Not long after Yan Kaizhi arrived in Pingzhou, he finally found some clues, but Hongyi's two words "quick return" made him pause. With the fact that he and Hongyi have been friends for so many years, except for when Hongyi learned that he was going to rob the princess's welcoming procession, he ordered him so harshly and urgently, Hongyi never asked at other times. As long as the matter is explained to him, Hongyi almost lets go back to sleep and waits for Yan Kaizhi's news.

But this time, it was obviously Hongyi himself who solemnly handed over the matter to him, and looked anxious. Now that he has no business, he will let him go back without giving any reason, it is not that there is a change in the palace.

Thinking that Shaohua and Mrs. Yan were both in the deep palace, Yan Kaizhi's heart fluttered wildly, and he was very uneasy.

If he wanted to stay and continue to investigate, he couldn't raise his mind anymore, so Yan Kaizhi had no choice but to give up, followed the secret guard all the way non-stop, and galloped back to Beijing. When he returned to Beijing and entered the palace, he almost didn't stop, but he was stopped by Lian Qing in front of the imperial study.

"Master Hou, please stay."

Lian Qing was waiting at the door of the study early in the morning, and he knew in his heart that since Fang Youxin came, Hongyi's mood had not been good for a day. In addition, Shaohua's whereabouts are still unknown, and the entire palace has turned upside down, but no one has found it, but many hands and feet of the harem have been found. There are people who curse, there are red apricots out of the wall, there are fake pregnancies and fetals, in short, Hongyi has seen the life of the harem, which is really colorful.

Concubine Yu's matter brought many palace concubines into the water, and He Wanru was naturally indispensable among them, although He Wanru skimmed cleanly, so that Hongyi couldn't pick a thorn. But as the queen of the world, the harem is like this, and she is at least guilty of not noticing. Hongyi's inner anger couldn't find a vent for a while, and the first one took He like a knife and scolded her fiercely, saying that she was not qualified to be a mother in the world.

Although she is the queen, there is a queen mother in this harem, and she is still her aunt, she has almost no chance to interfere in all matters in the harem, but she was humiliated for her.

If it weren't for the palace maid to stop her, she would have even had the heart to die. But in this case, Empress Dowager He will not come forward, because Shaohua, who was lost by her, has not been found yet, so she will not be stupid to come out and provoke Hongyi's anger.

Although the harem was ownerless for a while, no one came out to squeak, so calm that it almost made people come out and shout that the world was peaceful.

"What's the matter?" Yan Kai was dusty, his eyebrows were tired, and he looked at Lian Qing with a tired face, and suddenly became solemn.

Lian Qing looked at the study carefully, lowered his voice and reminded Yan Kaizhi: "The slave doesn't dare to hide it, wait a minute, Hou Ye will go in to see Long Live Lord, don't talk back to him no matter what, Long Live Lord is angry, blame that Fang Youxin, Long Live Lord he ......"

Yan Kaizhi was listening intently to Lian Qing's words, and as a result, Hongyi's voice sounded coldly behind him: "Lian Qing, is Kaizhi back?" ”

Lian Qing didn't dare to say any more, so he could only give Yan Kaizhi a desperate look, but his body had already taken a step towards the study and walked in to reply.

"Yes, long live the lord, Marquis Xingyong is asking to see you at the door." Lian Qing entered the room and saw that Hongyi was still bowing his head to review the folds, but the soup on the table was already cold and had not moved.

"Call him in." Hongyi didn't even raise his head, Lian Qing sighed, took the soup cup out, and turned sideways to let Yan Kaizhi in.

Although he didn't understand what Lian Qing asked him to pay attention to, when he stepped into the study, Hongyi didn't even look at him, and the atmosphere was a little unsettling. He walked over to salute Hongyi, who hummed and didn't say a word. Yan Kaizhi didn't feel a little puzzled in his heart, and called him back for no reason, but ignored him, what does this mean.

After waiting for a long time, Hongyi still ignored him, Yan Kaizhi was a little inexplicable, and couldn't help but speak: "The second master is so anxious to find me back, is there something wrong?" ”

Hongyi finally stopped, raised his head, and looked at him deeply, his deep and fierce eyes as if he was going to eat him.

The first time he saw Hongyi's expression, Yan Kaizhi's heart jumped, this was Hongyi he had never seen before, it looked so strange and distant. Even if the first emperor died, the edict passed on the throne, and even the enthronement ceremony, when he followed the ministers to the feet of Hongyi, he never had the current alienation. Hongyi's eyes looked over, but he seemed to see through him, and the invisible pressure was suffocating.

Rao is Yan Kaizhi's familiarity with Hongyi, and he was also shocked by his eyes. His brows furrowed, a fold stood up between his forehead, his heart gradually sank, his eyes rose, and he looked back at Hongyi, his eyes couldn't help but be serious.

The air seemed to freeze, and the study was quietly protesting at the sound of the wind carrying sand particles on the ground.

Hongyi spoke calmly, as if nothing had happened just now. "Has the result of the Pingzhou matter been found out?"

Hongyi's words seemed to break the sealed barrier, which made Yan Kaizhi secretly relieved.

Now that the topic has been solved, Yan Kaizhi will report to Hongyi on what he has seen and heard in Pingzhou in the past few days. Sure enough, I found that someone had enclosed the ground, and the location was roughly the same as the red circle that Hongyi had shown him before, but he didn't go inside, and he didn't know what was being built.

