On the morning of the second day of the lunar month, two incidents that shocked the government and the opposition were poked out, one was that Cheng Yanjin led troops to rob the prison last night, and the other was the murder of the eldest grandson Wuji's second son, the eldest grandson.

The emperor first appeased the eldest grandson Wuji in the court, and specially instructed the criminal department to step up the pace of handling the case to find out the real culprit, and then, in front of the civil and military officials, he reprimanded Cheng Yanjin, fined him for half a year, and ordered him to think about it for a month behind closed doors, and temporarily accepted his military talismans, if it were not for this last item, this punishment was really not painful, but the eldest grandson Wuji died and his son didn't say anything, and others were even more difficult to open their mouths, but the imperial history did not participate in the performance, which is all a later story.

Let's say that Lu Zhi was talking to the masked man in the room, and Yi Yu was called to the front hall to talk by Cheng Yanjin, who returned to the house from the next dynasty, basically telling him that the emperor knew that Lu Zhi had been lynched, and had ordered the Yushitai to investigate the lynching, but this suspect still had to be sent back to the Criminal Department to be detained first, but because of special circumstances, it was changed from a prison to the detention of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

Therefore, Cheng Yanjin asked her to hurry up and ask Lu Zhi about the details of the case, so that she could make plans and help him find evidence to clear his suspicion, otherwise the others would be sent back to the Criminal Department and want to meet again, then it would only be time to open the court again.

Yi Yu stood outside the bedroom with a tray and knocked on the door, and after a long time she heard an answer inside, she pushed open the door, glanced at the bed first, and saw Lu Zhi quietly half leaning on the head of the bed and turning his head to look over, so she grinned at him and said:

"The Cheng family's dim sum chef originally made it in Hongyue Building, and the things taste good, so I took some for you to taste."

Lu Zhi saw that she carefully put the tea on the side of her bed, pinched a small piece and fed it to her mouth, and opened her mouth to eat it very cooperatively, just after chewing, a cup of flower tea was handed to her mouth, so she ate five or six pieces of dim sum back and forth, and Yu Yu wiped his hands and took out a sandalwood comb from his arms to comb his hair, and his movements were very gentle and careful.

Because of this excessive treatment, he, who was still a little frank and lenient, immediately dispelled that thought, and enjoyed her service with peace of mind, and waited until his damp hair was straightened out before he asked:

"Master Cheng said it, when will you send me back to the Criminal Department?"

Yi Yu's hand was sluggish, knowing that he couldn't hide anything from him, and said softly: "It was said that it was before noon today, but don't worry, eldest brother, the emperor wants to ban you in the official courtyard for the sake of Uncle Cheng and our dead grandfather, but outsiders are not allowed to visit, and nothing else." ”

"Hmm."

"Big brother, can you tell me, what the hell is going on, the eldest grandson was killed, why is he involved with you, you were framed, who wants to frame you?"

If there is a way, Yu Yu just wants Lu Zhi to lie on the bed and rest, without mentioning anything and asking anything, but with his own little bit of investigation, I am afraid that Lu Zhi would have been framed and killed a long time ago.

Lu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoyu, there are some things that the eldest brother doesn't say to you, but you can't say it. I can only tell you a few things, on the night of the twenty-ninth day, I went to Kui Xing Tower, met the eldest grandson, and—"

He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It was indeed me who smashed the back of his head with a candlestick." ”

"You!" Yi Yu exclaimed a word, her face turned pale, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands, and then turned her head to check whether the doors and windows were closed tightly, and after confirming that there was no possibility of being overheard, she whispered to Lu Zhi:

"So, you really killed the people?"

Lu Zhi's eyes showed some confusion, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know, I remember that I saved my strength, although he left a lot of blood at that time, he would not die." ”

"That means you didn't have to kill him?"

Lu Zhi shrugged and said, "I don't know, I smashed him twice and left." ”

"Y-Why are you smashing him!" Yi Yu really wanted to cry at this time, and Lu Zhi didn't seem to be afraid of his possible murder at all.

"I forgot."

"Big brother!" Yi Yu almost forgot the injury he had suffered last night, yelled at him, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Do you know who the dead person is, it is Changsun Lian, it is Changsun Wuji's sister-in-law Changsun Lian, once the evidence is found, even if you didn't stone him to death, then you are also a murderer, even if your grandfather is still there, you can't escape, it's a capital crime, a capital crime, do you know!" ”

Lu Zhi sighed lightly, reached out and patted her back, and said, "Don't be angry, I know that the current situation is not good, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless for you to be in a hurry, even I don't know if I killed the person or not." ”

"You want to sit still?"

Lu Zhi shook his head, "It's not about sitting still, the manpower on my side, including Lu Yao, has been taken away, and I am alone now, so I can only wait." ”

"You still have me," Yi Yu grabbed his arm, pressed his panic, and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I'll check, since someone framed you, that person must not have been killed by you." ”

She didn't suspect that there was anything wrong with Lu Zhi's negative thoughts, after all, after last night, if he didn't have the slightest mistake, then it was really wrong.

