But wasn't Shen Ying expelled from Beijing three years ago? Before leaving Beijing, she didn't have anything to do with the court......

There was a string in his head that seemed to move suddenly.

He unconsciously looked out the window and brought the cup to his lips again.

When he looked up the cup, he found that there was no water—it turned out that he had taken the empty cup in his hand again.

……

Ling Yuan's official business is not much, and he goes to the government office every day is also rare, in addition to the official business of the wharf, he also asked Guo Jiao to lead his men to investigate the bandits in the area of Huhang, and he also took the time to go to Hangzhou Bay.

There are not many bandits in this area, especially pirates, and there are often bandits in coastal villages. If we really want to scrap the river and build up the sea, this is an inevitable obstacle.

He lived near Hangzhou Mansion in Weifu, but was approached by Feng Shaoqing on this day, it turned out that Shaoqing and Huang Ji were lurking nearby for days, wanting to find out the specific object of the Gu family and the prince's collusion with the pirates, and found him staying at the inn, so he followed.

Hearing that Changying asked him to check this, he couldn't help but wonder.

"Changying has recently made friends with Song Xiao's daughter-in-law, and I heard that Song Xiao has made a lot of noise about shipping, so I asked me to check and see if I can find any handles."

Ling Yuan was silent for a while after listening to this.

Every time he hears about her actions on business, he will have a sense of distance, and the little girl who was only coquettish and naughty back then is now able to stand alone in the barracks, which he still can't accept.

It was as if she had run far ahead, and he was still alone in the days when she was still bouncing and poking at him.

After staying in Hangzhou for three days, he left two guards to follow Shaoqing's actions and returned to Huzhou.

As soon as Ma arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Huo Rong rolling up his sleeves and pacing back and forth under the tree under his door with his hands crossed at his waist.

The slanting sun stretched his shadow long, over the steps and over the threshold.

Ling Yuan was about to get off the horse, but he didn't get off the horse, so he immediately looked over: "Are you planning to fight with me, or are you planning to demolish my house?" ”

Huo Rong stopped under the tree and said with a smile: "How dare you? I can't fight you, cousin. ”

Ling Yuan's face was cold.

Huo Rong raised the document in his hand: "There is military affairs to see the Hou Ye." ”

Ling Yuan led him into the study, there was only one chair in the study, and Ling Yuan sat on his own.

Huo Rong didn't care, put the paperwork on the desk, then looked at the bell under his window, and said, "What is the result of the investigation you sent to Jingshi?" ”

Ling Yuan frowned: "How do you know that I sent someone to Jingshi?" ”

Huo Rong smiled and dragged him over a flower table to sit.

Hua Ji is almost the same height as the bookcase, and when he sits on it like this, the pair of long legs are supported, and the momentum seems to overshadow the master sitting on the Taishi chair behind the bookcase.

Ling Yuan couldn't have anything to do with a scoundrel, so he withdrew his gaze after a glance.

"Changying didn't leave Beijing until she was fifteen years old, and no one came to ask for marriage before that?"

Ling Yuan looked at the official document: "What, if there is any, you still want to run over them one by one?" ”

He had ten thousand thoughts of twisting the skinless and faceless thing in front of him, but thinking that it would not take long to see him cry without tears, so he didn't have to do such a thing that damaged his dignity.

"No, I don't grind. I just thought, when the East Palace went around to recruit young ladies from the powerful mansions to enter the palace, he didn't have the idea to hit the Ling family? ”

Hearing this, Ling Yuan paused, then raised his head.

Huo Ronghuan sat in front of him, and there was a little unpredictability under that layer of shallow cynicism.

Ling Yuan froze for a moment and said, "What do you mean?" Think we'll let Bell go to the East Palace as a concubine? ”

"Whether you let it or not, it's not the same thing as whether the East Palace has this meaning." Huo Rong said, "Liu Wei of the Caoyun Division has been arrested, and the news that Changying is here has reached the Jingshi. There will be people who will fall into the well, even if the East Palace doesn't have it, don't you worry about what others will do to her? ”

Ling Yuan leaned back in his chair and frowned for a moment: "What caused you to think of this?" ”

"Frankly speaking, a few days and nights, some killers attacked me, and I saw tattoos on them of the palace guards.

"I thought about it and didn't offend the people in the palace, only Changying arrested Liu Wei recently, and Changying and I have the name of husband and wife.

"If Donggong wants to kill someone for the dock, then the person who should be killed first is Changying, but he pointed to me, which is unreasonable."

There were no suspicious people on Huo Mingzhai's side for several days, and it was already certain that Yang Ji was not targeting him for anything else, so there was no need to cover up the assassination. If the assassination of him was related to Chang Ying, then there should not have been no signs before, and as the head of the Ling family, Ling Yuan should be the one who knows more than Chang Ying.

Ling Yuan's pupils shrank, stared at him for a while, and sneered, "Regret? ”

Huo Rong was noncommittal.

Ling Yuan restrained his thoughts, and he said for a long time: "I have parents, how can I ask about her marriage." ”

At the end he looked at it again: "How can you be sure that your assassination was brought by the bells?" ”

"Of course not." Huo Rong straightened up, "Just guess." ”

Ling Yuan frowned and watched him go out, put the document in his hand back on the case, and summoned Guo Jiao.

"Have you heard that Yang Ji has the intention of marrying the Ling family?"

Guo Jiao was slightly stunned: "I haven't heard of it." Even if there were, the old lady would never have agreed at that time. ”

Ling Yuan thought about it. Even if they did, he wouldn't.

He picked up the paperwork again and said, "I'd better go and ask my wife." ”

……

Huo Rong returned home, and Xie Peng, who was taking refuge in the garden, immediately went to the study.

"How?"

"Ling Yuan didn't know if there was such a thing, but he also said that the marriage was in the hands of Ling Yan and his wife, so whether there was or not, Mrs. Ling must know." Huo Rong leaned back in his chair and took a sip of tea and said.

Xie Peng nodded: "Most of this Ling Yuan will ask, we don't have to worry about it." But even if Yang Ji thought about winning over the Ling family, and now he is killing you, could it be that if he gets Shen Ying, Ling Yuan will fall to him? I'm afraid it's backfired. ”

Earlier, Xie Peng had already known about the affairs of Huzhou, and in the past few days, because of the assassination, he took the time to figure out these things between him, Shen Ying and Ling Yuan.

From this, I also understood Huo Rong's thinking, Shen Ying is Ling Yuan's cousin and sweetheart, with the Ling family's attention to her, if Yang Ji could accept her as a concubine back then, then even if the Ling family would not stand on her side, at least they would not oppose them for the time being. When he inherits the unification in the future, he may also be able to use Shen Ying and the Ling family to contain each other.

But something like that happened four years ago, Huo Rong is now Shen Ying's "husband", and Shen Ying is not sure whether Shen Ying still has influence on the Ling family.

Therefore, after Yang Ji heard that Ling Yuan was covering Shen Ying, he made the decision to kill Huo Rong if Ling Yuan was reluctant to move Shen Ying.

Because if Ling Yuan is reluctant to touch Shen Ying under the revenge of killing his father, then Shen Ying is still important to Ling Yuan, and now Ling Yuan is the head of the entire Ling family, as long as he still attaches importance to Shen Ying, then Shen Ying is still valuable.

But if Yang Ji wanted to accept Shen Ying, how could Ling Yuan, who was thinking about Shen Ying, give her away?