Ever since he met Li Qianyou, the chief of the punishment, Xue Chuyu seemed very irritable whether he was studying scriptures in the Chongwen Pavilion, playing polo on the school grounds, or asking his father to take a bath in Tangquan Palace, and even when he returned to his room at night, he still sat and stood and paced back and forth as if he was urinating.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the courtyard door, Xue Chuyu was startled, and his voice trembled slightly: "Who?" ”

"Lang Jun is me, Liu Yu, I'm here to send rock sugar white fungus soup. If it's inconvenient for Lang Jun, I'll put it on the stone table first......"

Xue Chuyu breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone returned to normal: "It's okay, come in." ”

Liu Yu flatteringly held the celadon bowl, bowed down and put it on Xue Chuyu's case, seeing Xue Chuyu's restless appearance, Liu Yu hurriedly came to make his interpretation flower: "Why is Lang Jun worried?" If there is any villain who can help, he will definitely go to the soup. ”

No one asked, once someone asked, Xue Chuyu felt infinitely aggrieved, and sighed for a long time: "It's nothing, I just feel that there has been no news in the past few days, and I feel a little worried in my heart." What if Li Qianyou is the prince's person and sues me for being framed in turn. ”

"Lang Jun is not like Da Lang, he never oversteps the rules, he has not interacted with any court criminals, and he has no indiscreet relationship, what is there to worry about?" Liu Yu squinted at the gourd and snickered, in his and Xue Chuyu's eyes, these were Xue Ne's dead ends.

"That's right, it's just that my brother has the support of the prince, and my mother doesn't allow me to mention the matter of the underground palace", Xue Chuyu was still a little uneasy, pacing around, "If there is any evidence of rebellion, then ......"

Speaking of this, Xue Chuyu Huo Ran penetrated, clenched his right hand into a fist on his left hand, and said extremely excitedly: "That's right! The armor in that dungeon! If I say that it was prepared by the eldest brother for rebellion, and the underground palace was secretly built by the eldest brother, my mother would not need to worry about the family being implicated...... "He immediately felt that it was wrong, he really sued him, and the emperor and queen sent someone to investigate, what evidence should he come up with to prove that these were done by Xue Ne?" How could Xue Ne have such a big power and build such an underground palace without knowing it? Falsely accusing the court officials, but they will also go to prison!

Seeing Xue Chuyu's look of being attentive and unscrupulous, Liu Yu felt a little disdainful, but he still patiently relieved him: "Lang Jun is not in a hurry, above the crown prince, there is also the emperor and queen." The crown prince is in charge of the country, and there are countless pairs of eyes staring at the prince in the court, and the prince will be cautious. Otherwise, once the Emperor and Queen of Heaven blame him, not only will he revoke his right to supervise the country, but if the matter is serious, I am afraid that even the position of the crown prince will be shaken, and how can he put himself in danger for Da Langjun......"

Hearing Liu Yu's words, Xue Chuyu was a little relieved, and then said: "But I still have to find a backer for myself, otherwise when will I be able to cross my brother...... In your opinion, who can compete with the crown prince in this court now? ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, pointed to the Chongwen Pavilion student on Xue Chuyu's body and said, "Does Lang Jun still need to ask the villain?" Of course, it's the nephew of the queen of heaven, tired of worshipping Zhou Guogong of Zuo Shiji and Lantai Taishi! ”

What Liu Yu said was Helan Minzhi, a scholar of Hongwenguan University. After the Shangyuan Dynasty, hundreds of officials entered the seal, Helan Minzhi was worshiped as Zuo Shiji, Lantai Taishi, and attacked his father Zhou Guogong, not only that, but also gave the surname Wu, showing the different grace of the emperor and the queen of heaven. Since Prince Li Hong was in charge of the country last year, many civil and military officials have some hearts towards the prince, believing that the emperor often has a head wind, and the prince is capable and strategic, and in a few years the emperor may abdicate as the emperor did in a few years.

But the news of the seal came from Luoyang, and the people who came and went to visit Helan Minzhi almost broke through the threshold, and even many prince's subordinate officials also followed suit, on the surface the prince is still sitting firmly in the East Palace, but the situation is indeed very different from last year.

