Chu Lingzhao is the orthodox crown prince who succeeded to the throne, and he went smoothly all the way, although he did not experience the dispute over the throne, but he was in the royal family, and he was no stranger to power schemes, so even if he didn't see what happened between Zhang Ling and Su Li with his own eyes, he could speculate a thing or two.

Zhang Lingzao was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, his face was pale as if he would faint at any time, and he trembled in his defense: "Minister...... Don't dare, yes...... It was the woman who was pretending to be hypocritical and exaggerated......"

Syllable!

Chu Lingzhao put down the cup, the sound was not loud or small, but it was enough to shock everyone present.

"Zhang Gongzi, don't forget, your wife is the sister of my concubine, if you don't pity her, you will be disrespectful to your concubine and me!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Ling was so frightened that his eyes rolled and fainted, and everyone was puzzled before why Chu Lingzhao suddenly had the leisure to take care of such idle things, but now when he heard it, he knew that he was killing chickens and making an example of monkeys.

One person has attained the Tao, the chicken dog ascends to heaven, and now that Su Guifei has won the dragon heir, Shangshu Mansion is the most relied on by Chu Lingzhao, even if it is a daughter who has been married a long time ago, it is still superior!

As soon as this information was transmitted, the faces of the people present were different, Chu Lingzhao wanted to rely on the Su family, so wouldn't the An family be in decline?

But the An family holds the military power in Beijing, and the younger generations have produced many generals, the Su family is just a scholarly family, and the people have not flourished in recent years, how can they compare to the An family?

Compared with everyone's thoughts, Su Li was even more anxious at the moment.

I haven't seen her for five years, Su Zhaoyue has lost a lot of weight, her face is full of sickness, and she looks more than ten years old!

"Green sleeves, shouldn't the second sister marry the second son of the servant's family? How could you marry Zhang Ling? ”

Su Li asked, Green Sleeves kept crying, and looked at Su Li with teary eyes when she heard the words: "Why did Madam fall to this, doesn't the third lady know?" ”

Green Sleeves couldn't hide her anger in her words, Su Li clenched Su Zhaoyue's cold hand, and there was a bitterness in her throat: "Is it because the second sister let me go back then?" ”

"At that time, the eldest lady had entered the palace as the prince's side concubine, and the people who could let go of the third lady in the house could be counted with a slap, after the third lady left, the lady punished the young lady for not going out in March, and I don't know who leaked the news, and the second young master of the servant of the ministry did not take long for people to come and retreat, so a toss, the original endless stream of matchmakers no longer came to the door as if hiding from the plague."

Su Li knows a thing or two about the style of these matchmakers, her green sleeves are red, and her face is still full of resentment: "Miss doesn't mind other people's opinions, but the old lady thinks that Miss is too old, and if she doesn't marry again, she will fall into the hands of others, so she will ......."

"Just let the second sister promise someone at will? What about the second aunt? She didn't fight for her second sister? ”

Su Li suppressed her anger and asked, only to feel that her heart was colder than Su Zhaoyue's hand, she was born lowly, and she could only carry it by herself if something happened, but the second aunt was also innocent, and she was accepted into the Shangshu Mansion in a serious manner, how could she be at the mercy of her daughter's marriage like this?

However, Su Li didn't mention the second aunt, but the tears of the green sleeves couldn't be held back again, and they fell down in a hurry.

"The second aunt has a soft temperament, she is already living in a simple house, after the young lady was divorced, she had a serious illness, lost her body, and after knowing that the young lady promised the Zhang family's son, she was too sick to get out of bed, the Zhang family married the young lady in the name of Chongxi, and the second aunt went to the ...... on the day the young lady returned to the door."

Boom!

Su Li slapped the wall of the carriage with a palm, trembling with anger, it was really too deceitful!! The second sister was famous all over the world when she was famous, how many people wanted to ask to marry, even if she was implicated because of her reputation, if the elders in the family were willing to think about her, how could they find someone worthy of trust, how could they give Zhang Ling that kind of gentleman?

"Phew! Two young ladies, the infirmary has arrived! ”

The coachman reminded him, and Green Sleeves hurriedly wiped away his tears and helped Su Zhaoyue out of the carriage with Su Li, and entered the medical hall, and the guys inside immediately came up to help.

Seeing Su Li, Yue Yan was a little surprised, but seeing her cold face, he didn't dare to ask anything, and went directly to the doctor.

