Hearing that Li Ke wanted to go to Ningrenfang, the prince asked suspiciously: "What does Li Duwei want to visit?" Why don't we report the sin of Taiping today to Your Majesty, if Taiping is implicated with it, then we will definitely be able to follow the vine and get something, why bother so much! ”

Li Ke replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter must not be like this. Your Majesty is wise and wise, and what we can think of, Your Majesty will surely be able to perceive, and if she also feels that Taiping is implicated, she will definitely investigate it secretly on her own, and there is no need for us to play; If she believes in peace, we have no real evidence, and we will be convicted of false accusation and framing if we don't get it right, and we can only continue to investigate and collect evidence before we can take action. ”

After Li Ke said, Zhang Cambodia continued to add: "Li Duwei is reasonable, and the old minister also has this intention, so continuing to arrest Keduo at this moment is the key." ”

After listening to the words of the two of them, the prince suddenly realized and said: "The two of you are reasonable, and the palace almost made a mistake again, so according to what the two said, continue to track down and arrest Keduo, and this person must be corrected!" ”

Seeing that the prince was also determined to continue to track down Keduo, Li Ke immediately prepared to set off, so he arched his hand and said, "I'll go to Ningrenfang to continue the investigation." ”

The prince waved his hand and said, "Captain Li, don't be in a hurry!" Today's bow event is a great achievement, and the palace should set up a banquet to celebrate. The prince said that he gave Li Sanlang another look. Li Sanlang understood in his heart, although he was busy investigating the case, he still should pay tribute to the meritorious person, so he hurriedly said: "Today's matter, Li Duwei has made great contributions, and he should indeed participate in this celebration banquet." ”

Li Ke said with some embarrassment: "But... ”

Zhang Cambodia said: "Lieutenant Li doesn't have to be too polite, besides, it is almost curfew at this time, I don't think there will be much to gain even if I go, tomorrow morning, we will continue to step up the investigation." ”

While everyone was talking, Chen Xuanli and Chen Wuji also entered the East Palace, and after saluting everyone, Chen Xuanli said: "Weichen has issued a large number of Keduo portraits according to Li Sicheng's instructions, and the search efforts of each square have also been improved. ”

After hearing this, Li Sanlang asked Li Ke with a smile on his face: "Captain Li, can you go to the banquet with peace of mind?" ”

Li Ke nodded, arched his hands, and replied, "Thank you for your love." ”

Liang Wang's Mansion, in the study. Wu Sansi and Taiping sat opposite each other.

Taiping raised the teacup in his hand and took a sip, and said slowly: "I have heard that King Liang loves tea, and the tea of King Liang is indeed fragrant, sweet, and evocative. ”

Wu Sansi replied: "The princess praises falsely, if the princess likes this tea, the king of Ming Japan will ask his subordinates to send more to the past." ”

Taiping put down the teacup in his hand and said coldly: "Then thank King Liang for his heart." But this King Liang's preference for tea is probably too much, right? I don't have time to train my own bowing team. ”

Taiping came to Liang Wangfu in a hurry, Wu Sansi knew that she was here for today's matter, just talking about tea, it was nothing more than to bring the topic to this matter, Taiping had something to say, Wu Sansi would not know, so he said: "Taiping has nothing to tell me, please speak up, you don't have to go around so many bends between you and this king." ”

Taiping smiled lightly and continued: "Since this is the case, this palace will speak bluntly. At any cost, the palace took risks and got rid of the prince's bow team for King Liang, this is the best moment for King Liang to show his talents, but King Liang is so unlucky, he lost the opportunity in vain, and let the prince be in the limelight today, which can make the palace feel really uncomfortable! ”

On the way home, Wu Jiang had reported the matter to Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi knew the ins and outs in his heart, and he also expected that Taiping would definitely come to look for him, since Taiping had done it, it must have come to ask for a return. But there is one thing, Taiping really doesn't know, that Xue Liang is widely spread in the court, and the Taiping Mansion is no exception, this Taiping and the Tibetan envoys conspired, of course, Xue Liang was also informed, this matter has been reported to Wu Sansi, seeing that Taiping finally made his words clear, Wu Sansi sneered, and said: "What does Taiping want to let this king do?" Have you discussed it with the Tibetan envoy in advance? ”

Taiping Wan didn't expect that Wu Sansi already knew the whole reason, and he couldn't help but be shocked, his face turned pale, and he said with some hesitation: "Liang... King Liang, what do you mean? Wu Sansi walked closer to Taiping, and whispered: "Tubo and this king are left and right, no matter who wins or loses, they have earned enough political capital, the princess is clever!" But why did he kill Li Sanlang and the four people halfway, but the princess never thought of it, right? Not to mention the princess in this matter, this king never expected that with four enemies and ten bows, with one enemy and ten in the competition, he could actually win, which was unexpected! ”

Princess Taiping didn't expect that King Liang already knew everything about this matter, and she knew that it seemed useless to argue at this time, and the carefully planned layout was nothing, and even the last request for a return from Wu Sansi was made so embarrassing, so she didn't know what to say for a while, and she didn't say a word.

