The news of the assassination of the envoy of Yangzhou soon spread to the imperial court, and during the sensitive period of the examination, the assassination of the emperor's inspection envoy was not trivial.

The Son of Heaven was furious, and immediately sent Wei Jiatai, a servant from the Sanpin Criminal Department, and Sima You, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, to Lujiang to comfort Sima Xunian, and at the same time thoroughly investigate the assassination. Naturally, they didn't dare to slack off, and they rushed to Lujiang Post Station in five days, which would have already moved in, and they would go to visit Sima Xunian early tomorrow morning.

Early in the morning, the post station led Wei Jiatai to the backyard where Sima Xunian was recuperating, and reported outside the door, "Lord Sima, the imperial court has sent Lord Wei Jiatai, the servant of the Criminal Department, and Lord Sima You, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, to visit you. ”

"Lord Sima, meet Wei Jiatai, the servant of the Lower Officials and Criminal Department"

Soon, there was a weak voice in the room, "Lord Wei, this official has been seriously stabbed, and now he needs to recuperate, and it is inconvenient to see guests. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very concerned about your injury, and ordered us to report the injury as soon as possible. After speaking, without waiting for a reply from the house, he opened the door to Yicheng.

Yi Cheng couldn't, so he had to send a message to the house, "Lord Sima, the lower official brought Lord Wei and Master Sima You in." After saying that, he pushed the door and went in, and found that the latch in the house was locked, and Wei Jiatai saw this, so he asked the guards to bang on the door and enter.

When the door opened, Wei Jiatai pushed away the post and broke in, and when he looked inside, Sima Xunian was lying on his back on the couch, blood flowed all over the ground, and his face was very white and scary, but it was indeed Sima Xunian himself!

Seeing this, Sima You hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Wei, it seems that Lord Sima's injury is indeed not light, and now the wound may be cracked, so it is better to quickly invite the accompanying Tai Yi to diagnose and treat him." ”

Wei Jiatai wanted to say something, but Sima You said sharply, "Lord Wei, Lord Sima is not only the envoy appointed by His Majesty's imperial pen, but also the son of His Majesty's clan, and no one can afford to delay the injury!" ”

When Wei Jiatai heard this, he glanced at Sima Xunian twice before shouting, "Yizheng, come in and see Master Sima!" ”

The doctor hurriedly rushed in to check Sima Xunian's pulse, and after a while, he exclaimed, "It's very inappropriate, it's very inappropriate, my lord, your pulse is weak and weak, I'm afraid it's very serious." Ladies and gentlemen, please go out first, and wait for the lower officials to take a closer look at the injuries for Lord Sima. ”

Wei Jiatai didn't move, "This official must carefully inspect before reporting to His Majesty." ”

"Lord Wei is really loyal to his duties, and after returning to the capital, the subordinate officials will return Lord Wei to His Majesty in detail every word and deed, and help you ask for a reward."

When Sima You said this, he clearly wanted to sue him for embarrassing Sima Xunian's royal state, and then thought that Sima You was the nephew of today's son, the younger brother of King Ruijun, and his status was respected, if he added oil and vinegar to say something, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around, so he quickly eased his face and said, "This is the official's lack of thought, and the current priority is, of course, to treat the injury to Lord Sima first." Heal, heal Lord Sima's wounds. With that, he led everyone out.

Sima You was the last to leave, and before going out, he patted the doctor on the shoulder, and the doctor quickly lowered his head in response.

After dinner in the evening, Sima You paced to Sima Xunian's house.

Sima Xunian sat on the chair, and it seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Thank you, Lord Sima You, please be seated."

Sima You didn't sit down, but stood at the table, turned sideways to Sima Xunian, and said slowly, "You don't need to thank me, I just can't get used to the behavior of some people." Moreover, they are all their own brothers, how can they be indifferent to being bullied by outsiders. ”

"Lord Sima You, don't dare to take this as a person, you are a royal nobleman in Zongzheng Temple, I am just a descendant of Emperor Gaozu's cousins, our branch has never had a name in Zongzheng Temple from the beginning, how dare you call you a brother."

Sima You laughed and said, "Whatever you want, but you owe me a favor now, if it weren't for me to say hello in advance, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to pass this hurdle." ”

"So I'm waiting for Master Sima You to come and collect the debt from me."

"I don't dare to collect debts. I said that I can't get used to the behavior of some people, as long as it is conducive to the root cause, the police and the evil and punish the adulterous, in line with the purpose of my Dali Temple, I will do my best. ”

"Master Sima You really did not leave the bank for three sentences, and he thanked him here. If it is useful to me in the future, as long as it is not against righteousness, I will serve it. ”

"There's one more thing, if it's convenient, I'd like to take a step to speak."

Sima Xunian saw that he looked serious, different from his previous cynicism, so he said, "Where do you want to go?" ”

"Jiujiang County Teaching Division"

Sima Xunian looked at him for a while, and made sure that he was not looking for fun, so he replied, "Okay." ”

After all, Sima Xunian claimed that he was seriously injured and couldn't be said to be in the room to recuperate, so he helped Ying Cheng, who was transferred to the firewood room as soon as he arrived last night, to prepare for the reception, first, someone continued to play Sima Xunian, and secondly, the doctor from the Chang'an Imperial Medical Department was skilled in medical treatment and had complete medicinal materials, which was better than the medicine hall outside, and he could recover as soon as possible with his diagnosis and treatment. Ying Cheng really suffered a loss this time, and if the diagnosis and treatment were improper, he was afraid of his life.

