Broken Iron Clothes

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The beginning of the month has arrived, the cloud and mist have been cleared on a sunny day, and Dudu hangs high in the blue sky, shining brightly. The drums of the racecourse are beeping. Surrounded by various ministers, Liu Zhaoyu sits on the top of the stand, watching the moving heads below.

The drums sounded again, the horses were tied up, and led by the horse herders to the field, and then the soldiers distributed the horses to everyone according to the signs that had been hung next to the saddles in advance.

Yuan Mucheng took his own horse, tightened his belt indifferently, jumped onto the horse's back with a light kick, and walked towards the field with his stick lightly between his fingers.

He is strong, lean and well-shaped, no matter how you look at him, he is impeccable, and he looks even more vigorous when riding a horse. It seems that he is born with an indestructible prestige, and he should be so arrogant and unruly.

The person who stopped opposite him was Yan Lingyong.

After taking off the jade jade belt, Yan Lingyong looked much more energetic, coupled with a strong desire to win, even his eyes were bulging fiercely at this moment.

Amidst the sound of the drum beating, Yuan Mucheng looked at him, not concealing his sharpness and hostility at all.

Ma Lu landed in the middle of the two, and following an order, the two led their teams to compete for a ball.Yuan Mucheng preemptively seized the initiative by holding the cane. He swung the cane steadily and led the horse to run forward. He rode the horse to avoid the opponent with ease, and locked Liu Zhaobi precisely with just one look up. position, and beat the horse over.

Liu Zhaobi took over Ma Wu and escaped the pressure of several people. He used a fake move near the goal to get past them, and then passed the ball to his teammate. However, the ball was intercepted by Yan Lingyong when it was about to touch the stick. Hit to the rear.

The horse's hoof splashed dust and mud, Yuan Mucheng cut it off, stopped the ball as quickly as lightning, aimed at the goal and swung his stick, and the horse passed the goal steadily.

The stands cheered and lamented for a while, and Liu Zhaoyu clapped his hands, full of joy.

After a few rounds, Yan Lingyong panted and turned to count the embroidered flags of the two teams.Seeing the opponent's four flags flaunting their might against the wind, while his own ugly and pitiful side was swaying in the spring wind, he became anxious, and swept the ground vigorously with his stick, raising a piece of floating soil.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Yuan Mucheng took the rein and ran to the sideline with the horse leisurely, signaling for a change.Lu Tianrui took over the cane, got on his horse and went to the field.

He Xiao handed over the sweat towel and asked, "Why did the master come down?"

Yuan Mucheng took it, wiped his neck, and said: "Look at the state of Duke Yu's face, I'm not interested in showing off on this occasion, just enjoy it."

On the other side of the stands, the two ministers were discussing secretly.

"If you want me to say that this year's polo match must be won by Yinwang's team, look at the two main players, General Yi and General Lu, who are on Yinwang's side, how did they lose?"

"It's also strange. Although the team is drawn by lottery, Mr. Yan's luck shouldn't be so bad."

The words of the two could be heard clearly, Xu Bin sat silently on the seat, and took a look at Yan Youqian while drinking tea.Seeing that half of his sideways face was gloomy, Xu Bing drank half a cup of tea in one gulp and started watching the game again.

The polo game was very hot, Xu Yixu sat behind Xu Bin, but he was not interested in the polo match at all, he only looked at Yuan Mucheng, who was resting outside the court intentionally or unintentionally, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, Yu Jing came from outside, brushed off his sleeves, and sat down slowly.

Xu Bing looked back slightly and asked, "Where did you go?"

Yu Jing lifted the teapot in front of the table, filled the cup for him, and said with a smile: "Sir, it's time to go to the match point."

Yan Lingyong swung his staff to snatch the ball from Liu Zhaobi's side, but Liu Zhaobi did not back down and went straight to catch up.Seeing that the man's cane was about to hit, Yan Lingyong was impatient and raised his cane to block it, but Liu Zhaobi's horse was suddenly frightened, kicked up and rushed forward uncontrollably.

Liu Zhaobi was thrown off his horse in the violent jolt and fell hard to the ground.

