Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The next day, Su Yan went to Beizhen Fusi again.

Because Shen Qi couldn't communicate with her sweetheart privately, she didn't take her annual leave. Since the beginning of the new year, she came to the government office every day.In addition to investigating the case of the Oala envoy, some old files were also settled together.

The chief officer has come to be on duty, so how can the subordinates dare to neglect.As a result, Beizhen Fusi became the only yamen that operated normally during the Chinese New Year.

The reputation of Shen Tongzhi's diligence even spread to the ears of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate who are in charge of evaluating the performance of officials.So much so that in addition to the "righteous man" bestowed by Chief Assistant Li Chengfeng himself, there was an additional title of "Desperate Qilang", which diluted the bloody atmosphere of the original "Destroying Qilang" a lot.

Of course, this was not Shen Qi's original intention, he just hoped that whenever Su Yan came to Beizhen Fusi, he would be able to see him immediately.

Su Yan sat down in the lobby with the four spirited kings behind him, put the oil paper bag and wooden box on the table, and said with a smile: "Master Shen, it's really hard work for the Chinese New Year to come to the yamen I have already received the New Year's gift that Mr. Shen sent to your door, it is a return gift, not a respect."

Shen Qi said politely: "Master Su is being polite. It's just a meager New Year's gift, just to express his heart, why don't Master Su give it back."

Su Yantong said politely: "As an official in the same dynasty, we should reciprocate courtesy, it should be done."

A clever Xiao Qi quickly stepped forward, and brought the annual gift to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi took it, and pushed aside a corner of the oiled paper with her fingers, and saw that it was dried white lotus seeds.He opened the lid of the box again and glanced at it. Inside was a pair of Lingnan-produced hen mother-of-pearl strings, a comb of ox horn combs with yellow and tortoiseshell patterns, and a bright red translucent amber male hairpin.

Lotus seed, homophonic "pity son".

Chicken mother beads, also known as red beans, also known as acacia.

Grate comb, comb from blue silk to white hair, implying concentric knot and hair.

The hairpin will accompany you day and night, for a long time.

... everything is love!Shen Qi's heart was agitated for a moment, she almost got up desperately and hugged his wife tightly.But under the indifferent gaze of the imperial guards, he finally forcibly held back, clenched and loosened his fists behind his back repeatedly, and tried his best to maintain a calm expression on his face.

Su Yan had a calm demeanor, as if these little tricks of secret communication had nothing to do with him, and then he talked about serious things: "I heard that someone reported yesterday that they found the whereabouts of the suspect in the Honglu Temple case?"

Shen Qi quickly calmed down, and replied: "Jin Yiwei has captured the suspect in the early morning of this morning and is currently interrogating. The man confessed, saying that the four Oirat envoys were all lured by him with the sound of the flute, and fell into the pond and drowned to death. The motive is To avenge the family members who died at the hands of Beimo people. The case was solved smoothly, which is really unexpected. Master Su calls himself a 'prophet of the unknown', and now I really believe it."

This suspect should be the scapegoat that Fuyin found after agreeing to Ah Zhui.Su Yan knew it well, and felt that Shen Qi had also discovered something strange, so she saw through it without telling her, even though she didn't know the whole story, she still cooperated with him in acting.

He smiled and said: "This case can be closed on the surface. So that the murderer will think that he has reached a deal with Ah Zhui, and if he is paralyzed, he will definitely show his feet again."

"That wild world," Shen Qi frowned, "what does it have to do with him?"

Su Yan got up and went forward, keeping the situation confidential, leaned into Shen Qi's ear, and told about the investigation of Fuyin one by one.

At this moment, his voice was soft, and he covered his mouth and ears with his palm.The four imperial guards stood a few feet away, and saw the two talking in secret, but couldn't hear what they said.

However, they were not curious about it. After all, it was normal for the criminal officer to avoid outsiders when talking about the case.Besides, the emperor only ordered them to follow and guard and report when necessary, and did not require them to grasp Su Yan's every word and deed.

After Su Yan confessed, he took out the painting of the eight-petal blood lotus from the kit in his bosom, and handed it over: "Beizhen Fusi gathers information, Master Shen has seen this pattern?"

