Save the tragic villain in progress!

Leaving aside those minor crimes, there are three major crimes that can be used to capture the evidence of Dong Linhou: one is to kill the court officials, the other is to embezzle disaster relief money, and the third is to form a party with Changsun De for personal gain and to practice fraud.As long as two of these three crimes can be proved, even if he can't kill him, it can still seriously hurt the vitality of Donglinhou's mansion.

Unknowingly, the sun is already rising, and the sun is scorching people extremely anxiously.

Rong Xuan looked up at the sky, and slowly shook the folding fan in his hand: "Is there no news from the palace yet?"

Ji Fan ordered someone to inquire, and the servant ran back after a while, and shook his head at Ji Fan: "The gates of the palace are sealed, and there is no news, only that the guards of Habayashi led troops to search the Donglinhou's mansion. "

Ji Fan lowered his eyes lightly when he heard the words, and fiddled with the chess game with his fingertips, covering up the gloating in his eyes: "The court meeting has been going on for two hours, and there is still no news. , there will be no third possibility.”

These two people are his big enemies, and he is happy to see whoever is unlucky.

Rong Xuan also felt that something might have gone wrong in the palace, and if the evidence of the crime was convincing, logically speaking, it would never have dragged on for such a long time.Just as he was thinking about what to do, he suddenly heard an announcement from someone outside: "His Royal Highness, General Xuanyuan Qing, who protects the country, is visiting!"

Ji Fan and Rong Xuan were stunned when they heard the words, and couldn't help feeling suspicious. They were worried that they would have no chance to deal with each other, but Xuanyuan Qing came to the door by himself?Is there such a good thing in the world?

Ji Fan's eyes were gloomy, he didn't even play chess, and threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess basket with a bang: "Let him in."

In fact, before he could speak, Xuanyuan Qing had already pushed away the servants blocking the way, and rushed in hastily.The first time he saw Rong Xuan sitting in the gazebo, he stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and made a big salute, clasped his fists heavily and said anxiously: "Please help, Mr. Rong!"

He was sweating profusely and anxious, presumably something must have happened to Zhao Su in the palace, which attracted him to come out to report.

Rong Xuan glanced at the position beside him and motioned for Ji Fan to sit over.Seeing Xuanyuan Qing kneeling on the ground, he didn't reach out to help him up, but took a handful of melon seeds from the fruit plate in a leisurely manner:

"Which song is General Xuanyuan singing? You have tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, and the next civilians are unarmed, how can you be saved?"

Ji Fan originally wanted to lie on Rong Xuan's shoulders to watch the play, but seeing Xuanyuan Qing was present, he had no choice but to sit up straight again.The long and narrow eyes narrowed slightly, hiding a coldness that only he knew.

Xuanyuan Qing was so anxious that his back was wet with sweat: "His Royal Highness impeached Dong Linhou for corruption and perverting the law at the court meeting today, but he didn't expect that he would directly push out his only son Liu Jianlai to take the blame, claiming that Liu Jianlai was secretly colluding with eldest grandson De , I don’t know it at all. Changsun De also didn’t know that there was something in the hands of Dong Linhou, and he also admitted that he and Liu Jianlai colluded with each other and embezzled the disaster money.”

When Rong Xuan heard that he was eating melon seeds, he couldn't help but pause, thinking that Dong Linhou was really a cruel person, and he didn't even want to face in order to get rid of the crime.Liu Jianlai, this cheap son, finally had an effect: "Where is Liu Jianlai? He also recognizes it?"

Xuanyuan Qing gritted his teeth tightly and uttered two words with difficulty: "I admit it!"

This is an era where families are respected. In comparison, personal life is really insignificant, even Liu Jianlai, a dude, has no choice.The Liu family is now fully supported by Dong Linhou. If he falls, the Liu family will be destroyed soon, and no one can die if he dies.For this crime, Liu Jian has to admit it if he comes to admit it, and he has to admit it if he doesn't.

Especially when Changsun De admitted that he had secretly colluded with Liu Jianlai, it was difficult for Zhao Su to deal with it.For the sake of Empress Concubine Liu, the emperor judged Dong Linhou as a poor teacher, and gave him a light punishment.Although debilitating, the foundation is still there.

