Chapter 18: Mo Yan
Returning to the East Palace, he sat alone in the gazebo in the back garden, looking at the disappearing sun, and kept asking himself: "What have you done in these short ten days?" It is inconceivable that a girl has crossed into a man, and she has won the favor of the prince, and a beautiful woman has come to the door to beg her to marry her. β
The unreal feeling made him feel in a trance, but the temperature that dropped and the coolness through his clothes made him shiver, and all this was so real, "What should I do, if I really marry that Li Yulong, is it really for her?" No matter how sincere I am to her, I can't change my inner thoughts, and I went to help her today purely because I don't want this girl to be sad anymore, and I don't know what to do in the future! β
Li Chengqian has been reading in the study after dinner, and someone has reported him when he came back, but he has not been able to see the figure of Xiangxin, and after reading the book for a while, Li Chengqian wanted to ask what happened today, and he heard that after returning from outside, he has been sitting in the pavilion, and he has not even eaten dinner, Li Chengqian is a little strange.
"What's wrong? Did something happen when you went out today? Li Chengqian walked up to Xiangxin and asked.
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, he turned his head to look at him, "It's all settled, it's just that I don't know how to face Li Yulong, and I don't know if it's an expedient measure for her to let me marry her, or if it's really love at first sight for me as she said." β
Li Chengqian thought it was funny, "This family matter has been decided, what do you want to do so much, whether it is expedient or love at first sight, in short, no one should think about repenting about the things that have been decided, otherwise I will be the first to not agree." β
Looking at Li Chengqian's appearance, he said a little absent-mindedly: "Then what if I want to regret it?" β
Li Chengqian coughed in amazement and said, "What do you have to regret, besides, you didn't have a husband and wife with a girl?" If you regret it, it's not a gentleman's doing! β
Xiangxin looked at him a little angry, "What kind of gentleman am I, don't think I'm stupid if I have amnesia, then Li Yulong is obviously waiting for me to fall asleep and lie down next to me for a while, the truth of husband and wife?" You, a person who has been married, will not understand? I didn't even take off my pants, where did I get married. β
Li Chengqian scratched his head in embarrassment, "What do you mean by this?" If you really don't want to marry, we shouldn't go to the Shangshu Mansion that day, and we shouldn't make that bet with Li Tao! β
"But I can't bear it, such a good girl, it wouldn't be a good thing for her if I could help her." But what about me? β
Li Chengqian didn't know what to say, so he sat down next to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Since the matter has been decided, then we will try to do it well!" β
"Of course I know, I also promised her that I would marry her, but in my heart I just regarded her as a sister who needed protection, but what I didn't expect was to put me in." β
Li Chengqian felt a little disapproving, "How can I put you in, Li Yulong has a good character and appearance, but he is not a good match for you, do you have someone in your heart?" β
Xiangxin was a little helpless, "Of course not, if I have someone in my heart, I won't agree to this family matter, forget it, I can't tell you clearly, you are a victim of a feudal arranged marriage, am I talking to you?" β
Li Chengqian frowned: "What feudalΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· What a victim! β
Before he could ask clearly, a dark shadow suddenly ran to the side, and it was not early, and the speed of this person was extremely fast and he knelt down in front of the two: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you let the person you are looking for find it, it is in the courtyard next to the East Palace, and the emperor asked me to ask you what to do!" β
Only then did Li Chengqian see that the person who came turned out to be Li Junxian, and he didn't understand what was going on for a while, "What person?" β
Li Junxian stood up, "It's the person who sold Zhuge Lian's crossbow, today he went to the auction house to get the money and was taken by us on the spot!" β
Only then did Li Chengqian react and looked at the satisfaction beside him, "You want to invite people over, let's go and have a look?" β
looked at Li Junxian with satisfaction, but found that Li Junxian didn't say anything, so he nodded, "Let's go and have a look!" β
The three of them left the East Palace and went to a side hall, and Li Chengqian and Chengxin explained: "This is the place where the palace is waiting, and under normal circumstances, no matter who you are, you have to wait here to pass it on." β
The three of them entered the house, only to see a young man's eyes covered with a black cloth, a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth was tied to a chair, the four big men behind the young man stared at the young man, and saw that the three of them came in and gave a salute but did not speak, Li Chengqian also sat silently on the side and signaled that he wanted to ask something and hurry up to ask.
Chengxin walked up to the young man and took the cloth from his mouth, and before he could speak, the young man couldn't bear it, "Who are you?" Why are you arresting me? Let me go! Otherwise, you have your good-looking! β
The young man kept talking, at first it was okay that he was just threatening to ask, but seeing that no one paid attention to it, since he began to spray feces all over his mouth, he couldn't help but give a kick to the stomach, and the young man stopped talking.
"Are you feeling better now? Can you listen to me quietly? Only then did he speak.