Touching the chaotic and vain pulse with his fingertips, Yue Yan's delicate brows were twisted into a hemp rope, and he turned his head to look at the green sleeves: "Has your wife ever suffered from the cold?" ”

"In the winter of the previous year, my wife accidentally fell into the pool, fell ill for several months, and fell ill with cold." Green Sleeves replied honestly, and the red and swollen eyes that were crying were misty again, Yue Yan nodded, and asked the guys to prepare hot water, ginger candy, and moxa stove.

"There is too much cold in the body, blood and blood stagnation, and when the small days come, it will be painful, and you need to take care of it, what medicine does your wife drink on weekdays these two days?"

"Since falling into the pool, Madame has come here every month to prescribe medicine to warm the palace, and the first two months have been better, but I didn't expect it to be ...... again this time" Green Sleeves couldn't go on.

Yue Yan picked up Su Zhaoyue's clothes, put the moxa furnace on her abdomen, lit a cigarette and began to fumigate, thought about it and said: "Madame's situation suddenly worsened on this small day, it must not be for no reason, do you know what she has drunk in the past few days?" ”

"......" Green Sleeves bit her lip and was silent, tears poured out again, Su Li had a bunch of fire in her heart, where could she bear her to cover it up like this, and immediately grabbed her shoulders and scolded angrily: "Second sister is like this, what else can't you say?" Do you want to watch her die? ”

Greensleeve's face turned pale, her body shook, and she closed her eyes in despair: "In the past few days, the young master has been grounded at home by the master, and the lady has been humiliated by him every night, and he has been ...... Forcibly poured the dodgy soup! ”

Forced to pour the dodge soup?

Su Li fell into an ice cellar for a moment, staggered back a few steps, and actually sat on the ground and had no strength to get up again.

"Ah Li, don't worry, although the avoidance soup is very harmful to the body, as long as you take care of it, the body can still recover." Yue Yan had never seen Su Li like this, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, only to find that her whole body was trembling in a cold sweat.

"A-Li?" Yue Yan called out in surprise, and he might as well face Su Li's fierce scarlet eyes, and swore word by word wrapped in blood: "I will kill him!" ”

Yue Yan covered Su Li's mouth in a panic and looked at Green Sleeves uneasily, Green Sleeves was stunned by Su Li's murderous words just now, and looked at Su Li blankly, even forgetting to cry.

"Ah Li, you are dizzy now, but you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, do you know what crime you should be guilty of murdering the court officials?!"

Yue Yan gave Su Li a look, for fear that she would lose control of her emotions and say something rebellious, Su Li leaned on Yue Yan and kept panting, until the burning anger in her chest calmed down before pulling Yue Yan's hand away.

She walked up to Green Sleeves, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the tears on Green Sleeves' face, and took out a few gold leaves and handed them over: "Don't worry, the second sister was affected by me back then, and now that I am back, I will not let her suffer again. ”

As if his hands were burned by the gold leaf, the green sleeves knelt down with a puff: "Third Miss, Mrs. has always been very good with you, and the slave maid will blame you for these things when she is confused, Mrs. has insisted on doing a good deed every day over the years, just hoping that Miss Three will be safe no matter where she is, and please don't act impulsively!" ”

Su Li had always done what she said before, although Green Sleeves knew that it was impossible for her to kill a big man as a weak woman, she was subconsciously afraid that Su Li would really kill Zhang Ling.

Seeing that the green sleeves were really frightened, Su Li eased her face and helped her up: "The second sister is dedicated to me, I naturally dare not live up to her wishes, I just said, now I have only been back in Beijing for a few days, and many things have not been dealt with, when the second sister wakes up, don't tell her that I am back, so as not to worry and hurt her spirits, and I will go to the house to see her in a few days." ”

Su Li's voice was soft and steady, with a strange power to soothe Green Sleeves' emotions, she calmed down a little, clenched those golden leaves and said: "Madame would be very happy if she knew that the third young lady was back, I haven't seen Madame smile in all these years that the third young lady has been gone." ”

"Yes, I also miss the way my second sister laughs." Su Li agreed, shook her head, and looked at Green Sleeves again: "Do you know why He'er suddenly returned to Beijing back then?" ”

"Doesn't the third lady know?"

Su Li really didn't know that after she separated from He'er, as she said to Chu Huai'an before, she met a mountain bandit and was seriously injured, and then met Lu Ji and begged him to take her to Saibei.