Shen Qi opened the paper for a look, her pupils constricted, and immediately replied: "I've seen it!"

He gave his confidant Xiaoqi a few words.Xiao Qi went out of the lobby to the study room, and soon after, he fetched another page and handed it to Su Yan.

Su Yan opened it, and suddenly found that it was also an eight-petal blood lotus, and the brushwork seemed to be rubbed from somewhere.

Shen Qi said: "Master Su, do you still remember the Eastern Palace assassination case?"

"Master Shen brought up the case a few months ago for no reason. Could it be related to this pattern?" Su Yan asked.

Shen Qi nodded: "The blood-eyed assassin who assassinated the prince went crazy after being captured by me. For this reason, Your Majesty and the prince came to Beizhen Fusi to interrogate this person and confirm that he has lost his mind. But on the spot, he went crazy The assassin suddenly yelled 'Hit me, hit me'."

Su Yan's heart trembled, "He's crazy, but he still remembers the mission, which shows how thoroughly he was trained! What else did he say?"

Shen Qi is superb in investigative work, good at remembering people and things, and repeats word for word: "'It's him, it's him! He ran away! It's time to take medicine, take medicine. Be obedient. Die. Don't die.'"

Su Yan figured it out word by word, and murmured: "Who is 'he', referring to the crown prince, or someone else? Who ran away? The combination of 'taking medicine' and 'obedient' looks like someone behind the scenes controlling his assassins means. What do you mean by 'death' and 'immortality'..."

Shen Qi compared the two almost identical blood lotuses, and also fell into deep thought: "Why would a crazy assassin commit suicide by chewing his finger, leaving a blood lotus mark on the stone wall of the cell? Could it be that he regained his sanity briefly before dying and wanted to What information to tell others? Is this eight-petaled blood lotus a communication signal, or does it have other meanings? What kind of characters and forces are hidden behind the destroyed Yinjian Gate..."

"Jing Hong chases after!" Shen Qi said suddenly.

"what?"

"He's the closest thing to the truth."

Su Yan frowned slightly, "But he has already told me everything he knows. I believe Ah Zhui, he will give me his life and will not hide anything from me."

Shen Qi was full of sourness and unhappiness, and sneered slightly: "It's hard to say. Life is important, but for some people, there are more important things than life, such as obsession, such as belief." For example, you.

Su Yan thought for a while, but still shook his head: "I still think that Ah Zhui didn't hide anything. Maybe he left early, and he didn't know many secret things later. Or maybe all the trainees didn't know the truth, they were just being used tool."

Seeing him defending Jing Hongzhui so much, Shen Qi was so jealous that she was dying of jealousy, and worried that Jing Hongzhui would fail Su Yan's trust and make him sad in the future, so she thought: Why don't you take this opportunity to hold that scoundrel in your hands and order him to go to prison? After taking all the eighteen punishments, I don't believe that he can endure it, and he won't give me an honest account of everything.

As soon as hostility and murderous intent flashed through his eyes, Su Yan keenly caught it.He grabbed Shen Qi's sleeve and whispered again: "I trust Ah Zhui, and I trust you as well, otherwise I wouldn't have told you his background. Qilang, we are all prosperous and we are all damaged, so why not him? , if you beat him into a remnant of evil, then I will cover up the crime."

Take all precautions, or stained!Shen Qi gritted her teeth with hatred, but she also knew that under the current situation, if she took the opportunity of destroying Yin Jianmen to get rid of Jing Hongzhui, it would be tantamount to breaking Su Yan's arm.In order not to implicate Su Yan, instead of arresting Jing Hong, he had to hide it for him.

Forget it, since it's not suitable right now, let's tolerate it for now.This handle is always in my hands, I want to clean up Jing Hong and chase after him, there will be opportunities in the future.

After thinking up to this point, Shen Qi compromised with Su Yan and at the same time deliberately expressed her grievance: "Since Master Su is the guarantor, how can I not give this face. Besides, he is acting on your orders now, I am Even if I don't want to see him anymore, I won't hold Master Su back."

As expected, Su Yan felt guilty, and without saying anything, using his body to cover him, he secretly inserted his fingertips from Shen Qi's cuff to scratch his wrist to show his favor.

