Chapter 161: Recovery
(Thank you for your patience and support, Sister Hai will recover her condition and degree as soon as possible...... )
The situation in the capital after the crown prince's ceremony was a little undisturbed due to the old emperor's recuperation and the new prince's pursuit of stability. In the absence of any greater events, the sudden death of Fan Chengxiang, the imperial history of Chengtai, attracted everyone's attention.
However, the incident was not very sensational at first, because Jingzhao Yamen was the first to report, and when they went to explore, they came to the conclusion that "they accidentally lost their footing and drowned". Although the drowning of a second-class minister in the back garden of his house is still a talking point that can be swallowed, it is not a big thing to surprise in the end. But then things gradually turned bizarre, Fan Chengxiang's wife insisted that she had doubts about the cause of her husband's death, and Jingzhao Yamen had no choice but to ask the Criminal Department to intervene. Cai Quan assigned a newly promoted squire to investigate this person in the inner courtyard and back garden of Fan's mansion, and then went up to the lady in the mansion and down to the Yahuan family, as long as it was a person who had daily contact with Fan Chengxiang, he called them one by one and asked them one by one, and on the same day, he announced that the case was "he killed", and the whole city was in an uproar, and the criminal department immediately decided to file a case for detailed investigation after it was reported.
At the end of July, the wedding ceremony of the crown princess was held as scheduled, although several procedures such as group banquets, singing and dancing were subtracted, Xiao Jingyan insisted on canceling the fireworks festival, and the entire wedding process only beat the drums and did not sound the silk bamboo, so as not to be extravagant and noisy. But for the common people, as long as there is a mighty parade of phoenixes, it is enough to attract the whole city to watch, and make up for the defect of not playing joy with the boiling voices.
As Xia Jiang said, Su Zhai was not on the route of the parade to welcome relatives. Surrounded by the noise in the distance, the place seems quiet. Since two days ago, Lin Chen and Dr. Yan have been arguing fiercely until this time. Doctor Yan finally agreed, so Lin Chen didn't know what to cook for Mei Changsu to drink, so he fell asleep from early in the morning until late at night. And there was no sign of waking up, so that the people who filled the yard did not dare to sleep. Although they didn't all stay in front of the bed, they were all worried about their respective positions.
Lin Chen didn't sleep either, because he was excitedly asking Feiliu to dance for him, and made a peacock tail made of poplar leaves, which he wanted to tie to Feiliu's waist. Because Brother Su is sleeping. Feiliu begged for help, and fled all over the yard, making a fuss for a while.
However, this was already the biggest movement of the night, and until dawn, the Su Mansion was not attacked by any outsiders, and the cruel words that Xia Jiang put in front of Fan Chengxiang that night obviously failed to really put them into practice.
Mei Changsu has been sleeping, sleeping at noon, and taking a nap at dusk. slept until another day, when Xiaoguang first saw each other, Li Gang and Zhen Ping finally couldn't help it, rushed to Lin Chen's room, and arrested him, who was also sleeping soundly, and interrogated him.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up. Probably noon today. Lin Chen comforted the two with a smile.
But by noon, Mei Changsu didn't even turn over. I looked at the Chinese network all the way, so Lin Chen changed the deadline to the afternoon. After that, it was postponed to the early hours of the evening...... Until everyone is about to go crazy and want to beat people. Flying Stream suddenly floated over and said, "Wake up! ”
After waking up this time, Mei Changsu's breath condition was much better, and he no longer looked like he would gasp when he walked around a lot, and when Lin Chen bullied Feiliu again, he could already use a fan to smash people while protecting the young man.
