Chapter 35: Sometimes I'm Not So Afraid of Death
The head of the yacha handed the search documents to the housekeeper, who was old and dazzled, and didn't understand it for a long time, and was in a hurry, when the documents were suddenly taken away.
He turned his head and looked, as if he had been granted amnesty: "Yin Zhangshi, Yin Zhangshi, look at them quickly, there is no royal law!" ”
Hua Yue read the document carefully, pursed her lips and said, "The housekeeper doesn't have to worry, they came over, and the prince allowed it." ”
"What?" Looking blankly at the crowded east courtyard, the housekeeper couldn't understand, "What is this ......?"
Hua Yue couldn't figure it out, so she asked people to search her home, and it was written on the document that Li Jingyun still used "detained person". He just went out once, how did he become a detainee?
"I'll tell the master." The housekeeper left in a hurry, and Hua Yue stood at the gate of the east courtyard, looking at the people rummaging around, and suddenly felt nervous.
That half of the red envelope!
With a gasp, she wanted to enter the door with her skirt, but these people moved very fast, and in the blink of an eye, someone came out with a red envelope and said, "Found it." ”
The leader of the yacha opened the red envelope, took out the silver ticket and looked at the sun, bowing slightly.
"Your Excellency." Hua Yue stepped forward a few steps and said, "This red seal is mine." ”
The yacha, who was about to leave, was stunned, frowned and glanced at her, waved his hand and said, "Then you will also go to the yamen." ”
The sound of messy and noisy footsteps swept out of the vestibule from the east courtyard, like a torrential rain hitting the lotus pond, and after a while, the rain stopped, and only the frightened slaves were left in the court.
Hua Yue thought that she would be taken to Li Jingyun's side, so she was still calm, but when she arrived at Jingzhao Yin's Mansion and was locked up in the waiting hall, she found out that Li Jingyun was not there.
"Why are you here too?" Liu Chenghe sat inside with a sad face, and when he saw her, his eyes widened.
Hua Yue was pushed into the fence, looked around a few times, and then smiled at him: "Half of the red envelope was found in the house, so I followed." ”
Gasping, Liu Chenghe asked in shock: "Searched from the third master's room?" ”
The hand pinching the cuffs slowly tightened, Hua Yue's heart beat hard, and she bit her lip and nodded: "It's me who didn't put it in the right place." ”
"It's over, it's over." Liu Chenghe leaned against the wall with a headache and rubbed the corners of his forehead, "If you don't find the silver ticket in his room, it's okay to say, if you really find it, the third master will be in trouble." ”
With a "pop" in her heart, she looked down at her fingers, and her knuckles were pinched white: "In the end...... What's going on? ”
Xu is bored to be locked up here, Liu Chenghe looked left and right, came over and explained to her in a whisper: "The red envelope received by the third master is the rule of Guanshan, and he doesn't want to take it, but he will feel at ease when he takes the eldest princess, in the final analysis, it is just selling the eldest princess a favor, who would have thought that this time the eldest princess had a traitor by her side, saying that it was a slave from the previous dynasty, and he was stunned to drag us into the water." ”
"Originally, we had the support of the prince, and we shouldn't be afraid, but the difficulty this time is that the third master received the money of the eldest princess, and the prince may not be willing to come to the rescue. In addition, the eldest princess was dissatisfied with the third master's sudden concubine, and the third master was planted here, so it was really not so easy to get out. ”
He sighed for a long time, and his tone was solemn, so that Hua Yue couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he heard it.
"He's in prison, will he suffer?" She asked in a very soft voice.
Liu Chenghe shook his head: "Who knows this?" Originally, it was going to be a trial, but for some reason, the door of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion suddenly closed, and there seemed to be a lot of people outside. ”
The person in front of her was silent, her palm-sized face was pale and bloodless, her expression was quite calm, but her eyelashes trembled, her hands were twisted together, and her body was trembling slightly.
It's just an ordinary, helpless and pitiful little girl, what does the third master like about her?
Liu Chenghe shook his head and looked away.
"Young Master Liu." The little girl called out to him suddenly, and there was some hesitation in her voice.
