Broken Iron Clothes

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It rained for two days in a row, and the heat that was slightly accumulated in the sunny day was diluted a lot. Jiang Shiqing had a low-grade fever repeatedly in the past two days. It was not until today that he fell asleep for a long time and sweated all over again, and the fever completely subsided. .

These days, Yuan Mucheng slept intermittently for a total of four hours, and took a nap in the afternoon. When he woke up, he followed Zhong Dingshan's instructions and went to the pharmacy to make a soup.

He took a bite of the plum he picked out specially, tasted the sweetness and chose a big one, took away the pit and put it on the plate, and served it out together with the soup.

Fang was about to step out of the threshold, but Xu Guo plunged in. Yuan Mucheng quickly took a step to the side to avoid the body, and Xu Guo happened to stand on tiptoe and tried to stop, but the toes were stupidly digging at the soles of the shoes. He couldn't hold on, and fell straight to the ground.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. He immediately stretched out his hands to support the ground, and simply turned forward. He thought he could land steadily, but he stepped on the wooden stick next to his feet, and the soles slipped, and he fell backwards. go.

Yuan Mucheng stretched out his feet and hooked a low stool behind him, and then he caught the man firmly.

Xu Guo touched her protected buttocks, scratched her head in embarrassment and smiled twice.

Yuan Mucheng raised his chin towards him and said, "Come here, take a look."

Xu Guo obediently stood in front of Yuan Mucheng and let him stare at him for a long time, then twisted his shoulders uncomfortably, and asked, "What is the general looking at?"

Yuan Mucheng said: "Look at your little head is big enough for several bags."

Xu Guo lowered her head and muttered, "I'm not so reckless in normal times."

Yuan Mucheng smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and stopped teasing him, and asked, "Why is it so urgent?"

"Oh, General, someone from your residence reported that General Lu and Mr. Wen had gone to Prince Jingping's mansion to look for you, but..." Xu Guo leaned close to his head and covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "But just now I saw Mr. Wen hiding in the palace. Not far away, most of them came with the messenger, I don’t know if I can let them in, why don’t you go and have a look?”

Yuan Mucheng handed over the soup in his hand, and tapped the food table with his knuckles before leaving, and said, "Watch your master finish his drink, and give him a bite of plum for fear of hardship."

Not long after, Yuan Mucheng walked out from the back door, walked half a circle, saw Lu Tianrui and Wen Kaisen from a distance, walked behind them, and said slowly: "Are you looking for someone?"

Wen Kaisen trembled in fright, turned his head to look, and said pleasantly: "Cousin Xiao'an, I found you!"

Lu Tianrui looked around, pointed to the courtyard wall of Jiang's house, and said, "I said, why have I been to your house twice and I can't see anyone, so I'm staying here."

"Come in and talk."

Yuan Mucheng led the two of them into the Jiang residence, and walked all the way from the backyard to the front hall.

"Your life is tough, you scared us enough, Kai Sen couldn't find you, so he ran to my house in a hurry." Lu Tianrui put his shoulders, looked up and down Yuan Mucheng for a while, and asked, "How is it? Are your injuries okay?"

Yuan Mucheng said with a smile: "It's just a flesh injury, the pain will pass in a while."

Wen Kaisen said: "By the way, why did you go to live in the Jiang mansion?"

Hearing the word "Jiang", Lu Tianrui said "Oh" suddenly, and clapped hands with Yuan Mucheng tacitly.

Wen Kaisen was stunned: "What are you two doing charades here?"

The two walked quickly, and Wen Kaisen trotted a few steps to catch up. Fang turned his head and saw the pendant hanging on Yuan Mucheng. The pendant looks rare."

"Hungry?" Yuan Mucheng smiled, then reached out to hook the purse hanging on Wen Kaisen's waist, and said, "Where did you get this purse, embroidery skills are quite rare."

Wen Kaisen turned his body to cover it, the base of his ears gradually turned red.

Because the silk thread was crookedly embroidered, it really didn't seem to be from Mrs. Wen's hand, Yuan Mucheng could guess who gave it to him, so he turned his head and asked, "Miss Song?"

Wen Kaisen coughed lightly, and changed the subject: "Don't interrupt, you haven't answered me yet, why are you living in Mr. Jiang's house?"