Shen Tongzhi was so tickled that he wished that Su Shaoqing would be punished in this court, and he would be sentenced to a thousand strokes with a meat stick first, and then wait and see the aftermath.It's a pity that the eyes and ears of the emperor who killed a thousand swords were hindered, so he couldn't change his thoughts into actions at this moment.

After flirting with his colleagues, Master Su put his hands back into his sleeves, sat back on the chair as if nothing had happened, picked up his teacup and said, "Over there, I will let Jing Hongzhui continue to follow the vines and track down the mastermind behind the scenes. As for the blood lotus mark , Mr. Shen has worked hard to investigate deeply, and if there are new discoveries, please let me know in time."

Shen Qi took out a few lotus seeds from the oil paper bag, and chewed them dry together with the extremely bitter lotus core, so as to suppress her anger, she replied with a pun: "The emperor ordered our company to cooperate with Dali Temple so that Su My lord's satisfaction is my job, so why bother? Don't worry, Lord Su, I will do my best, and I will do whatever it takes me to do."

Su Yan was burying his head in drinking tea, and almost choked when he heard the words.He coughed a few times, got up and said goodbye: "Master Shen... take care of yourself, don't get overtired."

Shen Qi returned the gift with a smile: "If you are in his position, you have to work hard, otherwise you will not be worthy of the emperor's kindness. Master Su, do you think so?"

A few days passed by in a hurry, and it was the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month in the blink of an eye.

This was the last day of the annual holiday, and the entire capital, from officials to common people, was immersed in a carnival-like festive atmosphere.

After nightfall, the unprecedentedly grand Aoshan Lantern Festival kicked off.From the Meridian Gate to the Chengtian Gate, and even to the Daming Gate outside the Jinshui Bridge, the entire long and narrow square is filled with all kinds of lanterns.

These lamps are not simply hung or stacked, but carefully built into the shape of Aoshan.The base is made of tens of thousands of small lanterns, with thousands of lights and colors, as if the Milky Way is paving the ground.There are countless palace lanterns decorated on the small lanterns, each with its own shape, without any repetition.

At the top of Aoshan Mountain, colorful jade fence-like lanterns form the four characters "Long Live the Emperor", shining brightly in the night sky. Only when you climb the towers on both sides of the square can you see it clearly.

There are many giant lamps made by craftsmen around, like a maze, for people to shuttle around at will.Lantern riddles are placed on some lamps. Not only literati and poets use them to recite poems and compose Fu, but also common people can guess riddles and receive prizes.

This night, the capital city has no distinction between high and low, officials and citizens, men and women, only a sea of ​​lights is bright, and the city is full of songs and laughter.

Officials of rank four and above, wearing auspicious clothes for the Spring Festival, assembled at the Meridian Gate. After waiting for a long time for the holy chariot to arrive, they gradually dispersed to enjoy the lanterns.

Su Yan was curiously watching a revolving lantern of Sanying fighting Lu Bu, when suddenly someone covered his eyes from behind.

The man leaned on his back and pressed his voice and asked, "Guess who I am?"

Su Yan held the man's wrist and said with a smile, "Puppy?"

"... Guess again!"

"piggy?"

The other party was annoyed and let go: "It's your young master!"

So I said Xiao Zhu, yes.Su Yan turned around and cupped his hands with a smile: "So it's the young master, I have eyes but don't know Mount Tai."

I saw Zhu Helin dressed in pomegranate red, with a wreath of the same color on the top of his hat, and a luan belt around his waist. He was dressed like a rich man, and he was feigning anger: "You did it on purpose! Well, you shouldn't be disrespectful to the young master." fine!"

"How to punish?"

"Punish you... to carry the lantern with my master." Zhu Helin said, picked up the revolving lantern that Su Yan was interested in, put his other arm around him, and went to the depths of Mount Ao together, "Eight more, help me Pick the best-looking, most special."

Su Yan asked as he walked, "What do you need so many lights for?"

