Chapter 606: Tang Chen's Surrender (3)
There is still a quarter of an hour until the end of the deuteronomy.
In the Heart Cultivation Palace, a piece of ambergris incense is lit, and the fragrance of orchid and musk deer fills the entire space, giving people an ethereal and clear feeling.
This sperm whale excrement has been soaked in seawater for decades or even hundreds of years, and the final spice formed is extremely precious, and ordinary people have no chance to see it except for the royal family.
This is the precious spice brought back by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures from the West, and there is not much inventory in the palace, and few of them are outflowed.
"Master, do you want to eat ginseng soup?"
"Well, in, in!" Zhu Qizhen, who was writing big characters with his head down, raised his head slightly, and lightly tapped his fingers on the dragon case twice.
After a while, a young eunuch walked in with a bowl of warm ginseng soup.
"Master, the ginseng soup is here!"
Zhu Qizhen put down the brush in his hand, walked over, picked up the ginseng soup, and took a sip: "Well, the temperature of today's ginseng soup is just right, not bad." ”
"Master, Mr. Wang is here."
"Oh, what time is it?" Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly and asked.
"Back to the master, it's almost the end of the application!"
"Let him in, I know what he's here for." Zhu Qizhen smiled, put down the ginseng soup, and waved his hand.
"The old slave has seen the master!"
"Let's be even, Mr. Wang came to see me at this time, but he came here to make a bet with Meng Yan and Meng Aiqing this morning?" Zhu Qizhen sat on the dragon chair and asked with a smile.
"The master's eyes are like torches, exactly!" Wang Zhen smiled.
"It's almost time, Meng Aiqing should also come over, is Mr. confident to win this bet?"
"The old slave trusts his own judgment!"
"Okay, then wait."
"Yes!"
"Come on, show Mr. Wang, and by the way, give Mr. Wang a bowl of ginseng soup." Zhu Qizhen commanded.
"Master, this can't be done, this can't be done!"
"Mr. Wang has served me for many years, and it can be said that he has worked hard, and a bowl of ginseng soup is just a bowl, so that he can do it!" Zhu Qizhen said.
"The old slave thanked his master Longen!" Wang Zhen knelt down with some emotion.
At the end of Shen, that is, around five o'clock in the afternoon on the Western clock, Wang Zhen, who watched the hand slowly moving towards five o'clock, took a small sip and took a small sip of ginseng soup, feeling very good.
This kid surnamed Meng shouldn't dare to come because he can't win, right?
Regardless of whether Meng Yan really caught Tang Chen's mother and son, as long as this time passed, even if he caught someone, he would lose!
Zhu Qizhen also drank the ginseng soup slowly, he was also very nervous as an emperor, if this Meng Yan lost, he would have to start all over again with the decisions he had made before.
If Tang Chun's case wants to find another suitable person to investigate, it will be difficult, it is good for him to trust Wang Zhen, but he is not confused.
If you can't be a saint, you can always be a Mingjun.
The wait is long, especially if you are single-mindedly waiting for someone or something to happen, it will be a very long time.
Wang Zhen seemed to see that the emperor was using various small actions to hide his inner anxiety, and he liked this feeling of mastery of other people's feelings.
Especially that person is still the emperor of the Ninety-Five.
Meng Yan hasn't come yet!
"Master, the old slave has finished drinking!"
"Let's have another bowl, the imperial dining room has made a lot, and I can't finish it every time!" Zhu Qizhen said.
"No, I drank too much, the fire was hot, I couldn't sleep at night, the old slave was old, and I felt shallow." Wang Zhendao.
"Sir is unwell, do you want to see a doctor?"
"No need, this person is old, it's like this, it's you, the master, you have to pay attention to the dragon body." Wang Zhenqing said sincerely.
"I know, Huang Jing, take a look, has the time come?" Zhu Qizhen commanded loudly.
"Back to the master, it's still a little close!"
"You go outside the door and watch, as soon as Meng Aiqing arrives, she will bring it in!" Zhu Qizhen ordered.
"Slaves obey!" Huang Jing lowered his head and bent down until he reached the door, then turned around and crossed the threshold and went out.
Tick......
The sound of the Western clock sounded when it left, and no one in the Heart Cultivation Hall spoke, amplifying the sound infinitely.
Dada!
Footsteps suddenly sounded, and everyone couldn't help but look up at the little red door.
It's not Meng Yan, the footsteps are obviously softer, not like a man's footsteps, it's a petite woman.
The palace of the heart is a heavy military machine, and ordinary palace maids are not qualified to set foot here.
"Master Qiqi is a female official in the Queen Mother's palace."
"What?"
"The Queen Mother sent someone to ask, are you still going to Cining Palace for dinner today?"
"If you go back, I'll just say that I still have a lot of pieces to watch, so I won't go today!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand.
"Got it!"
"Go ahead!"
I thought it was Meng Yan who came, but it turned out to be the Queen Mother's person, which made the emperor and Wang Zhen a little nervous.
The time is almost up, and the emperor is also a little restless, if this Meng Yan loses, he will wait to sit on wax as the emperor.
At the court meeting today, he still said so emotionally, so loudly, and the result was all nonsense, how could he be embarrassed?
However, this bet was witnessed by him, he is the emperor and a witness, this golden mouth, he can't regret it first, right?
This gentleman has no jokes, how can he be child's play?