He is also a long-time person, and he knows what women usually say at this time, so he directly waved his hand to interrupt her: "You don't have to worry too much, the third master has been arranged, even if something really happens to him, it won't hurt you in the slightest." ”
"Childe misunderstood." Hua Yue raised her eyes to look at him, "The concubine has a matter, and I want to ask my son for help." ”
Liu Chenghe was even more impatient: "If you can get out of the way, it's already benevolent and righteous, what else do you want?" ”
After a slight pause, she smiled and said seriously: "The concubine wants to find a chance to meet the former slave who complained." ”
"......" Liu Chenghe turned his head, his face full of inexplicability.
The place where they stay is the waiting hall, and the people who are going to go to the court will be temporarily locked up here, so even if Hua Yue doesn't say it, that person will come over.
He looked at Yin Huayue and found that the little girl seemed to be no longer as panicked as before, so she knelt down on the straw, her back was straight, her neck was elegant, and her eyes even bloomed with a light that he felt was unfamiliar.
***
Li Jingyun stood in the lobby with closed doors and windows, yawning a little sleepily.
There was still a smell of wine on his body, Jing Zhaoyin frowned and looked at him, and he didn't dare to stand too close, so he only said: "This matter is still not suitable for making a big fuss." ”
"Why?" He raised his eyes, "Lack of human evidence or lack of physical evidence?" You can send it to Lord Liu below. ”
Is this a matter of human and physical evidence? Liu Taiping's face was green, first a slave came to sue the Xu family's son-in-law, and then the general's mansion came directly to sue the eldest princess of the dynasty, his place is Jingzhao Yin Mansion, not Jinluan Palace, where did he get such a big case?
Li Sangongzi is also crazy, it has nothing to do with him at all, he just wants to bully and bully the soft persimmon and take the Xu family to open the knife, who would have thought that he would surrender directly, and also said that the eldest princess bribed him with no less than 50,000 silver in three years.
Can this be tried? He doesn't want a head, he still has a way to live.
The face next to the eldest princess hurried over, and standing here at this time, he could only smile and say good things: "Third prince, this has nothing to do with the eldest princess, it is a red seal given by the small one." ”
"Where did you get the money, Lord Liu didn't dare to ask, didn't the saint dare to ask today?" Li Jingyun smiled, slightly drunkenly pinched his hand into a cup, and saluted him, "Don't say it, Lord Long is also rich, a lot of silver is sprinkled into the folk green building, if the eldest princess knows, I don't know what will happen." ”
Long Rin listened, and his face turned green: "You...... How do you ......"
"My favorite place to go is Qifeng Tower, which can hit you a lot of times." He sighed, "The princess has golden branches and jade leaves, where is it not as red as the begonias between the branches?" ”
Liu Taiping coughed lightly, and said with a straight face: "Above the court, don't say something about Fengyue." ”
Li Jingyun turned his head and said lazily: "Then ascend to the hall, I still have a master waiting outside." ”
"This ......" Liu Taiping glanced at Long Rin.
This person must have come with the intention of the eldest princess, depending on what he says.
Long Rin's face was still a little annoyed, but his eyes were already full of scruples when he looked at Li Jingyun. After hesitating, he pulled Li Jingyun to the side and whispered: "Third son, this is really unnecessary, the Xu family is a small family, how can you make such a big move?" Let Ling Zun know, and he has to be angry again. How about you go home today, and I'll clean it up for you, how about it? ”
Li Jingyun replied with a smile: "Where is this, I am still going to the Jinluan Palace to say hello to Your Majesty." ”
His face changed, and Long Rin sank his eyes: "Third prince, there are some things that you can't change by yourself, even if you want to take the blame for others today, Xu Changyi's crime of taking bribes is also human and material evidence, and when General Li comes, you can only go home." ”
It turned out that he was waiting for him here, Li Jingyun nodded, waved him away and looked at Liu Taiping: "Then take advantage of my father's absence to ascend to the court." ”
The startled wood was pinched in his hand and turned around, and landed on the long case with a "snap", the closed door suddenly opened, and the yacha poured in from both sides, pestle the long board and shouted: "Might-Wu-"
Liu Taiping looked at Long Rin with a sad face, and the latter nodded at him ruthlessly.
