Clan House

Niu Tong was originally a blacksmith, but one day he met the current crown prince in a restaurant. Not only was he not punished, he was elected as an instructor in the army.I thought that the task of teaching was to teach people how to practice martial arts, but I didn't expect to be assigned to guard the gate of the palace just after taking office.

The original guards of the Prince of Chu's Mansion were all resigned and replaced by soldiers from the rear army.Outside the sleeping hall, Niu Tong and other experts were assigned to control the hall. Except for the king of Chu himself, only Wang Yu was left to serve in the hall, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the hall at will.

Niu Tong has never worked in the army before, and he is not familiar with the interpersonal relationship in the army.Before leaving for the palace, Marquis Yongding had privately told him to protect the safety of His Royal Highness King Chu.Therefore, he was very careful in his errand this time, and he was the head of the palace. The drinking water and food delivered every day had to be strictly inspected.He didn't know what His Highness King Chu had committed, but King Chu had shown him a kindness, and he did not take orders from Yongding Hou, and he also took His Highness Chu's safety into consideration.

For half a month, Chu Palace was extremely calm.Not only Niu Tong, but Song Yi himself was extremely vigilant.He knew that he had annoyed the emperor, and he was also aware of Emperor Xuanqing's muddle-headed behavior. The people in the clan's mansion pushed him too hard by retreating. People came to Chu Wangfu to carry out the assassination.As long as he, Song Yi, died, the ministers would not be able to punish the emperor.

For this reason, Song Yi had already made arrangements.Even if the palace withdrew its defenders, he still arranged guards in plain clothes outside the palace, and the few remaining eunuchs and maids in the palace had also trained in martial arts.I never thought that Song Jingxin would arrange for someone to come over. In Song Yi's impression, this prince is not a careful person.However, Song Yi has always been very aware of the concern for others.

Song Jingxin wanted to protect it, and Song Yi was also very face-saving. He didn't communicate with the outside world for half a month, and he didn't add hardship to the soldiers of the rear army at all.

Once the communication was cut off, Song Yi naturally didn't know that Emperor Xuanqing had gone to Beihai.Under Taoist Weiyan's persuasion, the emperor finally remembered his duties as the emperor, and instead of letting the prince oversee the country, he ordered all the memorials to be sent to the Beihai Palace.Left and Right Beihai is located behind the Forbidden Palace, and it only takes half a day to go back and forth.

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Song Yi's deduction was quite accurate: "The Taoist Weiyan may have some skills to dissuade the emperor."

Different from the rough appearance, Niu Tong is a very careful person, he took good care of the food and drink of King Chu during his confinement, and never lacked anything.

Song Yi washed his hair that day, and asked Wang Yu to wipe his loose hair.He was used to being self-reliant, and he only liked to ask Wang Yu to wait on him personally. The master and servant didn't think it was less busy.The young man's hair was black and thick. Wang Yu held the cloth towel and wiped the black hair until it was half dry.

"In this way, that Weiyan Daoist is really different from Weiyu, he is a good person."

"I can't make a conclusion like this. This king is not familiar with him, hey..." Song Yi was talking, when his hair was pulled suddenly, and Wang Yu turned around to plead guilty.

"Damn the servant, is Your Highness hurt?" Wang Yu winked.

"It's okay, I'll take care of you all day. If you're tired, just sit down and rest for a while." Song Yi naturally didn't blame him, and grabbed the comb to comb his hair.

"Before leaving Beijing, Shangshu Xun asked Ben Wang to bring a lot of things to Meishan. Later, King Gaoyang wrote to me, saying that the capital was full of smog caused by Na Weiyu. I don't know who to ask, but I wrote to him out of friendship. Lord Xun, he has returned." Song Yi regarded Wang Yu as a half-disciple, and he liked to explain some political affairs to him every day. "According to Xun Shangshu, Weiyu had a senior brother who was against him. He met this Taoist man when he was traveling earlier, and he was much more upright than Weiyu. He didn't shy away from me, and said in the letter that he had Disclose this matter to Chen Zhangyin, and it will be effective in the near future."

"It's just that I didn't expect such a coincidence. On the day when the king entered the palace, Chen Jingxian introduced Taoist Weiyan to His Majesty, which indirectly saved the king's life."

