Opposite the entrance hall

The news of Li Hongyang's poisoning spread like wildfire, and the people in the court were panicked for a while. They all kept silent and lived cautiously. Even the eye contact was afraid of becoming the excuse of someone with a heart, and they were extremely cautious in every move.

The situation is changing suddenly, the mountains and rains are about to come, and a big situation is quietly approaching.

Emperor Chengde's condition has not improved, and because of the crown prince's matter, the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital shuttled between the East Palace and the Qianyuan Palace all day long. Even going to the toilet is scary.

How can we not be afraid, one of these two masters is the emperor and the other is the crown prince, no matter who has something to do, the hundreds of people in the entire imperial hospital will have to be buried with them, and maybe even the nine clans will be implicated, and they will be executed early!

The autumn rain in Lin'an came and went quickly, taking away the last trace of coolness. The heat of the autumn tiger caught up with the midsummer. People from the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple shuttled between various yamen and Lin'an, covered by the scorching sun. , The sweat from the sweat wetted the clothes on his body, and the sweat from his forehead flowed down his temples and cheeks like a stream, and soon covered his face.

It was a very hot day, but there were still many people on the street. They looked at the people in Dali Temple hurriedly passing by, and they were all confused. Although they didn't know what happened, they were sure that it must not be a trivial matter.

When the people from Dali Temple passed the corner, discussions broke out in the crowd.

A middle-aged man bowed his body and stared at the backs of the group of people in Dali Temple, his face was a little dignified, and he slipped sideways into the crowd for a moment and disappeared.

On the opposite side of the crowd, there was a person sitting by the window of the box on the second floor of the restaurant. He looked at this place with enthusiasm, and then took a sip of tea slowly. His face was blurred by the hot air, and only a pair of downcast eyes could be seen. The cup was put down, and the fan was opened with a swipe, and the face was revealed, it was Rui Wang Li Hongxuan.

Li Hongxuan looked at the noisy crowd with a smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked in a good mood. He was not affected by Li Hongyang's poisoning at all, and he was not as nervous and worried as Li Hongye, and was even a little happy.

"My lord."

An anxious voice sounded from behind, which made Li Hongxuan frowned and looked away, staring at the person who walked in, feeling vaguely displeased about being disturbed.

The man approached and showed his face. It was Wu Minqian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

Wu Minqian bowed and said, "Why is the lord still in the mood to sit still? The crown prince has no clue about this matter. The Criminal Department is very busy these days. There are also Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate here. How about Qi Ziheng?" I also know that if you are talented, there is Qi Xiang behind you, if they find out something, they will suspect us..."

With a sound of "shua", Li Hongxuan closed his fan and interrupted the words behind him. He raised his eyes and looked at the people beside him like a torch. The matter of poisoning has nothing to do with us, even if the suspicion is on my head, so what, I can't let them talk nonsense without evidence, you should be careful when you talk outside in the future, it is not our own territory, so don't worry After being overheard by others, I can’t explain why.”

"My lord's lesson is that I was careless," Wu Minqian nodded repeatedly, "I still have something to report."

"What's the matter?"

Wu Min looked around, and waited for Li Hongxuan to wave his hand to signal the guards to leave the room, then stepped forward and said in a low voice, "The king of Liang has evacuated all the people around our palace, and the people in the East Palace have also been evacuated. I heard that in the past few days They all thanked the guests behind closed doors, presumably to avoid this matter."

Li Hongxuan narrowed his eyes.

"His actions are a bit different from the past. Could it be difficult for the prince..."

The following words were not finished, but the two of them already understood.

"He's not that stupid," Li Hongxuan shook his head, "It's strange that the crown prince was poisoned. The birthday party was full of people or in the East Palace. This person was poisoned but there was no trace of it. It's really a guard of the East Palace. Can't make a fool? Li Hongye's avoidance at this time is a guilty conscience in the eyes of others. You can guess it, and others can guess it, so he naturally knows it in his heart. He knows that he will be suspected and still does it. Could it be that he is a fool? Li Hongye Ah, not only is she not stupid, her heart is full of calculations, how could she make such a mistake, if she is really that stupid, how could she live to this day."

