He was not busy interrogating her, gestured to the lacquered wooden box on the table in front of him, and said, "It's a snack in it, let's eat some for fun, I should be hungry after hiding in the back for so long." ”

His tone was very casual, Song Ran glanced at him who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, then quickly withdrew his gaze and obediently opened the snack box according to his instructions. I saw that there were several grids inside, and all kinds of snacks were neatly placed, and they looked exquisite.

She hesitated for a moment, then picked a random piece and put it to her lips.

His faint tone sounded in his ears: "Lord Zhou was originally the teacher's mentor when he was studying in Yaozhou Mansion, and the Zhou family was also a famous local family, but I didn't expect Miss Song and the Zhou family to be friends in the world." ”

Shen Hanxi served in Dali Temple at the beginning, although his official position was small, he was a master of judging cases, and he was in charge of Xing Prison for many years, so he had a keen sense of smell. Song Ran was grabbed by an uneasiness, and listened to him again: "This official has also been in Yaozhou Mansion for many years, and he has frequent contacts with Lord Zhou, but he has never heard of any dealings with a family surnamed Song in his old man's house. ”

He finished watching her reaction.

She was silent: "The Song family and the Zhou family are the friendship of their ancestors, and there is no contact with the generation of people's daughters, so Zhou Shibo naturally won't mention it from time to time, adults haven't heard of it, and it should be." ”

Shen Hanxi straightened his sleeves and said, "You are right. Turning his head to look at her, his gaze swept over her neck, and he inadvertently noticed her earlobe. Dajing women have the custom of piercing their ears, and the daughters of ordinary families will have their mothers wear beads and wear various earrings. But she didn't have her ears pierced like a normal woman, and there was nothing on her earlobes.

Feeling his gaze, she brushed her hair uncomfortably and asked him, "Is there anything on the ears of the people's girl?" ”

He didn't answer her question, but stared at her with interest: "It's really strange, there were still a lot of things I wanted to investigate, but I couldn't bear to ask anymore at this time." ”

The tone was elegant, but there was a bit of a nickname, Song Ran remembered his frivolous behavior in the carriage again, and secretly said in his heart, the dignified court official, the commander-in-chief of the court guard, was such a casual person.

She stuffed the pastry into her mouth, poured tea to hide her panic, and by the way, she quietly moved her body away a little bit.

Shen Hanxi noticed her small movements, and the smile on the corner of her lips narrowed slightly.

The carriage suddenly jolted, and her hand pouring tea trembled, and the tea was overturned in her hand. The tea was hot, but she didn't have time to pay attention to the burned hands, hurriedly picked up the teacup, and cleaned up the tea on the table with a handkerchief.

He looked at her, "But it hurts?" ”

She put her hands in her sleeves and said, "It's okay." ”

What's the matter? The tea had just been boiled before they got into the car.

Song Ran finished saying it for a while, and his hands were so hot that they hurt. It's like a thousand needles, densely tied to the back of the hand. It hurts.

Shen Hanxi noticed her expression and said, "Hand." ”

Just one word, but the tone was indistinguishable, Song Ran hesitated for a moment and stretched out his left hand to him.

The index finger was burned red, and there was a posture of blistering.

He took out a porcelain bottle containing ointment from his bosom, pulled out the stopper, and said with some disgust in his tone: "Pouring tea can hurt yourself, and you can do it enough." This medicine is not suitable for burns, but the analgesic effect is acceptable, so let's use it first. ”

She hurriedly said, "Thank you, sir, I'll come by myself." ”

He glanced at her, and there was some dissatisfaction in his tone: "Song Ran, will this official eat you?" ”

She was stunned for the word "Song Ran" in his mouth. It's not "Miss Song", but calling her by her name. Others are just that, these two words come out of his mouth, there is a subtle ambiguity. She was stunned, he had already grabbed her hand, poured ointment on her slender fingers, and used his fingertips to help her wipe it away.

He is a person who sometimes comes out of the sheath like a knife, and sometimes he is sharp, but he always gives people a sense of oppression, and when she is with him, her heart is always lifted.

It's also to blame the torture.

After he finished smearing the medicine, she quickly withdrew her hand, laughed dryly, and said, "Thank you, my lord, it really doesn't hurt." ”

Since she has made up her mind to ignore any of his ambiguous words, deeds and actions, then he is not in a hurry to force her, is he still in a hurry at this time? What's more, he himself couldn't tell at this time, whether he was more curious and tempting about her, or more like.

He liked her cleanliness, because she was a completely different person from himself, and it was because of the difference that he wanted to see what else was different about her. How to say it, it's similar to seeing a rare small animal, and trying to get it around to raise it.

The carriage soon drove into the Chongwen Gate, where he let her go, and his eyes drooped to see the handkerchief that had fallen from the place where she had sit.

A plain silk handkerchief, scattered with a few jasmine flowers made of yellow threads, and two juanxiu characters embroidered in the lower right corner, he held it up in front of his eyes and saw the words "Shaowei".

Changshou County Official Station.

Not long after Shen Hanxi left, there was indeed a team of people from the Ting Wei Division, escorting Liu Ming to the post station in Changshou County first. Zhou Guangtong deliberated again and again, and decided to temporarily detain the person in the Changshou County Ya, and after interrogation, he decided whether to enter the Beijing Saint.

He always felt that the case of his nephew's family destroying the door was full of strangeness, but it was just to take a woman, how could he destroy the other party's family? However, once the person has been caught, he can always find a way to ask something. It's just that he didn't expect that on the way to escort people to the Changshou County Government, there would be twists and turns......

