"Dodging will only verify the rumors, and it will not help Jiang Heng solve the case. Sooner or later, it will come true! Shen Cuobai said with a cold face.

"In this way, I am afraid that the officials will be dissatisfied, and if the time comes, it will only bring even greater chaos!" Cheng An spoke again, trying to convince Shen Cuobai. After Cheng An's suggestion, Shen Cuobai thought of another way.

"Go to pass the decree, just say that now the rumors are spreading, the heart of the official is not afraid of the shadow, if there is a person who does not go up, I will punish the nine clans to thank heaven and earth!" Shen Cuobai said calmly, as if the Zhu Jiu Clan was just a piece of cake in his eyes.

Cheng An saw that Shen Cuobai had made up his mind and was not dissuading, so he went down to summon the summons after answering the call.

In Yonghe Palace, it was rare that the Queen Mother did not complain about Shen Chenmo's waste, but discussed things with him with a solemn face. Lin Mingtan next to him looked a little uneasy and absent-minded.

"Queen Mother, it stands to reason that when something like this happens, Shen Cuobai should be the first to come to our Xingshi to ask about the guilt, why is there no movement at all now." Shen Chenmo asked a little suspiciously, "Is he waiting for us to do something?" ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Shen Chenmo, and Shen Chenmo immediately shut up. "What does this have to do with us? Besides, there are also our people among the injured officials, Shen Cuobai must be very scared now, and a third force has appeared in the capital. ”

"The third force? Who else could there be? Is it really the rumored ghost theory? Shen Chenmo said in disbelief. Now that the theory of ghosts is prevalent, and it is the only one that can explain everything, it is inevitable that Shen Chenmo will also have some faith.

Lin Mingtan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, snorted coldly, "His Royal Highness King Li, if there is no definite evidence, don't talk about it, otherwise, in the military camp, it can be called disturbing the morale of the army, and you should be beheaded according to the crime." ”

Shen Chenmo was a little dissatisfied with Lin Mingtan's arrogance, and just wanted to open his mouth to refute, but was stopped by the Queen Mother, Lin Mingtan smiled, "Auntie, there are still things to be busy in the Hou Mansion, Mingtan will not accompany his aunt and His Royal Highness King Li, and say goodbye." ”

Shen Chenmo watched Lin Mingtan stride out of Yonghe Palace, and secretly clenched his fists, "Queen Mother, isn't this Mingtan a bit excessive!" ”

The Queen Mother's face was light, and she didn't seem to take Lin Mingtan's words to heart, "Mingtan is still blaming us for what we did to Wei Zhaohua at the beginning, and there is nothing wrong with a child's heart." ”

"However, the queen mother ......" Shen Chenmo wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the queen mother stretching out her hand.

"Okay, they're all their own brothers, so much to do. What Mingtan said is not unreasonable, don't act rashly during this time, Shen Cuobai must be very flustered, just give us some free days to rest and rest. ”

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she waved her hand at Shen Chenmo, Shen Chenmo wanted to say something, but the Queen Mother had already closed her eyes and was not interested in listening. Shen Chenmo could only give up, bowed to the Queen Mother, and withdrew.

Back in his room, the more Shen Chenmo thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Late autumn from

Came in with tea outside, closed the door, and looked at Shen Chenmo's appearance, a pair of peach blossom eyes were a little surprised.

"Your Highness is worried about something, although the ghost theory has risen recently, it really has no connection with us, so Your Highness can rest assured, even if the emperor tracks it down, it will not be able to find our head."

Shen Chenmo heard the voice of late autumn, and the expression on his face eased, but he was still not very calm. "Of course this king knows that this matter has caused panic in the people, and the officials are even more in danger, but if it is not for the ghostly theory, who can have the ability to go through the sky?"

Wanqiu smiled and hugged Shen Chenmo from behind, "Your Highness, don't say this, even if it's like this, you can't say it openly, otherwise, if it spreads, the emperor will inevitably blame you." ”

Shen Chenmo turned around, his body was in late autumn, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, "How can you be the same as Lin Mingtan, saying this about this king." This king is just telling the truth, so why should he be blamed? ”

Seeing Shen Chenmo's angry appearance in late autumn, he smiled instead of being angry, and a pair of jade hands gently touched Shen Chenmo's brows, "It turns out that His Royal Highness King Li is angry because of this matter." The prince has been favored since he was a child, and his temper is naturally bad. If you say something bad, Your Highness doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

"That's so, but he actually dared to openly refute this king in front of his mother, and this king couldn't swallow this breath!" Shen Chenmo said fiercely, thinking of Lin Mingtan's eyes, Shen Chenmo felt unhappy in his heart.

Wanqiu thought for a while and said with a smile, "If His Royal Highness King Li is dissatisfied, although we can't kill Xiao Shizi, we can teach him some lessons." ”

Shen Chenmo suddenly came to his senses, "You mean ......?"