"Bodhisattva bless you!" Wang Yu folded his hands together and murmured, "The slave was waiting outside that day. When I saw you being escorted out, I was almost scared to death. I hope this Taoist Master Wei Yan is a real god and can persuade Your Majesty. .”

Song Yi sneered: "Even if that micro-word really got the way, the emperor's actions should not be influenced by an alchemist. If this king really needs to rely on the kindness of an alchemist to survive, then this court will become a joke. Regardless of the patriarchal clan, it would be clean if they were all dead."

"Bah, bah, bah..." Wang Yu didn't dare to scold the master, and kept patting his own mouth. "Your Highness, don't curse yourself, hey..." He sighed, and was worried again, "Your Majesty has murderous intentions, send someone here, I'm afraid, every movement in the past half a month, I can't stop my heart , I'm even more worried... I don't know when this case will reach a conclusion."

Song Yi looked at him amusedly: "How do you see that bearded man outside?"

Wang Yu didn't understand the meaning of this question, but the master had to answer any questions, so he thought about it carefully: "The guard is tall, with clear eyes, and calloused hands. Yes. He has nothing to do with our Chu Palace, but he treats His Highness politely, even though he looks a bit fierce, he is an upright person."

"That's it. The two people outside the door are not ordinary soldiers. The bearded soldier Niu Tong, I have met before, and even the crown prince will suffer under his command. The difference is too much." Song Yi put aside the comb and pulled his black hair behind his back, "The two gatekeepers were sent by the rear army, which is the territory of His Royal Highness, and the prince's uncle Yongdinghou is the commander of the rear army. Our palace He has never had any contact with Marquis Yongding, and without the Crown Prince's instruction, Marquis Yongding would not have sent two experts to protect him for no reason. Maybe His Majesty forgot to send someone to kill this King, or maybe he sent someone earlier but asked His Royal Highness to take care of it. We've been bored here for half a month, of course we don't know. However, now that His Royal Highness is protecting you, your safety is guaranteed, so you don't have to worry so much..."

There was a "puchi" laugh outside the window, and a black shadow broke through the window.Startled, Wang Yu stepped in front of Song Yi, pulled out his hairpin and pointed at the person coming.Just listening to the sound of "嗖嗖" piercing through the air, it turned out that there was a mechanism inside the hairpin, and several bone-penetrating nails were hitting people.The man was nimble, avoiding the hidden weapon easily, turned around and dashed to Wang Yu, and stretched out two fingers to clamp the hairpin as if joking.

Seeing this, Wang Yu immediately opened his mouth to scream, but the man pulled him into his arms and pinched his mouth. "What's the hurry, first see who I am!"

With a handsome face in front of him, the little eunuch's eyes widened in surprise.

"His Royal Highness!"

Song Jingxin let him go, Wang Yu tore off his robe, knelt on the ground and saluted.When he knelt down, he let Song Yi out.His Highness the King of Chu was only wearing a middle coat, and he stood up with a bang, raised his arms and covered his face with his sleeves.

"I don't know if the prince is coming, it's really rude." Song Yi's tone was unusually awkward, "Wang Yu, stop kneeling, go and pull the screen away."

"Don't..." The little eunuch just got up, but was blocked by Song Jingxin with his forearm, and he raised his chin towards Song Yi, "Don't be so smug, the emperor's uncle, in the past, my palace's clothes were disheveled, and the emperor's uncle was not uncommon. They are all relatives of my own family, why are you being polite, you have the same hobby as me, and you have covered yourself tightly in the dormitory."

Seeing him say this, Song Yi didn't insist, and immediately recovered his serious face.

He sat back to the seat just now, and asked Wang Yu to pour tea to greet him: "Prince, sit down."

Song Jingxin lifted up her robe and sat down, and laughed a few times: "Is the emperor's uncle doing well these days!"

"Thanks to the prince's care." Song Yi responded with a light smile.

"What does it have to do with Bengong!" Song Jingxin straightened his neck and leaned back, his evasive movements were exaggerated, "Don't implicate Bengong for no reason, the emperor's uncle, I'm so timid."

"Understood." Song Yi took the tea cup Wang Yu handed over, put it on the small table and pushed Song Jingxin, "When did His Royal Highness come here, and how long have you been eavesdropping outside, but he was appointed by King Jin to come here." The trial king's?"

"You can guess this..." Song Jingxin said "tsk", "But who is interrogating whom today? Why did the king answer your question?"

"Excuse me, the prince," Song Yi said.

