Zhu Shuang'er was indeed ordered by the prince to greet Lai Xing'er and Mama Xia at the door, but what he didn't expect was that Lai Xing'er came back with Li Jinzhong. Where did he understand Lai Xing'er's thoughts, and after bowing down to Li Jinzhong, Zhang Liang, Lin Shu and others, he said to Lai Xing'er: "The prince is waiting for your news in the hall, you should go in quickly." ”

As soon as Zhu Shuang'er said this, Li Jinzhong, who was walking in front, couldn't help but glance back. Lai Xing'er reacted quickly, as soon as Zhu Shuang'er's words fell, he agreed, pulled Mama Xia, snatched it sideways in front of everyone, and hurriedly ran to the main hall.

Li Jinzhong only felt that the two figures of an old man and a young man passing in front of him seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he asked Zhu Shuang'er: "Who are they, who have bothered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to wait for a long time?" ”

Zhu Shuang'er replied with a smile: "Back to the adult's words, it was Lai Xing'er who ran in front, who was originally on an errand at Jing Niangniang's place, and today he just exchanged errands with the little one and came to Ning Xiangxuan to wait; The old woman who followed him had never seen it. ”

When Li Jinzhong heard this, he was secretly surprised in his heart: this wild boy he personally selected on the order of the queen half a year ago actually mixed up with the prince so quickly on an errand! Well, this kid has grown a lot, no wonder I didn't recognize him when I took a photo at the intersection just now! The old woman's back is more familiar, who is she? In front of Zhang Liang and Lin Shu, Li Jinzhong was inconvenient to continue asking, so he said to Zhu Shuang'er: "You go in and say goodbye, this supervisor, General Zhang, and Lord Lin have something important to ask to see the prince." ”

Zhu Shuang'er promised in his mouth, but he didn't move at all. Seeing this, Zhang Liang stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Shuang'er's placket, almost lifted him up, and said sharply: "Didn't you hear Lord Li's words?" If you miss the right thing, General Ben will kill you! ”

Zhu Shuang'er trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "The prince has instructed that except for Xing'er and those who come with him, no one is allowed to approach the main hall without being summoned, how dare the little one trespass?" ”

Li Jinzhong's eyes flashed and he didn't say anything. Lin Shu, who was standing behind him, couldn't stand it anymore, he rushed forward and struggled to pull Zhang Liang and Zhu Shuang'er apart, blocking Zhu Shuang'er behind him, and shouted at Zhang Liang: "General, please respect yourself, this is the inner garden of the East Palace, not where you are reckless!" ”

Zhang Liang had endured Lin Shu at the intersection once, and when he saw that he dared to openly move his hands and feet against him, he suddenly got up, raised a kick, kicked Lin Shu out of two feet, and lay on the ground and couldn't get up.

Although Li Jinzhong looked down on Lin Shu's crazy spirit of a scholar, and wanted to borrow Zhang Liang's hand to give him some color, he never imagined that Zhang Liang would fight when he said that he would fight, and he actually started to do it in the palace of the concubine of the East Palace. He hurriedly ordered Zhang Liang's two personal soldiers to hold Zhang Liang, walked up to Lin Shu in person, bent down and asked with concern, "Lord Lin, are you injured?" ”

Lin Shu sat on the ground, one hand covering his chest, his eyes glaring at him, and he didn't say a word. Li Jinzhong saw that he was fine, and turned around to complain to Zhang Liang: "General, Lord Lin is a fourth-rank official of the imperial court, and this is the inner garden of the East Palace, how can you say that you will fight?" If the prince sees it, what should he do? ”

"This palace has already seen it, Zhu Shuang'er, go and help Lord Lin up." The prince didn't know when he had walked out of the hall, and was looking Zhang Liang up and down with a strange look, "You are so neat, since you are in the army, why don't you worship when you see this handsome?" ”

When Zhang Liang saw the prince himself, he couldn't help but feel a little short of breath, and he stiffly stepped forward and saluted: "The last general, Zhang Liang, the general of the Left Prison Gate, will see the marshal." ”

The crown prince knew that he was the queen's own brother, so he snorted heavily, ignored him, and asked Li Jinzhong: "My lord asks to see this palace, why is it?" ”

Li Jinzhong saw that the crown prince was in the posture of a marshal of soldiers and horses in the world, for fear that he would be angry and deal with Zhang Liang in the marching law, so he hurriedly replied with a smile: "General Zhang has caught a suspect in the case, and he specially came to report to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"That being the case, Lord Li should have brought General Zhang into the palace to face the saint, why did he come here to show his strength?"

