Reunion of the Dead (IV) (Part I)

When a group of officials and Guo family guards rushed into Zhuangzi with their teeth and claws, and rushed to Jing An, who was preparing to eat, Jing An said: "Catch this princess?" You go to the capital and ask the prince's brother to send someone from the Zongren Mansion to come, let them cure a princess for the crime of disrespecting the hooligans, let them change the laws of the Great Zhou, and the princess will not be able to teach a lesson to those who speak disrespectfully. The crowd was dumbfounded. The leading catcher knew that he was piggybacking on the Guo family this time. He originally thought that there was something wrong, with the Guo family on top, the Tang family was rich, even a spoon in the Zhuangzi was valuable, and he took someone to copy the Tang family's Zhuangzi, he could earn some extra money, and he could also please the queen's family, but this time he was dumbfounded.

In the evening, the streets and alleys of the capital were boiling again. The day before, the prince's guard of honor went to the Ping'an Inn in the capital, and after coming out, Du Tingxi and Ding Jizhong were silent, and some people saw the prince's solemn face when he got on the car, and some people speculated that His Royal Highness the prince went to the Ping'an Inn, but he was afraid that the Tang family was wrong. And on that day, he had the courage to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the backyard of the Ping'an Inn to see the lively people coming out, and the accounts were also different. Some people say that the prince reprimanded Lord Du, who was unreasonably suspicious of the Tang family. Some say that although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince scolded Lord Du on his lips, he still suspected the Tang family in his heart.

The next day, someone in the court began to come out again to echo the voice of impeachment of Tang Jiajun. As the crown prince of the prison state, Yiyi has to say that he is very scheming, not only did he not say it himself, but asked people to bring a letter to Xinjie to ask him to calm down, and let him see how many people in the court want to attack the Tang Sect, and how many people are unreliable and fall down.

Xinjie didn't speak, just smiled indifferently, he knew that although Yiyi didn't say it on the surface, but for Du Tingxi's words, it was impossible for this superior not to suspect the Tang family. For the Tang Sect, either it is completely abandoned, and it does not occupy a place in the imperial court and military camps, or it is completely defended to the end. And the ancestors of the Tang Sect taught their children that in order to keep the people of the world safe, they should be less involved in war. If you want to realize this wish, you have to have your own strength. So the first possibility is none. can only defend to the end, and at the same time, he must be worthy of the brothers who followed the Tang Sect to the birth and death. So what he can do is to talk to himself casually first, as long as he doesn't really make a move on the Tang family. Although Yiyi said that he was also a brother who was born and died together. But Xinjie knows very well in his heart that as an emperor, what he sees is always the security of the throne.

The next day, Xinjie did not go to the East Palace or enter the Pingluan Pavilion, but just accompanied Lian'er to practice at home, and then accompanied her to the suburbs Baihuatang for a walk, The two of them came back from the suburbs, and walked around the market for a while. In the eyes of outsiders, Tang Sangongzi didn't take Du Yushi's impeachment seriously, did he think that the Tang Sect had a stable position? In Yiyi's eyes, he felt that his words to reprimand Du Tingxi last night had an effect, and bringing words to him today reassured his heart, Xinjie still believed in him, and believed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was on his side, so he would be in the mood to accompany a woman without doing his job today.

Although Xinjie was silent for a day on the surface, all kinds of information continued to be collected through the people of Baihuatang and Baicaotang. I didn't expect his day's silence to have a surprisingly good effect, not only did the wind in the court make many people jump out of the rudder, but even Yiyi's entanglement could be seen a little. Although the brother hopes that Xinjie will see him as a friend of life and death, he will waver when he is really faced with remarks related to the big position. This is what the Queen Mother said, in the blood of the royal family, since the descendants of the suspicious queen of the Holy Ancestor succeeded to the throne, there are more characteristics that are too suspicious, innate and cannot be corrected. Because of this, the Queen Mother specially asked people to bring him a message, and brought his fiancée into the palace to meet him early, everyone is a family. Of course, he understands the meaning of the Queen Mother's so-called family. But the understanding of the crown prince and the queen must be deviated from the queen mother. And if Yiyi really saw his fiancée, it is difficult to say whether he can still be regarded as a brother in life and death.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting in Yuehuaxuan's private room waiting for dinner to be served, and when they saw him frowning, the people around them couldn't help but want to soothe with concern: "What's wrong with you today?" Is it for the Guo family? ”

He nodded, but didn't speak, could he tell his wife that the people who followed the Queen Mother's instructions to take care of and protect her when she was young were doubting the loyalty of the Tang family? Can he tell her that Yiyi may still be thinking about her now?

"In fact, the Guo family made such a big noise about this, it is likely that they saw the queen's mentality clearly and deliberately came forward to test the waters." Lian'er helped him analyze: "The Tang family is not the power of the Lan family after all, the queen mother is not worried about the Tang family, and she doesn't want the Tang family to suppress the Lan family after Yiyi ascends the throne, this is normal." And although Yiyi is young, he has been in the palace for many years, and there are many fights, so it is normal to be inevitably suspicious. ”

Xinjie was a little surprised: "Do you also think Yiyi will be suspicious of the Tang family?" ”

"Why don't you think I think so?" Lian'er smiled: "Do you think I have protected him since I was a child and didn't understand the flaws?" Although he has a pure personality, he is naturally suspicious. Maybe this is a lot like the emperor. Saying that, he frowned a little, it should be said that several princes in the palace have inherited the emperor's suspicion and suspicion, which is also the reason why it is more difficult to survive in the palace than in previous dynasties.

