The next day, in the morning, the imperial history impeached the Marquis of Xiangyang for murder, robbed and killed the king of the county on the street, the crime is unforgivable, please take the lord and ask for the crime.

Emperor Zhaoyuan was furious when he heard this, "The dignified King of Yipin County was actually robbed and killed on the streets of the capital, which is simply appalling. What does the Five Cities Terracotta Division eat? Then Emperor Zhaoyuan scolded Li Quan, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and ordered him to solve the case within three days. then reprimanded the Marquis of Xiangyang, saying that he had no way to teach his son, so he made a mistake with bandits and fined him for one year; Then he gave a lot of rewards to appease Meng Jinghan.

After going down, Li Quan walked out of the hall in frustration, and everyone else knew that he must be unlucky, and no one came to talk to him.

So when a pair of court boots appeared in front of him, Li Quan was taken aback, he looked up and saw that it was Zuo Yun, the squire of the military department, Commander Li squeezed out a smile, arched his hand, and shouted, "It turned out to be Brother Zuo......

This left squire is very interesting, his surname is Zuo, but he is the right squire of the military department. The Great Qi Dynasty respects the left, and the surname of the left servant of the military department is Tang, and every time he hears someone call Zuo Shilang, he always feels uncomfortable. After a long time, he became suspicious, and always thought that Zuo Shilang wanted to replace him.

Many times I can't wait to kick Zuo Shilang out of the military department, but unfortunately Zuo Shilang is not good at stubble, several times, Tang Shilang almost planted himself before he stopped. In everyone's eyes, they are still very optimistic about Zuo Shilang, who has a lot of means.

And the relationship between Li Quan and Zuo Yun also has a story in it, to put it simply, when Li Quan offended people, Zuo Yun helped to speak, so the relationship between the two is good.

Straight to the point. The two exchanged pleasantries, went to the restaurant together, and asked for a private room.

Li Quan poured a glass of wine first, dried it, and lit up the bottom of the glass, "I'll do it first, Brother Zuo is free." ”

Zuo Yun took a glass of wine in his hand and didn't drink it, but said: "Brother Li is worried about the errand that the emperor has to explain?" ”

Li Quan poured another cup and sighed: "No, three days is too short." I was interrogated overnight last night. I wanted to review something and come out to make an errand. Who would have thought that one by one. He actually committed suicide by poisoning in front of me, and no one remained. I don't even know where the ruthless characters came out, I wondered if it was those subordinates, but those few had no conflict with King Rongjun! It's not. I'm about to look for King Rongjun. Can you ask for some clues? It's just that you also know the person of King Rongjun. It's so cold that I'm afraid it's hard to speak. He took a bite of the dish and ate it.

Zuo Shilang smiled, "There were so many people here at the beginning. Just ask one, why bother looking for King Rongjun? ”

Li Quan said: "You didn't ask me?" Even Xiangyang Hou Shizi I asked seriously, Zheng Shizi provided some things, but it was useless for me to check, and the clues were wiped clean. Zheng Shizi was also pitted by others. There was some sympathy in Li Quan's words.

After a pause, Li Quan said again: "I actually want to ask if King Rongjun has any enemies."

Zuo Yun said: "Even if he has enemies, will he tell you?" Brother Li, you think it's simple. Saying that, Zuo Shilang poured Li Quan a glass of wine, "I have a piece of news here, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

The chopsticks in Li Quan's hand stopped, and he quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, "Brother Zuo, please speak." ”

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Zheng Yuan mentioned by Li Quan was also uncomfortable, at this time, the chickens and dogs in the Xiangyang Hou Mansion jumped, and the Xiangyang Hou chased Zheng Yuan with a horse whip and ran all over the house. It was useless for Mrs. Xiangyang Hou to chase after her and cry, Xiangyang Hou chased all the way to the old lady's yard.

was stopped by the old lady, who shouted, "If you want to kill him, kill me first." The grandmother beside the old lady had already drunk the others and stood guard at the door.

The old lady hugged Zheng Yuan and said, "Isn't it just that you have received the wrong person?" It wasn't Yuan'er's doing. King Rong didn't say anything, but you shouted at him and killed him. ”

Xiangyang Hou said angrily: "Mother, this time it was a misunderstanding, so what about next time?" You see how many troubles he has made, I have carried him around again and again. If this continues, there will always be a day when I can't hold on, and then it will really hurt the whole family. ”

The old lady didn't care, "Don't you still have a mother?" No matter how bad it is, there is King Min of Han, how can my two grandsons ignore their cousins. Moreover, Niangniang is not talking about it, the emperor intends to make the king of Han the crown prince. King Han is the future emperor, with King Han here, who would dare to take Yuan'er? ”

"My mother, can you talk nonsense?" The Marquis of Xiangyang was scared to death.

The Zheng family turned out to be just ordinary people, and the family had a small amount of savings. Concubine Zheng is conceited and beautiful, and she is unwilling to give in and marry. Xiangyang Hou loves his little sister and goes with her. I didn't expect her to catch up with the only folk draft.