"However, what puzzles me is that the Xu family seems to be ignoring such a big move by the He family." When it comes to business, Yan Kaizhi is also a little energetic. It stands to reason that the He family broke ground in the place where the Xu family originally let go, and the location is very close to the Xu family's homestead, so it is easy to move the Xu family's land if you are not careful. Although the Xu family gave up a lot of land, it does not mean that the Xu family is a good talker.

However, from the proposal and performance of Chengde Building, almost all of them were handled by the He family, and the Xu family was silent. If it wasn't that the interests had already been evenly divided, or the Xu family knew the He family's movements well and pretended not to know. But no matter how you look at it, the Xu family is the interested party, how could the He family be so stupid and do something beneficial to others.

Yan Kaizhi was like a cat that smelled fishy, and his whole eyes lit up, "Second master, do you want me to continue to investigate?" He can be sure that there must be a conspiracy between the Xu He family, and this conspiracy may be related to the Xu family's land concession, and maybe it can also lead to a string of secrets.

But Yan Kaizhi didn't know that his excitement about the conspiracy made Hongyi feel inexplicably uneasy.

"Do you know that Jin Zhaocheng closed the city and practiced soldiers?" Hongyi asked a question about things that were not related to the wind and horses.

Yan Kaizhi thought for a moment and nodded, although his attitude towards Lingjing was a little ambiguous, after all, it was the place where his father died tragically. But Jin Zhaocheng's lockdown and military training is not a big deal, I heard that King Doro is critically ill, and now the prince of Doro is still wandering out, if someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, it is not impossible to affect the pond fish. Although Dingxi Hou is not in northern Sichuan, his prestige and his deployment still terrify the Doro people.

And no matter how much Jin Zhaocheng has the ability to lead troops, he has never really fought with the Doro people, so in the hearts of the Doro people, the most intimidating is Xin Maoshan, and the most difficult to deal with is Yan Su.

"I've heard of it, but is there anything wrong with Doro's civil strife now, training his troops for emergency?" Yan Kaizhi replied cautiously.

Hongyi suddenly smiled, "Are you sure it's just an emergency?" Hongyi threw a book on the desk to Yan Kaizhi and sighed vigorously, "Kaizhi, I know you're anxious, but you really don't want to force me." ”

Yan Kaizhi was inexplicably said by Hongyi, flipped through the fold, and after quickly scanning it, he was shocked in his heart, and immediately asked solemnly: "Does the second master believe what the fold said?" He finally understood what Lian Qing had just said, and he also understood the meaning behind Hongyi's gaze, thinking that he had been born and died for Hongyi for so many years, he was actually suspicious of him, and he was so angry that he almost lost his mind.

Hongyi was a little unhappy when he was asked rhetorically, "I know you won't betray me, but you can't force me like this." ”

In fact, when Fang Youxin handed over the fold, he was so angry that he even had the heart to kill Fang Youxin. The relationship between Yan Kaizhi and him, and even Yan Kaizhi's personality, was questioned so much, Hongyi was annoyed in his heart. But Fang Youxin's impeachment has never been false, it is precisely because he has never been afraid of high-ranking officials and magnates, and dares to provoke the great taboos of the world, that he is so liked by the first emperor.

No matter how much a king trusts his courtiers, he is still afraid of what happens, especially if he is justified. In the past few days, he seems to be figuring out Fang Youxin's twists and turns, trying to find the clues, but everything is well known to him, according to Fang Youxin's words, Yan Kaizhi and Jin Zhaocheng colluded to stir up the contradictions between the Xu He family, and took advantage of the civil strife in Doro, deliberately instructed Laneige to marry the new king, intending to threaten the capital.

Regarding Laneige's affairs, Hongyi does not have an opinion, and Yan Kaizhi's love for his sister is obvious to all. However, Hongyi made Laneige friendly, and in the eyes of outsiders, this was enough to make Yan Kaizhi hate Hongyi.

"Second master, I don't understand what you mean." Yan Kaizhi's tone was heavy and he looked angry.

Jin Zhaocheng returned to the capital privately, infiltrated the Marquis Xingyong's mansion, and then returned to Kyoto to seal down the city and train troops. And at the same time, the incident in Pingzhou happened suddenly, wasn't it instructed by you? Hongyi took a deep breath and ignored his anger, "I promised you that I would give your father justice, but I didn't let you bring down the He family, didn't you want to force her to death?" In Hongyi's view, if all the things that Fang Youxin played were true, there was only one possibility, and Yan Kaizhi couldn't bear it anymore.

Yan Kaizhi made Hongyi's question a little uplifted, "I want to say that I haven't seen Jin Zhaocheng, I don't know if the second master believes it or not." ”

"You haven't seen him?" Hongyi was puzzled.

Yan Kaizhi sneered and said brightly: "How am I who I am, the second master knows in his heart, if I want to force her to death, I will not wait until today." Raising a knife is only three feet of blood, so why bother to lose his wife and soldiers. Yan Kaizhi's words were very heavy, and even Hongyi was shocked by him, he was completely convinced that Yan Kaizhi was a person who could do what he said.

Thinking that Yan Kaizhi was really crazy, Hongyi hurriedly calmed down, frowned and said to himself: "Fang Youxin is not the kind of person who talks nonsense. ”

Yan Kaizhi was already so angry that he didn't know what to say, "If the second master believes him in his heart, why should he come to ask me." ”