Xinjie affectionately hugged her and nodded her nose: "Maybe this suspicious person has always suspected that you are still in the world, still looking for you?!" ”

Lian'er sighed: "Maybe! Just hope he's not too paranoid. ”

Both understand what paranoia is.

Neither of them spoke, but the calm was interrupted by the sudden opening of the door, and I saw the commander of the fire department of the capital of Aoki Society hurriedly walked in, and saw the two of them intimately together, and was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, my subordinates..."

"It's okay, you come in and talk." Xinjie greeted him.

"Just now, a brother came to report that the people of the Guo family took the people from the Yamen to Zhuangzi in Yang Huaishan, and were taught a lesson by the princess. About a quarter of an hour ago, people in restaurants and tea shops all over the capital began to prepare to release news, saying that the Tang family and Princess Jing'an slapped the Lan family and the Guo family in the face. The princess forgot her relatives when she saw it, and for the man she liked, she humiliated her mother's mother's family. Several people who put the news were intercepted by our people, and according to your request, the news we prepared was released, and now the restaurants are already starting to discuss it. After about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Qi will return to the station from work at the Ping An Inn, and everything on the way will be arranged. ”

"What's your version? Who is Xiao Qi? After waiting for the people from the fire department to withdraw, Lian'er asked curiously.

"Tell me the truth. The incident in Huayan Town is told the truth. The fact that Du Tingxi folded the bullet and impeached and that the Ping An Inn contained disabled soldiers were all told the truth. Xiao Qi is the guard with a burned face that Yiyi saw in the backyard of the Ping'an Inn yesterday. He was a little brother under the command of Zhou Da of the Praetorian Guard, and there were still many people in the Praetorian Guard who compared his appearance with Xinyang. He was also one of the most popular candidates for the junior general in the forbidden army, and the emperor wanted to cultivate him at that time. During the autumn hunt, the other party used a poisoned rocket to shoot Yiyi. He blocked an arrow for Yiyi, and his face was ruined, not to mention, because the arrow was poisonous, and his internal strength was wasted. For the royal family, a captain of the forbidden army who has lost his martial arts and lost his face is a wasted person. Although he was introduced to the forbidden army by the commander of Zhou Da, who was the opposite of the Tang family, he still would not keep him, and Yiyi asked people to reward him with one hundred taels of silver to recuperate from his injuries. In fact, it was to let him retire from the forbidden army. ”

"Then how could he be at the Peace Inn?"

"Because Commander Zhou is also an apprentice of Wudang Niubi, it's just that in order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, everyone often needs to jump out and fight against the Tang family. In fact, Xiao Qi is a member of the Aoki Society. Xinjie smiled.

"Then who did you arrange for him to meet on the road today?"

Xinjie kissed her pink cheek: "Madame is curious? Why don't you accompany your husband to see it? ”

The backyard of Yuehuaxuan in the capital is connected to the Aoki Tea House, and the two came to a path blocked by hibiscus flowers and evergreen in the Aoki Tea House, and the Fangting Street outside can be seen from the gap in the flower wall here, and although the people on the street can see through the flower wall, but because of the flowers and trees, they can't see the scene in the courtyard really. In the small courtyard surrounded by flowers and bamboo trees, there are tables and chairs for guests who come to drink tea during the day. It's early spring, and it's still cold outside in the evening, so the guests have chosen the tea in the house, so there are no guests in this area at the moment.

The two of them chose a place where they couldn't see his door clearly from the courtyard or the street. Ping An Inn has a small side door at the west end of Fangting Street, which is used by helpers and delivery people. Xiao Qi came out of this door every day and walked back to his residence in Suozi Lane. Opposite where they now stood was a tavern where the Praetorian Guards of the city liked to gather. On normal days, the Janissaries who were not on duty often came and went here. After Xiao Qi was injured, although he often passed here, but because he covered his appearance, everyone didn't pay attention to it.

"Doctor Gao of Baicaotang is already a master of detoxification in the capital, and now he is helping him gradually remove toxins and restore his martial arts, and it may take another year to recover his original skills." Xinjie continued to tell Lian'er about Xiao Qi: "The scar on his face may be completely repaired, and it is already difficult. So when his skills recover, he will enter the soil of the Aoki Society and go to Jiangnan. This year, he stayed in the capital for treatment, and needed a reasonable reason and identity, so he arranged for him to go to the Ping An Inn through Xinyang, and he happened to be used yesterday. ”

As he was talking, he saw a man with a hat walking in the twilight, thinking that this was Xiao Qi who had ruined his face. No sooner had he reached the tavern on Fangting Street than several officers who had been sitting in the tavern for a while rushed out and blocked his way.

"Qi Hai," one shouted angrily.