52. Suspicion
Xu Yan's attitude made Huo Zongyuan's heart feel more and more bottomless, and his voice couldn't help but lower a little, "I wanted to marry Miss Ayu last year, but their family was unwilling, so they delayed until now." Uncle, you also know my temper, and I always like to do crooked things...... Since the Shen family was not happy, I thought about how to change a way to force the girl to comply. ”
"Hmm." Xu Yan continued to be expressionless.
Huo Zongyuan's heartbeat became faster and faster, and looking at that solemn and speechless face, he only felt cold sweat on his back, "Then, I came up with a way to take Shen Ping to prison, and begged Uncle Qin to help me find that book to scare them." ”
There was a deathly silence in Chang Si Ting, and at this time, the wind stopped, and there was no movement around, which made people more and more worried. Huo Zongyuan also knew that his actions would inevitably make Xu Yan angry, and he was very afraid that Xu Yan would pounce on him like a wolf again and tear him to pieces.
But when you think of such temptations...... Huo Zongyuan swallowed his saliva and forced himself to calm down, "I thought, Shen Ping was arrested, Shen Yan will always be in a hurry, when the time comes, I will use some means to always force her to comply, who knows that my uncle is actually interested in this matter." He forcibly held back the trembling and smiled hard, "Uncle Qin scolded me for messing around today and told me to ask for sin." ”
…… Xu Yan looked at him, his face was ugly, but he didn't say a word.
It is true that Qin Xiong pushed Huo Zongyuan out as a scapegoat.
What a move! He, Qin Xiong, is in the officialdom, and he doesn't dare to get involved with Prince Zhaoming, but Huo Zongyuan doesn't have to have so much jealousy, even if he makes trouble in front of the emperor, he, the demon king of the mixed world, will admit his mistake at most, and it will be over if he is beaten.
What's more, once Huo Zongyuan bites to death that the poetry collection is from him, I am afraid that Xu Yan's attitude towards this matter will be completely different.
I know that the other party is lying, and there are many loopholes, but do you really want to pierce it?
Xu Yan looked at Huo Zongyuan's stupid appearance, and was so angry that he wanted to laugh.
He Huo Ran stood up, his momentum suddenly fierce, and approached Huo Zongyuan step by step, "That's really audacious, I don't know if the imperial sister knows about this?" ”
Where could Huo Zongyuan stop him from scaring him like this? He came alone, there was no help around him, he lost in momentum at the beginning, and Xu Yan has always been "fighting violence with violence" to him, he will shoot if he doesn't agree, and he will hurt his muscles and bones at every turn, so that he will have suffering, Huo Zongyuan's injury last time has not healed thoroughly, that is really afraid!
But he was still able to grit his teeth and carry it tightly, and even pulled out a stiff smile, "Uncle Duanwang also knows me...... Momentarily confused...... Please also don't sue your mother. In the future, I just don't mess around. ”
"Framing innocent people and disrupting the matter of soliciting books, even if I don't say it, someone will play it." Xu Yan approached step by step, clearly seeing the panic in Huo Zongyuan's eyes, and subconsciously dodging and retreating.
If someone has a script, the nature is completely different from Xu Yan's "private complaint", the matter is made public, no matter how the queen and the eldest princess protect each other, Huo Zongyuan will inevitably suffer a lot.
However, even under such coercion, Huo Zongyuan could still grit his teeth and not let go at all.
Xu Yan's eyes sank, and he stared at him scrutinically-
What benefits did Qin Xiong give Huo Zongyuan to make him willing to take such a risk?
Huo Zongyuan was like a trapped prey, and sweat was already oozing from his palms.
Of course, he remembered that last time at the door of the Shen family, Xu Yan had grabbed his collar and warned him not to disturb the people and cause trouble, but now Xu Yan's cold breath came to his face, making him shudder unconsciously.
