Broken Iron Clothes

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Yuan Mucheng and Jiang Shiqing were discussing matters in the room, and He Xiao sat on the roof with a knife in his arms, but after a while, a small stone bounced from his feet. He followed the tiles and looked down, and saw Ji Dong standing Yard waved at him, and there was a Xu Guo standing beside him.

He lightly jumped off the roof, creating a gust of cool breeze, and stood firmly in front of the two of them after landing.Xu Guo glanced at his neat and neat clothes, stretched out his hand and passed a pale yellow pear, a little shy but pretended to be calm and said: "Newly picked pears, sweet."

He Xiao took it: "Thank you, young master."

Xu Guo blinked, but still didn't look up at He Xiao: "Just this one pear, I'm not even willing to give it to Sister Ji."

When He Xiao heard this, he quickly wiped off the dust on the outside of the pear, and sent the pear to Ji Dong: "Miss Ji, here it is."

Ever since Yuan Mucheng personally brought Jiang Shiqing back to Jiang Zhai that night, Xu Guo has always remembered to find an opportunity to show his friendship with He Xiao. Today, he wanted to take the opportunity of sending pears to explain the last time he quarreled with He Xiao outside the city. I apologize, but He Xiao didn't understand his apology at all.

Seeing that the pears he had been carefully picking out for a long time were so casually given away by He Xiao, Xu Guo raised his head and said anxiously: "Master, I bowed my head, you actually..."

Ji Dong smiled and pushed his hand back, and brought the pear to his mouth, saying: "Brother He, just take a bite, Xu Guo specially left it for you, it is naturally the sweetest."

He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then understood the meaning, so he opened his mouth and took a bite, and said with a smile, "Well, it's really sweet, young master has a heart."

Only then did Xu Guo feel relieved, looked at the person and said sincerely: "I was wrong before, since your general helped my master, then I also admit my mistake, accumulate some virtue, and you will treat my master and sister Ji better in the future Just do it."

"Young master Xuguo is out, we will meet more often in the future," He Xiao said, "A few days ago, the master asked someone to bring some sweets unique to Yuzhou to Yucheng. Next time, I will bring you and Miss Ji." come here."

"Really?" The dimples on Ji Dong's cheeks were faintly visible, "Xuguo and I like sweets the most."

Xu Guo continued: "But you have to make sure that those things taste better than this pear."

He Xiao took another bite of the pear in his hand, and replied with a smile, "That's natural."

The laughter of the three occasionally penetrated the window, mixing with the breeze into the study.The hot air diffused from the side of the wine bottle, was blown away by the wind, and finally bypassed the tight fingers and wrists of the two, and then dissipated cleanly.

Yuan Mucheng loosened his five fingers, hooked the rosary in Jiang Shiqing's hand by the way, hung it between his fingers and looked at it carefully: "There are so many things, which one would the deputy owner want to talk about first?"

Jiang Shiqing stretched out his hand to lightly explore the wine bottle, and said, "Let's talk about you first."

As he spoke, he took out the wine bottle that had been heated by the temperature, and picked up the dry cloth at hand to wipe off the water stains on the bottle.Transparent drops of water dripped from between the slender fingers, sliding out faint traces on the fair skin, which were hard to catch.

Yuan Mucheng watched his movements, his Adam's apple moved, and his hands were not idle, twisting the bodhi seeds on the beads one by one: "I can neither touch the Yuzhou camp nor touch the Without the Guards and Forbidden Army, it is not a threat to the Feng Yan family, and they can't keep an eye on me."

Jiang Shiqing took a small cup, filled it with wine, handed it to Yuan Mucheng, and said, "So I want you to find Wen Yao."

Yuan Mucheng loosened the rosary, let it slide to his wrist, and then raised his palm to cover the fingers of the man holding the cup, but he didn't intend to take the wine cup, he just kept his movements, and there was a secret contest in the silence.After a while, he said: "Although Wen Cifu occupies a high position in the cabinet, he has nothing in his hand. According to your owner's wishes, you can't explain the truth to him now. He may not respond to what you want him to do. .”

"I know," Jiang Shiqing let him hold his finger, without showing the slightest resistance, but smiled agreeably, and said, "So it depends on the second son Yuan."

