Broken Iron Clothes

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Xu Bing was dressed in court clothes, and when he entered the Taiwei Mansion, someone called Yu Jing over.

Just as Yu Jing stepped across the threshold, Xu Ting asked calmly, "What did you do today?"

At this time there were only the two of them in the room, Yu Jing sensed the seriousness of the atmosphere, and said guiltyly: "Student..."

Xu Bing's complexion hasn't changed since he left the Changming Palace, and it's even worse now. Seeing Yu Jing's hesitant face, he slapped the table heavily with his palm, and said angrily, "Did you do it?" !"

The last bit of luck was blown away, Yu Jing lost color, knelt down and leaned over, and said, "Student knows his mistake, please punish him."

Xu Bin snapped, "I ask you, what did you do today?!"

"I..." Yu Jing saw that it was difficult to escape responsibility, so he told all the things, "I let someone whisper into Yan Lingyong's ear that the horse he was allotted had a hidden disease. Yan Lingyong thinks very highly of himself, and he will definitely think about it." Fazi changed the horse away, and then I sent someone to follow him secretly, and found that he really bribed the soldiers to change the brand. After he left, I went to the stable with King Yin, and put castor leaves into the horse in the stone trough."

"Where did you go during the polo match?" Xu Bin asked again.

Yu Jing replied in a low voice: "Go and confirm whether the horse has eaten castor leaves."

Xu Bin shook his head helplessly, and said bitterly: "If King Yin was trampled under the hooves of a horse today, how many heads would you have to chop off? Why do I make you think about your mistakes and ask you to reflect on yourself, but you still want to go your own way and be confused? So far!"

"I just want His Majesty to think of Liu Zhaoye's fall from the horse because of the loss of control of the horse, and remind him of his brotherhood with King Yin. He didn't expect such a disaster to happen," Yu Jing kowtowed to plead guilty, " The students really got it wrong!"

"Let's go." Xu Bin closed his eyes and only said so lightly.

Yu Jing's mind went blank, he paused and looked at Xu Bing in disbelief.

"gentlemen……"

Xu Bin raised his hand to signal him not to call anymore, and said with a long sigh: "Don't call me sir anymore, no one else will know what happened today, Yan Lingyong was the one who fell off the horse of King Yin. I can only do my best, In the future, the relationship between you and me as a teacher and student will be broken, and you will resign from the position of Xuezheng by yourself, and you will leave the city."

"Sir!" Yu Jing moved forward, holding on to Xu Bin's robe.

"I have given you many opportunities, but your recklessness still hasn't improved at all," Xu Bing pulled the robe from his hand and said, "You should have expected it a long time ago. Once today's incident happens, I will make up my mind." I can't keep you."

"gentlemen--"

Yu Jing still wanted to persuade him to stay, but Xu Bing got up and walked towards the door.

"No more."

These were the last words Xu Bing left for him.

Yu Jing looked at the back of that resolutely leaving, finally lost his home in this long night, and was alone.

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Two days later, Yu Jing shifted his illness, handed in his resignation to the Ministry of Officials, and returned home.

The hired chariots and horses drove him out of the city after dawn.Occasionally, the wheels hit sand and rocks, causing the car to jolt, Yu Jing put the burden on his side, and sat with his eyes closed all the way, but suddenly stopped, he leaned forward, and suddenly woke up.

He couldn't hear the sound, he lifted the curtain and stepped out half of his body, but saw Xu Yixu who was riding a horse blocking the way.

"What are you here for?"

Xu Yixu clamped the horse's belly lightly with his legs, and slowly moved the horse to the side of the car, and said with a smile: "I have been taken care of by my senior these years, Zheng Yan is here to see my senior for a ride."

Yu Jing didn't want to pay attention to him, and signaled the coachman to continue on his way, then let go of the curtain, and retreated into the car.

"Brother, do you want to leave now?" Xu Yixu said leisurely outside the car.

Hearing his tone, Yu Jing suddenly felt strange, he raised the curtain again, looked up at the man, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Are you willing to leave, brother, if you don't ask clearly?" Xu Yixu smiled indifferently, but provocatively.He lightly jumped off the horse, took out an ingot of silver from his sleeve, and dismissed the driver aside, then stroked the horse's mane, intentionally picked up the trembling ears, and smiled to himself.

Looking at the horses, Yu Jing suddenly remembered that the source of his action this time was what Xu Yixu said to him, and a burst of horror and anger appeared in his heart.Xu Yixu turned his head and glanced at his gradually crumbling expression, and said softly: "Look, I still need my junior to remind you."

Yu Jing lifted the curtain abruptly, jumped off the car, pointed at someone and scolded: "How could I not have thought that it was you—"

Xu Yixu opened a pair of clear deer eyes, and said innocently: "Ah, what's wrong with me?"

Yu Jing took a few steps forward, gritted his teeth and said, "You came to my room on purpose and said those things that day, didn't you?"

"I just want to see for my husband that senior brother doesn't have a long memory, who knows that you can't stand the temptation so much," Xu Yixu frowned as he said, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to say, that day when Mr. What Zhonghou discussed was indeed a polo match, but they only wanted to do something during the draw so that King Yin could win the marriage of the Song Mansion smoothly."

After speaking, the handsome face smiled again.

"You!" Yu Jing tugged at his collar and said, "You purposely exaggerated the matter and brought up the matter of Liu Zhaoye's falling from the horse in front of me, so you are sure that I will take action for it. After so many years of getting along day and night, I have never I thought you were such a hypocrite!"

