At this time, Gao Xu on the roof ended his peep at the big black mole and sat down on the side.

"Why don't you watch?" Shen Lanxin turned around and asked.

Gao Xu dusted off his sleeves and said with a leisurely expression: "What is there to monitor when people drink." ”

Shen Lanxin turned around and looked down a few times, and then sat down with him, he was a little anxious in his heart, but his eyebrows were a little puzzled, "There was such a good opportunity just now, why didn't you go and catch them?" It just so happened that the stolen goods were seized. ”

Gao Xu looked at her confused expression and said lightly: "Catch it must be caught, but not now." ”

When Shen Lanxin heard this, he couldn't sit still, so he couldn't wait: "When was that?" ”

Gao Xu gave her a meaningful look. "You'll find out in a moment." After saying that, he lay down, put his hands on the back of his head, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He didn't say the rest, and Shen Lanxin didn't ask, but continued to stare at the three people, not bothering him.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Lanxin was napping, and suddenly, Gao Xu's voice came from her ears.

"Gone."

Shen Lan said in a daze: "Where are you going?" ”

Gao Xu said: "Follow him." ”

Shen Lanxin rubbed his eyes, and when he saw that there was no one in the house, he looked at the gate again, and the three of them were saying goodbye, and then Li Bing took a sedan chair and left Baihualou.

Immediately, Gao Xu went down with Lan Shenxin.

The two followed all the way, and after a while, they saw four sedan chair men carrying the sedan chair and turning into another street, and at this moment, the pedestrians around were gradually becoming scarce.

Gao Xu felt that when the time came, he instantly swept into the sedan chair like a gust of wind, knocking out the four sedan chair drivers at a lightning speed, followed by the sound of the sedan chair popping to the ground.

The people inside screamed.

"Bastard, how do you carry a sedan chair?" Li Bing was hurt by the fall and scolded inside, but the moment he opened the sedan curtain, he didn't know anything.

Shen Lanxin kept hiding aside during the whole process, watching dumbfounded.

By the time Li Bing woke up, it was already the next day, and he was still woken up by Shen Lan's heart splashing water.

Li Bing was suddenly poured into a spirit, shrunk into a ball, he was a lot more sober at the moment, and wanted to reach out to wipe the water on his face, but found that his hands were tied with ropes, not only his hands, but also his feet.

At a glance, there are some shabby yellow cloths all around, and in the middle is a Buddha statue, and there are incense ashes and incense candles scattered on the ground next to him, it turns out that this is a ruined temple.

He was terrified, how could he be here? Hands and feet still tied? He couldn't remember what had happened last night.

"Are you awake? Lee-sama! A soft female voice suddenly sounded.

Li Bing was stunned, raised his eyes and saw that a light shot out of the crack in the door, so that she couldn't see the appearance of the speaker in front of her clearly, he subconsciously moved, but found a woman sitting in front of him, holding a whip and slapping her hands, staring at him with a smile on Erlang's legs.

He looked at it fixedly, and was stunned for a moment, wasn't that who was in the court yesterday? I can't remember it, it turns out that he was kidnapped.

He looked at Shen Lanxin with sincere fear.

And Shen Lanxin looked at his panicked expression, leaned forward slightly, and smiled: "What? Master Li, do you still use this girl to introduce yourself? ”

The corners of Shen Lanxin's mouth faintly provoked a gloomy smile......

"You, you, you ......." Li Bing was speechless for a while.

"What are you?" With a snap, a sharp whip fell on Li Bing's body, and he screamed in pain.

"The dignified parents actually teamed up with those two swindlers to cheat Aunt Ben's money." As he spoke, another whip was thrown at him.

Li Bing saw that he was actually kidnapped by a stinky girl, and he also used punishment on himself, which was like thunder.

"You are so daring, you dare to kidnap this official, it seems that your dog's life is not wanted." Li Bing glared at her angrily, Rao is hands were tied, otherwise she would have to kill this little girl.

"Smack," a whip hit Li Bing's mouth, and suddenly a red mark faintly appeared.

When Shen Lan heard this, he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Death is on the verge of death, and you are still so arrogant? ”

Li Bing suddenly felt that his mouth was numb and crispy, and he didn't feel any pain for a while.

scolded angrily: "You stinky girl, you don't know how thick the sky is, you dare to offend me, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?" ”

"Ah, I'll offend you, what can you do to your aunt?" As he spoke, a whip on the left and a whip on the right.

