CHAPTER XXII
Dongfang showed the white of the fish's belly, and Li Zhilian came to Shen Zhitang's door with an envelope, the room was dark, she hesitated for a moment, and decided to stand in place and wait
"Is it Miss Mercy? ~Are you here to find an adult? A small Si asked as she walked down the hallway and stopped her
Li Zhilian turned his head, it turned out to be Shen Chun, who was in charge of serving beside Shen Zhitang: "Haven't the teacher and the teacher haven't gotten up yet?" ”
Shen Chun said with a smile: "Madame left last night!" Don't you know? My lord, he was called away by the people of Dali Temple in the morning."
Li Zhilian nodded silently, her hand clutching the envelope tightly, and she actually felt a little abandoned
Shen Chun saw that Li Zhilian didn't reply, so he bowed and saluted: "Then Miss Zhilian~ If there is nothing to do, the small one will retreat first!" ”
Li Zhilian nodded at him, and suddenly didn't know where to go?
"Compassion~"
Li Zhilian turned around and looked at the person who was walking towards her, his figure was clear and slender, and it complemented the straight tree shadow next to him
Li Jianqing's eyes fell on Li Zhilian's body, seeing that her expression was a little abnormal, he glanced at the dark room behind her again, and his heart suddenly became clear, and he gently patted her shoulder: "Master, she doesn't like to say goodbye."
Li Zhilian suddenly woke up, raised his eyes and said, "Senior brother~ Did you send it last night?" ”
Li Jianqing shook his head and said, "No~"
Li Zhilian squeezed out a stiff smile and said, "The teacher went to Dali Temple."
Li Jianqing nodded: "I know, I was just about to go to Dali Temple, and I met Shen Qiu on the way, and he said that the eldest prince of Zhou was looking for you, so I went to look for you, and the servants in your courtyard said that you came here."
Li Zhilian was shocked and immediately asked, "Zhou Cheng is looking for me?" ”
Li Jianqing nodded with a smile: "Let's go!" Don't let people wait."
On the way, Li Jianqing looked at the envelope in Li Zhilian's hand and asked, "What is in your hand?" ”
Li Zhilian immediately hid the envelope in his sleeve and replied: "Some prescriptions for recuperation."
Li Jianqing was stunned for a moment, looked at her and asked, "Master's body...... Is there a problem? ”
Li Zhilian hurriedly shook his head and said, "No~no~ woman!" It's good to keep it."
Li Jianqing breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me!" I'll pass it on for you."
Li Zhipian looked at him: "But ~ Isn't the master gone?" ”
Li Jianqing smiled and said: "The teacher often communicates with people in his hometown, if you are embarrassed, I will ask him to bring it to you."
Li Zhilian nodded, handed the envelope to Li Jianqing, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the main hall of the Shen Mansion, Zhou Chengzheng was holding a teacup to taste, and when he saw them coming, he immediately got up and saluted: "Miss Li ~ Li Gongzi ~"
Li Zhilian and Li Jianqing both bowed and saluted back: "Gongzi Zhou"
Zhou Cheng took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "Last night, the farmer came to me, saying that the lack of a child had a poisonous attack, and he wanted to borrow the little flower, so I gave the little flower to him, and the servants of the bamboo room came to report early this morning, and the lack of children and the farmer were gone, leaving only this note."
Zhou Cheng's body temperature was still on the note, Li Zhilian slowly opened the note, and saw the light and elegant handwriting on it: Xiao Anning, wait for me to come back
Li Zhilian closed his eyes and lowered his head, secretly scolding this Nong Qi in his heart, and only after a long time did he raise his head and look at Zhou Cheng and said with a smile: "Zhou Gongzi rest assured, although Nong Qi is a perverse person, he is still very good to the people close to him."
Zhou Cheng said "um": "The letter is left for Miss Li, and Miss Li should be let know"
Li Zhilian looked at Zhou Cheng's sincere face, and had to explain: "Nong Qi offended the Xiao family in his early years, and now that the Xiao family has entered Lining City, he has no choice but to go out to take refuge, if Zhou Gongzi has other ways, he can send someone to protect him secretly."
Zhou Cheng was puzzled: "Xiao family? Wasn't it destroyed by the emperor eight years ago? ”
Li Jianqing replied: "Zhilian is talking about the Xiao family five hundred years ago."
Zhou Cheng looked at Li Jianqing with wide eyes in astonishment, was silent for a moment, and suddenly saluted: "Thank you for informing me, there are still important things in the next family, say goodbye"
The sun has risen, and the morning sun is shining on Zhou Cheng's gradually distant back, Li Zhilian looked back at Li Jianqing: "I thought that Zhou Cheng and you were the same kind of people, cold and handsome"
Li Jianqing smiled: "But I didn't expect that Zhou Cheng would be so difficult to communicate, and he would have to beat around the bush when he said something, right?" ”
Li Zhi looked at him in surprise and nodded: "But it's a little better than you, senior brother, people at least hint that they want you to tell the truth, senior brother, you don't say anything by yourself."
Li Jianqing looked at her in a daze for a long time, and then patted her head and said, "I'll go to Dali Temple, will you go?" ”
Li Zhilian nodded: "Go~"
Outside the solemn Changji Hall, the forbidden army guarded both sides of the palace gate and the main hall, and there was no one on the long passage
In the hall, Zhou Zhi wears a crown of heaven and a dragon robe, standing on the throne, and His Majesty Dan is divided into Wenwu Yuansu and princes and ministers
Zhou Zhi's eyes swept over the ministers in the hall and waved his hand to the eunuchs beside him
The official eunuch slowly opened the holy decree and shouted at the top of his voice: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Li Zhilian is the daughter of the former emperor Li Hong and Empress Xiao, when he was young, he was sent to Liangyi Mountain to cultivate, and now he has completed the mountain, and he has solved my stubborn illness and was named the eldest princess.
All the courtiers looked at each other, and Zhou Keyan stood out in fear
Zhou Zhi waved his hand and said: "If you want to say something roundabout, you don't have to, I have made up my mind."
The ministers looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do for a while, and Wang Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, held a letter and said: "The minister has selected two auspicious days to hold the canonization ceremony and hope that the emperor will see it."
The eunuch took the fold and handed it to Zhou Zhi, Zhou Zhi glanced at it and sneered: "Then let's hold the canonization in two months!" ”
In Dali Temple, there are four elderly male corpses, whose abdomen has been cut open, but there is not a drop of blood on their bodies
Shen Zhitang stood next to the corpses, his eyes swept over the four corpses on the ground one by one and asked, "All of them were found at the city gate?" ”
Liu Wen beside him nodded and said: "According to the soldiers guarding the city gate, when they opened the city gate on the fourth watch, they found them kneeling outside the city gate, and they moved to Dali Temple first for fear of causing panic among the people."
Shen Zhitang nodded approvingly and asked, "Is there anything on your body that can prove the identity of the deceased?" ”
Liu Wen presented the text and said: "It is strange to say, the four of them are all surnamed Wei, the east gate is called Wei Dayou, the west gate is called Wei Dashan, the south gate is called Wei Song, and the north gate is called Wei Guo."
Shen Zhitang gently opened the paperwork, only to see that the homepage read: "Wei Dashan, born in 1131 Tianyuan, Wutong County, Weijiazhuang people" and gently opened the remaining three documents, silently raised his head and said softly: "They are all from the same village"