After the strings were repaired, Huqin returned to the palace happily and waited silently for Xiao Duo to return home. Who knows, this wait until the time is near.

Seeing Baoqin sitting in the room without eating or drinking, holding the pipa tightly in his arms and staring at the door of the room obsessively, the maids who were waiting on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Girl, don't wait." The prince is afraid that something has been delayed, and he has not finished dealing with it, so he doesn't know when he will come back. ”

As soon as the words fell, Huqin seemed to have just come back to his senses. She looked at the maid blankly, and said after a while: "You're right, I'd better rest earlier." Even if he waited for the prince to come back, this appearance would not please him. ”

Huqin muttered as she slowly got up. At this moment, Xiao Duo's figure suddenly appeared at the door of the room. Baoqin looked up at Xiao Duo and immediately smiled.

Such a bright smile must come from the heart.

"Lord Wang." Baoqin took a step forward, and when he wanted to say something, he was frightened by the indifference in Xiao Duo's eyes. She stopped abruptly, lowered her head and hugged the lute in her arms tighter.

Xiao Duo set his eyes on the lute, and suddenly commanded the maid, "You go out." No one is allowed to enter without being summoned by the master. ”

"Yes." The maid pursed her lips, she could see that Xiao Duo was holding back her anger, she glanced at Baoqin with some concern, but she couldn't help it.

As soon as the maid withdrew, Xiao Duo asked, "Don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

Baoqin shook her head, she wanted to tell him that she had finally repaired the pipa. That time the strings were broken, which made the prince unhappy, and she had always felt guilty. However, now does not seem to be the time to talk about such a thing.

Xiao Duo saw that she was silent, and his eyes became more and more cold, "This king really underestimated you, not only this king, but I'm afraid the prince also underestimated you." ”

"Lord Wang, you ...... What you said, Baoqin didn't understand a word. Baoqin raised her head sharply and stared at Xiao Duo with a pair of watery eyes.

"Hmph, I didn't understand...... This king asks you, are you going to the Song Mansion today, right? ”

Baoqin was stunned for a while, and then nodded, "Yes, the slave family went to the Song Mansion." ”

"What are you going to do," Xiao Duo took a few steps forward and didn't stop until he was in front of her, "don't tell this king that you just went to fix the strings." ”

"It's just to repair the strings, you see, the strings have been repaired, and the slave family can continue to play for the prince in the future, the slave family ...... "Holding the piano and offering treasures, he presented the pipa to Xiao Duo, but he didn't even look at it.

"Enough!" Xiao Duo shouted angrily, raised his hand and threw the pipa aside. Baoqin screamed, and hurriedly threw herself on the ground to pick up the pipa. He used so much force that he knocked the sound of the piano off the corner.

Baoqin trembled and stroked the already uneven edges and corners with his hands, and when he turned his head to look at Xiao Duo, tears had already fallen down his cheeks, smashed on the floor, and also smashed on the pipa, "Lord Wang......"

Xiao Duo gritted his teeth and didn't make any more moves for a long time, in fact, according to his temper, Baoqin should have been killed by him on the spot. But the weeping appearance she had just now coincided with the appearance of her mother in Xiao Duo's memory-her mother was also so desperate and aggrieved before drinking the cup of poisonous wine given by the emperor, but his father was unmoved, he looked at his mother's eyes as if he was looking at a dead person.

Xiao Duo frowned, took a few steps back, and then turned to leave the room. He was afraid that if he stayed, he would look at Baoqin with such eyes. He didn't want to become a man like his father, and he didn't want this woman who looked like his mother to die in his own hands.

"Lord Wang......" Seeing Xiao Duo flicking his sleeves and leaving, Baoqin hurriedly got up and wanted to catch up, but when he came to the door, he still stopped. She could see that for a moment, Xiao Duo was really going to kill her.

But why? Why is this happening?

What did you do wrong? Is it just because I went to Song Mansion?