Zhu Helin's raised eyebrows were covered with a layer of mournful clouds, he stared at the flame in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I heard from the old man in the palace that the queen mother loved lamps when she was alive. During festivals, Kunning Palace will hang them All kinds of colored lanterns, some of which she made by herself. I don’t know how to make lanterns, so I can only choose some good ones at this lantern festival, take them to hang in her palace, and hope that she can see them in the spirit of the sky and give me a dream at night. "

"Empress Xiaohui Cizhang..." Su Yan sighed slightly, the brat is missing his mother.

Not long after the former queen gave birth to the prince, she died of illness.Zhu Helin lacked maternal love since he was a child, and couldn't get comfort from his grandmother, so he missed his mother more and more.Emperor Jinglong was considerate of his feelings, coupled with his respect for the former empress, he no longer established an empress. Even the Kunning Palace has been vacant for more than ten years, and has always maintained the decoration of Empress Zhang before her death.

Whenever Zhu Helin misses his family or feels restless, he will go to Kunning Palace to sit alone, and he will hang lanterns to commemorate every festival.

After Su Yan knew the inside story, he patted Zhu Helin's arm reassuringly, "I'll help you choose, and I guarantee it will be the most brilliant lamp in the audience."

The two chose five more lamps after comparing each other, and handed them to the following servants to carry them. Just as they were about to continue walking down, they suddenly heard firecrackers being set off and salutes roaring. The surnames boiled up.

Everyone in the square knelt in the direction of Yujia, shouting long live, and for a moment it was like a sea boiling and a landslide.Su Yan saw that the people around were so excited that tears were streaming down their faces, kowtowing and shouting "Long Live, Long Live", he couldn't help being shocked by the scene, and murmured: "People's hearts."

Zhu Helin's expression was full of respect, pride, and not to be outdone. He solemnly swore: "I can do it in the future, and I will do it even better."

Su Yan smiled and nodded: "I trust you."

Zhu Helin held his hand tightly, "When the time comes, I want you to stand by my side."

Su Yan said: "I can only stand behind you, the position next to you should belong to the queen."

Zhu Helin said stubbornly: "What queen, tell her to go, I only want you."

While talking, several servants came looking for him. Seeing Su Yan's eyes lit up, they stepped forward and said, "Your servant has seen the young master. It can be considered that I found it. It turns out that Lord Su is here, and the emperor is calling you."

Only then did Su Yan remember the mission of being an official escort, and being dragged all the way by the prince, he almost forgot, and quickly responded: "Come here, come here." Then he said to Zhu Helin: "There are three lamps left. Choose the size first, and come to help after the minister is done serving. But it is estimated that at that time, the young master will also choose."

Zhu Helin was reluctant to attend the school by himself, and complained in his heart that his father left so many officials accompanying him, so he robbed Su Qinghe from him, and said with a straight face: "Where is my father admiring the lanterns, I will also serve as an attendant."

"On the tower next to the right gate of Que." The servant showed hesitation, "But the emperor only summoned Mr. Su..."

Zhu Helin glared at him: "What a eunuch! If the emperor doesn't summon me, I won't be able to go upstairs, sir?"

"Yes! The servant is confused! Young master, please come with the servant." The servant nodded and bowed to lead the way, welcoming the two to the bottom of the tower.

Zhu Helin pulled Su Yan and was about to go up the steps when he was stopped by the imperial guards with three steps and one post.

"The emperor has an order. Only Master Su is summoned. Others are not allowed to go upstairs unless they are summoned."

Zhu Helin said angrily: "I am the prince! I can see my father whenever I want! Let's go!"

The guard refused to give up half a step: "The emperor's life is in his body, so he can't take the life of the East Palace. Young master, I've offended you."

Su Yan grabbed Zhu Helin, walked away a few steps, and persuaded in a low voice: "It's a big festival, don't be angry. The emperor summoned me alone, there must be something, the young master is playing at the lantern festival first, and I will go to you later. "

Zhu Helin frowned and replied: "It's not that I'm playing petty temper and insisted on disobeying Junfu, I'm just worried... Sigh, Qinghe, you don't know!"

"Don't know what?" Su Yan asked puzzled.

"The mid-autumn palace banquet, the father left the banquet halfway, took the memorial book you presented from Shaanxi in the imperial study room, and sighed to the moon, 'the green and green osmanthus are not folded, I can't bear to read it'."

Su Yan: "Huh?"

