On the evening of the second day, there were bursts of cheerful celebrations in the Guan Mansion, and Guan Tongsheng was toasted by several colleagues from the Criminal Department, and he was already a little flustered.

After three days of solving the murder case, Zuo Xiang was very satisfied and greatly praised him. said that he would definitely start the emperor and reward him for his meritorious deeds.

Brother Lian hooked a pot of wine with his index finger and walked to the porch a little flutteringly, looking up at the sky, the moon was like a silver plate, and it was extraordinarily bright. She leaned her neck and poured a large gulp into her mouth, swallowing it with difficulty. Man San came over and said, "Ye Yanshan, that kid just said he would leave, and he wouldn't say goodbye to us." ”

Brother Lian walked to a recliner and sat down, and when he heard Ye Yanshan's name, he suddenly felt empty in his heart, and his sonorous words sounded in his ears again: You are not worthy of being my teacher, even if you know the greatest mind-reading technique in the world? There is no distinction between black and white, right and wrong, and the truth is in vain!

Brother Lian shook his head vigorously, saying as if no one knew right or wrong, everyone was guarding different things, how could he force himself to be the same as him?

She irritably poured another large sip of wine, and Man Sanyi snatched her flask, "Don't get drunk, I'll send you back." ”

Brother Lian glanced at the snatched wine jug, didn't say much, stood up and walked out of the gate in a daze. Man San complained to her: "You can't drink and drink blindly, you don't know how much you drink!"

Brother Lian turned back to him and smiled, "I really envy you." ”

"What do you envy me?"

"I don't know anything, how nice. ”

Man San often doesn't understand what she said, not to mention that he is drunk now, and he doesn't need to dig deeper. He beckoned the housekeeper of the Guan Mansion to set up a carriage and personally sent his brother Lian to the Xinningbo Mansion.

Brother Lian got out of the car and entered the house, and entered the second gate, and Cousin Wanqing just went to send a shoe sample to Lian Li's family, and saw that the drunk Brother Lian hurriedly came forward to help her. Brother Lian stretched out his hand and put his hand on Wanqing's shoulder, half of his body weight pressed up, Wanqing hugged him, hugged her waist and said, "Cousin, you are so thin, so are these little guys not serving well?"

Brother Lian said: "Fool, I don't want to gain weight, you don't want to gain weight, I have already told Guan Tongsheng, let you meet another day, and let Zhuang Yuanlang marry you." ”

Wanqing stood still, turned her head and pouted, "No, I'm going to marry my cousin." ”

Seeing her coquettish, Brother Lian couldn't help laughing and burst into tears, "One of you wants to marry me, the other wants to marry me, what do you want from me? I can't satisfy any of them, and making you together is the best solution." ”

Wanqing was puzzled to hear it, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, you don't understand," he said, pushing her away, "I'll go back by myself, and you can go back quickly." She didn't care that Wanqing was so angry that she stomped her feet behind her, and ran back to Jiantong Courtyard crookedly.

Even my brother lay on the bed with a sour body, and he didn't want to wash, so he drove everyone out. When I closed my eyes, I only felt dizzy, but I didn't feel sleepy.

Yesterday, she returned to Xinningbo's Mansion in despair and went to the courtyard where Ye Chengshan lived to look for him, but saw that her luggage had been taken away. I didn't expect him to be so resolute, ruthless, and not bending his waist at all.

Brother Lian opened his eyes angrily, sat up suddenly, and shouted into the air: "What's wrong with me bending my waist for five buckets of rice? I'm just afraid of death? What's wrong with me? Why are you scolding me from above? You're not afraid of death, you go on!" After shouting, he lay down straight.

She reached into her arms and took out a gorgeous sachet and threw it away.

"Stinky guy. Brother Lian scolded angrily, turned over, hugged a pillow in his arms, and rolled over and over for most of the night, feeling that he should find him back for a while, and feeling pedantic like that, it doesn't make sense, it's a good thing to separate, and after thinking about it, he didn't come up with a result, and finally fell asleep in a daze.