Li Bing gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and scolded: "You little slut." ”

Shen Lanxin shook the whip while chanting the words: "I let you scold me, aren't you very powerful, I see what else you can do in the hands of my aunt?" ”

Li Bing rolled on the ground, and only shouted at his mother in pain.

"Little slut, don't let Lao Tzu grab you, otherwise Lao Tzu will pick your skin!"

Shen Lan snorted coldly: "Then you can try it." ”

Li Bing's beaten face was already blue and purple, and he rolled on the ground, "Little slut, you have offended me now, you just wait to die." ”

Shen Lan picked his sister in his heart and said contemptuously: "Ho, you are quite a seven-grade county commander, aren't you?" ”

Li Bing gritted his teeth hatefully and said: "Hmph, if you offend Lao Tzu now, you will offend the people above Lao Tzu." ”

"The people up there?" When Shen Lan heard this, he hurriedly stopped.

Li Bing saw her stop, thinking that he was afraid of what he said, so he was a little proud.

"There is a big backer behind Lao Tzu, and the smart one will let Lao Tzu go."

"Big backer?" Shen Lan muttered to himself.

Shen Lanxin squatted down in front of him and asked, "This girl wants to hear who the person above you is, so powerful?" ”

"Hmph, scaring you to death by saying it?" Li Bing pursed his lips and raised his face with disdain.

"yes, I'm so scared." Shen Lanxin pretended to pat his chest, but suddenly took out a dagger and said sharply at him: "Say, who is the person above you?" Don't say it, believe it or not, I'll kill you right now, and then throw the carcass to feed the wild dogs. As he spoke, he shook the dagger in front of his eyes, "You said that this place is deserted, and no one knows that you are dead." ”

Li Bing was suddenly shocked by her shining silver dagger, and begged for mercy: "Don't, I said, I said it's not okay?" ”

"Say." Shen Lanxin pressed the dagger to Li Bing's neck.

Li Bing suddenly took a breath of cold air and immediately blurted out, "Yes...... It was according to the inspector Zhao... Zhao Jingyuan. ”

"Zhao Jingyuan?" As soon as the words fell, a person came in at the door.

The light was too strong, and Li Bing squinted his eyes and couldn't see this person's face clearly.

Lan Xin is quite unfamiliar with this person, after all, he almost doesn't recognize anyone in the officialdom except Gao Qian and Gao Xu, so her expression is not wavering.

Gao Xu walked in with his hands in his hands and a cold face, Shen Lanxin stepped forward and asked, "Hey, who is Zhao Jingyuan?" ”

Gao Xu frowned and said, "Zhao Jingyuan is the eldest son of Taishi Zhao Wenyong. ”

When it comes to Zhao Wenyong and Shen Lanxin, she is not familiar with it, but when it comes to the three words Zhao Taishi, Shen Lanxin seems to have some impressions, and she suddenly remembers, isn't Zhao Taishi the father of Princess Rui?

She was surprised, "So the big tiger behind Li Bing is Princess Rui's brother?" "She thought it was incredible.

She subconsciously looked at Gao Xu, and saw that the other party's expression was also incredible.

At this time, Gao Xu came to Li Bing, Li Bing saw this person clearly, but he didn't expect it to be Gao Xu, the king of Qing, and he was immediately frightened.

"Are you guilty?" An indifferent voice came from Gao Xu's mouth, cold as ice.

Li Bing's body couldn't help but tremble, a simple sentence made him feel a sense of trembling, he knew that King Qing had always been resolute in doing things, and he was inevitably afraid.

His face turned pale and trembled, "Humble duty...... Convicted! ”

At this time, Shen Lanxin loosened Li Bing's tie, and Li Bing hurriedly knelt in front of King Qing.

"The prince spares his life, he knows that he is guilty, and he asks the prince to forgive his sins." Li Bing trembled, and the water droplets on his forehead didn't know whether it was water or sweat.

Gao Xu raised his eyebrows, "Forgiveness?" You bend the law for personal gain, engage in malpractice for personal gain, raise carbuncles, and give and receive privately, every crime is a capital crime, and as a court official, you know the law and break the law, and it is a crime of one degree, how do you let this king forgive you for your offense? Gao Xu glared at him angrily.

