Startled Meng

The two of them were walking towards the side hall according to what the messenger had said. Along the way, they could only hear the sound of leaves being beaten by the breeze through the forest, and none of the maids and eunuchs were seen.

Yu Fangzhi followed behind Yan Cijing: "Why did Zheng Lang suddenly meet you privately?"

"I don't know."

Yan Cijing already sensed that something was wrong, but he had no other choice. He also wanted to find out why Zheng Lang wanted to see him at this time.

It is impossible to apologize to him for excluding him and preventing him from taking up the post of chief examiner. Zheng Lang is proud and arrogant. It is already abnormal to see him as a small minister. Yan Cijing can't think of a reason for Zheng Lang to see him.

"Could it be that he knew that you were going to kill Wei Cheng?" Although Yu Fangzhi was not in the court, he was very clear about the formation of cliques in the court for personal gain.

"Impossible. If Zheng Lang finds out, he will arrest me on the spot according to his nature. How can he give me a chance to breathe?" Yan Cijing was silent, and said in a low voice,

"Besides, his intelligence is limited, and it is absolutely impossible to find out."

Yu Fangzhi grabbed Yan Cijing: "Can't you just praise me for my wit?"

Yan Cijing stared at the arm held by him: "I can praise you for being bold."

Yu Fangzhi let go of his hand, and said with a smile, "Do you mean that I, a pariah, dared to arrest the imperial court official in public?" His eyes quickly passed the red mark on the tip of Yan Cijing's chin, and he dared to secretly catch the imperial court official face.

Warm and slippery, Yu Fangzhi rubbed his fingertips.

Yan Cijing stopped, and glanced up and down at Yu Fangzhi who was dressed in azure blue internal officials: "I mean you broke into the palace without permission." It was really too bold, sneaking into the palace without restraint, ran around , Thought it was your own backyard?Yan Cijing asked again, "Who brought you in?"

Whether Yu Fang knew the truth or not, Yan Cijing said coldly: "You already know that I am pretending to work under Wei Cheng's hands." This is an exchange of conditions.

Yu Fangzhi innocently spread his hands: "Master Yan wants to have such a relationship with me? How tired are you coming and going? If you really want to know, I will tell you."

Yan Cijing saw that he was not serious, so he lost the intention of inquiring, and continued to move forward. Yu Fangzhi followed and explained: "Today's emperor's birthday invited a troupe from outside the palace, and I came in with the troupe."

Yan Cijing asked: "What are you doing here? Is it fun to wear eunuch clothes?"

"It's easier to walk while pretending to be an internal officer." After Yu Fangzhi finished his answer, he saw Yan Cijing squinting at his waist and abdomen, and he twisted his belt uncomfortably, "Then what... the thick trousers are worn under the robe. Not to be exposed."

"Why are you blushing?" Yan Cijing turned around, "Are you afraid that I will misunderstand that you are performing a full set of plays and clean yourself?"

"Who is blushing?" Yu Fangzhi chased after him, just caught Yan Cijing's faint smile, and leaned forward to tease him, "Would you like to personally check whether I am clean or not?"

Yan Cijing pushed him, glared at him, and made him speechless with nonsense words. He was too lazy to argue with him, but Yan Cijing stopped responding, and the wind was blowing under his feet, and he almost walked past the side hall.

"I'll go in by myself." Yan Cijing looked at the tightly closed palace door.

"I'll wait for you outside the palace gate." Yu Fangzhi followed him up the steps.

As they approached the gate of the palace, the two had to restrain their expressions, and distanced themselves one after the other.Yu Fangzhi looked at the closed palace door, feeling strange in his heart, and wanted Yan Cijing to think twice.

It was late, Yan Cijing knocked on the door of the palace, and called out "Master Zheng", there was silence inside, doubts arose in Yan Cijing's heart, he put his hand on the door and wanted to continue knocking, but found that the door was not closed tightly, he gently One push and it opens.

The glare of the sun squeezed into the hall through the crack of the door, and the scene in the hall was unobstructed. Yan Cijing froze in place and took a breath.

"What?" Yu Fangzhi saw Yan Cijing standing still outside the door, and smelled the strong smell of blood spreading in the air, so he hurriedly looked into the hall, "Tsk!"

Yu Fangzhi frowned and looked carefully: "The one who died was Jiedu envoy Chen Kaiyang."

