It's easy to be a villain, but hard to be a princess

Han Zixiao said: "This minister refuses to go to Jing'an. Firstly, because of his special status, it is not appropriate to be transferred far away. Second, because the corruption case that this minister is investigating has not yet come to fruition. This minister does not want to give up halfway."

Chu Ruihong snorted disdainfully, "These are all fake, the real reason is that you don't want to leave the Prince Regent!"

Han Zixiao didn't deny it either, "Don't hide it from the emperor, this is one of them."

"Then do you think I will withdraw my life because of your personal affair?"

"The emperor's transfer of the humble minister is nothing more than anger at the humble minister and he does not want to see the humble minister. If the humble minister can avoid appearing in front of the emperor, the emperor does not need to spend a lot of time to transfer the humble minister far away."

"What do you mean?" Chu Ruihong narrowed his eyes.

"Wei Chen intends to resign from his official post once the mastermind behind the murder of Lord Liu is found out."

Chu Ruihong clenched his fists, "Then, you can be your regent princess with peace of mind, have you married your husband and raised your son?" The words were full of sarcasm.

Regarding Chu Ruihong's irony, he calmly said, "No."

Chu Ruihong was inexplicably irritable. He was too disappointed with Han Zixiao. He thought that Han Zixiao would always be loyal to him, so he trusted him in every possible way.He also thought that even if Han Zixiao married into the palace, he would hate the regent just like himself.But these are all his own ideas.

Chu Ruihong felt a headache when he thought of this, he squeezed the center of his brows, and said, "I'm tired, you go down first."

"The matter of the remote transfer to Jing'an..."

Chu Ruihong raised his eyebrows and said, "You can do whatever you want. With the King Regent backing you up, how dare I make things difficult for you?"

Han Zixiao paused for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "This minister has neglected his duty, please the emperor to send another talented person." Standing up from the ground, Han Zixiao bowed again, "Resignation, my minister."

Han Zixiao came out of the imperial study, and Chu Muqing stood outside with his hands behind his back, it turned out that he had been waiting outside.

"My lord." Han Zixiao walked over and said.

Chu Muqing turned and looked at him, "How is it?"

"Your Majesty has withdrawn his order, and I don't need to go to Jing'an." Han Zixiao smiled, but that smile was extremely bitter.

Chu Muqing looked at him and remained silent for a while, Han Zixiao took his hand and said, "I haven't had my meal yet, I'm a little hungry, go home."

Chu Muqing let him lead her away, and didn't ask him what he said inside.

Ruined temples on the outskirts of the city.

Two men in ragged clothes squatted inside the ruined temple, a fire was lit in front of them, and a bird was roasting on the fire.

These two people were Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan who set fire to kill Liu Qinghe and Mr. Accountant. In the past two months, their two cousins ​​have been in hiding and lost all their money early on, so they had to go back to the capital all the way. Hide in this ruined temple.

The two stared at the bird that was bigger than a fist on the fire, and kept swallowing. It was obvious that they hadn't eaten meat for a long time. These days, they ate sweet potatoes and fruits from other people's vegetable fields. Today It was not easy to meet a bird that was about to die of illness. After treatment, it was set on a fire, and it was ready to move when it smelled the fragrance.

Not long after, footsteps sounded outside the ruined temple, Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan heard the sound, and hid under the dilapidated incense table like mice, but the fire outside was still burning.

The incense table was covered with a rag, through which a person could be seen coming in with five people, and the leader was Lin Manxu, the minister of punishment.

"Come out." Lin Manxu said.

Seeing that it was Lin Manxu, Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan felt relieved, came out from under the incense table, and called Master Lin respectfully.

Lin Manxu looked at the two of them up and down, the clothes on their bodies were shabby and shabby, thinking that the past few days have not been very good, "Didn't I give you money earlier, why did you end up like this?"

Zhang Zhu said with a bitter face: "I went to try my luck, but I met a traitor, and my money was cheated."

Sure enough, it is dead.Tian Yushan grinned. "My lord, the remaining 500 taels of silver..."

Lin Manxu glanced at him and said, "You guys are not doing well, how dare you ask me for money?"

"Everything was done according to the wishes of the adults. The younger one confirmed that Liu Qinghe and the accountant were killed in the fire before leaving." Zhang Zhu said.

"It is said that you are not good at doing things because you are seen by others."

Zhang Zhu vowed: "My lord, just don't worry, I put sweat medicine in the well water of the house that day, everyone fell asleep, and no one saw it!"

"Hmph, if no one sees, how will Han Zixiao know that you are the murderer!" Lin Manxu sternly said.

Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan shook their bodies, "This, this..."

"Not long ago, the emperor issued an order to arrest the two of you in all states and counties."

Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan paled in shock, plopped down on their knees, and begged, "Please show the little one a clear way, sir."

"Why don't I send you to a place that is absolutely safe." After finishing speaking, he winked at the followers behind him.The attendant drew a long knife from his waist and swung it at Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan who were kneeling on the ground.

Tian Yushan was cut in the neck, blood splashed everywhere and died on the spot. Zhang Zhu escaped in time and took a few steps back, but his arm was injured by the knife. Looking at Lin Manxu, "You, you despicable villain!"

