Yujing, the prince's east palace.

"Your Highness, Second Princess...... Missing. ”

"Missing?"

"Yes, my subordinates have arranged hundreds of people to search in Yancheng, and for three days, nothing has been found."

"What about Yu Wuling?"

"The prime minister and the princess have not come out since they entered the princess's mansion."

"I went in, and I didn't come out." Jun and Yi played with a pair of handcuffs in their hands, and the sound of clanging iron chains colliding was a little piercing and loud in the empty hall, "Blockade Yancheng, if you find someone hiding the princess and prime minister, you will be killed!" ”

"Yes!"

Jun Heyi softened the coldness on his face, took the news booklet handed by the guard, twisted his eyebrows after reading it, and said, "What do you mean?" Those wastes in Yancheng can't fight a few cloth villages? ”

"Listen to the bosses, behind the cloth village is Yu Fu Yin and the banker." The guards trembled, looked at the people who were about to be angry, and still told the truth, "Your Highness, that batch of goods was seized when we were about to be shipped out of the capital and to Yancheng. ”

"Who is so bold?"

"Jing Zhaoyin, Yu Xianggu."

With a "snap", the brown ochre booklet in Jun Heyi's hand slammed to the ground, followed by an angry question, "Yu Xianggu, it's him again!" ”

The guards were silent and did not dare to speak.

"Report to the prince, Yu Fu Yin asks to see him outside the palace." The waiter respectfully walked in outside the door, leaned over, bowed slightly, and bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows.

"Heh, I actually sent it to the door myself."

The attendant knelt down, picked up the books on the ground one by one, folded them neatly on his knees, and respectfully stepped aside.

"Please come in!"

"Yes."

The waiter lowered his head, moved small steps and put the booklet on the table, and then went outside the hall, only to hear his voice was light, and said slightly hoarsely: "Yu Fu Yin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is invited." ”

Yu Xianggu was long, slightly hunched back, and a dark and blue official uniform was properly pressed on his body, like a person without spirit, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of indifference.

Jun Heyi watched the man approach and gave an impression evaluation: This person is always not sad or happy.

"The east palace of this palace, since the construction of a total of 26 years, Yu Fu Yin in the court has served as the Taishi, Yu Shi, Jing Zhao Yin, in the court about 21 years, today, or Yu Fu Yin for the first time here. Such a great honor is really a surprise to the main palace. Jun Heyi counted carefully, smiled lightly, and personally took the red robe tea brought by the waiter and put it in front of Yu Xianggu, "I don't know what Yu Fuyin is here, what are you doing?" ”

"You don't dare to do it." Yu Xianggu sat down, took the teacup and put it on the willow wood table on the side, folded his hands, and said indifferently, "This Fu Yin found a batch of palace products made by the Ministry of Industry in a private house on the outskirts of the capital, and also searched for the things in the palace of the prince and the letters stamped with the prince's seal on the relevant personnel. ”

"What does this mean?" Jun Heyi took a sip of tea and asked indifferently.

"This batch of goods is going to Yancheng, Luzi County. When the official went out of Beijing several times ago, he had found some eunuchs in the capital, and he took advantage of his official position to start smuggling business, and Yancheng was also among them. The manufacturing and transportation of the Ministry of Industry is regulated by the imperial court, and every trace must be registered, and no one is allowed to violate the rules and disciplines! The shipment found outside the city is related to the crown prince, can you give this official an explanation? ”

"What's there to explain this, Yancheng has always had a lot of skilled craftsmen, but craftsmen have a household registration ban and can't easily leave the county where they are located, so the palace wants to transport those things over and process them, so that the palace will be completely new on the emperor's October birthday, and give his old man a surprise."

"Really? The business mentioned in the letter is all nonsense? ”

"Yu Fu Yin is really funny, the bosses in Yancheng want the palace to contribute some money to fund one or two, and make a money. This palace gives them power, and they help me please my father, and they are willing, is there any problem? ”

"Prince, there is always a difference between officials and businessmen, please be cautious."

Jun Heyi raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Oh? Then Yu Fu Yin and the Zhuang family, is there no difference between officials and businessmen? ”

"The dealer took over the business assigned by the government, and presided over the trade in the east, which is different from the eunuch of Yancheng."

"I really can't understand that you refused such a big temptation in front of you back then. And now what unites you with the dealer who betrayed you? Jun Heyi sneered: "I haven't seen you for five years, Yu Fuyin seems to have forgotten who his master is." ”

"My master? Who deserves? Yu Xianggu was like a beast with its tail stepped on, and his eyes were cold.

"Yu Fuyin wasn't like this before. Could it be that in the past few years, you discovered that Yu Wuling is a big tree that can enjoy the shade, so you hugged him tightly? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, forgive this official for being presumptuous. If Yu Xiang is not a big tree that can shelter his officials, what about the prince? Is it worthy of being a good tree that the official wants to live in? ”

"You!"