The Zheng family spent money to send Zheng Guifei in, and once she was favored, Zheng Guifei was constantly pampered. was promoted all the way, when Zheng Guifei gave birth to King Min and was promoted to concubine. Emperor Zhaoyuan also crowned the Zheng family and gave him a marquis, and the Zheng family ascended to heaven and became a royal noble.

The Marquis of Xiangyang himself also has the means and ability, and the year before last, he finally squeezed out his opponent and sat in the position of the commander of the forbidden army.

echoed with Concubine Zheng Guifei in front of the harem, and gradually sat bigger. If it weren't for the fact that the Zheng family had no foundation in the civil service, it would be impossible for them to stick out their minions to the Zhuang family. Now the Zheng family is also mainly trying to win over the dealers.

Not to mention these, I knew earlier that the Zheng family was born at the bottom of the family, a small family, and once developed, there was not much background. The old lady doesn't have much knowledge, she only knows how to spoil her grandson.

Zheng Yuan was also smart and clever when he was a child, but when he grew up, he was a grandmother and a concubine on the left and a concubine on the right, and the woman who was crammed into the courtyard was born and raised into a hungry ghost.

If the Hou Dan of Xiangyang is in charge, the old lady and daughter-in-law will not rest with him. Every day makes him restless, and Xiangyang Hou still has his own things to do, and gradually stops caring about Zheng Yuan.

Although Zheng Yuan has caused a lot of troubles over the years, made a lot of women, and has a bad reputation, he has handled everything cleanly, and he can handle it.

But now, according to the informant just now, Li Quan from the Five Cities Terracotta Division found out that the group was actually Northern Barbarians, which was fatal. But if Emperor Zhaoyuan had less trust in Zheng Yuan, he would wonder in his heart whether the Zheng family had committed treason. And even if Emperor Zhaoyuan believes them, tomorrow the court will inevitably impeach them, and the Zheng family will collaborate with the enemy and commit treason. There really is such a son. Didn't you create evil in your last life?

Even if he said these words to his wife and daughter-in-law, they would not understand them, let alone listen to them. The Marquis of Xiangyang threw away the horsewhip and went to his aunt's yard to relax.

Li Quan went back to the yamen after leaving the restaurant, ordered people, and went straight to the place where Zuo Yun said. Sure enough, a group of outsiders were found, including the Northern Barbarians with obvious characteristics, and the two sides exchanged fire, but unfortunately a few people escaped.

Li Quan learned his lesson this time and unloaded the poison from their mouths first. The men were taken back to the yamen cell and locked up. Ordered to be strictly guarded. Li Quan didn't have time for interrogation, so he hurriedly entered the palace to make a confession.

Emperor Zhaoyuan was shocked, when could the Northern Barbarians be so unscrupulous in the capital of Great Qi? So he ordered martial law in the capital and searched for the northern barbarians in the whole city. For a while, people in the capital were panicked, and there were many fewer people stealing chickens and dogs on weekdays.

Emperor Zhaoyuan returned to the harem. arrived at Zheng Guifei's Yongfu Palace. Concubine Zheng welcomed Emperor Zhaoyuan to her seat. Asked the palace maid to serve tea. Concubine Zheng Guifei saw that Emperor Zhaoyuan's face was not very good. Carefully picked up some interesting stories about the little prince and grandson in the Han Palace.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhaoyuan's face softened, and he only said: "Your nephew is a good woman on weekdays, and something is going on." For your sake, I don't care. Involved in the assassination of the king of the county, I only punished your brother for one year for your sake. But if you look at what he did, he actually recruited the Northern Barbarians as his entourage. Let's not talk about the assassination of the county king, whether it was framed or not, it is a fact that there are Northern barbarians in his entourage. I don't even have the ability to know people, I really doubt that he will be able to shoulder the burden of Xiangyang Hou in the future, if not, let Zheng Qing be replaced as soon as possible. In the future, if the king of Han is the crown prince, how can the prince be good if he has such a cousin who is dragging his feet? . ”

Zheng Guifei's face changed drastically when she heard this, if she really let this nephew ruin her son's position as the crown prince, she would have his heart if she ate it raw. Concubine Zheng lowered her head and burst into tears, "This nephew of the concubine was also smart and clever when he was a child, although he was a little stubborn when he was older. But colluding with the Northern Barbarians, he must not be so bold. He must have been framed by someone, Your Majesty, you must be the master of our Zheng family! You think, you are going to make the King of Han the crown prince, why does the Zheng family have to do more? Concubine Zheng Guifei cried on her face, but she made up her mind in her heart to let her brother discipline her nephew well.