*

The celebration of the Guanfu continued, and the people who were hiding in the shadows slowly withdrew, and I don't know how many people were relieved to drink tonight, and how many people couldn't sleep.

Guogong Mansion, Lei Guogong listened to the report of the case, pondered for a while, and said to Lei Sheng: "You immediately send your henchmen to set off in disguise, and tell your father that the wind in the capital has begun to blow, let him leave immediately, and come back as soon as possible in the name of returning to Beijing to report on his work." ”

Lei Sheng frowned, with a puzzled expression: "Grandson doesn't understand, why did this wind blow?

Lei Guogong frowned and said: "I don't know how this wind will blow, but I never believe that Zhang Mao's death is a simple vendetta in the rivers and lakes, and it must not be simple." ”

Lei Sheng said: "Forgive my grandson for being stupid, hasn't the murderer who killed Zhang Mao already been caught? What can our Lei family do at this time?"

"We don't have to do anything, we don't have to respond to all changes, no matter whether Zhang Mao's killing is an ordinary homicide or the starting point of their conspiracy, we don't have to care about him, let them eat dogs, my Lei family just has to firmly hold the military power." ”

"My grandson understood, this is called sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. ”

"Yes, before the situation is clear, none of us will help, King Xian is in charge of the Imperial Forest Army, and a large number of powerful civil officials behind him are supporting, Yan Wenhe's Praetorian Guard We have been exploring for so long, it is indeed a group of rabble, but he has the emperor, as long as the emperor is under his control, he is orthodox, and everything else is usurper. ”

Lei Sheng nodded and said, "Who we help in the end depends on who is more willing to give us a lot of money." ”

Lei Guogong smiled lightly: "If we are not satisfied, we still have a third way to go." ”

"Article three?"

"Yes, don't forget, your aunt is the queen mother, so when the time comes, why not do my Lei family do something earth-shattering?"

Lei Sheng was dumbfounded, he knew that his grandfather had been a bold lord since he was a child, he was really not afraid of heaven and earth, and he was a person with a big scar on his head, but compared to the earth-shattering things he said today, it was not worth mentioning, the word empress flashed in his heart, but he never dared to say it.

His father Lei Ting is a general of the imperial court, with an army of 300,000 at the border, and his Lei family does have the opportunity to be willful.

*

The residence of King Xian is located in the east of the imperial city, and the back garden is separated from the imperial garden of the imperial palace by a large lotus pond. Xianwang Mingxing sipping tea in the water pavilion by the lotus pond, the windows of which were covered with a thin veil early on, which not only hindered ventilation, but also blocked mosquitoes from entering.

On the tea table of the water pavilion was placed a night pearl as large as a grapefruit, several times larger than the one stored in the palace treasury, which was the favorite of King Xian, and the soft light of the night pearl was much brighter than a candle.

The door of the water pavilion opened silently, and a man with a black and blue cloak covering his head and face flashed in. The visitor came into the house and sat down opposite King Xian, who picked up a handkerchief and covered the pearl of the night, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed.

The person who came slowly took off the cloak, it was Zuo Xiangquan Boxiong, "The case of Zhang Mao's murder has been safely concluded, Guan Tongsheng has not found anything, and firmly believes that Guo Er is the murderer." ”

King Xian took a sip of tea slowly, and when he saw the indignation in the eyes of the minister, he did not hide it, and said lightly: "Zhang Mao has been wronged in this matter, and I will have a chance to avenge him in the future."

Minister Quan snorted, "Zhang Mao is a person of his true appearance, and those who dare to act so blatantly will never be spared!"