The two crimes of embezzlement and bribery and forming a party for personal gain are abolished for Donglinhou's "strong man cutting off his wrist".

Rong Xuan shook his fan thoughtfully, his tone could not detect emotion: "Then I don't understand what General Xuanyuan intends to do. Even His Highness the Crown Prince can't do anything about this kind of thing. What's the use of asking me for help."

Xuanyuan Qing saw that his attitude was indifferent, raised his head and hesitated to speak: "The assassination of Zhen Yuanzhong, although there is a blood letter, but there is no witness. His Royal Highness has found out that among the officials who accompanied the disaster relief at the beginning, there was a close friend of the Marquis of Donglin who was assassinated. There are also participants, and there is an urgent need for witnesses to go to court for identification. Please let Mr. Rong ignore the previous suspicions and help."

The implication is that he wants Rong Xuan to hand over Zhen He to identify the murderer who was assassinated that day.

Rongxuan really can't help with this matter. If Zhen He was willing to testify, he would have testified long ago. For the sake of the people of Jingzhou, the rest are really powerless."

After he finished speaking, he stared at Xuanyuan Qing with unfriendly eyes and said, "Furthermore, is it too easy for General Xuanyuan to say 'disregard past suspicions'? Back then you shot me for no reason and ruined Prince Yan's appearance, why should we let us ignore past suspicions? "

Rong Xuan just wanted to piss Xuanyuan Qing off on purpose, and said with a faint smile: "Let me tell you the truth, I have a way to get Zhen He to testify in court, but when I saw General Xuanyuan's hideous appearance, I suddenly didn't want him to Testified in court."

Xuanyuan Qing was annoyed when he heard the words: "You!"

Only now did he recall that Rong Xuan clearly hated himself for what happened in the wine cellar that day.I wanted to turn around and leave directly, but thinking of Zhao Su being besieged by all sides in the court, I gritted my teeth and held back, lowering my head and clasping my fists heavily: "Xuanyuan Qing was reckless that day, today I am here to apologize to Crown Prince Yan and Young Master Rong. I am willing to let it be dealt with, and I hope that the two of you will put aside the previous suspicions and let Zhenhe testify in court!"

Zhen He, who was sitting on the corridor in the distance, suddenly heard his name, and subconsciously stood up straight.

When Rong Xuan heard the words "Let him deal with you", he finally raised his eyelids and took a look at Xuanyuan Qing, and said with a slow smile, "So, even if I want to carve a big bastard on General Xuanyuan's face, General Xuanyuan will be arrested without a fight and let me deal with it? "

Xuanyuan Qing's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard the words. He never expected that Rong Xuan would carve a bastard on his face, and he stood up directly from the ground: "Rong Xuan, you can kill me, but you can't be humiliated! If you have hatred in your heart, just stab me directly!" Ten swords, I will never resist, why come up with such a humiliating method!"

When Rong Xuan heard the words, he put away his fan: "Then you can leave on your own. Please also tell His Highness the Crown Prince that it must be because Rong is unwilling to save her, but because General Xuanyuan is too stupid, and the success is more than failure. Take care." The one thing I want to do is to make enemies. I hope that she will have a discerning eye in the future, recruit more talented people, and don't recruit all the stinky fish and shrimps."

After finishing speaking, he stared at Xuanyuan Qing, and reminded word by word: "General Xuanyuan, please remember that today the crown prince failed in court, and all the faults are on you."

Killing and punishing one's heart, that's all.

Seeing Xuanyuan Qing's pale face, Ji Fan chuckled, approached Rong Xuan's ear and said, "If Zhao Su can have three points of your eloquence, Donglin Hou may not be able to take advantage of the court today."

Rong Xuan thought he was praising himself, and patted Ji Fan's hand under the table: "Wait and see, I will definitely carve a big bastard on his face today to vent your anger."

Hearing the words, Ji Fan unconsciously touched the scabbed wound on the side of his face, but said, "Xuanyuanqing will definitely not let you get what you want."

Rong Xuan asked back: "Why?"

Ji Fan is good at understanding people's hearts and rarely makes mistakes: "You just need to see that he doesn't want to appear in front of his sweetheart with a bastard face every day. In my opinion, it's better to slash him three times in the face as revenge. "

It can hurt a little bit, but it will not be so easy to settle accounts with Xuanyuan next time.