She cried pear blossoms and rain, which was extremely moving. Emperor Zhaoyuan softened his heart, took her in his arms, and patted her on the back, "If I don't believe you, I won't tell you this." I will see who is so bold as to dare to join forces with the Northern Barbarians to frame the Zheng family. For a while, Emperor Zhaoyuan was a little skeptical that it was Meng Jinghan's self-directed and self-acted play, after all, Meng Jinghan had been at the border for many years, and he was familiar with Beiban. Emperor Zhaoyuan couldn't have imagined that Meng Jinghan had killed so many Northern Barbarians at this time, and his enmity with the Northern Barbarians was as deep as the sea.

As soon as Emperor Zhaoyuan left, Concubine Zheng Guifei sent a message to the Marquis of Xiangyang, asking Mrs. Marquis of Xiangyang to come to the palace to see her.

On the days when Meng Jinghan was lying in bed to recuperate from his injuries, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit. The dealer is the in-law, and the eldest lady took the eldest grandmother Zhuang Yiduan to be escorted by Zhuang Minxing.

Zhuang Minhua welcomed them in, first went to see Concubine Rong, and then went to see Meng Jinghan, leaving Zhuang Minxing to talk to Meng Jinghan.

Zhuang Minhua and the eldest lady and others went to the lobby to talk, and Zhuang Minhua let the maid serve tea. Several people talked about homely things, and the eldest lady heard that Concubine Rong had handed over the housekeeping to her, and she was not good at interfering in the family affairs of Rongjun Wangfu, so she only gave a few words of advice where Zhuang Minhua did not understand.

I'm talking! Concubine Rong's maid came over, and asked the eldest lady to come over and talk on the order of Concubine Rong.

The eldest lady confessed a few words to Zhuang Yiduan, and took the eldest grandmother to get up and go to Concubine Rong's courtyard.

Zhuang Yiduan relaxed all of a sudden, and complained: "I am a housekeeper every day, and I don't have time to be a female celebrity."

Zhuang Minhua smiled, "You can't just be a female celebrity to live." ”

Zhuang Yiduan sighed, "I don't know, but I just complained to my aunt." Speaking of this, he asked about the assassin, "It's really scary, Aunt Eighteen, you are so brave, if I am too scared, I will not dare to move." ”

Zhuang Minhua's face was red, she was too scared, and later cried. But she said that she was brave and couldn't speak, so she changed the topic and talked about the fashionable jewelry and fabrics in the capital.

The two talked for a while, and Zhuang Yiduan suddenly remembered, "By the way, Aunt Eighteen, why did you leave so early that time in Baihuayuan, I was going to introduce a friend to you!" ”

How could Zhuang Minhua tell her the real reason, he only said: "Suddenly I felt a little unwell, so I came back first."

Zhuang Yiduan's eyes widened in concern, "How is that aunt feeling now?" "While stumbling to his feet, "I only brought medicinal herbs for my uncle's body this time." ”

Zhuang Minhua said with a smile: "It's been a long time ago, I understand Sister Duan'er's intentions."

Zhuang Yiduan smiled a little embarrassedly, and then took a lacquered brocade box from the maid, opened it, handed it to Zhuang Minhua, and said: "This is the finished product I embroidered according to the embroidery method mentioned in the two books that my aunt gave me, there are purses, sachets, handkerchiefs, and a few strings, my aunt likes it or not." As he spoke, he brought another green silk bag, "There are two other clothes here, which are also embroidered in that way." ”

Zhuang Minhua was moved and took the burden, "How do you do so much?" Hurt your eyes carefully. I have a lot of clothes, if you have a new embroidery method in the future, just embroider a purse for me. ”

Zhuang Yiduan said: "I also have to do it empty, it's nothing."

The two talked for a long time, until the eldest lady sent someone to ask Zhuang Yi to go back. Zhuang Yiduan said unsatisfactorily: "Aunt Eighteen is not at home, and there is a lot of fun missing."

Zhuang Minhua said: "I'm also lonely, you have time to come and play."

Zhuang Yiduan stood up and nodded in agreement. The aunt and nephew walked out side by side, Zhuang Yi glanced at Xiao Brew, and Xiao Brew pulled Qian Hong knowingly, asking for advice on how to make tea better.

Zhuang Minhua realized that Zhuang Yiduan might have something to tell her, so she nodded at Qianhong. Qian Hong and Xiao Brew suddenly fell a few steps behind. Zhuang Yiduan whispered at this time, "Eighteenth aunt, my grandmother and my mother are already showing me people now. I've overheard a few people's homes, can you help me inquire about their situation? ”

Zhuang Minhua was taken aback, "Why do you want me to inquire about this?" I don't think my aunt and sister-in-law will hurt you. ”

Zhuang Yi twisted his handkerchief, bit his lip and said, "I know that my grandmother and mother will not harm me, but I believe in my aunt's vision more, and I also want to find a husband who is good to his wife like my uncle."

Zhuang Minhua was secretly surprised that this little girl still had such thoughts, "How do you know that your eighteenth uncle is good to me?" Maybe he's secretly treating me badly! ”

After saying that, Zhuang Minhua suddenly felt that something was wrong, it seemed that someone was staring at her, she glanced around, and felt that she was hallucinating. (To be continued......)

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