Baoqin's body leaning against the door panel gradually slipped and fell to the ground, unable to figure out these too complicated things.

……

Xiao Zhan sat in the garden of the Runwang Mansion, looked at the boundless moonlight, and sighed softly, "It seems that the eldest brother has arrived in the royal capital, but we don't know it." ”

Feiyun stood behind Xiao Zhan and behaved calmly, "How can the prince see it." ”

"If you think about it carefully, the one who entered the Song Mansion today is also Miss Li, the pearl of the Hubu Shangshu. The news of Baoqin's visit to the Song Mansion is most likely brought back to the Li Mansion by Miss Li. You and I both know that Ah Jin and this Baoqin are almost inseparable. The partial birth was passed on like this, but it became a handkerchief that often came and went. To be able to spread such an ordinary thing like this in such a short period of time is obviously intentional. Since it's not us, it must be someone else, but it must not be the prince," Speaking of this, Xiao Zhan squinted slightly, looked at the soft moonlight and said with a smile: "It seems that the household department is from Shangshu to Shilang, and they are all the eldest brother's people." In the past, there was a joint letter from the household department and Yan Shangshu in the imperial study, asking us to speed up the handling of the case; Later, some people took advantage of the fact that the girl holding the qin and Ah Jin were moving around to provoke the relationship between the prince and the fifth brother. What do they want to do, you say? ”

"They want to celebrate the rebellion of the king and stand up to testify against the prince." Feiyun didn't think much about it, and immediately answered.

"That's right," Xiao Zhan stood up, his hands bathed in the moonlight. He tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then opened his eyes again, "The eldest brother also knows that just the evidence I have in hand cannot put the prince to death, only Xiao Duo defected, and there is still a little possibility." After all, the finances of the entire Huainan County have been continuously transferred to the prince's party, although on the surface, the fifth brother is handling it. ”

"Is it possible?" Feiyun asked succinctly.

"This king thinks it's unlikely. Unless...... The fifth brother believed that the death of the jade nobleman was related to the queen. Xiao Zhan lowered his eyes and reached out to gently touch the chrysanthemum petals that trembled slightly in the wind.

"There is no way to investigate what happened back then. Almost all the people who know the truth of that matter are the old men in the palace, and now Zhu Liangxin is alone in the harem, who will touch this mold. Feiyun shook his head, feeling that this idea was not advisable.

"Yes, the queen really kills two birds with one stone. not only accepted a capable adopted son, but also planted this matter on the head of my mother. You can understand how Xiao Duo has hated me over the years," Xiao Zhan said this, his words paused, and then said: "Since the eldest brother wants to find a breakthrough in Xiao Duo, let's just wait and see what happens." After all, if this road is really cleared, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe, the mother concubine can still get revenge. ”

"Yes." Feiyun lowered his head and agreed.

……

The eldest prince Xiao Yi paced in the downtown of the royal capital, the wind and sand in the northwest polished the contours of his face to be resolute and cold, and he just stood there silently, without any movement, which made people a little afraid to approach.

Standing in the midst of the traffic, Xiao Yi was a little dazed. I only feel that in just five years, the royal capital has become more prosperous, and many places have made him feel a little strange.

"Big brother, I heard that the food in that tavern is good, let's try it?" Xiao Yao, the seventh child, looked up and saw Lan Yinji's wine banner dancing in the wind, excitedly raised the folded fan and pointed at it, and turned his head to look at Xiao Yidao.

Xiao Yi has never been interested in the desire of the tongue, but the seventh brother is a glutton, and when he saw that it was still early, he also nodded and agreed. The third prince, Xiao Li, would never refute the opinions of the two brothers. Since everyone agreed, they went in with them.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, they saw the shopkeeper with a smile and greeted him happily, "Three Langjun, do you want to listen to music and drink on the first floor, or do you want to find a secluded place to eat?" ”

Lao Qi Xiao Yao smiled and said: "Naturally, you have to eat well, what is there to listen to." Get us a room, and then serve up the most famous dishes of yours as much as the three of us can eat." He ate happily, but he was rewarded. ”

Xiao Yao's words made Xiao Yi and Xiao Li look at each other helplessly, their younger brother, even if he has grown to the age of more than twenty, still has the same temper as before, and has not changed at all.