The unmanned horse ran wildly on the field. Seeing this, Yan Lingyong hurriedly withdrew the horse's head, trying to avoid the frightened horse, but unexpectedly the horse under his crotch was also frightened, and suddenly neighed and raised its front hoof to go to Liu Zhaobi step on the body.

In an instant, Liu Zhaoyu's eyes were going to go black in the stands. Fortunately, Lu Tianrui jumped up on the back of his horse, sensitively rolled behind Yan Lingyong, reined in the horse in time, and controlled the situation.On the other side, Liu Zhaobi's horse ran a few more steps and then fell to the ground, twitching intermittently.

There was a commotion in the stands, and all the ministers were startled. Feng Ruoping ran down first, and then Liu Zhaoyu pushed the people away, and walked down the stands with a pale face.

"Where are the people from the hospital?!"

The imperial doctor who had been waiting outside the racecourse early in the morning carried a medicine box and was led into the racecourse by soldiers.Not long after, Liu Zhaobi was carried out of the racecourse with his arms curled up in pain.

Yuan Mucheng watched the crowd in silence, lost in thought.

Anyone can see that there is something wrong with the horse, but using this trick to put Liu Zhaobi into a dangerous situation is too obvious for Yan Lingyong, and too risky for Liu Zhaobi.When the matter developed to this point, it was Liu Zhaobi who benefited, but the scene where Liu Zhaobi was almost trampled into flesh under the horse's hooves seemed to have escaped by luck.

If this is a game, everything is too uncontrollable.

Seeing this scene, panic rushed straight into his brain, Liu Zhaoyu seemed to be standing in the rainstorm, and was hit on the head and face by a knife mixed in the rain, helpless and terrified.

He clenched his five fingers tightly and shouted, "Liang Yuanqing!"

Liang Yuanqing stepped forward quickly and said, "The minister is here."

"I will give you half a day to know exactly what King Yin's horses have eaten, what they have used, and who is in charge of them!"

"The minister leads the decree." After Liang Yuanqing finished his salute, he led the people away in a hurry.

Yan Lingyong was still in the midst of the thrill just now and didn't come back to his senses, he looked up and met Liu Zhaoyu's stern gaze.

"Come here, temporarily detain Yan Lingyong to the Prison Officer, and the rest of the people involved will be detained for strict interrogation!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhaoyu walked away with a flick of his sleeves. Yan Youqian watched Yan Lingyong being escorted and dragged away, and hurriedly chased after Yan Lingyong and shouted, "Your Majesty!"

Liu Zhaoyu raised his hand and asked someone to stop Yan Youqian, and walked away without looking back, showing no mercy.

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For Liu Zhaoyu, everyone knows what is the most untouchable taboo.

So before the imperial doctor left the room, no one beside Liu Zhaoyu dared to speak out, so everyone was immersed in silence, waiting for some news that could calm people's minds a little.

The tea in hand had already cooled down, and Liu Zhaoyu sat motionless until the sunset.

Fortunately, Lu Tianrui managed to control the horse in time, so Liu Zhaobi only suffered a dislocated shoulder.

After the imperial doctor finished his diagnosis and treatment, Liu Zhaoyu walked into the door softly, walked to the side of the couch and looked at Liu Zhaobi who fell asleep after taking medicine.

He looked at the man who was still healthy during the day and fell into a dream with pain in his eyes, and his fear of horses suddenly flooded his heart again.

The sound of horseshoes by the Bianwu River came from afar, like a long-lasting nightmare that had haunted him for many years, and today the nightmare reappeared clearly in front of his eyes, just to make him remember everything that happened.

It is so that he will never forget that the person who drowned in the river with no bones left should have been him.

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Dusk had fallen, Liu Zhaoyu went back to the palace and waited for the news in the Hall of Yingchen, all the officials did not dare to leave, so they also waited in the hall together.

Liang Yuanqing came in the night outside the hall. After entering the hall, he walked straight to the front of the imperial court, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have thoroughly investigated the Sima prison, and found out that Young Master Yan had been in the Sima prison today. He bribed a soldier to replace the brand of King Yin's horse with his own, and the minister found castor leaves in the stone trough of the frightened horse."