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this official is just informing you today that all the things outside the city will be confiscated into the treasury of the Ministry of Industry and used for other purposes, and your deployment in Yancheng will also be completely uprooted. You must not care about the life and death of the second princess, but if you want to continue to move the prime minister, please 'raise' your noble hand, see the situation clearly, and don't get into trouble. ”

After speaking, Yu Xianggu got up and walked out of the East Palace with his body held high.

Suddenly ripped off the temper that he had covered for decades and vented it, Yu Xianggu felt excited and incredible all the way.

Is it because I know Ye Fu, or I am disgusted with all kinds of officialdom.

As soon as the palace gate, a moon-white shadow fell beside him, walking side by side with Yu Xianggu.

"It's so handsome, Yu Fu Yin!"

"You've been following me?"

Lin Mengsheng was dressed in white, with a smile on his eyebrows, and nodded towards Yu Xianggu.

"What are you doing with me?"

"Hey, the prime minister is gone, isn't it better for you to be left alone in this capital?" Lin Mengsheng insisted on keeping the same pace with Yu Xianggu, like kraft candy that couldn't be shaken off, and he talked a lot.

"Don't follow me!"

Yu Xianggu turned cold and staggered his steps.

However, no matter how fast you go, you can't get rid of someone who has light skills.

In the East Palace, as soon as Yu Xianggu left, there was a sound of ping-pong throwing things.

"Yu Xianggu, but I almost forgot about him, as soon as he appeared twenty years ago, he killed half of the mysterious people in Beijing, why did he help Yu Wuling?"

The guards didn't know why, so they didn't answer.

"Send someone to Yancheng! No matter what, I have to make Yu Wuling suffer a little! ”

"Yes." The guard took the order, paused again, looked up and asked, "What about Yu Fu Yin?" Do you want us—" The guard reached out and gestured to his neck, his eyes grim.

Jun Heyi grabbed the handcuff chain from the table and threw it at the guard: "Give me a good treat for Yu Wuling." As for Yu Xianggu, teach him a lesson! ”

The guards picked up the handcuffs and respectfully withdrew.

In the middle of the night, Yufu.

Yu Xianggu was dealing with political affairs, rubbing his temples frequently.

Lin Mengsheng came in leisurely, with a food box in his hand.

When Yu Xianggu saw someone coming, his brows furrowed even deeper, and his tone was full of impatience: "Why are you here again?" ”

Thinking that Lin Mengsheng also broke in before, Yu Xianggu directly called the house to coax him out!

"Someone, send off!"

Lin Mengsheng closed the door, cutting off Yu Xianggu's voice.

"The prime minister's words will make you agree to the banker's countless requests, and the affairs will be added, I can understand your anxiety." Lin Mengsheng smiled kindly, took out the delicate and delicious dishes from the food box, and placed them one by one, "Okay, let's eat something first." ”

Yu Xianggu hadn't eaten for a day, he was already hungry, and there was no reason to be hungry when he saw a table of dishes. picked up the bamboo chopsticks handed over by Lin Mengsheng and began to pull the food.

The literati use food, especially Swen, which has been confirmed here by Yu Xianggu, the whole process of eating is like writing poems and paintings, flowing smoothly, and I don't feel any mess and embarrassment.

Eating is also a kind of spiritual practice.

Lin Mengsheng sat aside, picked up a book and flipped through it, waiting quietly.

Yu Xianggu stopped his chopsticks after eating, and Lin Mengsheng put down his book and went over to tidy up the meal.

Yu Xianggu frowned: "I'll do it myself." ”

Lin Mengsheng pressed Yu Xianggu's hand that was about to put away the bowl, and groaned with a smile: "No, I'll come." ”

After a few clicks, the dishes and chopsticks received the food box in an orderly manner, and the desk was wiped clean: "You continue to deal with political affairs." ”

Three meals a day, for several days in a row.

Yu Xianggu smiled, this person really has the ability to entangle people, no wonder Ye Fu was also cleaned up.

At night in Yufu, there are occasionally one or two cicadas chirping, and a few empty snorts. Haoyue was shining brightly, and Yu Xianggu under the tree was dressed in simple brown civilian clothes, holding a teacup in his right hand, and he was comfortable.

When the wind blows gently, the flowers and leaves in the yard fall in a stream.

Yu Xianggu raised his head and drank the tea in his hand, and a few locks of ink hair were picked up by the wind, and the wind was abnormal.

Suddenly, a cold light appeared, and Yu Xianggu turned his head and leaned back, avoiding the stabbing sword. A black-clothed, masked, thin figure swept past Yu Xianggu's side, stood next to the stone table, turned around, raised his sword and stabbed Yu Xianggu in the chest. Yu Xianggu stepped back sharply.

