[Langya Bang] Qi Ye Zhenzhen

Chapter 29 Mantis Catching Cicadas

Destiny is like a big gear, after 13 years of rusting, it starts to turn again.

Yan Zhen's game is sure to fail, Xia Jiang thinks he has the chance to win, but he doesn't know that he has become a turtle in the urn.

Xia Jiang lost the traitor in Dali Temple and ran to Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang had doubts in his heart, so he called Prince Jing, and Prince Jing confronted Xia Jiang, and Prince Yu added fuel.

Finally, someone came to report Concubine Jing's rebellious behavior in the harem. Emperor Liang was so angry that he kicked Xiao Jingyan who was kneeling in the Hall of Martial Arts.

Xiao Jingyan was not surprised or angry, and knelt up straight again, not even erasing the shoe prints on his clothes. He wondered how long it would be before he could return to Prince Jing's mansion to see Yan Zhen, and he didn't know how she was doing.

Emperor Liang soon returned to the Hall of Martial Arts.

Xia Jiang and Xiao Jingyan were naturally still waiting, neither standing nor kneeling. Emperor Liang looked at the footprints on Prince Jing's body, and couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted.

"Father, please ask slowly, but don't get angry anymore. My son feels uncomfortable when he sees it..." King Yu hurried over to greet him after the ceremony, but Emperor Liang's relatively calm expression at the moment made him a little uneasy. Couldn't help but tease again.

"Your Majesty," Xia Jiang didn't expect Emperor Liang to look calm after returning, and asked in a low voice, "The empress's urgent matter..."

"The women in the harem are making a fuss, it's nothing serious, don't ask." Emperor Liang cut off his words, and said in a deep voice, "You guys continue to confront each other, what are you talking about?"

Xia Jiang had followed Emperor Liang for many years, and had been choked like this several times before. He immediately realized that the situation was going in a bad direction. It is very likely that the inner palace storm that was deliberately set off just now had the opposite effect.

Unexpectedly, that silent concubine Jing would have such great abilities...

He paused without grabbing the conversation, Xiao Jingyan had already raised his head and spoke first: "We just talked about the conflict between the soldiers of the Xuanjing Division and the patrol battalion, but for the time being, regardless of who caused the conflict, it was all It happened in the streets, did Xia Shouzun want to say that my patrol battalion robbed prisoners on the street?"

"Xuanjing Si's soldiers were going out to pursue them at that time, and the thieves had already broken into the Si Ya before..."

"Are you kidding me?" Xiao Jingyan's face was as cold as iron, "Is Xuan Jingsi a place to break into whenever he wants? Your Majesty knows how powerful Xuanjing Division is. Who can I have under my command? The mansion of Prince Jing's mansion." None of the soldiers went out without authorization today, and all the generals are kept in the Ministry of War. Everyone can go to investigate in detail. How capable are they to break into the Xuanjing Division? Not to mention that your dungeon is full of traps, and there are no entries. Who in the world doesn't know that it happened? Even if I really want to snatch Wei Zheng out of it, I still have to have that ability!"

Hearing what he said, Emperor Liang frowned, "Xia Qing, explain how the dungeon was breached."

Xia Jiang stopped, hesitated for a moment and said: "Return to Your Majesty, Wei Zheng... was robbed in Dali Temple..."

"What?" Emperor Liang was a little dizzy, "Why is Dali Temple also involved?"

Xia Jiang did not mention Dali Temple in front of Xiao Jingyan just now, just trying to set up a trick to induce Xiao Jingyan to mention Dali Temple first without mentioning it himself. , Anyway, it made him look a little embarrassed.

"When the veteran came in, he had already reported to His Majesty that the Xuanjing Division and Dali Temple had been attacked one after another. Since the criminal had been transferred to Dali Temple for detention, he was actually taken away in Dali Temple."

Xiao Jingyan's eyes were cold, and he said calmly: "Such an important prisoner is not locked up in Xuanjing Division but in Dali Temple. Does Xia Shouzun want to be robbed or not? Well, even in Dali Temple What happened, does Xia Shouzun mean... my patrol battalion also created chaos outside Dali Temple in the name of arresting robbers, hindering your pursuit?"

Of course, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion and the soldiers of the Xuanjing Division had never clashed near Dali Temple, so Xia Jiang was at a loss for words for a while, and King Yu couldn't help but interjected: "Jingyan, I was already there when Xia Shouzun came in, and he In fact, I didn't say anything, I just reported the fact that my father was robbed and that the patrol battalion was obstructing the pursuit outside the Xuanjing Division. As for the suspicion that you are the person behind the scenes, it is because my father saw the truth at a glance, so I declared You come to confront, if you are innocent, you can just refute one sentence, why bother to be so aggressive against Xia Shouzun?"

