The captor went on business at the signal of Yuwen Go, while interrogating their identities, what they were doing all night, whether there was anything abnormal, and checking whether the sleeves of their clothes were torn or whether there were any injuries on their bodies.

Those who were investigated were Yuwen Shenju, the doctor of the right palace, Wang Liang, the doctor of the internal history, Yuwen Xiaobo, the son of the prince of Anhua County, Yang Shangxi, the doctor of the Ministry of Planning, Lu Kai, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and six people, Lu Guogong and the great Sikong Yuwen Yong. They all said that they had been drinking and chatting in the east lattice on the first floor and the second floor that night, and that they had a game of pitching pots when they were bored, and none of them left in the middle.

The last one to check was Yuwen Yong, Yang Shangxi, the doctor of the Ministry of Planning, drank high, rubbed his eyes, and smirked at Yu Wenyong suspiciously, "Da Sikong, why do I think the color of your clothes has become lighter, why have they become lighter?" Don't understand. ”

Lu Kai, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, patted him and pointed to the bright moon in the sky, "You are stupid, the moonlight is so good, of course it looks lighter when it is reflected on your body." ”

Yang Shangxi smiled stupidly again, "I understand." ”

When the captor lifted Yu Wenyong's sleeve, I also leaned over to take a closer look, but Yuwen Yong suddenly put his face close to me, and I was so frightened that I jumped away, but I saw Yu Wenyong looking at me with three points of drunken eyes, "Qingqiang girl, why do you always ignore me, and hide when you see me." I have a sincere heart for you, but you turn a blind eye, why? ”

As soon as I heard this, several sons next to me immediately looked at me with strange eyes, and laughed ambiguously and coaxed, "The strange Dao Da Sikong has been in a state of mind all night, but there is a beautiful person, and he is crazy about it!" It's a pity that King Xiang has a dream, the goddess has no heart, and there are women in the world who don't buy the big empty account. ”

I was so embarrassed by the playful and teasing glances of those people that I wanted to find a place to hide, hoping that they would leave quickly.

After the investigation was over, Yu Wenyong and those few people left, and I felt a little more comfortable, and suddenly heard the catcher exclaim, "My hands, why have they become so black, they are all gray!" ”

The captor hurriedly wiped the ashes off his hands, still leaving a black trace, and said indignantly: "Which guy's clothes are so dirty that I have the ashes on my hands!" ”

Listening to the chatter and complaints of the captors, the clear waves in my eyes moved slightly, and the words of my lips slowly hooked a strange arc, like moonlight frost, faint and cold.

After the check-in, I quietly went to the kitchen on the first floor. In the stove hole, I used a stick of firewood to turn out a piece of jade pendant, it was a mountain jade, looking at the inscription on the jade pendant, I smiled lightly.

——

In the case of Hou Zhizhi's murder, the murderer was involved in the attack on Yuwen Hu's Cuihua Mountain, which naturally aroused Yuwen Hu's great attention. He handed over the case to the chief priest and ordered the chief priest to make every effort to track down, and the murderer must be arrested and brought to justice, and there must be no mistakes.

"Your Majesty asked me to go to Suyun Yaju every month to report the situation, and I will leave the house now, Brother Li Ning will not follow me again this time, right?" I asked with a faint smile in my eyes.

Li Ning obviously didn't expect me to ask like this, and said with an unnatural face: "What is Miss Xiao talking about, when did I follow you?" ”

I pursed the corners of my lips and smiled lightly, "Since that day when Jingjing and I met you on Xiangmuro Street, I felt strange. You are the right-hand man by Otsuka's side, with your status in the house, shouldn't such a trivial matter as buying medicine be what the servant girls in the house should do, so why do you need to do it yourself? This is the first point of doubt; I took a look at the name of the pharmacy on the medicine bag and found that you bought the medicine in Jihetang, Huayang Street, and Huayang Street is on the east side, and Xiangshu Street is on the west side, and the middle is far apart. But you just came to Xiangshu Street with a medicine bag, and you happened to run into me and Jingjing, which is very strange, this is the second suspicion. ”

"What makes sense is that you're following us, and buying medicine is just an excuse for you to cover up. You are secretly following us, from Huayang Street to Xiangmuro Street. I always felt that someone was staring at me from behind, but I couldn't find anyone, I thought it was because there were more men and fewer women on the street, but as soon as I saw Brother Li Ning, I figured out everything. "It was precisely because I found out that Li Ning was following me that I confessed to Yuwen Hu so simply that night, Yu Wen Hu may have already mastered everything, if I don't tell the truth, I'm afraid that my life is in danger.