"Well, sit upstairs." When the shopkeeper heard that there was a reward, he smiled and hurriedly invited the three distinguished guests to the second floor, and brought them into a private room where they could be overlooked by the railing.

Xiao Yao walked around the room, then sat down on the edge of the railing and whistled, "Big brother, look, this scenery is really good. You can overlook the Oiran Pavilion of the Yuehua Building by the railing. ”

Xiao Yi glanced up indifferently, then lowered his eyes again, not interested at all. Xiao Li sat aside with a smile, first scooped a bowl of tea soup for the three of them, and then said slowly: "Let's go back early after dinner, and now the king is still in the curfew." By the time we arrived, the taverns were closing their doors one after another. ”

Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, and immediately became a little unhappy, "I haven't returned to the royal capital for a long time, why don't you know that such a rule has been added now." ”

As soon as he finished muttering, Xiao Yi also looked up at Xiao Li, "When did it happen." ”

Xiao Li smiled slightly, and told the ins and outs of this matter, "It's been a curfew for nearly a month or two, and before we went back to Beijing to report on work, there was a murder case in the inner city, because Jingzhao Yin Yamen has never been able to catch the murderer, so I thought of the curfew." It is said that this curfew will not be lifted until the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Xiao Yi listened to Xiao Li's words, picked up the green tea soup in one hand, took a sip, and put down the tea bowl again, "The third brother is still well-informed, and I and the seventh brother don't know about it." Let's have a small gathering today, let's drink less wine, and tomorrow we will enter the palace to report to my father, and we can't lose the rules. ”

"Big brother is right." Xiao Li nodded, quite agreeing. As soon as he finished speaking, the shopkeeper knocked on the door and came in, Xiao Yao saw that he was holding a large tray in his hand, with six dishes on it, and immediately sat up straight.

"Three Langjun, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine in our store is a must, the small one is the master of the three Langjun, and picks a few Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, meat and vegetable matching, and soup, please use it slowly," he said, he quickly brought the dishes to the table, and took the tray and asked respectfully: "Do the three Langjun still need anything?" ”

"Since you have crabs here, you should serve us some rice wine." Xiao Yao swept around the table and was very satisfied. Pointing to the red crab, he shouted at the shopkeeper.

"Yes, yes, this little Langjun is right. The little ones come when they go. With that, he immediately retreated. Xiao Yao was not polite, and before the two brothers could make a move, he broke a crab and ate it.

Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Yao's smug appearance, his expression was still indifferent, he glanced at the crab, silently looked away, raised his chopsticks and put some shredded lettuce into his mouth. After chewing, I felt that this lettuce shreds were sweet and delicious, so I grabbed a few chopsticks.

"Big brother, do you know whose tavern it is?" Xiao Yao finished eating the crab paste and began to pick up the crab meat with the tools at hand. He looked at Xiao Yi and asked as he picked it.

Xiao Yi looked up at him, looking deaf, but he didn't seem to care, "Who's." ”

"Shen family," Xiao Yao whispered, then smiled and picked up the crab meat soaked in crab vinegar with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

He deliberately sold Guanzi, Xiao Yi was not in a hurry, he ate the dishes with Xiao Li and waited slowly, and waited until Xiao Yao chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, and then asked: "This shop is opened in the most lively street market, and there is an endless stream of people coming, but Shen Wanqian swore to donate all the family property to the treasury, which was exchanged for the marriage between the Shen family and the Song family." If it is the Shen family's shop, this is too blatant. ”

