I promised you before, if you go to the capital one day, I will take you to taste the authentic Buddha's hand gold scroll. Nowadays, although this dish is not produced in the Imperial Dining Room, it is not much different from the taste of the Imperial Dining Room. ”

At the moment of food, Xu Chu will naturally not be reserved and polite. Xu is taste so good that it makes Xu Chu have a great appetite, and he almost eats the table full of food. also lost the food in the gluttonous building, which was beautifully presented, but the actual portion was not much, so she didn't have to eat.

And Xiao Qinglang squinted comfortably, looking at her as if she was full of food. When she tastes something fresh and a hint of surprise flashes in her eyes, or helps herself to grab it into the dishes, he will unconsciously show a touch of tenderness.

He is not an ignorant young man, and he has long passed the age of flashiness. So from the very beginning, what he asked for was not the romance of the mountains and the sea. He only felt that he was sitting opposite each other, remembering each other's days in his heart, comfortable and happy.

He was sure that if he was someone else, even if the country was a beautiful lady who had been carefully raised since childhood, she would not be as safe as she was in front of him.

Since it is love, it is natural to be warm. And what he wants is not a sound dog and horse, nor a life close to each other.

After eating, the two of them took a break in the water pavilion. Xiao Qinglang rarely took the miscellaneous talk and flipped through it, while Xu Chu asked people to help find a few popular books in Beijing.

Just as the two of them were enjoying a moment of silence, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by a crisp voice with a slight cry.

"It's a pearl!" Xu Chu sat up straight and listened carefully.

And Xiao Qinglang's face sank, and his brows furrowed. It stands to reason that in a place where flowers are disease-free, no one can be disrespectful to the pearl. It can even be said that even if you look at the capital, there will not be a few people who dare to go against the flamboyant pearl in public.

What's more, according to Mingzhu's temperament, even if she was wronged, she would at most drop the whip and pull it back, how could she cry so much?

Thinking like this, Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu glanced at each other, and a thought appeared in their hearts.

"Something's wrong!"

Moreover, the matter is so tricky that even Mingzhu can't resist it. In other words, even the Qi Palace's palace can't come forward to make decisions for her.

At this time, Xiao Mingzhu was only chaotic in her heart, and her tears were hazy and fragile. As soon as she saw Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu, she rushed up directly and grabbed the sleeves of the two.

"Third uncle, Sister Chu, hurry up and save the flower peacock......"

Seeing her anxious, Xu Chu hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and asked softly, "Mingzhu, don't worry, let's make it clear what happened first." ”

Xiao Mingzhu shook his head, "I don't know, I was better off with the peacock and I will give you the wind today." But when I went to look for the peacock, I heard that he had entered the palace with his father. When I arrived at the palace, I saw that he was covered in blood and was taken to prison. ”

"I heard Uncle Huang say that if he can't prove his innocence, he will be beheaded before the mission of the Seventeen Nations in Northern Xinjiang leaves Beijing." Xiao Mingzhu choked up and said, "But, but...... But some people in the palace said that they saw the flower peacock killing people with their own eyes. ”

It was the first time she encountered this kind of thing, and when she begged the emperor's uncle and father, she was coldly reprimanded, so she naturally lost her sense of proportion for a while, and she was so panicked that she didn't know what to do.

Xiao Qinglang frowned and asked, "What about Prime Minister Hua?" Does he have a say? ”

Xiao Mingzhu shook his head, "I haven't seen the flowers......"

After thinking for a while, Xiao Qinglang said to Xu Chu: "I'll go into the palace to check first, you take care of Mingzhu first, and as for the affairs of the house, I'll discuss it when I come back." ”

Xu Chu also knew that now was not the time to talk about those things, so she nodded solemnly, hesitated for a moment and said, "Be careful." ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, she always feels that this happened too strangely. If it was just the killing of the envoys of the Seventeen Kingdoms, it would not be in the way. Left and right, Xiao Qinglang was in a hurry to return to Beijing that day because of this case. He had discussed this with her when he was in the carriage.

However, less than half a day after they entered Beijing, they met Hua Wuzhi and became the murderer of the envoys.

This thing, no matter how you look at it, how does it seem to be coming at them. As for whether it was a provocation or a temptation, she did not know at this time.

Xiao Qinglang bowed his head and led people away with heavy eyes. Of course, with the experience of Hua Wu's illness, he would never let Xu Chu stay here alone again, so he immediately left Wei Guang and the other three guards, and left two more secret guards in the dark to protect.

After arranging everything, he let the horses out, jumped up and galloped away.