Rong Xuan thought it was the same, Xuanyuan Qing would rather jump into the Yellow River than let Zhao Su see the ridiculous look on his face: "Wouldn't it be too cheap for him?"

Ji Fan didn't say a word, and directly ordered the servant to bring a dagger.I saw that the handle of the knife was inlaid with precious stones, which was extremely gorgeous.He took out a box of ointment from his sleeve, slowly covered the blade with a veil, then handed it to Rong Xuan, and after a moment of silence, he said: "It's because he's been taken advantage of. But I don't like to owe favors the most in my life. When he was in the city The door saved me once, today I will let him go, after that, the grievances and grievances will be settled, and there will be no more entanglements."

The trajectory of the original book has been completely disrupted so far.Even Ji Fan's illusory gratitude to Xuanyuan Qing was completely weathered and decayed along with the bricks and stones on the city wall, leaving no trace.

Rong Xuan took a deep look at him when he heard the words, and after a while, he finally reached out to take the dagger: "What did you paint?"

Ji Fan wrote lightly: "It's nothing, it's just muscle-promoting ointment."

This kind of ointment can promote the healing of wounds, it is made by Qizhen, but it is a pity that if it is used too much, the affected area will become extremely itchy, like a thousand ants crawling, life is worse than death.Ji Fan usually only dared to add a little bit to the wound, but just now he applied the full amount on the blade, enough for Xuanyuan Qing to drink a pot.

Xuanyuanqing saw them whispering, and didn't know what they said. A moment later, Rong Xuan walked towards him with a dagger, Qingjun's appearance was a little blurred in the sunlight: "General Xuanyuan, what you just said Regardless of disposal, is it still counted?"

Xuanyuan Qing clenched his teeth silently: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Rong Xuan lowered his eyes and looked at the dagger in his hand: "Don't do anything, as long as General Xuanyuan allows me to slash your face three times at will, the account will be over, how about it?"

Xuanyuanqing always felt that Rong Xuan had bad intentions, so he didn't dare to answer for a long time.

Seeing this, Rong Xuan chuckled: "What is General Xuanyuan afraid of? Three swords can't cut a bastard. Your Highness the Crown Prince is still struggling in the court, so you have the heart to let her wait like this. What is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism? It's just a lie."

Xuanyuan Qing had a reckless temper and couldn't be provoked the most. Hearing this, he glared at Rong Xuan angrily.After three seconds of silent stalemate, he lifted the hem of his robe and knelt down: "Once a man speaks, it is hard to follow. What I said will naturally count! I only hope that Mr. Rong can keep his promise and let Zhen He testify in court." .”

After speaking, he closed his eyes forcefully, waiting for Rongxuan to make a move.

Ji Fan propped his head, sat at the stone table and looked at each other from afar.I thought that Xuanyuan Qing was sincere towards Zhao Su, but it was a pity that this kind of love was too stupid, it not only made her own cocoon, but also brought troubles to Zhao Su.Next time you meet this kind of person, you should really hide away.

Rong Xuan walked up to Xuanyuan Qing, thought for a long time, and finally put the first knife on his forehead.I saw the sharp dagger slowly cut through the flesh, oozing scarlet blood.Xuanyuan Qing only felt a stabbing pain on his forehead, and then Rong Xuan's deep and inaudible voice sounded in his ears: "This knife is a warning for you, some people can touch it, some people can't touch it, if there is another time in the future , I will never give up."

The second knife landed on Xuanyuan Qing's right cheek.

Rong Xuan: "This knife is in the same position as you left on his face, but there are many good medicines in the world, and it is difficult to cover the water and mend the cracks. This wound may remain on his face for three to five years. It will stay on your face forever."

The third knife landed on Xuanyuan Qing's left face.

Rong Xuan: "You have Zhao Su in your heart and respect her like a god. I also have someone in my heart who protects him like my life. Back then you protected him once under the city gate, but today you wounded him with a sword in the wine cellar. And let you remember that in the future, your grievances and grievances will be over, and you will have nothing to do with each other."

After three cuts, Xuanyuan Qing's face was covered in blood.He looked up at Rong Xuan in a daze, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, and said in a surprised tone, "You..."

