After a while, Ah Rui came to his senses and asked very frightenedly, "Someone wants to kill the master?" ”

"Not really." Shao An shook his head, he just picked up the axe and looked at it carefully, only to find that it was unbladed, indicating that the person giving the gift was not malicious. But such a unique gift, it was the first time in his life that he received it.

Shao An put down the axe, picked up the gift box and rummaged through it, and sure enough, he felt a note at the bottom of the box, which read: Chengnan at noon tomorrow.

Shao An felt very familiar with the upright strokes, and he flipped through the chapters on the case, but he didn't find any similar handwriting after looking for a long time.

Who is this mysterious man? Why give him an axe? Shao An put the people he knew in his head, and thought about it all night without sorting out a clue. However, the doubts in my heart are becoming more and more uncontrollable, and it seems that if I want to know the mystery, I can only go to the south of the city to take a turn.

Early the next morning, Shao An, dressed as a down-and-out scholar in a coarse cloth robe, sneaked out of the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and walked around the city a few times before walking south.

It was early in the afternoon, and Shao An was bored, so he took a walk around the south of the city at will. It is said that Chang'an, as a century-old ancient capital, is naturally rich and prosperous, and there are countless places to eat, drink and have fun. Some people even summed up four sentences: eat in the east of the city, drink in the south of the city, play in the west of the city, and enjoy in the north of the city.

Shao Anxin thought, since he came to the south of the city, it was better to drink something. He had long heard the aroma of wine in the south of the city, and originally wanted to drink, but then he thought that he was now a "poor scholar", how could he have the money to drink, so he had to dispel his thoughts, find a stall at random, and ask for a bowl of tea.

Shao An was drinking tea while keeping an eye on the pedestrians on the street, still thinking about the axe in his heart. When he was concentrating on three purposes, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure flashing in front of him.

Shao An hurriedly got up, put down a few tea dollars casually, and hurriedly ran forward. He quietly followed behind a young man who looked like a rich boy, and walked nearly a street, until the boy turned the corner and saw the man's side face.

That son turned out to be the prince of Jin who was supposed to be in Hangzhou.

"Jinqi." Shao An called.

"An'er?" King Jin looked back.

Shao An smiled and nodded to King Jin, and said in his heart, could it be the axe he sent, he was so boring? So he asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Come and play, I'm suffocating to death in Hangzhou, can't I come out to breathe?"

"Have you forgotten the lesson of entering Beijing without permission last time?"

King Jin stuck out his tongue and said unconvinced: "You still say me, haven't you been ordered to think about it behind closed doors?" Not just wandering the streets? ”

Shao Angang wanted to say, "Didn't you call me out?" But when the words came to his mouth, he turned a corner, and just said vaguely: "I'm also bored, only you are allowed to come out to play, and I am not allowed to go out shopping?" ”

King Jin smiled happily: "We really have a good heart, I met you on the first day I came to the capital." ”

Shao An's heart sank when he heard this, it seems that the person who gave the gift was not King Jin.

King Jin didn't notice that Shao An's face was wrong, and continued to pester him, "Since it's a coincidence, it's better to go shopping together." ”

One is the prince who was once the prince, and the other is the prime minister of the dynasty, if these two are together in private, it will be terrible to be discovered. Shao An knew that he should refuse, but the shadow of the axe flashed in his mind, so he agreed in a daze.

Following King Jin, the two walked into a teahouse and ordered a pot of dragon wells. King Jin specially found a separate private room, planning to sit slowly and drink tea, and catch up with Shao An by the way.

King Jin took a sip of tea, pretending to be knowledgeable and commented: "Although it is not as good as palace tribute tea, it can be regarded as the best." When you come to Hangzhou, I invite you to drink the authentic West Lake Longjing. ”

Shao An looked around and asked, "You are the only one who came to the capital?" ”

"Alas......" King Jin suddenly became preoccupied, "How is it possible, of course someone is following." ”

"Didn't you see it?" Shao An scanned the teahouse again, but still didn't find any suspicious people.

King Jin pursed his lips and smiled, and said proudly, "I dumped them." ”

King Jin is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, for those entourage, Shao An expressed deep sympathy, and silently mourned for them in his heart. Such a playful and willful master is indeed enough for these people.

Shao An sighed, and carefully looked at the person in front of him, and saw that there was a sad face between his eyebrows, so he said with concern: "How are you doing lately?" ”

"Well, it couldn't be better." King Jin said innocently.

