54. Harm others and oneself
Ah, a scream, from the mouth of the woman of the family. Although Sima Jin stood there in shock, he didn't scream out.
Originally, according to the agreement between Sima Yu and Sima Jin, Sima Jin was in the next room, and after Sima Yu put down Han Zuo, Sima Jin secretly sent a small internal supervisor over to strip Han Zuo of his clothes, stuffed them on the beauty couch behind the screen, and then asked Sima Yu to wait here for Sima Yue to take the bait.
And then the little inner supervisor who had been standing behind the door and observing the movement outside Mingyue Tower quietly turned his head and gestured to Sima Jin, so Sima Jin knew that Sima Yue was coming.
Not long after, the sound of a crisp wine glass smashing on the ground next door was the code agreed upon by Sima Yu and Sima Jin, indicating that everything had been done, just waiting for her and the women of the family to come over to testify.
But Sima Jin didn't expect that in the end, this testimony was done by them, but they didn't expect it to be done not for Sima Yue and Han Zuo, but for Sima Yu and Han Zuo.
Sima Jin looked at Han Zuo, who had no trace of his body, and Sima Yu, who was only wearing underwear, hugging each other, and his heart was overturned, but he still remained silent on his face.
After she pulled the woman from the family who came with her, she was shocked at this time, and she had already covered her eyes with her hands and retreated outside the screen.
The other women standing outside the screen didn't know what was going on inside, so they all rushed over to take a look.
Then the room was filled with screams one after another.
In the midst of these sharp screams, Sima Yu and Han Zuo woke up leisurely.
Obviously, Sima Yu drank a lot less sweat medicine than Han Zuo's.
Because Han Zuo still looked at Sima Jin with a confused look on his face, and Sima Yu was already able to speak.
"Ah Jin?" She looked at Sima Jin and asked a little delirious, "Why did I fall asleep?" ”
Sima Jin didn't say a word at this time, only looked at her tightly with her lips pursed, and she couldn't see what the situation was.
Han Zuo was holding his head with his hands at this time, and he couldn't understand what the situation was, so he asked vaguely: "What's going on?" ”
Sima Yu turned around when she heard this, and then let out a scream, but this scream came from her own mouth.
Then she climbed off the beauty couch, grabbed Sima Jin's arm, and asked repeatedly: "This, what's going on?" Why am I lying with her? What about Sima Yue? “
Oh, yes. Obviously, it should be Sima Yue and Han Zuo who are lying here now, but why are they Sima Yu and Han Zuo now?
Sima Jin still pursed his lips tightly and didn't say a word.
Han Zuo was slowly sobering up at this time.
He glanced down at his naked body, and then at Sima Yu's body with only a thin layer of clothes, remembered what happened before, and asked uncertainly: "Could it be that Han lost his mind after drinking and did something that should not be done to Princess Anyang?" ”
He really wished it was the case.
After all, it was Sima Yu who invited him to the banquet today, if there was really anything going on, he could have pushed it to the pleasure of the two people, and he couldn't talk about it at all.
It's good that he didn't say this, as soon as he said Sima Yu's pretty face, he immediately turned red.
"Indecent!" She gritted her teeth and cursed, and without hesitation, she wanted to turn around and slap him.
But he was stopped by Sima Jin reaching out.
"Sister," her voice sounded strangely calm at the moment, "now is not the time to pursue this. Think about how you'll explain it to them later. ”
This is what they are referring to the women of the family who have now all retreated to the outside of the private room.
Originally, Sima Jin invited them to come out to play today, and then pretended to inadvertently find out that Sima Yue was also here, and then inadvertently pushed open the door of this private seat and came in, breaking through the unsightly affair between her and Han Zuo. But who knew that in the end, the protagonists became Sima Yu and Han Zuo.
But in fact, there is nothing wrong with the protagonist becoming Sima Yu, Sima Jin thought calmly in her heart, compared to Sima Yue, she hates Sima Yu more and wants to get rid of him faster.
It was Sima Jin who made a decision quickly in his heart.
Sima Yu is arrogant and arrogant on weekdays, and when he really encounters this situation, he is a legless crab at all, where can he calmly think about what to do.
"Ah Jin, what do you say you are going to do?" She grabbed Sima Jin's arm and looked at her anxiously.
Would you have known to ask her in such a pleading tone? Won't it be as arrogant as it used to be?