After Rong Xuan said that, he threw the dagger on the ground with a clang, and wiped his hands with a handkerchief.Without looking at Xuanyuan Qing, he went straight to Zhen He who was stupefied by the scene in front of him: "You heard what I said just now, are you willing to testify in court?"

Zhen He regained his composure, and then lowered his head in embarrassment: "To tell you the truth, my son, Zhen He's life is not a pity, but there are poor wives and young children far away in my hometown. There is a record, if he goes to court to testify, I am afraid that he will inevitably be imprisoned. Zhen He still wants to watch the youngest son grow up, really... really..."

Zhen He used to be a gangster in the market, who did all kinds of tricks and abductions. Later, by accident, he was recruited by Zhen Yuanzhong, and he was on the right track.His records in the government are too thick, and if all of them are added up, he will be sentenced to exile, which is really not easy to handle.

Rong Xuan thought for a moment, but said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to save you from being imprisoned, and you can go to the palace to testify at ease."

Rong Xuan also just suddenly remembered an extremely important matter.He ordered the man to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, quickly wrote a line with the pen dipped in the ink, and then handed the note to Zhen He: "After you enter the palace, show this paper to the prince, and she will naturally understand what I mean." .”

Zhen He took the paper, glanced at it subconsciously, and then looked at Rong Xuan in shock: "Mr. Rong, this..."

Rong Xuan said: "It will only take three to five days at most. Even if you are arrested and imprisoned, you will be released in a short time. Go to the palace, don't waste the time."

Hearing this, Zhen He hurriedly stuffed the paper into his sleeves, and immediately left with Xuanyuan Qing.Seeing the two of them leaving, Ji Fan looked at Rong Xuan suspiciously: "What did you write on that piece of paper?"

Rong Xuan smiled: "It is said that Prince Yan is extremely smart, why don't you guess it?"

Ji Fan rattled the chess pieces: "I'm not like Mr. Rong, I can speak eloquently, and I'm familiar with "Zhou Lu", so I can't guess it."

When he played chess, half of his sleeve robe quietly slipped off, accidentally revealing the old wound on his wrist.There is a circle of light white scars on it, which was caused by the wear and tear of the shackles when he entered Zhou that year.

Ji Fan rubbed unconsciously for a moment, and suddenly said to himself: "I always thought that the wounds in this world would heal after years and years, but it turns out that they will leave traces."

When Rong Xuan held his hand, the corners of his eyes and brows were gentle, and even the fiery red maple behind him faded a little bit of glaring color: "These scars are treasures, cherish them well."

Ji Fan smiled: "Why?"

Rong Xuan took it for granted: "Because there will never be a fool like Xuanyuan Qing coming out again."

Ji Fan waved away the servants in the courtyard, and quietly sat on Rong Xuan's lap.Most of the wounds on his face had already healed, but there was still a light red mark left, but it wasn't ugly.Like a white jade statue, it was lightly painted with rouge, adding a three-pointed blush color.

Ji Fan held Rong Xuan's face and looked at it carefully for a moment, then suddenly asked out of nowhere: "Rong Xuan, Gu has never seen someone like you before, why did you come here?"

He always felt that the other party was a variable in his fate that shouldn't exist.

The red maple rustled in the courtyard, and a few leaves fell.Rong Xuan wrapped his arms around his waist, dressed in white, matching the red leaves on his shoulders, and said with a low laugh, "Of course I'm here to save you."

That's right, he came to rescue Ji Fan.

Don't save the protagonist, don't save others, only save Ji Fan,

Rong Xuan remembered Xuanyuan Qing's three sabers that he had just slashed, raised his hand and lightly touched Ji Fan's side face, and suddenly said without thinking: "Sure enough, if you are close to vermilion, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black."

After staying with this big villain for a long time, he also looks like a big villain, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Ji Fan didn't know that Rong Xuan was hurting him, and he was still happy because Rong Xuan vented his anger for him just now.He put his chin on Rong Xuan's shoulder, tightly circled the other's neck, closed his eyes and said in a low voice seriously: "Rong Xuan, if there is a next life, I won't be an emperor or a prince anymore, I'll just be your daughter-in-law Son, okay?"