Seeing that he was still confused, Zhu Helin said angrily: "Don't understand yet? Father wants to fold your osmanthus! You are so eager to get close to it, are you eager to let him fold it, ah? Tell me!"

Su Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What nonsense!"

"Who's talking nonsense?" Zhu Helin pinched his waist and threatened, "No matter how the father coaxes you, you are not allowed to let him succeed, do you hear? From then on, I'd rather bump into a pillar than keep my innocence, and he won't touch you."

"...The emperor wants to be shameless, so don't I?" Su Yan slapped the paws on his waist away forcefully, a little annoyed, "It's the young master, if the emperor hears what nonsense he said, Are you looking for scolding?"

Zhu Helin was also annoyed: "If you dare to live with it, I'm really shameless! I can say the ugly words first——If you, Su Qinghe, half push and half give up in front of him, what kind of 'Imperial fate is hard to break, I have to follow' set Even if the young master is going all out to be scolded and punished, he will also stir up the world!"

Su Yan was so angry that he wanted to slap him, and said with restraint: "Master, please be reasonable. Not to mention that the emperor will never use his power to humiliate his subjects, just because you are full of plans on how to offend your father is enough Let all my expectations and hard work go to waste! You are the prince, so you should have the responsibility and demeanor of the prince, and you must put the overall situation first."

"But I'm also his son!" Zhu Helin was extremely wronged, "There's no reason in this world for a father and a son to rob a man..."

Su Yan almost laughed angrily, "Who the hell is the man who was robbed by you! Treat me as dead, and let you father and son arrange me?"

"I don't care, we kissed, I'm your man!"

If you do this calculation, then I have three fucking men!Su Yan complained - no, it's two and a half.You are a little kid, and you are still jealous like others?Let the hair grow evenly first.

He didn't say these words in the end, for fear that the little bully would completely lose his temper.

After much deliberation, the stubborn donkey still has to smooth his hair.Su Yan sighed: "Okay, what you say is right. I know that the young master has good intentions, and he is worried that I will suffer, and that I will be forced by Tianwei to accept favors against my will. I know it all."

Zhu Helin's eyes were a little red, "You still have a bit of conscience... Before you left Beijing, you promised to wait for my young master to grow up, why can't you give me more time? I will one day... One day I won't have to... Be afraid of anyone, when the time comes, the young master will cover you, so you can do whatever you want. Just wait patiently, okay?"

Su Yan's heart softened, and there was a slight pain in his softness, and he said warmly: "Okay. But the young master has to promise me, mature quickly, don't keep going up and down like this, worrying me."

Zhu Helin gradually calmed down now, "Master, I have made a lot of progress, but I just didn't show it in front of you. Who said that as soon as I saw you... that's all, you go up to accompany my father-just deal with it, Don't really come up with something, some shameless things like 'break through the jade pot to open the ingenious orifice' and 'dive into the golden valley to find a flower heart', do you hear?"

Su Yan asked back with a straight face: "What is 'Jade Pot'? What is 'Golden Valley'?"

Zhu Helin couldn't answer.He can't answer honestly, he doesn't understand what it means from the script, right?Consciously being looked down upon by the elders, he turned around, muttered "Master will always know", and left angrily.

Su Yan let out a long breath, returned to the base of the wall, and climbed up the steps.

On the city tower, Emperor Jinglong wore a dragon robe with a straight body. The dragon robe was a rare blue color, like a cage of cold water, and he was covered with a dark silver cloak trimmed with sable fur. In the color, there is a sense of innocence and independence.

With his back turned to him, the emperor stood leaning on a railing.Su Yan was about to salute and kowtow to see him, but he heard him say lightly: "Qinghe, come here."

After Su Yan was startled, he stepped forward lightly and stood behind the emperor.

But the emperor raised his hand, curled his fingers, and signaled him to come closer.Su Yan had no choice but to obey his orders and stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor at the risk of being disrespectful.

The surrounding servants bowed their heads deeply, bowed and retreated down the steps, leaving only the monarch and his ministers on the tower.

The emperor raised his jaw towards the bottom of the tower, "Look."