Sima Jin sneered in his heart, but his face was full of eyebrows, and his voice was cold: "Sister, I don't know what to do." ”
Sima Yu walked around the room like a fly in only her middle clothes, looking at the woman from the family who didn't dare to say it out loud, but still pointed at her secretly, and she habitually started a tantrum for a while.
"Shut up," she yelled at the woman standing outside, "Princess Ben orders you to shut up. ”
After all, her identity as a princess was pressed there, and although all the women of the family were in turmoil in their hearts, they all became gourds with sawed mouths on their faces, and they didn't dare to say a word anymore.
And from beginning to end, Sima Jin just watched coldly from the side, and didn't make a sound.
Sima Yu's mind was like a boiling paste at this time, bubbling all the time.
"Yes, yes," she suddenly remembered after losing her temper, "let them not tell what happened today, rot in their stomachs, and no one else will know." ”
Han Zuo had already put on the clothes that covered his shame at this time, and when he heard the words, he said: "Princess Anyang, Han is also a responsible person. Don't worry, I'll be responsible for you. ”
He originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to get Emperor Qinglong to agree to marry Sima Yu to her, but he didn't want to have a shortcut in front of him now.
Although Great Xia is not so feudal that men and women inadvertently touch small hands, when they see small feet, they can either cut off their hands and feet, or they can only be seen by the woman marrying the man who looks at her, but it is not open to men and women hugging each other naked as if nothing happened. It's Sima Yu's reputation that is now completely ruined. Even if she is a princess, the children of the entire Great Xia family are afraid that they will disdain to marry her.
Therefore, if Han Zuo took the initiative to ask to marry Sima Yu at this time, I am afraid that it will be half the effort.
Han Zuo's calculations in his heart crackled for a while, and he was thinking about how to convince Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui that today's incident was actually of Sima Yu's will.
Sima Yu naturally didn't know that he was being calculated by Han Zuo. She didn't have a very good temper originally, but now that she is in front of such a situation, her heart is even more irritable. As soon as Han Zuo's words were finished, it was as if he had poured another spoonful of oil out of thin air on a burning fire, which only made the flames in Sima Yu's heart instantly rise again.
"You're in charge!" Sima Yu still didn't forget to turn around and grit his teeth and scold him while he was busy. Then she turned to the group of women of the family gathered outside the private room and shouted, "This princess commands you that you should not see all the events of today, and that you are not allowed to mention them to anyone else." Now, you all hurry up and get out of the way of this princess. ”
But in this situation, her words really have no deterrent effect.
A group of women from the family gathered their heads together, discussing whether to continue to stand here and watch, or turn around and go home, when suddenly they heard a chaotic sound of footsteps downstairs, and at the same time, someone was shouting loudly: "Quick, surround all the Mingyue Towers for me, don't let anyone go." ”
When they looked down, they saw that many black-clad servants were pouring in from the gate of the Mingyue Tower, and they were searching every seat with great speed.
The woman of the family didn't know what was going on, and her expression was a little flustered.
Just as a young man came in front of him, a woman from a family stopped him and asked, "Man, what happened?" Why are all the officials here? ”
But she was thinking in her heart, could it be that Princess Anyang's matter had a good deed stabbed into the yamen? But no, now they who know about it are not moving here.
The guy stepped forward and saw that she was richly dressed, so he first saluted her respectfully, and then said: "Back to the girl, a few antique vases and a few calligraphy and paintings of celebrities from the previous dynasty are missing from the restaurant, which are worth a lot of money, so the shopkeeper reported to the official." Now the head catcher in the yamen is coming to check on the officials. ”
While they were talking, the head catcher had already arrived on the sixth floor accompanied by several officials and the shopkeeper of Mingyue Tower.
The head catcher surnamed Punishment, black and thin skin, and a pair of paint-brushed eyebrows, which is unforgettable. When he saw that there were so many young women gathered at the door of this private seat, and seeing that they were all richly dressed, he turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, "Who are these?" ”
The shopkeeper glanced at them, and then replied, "Back to Xing Zhutou, these are the guests who came to eat at the small shop today." ”
The head catcher snorted: "You said that there are no antique vases and celebrity calligraphy and paintings in your building, and there are no particularly obvious traces of crime, I think it was not a thief, or a guest who came to eat in your building today." “
Speaking of this, he instructed the servants who followed him: "Later, bring all these women back to the yamen for questioning." ”
After all, she is a woman from a family, and as soon as she heard Xing Zhutou's words, a young girl immediately raised her eyebrows upside down and shouted: "Bold!" you
Do you know who we are? Could it be that you just said that if you let us go to the yamen, we can go? ”
Xing Zhutou was walking towards the private room with his feet raised at this time, and he didn't turn his head back when he heard the words, but just said coldly: "I don't care who you are." This head catcher only knows that the Son of Heaven has broken the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Left and right, immediately put these people down for me. ”
The officials on both sides responded with a brush, and then stepped forward together, regardless of the shouts of these women from the family, they surrounded them in the middle, and there was not even a gap to go out.