"That's what the lord means..."

Li Hongxuan didn't answer, opened his fan and looked away. When he was looking somewhere, the corner of his mouth raised a smile, and he raised his hand to interrupt Wu Minqian's rambling, "Stand back and avoid it."

Wu Minqian didn't suspect him, so he quickly moved back.

Afterwards, Li Hongxuan picked up an orange on the table and threw it out of the window heavily.

There was a lot of voices outside the window, and the sound of horseshoes mixed in. The person sitting on the horse's ear trembled slightly, tightened the reins and stopped, raised his hand to catch the "hidden weapon" firmly, held it in front of his eyes, and then threw the orange in the direction of heat Looking back, I saw Li Hongxuan looking down at him with a smile, his eyes darkened a bit.

"Third brother looks in a hurry, where are you going?" Li Hongxuan asked with a smile, fanning his fan.

"Going out of town to do some errands, and I'm preparing to go back." Li Hongyu also replied with a smile.

"You will come these days, and we two brothers haven't had time to get together. I said I would invite you to have a drink, but I didn't find the time. It's rare to meet today. It's better to hit the sun today. The weather is very dry today. , if you are not in a hurry to come up and have two glasses of ice wine, go to the heat."

Li Hongyu didn't answer. He couldn't decide what kind of medicine his fourth brother sold in the gourd. He pondered for a long time. When Li Hongxuan felt that he was about to be rejected, he suddenly said, "That's fine."

Then he got off his horse and walked towards the restaurant.

When the people were out of sight, the smile on Li Hongxuan's face gradually dissipated, and he raised his chin towards the person. Wu Minqian got the signal and immediately hid behind the screen. At the same time, Li Hongyu pushed the door in.

He raised his foot and stepped over the threshold, looked around from the corner of his eye, stayed on the screen for a few seconds, then retracted it, and approached the window with a chuckle.

Li Hongxuan closed the fan and put it on the table, poured two glasses of wine from the jug, pushed one of them over, and made a gesture of invitation.

Li Hongyu sat down, raised his wine glass and put it under his pen to sniff lightly, raised his eyes and smiled, "Good wine."

After all, drink it up.

"If the third brother likes the spirits bought by the Xiqiang merchants, I will give you some."

"The kindness is hard to turn down, so I can't shirk it."

"You and my brother, don't say anything else."

The atmosphere between the two seemed to be quite harmonious, as if they were drinking for the sake of chatting and laughing. After drinking for three rounds, Li Hongxuan smiled and made the first move, "The third brother just came back from outside the city. I don't know why?"

"It's nothing personal."

"Private matters?" Li Hongyu raised his eyebrows, "I thought the third brother was in some trouble, and I thought I could solve one or two for the third brother. Since it is a private matter, it is not easy to intervene, but I think the third brother also knows. Ri Lin'an doesn't stop, third brother should be more careful, don't get into trouble."

"But about the prince?" Contrary to what Li Hongxuan thought, Li Hongyu didn't talk about other things as he did. Instead, he put the matter directly on the table and was a little stunned for a while.

Li Hongyu saw his expression in his eyes, thought about it in his heart, and continued calmly: "I was also there on the day of the crown prince's birthday banquet. It stands to reason that the internal affairs bureau is responsible for the heavily guarded East Palace. Why is it that the crown prince is the only one in charge?" One person was poisoned, this matter is really strange and I don’t know who did it.”

"Third brother, who do you think did it?" Li Hongxuan questioned with a smile on his face.

"Nature does what man does."

"Then what is this man doing?"

Hearing this, Li Hongyu leaned forward, looked straight at the person in front of him, and said softly: "Of course only the poisoned ones know about it, how did I know about it?"

Neither of them are fuel-efficient lamps. Li Hongyu's eyes were a little dignified, and he laughed for a moment, "The third brother is right. Of course someone will investigate this matter. You and I are just drinking and not talking about business today."

