When Liu Ruqing woke up slowly, he saw the gorgeous bed curtains and the soft bed, and thought that this was heaven. However, a dull ache in his body pulled him from the dream into reality.

"I'm actually, not dead?" Liu Ruqing felt a blank in her mind, and this was neither a prison cell, nor her own home. Where is this and how did he get here?

Liu Ruqing slowly turned sideways, trying to support her body with her arms. However, a familiar voice suddenly sounded, and the voice said, "Don't move. ”

"Your Excellency?" Liu Ruqing turned his head and saw Shao An walking from outside the door with a bowl of soup and medicine.

"Take care of your injuries and don't get up." Shao An put down the medicine, gently held Liu Ruqing's hand, and helped him take his pulse again. Fortunately, Liu Ruqing's pulse is stable, so she only needs to take care of it and recuperate with peace of mind.

"Your Excellency...... Case ......"

"The case is closed, and Xu Changqing committed suicide in fear of crime." Shao An soothed, "You have cleared your suspicions and are innocent." ”

Liu Ruqing's eyes rolled, and he was puzzled: "How can he ...... Suddenly recruited? ”

"I was frightened by Feng Zhiyuan, so I naturally recruited it. There was no physical evidence in this case, and Feng Zhiyuan had no choice but to use the bitter meat trick. But you don't get dizzy, and you have suffered more than 30 boards in vain. In fact, when he saw Liu Ruqing's tragic scene, he couldn't wait to kick Feng Che to death. Seeing this, the team leader hurriedly helped Feng Che explain that it was all face-to-face work, and looking at the skin and flesh, it didn't actually hurt the internal organs.

It turns out that this is the case. Liu Ruqing breathed a long sigh of relief, looked around again, and said suspiciously: "This is the ...... Shaofu? ”

Shao An picked up the bowl and fed him the medicine, and said, "Yes." Your family is too poor, and you don't have many servants to serve you. I'll arrange you in a side hospital first, and you can recuperate here with peace of mind. ”

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Liu Ruqing's case ended with a lot of thunder and a little rain. Feng Che originally wanted to continue the investigation, but the emperor didn't want to continue. The clue has been broken, what can be found after further investigation? And if there is really a behind-the-scenes instigation, it can only be a high-ranking official in Zhongshu Province. And now, the emperor still needs Zhongshu Province to do things for him.

And Shao An, although he was a little suspicious that there were traitors in Zhongshu Province, he did not have any evidence, nor did he find anyone who had a tendency to collaborate with the enemy, and after Li Hongyi evacuated Jincheng, Xiou did not know that Jincheng was an empty city, and this matter did not seem to be a collaborator. Shao An couldn't figure it out, so the matter had no choice but to settle it.

Secondly, Li Hongyi was about to return to the court, and the court began to fall into chaos again. Only Shao An continued to stay at home and had nothing to do. This time, Zhang San also returned with the army, although the emperor had already passed Zhang San's secret fold and knew that he did not explain the truth to Li Hongyi. However, Shao An still doesn't know anything.

In order to prevent Shao An from resigning and leaving, the emperor sent Chen Gonggong to bring the jade pendant that Zhang San sent back to Shao An. When Shao An took his brother's jade pendant from Chen Huaien's hand, his mood was very complicated, he rubbed the pattern of the jade pendant and asked, "Zhang San...... Coming back? ”

Chen Huaien naturally knew the deep meaning of Shao An's question, and he said slowly: "He hasn't come back yet, so he will send the secret decree and the jade pendant six hundred miles back urgently." He didn't tell Li Hongyi anything, that the path was led by a girl to the army. ”

"Girl?" Shao An wondered.

Chen Huaien nodded and said with a kind smile: "Yes, it seems that General Li is about to marry a wife." ”

Shao An was also very relieved to hear that his brother had finally found someone to accompany him for life, and he nodded lightly: "Very good." ”

"There is another happy event, the old slave is here to congratulate the prime minister, and the official has been reinstated." Chen Gonggong congratulated him.

Shao An was stunned for a moment. Now, Li Hongyi is about to return, and he is back with an unprecedented victory. He finally reached the peak of military generals, became a marquis, and complemented each other with Shao An. However, the emperor still holds the balance so confidently and firmly refuses to let him go.