"Now the court says that it is the emperor and the queen of heaven; second, the crown prince and Zhou Guogong. The emperor favored the queen of heaven, so that the queen of heaven brothers and sisters are all listed in the land, and now this grace continues to the next generation, Helan Minzhi was given the surname Wu, and the sect of the queen of heaven is indispensable for the family of this Helan scholar, as for the future...... What will happen is anyone's guess. The villain is a rough person, he shouldn't be talking about the government in vain, Lang Jun Bingxue is smart, so he can naturally understand it thoroughly. ”

At the same time, in the underground palace of Guanyin Temple, the person wearing the mask of the word "Zhao" sits on the high stone chair, looking down at the woman who is kneeling in front of him, although he can't see his appearance, but the evil aura emanating from this person is still terrifying, and the person who is accompanying him is a person wearing a mask of the word "Lai".

This woman is none other than the female shopkeeper of the Western Regions in the fur shop in the West Market, her eyebrows and eyes are lowered at this moment, and her expression is very respectful.

"Did you really see that Xenne came with the woman on the wanted warrant to pick out clothes?" The man wearing the mask of the word "Rai" asked.

"It's true, I left a dark hole in that house, just to make it easier to find out the situation. Although the hairstyle is completely different, the woman has a good look, but she is a first-class beauty in Chang'an City, and it is extremely similar to the wanted notice, and I will definitely not admit it. ”

The person with the mask with the word "Zhao" and the person with the mask with the word "Lai" glanced at each other and motioned to the female shopkeeper of the Western Regions to retreat.

The female shopkeeper bowed down and retreated. The person wearing the word "Lai" on his head said: "With the addition of the Xue family's Xiaolangjun, three witnesses have been gathered, and the conditions for impeaching Xue Ne have been met in accordance with the "Yonghui Law". ”

The people in the audience let out a sigh, like regret, and like sarcasm: "I am the most cherished hero, Xue Rengui is brave, and it is difficult to be a man, but it is a pity that the two children have not been taught well." One is bold and reckless, intent on hiding from the world; An obscene and untalented person, selling his brother for glory. If the son does not teach, the father's fault, just wait for the exile of the family, go to the land of smoke and miasma and wait for death. ”

"The Leader means ......"

"Act now, this time it will definitely be successful, and you can't leave any more room for Xue Ne!"

Although there was a bit of early spring, the weather was still very cold in the morning, and after the rooster crowed three or two times, Xue Ne put on his clothes and came to the kitchen to work, just so that Fan Ning could drink a sip of warm water after waking up.

In the past, he was a little worried, for fear that he didn't know how to care for her, but now he knows that he has her in his heart, and all these behaviors are instinctive, where is there a reason not to understand.

He added firewood, endured the cough and boiled the water, then heard a rapid sound of the door, Xue Ne was surprised that he didn't know who came to look for it early in the morning, and stepped forward vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Who?" ”

"Xue Lang, it's me...... Open the door. ”

The person who came was actually Li Yuanyan, Xue Ne hesitated for a moment, but still opened the door: "County Lord? Hot filial piety, why did you come to Lantian? ”

Li Yuanyan was small, and entered the courtyard in a flash: "Close the door quickly, I was rushed out of Chang'an City overnight, because of the curfew, I was almost caught by the city gate guards." Listen to me, before the curfew yesterday, two officials from the Criminal Department came to look for my father, holding a letter from Li Qianyou, the Taichang Uncle, saying that they would leave the city early this morning and come to Lantian to arrest the suspects in the important case......"

Xue Ne's expression was abrupt, and he asked urgently, "What kind of prisoner is he?" ”

"What other case can it be if the laborers move the crowd out of the city in the middle of the night? It's the case of the Hongbunkan annex that you're investigating now! Why did they suddenly come to Lantian to arrest people, but have you revealed any whereabouts recently? ”

Xue Ne immediately remembered Xue Chuyu, both helpless and annoyed, and sighed: "When the case of the Lanting Collection was broken that day, she was always beside me, and I heard that the people in the house said that Chu Yu also went to the West Market that day, and he saw it......"