The cold wind in Saibei swept away her scars, so she didn't know that someone had released rumors that after she lost her temper in the bandits' den, she fell in love with the bandits, and left home to marry into the bandits' den without permission, not to mention that He'er and her second sister had their lives turned upside down.

After five years, there is no way to verify who spread the rumor, and the tragedy that has happened is impossible to undo, Su Li has a fire in her heart, if she doesn't find out the person behind the scenes, it may be difficult to sleep peacefully in this life.

When he came out of the medical hall, it was already evening, the sun was like blood in the sky, and there was a bit of bloodthirsty taste inexplicably, Yue Yan chased Su Li to the door, and told him uneasily: "Ah Li, I don't know that so many things have happened to you before, if you are sad, just say a few words to me, don't do stupid things, okay?" ”

Her voice was soft and tight, full of concern, reminding Su Li that when she left home five years ago, the second sister also stood at the back door like this and told her to be careful and take care of herself.

Five years have passed like water, she is fine, but the old person has changed beyond recognition.

Choked in her throat, Su Li looked up at Yue Yan, and pulled out an extremely ugly smile: "Ah Yan, you don't know, my second sister looks good when she laughs!" ”

Not a few steps after coming out of the medical hall, Su Li saw a familiar figure standing a few steps away from her, the person was dressed in cyan fashion, standing quietly, I don't know how long I have been waiting for her, and I don't know how long she will continue to wait if she doesn't come out.

After being hit hard, Su Li slowly approached, stood still in front of Gu Yuanfeng, folded her hands and made a standard disciple salute to him: "Meet Mr!" ”

After the ceremony, she raised her head, her eyes were a little helpless, and she asked in a very low voice, "Sir, did I do something wrong five years ago?" ”

"What do you think you're doing wrong?"

"Perhaps, five years ago, I should have ...... "Die!"

Before the last word could be spoken, Su Li's whole person was pressed into a generous embrace, which carried the fragrance of pine smoke and ink and a little faint wine, as warm and powerful as many years ago, wrapped her tired heart, and then her head was gently patted, Gu Yuanfeng sighed very gently: "Ah Li, it's not your fault......

No matter how simple the four words were, they easily broke Su Li's strong heart, she clutched Gu Yuanfeng's shirt tightly, buried her head in his arms, and didn't let others see her fragility, but her shoulders trembled obviously.

Gu Yuanfeng didn't move, let her lean on, quietly soaking his clothes little by little, and after a while, Su Li raised her head, her eyes and nose were very red, but there was not a trace of tears on her face.

She pursed her lips, still restraining her surging emotions, she had already taken a step back, Gu Yuanfeng smiled bitterly: "What's the matter, I just finished crying, Ah Li is going to be separated from the teacher and the student again?" ”

Su Li didn't answer, she was silent for a long time, and said in a dumb voice: "Sir, I want to kill someone!" ”

"And then?"

"Please don't tell me, sir."

“…… Ali, come here! I won't tell you, I'll help you! ”

I won't tell you, I'll help you!

Su Li's eyes widened by this sentence, and she was speechless in shock, the breezy gentleman just said that he wanted to help her kill someone?

Seeing that she was stunned and did not move, Gu Yuanfeng took a step towards Su Li, raised his hand and rubbed the black green that she had knocked on her forehead before: "I thought that Xiaoyao Hou could protect you, but at today's banquet, I saw that you were alone, even so, as long as I can protect you safely, what if I hold the sword in my hand?" ”

"Mr. ......"

Su Li was dumbfounded, so shocked that she didn't know what to say, but there was a sudden sound of messy footsteps behind her, and subconsciously, Su Li pushed Gu Yuanfeng away and lowered her head and pushed to the side of the road, but it was a team of officers and soldiers who hurriedly ran in the direction of Shangshufu.

What's going on here?

Su Li was surprised, thinking of Chu Lingzhao's visit to Shangshu Mansion today, she felt bad in her heart, Gu Yuanfeng comforted her gently: "Don't worry, I will let the coachman stay in Shangshu Mansion, if there is anything, he will come to report." ”

After saying that, a familiar carriage really came galloping with a bang, and when he came to the front, the coachman jumped out of the carriage, and when he saw that Su Li was also there, he immediately whispered: "Something is wrong, Xiaoyao Hou got drunk and lightened the concubine Niangniang, and was arrested in Dali Temple!" ”

Like a basin of cold water poured on Su Li's body, all the chaotic thoughts disappeared in an instant, and only the words of the coachman echoed repeatedly in his mind.