Yuan Mucheng knew that Jiang Shiqing's obedience at this time was laced with a lot of lies, but he didn't intend to expose it, and even wanted to make an inch of it.

"What do you want me to say?" Yuan Mucheng gently pulled Jiang Shiqing over, and brought the wine glass to his mouth together with the fingers wrapped in his palm.The wine that had dispelled the cold became warm, with a mellow aroma flowing through his teeth, but his nostrils were lingering with Jiang Shiqing's own scent.

He couldn't force himself not to see Jiang Shiqing.

Jiang Shiqing was scorched by Yuan Mucheng's unrelenting gaze, and his hands were hot from being clenched, but he still watched him finish drinking before putting the empty cup on the case, and said, "I want Wen Yao to be in front of Liu Zhaoyu, We also need to remind them about Wei Ningzhan in front of Yan Youqian, and we don’t need to talk too much, just mention the opening of the city gates of Ningzhou Zhizhou and Feng Han escorting the army rations.”

In a short while, the ambiguity that seemed to be caused by the smell of alcohol was dispelled, Yuan Mucheng put away his aggression, and began to imitate Jiang Shiqing's appearance and played with the rosary: ​​"You want to investigate the case of Wei Ningzhan, just look for me, right?" more convenient?"

Jiang Shiqing said: "Recently, there have been a lot of military reports from the Yuzhou camp. Isn't it because the second son Yuan has no time to take care of him, so I have to make a detour."

Another lie.

Yuan Mucheng knew in his heart that the battle of Wei Ning involved King Wei Xu and the Qinghui Army, and it was inseparable from Yingzhou of Ningzhou. This battle was only in the name of defending against Da Mo's sneak attack, but no one delved into the possible conspiracies and tricks in it.

At that time, the Damei people sneaked into the border of Dali, and used the method of cutting off food and grass to lure King Wei Xu to rush to Ningzhou. They also kidnapped King Weixu's family members in Ningzhou, and forced the Qinghui army to retreat outside the gate of Ningzhou. Most of the troops of Qinghui Army.The Qinghui Army stationed in Yingzhou went to Ningzhou to support, and the troops were dispersed, and then Damei launched a surprise attack and took the opportunity to slaughter Yingzhou.But in the battle of Wei Ning, the master's plans were too sure and smooth, as if they had been lurking in Dali for a long time, and every step of the prediction was abnormally accurate.

If the case is to be investigated, many people and things must be involved, and it is not certain which high-ranking official will be bumped into during the investigation, so a powerful person needs to be the first to bear the brunt of all kinds of open and hidden arrows.The reason why Jiang Shiqing wanted to guide Yan Youqian to investigate the case was because he didn't want Prince Jingping's mansion to go into this troubled water.

Thinking of this, Yuan Mucheng chuckled lightly, and said, "Huai Chuan, you have tried and tested this trick of killing people with a knife."

Jiang Shiqing said indifferently: "Since you know, why bother to ask more questions."

Yuan Mucheng put one hand on his lap, and thoughtfully said: "The old man also suspected that there was something wrong with Wei Ning's war, but since the death of King Wei Xu, there have been many spearheads against Jingping's palace in the court, plus the battle in Yuzhou, old man Even if you want to investigate the case, you are powerless. It is indeed the best to let Yan Youqian investigate this matter right now. But why do you think of investigating this matter?"

"It's not too late for us to talk about this after you convince Wen Yao. Let's talk about Yan Lingyong again," Jiang Shiqing turned to look at him and asked, "Did you show your face outside Lichen Temple that night?"

The breeze disturbed the few strands of hair on Jiang Shiqing's forehead. Yuan Mucheng saw that his eyelashes were flickering from being scratched by the hair, and stretched out his fingers to gently stroke him, before saying, "General Yi prepares two jars of good wine at night. Looking for someone to be happy and happy, and hearing something happening in Lichen Temple on the way, so you are happy to meddle in other things, what's wrong with that? What's more, how can I distract people away if I don't show up, so that you can kill with peace of mind."

With an intimate gesture, Jiang Shiqing turned his face slightly, and heat suddenly spread in his body.Seeing the man's red ears gradually appearing, Yuan Mucheng continued: "It's just that I was covered in blood with you, so I had to break up my two jars of good wine and use the smell of wine to cover my blood."