Seeing this, the people in the street hurriedly dodged to the sides. Before you saw the curse of the comer, you listened to the sharp-eyed trader on the side and persuade: "At that time, the horses of King Jing'an must have some tricky case to investigate, otherwise the prince would never have ridden in the city." ”

The person who was cursing just now suddenly realized at this time, and hurriedly slapped his mouth and said: "This is a trouble, who in our capital doesn't know, there are only two kinds of people in the world who can't block the way." The first is the messenger soldiers from the front line, and the second is the person who investigates the case for the prince. ”

The former is related to the security of the country and the society of the country. The latter is the guarantee for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

It can be said that since King Jing'an joined the three legal divisions, their trust in the government has increased day by day.

Whenever a case is encountered, it will no longer be settled, just sue the government and let the official family make the decision. If you encounter an official who deceives the superiors and subordinates, bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, either go directly to beat the drum, and then directly find the person who is on an errand under the prince to cry out for injustice, and the matter can be decided fairly.

As for the dramas on the bad streets in the past, such as stopping a sedan chair on the street and shouting grievances, and what else is written in blood, there are very few now.

It is precisely because of this that the people are quite tolerant of the people who act under Xiao Qinglang, and they are naturally willing to give it a convenience. Of course, it is rare to encounter such a situation as today.

Now that I have encountered it, needless to say, I must have encountered some big and important case.

The people in the street who were panicking and dodging were now back to their former bustling appearance, and the market was still flowing. Only the voices of groups of people can see the concern of everyone about the case encountered by King Jing'an.

"It must have been the case of those messengers who were killed, I heard that six or seven have died."

"If you want me to say, it's all deserved. How many people did they burn and kill and plunder our Great Zhou at the beginning, if it weren't for the Saint's wisdom and martial arts, he directly sent troops to scare those barbarians in Northern Xinjiang, how could they be so obedient now? ”

"That's right, I came from the north, and those northern barbarians would skin people and dig people's hearts to soak in wine. There are several families in our village, and the family is fine when the man goes out, but when he goes back, the old and young of the family are cut down, and it is very tragic. ”

Speaking of this, he still seemed a little palpitating, and even had some tears in the corners of his eyes. If it weren't for those northern barbarians, why would he have been away from his hometown for so many years?

Eventually, these discussions and suspicions were drowned out in the clamour. It's like the traces of Xiao Qinglang's gallop have been completely blown away.

Before arriving at the gate of the palace, Xiao Qinglang saw Liu Deming, the chief eunuch beside the eldest brother.

Liu Deming seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time, so when he saw him dismount, he hurriedly trotted up to meet him.

"Lord, you can come. The emperor and the king of Qi are now waiting for you in the imperial study......"

Xiao Qinglang's aura was solemn, and his gentle face in front of Xu Chu was also extremely cold and awe-inspiring.

He never spoke politely to Liu Deming, and asked concisely: "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know the specific old slave, I only know a rough idea. Today, the emperor originally summoned King Qi and Hua Xiangye, intending to discuss the marriage of the lord of Mingzhu and the playboy. You also know that in the county lord's generation, there is only one female baby in the royal family, so the emperor naturally attaches great importance to her marriage, lest there be any omission. The little eunuch who just went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to inform the Prime Minister was stopped by the playboy in the middle of the road. Liu Deming's face was also very bad, and he sighed and continued, "The playboy is also used to messing around, so he sent the little eunuch back to the palace, and he came to clean up by himself." In the end, it became the king of Qi and the playboy who entered the palace to meet them. At this time, the envoys of the Seventeen Kingdoms of Northern Xinjiang asked for a meeting, which was a matter of state affairs, so the emperor summoned the envoys first. ”

"In this vacancy, the playboy who was waiting in the imperial garden somehow got it, and was bumped into and killed the princess of the northern frontier who came to kiss."

"Now, isn't it going to cause trouble? But the biggest headache for the emperor was not the envoys of Northern Xinjiang, but the playboy who did not argue with his murder. ”

Xiao Qinglang walked forward in a hurry, causing Liu Deming to follow at a trot, and he kept recounting what happened before. Really, I embarrassed him to death.

"The emperor knows that the prince is in the capital today, so he has sent several groups of people to the palace to spread the word. But so far, there is no news, if it weren't for the prince's arrival, I'm afraid that the emperor would have to look for you in person. ”

Xiao Qinglang bowed, frowned, and his eyes were sharp and a little gloomy. He automatically rejected Liu Deming's last complaint and directly sketched the ins and outs of the matter in his mind.

In other words, Hua Wuzhi was accused of killing people in the palace, and there are witnesses. And the person witness should be the Great Zhou people.

But in any case, he should not fail to defend himself. After all, he is the son of a flower, if he shouts grievances, coupled with the decades of suppression of Northern Xinjiang by the Great Zhou, he should not let himself fall into a passive position.

He thought in his heart, but his steps did not slow down at all, and in the end, Liu Deming, who was out of breath, held on to the pillars of the corridor in the palace and gasped.

"Master?" The little eunuch beside him hurriedly stepped forward to support him, but he directly looked at his head with floating dust.

"Master, don't hurry up and wait! It's really unenlightening......"