The snow fell intermittently and tearing cotton for three days. Su Zhe quietly moved to a new house in the snow, and did not deliberately notify anyone, but in a few days, everyone who should know still knew about it.

Mu Wangfu and Yuwang Mansion naturally sent a lot of heavy gifts, and the palace also gave a few boxes of beads and satin, which is said to have been added by Princess Jingning. The hanging mirror made Xia Dong go to the door empty-handed, and left with a sentence of "what an ugly courtyard", but the other visitors who came to the door one after another did not dare to make similar comments, because everyone knew that this courtyard was recommended by the commander of Mengda, and the aesthetics of the warriors may be like this.

Xiao Jingrui, Yan Yujin and Xie Bi naturally also came to the door as guests, but the atmosphere of laughter and harmony has long since disappeared, only Yan Yujin is still trying to say all kinds of interesting things to make everyone happy, Xiao Jingrui basically didn't take a few words, and even Xie Bi didn't know why, the whole person was stunned and couldn't keep up.

Mei Changsu took this opportunity to persuade the three of them to go out of Beijing together and go to the neighboring Tiger Hill Hot Spring to relax for a few days.

"This is a good season for hot springs," Yan Yujin was mentioned by him, and became a little interested, "But Jing Rui is okay, you can drag him away at any time, Xie Bi is just afraid that it is not so easy to leave, he is not an idler like us, there are a lot of affairs to deal with every day, it will take at least half a month to go to Tiger Hill Hot Spring and come back." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Bi suddenly slapped the table and said, "Why can't I go, let's go, let's go together......"

"You don't have a fever, do you?" Yan Yujin reached out and touched the corner of his forehead, "I hear you say you're busy every day, why aren't you busy now?" ”

Xie Bi was stunned, his expression gloomy: "I'm not busy, now ...... There's not much to do......"

Yan Yujin couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that he didn't seem to be a lie. Xiao Jingrui had already reached out and hugged Xie Bi's shoulder, and said, "Second brother, don't think about it so much, Brother Su is right, Tiger Hill Hot Spring is a good place to relax, I'll go with you and relax...... Come back ......."

Mei Changsu sighed secretly in his heart, and was about to speak, when a newly hired manservant rushed in and said, "Sir, His Royal Highness King Yu has arrived." ”

Xie Bi was startled, a little at a loss. Mei Changsu understood his current mood and said in a low voice: "If you don't mind, can you leave through the side door?" ”

Yan Yujin rolled his eyes, although he didn't understand why Xie Bi was afraid of seeing King Yu now, but he also knew that there must be a reason for it, so he didn't talk much, and followed the two brothers and was led away by the servants.

As soon as Mei Changsu's front foot greeted the shadow wall of the outer courtyard, King Yu had already walked in, plain clothes and snow hats, full of modest smiles, Corporal Lixian's posture was extremely skillful, seeing Mei Changsu bowing and saluting, he hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to hold it, and said with a smile: "Come to visit Mr. while the snow is just for the friendship of friends, why be polite." ”

Mei Changsu smiled slightly, and got up. Yuwang Zhanmu looked around, as if he wanted to praise, but after a long time, he praised it: "This courtyard is wide and sparse, simple and interesting......"

Mei Changsu smiled without saying a word, raised his hand and invited King Yu into the newly arranged study to take a seat, and ordered someone to serve tea.

"Sir's new move, I don't know if there are enough people to call? There are a few girls in this king, and they are good-looking, and they are very well trained, if Mr. doesn't dislike them......"

"Thank you Your Highness for your kindness," Mei Changsu said, "Su is a native of the rivers and lakes, and he has not yet married a wife, so he is not used to being served by a maidservant. Fortunately, there are some old friends in the capital, and the family members who sent a few rooms are very obedient, and if there is any deficiency in the future, they will ask His Royal Highness for it. ”

King Yu just said casually, and didn't expect him to really accept it, and he didn't feel anything after being politely rejected, so his eyes looked around the room and fell on the bookcase.

