Broken Iron Clothes

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On the day of falling into the river, the dead who went to Peng Yan's old house were swept away, and Song Bing's whereabouts have been unknown since then.After Xu Yixu was rescued, he was impeached by the Supervisory Council for neglecting his duties. For this reason, Xu Yixu went to the hall to argue, falsely claiming that Song Bing had sent someone to inform him that Jiang Shiqing was the murderer of Yan Lingyong, and then Song Bing went to Jiang's house was caught in a fire, and Jiang Shiqing and others fled in fear of crime. He went out of the city to intercept him as a last resort, and eventually his little finger was broken and he fell into the river and died.

Wen Yao was disturbed by hearing it in the palace, so he came forward and said: "Since Xu Shangshu said so, the old minister would like to ask, Song Shilang was on duty in the palace on the night when the Lichen Temple case happened, regardless of the journey from the palace gate to Lichen Temple. How far away, even the imperial guards patrolling around did not notice any abnormality, how did Song Shilang know what happened there while he was in the palace? Besides, Song Shilang made it difficult for Yemen Village many times, since he got Knowing the truth, why hide it for Mr. Jiang until now?

"Furthermore, isn't it because the Ministry of War made it difficult for Yemenzhuang many times before, and now Jiang's mansion caught fire, Mr. Jiang was threatened, so he left in desperation? Isn't there a place for him in Ruoja city? Now that Song Bing is missing and Young Master Jiang is away, no matter what is said about this matter, it is up to others to add fuel to it, without evidence, so what is the point of talking more."

Xu Yixu entered the palace sick, and his severed finger was wrapped up, but at this time he didn't dare to bow too much, so he bowed slightly and said: "Mr. Jiang and Mr. Yan had trouble in the early years, except for falling Outside of the Ma case, Mr. Yan usually does not make troubles, so you can think of who will benefit the most from Mr. Yan's suffering, but knowing the truth does not mean you have to witness it with your own eyes. Where did Mr. Song learn about this statement? It hasn't been found yet, so Wen Cifu doesn't need to be in a hurry."

Jiang Yu said: "It's reasonable. No matter what kind of case is investigated, it is not easy to solve it overnight. Just like the case of throwing the corpse of the Imperial College, it is still difficult to justify the blame for throwing the corpse on the prison student. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs had no right to accept the case involving the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Dudu Mansion, which represented the case, was unable to perform its judicial duties, so the cabinet was responsible for closing the case. The document was returned on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

"In this way, the only beneficiary of this case is Xu Shangshu, and their doubts are not completely unreasonable, but I don't know why the cabinet did not pass the review proposal of the Dudu Mansion. Yu Guogong, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, what do you say ?”

Yan Youqian was originally in a state of uncertainty because of Yan Lingyong's incident, but now that he was beaten up again, he could only absent-mindedly push away the words that turned to him: "It is indeed too arbitrary to infer the murderer from the point of view of the biggest beneficiary, but no matter what, Mr. Jiang Hurting people is also a fact. It should not be said that Xu Shangshu broke the finger himself, and Xu Shangshu jumped the river by himself. A few days ago, the friendship between Xu Shangshu and Mr. Jiang did not need to be opened by the old minister. Others should have seen it. , Xu Shangshu doesn’t need to slander others for nothing.”

Jiang Yu asked again: "If you want to talk about Mr. Jiang, Xu Shangshu didn't find the governor's mansion, nor did he report to the Ministry of War, but he went out of the city alone to chase him?"

Jiang Yu's words were clichés, so Xu Yixu naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, he just said: "Yes, the matter is urgent, and the officials have no time to find someone."

Unexpectedly, Wen Yao said bluntly: "Then it will be difficult. Should this be regarded as a one-sided statement?"

Xu Yixu's expression darkened, and the hall fell into a dead silence again. Before he could find words to refute, he heard Liu Zhaoyu break the ice: "There is no result in arguing here, and I will send an order from the Governor's Mansion to send the forbidden army out of the city to look for people first." Asking questions, we will discuss Xu Shangshu's negligence of duty together at that time. In addition, it is difficult to determine whether the fire in Jiang's house was an accident or someone did it deliberately. Let the imperial guards and personal guards hurry up to find people and confirm the safety of Song Shilang. Then send someone to the Song Mansion to comfort you first, this matter will be done first, and the rest will be discussed later."

