Chapter 33: The Truth
"Brother-in-law?"
The child, seeing that Hu Xiu ignored him, called him again.
"Huh?"
"Bottles."
Shi Yunyan stretched out his small fleshy hand.
"No, you'd better tell your sister."
Hu Xiu doesn't want to get married.
"If you don't give it, you won't give it~ What are you angry about."
This kid actually softened, looking at his fleshy little face, Hu Xiu pinched it fiercely.
"Oops~"
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"That's... What kind of top card is that, how did you get into the Bohol Palace? β
"What's the top brand called, it's called purple smoke~"
Mouth area ~ The word "people" is not suitable for you, and then you will be crooked. I want to see who is the incense burner, and how it is not long-eyed, and it gives birth to a purple smoke.
"Okay, I know your name is Ziyan, what are you doing in Baohe Palace?"
This Shadow Pavilion specializes in assassination, if you want to kill people in the Baohe Palace, Hu Xiu can't sit idly by, after all, it's not good to see blood during the New Year today.
"Of course... Protect you~"
Ziyan's body leaned forward, close to Hu Xiu's chest, and his face was about to be pasted.
"Speak well!"
Hu Xiu pushed her away, didn't stand still, and exhaled into his ears when he spoke.
"What~ Don't you have a little bit of a heartbeat? What they teach is useless. β
The woman pouted, a little unhappy.
"What's useless?"
I'm afraid she's not stupid, in front of the public, to make such a frivolous move to take advantage of me.
"Hmph~"
Ziyan snorted coldly and rolled her eyes at me.
"Answer the question first."
"Look at what I'm wearing, you can't see it~"
Ziyan turned around in a shy state, wearing bright red clothes.
"I can't see it, but I don't think you look good in red."
Hu Xiu replied after thinking very seriously.
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Ziyan shook his face, turned his head and left.
"Brother-in-law, you're quite this!"
Shi Yunyan next to him leaned over obscenely and gave a thumbs up.
"What's wrong with me? I'm just telling the truth. β
Hu Xiu was confused, he felt that he had done nothing wrong.
"Brother-in-law, can't you see it? That purple smoke is interesting to you, she is one of the four top brands in Drunken Fragrance Curie, but she can't be sold if you want to. β
"I'll give you a trick, the next time you meet, you talk to her more obediently, coax him to be happy, and then sell her to the prince's mansion. Even if you don't like her, it's good to be a concubine and serve as a faΓ§ade. β
This little kid, what else is there to do to fill the faΓ§ade, and he wants to be on it.
"Don't."
Hu Xiu decisively refused, if he said this, how could the woman be like a plaything, an object to be bought and sold?
"You've got a top card, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
The little boy gave him a look that you know everything.
"The top card? What are you talking about? β
"Of course, it's the Camellia Girl, the cold and glamorous beauty that Ping'an City is famous for. The brother-in-law heroically saved the beauty, and then the beauty promised each other, but it was passed on by word of mouth. β
When is Camellia a cold beauty? The camellia in Hu Xiu's image has always been a woman who does everything in moderation, can speak, and has good manners, and she can't match Leng Yan at all.
"Yunyan, tell me, what are the four top brands of this drunken Xiangju? What to be good at. β
Hu Xiu became interested in these four cards for a while.
"The Camellia King has been included in the house, not to mention her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just to say that her tea ceremony is the most exquisite, many guests enter the drunken fragrance house, just to see her taste her tea."
"And Ziyan is the most mysterious among the four, appearing in Zuixiangju no more than ten times a year, and I am also fortunate to meet one. But with her dancing posture and fairy temperament, she became the first of the four top brands. β
"The last two top cards are a little peculiar, they are a pair of twin sisters, named Dongxue and Dongshuang, and the one that looks like is pure. And they are all famous talented women in Ping'an City, one has a unique painting skill, and the other is a literary talent.
I don't know how many talented people want to win the hearts of both of them, but they can't ask for it. β
Shi Yunyan said, and shook his head in a deep manner.
"Brother Hugh, let me tell you something."