"That's right!" Wanqiu continued, "Now that the theory of ghosts is rampant, Jiang Heng and they have no ideas, why don't we take advantage of this east wind to teach Xiao Shizi a lesson, so that Xiao Shizi can understand what it means to have people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky." ”

Shen Chenmo nodded, his eyes were full of surprise, and he stretched out his hand to hook Late Autumn's chin, "It's really a worthwhile thing for this king to save you in the first place." With you in hand, this king can't worry about getting the country. ”

Late autumn hooked the corners of her mouth, gently wrapped her neck around Shen Chenmo's neck, and the two of them snuggled together. At this time, the sound of the door opening startled the two people and hurriedly separated. Looking towards the door, Wei Shaoyun was standing in place with tea in his hand.

"His Royal Highness...... I ......" Wei Shaoyun was a little speechless by the surprise of the scene in front of her, looking at the tea that had been prepared by Wanqiu on the table, and then looking at Wanqiu herself, she always felt inexplicably familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

Late Autumn glanced at Shen Chenmo, Shen Chenmo nodded knowingly, and Late Autumn bowed and retreated. Before leaving, I didn't forget to glance at Wei Shaoyun, Wei Shaoyun looked at the eyes of late autumn, these peach blossom eyes, why do they look so much like a person? Who is it?

"What's the matter with you?" Shen Chenmo opened his mouth to interrupt Wei Shaoyun's train of thought, Wei Shaoyun reacted, gently put the tea on the table, and stood a little stunned.

"I ...... I haven't seen His Royal Highness for a long time...... I miss it so much...... Deliberately ......" Wei Shaoyun said in a hurry, but Shen Chenmo was no longer interested in listening. is full of late autumn and the methods that late autumn said, and dealing with Wei Shaoyun in front of him is obviously a little perfunctory.

"You're just a concubine, find your place, this king's house is not something you can go in and out of casually. After that, without the command of the king, you will stay in your own court. Shen Chenmo opened his mouth indifferently, interrupted Wei Shaoyun's words, and walked towards the door.

Wei Shaoyun looked at Shen Chenmo's back, and her face was a little gloomy. Shen Chenmo, at this point, since you dare to fall into the well and cross the river and tear down the bridge, don't blame me for being ruthless. Wei Shaoyun's face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and she was puzzled, but she still obediently walked out of Shen Chenmo's house and returned to her courtyard to think about it for the long term.

Lin Mingtan, who left the palace, walked boredly on the street, and everyone said that ghosts walked in the world, because there were fewer people on the street, and even some open shops closed early.

Lin Mingtan suddenly thought of something, and the dullness in his heart disappeared, and he walked in the direction of Su Mansion. When something like this happens, I don't know if Wei Zhaohua will be like a little girl who has lost her soul. Thinking of this, Lin Mingtan's face was smiling, and the pace under his feet was a little faster.

When Wei Zhaohua heard that the next person had come to report that Xiao Shizi had come to visit, he looked at the slightly gray sky, it was almost sunset, what was he doing here?

"Go please." Rao is Wei Zhaohua was a little reluctant, but he still went to invite Lin Mingtan.

When Lin Mingtan saw Wei Zhaohua, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, Wei Zhaohua was sitting on the soft step, looking at the book in front of him seriously, without any panic.

"What? The courage of the county lord of Zhaohua really makes me and others deeply admire, there are ghosts and ghosts rampant outside, and the county lord of Zhaohua still has the heart to read here? Don't you learn from the Taoist priest and want to subdue demons and eliminate demons? Lin Mingtan's ridiculous voice came, and in the blink of an eye, he had already run in front of Wei Zhaohua, wanting to read the book in Wei Zhaohua's hand.

Wei Zhaohua dodged, closed the book and put it aside, and looked at Lin Mingtan next to him, "Xiao Shizi came here at this time, I don't know what you are doing?" If you just look at what I'm doing, I'm going to make a bit of a big fuss. ”

Lin Mingtan nodded, with a smile on his face, he was closer to Wei Zhaohua, he didn't know why, he just wanted to get closer to Wei Zhaohua. "The county lord guessed well, this son is here to see what the county lord is doing, this son is making such a fuss, what can you do? Do you want to kick out this son? ”

Wei Zhaohua helplessly held his forehead, Lin Mingtan, a scoundrel, was like a plaster, how to uncover it, the tighter it would stick.

"If it's too late today, shouldn't Xiao Shizi pay attention to the defense of men and women? Even if it is a ghost star, I heard that it only punishes those who are crooked and heretical, just like the son of the world. Wei Zhaohua said sarcastically, getting up from the soft step and tidying up her clothes, she is not used to doing something in front of unfamiliar people.

Lin Mingtan

was not annoyed by Wei Zhaohua's reaction, but felt that Wei Zhaohua at this time was particularly interesting. "I know the whereabouts of those ghosts, I don't know if the county lord has any ideas and wants to go with this prince to see?"

Wei Zhaohua looked at Lin Mingtan's serious eyes for a long time, and there was no wave in Lin Mingtan's eyes, "Are you serious?" ”

Lin Mingtan nodded, "Doesn't the county lord still believe in this son, if this son of the world deceives you, why don't you punish this son personally?" ”

(End of chapter)

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