The wind

Since Li Zhongnan confessed last time that "the queen mother is a poor girl", Xiao Zhouheng has connected all kinds of things together.At that time, Xiao Zhouheng felt that it was quite controversial that Zhong Bugui promoted and instigated him behind the scenes. Now that Empress Dowager An was added, all kinds of weirdness could make sense.Apart from wondering when Empress Dowager An would subtly disperse her eyeliner into Li's residence, Xiao Zhouheng was even more surprised by the plan she had started more than ten years ago.

Maybe she didn't have such a plan in her heart at the beginning, and it happened that the "time, place and people are harmonious", so she used the girls who came with her from Hanweizhuang.

But the specifics, Xiao Zhouheng, who was far away in the corner of Jinling, could only speculate on his own.

But here comes another problem: If in the past few months in Jinling, a series of indiscriminate incidents surrounding the Li Mansion were all deliberately done by Empress Dowager An to provoke the relationship between the Holy Majesty and Li Yanqing, and to divert the eyes of everyone who saw Ni Duan for the first time. Zhong, who has always been at odds with the Holy Majesty, does not return there, so why did the Empress Dowager An choose this time to secretly clean up the Li Mansion?Why did Jiang Sui want to break with Li Yunyi, and even sacrifice his future to be with Queen Mother An?

Could it be that the cause was the Yang Mansion on the night of July [-]th?Or is it the older ghost case?

Xiao Zhouheng still had no answer in his mind.

At that time, after sorting out the line on Empress Dowager An's side with Li Zhongnan in the house, Xiao Zhouheng was anxious and wanted to write a letter, for fear that the Holy Majesty would be deceived by these things.After all, the mountains are high and the waters are far away, and the people in the court did not experience all this personally like themselves and Li Zhongnan. I am afraid that they will end up in a situation of peeping at the sun in the end.

After Li Zhongnan heard Xiao Zhouheng's generous words at that time, he was not so flustered, he just heard him say lightly: "Shu Ting, don't be so panic, but there is Yu Shenghan in the palace, so I won't come out." Chaos."

Although Xiao Zhouheng didn't know that Li Zhongnan would firmly believe that Yu Shenghan had the power to distinguish between friends and enemies, and after trying to contact Guan Xunfeng to no avail, Xiao Zhouheng could only believe in what Li Zhongnan said once again. Determined.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before the news came from the capital that the Empress Dowager An's phoenix body was sick, medicine and stones were difficult to cure, and the palace Chinese medicine officials were helpless.

This is really... intriguing.

Immediately afterwards, as Li Zhongnan expected, it was not known whether it was the Empress Dowager An or her party members who saw that the plot had been exposed, so they took advantage of the opportunity to confess Jiang Pity.Because there was Zhong Bugui's participation in the reform of the court system, under the stalemate of several parties, Jiang Xi suddenly happened in a state of panic, and the officials of the court and China, except secretly relieved, turned their spears around one after another. Once the false accusation was placed on Jiang Chou's head, even if his father Jiang Tu intervened, Jiang Chou would not be able to escape this time.

Jiang Sang was sent to Beijing for trial on another day, and was recently detained in the government office of Jiangning Prefecture.As for his family members, considering that Li Ningsu was in poor health, the people in the government office just confined her to Jiang's mansion and could not come out.

As for Jiang Ling and Li Yunmo, of course they disappeared.

Xiao Zhouheng wanted to visit Jiang Xi in prison several times. After all, he still had many doubts in his heart that needed to be answered by others. However, the rumors were too tight. Even if Xiao Zhouheng entrusted Tang Chang several times, there was still Don't let go.

Xiao Zhouheng had no choice but to give up.

……

Suddenly, more than ten days passed, and it came to a day in the middle and late October.That day was just past Mao, and due to the approaching winter, the sky was half cloudy and half dark, Xiao Zhouheng was sorting out manuscripts in his room, when he heard the sound of horseshoes at the door, and then Zhuo Zhuo shouted indiscriminately outside: "Come here Ah! Come here! See no evil! See no evil!"