Liu Zhaoyu's face darkened: "Who is feeding the horse today?"

Liang Yuanqing said: "Sima has always been in charge of horse herders for the supervision of raising horses. Each horse is assigned two horse herders. After several inspections, he dares to put the feed into the stone trough. Today is a polo game, and the feed inspection is even more important. To be strict, the supervisor personally supervised the process of feeding the Wrangler Army, which should not be the problem here."

Liu Zhaoyu slapped the table and said angrily: "Are you trying to tell me that it was a coincidence that castor leaves were mixed into the feed?!"

Liang Yuanqing was startled, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare, there is no problem in the process of putting the feed, but people came in and out of the stable during the period, it should be that someone took the opportunity to add castor leaves to the feed."

Liu Zhaoyu closed his eyes and asked, "Who are there?"

"Prince Yin has been here before," Liang Yuanqing said, "Also, Young Master Yan has also been here."

Yuan Mucheng frowned slightly. He believed that Yan Lingyong wanted to do something today, but he definitely would not let Liu Zhaobi lose the race through losing control of the horse.It is too easy to obtain these witnesses. Once something goes wrong with the horse, it will definitely cause an uproar. If he has done these things by hand, how can he keep himself out of it.

But if it was Liu Zhaobi who did it, if there is no Lu Tianrui today, how can he be sure that he can escape from the horse's hoof.

There must be another person obstructing this matter, but he still doesn't know what kind of cover that person used to hide himself so deeply.

Liu Zhaoyu calmed down for a while, then raised his forehead and said, "Take my oral order to the Ministry of Punishment. No matter what method they use except torture to extort a confession, I want to see Yan Lingyong's confession. It's getting late today, all the ministers should retire."

Everyone saluted and retreated, Yuan Mucheng also retreated with the crowd, and when he turned around, Liu Zhaoyu suddenly stopped him.

"Xiao'an, you talk to me."

However, before Yuan Mucheng could speak, the queen mother dragged her brocade robe and entered the door.

When Liu Zhaoyu saw the Queen Mother, he guessed that Yan Youqian must have been to the West Palace today, so he said to Yuan Mucheng, "Forget it, you are tired today, go back and rest."

After seeing Yuan Mucheng retreating, the queen mother stepped forward slowly and said, "Yu'er, what happened at the racecourse today..."

"Mother, I don't want to speak so clearly." Liu Zhaoyu interrupted her.

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager stepped forward to straighten Liu Zhaoyu's robe, and said in a light tone, "Ling Yong is your cousin, and if you go around a few times, you can have some relationship with King Yin. How could he have the intention to harm others? You To do so would be too heartless.”

"If he doesn't have the heart, how can he take the blame?" Liu Zhaoyu rolled his eyes and said, "I have lost my second brother and ninth brother, and I don't want to lose another person by my side."

The Queen Mother stopped moving, her tone was cold: "Isn't Ling Yong your brother?"

"Even if he harmed Ah Bi unintentionally today, he still cannot get away with it," Liu Zhaoyu said, "I just took him into the Department of Prisons and Prisons. After the case is found out, I will return his innocence."

The peonies were inlaid with gold threads, shining brightly on the robes, the flowers were clearly red and delicate, but with the sudden solemnity of the Empress Dowager Yan, her face turned darker.

"Ask yourself, does Prince Yin treat you sincerely? It's because of your brotherhood that you put yourself in jail and fail to be a decent emperor!" The queen mother shook her hand and said sharply.

Liu Zhaoyu lowered his head and smiled helplessly.

"Yes, I don't want to be an emperor," Liu Zhaoyu raised his sad eyes, as if questioning, and said softly, "Did you let me go?"

This sentence has been accumulated in Liu Zhaoyu's heart for too long, but it really hit Yan Yixin's heart hard.

It turned out that everything she had fought so hard for was a joke in Liu Zhaoyu's eyes.

She stepped back frequently, but still couldn't avoid Liu Zhaoyu's icy piercing gaze.

"Yu'er, you are too cold for my mother's heart."