78. Li Xiao, King of Zhou
Liu Yue looked sideways at Li Hongjing, waiting for him to introduce himself to Li Xiao.
"Friends." Li Hongjing said calmly, "Friends who can help." β
Li Xiao's eyes moved slightly, and he secretly glanced at Liu Yue, and a smile appeared on his lips, and he smiled: "Hahaha, interesting." β
"Uncle Huang." Li Hongjing couldn't help but interrupt him, "I brought her here today to find you to learn about the case of water consumption." β
Li Xiao knew Li Hongjing's temper, and he no longer laughed, looked at Liu Yue Zhengse and said, "Little boy ask." β
Since the occurrence of the water and gold consumption case, it seems that the facts of the case are clear, but in fact it is still a mess, he has been imprisoned in the Fengfu Yuan for more than two months, and he has said countless times about the case in such a long time, so at this time, Liu Yue came to ask again, Li Xiao's attitude was extremely flat.
"Lord Wang, I want to ask you some questions about the case, which may be different from the questions I asked you before, please be sure to listen carefully and answer me." Liu Yue looked at Li Xiao intently and seriously.
"Don't worry, little boy, this king will know everything and say everything, just ask."
"There are a few questions that you would like to answer one by one, what is your relationship with the king? After discovering that the gold was missing, who proposed to return to Beijing to restore his life? Is there any collusion on the road? Who received you when you stayed in the Liaocheng Mansion? How far away is the gold placed in the hospital? Liu Yue smiled leisurely and said: "I think there should be some of these questions asked, naturally there are also those who have not been asked, if there is any trouble that has not been asked, you can think about it carefully." β
Li Xiao's expression was solemn, he carefully recalled the question just now, and sighed.
"You have these questions, only one has been asked, that is, there can be mutual collusion on the road, I can answer this question directly, there is no collusion, and there is, my relationship with the king Hongjing knows, the king is the eldest prince of His Majesty, and the mother concubine is the queen of the middle palace, although the king is his uncle, but the king has no real power in the court, and he will not give me much face, so it can only be said that it is an ordinary kinship. The matter of gold is that he sent someone to inform the king, and he was the first to find that the gold is gone, and the matter of returning to Beijing to restore his life is what I proposed, and the gold of the escort is gone, and the king thinks that there is no need to go down further, and he should immediately return to Beijing with the escort box to inform His Majesty, and the king thought that he should first search in Liaocheng and then return to Beijing, and finally the king had a big quarrel with him, and let people pack up and set off without consulting him, he caught up with him halfway, and he was angry with me for this, and he never got off the carriage along the way, Even the meals were in his own carriage. The courtyard of the king was arranged in the innermost, and there were two courtyards separated from the warehouse where the gold was placed, and the courtyard of the king was the closest to the gold, so he was also the first person to find that the gold was missing. β
For Liu Yue's questions, Li Xiao answered them one by one, and after talking for a long time, his mouth was a little dry, and he raised his hand to take the water handed by Li Hongjing, and the chain on his wrist was pulled by his hand, and there was a clanging sound in the silent cell.
Moistening his throat, Li Xiao looked at Liu Yue, who was still thinking quietly about the problem, and winked at Li Hongjing with an inexplicable smile, his playful appearance did not look like an old man over forty years old at all.
Li Hongjing glanced at the frolicking uncle angrily, but was teased by Li Xiao more and more.
While Liu Yue was still immersed in his spiritual world, he looked close to Li Hongjing, smiled and said, "Your friend is not simple~!" β
The end of the word Ah was deliberately elongated by him, and the eyes that looked at Li Hongjing seemed to be able to see him through, "No matter how I look at it, I feel that your little friend looks like a girl from her appearance to her size, as well as the appearance of walking Yingying." β
Li Hongjing raised his head and met Li Xiao's smiling eyes, his face was still cold, "Uncle Huang, she won't let me say it." β
"You kid also have an obedient day?" Li Xiao smiled evilly.
"Whatever she says to me, that's what she says."
"Is this still the Li Hongjing I know?" Li Xiao pretended to be surprised and looked at Li Hongjing, still smiling, "I heard your grandfather say that you have a fiancΓ©e and are very good to her, is this it?" β
Seeing this, Li Hongjing looked at Liu Yue sideways, and his narrow and deep eyes flowed with joy and doting that could not be hidden.
Li Xiao saw the love in Li Hongjing's eyes, and couldn't help laughing: "The little girl looks good, but it's different from what your grandfather said, she speaks clearly and steadily, much better than the girl in my family." β
Thinking of the girl who danced with knives and guns all day long, Li Xiao couldn't help but pull his face, where is his girl the county lord? is a female general, she knows how to play guns and horses all day long, and she can fit mountains, rivers and lakes with a big heart, he has been in for more than two months, and the girl doesn't know how to come in and see her father.
Seeing the sadness flashing on Li Xiao's face and then sighing, Li Hongjing knew what he was thinking, and said in a low voice: "Qionghua, she also misses you, she wanted to come in to see you, but I stopped her, she is impatient, and it is better to stay in the house honestly at this time." β
Li Xiao very much agreed with his words, the little ancestor of his family, as long as he stayed in the house honestly at this time, it would be the greatest help to him.
Thinking that he didn't know what year and month he would be able to go out, Li Xiao's eyes couldn't help but darken, and he said faintly: "Hongjing, I don't know when this case is a head, even if the case is solved, I will be implicated, I don't know what crime Your Majesty will sentence me, if I am not there, please take care of Qionghua's girl in the face of Uncle Huang." β
"Uncle Huang, you will definitely not have an accident." Li Hongjing looked at Li Xiao deeply and said solemnly.
"Hey!" Li Xiao nodded slowly, and forced a smile, "Thank you Hongjing." β
He couldn't be optimistic, he knew very well in his heart that His Majesty would sentence him, after all, His Majesty had been a brother with him for decades, suspicious and extremely paranoid by nature, otherwise he would not have created the Fengdu Yuan to supervise hundreds of officials in the court.
I have been smart for decades, I have escaped many concubines, I have escaped the king of cutting, I don't want real power and I don't participate in court politics, I don't know whose way it is, I was counted in the bureau of escorting disaster relief funds, and I blame myself for being careless and losing the escort materials.
Liu Yue doesn't know a lot about Li Xiao, he is Li Hongjing's imperial uncle, he has never participated in court politics, he can be regarded as an idle and happy prince, she also believes that this water consumption has nothing to do with this happy imperial uncle, someone deliberately involved him.
"Did the prince do anything to offend people three months ago?" Liu Yue asked the question in her heart.
Li Xiao came back to his senses, thought about it carefully, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not afraid of Xiaoyou's jokes, this king is a person who is afraid of things and never takes the initiative to cause trouble, so he shouldn't have offended anyone." β