As soon as Jiang Qi left, Yan Zheng had already walked out of the wing room in full dress, and came straight to the pavilion, and was about to bow down, but Xiao Yi stopped him first: "You don't have to be polite if you are hurt, sit down." ”

Yan Zheng bowed his head and sat down opposite Xiao Yi.

"See someone?" Xiao Yi raised his hand to pour him a cup of tea and handed it over, asking as he asked, slightly hoarse to the point that his voice was in the silence of the night.

Yan Zheng held the wall of the cup in his hand, and when he heard his words, he clenched it inexplicably, and then slowly let go, shaking his head: "I didn't have time, when I arrived, there was only a group of dormant assassins, but the subordinates left a living mouth, and they didn't see anyone." He didn't go on, but just tilted his head and drank the tea.

Xiao Yi looked at him with a bit of a substitution of tea for wine, his eyes drooped slightly, and he thought for a moment, "Since you are a veteran with your grandfather, it is not impossible to react and leave with something before them." It's good news after all, recently I'm looking for an opportunity to let you go south, Ningcheng has recently made banditry, stirring up the people of Ningzhou and several surrounding villages to complain, and there are a lot of homeless people in Jinzhou recently, and there is a lot of movement in the city to rob ingredients, and if they are mixed in it, it is not impossible. The government has already written to Beijing, and it will be mentioned in the court meeting about tomorrow, and the orphan will recommend you to go. ”

"Your Highness!" Yan Zheng was stunned, a little incredulous, what is the situation now, they all know that the prince is the critical moment to consolidate the position of the prince, and now sending Yan Zheng south is like cutting off an arm. Yan Zheng knew that the prince was good to him, and let him track down the truth of the year, but he didn't want him to be so accessible.

"You and Lone are one, and if you find out the truth of the year, it is also the key to eliminating the different parties, you are helping Lone." Xiao Yi didn't care, raised his hand and pointed out the key points, his tone was flat, as if he was really mercenary.

After returning home, Yan Zhengping retreated, and after everyone washed, he extinguished the candles in the house and rested.

Outside the door, Yan Shi'an stood with his hands in his hands, his eyebrows and eyes were full of cruelty, his face as clean as jade was hidden in the lamplight, revealing a bit of horror, and the words he said were also cold and solemn: "You didn't die?" ”

"The second son has a good method, but he can get up in two days after being stabbed in the heart, and it seems that he has no effect at all." Behind him was his personal guard, Deputy Commander Shen Yu.

"Did you find the old thing?" Yan Shi'an hid the frost in his eyes, and asked in a slightly slower tone.

"When the subordinates rushed away, there was no shadow, and the subordinates didn't dare to investigate carefully for fear of startling the grass and snakes, and now I'm afraid that they have escaped from the border of the yang realm."

"Keep tracking, and you'll know when you find it." He made a gesture as he spoke, and Shen Yu understood what he meant, and bowed his head in response.

Following.

Yan Zheng sent relatives, the emperor read in the running for a few days and allowed him to rest in the house today, he rarely got up an hour later than usual, people lying on the couch are how they can't sleep, summoned from the wind to come in to change clothes and freshen up, and then take the letters of Ningcheng and Jinzhou to see.

The desk was placed in front of the window, and the bright sunlight fell on a gardenia outside the window, and the shadow of the gardenia was on the file on the table, shining on his face and finally not cold, but a little warm.

There was silence in the room, except for the sound of him flipping through the papers.

Since Ruan Mingjiao came up with an idea for Song Xing, Song Xing sent someone to follow Liu Qingfeng, and sent someone to inquire about his family background and character.

Liu Qingfeng's father Liu Ming is the chronicle of the Hanlin Academy, the official worships the four products, the family background is innocent, Liu Qingfeng can do the position of the squire of the criminal department does not depend on the family, the original high school Tanhua originally only started as a Lang official in the criminal department.