"The two who have no conscience are those who have no conscience," Lin Chen complained and sat down on the side, glaring at Mei Changsu and Feiliu who were hiding behind him, "If I knew it, I wouldn't cure any of you!" ”
Mei Changsu Li ignored him and turned his head to Li Gang and said, "You continue to say that yours leave him alone." ”
"The result we found is like this," Li Gang couldn't help but smile, took his eyes off Lin Chen, and straightened his face, "This person's name is Yuan Sen, he has been by the side of the Great Commander of Mengda for seven or eight years, he has always been trusted from the attendant to the pro-general, and the carriage that took Mrs. Nie out was driven by him, and he was one of the few people who knew about this matter." Lin Gongzi said that if our opponent is only in prison, not Mrs. Nie herself, it only shows that they have eyeliner in the prison, but now the opponent is clearly pointing out that the replacement is the commander of Meng, then the news must be from the inside, and whoever knows the matter will not be exempt from suspicion......"
"You just say that the result is good," Mei Changsu raised his eyebrows, "The reasoning process will be omitted, I know." ”
"Yes. In the end, this Yuan Sen himself admitted that he had told his wife about the secret prisoner exchange of the commander, and we immediately checked on his wife, and at first there was nothing unusual, and then after several twists and turns, it was found out that she was a slippery ......."
"Slippery?" Mei Changsu's eyes moved slightly, "It's a slippery ...... again"
"It's the Fan Yushi who drowned the prince before his wedding, and his favorite concubine is also a slippery woman, although she hid this identity very deeply, but in the end she was found out by the criminal department."
Mei Changsu's face slowly hung a little frosty, and he sighed: "Princess Xuanji has been dead all these years, but until now, I can't ignore her influence, after all, there is more than one Qin Panruo in the Slippery Clan......"
"Speaking of which, the slippery people are recognized as a soft and cowardly people, but they are only soft on men, and the women in their clan are much harder, which is really strange." Lin Chen interjected. "Heaven and earth, born of man, Zhong Lingyuxiu, is not only gathered in the body of a man, what's so strange?" Mei Changsu twisted the corner of his clothes and said slowly: "These two things don't seem to be very related, but they both involve the women of the Slippery Clan, you might as well connect them for the time being." Xia Jiang abandoned his wife and children for Princess Xuanji back then, and his relationship with the Hua clan was not shallow, I always had a feeling that he seemed to be still in the capital......"
Lin Chen agreed: "I also think so, the search outside is so strict, but his whereabouts have not been caught, then it is indeed very likely that he has never left the capital at all, but is hiding in some place that will not be searched, such as the Imperial History Mansion and the like......"
Mei Changsu glanced at him, "Who told me that there are clues about Xia Jiang that have appeared outside, and someone is being sent to investigate?" ”
"Checked...... It's the old thing's smokescreen......," Lin Chen said sullenly, "If I hadn't been in a hurry to come and see you, I wouldn't have been so stupid, it's really embarrassing......"
Mei Changsu couldn't help but smile. comforted: "Okay, this is not a shame, at most it is a loss of face." ”
Lin Chen rolled his eyes and was puzzled for a long time. Fang asked, "Isn't losing face the same thing as losing face?" ”
"Really?" Mei Changsu thought for a moment. Nodding his head, "Seems to be the same thing." ”
Feiliu sat on his knee and couldn't help grinning, Lin Chen stretched out his hand and twisted it, "You little guy." Look at you, Brother Su is angry with me, are you very happy? ”
"Yes!" Feiliu's cheeks were twisted and distorted, but he still replied loudly, and the people next to him were immediately laughed.
