Chapter 52: The Prince's Involvement in the Rouge Case
The wick crackled, and a section broke off like a broken bone.
It seems to be bright and dark, and the night breeze is cold, and the eyebrows of the two are half hidden in the shadows, like ghosts.
"In that case, the rumors in the market, or the teahouse storyteller, has their words changed their appearance?" Tang Yue analyzed, the sweetness in her mouth made her frowning brow dissipate a little.
Bai Li followed Tang Yue's hair without a match, the soft hair passed through his hand and fell suddenly, he took the trouble to play with her hair again and again as if he had found an interesting toy, but his voice was as cold as ice, light as water, "This matter is controlled by the government very strictly, and there should be no news in the market." ”
"Not necessarily. Tang Yue bent his eyes, and the starlight under his eyes reflected the Chengtang side, "If you can't get the news from the government, what about the murderer?"
"He was meticulous and decisive, but these people could be used by him. But how many people in the whole of Kyoto are rich, how many people are rich and unkind, and if they are derelict in their duties, if anyone wants to call the shots...... And what?"
"So after so many cases, there must be rumors circulating in secret!" Bai Li squinted his eyes and looked cunning, "It's just that they all say that the official characters are made up at will, and what officials and officials protect each other, what people don't fight with the rich, and the rich don't fight with the officials, so the vast majority of people must be unwilling to tell the government about this...... fear of losing their protection. "So I'm afraid that this news is going to fall on Splash Lai Zi.
"Some people are just afraid to sit and wait for the rumors to turn clear and make a fuss, so that the officials and the rich will be terrified and unable to sleep at night!" Tang Yue took over.
"It's a pity that none of them wants to be the first person, so they can only wait for the murderer's person. Bai Li closed his eyes and sneered, but he would control people's hearts, this opponent, interesting!
"An Xian" Tang Yue looked up at him, his embrace was too warm for her to want to leave, wrapped the quilt and covered the two of them together, she was entangled with him in her arms, at this moment, when the lights were dim, her eyes were flashing with thousands of stars, filled with fire trees and silver flowers, which made Bai Li's heart ripple slightly, and she was stunned for a while before replying, "What's wrong?"
"Let's go fishing. It seems that the wind and horses are incompatible, but Bai Li's face fell in an instant!
The deep voice was threatening, "No, you are obedient, I will deal with this matter!"
Tang Yue pouted: "It's rare to encounter this kind of thing!
"What's the fun? It's a life-threatening thing. Bai Li was helpless, seeing that she was angry and turned around, she could only give in, and hugged the person against her brow and coaxed her softly, "You are good, this matter is Zheng Suxi's case, and neither of us can intervene." ”
"Okay. "I almost forgot that Zheng Suxi was in charge of this case.
"Approaching the end of the year, Master Hou is coming back soon, you are ready to prepare. Bai Li was afraid that she would not give up and pulled Tang Houye to make a raft.
Tang Yue patted his head, "I almost forgot, next year's Cousin Lin's birthday, out of filial piety, Tang Ying and Lu, not long after the New Year, Cang Geng will also have a pot birthday, and in the future, Sister Wenjun's birthday, I have to be busy!" Although the family affairs can be handled by the second brother, the affairs of her sisters are ...... I can only go on it myself!
Seeing that it was not too early, Bai Li stared at the wind chimes and Yang Liu looked at Tang Yue to stop her from doing anything dangerous, so he took the cloak and left.
The snow was thick in the middle of the night, and he disappeared after a short period of ups and downs.
But instead of going back to the courtyard, he went to the palace.
Many adults have suffered from this catastrophe, there are a lot of problems in this, if it is exposed once the emperor does not know, it will be over!
Today, there is no rest, and when the chapter is reviewed, the eunuch Lu put down the pen after three urges and four invitations.
"Your Majesty, which palace are you going to rest in tonight?" Mr. Lu served hot tea, pinched his shoulders and beat his back for Jinshang, and waited for Jinshang's eyebrows to stretch before asking softly.
