Chapter 687: Portrait
What happened in the Wuwu Pavilion was transmitted back to King Ning's ears as soon as possible.
Knowing that Xue Rui suddenly appeared to stir up the situation, Yin Yuanbo was taken to Dali Temple, although Liu Hao did not get angry on the spot, but the haze on his face frightened the spies who came to report weakly.
"Xue Rui, Xue Rui, it's him again!"
Liu Hao simply suspected that Xue Rui was specially sent by God to oppose him, and since Xue Rui returned to Beijing, how many good things have happened to him.
Liu Hao took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, he paced back and forth, and waited until he calmed down before asking the spies he sent to the Wuwu Pavilion to cooperate with Yin Yuanbo, and said:
"What about Yin Yuanrong? Where did he go? ”
"After Lord Xue took people away, Prince Yuan Rong left in a hurry, looking at the direction of going to Shilang's Mansion to report the news."
Liu Hao frowned, he was not surprised at all by Yin Yuanrong's behavior of protecting himself, according to his original plan, he would first ruin Yu Shu's reputation and let her have a relationship with Yin Yuanrong, he was seventy percent sure that he could persuade Yin Yuanrong to ask for marriage.
But now, the first step was disrupted by Xue Rui, and the rest of the matter became an empty calculation.
What he has to worry about now is that even if Yin Yuanbo doesn't dare to confess to him, Xue Rui can guess that he is behind the scenes, and Xue Rui may use this to drive a wedge between him and Yin Yuanrong.
The Yin family has reached this generation, there are few outstanding performers among the Yuan generations, Yin Yuanrong is one of the best, he is the left commander of the Yulin Army, he has a lot to do, Liu Hao will seize the throne in the future, and he is indispensable to help, but Yin Yuanrong behaves debauched, does not like restraint, and is not close to Ning Wangfu, and is not enthusiastic about his cousin.
Liu Hao had a headache for a while. In the end, he decided to make the worst plan, recruited a dead soldier, and sent someone to keep an eye on Yin Yuanrong to pay attention to whether he had a private relationship with Xue Rui.
As for Yin Yuanbo, who was taken to Dali Temple, Liu Hao had already forgotten about this person.
***
Yu Shu secretly observed Bai Ran for a few days, and found that he was much older and more stable than his peers, and he had no other flaws, and he couldn't tell whether he and she were in the same way.
First of all, she asked Abe Aoi to deliberately write simplified Chinese characters to test Bai Ran, and he just patiently corrected Abe Aoi. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Again. His words and deeds are completely a standard ancient, without the slightest sign of a modern man.
This made her wonder, and she thought of two possibilities. First, Bai Ran has been wearing it since he was a child. Accepted the feudal ideology for more than ten years. has been assimilated by this era; The second is that Bai Ran is deeply hidden, and he has long seen through her origin, so he deliberately pretended to be stupid.
To be honest, she was a little disappointed. After thinking about it for a few days, it was not as excited and excited as it was at the beginning, because no matter what the possibility was, she didn't plan to recognize Bai Ran.
It's just a psychological comfort.
Yu Shu rested his thoughts, put Bai Ran's matter aside, and only taught Abe Aoi to stare at him, and once he found anything abnormal, he would report it.
Her vigilance has always been very heavy, Bai Ran's identity is a mystery, and it is better to keep people under surveillance before she figures it out.
There was such a thing that went wrong, and she didn't pay attention to the others, so when the rumors outside reached her ears, it had been three days since the incident in the Wuguan Pavilion.
On this morning, she went to Si Tianjian as usual, and met a few colleagues on the way, and greeted her politely, but found that they seemed to be a little evasive when they saw her.
On weekdays, I can't wait to talk to her, but today I can't wait to take a detour when I see her.
What's wrong?
When she entered the Kunling Bureau, several subordinates avoided her, and they all looked busy, so that she couldn't find someone to ask.
Only Wen Shaoan is business as usual.
"Shao'an, what's wrong with them?" Yu Shu asked him.
Wen Shaoan shook his head, equally confused: "I asked, but no one of them was willing to say." ”
Yu Shuhu was even more suspicious, called Xu Qing in, and explained to him: "You go out for a stroll, listen to if anyone in the prison says anything bad about me." ”
Yu Shu's first reaction was that Shui Yun was out of the demon again.
However, when Xu Qing came back from inquiring about the news at noon, she realized that the matter was more serious than she imagined.
Xu Qing was hesitant at first, and she slapped the table before telling her honestly: "Everyone is quietly rumoring that there is a young master in the Yin family, who was arrested and imprisoned by Lord Xue of Dali Temple because he insulted you in public." ”
Yu Shu thought for a while, the young master of the Yin family, she only knew two, one was Yin Yuanbo from Shilang's Mansion, and the other was Yin Yuanrong from Yin Xiang's Mansion.
may do this kind of thing, nine times out of ten is Yin Deng's baby son Yin Yuanbo.
"What did he call me?" Why did Xue Rui get involved?
Yu Shu felt a little bad, and sure enough, Xu Qing looked at her face cautiously, and said in a pit, "That person made up rumors, saying that you were greedy for the power of the Yin family, and designed to seduce Yin Yuanrong, the third son of Yin, but unfortunately it was broken by someone and failed." ”
In fact, the original words are even more unbearable, such as Lord Yu of the Kunling Bureau stripped naked in someone else's house to seduce Yin Sanye, Xu Qing didn't have the courage to learn.
