Chapter 13: Silence

The wait didn't last long, and Xue Qing and Kang Dai almost stepped forward and backward.

Xue Qing's body still smelled of alcohol, his expression was a little haggard, his eyebrows were messy, his face was white, and his eyes were slightly swollen, but his eyes were still clear, his clothes were a little simple, and he obviously got up in a hurry.

"Your Highness is sleeping, and I have drunk sobering medicine. The man who brought Xue Qing here said in a low voice, and added, "There were several waves of people peeping inside and outside the alley before, and then they all left. ”

Since Xue Qing accused Qin Tangong in the Golden Palace, there were more people staring at her, this was when they heard that something had happened to the royal mansion, and this also showed that Xue Qing had been at home, Chen Sheng nodded, and the man who replied retreated like a shadow.

Here, Xue Qing gently rubbed his face and took the hot tea from Shi Qingtang.

"I drank more, Lu Hanlin is not easy to fool, but fortunately, I have excellent ancient music skills, so that he will be addicted and no longer pay attention to me. She said, her eyebrows fluttering with a hint of pride.

Since he was admitted to the top prize, he has become more and more proud, Chen Sheng smiled and said, "I know that His Royal Highness is measured and has done a good job." ”

Xue Qing smiled, without denying or being modest, and said, "What is the matter with me?

Hearing her ask, without waiting for Chen Sheng to speak, Kang Dai raised his sleeve and pressed his face, and said in a choked voice: "Mr. Runze, give up." ”

Xue Qing looked stunned, as if he didn't understand: "What's going on?" The man also stood up, looking surprised, "Is he also exposed?"

Shi Qingtang hurriedly said: "No, Your Highness." He sighed and said in a muffled voice, "He committed suicide at Wang Xiangye's house." ”

"Why?" Xue Qing said urgently.

"In order to accuse Qin Tangong. Kang Dai said, adding, "Just like His Highness did on the Golden Palace." ”

Chen Sheng invited Xue Qing to sit down and said, "Mr. Runze sacrificed his life to become righteous and uncovered the evidence of Qin Tangong's murder of the monarch back then. "Let Kang Dai tell me what happened.

"I didn't go with Mr. Runze, I said a few words after meeting at the Wang family, and I didn't say much in order to avoid suspicion, and I sat down separately...."

"He didn't tell me about my current situation, because I was going to say this, but he stopped me and told me to do what I should do when I went to the banquet, and when to do what was the most correct way to deal with it. ”

"Later, he drank and laughed with people.... I turned around and came back and I didn't see him, saying that he had gone to change clothes..."

"Then I will hang outside the tall building, hanging that banner..."

Speaking of this, thinking of the scene of the right talent, Kang Dai's voice choked again.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect him to do it at all, although he had made Qingxia before..."

When the words came to his mouth, he noticed the aphasia and coughed a few times in time, and sniffed to cover it up before continuing.

β€œ... Previously, Mr. Qingxia's death, Mr. Runze was very shocked and admired, thinking that he had died a well-deserved death, I didn't expect him to do the same. ”

The people in the room were immersed in grief and shock, no one cared about his stumbling, Xue Qing even raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose and inhaled hard, and said, "You don't know anything about him doing this..."

Shi Qingtang said: "He knew that if he let us know and let His Highness know, he would definitely stop him, that's why he is like this..."

"Recently, the progress has been slow, there has been no suitable opportunity to cut in, our side has lost manpower one after another, Mr. Fang Lan Qingxia has died, and His Royal Highness may also be targeted.... Mr. Runze, heβ€”" Kang Dai choked.

"Mr. Runze committed suicide with the Wang family, in front of countless guests, it will inevitably cause an uproar. Shi Qingtang continued, "And Mr. Runze's identity is an internal official, although his nationality is unknown, but he is an old man in the palace, and it is also credible for him to say that royal affairs are attractive." ”

Kang Dai nodded and said, "This is simply a mountain that splits the way with a knife, and it is really sharp...", he sighed again, "Mr. Runze is really thoughtful. Crying again, "I'm really, I didn't expect it.... I knew I would have spoken to him a few more words tonight...", and finally I couldn't stop crying.

Everyone else in the audience was also silent, looking sad.

Chen Sheng was also silent for a moment, looked at Xue Qing, and said, "Your Highness, this is the way things are. ”

Xue Qing held the teacup in his hand and hummed, "Then let's do something." ”

The people in the room were stunned, looked at Xue Qing, and didn't seem to hear clearly, the slender fingers of the young man sitting next to Chen Sheng held the teacup, and the color under the lamp seemed to be even whiter, and there was no anger on his face.

"Mr. Runze did what he was going to do, so let's do what we have to do. Xue Qing said.