Li Yuanyan couldn't say that she was anxious, pursed her lips, and came up with an idea: "What if you say that person is me?" I'm a lot shorter than her, and I'm not much worse. I was talking to your mother at your house that day, so I might as well go and beg her, for if I hadn't been here that day, your mother would have sheltered you whatever she said. ”

"It's useless, in addition to my mother that day, there are also family members, Liu Yu will definitely not excuse me, and will drag you into the water."

Fan Ning in the bedroom was drowsy and woke up in a daze, not because of the whispered conversation between the two of them, but because of the faint smell of burnt breath in the kitchen.

Children from backgrounds like Xue Ne and Li Yuanyan are not so sensitive to mushy tastes, while Fan Ning is the complete opposite. When he was a child in the Taoist temple, Li Chunfeng often looked at books, fiddled with the armillary sphere and forgot the time, several times the iron pot in the stove room was burned through, if it wasn't for the little Fan Ning found out, the first god operator of the Tang Dynasty was afraid that he would have died a long time ago, so Fan Ning was extremely alert to the smell of burnt paste, and after smelling it, a carp stood up, and rushed out of the room without caring about his clothes, scooping up a scoop of water and pouring it on the dry iron pot.

With the sound of stabbing, billowing smoke came out of the kitchen, Xue Ne and Li Yuanyan looked at the kitchen in amazement, only to see Fan Ning, who was only wearing obscene clothes, walked out calmly, silk hair scattered on both shoulders, silk thin clothes wrapped around Na Linglong's body, ruddy little face playful and beautiful, full of indescribable charm and gentleness, she raised her eyes between sweat, and the stunned two people looked at each other, stunned for a moment, shouted "Oh my God", smeared oil on the soles of her feet, and quickly jumped back to the bedroom.

Li Yuanyan boasted that she had figured it out, but seeing it with her own eyes, the vinegar churning in her heart was still really difficult to control, and she couldn't help but ask sourly, "You two ...... Slept together? ”

"Ah, how can it be", Xue Ne's face turned red, better than a drunk who drank three jars of wine, and stammered, "I, I slept in the study over there......"

"Forget it, don't talk about it, what are you going to do with the current matter, let her hide elsewhere? Even if you hide, the case was solved on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, how many witnesses were present, seeing that you brought a girl, although you were wearing a mask, it was not easy for you to find someone similar to her. Besides, with your temperament, I'm afraid that the only woman who can talk from childhood to adulthood is me and her, even if someone is found, others will not believe it. ”

"Shhh

The Criminal Department is really not slow, and has led Wuhou to this place.

Li Yuanyan heard the movement, got up and wanted to come out, but was pulled by Xue Ne: "County Lord!" The British Duke has not yet mourned, and your grandfather has not yet attacked the lord, so you must not get involved in the turmoil because of Xue......"

"What about you? Do you know that if you go to prison, not only will you not be able to exonerate her, but you will also be dead! ”

"No matter what the consequences are, it is up to me to face them, and if I don't stand in front of her, who can she rely on?" Xue Ne's clear eyes were written with an indescribable tenderness, as if no matter whether the road ahead was a sword mountain or a sea of fire, he was willing to do it for her, "I'll deal with them in a while, and the county lord just needs to tie the door from the inside." ”

Li Yuanyan nodded in agreement, and when Xue Ne left, she tied the door from the inside as instructed, but she was still very uneasy in her heart, hesitated twice, and walked towards Fan Ning's room.

Fan Ning didn't know yet, and while wearing his coat, he was thinking about whether it would be a nuisance to be seen by Li Yuanxi. Thinking that on the night of Shangyuan, Xue Ne had borrowed troops from Li Yuanyan to save himself, Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed at himself that there should be no obstacle except for being seen in his belly pocket. I just can't figure it out, Li Yuanyan is still in the period of filial piety, why did she come all the way from Chang'an City here?

When Fan Ning was confused, Li Yuanyan walked in in a hurry, because of Xue Ne, the two also knew each other when they were young, but they fought for the first time.

