A traitor

Outside the Zuixian Building, Mr. Zhao walked briskly, got into the carriage, and returned to the mansion to prepare to transport the stolen money.

Su Qinglang stood by the side of the road, watching his carriage go farther and farther, then turned and left, and the housekeeper followed behind.

"My lord, are you going back home now?"

Su Qinglang's footsteps paused, and he glanced sideways at him, then looked away, showing a leisurely smile.

"The fish has been driven to the edge of the trap, only one step away. Next, it is natural to arrange the net."

The butler let out a sigh, and hurriedly said, "The villain will arrange the carriage right now."

"That's all..." Su Qinglang stopped him, stretched out his hand, spread out the folding fan in his hand, and flicked the fan with a natural and unrestrained movement.

After thinking for a moment, he said in a calm tone: "You go back and order people to pay attention to Zhao E's movements at all times, and then inform Cai Jun that the time has come, and everything will follow the plan."

The housekeeper bent down to respond, and then hesitated: "Then you..."

Su Qinglang looked towards Changjie and said, "I'll just walk there, there are still some things that I need to think about on the way."

After parting with the butler, Su Qinglang walked all the way to the outside of the prime minister's mansion. The guards guarding the door saw that it was Su Qinglang, and they were all closer than seeing their own parents.

Su Qinglang sent some money, and asked the headed guard: "Is Xiangye in the mansion?"

The guard replied: "Master Xiang returned early and has not left the mansion yet."

Su Qinglang asked again: "Where is the young master?"

The guard was a bit puzzled, but answered honestly: "Young master has been in the mansion all this time, and he never came out."

Su Qinglang hummed, and then heard the guard ask suspiciously: "My lord is asking this to..."

Su Qinglang smiled and said: "It's okay, I just happen to have something to discuss with Master Xiang and Young Master, so I don't need to bother anymore."

Stepping into the mansion, they came to a courtyard, but saw Qin Jian and Qin Huan playing chess in the pavilion, and the butler of the Prime Minister's mansion stood aside.

At this time, Prime Minister on the right had already changed his court clothes and was only wearing ordinary clothes. He had a steady temperament, majesty and restraint, and looked less fierce than usual, just like a kind and kind father;

Qin Huan was dressed in purple, with sable feathers adorning his hair crown, black ink long hair, and a face like a jade crown, noble and coquettish, extremely gorgeous.

Su Qinglang walked over, Qin Huan heard the movement, turned his head to see him, and slowly smiled: "Qinglang..."

He only heard his father cough, and seemed unaware of Su Qinglang's appearance, but lightly reprimanded Qin Huan: "The most important thing in chess is to concentrate, so looking around, what's the point?"

Qin Huan could only restrain his mood, and honestly played chess with his father. Su Qinglang walked into the gazebo, stood beside the butler, watching the fierce battle on the chessboard, very sensible and speechless.

After waiting for a long while, and still not deciding the winner, Qin Huan slightly turned his eyes to the side, and calmly glanced at Su Qinglang, who was acting as a sculpture beside him.

Putting the chess pieces together in his hand, turning to him with a look of embarrassment, "If this goes on, I'm afraid I'm going to lose again, Qing Lang, your chess skills are better than mine, why don't you give me some advice?"

Mr. Qin's words are really nonsense with his eyes open. Everyone in Chang'an City knows that although Mr. Su is smart since he was a child, he is a stinky chess basket, the kind of mud that can't support the wall.

Playing chess casually is enough for him to hold his chin and contemplate for a long time, and his moves are as slow as a tortoise. Playing chess with him is simply a disaster. Looking at the entire imperial city, only the son of Qin Xiangfu is willing to play chess with him.

Su Qinglang smiled, and said: "Watch chess without talking about a real gentleman, Master Xiang is playing chess with the young master, how can Qinglang interrupt from the side. Besides, with Qinglang's little chess skills, I'm afraid it will hinder the young master."

Hearing this, Qin Huan couldn't help chuckling, and teased, "I've known you for many years, but I never thought that you are even good at chess..."

Su Qinglang held back for a while, and was dumbfounded by Qin Huan's ridicule. Although he really wanted to fight back, he looked at Qin Jian next to him, and could only swallow the words that came to his mouth.

After such a toss, Qin Xiang had long since lost interest in playing chess. He put the chess pieces on the table, looked at Su Qinglang and said, "What are you doing here today?"

Su Qinglang thought of Zhao E, and quickly replied: "Master Xiang, it's like this. Today Qinglang hosted a banquet to meet Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao is worried about Xu Jingfei's matter, and wants to meet you, Mr. Xiang."

Qin Jian snorted, and said: "Greedy for money and wrong, extremely stupid, he still has the face to see the truth?"

Su Qinglang pretended to be surprised: "It turns out that Master Xiang already knew about this."

Qin Jian didn't answer, Qin Huan on the side was silent for a moment, and said: "After Du Qingyun was arrested, my father sent someone to pay attention to this matter. I only know that this matter has something to do with Mr. Zhao. I thought that after Du Qingyun confessed, this matter would be considered a crime." passed.

Therefore, he didn't take it to heart, and Xu Jingfei was involved unexpectedly. Now that Xu Jin has intervened, the case will be more difficult, right? "

Su Qinglang nodded, and said: "This person, Xu Jingqi, has been biting Mr. Zhao since he was arrested. It's really troublesome."

Hearing this, Qin Jian became more and more annoyed, and reprimanded him: "You too, that Cai Jun is one of your subordinates, what's the matter with him, how to control his subordinates, and he has to teach you the truth himself?"

