Chapter Ninety-Three: Murder and Judgment

Lu Zhi walked out of the palace gate and was about to turn over and get on his horse, when he bumped into Chu Shenxia who came on horseback, his heart was shocked, and he blurted out: "Chu Shenxia? ”

Chu Shenxia nodded slightly, although the speed slowed down a little, but it did not stop there, Lu Zhi had some joy on his face, threw the reins of the horse to the groom on the side, and turned around and left. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The groom scratched his head, chased two steps and asked, "Aren't you going?" ”

"What?! How do you do it so unclean? Liu Yan got up a little excitedly, but his sleeves accidentally overturned the inkstone on the table, and none of the white paper copywriting on the table was spared.

Liu Yan raised his hand to wipe the ink in a panic, but he didn't think about it, the more he wiped it, the more messy it became, and the anger that he had held back for a few days had nowhere to attack.

The palace ladies and fathers-in-law in the palace knelt down in unison, kowtowed in fear and shouted, "Your Highness is angry." ”

"Get out!" Liu Yan heard their gossip voices, became even more angry, and sat back with his forehead on his buttocks.

The chaotic footsteps made his headache almost explode, and suddenly a familiar voice came from such a noisy sound, Liu Yan raised his eyes suddenly, and saw Chu Shenxia bowing and saluting.

Liu Yan walked up to him quickly, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Ruoyu said that you didn't come back, why did you come back again?" ”

"Things haven't been dealt with yet, how can I not come back? It was because of me that His Highness was entangled, and I naturally wanted to help His Highness get out of trouble. Chu Shenxia's gaze always fell on the fold on the ground as he spoke.

Liu Yan moved two steps, blocked his vision, and said in a deep voice, "You mean you still have to go?" Donggong, can you really not keep you? ”

Chu Shenxia's eyes lowered even deeper, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know, the world is impermanent, and I don't dare to promise anything." ”

Liu Yan stared at his face tightly, trying to see something in his eyes, but he never raised his eyes, and sneered silently: "Then what are you doing here?" There are so many virtuous people in the world, do I really have to be you? It's hard to find the first doorman, and isn't it hard to find a loyal doorman? ”

When he saw Chu Shenxia speaking coldly, his heart churned, and he couldn't hold back for a while, so he sarcastically mocked him.

Chu Shenxia lowered his head and was silent, thinking for a moment, those doubts and entanglements were finally sorted out, he had to help Liu Yan take a big step in two years, and after retiring, he would return to the mountain to accompany his mother to enjoy his old age.

"Your Highness, since I am here, I naturally don't plan to leave, I can't speak, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me." Chu Shenxia finally raised his head and looked at him.

The sincerity in his eyes could be seen, and the anger in Liu Yan's heart finally subsided a little, but he still glanced at him very unhappily.

He is not only his own guest, but first of all his friend, why do he say such a bad thing now, but he doesn't want to argue with him anymore, so he waved his hand to change the topic and said: "I guess you are prepared, tell me your views on the current situation." ”

"Yes, I don't think it is appropriate for His Royal Highness to send someone out privately to deal with the homicide case at this moment, but he should go to the emperor first to ask for guilt, not really to ask for guilt, but just ask him to investigate this matter thoroughly, and tell him that the East Palace is willing to fully cooperate with the thorough investigation, please don't embarrass the emperor." Chu Shenxia replied.

Liu Yan was a little hesitant, although he said that this was deeply intended by the emperor, but after all, this matter was indeed done by himself, how could he hit the knife edge by himself?

frowned at the moment and said: "You may not know, Hu Po was killed by me, my people are not clean, it is said that they have been found by Shi Zhou Lang, I am probably not a wise thing to please my father at this time, right?" ”

"Zhou Lang handed it over to me, I promise he won't find anything, the emperor is now being forced by hundreds of officials, anxious, His Royal Highness only needs to go to the emperor to ask for orders to investigate this matter thoroughly, which not only reflects his innocence and is not afraid of investigation, but also shows His Royal Highness's filial piety, why not?" Chu Shenxia's tone was very indifferent.

was so indifferent that Liu Yan felt that his words were said directly without his brain, and he was fluttering and could not focus on the ground, so he couldn't help but hesitate.

After hesitating, Lu Zhi came in, Liu Yan remembered that he had just instructed him to find Cheng Ling, the supervisor of the middle book, why did he come back?

Waiting for him to finish his salute suspiciously, Lu Zhicai explained: "Your Highness, I found that I bumped into Chu Shenxia on the way out, and I think he must have proposed a different method from His Highness, so I came back first." ”

When Lu Zhi said this, he didn't mean anything else, just from the bottom of his heart, but Liu Yan felt that he was laughing at his inferior methods when he heard it, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry, and after thinking about it carefully, he really felt that he was not as good as others, so he endured it again, and said in a loud voice: "Then as you said, tomorrow morning, I will ask my father to investigate thoroughly." ”

"There are many dreams at night, even if His Royal Highness doesn't ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly, it is difficult to guarantee when the emperor suddenly made up his mind to investigate thoroughly today, rather than waiting, it is better to reverse the opportunity and turn the passive into the active." Chu Shenxia glanced at him, and then continued: "Please also ask Your Highness to leave for the palace immediately." ”