It was Liu Qingfeng himself who relied on his ability to solve several strange cases that had been backlogged for a long time, and because the original criminal department waiter was old and resigned a few years later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recommended Liu Qingfeng to His Majesty.

Liu Qingfeng is twenty-four this year, and he has no wives and concubines at home, and he treats people modestly, and he does not worship the high and the low, but he is rare and loyal.

"Are you satisfied?" Ruan Mingjiao listened to the news and raised her eyebrows at Song Xing.

Song Xing touched the tip of his nose with a slight weakness, a pair of smart eyes turned, pulled out a smile, and then frowned again, a little embarrassed: "Reading well, I'm afraid I'm a nerd, my body is sour, and I can't talk anymore, if I marry in the past, I'm afraid I'll be a headache to be noisy." ”

Ruan Mingjiao was stunned for a moment, the corners of her mouth twitched, a little helpless, and beckoned to let Song Xing leave.

"Hey, you girl is in a hurry to drive me away."

Song Xing said angrily as he walked, Ruan Mingjiao waved his hand with a headache and asked people to close the door, which blocked Song Xing's voice.

"County Lord!" As soon as the room was quiet, Ruan Mingjiao's ears were pure for only half a moment, and Yuan Ying's voice sounded outside the door, and then the door was pushed open in a hurry.

…… I bear it, Ruan Mingjiao turned her head, her face was not good, "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Ying was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but hesitate for half a minute, then he remembered why he came in, ignoring Ruan Mingjiao's cannibalistic expression, and raised the thing in his hand, "Master Yang has come to deliver the painting." ”

Ruan Mingjiao was stunned for a moment, her face was happy, she swept away the previous haze, and immediately got up and walked to Yuan Ying to take the painting, and glanced out the door, "Master, what about the people?" ”

"Master Yang said he had something to do, so he didn't come in." Yuan Ying touched the back of his head, quite puzzled.

Ruan Mingjiao only thought that he refused to enter the Shoufu Mansion, and without thinking much about it, he took the painting to the table, untied the rope of the painting scroll, and Song Bao took the scroll to unfold the scroll.

There was silence in the room for a while, and when Yuan Ying came over, he saw Ruan Mingjiao in place, his eyes flashing with a hint of disbelief, his eyes fell on the painting, and the next moment he was also stunned.

Although the person in the painting has no facial features, he is in a robe, the shape of the whole person and the contours of the face, with extraordinary bearing, graceful demeanor, and even some familiarity.

Yan Zheng? Ruan Mingjiao flashed a thought, and couldn't bear to close her eyes and recall in her mind, the person she saw in her memory was handsome, with a long body, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of cold frost, with the majesty and contempt that defied everything.

No wonder, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple couldn't find out, but Yan Zheng threatened to help her find an assassin, he was clearly a thief shouting to catch a thief and playing tricks on her.

"County, county lord......" Songbao saw that she didn't speak, she was a little at a loss for a while, and called in a low voice, but she didn't react and glanced at Yuanying.

Yuan Ying was stunned, and just received the painting and was about to say something, but Ruan Mingjiao had already opened her eyes, and Shui Xiu's eyes were a little frosty and angry, "Songbao, you take the waist card of the county lord and go to the Jingzhong Mansion to report to the official, just say that the assassin who assassinated the county lord has been found, and they are limited to wait for a moment to rush to the Yan Mansion, don't blame the county lord for their dereliction of responsibility if they are late!" ”

"County Lord, this ......" Song Bao looked at her with a little embarrassment, Ruan Mingjiao's eyes flashed, and he said sharply, "Why don't you go quickly?" ”

Her tone was firm and not like a joke, Songbao didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly retreated with the waist card.

"Yuan Ying, you follow me to Yan's house." Ruan Mingjiao put away the painting and turned around and walked out the door, Yuan Yingzhi couldn't stop her, so she had to follow quickly.

The light and shadow in the house moved over time, Yan Zheng saw the file almost the same, and the case was well understood, but if you wanted to investigate Ningcheng's case, you had to go to the scene as soon as possible.