Is that all? Don't you say something? The people in the room still couldn't react, but looking at the young man who was sitting, they leaned over inexplicably and responded.

Chen Sheng looked at Xue Qing, then at everyone, nodded and said: "Your Highness is right, do things, now only by doing things can you live up to Mr. Runze's hard work, whether Mr. Qingxia or Mr. Runze, all those who have sacrificed their lives will not die in vain, and these people who are alive must let them die blindly." ”

Kang Dai and the others responded again, their voices low and choked but powerful, and they turned away without hesitation.

Only Xue Qing and Chen Sheng were left in the room.

"Your Highness, things have finally come to this point. Chen Sheng said, "The old things are about to be revealed." ”

Xue Qing nodded and said, "Yes, it's time to unveil it, it's not interesting to always hide it like this." He drank all the tea in his hand and looked at Chen Sheng, "What do you need me to do?"

Chen Sheng said: "There is no need for the time being, Your Highness protects himself and just watches us do things." ”

Xue Qing smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, then it's hard work for everyone." "Get up.

Chen Sheng got up and wanted to say something to give a final salute.

"Tell me something. Xue Qing said.

Chen Sheng responded, looked up and watched the young man walk out slowly, disappearing into the night, he stood still in the hall until the old servant came out and called out to Xiangye.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Sheng shook his hand in front of him and said, "It's a bit unexpected that it dispersed so quickly." "I always feel that things shouldn't be so fast, or Xue Qing will say something, when everyone's mood is at its highest, I didn't expect that a word of doing things would end everything.

"But it's time to do things now. The old servant said in a low voice, looking up at Chen Sheng's face, "Xiangye is saying that Young Master Qingzi is not too sad, right?" sighed lightly, "After Mr. Qingxia's incident, she has also grown up, and it is useless to know that sadness." ”

Chen Sheng smiled and said, "Do you still expect her to be unwilling to make some trouble because of anger? What's wrong with me? Probably because she is suddenly not used to being so calm." ”

The old servant also smiled and sighed again: "Mr. Runze, I really didn't expect this move. ”

Chen Sheng twisted his beard again, his expression was complicated, and he was unaware of the accident that Mr. Qingxia jumped off the building to commit suicide, but Liang Fengliang moistened..... I really can't imagine that he is a person.....

Tonight's incident is really strange everywhere, but since Xue Qing entered Beijing, there have been a lot of strange things.

Chen Sheng was silent for a moment, or it can't be called weird, but things finally came to the time of-for-tat, accidents happen all the time, life is originally composed of all kinds of accidents, as long as the accident is still under control.

"Let's do things. He whispered to the old servant, pausing, "Your Excellency should also know, go and ask what you have to say." ”

......

.....

There are cars and horses passing by on the night streets of the capital, although the gate of the Wang family is opened, the capital that has fallen into a half-sleep wakes up instantly, and the low whispering talk sounded in the door of one house after another, how many people are sleepless tonight.

The Song Mansion was not noisy because Song Yuan went out in the middle of the night, and it was still quiet everywhere, lest it disturb Mrs. Song and Song Huzi.

Song Ying sat in front of the bookcase with her clothes on, and the room with only one lamp lit was dim, reflecting her face and not being able to see clearly.

"Liang Feng. She whispered and smiled, "Anyone will kill themselves, and he won't." ”

In the shadows, Ji Zhong said: "Miss, I'll go and check." ”

Song Ying said: "No, she did it." ”

She.

Who is she referring to, Ji Zhong understood, stood out from the shadows, frowned, and said: "But she is not in the palace today, her residence Chen Sheng has been arranging for people to watch, if she has a move, Chen Sheng will say it." ”

Song Ying said with a smile: "How can those people look down on her, the people in Qintangong in Huangsha Road can't look down on her." Reaching out to pick up the scissors and cutting the candles, "She is not in the palace, so she can do it." ”

disguised himself as a secret murderer, Ji Zhong understood, and said, "She actually killed Liang Feng." ”

Song Ying smiled, holding her head in one hand and lighting the lamp on the table with the other, the flames jumped on her face, and said, "It seems that what Liang Feng did last time was discovered by her." ”

Ji Zhong said: "Did Lin Yue jump off the building? How did she find out? She didn't make any moves. ”

Song Ying said: "You don't have to do anything to find out, not to mention that she has done a lot of actions, since Mr. Qingxia died." He smiled again, "I see, I still underestimate this temper." ”

Ji Chongdao: "Miss, she did too much, Lin Yue was going to die, there was nothing wrong with Liang Feng's approach, how could she kill people because of this, Liang Feng was her own person, she even killed her own people." ”

Song Ying waved her hand and shook her head, and said: "No, no, Ji Chong, you are wrong, it's different, for her, Lin Yue is her own person, Liang Feng is not, she is not killing her own people, but her own people's revenge." ”

Ji Chong said: "Chen Sheng shouldn't know about this matter. The voice moved in his ears, "Miss, someone is coming outside, it's the master or Chen Sheng's people coming, I want to tell them about this..."

