19. Stormy rain
19 Stormy Rain
Tang Ai really hit the pillar, and the side of his head immediately swollen with a thief boss's bag.
"Wouldn't it be nice to sit and wait for the rain to stop, what are you messing around?" Xiao Yu's expression seemed to be a little pity.
He pushed Tang Ai's hand away with a slight effort: "Don't mess around yourself, you will only rub it more and more swollen like this." Let me cool you down and reduce your swelling. ”
Tang Ai's head hurts, and he has too many things in his heart, and his brain seems to be a mess. Before she could figure out what Xiao Yu wanted to do, Xiao Yu's hand had gently touched her forehead.
His palms were as cool as ice and snow, and under the stimulation of this cool meaning, Tang Ai's mind was like a hole had been broken. She found that Xiao Yu was about to put her face on her face, and the bag on her head was quickly swelling.
Xiao Yu's clear and secluded eyes shone with a little brilliance, hiding some smiles, like peach blossoms in the spring breeze.
In his pupils, Tang Ai's face was red and his ears were red.
Tang Ai stood up abruptly.
Coincidentally, this sudden heavy rain also stopped at this time.
Tang Ai swallowed and spat and rushed down the mountain, awkwardly maintaining the distance between him and Xiao Yu, and deliberately not looking at him.
It stands to reason that all she is thinking about now is Lord Liu and the case, but it is obvious that she can't concentrate, because the words "Xiao Yu" always come out and interrupt when she thinks about the case.
She began to doubt Xiao Yu again.
Actually, this kind of thing seems to be purely personal.
So no matter what, she ...... It should be respected!
Tang Ai was thinking about it while running vigorously, while Xiao Yu was dangling behind her, saying fast or slow or slow. When they went down to the bottom of the mountain, it was still dark.
Directly opposite the Banzai Mountain is the Shenwu Gate in the Imperial Palace, and a luxurious chariot has been parked unconsciously next to the Shenwu Gate at this time.
A beardless, shriveled old man sat outside the car, looking up the hill from time to time.
He saw that the two of them were approaching, and hurriedly lifted the lantern in front of the car, as if to deliberately attract the attention of the visitor.
Xiao Yu glanced at the firelight from a distance, his eyebrows seemed to frown, and then he looked at Tang Ai again: "You go faster than me, go back to the six doors first to see if Liu Heyu has slowed down, and I will arrive later." ”
Of course, Tang Ai knew that Lord Liu was very important, and he couldn't delay for a moment in solving the case, so he nodded to Xiao Yu and ran to the six doors as fast as he could.
Xiao Yu followed her direction for two steps, but turned his face and headed towards the chariot.
The shriveled old man gave Xiao Yu the way to get into the car, and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, please." ”
"Grandpa Cai, please don't call me that again. I can't stand it, I'm afraid of losing my life. Xiao Yu glanced at the chariot casually, "I don't think he will want to see my face, if there is anything to say, I will just stand here and say." ”
"This ......"
"Cai Fu, don't worry about him." A majestic bass came from inside the car.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cai Fu, the old eunuch who was thin and dry, had no choice but to step aside.
His voice "majesty xià" should naturally be the person sitting in the car. Except for Xiao Qing, the Son of Heaven of the Great Heaven/Dynasty, no one in the world can be called "Majesty".
Xiao Yu turned around disdainfully, and pointed the back of his head at the chariot: "The emperor has clothes and food for dinner, and he has to drive in person in the middle of the night, which is also heartbroken for the safety of his courtiers." But now you can rest assured that the six doors are full of talents, and Liu Heyu, who should have committed suicide like Sima Xiongqi and the three adults, has been rescued. As for the future...... Probably no more adults will have any more accidents. ”
Xiao Qing said solemnly from inside the car: "You have found out the truth behind the suicide of these people?" ”
"The truth? Hehe, what I said is just my own speculation, don't believe it. It's almost dawn, I don't dare to delay your early court, so I won't bother you to work hard for the country. As soon as Xiao Yu spoke, he raised his feet and left.
Gonggong Cai seemed to want to say a few words to Xiao Yu, but was ordered to get into the car by Xiao Qing, and could only watch Xiao Yu go away.
"Your Majesty, please forgive the old slave for talking too much. The old slave looked at the four highnesses and was much thinner than when they met last time. At that time, he didn't always need to rely on a cane to support his body. Since you have also entrusted the handling of this case to the six doors, can the four princes no longer participate? ”
"Nope." Xiao Qing said categorically, "His words have been made very clear, he should have figured out the causes and consequences of the deaths of several people, but there is still a lack of conclusive evidence." ”
"But the body of the Fourth Highness ......"
"At first, I asked him to investigate secretly, also because Sima Lu was the only one who died. However, after Sima Xuan, there were Xiong Guozheng Qi Xiuyuan, and the deaths of these people have alarmed the government and the opposition, even if it is simply to appease people's hearts, I will naturally ask the six doors to take on the responsibility of investigating. When this case is completely resolved, I will let him rest. ”
"Your Majesty, in the final analysis, you still have the Four Highnesses in your heart. Two fathers and sons, where did the overnight feud come from. ”
"Overnight feud...... He has hated me for more than ten years. ”
Tang Ai ran back to the six doors, and the first thing he did was to check on Lord Liu's safety.