The lie was exposed, but Li Ning didn't panic, and said calmly: "Otsuka Zai often says that Miss Xiao is smart, and she really can't hide it from Miss Xiao." ”

"May I ask, why did Otsuka Jae ask Brother Li to follow me?" Unconsciously, my tone became cold.

Li Ning was as calm as ink-stained night, and said slowly: "The public values the girl, and he is afraid that some ill-intentioned people will want to buy his cronies to deal with him, so he asked me to follow the girl and prevent the villains from succeeding." ”

A very reasonable explanation, I picked up a young leaf in the flower path, and said casually: "The public is really far-sighted, there is no omission, Qingqiang admires." ”

Who can compare to Yuwen Hu's old scheming, all of this is a game he laid out. From a very early stage, I, Yu Wenyu, were counted in this game.

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In the private room on the second floor of Suyun Yaju, the doors and windows are closed, and a secret meeting is underway.

"There are many officials who are dissatisfied with Your Majesty, they drank too much wine on the first floor, and said some disrespectful things to Your Majesty, saying that Your Majesty canonized official positions, promoted his own people, suppressed good ministers, did whatever he wanted, was stubborn and self-serving, and was not mature enough in the governance of state affairs, so he was not as reasonable as Otsuka Zai, and also hinted that Otsuka Zai should take action."

Yu Wenyu's face was angry, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are they?" ”

"Hou Longen, the general of the Zhuguo, Chi Luoxie, Liu Yong, Feng Qian, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, Xin Ang, Yitong Sansi, Yin Chengcheng and Yuan Jie. That's all I know. "I listed a list of Yuwen Go's cronies, this is not what Yu Wen Hu hinted at me, it is what I want to say.

Yu Wenyu snorted coldly, "The rebel and the thief, his heart can be punished." ”

He asked again: "In addition to these, what else has Yuwen Hu done recently?" ”

"There are many people who come to talk to him, although Otsuka Zai received money, but he is not ambiguous in major matters, only talented people he promised to be crowned, and those who have no talent were all sent by him."

Yu Wenyu shook his sleeves coldly, "Accepting bribes with an official position is simply a disaster!" ”

Shang Bai beside him stroked his nose and pondered, "Why did he take a bribe?" ”

"In addition to those guards in his mansion, he also secretly cultivated a large number of secret guards and spies, and it takes a lot of money to feed these people. With his little money and not accepting bribes, how can he afford to support these people? Yu Wenyu coldly revealed the answer.

Before leaving, I looked at Shang Bai's frightening face crawling with purple birthmarks, and couldn't help but say, "I know a doctor, he told me a home remedy that can eliminate birthmarks, do you want to try it?" ”

"No, you don't." Direct, indifferent rejection.

"That home remedy works, maybe it can get rid of the birthmark on your face." I patiently advised.

"Shut up!" Shang Bai's cold gaze pierced me, "Don't bother you." ”

I had to go away in disgrace, treating people with kindness, who knew that people didn't appreciate it, dogs bit Lu Dongbin, and didn't know good people's hearts.

