The room was covered with a thick carpet and cleaned up. Nineteen sat down casually, leaned against Thirteen's feet, and opened the pamphlet: "What did you write?" ”

"Hmm. Is there anyone who looks more pleasing to the eye? ”

Nineteen glanced at him twice and lost interest, shook his head, closed the roster and returned it to Thirteen. Hearing him let out a very light sigh, Nineteen suddenly asked, "Are you planning something?" ”

Thirteen looked at her in surprise: I didn't expect her to find out. He didn't explain, he didn't deny it, he just nodded. They trust each other.

Nineteen raised his face and asked, "What can I do?" "Every time he takes care of him, she also wants to help him do something.

Thirteen patted her on the head: "Don't do anything, live well." "If something happens to her, then everything he has planned will be meaningless. In this dark place, she is his faith.

Nineteen was a little upset and resolute: "I know I'm stupid, you teach me." I don't want you to work so hard. ”

Thirteen laughed suddenly: She's worried about me. Putting away the booklet, he leaned over and hugged her: "I haven't figured out how to do it yet." Now, it's enough for you to live well. Nineteen raised his eyes and looked at him seriously, his expression ignorant, but he didn't ask any more questions.

After half a month of overt investigation and covert visits, Su Lihe roughly grasped the situation of the imperial court, and he had even more headaches about the case at hand. Not to mention that he doesn't have any connections and foundations now, even if he sends an old slippery head like Ding Chaozhen to investigate, it is not an easy thing. He remembered that Twelve had told him a name, and then he asked Kang Zhao to investigate, and Kang Zhao was tragically killed.

That person is Guo Maohuai, the Taishou of Jinju, the official of the imperial court of Zheng Sipin. Today, before ascending the throne, the saint lived firmly in Jinju, and after many turbulences, he still stood still, and no one would believe him if he had no means. Jin Ming has him as the backstage, but he is very timid. Rao is Su Lihe has been a master in Luo County for half a year, and he has never caught direct evidence of his mistakes.

Su Lihe suspected that Lu Chengye's case was not sentenced by Jin Ming, but instructed by Guo Maohuai. Not only that, but in this small place of Luo County, it is even possible to hide the secrets of the idle pavilion. -- Or is Guo Maohuai a gang of idle pavilions? Su Lihe was taken aback by his thoughts, his mind quickly became active, and his brain thought quickly.

But without evidence, suspicion can only be suspicion. If he wants to check Guo Maohuai, he must at least find a big man who can rely on. Ding Chaozhen will only be a good gentleman, and he will win people's hearts everywhere, so he can directly rule it out. The other courtiers and elders are even more than less. The rest are only the royal relatives. Among them, the two most prominent are the two younger brothers of today's saints: Huaiyang Hou Xia Jingqi and Dingguo Hou Lan Lietian.

The Marquis of Huaiyang stayed in the fiefdom all the year round, not in Beijing, and the distant water did not quench the thirst of the near, and it was useless to ask for it.

Hearing that the Marquis of Dingguo loved horses and became obsessed, Su Lihe specially customized a pair of exquisite harness and went to the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion to visit.

As a result, it was a closed door. The guards of the Hou Mansion politely stopped him at the door, saying that the Marquis of Dingguo was infected with the wind and cold and needed to recuperate, and he didn't see any guests, and he didn't even leave a horse harness.

Su Lihe thought about it, replaced the harness with precious snow ginseng, and came to the Hou Mansion the next day to hand over the post of visit. The guards were still polite, repeating the words of recuperation, and politely rejected the good intentions of snow ginseng on the grounds of "pharmacological conflict".

On the third day, Su Lihe carried a few crisp pears. Crisp pears are not a rarity, although the weather is cold and it is not the season for crisp pears, but as long as there is silver, it is not difficult to find.

In the Hou Mansion, the Marquis of Dingguo was lazily leaning on the couch, and when he heard the return of his subordinates, he sneered: "He has perseverance." ”

The subordinate bowed down and asked: "Master, do you see it or not?" ”

"Nope." Lan Lie was quite crisp. He is now at home, and news of the court still flows into the Hou Mansion through various channels. He had heard of the newly appointed deacon of Dali Temple and the cases in the hands of the deacons. So as soon as Su Lihe came, he knew what this person was going to ask for, so he simply avoided it and saved trouble.

"Wait," Lan Lie thought for a moment and called out to the man who had retreated to the door, "Sydney stays and rewards you." - Let him hang around less in the future. ”

Leaving crisp pears to indicate that he has nothing to do with the case; If you don't see anyone, it means that you have no intention of interfering. When Su Lihe left, he was even more worried in his heart, and began to seriously consider the strategy of withdrawing. This case is more dangerous than he imagined.

In the blink of an eye, it was Laba. Su Lihe received a letter from Su Wan from Yangzhou, asking if his brother would return to Yangzhou for the New Year, and asked about the current situation of the thirteenth. Su Lihe didn't expect that she still remembered thirteen, so he had to try to contact twelve and ask her to inquire.