With that said, Yuan Mucheng moved closer, raised the empty cup on the case in front of Jiang Shiqing, and said, "I don't know if the deputy owner will pay for the wine?"

He was teasing the little beast he was eyeing, and even wanted to find a chance to lick his fur and declare his sovereignty.

Jiang Shiqing naturally heard the clues, but he was as calm as a prodigal who is often used to romantic affairs. He stretched out his hand to grab the wine bottle, poured wine into the empty glass in front of him, and said, "It depends on which young master Yuan is talking about. 'Lost."

"What are you thinking about?" Yuan Mucheng deliberately pretended to be stupid, and said after draining the wine in the glass, "But you can lose money or lose yourself, and you, Mr. Yuan, don't choose."

Spring is not far away, and there is a slight breeze occasionally blowing outside the window, which is obviously a little bit cool.The breath of fresh life mixed with it could not stir up waves in Jiang Shiqing's heart, he could only feel the coldness in it.

He always felt that he should have been hiding in the cold so as to ensure that his frail body would not be hurt by the sun, but Yuan Mucheng could always heat up the air around him, trying to push him into the sun bit by bit. under.

But the more enthusiastic Yuan Mucheng was and the closer he got, the more he dared not.He was afraid that he would be too greedy for this kind of warmth, forgetting that he was originally an evil ghost who had returned from hell, and he was only dying for revenge.

A dying person who lives on hatred should remember hatred, not love.

Jiang Shiqing involuntarily backed away slightly, but Yuan Mucheng was still looking at him.The atmosphere was delicate, and Jiang Shiqing changed the subject: "Although Yan Youqian has been ill in bed for the past few days, if Cui Cheng is nowhere to be found, he may ask Yemenzhuang to find someone for him in the future."

"The vice owner can still handle this small matter, it's my turn to ask." Yuan Mucheng turned his head and looked at him squarely, with a look of scrutiny, "What was your original plan for that night?"

Jiang Shiqing said: "First lead Cui Cheng out of the temple, and then Yan Lingyong, but someone transferred Cui Cheng away first."

Yuan Mucheng asked, "Is that the note?"

"That's right," Jiang Shiqing raised his eyebrows slightly, "I wanted to get rid of Yan Lingyong before looking for him, but I happened to meet him in the back mountain, so I knocked him out and put him on the side of the road."

Yuan Mucheng frowned: "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"After thinking about it, it doesn't matter whether he died or not, as long as Yan Lingyong was thrown in his hands." After speaking, Jiang Shiqing smiled lightly.

But the fact is that he personally killed Cui Cheng.

That night, after kicking Cui Cheng off his horse, he knocked him out.Then he found the note and the flying blade from Cui Cheng's waist, and killed Cui Cheng with the flying blade.

He lied to Yuan Mucheng, and the reason for lying was naive.

Because Yuan Mucheng never believed in him, no matter how intimate his behavior was, he knew that Yuan Mucheng never fully believed in him.So at this moment, he simply made up a lie. He had no other purpose, he just wanted to tease Yuan Mucheng.

Hearing this, Yuan Mucheng stared into Jiang Shiqing's eyes, touched the wine bottle in his hand, and brought it to his mouth.He looked straight at Jiang Shiqing's smiling eyes over the bottle, and didn't put down the bottle until the smell of wine soaked into his throat, looked at the person and said with a smile: "Then why are you killing people with his knife? Cui Cheng has long been arrested." You should kill it, swindlers are also scoring targets, Huaichuan."

Jiang Shiqing raised his eyebrows lightly, and smiled deeper: "Since Second Master Yuan is so smart, you might as well guess what I was thinking at that time."

Yuan Mucheng raised his finger to pick up a strand of Jiang Shiqing's hanging black hair, turning his finger intentionally or unintentionally, the black hair wrapped around his knuckles, sliding along the texture of the skin enchantingly, but the roots were entangled, and then wrapped around the slender fingers Round and round.

"You think, push the boat with the current, but it's a pity that the whole night was variable." Yuan Mucheng caressed the hair that lingered between his fingers, and said softly, "I guess, the thing you used to kill Cui Cheng was a flying weapon. blade."