Liu Zhaoyu's partiality couldn't be more obvious. He had no intention of arresting people and bringing them back to prison, nor did he intend to judge them for crimes. He just said lightly, "seek someone for questioning." As for the result of the questioning, it didn't seem to matter.

Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, Yan Youqian kept his expression on his face since he withdrew from the hall, and immediately found Xu Yixu after he returned to the mansion.

"The matter of getting rid of Song Bing can't be delayed any longer. I have covered a lot for you in the case of dumping the corpse. If people find out that you are related to Cui Cheng's corpse, the dead men you raised behind you will be dug out sooner or later. Don't say that I have it." Trouble, you are doomed to death."

Even though Yan Youqian couldn't confirm whether Xu Yixu was loyal or not, but now that the military power of the personal guards has been lost, he must first ensure that he has enough dead soldiers in his hands to do things for him, so he must always remind Xu Yixu, The two of them are grasshoppers on a rope.

"Don't panic, Lord You, it doesn't matter if Song Bing can't be found, as long as Song Yun is still there," Xu Yixu said, "If the Yan family wants to gain a firm foothold in Dali, it can't just rely on you and the queen mother." , now that Liu Zhaoyu has no son and a half under his knees, and you can be suppressed by Jiang Yu everywhere, the only chance to turn around is to help the new king again."

Yan Youqian narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to do?"

Xu Yixu spread his palms, looked carefully at the blood oozing from the gauze, and said: "A few days ago, the Empress Dowager and Duke Yu wanted to persuade His Majesty to accept the concubine, just to grasp the position of the crown prince, Liu Zhaoyu is now beyond his elbow. For the Yan family, it is equivalent to an abolished emperor, but the Liu family depends on him to continue, let him leave an heir as soon as possible, and there will be a successor to the throne. When Liu Zhaoyu dies of illness, the Yan family can still Sit tight.

"And Song Bing is not difficult to deal with. He and Yan are still in the same boat. If Yan falls, he will die too. It should be feasible to persuade Song Yun to join us with his life. Waiting for Song Yun Now that it is in our hands, I don't believe Song Bing dares to act rashly."

It is really not difficult to persuade Song Yun, as long as she can conceive a dragon fetus, and the queen mother is in the harem to protect her, she can rely on her own child to protect Song Bing's life.

Yan Youqian said: "You want Song Yun to conceive a dragon fetus? But Song Bing has been punished and his whereabouts are unknown. If Song Yun's current identity is accepted as a concubine, it is really inappropriate. Besides, the original queen mother and I have persuaded him for a while. Come back, it’s not feasible.”

Xu Yixu sneered coldly: "It doesn't matter that you have a certain status, it's fine if you don't get pregnant, Liu Zhaoyu can still rely on it? But of course Duke You can consider it, and I don't have to do it, it's just a suggestion."

Yan Youqian was a little shaken, but Xu Yixu was not easy to figure out, and he couldn't easily believe it again.

He turned his head to ponder Xu Yixu's expression, and asked cautiously: "Which side do you want to stand on regarding Jiang Shiqing?"

Xu Yixu quickly put away his smile, with hatred in his eyes: "I am not a bad person who repays grievances with kindness. Since he can be ruthless to me, I am at odds with him. Besides, although Song Bing has not seen it himself He killed Mr. Yan, but Lu Xiu, the dead man under my command, saw it. It's only my fault that he didn't tell me earlier, otherwise I would dare to associate with someone like Jiang Shiqing. It's a pity that the dead man has been silenced by him. If Duke You doesn’t dislike it, the dead men under my command can be used by you in the future.”

"really?"

"Really, but I have one condition." Xu Yixu slowly turned his head to look at Yan Youqian, and said coldly, "If I meet Jiang Shiqing, I will leave his life to me."