Xiao Zhouheng thought it was Li Zhongnan who came, so he hurriedly threw away the manuscript in his hand and went out to meet him.After stepping out of the courtyard, he saw a tall, handsome black horse standing in front of him. The horse could not stop pawing its hooves and neighing softly, and sprayed white mist from its mouth and nose.I saw Yu Bocheng straddling the horse's back, abnormally without official uniform, dressed in plain clothes, with his own saber around his waist, and his boots and breeches stretched out his youthful resolute arc , with the corners of his eyes drooping, making his complexion particularly pale.

"Min...Zhan?" Xiao Zhouheng stopped in front of the door, only to feel that there was something between the two of them, preventing him from moving forward.

The flames around Yu Bocheng seemed to have been extinguished, with a bit of sadness in his eyes, he looked at Xiao Zhouheng fixedly: "Shu Ting, I have to go... this time, I don't know when we will see you again. Shu Ting cherishes himself."

"Why do you..."

"Jiang Xi's incident was completely due to my dereliction of duty. At the beginning, I thought that I could uphold justice in this world with my three-legged skills and a moderate brain. Now I think it was just a matter of whim. In the end, I was taken advantage of by others, and the gains outweigh the losses. "Yu Bocheng used a tone that Xiao Zhouheng had never heard before, "Besides, Big Brother Han is gone... I asked him before, why did he give up the name of Jidou Iron Father Han Dongchi?"

"Do you know how he answered me?

Without waiting for Xiao Zhouheng to respond, he just listened to Yu Bo Chengdao: "He once told me that the evil and the good are different, and the family and the country are one body. The evil can perish, and the righteous can rise. Shu Ting, do you know that he really does everything for the country? Never forget."

Xiao Zhouheng's heart trembled, and he raised his eyes to look at Yu Bocheng with difficulty. He had known Yu Bocheng for five years, and he had never seen him like this.For some reason, Xiao Zhouheng suddenly remembered the incident of Yu Bocheng and Han Tieyi talking and laughing in Jiuchun Tower a few months ago.At that time, the whole story was not revealed, it was like looking at flowers through the fog, half bright and half dark, at that time Xiaozhou Hengfang was assassinated, and his heart was troubled, while the two opposites were arguing over who was drinking.

"I'm ashamed, forgive me." Yu Bocheng frowned, Xiao Zhouheng could see the resolute look in his eyes clearly, "As a member of the public family, but I help the evildoers and act against the sky, how can I have any face?" Face to face with the people in this city?"

"I have already resigned from the position of head arrester. I am determined to go to the north to explore. If I can kill a few more barbarians, it will be my sin. Really." Yu Bocheng smiled, "I'm sorry, Shu Ting, I know that because of me, you suffered some crimes, you and I have known each other for several years, so please forgive me."

Xiao Zhouheng felt a chill in his heart, he felt that no matter how hard-hearted his heart was, it was as if ice had been released at this moment. He ignored Li Feng's piercing pain in his clothes, and took a few steps forward: "Min Zhan, don't tell me these things."

"If we don't talk about it now, when will we talk about it?"

"Forget it, I, as someone else, can't persuade you of your decision." Xiao Zhouheng's eyes were sore, and he really wanted to tell this depressed young man in front of him that in fact, Jinling also had snowfall in winter, " It's just...how did you and Miss Xiaoluan say it?"

With a strong wind, the willow debts and money spent in Jinling City were blown away. In a daze, the two of them seemed unable to distinguish north from south, west from east.

"Wei..." Yu Bocheng's temples were dripping with sweat, and his voice sounded like that of an old man in his twilight years. "I haven't mentioned this to her yet. It's still early, and she's probably still alive." Let's rest... I like her, but I can't protect her now."

Xiao Zhouheng sighed, and understood Yu Bocheng's intention in his heart: "Forget it, I understand, after you leave, I will tell her."

"Thank you." Yu Bocheng forced a smile, "Also, Shu Ting, I need to tell you two things, although both are evil..."

