"What do you say? Xia Dong was sent back again? The voice full of anger and surprise in the quiet night sounded a slight echo, dull and slender, "How is this possible, why do they have to go back by throwing themselves into the net?" ”

"The lower officials are also puzzled. It is said that our movements are not slow, as soon as we got the news that Meng Zhi was quietly replaced from prison, we immediately began to plan, and everything went smoothly at first, Cai Quan received the secret report, and immediately went to the prison to investigate, and also personally interrogated the fake prisoner. He has never been a person who will quietly hide things, and he can't hide it if he really loses it. At this time, I will play the book again to report to the emperor, as long as the matter comes out, Cai Quan's charge of dereliction of duty cannot be lightened, and he will go all out to track down Meng Zhi when he is angry. There are not many people who can enter the prison to visit Xia Dong, and even if they can't sit down, it will be difficult to clear up, at least if these two people turn their faces, whoever wins and loses will be beneficial to us. But...... Who knew that things would be so coincidental, Xia Dong was actually sent back by Meng Zhi today, our eyes couldn't hear how they explained to Cai Quan, in short, now the prison is calm, the fake prisoner was taken away by Meng Zhi, and the real prisoner is back in prison. In such a situation, you forced me to complain to the emperor, what can I sue? ”

"Then what does Master Fan mean is that you want to back down?" "Lord Xia, it's not that I want to retreat, now you know how strong the other party's strength is, although I am a royal historian, I can go directly to the sky without going through the East Palace, but I have to have a little shadow to speak. Meng Zhi, since the escort of Jiu'an Mountain, the holy grace is in the middle of summer and winter, and now he is staying in prison with no control, and I am also powerless. ”

Under the dim oil lamp. Xia Jiang's face was a little hideous. He looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and sneered a few times: "What are you afraid of?" Dark arrows are the most difficult to defend against. Mei Changsu was able to overthrow the crown prince and King Yu in a row within a year or two, isn't it a secret plan? Besides, you don't have any other choice. The evidence of your rotten things is in my hands, and if you don't help me, I will destroy you, and you will definitely not be soft. ”

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, his eyes trembling a few times.

"I've been in charge of the Hanging Mirror Division for so many years. How can it be so easily defeated? Xia Jiang looked at him with indifferent eyes and did not relax, "Mei Changsu, if you really think that I have no power to fight back, then the end of his land is not far away." ”

"That being said, I also believe that I am not the only one who works for Lord Xia in this court, but there must be a reason to attack, I originally thought that I had caught Xia Dong, but it turned out to be like this. So in my opinion. In the near future, it's better to be quiet, and Lord Xia lives with me, and no one knows. I'm not in a hurry to come to Japan. ”

A cold light flashed in Xia Jiang's eyes. He believed that he would have a long time to come. But how much more will the emperor in the palace come. That's not sure at all. With the handle and connections he held when he was in charge of the Hanging Mirror Division before, he was invisible in the capital. He has been hiding in the most dangerous place for so long, not to mention that even if he wants to breathe, he has to breathe, although he has to speak ruthlessly in front of the Chengtai Imperial History in front of him, but in fact, due to the backlash of summer and winter and the swing of summer and autumn, the power of the Hanging Mirror Division in the shadows has been almost swept away, and it is very difficult to contact those that are still preserved now. Although there are a few ministers in the court who can be secretly controlled, no one dares to face the new prince of the East Palace now, and the momentum of the sky always makes Xia Jiang angry. Of course, if he can sneak out of the country and escape for the rest of his life, Xia Jiang doesn't have to continue to be the enemy with Xiao Jingyan, but the danger of absconding several times and being forced back several times makes him understand that the tightness of the search place outside obviously will not leave any third channel between the death of the fish and the breaking of the net. But if he continued to drown the capital like this, Xia Jiang really couldn't tell how long the umbrellas he controlled with his handle could hold on his head.