Shao An didn't believe King Jin's words, looked at him for a while, and then said, "Don't blame the emperor." He drove you away for your own good. The transfer of subordinate officials of the palace was also a last resort. ”

As soon as King Jin heard the emperor, his face pulled down, and he looked up at Shao An, "I'm not blaming the fifth brother...... I didn't blame him. Don't look at my usual confusion, in fact, I know in my heart who is really good to me. ”

Shao An observed the words and looks, and always felt that the king of Jin wanted to speak and stopped, and tried again: "This time I came to the capital, not just to play." ”

King Jin was stunned, then nodded slowly unnaturally, and hesitated: "I...... I want to see Hong Yi. ”

Shao An was also stunned, he didn't expect King Jin to say this reason, but if he saw his brother, he would definitely cause a big disaster, so he could only refuse with righteous words: "No." ”

King Jin didn't react excessively, smiled bitterly, and said, "I knew that between me and Hong Yi, you would only protect him." ”

"I'm sorry." Shao An can only apologize, only apologize.

"So, me and Fifth Brother, who do you choose?"

"I choose ......" Shao An was suddenly speechless, and the word "you" was still unspoken after all.

Regarding Shao An's reaction, King Jin had already expected it in his heart, and said with a smile: "You are really loyal and ruthless." ”

This time, the two met unexpectedly, which was a blessing, but they broke up unhappily. I don't know why, in the past few years, every time Shao An has met King Jin, two of the three times ended miserably. Shao An remembered that when Li Hongyi was in the past, he and King Jin would not quarrel so frequently. But as soon as his brother left, there seemed to be something between him and King Jin, and he also followed Hong Yi. Even he had a faint feeling that even the few friends he had left would be lost.

Shao Anxin returned to the mansion in a distraught, walked into the study and took a look, and at first glance he caught a glimpse of the axe lying quietly on the desk, and he became even more impetuous. The mystery of the axe has not been sorted out, and the king of Jin is coming to the capital again to cause chaos.

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"King Jin has come to the capital." Sun Yi was alone and rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion at night, just to deliver the news to Shao An.

Shao An asked in surprise, "Where did you know?" ”

Shao Xiangke still remembered that one of the officials selected to go to the Jin Palace, surnamed Zhang Wenbai. This time, he followed the King of Jin into Beijing, and only informed the lower officials of this morning. ”

Shao An recalled a little, and then remembered this person. At the beginning, he asked Sun Yi to recommend five people to go to the Jin Dynasty Mansion as subordinate officials, and this Zhang Wenbai was one of them.

"Why did the King of Jin come to the capital again?"

Sun Yile smiled and said casually: "It is estimated that King Jin has a child's temperament, and he is greedy for fun again." ”

Shao An became suspicious again, could it be that the axe was sent by Sun Yi? So he asked, "Then ...... you are here?"

"The lower official is here to ask, do you need to be enlightened by the saint in this matter?"

"No need. Ordered Zhang Wenbai to persuade the King of Jin to return to the fiefdom, the sooner the better. "Although the emperor will not blame King Jin, he will definitely reprimand him in private. When Shao An thought of King Jin's temperament, he would talk back to the emperor if he didn't get it right. It's better to have more than one thing, don't add to the saint's blockage.

Sun Yi said: "They set off tonight and have already left. ”

"So fast?" Shao An was surprised, King Jin hadn't seen his brother yet, so he was willing to go back obediently? If he doesn't repeat his orders, can he listen?

Sun Yi was afraid that Shao An would not believe it, and added: "Prime Minister rest assured, the lower officials are watching them out of the city, and there will be no mistake." ”

Unexpectedly, Sun Yi acted so vigorously and resolutely, which made Shao An impressed, "Master Sun will definitely not make a mistake in doing things." Now that I am suspended from office and at home, I hope that my lords will bother with all the affairs of the DPRK and China. ”

"Shao Xiang rest assured, everything is normal in the DPRK and China, and everyone is waiting for you to take charge of the government again."

After Sun Yi left, Shao An still sat at the table and thought about it repeatedly, after the temptation just now, Sun Yi was not the one who sent the axe. So, who is this mysterious man? Shao An thought about all the people he knew one by one, and he couldn't guess who was so boring.

Since he couldn't think of who the gift giver was, Shao An immediately changed his thinking and started from the purpose of the gift. He had already followed the small note in the gift box and went to Nancheng. Except for meeting King Jin, no other suspicious people were found. So, what is the giver referring to - King Jin? Could it be that the mysterious person just wanted to tell Shao An that the King of Jin had entered Beijing without permission again?

For this sake alone, there is no need to go through such a big effort. If the mysterious person is the enemy of the King of Jin, he will secretly expose the matter. If you are a friend of King Jin, you only need to secretly advise King Jin to leave Beijing, so why tell others about this? Shao An was puzzled, was this mysterious person friend or foe?

There is also an axe, Shao An picked it up again and looked at it repeatedly, what is the meaning of this axe?