"No need," Li Hongyu raised his hand to politely reject the flagon handed over, "I've almost eaten enough wine, and if I drink any more, I'll get drunk. Once this person gets drunk, he will cause a lot of trouble. It's better to just order it as soon as possible. I There is still something to do first.”

Li Hongxuan took the jug back and put it in its original place without much persuasion, he just nodded politely and said: "Third brother has something to do, I don't want to stay longer, I will find you to have a drink and talk with you when I have a chance."

"must."

Li Hongyu got up and bid farewell to the restaurant. There was a constant flow of people around him. He stood on the side of the street and stopped suddenly. He slightly raised his head and looked back at the window sill of the box on the second floor. After a while, he continued to walk.

Waiting for someone to leave the restaurant, Wu Min behind the screen came forward.Then he stood up, stared at the closed door and asked in bewilderment, "My lord, do you want to form an alliance with King Qin? This King Qin has been back to Beijing for a long time, but he has never heard of anyone getting closer. He has always been wise and safe. Although there is no power behind him, one more helper means one less enemy, if we can make friends with the prince, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

After finishing speaking, Li Hongxuan looked up at him, smiled meaningfully but didn't answer.

Wu Min has been an official for many years, and has his own way of observing words and demeanor. Seeing this expression, he knew that he had guessed wrong. He turned his head quickly, and said: "My lord thinks that the prince's poisoning has something to do with King Qin..."

"Of course not. Li Hongyu is the most incomprehensible of the three brothers of this king." Li Hongyu relaxed on the back of the chair and stared at the crossbar on the hanging beam. This kind of person seems to have nothing to do with him, and this kind of person is even more frightening, anyone could be the person who poisoned him, but it can't be Li Hongyu, after all, Li Hongyang is lying in the East Palace right now, panting."

"It wasn't done by the King of Qin, nor by the King of Liang. Could there be someone else?"

"Who knows," Li Hongxuan murmured, covering his face with a fan, "There are too many people who want Li Hongyang dead, and there are also many people who want Li Hongyang alive. It's hard to guess, hard to guess."

Li Hongxuan opened the fan and looked at the sky outside the window. The sound in the room was very soft, but the noise outside the room was loud. They were very close but seemed far away. Conspiracy and conspiracy were in a dark place, a dilemma. The situation is forced and helpless.

He contemplated for a long time, but he didn't notice a person passing by on the street. Qi Ran was not wearing official uniform, and he walked quickly but without panic. After a while, he disappeared without a trace, and turned back to the prime minister.When he arrived at the study room, the middle-aged man standing inside heard the footsteps and turned around, and saluted respectfully, "I have seen Mr. Qi in the end."

"Forget it," Qi Ran raised his hand to signal for him to sit down, and asked anxiously, "How's the investigation going?"

This man is a scout trained by the Pei family. Although his official position is small, he is extremely important. Only one out of 100 people can form a team of ten people. , this person is the oldest, the oldest and the most capable. He has been following the Pei family soldiers outside the pass, and it was only this time that Pei Zhan was able to follow him back when he returned to Beijing. Qi Ran borrowed someone from Pei Zhan and asked him to investigate something.

"There are already some clues," the old scout said, "That place is a cliff, and the bottom of the cliff is a river, surrounded by steep rock walls. After finding the way down, the carriage must have overturned into the river at that time. It's been too long and I can't see too many traces. After exploring for a long time, I found a corner of the downstream bank. There was a deserted low shed made of dead branches. There were fish cards and cotton threads. I guessed it should be fishermen. According to the place As expected, I found a path leading to a village ten miles away. Six years ago, an old man in the village used to go fishing in the valley by himself, but he passed away the year before last and left one thing behind. The old man’s son said I picked it up while fishing, and I bought it back for fear of missing something.”

As he spoke, the old scout took out something tightly wrapped in cloth from his pocket and handed it over.

Qi Ran took it and slowly opened it to reveal a cold light flashing inside. It was a shiny and sharp arrow. He wrapped the arrow in a white cloth and looked at it in front of his eyes. When he saw the word engraved on the back of the arrow, his pupils flicked. Once zoomed in, his face suddenly changed, many things flashed in his mind, and he panicked.

