Chapter 33: Arrest
The East Palace is very perfunctory, the little prince is young, and the auxiliary ministers under him pass the buck to each other, there are few top things, and the arrangement of things is a mess.
When Jiang Banxia came out of the Forbidden City, the sun was still hanging in the sky, and she was waiting for the attendant to bring her cat to her.
From afar, I heard Cao Xi feeding his throat.
"Good sister, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time." Cao Xi had a pleasing smile on his face: "When I saw you today, you were a little more sassy." ”
Cao Xi took the raccoon slave in the arms of the waiter on the side and stuffed it to Jiang Banxia: "Just now, this cat ran to the Chengqian Palace and almost disappeared, but fortunately, I caught it quickly, and when I asked, it was the overseer who rewarded my sister with you." ”
"Thank you Father-in-law Cao Xi for rescuing this disobedient raccoon slave." Jiang Banxia hurriedly thanked him.
"It's all my own family, what are you thankful for, it's so rusty." Cao Xi took out a bag of pastries and stuffed them into Jiang Banxia's arms: "This is plum blossom cake, which was personally renovated by the new chef in Jiangning Mansion, and it should suit your appetite." Cao Xi bit the three words of Jiangning Mansion very hard.
The plum blossom cake with residual warmth exudes a sweet smell through the oiled paper.
Jiang Banxia was in a trance for a while, the year before last, her father went to Jiangning on a business trip, and when she came back, she brought plum blossom cakes, and the sweet taste still remains in her memory.
"Thank you." Jiang Banxia did not refuse.
"Good sister, if you like to eat, I'll send someone to send you a few more times." Cao Xi said warmly.
"Not necessarily." Jiang Banxia refused: "Now I am still in the Lu Mansion, so inconvenient." ”
"Then don't bother."
Jiang Banxia and Cao Xi exchanged a few more words before leaving the door, Cao Xi stood in place and watched Jiang Banxia's figure gradually walk away, and he accepted the smile on his face.
It's just an orphan girl, thinking that she can succeed if she takes face in front of her godfather? Cao Xi sneered.
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According to the usual point, Jiang Banxia was still in the yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, and today thanks to the blessing of the group of people in the East Palace, she returned to Lu Mansion early, but before she approached the side courtyard, she was stopped by Lu Xun's voice.
"'Cousin'" Lu Xun came with a fan.
Jiang Banxia stopped in place, she was waiting for Lu Xun's second half of the sentence, but after waiting for a long time, Lu Xun didn't speak.
"How?" Jiang Banxia turned around to look and saw Lu Xun's two eyes staring at the raccoon slave lying on her shoulder.
"Where did you get this cat? Weird looking. Lu Xun reached out to stroke the little raccoon slave, but before his hand could reach closer, the little raccoon slave waved his paw and opened: "Hey, you have a weird temperament." ”
Jiang Banxia forked the little raccoon slave from under his armpit, and the little raccoon slave fluttered twice and then didn't move, leaving Jiang Banxia at the mercy, it seemed that this one had grown up again, and it was half a human height.
"Do you have a name?" Lu Xun asked.
Jiang Banxia shook his head.
"I think it's called copper coins!" Lu Xun rubbed his palms; "You see it's full of copper coin patterns, it's so pleasing to call copper coins, hahaha."
Lu Xun smiled awkwardly for a moment before stopping, he looked at Jiang Banxia expectantly.
Jiang Banxia replied expressionlessly: "Let's call it copper money." ”
She threw the plum blossom cake in her hand into Lu Xun's arms, and Lu Xun hurriedly picked it up.
"What's that?" Lu Xun untied the rope and opened it, and there were plum blossom cakes neatly stacked inside, and he picked one and threw it into his mouth: "Where did you buy it from?" I've never seen one in Kyoto. ”
"Is it delicious?"
Lu Xun stuffed his mouth full: "It's delicious, it's delicious, of course it's delicious." ”
Jiang Banxia said quietly: "If it's delicious, you can eat it all." ”
Lu Xun, who was stuffing plum blossom cakes, was stunned, he glanced at the plum blossom cake in his hand and then at Jiang Banxia: "You shouldn't have poisoned it, right?" ”
"What do you say?" Jiang Banxia asked rhetorically.