"Is this a masterpiece? It's really a good painting! ”

"It's not a serious painting," Mei Changsu smiled, "Although His Highness thinks this courtyard is simple and interesting, it's a pity that Su's taste is still not exempt from vulgarity." This is the idea of the garden landscape, ready to be rebuilt in this way after the snow melts in the spring. ”

"Oops, is it just a sketch? It is already so charming, look at this grass and trees matching, the garden path is small, the small scenery is seen in the slightest, the staggered is caused, it is not the chest of the hills and ravines and can not be, "the king of honor is not worthy of praise, he can praise a sentence, see this can boast of course more words, "if this garden is completely built according to this pattern, it is definitely Jinling Jiayuan." This king said, well, the garden where Jiang Zuomeilang lives, how can it be like this. ”

"Your Highness has an overreputation. When I first came here, I thought that the location and shape of this garden were very suitable, and the price was very fair, so I bought it. Fortunately, this time I was lucky, I didn't encounter the scary things like Orchid Garden, and I felt very comfortable living in the past few days. ”

When King Yu saw that he took the initiative to mention Orchid Garden, he was secretly happy in his heart, left the book case and sat down, and said, "The strange case of hiding corpses in Orchid Garden has frightened Mr. Su. I heard that this case has now had a preliminary result in Jingzhao Yin Mansion, do you know? ”

"The big case of the government, how can the grass people know about it......" Mei Changsu said with a smile

King Yu secretly said in his heart, obviously you want to find Lou Zhijing to take revenge on the old case, how can you not follow and investigate step by step? However, he didn't say anything on his face, put on a gentle smile, and said: "It's really bizarre to say that this case is an ordinary criminal case, but it actually involves several courtiers and gentry." Therefore, Jingzhao Yin Gaosheng wrote to the Criminal Department yesterday, saying that there were officials of the second rank or above involved, and the Jingzhao Yamen had limited powers and responsibilities, so he could not take the lead in the trial, and handed over all the evidence and witnesses, and the work was quite neat and clean. ”

Mei Changsu looked at the smugness that King Yu couldn't hide between his eyebrows, and couldn't help but smile in his heart. Although Gao Sheng is not a person of any faction, he did not dare to tamper with and destroy the evidence because of the pressure exerted by the prince, and it was difficult to sleep in the face of this case, and it happened that the master of the house came up with an idea for He Wenxin's murder case, and asked him to report the case hastily to the case, and he inadvertently reminded him, so he immediately interrogated Shi Duguan overnight, and stopped immediately after the name of "Lou Zhijing" was tried. In one day, two major cases that offended people were dismissed, and only then could I sleep peacefully. In this way, at most, this year's performance appraisal is incompetent and inferior, in short, the life of the family is saved, if it can be demoted to other places to become officials, of course, it will be even more unexpected.

Gao Sheng's sleek and cautious is in the hands of King Yu, and now two cases, one that is unfavorable to the party and the other that is greatly beneficial to the party, are all in the hands of the criminal department, and Qi Min, the secretary of the criminal department, has been a confidant for many years, and he can't help but be in a good mood. Thinking that Lou Zhijing was Jiang Zuomeng's enemy, and this case of hiding the corpse was turned over by Mei Changsu, of course he had to come over to send a favor.

"I heard...... The case of Orchid Garden involved Lord Lou of the Ministry of Officials? Sure enough, as soon as Mei Changsu, a smart person, heard that he had reported to the Criminal Department, he immediately showed concern, "I wonder if the Criminal Department has the authority to review officials at the same level?" ”

"Sir probably doesn't know the rules of the imperial court, and a single criminal department naturally can't be tried, but as long as the human and material evidence is conclusive, it can be submitted to His Majesty to appoint the court to supervise the trial, and the two departments will try one department, and they will not be subject to the authority of the same level."

"So that's the case," Mei Changsu said suddenly, "But because the Criminal Department has been investigating the case before, Lord Tingwei, who is in charge of the trial, doesn't know much about the case, and the whole process still has to be led by the Criminal Department, right?" ”

"Of course. Lou Zhijing, a well-dressed beast, mutilated innocent and weak women, the Criminal Department will not tolerate mercy, please rest assured. ”

Su Zhe is just the informant, not the plaintiff, the word "rest assured" was originally strange, but Mei Changsu listened to him say this, but did not object, just nodded silently, as if he had acquiesced in the personal grievances between himself and Lou Zhijing, so that King Yu felt that his attitude was more biased towards himself, bringing out a bit of complicity, adding more and more joy, and a difficult problem that he had planned to ask for advice at another time also took advantage of the situation to ask.

"Does Mr. Su know about the 'Binzhou Land Invasion Case'?"

