In the Yunshui Pavilion of Ruiling Palace, Su Zixi was lying on his back on the bed, his eyes were closed, and he was sleeping deeply, when the door was suddenly pushed open, and then Bei Yingchen walked in cautiously.

At this time, the black clothes had already faded, and Bei Mingchen was dressed in a white middle coat and lay gently beside the woman on the bed.

By the moonlight, the man glanced at the incense burner with wisps of white smoke in the room, and then he turned his head and looked at Su Zixi on the side, seeing that she was breathing evenly, Bei Mingchen closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

Prime Minister's Office.

"Oh no, no!"

Early in the morning, Gu Shichong had just sat up from the bed when Steward Qian ran into his bedroom in a panic.

"Xiangye, it's not good!" Out of breath, Steward Qian held his knees with both hands and gasped. After all, he is old, and he has run all the way, and the old housekeeper is inevitably a little physically exhausted.

"You are also a person who has lived for most of your life, what happened to make you lose your sense of proportion!" The afterglow swept over Steward Qian, and Gu Shichong reproached with a straight face.

Steward Qian is an old man beside Gu Shichong, and he has always been steady, looking at his appearance, Gu Shichong secretly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

But he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has long become an old fritter, even if the sky falls, he must not change his face in front of people, which is Gu Shichong's housekeeping skill.

"Wu Zongyong was killed last night, and all the gold and silver stored in the secret room in the backyard of the Wu Mansion were stolen, and there was nothing left!" Finally relieved, Steward Qian truthfully replied to the news he had just gotten.

"What?" Gu Shichong's heart was obviously shocked, but he quickly covered up the shock in his eyes and asked unhurriedly, "How did Wu Zongyong die?" ”

"Pierced in the heart with a throwing knife! According to the family of Wu Mansion, a woman in black broke into Wu Mansion in the second half of yesterday night and tried to assassinate her, but she failed to succeed and was almost arrested! ”

"Originally, the family was almost able to unveil the man in black, but someone else secretly pulled a flying knife, killed Wu Zongyong, and also relieved the man in black!" Speaking of this, there was a little more regret in Steward Qian's tone.

"It's all rubbish, a group of people, and they can't even deal with two people!" Finally couldn't help it, Gu Shichong's voice implied a bit of anger.

Wu Zongyong's life or death, he didn't care, the stolen gold, silver and money were also a drop in the bucket for the Gu family, but someone moved his people and things under his nose, which was obviously a provocation to his majesty.

Got up and put on his coat, Gu Shichong walked out quickly, and when Steward Qian saw this, he hurriedly followed behind, and rushed to the secret room in the backyard of the Wu Mansion, and their eyes fell on the open iron cable at the door of the secret room at the same time.

Walking forward, holding the lock in his hand and taking a closer look, Steward Qian's face showed obvious doubts.

"Xiangye, this lock is made of thousands of years of cold iron, it is very strong, it can't be opened without a key, and now the lock has not only been opened, but the lock body has not been smashed at all, could it be that the assassin has the key to the secret room in his hand?"

"There are only two keys to this vault, one is on the body of the prime minister, and the other is on the body of Wu Zongyong, the key to the true phase has never left his body, and on Wu Zongyong's side, the prime minister has repeatedly told him to carry the key with him!"

"Could it be that Wu Zongyong didn't act according to Xiangye's orders?" Steward Qian said thoughtfully, there is no problem on Gu Shichong's side, then the problem can only be with Wu Zongyong.

"Although Wu Zongyong is a vicious and vicious person, he does things properly, it is precisely because of this that Benxiang dares to entrust him with important tasks, not to mention, his life is in the hands of Benxiang, how dare he disobey Benxiang's words!"

"This secret room in the backyard of the Wu Mansion is extremely hidden, few people know about it, the other party can take the key, and unknowingly, transport so many boxes away, the original appearance is only afraid of ......" Gu Shichong said, his eyes flashed with a thick look of worry.

"Xiangye is suspicious, there are ghosts in the Xiangfu?"

"Being able to get a personal object like a key in your hands, being so familiar with the surrounding environment, and being able to successfully break through the mechanism in the secret room, if you are not close to you, I am afraid it will be difficult to do!" Thick eyebrows frowned, Gu Shichong analyzed.

"Who could this ghost be?" After going through all the people around him in his mind, the money steward really couldn't see who had the problem.

"If the opponent has tried his best to install a fine work around the prime minister, how can he easily let us find out the person, it seems that we must be extra careful in the future!" Gu Shichong sighed lightly.

"That's what Xiangye said!" Steward Qian complimented Ying Hedao, and then he changed the conversation, "I don't know who did this, does Xiangye think it will be the emperor's hand?" ”

"The emperor stays in the palace all day, and the recent floods in Luonan have made the emperor even more busy, at this time, he is afraid that he will not have time to do this!"

"In addition to the emperor, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the only one who can't get along with the prime minister is He Hong, but He Hong is upright, and it is not his style of doing things at all to install eyeliner and assassinate and steal! But besides He Hong, who else will there be? Steward Qian wondered.

"Those who will attack the prime minister may not necessarily be the opponent on the surface, in the officialdom, there are only eternal interests, no eternal friends!"

"It seems that it is time for Benxiang to go to Ruiling Palace!" His eyes were deep, and after Gu Shichong said this, he strode away.

After such a reminder, Steward Qian immediately understood, evil and cunning, doing everything, the entire Western Chu, Ruiling Wang Bei Yingchen can be said to be a typical representative of this faction's style of acting.

After coming back to his senses, Steward Qian hurriedly followed Gu Shichong, who was walking in front.

"Lord Wang, where is the concubine? Come and get me! ”

In the garden of Ruiling Palace, from time to time there were women's laughter, and it turned out that Bei Mingchen was playing a game of hide and seek with Su Zixi blindfolded with a handkerchief.

"Aifei, don't run!"

Seeing that he was about to be caught by Bei Yingchen, Su Zixi dodged and hid behind the branches, watching the man pounce in the air, Su Zixi covered his mouth and smiled: "The prince can't catch the concubine!" ”

"Who said this king can't catch you!"

There was a sudden warmth on his body, and when Su Zixi came back to his senses, he had been tightly encircled by the man with his arms.

"Lord Wang, why did you take off the handkerchief, you are cheating!" wanted to refuse and welcome, Su Zixi said angrily.

"You can run around, why can't this king open his eyes? Anyway, you're in the king's hands now, see where you can go!" The corners of his mouth rose upward, and Bei Mingchen raised his eyebrows, that evil look was really a complete playboy.

"Nasty!"

"Ahem, ahem!" When the two of them were in love, someone suddenly cleared their throats forcefully at an inopportune time.