Yuan Mucheng said indifferently: "Everyone in Jianghuai River belongs to me, Yuan Xiao'an, we don't distinguish between each other."

"Wait, wait, I'll take care of it for a while," Wen Kaisen said after a moment of slowing down, "You and Mr. Jiang, you..."

Yuan Mucheng smiled and said, "Is there any problem?"

Before the two of them could respond, Jiang Shiqing came from behind the three of them.

"It's wet and cold outside, if you have something to say, you might as well talk inside."

The three of them turned their heads when they heard the sound, and saw Jiang Shiqing walking slowly in a broad robe, as bright as winter snow.

Yuan Mucheng took a few steps forward to pick him up, and when he looked closely, he could vaguely see his sickly face, so he couldn't help but gently rubbed his cheek twice with his fingertips.

"Huh?" Yuan Mucheng wanted to ask him why he came out to meet people before he was in good health, but when he was about to export his full of words, he shortened it to this one word.

He knew that Jiang Shiqing could understand.

"En." Jiang Shiqing agreed, raised his finger to touch Yuan Mucheng's hand twice as if to comfort him, then stepped forward to salute the two with a smile.

"When I went down to the river, Qing met the two of you."

The two returned the courtesy and said, "I'm bothering Mr. Jiang."

"You are welcome, the two of you are here in the humble house, and you are Xiao'an's old acquaintances, there is no reason for me to hide behind closed doors."

Jiang Shiqing led the people into the front hall, and after asking them to sit down, Yuan Mucheng led them to his side and sat down together.

Lu Tianrui first said: "There was an explanation at the Ministry of Criminal Justice last night about the yellow book storehouse, so I wanted to take advantage of Xiumu's visit to bring a message, but Xiao'an changed his place to live, rushed into the house, and looked at the river. My lord, forgive me."

Jiang Shiqing said with a smile: "Xiao'an called you big brother and cousin Wen, so he regards the two of you as his own family members. Since you are our own family members, why should you be polite? But although I have heard some outside news these days, But I didn't hear it all, there are many involved in the Yellow Book Library, I wonder if General Lu can disclose some more conveniently?"

Yuan Mucheng sat for a while, but felt that the seats were too far apart, so he got up and moved to Jiang Shiqing's side, and stood half leaning against the flower table next to his seat, and said, "Lai Chang was instigated by Huai Chuan, we almost There's nothing you can't say between them."

"Since everyone has made their relationship so obvious, I naturally have no worries."

Lu Tianrui said: "The thing about the Yellow Book Storehouse is that people from the Ministry of Punishment found traces of gunpowder and a secret passage. After searching, the gunpowder was thrown from the armory of the Ministry of War. The ambassador of the armory has been detained by the Justice Department. In addition, there are also two similar secret passages in Peng Yan's mansion. In addition, He Xiao brought a fake waist card to the household department that day, claiming that it was Yu Si's deputy envoy who lost it outside Jingping's mansion. Na Yu Si The deputy envoy personally identified the fallen ghost Li, and everyone outside agreed that it was Peng Yan who deliberately lured you to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now it seems that Peng Yan did it deliberately, but the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not ask you It's hard to explain, so tomorrow His Majesty will call the cabinet and Gao Shilang to discuss the matter again, and most likely will send another message to your house, it should be up to you whether you want to go or not."

"I really have to go this time. As long as Peng Yan's crime is not settled, sooner or later someone will try to drag me into the water." Yuan Mucheng put his hands on his side, rubbing Jiang Shiqing's robe vaguely, as if only From there can be found some peace.

Lu Tianrui was full of business, and hadn't noticed the two people who were getting closer in secret. He only asked, "Speaking of which, Peng Yan really did it? What happened to you that day?"

"The person who led me there that day was Xu Yixu, and Peng Yan was at most a scapegoat."

When Yuan Mucheng was talking, Jiang Shiqing's eyes obviously darkened, because Yuan Mucheng had told him everything, but he didn't mention Xu Yixu.He raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Mucheng, and the man consciously took his fingers and stroked them in his palm, wanting to ask for forgiveness.

"Why is it him again?" Lu Tianrui asked.