Xiaoyao Hou got drunk and lightened the concubine!

The foreign minister had an affair with the harem concubines, this is a big crime that is all over the house, even if the first emperor jumps out of the imperial mausoleum, he can't protect Chu Huai'an's head!

But in an instant, Su Li regained her composure, she was afraid that Chu Huai'an would get drunk and make trouble today, before she left, she obviously smelled Chu Huai'an's fragrance, which was enough for him to sleep for a whole day, how could he wake up halfway and slighten Su Wanyue?

When Su Li returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already completely dark, but the Hou Mansion was brightly lit, and there was a cold and incomparably murderous aura everywhere.

Entering from the gate, I saw the housekeeper standing there with an anxious face at a glance, and it could be seen that the news that Chu Huai'an was arrested in Dali Temple had already been transmitted, and sure enough, after a few steps forward, the two rough mothers-in-law came with wind on the soles of their feet, and without saying a word, they stepped forward to hold Su Li.

All the way to the lobby, I saw Chu Liu standing in the lobby from a distance, and there were people kneeling in a courtyard outside, the most conspicuous was Sizhu kneeling in the center of the lobby, she was still wearing the clothes she wore during the day, but her back was soaked in blood, which showed that she was tortured before Su Li came back.

Entering the lobby, Su Li was violently slammed to the ground, there was no charcoal burning in the lobby, and even the ground was a little colder and harder than usual, her knees knocked to the ground, Su Li frowned in pain, and before she could stabilize her figure, the fierce palm wind whistled.

Knowing that Chu Liu was angry, Su Li didn't hide, and half of his face suddenly hurt hotly.

"Slut! What do I tell before I go out? You all took my words as a deaf ear, and let Hou Ye make such a big mistake! ”

Chu Liu scolded, his voice was hoarse, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Since she knew that Chu Huai'an liked Su Bangyue, she ate fasting and recited Buddha, and she rarely even stepped out of her home, but she was still frightened every day, and she dreamed several times that Chu Huai'an was killed at the entrance of the vegetable market, and now that the nightmare has come true, how can she not panic?

"It's all you, the mourning star, you've been gone for all these years, my son eats and sleeps well, and is merry and happy, it's only been a few days since you came back, and my son will be imprisoned, and today I will pay for my son's life with you, a slut!"

Chu Liu said viciously, and the rough envoy next to him gave him a look, and immediately someone moved firewood and tung oil and put it in the courtyard, and he actually wanted to burn Su Li alive.

"Madam, there must be a misunderstanding in today's matter, I have a way to prove that Master Hou was framed!"

"Do you have a way to prove it? Now that my son has been arrested and put in Dali Temple, do you think you can save him from that prison in a few words? Chu Liu's angry questioning, although he didn't believe it between his words, there was already a trace of hope in his eyes.

"If Madame believes me, I will try my best!"

"Believe you? You killed your biological mother, ruined your second sister's marriage, and even your personal maid died tragically because of you, how do you want me to believe you? Chu Liu's sentences were like knives, quenched with poison, and they all pierced into Su Li's heart, and they were even more ruthless than five years ago.

Su Li clenched her hands into fists, but she couldn't directly take out the snuffbox and say that she had stunned Chu Huai'an with medicine today, if others investigated it deeply, not only would they know her relationship with Yue Yan, but they would even find out about Saibei, and at that time, the killing of the grain transport envoy would not be able to be hidden.

"Now that the Hou Ye is in prison, Dali Temple is heavily guarded, and this case is a big matter, I am afraid that no one is allowed to visit without His Majesty's order, if Madame believes me, I can still gamble, if I don't believe it, I can only wait for His Majesty's judgment!"

Time is urgent, Su Li's tone is also tough, she doesn't know who wants to frame Chu Huai'an now, but she is completely sure that she can prove Chu Huai'an's innocence, as long as she does this, she will be able to gain a firm foothold in Beijing as the life-saving benefactor of Xiaoyaohou, and it will be much easier to investigate the case of military salary corruption in the future.

Chu Liu was so blocked by Su Li that he couldn't speak, so he could only glare at Su Li angrily.

