When Ling Zhao and Ming Cui, who was holding a tea tray, entered the inner room, they caught a glimpse of Shen Chan, who was red-eared, and immediately smiled: "After all, it's summer, and it's really hot this day." Miss Shen came to taste this Yishan tea, which was very thirsty and dispelled the heat. ”

Shen Chan took the teacup handed by Ming Cui, raised her sleeves to hide her face and drank several sips, and the flushing on her face slowly receded.

Ling Zhao sat down on the wooden chair next to the bed and asked Ling Li about his current injuries and treatment methods, and Ling Li seriously explained the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor. Only Ming Cui on the side felt strange, His Royal Highness had asked these questions yesterday, why did he ask them again today? didn't know that the two people who answered this question were deliberately told to Shen Chan.

After asking about his condition, Ling Zhao suddenly said, "By the way, does the third brother know about Uncle Zhao's decision to go to the palace today?" ”

Ling Li shook his head and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Ling Zhao told him that he went to the palace in the morning to ask for peace and met Zhao Bangyue kneeling in front of the Vertical Arch Hall to intercept the holy decree sent to Anyuan.

"He actually interceded for Gu Zhun's thief?!" Ling Li's face immediately darkened.

"The third brother is not in a hurry, and his father is also very angry, but because of the face of the emperor's grandmother, it is not good to dismiss it directly, so he was given a three-day period to investigate the incident of the third brother An Yuan's encounter. How can he find out if he goes to Anyuan for thousands of miles, and gives him three days? I guess he'll come to you to ask about the situation, so I'll drop by and tell you. ”

"What about me? What happened to Anyuan's trip, I have truthfully reported to my father. I have no grievances with that Gu Zhun, and I will never lie and frame him for my own selfishness! ”

"His Royal Highness and Gu Zhun have no grievances and no enmity, and they are open-minded; But Prime Minister Zhao Cheng and Gu Zhun are teachers and students, and they will never die without help. Shen Chan next to her saw that Ling Li was emotional, and couldn't help but interject.

"Oh? Uncle Zhao and Gu Zhun have a teacher-student relationship? Ling Zhao turned his head to look at Shen Chan.

"My father was also a protégé of Prime Minister Zhao. The courtiers had heard her father mention Gu Zhun before, saying that his parents had died since he was a child and he was adopted by his aunt, who was a servant in the Zhao Mansion. Because of his intelligence, he was favored by Prime Minister Zhao Cheng, and let him go to school with the son of Fuzhong, and treat him like a father and son. My father said that Gu Zhun was talented and sensitive, and he was deeply praised by Prime Minister Zhao Cheng, and he was often ashamed of himself in scriptures and poems. ”

"Both parents are dead? But I remember that Gu Zhun champion and the first year, didn't he ask to go back to his hometown to meet his parents on the glorious lintel? Ling Li frowned.

Shen Chan hesitated for a moment and said, "That's because Prime Minister Zhao Cheng was afraid that people would say that he was corrupt and used as a retainer, so he found a clan relative to be his parents in his hometown, so as to clear up this relationship." ”

Ling Zhao suddenly came to his senses and said, "Ah, I remember, back then, there were rumors that Gu Zhun was the illegitimate son of Uncle Zhao...... It seems that this rumor is not groundless. ”

"I was injured by bandits, and the Zhao family formed a party to commit fraud and harm the court. I want to go to the palace immediately to meet my father! Ling Li lifted the brocade quilt and struggled to get out of bed.

"Third brother, don't be impulsive. Didn't the imperial doctor advise you, the knife on your left arm is too deep, if it is not good to give birth, let alone use a knife and a gun in the future, I am afraid that I will not even be able to hold a teacup. Ling Zhao got up and stopped Ling Li from getting out of bed.

Ling Li pushed Ling Zhao away and said: "If this matter is not reported to my father immediately, according to the Zhao family's power in the court, I am afraid that in three days, Gu Zhun's incriminating evidence will be washed away......"

Seeing that Ling Li was so worried, Shen Chan couldn't help but take a step forward and said, "The courtiers can persuade their father to go to face the saint." ”

Ling Zhao and Ling Li turned their heads to look at Shen Chan in unison.

"If you can say that Lord Shen can go to meet my father, it will be more convincing." Ling Zhao nodded.