The charcoal fire in the Qinzheng Palace is vigorous, and for the floor heating, it is very warm but not stuffy, the moss branches planted under the window are embellished with jade today, so the people are not allowed to close the window, Rao is the starry moon light in the middle of the night, and the candle flame can also see the plum blossom style outside the window.
"The moss branches are adorned with jade, and the kingfisher is small, and the branches sleep together. Jinshang read the words, pondered the charm, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, there are people who raise some kingfishers!"
Mr. Lu is not the same person who is not the same as the ink, so he immediately answered, "I want to wear a ring, return on a moonlit night, and turn into this flower and be alone." My good majesty, this Lan Zhaoyi has raised the eldest prince, Liu Zhaorong, Gu Zhaoyuan, Jieyu, beauty, where are you going?
Mr. Lu has a bitter old face, drooping down like a marigold raised by a gardener, it's fun to look at, if you are in a bad mood today, it depends on this joke for fun, and it is a small feeling, this Manager Lu looks at a muddy noodle person, anyone can step on it, but reasonable people know that this is not a soft persimmon.
"I guess I'm not going anywhere tonight. Imajo smiled and wanted to bet, "Why don't we bet, just bet - someone will come to me tonight!"
Manager Lu turned his head and thought, "Okay! The slave bets that no one is looking for Your Majesty tonight!"
"What about the bets?"
Now the manager of Lu can be asked, he has only been up for about a year, and the family has no time to save, so he forcibly asked a person in his thirties to become an old man in his fifties, and he saw the pastries on the table, "The slave bets on a plate of cloud cakes!"
Today gave him a blank look, this gamble, it's not interesting to gamble!
"Forget it, your bet is too small, I won't play anymore!"
To say that back then, this person was also able to enter the casino restaurant, but later he had to endure the pain and quit, after all, if he wanted to turn over, none of this would work.
"Your Majesty, King Ping asks to see you. As soon as the words fell, a little eunuch bowed his head and came in to speak.
Today, it seems that there was an expectation of "Xuan." ”
It was Manager Lu, his eyebrows twitched, and he looked panicked, but he pressed it down in the blink of an eye, as if everything was an illusion, and he still put a statue with his eyes closed.
Deaf and blind and unable to speak.
When he saw King Ping come in, he bent down and whispered goodbye, and took a room full of people who were waiting.
The candles on the copper lamp stand of the Ganoderma lucidum crane are bright, the floor heating is hot, I don't know how much it costs, and the charcoal pot is as warm as spring, which only makes people's bones soft.
The snow that Bai Li had carried on his cloak when he came in turned into water and soaked into his clothes at this time.
It's cold and hot, Rao is that he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he can't stand it.
"Your Majesty. Kneeling on the ground, his back straight but his head bowed.
The lone lion wolf was supposed to be king in the mountains, forests and meadows, but now he has a lock around his neck.
"Hmm. "Imagami seems to be a little tired, drinking tea, and his voice is low and weak.
"Ahem" coughed lightly, found his voice, and only then did he say, "The night is dark and the wind is high, come to the palace to ask for a meeting, but what's the big deal?" Seeing that he was still kneeling and hurriedly asking people to get up, and seeing the marks of different shades on his cloak, he said, "And take off the cloak, come and roast against the fire." His eyebrows and voice softened, just like an ordinary uncle in the family.
"No. Bai Li took off his cloak and stepped forward to roast the fire, and whispered back on the right side of the present day: "Back to Your Majesty, the second son of the British princess died at the snow banquet of the Bailu Temple today. The stove was warm, but he didn't understand, he was still a little far away.
"I know this case, Zheng Suxi submitted the file tonight. The emperor took out Zheng Suxi's folds from the piles of folds, and Zhu criticized them in black and white.
