Startled Meng

The old beggar mentioned in Kukou was given to Yu Fangzhi by Zhang Shaoqiu to show his sincerity.

He said it was a gift, but in fact Zhang Shaoqiu knew the language and knew what he wanted.

When Yu Fangzhi first entered Ye City last year, he bought a row of houses next to the Yan Mansion, and when he ordered his servants to clean up and down, he found an old beggar sleeping soundly by the wall. After the official, it's over if you know the language.

Later, when Yu Fangzhi returned to Jiangling, he kept an eye on Ye City's movements. He heard someone talking about the collapse of the Meng family in the market, and while sending the message to Yu Fangzhi, he searched everywhere for the person's whereabouts. .

Knowing that the man was an old beggar who had just come out of the prison, Yu Fang realized that he regretted his mistake and rushed to Ye City to arrest him.Who would have thought that the old beggar would turn into a living person, turning himself into nothing, leaving Yu Fangzhi, who had come all night, in vain.

Later, it was found that he made a deed of selling himself and hung it in Xiao's tooth shop. Yu Fang knew that he rushed away, but returned empty-handed. Only now did he know that this old beggar who looked like a loach had entered Zhang's mansion.

What the old beggar saw through the dog hole back then was very important, but it was not that easy for him to speak up. Currently, he has lost ten beggar chickens and ten drawers of steamed stuffed buns.

"Don't tell me! If you don't talk about it, I will let you eat it and spit it out!"

The old beggar was afraid, he shrank in the corner and trembled, but he was not afraid to the extreme, he howled: "You are powerful, can you still surpass the government? I, I am not afraid of you!"

Outside the firewood room, Ruku reported: "Master, he won't take hard things, and the brothers have nothing to do with him. Do you want to..."

"You can't use torture." Listening to the restlessness in the room, Yu Fangzhi twirled a broken leaf in his hand, and said, "You can't force the truth out, as long as there is someone around, grind it slowly, don't worry."

"Yes."

Ruku followed the words to know that he walked out of the house, after the noise in the house disappeared, Ruku said: "Master, there is one more thing, the matter of Prince Yin, there is a clue."

Yu Fangzhi was silent for a moment, and the broken leaf in his hand was also twisted into broken foam.

Prince Yin died after the collapse of the Meng family, and Yu Fangzhi suspected that the death of Prince Yin was not simply a royal infighting.

To know the deeper relationship between Prince Yin and the Meng family, it is necessary to find someone who is closely related to Prince Yin.

Needless to say, those who served the crown prince in the East Palace must have been dealt with cleanly. Even if there are people living, what can the servants who do chores in the palace know?It would be great if I could find the followers of the prince during his lifetime.

Yu Fang knew that it was still a step too late. When he sent someone to find out that Zhong Li, the mausoleum official, had admired the prince very much, Zhong Li had already been escorted into the palace, and Xia Changying, who had heard that he had been inseparable from the prince, had already disappeared. Without a trace, whether he is still alive is another matter.

Under these circumstances, Ruku said that something was going on, which really caught Yu Fang by surprise.

Ruku said: "My subordinates have found out that there is only one person left in the prince's personal guards, and now he is on duty in the guards department."

Yu Fangzhi smiled, "Guardian?"

It was the time when the rooster crowed, and the clerk at the bun shop rubbed his eyes and opened his steamed buns. There was no one in the small street leading to the market, and Xie Xuan, who was sitting high on his horse, swayed from side to side, as if he was extremely tired.

"Brother Xie, come up for breakfast!" Yu Fangzhi greeted.

Xie Xuan yawned and glanced at the teahouse, stunned for a moment, and said: "I said why the teahouse welcomes customers so early, this is your teahouse..."

Xie Xuan hitched his horse, took a few steps up the stairs, groped his stomach and entered the box.

"At this time, the stove in the back home has not started firing yet, so let's make it here!" Xie Xuan threw the sword to Yu Fangzhi, sat down readily, and began to feast on it.