Li Bing's eyes widened, he kowtowed desperately, and made a bang, "Spare your life, you are willing to make meritorious contributions, and ask the prince for mercy!" ”

A glint flashed in Gao Xu's eyes, "Blame for the crime?" I would like to hear from this king, how do you atone for your sin? ”

Li Bing knelt on the ground, leaned down and lowered his head and said: "Every time the two Guan Long Guan Bao brothers give to the lowly position, nearly three-quarters of the money given to the lowly post is handed over to Zhao Jingyuan, and there is a small book under the bed of the lowly job, and the lowly post records all the money transactions one by one every time. ”

"Moreover, Zhao Jingyuan also used coercion and inducement to use power for personal gain, monopolized the medicinal material industry in the Fengcheng area, sold it at a high price, and obtained higher benefits from it."

When Gao Xu heard this, his face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "You said that Zhao Jingyuan used power for personal gain? Slandering the officials of the court is a capital offense. ”

Li Bingxin was shocked, and said eagerly: "What the humble post said is true, if the prince doesn't believe in the humble position, you can go and ask those merchants who sell medicine carefully, and you can find out the clue by touching the melon." ”

"Now that the matter is lowly, I will never dare to deceive the prince, and I ask the prince to investigate."

Gao Xu glanced at him and said coldly: "This king will find out everything." Then Gao Xu did not speak, but paced thoughtfully.

At this time, Shen Lanxin interjected. "You said that Zhao Jingyuan monopolized the medicinal materials in Fengcheng, when did it happen?"

Li Bing said tremblingly: "It was some time ago. ”

Shen Lan's heart suddenly realized. "No wonder, my father said that the price of medicinal materials suddenly increased, and it turned out to be a monopoly."

Li Bing saw that Gao Xu didn't speak for a long time, so he took the initiative to speak: "Lord Wang, I am willing to make meritorious service for my humble position, and come forward to correct Zhao Jingyuan, just begging the prince to spare my humble life." ”

When Gao Xu heard this, he stopped, turned around and said, "Okay, as long as you can come forward to correct Zhao Jingyuan, this king will consider sparing you from death." ”

After Gao Xu released Li Bing, he returned to the yamen with Shen Lanxin.

On the same day, Li Bing arrested Guan Long and Guan Bao from Baihualou, and when they went, the two were still sleeping in the bed, and they didn't know what was going on, and they were picked up by the officers and soldiers in a daze.

It wasn't until he was escorted back to the county office that he knew that the East Window incident had happened.

The two were taken into custody and waiting to be released, and all the remaining silver money was returned to the hands of the deceived people, including more than 10,000 taels of Shen Lanxin.

Gao Xu and Shen Lanxin took Li Bing back to Fengcheng.

And the people standing not far away were originally full of infinite anticipation in their eyes, but when they saw the people who got off the boat with Shen Lanxin and Gao Xu, that expectation immediately turned into a hint of edge, and he only heard the creaking of his fists.

As soon as she got off the boat, Shen Lanxin saw the person she had been wanting to see for so many days.

"Gao Qian ......"

She forgot that the two were still in a cold war, so she ran over happily, threw herself into his arms, and hugged him tightly.

Gao Xu saw the picture of the two hugging each other, and his heart was slightly uncomfortable.

Shen Lanxin hugged him for a long time and didn't let go, she had never missed someone so much, he was the first.

Gao Qian's hand never lifted, he frowned, but he was thinking about another thing.

At this time, Shen Lanxin let go of his hand and looked at him affectionately, seeing that the other party's eyes were full of indifference.

"What's wrong with you? Gao Qian! Shen Lanxin's smile gradually froze.

"You've been with him for so many days?" Gao Qian's tone was very indifferent.

Shen Lanxin's eyes suddenly flickered, and she knew that he was talking about Gao Xu.

She was noncommittal.

"Aren't you going to explain it to me?" He stared down at her, and said in a deep voice.

Shen Lanxin's eyes suddenly trembled, and he said in a low voice: "I said that I was okay with him, do you believe me?" She looked him in the eye.

Gao Qian said indifferently: "A lonely man and a widow, I have been in Nansong for so many days, and it is me and other women, how do you feel?" ”

If it were him, she would have gone crazy.

She shook her head, anxious and hastened to explain herself. "Gao Qian, no, things are not what you think? We're just going after two crooks. ”

Gao Qian's words were sad, "Lan Xin, have you considered my feelings? I don't like you being with him, but why do you keep challenging my bottom line over and over again? ”

"I ......" Shen Lan's heart was speechless for a while.

Gao Qian saw that she was speechless, so he said indifferently: "I'm really disappointed in you." After saying that, Gao Qian turned around and was about to leave.