Lord Liu was pacing anxiously in the courtyard, sweating and reflecting light on the top of his bare brain, and he was followed by two subordinates wherever he went.
When he saw Tang Ai enter the door, he called "Little Tang" three times in a row, grabbed Tang Ai and didn't let go.
Tang Ai comforted him awkwardly, and hurriedly returned to the topic: "My lord, have you ever been to Dongpo Tower?" ”
"This ......"
"My lord, you almost lost your life, what else is there to hide!"
"Hey...... Face work, you can't do it! ”
"Whose face? Isn't it Megumi-"
"Don't say it, don't say it, you can't say it!"
It's really King Hui.
Tang Ai of Dongpo Building must go, and before she went, she still asked Lord Liu what "auspicious clouds" were. As expected, Liu Heyu had no memory of what had happened before, and only shook his head into a rattle.
Tang Ai was suspicious, so he had to tell the brothers again and again that they had to watch their Lord Liu: "You must be inseparable from the adults, and you can follow as closely as you can!" ”
As soon as Tang Ai said this, Cai Fu, the old eunuch from the palace, had already stepped into the six doors with a vote.
Gonggong Cai has served Xiao Qing for many years, and now he came to follow Xiao Qing's will and invite Lord Liu to enter the palace to face the saint.
Tang Ai only said that the emperor blamed the six doors for failing to solve the case within the time limit, so he had to take Lord Liu to ask him for the crime, and rushed to Gonggong Cai like a monkey in the sky, and anxiously explained that the case had seen the clues, and hoped that the emperor could give some more time.
Cai Fu narrowed his old eyes and fed Tang Ai a reassuring pill: "What happened earlier today, Your Majesty already knows. Lord Xiao Tang doesn't need to worry, His Majesty just wants to see Lord Liu to show his concern, and he doesn't mean to embarrass him, Lord Xiao Tang, you just let go and investigate the case. ”
Tang Ai breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't dare to delay any longer, and flew out of the six doors after seeing off Gonggong Cai and his party.
Xiao Yu leaned against the eaves of the outer wall, half-drooping his eyes, his clothes were in the wind, and he looked tired as if he was sleeping but not sleeping.
Seeing Tang Ai come out, he propped up his eyes and casually crooked his lips at her: "Liu Heyu is fine, right?" ”
His smile seemed to have a bit of unruly flavor, and he only taught Tang Ai to be upset. She bit her lip and nodded, trying to avoid Xiao Yu's gaze, and hurried forward without saying a word.
Xiao Yu said behind her: "It's useless for you to go in a hurry, it's useless to enter Dongpo Building if you can't enter it." ”
Tang Ai had to stop: "You know I'm going to Dongpo Tower?" Do you have a solution? ”
Xiao Yu didn't answer yet, but Tang Ai saw a few men carrying a sedan chair coming over on the other side of the road, all of them brightly dressed.
The leader came up and saluted Tang Ai: "Little Tang, my master is invited." ”
Tang Ai glanced at this person suspiciously, and then glanced at the three big characters "Huiwang Mansion" on the token on this person's waist.
I didn't expect King Hui to send someone to the door! This saved Tang Ai a lot of effort.
"Thank you for your kindness." She cooperated and sat in the sedan chair.
Xiao Yu was just about to follow, but was unceremoniously pushed away by several people: "Who are you?" My master only invited Lord Xiao Tang! ”
Tang Ai opened the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out, only to see Xiao Yu muttering and rubbing his shoulders and walking away.
She thought that Xiao Yu would have to fight with these big brothers for a while, but when she saw him leave like this, she felt a little uncomfortable for no reason. She put down the curtains, secretly hummed "good walk", and decided to ignore Xiao Yu for the time being, and go to meet King Hui alone.
However, Xiao Yu didn't really walk away. He turned the corner and slowly stopped, and took out the token of King Hui's mansion: "Thanks to me, I have already left a hand." ”
The front of the Dongpo Building is still the same, surrounded by a row of big men inside and outside.
The person who came to lift the sedan curtain for Tang Ai was a young man in white and simple clothes. This person bowed to Tang Ai respectfully, and humbly and politely revealed his identity - he was the young and promising boss of Dongpo Building, Zhang Qirui.
The Dongpo building is built so high that it goes around the top floor one by one, but it is an individual lì work.
Boss Zhang led Tang Ai up and around. Tang Ai inquired about the causes and consequences of King Hui's charter, and he replied lightly, which probably means that the powerful cannot be disobeyed, and he is very involuntarily.
Tang Ai has always had a good impression of people who behave calmly and don't talk much, as if he empathized with Zhang Qirui's helplessness, so he didn't ask more.
The hall on the top floor of the Dongpo Building is quite elegant, and there is a kind of low-key luxury.
A faint wisp of cigarette wafted out from behind the shallow carved screen, and His Royal Highness King Hui held the cigarette pouch pole and turned it out.
Xiao Qing's second son, Xiao Chengyi, is around thirty years old, dressed in a jade crown brocade robe, and even the smoking gun in his hand is inlaid with gold and silver. His appearance is not outstanding, with eight-character eyebrows and a mustache, and at first glance, it is definitely not the face that attracts attention.
Seeing Tang Ai, Xiao Chengyi's eyes immediately lit up: "You are the Tang Ai who came back from solving the case in Goryeo?" Come, come, tell me about your adventures in the capital of Goryeo! ”