The day of Thirteen hasn't changed much. Although he and Nineteen are no longer regular partners, the two of them are not exactly the same time on missions, and Thirteen will accompany her whenever he is free. Nineteen is the same, when Thirteen goes out on a mission, if she is free, she will follow honestly, which makes Thirteen very relieved.

At first, everyone thought that Thirteen was going to be punished again, but they didn't expect the pavilion master to say anything. Since the above did not speak, the people below would not have an opinion. For them, one more person on a mission means more security. In private, they even envy these two people very much, and they are happy to partner with them when they go on missions.

is nineteen, about to be sixteen years old, she has entered the second period of development, and her figure has begun to grow slowly, so beautiful that people can't look at it directly. Thirteen was relieved, but worried about her future days. There has been no decent person in the court, and he began to lose his breath and considered whether to find someone to push behind his back.

The end of the year is getting closer. At this time, the case took a turn for the better.

After all, Su Lihe had been in Luo County for half a year, and he was familiar with the personnel situation there, so he used some targeted means, spent money to buy some people, and deliberately released rumors next to other people, saying that he had mastered all the circumstances of the case and would strictly deal with all relevant personnel. A few days later, a girl beside Jiang took the initiative to surrender. In order to reduce her guilt, she confessed to the fact of buying poison for Jiang, and then, at Jiang's instigation, gave the pastries smeared with poison to Fahrenheit, and Lu Chengye was poisoned and died after eating it by mistake. In addition, a few days before Master Cui's death, he had an argument with Jiang.

According to her testimony, Su Lihe quickly imprisoned Jiang and Jin Ming. He went to interrogate Jin Ming first, falsely claiming that Jiang had put all the charges of murder on him. Jin Xu even cried out for injustice, saying that he had never killed anyone at all, but just bent the law for personal gain and shielded the Jiang family.

Su Lihe sneered: "Really? That's not what your cousin said. ”

Jin Xu was shocked and angry, he didn't have time to consider the truth or falsehood, so he simply made all the moves to save his life: "I really haven't killed anyone." When Lu Chengye died, Master Cui found that Lu Chengye was doing things for others before his death, and after his death, my cousin took over for him to do things for that person. He persuaded my cousin to stop, but she said she couldn't be the master, and said he couldn't keep it. Lang Zhong threatened us with this matter, I discussed it with my cousin at the time, she said it was okay, someone would deal with it, and Lang Zhong disappeared the next day. It wasn't until Master Kang found his body that I learned he was dead. I don't know anything else. ”

"Who's that guy?"

Jin Ming hesitated: "I can't say it, I'll die if I say it." ”

Su Lihe pressed twice in a row, but Jin Xu actually closed his mouth tightly and refused to say a word. Su Lihe thought about it for a while, and gave up asking for the time being-that person was either Guo Maohuai, the Taishou of the Jin Mansion, or someone more amazing than Guo Maohuai. With his current ability, if he wants to move that person, even if ten lives are not enough, he still pretends not to know.

Then, according to Jin Xu's confession, he sorted out the context of the Luo County case, and reported to Ding Chaozhen: There is another master behind Lu Chengye, maybe it is because of this master that he became rich. After he died unexpectedly, Jiang for some reason took over for him to do things for that man, and at the same time colluded with Jin Xu to blame Fahrenheit. Master Cui had a dispute with Jin Xu and Jiang for this reason, which caused trouble. Next, Kang Zhao went to Luo County to investigate the case, and the master behind him killed Lang Zhong to prevent the matter from leaking.

After writing the excerpt, Su Lihe did not immediately arrest Jiang, but took three days off on the grounds of recuperation.

Three days later, as soon as he returned to Dali Temple, he was immediately held accountable by Ding Chaozhen, the secretary of Dali Temple: because he "inadvertently" leaked the content of Jin Xu's confession and delayed the interrogation time, Jiang had committed suicide in fear of crime. The case was transferred to Ding Chaozhen and the case was quickly closed:

Jin Xu was imprisoned by Dali Temple for many crimes such as bending the law for personal gain and disregarding human life. Lang Zhong helped him to be abused and poisoned, and he deserved it. Jiang murdered Lu Chengye for money, and then in order to cover up the crime, he murdered Master Cui and Lang Zhong, as well as Kang Zhao, the deacon of Dali Temple. Because she had committed suicide, she was sentenced to expose her body for ten days to show her grievances. In addition, Xiaocui is loyal, Master Cui has a great heart, buries the two, and rewards the beggar Ah San. Kang Zhao sealed Dali Temple and walked and buried thickly.

Su Lihe was suspended for three months. He bought a new house in the capital, and since then he has been thinking about it behind closed doors in his new house.

Walking out of Dali Temple, Su Lihe let out a long breath: he wisely reined in his edge. Finally, I quit without danger, and it's better to think about it than to lose my life.