Song Ying raised his hand and waved it again, and said, "No, don't tell them about this." ”

Ji Zhong was puzzled: "Miss, she does this..."

Song Ying raised her head and smiled at him and said, "There's nothing wrong with her doing this." ”

There's nothing wrong with that?

"I said she's a very good person, she does things in a measured way. Song Ying said, "The process of what she did was to hide from Chen Sheng and them, but the result did not go against what everyone had to do, just like what Liang Feng did to Mr. Qingxia, he also made a decision to hide it from us, but the result did not affect the development of things, we don't talk about Liang Feng's matter, and we naturally don't talk about Xue Qing's matter." ”

Ji nodded in response, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that I don't know, did Liang Feng say anything that shouldn't be said before he died." ”

Song Ying looked at the candle flame for a moment and said, "He won't, Liang Feng won't do anything that is not beneficial to himself." ”

Ji Zhong said: "That's good." ”

There were a few birdsongs outside the door, and at the same time, there was a slight moan from the woman, Song Ying immediately got up, his clothes slipped off and walked inward, and called out to his mother in a low voice.

Ji Zhong didn't follow, walked out of the door, opened the door and a dark shadow walked over, standing in front of the door to give a salute.

"Do you know about Liang Feng's suicide in Wang Lieyang's mansion tonight?" he said in a low voice.

Ji Zhong didn't look back and listened to the trivial voices coming from inside, Song Ying's whispered greetings, and Mrs. Song's half-asleep murmur....

"Your Excellency knows. He nodded and whispered.

"Do you have any instructions?"

Ji Chong said: "No, it's good for Xiangye to arrange it." ”

Ji Chong came out and closed the door, jumped up and climbed onto the roof, and was also hidden in the night, overlooking the Song house, only the room here was lit with dim lights, from time to time there was Song Ying's low voice, Song Huzi's dreaming whisper, Mrs. Song's cough came out, accompanied by walking, pouring tea and water, this is Song Ying's daily life, her night is sleepless.

Day and night are mercilessly numb, no matter life or death, sadness or joy will not stop, the night fades, the morning light covers the heaven and the earth, loses the shroud of the night, and the hustle and bustle seems to disappear in an instant.

The alley is very quiet, those who have made a living at night have returned to sleep, and those who are busy surviving during the day have not yet gotten up.

There was only a slight sound of the cloth shoes stepping on the bluestone slab, and soon they were in front of a house, and the brisk footsteps stopped at this time, rubbing, and it seemed difficult to choose whether to move forward or backward, and after a while, he stepped forward, and the hand hanging down his side raised and knocked on the door.

A knock on the door echoed through the alley.

There was the sound of kicking footsteps inside the door, accompanied by a yawn.

"Who's coming, who's coming..... Ah, Young Master Liantang. ”

Zhang Liantang, who was wearing a green shirt and holding a folding fan, nodded with a smile at Qi who opened the door.

......

......

"Why are you here so early?"

Xue Qing walked out with his hair scattered, tied his clothes and feet wearing only socks, and the two maidservants behind him followed closely, waiting for Xue Qing to tie his clothes and sit down, one knelt down to put on his shoes, and the other combed his hair.

Zhang Liantang sat on the chair and looked at him, the young man's hair was pulled up by the maidservant, and his whole face was revealed, his face was white, perhaps he had just woken up, his eyes were slightly swollen, and they were becoming more and more narrow......

Sensing his scrutiny, Xue Qing was puzzled, "Brother Liantang, what are you looking at?" reached out and stroked his face.

Zhang Liantang said: "I heard that you drank too much yesterday, I don't worry about coming to see, can't you drink?"

Xue Qing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I didn't drink a lot, I was deceitful, you see that I am very energetic." ”

The spirit is indeed good, and there is no hangover decadence, Zhang Liantang looked at him again, Xue Qing did not pay attention to his scrutiny, and followed the maid's movements and turned his head to the mirror.

β€œ... Did you all go last night? How's it going? Is there a lot of people?"

A crisp, chattering voice echoed through the room.

Zhang Liantang held the folding fan and answered one by one, "Did you go last night?"

This is what I asked.... Suddenly.

There was a slight stagnation in the room, the handmaid who was combing her hair stopped, the maid who was kneeling on the ground looked over, and Xue Qing also turned her head.

"Me?" she asked, her eyes blinking, as if she hadn't heard what was being asked.

......

......

(4,100 words, yes, enough for two, like me and everyone, Mo Da)