After listening to Xu Bingquan's statement, the prince confirmed some details with Yuan Liu, and then commented in only eight words: "Sneaky and ridiculous." ”

Song Ran couldn't help but glance up at him.

"Last night, the building ship exploded, causing a storm in the city, and there have been a lot of nonsense. For example, seeing a red light falling on the ship is a sign of 'heaven's damnation'. ”

Although the prince had a pleasant face and a flat tone without any other emotions, he could hear Xu Bingquan wipe his sweat frequently.

"When the gunpowder factory exploded, there were rumors that traitors and thieves were tyrannical and perverse, and the sky had eyes to punish my Zhu dynasty. Lessons from the past, do you still need to be reminded by this palace? ”

After Xu Bingquan heard the words "traitor and thief", he couldn't help but glance at Shen Hanxi, and said busily: "What His Highness said is true." Please tell Your Highness, how should this case be concluded? ”

The prince's voice was faint: "Gods and ghosts are not terrible, they are terrible to be used by people with ulterior motives." Someone who should have died nine years ago suddenly dies again, and this must not be spread out and add fuel to the rumors. The rest, how to do it. ”

Xu Bingquan beat the drum in his heart, and couldn't help but glance at Shen Hanxi again, and asked what he meant: "I don't know what Master Shen has to say?" ”

Shen Hanxi hooked his lips: "Although the prince is young, he is very far-sighted. Lord Xu closed the case normally, but the identity of the murderer was just a fool at will. ”

Xu Bingquan was relieved to see that he had closed the case so easily. The arrival of the prince today can be regarded as relieving him of the siege.

Seeing Yuan Liuli trembling on the side, he couldn't help but burn a handful of paper money for him in his heart in advance.

Today, I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of the gate of the Imperial Guard Division alive.

When Xu Bingquan stepped out of the Imperial Health Division, he only felt that he had nothing to do and was light, and he could hardly suppress the joy on his face. ”

He glared at the other party: "Go back to Dali Temple, go back to the house first to make up for sleep." ”

Yesterday, he was urged by Shen Hanxi to run all night, but he was tossed to death.

After Dali Siqing left, the prince's face turned to Shen Hanxi: "This palace has a few words, I want to talk to Lord Shen alone." ”

The little eunuch who followed him understood, bowed down and retreated, and Helan Jue also said: "The humble post will also retire first." As he spoke, he walked up to Yuan Liu, showing a smile that was warmer than the spring breeze, "Sixth Master Yuan, I heard that you are the leading gunpowder craftsman in Dajing, and this official has long admired his name, so let's go down and talk to this official." ”

Yuan Liu's face was already as pale as dirt, and he almost slipped out of the room.

Song Ran also saluted and retreated behind Helan Jue.

After closing the door, I heard a commotion next to me. I saw Yuan Liu break free from He Lanjue's hand and desperately flee out, but before he ran a few steps away, he was picked up by a brocade man and slipped back in front of He Lanjue.

Helan Jue's eyebrows were thin and curved, and he looked at Yuan Liu with a smile, and there was a trace of grievance in his voice: "Yuan Liuye doesn't want to talk to this official like this, this official is really sad." ”

Yuan Liu's throat trembled violently: "Little Lao'er is just here to identify the corpse, please let the adults let me go, I will never say half a word about today's events, I ...... I've kowtowed to you. ”

Yuan Liu knelt down and knocked his head properly.

Helan Jue smiled with his eyebrows, looking at his funny appearance of kowtowing, and his tone was full of lively leisure: "You kneel down to the official at this age, you want the official to lose his life." ”

Yuan Liu was full of desire to survive, and when he heard his words, he couldn't help but snort his head louder, and soon he was bleeding, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old in an instant.

The slender fingers dusted off his body for him, his voice was very light, and he said to Helan Jue: "Lord Helan also knows that Yuan Liuye is the top gunpowder craftsman in Dajing, if you kill him, there will be a skill lost, not to mention that Yuan Liuye has lived to this age, how can he not know the truth of shutting up and saving his life?" He doesn't think about himself, he thinks about his own family. Ting Weisi wants to rectify a person, and even the ancestral grave can be dug up. No one would be so stupid as to be so quick as to speak quickly for a while, and fall to the point where the family is ruined and the nine clans are connected. ”

Helan Jue couldn't help but squint her eyes, her words, on the surface, were threatening Yuan Liu, but in fact she was interceding for him, when he couldn't hear it?

Yuan Liu was stunned for a moment, his cloudy eyes lit up instantly because of this trace of vitality, and he swore to Helan Jue for a long time. The smile in Helan Jue's eyes retracted, and he said, "Okay, the official has to listen to these words several times a day, and his ears are about to become calloused." Yuan Liuye has no intention of chatting with this official, so let's go. ”

Yuan Liu was pardoned by him, and he was very grateful, and ran towards the door in a panic.

Song Ran watched the old figure disappear from sight, and said to Helan Jue sincerely: "Thank you, Lord Helan." ”

Helan Jue stood under the corridor, her red official clothes were lifted by the breeze, and her smiling voice was a little lazy: "Miss Song really treats herself as a green onion because she likes it?" ”

Song Ran paused slightly, and when he saw him turn his head, he covered his mouth in surprise: "Who is Shicai talking?" ”

Song Ran looked at him complicatedly: "You didn't say it personally. ”

He looked innocent: "Oops, I accidentally said what was in my heart." ”

The corners of Song Ran's eyes twitched, and when he saw him put his hand into his sleeve and walked in front of him, the corners of his lips still had a faint smile: "Miss Song is a smart person, are you willing to guess, who is going to be bad for adults in this matter?" No, not only this incident, but also the fact that the adults went to Zhejiang and were assassinated on the way, as well as the case of Zhou Zicheng, the people who were stirring up the storm in the dark may be the same hands. ”

Song Ran lowered his eyes slightly, the sunlight shone obliquely, and the nose was hidden in the shadows above, making the delicate face appear softer.