It’s just enough, which breakfast restaurant can serve a table of jade plate delicacies?Xie Xuan wiped out most of them with the momentum of wind and clouds, he was really hungry, even Yu Fangzhi looked at him in amazement, but he didn't care anymore.

"I want the horse to run, and I want the horse not to eat grass, it seems that Brother Xie is so hungry..." Yu Fangzhi also gave him porridge.

Xie Xuan used a few drawers of steamed stuffed buns to cushion his stomach, and when he had the strength to speak, he said with a bitter face: "There is a young man in the team..." Xie Xuan broke off in the middle of speaking.

Yu Fangzhi concentrated on helping Xie Xuanbucai: "Yes! I won't listen."

Xie Xuan was chewing on other people's things, and after thinking about it, Yu Fang knew that he was not an outsider, raised his eyebrows, and said: "It's nothing! The young general in the team suddenly became a deserter, was caught and dealt with according to the law, and stayed in the middle of the night ,worn out!"

Yu Fangzhi smiled: "Oh? Could it be that Brother Xie treated him harshly?"

"How can it be?" Xie Xuan gave Yu Fangzhi a look, "There is no major event in the city that can disturb people recently!"

After finishing speaking, he was taken aback: "Indeed, the escort of Zhong Li attracted thousands of people, but Zhong Li behaved very well, so there was nothing unusual about it."

Yu Fangzhi said casually: "Not necessarily, Prince Yin's movement made people panic, maybe even in your team..."

"What does Prince Yin have to do with him—it's broken! It's really related!" Xie Xuan stood up, "Thank you for the hospitality, let's take a step ahead!"

Yu Fangzhi followed: "Take me one! I'll join in the fun too!"

Xie Xuan walked like flying, "Why are you joining in the fun? How did you get into the bodyguard department as a businessman?" Hearing two laughs, Xie Xuan looked back at Yu Fangzhi in pain and helplessness.

"Come on, you follow! Follow honestly! Don't run around!"

Xie Xuan remembered the scene when he ran into Yu Fangzhi in the palace last year. If he was not allowed to follow him, he might not know why he sneaked into the bodyguard department and wandered around. It would be better to take it with him and watch!

Knowing that Zhengchou had no chance to get close to the imperial army, Yu Fang jumped on his horse and followed Xie Xuan away.

The two of them rode horses and galloped in the street early in the morning, and the dust they raised was not small, and the passers-by covered their faces with their sleeves.

Among them is Yan Cijing.

If he didn't have something important to do, he wouldn't be in such a hurry that he wouldn't even pay attention to the people on the horse.

Yunshui Temple

Living alone in a small courtyard behind the mountain, Xia Changying was sitting under a tree holding a book of scriptures. I don't know when he started to sit, and patches of moisture fell from his shoulders.

After Jing Che finished meditating, he got up holding the beads, glanced at the mud on the soles of his shoes and the corners of his clothes, and knew that he had sneaked back to the two dilapidated houses on the mountainside again.

Jing Che felt a little helpless, no one stopped him in the temple, he was free to come and go, but he had to avoid everyone to go down the mountain, as if he was afraid of being judged by others.

Seeing the untouched food in the room, Jing Che couldn't help but said, "If you want to go on a hunger strike to achieve enlightenment and immortality, then you don't have to bother others to bring the food."

Xia Changying looked down at the book as if he didn't hear it. The scriptures hadn't been carefully turned over, and there were no creases. When they were spread out, the brand new pages would lift up, but Xia Changying didn't mind, his Eyes are slack.

He suddenly asked: "You said, is it true that he was poisoned to death?"

"What you should worry about right now is your own safety."

"My safety?" Xia Changying sneered.

His smile was very cold, more seductive than the cold pool. Jing Che stared at Xia Changying quietly, and said, "Prince Yin has an excellent reputation, and there are many discussions in the city. Most of them praise him for being peaceful and upright. No matter what the result is, the emperor will not treat Prince Yin badly, avenge the injustice, grant him the honor, and there will be no harm at all."