With a long sigh, Liu Taiping sat on the main seat, and was just about to let Xuan be accused, when he suddenly saw the head catcher walking in and said, "My lord, General Li has arrived, and the little one can't stop it." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was pushed to the side by the people behind him.
Li Jingyun's eyes darkened, but Long Rin on the other side laughed, and hurriedly greeted him and said: "The general is here, please invite the third prince back, he is not guilty, standing here, obstructing Lord Liu's trial." ”
Li Shoutian stepped into the door, glanced at Li Jingyun with a gloomy gaze, and then stood at the viewing seat: "Don't worry about me, I'm just here to listen to the trial and see what mistakes my general's mansion has made, so that I will be searched without a holy decree." ”
With a jump in his heart, Liu Taiping made half of his face bitter, he wanted to explain that it was not what he meant, but the black gauze hat had already been put on, and he, who was sitting on the main seat, did not bow his head anymore.
Holding on to a sigh of relief, Liu Taiping announced that the minions beside the eldest princess came in.
"General Li, don't be too angry, this matter has nothing to do with the General's Mansion, it's the Xu family that caused trouble." Long Rin stood beside Li Shoutian and said with a smile, "Look at this minion, it is Xu Changyi who wants to be sued, the third prince is just arrogant, and he has to advance and retreat with his brothers." ”
Li Shoutian looked suspiciously at Li Jingyun, who was standing beside the kneeling minion with an expressionless face.
"The people under the hall will re-submit the things that are about to be reported." Liu Taiping took the case, and the master next to him held the pen, and he didn't plan to write down the confession again, anyway, this slave said the same thing every time.
As a result, this time, the slave kowtowed and got up, but what he said: "The slave turned himself in, the slave was threatened, and deliberately falsely accused the son of the Xu family, and the son of the Xu family was wronged." ”
As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent.
Long Rin was the first to react, he jumped up and was about to rush towards the minion, who would have thought that Li Jingyun's actions were more decisive than him, and he blocked the person on the side of his body.
"You go on." He bowed his head and said, "Tell the truth, and I will ensure that you will not die." ”
The little minion's body trembled, and he stammered: "A few days ago, someone brought a bag of silver, and asked the slave to sue the son of the Xu family, and the slave said that the silver ticket was given by a girl, and the slave didn't know what it meant, but the man threatened that if the slave didn't obey, he wouldn't be able to live, and the slave could only do it." ”
"Then why did you suddenly change your tune now?" Liu Taiping was shocked, "Do you know that this is the crime of teasing the court?" ”
"Minions...... The minions have a troubled conscience. He kowtowed twice, his eyes rolled, "The slave is afraid that he will not die well in the end, and he will drag innocent people into the water, so I don't tell the truth, ask the adults to give justice!" ”
Long Rin was furious when he heard this, and stepped forward to scold: "You Diao slave, you dare to make a big statement in this court!" ”
"What the slave says, every word is true." He glanced at Long Rin in fear, and then buried his head again, "The slave is just a subordinate, why do you want to bribe Xu Gongzi?" What are the benefits? ”
"You ......" Long Rin was not angry, but when he glanced at Li Shoutian standing next to him, he didn't dare to mess around, so he could only take two steps back and look at Liu Taiping.
Who thought that Liu Taiping didn't raise his eyes to look at him at all, so naturally he didn't understand what he meant, so he only said in a deep voice: "In this way, this case can only be invalidated." ”
"How can this be invalidated?" Li Jingyun smiled, "Isn't there another crime of instigating slander?" The adult then interrogated, to see who set up a situation to frame the Xu family, and dared to threaten the people around the eldest princess. ”
Liu Taiping glanced at him and said, "Then a separate case will be filed, and the trial will be retried at a later date." ”
"What about the Xu family?" His smile slowly retracted, "Since the case can't be filed, that person should also be released." ”
Catching a glimpse of General Li with a serious face behind him from afar, Liu Taiping didn't want to argue more, waved his hand to let the master write a document and submit it, and asked the head catcher to release him with a warrant.
A menacing disaster ended in the form of a farce, Liu Taiping invited Li Shoutian to talk and make amends, and Li Jingyun followed the yacha out of the court.
"The Third Son." Yacha whispered, "Those two people next to you are still waiting in the waiting hall. ”
Two of you? Li Jingyun nodded, thinking that he had heard the sound and rushed over.