"Guan Tongsheng seems to have a fast arrester who is very good at investigating cases. ”

"Yes, it's Lianhu's grandson, who is doing fast arrest in the Criminal Department. ”

"A wise man can use it, and if he can't use it, he must not let him spoil our business. ”

"Those people don't threaten, it doesn't matter. The prince's movements are going to speed up a little, and the appearance of this copper coin hero is very strange. ”

"What this king is wondering about now is why Zhang Mao was killed? I am asking someone to secretly investigate, if Yan Wen and the dead eunuch did it, then what is he trying to do, forcing us into a hurry, how can this king let him go, and what can his Praetorian Guards do? Lei Zhenshan has always done things straightforwardly, and what can be solved with soldiers will never be too complicated. ”

"The official is also confused, or this is simply a vendetta. ”

"I hope so. ”

"I think Yan Wenhe is not to be afraid, but the old horseman of Lei Zhenshan is still working as a grass on the wall, watching the tiger fight on the wall, waiting to pick up a big bargain. ”

"It's best if he can stay in the middle, all he wants is more money and more power, just give it to him. ”

"Now that Zhang Mao is dead, many things are very incompetent for this official. ”

"Is there no one around you?"

"There is still a test to be done. ”

"If you are not completely sure, don't trust it easily. ”

"Yes. ”

After Kwon got up to leave, King Xian took a sip of tea, reached out and pressed a secret button, and the bookshelf behind him moved silently, and a man in a raven blue robe walked out of the dark passage. Sitting in the position of the prime minister just now, he said: "Lord Wang, if there is another victim, you must act early, otherwise, you will only miss the opportunity." ”

King Xian's eyebrows tightened, and he was noncommittal, "Are your people already in place?" ”

"It's already in place, just wait for the prince to give an order, and after the matter is completed, the prince can fulfill his promise. ”

"Is this king a man who has no faith in his word? ”

"It's so best, I hope the prince's wish will come true. ”

*

After a dreamless night, Brother Lian woke up in the morning light, and his mood was much better, Ye Yanshan may be a good thing to leave, he is such an upright person, don't let her be polluted.

Wanqing ran over early and said that she was going to wait for her to wash, but she didn't bother to care about her, so she combed her hair with great interest. After practicing morning exercises, she had just washed up and just walked into the courtyard, the courtyard door was slammed open again, Guan Tongsheng rushed in with a hangover red eyes, carrying the hem of the official robe, "Brother Lian! Hurry, hurry! The emperor let us go to Wuchan Temple to meet us." ”

"We?"

"Yes, name Guan Tongsheng and Brother Lian. ”

"What about Ye Yanshan and Man San?"

"When I reported the case to Prime Minister Zuo, I only mentioned ...... You, didn't mention Ye Lingshan and Man San. ”

"Why didn't you mention it?"

"I want to carry you one by one. ”

Brother Lian had to appreciate his kindness and patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you." "Okay now, go to the emperor to show your face, just this unclear case, how can you show it?

"Aren't you happy?" Guan Tongsheng asked.

"It's nothing, I won't speak in front of the emperor, everything is up to you. ”

"Oh. ”

Wanqing hid in the house and secretly glanced at Guan Tongsheng a few times, but her cousin still looked more pleasing to the eye.

Outside the door, Lian Jie came to find Brother Lian with a girl, heard the conversation between the two, and walked in and said: "You want to go to Wuchan Temple? Take me with you, I'll go to Puzhao Nunnery, today is the Bodhisattva's birthday, I'll go to incense." ”

Suddenly seeing Lian Jie appear, Guan Shudu's sleeves were suddenly pulled crampedly, "Fourth, fourth miss, we are riding over, I'm afraid we can't ......"

When Lian Jie heard this, she immediately said, "It's okay, you guys go first." She said and winked at Brother Lian.

Brother Lian said to Guan Tongsheng: "You go outside and wait for me first, and I'll come with a sweat towel." ”

Guan Tongsheng nodded and said, "Hurry up, don't delay." So he went out and waited.

Lian Jie whispered to Brother Lian: "After you go to Wuchan Temple to see the emperor, go around to Puzhao Nunnery to pick me up, the girl in the nunnery, it's best for you to go and knock and knock, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop her." ”

Brother Lian asked, "What's wrong with her?"