Lin Manxu's eyes were gloomy, "It's because you are not good at doing things, don't blame me for being heartless." After giving an order, he said to his followers: "Kill!"

The five attendants confronted Zhang Zhu alone. Zhang Zhu yelled loudly knowing that he was going to die.At this moment, a man jumped down from the roof and stood in front of the five attendants. The long sword in his hand blocked the swords of the five attendants, and kicked him away. and was knocked to the ground.The person who appeared suddenly turned around and grabbed Zhang Zhu's arm, pulling him to escape to the side door of the ruined temple.

Lin Manxu gritted his teeth, and shouted loudly at the lying follower: "A bunch of trash, hurry up!"

The entourage covered the wound and held up a big knife to chase after him. After chasing, the ruined temple was deserted. After Lin Manxu chased him out, the blue figure led Zhang Zhu and ran more than ten feet away.

Lin Manxu's chest heaved violently, and he shouted to his followers: "Whoever can silence someone, I will reward you with 200 taels of gold!"

The person who just appeared was the bodyguard arranged by Chu Muqing for Han Zixiao, who was later arranged by Han Zixiao to follow Lin Manxu's Zhu Xiao.Zhu Xiao led Zhang Zhu to run towards the nearby jungle, followed by the pursuers.Zhu Xiao's martial arts is very strong, it is not difficult for one person to deal with the five of them, but Zhang Zhu has no martial arts, if he is killed, no one will testify against Lin Manxu's crimes.At the moment, protecting Zhang Zhu is the most important thing.

Zhang Zhu's arm was injured, and he bled a lot. Zhu Xiao led him to run for a short distance, and then his face turned pale, "I can't, I really can't run anymore."

Zhu Xiao looked at the back, the pursuers had been thrown far away, and then looked ahead, there was still a forest ahead, and finally his eyes fell on Zhang Zhu, Zhang Zhu was panting heavily, his face was bloodless , the arm is bloody.Zhu Xiao put away the sword in her hand, bent down with her back to him, "Come up."

Zhang Zhu climbed onto Zhu Xiao's back, and Zhu Xiao picked him up and walked quickly to the depths of the path.

Lin Manxu led people to chase him for a long time without seeing anyone, and he began to worry in his heart that if Zhang Zhu revealed his affairs, the consequences would be disastrous.

One of the attendants who were looking for separately came back and said: "My lord, I can't find anyone."

Lin Manxu was furious, and waved his hand to slap the follower, "Trash!"

The entourage covered his beaten face, lowered his head, "Damn the little one."

The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Uncle Song set up two tables for the Eight Immortals in the yard, served by the Four Treasures of the Study, and prepared for Chu Muqing to write couplets.There is a need to paste a couplet in the house, and Chu Muqing writes it himself every year.Han Zixiao also helped write this year, but the writing was always irregular.

Chu Muqing glanced at the couplet he wrote, and sighed silently.Being disgusted again, Han Zixiao chuckled, "I wrote it for fun, I'll burn it in the kitchen later."

Uncle Song looked at it and smiled kindly, "In my opinion, this couplet can still be pasted. It would be a pity to burn it."

Han Zixiao said: "Compared to the prince's, mine is really shameful, and it was written by the prince."

Chu Muqing picked up a pen and wrote on the side, saying: "Put that one where you can often see it, so as to inspire you to practice calligraphy in the future."

Han Zixiao was embarrassed, and almost said that the prince and my father really look like each other, but thinking that Chu Muqing would be displeased, he didn't say it.The maid serving Mo Mo smiled, but Uncle Song winked at her and then smiled.

Chu Muqing finished writing another one, and Song Bo hurriedly picked it up carefully, hung it on a bamboo shelf to dry, and could stick it on the door frame on New Year's Eve.

Han Zixiao picked up the pen to write again, at this time someone came in a hurry, it was Tie Feng, Tie Feng said something in Han Zixiao's ear.Han Zixiao was stunned, put down the brush in his hand, and said to Chu Muqing: "My lord, I have something to do, please excuse me."

Chu Muqing responded and continued to write couplets.

Han Zixiao followed Tie Feng out of the palace, and rode his horse to a nearby medical clinic.Zhu Xiao was already waiting in the medical hall. The wound on Zhang Zhu's arm had been bandaged, but he lost a lot of blood along the way, and his face was already pale.

Zhu Xiao told Han Zixiao everything he saw and heard in the ruined temple today, and Han Zixiao understood that the mastermind behind the scenes was Lin Manxu, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment.This is not surprising, Lin Manxu and Wei Haotian worked together in the Criminal Department, Wei Haotian, a small doctor without a backer, naturally dare not act recklessly in the Criminal Department.

Han Zixiao glared at Zhang Zhu angrily, clenched his fists tightly, and stared at him fiercely, "Master Liu treats you well on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to raise a dog that eats inside and out!"

Zhang Zhu's eyes were red, "It's a little money fanatic. After hearing Lin Manxu's words, Mr. Han agreed to kill or cut the little one. Right now, there is a dead end."

"Let's not kill you, if you still have a little conscience, then testify against Lin Manxu, so that Lord Liu can rest in peace!"

Zhang Zhu's nose turned sour, and he nodded, "That traitor Lin Manxu killed my cousin, even if my lord doesn't tell me, I won't make him feel better."