"Go and call someone!" Yan Cijing took a step back, and Yu Fangzhi followed. The two wanted to walk to the side of the hall, but they heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the side of the hall.

"Master Commander! The slave just heard a scream outside the hall. It was frightening to death. I called you over quickly. Let me see what happened?"

Oops! Someone is here!

After looking at each other for less than a second, Yan Cijing and Yu Fangzhi turned and ran back. Now they will be found if they leave the gate of the hall. If they are regarded as the murderer, it is really hard to say, so they can only enter the hall.

The shadows of a group of guards had already been reflected on the window, Yu Fangzhi didn't hesitate much, and ran towards the window inside the hall with Yan Cijing.

Yan Cijing followed Yu Fangzhi to push the window, only to find that the window had been crucified!

"locked?"

At this moment, several people have broken into the palace.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"

"Don't call! Go and report to the emperor! Others search with me!"

After Xie Xuan was stopped by the blah little eunuch, he rushed over immediately.Xie Xuan didn't see any eunuchs and maids serving him along the way. He felt that something was wrong, and he was startled when he saw Chen Kaiyang lying in a pool of blood in the hall unexpectedly.

Not long ago, Chen Kaiyang was drunk in the hall, his face flushed, but now he was stabbed in the chest by a dagger, with a blue face and protruding eyes, and died in this side hall.

Xie Xuan sniffed, frowned and stepped forward, squatting in front of Chen Kaiyang for a closer look.

I don't know who Chen Kaiyang offended, so that his enemies hated him so much, he took his life with a dagger, and the blade sank into his chest.

"Master Commander, the windows are locked from the outside, it is impossible for the murderer to jump out of the window and leave, and there is no abnormality found in the palace for the time being!"

Hearing this, Xie Xuan got up and glanced around the hall, frowning more and more tightly: "Have you checked the cabinet, the bottom of the bed, and the beams carefully? Although this side hall is not big, there must be a place for Tibetans. Search again !"

Xie Xuan was not a coward, and he couldn't see anything while staring at Chen Kaiyang's corpse, so he simply got up and followed the guards to check in the hall.

When the murderer killed someone, his first reaction was definitely not to leave from the entrance of the hall. He must have turned out the windows at the back of the hall, but the windows were closed and the back road was completely blocked. All that remains is the large cabinet under the window.

Xie Xuan put one hand on the long sword, and the other on the doorknob of the wooden cabinet.

The sound of the cabinet door opening was small, with a "click", Xie Xuan was caught off guard when he saw Yan Cijing's face, and immediately shouted: "Come on—"

The long sword in his hand was out of its sheath, and he was about to aim at Yan Cijing, but unexpectedly, a head grew out of Yan Cijing's shoulder!

This head, Xie Xuan, is very familiar. He is a dandy, and he doesn't know who it is unless he speaks it? !

The guard came quickly: "What did your lord find?"

Xie Xuan slammed the door shut: "There is nothing! Look elsewhere." The long sword was inserted into the sheath neatly, took a deep look at the wooden cabinet, and wanted to lift his foot to leave. At this time, a large group of people rushed into the gate of the hall.

"Enclose the entire hall! Not even a fly can fly out!"

"Search the hall carefully! Don't let go of every corner!"

The guards who came in were well-trained, and the whole hall was crowded with black and white. The man headed by him was muscular, strong and tall, and the little head on his thick neck could turn nimbly. When he saw Xie Xuan, he twitched his mouth: "Thank you!" The Commander is here too."

"Commander Lei." Xie Xuan nodded.

Xie Xuan belonged to the Department of Bodyguards and was on duty outside the palace. Lei Yingtian was different. He was the commander of the department in front of the palace, the emperor's personal guard, and the imperial palace guard.

What happened in the palace was originally under his control, but Xie Xuan happened to be nearby when the incident happened, so he brought someone over first.

Standing in the hall, Lei Yingtian rushed to Xie Xuan and said, "The imperial guards have arrived, please thank the Commander for moving."

These words are arrogant and ugly, Xie Xuan is used to it, he and Lei Yingtian don't deal with each other, he can't understand Lei Yingtian's perverted behavior, Lei Yingtian doesn't like the position he got by relying on General Xie, the two usually interact with each other I don't care, but today, unfortunately, the two just ran into each other.

Xie Xuan stood motionless in front of the wooden cabinet: "I have sent someone to check the hall, and found nothing abnormal."