"Huh?"
What the hell is this little kid going to do?
"You might as well collect all the four top cards of Zuixiangju! With Brother Hugh'er's talent, it's not easy to catch. β
Yes, no matter how smart you are, you're still a child, how can things be as simple as you think, if I really get drunk from Xiangju and collect all four top cards, then how much profit do they have to lose? How could they be willing to let go.
"I'll talk about this later, besides, you're not afraid, your sister will be bullied by my other women when she marries?"
"Hmph~ They dare! Can the concubine still bully his wife? β
Yun Yan snorted coldly indifferently.
At this time, Hu Guizi, the king of Han, beckoned the ministers to calm down.
"[Drunken Xiangju] Purple Smoke Girl, especially for Qingguo, come to dance."
The eunuch who followed next to King Han shouted like that.
Everyone looked at the door of the Baohe Palace, and saw a woman in red from a distance, slowly walking over.
Her face was only slightly powdered, but it seemed to have a kind of fairy posture, like an immortal outside the world.
"Damn, this isn't a shadow... Purple smoke!? β
Hu Xiu was so surprised that he almost missed his mouth, how could the woman not far away look like the woman who was just coquettish and cute to him?
She was barefoot, her feet as white as jade, and she tapped the ground a few times, a few inches off the ground, and floated to the middle of the road.
seemed to deliberately hook his hand in the direction of Hu Xiu, making Hu Xiu feel uncomfortable.
After a dance, a lean man, sitting down, shouted three times in a row, "Purple smoke ~ purple smoke, purple smoke!" β
But Ziyan ignored him, walked directly in front of Hu Xiu, and looked at him in a daze.
What is this woman going to do? Want to make me the center of attention? Hu Xiu has a headache, and today's limelight is big enough.
"You! I just called you, and you found another man. β
The lean man who had just called Ziyan left his seat and only walked towards here. But seeing that he was thin, walking vainly, and his eyes were deeply sunken, he looked like he was overindulgent.
"I'm looking for another man, what's the matter with you, and what kind of identity are you, who can call me around?"
Ziyan turned his head with a look of disdain.
"You're just a prostitute, and you're asking me what kind of identity I am? Don't you know where trouble comes from your mouth? I'll give you a slap in the face! β
This man has a tyrannical temperament, and if he doesn't agree with him, he will hit people in the face.
The moment he raised his hand, Hu Xiu stood up from his seat. Squeezed his palm and folded it back. But this kid's body and bones are so weak, and he knelt directly on the ground in pain.
Hey~ I'm afraid he doesn't know yet, if he really wants to fight just now, he may already be a corpse.
"Loose... Let go! Hurry up and let go! β
But he couldn't stand it.
"If you let me loose, I'll let go? What kind of identity do you want me to let go? β
Hu Xiu directly laughed back.
"My father is the first of the left prime ministers of the dynasty, and I am his son Yanwen! Hurry up and let me go! β
As soon as he said this, Hu Xiu remembered the magical words of "My dad is Li Gang". Besides, what's the matter, I'm the son of a prince, can I still be afraid of you?
The white-haired old man sitting on the seat knelt tremblingly to the Han King Hu Guizi.
"Your Majesty, the minister has no way to discipline the dog, so spare him this time!"
"Today is the day of Qingguo, I don't want to see blood, but his life is inevitable, Ma Gan, drag him down, and let people beat him fifty times!"
Hu Guizi waved his hand casually, and one of the two eunuchs who had been following him beside him arrived in front of Hu Xiu like a ghost.
"Master Hu, please let go first."
Hu Xiu was also frightened, this eunuch's speed was too fast, a distance of dozens of meters, how did he arrive in an instant?
"Okay."
Hu Xiu subconsciously sent his hand away, and the kid realized that he was in big trouble, crying and crying for his mother, he sat there paralyzed, but was lifted up by the eunuch and walked out of the Baohe Palace.
After the turmoil, Hu Xiu sat back in his seat, and the purple smoke seemed to be on his side, and he also sat next to him. was originally a one-person seat, but she was so hard squeezed that she sat in a lot less place.