And Xing Zhutou had already entered the private room at this time.
There are now three of them in the private room.
Sima Jin, Sima Yu, Han Zuo.
In addition to Sima Jin's neatly dressed clothes, although Sima Yu and Han Zuo had hurriedly put on their coats when Xing Zhutou had just been talking outside, the clothes were not tied, so they looked at the clothes on their bodies that were still very messy.
Contrary to the natural fierce and vicious appearance on his face, Xing Zhutou's heart is actually funny and cute. So after he saw Sima Yu and Han Zuo in disheveled clothes, his first reaction was, dear mother, it seems that today is not only a matter of theft of items, but also a matter of immorality.
But fortunately, his black face saved him, and he didn't let him fully show the shock in his heart.
"Shopkeeper," he said, after he had made up his mind, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Sima Yu and Han Zuo, and asked, "What's going on?" Hasn't your Mingyue Tower always been an elegant place? Why is it now a dusty place? ”
The implication is that Sima Yu is a cousin from the market, and Han Zuo is a scooper.
Sima Yue was immediately furious when he heard this, and took two steps forward to raise his head high in front of Xing Zhutou, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Presumptuous." ”
But she is small and short, pampered since she was a child, and her strength is limited. Xing Zhutou is tall and big, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and he can directly carry a cow with great strength. So for the hand she waved over heavily, Xing Zhutou effortlessly clamped it with two fingers.
"Tsk," he glanced at Sima Yu with disdain, and said in his mouth, "The strength is not small." ”
Sima Yu was only furious by his contemptuous gaze, and immediately shook his hand vigorously, trying to break free from the grip of his fingers.
originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to break free from his grip, but I didn't want Xing Zhutou to let go of her hand when she just started exerting force. So Sima Yu's extra strength supported her arm and threw it directly to the eyebrow bone of her right eye.
Suddenly, a sour and numb pain quickly spread from the brow bone of her right eye to all parts of her face, and she instantly felt that one of her faces was about to stiffen.
But there were tears in his right eye. It was because her hand had just hit the tear ducts.
"You, you," she said with anger on her face, tears rolling down her right hand, but she gritted her teeth and said to Xing Zhutou, "I want my father to punish your entire clan." ”
"Father?" Xing Zhutou laughed, "Then you are a princess?" Where is there a princess who runs to the restaurant so blue and white to work with the man? ”
Sima Yu was only blocked by his words, and his throat seemed to be stuck with a piece of fatty fat, and he couldn't say anything.
And Xing Zhutou said there at this time: "It doesn't matter if you are a real princess or a fake princess, my old Xing still says that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people." Today, since this Mingyue Building has been stolen, it is reasonable for you to escape suspicion. So princess, please, right? As for whether or not to punish my whole clan, my Lao Xing alone is the whole clan, which doesn't scare me. ”
Sima Yu was only angry by Xing Zhutou, but he couldn't talk about him for a while, and he was so angry that his face turned purple for a while, and even the green tendons on his neck came out.
Han Zuofang had been sorting out his clothes on the side. At this time, the clothes on the whole body were finally sorted out, so he stepped forward and said arrogantly to Xing Zhutou: "The person in front of you is the current Princess Anyang and Princess Xinyang, this prince is the prince of the Southern Kingdom of Liunan, you are just a small head catcher, and you dare to be rude to us?" ”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Xing Zhutou originally looked at Sima Yu and they were dressed extraordinarily, and they could enter this Mingyue Tower to consume, they must be either rich or expensive, so when Sima Yu said that she was a princess, he actually had a little faith in his heart. And when this was said by Han Zuo like this, then he naturally believed it completely.
It's just that Xing Zhutou is an extremely upright person, and the sentence he said verbally that the prince violated the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people was not just casually said and used to put on an official show.
