Everyone left one after another, only Song Yuheng remained with the Empress Dowager Song, and followed her to Luan and drove to Shoukun Palace.

It was getting late, only the sound of wheels rolling in my ears, and the hair of the two people in the car was stirred by the cold wind that penetrated into the curtain, and they couldn't help but tighten the cloaks on their bodies. Empress Dowager Song leaned on the thick brocade cushion in the car a little tiredly, and there seemed to be hidden worry between her eyebrows. Song Yuheng picked up the beauty hammer on the side and gently hammered her legs, and asked softly, "The Queen Mother seems to have doubts about today's events?" ”

Empress Dowager Song was silent for a moment, looked at her and said, "Ah Heng, why did you want to involve that girl from the Ji family in this matter." ”

Song Yuheng raised her eyes, the cold night darkened her face, she frowned and said, "I always feel that this Ji Erlan is a scourge. ”

"Even so, if you involve her in this matter, can you still push Lan Guiren's death onto her?" Speaking of Lan Guiren, Empress Dowager Song had a moment of gloom on her face, and there was still some indescribable obscurity in her expression, however, she didn't mean anything to Song Yuheng, she just said: "The most important thing now is to let you enter the middle palace smoothly, and then there is the family affair between Yaoxian and King Du, don't make extraneous branches." ”

Song Yuheng opened his mouth, but he didn't want to say more about these two family matters, so he swallowed back what he was going to say, and said instead: "Ah Heng thinks that this girl is too smart and will do bad things in the future." After all, it is rumored that she has a great relationship with King Du, and so far we have not found out why they met, what if King Du really has a heart for her? ”

She paused slightly, then added, "I mean...... Yao Xian is simple-minded, I'm afraid she is not Ji Erlan's opponent. It will inevitably not be a disaster in the future, so it is better to find an opportunity to solve it in one fell swoop......"

Empress Dowager Song muttered: "It's just a little girl, and she has no background foundation to speak of. Even if you really enter the Duwang Mansion and become a concubine or even a side concubine, it's not a big deal, Yaoxian is simple-minded, isn't there still you and me? Holding such a small role in your hands is just a breeze, and you don't have to make more trouble for her. ”

Song Yuheng was silent for a while, thinking about Ji Erlan's clear and compelling eyes, he was secretly shocked for a long time, and said, "Yes, Ah Heng knows." It's just that, if I have the opportunity, I will ask the Queen Mother to help me get rid of her. Ah Heng felt that he would rather kill by mistake than let go. ”

"That's nature, if you are aware of it, the mourning family will naturally trust your judgment." Empress Dowager Song didn't know why Song Yuheng was so stubborn to deal with Ji Erlan, but she still nodded. Then he turned the topic to Lan Guiren and said, "Do you have a clue about Lan Guiren's death?" ”

"I don't have a clue. Ah Heng couldn't figure it out, who would kill Lan Guiren, and what was the benefit of killing her? Song Yuheng looked puzzled and said: "Although she is a little favored at the moment, she is no different from other concubines, in comparison, her father is just a waiter of the four-grade etiquette department, specializing in sacrificial etiquette and other things, and has no real power." What's in the way of others? Even if she gives birth to a prince, it is only one of them. Ah Heng really didn't figure it out. ”

"Hmm......" Empress Dowager Song said thoughtfully, but there was no follow-up.

Song Yuheng pondered and said: "The death of Lan Guiren must not be simple, if there is any conspiracy in it, Ji Erlan may be able to find out something, and when the time comes, we can also follow the vine and take precautions in advance......" After she finished speaking, she waved the beauty hammer again to hammer the legs of the Empress Dowager Song, and there was some silence in the carriage for a while.

After a long time, the Empress Dowager Song suddenly said: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, because of the death of Lan Guiren, it involves things that shouldn't be exposed in front of people......

Song Yuheng looked at her in a daze, a little unclear, what can Lan Guiren implicate?

At this time, Ji Erlan and his entourage had just left the palace gate and boarded their own carriage.

The county lord of Yuanyang and Cheng Xiaoxiao were arguing to go with her for a while, and Ji Chenglin, who was anxious to ask about the matter, was pushed aside. Ji Erlan helplessly persuaded: "County Lord, Xiaoxiao, this matter is very important, before finding out the truth of the matter, where can it be easily revealed?" You'd better go home and rest early, and when the matter is settled, I'll tell you about it, okay? ”

"No...... Even if I can't say more, I'm going to go with you! Yuan Yang was stubborn again, and he had to follow Ji Erlan back to his house if he didn't agree with him.

At this time, the voice of Yang Zheng, the king of the crossing, suddenly came from not far away: "Yuanyang, it's so late, if you don't go back to the princess's mansion, what else are you going to do?" ”

Yuan Yang froze in place suddenly, only felt that his scalp was numb, looked back at King Du with a weak heart, and immediately said obediently: "Uncle, I'll go back." After that, she pouted at Ji Erlan, squeezed her eyes, and walked away without looking back.

Fang Qingxue muttered, "Finally, there is someone who can cure her......"

Cheng Xiaoxiao grinned at them quietly, and was also in awe and awe of King Du, and said, "Who dares to provoke this evil star...... I'm gone too...... You two should go back early, and we'll see you tomorrow. ”

Ji Erlan saw her leave, glanced at the carriage of the king of Du, and saw that the young secretary of Dali Temple, Xie Tangqian, hurriedly rushed up, and said a few words with a bitter face, and then as soon as he turned around, he saw Ji Chenglin and Ji Erlan standing not far away, and hurriedly beckoned them to pass. "Alas...... Look, Lord Du, this thing is really difficult to do......"