Xiao Jingyan sneered, "Brother Yu Wang was there when the crime happened?"

King Yu was taken aback by his question: "Why am I here?"

"Then Brother Yu is ordered to take charge of Wei Zheng's case?"

King Yu was stunned again, "No, no..."

"Since Brother Yu is not an eyewitness and the presiding interrogator, he should have nothing to do with this matter. Father is here, why are you in a hurry?"

Yu Wang didn't expect Xiao Jingyan's attitude to be so tough, his face turned blue, and he turned his head to see that Emperor Liang was contemplating, his heart became more anxious, and he couldn't help saying loudly: "Prince Jing! Father said that you have no king and no father, I think it is true. That's right. I'm your imperial brother, why are you talking to me like that? With your lawless temper, I don't think you can escape the responsibility! Who is Wei Zheng? Who doesn’t know that you can wear a pair of trousers if you’re friendly? Who else in the capital can make such a big fuss except you?”

Xia Jiang had already recovered from being so offended by King Yu. He knew that the transfer of prisoners to Dali Temple was his fault. Of course, he couldn't tell his vicious thoughts in front of the emperor, so he hurried to go to the court before Emperor Liang asked about it. Kneeling down before him, he said: "Your Majesty, I know that I have not obtained any evidence, so I don't want to speak nonsense, but Your Majesty ordered me to say it, but I dare not not to say it. But facing such a crime, His Highness Prince Jing will naturally try to argue it out. The quarrel will never be fruitful, and it will only annoy His Majesty. But... such a big event as trespassing and treason cannot be ignored just because it is difficult to investigate. The person was lost in the hands of Xuan Jingsi, and the old minister is duty bound , If you don’t find out the truth, you’ll be ashamed to see His Majesty. It’s just that the situation is complicated, involving the royal family dignitaries, and the old minister wants to ask for an order to avoid being obstructed when investigating related parties.”

Emperor Liang glanced at Prince Jing and pondered for a while.

He is suspicious now, but this incident has touched his bottom line too much, he must figure it out no matter what, he doesn't care who will be wronged in the process.

"Then Xia Qing will be responsible for the in-depth investigation. But...the people in Prince Jing's mansion who confirm that they have not left the house today will not be interrogated. If you want to touch someone under his command, you should tell him beforehand. Jingyan, you are the most suspect right now. You have to understand yourself. If Xia Qing told you in advance who was going to be interrogated, you must not stop him."

Xiao Jingyan's face was tense, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only kowtow and say, "Your minister accepts the decree."

"Thank you so much, Your Highness King Jing." Xia Jiang's face flashed a cold smile as if soaked in the poisonous water of hell, and deliberately said every word, "Now I want to bring an important person to the Xuanjing Division , Your Majesty, please allow me to leave. I am afraid that I will be one step too late. This person saw the opportunity early and has already fled in fear of crime..."

"Oh," Emperor Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at him curiously, "Who are you talking about?"

"Su Zhe." Xia Jiang stared fixedly at Xiao Jingyan's eyes when he uttered these two words, "If this person can pry his mouth open, no matter how complicated things are, I'm afraid he can explain them clearly."

Xia Jiang originally thought that he could see an excited and complicated expression from Xiao Jingyan, but he didn't.

Xiao Jingyan sneered, looked meaningfully at Wang Yu beside him, and said, "Xia Shouzun wants to interrogate him, but you are asking the wrong person. You should ask brother Yu Wang whether he is willing to interrogate him."

Yu Wang just wanted to say something.

"What you're talking about...is Su Zhe, who was recommended by Princess Nihuang to me to be the chief examiner of the essay test. It is said that he is famous all over the world?" Emperor Liang thought about it for a long time, "He once defeated Bei Yan with three young children. The one...that one... I like this Su Zhe very much, why is he also involved in this matter?"

"Does Your Majesty know that this Su Zhe has another identity?"

"Oh? What?"

"Although Your Majesty ranks in the Ninth Layer, you have heard of the Langya List, right?"

"It's natural."

"Counting this year's new list, the Jiangzuo League has been ranked No. [-] in the world for the fifth year. This Su Zhe is actually the current Suzerain of the Jiangzuo League, Mei Changsu. Does Your Majesty know?"