"This is Shen Wanqian's cleverness," Xiao Yao ate the delicious meal, and was in a good mood, so he said a few more words, "This is Shen Wanqian's dowry for his daughter, not only this shop, but all the shops in the royal capital that can make some money have been moved to the daughter's name by Shen Yuanwai." His old thing's abacus is crackling, if the Shen family marries another family, he may not dare to do this. Even if he took a fancy to the Song family's clean and honest style, he never withheld his daughter-in-law's dowry, and he would definitely not do such a thing. ”

After Xiao Yao finished speaking, Xiao Li subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yi, and saw that the eldest brother was just bowing his head to eat vegetables, so he knew that he didn't take these things to heart at all. He pursed his lips, looked up at Xiao Yao, and deliberately asked, "Old Seven, what do you want to say when you say so much?" ”

"If you can get the support of the Song family, not only will you have the great help of Jinbei's first Jinke champion, but maybe there will be ...... Shen family."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yi put down his chopsticks, "Seventh brother, the eldest brother has no intention of this, you and the third brother don't have to play this kind of double reed in front of the eldest brother." What's more, the Song family has never been involved in this kind of struggle for power and profit, which is really commendable. We should not force them into the mud and struggle, it is really a sin and a loss to our dynasty. ”

"Big brother, you think so, but do others know? I've heard that the fourth brother often comes here and has a fixed private room here. If the Huainan County case can pull the prince off the horse, does the eldest brother have to push the fourth brother up? Xiao Yao said and sneered, "He also deserves it." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yi sighed softly, and there seemed to be a lot of helplessness in his words, "When I decided to do this, I just didn't want to see the truth buried forever." It doesn't hurt if they are misunderstood because of this, and when the king finishes his work and returns to the fiefdom, these people's minds will naturally be dispelled. ”

“…… This time, I didn't think about going back again. When Xiao Yao heard Xiao Yi say this, his face turned completely cold. He stood up suddenly, looked at Xiao Yi and wanted to say something more, but he didn't say anything after all under the signal of Xiao Li's eyes, "It's too stuffy here, I'll go out and breathe!" ”

With that, he pulled the door open and strode out of the room.

"Big brother, don't blame Ah Yao, he just has such a temper." Xiao Li comforted softly.

Xiao Yi shook his head, "I don't blame him, it was this king who disappointed him." ”

Xiao Yao walked out of the private room angrily, and did not go far, but paced back and forth on the empty second floor, as if he wanted to relieve the grievances in his heart. Just then, a sound of footsteps accompanied by the sound of whispered conversation came from downstairs. Xiao Yao looked back and saw that the shopkeeper of this tavern was accompanying a woman to the second floor.

"Girl, you see this is this month's account book...... The shopkeeper handed the account book in his hand to Ah Jin, Ah Jin took it with both hands, and just wanted to say something, she felt that someone was looking at her. She looked up and saw that she was in line with Xiao Yao's gaze.

To Xiao Yao's surprise, the woman was not as flustered as an ordinary woman, but instead saluted him, "Shopkeeper, there are guests here, let's talk in a different place." ”

"Hey, yes, yes." The shopkeeper nodded again and again, and led Ah Jin to turn around and go downstairs. Until Ah Jin's figure disappeared in front of Xiao Yao's eyes, he hadn't recovered from the shock just now.

Xiao Li, who was sitting in the room, didn't see him come in for a long time, so he came out of the room to look for him, and saw that he was standing at the staircase in a daze, and patted him on the shoulder a little strangely, "Why are you standing here in a daze?" Don't sulk, get in and have dinner, and it's curfew time when you get back. ”

"Okay." Xiao Yao nodded, and when he followed Xiao Li into the room, he was still thinking about Ah Jin's appearance in his mind.

Judging from the attitude of the shopkeeper, the beautiful woman just now was Shen Wanqian's daughter. He never thought that the Shen family would have such a beautiful woman.

Xiao Yao subconsciously scratched his head, feeling like a hairy boy who had not dried up, and he had long forgotten about the previous things. The best rice wine had already been sent in, and it was simmering on the tandoor, and the three Xiao Yi brothers each poured a glass, and after touching it lightly, they drank the rice wine in one go.

