Chapter 172 Expediency
As soon as Xiao He left the prison of the Criminal Department, the jailer hurriedly ran to Gongsun Ou to report what he had overheard, "Lord Shilang, this Xiao He doesn't know what method he used, he actually let the prisoner recruit, he now brought a list to face the saint." Of course, I added a little bit of my own imagination.
When Gongsun Ou heard this, he was also very surprised at the moment, "How is it possible? "The man was very stiff-mouthed when he was awake, and he refused to say a word, and then he passed out and did not wake up after being treated. This Xiao He is lucky, or can he understand what demon law?
"What the villain hears with his own ears is absolutely true!" The jailer swore by it.
Gongsun Ou's face sank, and he said in his heart that this is not a good thing, if he really confessed to the mastermind, then the credit would be snatched by people outside the criminal department; Even if it is a fake list, it is much stronger than the performance that he didn't ask about before, which is compared to the emperor alive.
In case the emperor thinks that Xiao He has the ability to try cases and transfers him to the Criminal Department, he will definitely be crushed by this kid in the future.
After thinking about it, I felt that I couldn't sit still in this matter, and I had to take the initiative first.
Xiao He kept going all the way to the front of the imperial study, and when he was about to ask to see Mu Churan, he heard Gonggong Liu say that Princess Changle was talking to the emperor inside.
Hearing that Mu Qingwan was inside, Xiao He just took the opportunity to leave first, and said to Gonggong Liu, "Then don't bother with the father-in-law's report, this official will come back tomorrow." ”
Father-in-law Liu opened his mouth, and she stopped talking, she quickly stopped his thoughts, "This official has been here, so please don't mention it to Your Majesty." ”
She was turning around and preparing to leave the palace when she ran into Gongsun Ou, who had caught up.
"Lord Xiao, please stay!"
I saw Gongsun Ou's smiling face from afar, some people were hypocritical and pretentious, and they could see that they were acting at a glance, while some people were very hypocritical and sincere, as if they were born to be masters of acting. Gongsun Ou is the latter.
It's a pity that Xiao He has always had poisonous eyes, so he quietly looked at him to see how he acted.
"What's the matter with Lord Gongsun?"
"Lord Xiao, has you already returned to the emperor?" Gongsun Ou asked in slight surprise.
Xiao He told him truthfully, "Not yet." Now the emperor is busy and has no time to see me. I'll be back tomorrow morning. ”
Gongsun Ou Luo hesitated, "That's right, Lord Xiao, not long after you left, the prisoner opened his mouth and explained a bunch of things. ”
Xiao He smiled secretly in his heart, it turned out that he wanted to empty the gloves of the white wolf, but his face was shocked, "Really? What did he say? ”
He said something that had no beginning or end, and it was the other jailer who was listening to it at the time, and the lower officials didn't hear what he said. But that means he's already told you something, is that true? If Xiao He responds, then his next step will definitely be to talk.
Xiao He's face was never thin, so he pretended to be stupid at this time, "No!" Absolutely nothing! I just looked at it down there and didn't ask anything. ”
Gongsun Ou's expression froze on his face, as if he didn't expect Xiao He to deny it. But the more Xiao He denied it, the more he believed in his heart that Xiao He must have known some key information.
"Lord Gongsun, there are still some things that I won't accompany you, so I will leave." As soon as Xiao He bowed slightly, he strode out of the palace directly, leaving Gongsun Ou alone on the edge of the road in a daze. After a long time, he looked at Fang Wu, who Xiao He had left, and scolded himself, "This yellow-mouthed kid is really a villain!" ”
Xiao Mansion, as soon as Xiao He entered the door, he hurriedly went to find Hongzhu.
Hongzhu was checking the account books in the house, and when she saw Xiao He, "Childe, are you okay?" Today, the ...... on Jiufeng Mountain"
Xiao He interrupted her and asked directly, "What did Xiao Shi tell you before?" ”
Hongzhu frowned slightly, hesitated, and remained silent.
"Whatever he told you, tell me honestly!" Xiao He was in a hurry, grabbed Hongzhu's arm, and roared while shaking it.
"Yes, yes." Hongzhu was a little scared, so she told her one by one.
Xiao Shi gave her the account book of the wine shop, as well as some silver tickets from the money bank, as well as some rare poisons and antidotes, and told her a lot of things as if he was explaining the future. In addition, the point kung fu and internal strength and mental method passed on some tricks to her, and after all these instructions were finished, although she did not elaborate, Hongzhu understood that she wanted her to remember to hand them over to Xiao He in the future.
After hearing this, Xiao He had mixed feelings in his heart, the bridge of his nose was sour and unbearable, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
In fact, there is another one, which Hongzhu didn't dare to tell Xiao He, it was he just told her when he went out today......
"If I haven't come back this afternoon, remember to go to this place and pick up one of my things." He handed Hongzhu a slip of paper with the address written on it.
"What's that?" Red beads should be asked.
"It's the antidote. You don't have to ask, someone will give you when you go. He said vaguely.
