Chapter 80
For the wine prince, thinking about it behind closed doors is not a big deal, as long as he keeps drinking, he can say anything.
Emperor Zhao naturally knew his virtue, so this closed-door thinking was just a matter of face, and he easily let people in for Zhong Zhiyu's visit.
The wine prince got the letter last night, and it was ready early in the morning, and when he heard that Zhong Shuyu was visiting, he directly asked his henchmen to take her to the study, and then sent someone to invite Xu Wenliang.
Even though the two hadn't seen each other for many days, they didn't have too many pleasantries in tacit understanding, and got straight to the point: "Did you find evidence on Xu Wenliang's side?" β
The wine prince nodded, took out a fold from the stacked bookshelves and motioned for Zhong Shuyu to take it and take a look.
The words in the fold are dense, not like the handwriting of the wine prince.
"It was written by Lord Wan, I have read it, and there is no problem." As if sensing Zhong Zhiyu's doubts, he explained aloud.
Zhong Zhiyu nodded and looked at them one by one.
It lists some of the underground deeds that King Ning has done over the years, ranging from harmless faults such as accepting gifts and bribes during festivals, to crimes as big as mutilating innocent people and even the families of officials.
"Is there any evidence for this?"
"Naturally, there is, but in order to prevent King Ning from sneaking in and destroying the evidence, I put the evidence elsewhere."
He didn't say where to put it, and Zhong Yuyu didn't ask, the less people know about this kind of thing, the better.
Since there is evidence, Zhong Zhuyu has the intention of laughing: "It seems that Imperial Doctor Xu has found key evidence." β
"yes. Imperial Physician Xu also noticed something back then, and was worried that he would be involved in some royal partisan dispute, so he hurriedly resigned and lived in seclusion, and the people below me also worked hard to make him believe that we were here to rehabilitate his family. β
Speaking of this, the wine prince's interest was sluggish, and his bony fingers tapped the fan bone: "It's a pity that they were all killed by King Ning's people." β
Zhong Zhiyu didn't comfort people, only pulled out a dry "festival mourning" from her throat, and seeing that it didn't work, she asked a question that had been haunting her for a long time: "Words... If this thing is done, even if King Ning does not die, he will be demoted to a concubine, why are you willing to take action regardless of brotherhood? β
"We don't have any brotherhood."
The wine prince quickly retorted, and was defeated in Zhong Xiyu's eyes: "Well, there used to be a little, but after he repeatedly went to the imperial brother to sue me for blackness, it was gone." β
Zhong Zhiyu was stunned, but he didn't expect there to be this between the two: "Sue you for blackness?" β
"Yes, it's nothing more than looking for flowers and asking willows, not doing business, getting drunk every night and the like." As he spoke, the wine prince leaned back in his chair, raised his eyebrows and exuded all kinds of style, and said disdainfully: "I don't have an official position, so what if I get drunk every night?" β
Zhong Jianyu: No, but I'm afraid it's not good for your body... No, it's not so good for Splendid either.
"What's more, he has already gone to the Qingzhou fiefdom when I was born, and I haven't seen each other since I was a child.
"Red willow?"
"It was the salmon-colored cockatoo I picked up from the bird market the other day." Speaking of this, the wine prince is not sleepy: "This parrot is extremely smart, it can speak human words in a few days without training, and it will lie down and drill circles, I will take you to see it later." β
Chung: No, I'm not interested in birds at all.
Fortunately, Xu Wenliang had already arrived at this time, and saved Zhong Shuyu in time who didn't want to agree at all.
"The grass people have seen the prince."
As soon as Xu Wenliang entered the door, he was deeply impressed by the wine prince, and his demeanor was standard, so that people could not make mistakes.
"Doctor Xu, please get up quickly." The wine prince hurriedly got up and helped him up personally, and put away the laziness and unruliness on his body, and the book in his bones came out, with his fair skin, he really looked like a reader in a painting book.
Zhong Zhuyu was watching the novelty on the side, but the wine prince didn't know what she thought, so he only introduced: "Imperial Doctor Xu, this is the girl Zhong I told you that someone needs to heal her family." β
Xu Wenliang's waist had just straightened, and when he heard this, he bent down towards Zhong Zhuoyu again, and frightened Zhong Zhuoyu, who was already ready to smile, and hurriedly held him up: "I'm a little ordinary person, Imperial Doctor Xu can't worship me." β
Xu Wenliang was not reluctant, he stood up straight with the force held up by Zhong Shuyu, and said with a smile: "I am no longer a doctor, you can't call me Xu Taiyi anymore." β
So Zhong Zhiyu changed his voice and shouted "Doctor Xu", which made Xu Wenliang finally laugh easily: "Doctor Xu still sounds pleasant, it has been simple all these years, and I feel quite uncomfortable to hear you call me Imperial Doctor Xu." β
Zhong Shuyu and the wine prince glanced at each other: "This time, please come back to Lin'an as a witness, it's really troublesome." β
Xu Wenliang waved his hand, and his face full of wrinkles had emotions that they couldn't read: "Actually, I almost forgot all these years, but I still remember that my wife said before she left home that she would sew the last leg of her obscene clothes for me when she came back......"
"βIt's a pity that the dirty garment is still missing a leg."
"βafter all, it's hard to settle."
"It's okay, Doctor Xu, thanks to the clues you gave, we found evidence, and it won't be long before we can rehabilitate your wife." Zhong Shuyu moved a stool for him to sit on, and looked at the wine prince again: "Do you have a plan?" When will the fold be presented to the emperor? β
"I think the idea is that the sooner the better, now that King Ning knows about us, I'm afraid that things will change if it drags on for a long time."
Zhong Zhiyu nodded in agreement, but she also had her own careful thoughts.
What King Ning did was indeed outrageous, but in the end, it didn't really hurt her and the people around her, compared to cleaning up King Ning, He Yu's serious injury was what she was most concerned about.
If Ning Wanggou jumped over the wall in a hurry and really wanted to kill Xu Wenliang, what should he do with He Yu's serious injury?
So she glanced at the wine prince and pondered: "Then it's better to let Dr. Xu go to see He Yu today." β
Xu Wenliang was safe in the palace, but it was not necessary to take him out of the palace, Zhong Zhiyu knew the risks involved, but she had to make a choice.
Fortunately, the wine prince can play with Zhong Zhuyu, and he is also a transparent person inside, he knew Zhong Zhuyu's thoughts as soon as he heard it, so he agreed after thinking about it.
"But we've got to get some preparation first."
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King Ning's spies were guarding in front of the palace, and when they saw Zhong Zhuyu going in alone and coming out alone, his face was as usual, his steps were steady, and he couldn't see the clues, so they all pressed down and continued to guard the palace.
Sure enough, after a while, the gate of the palace opened again, and more than a dozen subordinates lined up neatly, each holding a large box in their hands, looking in the direction of the Zhong Mansion.
The spies didn't know what was in the box, but King Ning's purpose was to destroy the evidence against him, what if the box was inside?
So after a brief discussion, one of them went back to report the news, and the other followed and watched.
The people who stayed behind went around the back door and exchanged information with the spies at the back door.
Then they saw two men in old clothes sneaking out of the back door and running in the opposite direction from the bell house.
Give the dummy!
The spies who stayed behind were overjoyed, and sent another person back to report the news, while the rest followed the two men, thinking of taking them down in the middle of nowhere.
And the back door, which was unwatched, opened a crack soon after it calmed down, and an old man and two young men came out.
The three of them wore hats and couldn't see their faces clearly, so they only walked around a few streets in a low-key manner before stopping in front of the small door of the Zhong Mansion.