Yuan Mucheng said: "He should have wanted to get rid of both me and Peng Yan. Then the crime of blowing up the yellow book storehouse would be either mine or Peng Yan's. Anyway, anyone can fall on it. Who knows that Peng Yan will Regretfully digging a secret passage, I didn't use it but let me take advantage of it, fortunately I also took precautions and asked He Xiao to make a fuss, but Xu Yixu took the opportunity to save him .”

Lu Tianrui became more and more puzzled when he heard this, and asked again: "What kind of quarrel did you and Xu Yixu have, that he wants your life so much?"

Yuan Mucheng avoided talking about it: "What kind of logic are you talking about with a lunatic, but his trick is clever. No matter who is disabled or dead, he will benefit."

"How?" Wen Kaisen asked.

Yuan Mucheng smiled and said: "Do you understand, boy, sit here and join in the fun for half a day."

Wen Kaisen said: "Why can't I understand, my father invited Gao Shilang to sit at the mansion for a while today, I almost understand the whole story, besides, if I don't understand, why don't I just ask, really."

Jiang Shiqing, who sat aside and listened for a while, answered: "Since Xu Yixu intends to persuade Peng Yan to take the risk of blowing up the yellow book library, he must have already made two-handed preparations. In front of outsiders, he has never intervened in this matter from the beginning to the end. It would be the best if he could take this opportunity to get rid of the two of them in one fell swoop, but if something happens, he can let Peng Yan bear all the charges afterwards. The reason can be Peng Yan colluded with the big gangsters to release sand snakes privately, to avoid the inspection of the Overwatch Council and took the opportunity to destroy the books, and also tried to blame General Yun."

Wen Kaisen asked again: "But why did you choose to blame Cousin Xiao'an?"

Yuan Mucheng said: "Because something happened to the grain and grass sent to Yuzhouying, and I had already confronted Peng Yan about the grain and grass before, so I would have the most motivation to seek revenge from him. I breathed a sigh of relief, I am probably the culprit for blowing up the yellow book library right now, fortunately..."

Fortunately, there is Jiang Shiqing.

"Peng Yan has a lot of Feng's secrets hanging on him, but it can be regarded as being wiped out now. Tomorrow, you should pay attention to Feng Ruoping. Maybe Xu Yixu will trouble you again in the future. You Be careful." Lu Tianrui said, when he raised his eyes, he saw the hands of the two people on the opposite side who were close to each other, and quickly averted his eyes.

"Then what, Kaisen, do you have anything else to do, let's have a drink together?"

Lu Tianrui tried to look at Wen Kaisen, but the man didn't understand for a long time, and said: "Don't, it's hard for us to be free today, so stay a little longer."

"What are you busy with on weekdays?" Yuan Mucheng asked.

"I've been learning how to ride a horse these days." Wen Kaisen said in a lower voice, and his eyes drifted away.

"Why are you so ashamed, isn't it good to ride a horse?" Yuan Mucheng teased him imitating the movement of hooking a purse.

Wen Kaisen saw it, and imitated the movement of pulling the pendant and replied: "You are the only one who is annoying."

"Since General Lu is taking a rest today and Mr. Wen is fine, it's rare for the two of you to get together with Xiao'an, why don't you stay for a meal, anyway, there are many people in Jiang's house, and it's lively even after drinking."

When Jiang Shiqing was speaking, Yuan Mucheng really felt that although this person was sitting beside him, he could already see his heart.

Although he never showed the slightest bit of loneliness, and he seemed to be heartless as if he didn't need to vent, but since returning home, he has felt regretful that he could not get together with his old friend. He has thought about many things in the past few days, and he is also worried about Jiang Shiqing. The condition of the heart is depressing, and it has long been necessary to take care of it.

He stretched out his hand and rubbed Jiang Shiqing's earlobe, thinking that this person would always hit him in the heart, how could he let him go.

Wen Kaisen replied with a smile: "Young Master Jiang has already opened his mouth, I think I should answer, then Big Brother Lu..."

Lu Tianrui answered, "Who buys this wine?"

"I invite you." Yuan Mucheng said.

Hearing this, Lu Tianrui smiled heartily: "How can I not drink the free wine?"