But fortunately, the previous frivolous expression on his face was a little more restrained, and he bowed to Sima Yu and said, "Offended, princess." It's just that the duty of the lowly is here, and I ask you to go to the yamen for a routine question, and then the lowly will personally send you back to the palace. ”
Sima Yu was about to cry.
Who is rare, Xing Zhutou personally sent her back to the palace. The key is to go to the yamen for routine questioning, even if she and Han Zuo's matter today is revealed to the world, they can't tell where they go, okay?
But the Xing Zhutou in front of her is clearly a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, whether she is a princess or a princess, or softly begging for each other, I am afraid that he will not be moved.
But in her eagerness, she couldn't think of any other way, so she could only pull Sima Jin's sleeve and ask her, "Ah Jin, what is your way?" ”
Sima Jin now couldn't wait for Sima Yu and Han Zuo's matter to be revealed to the world, so she coaxed Sima Yu: "Sister, don't cry." We also followed Xing Zhutou to the yamen to explain the truth clearly. As long as they figure out that we haven't stolen the vase calligraphy and paintings in the Mingyue Tower, they will naturally let us go. As for other things, we will think of other ways after we have learned about our father. ”
In fact, she is afraid that she will not be able to make trouble with her father.
And Han Zuo was also beside him at this time and persuaded: "Princess Xinyang is right. Princess Anyang, don't worry, there is me in everything, you don't need to be afraid. ”
Han Zuo's current thoughts are the same as Sima Jin's, but he is afraid that this matter will not be able to cause trouble to Emperor Qinglong.
Sima Yu now thinks about slapping this Han Zuo back to the southern kingdom of Liunan.
It's because of you that it's troublesome. If it weren't for you, let alone just a mere yamen, where was she not running sideways?
In the end, Sima Yu could only cry and cry with Sima Jin and them, and followed Xing Zhutou back to the yamen.
Jing Zhaoyin, who is in charge of the Jingshi, is surnamed Li Mingyun, the word Shaoqing, is twenty-four years old, and he is a descendant of the Li family of Zhao County.
Li Yun has always been famous in the world for his wandering bones, where do you care if you are a princess or a princess, and a son is not a son? In a word, when it comes to my territory, even if you are the king of heaven, then you have to follow my rules.
So after Sima Yu and the others arrived at the yamen, Li Yunhu had a face and directly began to ask questions one by one.
And the question is particularly careful.
Where did the women of the family make a living on weekdays, but they only chanted poems and sang on the left, and appreciated the wind and moon on the right, where did they come to the yamen? And Li Yun is a tricky master, but whenever you dodge the slightest thing in your gaze, he can immediately get to the bottom of it.
Where can all the women of the family fight Li Yun who is like an old fritter? So after a meal, Li Yun knew about the unsightly thing between Sima Yu and Han Zuo.
He felt that someone must have done something here, but he couldn't find any evidence. And a few years ago, Emperor Qinglong had been suppressing the Li family in Longxi, and he had already had a lot of complaints about Emperor Qinglong in his heart, because he finally caught such a thing that made Emperor Qinglong so angry that he couldn't eat or sleep, and he was really sorry for himself if he didn't stab it.
So he wrote a letter in detail. For a while, the theft of property from Mingyue Tower was a trivial matter, but Sima Yu and Han Zuo's incident was a major matter.
Li Yun is also a talented person. A letter was written down, although he had never seen Sima Yu and Han Zuo with his own eyes, but it did not prevent him from writing that scene vividly and fascinatingly.
After the excerpt was written, he read it again by himself, and confirmed that Emperor Qinglong must have been furious when he saw this excerpt, so he nodded with satisfaction, called Xing Zhutou to step forward, and asked him to hire two small sedan chairs to come over.
Sima Yu and Sima Jin are also princesses when they say it, so Heng can't really let them walk back to the palace by themselves. As for the women of the family, it was enough to send them home by sending their servants.
Xing Zhutou asked, "What about the prince of the southern kingdom of Liunan?" Hire a sedan chair too? ”
"What kind of sedan chair does a big man hire? Hire a horse to ride him. ”
Xing Zhutou agreed, turned around and was about to hire a sedan chair and a horse, but Li Yun suddenly stopped him.
"Wait. It's too expensive to hire a horse, so it's better to hire a donkey. ”
When Xing Zhutou heard this, he almost didn't stand firm, and the whole thing rushed forward.
