The system is forcing me to heal the cannon fodder male supporting role again

The morning dew is slightly cold, cooling the muscles and bones.

Regardless of the obstruction, Lu Ji went straight into the palace.

"Yesterday, Zhang Tingye, the doctor of the household department, submitted a secret report, claiming that the account books of the household department were wrong, suspected of being tampered with by others, and pointed the finger at the Ministry of Rites. At [-]:[-] o'clock, someone anonymously reported to patrol Habayashi, saying that the yamen of the household department had been infiltrated by thieves. Yu After Lin Wei arrived, Huai Jin was at the scene of the incident, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice had taken him into custody overnight on charges of altering accounts without permission and embezzling money from the user department."

"This morning Zhang Ting played again, and suddenly claimed that this matter was related to the recruitment of private soldiers. Some people even saw Wen Jingyu and the eldest prince having a secret meeting in a restaurant. They had a close relationship. Just now, news came from the palace that His Majesty was furious and had grounded the eldest prince." gone."

"Before this matter is clarified, the entire Ministry of Rites may be affected..."

"Lord Lu, it is not a good idea to enter the palace at this time because you are on good terms with the First Prince..."

Lu Ji's heart was heavy, but if he didn't enter the palace, would he have to watch Wen Jingyu go to jail and Ji Rongheng be wronged?

"Your Highness, Your Majesty and Empress Concubine De are inside, and no one will come if you tell them to come." The old eunuch who was facing him stood in front of the palace gate and stopped Lu Ji.

"Whether you see me or not, I'd like to trouble my father-in-law to pass on Xiao Wang's message." Lu Ji clenched his hands tightly.

The old eunuch smiled, turned around and entered the hall, then came out again immediately, shaking his head and said: "Your Highness, please go back."

Lu Ji didn't move: "May I ask what your father-in-law's name is? Just by looking at him, I haven't seen him before."

The old eunuch narrowed his eyes, and said in a soft voice: "Slave Liu Dehai, in the past, he always served by the concubine's side, His Highness thinks it's natural, as for Eunuch Cheng..." He suddenly moved closer and lowered his voice.

"Eunuch Cheng, he insisted on pleading for His Royal Highness just now, offended Long Yan, and was dragged to the criminal room. Your Highness, this smart person should judge the situation..."

The old eunuch looked at Lu Ji meaningfully. Lu Ji gritted his teeth, suddenly lifted his robe and knelt down, and said calmly: "Please trouble me to go to the transmission again, and say that Lu Ji is waiting for a summons here. When will His Majesty summon you?" When will I get up?"

The old eunuch narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression was vague, and he didn't stop him.

Fortunately, it was still early in the morning, and the sun wasn't too hard to bear, but since Lu Ji got here, he hadn't knelt down much at all, but after kneeling for a while, his knees were already sore.

Lu Ji thought that he would have to kneel for a long time, and staged a scene in a film and television drama where he kneeled until he fell into a coma to describe the miserable scene, but found that he didn't need it at all.Because it was too late for a cup of tea, the old queen mother came over after hearing the letter, grabbed Lu Ji and cried in her arms, and went in without saying a word.Poor Lu Ji, who was kneeling so that the soles of his feet were a little fluttering, was lifted in by her like a flimsy little white paper.

"Emperor, Chunli left early, Ai's family is only his grandson, and it's too late to feel sorry for him all day long, and you still let him kneel under the sun, are you trying to get mad at Ai's family?! Why don't you let Ai's family die?" Aijia went to kneel with him—" The queen mother hugged Lu Ji tightly, crying and crying.

The emperor looked bewildered, and quickly asked someone to help the queen mother to sit down, but asked Lu Ji when he came and why no one informed him.Lu Ji saw Concubine De's livid face, his heart was clear, and he sneered in his heart, but on his face he told everything about the situation just now.The emperor immediately darkened his face, Liu Dehai knelt down in fear, and asked Concubine De for help.

Concubine De was the first to shout: "What are you doing in a daze, if you don't drag people down, what are you doing for such a dog slave!" I really want to roll my eyes.

The emperor seemed to be very clear about his reason for coming, and he didn't give Lu Ji a chance to speak. He only said that he knew that he had worked hard recently, and asked him to rest in the mansion for a few more days, and not to worry about outside affairs.

Lu Ji heard that he wanted to avoid suspicion, but he still didn't give up. He wanted to say more, but the Queen Mother quietly tugged at his sleeve, exchanged a few words of greeting, and took him out.

