"Thank you, Your Highness, for your love, it's just that the students are not talented, lest you delay Your Highness's business, and please find someone else."

At the banquet, Yu Shu faced Liu Yi's invitation to go to the Shuangyang Club, because she noticed the depth of the water, she immediately refused, although her attitude was humble, but she refused in public without thinking, and it still hurt the face of the young and pampered eleventh prince, most people saw Liu Yi's face was not good, and they all sat up straight, waiting to see a good show.

Who can come to the princess's mansion for a banquet tonight, who has no number in his heart, and the Taoist who has escaped the world since he was a child returned to Beijing suddenly, and he will be loved by the saints, and he will inevitably have some power in the future. It stands to reason that it should be the object of competition between several princes who have been out of the palace for many years, but it is reported that Liu Tan, the ninth prince of the Nine Emperors, has been practicing in the deep mountains in the past few years due to illness, and it is in the same door as this Jingchen Daozi, and some people have heard that Jingchen lives in the palace with the king for a few days, and every time he goes out of the palace, he walks with Liu Tan more, and he knows that the rumors are true, and the two have already crossed paths.

Originally, the princes who had the intention to woo Jing Chen, although they were choking, but they did not give up the plan to make friends with Jing Chen, and they all inquired about this Taoist in detail before coming, and wanted to do what he liked, but they knew very little, and they were worried that they had nowhere to start, and as soon as King Shi Cai Ning mentioned that Yu Shu had defeated Ji Xingxuan in Yishu, they attracted them to make invitations one after another, all because they valued the relationship between Yu Shu and Jing Chen, and wanted to borrow her and Jing Chen.

Otherwise, just with Yu Shu, an unknown little person, even if he adds a few "good words" from Liu Hao, the king of Ning, it will not make these proud sons of heaven who cherish the city government look at it differently.

Just now Liu Yi took the lead, even though a few people at the banquet were dissatisfied, but because of some fears, it was inconvenient to speak, who would have thought that this little candidate would dare not buy Liu Yi's account, as soon as he opened his mouth, he would save Liu Yi's face, if he changed to someone else, Xu would look at the face of the banquet host, and not worry about Yu Shu. But it was Liu Yi who was rejected, where is this master who is willing to swallow his anger.

Sure enough, Liu Yi put the wine glass in his hand on the table heavily, made a "smack" sound, looked sideways at Yu Shu, and blurted out coldly:

"Full of false words, you are a woman, if you have no merits. How can I escort Daozi back to Beijing safely, I heard that Daozi was in danger on the way, and you rescued him to get out of trouble, so my father ordered a reward, I now invite you to go to the Shuangyang Society, you say that you have no ability. Didn't you say that your escort of Daozi was fake, didn't you say that you deceived the king? ”

Speaking of the last few words, Liu Yi's eyes were already fierce, and he didn't care about Jingchen's master's feelings, and he was embarrassed by Yu Shu!

Jingchen frowned, seeing Liu Yi's aggressive attitude towards Yu Shu, he was about to say something to each other, but Shui Yun, who was sitting beside him, touched his elbow under the table, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at her. With such a distraction, Yu Shu had already bowed respectfully in the direction of the Imperial City, and without waiting for others, he opened his mouth first:

"The people's girls are afraid, and being able to support Daozi on the way to Beijing is a fluke of 120,000 points, and they don't dare to take credit for it. However, the saint has a benevolent heart and gives a reward, and His Highness has any doubts. That's—"

She looked up. looked at Liu Yi, with a cautious attitude. Half of his face was deferential, half of it was unspeakable, and there was a hint of cunning hidden in his eyes, and he said:

"Then, then it's not for the people to dare to talk nonsense."

Liu Yi took the emperor's grace to pick a thorn, Yu Shu didn't stop him, he wanted to pick and let him pick, as long as he had the courage to question his emperor Lao Tzu, if she said that she deceived the king, then he would undoubtedly be guilty!

"This trick is a trick, Yu Shu can't be said to be a clever argument, just look at Liu Yi's stiff face.

Everyone present, hearing Yu Shu's words, couldn't help whispering, Liu Yi's face was gloomy, and he was speechless for a while, and glanced sideways at Liu Hao, the king of Ning, who was sitting on his left hand, but Liu Hao didn't look at him, didn't help him speak, and drank by himself, as if the person who had just provoked this matter was not him.

Liu Yi didn't speak, Yu Shu could only stand stiffly, he had just offended a prince, don't look at her if she can still deal with it, in fact, she is not without apprehension in her heart. She, a fake ancient, has no reverence for the royal family, but she will not be so blind as to think that she can argue with a prince with her small people. Before coming to the banquet, she had a divination for herself, knowing that something was wrong tonight, and she needed to be accompanied by nobles in order to be in danger.

Yu Shu's eyes were crooked, and he glanced at the young man sitting next to him, and just as the person's gaze also turned and hit him.

Xue Rui pinched the delicate and small magnolia wine glass, because he sat close, he could see the subtle changes on Yu Shu's face more clearly than others, and saw that her eyes were shrewd, when he heard that several people invited her just now, he was still a little gloomy, and now he shook the clear elixir in the cup, and in a blink of an eye, his face was handsome.

"Since she has no intention of accepting the invitation, why should His Highness be reluctant, it will be undignified to pursue it further, after all, tonight is a wedding banquet for Daozi, and it is not good to be rash," Xue Rui opened his mouth in the whispers around him, attracting the attention of everyone, all thinking that Xue Dagongzi was going to make a sound, and they all stopped talking with face to see Liu Yi's reaction.