"You touch your heart and say I'm hypocritical, how sincere are you in treating me?" Xu Yixu pushed him away and approached him step by step, "You despise my background, don't accept my talent, and always think about wanting me Step on me, but as long as I bow down and subdue you, you will feel that you are sitting in a high position, and if you are too sharp, you will hurt yourself, why don't senior brothers understand."

In Xu Yixu's treacherous smile, Yu Jing kept looking back on various events that happened in the past. He seemed to see a long line leading him in the dark, leading him step by step to the present.

"I should have realized it earlier, since you sent the dead men to Jiangzhai, you have been urging me to take action..." Yu Jing said.

Xu Yixu nodded in surprise and satisfaction, and said, "Well, it turns out that you can figure it out, not bad."

As he spoke, he shook his head lightly and gave a "tsk", and continued: "I just called a dead man to go to Jiangzhai to explore the way, so you can't wait to make a move, for fear that I will snatch the head. Your little thought It's so easy to handle, once you get used to it, you will become comfortable again, and it's my fault that I know you too well, I can guess what you're thinking just by blinking your eyes."

Yu Jing looked at the madness that aroused little by little after the man lost his elegance, and he hated and feared: "If I had been on guard against you before, how could those inconspicuous little tricks succeed, and how can you be qualified now? Stand in front of me and talk. But don't forget, even if a servant climbs to a high position now, what can't be changed is the contempt in his bones!"

Xu Yixu's eyes were filled with some coldness, he sniffed the back of his hand, raised his eyes and said with a sly smile: "If senior brother knows what I did before, I'm afraid I'll lose my legs and crawl away. "

Yu Jing looked at him, and walked cautiously to the side of the car: "You've been planning every step of the way, don't you just want to win Mr.'s favor?"

"It's more than that, brother still thinks too much of me," Xu Yixu took a few steps back and said, "The sand in my eyes not only needs to be found out, but also needs to be crushed. "

As soon as the words fell, a sharp knife came out from mid-air, slashing Yu Jing's throat straight, and he fell down with his head up while clutching the wound, and all he saw before he died was a vague black shadow.

"I also forgot to say, I'm not here alone today." Xu Yixu smiled at the wide-eyed man on the ground, it could be seen that the man swallowed his breath and felt a little bored.

"It's fine if you can't hear me." Xu Yixu smiled.

Lu Xiu put away the knife and handed over an ingot of blood-splattered silver with both hands. Xu Yixu cast a disgusted glance and didn't take it.

"I'm rewarding you, clean up this place." After saying that, Xu Yixu got on his horse and walked away happily just like when he came.

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The small teahouses on the street were not too lively, but the heat from the tea moistened the wooden table and benches, enveloping one person alone.

Yuan Mucheng withdrew his eyes from the gate of the Jiang residence, placed the tea bowl firmly on the table, and lightly brushed off a new leaf that fell on the table.

"Come down."

Hearing this, He Xiao jumped down from the tree trunk, walked to him with the knife in his arms, pulled out the bench and sat down.

Yuan Mucheng looked up at him and asked, "How long have you been following?"

He Xiao put the knife on the table, took out a tea bowl, picked up the teapot and poured hot tea into it: "I didn't follow, but I didn't see the master coming back for a long time, so I thought I should have come here."

Yuan Mucheng said, "Don't use me as an excuse for thinking about the girl next to Jiang Shiqing."

Before he swallowed the tea, He Xiao choked, "I don't have any."

Yuan Mucheng just smiled and took another sip.He Xiao put down the tea bowl, turned to look at Jiang Zhai, and asked, "Master, won't you go in?"

"I'm just sitting here drinking tea, why did I go in?" Yuan Mucheng took out the broken silver from his girdle and put it on the table, got up and said, "Let's go."

The two walked slowly on the street, passing the houses in the streets and alleys against the breeze.

"Master, are you thinking about King Yin's fall from the horse?" He Xiao said.

Yuan Mucheng nodded: "Yan Lingyong made a confession, but he refused to admit the castor leaf. In addition, these days, Duke Yu came to the imperial court to plead for mercy every day. His Majesty has graciously granted Yan Lingyong to go to Lichen Temple to repent. , and by the way, he also punished Cui Chengluo for the crime he didn't give to Cui Chengluo last time, and punished him to go to Lichen Temple to guard him personally."

Whether Yan Lingyong's confession is credible has not yet been confirmed. The case of King Yin's fall from the horse should have continued to be investigated in detail, but Liu Zhaoyu's doing so is tantamount to acquiescing that Yan Lingyong's confession is true.

"Go to Lichen Temple to repent, and to put it bluntly, you will be grounded in another place," He Xiao said, "For such a punishment, King Yin may not be able to explain it."

"Both ends are His Majesty's blood relatives. Of course he can't be so cruel, but that's not what I think." Yuan Mucheng looked down at the boots under his feet thoughtfully, and deliberately avoided being caught when he walked forward. The wind blows leaves on the road.

He Xiao didn't answer either, he just turned his head to look at him, and waited quietly for him to speak.

After a while, Yuan Mucheng said: "No matter how much the Yan and Feng families fight, it is their own business. I am only curious about who is intervening in this matter. This person wants to hurt both the Yan family and King Yin." , what exactly do you want to do?"

He Xiao thought for a while and said in a low voice, "Master, I think this person is Mr. Jiang?"

Yuan Mucheng shook his head in silence, then raised his head and took a deep breath before saying, "I don't know if it's him, but we don't have to check it out ourselves."

He Xiao understood as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "Yes, Duke Yu has been busy for the past few days, so it's time to find out the results."

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New characters in this chapter

Lu Xiu: Xu Bing's dead soldier, for some reason he was loyal to Xu Yixu