He was always happy and angry, but his sudden gaffe made people suspicious. The old scout saw something was wrong, and asked cautiously, "Master Qi, are you all right?"

"It's nothing." Qi Ran put the white cloth back on his mind, raised his eyes and said in a warm voice, "I'm sorry this time, I have already told you generals that I will reward you this time, and I hope you can keep silent about this matter. When you I've never seen."

"Lord Qi, don't worry," the old scout is not a stupid person. Naturally, he understands that things that can make the prudent and decent Lord Qi lose his temper are naturally not something that a third-rate soldier with no background and power like him can touch, although he is indeed curious. , but curious people never live long, fortunately he has not lived enough, so he nodded repeatedly, "As soon as I leave this door today, I will rot this matter in my stomach and never mention it again, I will leave."

The sound of footsteps gradually went away, Qi Ran stared at the object on the table motionlessly, his eyes were filled with emotions and his expression was solemn, and it took a long time to turn over the white cloth again, the arrow was still lying on the white cloth, Qi Ran picked it up and stared at it. The word "Xun" engraved in small seal script on it fell into contemplation.

The logo of this arrow refers to the patrol guard. Why was the arrow picked up by a fisherman?

And why did it appear at the place where everyone in Yong'an Palace was ambush?

Is it an accident?Or are you prepared?

Why did the patrol guard kill people?

In other words, Your Majesty, why do you want to kill someone?

Qi Ran's heart was beating extremely fast, like a drum, some conjectures seemed to be connected by an invisible thread, about Li Si, about Yong'an Palace, about Dashu Prefecture, and even about the current emperor.

With a sound of "Zheng", the arrow fell on the table, Qi Ran frowned and put it away, a somewhat unexpected but reasonable figure appeared in his mind.

Ji Si.

What role did Ji Si play in this matter? Did he know everything from the beginning, or was he wrong from the beginning?

Jith is just Jith.

The cold light of the arrows was a bit dazzling, but it was a sunny day, but there was a piercing coolness, the air-conditioning went deep into the bone marrow, Qi Ran's fingers could not help but tremble slightly, his eyes were gloomy,

With a sound of "啪啦", Ji Si seemed to have sensed it, just picked up the tea cup and slipped it out of his hand, the porcelain fragments fell to the ground, and the hot tea in it splashed everywhere, wet his clothes and burned his fingertips red.

"My lord, are you okay?" On the first day of the lunar new year, he hurriedly took the medicine box to apply medicine for Ji Si, and said with a distressed face, "Be careful with the hot tea that I just brewed, it's all blistered."

"It's just a small matter." Ji Si stared down at the back of his hand and fingertips that were burned red, with a complicated expression on his face.

"My lord has been distracted recently, what are you thinking?" asked the first day of the junior high school worriedly.

Ji Si opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer, because it wasn't what he was thinking, but what he saw. In the past few days, some images would always appear in his mind intermittently. The horse was chasing a carriage, and the carriage was forced to the edge of the cliff. He saw himself raising his hand, and a rain of arrows flew away. The carriage and the people in the carriage fell off the cliff. The group of people behind "myself" were dressed in the costumes of the imperial army.

A group of people stood on the mountain, surrounded by tree shadows, full of murderous aura, the person on the far left stepped forward and asked, "What should we do with the rest?"

"Kill it, make it clean and don't leave any traces, if you can't do it, chop it up and feed it to the dog, or just burn it on fire, there are many ways," the voice came through the howling wind, with a heavy With evil spirits, the hearts of those who listened felt cold, "We wasted so much effort, and it would be cheaper for them to die like this."

The same appearance, the same voice, but Ji Si can understand that this person is the original "Master Ji". He doesn't know what the picture he saw in the past few days, but it is connected little by little, except for "myself" Other than that, he couldn't see the other scenery clearly, and the experience of being in it made him a little dazed.

Although he would see the past of "Lord Ji" intermittently, it was the next best thing to be able to go on like this, so he couldn't help but wonder who the person in the carriage was.

