Broken Iron Clothes

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In the Yingchen Hall, civil and military officials attended the court, and Liang Yuanqing stood absent-mindedly, staring at the wat board in his hand, listening to a few words of controversy about the position of Taiwei from time to time.

"Recently, there have been frequent changes in the court, and the Suzheng Order is still being implemented. The position of Taiwei is not in a hurry to find someone to take over, and it will be vacant first. The cabinet will temporarily take over the power of Taiwei." Liu Zhaoyu blocked the courtiers these days with one sentence. The recommendation at the time of the performance ended in a hurry.

Liang Yuanqing was retreating out of the hall following the crowd, still thinking about the assassination that haunted him last night, so he couldn't help wondering which Buddha he had offended recently.

While he was thinking, the voice of a person behind him reached his ears.

"Master Zhuo, are the affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs still busy these days?"

The person who spoke to him was Gao Li, and Zhuo Wei responded when he heard it: "Gao Shilang, don't worry, the Ministry of Punishment that should be investigated and arrested will not relax, but there are at least two or three courtiers who came to the Ministry of Punishment to report the case recently, even I myself encountered the same trouble the day before yesterday, and for the past two nights I had to hide a dagger by my pillow in order to barely sleep, so these cases will always take more time to investigate."

Gao Li sighed: "You said that the two of us stick to our duties and didn't get involved in any troubles. Why did we provoke those people?"

As he spoke, he paused for a while, then suddenly lowered his voice: "Tell me, could it be made by Yemenzhuang?"

Zhuo Wei lowered his voice and replied: "It's hard to say. Although Jiang Shiqing is the owner of the villa, he is always the third son of King Wei Xu. The grievances with the Yan family in the early years have long been spread throughout the government and the public. Now he does not have a relationship with the Yan family. It really doesn’t make sense to spend energy to deal with those of us who don’t stand for us, and besides, his Jiang residence is still surrounded by personal guards, and Yemen Village may not be able to keep it.”

Gao Li said: "That's right. Although the Feng family was put in shackles and imprisoned, there are still turmoil in the court. The position of Taiwei has only been vacant for half a month, and some people are eager to fight for it. Those of us who have no one to rely on behind us are the most suitable for us. It’s the reason why people replaced it, right? So I said that Wen Cifu’s illness for two consecutive days was probably caused by this incident.”

Zhuo Wei sighed: "Now it's not the same as before, if this continues, sooner or later the sky will change again."

Gao Li said: "I don't think so. Your Majesty's statement today that he will not be appointed as a Taiwei is also a wake-up call for us."

"You mean, Your Majesty wants to find someone else..." Zhuo Wei did not dare to continue.

"Maybe," Gao Li continued, "Maybe."

The words behind him stopped, and Liang Yuanqing secretly remembered all these words in his heart.

At least he can know that he is not the only one who has been assassinated, and the situation in the DPRK and China is still unstable, and the person who most urgently needs to take this opportunity to expand his power is undoubtedly the Yan family.

Liang Yuanqing knew that after the birthday banquet assassination case, most of the guards tended to Song Bing, so Yan Youqian had Song Bing under his command, which was equivalent to being able to call the guards.It would not be difficult for a few trusted guards to assassinate courtiers for him, and Yemenzhuang could be the scapegoat.

A closer look at the meaning of Gao Li's words just now is that Liu Zhaoyu didn't want the Yan family to overtake the imperial power, so he was giving the rest of the courtiers a chance to fight against him. After all, Liu Zhaoyu's surname is Liu, even if his biological mother is Yan Yixin, it is impossible to give up the imperial power willingly To the Yan family, so he needs a group of courtiers who support the Liu family.

Liang Yuanqing thought all the way, and walked outside the palace gate without knowing it.

The coachman opened the curtain to welcome people, Liang Yuanqing leaned over to get into the car, then suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said: "Today, instead of going the same way, let's go around the Wen Mansion first."

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Since Jiang Shiqing came back from Xu's mansion that day, he hadn't been out of the house, but for some reason, the medicines for the past few days had been delivered to Jiang Shiqing's room, but his body couldn't support him anyway.

Xu Yixu came back to the Jiang mansion once every three days. Jiang Shiqing had to go back to his room to rest before he could handle it for a long time. Zhong Dingshan couldn't let go, and followed him to take care of him. He was anxious every day, and the guards outside the door If the army didn't retreat for a day, Zhong Dingshan couldn't go outside Huimei Courtyard to manage the life and death of the cherry tree. He was afraid that the tree would die again, and he felt even more annoyed.