Lu Zhi's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, but I'm not by your side, you have to be careful in everything." ”

"I know."

After explaining some of the truth to her, Lu Zhi yawned and said, "I'll take a nap, and you will call me again when the hour comes." ”

"Hmm." Yi Yu helped him lie down, tucked the quilt for him again, turned around and went out with a pensive face.

A moment after she left, another figure stood next to the bed where Lu Zhiping was lying, a man wearing a black and white mask, and said in a dissatisfied tone:

"Isn't it enough to have me for you, how do you let her check?"

"Do you think that if I don't let her take care of it, she will not care, Xiaoyu sometimes has a better brain than you, maybe she will find out who did the mantis catching cicadas before you find out who did the mantis catching cicadas, and harmed the eldest grandson, count it on my head, this is good, if I can't find the real murderer, I will be taken to the top bag."

Where would the masked man believe his words, and asked suspiciously, "Tell me honestly, what do you have left?" ”

"What can I do," Lu Zhi lazily put his hands behind his head and pillowed, and said: "At the beginning, I just suspected that Buliu had a different heart for me, she wanted to deal with me, and she must first put the two of us in the air, so I asked Lu Yao to follow you for a while, thinking about being prepared, how do you know that if you don't stay so quickly, I will let Lu Yao replace you, by the way, you have to be careful when you use people in the past two days, don't be found by her." ”

"Lu Zhi, I really don't understand, what are you going to do with the two of you, she helped you and wanted to destroy you, and you, knowing that she had a different heart for you, but you still listened to her and went to see Changsun Lian, do you know how dangerous it was in the prison last night, if you hadn't expected it in advance, everything Xiaoyu saw would have come true."

Lu Zhi chuckled, touched the wound on his face that had formed a bloody scab, a touch of complexity flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the curtain above his head, but in front of the masked man, he fell into a memory.

In the spring of the sixth year of Zhenguan, Lu Zhi, who had reached the age of fourteen, left the poor mountain village in Shuzhong in February and went to the prosperous Chang'an City with Lu Jun.

He almost missed the imperial examination, but because of the help of Du Ruhui, the secretary of the court ministry, he got the opportunity to enter the Guozijian to study. When he was a child, he fled from home in a hurry, and the experience of enduring hardships in the mountain village as a child and studying hard when he was a teenager made him vow that one day he would not let his mother and sister be bullied at will again.

Under Du Ruhui's point, as soon as Lu Zhi entered the Guozijian, he made up his mind, and in addition to studying hard, he quietly made friends, and in the first few days, the country's first-class schools were as he imagined, brand new clothes, free three meals, and a three-month silver, but after the spring season, he knew that he was wrong.

No matter how many A-marks he received in the exam, his indifferent attitude, disdainful gaze, ridicule and teasing were still everywhere - because he was a commoner. However, the first time he really recognized what kind of place the Son of Heaven Academy was in was at the end of the summer when he entered the school in his first year, in the top Qinglou in Chang'an City. Years later, when he remembered that night, even he didn't know if he regretted going there that night.

He was invited to go, it was the middle of the night, singing and dancing, women with bare chests and arms, arrogant and wanton men, sprinkled with gold and silver all over the ground, this was the first time he went to the place of Fengyue, with a smile on his face, but his heart was inevitably a little nervous.

When he was taken to the private room, it was already full of wine, and he stayed in the Guozijian for half a year, and he seriously remembered some of the famous children of the scholar family, the son of the Liu family, the son of the Gao family, the son of the Zhou family, and the son of the eldest grandson family.

"Haha, look, who is here, it's the great talent of our four academies, Lu Zhi."

He knew that he was worthless in their eyes, but he smiled and saluted them, took the glass they handed him and drank it, cup after cup, until his hands and feet were numb, and they found fun.

"Juan'er, come, today is your birthday, and the eldest brother specially found a fun one for you..... Come, you ride on his back, and the eldest brother tells him to run with you! ”

"Ahh Big brother, he is disobedient. ”

"Phew! With this candlestick, he burned him if he was disobedient, and these civilians were crumbling, even if they were killed, it would not matter. ”

"Big brother, hurry up and ask someone to hold him down, he moves!"

"It's on, it's on, come down!"

Glass after glass of wine was poured on his back, and the hot pain came from his back into his brain slowly, and his ears were full of buzzing, and the steaming heat seemed to fly with him, and his drunken hands and feet were weak, and he could only lie on the ground, listening to distant screams, and laughter, and seemed to be something else, until a figure pounced on him and threw him to the ground, and before he fell unconscious, heard the last words that were almost whispered—

"You remember, the name of the person who saved you is Chu Buliu." (！ )