Chapter 20: Backbone
Shen Xian's eyes were red angrily, and she really wanted not to hit the wall directly, just let her faint if she didn't die.
Thinking about it, I really wanted to hit it, but my wrist was grabbed and pulled back, and I fell into a strange embrace, and both of them were stunned.
Shi Ling immediately let go of her and said solemnly: "This king is here to investigate the case, looking for her is just to ask, what are you thinking?" ”
"Do you need to smile so well when you ask?"
These words made Shi Ling pause.
Did he just smile at Xiao Hui?
"Go back."
Shen Xian didn't want to listen to him, she was still angry.
He pursued him in such a low voice, he didn't bother to look at it, and saw that Xiao Hui kept staring.
Why is Xiao Hui better looking than her, or does she have silver on her face?
You said you would go back, but she didn't!
But there is no way to go but that road, and if you don't follow him, there is no way.
So she pouted and followed him, but she was still very backbone, and she wouldn't say a word to Shi Ling, even if Shi Ling turned her head to look at her, she turned around and showed him the back of her head.
It is said that Shi Ling would not have such a good temper with others, but seeing her expression full of fun, she only felt funny, and she was not angry at all.
But soon Shen Xian compromised again.
He doesn't seem to be qualified to be angry here, until now, she is chasing Shi Ling alone, Shi Ling has never responded to her, even if he really likes Xiao Hui, he can only consider himself unlucky.
She turned her head and raised her eyes to look at Shi Ling: "Lord Wang, can I ask you for something?" ”
"I can't."
"Oh, I just want you not to like Xiao Hui, you can look at me more, I'm much better than her."
Shi Ling looked down at her, wondering if she had bad ears or something wrong with her brain.
"The king didn't say he liked her."
"It's okay if you don't admit it, I'll help you keep it a secret."
Shi Ling: "......"
It's the brain.
When she went back, Shen Xian suddenly figured out something.
Was Shi Ling coaxing her just now? Right? It should be, right?
Otherwise, people like Shi Ling wouldn't care who would commit suicide by hitting the wall in front of him, but he grabbed himself and sent himself back.
It must be coaxing her.
On the carriage, she suddenly lowered her head and laughed a few times, and Shen Yao looked at her curiously.
Obviously, the second sister's face was still very ugly just now, why did she suddenly smile again?
"Second sister?"
Shen Xian looked up at her with a smile: "What's wrong?" ”
Shen Yao: "What are you so happy about?" ”
"It's okay, it's just that the gift I want is coming soon."
"Then congratulations to the second sister."
"That's right." Shen Xian turned her head to look at her: "How are your poems at today's poetry meeting?" ”
Shen Yao smiled lightly: "It's just a clumsy work, fortunately everyone appreciated it, and won a quarterly award, in the future, I can go to the Red Mansion to consult the classics without spending money." ”
Shen Xian nodded in surprise: "Very good, who is the champion?" ”
"I don't know, it is said that the little son of the Shangshu family of the Criminal Department, after he won the first, the fifth princess and the very fierce Miss Zhao gave him a purse."
Cai Heng, the youngest son of the Shangshu family, she knew, looked like a little white face, but she didn't expect Shi Ying to like this.
Accustomed to seeing the beauty of his imperial uncle, is this an aesthetic deformity?
After thinking about it, he turned his head to Shen Yao and said: "Let me tell you, if you are looking for a husband, you can't find a little white face like Cai Heng, you have to find someone who can protect you and save you in times of crisis, don't have you to save him when the time comes." ”
Shen Yao smiled and nodded.
After this day, Shen Yao's name gradually spread in Kyoto City, saying that the poems she wrote that day were good, but she had never heard her name before, and later inquired and found out that it was Shen Guogong's third daughter.
A son-in-law even directly asked a matchmaker to come to the door to discuss marriage, but Aunt Wei looked down on that person's official position and did not agree.
Even if her daughter is a concubine, she is also a young lady from the Guogong Mansion, and if she wants to marry, she has to marry a wealthy family.
However, Shen Yao didn't know her abacus, but her temperament was no longer as restrained as when she first came back, and she often liked to play with Shen Xian.
She felt that she could learn a lot by following Shen Xian's side, even if the second sister just said some ordinary truths, she felt that what Shen Xian said was much better than what others said.
On this day, she took her embroidery and wanted to show Shen Xian, but when she saw Shen Xian preparing to go out, she asked curiously, "Is the second sister going out?" ”
"Well, go find His Royal Highness King Xuan, together?"
Shen Yao had never seen King Xuan, but she had also heard the story of King Xuan, and shook her head in fear for a while, so she agreed to go to the Red Chamber together next time.
Shen Xian finally found out Shi Ling's whereabouts today, and she couldn't miss an opportunity to meet Shi Ling.
Shi Ling invited someone to eat in Yixinlou, and in the box, sitting opposite was Cai Zhengting, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who smiled reluctantly, and compared with Shi Ling's idleness and laziness, his expression became more and more stiff.
At the dinner table, Shi Ling said while holding the dishes: "Why doesn't Lord Cai eat it?" ”
"This, how dare the minister eat at the same table with the prince?"
Shi Ling smiled, put down his chopsticks and took the handkerchief on the side and wiped his mouth, and when he raised his eyes again, the smile in his eyes disappeared, and he stared at Cai Zhengting coldly and said, "Lord Cai has been very close to the military department recently, what's the matter?" Want to work in the military department? ”
Cai Zhengting wiped his sweat: "No, no, it's just... Friends catch up. ”
"Friends?"
Shi Ling got up and walked behind him, and slapped his big hand on Cai Zhengting's shoulder, making him tremble in fright.
"But this friend of yours, colluding with henchmen, reselling weapons, bullying men and women, this king just submitted the evidence yesterday, and your friend has already been imprisoned at this time."
Cai Zhengting's eyes widened and he turned back in horror: "The old minister didn't know that he had done such a ridiculous thing!" The prince is clear, the old minister is loyal to His Majesty, and he will never do anything disloyal or unfilial! ”
"Don't panic, this king knows that Lord Cai is sincere to Dacheng, but some people don't think so."
“... Who, who? ”
Shi Ling threw out a list and treated Cai Zhengting's hand, and said fiercely: "This is the list of crimes written by the person I arrested, and Lord Cai's name is on it, how do you prove your sincerity?" ”
Cai Zhengting subconsciously wanted to kneel, but Shi Ling grabbed his back collar and pulled him up, and said fiercely: "Kneel what?" Isn't it a sign of faithfulness? ”
"Lord Wang, I was confused for a while, my family suffered a disaster last month, and the merchants lost their money, so I could only promise them in order to make some money."
In fact, Cai Zhengting didn't know, in the final analysis, it was just a means for those people to force him to comply, but he knew that it was a trap and he could only do it for a living.
Shi Ling pressed him back to his seat and raised his eyes: "This king doesn't want your life, I want you to do something for me." ”
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When Shen Xian came to Yixinlou, she happened to see Cai Zhengting being scolded by Shi Ling, Cai Zhengting left Yixinlou in disgrace, and the dishes in the box fell to the ground.
It's tragic.
Shi Ling raised his head with a gloomy face and met Shen Xian's gaze: "What are you doing?" ”