At that time, Li Yuanyan missed Xue Ne, came to visit him in stargazing, and saw that Xue Ne obeyed the words of the little girl in a Taoist robe, Li Yuanyan was unspeakably unhappy, and went to provoke Fan Ning, but she was beaten back. Li Yuanyan cried and went home to complain to her great-grandfather Li Tao and show him the bag on her head, Li Tao just smiled and hugged her and coaxed her to go to the long street to buy back the candy. When Li Yuanyan finally stopped crying, Li Yuanfang told her to be a dignified and wise girl, and do her best to be sincere with others, not resentful, not jealous and hateful.

Therefore, Li Yuanyan stood in front of Fan Ning today, although she was envious that she could be favored by Xue Ne, but she didn't have any jealousy, but the tone of her words was still as unforgiving as usual: "Why are you still rubbing and dressing up here?" Don't you know you're a fugitive? I also went to see what lights with Xue Lang, just look at it, I don't know how to avoid the case, now I am seen blocking the door, Xue Lang is dealing with it at the door, if you can't get a person with the same size and appearance as you today, I'm afraid it will be Xue Lang who will be arrested and taken to the Yamen of the Criminal Department for trial! ”

"What did you say?" Fan Ning stared at the peach blossom eyes, his face was full of surprise, no wonder Li Yuanyan wanted to come in a hurry, it turned out that Yuan Xi showed his whereabouts that night. Fan Ning's little brain turned extremely fast, thinking that it would not be difficult to find someone with a similar appearance, Honglian was a ready-made candidate, but Honglian and Xue Ne did not communicate, if Helan Minzhi heard about it again, it would be bad to come to Honglian, and Li Hong might be implicated at that time. If Li Hong loses power, it will not only be Xue Ne and her who will be wronged, but also the national Zuo of the Tang Dynasty.

Fan Ning was anxious, how could he not think of a way to break the enemy, Li Yuan's temperament was even more anxious, and said angrily: "The two are happy, can't you light the lamp in the house by yourself?" I have to go out and find death! ”

"Who thought that there would be a case, you don't know who he is", Fan Ning spoke quickly, casually answered, and felt that it was wrong after reacting, "Who is happy with each other, I went out wearing a noodle, how could I have thought that someone would be so troublesome." ”

Li Yuanyan snorted, her face full of disdain: "Don't pretend, you are not a reserved person, Xue Lang has already told me, he has been happy with you for many years, what dare you not admit?" Even the person who reported to the official said, you two are holding hands and have a lot of affection, and you still want to bluff me? ”

Fan Ning was immersed in an extremely tense atmosphere, and when he heard this, he was like being lifted to the sky suddenly, his feet were fluttering, his side was full of magnificent clouds, and his whole heart was soft and light, unable to say a word, he could only be stunned.

Seeing that she was stunned, with two suspicious flushes on her face, Li Yuanyan suddenly understood a little, and laughed at herself: "It turns out that he hasn't told you yet, I have become a matchmaker god who has come to protect you and pull fiber...... Forget it, you are thinking about countermeasures, is it possible that the two of you will go to the prison of the Criminal Department together to be bitter mandarin ducks? ”

Fan Ning's whole person was like a layer of pink, happy and happy, full of the thoughts of her little daughter's family. But remembering that Xue Ne had said that he had someone he liked, and he would take her to see her after the case was closed, Fan Ning was at a loss, and wanted to ask him in person, but now there is no such opportunity. Fan Ning calmed down, and intervened to salute Li Yuan: "County Lord, I have a reluctant request, and I have to bother you to help." ”

Xue Ne opened the door and came out, only to see that his small courtyard had been surrounded by Wuhou like an iron bucket, as if a fly could not fly, and the leader was the fat master, looking at his black eye sockets, it should have been a night of hard work, and he came by car from Chang'an City, his body was about to fall apart, and he walked tremblingly, more like a starving ghost than usual.

It seems that Gao Min was not in a good position that day, and this time he was abandoned by Li Qianyou, the Taichang Uncle of the Criminal Department, and the fat master had met with him that day, but I was afraid that he still remembered the figure and clothes of the girl beside him, and it should have been carefully considered to send him here.

