Chapter 163: Stubbornness and Verification
In the 22nd year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, on August 25, the weather was sunny and the breeze was blowing.
Early in the morning, the window facing the street on the second floor of a small hotel opened, and Li Yuntian appeared at the window, looking at the gradually noisy capital and stretched lazily.
Because what he is going to do today is related to the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian, who has always been very good in psychology, will inevitably bear huge psychological pressure, and he actually lost sleep last night, and he didn't squint until three or four o'clock in the morning.
"God forbid!" Taking a deep breath, Li Yuntian folded his hands and bowed to the sky, although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but at this time, this move was undoubtedly seeking a kind of psychological comfort.
When Li Yuntian packed up and left the small hotel, Cao helped the Beijing Guild Hall.
"Master, no, the eldest lady ran away from home." Lei Xiaotian was boxing in the courtyard, waiting for Lei Ting to come for breakfast, and a maid ring hurried over with a piece of paper in her hand.
"What?" Lei Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and quickly took the piece of paper.
Lei Ting told Lei Xiaotian that she was going to find Li Yuntian to find out why he was lying to her, and told Lei Xiaotian not to worry, no matter what the result was, she would go back to the hall today.
"This stupid girl!" Lei Xiaotian sighed helplessly, he didn't know what was so good about Li Yuntian's little white face, except for his good appearance and rhetoric, it was simply useless.
From Lei Ting's tone, Lei Xiaotian vaguely felt that Lei Ting seemed to know that Li Yuntian was there, otherwise he would not have said that he would come back today, and he regretted that he didn't ask Lei Ting about being with Li Yuntian yesterday.
"Did the eldest lady bring a sword with her when she left?" Lei Xiaotian frowned and asked the maid who reported the news, he was not worried about Lei Ting's safety, he believed that Li Yuntian was not Lei Ting's opponent, but now he was worried about Li Yuntian.
If Lei Ting killed Li Yuntian impulsively, then things would be troublesome, but here is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and some things are not so easy to settle.
"The eldest lady seems to have walked away in that old set of clothes, and she has taken away another set of clothes for the waiter, and everything else is there." Yahuan shook her head and reported to Lei Xiaotian that the old clothes in her mouth were the outfits of the young woman that Lei Ting wore when she broke up with Li Yuntian yesterday.
"The clothes of the chamberlain?" Lei Xiaotian's eyes showed a look of surprise, why does Lei Ting's girl's family have the clothes of an internal servant?
"What is the size of that chamberlain's clothes?" Subsequently, Lei Xiaotian thought of a possibility, and asked Yahuan in a deep voice, could it be that the set of clothes of the inner servant was Li Yuntian?
"The maid took a look at it when she was cleaning up yesterday, and it was similar to the figure of the young lady." Yahuan thought for a moment and replied.
Lei Xiaotian was even more surprised now, he didn't expect that the set of clothes for the chamberlain would be worn by Lei Ting, what did Li Yuntian want to do?
"Gang leader, just now my subordinates received a tip-off that Deputy Gang Leader Fan invited the chief housekeeper of the Marquis of Wuning Mansion to drink flower wine last night." Just when Lei Xiaotian was puzzled, You Hailong walked into the courtyard quickly and whispered in his ear.
"This Fan Laohei seems to be determined to fight with the gang leader." Lei Xiaotian's face sank when he heard this, and he said with a sneer.
Fan Qingshan is the deputy leader of the Cao Gang and the number two person of the Cao Gang, and has been fighting with Lei Xiao Tianming in recent years, and the two sides have won and lost each other.
The reason why Lei Xiaotian came to the capital this time was that he learned that Fan Qingshan had made friends with Wuning Houfu, so he wanted to use the Weiguo Mansion to counteract, and then hoped that the Cao Gang could settle down.
"Helper, are we going to move too, my subordinates have heard that the person who passed on the edict of the first emperor will be able to arrive in the capital at noon today." You Hailong hesitated for a moment and whispered worriedly.
Although the news of Emperor Yongle's death is still being blocked, it is no secret to those high-ranking officials and magnates in the capital, and those frequently transferred Jingwei are enough to explain the problem.
Lei Xiaotian is the capital that rushed to the capital after hearing the wind, wanting to climb the line of the Weiguo Mansion before the Han King ascended the throne.
It's just that because of Lei Ting's sudden disappearance, coupled with Lei Ting's letter, he temporarily dispelled the idea of approaching the Weiguo Mansion, just like the letter said, if you are cautious, in case the prince fights back, then he will be passive at that time.
"No, wait!" Lei Xiaotian paced back and forth in the courtyard with his hands behind his back a few times, and made a decision with an expressionless face, the so-called careful sailing of the 10,000-year-old ship, anyway, it has reached a critical moment, and it is not too late to wait until the overall situation has been timed.
Li Yuntian walked with his head down and mixed in with the crowd, the size of the army patrolling the street was almost twice that of yesterday, and it was very rare to wear armor, and the tip of the spear in his hand was shining a faint cold light.
The people were not aware of the tension in the capital, and they were still living a dull and busy life, and for them the battle for succession in the court was too far away from them, and whoever sat on the dragon chair in the Jinluan Hall was the same for them, except that the emperor's name and year name were different.