"It is said that Chun Niang has premeditated, and there are people planning behind her, she was not in the few green buildings that Yang Ziqing often went to, but someone ransomed her first and then sold it, taking the opportunity to get close to Yang Ziqing, and it took many days to barely win Yang Ziqing's trust. Today, I hurriedly came to look for someone under the pretext that I was pregnant. Yang Ziqing didn't dare to let others know about this kind of thing, so he left with his entourage under the pretext of leaving for an excuse, and asked his entourage to look at the wind. It was because there was no one around, and Yang Ziqing was surprised that he lost his precautions. "The emperor leaned back on the chair, the soft pillow was made of fine silk, and it was filled with extremely soft cotton," but I was curious about why Yang Ziqing's entourage said that Yang Ziqing was fine at that time, his demeanor was as usual, and there was no blood on his body, and they also asked them to hurry back to Beijing to prepare to welcome the concubine into the house, but later found that the corpse experience corpse also clearly proved that Yang Ziqing died when he met with Chunniang. If it weren't for the fact that the corpse was seen by the scholars, the entourage was sent by the subordinates of the British government, and I didn't know that there was such a thing. ”
"This incident proves that the person behind it can disguise. But this disguise technique is very easy to find on the rivers and lakes, and even some strangers can imitate the appearance of people and use potions as human skin masks, as thin as cicada wings, extremely exquisite, even people who meet day and night can not tell the slightest. Bai Li lowered his eyes and said.
In addition, the minister also found that there were fifteen such incidents in Beijing. The killers all have the mark of the other side flower, and the people who are killed are all murderers and arsonists who bully others. Mostly ...... Eunuchs. ”
The emperor laughed at once, and praised it in a very happy mood: "Well done!"
Bai Li was very surprised and blurted out "Your Majesty......"
The emperor looked at it, his eyes were complicated, and Bai Li could only vaguely discern the heaviness in it, "An Xian, you should know that not all officials have a clean breeze on their sleeves, and not all the children of officials can learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they are worthy of the hearts of heaven, earth and the people." In this world, there are more aristocrats who want to be insatiable and the second and third of heaven and earth. ”
"I ...... It's also powerless!" The emperor seemed to be many years old in an instant, like a dying old white-haired man, holding his dying body step by step towards the known death" An Xian, there are too many gangs in this court, King Rui is dead, but King Rui still has henchmen, and there are still children alive, I can't ...... I don't dare to kill them all, for fear that in the future, someone will poke my backbone with a pen and say that I am a tyrant, and I will not even let go of my own relatives! But the news that Princess Rui is a meticulous work cannot be released! If I let it out, I am afraid that the people's will will be uncertain!"
"Your Majesty......" Bai Li was stunned, he was very clear that there was only one point left, he actually knew that the emperor couldn't help himself, but he didn't understand why...... The emperor has always been smart, why is he in Xi Concubine......
"An Xian" The emperor closed his eyes, his voice was calm and heavy, and he swept away the decline, "I know that Concubine Xi is disloyal to me, but Concubine Xi ...... It's not useful!"
"Your Majesty means ......" Bai Li sighed and wanted to kneel down immediately to express his heart, but he couldn't, he couldn't be weak at this time, no one knew what the price of a weak heart was, at this time, he could only slap his swollen face and become fat, anyway...... The emperor has no evidence either!
"I want you to protect Concubine Xi well, and don't let the queen and Dongyang do bad things at this time. ”
"Yes. Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, feeling that this emperor was deep and treacherous, and he decided to be more cautious in his actions in the future, especially Jinyiwei...... Maybe there is also this person among the cronies of the Ping Palace! Bai Li lowered his eyes and secretly wondered whether to contact Yin Song and the others in Lianyun Mountain.
It's time to prepare.
"Let Zheng Suxi check this in advance, you are secretly looking for it in Jinyiwei, don't startle the snake, I want to see the person behind this. ”
"No. Bai Li responded to the order and retreated.
It seems that the emperor has the intention of cherishing talents, but I don't know if this person can be used by him and what he can do, whether it is dark or light.
After a while, he summoned Mr. Lu to come in and serve.
"Stay in the Diligent Hall today. ”
"No. ”
When it comes to diligent government, we can never slack off. Mr. Lu sighed, and sent someone to serve the emperor with the nourishing soup, and then took a bath to soothe his muscles and bones, and put off the lights and slept peacefully.
The next morning, the sky was clear, and there were still few people on the road.
Then there was a man who rode out on horseback in a black coat and a hat, and seemed to be holding a scroll of paintings in his hand.