Rong Xuan paused slightly when he heard the words, then smiled and stretched out his arms to hug him tightly: "I picked a wife for nothing, what's wrong with that?"

In this life, I will forcefully "grievance" and be an imperial husband first.

On their side, you and I are together, but the situation on Zhao Su's side is a bit serious.It turned out that when Zhenhe Shangdian testified that the person who was assassinated that day was Dong Linhou's lieutenant general, that lieutenant committed suicide by hitting a pillar directly, and there was no proof.

Emperor Zhou ordered his body to be carried down with a gloomy face, suppressed his anger and looked at Dong Linhou who was kneeling in the hall, slammed his fist on the table, and smiled angrily: "What a loyal Dong Linhou What a Marquis of Donglin who is so powerful! I didn't realize that you are so popular in the court, so many people are willing to die for you!"

Emperor Zhou was not a fool, Donglinhou first pushed Liu Jian to take the blame, and then forced the lieutenant to commit suicide, who would believe it if there was nothing tricky about it!He originally wanted to take it lightly for the sake of the emperor's relatives. After all, there are not many officials in the court who are really clean and not greedy, but he didn't expect that the Marquis of Donglin would be so courageous that he even dared to assassinate officials ordered by the court.

Dong Linhou knelt down on his knees, kowtowed his head and couldn't afford it. He shouted his grievances until his voice became hoarse, and he said with tears, "Your Majesty! Please be enlightened! Your Majesty the Crown Prince has found a rogue in the market to testify, how can you trust it. This matter is The old minister really doesn't know what the evil son of the family has done! The old minister has no way to teach his son, and he has failed His Majesty's entrustment. Today, he is willing to die so that His Majesty's Long Yan will be furious."

He just refused to admit that Zhen Yuanzhong's death had anything to do with him, and kept pushing Liu Jianlai.While crying that he was fighting for the country, while crying that his only son died in battle, Liu Jianlai, his adopted son, failed to teach him carefully, which led to today's disaster.

Emperor Zhou was already ashamed of Liu Jianxin's death in battle, now seeing Dong Lin Hou kneeling in the hall with gray hair on his temples, his heart softened and he closed his eyes for a long time without saying a word.

As soon as Zhao Su saw it, he knew that Emperor Zhou's thoughts were wavering, so he went out and asked, "Father, it is well known that Liu Jianlai has always been stubborn, even robbing land in the outskirts of the city would only be blatant, how could he set up such a meticulous plan. It was Dong Linhou who colluded with Changsun De to assassinate Zhongliang, his crime should be punished, please investigate clearly!"

After finishing speaking, he lifted up his robe and knelt down, expressing his determination.

Sun De, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, knelt beside him, shaking like chaff, his chubby figure was covered with sweat.Dong Linhou's crime still has room for excuse, but his crime is a certainty. Once found out, it will not be too much to punish the three clans.Regret and resentment filled my heart.

Every time Changsun De thought about this, he hated Zhao Su more in his heart.He looked at Zhao Su viciously, seeing her delicate features and delicate skin, he suddenly remembered what the guards in the mansion had said to him that night.The anger started from the heart, and the evil came to the guts. I don't know where the courage came from, but suddenly walked forward under the eyes of everyone, pointed at Zhao Su and said in a panic: "Your Majesty! The minister has the answer! The minister has the letter!" play!"

Emperor Zhou heard the words in a deep voice, unable to hide his anger: "You have conclusive evidence of corruption and dereliction of duty, what else do you want to say?!"

Changsun De said surprisingly: "The minister wants to impeach the prince Zhao Su, the woman disguises herself as a man, and the criminal deceives the king!"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire court was in an uproar, and Zhao Su's face suddenly became extremely ugly.Everyone's eyes fell on Changsun De and Zhao Su in horror, and the former said incoherently: "That day the prince disguised himself and came to Weichen's mansion to steal the accounts. With one palm, I found that the crown prince is actually a daughter!"

Changsun De is a dying person anyway, although the guard's words were vague that day, he was not sure whether Zhao Su was really a woman disguised as a man.But the grandson Desi and the prince were too refined in their words and deeds, and they never took concubines and married wives on the grounds of busy court affairs. Upholding the idea that one can get one, they directly punctured the window paper to reveal the matter.