The emperor was silent for a long time after listening to Rong Hui's words, and Fang slowly asked, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister felt that this was some Jianghu forces killing people and destroying their mouths." Rong Hui said.

"Rong Zhao, what do you think?" The emperor asked again.

Rong Zhao didn't expect the emperor to ask about him, but he had already made up his mind that he didn't know, so he replied: "Go back to the emperor, minister...... The minister was stupid at the time, his head was a mess all the way, and when he closed his eyes, he saw the tragic condition of the deceased, and the minister had only heard of the bone erosion before, but he didn't expect this thing to be so vicious, the minister ...... Chen really doesn't know why these Jianghu people look down on our Rong family so much, and they are so black under the protection of the Rong family. After speaking, he timidly peeked at the emperor again, and snorted: "The emperor is wise and martial, he will definitely find the real murderer and avenge the dead, right?" ”

Hearing these words, the emperor's brows furrowed even deeper, he looked up at Zhang Wanshou, and snorted coldly: "Revenge? More than 20 people have died, but there is not even a clue, and those officials in the criminal department and the local area are all waste! ”

Rong Zhao was almost happy when he heard this. I thought to myself, if you really find out, wouldn't Lao Tzu be too incompetent?

Regardless of whether the criminal department and local officials are waste, Rong Hui and Rong Zhao did not dare to accept this, and Zhang Wanshou did not dare to be presumptuous, just waiting for the anger on the emperor's face to calm down a little, Fang cautiously replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Yue's illness is no longer a big problem, and you can leave in three or five days, and you can enter the palace before the new year." ”

"Hmm." When the emperor heard this, his expression really eased a little, his previous anger was almost gone, and his tone was much gentler, "You find a few people to clean up Jinyun Palace, and then pick a few available people to serve." ”

"Yes, leave these things to the minions, and your majesty can rest assured." Zhang Wanshou bowed and said.

Only then did the emperor glance at the Rong brothers who were kneeling on the ground, raised his hand, and said, "You two, get up." I will be convicted as appropriate, and as for the bizarre and tragic deaths of those who defected, I will hand it over to the Criminal Department for a thorough investigation. The two of you escorted Concubine Yue all the way to Beijing without merit or hard work, so I will not hold the two of you accountable for the time being. ”

"Thank you." Rong Hui hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude to Dade and slowly stood up.

Rong Zhao had no choice but to follow Xie En and stand up as well.

The emperor asked some gossip again, such as what else happened on the road, what rumors and rumors about the court and magistrates could be heard along the way, what injustices had been encountered, and so on, Rong Hui replied one by one, and the three of them chatted for almost half an hour, and a eunuch came in outside and replied that His Royal Highness King Su asked to see him.

The emperor frowned slightly and said, "What is he doing so late?" Let him in. ”

The little eunuch agreed to go down, and the emperor said to Rong Hui and Rong Zhao: "You two should step back first." ”

The Rong brothers kowtowed again before they got up and took a few steps back, then changed their bodies and walked out, following Zhao Run, the king of Su who came in from outside, and walked to the opposite face, because it was here in the emperor, Rong Hui was also inconvenient to salute, so he only bowed and called in a low voice: "Lord Wang." He took Rong Zhao out of the Qianyuan Palace.

"This is His Royal Highness King Su." Rong Hui introduced to Rong Zhao again, "The year before last, he went to Xiliang to oversee the army, but unfortunately you didn't see you when you were sick. ”

"Really? It doesn't look like Lord Rui at all. Rong Zhao whispered.

"King Su is like a long live lord, brave and good at fighting, King Rui, it seems to be more like a mother. I heard that the Xiao family is said to have a family tree dating back to 500 years ago, and they are generations of nobles. Rong Hui said as he took Rong Zhao out of the palace.

"That's what Big Brother said." Rong Zhao paused and looked back at the towering palace wall, and sighed softly: "It's almost midnight, where do we live?" ”

"Where else can you stay, naturally go to the post house."

Rong Hui beckoned to the entourage not far away, and the guards led the carriage to the two, and the shepherd dog jumped out of the car and circled around Rong Zhao.

The post house is an institution under the Ministry of Rites, and the post house in the imperial capital city is generally used to entertain local officials such as envoys from various countries and feudal officials and border generals who come to Beijing to report on their work. Rong Hui is now the general of Wupin Huwei, and Rong Zhao is the second waiting son, although these two brothers have no real power, they are ordered to enter Beijing, so they are naturally qualified to live in.

People are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the same is true for post houses. However, the status of the Rong brothers is not low, and the guest rooms arranged by the subordinate officials of the post house are also considered to be first-class, with all kinds of complete colors, and two serving servants.

Rong Hui gave the silver, asked someone to prepare a simple dinner, and said to Rong Zhao: "Third brother, you rest early after eating, I still have some things to go out, maybe I will come back later, you don't have to wait for me." ”

"You're going out?" Rong Zhao asked in confusion.

"Yes, brother still has some personal matters and needs to go to Xiangnan Palace." Rong Hui said helplessly.

Xiangnan Wangfu is the maiden home of the lord of Linyang, the king of Xiangnan is old, his son Zhao Cheng is mediocre and incompetent, his daughter is married to the west of Xinjiang, Rong Shuo is just a military general, and there is no root backer. Therefore, the Xiangnan Royal Mansion can only be attached to the side of Zhao Lie, the king of Pingnan, and the relationship between the two families is very good.

It is extremely normal for Rong Hui to visit his grandfather, if it weren't for knowing that Rong Zhao didn't want to go to Xiangnan Palace, he would definitely live in Xiangnan Palace. Rong Hui is not an unreasonable person, when he waved his hand and said: "Big brother, please, I'm going to die of exhaustion today, my bones are scattered, I want to go to bed early." ”

"Okay, this is the post house of the imperial court in the imperial capital city, the guards are all in place, you can sleep well." Rong Hui said another word before leaving.

"Got it." Rong Zhao sent Rong Hui to the door and watched him go, before he stretched out his arms and turned around to sit down for dinner.

The blood spot was already hungry, and he saw a table of food only revolving around Rong Zhao. Rong Zhao frowned and sighed, "You can't eat these things!" This one is sweet and this one is salty...... You don't like this porridge either, tsk...... Bloody, why don't you go out and find something to eat yourself? ”

"Woo-" The shepherd dog wagged its tail vigorously in disagreement, it was too cold for it to go out.

Rong Zhao was worried, and there was a knock on the door.

"Who? Come on in. Rong Zhao thought that there was something wrong with the subordinate officer of the post house, so he shouted casually.

The door was pushed open, and a man with a beautiful face dressed in the clothes of a post house servant came in, with a suppressed smile in his voice, and said in a low voice: "Childe, the little one saw that you brought a shepherd dog, and the little one also heard that this precious breed of dog eats very particular food, so I sent you some boiled meat and bones......"

Rong Zhao had already looked at the person who came and laughed out loud at this time, he walked in front of the person step by step, reached out and touched his face, and then touched the back of the person's ear, pinched something and gently pulled it up, and slowly tore off a piece of dough.

"Childe!" Zi Ji's face was exposed in the candlelight, and her eyes were as charming as water.