzhi, moved his hand, and found that his hand was held warmly, and he couldn't pull it open, otherwise, he I really want to caress Yu Fangzhi's affectionate eyes.

A chubby shadow hung down from the window, and Xiao Wu called out with a breathy voice: "Master! Master Yan!"

"I'll open the window." Yan Cijing stood up from Yu Fangzhi's lap, went to the window and let Xiao Wu in.

Xiao Wu, dressed in vigorous attire, turned into the house and knelt down on one knee: "This subordinate has already seen Jiang Guan."

Yu Fangzhi: "Keep talking."

"After Jiang Guan knew his subordinate's intentions, he was very wary of his subordinates at first, and he was unwilling to bring up his past as an official in Jiangling until he saw Luo Sheng's arrest warrant."

"Jiang Guan said that on the eve of his official appointment, he discovered that Luo Sheng, who had been smuggling, was smuggling grain from the warehouse, but he didn't intend to report Luo Sheng, and he wanted to remind him in private. I found a letter on the table with only one name written on it."

"Letter to Minister Wei, Wei Cheng."

The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, Xiao Wu and Yu Fangzhi looked at it at the same time, only to see Yan Cijing rushing out stepping on the fragments on the ground.

"Ci mirror!"

Yu Fangzhi followed, and said as he ran, "I grew up in Jiangling, and I didn't find out that Luo Sheng had any connection with Wei Cheng. You just arrived in Jiangling for less than a year, so it's understandable that you didn't find out! Don't be harsh. Own!"

"Luo Sheng has never left Jiangling. For so many years, based on my eyeliner in Beijing, I didn't find that Wei Cheng had a close relationship with Jiangling. Luo Sheng hid it too deeply!"

"Ci mirror!"

Yan Cijing broke into Luo Sheng's house, which had already been searched inside and out, and no one came in after the physical evidence was found.

He didn't believe that he couldn't find anything else, so he opened all the drawers, and emptied out all the things inside. They were all small things, and the things he was looking for were not here.

All the cabinets were opened, the books on the bookshelves were overturned to the ground, and even the quilt on the couch was shaken off.

Yu Fangzhi held him back, but was thrown away by him.

"Ci Jing! Listen to me," Yu Fangzhi hugged him from the front, "If you can't find it, you can't find it! If he really has a connection with Wei Cheng, the correspondence will be a clue, and he will burn it after reading it. Won't stay!"

Yan Cijing also knew that if there was one, he would have found it when he searched at the beginning. When he let go, the book in his arms fell to the ground with a clang. hold his arm.

Yu Fangzhi sat down beside the bed holding Yan Cijing.

Yan Cijing suddenly raised his face from Yu Fangzhi's arms, and said worriedly: "I mentioned Lord Meng Xiaomeng in front of Luo Sheng, did I expose myself in front of Wei Cheng?"

Those pupils trembled, like the surface of a lake wrinkled by the wind, Yan Cijing was extremely regretful, and said: "I was so close to you in Jiangling, if I were really exposed, would it hurt you? Will Wei Cheng doubt Yu Yu?" Home?"

"I was negligent!"

Yu Fangzhi held his face and said distressedly: "Jiang Guan only saw one address, so you infer that Luo Sheng is related to Wei Cheng, what if it's just a request from a colleague? Nothing happened yet, why bother to scare yourself ?”

"Besides, you mentioned Mr. Meng only because the blueprints for the construction came from Mr. Meng. That's all. Luo Sheng doesn't know your background. He can only guess that you don't know the old things. How can he suspect you for no reason?"

"Besides, everyone knows that you left for Jiangling. If Luo Sheng really has an unusual relationship with Wei Cheng, how could Wei Cheng not inform you in advance?"

Yan Cijing calmed down slowly, but he was still a little worried. He grabbed Yu Fangzhi's sleeve and shook it, "Luo Sheng never used Wei Cheng or Mr. Meng to test me. He really didn't notice me, did he? Is it?"

"Yes." Yu Fangzhi kissed Yan Cijing's eyes.

"No matter what happens, you don't have to be afraid, I will help you."

Yan Cijing nodded dully, leaned on Yu Fangzhi's shoulder to calm down, said nothing, and slowly hugged Yu Fangzhi's waist.

The strength in the waist is not small, Yu Fangzhi saw Yan Cijing's expression was in a trance, and he didn't want to let him stay in this broken house anymore, so he coaxed: "I'll take you out, okay?"

Yan Cijing said "um", but didn't let go, Yu Fangzhi let him go, hooked his legs and hugged him horizontally, letting him wrap his arms around his neck.

Yu Fangzhi has always been strict with his speech, which can be said to be an easy task, but this time he stood up and just took a step, his body tilted, as if he was unable to stand steadily.

Yan Cijing looked up from Yu Fangzhi's shoulder, and said in a daze, "I'm heavy?"

"No." Yu Fangzhi crushed the loose floor tiles under his feet.

Yan Cijing got down from his arms, squatted on the ground, carefully pushed aside the broken bricks with his hands, wiped away a layer of dust, and pulled out a dozen letters buried in the ground.

The author says:

Yan, I am getting more and more squeamish, and I don’t like walking by myself