"Okay, I don't have the same knowledge as you, in short, I have to get it back several times as much as I lose face," Lin Chen raised his chin and said, "Changsu, you listen, Xia Jiang is now under my cleanup." He's hiding in a rat hole, and I can dig him out, so you don't have to worry about it, do you hear me? ”
Mei Changsu knew his good intentions. He smiled slightly, turned his head and continued to ask Li Gang: "Sister Dong's words after returning to prison." Cai Quan should still check it. Any news? ”
"It's this Lord Cai who is really rigorous. Not only did he check inside the prison, but even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knocked on the side to confirm it, but fortunately, we made up some arrangements in time, and he couldn't find any big loopholes himself, plus his energy was limited, so by now, this matter has finally been completely covered up, please don't hang it
Mei Changsu nodded with satisfaction, and then Zhen Ping strode in, holding a plate in his hand and asked, "Sect Master, do you think this is okay?" ”
"What is it?" Lin Chen leaned over and saw that it was a pair of pure white fat jade carved offering bottles, although they were exquisite, but they didn't necessarily mean how precious they were, so he couldn't help asking, "What are you doing with them?" ”
"Give a gift." Mei Changsu replied with a smile, turned his head and instructed Zhen Ping: "This is fine, wrap it up." ”
Lin Chen is brain is extremely fast and sensitive, and he immediately understood and laughed: "You will send this for the wedding of the prince of the East Palace?" Not to mention, it's not precious, obviously I didn't bother much. ”
"Jing Yan is now a prince, firstly, he has nothing to lack outside his body, and secondly, he doesn't care about sending expensive things, it's really a waste of this, it's very good, anyway, it's just a courtesy to congratulate."
"No wonder you changed Feiliu into new clothes today and are going to take him to the East Palace to congratulate him?" Lin Chen rubbed Feiliu's forehead and said with a smile: "It's also about the people who are qualified to go to Chaohe now, and you are going with him, and the rebels don't show up, but it seems deliberate." Besides, thanks to me, you are no longer a ghost, and you can go out and meet people. ”
"It's all thanks to you." Mei Changsu arched his hand half-jokingly and half-seriously, Lin Chen also half-joking, half-seriously returned the salute, Feiliu looked at it, but Li Gang and Zhen Ping couldn't help but feel a little sad, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces, and they bowed their heads together and quietly retreated, and arranged for Mei Changsu to go out later.
"By the way, since the leak of the heavenly prison has been investigated, Gong Yu can also be relieved a little. Because the idea of changing prisoners was made by her, and later there was such a mess, she felt that she caused you trouble, and she always felt guilty, you were sick, she still came to watch you every day, and when she woke up, she didn't dare to come out to see you. ”
Mei Changsu frowned slightly: "Although the idea is her, the person who finally made the decision is still me, when she came back, Nie Feng also went to thank her, this girl is too sharp, why don't you persuade her?" ”
"I have persuaded her, since she came back, the entire Su Mansion has been persuaded except for Feiliu, but for Gong Yu, these thousand words are not as good as someone saying a word, you will be affected, take the initiative to call her to appease her, and give her a smile?"
Mei Changsu lowered his eyelids, his expression still indifferent. After being silent for a long time, Fang asked softly, "Lin Chen, what will happen to her if I don't comfort her?" ”
Lin Chen was stunned when he asked this, and said, "It's not going to happen, it's just sad in my heart." ”
"If she won't be able to do anything, then why bother." Mei Changsu's face was expressionless, and his words were cold: "I don't have the extra strength to take care of everyone now, whether they are sad in their hearts, so I can only be sorry for her." ”
Lin Chen didn't say more, but tilted his head vigorously and stared at Mei Changsu's face, looking at the ground, for a long time, Feiliu unconsciously tilted his head with him, blinking his eyes and looking at Brother Su.
Li Gang appeared outside the courtyard gate and said, "The sect master's chariot and horse are ready. ”
Mei Changsu snorted and got up and walked out, Lin Chen sighed in a rare and serious way behind: "To be honest, as far as a man is concerned, you are really ruthless enough." ”
Although this sentence came to Mei Changsudi's ears very clearly, he didn't seem to hear it, and his steps did not stop in the slightest and left without looking back. In the empty courtyard, only Lin Chen was left, he raised his head, put his palms over his eyes, looked at the light of the sun through his fingers, and looked at it for a long time, probably because he felt that he was bored, shook his hand, and said to himself: "It's a sin to see that the beauty is worried and can't help, it's a sin, it......'s a sin."