Before he could take a few glances at the case file, there was a sharp knock on the door, his eyelashes trembled, and he raised his eyes to look out of the door: "What's the matter?" ”

"My lord, General Yang asks to see you." From the slightly hurried voice of the wind, Yan Zheng's hand shook, and the file fell on the desk, and a trace of obscurity flashed under his clear eyes.

He should have known that this moment would come sooner or later.

"Invite him in."

In the study, the painter hung this painting on the shelf, which was almost the same as Ruan Mingjiao's, but his painting had facial features, and Yan Zheng in front of him was a person after carefully looking at it.

From the wind behind him, he glanced at the portrait a few times, a little worried. When Yan Zheng arrived, Yang Suizhi had already left, and only drank tea in the front hall, leaving the painting and a note.

"Yan Zheng, you will clean up your own troubles."

"My lord, my subordinates have inquired that the maid of the county lord's mansion went to the government to report to the official, and I am afraid that she has already come to the mansion at this moment, presumably the county lord has also received the painting, do you want your subordinates to recruit secret guards to guard the door?"

Yan Zheng looked at the painting, his expression was indifferent, his eyebrows and eyes were a little calm, he raised his hand to stop the wind, "No need, tell the guards that you don't have to, just let her in." ”

It's long overdue, isn't it?

The carriage of the Shoufu Mansion was extremely fast, and as soon as it stopped at Yan's house, Ruan Mingjiao got off the carriage and took Yuan Ying up the stairs.

The courtyard was guarded by the wind, and when she saw Ruan Mingjiao coming in, she was about to step forward to stop her, Ruan Mingjiao remembered the past, and shouted: "I am the county lord of Pingyang, my father is the head of the cabinet, and the county lord is here to arrest the assassin today, and the one who stops me is to despise the emperor's grace!" ”

"From the wind, let her in!"

From Feng Zheng was about to defend a few words, Yan Zheng's slightly moist voice came from the hall, and from the wind looked at the closed door and flashed over, his face was ugly.

Ruan Mingjiao glanced at her, looking at the closed door with a hint of mockery in her eyes, she stepped up, hesitated in front of the door, and when she entered the door, she couldn't leave.

After a moment's thought, she didn't hesitate to push the door in. Inside the house, Yan Zheng was drinking tea in front of the table on the side, Ruan Mingjiao glanced at him, and was about to open his mouth when he caught a glimpse of the easel on the side, and his figure was stunned.

The portrait was exactly the same as the one in her hand, except that she lacked facial features, her eyes were cold and a little lonely, her eyes were ruddy and contained moisture, and the corners of her mouth were raised with a bit of self-deprecation.

Is even Yang Suizhi his person? He knew early on that she had gone to find Yang Suizhi, and seeing her look for a portrait like a fool, and reaching an agreement with him to connect the prince with the Shoufu Mansion, she became a joke in his eyes.

"Hmph, it seems that everything is in the hands of Lord Yan!" She threw out the scroll in her hand, her eyes were a little determined, "Yan Zheng, the evidence is in front of you, how can you refute it?" ”

Yan Zheng put down the teacup quietly, his eyes were calm, he got up and walked to Ruan Mingjiao, smiled, and was a little arrogant in his slow manner, "County Lord, wouldn't it be too arbitrary to want to punish me with a portrait?" ”

"Yan Zheng, do you still want to deny it now? I remembered that I had seen you before I fell unconscious, and I had seen your secret guard from the wind, and the python pattern embroidered on your sleeve. Ruan Mingjiao Li said sharply, this passage almost used up her life's strength, after saying this, she felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, her brainskin was numb, and the whole person couldn't stop shaking.

She stubbornly raised her eyes and stared directly at the person in front of her, and the determination in her eyes fell in Yan Zheng's eyes, which made his heart hurt.

"Yes, what about me? Can you bring me to justice with all the waste of the Beijing Palace, county lord, you are too naïve! Yan Zheng turned his face away and retorted in the same high voice.