Su Qinglang hurriedly knelt down, bowed his head, cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, Master, Qinglang hasn't been around the Ministry of Rites very often in recent years, and I really don't know much about him."

Seeing his terrified look, Qin Huan was anxious for a moment, and hurriedly got up and knelt beside him: "Father, it's Cai Jun who is hateful, and Qing Lang didn't do it on purpose, and he has a lot of things to do every day. How could he be considerate in everything, even a little servant beside him should pay attention, according to what the boy saw, all the mistakes were Master Zhao's fault, he shouldn't be greedy and get involved with that Xu Jingyu, how could he? Can Qing Lang be blamed?"

Qin Jian looked at Su Qinglang, then at Qin Huan, and finally sighed: "You all get up."

Qin Huan just wanted to support Su Qinglang to stand up, but when his father saw his actions, his face was as cold as ice, so he could only give up in embarrassment.

Qin Jian remained calm and said coldly: "Huan'er, father and Master Su have something to say, you go back first."

Qin Huan hesitated: "Father..."

Qin Jian raised his head and looked at him with serious eyes, Qin Huan lowered his head, looked at Su Qinglang, and could only say: "Yes..."

Seeing Qin Huan walking away, Qin Jian said again: "The truth is that Mei Liusheng is also one of the presiding judges. How is he?"

Su Qinglang stood aside, and replied: "Mei Liusheng, the lower officials have already made it clear. It's just...you know, Mr. Mei, that Mr. Mei has just entered the officialdom, and he doesn't understand many things about the court, and the official position is very different. A few ranks lower than Cai Jun, even if he wants to protect Mr. Zhao, he doesn't have the ability."

Qin Jian sighed: "On his side, you are there to assist. After all, Cai Jun is one of your subordinates, so he is a little afraid of you."

Su Qinglang agreed, and then heard Qin Jian say: "The limelight has been a little tight recently, and with Zhao E's situation, it's not appropriate to come to my mansion again. Just tell him that the truth will not stand idly by, so let him be calm and restless. Don't come here if it's a big deal, it's just for nothing to arouse people's suspicion."

Su Qinglang nodded, and said: "Yes, Qinglang has already told him about this before."

"but……"

Su Qinglang paused for a moment, looked around, then took two steps closer to Qin Jian, and said in a low voice, "Master Zhao has a generous gift, and he said he would like to thank Xiang Ye for his kindness."

Qin Jian looked sideways at him: "How much?"

Su Qinglang pursed his lips into a smile, and covered his face with a folding fan, his eyes were full of calculations, quite cunning and evil.

He replied: "If this matter is found out, Mr. Zhao's life may not be guaranteed. He has been an official for more than ten years, and he has only accumulated so much money. The Prime Minister is so kind to him, even if all the savings in the mansion are given to him. It’s not too much.”

"It's just..." He changed the subject: "Recently, the imperial court has been watching him a little bit closely. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at him. Qinglang was afraid of causing trouble for the prime minister, so he asked him to transport the things to Qinglang's mansion first, and wait for this matter." In the past, Master Xiang sent people to my residence to transport things away."

Hearing this, Qin Jian hummed, and finally showed satisfaction, and said, "You have done a good job in this matter, let Zhao E add a lot of effort to our great cause!"

"Speaking of our great cause..."

Su Qinglang went on to say: "The old man of the Xu family doesn't know how to praise, and he joins hands with Pei Yan, Xue Qishan and others all day long to deal with us, and it will definitely become a major obstacle for us in the future.

Now that Xu Jing has been arrested and Xu Jin is not strictly supervised, his vitality will be greatly damaged and his reputation will be ruined. The Prime Minister can seize this opportunity and punish them. "

Prime Minister Qin nodded acquiescingly, and believed in Su Qinglang's words: "If you don't tell me about this matter, the Prime Minister also has this plan. As for Zhao E's matter... I will leave it to you to handle it."

Su Qinglang clapped his hands and said yes, after explaining the matter, he withdrew from the gazebo, just after he passed the arched door of the courtyard, he saw Qin Huan waiting outside.

He walked over and said to Qin Huan: "Didn't the young master go back, why are you here?"

Qin Huan lowered his head and said, "I'm worried about you, so...Dad didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Su Qinglang raised the corners of her lips, and said: "Qinglang is not effective in handling things, I still have to thank Mr. Xie for interceding for me just now."

Qin Huan turned around and walked towards the door of his own house, it seemed that he wanted to personally send Su Qinglang away from the Prime Minister's residence.

Said: "I don't blame you for this matter. If I don't say it, Dad won't blame you. It's just a moment of urgency, which seems to put you in a more embarrassing situation."

Su Qinglang didn't speak, and heard him smile wryly again, lowered his head, and said in a cold tone, "It's really hateful, I don't know much about the affairs of the court, and although I want to help you, I don't know where to start."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang said indifferently: "Young master is not a person who is intriguing. As long as you write poems, play music, play chess and calligraphy, you can live a happy life every day. If one day you understand the affairs of the court and learn the methods and methods of the court , I'm afraid that by then, you will no longer be you."

Qin Huan paused, turned around and looked at him: "Qinglang... don't you want me to help you?"

Su Qinglang smiled: "It's not that I don't want you to help me, but relatively speaking, I don't want to lose you now."

Qin Huan was taken aback, a bright and warm smile appeared on his handsome face, as if promising, he nodded and said, "Okay..."

After a pause, he sighed again, shifted his gaze, looked at the distant scenery, and said with a little loss: "If dad can also understand this truth, it will be great..."