"Now?!" Liu Yan got up very puzzled and paced back and forth, "Isn't the huge East Palace ready for it?" If someone really finds out something, then I'm really going to be charged with these crimes. ”

Chu Shenxia's eyes were like swords, and he said coldly: "Since Your Highness is afraid, when you sent someone to kill Hu Po, why didn't you think about the consequences, even if you want to kill someone, you shouldn't use such a clumsy method." ”

Lu Zhi on the side interjected: "This method is what I thought." ”

Chu Shenxia glanced at him, stopped talking, bowed and saluted, "I still have to go to find Zhou Lang, retreat first." ”

"Wait a minute." Liu Yan suddenly stopped him, went down the jade steps in the hall, and walked a few steps before saying, "How sure are you that Zhou Lang won't go down?" ”

"Ten points." Chu Shenxia originally wanted to say seven points, but because there was a copy of Zhou Lang in the official edict written by Chu Zhi, he thought about coercing Zhou Lang to give up the investigation, but this still couldn't be guaranteed, and Chu Shenxia couldn't be sure of the other three points.

After much deliberation, I finally chose another sinister approach.

Liu Yan reacted quite quickly at this moment, and his eyes shook and said, "You want to kill him?" ”

"I can't think of any other way, only if he dies, those clues will be completely interrupted, Your Highness can rest assured, if something happens, it will not affect Your Highness." After Chu Shenxia finished speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Liu Yan in a hurry.

Liu Yan's expression was not good, his mouth was open for a long time and he couldn't spit out a word, and finally shook his head suddenly and said, "You go, be careful in everything." ”

Chu Shenxia just arrived in Jiankang with his front foot, and Jing Wei arrived with his back foot, but the first place he went to Jiankang was the East Palace, Guan Ju Palace.

When he pushed the door in, Yuan Qingzheng and Yongming were playing against each other, and because of their seriousness, neither of them made a sound.

Yuan Qing was obviously very shocked when he saw Jing Ming, and the white chess piece in his hand accidentally slipped from his fingers, and Yongming didn't know what to say, and looked at Jing Ming in a daze.

Although Yuan Qing is Yongming's most trusted palace maid, he has never mentioned a word to her about his acquaintance with Jing Ming. In the original Qing definition, Jing Min was a traitor to the East Palace, betrayed His Royal Highness, betrayed his friends, and was a well-deserved villain, so he jumped off the stool and said loudly: "What are you doing here?" ”

Jing Min's gaze turned on the two of them, and said with a smile: "A few months ago, your princess borrowed something from me and didn't pay it back, and I'm here to ask her for it now." ”

Yuan Qing pursed his lips, and was about to scold him for talking nonsense, but he heard the person on the side say softly: "Yuan Qing, you go out to look at the wind." ”

Originally, I wanted to say a few words, but when I saw my princess's firm gaze, I didn't know if I was thinking too much recently or what, I always felt that the princess was a little different from before, and she didn't dare to make Yongming angry.

"Yongming, I'm here this time to ask you to help you do something." As soon as Jing Min spoke, he went straight to the point, looking very anxious.

Yongming sensed the seriousness of the situation, so he asked intently, "What happened?" What do I need to do? ”

"Kill Liu Yan."

The three words that came out of the mouth in front of him pressed on Yongming's heart like a boulder, and the nervousness and uneasiness all came to his heart, and he was finally about to do it.

Taking a jade bottle he handed over, Yongming held it tightly in his hand, raised his eyes and asked, "Poison him?" Anyone must have tried the food in his mouth first, so it was too easy to discover. ”

"This poison will not attack immediately, the eunuch who tried it would eat at most one or two bites, and it would be fine, but Liu Yan was different, and the food was obviously several times that of theirs. If you put this medicine in the morning, noon and evening respectively, Liu Yan will definitely not live the next day. As Jing Yan spoke, his eyes fell on the chessboard for a moment, and he shook his head slightly, not attacking or defending, such a messy chess game, only she and Yuan Qing came out.

"Okay." Yongming nodded cautiously, stuffed the jade bottle in his hand into his cuff, and raised his head again and asked, "What day is that?" ”

"The seventh day of the seventh month, that is, tomorrow."

The hand hidden in her sleeve couldn't help but clench secretly, everything came too fast, she had planned to kill Liu Yan before, but there was no way, and now she was finally going to kill him, but she retreated again.

Thinking that he had a hint of retreat, he shook his head hurriedly, and Jing Yan was puzzled: "What's wrong?" Won't it work tomorrow? ”

"Oh, no, yes, don't worry, I'll poison him tomorrow." Yongming shrugged.

"That's good, I'll go first, you must pay attention to Yuan Qing, don't let her ...... everywhere"

Before Jing Min finished speaking, Yongming interrupted him and said, "I know, I know, I'll keep her mouth shut, you can go quickly." ”

"You're so desperate for me to go?" Jing Min grinded his lips as he walked out.

Yongming took two quick steps, pushed him, and urged, "Let's go, don't rub it off." ”

After Jing Yan really left, he sat down slowly, unable to speak according to his fast-beating heart, tomorrow is the day Liu Yan died.