Knowing that she couldn't rush too far, Su Li softened her tone again: "If Madam still remembers what I said that night five years ago, she will know that I will never harm the Hou Ye!" ”

Mentioning that five years ago, Chu Liu's face changed, his momentum weakened by three points, and he made his eyes let the rough mother-in-law get out of the way, Su Li got up and walked to her side, and whispered in her ear: "If Madam wants the Hou Ye to be fine, please lend me the imperial whip left by the old Hou Ye!" ”

In the middle of the night, in the Protector's Mansion, Su Li walked to the lobby under the leadership of the subordinate, and the subordinate stood at the door and stopped, and leaned over respectfully: "The master is inside, the son is inside, please!" After saying that, he lowered his head.

Stepping in, the lobby is brightly lit, and there is a bright and dangling big knife on the right position, which is breathtaking, Lu Xiao is wearing simple regular clothes, standing with his hands in his hands, his back is straight as a pine, and he still has the demeanor of a mighty general back then.

Three steps into the door, Su Li stopped and saluted respectfully: "Su Li greets Lord Guogong!" Lord Guogong Gui'an! ”

Her voice was calm and loud, full of energy, and her momentum was stronger than that of ordinary men, Lu Xiao's face softened a little, and she looked her up and down, Fang Shen said: "Get up, I don't know what Miss Su San is doing when she comes to my mansion with the imperial whip late at night?" ”

Everyone knows that the first emperor gave Chu Huai'an an an imperial whip before his death, if the king is unconscious, this imperial whip can be used to whip the Son of Heaven, and the traitor can be punished, and if the person who is given commits a capital crime, this imperial whip can also be used as a gold medal to avoid death.

Afraid of annoying Lu Xiao, Su Li hid the imperial whip behind him: "The prince of the country is in a high position, the palace is heavily guarded, and today's matter is urgent, I also had to ask for this imperial whip as a stepping stone, and I am here to disturb the adult for a moment." ”

Su Li's words were sincere, there was no offense between her words, plus this imperial whip, where could Lu Xiao not guess her intention? spoke first: "Today's matter is Your Majesty's family affairs, the old minister has been unloading his armor and returning to the field for many days, and he rarely participates in the political affairs of the DPRK and China, and the third lady is afraid that she has found the wrong person." ”

"The adult misunderstood, Su Li's trip is not to ask the adult to intercede for the Hou Ye, but to ask the adult to help understand the ins and outs of the matter, the Hou Ye is drunk today, even if he is drunk and drunk, he definitely has no ability to break through the guards under the command of the adult to see the concubine Niangniang, let alone lightly, isn't it?"

Su Li said clearly, Lu Xiao's eyes flashed with contemplation, he stroked his chin and thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "All the guards on duty today were all sent to the prison, and I was drinking with Your Majesty during the banquet when the incident happened, I don't know what the specific situation is." ”

It was Chu Huai'an who lightened the concubine, and His Majesty didn't even try it, so he put everyone in prison? !

After Lu Guogong unloaded his armor and returned to the field, although he was far away from the government, there were still many elites in the Imperial Forest Army that he left behind, and the matter of protecting the concubine today was so important, the people he selected must be people he trusted, but now this group of people have been thrown into the prison......

Su Li's eyelids jumped, and her heart followed the frequency of chaos, now that Lu Ji is far away in Saibei, the matter of the grain transportation envoy has not yet been resolved, if something happens to Lu Guogong again, I am afraid that there will be a big mess!

Cold sweat broke out in her palms, and Su Li bit the tip of her tongue hard to force herself to calm down: "The matter of Xiaoyao Hou's light concubine is a big matter, if Your Majesty hadn't broken it in person, then someone would not let Your Majesty arrest someone with just one sentence in a panic, can Lord Guogong still recall what the person who came to report at that time said?" ”

"Your Majesty really didn't meet it in person, it was a little eunuch who came to report it, saying that he found the sweat towel used by the concubine Niangniang from Xiaoyaohou's body, and he sneaked in and stole it drunk."

Just a sweat towel?

Su Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then a chill ran behind her.

The framing methods of the people behind them are so clumsy, it can be seen that they don't really want to detain Chu Huai'an with coveting the concubine's, besides, Chu Huai'an has the life-saving charm of the emperor's whip, even if he is really convicted, he can't die, on the contrary, the Su family and the protector who is responsible for the safety of the concubine this time are the most easily implicated people!

Does someone want to smash the limelight of the Su family's holy family, or does someone want to harm the ministers of the humerus?