"The Ai family knows that you must be worried when you grow up with Quan'er. Why isn't the Ai family worried?" The queen mother walked side by side on the palace road and said with a sigh, "The Ai family is old, and the emperor respects me, but that's just respect. Forget it, I can't take care of the other things, Chunli is just you as a child, the Ai family only wants you to marry a wife and have children as soon as possible, and live a peaceful life, and that's all that's on your mind."

Lu Ji could only nod, and the queen mother patted his hand and let him leave the palace.

Zhu Zhipan was circling outside the palace gate, when he saw Lu Ji coming out, he rushed up to greet him: "How is it..."

Lu Ji shook his head, and Zhu Zhipan looked depressed: "This time you can't be like last time, otherwise you will be used as a fuss if there is no suspicion... Huai Jin will definitely not do such a thing, who framed it?" he?"

Lu Ji narrowed his eyes, and suddenly asked, "Where is Zhou Mingxu?"

Zhu Zhipan was stunned for a moment: "It seems that he fell ill suddenly and suddenly asked for leave..."

Lu Ji sneered: "Leave?"

The dilapidated wooden door was kicked open suddenly, the sun shone in, and the dust danced.

Zhu Zhipan coughed twice, and waved his sleeves: "Is this the kind of place he lives in? That's not right. It's said that the household department is full of oil and water. Where did his money go? No matter how poor you are, it can't be such an exaggeration, right?"

Lu Ji frowned and looked around.The two of them were standing in a main room for receiving guests, with two doors opened on the left and right, covered with blue cloth, a miscellaneous storage room, and a bedroom, both of which were empty.

"Could it be a mistake?" Lu Ji wondered.

"No, it's probably not long since I left." Zhu Zhipan stood by the table and showed Lu Ji with his palm. "There is no dust on the table. Someone must have lived here before."

He picked up the thick porcelain cup turned upside down on the table, put it up to his nose and sniffed it: "There is also the smell of medicine... Asparagus... Astragalus... It is indeed a prescription for cough and asthma, and it is right here."

"This place seems to have been searched by someone. It's very clean. I'm afraid nothing can be found." Zhu Zhipan walked around the room, frowning.

Lu Ji turned around and went out. Outside the house was a small yard. A piece of land had been cultivated, but no vegetables were grown, and it looked bare.A small tile-roofed house was built in the corner, and the door frames were all blackened by smoke, but it was a cramped small kitchen.

Lu Ji lowered his head and squeezed into the door sideways. The small kitchen was pitch black, only a fist-sized air hole was opened on one wall to let out some light. The finished stove was covered with a layer of dust.

Zhu Zhipan came out of the house without finding anything, and stood still outside the kitchen: "If it is really what you said, Mr. Lu, it was the right minister who did it. Since he poured dirty water on others, he must have threatened His evidence is completely destroyed, Zhou Mingxu is either dead at this time, even if he is not dead, Mu Xiang will definitely find him secretly and get rid of him..."

Lu Ji was thoughtful, his eyes wandered around the small kitchen, Zhu Zhipan couldn't help but said: "Master Lu, what are you doing in there, be careful that your clothes are full of dust."

Lu Ji always felt that something was wrong: "Look, there is thick dust everywhere, but the house is very clean, isn't it strange?"

Zhu Zhipan said "Huh", poked his head in, and touched the soil on the wall with the spatula: "Indeed, this place should not have been used for a long time."

"However," Lu Ji squatted by the stove, his eyes sparkling, "there is new carbon ash beside the stove, obviously someone burned something with it in the past two days..."

"This, could it be—" Zhu Zhipan's eyes widened, and he suddenly backed away quickly, letting the light shine into the dark kitchen. The air vent pulled out a half-burned account book!

"Found it!" His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Lu Ji happily stood up and rushed out, but forgot to bend down, knocked his forehead on the door frame, and immediately grinned in pain.

Zhu Zhipan laughed at him for a few words, then rubbed his hands and said eagerly, "Quick, open it and see what it is."

Lu Ji rubbed his forehead and stepped out of the kitchen, and was about to open it, when suddenly, there was a sound of uniform horseshoes outside the courtyard, quickly forming a circle around the small courtyard.

Lu Ji's heart sank immediately, he and Zhu Zhipan looked at each other, and they both backed away.

As soon as Lu Ji put half of the fragmented book into his arms, the courtyard door was slammed open——

With a bang, the wooden stick in Zhu Zhipan's hand fell to the ground.

Seeing the two of them standing in the courtyard, the visitor seemed relieved, turned over and got off the horse.

Lu Ji watched him gradually approaching, and said in a daze, "...Shen Zhiwei?"