Xiao Zhengqian's eyes flickered when he heard this, he took away the solemnity on his face, raised his hand, and said with a warm smile: "I forgot to let you get up, it was my negligence."

Get up quickly, and if my virtuous nephew sees it, he will think that I am chastizing you. ”

Your sister's negligence is obviously deliberate, what kind of big-tailed wolf is pretending to be at this time?

Jian Ying silently complained twice, kowtowed in thanks, and slowly stood up.

Zhou Shu was led into the door by Yude, and saw Jian Ying standing on the ground, Xiao Zhengqian sitting on the top with a gentle expression, and his tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed a lot.

Take two steps, step forward and kneel, "Grass people Zhou Shu, knock on the saint, long live the saint, long live the saint." ”

"Nephew, please get up quickly." Xiao Zhengqian smiled, "My own family, why be polite? ”

Jian Ying secretly rolled her eyes, and said in her heart that the virtuous nephew is her own family, and the virtuous nephew and his daughter-in-law are not her own family? How polite? Can differential treatment be more pronounced?

Zhou Shu got up and took out the casual appearance of "his own family", and asked with a smile: "I don't know what happened to the Holy Mission's summons?" But what does it have to do with yesterday's case? ”

Xiao Zhengqian probably didn't expect him to ask so bluntly, pinched his beard and was silent for a moment, before he smiled: "The matter of the assassins in the government is incomprehensible in some places. I discussed it with several pro-noble ministers for a long time, but I couldn't solve the question.

As a superior person, although he can see higher and farther, he often ignores many subtleties. And subtleties are often the key to knowing the subtleties.

Yesterday in the hall, the virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law were not surprised. The analysis of the case is very insightful. I thought that listening to her opinion might be inspiring, so I summoned her to come and have a casual conversation. ”

After hearing this, Jian Ying wanted to applaud him.

is worthy of being a national leader, look at this eloquence, look at this cheek, look at this language art that combines whitewashing, beautification and stealing concepts, it is really admirable.

If it weren't for the pain in my knees. Even she had to believe that she was not called in for interrogation. Rather, he was favored and valued by the king of a country, and was called to discuss important matters.

"Thanks to the importance of the saint, the women of the people are flattered. The women of the people were shallow in their knowledge and failed to bring inspiration to the saints. It's a shame. "She was blessed. Said with a ashamed face. "The next time there is a chance, the women will definitely behave well and strive to live up to the expectations of the saints."

Xiao Zhengqian could hear the dark mockery hidden in her words. But he didn't care, and still smiled amiably, "Why should the virtuous nephew be modest? What you have just said has inspired me.

I believe that the origin and whereabouts of those Assassins will soon be ascertained. ”

As soon as he said this, Jian Ying clearly felt that Zhou Shu's breathing beside her was stagnant.

Sowing discord?

The corners of her mouth bent almost invisibly, and she said in her heart that this emperor is really not a good person, and in order to spy on the news, he even resorted to the means of provoking discord between other husbands and wives. If he thought that such a sentence alone could make Zhou Shu suspicious of her, and then take advantage of the weakness to get in and come up with something, then he was very wrong.

Except for her identity as a "traverser", there are no secrets between her and Zhou Shu. Their interests are the same, their lives are in the same direction, they know each other's temperament very well, and they are able to tacit it knowledge many times.

This time, she believes, it will be the same.

is because she doesn't intend to say anything that would be considered a "reminder" or "warning", and gives Zhou Shu the right to speak and let him deal with it.

"My nephew also has some personal opinions about the assassins." Zhou Shu opened his mouth under Xiao Zhengqian's dull gaze.

"Really?" Xiao Zhengqian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then you can tell me about it." ”

Zhou Shu replied "yes", organized the language a little, and then said slowly: "After the Holy Lord came to Jian's Mansion, martial law was imposed in all directions, the inventory at the city gate was much stricter than in the past, and the officers and soldiers patrolling at night were also increased several times.

Listening to Jin Shi, in order to ensure the safety of the saints, secret guards have been arranged everywhere in the city.

Even so, those assassins were still able to infiltrate the government, rob prisoners and kill people, and then evade the heavy hunt of the government officials, Ouchi guards, and the Praetorian Guards, and disappeared without a trace. It must have been the result of a long period of careful planning and planning, and it could never have been a temporary idea.