"Oh, is that so?" Lei Yingtian narrowed his eyes, "But I think the wooden cabinet behind Commander Xie is really hiding people."

Xie Xuan didn't move, and his subordinates were upset, they pressed the long swords around their waists one after another, and the palace guards led by Lei Yingtian also pressed down on the swords several times, the swords were raging in the hall, and Lei Yingtian stretched out his hand to stop them.

Xie Xuandao: "Today's Qianyuan Festival, the day of the emperor's birthday, Commander Lei made such a big mistake while on duty in the palace, but after thinking about it, how do you report it to the emperor?"

Lei Yingtian sneered, and was about to go back mockingly, when he heard a sharp "The Emperor is here" outside the hall, so he retreated to the side and waited for the holy driver.

The hall was full of people kneeling, except for Chen Kaiyang lying down, oh, and Yu Fangzhi and Yan Cijing in the wooden cabinet crowded together.

The emperor waved away the internal officials standing in front of him, saw the bloody corpse, and before he could ask about the situation, Chen Guiren who followed behind him fell to the ground and cried.

"Father! How could it be? Just now he was still celebrating the emperor's birthday in the hall, why is he gone? Your majesty!" Chen Guiren grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe, "The emperor wants to make decisions for his concubines!"

The emperor ordered someone to help Chen Guiren down. Chen Guiren was so sad that he couldn't even walk. He was almost dragged down by the maid. He dragged him out of the palace gate, just in time to see the queen who had heard the news. Chen Guiren broke free from the maid's hand and knelt down. Kowtowed in front of the queen, weeping uncontrollably.

Her father didn't like Wei Cheng, and she hated the empress who was born in the Wei family even more. They were all like dogs: "Ms. Empress, every mistake is the fault of the concubine! If you have anything, come to the concubine, don't hurt the concubine's father, okay?" good?"

Even though the empress had an extraordinary bearing, she was also incoherently frightened by what Chen Guiren said, so Wei Cheng, who came with her, stepped forward and waved someone to drag Chen Guiren away. With one look to comfort the empress, he calmly bowed to the emperor:

"Chen Guiren is grieved, and it is inevitable that he will speak unscrupulously. It is more important to arrest the murderer who killed Mr. Chen."

The emperor was no longer celebrating his birthday, his complexion was pale, and he ordered Xie Xuan and Lei Yingtian to report the situation.

Everyone in the hall did not dare to show their atmosphere, only the two hiding in the cabinet whispered small words.

"Can we not get so close?" Yan Cijing's skin on the side of his neck was covered with sweat by Yu Fangzhi's breath.

The chest is attached to the back, and Yu Fangzhi can touch Yan Cijing's earballs if he moves forward a little bit: "It's just such a small place, why don't I go out?" Having said that, Yu Fangzhi still moved, Sticking his back to the cabinet, let Yan Cijing relax quickly.

It's not that the language is obedient, but compassionate.

This trick invites you into the urn, Zheng Lang played it very cleverly, if the timing is right, Yan Cijing has already been regarded as the murderer of Chen Kaiyang at this time, and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to wait for his beheading at noon.

From then on, Yu Fangzhi figured out why Yan Cijing took the risk to poison Wei Cheng at the emperor's banquet.

It was pitch black in the cabinet, and nothing could be seen, but Yu Fangzhi's empty eyes appeared in Yan Ci's mirror. He already knew that Wei Cheng had doubts about him. Squeeze him to death like an ant.

By accident, Yan Cijing recovered his life. Yu Fang knew that his silence at this moment was the regret of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, but he didn't expect that he didn't care at all, and sighed: "Zheng Lang killed Chen Kaiyang to relieve Wei Cheng's anger." , The method is vicious but not clever enough, if I want to pull someone to take the blame, I can't afford to be blamed."

Yu Fangzhi: "...The most urgent thing now is how to get out, right?"

As soon as the words were finished, the cabinet door opened with a "squeak", and the light pierced Yu Fangzhi and Yan Cijing's eyes at the same time.

"Come out by yourself? Do you still want me to invite you?"

The author says:

More!

Xie Xuan: I let Lord Yan go for the sake of knowing the language.

Yu Fangzhi: No, you are looking at it for the sake of her being your future sister-in-law.

Yan Cijing: ...

(Since tomorrow is Friday, I will come to ball a starfish!)