The young man was a little painful, and said with bared teeth: "What do you want to ask, hurry up and ask, I beg you not to kill me, there are only me and my grandfather in my family, he hasn't seen me get married and have children, I can't die!" β
He nodded and didn't care if the young man could see it, "You sold the Zhuge Repeater in the auction house?" β
The young man knows that it is useless not to admit it, and if people dare to arrest him, it means that they have figured it out, "Yes, I sold it!" β
He said, "Where did it come from?" Did you do it? β
The young man took a deep breath, he was already resigned to his fate, as long as he could save his life, he still knew what to say, "It was my grandfather who did it, I won't do it." β
"Then do you know what the crime of privately making weapons is?" After satisfying himself, he didn't wait for the young man to reply, and said to himself: "It's a rebellion!" Who is going to rebel between you and your grandfather? β
The young man was a little panicked, "We didn't want to rebel, that crossbow arrow will hit a pheasant and hare at most, it's really useless to take it to the battlefield!" β
Chengxin snorted coldly, "You're talking about that little crossbow arrow, if the bowstring and bow body are a few points bigger, and the strength is a few points bigger, then it's not a toy for hunting pheasants and hares, I see that you and your grandfather have the same ulterior secrets, don't say it quickly!" β
The young man opened his mouth but stopped answering, spread out on the chair and looked like he was at his disposal, and he felt that something was wrong and kicked his foot, "Speak, don't you want to live?" β
The young man looked annoyed, and cried bitterly: "I really don't know anything, I grew up with my grandfather since I was a child, I haven't talked about it all the time, not long ago I came to Chang'an City with the people in the village, I was fascinated by the prosperity here, but everything in Chang'an City costs silver, grandpa's health is getting worse and worse, I want to buy him some medicine, I also want to eat the food of Yufengzhai, I want to do too many things, but I never thought about rebellion!" β
Seeing him look a little unbearable, he pulled the black cloth in front of him, the young man slowly opened his eyes, Li Chengqian, who was sitting upright in the dim light, and Li Junxian, who was standing straight, appeared in front of him, and the satisfaction who had been talking just now also appeared in front of him.
"What's your name?" Satisfied, he spoke.
"My name is Mo Yan." The young man was a little scared.
Satisfactory nodded, "Take us to your grandfather, we have something to ask him!" β
Mo Yan had a defensive look on his face, "Don't ask him, I know everything, who are you, where is this?" What are you going to do? β
Chengxin walked to Li Chengqian's side and raised his hand to signal, "It doesn't matter who I am, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, you are in the palace now, our purpose is very simple, we want to find the person who makes Zhuge Repeater!" β
Mo Yan looked at Li Chengqian and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, we don't want to rebel, please let me go!" β
Li Chengqian didn't speak, but he opened his mouth and said: "It's not up to you to decide whether you rebel or not, you have to investigate and collect evidence, so what are we going to do now?" The answer is to find your grandfather, and we can only talk when we see him, what do you say? β
Mo Yan shook his head, "It's definitely not good for you to look for my grandfather, grandpa told me that my parents were killed by a group of people, they just want to find my grandpa and want him to help them." β
Chengxin looked at the crown prince, "There are other things here, if the person looking for his grandfather is not from the palace, then even if the people of Nabo do not rebel, they at least have the heart to rebel!" β
Li Chengqian looked at Li Junxian and wanted to know the answer, Li Junxian also thought about it, "It shouldn't be a person in the palace, there has never been a period in the palace when the craftsmen were hunted down." β
Li Chengqian nodded, "Mo Yan, you stay with us to find your grandfather, we just want to ask for some periods, I promise you in the name of the crown prince, as long as you and your grandfather do not rebel, then I will save your lives, you can trust me!" β
Mo Yan was a little entangled, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, and said busily: "You shouldn't have been out for a short time, if you don't go home, your grandfather will come out to look for you, you said that he is not in good health, so you let us see your grandfather and ask a few words, and then the money for grandpa's treatment and medicine will be paid by His Royal Highness the Prince!" β
Li Chengqian hurriedly took over and said: "Don't worry, your grandfather is of great use to us, as long as there is real talent and real learning, it is not a problem to come to this palace to find an official and a half-job, as for the money for treatment, it will naturally come from the palace!" β
Mo Yan remembered his grandfather who was suffering from illness and finally nodded, "I believe you, if you really hurt my grandfather, I won't let you go!" β
Satisfactory nodded, "Don't worry! Then he turned to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness will arrange for more people to follow him, you must bring the old man back safely, remember to bring someone who can talk!" β
Li Chengqian didn't speak, just glanced at Li Junxian, Li Junxian immediately understood, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, rest assured!" I'll arrange for someone to go! β
Xiangxin pursed his lips a little angrily, thinking that this is an instruction, I can't control you Li Junxian still said that Li Chengqian can't move!
Chengxin and Li Chengqian walked out of the house with their heads up, the house should have been empty, a screen suddenly opened, Li Shimin suddenly walked from behind the screen and looked at the back of Chengxin and Li Chengqian leaving, and nodded.