Thinking about it carefully, Su Li forcibly cut off her thoughts, and turned her head to look at Lu Xiao: "Su Li still has a reluctant request, I wonder if the adults can let me enter the Dali Temple to see the Hou Ye?" ”

It was already the second half of the night when he came out of the Guogong Mansion, and the husband had just finished the last shift home, and the cold moonlight quietly shrouded the whole of Kyoto, and there was no one on the street, which gave Su Li the illusion that this place was even more desolate than Saibei.

The coachman sat on the wheel, his head was napping little by little, Su Li was not in a hurry to wake him up, just stood at the gate of the Guogong Mansion in a daze.

Five years ago, she never thought that she would have anything to do with the Guogong Mansion, five years later, she let the eldest grandson of the Guogong Mansion enter the ancestral home of the Su family without authorization, not only that, but also in the middle of the night with the imperial whip to disturb the dream of the Guogong Lord, if that person knows, I am afraid that the thirty military sticks will not be able to extinguish his fire.

Thinking of this, Su Li licked her lips and smiled, and her fingertips touched the cold lines on the imperial whip on her waist, as if she had touched the knotted scars on that person's body for countless nights in the past.

The tip of his tongue chewed the word 'Lu Halberd' repeatedly, but there was no sound after all.

I don't know how long I stood there, the door behind me suddenly made a 'squeak' sound, and when I turned around, a family member hurriedly came with his head down, stuffing a gadget in Su Li's hand.

"This is given by the master, let's go, don't stand at the door!" After the man finished speaking, he turned around and entered the house, and the door closed again, as if everything that had just happened was just Su Li's hallucination.

The coachman was awakened, rubbed his eyes, and yawned and urged: "The girl is out?" It's getting late, let's go back! ”

"Good!"

Su Li clenched her fists in response, got into the carriage neatly, got into the car, and then lifted the curtains of the car, and saw the things in her hand clearly by the moonlight.

It was a rusty hilt, the fracture was uneven, as if it had been broken into two pieces by life, it didn't look unusual, Su Li turned the handle around, and saw a vague 'Zhao' character at the handle.

I heard that Zhao Hanzhuo, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is selfless, cold-hearted and ruthless, and has never had any contact with his colleagues in the DPRK and China.

Seeing the word 'Zhao' on the handle of the knife, Su Li immediately understood Lu Guogong's intentions, and her brows furrowed.

Hurrying all the way back to the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion, Su Li just entered through the back door, and bumped into Chu Liu's arms: "How?" Can I find evidence of my innocence? ”

"All those who know have been imprisoned in Dali Temple, and it is not yet known how." Su Li replied truthfully, Chu Liu's expectant face suddenly fell, Su Li hurried to return the imperial whip before her attack and promised: "At most three days, I will definitely let the truth come out, Madame don't be in a hurry, and the Hou Ye should blame the people in the house for not taking good care of him when he comes back." ”

This was said considerately, with a bit of sincerity but only Su Li himself knew, Chu Liu nodded, sighed, and took Su Li's hand as if he was evil: "I believe in you, if you didn't leave willfully, I might have a grandson around my knee and share the joy of family!" ”

“……”

Su Li only felt frightened, and she couldn't be happy at all, after all, half of her face was still hurting.

"Mrs. is in her prime, Lord Hou is now energetic, once she marries a wife, it will not be a problem to hold the two for three years, Mrs. will definitely have children and grandchildren, don't be anxious!"

When these words came to Chu Liu's heart, she saw that Su Li's face was calm, and she also calmed down, and she couldn't control her longing: "This year's champion of the imperial examination high school has a younger sister, I think it's good, when my son returns safely this time, I can let you enter the mansion with her, even if she is a wife, she can't press your head......"

Between the words, Chu Liu's family already regarded Su Li as their own, and they actually had the idea of letting Chu Huai'an take her as a concubine!

Su Li was angry and funny, and had to open her mouth to interrupt Chu Liu's sweet dream: "Madam, I am married, and the children will run all over the ground, and I have no blessing to be the pillow person of the Hou Ye." ”

"You!" Chu Liu's face was furious, and he pointed at the tip of Su Li's nose to blame her for the crime of concealment, Su Li immediately withdrew his hand and smiled innocently: "I still have a few words to ask Sizhu, retire first, and Madam should rest early!" ”

After speaking, she picked up the hem of her clothes and strode forward, and from a distance, she could still hear Chu Liu angrily scolding her from behind.