"Uncle Duanwang......" He tried to recall Qin Xiong's words at that time, so as to give himself courage-
Duanwang is three or four years older than you, what is there to be afraid of? Even if he is known as the god of war, can he still kill you? He is the emperor's half-brother, but the eldest princess is the emperor's sister, not to mention that Taifu is the emperor's master, are you still afraid of him?
Besides, it's just a collection of poems, how big a storm can it be?
Does Duanwang seem to be a person who will make a fuss about these small details?
One question after another ran out, so that Huo Zongyuan at that time was inspired by these words, and was shocked to realize that it was really unreasonable for him to be afraid of Xu Yan all these years, so he came boldly. Who knew that now that he was frightened by Xu Yanyi, that bit of courage had already flown away without a trace, his hands were getting tighter and tighter, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.
Xu Yan stared at him for a long time, and finally smiled coldly.
Qin Xiong is really right about one thing, Xu Yan fought on the battlefield, and he really disdained to use a book of poetry to make a fuss, set off storms, and arouse the emperor's suspicions.
Especially when Huo Zongyuan took the whole matter over, this matter was even more ridiculous.
Calculation is indispensable, but it shouldn't be that way.
What's more, when Prince Zhaoming's case occurred, Xu Yan was already nearly ten years old, although he didn't have deep feelings for the prince's brother, he knew more or less about the world. At that time, the case of Prince Zhaoming was boiling, and there were many people implicated in the government and the opposition, even if Prince Zhaoming was punished for his rebellion, there were already countless people who shed their blood.
After 12 years, there is really no need to uncover the scars in many people's hearts for these inconsequential little things.
Something like framing prison with words is really not the style of His Royal Highness King Duan.
Xu Yan took half a step back, smiled to himself, and turned to the table to pick up the teacup.
At that moment, Huo Zongyuan was sweating profusely, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare. He stood there and took a few deep breaths of the cold air at the end of autumn, and then said to Xu Yan: "Since Uncle Duanwang has recovered, I won't bother, so I will leave?" ”
"Hmm." Xu Yan turned around and asked someone to send him out.
Chang Siting was silent, Xu Yan stood there alone for a long time, and suddenly pursed his lips and let out a low whistle.
Gu An immediately floated out like a phantom, bowed beside him and said, "Your Highness? ”
"Can't Qin Xiong have more people around him?"
"The subordinates have tried their best to make arrangements, but Qin Xiong is a big member of the party after all, and it is good to say that it is too difficult to spy on the confidential information in his mansion."
Xu Yan nodded, he actually understood this matter, but the matter between Huo Zongyuan and Qin Xiong was really too much for him to guess, so he asked so casually.
He thought for a while and ordered: "Since Qin Xiong has withdrawn, He Wenyuan has confessed as much, Mr. Shen can't do anything with them, I'm afraid that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be secretly released, you send someone to keep an eye on it, don't make any more mistakes." ”
"Subordinates obey." Gu An paused, "Qin Xiong, is it the little grandfather who is pushing the matter on?" ”
Xu Yan didn't make a sound, that was the meaning of acquiescence.
Gu An couldn't help frowning and said, "If Young Master Huo is used by Qin Xiong and gets involved in these things, with the eldest princess's doting on him, it will be troublesome to act in the future." ”
"Find a way to tell him to return to Beijing as soon as possible."
"Yes. Your Royal Highness does need to mention a few words about the little grandfather? ”
"Can it be useful?" Xu Yan shook his head, "Qin Xiong is the uncle who treats him as a guest, I am a fierce and vicious uncle, besides, the imperial sister has always been jealous of me, it is strange that he can listen to my persuasion." ”
The estrangement between Xu Yan and the eldest princess Hua Zhen is too deep, and Huo Zongyuan's character has gradually settled, and if he wants to use his strength to pull Huo Zongyuan back to the right path, it is simply a fool's dream.
I'm afraid that when the eldest princess Hua Zhen learns that he persuaded Huo Zongyuan bitterly, she will suspect that he has other intentions, and then pour soup at the imperial brother, causing trouble in vain.
Xu Yan's biological mother is today's Concubine Cui.