He was in a hurry to deflect the corner, someone shouted and attracted a large number of people, blocking his way, frowning and holding the reins to see which play this was.
"Help, help!" a weak woman cried out, looking up and down that he was not very good-looking, he could only be considered delicate, and even if he sold himself to the land of fireworks, he could not sell it for a few dollars.
"It's a matter of course to repay debts! If you sue the king of heaven, we will also say it!" "The one who spoke was a beard, and the thick clothes of the winter were wrapped in fat balls.
"My father owes five taels of silver, but you lions open your mouth and say that it is fifty taels!" The girl also looked a little fierce, and roared with red eyes. This turn of events made others feel a little more embarrassed, but most of the people who went out at this time were forced to make a living, and no one had the spare money to save people.
What is said to accumulate virtue and do good deeds is just to sweep the snow in front of the door.
Talent can help the world, and poverty is just good for itself.
"Since your father borrowed the Yinzi money, he should follow the rules of the Yinzi money! The interest is calculated in this way, you just find a hundred accounting offices to calculate the money, and it is also fifty taels! I also wiped the change for you, but you are so impatient to ask you to go back and marry my son as a daughter-in-law, okay, I will let you go if the fifty taels of silver are still here!" The bearded man was also impatient, if it weren't for his own son liking this girl, he wouldn't have borrowed money to treat her Lao Tzu earlier!
After tossing for so long, this person still doesn't know each other! Don't make trouble until the end is empty! The bearded man is very worried, and commands his subordinates to stop the surrounding to watch the excitement, don't let people run away, and ask this girl in a good voice whether she is paying back the money or getting married, and it is also the first copy to put the money on this one.
It's just that this one makes others think it's a romantic matter, and they all sit with their hands in their hands and wait for the rest of the article with a curious face.
But the girl was distracted.
He rubbed the corners of his forehead, controlled the horse under his feet and wanted to spread his hooves to punish Huan, and said impatiently: "Hey, is it that Ben Gongzi returned the fifty taels for her, and you can disperse?"
The beard turned around, the tall head and the big horse this man was wrapped in a black fur and black hat that only revealed frost and bright eyes, listening to the voice is not very old, looking at the clothes should be a noble son, and he can't afford to offend, so he said angrily, "It's this reason, but son, you are not related to this girl, why bother? Fifty taels of silver is not much, but it is not much." "Some people have never seen so much money in their lives!
He scratched his head, he was even more embarrassed that this person was so easy to speak, and said, "I'm in a hurry to leave, you blocked the road and don't say anything, and this girl doesn't want to." The relationship is still good for the two lovers, and the twisted melon is not sweet. ”
Thinking about it, he said, "Well, if I pay back the money for you, then are you willing to work to pay it back?" You should be a good citizen, and you are not a lowly citizen, and it is not good for you to sell yourself, if you are willing to work in my house for a long time, this silver will be regarded as your advance salary, and our family will have food and shelter, but you will not have a monthly bill." ”
"The little girl is willing. The girl was unwilling to be forced to marry, but now she heard that she could repay the fifty taels of silver without her selling herself or marrying. Naturally, he couldn't ask for it, so he cried and knelt down for that son.
This boy didn't shirk, took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from the bag on his waist, and handed it to the beard, "This is fifty taels, she will work in our house in the future." If your son likes people, don't use this way, it's going to be annoying. ”
He spoke earnestly, but the bearded man listened awkwardly.
Although he also thinks that his son is stupid...... But why do others feel so uncomfortable?
"I don't know where Childe's family lives?" the girl cried and suddenly remembered this very important matter, and saw that Childe was about to beat the horse and leave while the people were slowly dispersed.
He turned his head and stretched out his hand to take out a piece of jade pendant, "You take the jade pendant to Prime Minister Ye Cheng's mansion, just say that it is a long-term worker that I Ye Shen found, as for the rest, I will talk about it when I return to the house!"
It turned out that this person was Ye Shen.
After Ye Shen finished speaking, he saw the crowd disperse, and hurriedly beat his horse and left.
I can't be late for an appointment with Mr. Cui to see the painting!