The popularity was enough to choke, Su Li was a little happy in her heart, quickly bypassed the winding corridor, and came to the courtyard where Sizhu lived, I don't know if it was tossing and turning, the lights were still on in the yard, when Su Li entered, Sizhu was wearing a middle coat, moving inch by inch to the bed.

"Why haven't you slept so late?"

Su Li asked and walked over to help Sizhu, seeing that the clothes behind her were soaked with blood again, she couldn't help but sigh twice in her heart, sure enough, this person is stupid to the extreme, and he will only harm others and himself.

"Thank you, Third Miss, Master Hou is now in prison, where can the slave and maid sleep peacefully?"

"If you are so faithful, why do you use such clumsy means to harm him?" Su Li said bluntly, Sizhu's already pale face became more and more pale, and her bloodless lips trembled slightly: "Why did the third young lady say this?" ”

She said with red eyes, and her eyes were filled with water, as if she had been greatly wronged, but Su Li was unmoved: "When I left, I told you to take care of Hou Ye, if you have been by Hou Ye's side, how could he have the personal belongings of the concubine Niangniang on him for no reason?" ”

"Everyone at the banquet in the house was very busy, and the slave maid saw that the sobering soup had not been delivered, so she went to the kitchen to urge, who would have thought that the Hou Ye would go crazy and steal the sweat towel of the concubine?"

Sizhu stiffened his neck to defend himself, Su Li did not argue with her, but only followed her words: "In this way, when Hou Ye was discovered, you were not by Hou Ye's side?" ”

"The slave maid really failed to rush back in time, the slave and maid took care of the Hou Ye carefully, and now she has been punished as she deserves, the third lady left the Hou Ye alone, and now that something like this has happened, don't you feel guilty and blame yourself?"

Sizhu asked, emotional, but straightened his back, a little more momentum than usual, Su Li looked at her impartially, her clear eyes were like a sword cutting through the clouds, Sizhu's eyes quickly drifted up, but she refused to admit defeat.

It wasn't long before dawn, Su Li didn't waste time with her, and directly pointed out the flaws she had just revealed: "I just said that the Hou Ye has the personal things of the noble concubine Niangniang, and you are not present, how do you know that the personal things are not hairpin sachets, but sweat towels?" ”

In a word, Sizhu staggered, almost unsteady on his feet, Su Li picked up his edge, returned to the obedient appearance when he first returned to Beijing, and kindly rolled up his sleeves to help Sizhu wipe the cold sweat from her forehead: "I won't tell Master Hou about this, I just want to ask you, how much does my good sister know about today's incident?" ”

Bang dang!

Sizhu sat on the ground and knocked down the hanger next to him, making a huge noise, Sizhu trembled with fright, and his eyes were full of horror, as if Su Li was a monster who wanted to eat people and drink blood.

"Three...... Third Miss, I don't know what you're talking about! ”

Sizhu denied it, Su Li raised her eyebrows, but she didn't break the casserole and ask in the end.

This matter is related to Su Bangyue's reputation and the life and death of the Su family, Su Bangyue will definitely not be stupid enough to use this method to achieve her goals, this time I am afraid that she is too popular, and someone wants to harm her, and she came to a plan, but Su Li didn't expect that she would calculate Chu Huai'an.

Su Li originally thought that she had some affection for Chu Huai'an, but she didn't expect to see her for five years, only the old man's infatuation is still the same, and the beauty is not what it used to be!

didn't want to sleep here in Sizhu, Su Li went directly to Chu Huai'an's yard, there was a night of chaos, there was no charcoal fire in the house, it was very deserted, Su Li didn't take off her clothes, she just took the quilt and slept on the hard shoes like usual.

After returning to Beijing, she hardly slept well, but sleeping here inexplicably made her feel at ease, even if the bed was empty and there was no one.

After sleeping for less than two hours, the sound of the watch sounded again, at the end of the hour, at the beginning of the hour, the cook got up early to prepare for cooking, and the night people began to walk the street to clean up the night incense.

Su Li got up vigilantly, put the quilt in the cabinet, took a black cloak from Chu Huai'an's closet and put it on, and went out from the back door with a hat.

There was still no one on the street, Su Li lowered her head and walked straight in the direction of Dali Temple, her steps were very big, she looked like a man from her back, and the cold wind blew straight to her face during walking.

