Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Feng Qu'e leaned down from behind, and smiled hoarsely and coldly in his ear: "If you are really unmoved, why did you wait for me to tell the name of the contact person before leaving the torture room? ?”

Shen Qi slapped the round table to pieces with one palm, and at the same time she jumped up and slid forward, she drew her knife and slashed back with her backhand.

The light of the knife was sharp and sharp, and the air of the knife was bitter, but it only pierced the silent air in the room.

Shen Qi turned her head sideways, staring at the empty room, with an expression that couldn't tell whether it was fierce or dignified.

Jin Yiwei, who was standing guard in the corridor, heard the loud noise in the house, opened the door and rushed in: "My lord, what happened?"

"...It's nothing, you guys clean up the floor." Shen Qi slowly put the knife back into its sheath, turned and left the flower hall.

Walking into the courtyard, the cold wind rushed towards his face, like thousands of clusters of fine needles piercing the skin, and the surging bloodthirsty aura in his chest had just calmed down a bit.

Feng Qu'e is dead, and that big and dangerous secret will be buried with him forever in the darkness of the imperial prison.

Now that you have decided not to touch it, you shouldn't be shaken unless...

No, it's not that far yet, Shen Qi said to herself.Don't forget, Qinghe bet all his treasures on Prince Zhu Helin.Even if he really planned to turn over the entire gambling table, he had to ask him what he meant in advance.

Prince Yu's Mansion.

Early in the morning, 36 guards and servants who had just entered the mansion formed a square formation and stood on the martial arts arena.

The guards were all Lianjiazi, they all stood up straight with their feet stretched out, their chests raised and their stomachs retracted.Compared with the servants, they are much more cramped. They all habitually bow their heads and look down at their feet, not daring to breathe.

King Yu was dressed in a purple begonia-colored gold pan dragon pattern, with hard leather armguards tied around his wrists, and his black hair was tied on top of his head with a small light crown, which made him look heroic and majestic.He walked past rows of guards, his eyes were stern, as if he had the air of a war, so that no one dared to look at him closely.

Another servant came running profusely, stumbled at the gate of the garden, got up and stood at the end of the queue.

"All here?" King Yu walked to the edge of the martial arts arena and asked Han Ben, the commander of the palace guards standing at the bottom of the steps.

Han Ben clasped his fists and answered: "There are 40 new guards and servants in the mansion, and 37 people were present. Yesterday, two of them asked for sick leave, and one's mother got an emergency, so she asked for leave to take care of her, because the lord ordered a temporary summoning order, and it was too late to come back."

King Yu nodded: "Write me the missing list."

Immediately, a servant brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Han Ben wrote down the names, responsibilities, and reasons for asking for leave of the three people, and handed them to King Yu.

King Yu took the paper and glanced at it, and ordered: "Check one by one."

A steward came to report that the servant whose mother had an emergency had been informed of the matter by someone from his family yesterday, and immediately asked him for leave, and he left only after he agreed.This person's house is in the west of the outer city, so he sent someone on a flying horse to verify it, and he could report back within half an hour.

The other two guards who asked for sick leave were handled by Han Ben, and they both had their illnesses confirmed, so they went to seek medical treatment on their own.

King Yu pointed to the word "Yin Fu" on the list: "I have an impression of this name, is it against me?"

"Yes. On the first day he first came, he was lucky enough to hold ten moves under the hands of the prince." Han Ben recalled that time, laughingly said, "The prince didn't really fight at all at that time, not even letting the water out, just tricking cats and dogs. "

"This Yin Fu has a quick reaction and fierce moves. He learned the murder sword. But at that time, he didn't try his best to use it. Instead, he deliberately suppressed the murderous intent in the sword."

"How dare he. This kid has fast sword skills, but his temper is very soft."

King Yu looked at Han Ben with a playful expression: "You seem to be very close to him? Interesting?"

Han Ben bowed his head: "Your Majesty is serious. He is an orphan without father and mother. I think he is pitiful. Take extra care of him."

King Yu slowly turned the slope-shaped jade cymbal worn on the thumb of his right hand, and Hetian Moyu showed a condensed and smooth black color on the knuckles, "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor's brother came to visit the palace. After the holy car left, Do you remember what this king called you to ask?"

Han Ben was startled, and hurriedly replied: "I remember."