"First of all, the adult was assassinated on the way to Zhejiang, and it was obvious that the itinerary was leaked early, and the people dared to suspect that the problem was within the Tingwei Division. There is also the case of Zhou Zicheng, tracing back to the source is not deliberately aimed at adults, but the result is unfavorable to adults everywhere, if it is also premeditated, then this person must be very clear about the cases that adults have handled. And this time...... Assuming that it is not the 'unjust soul' who comes to seek revenge, then there is only one possibility left, nine years ago, someone stole the beam and changed the pillar and saved this person. ”

Helan Jue said: "If you save him, will you let him blow up and kill the adult in nine years?" If it were you, would it take nine years to calculate a person? ”

Song Ran met his gaze and asked him, "Does Lord Helan like to play chess?" When playing chess, not every chess piece has to be implemented, you don't necessarily know what the move will become, maybe the chess piece will be discarded like this, but maybe, when the time is right, this seemingly useless chess piece will play a huge role. This person may be the one who can't be used right away. ”

She slowly concluded: "The person who can play such a game must be someone who knows his opponent well from beginning to end." ”

After listening to her words, a shallow smile line appeared on He Lanjue's face: "Miss Song's suspicion coincides with this official. It's just that this person hid too deeply, and until now he has not shown his feet. ”

He stretched out his hand to straighten her gauze hat, and praised it inexplicably: "Miss Song, this shallot, is indeed quite watery, no wonder adults like it." Putting down this sentence, he went out of the corridor, and halfway, lazily said to the brocade lang who was beside him: "Yuan Liuye should not have gone far yet, give him a ride for the official." ”

In the room, a line of green smoke rose into the void from the incense burner on the table.

Without waiting for the prince to speak, Shen Hanxi had already said leisurely: "I know what His Highness's concerns are. The building ship exploded, rumors suddenly rose, and Shen, a great minister, did many evils and disregarded people's lives, and finally angered the gods and caused thunder to fall from the sky as a punishment. A vague smile appeared on his lips, "If Shen is killed, it will really be a joy to see, but unfortunately, the people can't be allowed to run and tell each other." On the contrary, it has affected the prince, and it is not easy to be a man. ”

He was appointed to assist the East Palace, but he was so infamous that the world probably either sympathized with the prince or regarded the prince as a raccoon dog.

The prince's face was calm, and he said, "This palace is worried about Lord Shen's safety, and it cares more about the rumors of the world. ”

Shen Hanxi lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern." The minister's life is hard, and even God is unwilling to accept it. ”

The prince looked at the man in front of him, he was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a finely carved face, eyebrows flying into the sideburns, slender eyes, and an irrepressible cold aura from the inside out. In heaven and earth, he has only seen one person with such an aura, and that is the person in front of him. You don't have to speak, just sit there, and you hold everyone down.

This incident annoyed him, but it also made him want to conquer.

One day, he will let the person in front of him willingly use it for himself.

His Royal Highness the Young Crown Prince stood up and stared at him: "With Lord Shen's extraordinary means, he will naturally not be overwhelmed by this trivial matter. This palace just wants to tell Lord Shen that no matter what happens, the East Palace will advance and retreat with you. ”

For his words, a smile appeared on Shen Hanxi's cold face, but he was still careless: "Please also remember what Your Highness said today." ”

There was a soft creak, and the carved wooden door opened from the inside. The little eunuch guarding the door hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, it's time to go to the palace to say hello." ”

The saint is bedridden, and he, the appointed prince, has to go to say hello twice sooner or later, even if he can't see anyone, he has to do a beautiful job on the surface.

The prince's gaze went over the little eunuch and fell on Song Ran, who was trying to lower his head.

He had noticed her a long time ago. The clothes on the body are a little wide, and the hat is also the same, and you always have to raise your hand to help it. Her fingers were as white as her skin, as slender as a woman's hands. His gaze fell from her small, straight nose to her lips.

Today, he heard that Shen Hanxi had a male pet, so he wondered if it would be the boy he had seen on the willow shooting field before. Seeing it again today, he couldn't help but think, no wonder Shen Hanxi liked her, even he, who was not as good as Long Yang, couldn't help but take a second look.

After a few snaps of his fingers, he withdrew his gaze and heard her say respectfully: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

He took two steps, then suddenly stopped.

Vaguely, it seems that I have seen her somewhere else, wearing a peach-colored skirt, which is the appearance of a girl.

He turned his head, his voice was clear but with a hint of oppression: "The clothes on your body don't fit, obviously not your own, judging by the pace of your walking, you don't know martial arts." The chamberlain in the Imperial Guard, the lowest is also a seven-rank general, who are you and what is your name? ”

Song Ran's palms were sweating when he asked these words, and he didn't know how to answer, when Shen Hanxi's voice sounded behind him: "It's just a male pet, how can he report his name and pollute His Highness's ears." Holding her shoulders with his hands, his voice was full of ambiguity, "It is indeed a bit unruly for the minister to take advantage of his position to let this child serve him closely. I also hope that the prince will turn a blind eye and not blame. ”