After returning home, I was sorting out the books in the study, but I saw Li Ning open the bead curtain and come in, and reported to Yuwen Hu in a rather anxious tone, "Otsuka Zai, the spies are here to report, Chen Baxian died of illness two months ago, and Chen Qian, the king of Linchuan, has now ascended the throne." ”

Yuwen's eyes were shocked, and he immediately became gloomy, "Chen Qian is not easy to deal with, he has been secretly mourning for two months, and he is willing to announce the world only when he sits firmly on the throne." Li Ning immediately prepared the ship and released the crown prince Chen Chang back to the state of Chen according to the original plan. ”

Li Ning bowed his head and took the order, "Yes!" ”

I wasn't interested in what they said, so I just pulled out a drawing paper from the bookshelf, bowed to Yuwen Hu, and took it back to study it carefully.

The sky is clear and clear, a willow tree in Qingqing hangs on the water surface, the willow pond is like a mirror without waves, and the green pings are vaguely floating in the water layer. The pond is planted with green lotus, the large and small lotus plates are newly blooming like jade, the flowers are clear and moist, like the clarity of the morning breeze and the moon, the lotus clothes of one leaf after another are overturned like green covers, connected to the water surface, like a condensed green canopy covering the sky, that kind of cool green, which makes people indescribably comfortable.

Facing a pool of green lotus, I spread out the map parchment paper in my hand, on which were drawn the alleys and lanes of Chang'an City, the houses and markets, and the traffic arteries of the city gates, which were very detailed and comprehensive.

I was pondering with the map, and someone snatched the leather paper in my hand from behind my back, but I saw Jingjing holding the map and asked with a smile: "What is Sister Qingqiang looking at?" ”

Jingjing lowered her eyes and looked at it carefully, and asked: "This is the geographical map of Chang'an City, what is Sister Qingqiang doing when she looks at this, why do you use the red line to outline this part of the east of the city?" ”

I took advantage of her unpreparedness to recapture the map with one hand and received it in my sleeve, "I just want to familiarize myself with the terrain of Chang'an, so I don't need to make such a fuss." ”

"Sister Xiao, come here!" On the other side of the lotus pond, next to the willow trees on the turquoise slopes, Yu Wenzhi was shouting at me with his little hands.

"Xiao Guogong is calling me, I'll go first."

I turned and walked to the other side of the lotus pond, Jingjing was stunned and confused.

Yuwen said that he called a few people in the yard to prepare to play with the blind man and touch the elephant, and asked me to go over and play with them, I chatted with him while walking, glanced at the jade pendant on his waist, and said enviously: "Xiao Guogong's jade pendant is so beautiful, can I take a look?" ”

Yu Wenzhi carefully took off the jade pendant on his waist and advised: "It's okay for Sister Xiao to see it, but you have to return it to me as soon as possible after you finish reading it." This is a mountain jade that symbolizes the status of the royal family, and it can't be lost. ”

The green and black jade pendant the size of a pigeon egg is spread in my palm, the jade is gentle and round, the whole body is even, turn it over and look, there is a word 'Wei' engraved on the back, I smiled and asked: "Does this 'Wei' represent the identity of Wei Guogong?" ”

Yuwen said proudly and proudly: "Naturally, this is the mountain jade that only people in the royal family are qualified to wear, and only me, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother are unique to the three of us. I am Wei Guogong, naturally engraved the word 'Wei', the fourth brother is Lu Guogong, engraved the word 'Lu', and the fifth brother is Qi Guogong, engraved the word 'Qi'. ”

I said, "I didn't expect that Pei Yiyu is also so exquisite." ”

"In the palace, you must pay attention to what you eat, wear, and use." Yuwen was particularly energetic when it came to eating, "The wine and food in the palace are very fine, not only beautiful but also delicious." There is an imperial chef in the imperial dining room, named Ang Lee, and the things he makes are delicious. The cream crepes he made last time were sweet and fragrant, crispy and tender. And the pith cake......"

Yuwen Zhi is immersed in the food, from the pith cake to gluten, from gluten to Hu Pao meat, from Hu Pao meat to fish fried, from fish fried to pure soup......

My focus wasn't on the food he was talking about, but on the chef. Ang Lee, why is this name a bit similar to Li Ning.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Liu Yuxi's "Xianghe Song Lyrics • Jia Ke Ci" in the Tang Dynasty. ”