As a result, when he pushed the door open, he saw Yin Huayue.
The man was huddled in the corner of the fence, his body was a small clump, and if it weren't for the light color of his clothes, which didn't fit in with the dark wall behind him, he would hardly have noticed that there was anyone there.
Angry and amused, he walked straight over and broke the lock on the fence, squatted down in front of her in three steps and two steps, and reached out to probe her forehead.
Hua Yue was closing her eyes to recuperate, and she opened her eyes as soon as he touched her, and Qing Lingling's eyes looked straight into his eyes with a hint of confusion.
“……”
With a bump in the heart, Li Jingyun withdrew his hand and scolded uncomfortably: "Why are you here?" ”
looked behind him, pulled his sleeve and looked at him, to make sure that there was no injury, Hua Yue let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "They turned out the red seal in the east courtyard, and the concubine followed." ”
"What does it have to do with you?" He twisted his eyebrows, "I don't know how to run when the disaster comes, and I still rush to drill in?" ”
"The red seal is that the concubine body is not in a good place, and if the son is convicted because of this, it is also the fault of the concubine." Hua Yue sat up straight, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the yacha standing outside the door, and hurriedly pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice, "The concubine has already told someone, if he doesn't continue to sue, you won't admit that you have seen the red seal, just say that it is the concubine's private money." ”
Looking at her anxious appearance, Li Jingyun's eyes moved slightly, and she slowly sat down beside her with the fence, and said melancholy: "I'm afraid it won't work." ”
"Why?" She was a little panicked, propped herself up and grabbed his arm, and tried her best to persuade him, "You have the protection of the General's Mansion, as long as someone is willing to take the blame, they will definitely not pursue it again." ”
"In this way, the master has escaped." He looked sideways at her, "What about you?" ”
Hua Yue smiled, crossed her fingers and said to him in an orderly manner: "The concubine body will only be locked up for a few days at most, as long as you are okay, you can also think of ways to save the concubine, besides, as long as the whistleblower in this case is silenced, there will not be much more turmoil." ”
She thought that this plan was seamless, but she didn't know why, the person in front of her didn't have the slightest appreciation, but shook her head and said with a sigh: "Naive." ”
"There is a secret deposit on the silver ticket you collected, and the origin is clear, how can you make private money? If you take the blame for the master, then you will be imprisoned in heaven. The prison is not a good place to be punished. ”
He closed his eyes and looked at her, and said meaningfully: "You dare to go to be tortured?" ”
Almost without hesitation, Hua Yue nodded and said, "Those places, the concubine body is more familiar than you, and it is better for the concubine body to go than for you to go." ”
His eyes were burning, firm and resolute.
Staring at her for a while, Li Jingyun quietly turned his face away and looked away, and the corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably.
He didn't think he was a good person, but when he thought of how much this person was afraid of death, and then looked at her expression at the moment, his heart seemed to suddenly surge with warm water, and the thing that had fallen before was swept away by the warm water, and swayed up again.
It doesn't seem that he doesn't care about him at all.
"Third Master." Liu Chenghe, who had been hiding from the side and watching the excitement, couldn't hold back, "Why don't we leave here first, and then you slowly talk to your sister-in-law?" ”
Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, looked up in confusion and asked, "Can you leave here?" ”
Liu Chenghe shook his head with a smile: "Little sister-in-law, you are just too stupid, you are always played around by the third master, if we can't leave here, how can the third master come here to stay here and talk nonsense with us, he has already been escorted away." ”
Li Jingyun tilted his head and looked at him with half-closed eyes.
“…… However, the current situation does not seem to be optimistic. The conversation took a sharp turn, and Liu Chenghe said solemnly, "Anyway, go out first, and then let's discuss." ”
In response, Li Jingyun brushed the broken grass on the hem of his clothes and picked up the small things around him: "Let's go." ”
Hua Yue hesitated a little: "The concubine doesn't have to stay to explain the matter of the red seal?" ”
"No, you don't." Li Jingyun turned around and walked out, "I'm hungry, go back to eat." ”
He and Liu Chenghe walked in front, and the person behind him seemed to be a little confused, and he fell behind.
