He Yanzhi and Xiao Hongyin hid at the corner, and quietly poked out one eye to look at the scene not far away.

I saw that the master was throwing the dossiers just now into the fire, and it seemed that they were almost burnt, only the few soaked dossiers were more difficult to burn, exuding an unpleasant burnt smell.

He Yanzhi remained silent, quietly waiting for him to leave after the burning, and then came out from behind the corner.

Xiao Hongyin came to the brazier, saw that the files inside were all reduced to ashes, and looked back at He Yanzhi.

"This is the record of Shen Hai's corruption. Now that it has been destroyed by someone with a heart, it is almost impossible to reverse the case in the future." He Yanzhi expressed his guess.

Xiao Hongyin stared at Ashes in front of him and remained silent.

In the original text, Shen Hai was just a cannon fodder in He Yu's plan, a pawn used to weaken the prince's spirit. He Yanzhi didn't pay much attention to him at first, but the current situation made him feel that he had something to do with Shen Hai.

He Yanzhi said: "Let's go back first."

Xiao Hongyin nodded, turned his eyes away from the pile of ashes, looked at He Yanzhi, and asked casually: "I've always been very curious, Yanzhi, why do you know so much?"

He Yanzhi was stunned for a while, pretending to be innocent and said: "After staying in the yamen for a long time, I naturally know a lot."

After hearing his answer, Xiao Hongyin didn't react, and said with a smile: "Well, what do you want to eat tonight?"

He Yanzhi looked at him, his eyes were dull for a moment, and the corners of his mouth curled up inexplicably: "Tofu, it's easy to digest."

……

The two were arranged to live in an inn near Dali Temple. According to the regulations, it will take some time for the handover, and they do not need to be on duty every day.So in the next three days, He Yanzhi and Xiao Hongyin bought all the delicious food in the capital.

On the fourth day, the two of them were being attracted by the iron shop's weapons and stopped when they heard the sound of horseshoes from afar.

The wind raised dust all over the sky, He Yanzhi moved away in disgust, Zhao Ji grabbed the rein and got off the horse, and said to them: "My lords, everything has been prepared, please follow me back to Dali Temple."

"What's the rush?"

It is common sense to say that the handover of matters can be as long as half a year or as long as several months, but after only three days at He Yanzhi's place, the arrangements were hastily made, and I don't know if there is something important.

The three of them hurried back to Dali Temple, returned to their study, and after entering the room, He Yanzhi saw three piles of extra documents on the desk.

"these are?"

"My lord, these are the criminal evidence handed over by Lord Zhou, Minister of the Household Department."

He Yanzhi picked up the book casually and opened it, and there were several crimes densely listed in it: "Who is he going to sue?"

"Master Sun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites."

"What sin?"

"Assassinate the court officials."

He Yanzhi picked up the topmost paper, glanced at the description on it, and sneered: "Sun Ruilin wants to assassinate Zhou Xie, it's ridiculous."

Minister of Rites Sun Ruilin has been an official for more than [-] years. He has already passed his sixtieth year, and he resigned a few months ago to retire and return to his hometown. However, Minister of Rites Zhou Xie is not confused. It is difficult to say that Sun wants to kill Zhou. convince.

Xiao Hongyin also picked up a few copies to have a look, the things listed above were either true or false, they were just trying to overwhelm him.

He Yanzhi asked, "When did it happen?"

"About half a month ago." Zhao Ji obviously knew about it, and he hesitated to speak several times.

He Yanzhi asked him to speak up when he had something to say, and Zhao Ji said: "When the incident happened, Mr. Sun wanted to go out of the city and return to his hometown, but for some reason, he met Mr. Zhou at Heting, and the two started to play chess."

"According to people's confessions, the two adults played chess in the crane pavilion for half an hour after retreating to the left and right. At the end, Lord Zhou suddenly jumped up and held down Lord Sun, and found a dagger from Lord Sun's sleeve. , and then sent someone to report to take Mr. Sun away and detain him."

He Yanzhi raised his head when he heard the words: "Detained privately?"

Zhao Ji nodded: "The Ministry of Punishment sent people to ask for it many times but failed. They only know that Mr. Sun was detained in the capital, and they don't know the rest."

He Yanzhi understood.

Zhou Xie's purpose was to detain people, and the assassination of the imperial court official was just an excuse. He did this just to pry something out of Sun Ruilin's mouth.

He Yanzhi didn't remember the plot very clearly, he only knew that Sun Ruilin was the crown prince's vassal, while Zhou Xie was drawn into his camp by He Yu.

He Yanzhi looked at Xiao Hongyin, who was contemplating the evidence on the book case, when He Yanzhi called him.

Xiao Hongyin raised his head and saw He Yanzhi looking at him: "What did you think of?"

Xiao Hongyin shook his head and asked Zhao Ji: "Did the Ministry of Punishment send someone to look for it?"

"Now that the Zhou family is in full swing in the court, the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to force it. It only sent people to secretly check Mr. Zhou's other courtyards in the capital, but he did not see Mr. Sun." Zhao Ji gave the addresses of those other courtyards. Handed it to him, Xiao Hongyin glanced at it and put it aside.

Zhao Ji went on to say: "Master Zhao hoped that the two of you could rescue Mr. Sun as soon as possible, so he called you back urgently. If there is any need during this period, just let the lower officials handle it."

He Yanzhi nodded and let him go down first, Zhao Ji left.

After he closed the door of the study, He Yanzhi came to Xiao Hongyin and picked up the piece of paper with the address written on it.

"Everyone in the court is an old fox, how could they hide them in such an obvious place." He Yanzhi shook his head silently, and threw the paper back to the original place: "But it is really not easy to find someone."