Su Yan looked down at the square in front of the Meridian Gate: the Bell and Drum Division sounded the ritual music, and the female singers of the Jiaofang Division danced to the melodious melody, with graceful postures, like fairy tales.The fire trees and silver flowers never go night, the singing and dancing are peaceful and the people are jubilant, like a picture scroll of a flourishing age unfolding slowly...

"'Flying the sails in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, changing a poem for a drunk', 800 years later, this scene will reappear." Su Yan sighed, "It's all thanks to the great Ming country's prosperity and people's strength, and the emperor's hard work."

Emperor Jinglong said: "Heavy responsibilities are on his shoulders, Suye dare not forget the admonitions of his ancestors, and the peace of the country. However, I sometimes feel that I live like a Da'ao."

"Who would say that he is bastard's..." Su Yan muttered.

"In the past, Nvwa mended the sky and cut off the four feet of the giant ao to support the four poles of the sky, and then stabilized the crumbling sky. Since then, the giant ao that supports the sky has been unable to move an inch, and has to crawl in the middle of the earth and continue to protect hundreds of millions of creatures. .”

Su Yan understood the implication, and couldn't help turning to look at the emperor's handsome and quiet side face.

The emperor went on to say: "Perhaps when Ao was extremely tired and fell asleep, he dreamed of returning to the East China Sea countless times, roaming freely in the vast expanse of blue waves, doing whatever he wanted, no need to burden the world, and no need to care about the eyes of all spirits. But after waking up, he still has to return to his destiny. day and night, until the end of life can be liberated."

Su Yan's eyes gradually mist, "Billions of living beings depend on Ju'ao, and I am grateful to Ju'ao from the bottom of my heart."

"But relying on and being grateful will only make Juao feel more and more responsibilities, and there is no relaxation at all. The only thing that can make it feel relaxed is dreams, but dreams are fragile and difficult to retain. If you use your true strength to forcefully retain you, you will be worried. The sweet dream turned into a nightmare, and since then I haven't even had a thought."

Su Yan's heart was trembling, and he couldn't help calling out: "My lord..."

In the middle of the night, the bell and drum rang, firecrackers blared in the square, fireworks were in full bloom, and countless rays of light flew into the night sky, exploding clusters of brilliant nebulae.

"I like the annual gift you gave me very much, and I want to give you a gift in return. See—" the emperor pointed to the night sky.

The smallpox blooms in the middle of countless months, and the five colorful auspicious clouds surround the Jiangtai.Falling to the ground, the stars suddenly scattered, and the sound of rain came flying in the air.

So many cannons of exotic flowers formed corresponding shapes on the ground, rose into the sky, and burst into stars in the night, converging into four bright Chinese characters:

"Haiyan Heqing."

Su Yan stared up at the sky and covered his mouth with his palm.

Starlight and snowflakes fell from the sky together.The emperor took off his cloak and shook it against the wind, covering Su Yan's body.

The emperor lowered his head slightly, and his warm breath fell on the back of Su Yan's hand.He pulled Su Yan's hand away gently and without rejection.

Su Yan looked out from between the fluffy sable hair and the emperor's still black temples, and saw the sky filled with light.And the eyes of the emperor, who was so close at hand, were more touching than Liuguang.

The fireworks are going off, the firecrackers are ringing, and everyone is jubilant, but at this moment, the ruler of this prosperous dynasty has only one person in his eyes.

The emperor supported the cloak with one hand, and supported Su Yan's cheek with the other.

The world suddenly became extremely small, barely as big as a cloak and a hug.Su Yan was a little out of breath, but felt very safe and secure. He was like a fish floating in water, wanting to say something to the sky.The sky was covered far and wide.

The Emperor kissed him on the lips.

First touch it lightly, as if the spring breeze awakens the willow branches, and then grab the sprouted new buds without hesitation, and pick them as much as you want.

The emperor's robe was dyed with royal fragrance, somber and quiet, but his lips and tongue were hot and lingering.Su Yan stood unsteadily, leaned forward in front of the emperor's chest, his fingers tightly grasped the gold-woven dragon on the skirt, his heart was beating violently, and his lungs were burning hot.

The moment the tip of his tongue touched, he closed his eyes and offered an unbreakable dream to the former god of the East China Sea.

-----------------