This day Zhong Dingshan stared at Xuguo as he delivered the medicine bowl to the house, but saw Jiang Shiqing still lying on his side on the couch resting his mind. He didn't want to disturb, so he led Xuguo and Lin Song to the courtyard to practice martial arts.

Since Yuan Mucheng left, Jiang Shiqing didn't sleep well. Waking up in the night was common. Even if he could take a nap during the day to replenish some energy, he just closed his eyes and slept lightly, and woke up after a while.

He was still awake at the moment, and when he heard the movement in the room quiet down, he slowly opened his eyes and sat up, walked to the front of the table and picked up the medicine bowl, and poured all the decoction into a flowerpot that couldn't sprout any green buds.

Just as the empty medicine bowl was placed on the table, someone knocked lightly on the door frame twice. Jiang Shiqing stepped forward to open the door, and met Shang Yi Qinchen's clear and dull eyes.

These eyes have been kept for several months, and the light and shadow that can be seen recently have become more and more clear, so Yi Qinchen simply took off the white cloth and tried to distinguish objects by the rough outline.

Jiang Shiqing led someone in, sat down, and said, "I've wronged you, I have to try to hide it every few days."

Yi Qinchen said: "It's nothing, it's better than trying to sneak in every day to spread the news."

Jiang Shiqing folded his sleeves, poured a cup of hot water and pushed it forward, asking, "What's new today?"

Yi Qinchen caught the movement of the man, identified the position of the teacup, and replied: "According to the plan, the assassination of officials has spread outside, and most of the rumors are to pin this matter on the head of Yemen Village , but now that the guards are guarding Jiang's house, and you don't see you going out every day, those sayings have changed. Some say that Yemen Village is haunted, some say that the guards guarding Jiang's house are just a cover, and some say that Yemen Zhuang was found by the Yan family to make a scapegoat."

Jiang Shiqing smiled lightly and said, "It's very lively."

Fingers moved slowly towards the table, Yi Qinchen moved the water to his mouth and took a sip after touching the cup, and then said: "But the assassination has nothing to do with Yan Youqian, and he didn't know that there would be hidden guards in the city, except Yemenzhuang, he should not be able to think of anyone else who can disregard the law and assassinate court officials everywhere, so he will naturally turn his anger on you after hearing the rumors, and I am afraid that you should be wronged next."

Before Jiang Shiqing could respond, Xu Guo hurriedly opened the door and entered.

"Master! The guards have broken into the door!"

Jiang Shiqing smiled lightly: "It's even more lively."

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The commotion in the front yard has turned upside down, Zhong Dingshan was worried that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he grabbed someone and gave him a few punches before throwing them to the ground. Lin Song could deal with a few by his side, but the two of them could not resist the hundred people in front of them with their bare hands. The rest of the guards with weapons in their hands were forced to retreat to the stone bridge in the front yard after a while.

The person who led the team today was Song Bing. Seeing that Zhong Dingshan was furious and threw all the guards who opened the way into the pool, he stepped forward with his sword and slashed straight at Zhong Dingshan.

Zhong Dingshan dodged sideways, the blade chased straight to his feet, he jumped up and took two steps back, when he turned around again, the blade was already close to his arm.

With a resounding sound, Lin Song suddenly turned around and saw Jiang Shiqing holding a stick in his hand, blocking that side blow.However, the blade was stuck on the stick, Song Bing gripped the handle tightly, and cut down with all his strength, the wooden thorns burst out, the stick was broken, and only a little piece of wood remained.

Seeing that the sharp blade was about to break the wooden stick and slash towards Jiang Shiqing, Su Guo, who had been helping Lin Song to save him, quickly turned around and swung the knife to take the blow, and then stood tightly in front of Jiang Shiqing.

Song Bing glanced at Xu Guo, raised his hand to stop the rest of the guards who were about to advance, and said, "It's been a long time, Master Jiang."

Jiang Shiqing just raised his hand and broke the wooden stick completely, threw it at his feet, and said, "I don't understand why Song Shilang broke into the door."

Song Bing said: "Yemen Zhuang is making trouble outside, frequently assassinating court officials, I wonder whose business Jiang Zhuang is doing this time?"

"I don't understand." Jiang Shiqing said.