Liu Yi greeted Xue Rui with a smiling face, inconvenient, and said in a strange manner: "How can I be as familiar as this Diao Min."

Xue Rui smiled, and then gestured to Yu Shu, who was still there with his head bowed, "You don't have to stand, sit down." ”

Yu Shu comprehended, and didn't sit like this stupidly, but bowed to Liu Yi, regardless of whether the other party ignored him or not, "Xiaomin has no form, thank you Your Highness for not being blamed." ”

After finishing speaking, he sat down, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Jing Chen, who was sitting far away, looking at her with concern, so he secretly winked at him, signaling that she was okay.

After calming down the small turmoil at the banquet, Xue Rui cleared his throat and said, "It's rare to get together, it's such a good day, why don't you talk about some elegant and interesting things." ”

Liu Jiong, the son of the king of Xiang, and Xue Rui are cousins, and the two have always been good friends, as soon as they heard him speak, they answered with a smile: "This Anling City is so big, all year round, there are so many interesting things over and over again, and the ears of those who listen are tired. ”

Xue Rui shook his head and said, "You know that I am now on an errand in the Yamen, and I don't go to the teahouse and restaurant to hang out, where do I have the new news to tell you, if you want to talk about it, there are only some facts of the case, which is boring, so don't talk about it." ”

How did Liu Jiong come to his senses instead, and said with great interest: "Don't be, just talk about the case, I love to hear this, are you afraid that we will be boring, won't you pick those strange things?" For example, unjust, false and wrongful convictions, etc., are there any? ”

Xue Rui thought about it for a while, and groaned: "There is really a headless case that can be talked about, but it is not a stubble in the capital, but in Ganzhou, which is outside Baili City." ”

"Lord Xue is really well-versed in all directions, and you can know about this Ganzhou matter when you sit in Anling." King Ning interjected coldly.

Xue Rui paused, as if he hadn't heard the joke, and saw that the people at the table were waiting to hear him say with interest, so he continued: "Some time ago, Dali Temple led the decree to sort out the old cases accumulated in the library. I received this errand with two colleagues, and after several days of review, we really found several cases with no beginning and no end, and one of them was bizarre from Ganzhou."

What Xue Rui said happened in the early winter of two years ago, in a city in Ganzhou, there was a merchant surnamed Wang, and all 19 people in the house were killed overnight, all of whom were killed by people who cut their throats with sharp weapons, and there were no chickens and dogs left in the house. It was such a horrific tragedy, but the government investigated for three months without any clues, and the most difficult case could only be submitted to Dali Temple and the case was hastily closed.

Judging from the case file, when the 19 members of the Wang family were killed, most of them died on the couch, lost their lives in their sleep, and they didn't even struggle to resist, and a cat and a dog in the house were not spared, and they all died. If it is said to be a robbery, the property in the family is not lacking, if it is said to be a vendetta, then the king is kind and kind, close to the township, and there is no enemy. After half a year, the government investigated to no avail, but the murderer is still at large. ”

Xue Rui finished telling the case one after another, and then ordered the people behind him to go to drink and add tea, sighed lightly, and stopped talking, leaving everyone suspicious, and the discussion was repeated.

King Ning silently clenched the wine glass in his hand, and swept over Xue Ruis's face expressionlessly, adding a trace of jealousy to his heart.

Yu Shu saw a group of people turn their attention away from her, then turned her stiff neck, wiped off the sweat on the tip of her nose, poured herself a glass of thick wine and drank it slowly, squinted her eyes spicily, felt a little happy in her heart, and was about to take another cup, but the place where the wine pot was originally put was replaced by a purple gauze teapot at some point.

She stared at the extra teapot for a moment, her eyebrows gradually relaxed.

Just when Yu Shu was holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, the county lord Xiwen at the same table looked at her and secretly gritted his silver teeth.

Not long after, the holy decree came, with the loud sound outside the door, a group of eunuchs and servants from the palace poured into the banquet hall, the first person held Ming Huang, everyone got up, Jingchen left the table with several princes, knelt down to listen to the decree.

"The first emperor's widow Princess Luyue, filial piety and benevolence, Dexin wisdom, when she was dying, she had been entrusted, for the peace of the country and the people of my dynasty, her only son inherited his mother's wish, sent to the world to repair, enshrined in the three Qing for more than ten years, and now I also wish to return, I should cherish it and tell the world. Solid seal Daozi for its number, give the name Zhuoran, the officials under the five products need to worship, Yu Lu is equivalent to the prince's son, and he is specially allowed to walk in the vestibule, Qin this! ”

This holy decree is sprinkled and clear, it is to correct Jingchen's name, give the title and give the name, and announce it to the world, which shows the emperor's favored heart.

The sound of the decree still echoed in the carved beams and paintings, and for a while, everyone at the banquet turned their minds thousands of times, looking at the white-clothed figure who received the holy decree in his hand, and the figure in white with a long body and jade body, some were frightened, some were red-eyed, and some were flattering.

After Jingchen received the order, the people from the palace left, and then a group of guests rushed forward, surrounded Jingchen, congratulated and congratulated, and did not hesitate to overflow with beauty.

Far away, Yu Shu stood behind people, looking at Jing Chen, who was surrounded by people, surrounded by airtight winds, and getting farther and farther away from him, not only amazement, but more worries rose in his heart.

In the end, who wants to harm Jingchen?