The purpose of their infiltration into the government is also quite puzzling, neither like killing people to kill people, nor like simply saving people, but more like deliberately confusing the public, disrupting thoughts, and making it impossible for people to make a clear judgment. ”

"Obfuscating?" Xiao Zhengqian's eyebrows moved, "You mean, that group of assassins deliberately rescued the people who should have been killed, and at the same time deliberately killed the people who should have been rescued?" ”

Zhou Shu bowed slightly, "My nephew doesn't dare to make judgments, but two women with similar appearances and figures, one was rescued and the other died, who knows which one was really rescued, and which one really died?"

All that can be used as a basis for this is an unrecognizable corpse, with vague birthmarks on the corpse and some things outside the body that can be removed and transferred. It may be 'Jian Lan', it may be 'He Honglian', or it may be neither.

Further speculated, the appearance of the girl who claimed to be 'Jane Lan' in the court may be the beginning of confusion.

Now that he is dead and fleeing, on the surface it seems that the case has been closed, but who can conclude that these cases have been closed and there will be no follow-up?

As long as one of them is not dead, and in the future, there will be a woman with a similar appearance to the cheap content, claiming to be the daughter of the Jane family, who can say categorically that she is not? ”

Saying that, he put on his robe and knelt on the ground, "My nephew just wants to live peacefully with his wife and children, and he doesn't want to be born again and again because of his status as a lowly person." He also asked the saint to read the nephew's role in exposing the traitorous party, and to make the decision for the nephew and his wife. ”

Jian Ying sighed for her knees, and quickly knelt down.

Xiao Zhengqian didn't expect that in the end, he would ask for grace, so he had to press down the thousands of things that were churning in his mind for the time being, "What do I want to do." Is it for you to call the shots? ”

Zhou Shu raised his head and said clearly: "No matter what the inside story is behind these three cases, and who is manipulating the layout, as long as the news is released that 'He Honglian' has been punished, no one can make a fuss about the identity of the cheap inside, so as to make waves and achieve their ulterior purpose." ”

"What do you mean......" Xiao Zhengqian's face sank suddenly, "Let me, the king of the country, deceive and help you deceive everyone in this world?" ”

Zhou Shuxin said yes. He just wants the king of a country to deceive. and together with them they deceived the world.

In this way, the future troubles can be completely avoided, so that Jian Ying can be her Jane family's concubine in accordance with the holy will. And Jian Lan, even if she is alive. It's like being dead. In this life, she has nothing to do with the "daughter of the Jane family".

But he didn't dare to show anything on his face. Putting his body on the ground, "How dare the grass people point fingers at the decision of the saint?"

The Holy One wanted the courtiers to live in harmony and get their own place. work together to serve the country, the king and the people; The civil and military officials want to be used for their great talents, and their ambitions are rewarded, and they compete with each other, just hoping to be relied on by the saints;

The people want the case to be completely closed, good to be rewarded, evil to be rewarded, and there is hope from the bottom of their hearts; The Ji'an Mansion and the Jian family want to be good for a hundred years, support each other, and help each other; The grass people look forward to the harmony of their wives and children and live a peaceful life......

The grass people just felt that for all of us, 'He Honglian' was more beneficial than being taken away. ”

"Full of nonsense." Xiao Zheng's voice was like a bell, and he said the words "full of nonsense" sonorously, "I am the king of a country, and everyone in the Great Liang Kingdom is my people." Regardless of whether he is a person who has made meritorious contributions to the country or is a traitor, he should act in accordance with the law.

I will not give up the lives of any of my people simply because someone's death is 'more beneficial' for someone.

Reading it for your meritorious sake, I should not have heard the words of Fang Cai. Out of this door, if you dare to talk such nonsense again, I will not spare it.

You, and you, can you hear me? ”

Zhou Shu and Jian Ying hurriedly agreed, "Yes, the grass people/women remember the teachings of the Holy Lord." ”

Xiao Zhengqian's face softened, "I still have government affairs to deal with, so you all step down." ”

Jian Ying and Zhou Shu said "yes" in unison, kowtowed, and both exited the door.

Leaving the Hall of Filial Piety together, and when they arrived at a place where no one was, Jian Ying finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You are so bad!" ”

"Why?" Zhou Shu was puzzled.

"The saint has thought enough, I heard you say that it may not be 'Jian Lan' who died, and it may not be 'He Honglian' who robbed him, I don't know how many conspiracies and tricks I have to make up." Jian Ying tapped his chin with her finger, "It's good that you didn't become an official in the court, otherwise you would have been fooled around by you all day long, and the saint would have been bald a long time ago." ”

Zhou Shu raised the corners of his lips, "It's not that I want to go around, it's that they have to think about it themselves, I'm just pushing the boat with the water."