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Yuan Mucheng and his party stayed in the town for another two days. On this day, Zhong Dingshan had just recovered from a serious illness. When he got up in the morning, he sat by the window in a daze. At the door of the room, Yuan Mucheng asked Yuan Mucheng to put the sugar water next to Xuguo's urn, then turned around and went back to the room.

Jiang Shiqing stayed by Zhong Dingshan's side every night until late at night before returning to his room, and he was able to sleep until noon in the first two days.Today, when he arrived at Sishi, he was still in a deep sleep. After Zhong Dingshan left, Yuan Mucheng didn't wake him up, and just leaned against him with his cattail fan.

The door frame rang again, Yuan Mucheng gently moved out of bed, but he heard the guards say that the forbidden army had found outside the inn, he turned to look at Jiang Shiqing who was deeply asleep, closed the door, and sent the forbidden army away with two or three sentences after going downstairs.

"If there is anything else, just say that I took him away." Yuan Mucheng deliberately explained this sentence before watching the imperial army leave.

Now that Feng Han is still fleeing, Dali's army is mobilizing in Yingzhou again, the western region is not stable, and Dali needs Yuan Mucheng, so no one dares to provoke him at this time, now he asks the imperial army to bring this back to show that he is protecting the peace Without Jiang Shiqing, naturally no one would dare to cause any trouble.

After sending the person away, Yuan Mucheng turned around and went upstairs, but when he looked up, he saw Jiang Shiqing standing by the door with his bare feet dragging his sandals, looking at him with fear still in his eyes.

Jiang Shiqing had another nightmare.

Yuan Mucheng stepped up the stairs and stretched out his arms towards him. After Jiang Shiqing approached obediently, he stopped and hugged him into his arms.

"I'm here." Yuan Mucheng said.

Jiang Shiqing woke up not long ago, and his voice was still a little hoarse: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

He was awakened by a nightmare, and now he was comforted and rubbed his face into Yuan Mucheng's arms.After a few more rubs, a low laugh came from the top of his head, and the chest he was leaning on also trembled frequently.

"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Shiqing raised his eyes and asked him.

Yuan Mucheng said: "I thought I brought a beauty from the city, but I stole a piece of candy."

"Why is it sugar?"

Yuan Mucheng hooked his chin lightly, and teased softly: "You are clingy."

The words made his ears burn, and Jiang Shiqing suddenly realized that he had really relied too much on Yuan Mucheng in the past few days, so he pushed his chest back with his palm, but was caught close to him again.

Yuan Mucheng said: "I like the stickiness. With me simmering, doesn't the sugar become sticky when it heats up? It's so easy to separate."

Jiang Shiqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, stretched out his finger and scratched Yuan Mucheng's back, and asked, "How is sir?"

"I woke up just before the rooster crowed this morning. I'm in good spirits. Do you want to take a look?"

"En." Jiang Shiqing responded, and scratched twice.

Yuan Mucheng caught the tickling hand behind him, and led the man into the room: "No hurry, we will go after eating and applying medicine."

The food was still steaming when it was put on the table. Jiang Shiqing didn't like to eat too hot food, so he scooped up a bowl of soup and put it on hand to dry.

Yuan Mucheng took the soup bowl, stirred it with a spoon for a while, and after testing the heat against his lips, he put the bowl back in front of Jiang Shiqing, and in a blink of an eye, he happened to meet his eyes.

Jiang Shiqing stared at him quietly for a moment, then suddenly tapped the wound on his arm a few times with his fingertips.

It was Rao Kun's scratched wound with flying claws, and it was not healed yet, Yuan Mucheng looked down at his fingers and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Shiqing whispered, "It hurts."

Yuan Mucheng looked at his pitiful face, and smiled: "The injury is on my body, where does it hurt, young master?"

Jiang Shiqing lightly traced the word "heart" on his palm.

Yuan Mucheng smiled knowingly, and stretched out his hand to hold him: "Come here, let me rub it."

"It's time to eat." Jiang Shiqing said.

Yuan Mucheng didn't listen to the persuasion, and pulled the man onto his lap, and when Jiang Shiqing sat still, he stretched out his hand to tighten the waist.

"You can eat while sitting like this."