Ling Li hesitated: "It's inappropriate, right?" Lord Shen is Zhao Bangyue's protégé, so how can he be an official in the same court with him in the future? ”

"Third brother, my father has now agreed to the marriage between you and Miss Shen, you and the Shen family are already in the same boat, even if Lord Shen doesn't stand up to help you speak, after Gu Zhun's matter, it is impossible for Uncle Zhao to discuss the friendship with him anymore...... Moreover, if this matter is broken back by Uncle Zhao, what you said before in front of your father and emperor will become a lie to frame the courtiers, which is a crime of bullying the king! ”

Ling Li looked at Shen Chan and was speechless for a while.

Shen Chan said eagerly: "The courtier's daughter will go home now to meet her father." ”

"Okay, I'll send Miss Shen back." Ling Zhao nodded.

Seeing Shen Chan's thin back and Ling Zhao walking out of the inner room one after the other, Ling Li's heart was inexplicably filled with a trace of unease.

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In the evening, Zhao Bangyue came to the door with a gift box to ask to see Ling Li. Ling Li turned him away on the grounds that he was being treated with warm needles.

Zhao Bangyue was so patient that he blindly stood outside his mansion and waited. I waited for half an hour before someone came in to report. Ling Li was upset, but he couldn't think of a more reasonable excuse, so he had to change his robe and order his ministers to send him to the study to meet.

The minister here had just led Zhao Bangyue to sit down in the study, and before the tea was ready, Zhao Bangyue's attendant hurriedly chased in. The attendant whispered a few words in his ear, and then saw Zhao Bangyue's face change suddenly, and then he picked up his robe and walked out quickly. He walked in a hurry, and almost collided with Ling Li, who had just entered the door, at the door of the study. It is also thanks to Ling Li's martial arts background, an agile sideways body, which can be avoided.

"Uncle Zhao, what are you?" Ling Li protected his injured arm with one hand and said in surprise.

"Something happened to the old minister's family, please forgive the old minister for being rude." With that, he crossed the threshold with his robe and hurried out with his attendants.

Looking at Zhao Bangyue's embarrassed appearance of trotting with broken steps on his shoulders, Ling Li realized that he was already an old man in his seventies. Since the 27th year of Kaixi, he has served three emperors, Emperor Yonghe, Emperor Duanming, and Emperor Chengde, and is a real veteran of the three dynasties. It is precisely because he has been in a high position in the court for a long time that the Zhao family has gradually formed this huge branch system that is now intertwined.

Seeing Zhao Bangyue's back disappear in front of the waterfront corridor, Ling Li turned his head and asked the minister: "Do you know what happened?" ”

The minister Cao Zhong lowered his head and said: "Just now they talked very lowly, and the villain didn't hear it clearly. ”

Thinking of Shen Chan's words during the day, Ling Li immediately ordered: "You go and inquire about it." ”

Cao Zhong was ordered to retreat.

At about the end of the day, Cao Zhong came back and told him that nothing had happened to Zhao Bangyue's family. Seeing Ling Li's disappointed face, Cao Zhong said again, "Zhao Xiangye's family is safe, but I heard that Guozijian said that Wang Yuming was taken away by the people of Dali Temple in the evening. ”

"Do you know why Wang Yuming was taken away by Dali Temple?"

"It was said that he was competing with a wealthy businessman in Huancai Building for a new girl, and accidentally beat the rich businessman to death......"

Ling Li couldn't help but be stunned. Before he was in the camp of the progressive military division, he also listened to Wang Yuming's lectures in Guozi, his posture was tall and long, his hair was elegant, and he quoted scriptures and classics when he talked about the lessons, such as a number of family treasures, and he had the elegant temperament of being a teacher, and he never thought that he would compete with others in a brothel. Dust woman, really responded to the sentence that people should not be disrespectful.

"What happened to Huancai Building today?" Ling Li frowned and asked.

"It was two months ago, but I don't know why Dali Temple only made ......a move today," Cao Zhong paused and said, "The villain saw the carriage of Lord Zhou Jinzhou, the priest of the country, in the Pingchang Lane behind Zhao Xiangye's mansion, and he should have begged to see Zhao Xiangye." ”

Ling Li had some eyebrows in his heart. Zhou Jin is Zhao Bangyue's protégé, and his position as the country's supervisor of wine is also highly recommended by Zhao Bangyue. Now that Guozijian has directly talked about such ugly things as fighting for prostitutes and killing people, it is reasonable for Zhou Jin to come to the door and beg the teacher to take care of him. I just don't know if Zhao Bangyue is still in the mood to take care of the matter of Guozijian at the moment.

Ling Li brought the sachet in his hand close to the bottom of his nose and sniffed deeply: But I don't know what Shen Chan is doing at the moment, did she say that she moved her father?