My lord, can you not pick it like that? Although the Li family in Longxi is not as good as in the past, and the children of the family are spending money like dirt, you don't have that capital now, but you are also a Jing Zhaoyin, aren't you? The imperial court gives you a fortune every month. And as far as he knows, it shouldn't be a small amount, right?
But in fact, what Li Yun was thinking was, why should he let him pay his own money to hire a sedan chair and a horse for these people? Is it considered tolerance? Did Emperor Qinglong reimburse him? So it's good to have a donkey to ride.
So in the end, Jingzhao Yin Li Yun, who is known as a handsome and elegant talent in the capital, rode a horse in front of him and slowly took these two sedan chairs and a donkey to the queen.
Here, when Li Yunren detained Princess Anyang and Princess Xinyang and other people, the outside was already surrounded by people watching the excitement on the third floor and the outer three floors. For a while, there were rumors in the capital, and there were all kinds of things. After Li Yun sent the two princesses and one prince back to the palace, Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui had already gotten the news and waited there with a cold face.
And the matter is important, so even the Empress Dowager Li, who has always been nosy, also came forward.
Three triage. Li Yun saw Emperor Qinglong, Empress Cui and Empress Dowager Li sitting on it, and his face was not too panicked, but he was secretly happy in his heart for what was about to happen next. Then he lifted the hem of his clothes and bowed down according to the courtesy of the king.
Emperor Qinglong's face sank like water. But he always knew what Li Yun was, so he didn't get angry, but asked in a cold voice: "Li Aiqing, what happened?" Unexpectedly, Li Aiqing detained my two princesses, Han Shizi, and other women of the family at once? ”
Li Yun was not in a hurry, and reported loudly with his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, the shopkeeper of Mingyue Building came to the mansion to report the case, saying that he had stolen a number of valuables in Mingyue Tower, and it was just that Weichen immediately sent people to Mingyue Tower, and brought all the people inside back for routine questioning, so it was not the word detention. ”
His words made Emperor Qinglong lose his temper.
Yes, Li Yun is just doing things according to the charter, what else can you punish him?
But Queen Cui was not happy.
"Ah Yu is a princess, how can she go to the yamen? Lord Li, didn't you know the identity of Princess Anyang before? How bold is it to detain her like a prisoner and interrogate her? ”
Li Yun is the nephew of Empress Dowager Li's relatives, and she should call her aunt and grandmother in private, so Empress Dowager Li will naturally protect her shortcomings.
So she said to Queen Cui: "The queen's hat is a little too big. Master Li just said that he just invited Ah Yu to go to the yamen for a routine questioning, where did the word detention come from? Besides, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, is it possible that because Ayu is a princess, he has to open up to her without routine questioning? If that's the case, what's the use of the Great Xia Law? ”
Empress Cui was choked by Empress Dowager Li's words, and her expression immediately froze.
And Empress Dowager Li had already turned her eyes to Li Yun at this time, and said admiringly: "Ah Yun is not afraid of the powerful and has done a good job." ”
Li Yun arched his hand upwards and smiled: "Weichen Xie Empress Dowager praises." ”
At this time, Empress Cui glanced at Empress Dowager Li and Li Yun fiercely, and turned to appease Sima Yu beside her.
Sima Yu has been crying quietly since he just entered the hall.
Empress Dowager Li became a little impatient when she heard it, and her voice was a little stern: "It's just to go to the yamen for routine questioning, how wronged is it, it's worth crying for so long?" Ah Jin, Han Shizi, and the women of the family also went to the yamen for routine questioning, and they were not good? Well, it's almost there. ”
But that's not what Sima Yu is worried about.
When she was in the yamen before, in order to wash away the suspicion that everyone had stolen the vase calligraphy and paintings in Mingyue Tower, everyone did not hide it, and told her and Han Zuo one after another. Later, if her father and mother knew, she didn't dare to imagine what kind of picture it would be.
At this time, Li Yun really took a fold out of his sleeve, held it with both hands, and knelt down.
"Wechen still has something to report."
Emperor Qinglong naturally wanted to ask as usual: "What else does Aiqing have to report?" It doesn't hurt to be straight. ”
Li Yun didn't say it directly, but just raised the fold in his hand and said: "All kinds of details are in the fold, please read it yourself." ”
If he said it directly, where would the face of the royal people in this hall go? Isn't he looking for death? So forget it, let Emperor Qinglong see it himself.