Song Bing put away his knife, glanced around the front yard, and said, "Villager Jiang, don't pretend to be confused. The safety of court officials is under threat. I also want to find the person who caused the trouble as soon as possible. There are many masters in Yemen Village. It's normal that the supervisor can't live, I just need to search the owner's house and eliminate hidden dangers."

Hearing this, Jiang Shiqing stood there silently for a while, then suddenly smiled.

Song Bing felt a little provocative from this, and asked, "What does Master Jiang mean by this?"

"It's just interesting."

Jiang Shiqing gently separated Xu Guo who was blocking him, took a few steps towards Song Bing, and then said, "Because of Song Shilang's suspicion, the Jiang residence has been oppressed by the Ministry of War for more than half a month, and everyone's travel has been blocked. Now Song Shilang Even if you don’t say a word, you can break into the door and hurt people, but even if Duke Yu wants to find a replacement for the dead ghost, you should always compile some evidence to convince the public.”

Jiang Shiqing said the last sentence in a frivolous manner, showing no sign of cowardice at the mercy of others, but Song Bing watched the fire, and then gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Master Jiang casually slandered Duke Yu, how courageous he is."

The atmosphere became more and more serious, but Jiang Shiqing was fearless, walking leisurely, and then sighed again: "No, why did I forget, isn't the purpose of searching the house today is to forge evidence and put the crime on me ."

"So," he stopped to face Song Bing, bent his eyes, and said with a smile, "how can I let Song Shilang succeed."

In response to the words, Song Bing's expression moved slightly, and he gradually put his finger on the handle of the knife again, and said: "The Ministry of War has already given Jiang Zhuang enough face, if you don't give in today, don't blame me for bringing someone to break in."

Jiang Shiqing looked at the hand holding the knife handle tightly in front of him, and suddenly raised his eyes to meet Song Bing's, and smiled contemptuously: "Try it."

Song Bing's expression sank, he raised his elbow and drew out the knife, but Jiang Shiqing stepped on the back of his hand and pushed the handle back.

The sound of fighting was instantly ignited, Zhong Dingshan picked up a piece of wooden stick on the ground, then turned around and gave two heavy blows to the abdomen of the man running towards him, Xu Guo pulled Lin Song behind him, and rushed towards Jiang Shiqing's side.

Before Song Bing had time to shine the saber again, Jiang Shiqing took a step back, raised his hand to grab the wrist of a guard beside him and clasped it back, grabbed the saber in his hand and turned around to take the blow.

There was constant noise all around, Song Bing remembered that today's purpose was to break into the front yard, pretending to find evidence from Jiang's house, and no longer biting at Jiang Shiqing's figure, he turned his head and saw that the stone railing on the bridge could still take a step. He jumped up and stepped on the stone railing.

But before he took a few more steps, a gust of saber wind swept under his feet, he jumped up to dodge the blow, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly swung the blade back.The back of the knife hit his ankle, Song Bing staggered and fell off the bridge.After rolling around twice, he stood up on the ground, only to see that the person who blocked him just now was Xu Guo.

Angry straight to the top of his skull, he raised the knife and walked quickly towards Xu Guo, raised his hand and drew the blade to strike at the young man.

In an instant, the blade froze and was caught by someone with bare hands. At the same time, an angry shout came from the gate: "Stop!"

The sound of fighting stopped suddenly, and only then did Xu Guo feel some water falling on the back of his neck, which made him itchy.He wiped it, and his fingers were bloody red.

The fishy smell hit his brain directly, and Xu Guo was startled by the scene in front of him. He hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw Jiang Shiqing holding a knife against the pressed blade, and holding the blade directly above his head with the other hand.

The blood trickled down the fingers to the back of the hand, dripping intermittently one after another.

"Master!" Xu Guo yelled loudly, and waved away Song Bing's knife vigorously.

Seeing that the wound was deep, Xu Guo's eyes were red, she bared her teeth and was about to step forward to seek revenge on that man, but was held back by Jiang Shiqing.He turned his head and saw that Jiang Shiqing was sweating on his forehead, his face was pale, and he smiled and shook his head slightly at him.

Xu Guo's eyes were flushed, she could only bite her lower lip tightly, and stood there listening to Jiang Shiqing's words.

"What is Song Shilang doing?" Xu Yixu quickly approached from the gate with a cold tone.

Song Bing then withdrew his knife, and saluted unwillingly: "The Ministry of War handles affairs impartially, and Xu Shangshu must not be offended."