In fact, at this time, Di Xia Jiang was like a fish that had been caught on the shore, if he didn't pounce twice, he would definitely not be able to escape the end of slowly dying of thirst, so he was tormenting day and night, thinking about how to find Xiao Jingyan's most fatal weakness, and if he could make a move, he would make a move, as for whether the action itself was dangerous or stable, it was meaningless to him at all.

"Lord Xia, I'm here for your good, stay in the green mountains, don't you be afraid of no firewood," Fan Yushi was a little uneasy by Xia Jiangyin's sympathetic expression, and the smile on his face was very stiff, "Maybe you can get better by avoiding this limelight......

"Master Fan," Xia Jiang ignored his nonsense, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said: "Didn't you say that you want to catch some reasons, in fact, as long as we are bolder, the means are more vigorous, and it is not difficult to grasp the evidence." Because...... I know where the evidence is......"

"In ...... Where is it

"In that Su house." Xia Jiang squeezed out these words from between his teeth: "I had already searched once during the spring hunt, but at that time, Mei Changsu went to Jiu'an Mountain, and the people who stayed behind probably noticed it in advance, like an uninhabited ghost house, which made me pounce." But now that Mei Changsu is back, the house has probably become very lively again, Xiao Jingyan is obviously preparing to overturn the case step by step, and the human and physical evidence must begin to slowly concentrate back in the capital, where can it be placed? The East Palace is naturally inconvenient, and it is most appropriate to place it in Mei Changsu, the old man of King Qi. Master Fan, as long as we can break through the Su Mansion, why can't we get the handle that Xiao Jingyan has been trying to overturn the case? ”

Fan Chengxiang swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and refuted with a pale face: "Lord Xia's words are like this, but it is not so easy to do. Su Mansion is not in some desolate place to break it, and the movement is not small, but the patrol camp is small, but the people who are used by the new prince will not care? ”

"Of course, you'll have to find a time." Xia Jiang sneered a few times: "You forgot, in five days, it will be the wedding day of our new crown prince." Think about it, I don't know if it is Your Majesty's impatience or Concubine Jing's urgency, the Empress Dowager's first year of mourning is only in May, in addition to the three-year period of filial piety, there are almost two years, and the result is what kind of sacrifice to tell the temple, what the Holy Spirit sends down what the wedding ceremony, the East Palace Branch. The rules for not having a round house were set...... After all, it's just a formality, and no one in your imperial history has impeached you......"

"Lord Xia. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already in the fourth generation, and he is not the first marriage. According to the system, after a year's funeral, the temple can be held after asking for divination, even if it is a formality, how to impeach? ”

"I'll just talk about it. I didn't force you to provoke him in this matter. The funny thing is that Concubine Jing and Xiao Jingyan usually seem to be gentle and filial, Princess Jingning is also the fourth generation, and they can also ask for an order to go to Taimiao to divinate the place, and the girls are not in a hurry to get married when they are older, but they are not willing to stay in peace for three years? I don't know when I'm rushing to reincarnate? ”

Fan Chengxiang glanced at Xia Jiang and did not answer.

"No more gossip. Just said that on the day of the wedding, although it was limited by the mourning system, it could only be a half-wedding ceremony. But what is Xiao Jingyan in the limelight now? The crown prince's new palace is honored by the noble concubine. Zhongshu Ling is the bride's grandfather. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu is Liu Cheng's cousin again. It's not small. When the whole city is happy, isn't it more lively than the New Year? The manpower of the patrol battalion had already gone to maintain order, and he went to the Su Mansion and was not on the route of the wedding sedan chair parade, who could take care of it. Xia Jiang's eyebrows flashed with murderous aura, and the corners of his mouth pursed fiercely: "I can still gather some people, Qian Junhou is also from my land, you go to contact him for me, there are eight hundred soldiers there, as long as you go out at night, you can be quick and ruthless, and it is not easy to quietly swallow a private house?" ”

Fan Chengxiang's eyes flashed, obviously not as confident as Xia Jiang, and he asked, "Then what if it fails?" ”

Xia Jiang said coldly: "We are already fighting against the water, what can we talk about victory or defeat!" ”

Fan Chengxiang's hand shrunk in his sleeve convulsed involuntarily, and he stabilized his expression, and reluctantly smiled: "It's also said that if you don't take a little risk, how can you become a big thing." I think this is good, but there are still a few days to go, Lord Xia, you plan the details first, and I will discuss with Qian Junhou as soon as possible, and make more preparations in advance, which will naturally add some certainty. ”

"Then it's hard work outside, Lord Fan."