"The saint said that now is the time when Li Hongyi has returned to the court victoriously, so there are a lot of trivial matters in the DPRK and China, and the prime minister needs to come back as soon as possible to take care of government affairs." Chen Gonggong conveyed.

Shao An nodded helplessly, indicating that he understood.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Li Hongyi's army has come to the capital. Shao An led the Ministry of Rites, arranged the arrangement for a long time, first welcomed the suburbs, then told the Taimiao Taishe, and then offered the prisoners, everything went smoothly and in order. The emperor still granted amnesty to the prisoners and held a banquet to celebrate with hundreds of officials. Everyone can see that the emperor is happy, after all, Xining is a place where soldiers must fight, and if you get it, you will be in Yongning in the west.

The banquet was held in the Fengtian Palace, so there was no need to say much about the pomp. On this day, the palace was bustling with excitement and unprecedented luxury. The end is magnificent, a royal model.

The guests came to the palace one after another, and the enthusiastic palace ladies came one after another, leading the guests to the Fengtian Hall and beckoning the ministers to take their seats.

Today's Fengtian Hall is particularly magnificent, with a long red carpet in the middle, which is spread all the way to the dragon chair. The emperor sat at the top, and the rest of the people sat on either side of the passage. On the left is a civilian official headed by Shao An, and on the right is a military general headed by Li Hongyi. Li Hongyi and Shao An were separated by the red carpet in the middle, facing each other from afar.

When everyone is almost here, a group of talented dancers come to bring singing and dancing to the guests. The flute blows, the snare drum beats, and the guqin plays. To the music, the dancers danced on the red carpet. Their light yarn is flying, their neon clothes are light, and their steps are light. The musicians in the hall rang the bell and played the music that symbolized happiness and happiness. In the music, the palace maid dexterously walked through the middle and served the guests and friends.

Suddenly, the dancers all stepped aside, and the music stopped abruptly. The emperor came along the red carpet surrounded by palace people. Everyone got up and respectfully retreated to the sides of the passage to salute.

The emperor made some remarks as usual, and vigorously praised Li Hongyi and the generals who had made meritorious contributions. The ministers raised their glasses and praised the emperor for loving the people like a son, being virtuous and sage.

Then the drinking and feasting began, and the dancers returned to the stage to perform to add to the fun. During the banquet, the sound of the piano is long, the staggered planning is staggered, and the light singing and dancing are a prosperous scene. Shao An gently shook the wine glass in his hand and quietly looked at this prosperous scene. But what is it after this prosperity?

During the banquet, there were endless praises of merit and virtue, and naturally talked about this great victory, and the ministers and hundreds of officials called our emperor Shengming and the general iron courage. There was an endless stream of people who came to toast Li Hongyi. Li Hongyi had to be poured a lot of wine, but his expression was a little sad, and he didn't seem to be as happy as he appeared.

Big brother, what's wrong? Li Honghui, who was familiar with him, naturally noticed his brother's strange appearance, and saw Li Hongyi frequently looking at Shao An's side, looking absent-minded. Li Honghui wanted to ask, but his official position was too low, and he was still separated by several seats from his brother.

However, the reason for Li Hongyi's absent-mindedness was very simple, after he entered Beijing, he learned that the emperor had planned to change generals on the spot, but fortunately Shao Xiang stopped him in time and returned the edict. Otherwise, whether he can return to the capital in such a beautiful way now, I don't have to say anything.

Li Hongyi looked at Shao An in front of him, and saw that he was chatting and laughing with Sun Yi next to him. Li Hongyi is very strange, obviously Shao An hates himself the most, why did he try his best to help this time?

Li Hongyi really couldn't understand Shao An more and more, so he simply picked up his wine glass and walked to Shao An's seat in full view of everyone.

Everyone: "......?" ”

Shao An: "......! ”

Li Hongyi walked over slowly, coughed lightly, and said to Shao An with a wine glass: "Shao Xiang, I toast you." ”

Which tendon is wrong, Shao An looked at his brother inexplicably, so he had to raise his wine glass and him.

"I ...... I heard that this time, thanks to Shao Xiang's refutation of the holy decree, there was no change of general......" Li Hongyi looked at Shao An without saying anything, "You ...... Why ......"

"The duty lies, the general doesn't have to thank me." Shao Anxin said, it turns out that you are toasting for this, do I look like a person who is fake and malicious revenge?