When Ji Chenglin's father and daughter walked over, they heard him complaining to King Du for advice.

King Du said: "Although this matter is strange, you can only investigate it step by step." However, in any case, don't perfunctory the emperor on the grounds that you can't see the corpse. Otherwise, you are likely to be angered. ”

Ji Chenglin hunched his waist and hung his head, standing behind Xie Tang. Hearing this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Xie Tangqian is his top boss, the other party stabbed the basket, how good can he be! And Ji Erlan stood aside, looking at his nose and nose as if he hadn't heard anything.

Xie Tangqian's face was even more bitter, and he didn't know how to reply to King Du's words, but he heard him say again: "You can trust Miss Ji's eyesight, with her as a servant, it must be no worse." ”

Xie Tangqian turned around and glanced at Ji Erlan in astonishment, and hurriedly nodded yes.

The three of them sent away the car of the prince, looked at each other without saying a word for a while, and said in front of Xie Tang: "Brother Ji, this matter, you see, since it is something promised by the emperor, I will ask you to take Miss Ji to Dali Temple tomorrow to participate in the case." ”

This voice of Brother Ji is enough to show that Ji Chenglin has been mingling with his colleagues in Dali Temple in a short period of time. He said: "This is natural, please be relieved Brother Xie." ”

With a polite pass, the father and daughter were finally able to get into the carriage, but Ji Chenglin was full of questions, but he suddenly didn't know where to ask. Ji Erlan said first: "The emperor just asked me to help check it, and he didn't say that I must help find out the real culprit." But after all, my father is a person from Dali Temple, and if the case can't be closed within three days, I'm afraid he will also be implicated. ”

Ji Chenglin didn't know what to say, he wanted to ask before, but at this time he felt that there was no need to ask again, so he said: "Er Lan, you have always been smart, if you find something, you must also act cautiously, what should be said and what not to say, you must know in your heart." ”

"Yes."

Sleeping lightly at night, Ji Erlan turned over and over in his dreams and saw the tragic death of Lan Guiren, so he simply got up and practiced his sword.

The camphor trees in the courtyard shaded the deep shadows in the dim skylight, and the fallen leaves were swept up under the sword wind of Ji Erlan. Yang Wei chuckled: "When you returned home so late last night, you actually got up so early to practice your sword?" ”

Ji Erlan turned around, and the fierce sword qi disappeared in an instant. She was surprised: "Why is the prince here?" ”

Even though Yang Zhen already knew that Ji Erlan was unfathomable in martial arts, he was still amazed by her swordsmanship that could be retracted and released freely. But he didn't show it, but said, "I'll talk to you about the Lan nobles." ”

Ji Erlan originally wanted to find an opportunity to ask King Du, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to come to him to explain: "The prince is here at this hour, if I haven't gotten up yet, are you just waiting in my courtyard?" ”

"No, it won't." Yang Zhen's face did not change at all, and he said calmly: "I will wake you up." ”

Ji Erlan rolled his eyes in his heart, and knew that he was not someone who would be considerate of other people's feelings. She raised her hand and invited him into the house, and asked, "I wonder what the prince knows about the Lan nobles?" ”

"There are some things that you can find, I might as well tell you directly, so as not to be pressed for time, and you have to make a lot of effort to check and waste time."

Ji Erlan nodded: "If that's the case, then it's even better." ”

Yang Zhen was noncommittal and said: "Before entering the palace, the Lan nobles had a family affair for marriage. But after the news of the emperor's intention to let Lan Guiren enter the palace reached the Jiang Mansion, the family affair was over. ”

The description of 'no more' seems too simple for a family affair that is married to the belly. Since Lan Guiren wants to enter the palace, he must think of some ways to get rid of this family business. Ji Erlan said: "Presumably, there must be a lot of twists and turns, right? Who is the other party? Is there any grievance in your heart, and what will you do to retaliate? ”

"The other party is Jiang Shilang's old friend, because the old mother at home died, and he resigned from his job. After that, his career was not smooth, and now he is just a small magistrate. His eldest son, Xu Gongzi, who had previously made a relationship with Lan Guiren, suddenly fell ill and became demented, and his family searched for famous doctors and failed to cure him, but in the past six months, Xu Gongzi's condition has suddenly improved. ”

"He's alright?" Ji Erlan immediately thought: "Could it be that Xu Gongzi is getting better, so he took revenge on Lan Guiren?" ”

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "No, he's dead." ”

"Dead?" Ji Erlan was surprised: "Why did you die?" ”

"I accidentally fell off my horse and broke my neck."

Ji Erlan was speechless for a while, and muttered while thinking: "Lan Guiren has been favored by the emperor and wants to enter the palace, and then Xu Gongzi, who is married to him, will be sick and stupid." As soon as he got better, he fell off his horse and broke his neck...... It's a bit of a coincidence. ”

Yang Zhen nodded: "It's indeed too much of a coincidence." ”

"Another point, among the women I have seen, Lan Guiren is really not a beauty in the world, and she has no talent and reputation, and her temperament is not uncommon, why is she favored by the emperor at a glance?"

Yang Zhen chuckled softly and said, "This is going to start with another thing." ”