He guessed that Ding Chaozhen must have discovered something, so he hurriedly closed the case. According to Jin Xu's confession, the mastermind behind it is obviously not Jiang's, that person, even Ding Chaozhen refuses to provoke, of course he will not be troublesome.

The people in the Jinluan Palace had seen Ding Chaozhen's excerpt and were very dissatisfied with this result: "Kang Zhao was also murdered by the Jiang family? ”

Ding Chaozhen said, "Yes." Jiang left a suicide note when he committed suicide, confessing all his crimes. ”

The emperor pondered for a moment and ordered: "Before the murder of Kang Zhao is ascertained, the case must not be closed." ”

There was an uproar in the court. Everyone understands in their hearts that what the emperor wants to investigate is not the murder of Kang Zhao, but who he wants to investigate under the pretext of Kang Zhao's murder. Jiang may be the real murderer of Kang Zhao, or he may be the scapegoat pushed by the real murderer. Sometimes all people need is a statement, not necessarily the truth. But no one dared to say it, only to shout "Holy Benevolence".

Su Lihe was suspended from work and was lucky to escape this tricky errand. Ding Chaozhen chose another cautious person, named Qu Shaojie, to handle the matter. Because of the many affairs as the New Year approaches, and because of some rules that everyone knows well, no one has come to urge the progress of the case for the time being.

In the whole matter, only the Marquis of Dingguo, Lan Lie, stayed out of the matter. In order to take a look at the night view of Qinhuai, he even left the capital without permission and traveled thousands of miles to Jinling. Then he fought for a famous prostitute in Fengyue Field, clashed with the local son, and broke someone's head, almost killing someone. The next day, the matter went to the county government, which frightened the local magistrate a lot, and hurriedly submitted the fold up, and finally put the emperor's book case.

Joke! Although Lan Lietian has no real power, his power is still there. Besides, who doesn't know that the Marquis of Dingguo is the closest brother to the Holy One today, where does he dare to offend!

After reading the excerpt, Emperor Xia Jingze was so angry that he even called it "ridiculous", and even the inkstone next to the book case was dropped, and he sent Wu Jin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, to personally go out and "invite" the Marquis of Dingguo back to the capital. Lan Lietian didn't feel embarrassed at all, but discussed with the emperor with a smile: "Second brother, how big is the capital?" In the early years, I didn't have time, but now I finally have the opportunity, so why not go out and have fun? ”

At the beginning, Lan Lie's request to retreat was conditional: to stay in the capital and wait for his life. The emperor had intended to hold him accountable, but when he said this, he couldn't say anything unpleasant. He paused, ignored his grin, and cut straight to the point and asked, "Do you know about Kang Zhao's matter?" ”

Dingguohou played with the jade wrench and replied casually: "I've heard of it." ”

"I always felt that there was something strange about this. Fifth brother, look ......"

Before the emperor's words were finished, the Marquis of Dingguo hurriedly waved his hand again and again: "There are so many people in the court to discuss, one more of me is not more, and one less of me is not a lot, second brother, you obviously promised to let me live a quiet life, why do you want to hold me and let me go?" ”

The Emperor sighed. In the early years, for his accession to the throne, the Marquis of Dingguo did his best, and finally ushered in a peaceful and prosperous era, and he wanted to live a few idle days, but it was also a matter of course. Everyone has their own ambitions, and the emperor was unwilling to force this younger brother, so he had to wave his hand and let him go. Within a few days, he received a tip-off that the Marquis of Dingguo had slept in the Nuanyu Pavilion, the largest green building in the capital, for several days in a row, and had not set foot in the Hou Mansion at all. Xia Jingze helplessly held his forehead: It's really getting more and more unpleasant.

The investigation of the case is the investigation of the case, and the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger day by day. Even if there is a big event, it can be overwhelmed by this warm atmosphere. Everyone had a beaming face and happily went home to reunite with their loved ones.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the Marquis of Dingguo, Lan Lieqing, and the Marquis of Huaiyang, Xia Jingqi, as the brothers of the current Shengshang, were ordered to enter the palace at the same time and observe the New Year with the Shengshang. It is rumored that the Marquis of Dingguo received the edict in the Jade Pavilion, when he was disheveled, full of alcohol, and could not stand steadily, Wu Jin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, had no choice but to send him into the palace with eight sedan chairs.

Different from the Marquis of Dingguo who stayed in Beijing, after the current saint ascended the throne, Xia Jingqi, the former fourth prince, got the fief in the Huaiyang area, known as the Marquis of Huaiyang. This time, he came to pay tribute to the saint a beauty, called Xue Ji, as his name suggests, snow skin and flowers, and a slender waist. During the banquet, Xue Ji danced for the saint, and her posture was extremely soft. Dingguohou's eyes have been glued to the beauty. Such an obvious transgression, the saint didn't even care, but instead gave Xue Ji to him. This can be seen in its favored Cheng dù

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