Yuan Mucheng measured him with his arms, tiptoed and brought the person sitting on his lap up and down together. Jiang Shiqing thought he was going to play tricks, so he put his arms around his neck first.

Yuan Mucheng felt secretly refreshed, but pretending to be calm, he brought the bowl, scooped up a spoonful of soup, and handed it to his mouth, saying: "Look, now I don't have to make any effort to bump you, if I don't tie you around the waist, how can If the wind and sand in the sky are bigger, it will blow you away, so how dare you not eat?"

"You chased me back." Jiang Shiqing said.

The soup entered the mouth, and the tip of his tongue tasted it. Jiang Shiqing was still pursing his lips, but Yuan Mucheng pinched his chin and turned his face.

"Chasing people is too hard, I want to run with you." Yuan Mucheng said seriously, as if taking the opportunity to express his determination to Jiang Shiqing.

Jiang Shiqing fixed his mind for a moment, but when his eyes met, he couldn't hide what was on his mind.

A few traces of sadness flashed through his eyes, and Yuan Mucheng's heart beat violently as he grasped the emotion that he could not avoid.

"What do you want to say?" Yuan Mucheng asked.

Jiang Shiqing put his arms around him again and hid his face behind his ears: "Is the person who came just now from Jaecheng?"

Yuan Mucheng put down the bowl and only hugged him: "Well, it's nothing, I'm all gone."

Jiang Shiqing fell silent, and suddenly asked again: "Xu Yixu is not dead, is he?"

Yuan Mucheng understood what Jiang Shiqing wanted to do. Xu Guo's death has always been a major concern in Jiang Shiqing's mind. As long as Xu Yixu fails to pay his life, his Jiang Shiqing will always carry hatred.

"I swear, one day you will kill him with your own hands, and I will not let my Huai Chuan bear any more hatred."

Yuan Mucheng bit the words hard, but Jiang Shiqing suddenly felt a lot sadder.

"If I..."

If I die before I can take revenge, can you kill him for me?

Jiang Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but did not dare to speak out.

Because of the palpitations caused by this moment of hesitation, Yuan Mucheng was absolutely convinced that Jiang Shiqing had something to hide from him.

He pulled Jiang Shiqing's hands from his shoulders, fixed his eyes on those eyes, and asked, "Huai Chuan, you will come with me, right?"

"meeting."

Although the answer was very firm, Yuan Mucheng was still uneasy.

"You always lie to me." Yuan Mucheng said.

Jiang Shiqing hesitated for a moment, then hid on his shoulder again: "I love you."

He wanted to use this love language to get away with it, but just as he put his hand on Yuan Mucheng's shoulder, he was hugged horizontally and walked towards the door.

"...Xiao'an," Jiang Shiqing tightened his fingers nervously, "Where are you going!"

Yuan Mucheng said: "The doctors in the town can't see your faults. I'll ask Mr. Lin Meng to take a look."

"Later—"

Yuan Mucheng was unmoved, and interrupted: "Not for a while."

Only then did Jiang Shiqing try to struggle to the ground, but Yuan Mucheng only needed to jolt him slightly, and he was able to hold him tightly in his arms again.

"What are you hiding?" Yuan Mucheng's tone was somewhat arrogant, "Jiang Huaichuan, you really dare to lie to me again."

Seeing this, Jiang Shiqing climbed up to his ear, rubbed the tip of his nose against him, pretending to be obedient: "It hurts, Brother Yuan."

Jiang Shiqing coaxed him like this for the first time, and his tone sounded pitiful. Yuan Mucheng took the opportunity to bow his head and ask for a kiss, and Jiang Shiqing also obediently stepped forward to respond, but Yuan Mucheng turned around and smiled at him rascally: "It's okay. You can't escape, it's useless to call me your husband."

Jiang Shiqing was so angry that he patted his shoulder twice, and then Yuan Mucheng said leisurely again: "The injury is still there, if I try again, it will really hurt me."

The injury was a real injury, and when Yuan Mucheng jumped into the river for him a few days ago, he almost got burned because of this injury. Jiang Shiqing didn't dare to move anymore, so he could only hide in Yuan Mucheng's arms resignedly, and put his face on the side of his neck hide away.