The lord thought that in the past few days, the sound of the flute heard in his dream was caused by someone, and he was secretly paying attention to the people who had changed in the mansion, especially the newcomers, but he checked and found nothing strange place.

Except that the truth potion he made himself was missing a bottle.

He remembered that the medicine was used on Yin Fu, but the other party was innocent. Not only did he not ask anything, but he was almost injured by the poison of the medicine.

——How could you doubt Yin Fu at that time?She clearly decided to trust him, cherish him, and protect him for the rest of her life...for the rest of her life...

"The general wants to return to Beijing under the holy order? Please follow the guards, otherwise the humble post will not be at ease."

"You are already a general, and I will recommend you as a deputy general before I leave. Wouldn't it be nice to be a general in the future? Why do you have to ruin your future! If you come back to Beijing with me, you will be a royal guard at most. .”

"The humble job is the general's personal soldier. This life was pulled out of the dead by the general. I would like to follow the general for the rest of my life, even if I am only a guard of the palace."

"Life is too long, today's wish may not be the future wish. Han Ben, remember, 'Promises are not taken lightly, so I will live up to others'."

Yes, promise not lightly.In this life, he only promised his loyalty to one person. This person is the leader of Heiyun Tuqi, the general of the Jingbei Army, and the acting king Zhu Jincheng.Other than that, who else deserves all of his sacrifices... As soon as memories and thoughts emerged from the depths of his consciousness, they were slammed down by the raging waves. There seemed to be a voice in his head saying to him:

"Han Ben, you fell in love with Yin Fu at first sight. You believed in him, loved him, and were willing to do anything for him."

The sound became louder and louder, rolling between the sky and the earth like thunder, firmly suppressing the abnormal movement on the bottom of the sea.After a while, the sea surface returned to darkness and silence.

He seemed to be in a trance for a very short moment, and then he heard King Yu continue to say: "At that time, this king ordered you to search the mansion, but in the end nothing was found. I believe in your loyalty and ability, and since then, the sound of the flute has continued. It hasn't sounded, so I don't make much fanfare, I just tell you to continue to pay attention."

Han Ben said in shame: "It's because of his humble and incompetent position that he failed to find out the mastermind who harbored ill intentions against the prince."

King Yu frowned in thought, "It's not that simple, Han Ben. Have you heard about the Honglu Temple? Four Oirat envoys drowned at the same time and died on New Year's Eve, and the cause of death was also related to the strange sound. I suspect that the person who plotted against me has something to do with the Honglu Temple case...Who is not in the Palace on New Year's Eve?"

Han Ben said: "Many. Except for those who are on duty, everyone else has gone home for the New Year."

"Is this Yin Fu here?"

"..." Han Ben lowered his head, twisted his cheek muscles uncoordinatedly, and finally replied, "He is homeless, and he spent the New Year in the mansion. He went to the temple to pay respects to his parents that night, and then came back."

"Do you think he is trustworthy?" King Yu asked.

Han Ben nodded.

King Yu started to turn the Mo Yuwei on his thumb again, and said after a while, "Do you know why this king suddenly summoned them today?"

Han Ben shook his head.

"Because last night, the Daming mission left the capital and went to Oala to deliver the letter of credence, escorted a criminal with the team, and brought a human head."

Han Ben suddenly raised his eyes to look at King Yu: "Could it be... what happened to the mission?"

Yu Wang said: "Last night, a masked man sneaked into the camp where the mission was stationed. I don't know what the plan is. Fortunately, the emperor took precautions in advance and dressed a hundred of the most capable imperial guards as the entourage of the mission to firmly guard the country. Books and people committed crimes, so nothing major happened. The masked man slipped away from the sword of the imperial guards, unscathed."

Han Ben frowned and said: "The imperial guard is not a vegetarian, it seems that this person is very skilled."

"If this was done by the flute piper in the mansion, then he could enter the capital only after opening the city gate at dawn. No matter how fast the horse gallops, he will not be able to return to the palace in time. Now you know why the king suddenly summoned these guards and servant."

"My lord suspects... those three people who asked for leave?"

"To be precise, I doubt Yin Fu the most. His background, teacher, and temperament are all too ordinary, too ordinary to match the swordsmanship he deliberately concealed." King Yu patted Han Ben on the shoulder, "I'm worried that you are 'only because you are in this mountain', so I asked you what kind of relationship you have with him."