The sound of "bang" sounded, Shen Hanxi stood up from the bathtub, picked up the cloth towel and dried his body carelessly, and heard the figure reflected on the screen speak: "My lord, Liu Ming died first." ”

The hand wiping his long hair did not pause, and after a few moments, he walked out barefoot, and when he walked in front of the shadow guard, he was already wearing a white satin tunic and a black robe over it.

He walked to the round table, poured a cup of tea and drank it, and said, "How did you die?" ”

"Early this morning, Lord Zhou was going to escort Liu Mingxian to the Changshou County Mansion, but as soon as he left the post station, he was assassinated, and the other party was a martial arts master, and Liu Mingxian was also killed with a knife. Humble and incompetent, he lost nine shadow guards, but fortunately, Lord Zhou was rescued in time by the Lingbei Army patrolling nearby, and the other party had escorted Lord Zhou into Beijing overnight.

The Lingbei Army is the men and horses of King Chengwu, stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, but it is very close to Changshou County.

The shadow guard looked at him and said, "The person is in a mess after handing over to Lord Zhou, and the adult is not to blame." ”

Shen Hanxi sneered: "Lord Zhou doesn't think so. He will only feel that I have given people to him in a cozy manner, and then I have silenced them after they have left my hands, and now, I am afraid that I have been thinking about how to join me in my heart. After that, he commented lightly, "I can't do such a thing well, it's really a waste." ”

The shadow guard was bowed by him: "Despicable death." ”

He said lazily: "What about Xia Xiaoqiu?" ”

"Pull the dragon and go after the assassin."

Soon, Xia Xiaoqiu came back, there were several blood marks on his face, but he didn't care at all, and presented a jade talisman to Shen Hanxi: "My lord, this jade talisman was found from an assassin when he was being pursued, these people are well-trained, not like ordinary Jianghu forces, but more like some dead soldiers raised by families, and their tongues are highly poisonous, and it is difficult to catch them alive." It's all to blame for the incompetence of the lowly position! ”

Shen Hanxi took the jade talisman into his hand, turned it over, and saw that there seemed to be a word engraved on the bottom, but it was deliberately erased, and only half of it was left.

Xia Xiaoqiu said: "My lord, don't you think that this character is a little like the word 'ink'." ”

Shen Hanxi's eyes darkened.

Speaking of people whose family name is Mo, the most famous is probably the Yunzhou Mo family. It's just that the Yunzhou Mo clan has not interfered in the situation in Beijing for more than ten years, and he has no holiday with Shen Hanxi, so how could he suddenly send a dead soldier to hinder his affairs?

"According to you, how could this group of people leave this jade talisman so coincidentally when they acted so cautiously? I also wanted to cover up and erase half of it. It may be that someone is confusing the official in the name of the Mo family. ”

A cynical smile appeared on the corner of Shen Hanxi's lips: "However, it is true that this step is aimed at this official." Lord Zhou must be on the way to the palace at this time, and it seems that the official is also going to the palace. ”

In the carriage entering the palace, he stroked the wrench on his hand and muttered in a low voice: "Xiao Yan, Zhou Guangtong, dead man." ”

He took out the handkerchief that fell in his car on the sun, looked at it for a moment, and the light and shadow in his eyes were uncertain: "Yunzhou...... Moxie. ”

In the imperial study, Zhou Guangtong stood solemnly with his eyes down, waiting for the saint to read his words and recitals.

Liu Mingxian's crimes were all ironclad evidence, and the emperor's face became more and more ugly, and after seeing the joint letter from thousands of people, he clenched the case file angrily. This Liu Ming was first an arresting officer sent out by him, but he didn't expect to do so many evil things behind his back. And it's been five years, and this matter has only been exposed by Zhou Guangtong, and what did the previous inspectors of the imperial history do.

As soon as he finished reading, a chamberlain hurriedly came in: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen is here." ”

Without waiting for him to announce it, Shen Hanxi had already entered the palace, glanced at Zhou Guangtong, and bowed to the emperor: "Weichen Shen Hanxi, I have seen Your Majesty and my teacher." ”

The emperor sneered, and threw the paper and case file in his hand towards him: "Shen Aiqing came by coincidence, look at it, this is the person who went out from under your hands!" ”

Shen Hanxi's face was calm, he picked up those case files one by one, and said while putting them together: "The minister came for this matter, and the minister received a report early in the morning, this Liu Ming deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates, and the crime was unforgivable, so I heard that he was on the way to Beijing, so the minister sent a team of flag schools to take him down and personally escort him to the teacher." It's a pity that the minister's arrangement was not good, and he still let the villains kill him, and almost killed his teacher. He straightened up and said, "It's all thanks to the timely arrival of the Lingbei Army and the protection of the teacher for the official, otherwise the minister will be to blame for his death." ”

The emperor still had a sneer on his face, and his expression did not slow down much.

Zhou Guangtong took advantage of the emperor's anger, took a step forward, and said, "Your Majesty." The way into Beijing can be said to be blocked everywhere, and every step is frightening. Lao Chen is just chasing fugitives according to the law, whose interests are he harming? Who is it that doesn't want the old minister to take him into the palace to face the saint? As he spoke, he turned his face to Shen Hanxi, "In this matter, the old minister still needs to ask Lord Shen for advice." ”

"Did the teacher suspect me and kill Liu Ming first?" Shen Hanxi smiled and said, "If you want to kill your mouth, why did I have to do this before, arresting him and giving him to my teacher?" ”

Zhou Guangtong said in a deep voice: "You pretend to send him here, and you secretly kill him, you can't say!" ”