Ye Lingwu is used to being lazy now, and seeing Shen Zhan's imperative shelf, she doesn't have the heart to bother talking.

Simply ignore it.

After eating, the green orange brought hot tea to be greasy, Ye Lingwu drank all the bowls of tea, and Shen Zhan had no intention of leaving.

"Master Hou, if you have nothing to do, I'll go back to the house, I haven't finished reading the account books sent by Yuzhou." Ye Lingwu got up and said.

Shen Zhan then said, "There is just something." ”

Ye Lingwu paused, frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Scholar Jiang resigned from the Hanlin Academy today." Shen Zhan's tone was flat, and his eyes were closely observing Ye Lingwu's expression.

"Resign?" Ye Lingwu didn't look surprised, but more worried.

Shen Zhan slowly picked up the tea bowl, held it in his palm and said: "Speaking of which, there have been a lot of major events in the Jiang Mansion in recent days, first Qingqing and Scholar Jiang suddenly reconciled and separated, and then as an important minister in the court, Scholar Jiang suddenly resigned, Qingqing feels that these things are strange? ”

The three envoys were shocked when they heard this, but they did not dare to squeak.

Ye Lingwu glanced at Shen Zhan's nonchalant look, his heart sank a little more, and replied: "What's the strange, doesn't Hou Ye not care about the affairs of the court after returning to Beijing, how can he know so clearly what happened in the court this morning?" ”

Shen Zhan put down the tea bowl and said, "What Qingqing said is right, I don't care about the affairs of the court, so I came to ask you." ”

Ye Lingwu lowered his head and did not speak.

"I heard that a few days ago, the prince secretly sent two waves of people out of Beijing, one group of people went to Huainan, and the other group of people went to Daiyue Town, if I guessed correctly, the prince's purpose should be Jiang University, calculate the time, these days happen to be the time when those two groups of people return to Beijing." Shen Zhan continued.

Rong Xiuqing's face was pale, Yuan Tao trembled, and the three female envoys looked at each other, with a hidden uneasiness in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say.

Ye Lingwu deliberately glanced at them, and then said, "Master Hou knows everything, so you still ask me?" ”

Shen Zhan looked at the trembling leaves on the branches outside, which seemed to be gradually falling, turned his head to stare at Ye Lingwu, and said slowly: "I don't know everything, for example, the news that the prince found out from there." ”

Ye Lingwu's hand under the sleeve of his coat tightened until the green tendons burst out, and he pretended to be calm and said: "I don't know the news that Master Hou can't find." ”

"Your reaction doesn't look like you don't know."

Ye Lingwu was stunned for a while, and suddenly smiled: "What does Master Hou mean by this, you are here to speak for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" ”

Shen Zhan's dark eyes suddenly sank, and his long eyeliner provoked a few traces of thin anger, and after a moment of silence, he sneered, and said with a straight face: "It turns out that Qingqing thinks so about me." Then you are wrong, I never do things for the prince, I only do things for the emperor. ”

This is a subtle statement, and the "emperor" he is talking about can be the first emperor, the current emperor, or the future emperor.

Ye Lingwu pondered for a moment, and did not doubt his words, after all, the person in front of him could abandon the powerful Marquis of Ningbei in the court in order to stay away from the court disputes.

But it is also a pity that he is unwilling to participate in court disputes, and perhaps he is not willing to speak for Jiang Shiwei.

Ye Lingwu sighed irritably, frowned and said, "If Hou Ye asked me today, I can't answer, if I can't hide it one day, maybe Hou Ye won't want to know." ”

The three female envoys didn't know what was going on, and they were in the clouds, but they couldn't help but sweat when they heard Ye Lingwu's tone, and they all looked at Shen Zhan who was above them, and even held their breath.

I thought that Shen Zhan would lift the table and get up, but I didn't expect him to be very indifferent, and said leisurely: "Since you don't want to say it, then I won't ask, it's just ...... If Qingqing needs my help in the future, just ask, if I can do it, I will definitely help. ”

The three women looked relieved, but when they heard the second half of the words, their hearts instantly rose to their throats again.

They are not stupid, they can hear that Jiang Yuan is about to fall into a predicament, but what kind of predicament will it be necessary for Ning Beihou to come forward?

Ye Lingwu was still worried, but when he heard Shen Zhan's words, he hesitated, and even thought of violating the agreement with Jiang Shiwei to tell Shen Zhan about the internal service.

But this idea was soon dispelled.

She said, "Thank you, Master Hou." ”

Shen Zhan said: "No thanks, it's not that I don't want to reciprocate." ”

Ye Lingwu was startled, slowly raised his eyes to look at him, and said angrily: "Yes, I will take back what I said just now, if something really happens in the future, I still don't bother Master Hou." ”

It hadn't been a few days since the words came out, and the change came.

At three o'clock, before the thick clouds and mist were lifted by the morning light, I saw a carriage stepping on the sound of chariots and going straight to the north of the city.

Half an hour later, they stopped in front of a mansion.

Ye Lingwu got out of the carriage with her skirt and walked quickly to the gate of the Jiang family, the sky was dark, and there were few open doors on the long street from beginning to end, but the gate of the Jiang family was open at this moment.

Just half an hour ago, Ye Lingwu learned the news of the Jiang family's accident from Rong Xiu, and Zuo Si took Jiang Yuan to Tingwei's Mansion.

Although it is not said what the crime is, it is tortured away with shackles.

“…… Mother of the House!! Mama Yu saw someone outside the door, and ran forward excitedly, "Mistress help, the Jiang family is in trouble!" ”

Ye Lingwu hurriedly hugged Mama Yu's crumbling old bones: "Mama Yu should be careful of her body." ”

"The mistress must be... When I heard about the Jiang family, I was embarrassed...... The housewife ...... at this time You can also come to the Jiang family. Mama Yu cried and spoke intermittently.

Ye Lingwu frowned, and instead asked Qingtang Yuantao to support Mama Yu, and went back to the small house to wait for the news.

The sky was slightly bright, gradually dyed red with floating clouds, it was the moment to end the sleep, but there were people in the hall in the small mansion in the south of the city who had not slept all night.

Ye Lingwu sat on the top, supporting his head with one hand.

After a while, Rong Xiu hurriedly stepped across the courtyard and entered the house, panting and said: "Oh no, the master, the slave and maid bought the desertion of the Tingwei Mansion, and I heard that the lord was tortured in the Tingwei Mansion!" ”

Ye Lingwu's back froze, and Mama Yu was even more frightened and jumped up directly from the chair and said, "What!?" Tortured?! ”

Rong Xiu pursed her lips and nodded heavily.

"The slave and maid heard from the messenger that the Lord had received sixty boards in prison, and he fainted...... The people in the Tingwei Mansion are very ruthless, Your Majesty has not said that he will be punished, but only that he will be detained, and they will dare to punish the sovereign! ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Lingwu's hand in his sleeve trembled irrepressibly, and the only bit of blood on his face gradually faded, and he was completely panicked.

Yuan Tao cried: "The lord is a literati, how can he bear the toss of punishment, the people of the Tingwei Mansion are too bad!" ”

Qingtang was so anxious that he was sweating: "What should I do, the lord must not have anything to do." ”

"Prepare the horse and go to the Ningbei Hou Mansion." Ye Lingwu was entangled for a long time before he spoke.

(End of chapter)