"I'm not here to thank you." Li Hongyi's words made Shao An completely speechless, and then he said another sentence, "I just want to ask, ...... Is there a secret hiding from me? ”

Sun Yi sat on the sidelines and listened to all the conversations between the two, and was directly defeated by Li Hongyi's leapfrogging logic. In other words, how did Li Hongyi think from the refutation of the holy decree that Shao An had something to hide from him?

Shao An's hand holding the wine trembled slightly, and his heart also set off a turbulent wave. He didn't know where his brother noticed it, but he knew his brother's character and character.

“…… Be! Shao An also generously admitted it.

"......" Sun Yi felt that Shao An was also starting to be abnormal.

In the face of such an upright Shao An, Li Hongyi's brain was also confused, shouldn't ordinary people not admit it if they were killed? confessed so happily that he didn't know what to ask next.

"Since it's a secret, you don't want to say it, so you don't have to say it." Li Hongyi scratched his head, poured another glass of wine, and said to Shao An, "I'll toast you again." ”

Sun Yi was speechless and watched the two of them clink glasses with each other again, and when they were dry, they suddenly felt that the whole world was abnormal. After Li Hongyi returned to his seat, Sun Yi asked Shao Andao: "Shao Xiang, why did you admit it?" ”

Shao An smiled: "Because I know him." How could someone like him force someone to force me to tell a secret? ”

"But he is still suspicious in the end, I'm afraid, sooner or later, he will remember everything." Sun Yi said tentatively, "What is Shao Xiang's plan?" ”

"Let it be." Shao An said. Anyway, he had long wanted to resign and go into hiding, and it didn't matter whether Li Hongyi could remember it or not at this time.

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Li Hongyi's memories are not important to Shao An, but they are extremely important to Sun Yi. He put on the black robe again, and after dressing up in disguise, he hurriedly went out and walked to the small teahouse to have a private meeting with Zhao Liu.

The teahouse is still the same as before, and Sun Yi is still sitting in a hidden corner. Zhao Liu walked over impatiently, opened his mouth and asked, "Say, what are you going to let me do this time?" ”

"Kill someone for me." Sun Yi said.

Killing people happened to be something that the six team killers often did, and he picked up his tea and asked casually, "Who did you kill?" ”

Sun Yi did not sell lawsuits, but said: "Li Hongyi." ”

"Poof-" Zhao Liu squirted out a mouthful of tea, he looked up at Sun Yi like a fool, "Do you know how powerful Li Hongyi is, he ranked first in martial arts in the hidden guards back then, and there are few opponents in the world." And you, actually asked me to kill Li Hongyi? ”

"Sneak attack, poisoning, booby-trapping, I don't care what method you use, as long as you can kill him, it's done."

"There are eight hundred guards in the General's Mansion, and there are masters such as Xu Lei by my side, how can I sneak into the Mansion and sneak attack?" Zhao Liu asked rhetorically, "As for poisoning, our hidden guards have been trained since childhood, and their five senses are a hundred times sharper than others. Unless it is a colorless and odorless poison, the poison can be tasted immediately after entering the mouth. ”

"What about booby-trapping?"

"Unless he can lure Li Hongyi away from the masters around him and make him unsettled, he will definitely be able to find that there is something abnormal around him. Booby-trapping, it's simply impossible. ”

"It's not hard to lure him out alone." Sun Yi said in his heart that Li Hongyi was too simple, and this point is still certain. But...... Sun Yi frowned and said, "How can you make Li Hongyi unsettled and ignore the movements around him?" ”

"Tell him something that surprised him greatly." Zhao Liu thought for a while and said, "For example, Shao An is his younger brother?" ”

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" This time it was Sun Yi's turn to choke.

However, Zhao Liu still didn't notice anything, and said with a smile: "You are also scared, what can be more surprising than the secret of your life experience." ”

"Not really." Sun Yi naturally wouldn't say that Shao An was his younger brother, but he was inspired by Zhao Liu's words. What could be more surprising in this world than the secret of one's life?

"The autumn hunt is coming, and you should be among the guards in the paddock by then."

Zhao Liu nodded, the six teams of them would protect the emperor with the five teams every year.

Sun Yi continued: "I will find a way to get Li Hongyi out of the army and let him take off his guard. All you have to do is shoot him with an arrow when he's defenseless. ”

It turned out that Sun Yi was planning to commit manslaughter during the emperor's hunting, and Zhao Liu thought about it, this plan was feasible, so he agreed.