Lian Jie said: "Master Huichi said that she is starting to get restless. ”

Brother Lian said: "What does she want to do? ”

"You ......" Open your mouth, shut up your master, how to be a woman when you change into women's clothes in the future! Lian Jie was speechless.

"I'll go first, and you'll wait for me at Puzhaoan. ”

Brother Lian entered the house and asked Wanqing to find her a sweat towel to bring with her, so he quickly went out and galloped towards Wuchan Temple with Guan Tongsheng. The emperor summoned him, who dared to slack off.

Wuchan Temple was formerly known as Xizhao Temple, and Puzhao Nunnery in two hills, how many years of existence of the two temples has not been examined, although men and women are different, but they believe in Buddhism, are compassionate, Pudu sentient beings, so the two temples have contacts from time to time, exchange some Buddhist classics.

Just a few years ago, Emperor Mingxi hunted and passed by Xizhao Temple, stayed in it for one night, that night suddenly appeared in the sky above the temple a three-zhang high Buddha, far away can be seen, although a little vague, but the person who saw it said: It is the Buddha, that's right!

Brother Lian was very suspicious that such a Buddha statue appeared, and in the middle of the night, who would run out to see it. And the rumors were unprecedentedly fast, and they were already known all over the city by noon that day, which was more like a well-prepared advertising plan.

On the second day, Mingxi said that in his dream, he was instructed by Guanyin to eat fasting and recite the Buddha and sincerely serve the Buddha for a month, so as to eliminate the anger in his heart. And Xizhao Temple was renamed Wuzen Temple, and it was officially canonized as a royal temple.

In the next two years, the temple was expanded by three times, and the number of monks in the temple also tripled, making it the most prosperous temple in the capital.

And Emperor Mingxi also ran to the temple every once in a while, and the discerning people knew that he was actually avoiding the nagging of the three regents.

Wu Zen Temple is like his back garden, and when he wants to relax, he goes to serve the Buddha. Although the people complained about the absurdity of the emperor in the palace, they overwhelmingly supported him in worshipping the Buddha.

Lian Di and Guan Tongsheng galloped all the way to the foot of Xizhao Mountain. Wuzen Temple is divided into two courtyards, the front yard to the people to worship the Buddha, the backyard is the place where the emperor Wu Chan is.

Lian and his brother rushed directly to the back mountain and ran to the backyard.

Halfway up the mountain, the Praetorian Guards dismounted the two of them, unloaded their weapons, and were led up the steps by a small eunuch to the temple. After walking about a pillar of incense, I finally arrived at the entrance of the backyard.

In the front yard, even my brother accompanied my mother to incense twice, and the atmosphere and thickness are not comparable to ordinary temples. This is the first time to come to the backyard, there are many independent courtyards all the way in, the overall feeling is simple, clean, quiet, there is hardly any superfluous things, if not to say that it is a temple, I thought it was a school on vacation.

She caught a glimpse of a large playground next to her, "That's where the emperor plays polo." The little eunuch said. It turns out that the emperor can also play polo, and he really knows how to play.

When he arrived at a large hall, the little eunuch said that he would wait here, and he would go to report it.

Even my brother and Guan Tongsheng rushed early in the morning, and now they didn't drink a mouthful of water, and when they saw a well in the corner, they went over to take a look, the water was not deep, and they could bend down from the well, she just picked up the scoop and scooped up the water and wanted to drink, and she heard the eunuch's sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived." ”

She was so frightened that she threw down the scoop and ran over to kneel beside Guan Tongsheng, and soon the footsteps of a group of people came from far and near, and the first one was a pair of black boots, and the hem of the black dark cotton satin and embroidered gold silk clothes rose and fell with the movement of the black boots, which was very smart, and did not stop at all when they walked in front of the two.

Brother Lian only felt a strong ambergris fragrance coming to her face, and she almost fainted. How much perfume did this person wear! Such expensive ambergris, don't you need money!

The group walked quickly past them to the main hall and took away the smell of ambergris again.