"Gao Qian, don't go." Shen Lanxin hurriedly hugged him behind him, feeling very aggrieved in his heart, "You believe me, what I said is true, I didn't lie to you." ”

"Do you know that in the past few days in Nansong, I have been thinking about you every day, getting off the boat, the first thing I can't wait to see is you, don't treat me like this."

Gao Qian couldn't help but be moved in his heart, but when he thought that the two of them had been alone in Nansong for a few days, his heart was churning, and he broke Shen Lan's hand and left resolutely.

"Gao Qian? ......" Shen Lanxin looked at his resolute back, and couldn't help but feel sad secretly.

Gao Xu stepped forward at this time, looked at her lost appearance, and felt indescribable in her heart, and said, "Do you want this king to help you explain." ”

She sighed softly. "Forget it, if you try to explain, it will only get darker and darker."

Shen Lan returned home depressed, slammed his hand back, closed the door, and lay on the bed for a long time unable to calm down.

Luo was originally very happy to see Shen Lanxin come back safely, but when he saw her dejected appearance, he suddenly wondered, what happened to this child? Why did he look like this as soon as he came back, could it be that the silver was not recovered, and it would not be like this, Luo was full of doubts but did not dare to go in to see.

When it was time for dinner, Shen Lanxin had no appetite, so he didn't get up to eat.

Roche was worried and wanted to go in and have a look, but no one answered after knocking for a long time, so he pushed the door and went in.

Coming to her bed, Roche said softly: "It's been a day, get up and eat something." ”

Shen Lan was very irritable in his heart, how could he be in any mood to eat, and said, "I have no appetite, I don't want to eat." ”

When Luo heard this, it shouldn't be a quarrel between the two of them, so he asked tentatively, "Did you quarrel with King Xiang?" ”

Shen Lanxin was silent.

Seeing that his daughter was silent, he guessed that he had quarreled with King Xiang.

At this time, Luo sighed lightly and said: "These two people are together, what they are most afraid of is misunderstanding, obviously a very small matter, if the communication is not good, it will become a quarrel between two people." ”

At this time, Shen Lan sat up from the bed with a sigh of heart, "I explained it to him, but he doesn't believe it, what can I do." After speaking, Shen Lanxin's face showed a look of anxiety.

Roche couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, sat down on the edge of her bed, and asked, "Then you tell me what happened between you?" ”

Shen Lanxin and Luo Shi all said it.

After speaking.

Shen Lanxin sighed and said, "Mother, tell me if he doesn't love me anymore?" ”

When Luo Shi heard this, he frowned, "What, isn't the reason why His Royal Highness King Xiang is so angry is because he loves you, and a person who doesn't love you doesn't care what you do and what you do." ”

Sure enough, the person who came over spoke to the point.

Shen Lanxin blinked, "Really? ”

Luo said seriously: "Of course, so King Xiang is so angry because he cares about you too much and loves you too much!" You yourself just said that he is afraid that you will leave him, how can he be willing to part with you! ”

"If you put yourself in your shoes, if it were you, how would you feel?"

Shen Lan listened quietly to Luo's analysis for her, and felt that what she said made sense, it was really a word that woke up the person in the dream, and suddenly his mood turned from loss to excitement, and said: "I think if it were me and he went behind my back to meet other women and didn't tell me, I would definitely go crazy." ”

Roche smiled with satisfaction. "It's best if you think like this, listen to your mother's words, take the time to apologize to him, say a soft word, and coax him well, there is nothing that can't be said."

Shen Lanxin nodded. "Well, I see, mother."

Luo's expression was a little more narrow, and he said, "Is the mood better?" ”

Shen Lan pursed his lips and smiled without squeaking.

When Roche saw her after the rain and the sky was clear, he said, "Then get up and eat." ”

As soon as the words fell, Shen Lan jumped out of bed with a grunt, she was already hungry.

A month later, the incident occurred in the east window of the Taishi Mansion, the emperor knew about the crimes committed by Zhao Jingyuan, and in a fit of anger, Zhao Jingyuan demoted his official position and sent him to prison.

The reason why the emperor was furious was that he had always taken a fancy to Zhao Jingyuan as a talent, all the way from the talent examination to the champion, and then to the current envoy, he did not rely on his father Zhao Wenyong at all, but relied on his own strength to rise to prominence.

Now such a person with a heart like a child can't resist the temptation of money, the corrosion of power, and loses himself, no wonder the emperor is so angry.