"How much is the fame behind you worth?" Xia Changying took a deep breath, "I want him to live..."

Xia Changying's temples were white, his head was buried on his legs, and his shoulder bones were slightly raised, which seemed to be out of shape.

Jing Che knew that the untouched meals in the house were useless to Xia Changying's recovery of energy, but he was unwilling to comfort him with the words of salvation written on the wall of the tower. Isn't the Yunshui Temple on the top of the mountain still falling into the mortal world?

There are eight hardships in life, and hiding is incomplete.

Fortunately, although you can't hide, there is a way to temporarily forget it.

Jing Che looked at the trotting figure approaching under the stone steps, and said, "Your student is here."

Yan Cijing followed a little monk leading the way from a distance, and the little monk got Jing Che's consent, whispered a few words in Xia Changying's ear, and then walked away with Jing Che.

As soon as Yan Cijing came, Xia Changying forced himself to cope and listened to him tell what happened in the palace recently.

The most important thing in the palace now is to retrieve Prince Yin's bones and find out the truth about Prince Yin's poisoning. As Xia Changying was the most important person of the prince during his lifetime, Yan Cijing's purpose of rushing here today is self-evident.

Regarding what happened in the past, Xia Changying was always reluctant to say more. When Yan Cijing was first adopted, he kept his mouth shut when such a big incident happened now. Yan Cijing only knew that he was once the prince's attendant.

At this moment, Xia Changying pretended not to know his reason for coming, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "According to your words, the emperor is slack about the case, and Fu Chun and Zhang Shaoqiu are also secretive and dare not investigate further, so you can just perfunctory and let it go." That's the best ending."

Yan Cijing didn't speak, and knelt on the wet grass without saying a word.

Xia Changying has raised him for more than ten years, how can he not know that the hand in his sleeve is clenched?

With a breath in his heart, he threw the teacup with a "boom" and cursed: "I still don't know what you think? You want to use the matter of Prince Yin to lead out the old case and reverse the case for Meng Xiao!"

Yan Ci lowered the camera pressure even lower.

This unshakable appearance made Xia Changying's eyes suddenly turn red: "Meng Xiao is a very good man! You all have to avenge him! But the lives filled in before and after are not enough? Do you still want to fill in?" ?”

Yan Cijing had never seen Xia Changying like this before, knelt down a few steps and threw himself in front of his knees to admit his mistake, but was thrown away by Xia Changying. The tip of his nose was sour, and then he poured out his unwillingness and hot tears:

"All of you are very stubborn! You don't listen to my advice! You all have great ambitions! You go forward and say you don't regret it, but you should——"

Xia Changying choked up, unable to swear a complete sentence.

"Should I also look at the people behind me..."

Xia Changying covered his face with his sleeves, weeping sadly, no matter how much Yan Cijing admitted his mistakes, he ignored him, completely immersed in the sad past.

While covering his face and sobbing, he suddenly remembered that when the young prince who swore to follow him to the death left him, he was about the same age as the young man in front of him. Is it really worth it!

Hidden in his wide sleeves, his crying was oppressive and painful. It is clear that what Prince Yin took away was not only his lofty aspirations...

Yan Cijing was at a loss, knowing that he had caused a catastrophe, confessed his mistake with red eyes, and promised not to continue the investigation three times, only then coaxed Xia Changying to calm down gradually.

"Hurry up and go back to Jiangling, Ye City absolutely cannot stay any longer."

Yan Cijing had no choice but to agree first: "Yes."

Xia Changying is a person who is full of joy and anger, but he has never cried so presumptuously. Yan Cijing was uneasy and a little scared. After agreeing to Xia Changying, he got up and left without saying anything else.

Before leaving, Xia Changying stopped him and said coldly, "You have been followed by someone when you went up the mountain twice, so be careful."

Yan Cijing paused, said yes slowly, turned and left.

The author says:

Xiao Yan was wronged, and no one wanted him to investigate the case...