Mei Changsu lowered his head and drank tea, and nodded casually: "Well, on the way to Jinling, I met the old plaintiff couple. ”

King Yu got up suddenly, bowed, and said, "This case has troubled this king very much, and I hope Mr. will teach me." ”

Mei Changsu stared at him for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty has finally decided to start the trial of this case?" ”

"Yes, my father summoned the crown prince and the king to the palace today, and asked us what we thought about the trial of the land invasion case, and finally ...... It was decided to hand over the case to King Jing for trial, with the assistance of the three divisions ......"

Mei Changsu said without moving: "How did the crown prince and His Royal Highness deal with His Majesty's decision?" ”

"I have never objected......," King Yu sighed, "The prince does not object, because he knows that his father will never hand over the case to him, as long as he can not be judged by this king, he is already very satisfied, not to mention King Jing's temper is upright." ”

"What about you, Your Highness?"

"This king does not dare to object, for fear that his father will be too careful. Mr. should know that Qingguo Gong Baiye has a very good relationship with this king...... "King Yu looked worried, "It is a great luck that this case did not fall into the hands of the prince, but what this king is worried about is Jing Yan's dead-eyed person, and it is not easy to deal with." ”

"Not long ago, didn't Your Highness shelter King Jing in front of Your Majesty because of the matter of the county lord? That's a favor, right? ”

King Yu smiled bitterly: "It's a human favor, but this human favor is not enough to make King Jing bow down and obey his orders." Mr. Su may not know what kind of person Jing Yan is, to be honest, this king has never seen a person like him who is inflexible and stubborn, and even his father sometimes can't ......do anything about him."

"Then does His Highness want Su to find a way to restrain King Jing and let him judge this land invasion case according to His Highness's wishes?"

"If the gentleman has a good plan, this king is really grateful."

"Then dare to ask Your Highness, how do you mean to deal with the land invasion case before you are satisfied?"

"It's best to find a way to prove that it is Diao Min's false accusation. If not, it should be calmed down. ”

Mei Changsu glanced at him twice, and suddenly sneered a few times, "Your Highness, I fell asleep last night, haven't you woken up today?" Do you play when the hanging mirror makes the evidence collected back? ”

King Yu coughed twice, because the image of benevolence has been established for a long time, and the amount of qi has also increased habitually, not only did he not get annoyed, but he showed a strange color, and said: "This...... It's a little difficult, so you have to think of a way to let King Jing deliberately protect it, no matter what, as long as it is determined that Qingguo Gong does not know, it doesn't matter if you are fined or fined. ”

Mei Changsu pursed the corners of his mouth, stared at King Yu for a long time with deep eyes, he was a little uncomfortable when he saw it, Fang said coldly: "If Your Highness really has this thought, Su Mou has no choice but to say unceremoniously, there are thousands of roads in the world, why bother looking for only one dead end." ”

King Yu was stunned, "Why did Mr. say this?" ”

"His Royal Highness's next generation of virtuous kings is deeply loved by His Majesty and supported by the ministers, so he is high-spirited and can compete with the crown prince. It's a pity that His Highness forgot, no matter how powerful His Highness is, in this great Liang world, there is another person that His Highness must never be an enemy of," Mei Changsu pouted with a smile as cold as broken ice and snow, and the words were like knives, "That is the emperor of the dynasty, your father." ”

Huo Ran, the king of honor, stood up and argued: "How could this king dare to be an enemy of his father? ”

"Then who does Your Highness think is going to try this land invasion case? Is it the crown prince? Is it King Jing? Neither, it's Your Majesty! Your Majesty went to great lengths to find out such a chief judge as King Jing, for what? Isn't it to deter the current trend of land annexation? You and the crown prince, of course, the biggest thing in the eyes of the emperor is to seize the heir, but for His Majesty the Emperor, he still has to rule the world, he can tolerate you to fight fiercely, but he will never tolerate you to hinder him from carrying out national politics. When His Majesty sent a mirror envoy to investigate the case, when he decided to have King Jing preside over the trial, His Majesty already had his own expectations for the outcome of the case. You have saved a Qingguo Gong, but you have lost the favor of Your Majesty, have you ever thought about which is more important? ”

As he said, King Yu had already broken out in a cold sweat, sat for a moment, reached out and grabbed the tea bowl on the table, and poured it down.

"Your Highness," Mei Changsu's voice continued to come with a hint of coldness as if he didn't let him go, "Qingguo Gong can't be saved for a long time, you must understand this." ”