Sure enough, when the fat chief saw Xue Ne, he smiled very evilly: "Yo, isn't this our Xue County Order?" Where are you going to go when you go out early in the morning? ”

"The fat master said that he laughed", Xue Ne said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I have an important case in my body, I have no intention of sleeping, just go to the yamen to handle the case earlier." ”

"Xue County Ling is just joking, isn't the suspect on your side, where are you going to handle the case?" The fat master laughed, and the pine bark on his face was piled up with layers of folds, which made people look full of indescribable discomfort, but he didn't think so, he only felt that he was full of righteousness at this moment, and he was a pillar of the Tang Dynasty.

"On my side? There is only the fat master on my side, where is the suspect? ”。

The fat master laughed more and more rampantly, and a voice was stuck in his throat, as if he would lose his breath at any time: "Ming people don't say dark words, dare to ask Xue Yushi, who is the woman who was with you on the Shangyuan Festival that day?" I heard that you didn't like to associate with women since you were a child, why did you suddenly have a close confidante? Where is the name and surname, Fei will find out when he asks! ”

Xue Ne naturally couldn't answer this, he looked at the fat master levelly, and he didn't say a word, just blocked the door like this, holding on to him.

The fat master knew that Fan Ning was strong in martial arts, and he was afraid that if he would entangle with Xue Ne again, Fan Ning would escape, and waved his hand to signal Wuhou to say: "Search!" Today, digging three feet into the ground, the official doesn't believe that he can't turn over this woman's belongings, whether it's a big person, shoes, socks, or hair, he is not allowed to let go! ”

"I see who dares!" Xue Ne raised his eyes and glanced at a group of martial marquis who wanted to come forward, "This official is the supervisor of the imperial history, the order of Lantian County, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, if you really want to send this official's crime, take the approval of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion or the edict of His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Huh! That day, when Director Gao led his troops to the ghost market to encircle and suppress, he heard that Xue County ordered the release of the suspect's fellow party with one arrow, and it is not surprising that they are so protective today! When Xue Yushi went out, we all heard the sound of the door, I heard that you didn't invite a servant, the person in the room must be a suspect and a fellow party, Xue Yushi Ruo is still obsessed, don't blame the official for being rude, injured and dug up your little white face, don't cry to your father in the future! ”

Just when the tension was rattling, the door creaked, and Li Yuanyan poked out half of her head from the door, and with two smacks, the whole person came out: "Who?" Is there no end to the noisy? ”

These Wuhou didn't recognize Li Yuan's sister, but the fat master had seen it, and he saw that the expression on his face was extremely funny, and he stepped forward and arched his hand: "County Lord Li? Uh, how could the county lord be here, the lower officials are disrespectful......"

"I miss my great-grandfather and come to my childhood friends for a drink and catch up, can't you? I was crying so much just now, I listened to you making noise outside, what do you mean? Can't Xue Lang go to see the lanterns? Even if you have something good, don't you want to tell your family, don't you want people to know? ”

"County Lord, that's not what you said", the fat lord laughed with him, but he couldn't hide the anger in his eyes at all, "Since Uncle Taichang sent his subordinates here, he has full evidence. Xue Yushi, as the supervising imperial history of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the Lantian County Order approved by the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, actually knew the law and broke the law and shielded the suspect, and his heart can be punished. If the suspect is not caught, the crisis of my Datang will be difficult to get rid of one day, and the British princess will pass away, although it is difficult for us to look at it, but we also want to do our best for the country, the county lord must not be confused, protect the people with evil intentions, and disgrace the loyalty and righteousness of the British princess......"

This ghostly fat master dared to talk about Li Tao, Li Yuanyan resisted the urge to tear his mouth apart, and sneered: "Xue Lang, don't hide it now, otherwise this master won't know what to do." ”

The fat master didn't understand what Li Yuanyan meant, so he was about to ask, so he heard Xue Ne say: "I thought that today's fat chief labor teacher mobilized the crowd to find out Xue's privacy, but I didn't know that the fat chief kept saying that it was the suspect in the Hongwen Pavilion case, and she has now been detained to my Lantian County Ya, this case involves a wide range of people, and is being tried in secret, dare to ask the fat director, do you have any questions?" ”