Han Ben froze for a moment like a stone sculpture, and then said, "I'm ashamed of myself, I'll go and investigate carefully. He had abdominal pain yesterday, and when I found out, the pain was so pale that I sent him to the hospital. The physician Diagnosed, it is indeed colic. I will rush to that hospital to see how he is doing."

Hearing what he said, King Yu still expressed his trust in Yin Fu, so he could only nod his head: "You go. Find another doctor to make a diagnosis—if someone else is still in the hospital."

Han Ben bid farewell with fists in his hands.

King Yu looked at his back and sighed slightly.

In an inconspicuous alley in the capital, at the base of the inconspicuous wall, there were a few inconspicuous dark red fingerprints.

A tall woman wearing a lotus-colored double-breasted jacket and an ivory-white skirt walked through the alley, and the pattern of egrets in a lotus pond on the skirt swayed with her steps.

The woman wears a windproof hat, and the white veil hanging from the edge of the hat can cover her appearance, but not her graceful figure, which makes passers-by curious and always hope that she can lift the veil so that they can have a glimpse of her beauty .

It's a pity that the woman didn't show up all the time, and people with good intentions followed her all the time. Seeing her walk into the gate of a brothel, she laughed a few times, planning to come when she was rich and free, and see the true face of Lushan under the bamboo hat.

The grade of this brothel is average, it is not popular in the capital, its business is deserted, and it can only barely make ends meet for the sisters, bustards and tortoises.

The woman went straight up to the second floor and walked to the room at the end of the corridor.The bustard caught up and called with a smile all over her face, "Wan Hongxiu—"

The woman kept walking.

"Miss Xiao--"

The woman pushed open the door.

The bustard's smile faded away, she gave a dry cough, and called out in disgust, "Xiaohong."

The woman turned her head and looked at her through the veil: "What is it?"

No matter how good and elegant the pet name was given, I refused to take it, so I had to use the real name of the earth, this little lady is really... blind for nothing, she has no sentimentality at all.At the beginning, he felt that she was capable of overwhelming others and became famous instantly, so he agreed to her condition, hoping that the hotel would also produce an oiran.Now it seems that hanging!

The bustard's slander was all her slander, Bai Tuantuan put on a smile again, and said, "Xiao Hong, you've been in our courtyard for a while."

"It's only the seventh day, not a few days."

The bustard choked for a moment, "It was agreed at the time that you would sell yourself to bury your father. I also had good intentions, so I promised you that you would not pick up customers during the filial piety period. But I am also in a subsistence business, and I really can't support people who just eat and don't work. You see or--"

Xiaohong interrupted the madam, her voice was crisp and firm, lower and colder than that of ordinary women: "Are you in a hurry to make money?"

The madam choked again, "Here, who doesn't want to make money? You don't make money, you eat and drink whatever you want, and you just say that you will go to your father's grave later, and the offerings—"

Xiaohong interrupted the madam again: "Just tonight."

"—can't even afford... what, tonight?"

"Yes. But I will choose the guests. Tonight, I will stand on the verandah on the second floor opposite the gate, and whoever I throw this pearl flower to will be the one."

After being taken aback for a moment, the madam was elated: "Okay, mom will go prepare now, so that more distinguished guests will come to compete for the first prize——I'll say what I said before, if you fancy a poor boy who can't afford the grooming fee, mom I don't agree!"

"Don't worry, I'll look after people." Leaving aside the blunt sentence, Xiaohong walked into the room and closed the door very simply.

The bustard took a sip: "What a noble fart! Not all of them are sold out... But it's okay, many officials follow this way, the more noble the more people will praise it. Let me accept it if I feel a little angry, and I will have money in the future Just log in."

The madam thumped downstairs to get ready.In the room, Xiaohong took off the veil and bamboo hat, revealing a charming face with heavy makeup.

"She" walked to the table and drew a pattern like an eight-petal red lotus flower on the paper. After careful comparison with the pattern in her impression, she found that the length of the petals was slightly different.

In the previous pattern, the eight petals were long on the outside and short on the inside. In the pattern discovered this morning, the petals are long on the inside and short on the outside. I don’t know what it means.Does it convey different messages according to the length of the petals?

"She" quickly memorized the new pattern, and then burned the page with a candle.

This time, we will never let Fuyin slip away from under our noses, and we must follow the clues to find the contact person behind it.