Sima You swaggered into the Teaching Division, and came with a personal attendant, Wei Jiatai's eyeliner. But everyone knows that Sima You is merry-natured, no matter where he goes, the local teaching department must go, especially the teaching department in Yangzhou, he goes there several times a year, so Wei Jiatai smiled contemptuously and did not send anyone to continue to follow.

Sima You seemed to be a regular customer, and went up to a private room on the second floor, and when the master saw that it was a distinguished guest, he hurriedly greeted and served.

"Yo, Master Sima, but I haven't been here for a while."

When Sima Xunian heard this, he almost thought he was calling him, but after a pause, he remembered that his current identity was Sima You's entourage.

"Mom, as soon as I entered the door, I told the little guy that I wanted Yu Ming, but the little guy said that Yu Ming had an appointment tonight, what happened?"

"Which newcomer doesn't know the height of the sky, and only says half of what he says, and doesn't talk about the point. Yu Ming was ordered by Young Master Xue tonight, and he stroked the piano in the private room next to him. This Yuming is contracted by you, we know the proportions, but we don't dare to let her do this kind of thing, but her piano skills are excellent, many sons want to feast their ears, we open the door to do business, and it is not good to be too happy for the guests. ”

"Is it really just a piano?"

"It's true! If you don't believe me, I'll bring her in and ask her personally. Mom, I want to have half a lie, a thousand cuts. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm distressed to swear by such a curse, hahaha, don't say more, call Yuming over."

"Okay, you drink first, and you'll be right here." The head coach hurried out of the house.

"Master Sima, don't you really call me for fun?"

"Master Sima, there is no one here who can compare to your Shen Jiyue, I am embarrassed to bring you here if you really want to have fun."

Sima Xunian was silent for a while, sat down to drink tea and said nothing.

Sima You looked at him with a serious face, the corners of his mouth raised, and said, "Do you know how I met Yu Ming?" ”

"You and King Ruijun both follow the old prince's temperament of liking to travel the world, the world is so big, isn't it easy to meet a beauty?"

"It's not easy, for example, I can't meet Shen Jiyue."

Hearing him mention the name again, Sima Xunian was a little annoyed.

"Don't be angry, I mean really, because, I've been looking for her."

When Sima Xunian heard this, he immediately looked at Sima You, what does he have to do with the Shen family!

"Five years ago, the 'Tibetan slave case' brought me to the court, and since then my ambition has changed from the famous mountains and rivers to the Dali Temple. To say that I am not afraid of your ridicule, with my background, it is not difficult to want a title or title casually, and to eat more than three empty salaries, but His Majesty asked me what official I wanted, and I directly said Dali Temple. ”

As soon as Sima Xunian heard the words "Tibetan slave case", he looked around vigilantly.

"Rest assured, it's safe here. Hidden in the city, I have the reputation of an idle prince and grandson, and no one will care about me, especially in a place like the Jiaofang Division. The Tibetan slave case brought me into Dali Temple, where I read all the files related to the case, and even the employment resumes and examination files of the main figures in the case. To be precise, the case of hiding slaves was not a simple case of gathering a crowd to commit a crime, but a political turmoil. This matter should not be judged by Dali Temple, but should be justified in the court. Sima You said that later, his face was already pale.

Sima Xu began to look at this clan brother with admiration, he was silent, and when he was looking at him intently, there was a knock on the door, "My lord, Yuming is here."

"Come in."

Not long after, a woman in a crescent white dress walked in, with ice muscles and jade skin, red lips and white teeth, black hair and silver hairpins, beautiful and refined, dignified and elegant, and a rare beauty.

"Yuming, come and meet another Master Sima."

Yu Ming was stunned for a moment, his eyes followed the direction of Sima You's finger, thinking that if this person was Sima You's brother, there was no similarity, and when he was puzzled, Sima Xunian stood up first and bowed, "Under Sima Xunian." ”

As soon as he heard this name, Yu Ming immediately understood, this was the envoy who was ordered to take the examination of Yangzhou officials, so he blessed his body and saluted, "Concubine Yuming, see Lord Inspector." But he began to doubt again, and heard that the envoy was seriously injured in the assassination of Lujiang County, how did he travel a long distance from Lujiang to Jiujiang without the slightest sign of injury or illness.

As soon as Sima You saw it, he knew her thoughts, and couldn't help but smile, "Yuming, sit down, don't mention the three words 'according to the inspector', according to the inspector, the lord will recuperate at the Lujiang County Post Station." ”

Sima Xunian knew that Yu Ming was Sima You's person, so he said, "My guard took a knife for me, but I also ask Miss Yu Ming to keep quiet." ”

"The concubine understands."

"Yuming, you don't need to see outside, Brother Xunian will be your brother-in-law in the future."

When Yu Ming heard this, he was stunned. She is her father's only daughter, and there are no other brothers and sisters in the family, so she has been playmates with Uncle Shen's family Guangfeng and Jiyue brothers and sisters since she was a child.