Xiao Hongyin didn't have a headache because he knew where Zhou Xie hid Sun Ruilin, but he couldn't easily reveal it.

"We might as well go and visit Mr. Zhou first. Whether it's a wolf or a tiger, we have to take a look." Xiao Hongyin proposed an idea, but unexpectedly, it coincided with He Yanzhi.

"Looking for an excuse?"

He Yanzhi and Xiao Hongyin met each other's eyes.

"Refugees in the city."

The two smiled knowingly, and inquired about Zhou Xie's daily preferences in recent days.

Zhou Xie loves to host banquets, and recently he met Zhou Xie's son who was admitted to the imperial examination. He held a large banquet for He'er's high school, and also wanted to find a minister's daughter for his son, so as to consolidate his position in the court. .

This banquet was named "Xunfang Banquet" by him.

He Yanzhi sent someone to present a letter of worship, and Zhou Xie was quite interested in this He Sizheng who had never met before, so he also sent someone to return the gift.

The Xunfang Banquet is scheduled for the seventh day of July. Zhou Xie likes novelty, and the activities held every time the banquet is not the same.It is said that the Zhou family bought hundreds of catties of colorful ropes and silver bells for this banquet, but it is not known what they wanted to use them for.

On that day, He Yanzhi specially changed into a brocade suit with moon and white cloud patterns for the banquet, and used a wooden hairpin to change a cloth belt to tie his hair, and took a photo in front of the mirror. With this whole body temperament, others almost thought it was royal noble. son.

But Xiao Hongyin was dressed in pitch black, which made his face dazzlingly white. He followed He Yanzhi, pretending to be a ruthless guard.

He Yanzhi half-jokingly said: "It seems that I have to give up the nickname of this evil god to you."

Xiao Hongyin jumped into the carriage first, and stretched out his hand to him. He Yanzhi also stretched out his hand without thinking too much. After sitting firmly, the carriage drove them to Zhou Mansion.

Guests gathered at the entrance of the Zhou Mansion, He Yanzhi asked the coachman to stop for a while, and waited until the guests had almost entered before letting the carriage approach.

After getting off the car, Zhou Xie's son Zhou Yun stepped forward to receive him.

"May I ask if your Excellency is He Sizheng?" Zhou Yunsheng's outstanding talent can be noticed at a glance when standing in the crowd.

"Exactly." He Yanzhi handed over the greeting card, and the coachman was responsible for leading the servants of the Zhou Mansion to unload the congratulatory gifts from behind.

Zhou Yun didn't expect Si Zheng to be such a handsome young master, so he couldn't help but praise him.He Yanzhi came and went, and also made some polite remarks, and then Zhou Yun was invited into the mansion.

Xiao Hongyin followed behind He Yanzhi, watched the surrounding situation from the corner of his eye, and silently recorded the topography of Zhou Mansion.

After entering the gate and walking through the corridor to the spacious backyard, He Yanzhi found that there were no seats arranged for the entire banquet.

"Master He, don't be surprised, this is my father's idea." Zhou Yun explained to him while leading He Yanzhi and them into the front hall.

"In the past, all the adults were imprisoned in front of their desks, and never left their seats except for reciting poems and drinking. My father felt that this was really boring, so he ordered people to move all the table wines and dishes into the house, and waited for the wine to be full. If you are full, you adults can go for a walk in the courtyard to play games, enjoy the moon and listen to music."

Maybe other people's move was a bit novel, but to He Yanzhi, it was nothing. Zhou Yun didn't explain it, but he already understood it.

"He Sizheng is extremely intelligent, and Zhou admires him very much."

Zhou Yun looked at He Yanzhi with a gleam in his eyes, and almost every three sentences he would boast, which made He Yanzhi's ears callused.

"Young Master Zhou praised you absurdly."

He Yanzhi asked Zhou Yun to entertain other guests first, Zhou Yun nodded in agreement, but still had no intention of leaving, instead, he leaned towards He Yanzhi while talking.

"Lord be careful."

Seeing this, Xiao Hongyin immediately stood between the two of them, and picked up the wine glass that rolled down from He Yanzhi's feet.

Seeing that the hem of his clothes was a little wet from the wine, He Yanzhi cupped his hands with Zhou Yun and said, "Young Master Zhou, I'm afraid I'm going to excuse you first."

Zhou Yun hurriedly said it's okay, and enthusiastically wanted to help him deal with it, but after being rejected by He Yanzhi, he stayed where he was a little lonely.

He Yanzhi led Xiao Hongyin out of the front hall, and wandered casually in the yard.

"Ah Yin, did you see anything in the lotus pond that you passed by when you came in just now?" He Yanzhi pretended to be attracted by the game of throwing pots, and asked privately behind him.

He Yanzhi threw an arrow, which missed the mouth of the bottle by a little distance, and the arrow fell to the ground.

"A Yin?" Seeing that there was no response from the people behind him, he called him again.

After throwing five rounds in a row, only one hit. The young man in charge said with a smile that the five blessings are coming and the blockbuster hits. He Yanzhi couldn't help but look back.

"Why are you in a daze?" He Yanzhi couldn't help feeling a little funny when he saw Xiao Hongyin folded his arms, kept a straight face and said nothing, as if he had been robbed.

Others couldn't see the change on his face, but He Yanzhi could tell at a glance that Xiao Hongyin's lips were slightly upturned at this time, and it seemed that he had suffered a great grievance.

"gone."

Xiao Hongyin uttered two words and left without hesitation, leaving Master Sizheng who was abandoned by the "guards", holding the arrow and not knowing whether to continue playing or leave it behind.

He Yanzhi exhaled helplessly, returned the arrow to the servant, and followed in stride.

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-10-2819:43:27~2021-10-2921:24:28期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: porridge is delicious but not angry;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 20 bottles of 璹璹;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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