Zhao Wenyong and Princess Rui knelt outside the Xuanyi Hall and refused to get up, and knelt for a day, Zhao Wenyong was over half a hundred years old, and his body naturally couldn't bear to kneel for a day, and he almost fainted at the door of the Xuanyi Palace.

But the emperor remained closed.

So, the Taishi pleaded with King Qing, hoping that he could see that he had no merit and hard work, and persuaded the emperor to open up to Zhao Jingyuan, King Qing was a businesslike person, so naturally he did not agree to him, but persuaded the emperor to meet him on his face.

After some hard pleading, the so-called son is not the fault of the father, and now Zhao Jingyuan has committed such mistakes, Zhao Wenyong thinks that it is his own responsibility, so in order to protect Zhao Jingyuan, Zhao Wenyong asked the emperor to resign, the emperor originally disagreed, but Zhao Wenyong has made up his mind, and the emperor had to agree.

Although the emperor released Zhao Jingyuan, but the crime could not escape, the emperor ordered a hundred rods, confiscation of all property, and a three-year civil service order, and was not allowed to be an official for life.

The matter of counterfeit drugs came to an end, and who would have thought that corruption could be involved behind the counterfeit drugs.

Although the matter of fake medicine has passed, the matter between Shen Lanxin and Gao Qian has never been resolved, and Gao Qian came to the tavern alone to buy drunk.

There was a pile of empty wine bottles on the table, and Gao Qian had been sitting here drinking for a day, when there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him.

A pair of white and slender hands lifted up the empty wine bottles that had been poured on the table, "Your Highness, you are drunk." After speaking, the pair of white hands tried to snatch the wine bottle in Gao Qian's hand, but Gao Qian's hand waved.

"I'm ......not drunk," Gao Qian said, and took a few sips.

Gao Qian drank a mess.

When she sat down next to him, she found that his eyes were red, and he cried? Soho felt that it was unbelievable that his love for Shen Lanxin had reached such a level.

She couldn't help but clench her fists, where could she compare to her, making Gao Qian so obsessed with her?

Seeing his stunned appearance, Soho felt hatred and pain in his heart.

"Is it worth it for you to do this for someone who doesn't care about you at all? I'm the one who loves you the most. ”

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to hear what he was saying at all, he couldn't help but be annoyed.

"Don't drink anymore!" Soho snatched her bottle and drank it herself.

Her eyes were fiery and jealous, "You know what? I like you, from the moment I first saw you, I was hopelessly in love with you, but you, but you never looked at me, every time you were with her, do you know how I feel in my heart? Speaking of this, Soho sneered. That's how you're feeling right now. ”

After saying that, she poured another mouthful.

"Lan Xin, Lan Xin ......." He was lying on the table, drunk and unconscious, but he still didn't forget Shen Lanxin's name in his mouth.

"Lan Xin, Lan Xin, how am I inferior to her?" She bit her lip and slammed the table angrily.

She hated it.

He was drunk and unconscious, and he didn't know what she wanted to say.

Soho stared at his flawlessly handsome face, a face that almost made her madly obsessed.

She reached out and touched Gao Qian's face, what I like, no one can take it away, you belong to me!

Her gaze crossed like a sharp blade.

She picked up Gao Qian and staggered him back to Xiangwang's Mansion.

Back in the room, Gao Qian fell down on the bed, Soho moved him right, and covered the quilt, at this time, Gao Qian suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't go!" Lan Xin. ”

Soho was startled by his sudden move, and the two of them could hear each other's breathing when they were close to each other.

Gao Qian was in a trance and thought that Soho was Lan Xin, he stroked her face, his eyes were misty, "Lan Xin...... Is that you? ”

Soho did not refuse, but made a mistake, looking at him affectionately and stroking his hands.

The atmosphere was ambiguous to the extreme.

"Gao Qian, I love you." After saying that, Soho kissed him.

Gao Qian hugged her, pressed her underneath, and kicked the tent with his foot.

At this time, there was thunder and lightning outside, and the leaves rustled, and Shen Lanxin was just about to turn off the lights and rest, when the window was blown open by the wind.

She got up and put on a dress and came to the window, the lightning pierced the night, the bean-sized raindrops fell like pearls, Lan Xin closed the window!

She returned to the bed, reached out and touched the three-life stone ring, lost in thought.

I don't know what Gao Qian is doing at the moment? Are you thinking about me too?

She would never have imagined that the man he had in mind was messing with her best friend at the moment.

She resolutely put away the ring and decided to make some of Gao Qian's favorite things early tomorrow morning, and go to Xiangwang's Mansion to find him.