The assassin in front of him killed Teng Teng, and Yu Xianggu was negligent in martial arts and was powerless to parry. When he was about to reach the pillar, a wooden sword suddenly came out of the air, and the sword in the Assassin's hand was removed.

The assassin took a few steps back, gripped the handle of his sword, and looked up at the incoming man.

Lin Mengsheng was dressed in a cloud satin robe, with a slender figure and a sword.

"It's okay."

Yu Xianggu pulled out a smile: "I'm fine." Then he stepped up the stairs and walked straight into a room.

In the courtyard, Lin Mengsheng and the assassin stood and looked at each other.

The assassin glared at Lin Mengsheng and sneered: "Look at you like this, people don't accept your affection." ”

"I thought you didn't hurt him and he wanted to give you a way out, but now- you hurt me!" Lin Mengsheng held his sword and greeted him, and the two of them fought.

Every time the assassin attacked, he was pressed down by Lin Mengsheng's wooden sword, when the two held each other, the corners of Lin Mengsheng's mouth were slightly hooked, and the assassin was bounced away, and then, Lin Mengsheng quickly approached, a sword slashed in the assassin's hand, hooked the sword and threw it aside, and firmly inserted it on the ground, with a cold light. He then raised his sword and pointed it at the Assassin's throat.

The assassin's body stiffened: "If you want to kill or chop, whatever!" ”

Lin Mengsheng stretched out his sword and picked up the assassin's face scarf, and after looking at it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and said, "Yu Fu Yin doesn't like to fight and kill." ”

The assassin was sent to the dungeon, and Lin Mengsheng threw away his wooden sword and walked towards Yu Xianggu's room.

The lights were on, and before anyone slept, Lin Mengsheng knocked lightly on the door.

"Please come in."

Lin Mengsheng walked in, and the candlelight reflected the faces of the two, looking red.

In comparison, Yu Xianggu's face was paler.

"Scared, huh?"

Yu Xianggu smiled self-deprecatingly, stared at Lin Mengsheng's face, and sneered for no reason: "In more than ten years of officialdom, I haven't seen an assassination?" ”

"It's my gaffe, Yu Fuyin is transparent to this officialdom, no one can match it."

Yu Xianggu frowned: "Anyway, thank you for coming to the rescue." ”

"Knowing that he is in danger, he is still so willful and does not bring personal guards. It's just the same as Yu Wuling. ”

"I'm the same person as her."

I don't want to live, I don't want to live here.

"Heh, did Lin hear any jokes?" The corners of Lin Mengsheng's mouth were slightly hooked, slightly sneering, and the perennial disguised gentleness and gentleness also collapsed in an instant, replaced by a trace of shrewdness and arbitrariness, "That Yu Fuyin, who uses everyone in the world as a chess piece, really regards the prime minister as an ally?" Isn't it because of her ignorance? ”

Yu Xianggu was shocked when he heard this, and the candlelight flickered violently at this time, jumping non-stop.

"Lin Mou once saw Yu Fu Yin in the official roster of Qi State, the official to the first grade, he was the prime minister of the mountain of the emperor of Qi State, and he was a great hidden strategist. Lin also collected a life-and-death contest between Yu Fu Yin and the high priest in the temple twenty years ago, and the winner was born! And Yu Fu Yin, who is in the Ming office, has been a master in Yu State, has done imperial history, and is now a parent official in the capital, Jing Zhaoyin. With so many identities, Lin didn't know how to express my surprise at Yu Fuyin. ”

Yu Xianggu listened lightly, there was no movement, there was no change on his indifferent face, and he had no intention of speaking out loud.

"Yu Fuyin, does he really care so much about the current prime minister?"

"What do you mean?"

"If this prime minister doesn't listen to his call, will he be discarded by you like the previous one, or like the previous one, the original tasteless?"

Yu Xianggu's heart was turbulent, but his face was still calm, looking directly into Lin Mengsheng's eyes, and looking into his deep inky and shining golden eyes: "You, what do you know?" ”

"What do you know, well, let Lin think about it, probably, the prime minister from Guanshan County, the catastrophe will not die, and when he returns to Yujing safely, Lin will notice you. Lin is very curious, why the prime minister who died once will be favored by you. ”

Yu Xianggu was silent for a long time, and finally did not provoke any more words, and sorted out the official documents of the day by candlelight, and after a while, the desk was neat, and stacks of official documents were attached to the edge of the table.

The corners of Lin Mengsheng's mouth were hooked, and he kept watching Yu Xianggu's movements.

Until the slightest smell of blood in the room drifted away, Yu Xianggu smelled it, frowned, and looked at Lin Mengsheng.

Lin Mengsheng's right sleeve was dyed red, and blood was dripping.