"What's the matter with the slave?" Li Jingyun didn't urge her, but took advantage of her not to follow, and asked Liu Chenghe in a whisper.
Speaking of this stubble, Liu Chenghe came to the spirit: "Third master, you haven't seen it, this little girl in your family is like a demon magic, the slave came to the waiting hall and fell into evil as soon as she saw her, and the slave listened to whatever she said." Desperately trying not to sue for his life, he turned his head and was willing to destroy his confession. ”
Li Jingyun frowned: "What did she say?" ”
"I listened to it and didn't say anything, so I asked him if he could do him a favor and change his confession, and the slave actually agreed." Liu Chenghe scratched his chin, "There is nothing else to explain except for knowing witchcraft." ”
Something crossed his mind, Li Jingyun pursed his lips, thoughtful. But after a moment, he asked again, "Why did she do that?" ”
"What else? I'm worried about you, as soon as I heard that something happened to you, my little face was as white as paper. Liu Chenghe shook his head, "I thought she was quite cold when I looked at her before, but in the end, I saw the truth in adversity." ”
When Li Jingyun heard this, his eyebrows were raised lightly, and his eyes were bright.
He didn't want to be too happy, so he just said with a straight face: "After all, he is a person who is a master, and his heart is naturally close to his master." ”
The smugness in these words can't be hidden, if there is a tail behind him, I'm afraid it will be able to poke a hole in the sky.
Liu Chenghe shivered with disgust, rubbed his arm and said, "Third master, we are all people rolling in the Fengyue Field, can we not hang ourselves on a tree?" ”
Glancing at him coldly, he shook his head: "People who have never owned a dog will not understand." ”
Yoo Sung-ho: "......"
What's the matter with having a dog?
"Master is still a little busy here, you go to pick up Xu Changyi, and send Old Man Xu back to the house by the way." Li Jingyun pushed him, "Don't mess around if you have nothing to do in the past two days, just keep the limelight." ”
"Hey......" Liu Chenghe wanted to protest, but the third master ignored him directly, turned his head and half-bowed, and clapped his hands towards Yin Huayue, who was behind: "Come here." ”
The confused puppy obediently chased after him and looked up at him, his black and white eyes clear and innocent.
He took a light breath, but still decided to be embarrassed: "Getting out is getting out, but this case is not closed, and a new one has been established, you go back to Mrs. now, if you track it down, you will have to implicate Mrs. ”
Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, and her brows furrowed tightly: "The concubine temporarily moved out of the General's Mansion and came back when the case was over?" ”
"It doesn't have to be." He touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Let's live in the East Courtyard, and if there are any variables, I will let you know." ”
Thinking about it, it made sense, she lowered her eyes and said in a muffled voice: "Thank you, Childe." ”
His index finger pressed against the door of her head, and he sighed and comforted: "It's okay, don't go to your heart." ”
Hua Yue didn't know that he turned himself in to confess to others, but she just thought that she had put the red envelope in the wrong place, which caused him to be almost convicted, where could he settle down in his heart, his face was upright, but his eyes were slightly red.
Now he was really a little upset: "Hey, isn't this all right?" ”
"The concubine didn't say anything." She pursed her lips stubbornly, "It's good that I can return home safely." ”
Li Jingyun couldn't cry or laugh: "Why are your eyes red?" ”
"The wind blows."
"What about the tip of the nose?"
"Cold."
She was a little annoyed, raised her eyes and glared at him, "What does Childe care about." ”
With a chuckle, Li Jingyun's gaze swept over her face, fell on her red lips, and murmured, "I feel sorry for me when you are you." ”
After a slight pause, Hua Yue didn't start in embarrassment: "The son is so dignified, how can he feel distressed." ”
Sighing regretfully, Li Jingyun wanted to tease her again, but saw that the door of the mansion in front of her was open, and a few people walked in quickly.
The one at the head was dressed in a star robe, holding a compass in his hand, and his eyes were very cold. His steps were enormous, and he walked up to him in the blink of an eye.
The smile on his face disappeared, Li Jingyun looked back at him, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw this person suddenly stretch out his hand and pull it behind him.
The light blue skirt was raised, and the wide sleeves flew up, and before Hua Yue could react, the whole person rushed forward.