"You and I don't have to be so polite. It was late at night, so I took my leave. Fan Chengxiang said twice, haha, slowly walked out of the dark room, closed the door carefully, and then walked to his bedroom in thought.

"Why did the master come back to the room so late? Went to see that Lord Xia again? As soon as she entered the inner room, a delicate woman wearing only a homely dress and skirt with curved eyebrows and phoenix eyes greeted Fan Chengxiang.

"Yaozhu, why haven't you slept yet?"

"How can the concubine sleep if the master doesn't come back?"

Fan Chengxiang smiled and stretched out his hand to take her into his arms. He and Mrs. Yuanpei have an indifferent relationship, everyone lives in each house, and the most favored and trusted is this little concubine Yaozhu, Yaozhu was present when Xia Jiang fled into his bedroom in the middle of the night, so there is not much to hide from her about Xia Jiang.

"Every time the master went to see that Lord Xia, he was worried after he came out, which really made the concubine uneasy. Although the concubine is a woman, if the lord has troubles, it can be regarded as a kind of solution to talk to the concubine......"

"How do you know," Fan Chengxiang leaned on the pillow and sighed, "This Xia Jiang is getting more and more crazy." He is fighting against the water, but why should I gamble with his family's life, future and wealth? ”

"It's not that ...... Does the lord have a handle in his hands? ”

"That's right, there is a handle...... Fan Chengxiang looked at the Tuanhua on the top of the tent with heavy eyes, and said slowly, "But I've been thinking that being controlled by him like this is not a way to live, maybe I can make up for it and ask for a forgiveness from His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Yaozhu's smart eyes immediately understood: "What does the master mean to stabilize Xia Jiang and go to the East Palace to sue for meritorious service?" ”

"Or are you smart," Fan Chengxiang stretched out his finger and flicked it on her face, smiling, "Xia Jiang is the person His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants the most, if I make this contribution, don't say erase the old sins, I am lucky, I can keep my future future, I am afraid that there is also hope......"

"Sir...... Is it accurate? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no longer as inflexible as he was when he was King Jing. I committed the matter in Xia Jiang's hands, but I was just bribing and sheltering a few murderers, and it has already passed seven or eight years, so it is not worth taking it seriously. If he is willing to pardon me, he will be able to take Xia Jiang's confidant immediately, no matter how he weighs it, he should not refuse. Yaozhu's eyes were like water, and she smiled softly and said, "It's great if you can really do what the old man said." This frightened life is really difficult, and the old man should go to the East Palace to sue him quickly. ”

"What you said to me, I was seeking stability and peace, and I wanted to take in this plague god and send him away quickly in two days, although I knew that he couldn't escape, but I fell on me. I really can't stand this day, and I have decided to go to the East Palace tomorrow morning to ask for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Tomorrow?"

"This is a matter that will be done sooner rather than later, tomorrow."

"There must be no mistake in the master's decision. Then take a soothing soup and rest early, and you will have to toss tomorrow. Yaozhu said, got up and went to the tea stove, brought the simmering soup bowl to Fan Chengxiang, drank two sips, helped him lie down, and gently fanned him.

Maybe it was because he made a decision in his heart and was a little at ease, maybe it was because the tranquilizing soup was really effective, and Fan Chengxiang fell asleep in less than a moment. Yaozhu waited for him to snore, reached out and pushed his shoulder, and whispered to him twice, seeing that there was no response, she immediately put down the fan, quietly got out of bed, wrapped a black cloak, and her body flashed out like a phantom, and soon disappeared into the inky night.

(The time is simply not my own, how nice it would be if there were forty-eight hours a day)