On the way, Li Yuntian secretly prayed that he would have good luck, hoping that Lei Ting would survive last night and not tell him about his infiltration into the Ministry of Rites today, otherwise he would have to go back to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion to move the rescue troops, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of waves on the side.
When he arrived at the market where the vegetable vendor was located, Li Yuntian did not go in directly, but carefully observed outside, and found nothing abnormal, so he helped someone push a delivery truck and entered the market with his head down.
"Why is she here?" From a distance, Li Yuntian saw Lei Ting carrying baskets of vegetables to the carriage in front of the vegetable vendor's stall, and she was dressed as a peasant woman, which suddenly surprised him.
Subconsciously, Li Yuntian hid in a corner of the market, vigilantly observing the surroundings, the surrounding wind and waves were calm, and there was nothing abnormal.
Then Li Yuntian calmed down, frowning slightly and looking at Lei Ting who was busy working there, if Lei Ting wanted to arrest him, there was no need to appear here, and she was dressed as a peasant woman, as long as she secretly ambushed good people, why bother the snake?
Or, Lei Ting hated herself too much, so she came to use it as bait to trap herself?
Li Yuntian couldn't make up his mind for a while, Lei Ting's appearance was completely beyond his expectations, in his opinion, Lei Ting shouldn't have appeared here at all, it was obvious that Lei Xiaotian would tell her that he had deceived her.
However, Li Yuntian no longer had time to analyze the meaning of Lei Ting's behavior at this time, he frowned and observed the expression on Lei Ting's face, wanting to see something from Lei Ting's expression.
Lei Ting's face was not shocked, he looked very calm, and there was no resentment in his eyes, Li Yuntian felt more and more weird, feeling that this should not be the state that Lei Ting expressed, anyone who was deceived would have more or less hatred for the person who deceived him.
After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian walked towards Lei Ting with a stern expression, although he didn't know why Lei Ting did this, but subconsciously told him that Lei Ting should have no malicious intent.
When Li Yuntian can't make up his mind, he often believes in his subconscious, because the reason why there is a subconscious is a choice made by the brain after comprehensively considering various factors, and often avoids the interference of many human factors.
It was with his subconscious that Li Yuntian had gone through many difficult moments before, so today he had to take another gamble to see what Lei Ting was doing here.
"Why are you here?" Lei Ting patronized her work and didn't notice Li Yuntian's appearance at all, Li Yuntian took a basket of vegetables from her hand and put it on the carriage, and asked in a low voice quietly.
"Why can't this girl come?" Lei Ting was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and when she saw that it was Li Yuntian, she couldn't help but look happy, then raised her chin, stared at Li Yuntian and said in a coquettish voice, "Do you have something to say to this girl?" ”
"I promise, after today, no, maybe in an hour, you'll know a word about me."
Li Yuntian couldn't help but feel funny secretly when he heard this, Lei Ting's last words to him were usually what he said to the prisoner when he was trying the case, and even the tone was very similar, and then he looked at Lei Ting solemnly, "But I can guarantee that I have absolutely no ill will towards you and the Cao Gang." ”
"What exactly are you going to do today?" Lei Ting flickered her eyelashes a few times, she naturally knew that Li Yuntian had no ill will towards her, otherwise, with Li Yuntian's cleverness, she would have already been yankuai, and asked suspiciously, "Since you don't serve in the Ministry of Rites, why do you want to go to the Ministry of Rites?" ”
"Miss, I really can't sue you about this matter." Li Yuntian smiled bitterly, in order to avoid attracting the attention of others, he walked over and whispered to Lei Ting who followed him while carrying vegetables, "When you enter the Ministry of Rites with me, I will naturally sue you." ”
"You don't want to sneak into the Ministry of Rites and plot against you, do you?" Seeing Li Yuntian's mysterious appearance, Lei Ting asked tentatively after thinking about it.
"I'm still young, and I don't want to go to jail so early." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, "Besides, if I really want to plot against it, I will go to the household department or the official department, and the Ministry of Rites, this Qingshui Yamen, has nothing to worry about." ”
"You...... You don't want to sneak into the palace, do you? Lei Ting felt that Li Yuntian's smile seemed to be a little weird, hesitated for a moment, lowered her voice and asked.
When Li Yuntian brought Lei Ting the set of clothes for the chamberlain the afternoon before yesterday, he said that it would be convenient for her in the Ministry of Rites at that time, anyway, she was a girl, and she could dress up as a handsome little eunuch after changing into the clothes of the chamberlain, and she would not show any flaws.
But now, Lei Ting couldn't help but wonder about Li Yuntian's motives, what kind of place is the imperial city, in addition to the yamen of the major ministries and the palace of the palace, there is also the palace where the emperor lives, and the inner servants can enter the palace, which can't help her to think nonsense.
"If you don't feel at ease, go back to the guild hall, and I'll look for you when I'm done with things, and I'll definitely give you a satisfactory explanation." Li Yuntian laughed, knowing that Lei Ting would have this question, after all, his identity was fake, and he got Lei Ting a set of clothes for the waiter, and anyone who left it would doubt his motives.
"What's wrong with this girl, can you still sell this girl?" Lei Ting raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and glared at Li Yuntian unconvinced.
A smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, it seems that God may be going to give Lei Ting a great fortune, he originally thought that Lei Ting would not be able to come, who would have thought that Lei Ting suddenly appeared in front of him, this can only be explained by the will of heaven. One