Xiaoyao Houfu is in the east of the city, Dali Temple is in the west of the city, the middle distance is quite far, when you go to most of the time, a carriage is swaying slowly, there is no bell hanging on the carriage, there is no wooden sign to identify the identity, only a lantern is pointing the way, like a mysterious messenger wandering in the dark night.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Su Li slowed down, and when the carriage approached, she grabbed the wheels and jumped into the carriage on tiptoe.

Before he could stand firmly, the coachman had loosened the reins of his horse, and with a 'boom', the long sword that reflected the cold light had pressed to his neck, cutting off a wisp of emanation.

"The people's daughter is wronged, can Lord Zhao be in the carriage?" Su Li raised her hands to prove that she didn't have a hidden weapon, the coachman didn't move with a cold face, the carriage was still driving smoothly on the road, and there was no sound in the carriage.

Su Li took a deep breath and continued to speak: "Lord Zhao, I only have two words, and I won't delay you for a long time. ”

"Come in!"

Two short and powerful words came from the carriage, and the coachman put away his sword when he heard the sound, sat down and continued to drive, and Su Li immediately got into the carriage.

There was an oil lamp lit in the car, and a person wearing a black silver piping dark pattern court dress leaned on the wall of the carriage, looking at the bamboo slips with a cold face.

After only a glance, Su Li withdrew his gaze, took out the rusty handle and handed it over, Zhao Hanzhuo glanced at it, and didn't even give Su Li a straight eye, rolled up the bamboo slips he had seen, and then opened a new one to continue reading.

Su Li has never dealt with this person, strictly speaking, this is the first time I have seen him, I can't tell what he means, but time is pressing, and Su Li can't help but hesitate, gritting her teeth, Su Li opened her mouth and said the first sentence: "Lord Zhao, I want to ask you to investigate a case!" ”

Zhao Hanzhuo paused, and finally lifted his eyes to look at the handle of the knife, his face was quite handsome, but he had a small mustache on his chin, so that people could not tell his real age, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

Su Li was hurt by his scalp, but he didn't dodge, and continued: "The DPRK and China are corrupt, and some people embezzle military salaries and shake national defense, do you dare to take care of this case?" ”

Do adults dare to care?

There was a hint of provocation in his tone, which could not be simpler.

Zhao Hanzhuo stared at her for a while, raised his hand, took the handle of the half-section, and put it in his sleeve pocket.

"I thought that the third lady was going to come to the back door to visit the prison of the marquis, but I didn't expect that the marquis was your pathfinder."

Zhao Hanzhuo's tone was flat, although his expression did not mean contempt, the implication was that Su Li was using Chu Huai'an, after all, if Chu Huai'an was not imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, Su Li would not have been able to ask for this knife handle to repay him.

Su Li didn't explain, and bowed to him sincerely: "The corruption of military salaries is very involved, my lord is careful in everything, Su Li has thanked your lord in advance for the entire Zhenbei Army and the people of Limin!" ”

"Don't rush to thank you." Zhao Hanzhuo refused lightly, and put down the bamboo slip in his hand: "Have you ever joined the army?" ”

Those who join the military and leave their posts without will will be regarded as disloyal and should be beheaded!

This person knew the laws of Yuanzhao by heart, and as soon as the front foot agreed to help, the back foot began to investigate, Su Li's heart was slightly cold, and he cheered up and concentrated on coping: "No." ”

"If you have never been in the army, you are an outsider in the army?"

Outsiders staying in the army are suspected of leaking military aircraft, and should be punished for collaborating with the enemy and treason!

"Five years ago, the general rescued me from danger and brought me to Saibei, where I stayed with a local family and did not live in the barracks."

Su Li was determined, she didn't admit it, and seeing her little abacus, Zhao Hanzhuo paused, and her calloused hand tapped lightly on the small coffee table in the carriage: "I am not a military member, and I don't live in the camp, how do I know that someone is embezzling military salaries?" Do you know what it is to be guilty of disturbing the government and confusing the public? ”

This person still spoke calmly without a trace of emotional change, but between the words, he was already wrapped in a murderous question, Su Li broke out in a cold sweat on his back, knowing that lying in front of this person was harmful and useless, so he could only confess: "I begged the general to take me in, and when the case of military salary corruption is over, if the adult wants to ask for the guilt, Su Li is willing to bear it!" ”

"There are no rules, there is no circle, the law has its own rules, in fact, you said that you can bear it with one force? Lu Ji is strict in governing the army, didn't he teach you this truth? ”