……

After Ah Jin finished reading the account book, he closed the account book and handed it back to the shopkeeper, "I saw that son just now that son is extravagant, but he is a blind man." The shopkeeper is well-informed in the king's capital, but does he know who he is? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Old and talented." I didn't even see which Lang Jun it was. ”

"Then it could be from out of town," Ah Jin said, and he didn't take it to heart. It's just that Xiao Yao's eyes were not only amazing when he saw him, but also with some love, which made Ah Jin feel a little more concerned, "It's okay, I'll just ask." Seeing that it was about to be time, I asked the shopkeeper to prepare for closing. I'm here waiting for my husband to pick me up, and I don't have to be accompanied by the shopkeeper. ”

"Yes. Girl, when my aunt comes, the little one will let someone report it. ”

Ah Jin nodded, and then took a sip of the hot tea soup in his hand, occasionally looking up at the night view of the royal capital.

When she was approaching, Song Wenyu took Huairen to pick her up. When Ah Jin received the letter, he came out of the private room, and was about to go downstairs when he ran into the boy again. Ah Jin took a step back and saluted the three people who were walking with the boy, "The three Lang Jun go first. ”

Her voice is very good, and it is an uncommon Jiangnan accent in the royal capital, which provoked Xiao Yi and his party to look at her a few more times. Ah Jin was a little puzzled why the three of them neither left nor answered, so he raised his head and glanced at them.

"Three Langjun?"

"Let's ask Madame first." Xiao Li was the first to come back to his senses from that startling glance, he said softly, and made a gesture of please.

"Thank you." Ah Jin nodded, and he was not embarrassed, and took Ah Zhen downstairs first.

When the two left, Xiao Yao pulled Xiao Li's sleeve with some excitement, "Third brother, look, I'm right." She is the owner of this restaurant, the daughter of the Shen family. ”

Xiao Li glanced at him lightly, and kindly reminded him, "She is also the wife of Dr. Song of the Criminal Department, an official dependent." ”

Xiao Yi ignored the bickering between the two, he first came to the second floor to stand on the terrace, and glanced downstairs, only to see Song Wenyu standing on the side of the carriage and helping the woman just now to get into the car. Although this scholar did not practice martial arts, his senses were extremely keen, and Xiao Yi saw him subconsciously looking upstairs, so he took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Ah Jin saw Song Wenyu's movements and asked softly.

"It's nothing, I always feel as if someone is watching us," Song Wenyu said, getting into the carriage with Ah Jin, "Maybe I'm wrong." ”

Ah Jin thought to himself, you are not wrong at all, there are really good people looking at us and the couple, and the other party has a good martial arts foundation. But she didn't want to scare her by saying it, so she just knocked on the wall of the carriage and told Huairen that the carriage could go.

"You're still early to go home today, and it's almost over?" Ah Jin looked at Song Wenyu and asked.

"Well, I'm writing excerpts with Ah Teng and King Run. When this fold is handed to the palace, King Qing will be arrested. Speaking of this, Song Wenyu suddenly fell silent. This case took a lot of effort from him and Ah Teng, but in the end, he couldn't take down the culprit, and he was somewhat unwilling.

"You just wait, after you arrest King Qing, the ghosts will start to come out and act. When the time comes, you may be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and enjoy it. Ah Jin was half joking, half serious and said to Song Wenyu.

Song Wenyu looked at her and suddenly asked, "If I tell you that the eldest prince has no intention of fighting for the heir, can you believe it." ”

Ah Jin was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I haven't been in contact with it, so it's not good to comment." But if he really has no intention of being in that position, does it mean that he is not doing these things now? ”

"Not necessarily, it may have been him, but it has nothing to do with the fight."

Song Wenyu's words made Ah Jin more and more confused, "In that case, what is he doing this for so much." ”

"For the sake of justice."

Ah Jin looked at Song Wenyu dumbfounded, and only felt that these four words were the highest evaluation of a person.