Seeing that Taiping was no longer speechless, Wu Sansi continued: "This king advises the princess, since you have formed an alliance, you should be honest with each other, your opponent with this king is the crown prince, it is Li Sanlang, Zhang Cambodia and others under his account, don't do this kind of thing to welcome everywhere, it is meaningless, it will only hurt the king's sincere heart, and I hope the princess will think twice!" ”

Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Taiping had no choice but to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "King Liang is right! But speaking of this frank treatment, King Liang's placement of eyeliner on the palace mansion doesn't seem to be a kind of honesty, right? ”

Wu Sansi pretended to smile bitterly and said: "Princess Mingjian, this king is not helpless, if it weren't for this person, this king wouldn't be in the dark!" Taiping suddenly became fierce and said, "In this case, this palace has retired!" ”

Wu Sansi smiled slightly and said, "Be careful, princess, I won't send it far!" ”

Taiping was in the carriage, full of grief and indignation, today she was a big defeat, nothing was gained, especially when His Majesty understood, she was a big heel, at this moment she needed to vent this emotion, she gritted her teeth tightly and said to Gao Jian on the side: "Tonight, all the people who know about the secret meeting between the palace and the Tibetan envoys will be executed, including the maids and slaves who have served, not a single one will be left!" As soon as Taiping said this, Gao Jian naturally knew what had happened, and it must have been revealed that the secret meeting had been revealed. Taiping looked at Gao Jian with hatred and hatred, and continued: "If you let this palace know, this matter is up to you, and this palace guarantees that you will die worse than them!" ”

After hearing this, Gao Jian hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with trembling bodies: "Weichen's loyalty to the princess can be learned from heaven and earth, if you have two hearts, you can't die well!" Seeing that Taiping didn't reply, Gao Jian continued: "But in case this matter is leaked by the Tibetan envoys themselves... ”

Taiping said sharply: "Once it is verified, it is true that he did it, and this palace will also let him die!" ”

Gao Jian believed that Taiping could say and do, so he didn't dare to say much for a while, but replied in a low voice: "Oh! ”

East Palace. The celebration banquet has been carried out until the moment, Li Ke has always been good at drinking, but today he has not drunk a drop of wine, the case is not solved, he dares to drink bitterly, but until this moment, there is still no news about Keduo. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Ke thought of his wife and children at home, got up and said goodbye to everyone, wanting to continue to investigate the case from tomorrow morning.

On the way back, Li Ke raised his vigilance behind him, but the prince and Li Sanlang were also gentlemen and did not send anyone to follow him. When Li Ke returned to the hut, Xiao Taibai had just fallen asleep. What Li Ke has experienced in the past two days, Pei Min has already told Yuewa, but she didn't recognize the disguised Li Ke for a while; Pei Min saw Li Ke returning, and said happily: "Brother Li doesn't know, I have told Xiao Taibai all about Brother Li's majesty today, he has great respect for his father!" ”

Li Ke smiled slightly, arched his hands, and said: "Brother Pei has said it, Li sincerely thanks Brother Pei for his help today, if it weren't for Brother Pei's help, I don't know how today's things would have developed." ”

Pei Min waved his hand and said, "Brother Li and I are like brothers, where do you say this?" After that, he pulled Li Ke to the side room, pushed open the door and said with a smile: "Brother Li, please see, His Majesty the Emperor is true to his word, this is the royal wine he gave Pei!" "The room is full of a room, the wine is mellow, this Li Ke and Pei Min are both good wine people, every time they meet, they must be drunk, in the face of this room of wine, how can they hold back at this moment. Li Ke smiled lightly and said, "Li has an important case, so he can only drink!" ”

Pei Min laughed and said, "It's up to you, drink!" The two took a jar of wine, returned to the hut, but did not expect Yuewa to prepare all the snacks, seeing the two returning, said with a smile: "I know that the two of you must be going to get wine, you drink slowly, I will take care of Xiao Taibai." ”

Marrying a wife and making friends like this, Li Ke is considered a great fortune in life, he does not want to lose all these hard-won things, so he must solve the case as soon as possible, return the peace of mind, and of course return his innocence, then he can return to the unrestrained life before, away from the hustle and bustle, chivalrous and righteous, poetry, wine and swordsmanship, and traveling in all directions.

The celebration banquet just now can be described as a torment for Li Ke, he doesn't like that kind of occasion, on the contrary, a drink with Pei Min is what he is keen on, no formality, full of heart, it was originally a drink, but unconsciously a jar of wine saw the bottom, fortunately, the two of them drank very well, but it was no problem. Pei Min took advantage of the wine to ask Li Ke: "Brother Li, which of the two of us do you say has higher martial arts?" Li Ke waved his hand and said, "I am Brother Pei!" ”

Pei Min said: "Brother Li is modest, it must be Brother Li who is higher!" Brother Li knows why? ”

Li Ke shook his head, and Pei Min continued: "In terms of martial arts alone, you and I are indeed inseparable, but Brother Li is the one who protects the country and the people at the moment, and is the great one of chivalry, while Pei Mou has always been accustomed to hiding in the world, the little one of chivalry, so Brother Li is even higher!" ”

Li Ke said with a smile: "Li knows that Brother Pei is full of ambition and skills, how can he live here, he will definitely be able to show his ambitions one day!" ”

Pei Min laughed and said, "It's Brother Li who understands me best!" If I am sealed today, what will the world say about Pei in the future? Because of a blow to the bow, Pei disdains this! Pei's wish in his heart is only to protect the country and the people, in his day, if there is a major event, Pei will definitely take the lead, I don't seek fame, only chivalrous morality! ”

Pei Min's words moved Li Ke, and he immediately raised the wine bowl and said loudly: "What Brother Pei said, why not what Li thought, our two brothers are so like-minded, do it!" ”

Pei Min didn't say a word, lifted the wine bowl, and said loudly: "Dry!" ”

The two drank bitterly until late at night.