"An antidote to whom?" Hongzhu knew his temper, so he simply didn't delve into it, and only picked up the key questions.
"Xiao He." He paused before adding, "The Gu she was in before has not been cleared, but she herself doesn't know. You must not let her know that I told you to take this antidote, and the only way to do that is if you add it to her while she practices identifying poisons. This antidote tastes no taste when it comes to water, so she can choose to drink it. ”
"Why can't you let Childe know?" Hongzhu is really curious.
If she knew, she wouldn't have taken the antidote. You believe me, but this is the only one thing that you can't let her know. ”
His words still seemed to be echoing in his ears, and the solemn expression on his voice at that time was no different from Xiao He at this moment. At noon, Hongzhu heard from the people who came back from outside say that something big happened on Jiufeng Mountain, so she had a bad premonition, and she was worried that something would happen to Xiao He.
But now that Xiao He was standing in front of her safely and soundly, she knew that it should be Xiao Shi's accident.
It's just that she has promised him, although she intellectually does not allow herself to disobey any of Xiao He's orders, but she is worried that after she says it, Xiao He will really give up the antidote.
She also saw the poison with her own eyes. When the poison was issued, the pain was very bearable, and she couldn't bear to let Xiao He take this risk, so she could only keep this secret for Xiao Shi temporarily.
Looking at Xiao He's current mood, I'm afraid I don't have the heart to do anything else.
Anyway, she has already retrieved the antidote, as long as she finds a chance to give it to her.
Hongzhu turned around to prepare tea, took the opportunity to put the antidote into the teacup, and brought it to Xiao He, without saying anything else. Xiao He was really thirsty, took the teacup and drank it all, and handed it back to her, "Pour me another cup." ”
Hongzhu smiled slightly, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Although she has not followed Xiao He for a long time, she is really willing to follow her from the bottom of her heart and do her best to help her. Previously, Xue Liangan was framed, Xiao He saw her anxiety at a glance, and rescued Xue Liangan at any risk, and arranged for someone to send him out of the city. Although the day of rehabilitation is far away, for the Xue family, Xiao He did save their family.
This grace, the red bead is naturally to be recorded.
What is the relationship between Xiao He and Xiao Shi, even if she is an outsider who doesn't understand, she can see that there is indeed affection between them.
But what Xiao Shi was doing outside, she really didn't know, so she couldn't speak for him. Although Xiao He is extremely tolerant of his own people, he is also a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes.
Now, Hongzhu only hopes that what Xiao Shi wants to do can be done quickly, no matter what it is, don't let down her master. She had suffered enough to withstand betrayal.
It's a pity that this time, I'm afraid that even Hongzhu will be disappointed.
The changes on Jiufeng Mountain soon spread throughout the entire imperial capital.
This happened to happen before the Midyear Festival, which is really unlucky.
Originally, the birthday of the Son of Heaven and the Midyear Festival were on the same day, and no one felt that there was anything wrong with it for so many years, but after this incident, there were some gossips, and after the New Year of this year, the imperial capital has not been peaceful, and even the imperial tomb has had accidents one after another.
There were a lot of idlers in the large and small tea houses and restaurants for a while, telling the visions in the Jiudan Palace in a colorful way, and there were several different versions. Some say that the basalt boulder was struck by a lightning bolt that fell on a sunny day and cracked into rubble, while others say that a real dragon appeared in the clouds, showing supernatural powers and destroying the sacred stone.
No matter what kind of story it is, the only thing that remains unchanged is that they ignore the truth of the facts, and just blindly add fantasy colors, pointing this catastrophe to the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme in a roundabout way, implying that there will be changes in the way of heaven, so it is revealed.
The things that the people of Dayin originally believed in were once broken, and they were fanned by some well-intentioned people, and only then did some suspicions arise.
When Xiao He went to look for Murong, he was in vain, but after listening to it on the side of the street for a while, he couldn't help but start to have doubts in his heart again.
This follow-up handwriting is indeed like Murong's style, encouraging people's hearts, which is what he is good at.
Could it be that the things in the Jiudan Palace were deliberately done by him? Did he also turn his back on his principles?
Xiao He took advantage of Murong's momentum to send Xue Liangan out of the city, and temporarily had an extra heart, asking Han Qiu to go with Xue Liangan, and telling Han Qiu to protect Xue Liangan.
Murong also said that he wanted Xiao He to do something, which was related to the Wanshou Festival, and according to what he said, the action was in the palace, and it was precisely because of this that Xiao He believed that the direction he planned was to go to the Purple Gold City, not outside the palace.
But back and forth, all kinds of signs indicate that someone is deliberately spreading rumors, making the people feel that Mu Churan, the emperor, is angry and resentful, so there are many incidents. If this is used as a foreshadowing for his rebellion, it is simply reasonable to explain.
Xiao He was still standing in the crowd, listening to people's gossip, his eyes inadvertently drifted to the shop across the street, and a pair of men and women came out of it, the man was Ji Changge, she couldn't be more familiar with that tall figure, and the woman actually looked a little familiar.