Sipping a drink, it didn't take long for the seats where the envoys of various countries were located in the distance to suddenly hear a few violent noises.
"Chen Li Xiao'er, you are still selling drunk there, and now no one knows that you are the murderer of Lord Wei!"
"Cao Quan~ You don't spew blood in that mouth! I, Chen Li, have always walked upright and sat upright, why are you slandering me!? β
The seat where the envoy was sitting, but there was an additional official of Hu State, looking at his temples were gray-haired, and he looked quite old.
Both of them were red-faced, and I don't know if they were drunk or angry because they were arguing.
Although the official looked old, he was not as lifeless as the old man in his twilight, but he had the vigorous vitality of the young man.
The envoys of other countries next to him were all watching from the sidelines, after all, it was not their own country's business, of course, it was none of their business, and they hung high.
"Enough!"
King Han, sitting on the high platform, exploded, and the entire Baohe Hall was quiet.
"Your Majesty! How can such treacherous children who assassinate officials of the current dynasty not be punished? Today, even if you take the sin of great disrespect, even if you die, it's worth it! β
"Cao Quan, why are you bothering!?"
How could Hu Guizi not know that Cao Quan was a minister, and he couldn't bear to kill him. But staying by his side, this person will always think of ways to go against him, which is also a headache.
"King of Hu, may I say more?"
A woman secretly stood up and saluted Hu Guizi.
"Oh~ you can tell me."
A hint of sharpness flashed in King Han's eyes, but it was immediately hidden.
"I don't think what Lord Cao said is wrong, the person who killed the officials of the Hu State is here, is it to let him go unpunished?"
This woman said such things to the ministers and envoys, she was forcing the King of Han to convict Chen Li, she was really scheming!
King Han clenched his fists tightly, one is the face of Hu Guo, the other is the so-called truth, the two have to give up one, he has to make a choice between the two!
"Wu Zhong! β¦β
"Wait~ Your Majesty!"
Hu Xiu hurriedly spoke.
"Hugh? What do you have to say? β
Han Wang Xingzhong kindled a glimmer of hope, but he knew that Hu Xiu was the one in charge of this case.
"This is really a murderer, but it's not Chen Li."
Hu Xiu originally wanted to tell the emperor who the murderer was through his father, but now that the situation is urgent, the murderer also jumped the "wolf". Then if he doesn't come out to speak, he will really let her succeed.
"Envoy of the Wu Kingdom, don't you still admit your guilt?"
Hu Xiu looked at the unremarkable-looking woman in front of him and said proudly.
"What sin am I? Why confess your sins? β
"Killing Lord Wei, and killing an old man named Tang Xiang near the South City Gate, don't you admit this murderous crime?"
"Hehe~ Hu Gongzi, you are really joking, do you have evidence to identify me?"
The woman's eyes froze, but her tone remained unwavering.
"Evidence? Do you want human or physical evidence? I've got both. β
Hu Xiu casually buttoned his nails.
"The bloody green robe that you found in Chen Li's room, but you wore it on purpose, right? That night, Chen Li returned to the post house at the same time, and was dizzy by Xiao Er's drugged fans. β
"You said that you were back at the post house at the end of the day, but you didn't say when you went to sleep, just discuss with Ueno Shuri to stun him.
Then you sneak into the Wei Mansion and kill Lord Wei Qiwei who was reading a book in the criminal department. And on the way back or on the way there, he also killed Tang Xiang for some reason, and then hid the bloodstained clothes in Chen Li's room..."
"Hmph~ Hu Gongzi, what you said so much is just your conjecture, what about the evidence?"
The woman, with her hands tied, was still calm.
"Originally, there was none, but on the way into the palace, I saw the palace maids passing by, and suddenly figured out something, so this physical evidence naturally came."
Hearing this, the woman's face finally changed.
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ps: I'm afraid that some readers won't understand that stalk, the original poem is Li Bai's: The sunshine incense burner produces purple smoke, I feel that if I don't say it, I should be able to understand this stalk.