Song Jingxin had a habit of bickering with the King of Chu, and she was going to continue to choke, but she never thought that the other party would be so easy to talk to. "Could it be that you're really scared?" He thought to himself, no matter what, King Chu is only 13 years old now, and he's still just a child.

"It's nothing." Song Jingxin also softened her tone, and changed into a tone of family talk, so as not to cause discomfort in the young man's heart. "It's just because King Jin presides over the investigation these days, and the evidence found is too easy. It seemed that someone had prepared it early and was just waiting to be verified. Since this case has something to do with the emperor's uncle, she sent me to ask about it."

Originally, King Jin planned to come to the door to ask questions in person, but because Song Jingxin was worried about Song Yi who was in confinement, he specially asked for this errand to visit him.When Song Yi was mentioned, Song Jingshi's attitude was not as concerned as his elder brother's, but mostly suspicious.Song Jingxin felt that her sister was worrying unnecessarily, and did not want her to have conflicts with Song Yi, so she prevented the two from meeting in private.However, he didn't plan to and couldn't tell Song Yi about these things.

Unexpectedly, Song Yi's attitude was unexpectedly calm. "Those evidences were indeed prepared by the king. Some were obtained from private investigations after returning to Beijing, and more were investigated a few years ago, and have never had a chance to be released." Song Yi said, "If possible, can you tell me, What has King Jin found out now?"

Before coming here, Song Jingxin didn't believe that this matter was manipulated by Song Yi secretly.Hearing what the other party said about this matter, he was intuitively surprised, and looked at Song Yi in disbelief without saying a word.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Song Yi guessed in his heart that King Jin might not have told the person in front of him everything, so he said, "I can't say it, I can't, this king can say it himself."

In Prince Jin's mansion, the concubine called the servants to prepare the meal, entertained Brother Song Jingxin to sit down and wash their hands, and hurriedly led the palace people back.

"How many dishes did you keep for yourself?" Song Jingshi called from behind worriedly.

"It's the same as your two brothers, just concentrate on talking about things, and stop worrying so much!" Princess Jin replied from afar.

"Siblings don't eat together?" Song Jingxin asked.

"I don't want her to listen to these nasty things," Song Jingshi said, "Besides, you don't feel comfortable eating with the two of us!"

Song Jingxin scratched his nose in embarrassment: "You are really a caring husband."

While eating, the two chatted about the king of Chu.Song Jingxin's visit this time can be said to be fruitful.Song Yi's plot has been laid out for a long time, and today he revealed it to the prince all at once, which made people unable to digest it for a while.When Song Jingxin made a special trip to find Song Jing, it was because of business, and because she was full of gossip and wanted to vent her anger.

"According to the emperor's uncle, he has been laying this out for many years to reverse the case of the Xiao family?" Song Jingshi thought about it and said, "Then he helped you by the way, and even used the matter of his sister-in-law to expose the old case. Those of us, you, me, and the six clans of the three divisions, were all surrounded by him."

"Don't say that." Song Jingxin was a little displeased by his younger sister's suspicious tone, "After all, it was the emperor's uncle who killed Weiyu. Without him, we wouldn't know what it would be like to be killed now!"

"Emperor Brother, don't worry," Song Jingshi put his hand on his elder brother's arm, "It's not that I don't believe him, it's just that if the truth is true as what the emperor's uncle said, and it involves the emperor's grandmother and the empress, it will cause serious entanglements. My brother, I He's just an ordinary prince, and he doesn't have the skills to solve such a big case."

"This..." Knowing that my sister has always been considerate, Song Jingxin couldn't help but feel troubled, "I have an idea, and I don't know if it's right. I always feel that although the emperor's uncle clearly gave you more clues, he actually didn't expect to rely on it." This time the case will be overturned many years ago. He should have other means, even if you don't help him, he will do it himself. "

"Forget it," Song Jingshi sighed, "Let's investigate the matter clearly first, and see how to deal with it when the time comes. If the King of Chu really has a plan, he will definitely take action."

"Then I will find time to meet him again, and advise him to cooperate with us openly and honestly." Song Jingxin suggested.

Song Jingshi thought to himself, brother, please don't, you will definitely be sold by someone before you find out.But he didn't dare to say that, he was worried that it would arouse Song Jingxin's enthusiasm, so he said: "Don't go, wait for me to investigate clearly before talking about anything else."