Li Jinzhong heard that the prince's words were not good, and he actually had the intention of blaming himself, and he couldn't stand anymore, "plopped" and knelt on the ground, and apologized: "It's all the old servant who is not restrained effectively, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The prince stretched out his hand to help Li Jinzhong up, and glanced at Zhang Liang with contempt: "Ben Shuai Nian you assisted Master Li in investigating the case, you have an errand to do, and you will not practice military law for the time being." Thou art the general of the prison gate, and stand outside the gate by yourself, and you shall not enter without being summoned. As he spoke, he waved his hand and motioned for Li and Lin to follow him into the hall.

Lin Shu was willing to stop there, standing in the courtyard and shouting: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to treat Zhang for the crime of disrespect." ”

The prince shook his hand at him in annoyance: "You wait outside the door with him, if you are idle, you can tell him the Analects by the way." Lin Shu's face turned red, but he didn't dare to hold on any longer, and with Zhu Shuang'er's support, he walked towards the courtyard gate stupidly. He and Zhang Liang stood on both sides of the courtyard gate, and the two looked at each other angrily, like two door gods.

Li Jinzhong walked into the main hall of Ning Xiangxuan with the prince, and did not see Lai Xing'er and the old woman, only two little palace maids stood in the hall waiting, he was secretly wondering, the prince had sat down in the middle, and asked him: "Lord Li, tell me, who did Zhang Liang catch?" ”

Li Jinzhong then reported to the crown prince the process of Zhang Liang's arrest of He Shaosheng and He Shaosheng's confession. The crown prince listened very carefully, and when he finished speaking, he asked in a deep voice, "Master Li, do you have any regulations on this matter?" ”

Li Jinzhong replied tentatively: "According to General Zhang's statement, according to the confessions of Zhao Muyi and Wang, the person who provided the poison, the main messenger, and the poisoner have all been brought to justice. Tomorrow, the old minister will join forces with General Zhang to fold the matter back to the emperor and Niangniang. I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks? ”

The prince suddenly laughed, pointed at Li Jinzhong and said: "The shocking case will be solved in less than two days, Lord Li can be called a god!" ”

Li Jinzhong listened to his ridiculous words, and said with a straight face: "The matter is big, the old minister does not dare to make a decision, so he can only report it according to the truth, if there is anything wrong, please make it clear to the prince." ”

The crown prince did not respond positively, but only muttered: "I wonder when the East Palace will be able to restore peace?" Then he changed the topic and asked Li Jinzhong: "Why did Lin Shu get involved?" ”

This is a sensitive topic, it is related to the dignity of the East Palace and the dignity of the prince, Li Jinzhong was reluctant to make it clear, so he replied vaguely: "Lord Lin didn't know that there was an edict to check the East Palace, and there was a misunderstanding with General Zhang. ”

The crown prince nodded, yawned heavily, and said, "This palace is really lacking. Lin Shu is the left concubine of the East Palace, and it is more suitable for him to cooperate with Lord Li in investigating the case, which is more suitable than Shang Jing, Lord Li, what do you say? ”

The crown prince clearly did not approve of immediately reporting the arrest of He Shaosheng to the emperor and empress, but he did not say anything, but instead sent a thorn to his side, Li Jinzhong was quite unhappy in his heart: he had come to show favor to the prince, but the prince was still lukewarm to him, which made him very disappointed. Seeing that the prince had issued an order to expel guests, Li Jinzhong remembered Zhang and Lin who were standing guard at the door by the prince, so he bowed down and said: "The prince is in charge of state affairs, so take care of your body." Lao Chen, Zhang and Lin said goodbye. ”

The prince closed his eyes slightly and said, "Lord Li himself is more valuable. The two of them were young and strong, so let them stand all night. ”