Her question frightened Lu Xun a lot, and immediately threw away the pastries in her hand and lay on the flower bed and vomited.
When he was almost vomited, Jiang Banxia spoke: "I think too much, there is no poison in the pastry." ”
"Rely on it!" Lu Xun scolded: "Can you not breathe without speaking?" ”
The pastries that fell on the ground rolled a few times and stuck into the soil, Jiang Banxia looked at these pastries with a cold expression, Cao Xi gave her plum blossom cakes, definitely not to befriend her, but to warn her.
It's just a small plum blossom cake that specially emphasizes Jiangning Mansion, there is only one possibility, he checked her.
Seeing that Jiang Banxia ignored him, Lu Xun said again: "Cousin, why don't we go out for a walk at night?" ”
Lu Xunxian's body has hair, his eldest brother is studying in Guozijian, he has no time to play with him during the day and has to read at night, so it is even more impossible for him to go to his second sister to play, what is there to do with him as a man and a girl.
It's not good to find a little guy, and all the people who used it before were replaced by his father.
So he hit Jiang Banxia with his idea.
"No, no." Jiang Banxia put down the copper coin he was holding in his arms, turned around and entered the house.
"Hey, don't." Lu Xun also followed: "Go out to play." ”
"No, no." Jiang Banxia turned around and wanted to close the door.
"Don't!" Before Lu Xun could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sword that came in through the window.
"Why don't you go through the front door?" Lu Xun was taken aback.
The sword was full of anxiety, and he was about to run away with Lu Jing.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xun said inexplicably: "Is my father here again?" ”
The sword babbled.
Jiang Banxia realized that Shi Jian was a mute.
She waved her hand to interrupt Lu Xun's words, and leaned against the door to listen, the chaotic voices mixed with neat footsteps were approaching them.
With a bang, a group of people rushed in, and the head catcher led by him glanced at it: "Who is Lu Xun?" ”
"It's me." Lu Xun was a little inexplicable, how did these arrestees from Dali Temple come to his house? Do all those guards eat rice? Or is his dad's reputation not loud enough?
As soon as the catcher waved his hand, the catchers behind him swarmed up and put shackles on him.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Xun was confused.
"If you are offended, take a trip with us in Dali Temple."
"Huh? What's the situation? Lu Xun struggled, it was inexplicable.
The arresters wanted to forcibly take Lu Xun away, and the sword immediately drew his sword to block Lu Xun.
Seeing the tension between the two sides, Jiang Banxia was in the middle of it, she arched her hand and asked, "I don't know what happened to my cousin, who actually asked Dali Temple to break in and arrest people?" ”
The head catcher was neither humble nor arrogant: "We are just acting according to orders, please make it convenient." ”
Jiang Banxia took out a large silver ticket from his sleeve without a trace and stuffed it into his hand, this is the supplement given to her by Cao Yu this morning, and now it is about to enter someone else's pocket before it is hot.
"I wonder what my cousin did?" Dali Temple came to arrest people and had a tough attitude, which is not a trivial matter.
The head catcher who received the silver ticket glanced left and right, and then lowered his voice: "Didn't someone fall to his death on the street a few days ago, Jinyiwei invited people from Donglin Academy to identify the body, but the people of Donglin Academy did not give up, and several talented sons identified Brother Ling as the murderer, and also stabbed this matter in front of Jinshang." ”
"In order to avoid suspicion, the matter will be handed over to Dali Temple for investigation and handling."
Jiang Banxia was thoughtful, and she said casually: "A few days ago, the murder case of General Huaiyuan's son was not concluded, and now this is another one, and some of the Dali Temple are busy." ”
"Not really." The head catcher poured bitter water: "The left and right are all important ministers in the court, and it is not easy to judge, but the people below us are in a dilemma." ”
Jiang Banxia looked at Lu Xun, and she found that Lu Xun was also looking at her, so she said, "You follow them first, and then wait for your father to know about it." ”
"Huh?" Lu Xun was stunned, is this his own cousin? How to get on the pole and send him to prison.