Don't you often say that it's easy to fish in troubled waters? If we don't muddy the waters, how can we fish? ”

Speaking of fishing in troubled waters, Jian Ying took a joke and elaborated on the list and Xiao Zhengqian's interrogation of her, "The Holy Lord is not a foolish king, let's be careful." ”

Zhou Shu wasn't too worried after hearing this, "I know that the Holy Lord is not a foolish king, as long as he is willing to pretend to be confused, it is enough." ”

"Yes." Jian Ying was also relieved when she heard this, "Anyway, there is no way to catch the assassin, and there is no evidence, so he suspects it." ”

The two talked in a low voice all the way out of Xiyuan, Zhou Shu wanted to accompany Xiao Zheng, and Jian Ying wanted to go back to see the child, so they broke up outside the Hanging Flower Gate.

Not long after they retreated, Xiao Zhengqian called Lao Yang into the study. Lao Yang stayed in the study for a quarter of an hour, and when he left the study, he quietly left the palace, and he didn't know where to go.

Throughout the day, the capital of Jinan was shrouded in an atmosphere of tension, unease, and excitement because of interrogation and searches. While the people were afraid of the assassins who came and went in and out of the palace as if they were in a no-man's land, they talked about it with relish, speculated, and spread the legends.

If the assassin was not caught, the emperor would not venture out. Tomorrow morning, we should rush to Mount Tai to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, and after the ceremony, we should go back to the capital, and Queen He will definitely not have a chance to find trouble with Fang Yiyun.

Mrs. Fang's heart, which had been hanging high since the day before yesterday, finally let go.

Some people are trying to avoid everyone's eyes and quietly clean up the mess, some are secretly and actively arranging and planning a conspiracy that is really related to the power dispute of the imperial court, some are calmly or anxiously waiting for all this to settle, and there are people in the dark underground secret room hysterical about their defeat......

Under the interweaving and collision of countless emotions, the day passed more or less in this way. When the last rays of light disappeared into the western sky, and the night descended with darkness that could swallow everything, a remote alley in the west of Jinan Mansion suddenly burst into flames.

The fire started at the end of the alley in a long-abandoned, haunted house, according to the people who came to check the fire, when they arrived, they happened to see several black-clad and masked men fleeing from the house, quickly disappearing into the night, and then heard someone in the house shouting for help.

A few bold men entered the courtyard and, through the window, saw a young woman bound with chains, unable to escape. Because the fire was so fierce, they could not enter the house to save people, so they could only watch the woman buried under the collapsed roof.

When the woman was dying, she shouted that she was the daughter of the Jane family and wanted to see the saint.

The city defense battalion arrived to extinguish the fire, and several burnt male corpses and a badly burned female corpse were exhumed from the rubble.

According to the inspection of the government officials, the bones of the male corpses had obvious sword wounds, and some of them even had their heads and bodies separated, and they should have been killed before the fire.

The corpse of the woman was relatively intact, because someone heard her claiming to be the daughter of the Jane family, and after testing it with borax water, it was found that there was indeed a swastika mark composed of four leaves on the back of her neck, and it was concluded that it was He Honglian who was robbed from the government prison last night.

As soon as this news spread, it once again triggered a frenzy of discussions, and there were different opinions.

One of the most widely spread and most recognized theories is that the group of assassins hid in a haunted deserted mansion after robbing He Honglian. For some reason, there was infighting, and during the fight, he accidentally knocked over the lamp and candle, causing a fire.

Because the fire spread so quickly, and He Honglian Tiesuo was added, the living assassin didn't have time to take her away, so he fled for his life in panic.

Among the people who first rushed to the fire, there were also people who told the story of the eyebrows and eyes of the woman trapped in the fire, and what her body shape was. In short, it is exactly the same as the second young lady of the Ji'an Palace, which further confirms the news released by the government that He Honglian is dead.

That night, the Praetorian Guards shot and killed several black-clad masked men who tried to escape over the walls and refused to surrender under the two walls in the northwest.

At this point, the case of the assassins infiltrating the government is basically over. The Holy Decree included the fire case and three other cases as a single case, and handed over the finishing work to the prefect of Fang.

There is no case to dig up, and the biggest and most important thing at the moment is to send the emperor and queen to Mount Tai and hold a ceremony to worship the sky!

- (To be continued.) )