"First, on my way to find you, I heard that Ding's and Jiang's houses were found to be involved with the Queen Mother's party. They were suspected of conspiracy. It seems that their home has been ransacked. I remember that you have a surname Jiang. A friend, a friend with the surname Ding, so after I heard it, I realized that there was something weird about it, and it shouldn’t be a coincidence.”

"This...? How could it be like this!" The cruel picture unfolded between Yu Bocheng's few words made Xiao Zhouheng unable to think about it, and he was so shocked that his chest throbbed, "The Ding and Jiang clans have never stood in line before." , how could this be?"

"I don't know the twists and turns, and maybe it's a misrepresentation, but I can't get to the bottom of it." Yu Bocheng shook his head, his eyes drooped again, "One more thing, actually, Shu Ting, you've been checking How about the night of the fourteenth of July?"

Xiao Zhouheng hadn't recovered from the last shock, and then fell into another one: "How do you know?"

"I have no malicious intentions. It doesn't matter how I know. What I want to say is that I was in the Yang Mansion on the night of July [-]th."

"What did you say?"

"That's right." Yu Bocheng ignored Xiao Zhouheng's increasingly ugly face, and spoke quickly, "At noon on July [-]th, I was patrolling the city with Wang San, the policeman. Wang San reminded me that I found a man whose whereabouts were suspicious, and then I remembered that he was a wanted man who had committed murder frequently in the eight southern mansions. So Wang San and I followed him all the way to the Yang Mansion."

"That man, can you see his face clearly?"

Yu Bocheng hesitated for a moment, then described the man's appearance.

After listening to this, Xiao Zhouheng nodded his head a little: "So you and Wang San witnessed the massacre of the Yang family?"

"No, the two of us followed him all the way, and when we saw him enter the Yang Mansion, we waited not far away. But when we realized it, the tragedy had already happened."

"Where is Wang Sanren?"

"I don't know." Yu Bocheng raised his hand and pointed at the scar on his nose, "Do you still remember the time when you went to Jintang Lane to investigate the death of Mr. Fu, he lured me out with the fact that there was still a survivor in the Yang residence, and punched me Halo, if it wasn't for the heroine Wei, I'm afraid I would have returned to the west early."

"Then who is this Wang San?"

Yu Bocheng shook his head again: "I have no way of knowing."

"That's all." Xiao Zhouheng felt that things were troublesome again, and behind all the accidents seemed to be closely related to the night in Yang's house on July [-]th, "Thank you for telling me this, I will find out."

"Wait." Seeing Yu Bocheng tightening the reins, as if he was about to leave, Xiao Zhouheng suddenly remembered something, "Today is October..."

"October [-]th." Yu Bocheng responded.

It turned out that it was October [-]th, and this date was the day when Huangfu Chu made an appointment to return.

Seeing Xiao Zhouheng in a daze, Yu Bocheng spoke again: "Shu Ting, you and I will meet later."

After finishing his sentence, Yu Bocheng saluted Xiao Zhouheng on horseback, pulled the reins, pinched his legs, and sank into the depths of the road in Jinling City.

Save the world's winds and lanterns, stones and fires, and sleep with the pearls and jades of the goddess; there are so many years in a hundred years, and thousands of suns and moons will fly away, the only way is-there is no one in Jinling since then.

After a long time, Xiao Zhouheng made a deep bow towards Yu Bocheng in the direction of leaving.

He stared at him, and it was Ma Xing who turned his head nine times out of every ten. I don't know if it was the heroine Wei who was looking at him, herself, or... Jinling City where he had been staying for several years.

Xiao Zhouheng closed his eyes, but saw some flowers growing out of nothingness, and Han Tieyi and Yu Bocheng standing in the distance were waving at him and laughing at Dongfeng.

Meeting several people in the world, a hundred years of laughter, can get a few times again.

It is too difficult, too difficult.

Let's go, Xiao Shuting, it's time for you to go to the appointment with your best friend Shisha Mei.

The author has something to say: The Jiuchun Building was mentioned in Chapter 13.