Even so, Yu Shu was still annoyed after hearing this, and immediately scolded a swear word, and Wen Shaoan, who was close, heard it clearly:
"Son of a bitch!"
All of a sudden, Yin Deng and Yin Yuanbo were all substituted.
Wen Shaoan wanted to persuade two sentences, but he couldn't start, as Yu Shu's vassal, she was humiliated, he naturally wanted to share the same hatred, not to mention that slandering a woman's reputation like this is really something that only beasts can do.
"Your Excellency," he squeezed out dryly, "That guy has been arrested by Lord Xue, and everyone must know that you are innocent, and those rumors are all false." ”
Yu Shu waved his hand at him weakly, signaling that he was busy with his and didn't have to worry about her.
Wen Shaoan didn't know the cause and effect of this at all, she and Yin Yuanbo had only met once, and they hadn't spoken before, but he ran out of the house to publicize her ugly thing, which was obviously instigated by others.
Yu Shu first suspected that Yin Deng was taking revenge on her, and then felt that it was unlikely, if she wanted to shout at her, why wait until so long after the incident.
So who would want to use this to discredit her?
Yu Shu knew that if she went to ask Xue Rui, there would definitely be an answer, but as long as she thought of Xue Rui knowing what happened to her in the Yin family, she felt uncomfortable.
Some are weak-hearted, some are embarrassed.
Anyway, if she wants to go to Xue Rui now to ask for an understanding, she can't show that face.
Besides, it's been three days, and I haven't seen Xue Rui come to her, maybe he's angry and doesn't want to see her?
Thinking like this, Yu Shu instantly dispelled the idea of going to Xue Rui to ask for clarification.
Wen Shao'an saw her sitting there fugue, motionless as if she was in a trance, and couldn't help but remind: "My lord, it's time for lunch, are you going to eat here, or go outside." ”
"Ah, oh, let's eat right here." Yu Shu said casually, and then stopped him again without waiting for Wen Shao'an to come out and urge people to pick up the food box.
"Wait," Yu Shu stood up, thought for a while, and said, "Shao'an, you go to the Astronomical Bureau to see if Master Cui Xiuyi is there, if he is here, tell him that I will be Dong at night, and ask him to appreciate his face." ”
This Master Cui is Cui Xin's father, and he owes her 60,000 taels of gambling money.
Wen Shaoan didn't know why, but he was still obedient.
Cui Xiu was alone in the Astronomical Bureau, and when he heard that Yu Shu was going to invite guests to dinner, not only was he not happy at all, but he agreed with a bitter face, he hadn't scraped together 60,000 taels of silver, but he was afraid that Yu Shu would come to the door to force debts, and he would die of worry
In the afternoon, Da Tidian sent someone to inform Yu Shu and asked her to go to Taixi Tower early the day after tomorrow.
She has been in office for three months, and she has to accept the first evaluation, and after passing it, she can go to the court to participate in politics, attend the civil and military officials, and have the right to advise the monarch.
At the same time, Shui Yun, who was in Taichengsi, also received a notice to attend Yu Shu's assessment tomorrow, and couldn't stop laughing while sitting in a wheelchair.
immediately called one of his subordinates, and asked him to sort out the records of Yu Shu's words and deeds these days as soon as possible and show it to her.
The master book is also a personal essence, and when he saw Shui Yun's intentions, he came up to worry about her: "I'm afraid these few articles alone are not enough to refute Lord Yu." ”
Shui Yun glanced at him with a smile and said, "How do you know that I only have this point." ”
In order to prevent Yu Shu from using her senior brother again, she will definitely drive people out of Si Tianjian.
***
On the fourth watch, the princess's mansion was quiet, and on the garden corridor, occasionally passing by a patrolling guard, the wild cat scared away.
In the Suhuan Pavilion, Jing Chen woke up from the dream in a cold sweat, and after waking up, he only felt a splitting headache, his heart was beating like a drum, and the picture in the dream flashed in his mind quickly.
The moonlight outside the window peeked into the room, and his face was slightly blue, he meditated cross-legged, adjusted his breath, and calmed down after a while.
He probably guessed that it was Zhu Qingjue's medicine that worked.
He tried his best to recall the picture in the dream just now, but it was blurry, and he could only piece it together bit by bit-
He came to Jianye City alone, and waited for the people who came to pick him up and return to Beijing at the agreed place, but he was not deeply involved in the world, and he was drugged by others in food.
Then came the coma, and when he woke up again, there was an infinite pain, he had no strength in his body, he was blindfolded, tied up, and jolted underneath, as if he was locked in a carriage.
Then, he vaguely heard the voice of someone talking outside, and a voice said, "Son, let's take a rest and then hurry."
With all his strength, he tore off the blindfold and peered out against the gap between the plates, and the next moment, a person appeared in his field of vision.
The memories came to an abrupt end, Jing Chen's head hurt again, he was afraid that he had forgotten, so he hurriedly got out of bed and lit the lamp, didn't wear shoes, and didn't call anyone in. He strode into the study next door, quickly grinding ink and cutting paper, enduring a headache, and drew the face that came to his mind.
After stopping his pen, he took a breath and leaned closer to the lamp to look at the portrait on paper:
It was a middle-aged man, with thick eyebrows and long eyes, two short whiskers under his lips, and a slightly mean face. (To be continued......)