Xuanwu Lake, located in the north of Nanjing City and outside the Taiping Gate, is a famous grand scene in Jinling.

There are many lotus roots planted in the lake, if you catch up with the summer and autumn, the water surface is turquoise, and the pink lotus flowers are hidden in it, and the scenery is very charming; At this time, the lotus leaves have already withered in the middle of winter, the grass and trees are sluggish, the north wind blows from the Yangtze River, and it is a poignant and majestic scene, which reminds people of the Song Xiaowu Emperor who was here to parade the water army, the masts are lined up, and the scene of the flag is covered, and the ears seem to have sounded the drum and horn of the water and land battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang outside the city of Nanjing when the heroes were divided.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set the capital of Nanjing, annihilated the heroes, chased the Mengyuan in the north, and finally unified China, and established the Yellow Book Library on the small island "Zhongzhou" in the center of Xuanwu Lake, as the Ming Dynasty's political axe to store the treasury forbidden place of the national household registration and enlistment book, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter casually. For the storage of the territory people are rare, only the pavilion sunset is low", and since then the Xuanwu Lake has been extinct.

However, for Miss Gongzi who came to the poetry meeting, Xuanwu Lake was completely open, and the very small symbolic navy stationed here not only did not stop them, but also provided them with boats to swim in the lake, and even flattered them that they could send troops to protect them - this suggestion of bad scenery was rejected by Liu Huan, and the talented and beautiful people chanted poems against each other, and what did a group of Qiu Ba look like when they stayed by?

There were several talented people who made poems to commemorate Miss Yin in advance, and they were ready to show their talents at the poetry meeting, but what embarrassed them was that Miss Du was killed last night, and they called a few half-pot of water who were not talented enough to secretly call them unlucky, and asked them to compose poems on the spot, without the help of the guests, which was inevitably a little difficult for some strong people.

The atmosphere of the poetry meeting held at Yanbo Pavilion was even heavier than expected.

Originally, Miss Yin could only be regarded as a marginalized figure in the circle of Nanjing's gentlemen, and when she heard the news of her death, the kind-hearted Wangkong silently wished for early bliss, and the showy was ready to show her face through the memorial poems, and there were also bitter people who sneered twice, and threw down the sentence "The daughter of a businessman, the family style is not careful, no wonder ......"

But Miss Du is completely different, as the daughter of Zhishilang, her status is much higher, her death makes the young masters and young ladies feel sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, and the children who have always felt good about themselves found for the first time that under the threat of death, their lives are not more tenacious than those of humble people.

Contrary to Miss Yin, who is introverted and silent and pretends to be high-minded, the naïve and naïve Miss Du's surname is extraordinarily cheerful, and several young sons have a good impression of her, and they also secretly weep when they sit on the table at this time, resulting in an unprecedentedly depressing atmosphere at the poetry meeting.

Everyone hastily ended the routine chanting of poems after a few nonsense sentences, and the young ladies scattered in twos and threes, and took a long breath of turbidity at the open surface of Xuanwu Lake and the refreshing winter scenery, sending out the depression in their hearts.

The huge Xuanwu Lake was devoid of any visitors, and as soon as the hundred or so young ladies and their servants dispersed, they were like a few peppercorns sprinkled into a pond, without a little noise, and still quiet.

A grass pavilion located on the shady side of the depression is a place where the north wind cannot blow, and it is quite far away from the Yanbo Pavilion where the poetry meeting is held, and it is inaccessible.

The pavilion had long since decayed, the pillars were mottled with falling paint, the thatch on the top had been blown away by the wind, and the rest was barely pressed with stones, and the table in the middle of the pavilion had several cracks, which were extremely incommensurate with the two jasper-inlaid gold wine glasses on the tabletop.

The two figures in the pavilion watched the lake by the railing, and the one on the left was Liu Huanzhi, and Zhang Zixuan on the right deliberately kept a distance from him, with a rather cold expression.

"Liu Gongzi, Miss Ben has accompanied you here, there are no six ears here, only God knows what to say, please say anything clearly," Zhang Zixuan paused, and her tone was already a little stern: "You must know that men and women do not kiss, you and I stay here for a long time, and we are not free from etiquette." ”

Just now, Liu Huanzhi claimed to represent his father Liu Yiru, and he had a major matter about the political situation in the court to talk to Zhang Zixuan alone, and asked her to tell the first assistant Zhang Juzheng on his behalf. So the two of them retreated left and right and came to this secluded place.

Zhang Zixuan didn't take Liu Huanzhi's waste seriously, but the other party didn't look for her two brothers, but only talked to her, which also aroused a little suspicion: What is this guy's idea?

Liu Huanzhi's handsome face had a little yin owl, and there was a hint of madness hidden in his eyes, this beast was gritting his teeth, hating Qin Lin and the Zhang family brothers and sisters, and even Zhang Juzheng hated it together.

Last night, Jinyiwei, Ying Tianfu and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were all in the city, and Liu Huanzhi almost fell into the legal net, and it was only through the speed of the carriage and the cover of the identity of the servant of the criminal department that he escaped Bai Hao's pursuit.

Back in the mansion, he just gasped and congratulated himself on the fact that he had successfully escaped after committing the crime again, and once again played and insulted Qin Lin, who was known as the judge of the yin on the night of the broken sun, and once again made those stupid and despicable women pay the price...... The visit of Catcher Kuai and Jinyiwei brought him to the brink of collapse.