"Master, Lord Meng Yanmeng, the Jinyi Guard Inspector, has arrived!" Cold, Huang Jing's male duck suddenly shouted.
Everyone in this Heart Cultivation Hall shuddered, the voice was a little scary, and it was a little infiltrating.
Wang Zhen raised his head slightly, this kid surnamed Meng finally came, knowing that he was going to lose, he dared to come, and he had a lot of courage.
Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't complain in his heart, it didn't matter if he won or lost, it was good if people came.
Anyway, the matter of betting, as far as the three of them know, this matter can always be discussed?
Huang Jing sweated for Meng Yan, if he didn't come again, he, an outsider, would be unable to bear the pressure.
He has put all his bets on Meng Yan, almost half of his net worth.
Gambling is common in this palace, and anything can be gambled, just like this time Wang Zhen and Meng Yan's bet, there are at least seven or eight gambling games in the palace.
The eunuchs in the palace usually don't have any pastime activities, so gambling is the most common, you can gamble on anything, even the emperor is fortunate to be the concubine, how long, these eunuchs dare to gamble.
Because of gambling, there are many people who lose their heads, but they still can't stop this gambling trend.
Meng Yan deliberately stepped on a little bit, for him, sooner or later, he would win, why not give Wang Zhen a little hope, and then push him down the abyss?
Is it something more desperate than the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment?
"Wechen Jinyi Wei ......"
"Meng Aiqing is here, hurry, flat!" Zhu Qizhen couldn't wait to stand up and walked down.
Wang Zhen saw that the emperor had gotten up, and he was embarrassed to sit on the chair, so he also moved a few steps over.
"Thank you!" Meng Yan stood up, and as soon as he looked up, the minute and hour hands of the Western table clock in the Yangxin Hall were just five o'clock.
While! While! While! While! While!
Five melodious bells rang, and the time was just right.
"Meng Aiqing, ten days ago, in front of me and Mr. Wang, you made a military order to arrest the family members of the Qin prisoner Tang Qin within ten days, and now it is exactly ten days, I ask you, has your promise been fulfilled?"
"Back to the saint, Wei Chen is fortunate not to be dishonored!" Meng Yan bowed down and said solemnly.
"Aiqing really did it?"
"Yes, not long ago, the family members of the Qin prisoner Tang Yun had already gone to the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard Inspection Division to surrender!"
"Did you really turn yourself in?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes were stunned.
"Of course, what Weichen saw with his own eyes, how could it be fake!" Meng Yan Road.
"This, this is incredible!" Zhu Qizhen took a breath and said, it is not uncommon for a prisoner to turn himself in, but this kind of prisoner who has obviously committed a capital crime, turning himself in is equivalent to sending him to death, no one would be so stupid, right?
"Master Meng, the old man is very curious, where did you find such a woman to pretend to be Tang Chen's wife, Tang Chen?" Wang Zhen stepped forward with a sneer.
"Pretending, Wang Weng, can't this joke?" Meng Yan was also stunned for a moment, it stands to reason that Wang Zhen had already gotten the news, he could still be so calm, he thought he had something to rely on, but he didn't expect such a sentence to come from one mouth.
"Yes, Mr. Wang, this is no joke." Zhu Qizhen was also skeptical, but his heart was still towards Meng Yan, no matter what, when someone came, it was better to find someone to pretend to be one than not to catch someone.
"Master Meng, Tang Wei's body just entered Beijing today, right?"
"Yes, Wang Weng is very well informed!"
"After that, you put up notices everywhere in celebrities, saying that the criminal Tang Chun committed suicide in fear of crime, and asked his family to come to inspect the Yamen to identify the body, old man, am I right?" Wang Zhen asked again.
"Yes, Xia Guan is using this to lure Tang Wei's family to appear, there is no better way?" Meng Yan said in a deep voice.
"Lord Meng's idea is good, but unfortunately, you forgot, Tang Wei's family already knows that the court is wanted by her, and you will not be fooled unless you are a fool!"
"Wang Weng, if the person who posted the notice is Dongchang, then it is true that only a fool will be fooled, but now the person who posted the notice is a lower official, so it may not be!" Meng Yan smiled and said confrontingly.
"Is Lord Meng satirizing Dongchang when he says this?"
"At least Dongchang's reputation is not as good as Jinyiwei's now, this is a fact, Wang Weng won't admit it, right?" Meng Yan Road.
"Humph!"
"Even if what you said makes sense, how could you have expected that Tang Chen's would definitely turn himself in?" Wang Zhen asked rhetorically.
"It's very simple, I learned that they have a good relationship between husband and wife, Tang Chu died suddenly, as a wife, after receiving this news, even if she knew that her life might be in danger if she went, she would take the risk of going." Meng Yan explained.
"Well, what Aiqing said makes sense." Emperor Zhu Qizhen nodded.
"Lord Meng is really good at quibbling, the old man got the news that Tang Chen's family did not enter the city at all, how did she avoid the interrogation of the city gate and enter the city?"
"Wang Weng still doesn't know, can a woman in this world pretend to be a man?" Meng Yan glanced at Wang Zhen up and down, shook his head and said regretfully, "Of course, Wang Weng, you will ......."
Wang Zhen's face turned red instantly, he was actually scarred by someone, he was a eunuch who was neither male nor female. R1152