"I know this."

"Uh..." Xia Jiang was a little surprised, "Your Majesty knows?"

"I once drank tea and chatted with Su Zhe, and he told me who he is at that time." Liang Di stared at Xia Jiang, "Su Zhe is indeed talented and has the heart to serve the country, if he is not in poor health , I want to use him. What, you mean he got close to Jingyan while he was recuperating in the capital?"

"I haven't been back to Beijing for long, so I dare not speak nonsense. But everyone knows who Mei Changsu is."

Xiao Jingyan sneered: "I don't understand what Xia Shouzun said. I don't know how to calculate who. After Su Zhe was appreciated by His Majesty, nine out of ten people in the capital who tried to befriend him stopped. Nihuang County It is well known that the Lord admired him so much that Xuanjing Secretary Xia Dong Xia Chun also went to Su Zhai as a guest, and the courtyard of Su Zhai was recommended to him by Commander Meng. The number of times Brother Yu Wang visited Mei Changsu is probably Much more than me, when it comes to the gifts sent to the Su residence, Brother Yu is the one who ranks first, and I would be lucky if I could be the last, how come at the end, Mei Changsu is actually mine?"

"Doesn't Xia Shouzun pay attention to evidence when handling a case, what is important is that everyone knows it well. Although I don't know what Xia Shouzun thinks, anyway, I think it is different from Xia Shouzun. I don't know what Brother Yu thinks, Is it the same as Xia Shouzun?"

King Yu was choked by Xiao Jingyan, and was speechless for a while, even he never thought that Xiao Jingyan could be so eloquent.

What Wang Yu was most anxious about was that no matter how hard he checked, he couldn't find out how Mei Changsu and Prince Jing communicated in such a short time. Hearing this, he was about to argue, but Xia Jiang took the lead and said, "Okay, since Mei Changsu is not It would be easier for someone from His Highness Prince Jing. Your Highness shouldn’t mind if I want to interrogate this person, right?”

Xiao Jingyan glanced at him, with the calmness of an old monk: "Xia Shouzun can do as he pleases. It's just that this Su Zhe is well-known in the world, Xia Shouzun should not torture this great talent because of some trumped-up charges. Lest the world's talented people say that I, Daliang, have no love for talent."

Half of what Xiao Jingyan said satirized Mei Changsu, of course he pretended, and Xia Jiang was satirized [-]% of the time.

Xiao Jingyan didn't wait for Xia Jiang to react, and cupped his hands towards Emperor Liang and said, "Father, Xuan Jingsi was robbed by a traitor, so it's a serious matter. Since Xia Shouzun suspects my minister, I am willing to punish myself in Prince Jing's mansion for self-examination. To show my innocence. I also hope that my father will give me permission."

Xiao Jingyan kowtowed respectfully. Emperor Liang, who was already very suspicious of this matter, was already a little biased towards Xiao Jingyan, and the balance in his heart was even more shaken. Looking at this handsome and stubborn son, his heart softened a little, and he sighed: "That's okay. .I heard that Ah Zhen has been sick again recently. This child has been sick too much recently. You should stay at home and accompany her."

"I thank my father." Xiao Jingyan kowtowed respectfully, he pursed his lips to cover up the smile that was about to leak, and took his leave respectfully.

As soon as he got out of the palace gate, Prince Jing's carriage drove back to Prince Jing's mansion like crazy.

When Xiao Jingyan jumped off the carriage, he felt that he should ride faster next time.

He ran all the way to the inner courtyard, and when he reached the bedroom, when he opened the curtain, Yan Zhen was leaning on the pillow, holding a book and reading, when he heard the movement, his pale lips curled up, revealing a pale smile.

"I'm home."

She was about to stand up, Xiao Jingyan hurried over to support her, seeing her pale face, felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but still smiled: "Everything is over. I'm afraid Mr. Su will inevitably go to Xuanjing It's just that he has been in poor health and fell into Xia Jiang's hands, wouldn't that be..."

"Don't worry, Xia Jiang won't torture him. What if he doesn't ask anything and Mei Changsu dies like this, then he won't be able to argue with it. So Xia Jiang won't torture him until the critical period. It's a ruthless one." Yan Zhen was also a little worried about Mei Changsu's body, "Don't worry, Mr. Su has his own problems in his chest. Just wait and see. I will leave the rest to you."

"Yeah." He picked up her hair that fell next to her cheek, and pinned it behind her ear, "Leave the rest to me."

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