Fortunately, these officials did not come to arrest him, but came to inquire about the whereabouts of the carriage, but instead they were scolded by Liu Yiru, who had just returned to the house, and roared and accused Wang Shizhen and Qin Lin of not finding the real culprit.

The scolding dogs of the Jinyi guards and the catchers were bloody, so they had to leave in a huff.

Liu Jianzhi let out a sigh of relief, knowing that he had escaped with his father's official authority and people's habitual thinking, but this time he was no longer as complacent as he had been after the first two crimes-because he clearly saw that Jinyiwei had just appeared, and when he mentioned the whereabouts of the carriage, a cold sweat broke out on the door of his head as an accomplice and the servant who drove for him, and his legs trembled involuntarily.

Qin Lin did not say that he was judging the yin at night as in the legend, and he didn't take all the best measures to pull Liu Huzhi out of the crowd, but Qin Lin investigated and transferred internally, reasonably analyzed the case, listed the characteristics of the suspects one by one, narrowed the scope of investigation, and delineated the key suspects...... Liu Huanzhi clearly felt that Qin Lin was approaching step by step, albeit slowly but unstoppably!

Kill the Lord and Kill the Mouth? No, no, no, Jin Yiwei has already come to investigate the clues of the carriage, and killing him again will expose the target.

persuaded his father to suppress Qin Lin through power and dismiss him for investigation? No, Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei, is on his side, damn it!

What else can be done?

All kinds of countermeasures that could be thought of were ruled out by Liu Huanzhi himself, and in the end, he found out almost desperately that he couldn't stop Qin Lin from approaching step by step, and the net in Qin Lin's hand had covered him in the net, and was closing inch by inch!

The fish died and the net was broken, which became the last choice made by Liu Huanzhi under his madness.

With a quick glance towards Zhang Zixuan, Liu Huanzhi's bloodshot eyes flashed with a touch of sinister cunning and absolute madness.

Quickly suppressed the chaotic thoughts, Liu Huanzhi's smile became very sincere, "Don't hide it from Miss Zhang, my father has deeply regretted what happened in the past, those who go can't be admonished, and they can still be chased, and they are willing to serve Zhang Xiangye in the future...... Come on, come on, please drink this cup full, there are some things in the past, and the foolish brother regrets it very much......"

As he spoke, Liu Huzhi picked up the wine glass on the left.

Zhang Zixuan gently shook the lotus step, walked to the table like a lotus leaf in the wind, stretched out her slender wrist, and gently picked up the wine glass with her white jade-like soft fingers, and smiled slightly, she was already peerless: "Brother Liu's father and son have this intention, and their father must welcome each other, but Miss Ben herself has no prejudice against Brother Liu, and Brother Liu doesn't have to regret anything." ”

The so-called no prejudice is completely a tactful statement that there is no such thing as you in my heart, Zhang Zixuan's attitude is very clear: It's okay to talk about political cooperation, as for you and me, I'm sorry, who are you?

When Liu Huanzhi heard this, his heart was even more jealous, but his face was silent, and he raised the golden cup high with a toast that was not salty or light.

Zhang Zixuan also put the wine glass to her lips, and the cold rim of the glass pressed the soft and ruddy lip flap into a mesmerizing arc.

Drink, drink! There was a voice screaming in Liu Jizhi's heart.

Starting from Zhang Zixuan is already the only way for him to escape punishment: if Zhang Zixuan, who is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is drugged and "humiliated", what will Mr. Zhang, the young master of Yuanfu, do?

Zhang Juzheng had six sons, but only one daughter, who loved her like a pearl in her palm, and the degree of spoiling was absolutely smacked by her colleagues, not only allowed her to go out with her two brothers to study, but even the imperial treasures rewarded by the Empress Dowager Cisheng were also given to her to play with - in exchange for any other courtier, it was to be offered to burn incense and pay homage.

So, after hearing what happened to his daughter, how will Zhang Juzheng react?

Yes, he's going to be furious, he's going to want to break that guy to pieces, and there's a chance he'll do any terrible, dripping revenge.

However, this is the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty when etiquette and religion prevailed, and it is more likely that Zhang Juzheng made a mistake in order to protect his daughter's honor and dignity for the sake of the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion - especially the person who committed the crime was originally the son-in-law of Chenglong who he once liked, and this possibility is even greater.

Not only that, in Liu Huanzhi's mind, it is entirely possible that Zhang Zixuan will endure it after discovering what happened, and then propose to his father to marry him.

In order to promote this best situation, Liu Huanzhi even rehearsed several times last night, how to cry and beg her for forgiveness after Zhang Zixuan woke up, and how to impress her with her humble posture and wonderful talent.

As long as he passes this level and becomes the son-in-law of Yuanfu Young Master Zhang Juzheng, what are the crimes he committed before? Who dares to doubt the son-in-law of the first assistant of the dynasty? No matter how powerful Qin Lin is, Liu Huanzhi can also rely on the power of the Zhang family to break free from the legal net he laid and get away with it from now on.

The key is to look at the glass of wine that Zhang Zixuan is holding, Liu Huanzhi stared intently, and when Zhang Zixuan raised the wine glass and lifted it up, his smile became unprecedented and silver.

"Don't drink!"

Qin Lin's stern voice made Liu Huanzhi tremble, he raised his head in horror, but saw a figure wearing a bright yellow flying fish suit on the stone path rushing towards him.

(To be continued)