"My lord?" Seeing that the person didn't make a sound for a long time, but when he looked up, he was in a daze again, so he had to remind him on the first day of the junior high school.

"Don't worry, it's fine."

On the first day of the lunar new year, he frowned and opened his mouth to say something, when the inspector rushed over and said, "Master Ji, Master Kong asked you to go."

The images in his mind hadn't cleared up yet, when he suddenly saw the inspectors, Ji Si's pupils suddenly dilated, he was stunned for a long time before he realized it, and slowly got up and followed them out.

They arrived at the ancestral hall in Kashgar. There were many people surrounded there. The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion surrounded the surrounding area tightly. Xiao Changyu stood at the front in a military uniform. Standing next to him were Kong Lingqiu and the eldest son of the Yao family, kneeling in front of them. A few people who were tied up were Nandian soldiers, and the villagers on the side pointed at them and cursed, and it was very lively for a while.

The eldest son of the Yao family was the first to speak out. He took a step forward and said a few words in Nandian. The noisy crowd immediately quieted down, and they all quietly listened to the cause and effect of this incident.

Kong Lingqiu’s method is actually very simple. The people of Kashgar feel that they are the people of Nandian and feel that they are compatriots with the people of Nandian. Then let them understand that everything is self-righteous. Nandian has never regarded them as the same clan. There are similarities but the same results.

The first step is to intensify the conflict between the two sides. It only needs to damage the interests of the people, and the conflict will naturally arise. As for whether it was really done by Nandian soldiers as Kong Lingqiu said, that is not so important.

The second step is to magnify the benefits. Nandian is a country of barbarians, and Dajin is a great country. Kashgar is deeply valued by the emperor. The common people are the same, advance and retreat together with wealth and honor.

The third step is deterrence. Giving a piece of candy requires a slap in the face. Xiao Changyu's appearance is for this purpose. The compatriots can be united, but if they are not of my race, they will be incompatible.

After the words fell, the three Nandian captives were beheaded in public. This killing of chickens and monkeys really scared the people.

This play was sung so wonderfully, Xiao Changyu and Kong Lingqiu sang it so well that the people of Kashgar were stunned for a while, plus the imperial decree came at the right time, Yao Youwei served as Kashgar Zuoshi, and the New Deal was so unsurprising It was carried out without risk.

The news of Kashgar's implementation of the new separation of powers law reached Xiao Changchen's ears in just one stick of incense. He slapped his right hand on the table with a gloomy face and said with a sneer, "Xiao Changyu really shouldn't be underestimated. "

The officer who sent the message quickly explained, "General, I heard that it's not Xiao Changyu, but two officials from Lin'an."

"He's from Lin'an?" Xiao Changchen narrowed his eyes, and the man he met outside Kashgar that day immediately came to mind.

Just when the soldier thought his general wanted to ask more questions, Xiao Changchen suddenly changed the subject, "Did you find out where Xiao Changyu hid him?"

"Xiao Changyu is cautious and skilled in martial arts. Every time we leave the camp of the Xiaoqi Camp, as long as our people get closer to him, they will be noticed, and they will disappear in the blink of an eye."

"It's okay," Xiao Changchen stared at the wooden sword on the table, with a smile on his lips and tenderness in his eyes, "Since we can't find it, let's find a way to let him come out by himself."

"General means..."

Xiao Changchen raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Xiao Changsheng, deputy commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, is traitorous and collaborating with the enemy, so I will use their hands to force Xiao Changsheng out!"

The author has something to say:

Finally caught up with the update! ! !Recently, for the anniversary celebration, I have to work continuously for more than 20 days, but it is impossible to stop my code words, hum, I will change the next door tomorrow! (')**

This chapter unfolds some things, and it is clearer what happened at that time, and the answers to the following mysteries will be solved one by one, hehehe.

In fact, the copy of Kashgar’s New Deal is just an introduction, mainly Nandian’s book, and a dark force will be drawn later. Of course, the most important thing is to draw out the deep feelings of Miracle Nuan Nuan later, and immediately enter the stage of passionate love, rush!