At the end of the day, a spring rain suddenly descended on the capital.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the rain was like a thread, dripping on the bluestone slabs, splashing one after another.

Just when everyone was caught off guard and scattered to dodge, a carriage set off from the General's Mansion and disappeared into the wind and rain after a while.

Under the eaves, Qin Nan listened to the roaring rain and looked at the residual red all over the ground, his eyes were full of worry.

On the painting boat, Zhou Xuan sat by the window, looking at the countless ripples on the lake, and his originally calm heart seemed to be hit by raindrops, causing bursts of water waves.

In the carriage, Su Shi leaned on the soft seat, feeling the moist and fresh breath brought by this spring rain.

The carriage was galloping, but Su Shi didn't feel the slightest bump.

He smiled: "Lin Mo's driving skills are indeed first-class. Su Shi looked at his eldest brother and said, "Will he follow you back to the border gate?" ”

"No, he stays in the capital."

"Why?"

Su Zhou said: "He is a loyal and useful person, who can help. ”

"When I get married, will you and your father come back?"

His wedding date with Qin Nan is set for September 16, which is only half a year away.

Su Zhou smiled: "My father and I will definitely come back, and I believe that my father will be happy for you." ”

Su Shi said silently: "Half a year is sometimes very short, so short that it will make people sigh that time is like an arrow, but sometimes it will become very long, and it will make people feel like years." ”

Speaking of this, Su Shi smiled again: "So when you come back, maybe this capital is still the same as before, and it may have changed a lot." ”

Su Zhou was silent because he knew that what Su Shi said was the truth.

Su Shi looked at him and asked, "Do you like this capital to change or not?" ”

"I just want to know the truth."

Su Shi asked, "What if you know the truth?" ”

"If you know the truth, you can give justice to the prince."

Su Shi stopped talking, because he already knew very well that Su Zhou would not give up.

Although he understood this early on, he still wanted to give it a try.

The carriage stopped at the side of the boat, and two people had already come up with umbrellas.

The two people who came up, Su Shi, knew each other, and they were the twin sisters who were guarding in front of the Mirror Flower Pavilion at the poetry meeting that day.

After Zhuyu and Zhuzhu received the two brothers, they didn't say much, and directly led them to the study on the third floor of the painting boat.

Zhou Xuan, Su Shi and Su sat around a small round table, tasting the aroma of tea.

"You know we're coming?" After taking a sip of tea, Su Shi asked.

"I don't know."

"As soon as our carriage stopped, someone greeted us and led us straight here, and you didn't seem surprised by our arrival."

Zhou Xuan couldn't help but smile and said: "Because I told the people below that as long as you see the carriage of the General's Mansion today, no matter who comes, you will bring it here directly." ”

Su Shi touched his nose and couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Because Brother Su said that no matter whether you agree or not, he will come over today." ”

Su Shi suddenly asked, "What is my eldest brother doing here?" Discuss your next steps with you? ”

At this time, the rain fell more rapidly, and the raindrops hit the roof of the ship like countless pearls falling to the ground, making a series of crisp and loud sounds.

Zhou Xuan and Su Zhou looked at him in surprise, as if looking at a monster.

"How do you know about our plans?" Su Zhou couldn't help but ask.

Originally, Zhou Xuan thought that Su Zhou told Su Shi, but when she saw Su Zhou, she was even more shocked than her, and then she knew that it was completely Su Shi's own guess.

"I guess." Su Shi said: "And I can roughly guess what your plan is, but it's just ......"

Su Zhou asked, "It's just what?" ”

Su Shi smiled bitterly: "It's just that your plan is useless at all in my opinion." ”

Zhou Xuan looked a little unconvinced, and she couldn't help but say, "Can you really guess our plan?" ”

Su Shi looked at her and said slowly: "Over the years, your investigation can be said to have yielded nothing, so this time you should want to use Zhong Lingyao as bait to lure the other party to make a move." ”

Then he ignored Zhou Xuan and Su Zhou's shocked expressions and continued: "You will probably spread some rumors that Zhong Lingyao suddenly penetrated the clues that Zhong Lichuan left her, and this clue contains the truth of that incident ten years ago. In this way, you believe that someone will not be able to sit still and be exposed. ”

In the end, Su Shi came to a conclusion: "You are betting that these people are thieves, so no matter whether this rumor is true or not, you will definitely take action against Zhong Lingyao." ”

Zhou Xuan and Su Zhou were completely stunned, although Su Shi said that it was just his guess, his guess was almost exactly the same as their plan.

If Su Zhou came alone today, they would discuss the details of this plan, such as how to attract the attention of the other party with the content of this rumor, how to spread this rumor, and how to protect Zhong Lingyao after the rumor spread, etc.

Zhou Xuan was still not convinced, and continued to ask: "Even if you can guess what our plan is, why do you say that this plan is useless?" ”

Su Shi Zhengse said: "Because I know that the other party must be a very smart person who can see through this plan at a glance, so they will not be fooled at all." ”

Su Zhou also disagreed with this conclusion.

Su Shi sighed: "If the crown prince was really assassinated to death, but these people can turn his death into an accident, and you can't find any clues for ten years, do you really think that they really can't see through this kind of small trick?" ”

Su Zhou said lightly: "I know that there are some people who may know that this is a game, but they are afraid that the matter will be revealed, so they have to take risks just in case." ”

"Impossible."

Su Zhou asked strangely, "Why?" ”

Su Shi explained: "If this method had just happened when the death of the crown prince had just happened, this method might have worked, because at that time the other party had not had time to completely retract the tail. It's just that it's been ten years since the death of the crown prince, and the other party has almost hidden all the tails, so it's useless for you to use this plan again. ”

"And I believe that in the past ten years, the other party must have tried Zhong Lingyao many times, if Zhong Lingyao really knew something, I believe she would have died a long time ago."

At this time, Su Shi suddenly asked Zhou Xuan and Su Zhou, "Have you ever played chess?" ”

Although they didn't know what chess had to do with it, they nodded anyway.

The two of them have naturally played, and their chess skills are not bad.

Su Shi continued: "Actually, now you are like playing chess with each other. ”