Prime Minister Chasing Her Husband

"Why are you here? Didn't you go back? You walked so fast without saying a word to me." Li Zhiyuan stretched out his hand, motioning for Xie Xuan to give him a hand.

Xie Xuan was kind, pulled him into the car, and said: "It's time to go back, go back and put things away, so many guys have to pack up. Knowing that you are busy and get off work late, I went to buy you some snacks." After saying that, he took out a cup Stewed snow clams with papaya, "If you eat too much mutton, it will be very dry. Eat some of this. Shang Yuexuan just stewed it. And this shrimp dumpling and chicken feet are made by their new chef. They say it is the authentic southeast flavor. Xie greasy."

Li Zhiyuan was happy, but tried his best to restrain his petty thoughts, and took the things Xie Xuan bought with great restraint. "Don't keep running to the Ministry of Rites from now on, my father is watching."

"What's the matter with watching? I lived in your house for eight years, and Uncle Li watched it for eight years, and now I can't watch it?" Xie Xuan knew what Li Zhiyuan meant, but said so on purpose.

"Is that the same before as now? You don't even think about it, you are so happy with me, can you hide it? Your eyes always look this way, and you never leave me when you speak ten or nine sentences. You are like this because you are afraid of the world. I don't know our secret." After Li Zhiyuan said this, he felt that something was wrong, and he said: "I'm not saying that our affairs are shameful, but after all, you have just entered an official position, and it is not good to spread such gossip. Well, if my father suddenly finds out that I found him a son-in-law, or that he grew up watching him grow up, I'm afraid he will have to recite it all at once."

"Male wife?" Xie Xuan smacked a word, let out a muffled laugh, and said, "Let's not talk about that, how did you do today, the day after tomorrow will be a big sacrifice, Xiao Yuan is terrible, he took on such a big job as soon as he took office, The future is limitless.”

"Come on, whoever loves to do it will do it, and who wants to do such a thing as soon as he takes office? If you do it well, it's your duty. If you don't do it well, you will be punished, and you will be punished. You have a bright future. Well, it takes at least four years to be promoted from a small official in the ancestral hall to Yuanwailang, and five or six years at the fastest from Yuanwailang to a servant. I have been an official for so many years, and I have come to this position through a little bit of luck, but it is the end, no matter how good it will be in the future, it will only take about ten years to gain the favor of the emperor, the cabinet, and the official position Not taller than now, but worrying more than now, the only good thing is to go outside, and people respect you as "Ge Lao", what's the point? People in their tens of years, with little clothes and food, even Ordinary people can't enjoy the fun of teasing Sun Nongniao." Li Zhiyuan was exhausted in the etiquette department these few days, and he finally managed to talk to Xie Xuan, so he naturally complained.

"It sounds like you don't want to be an official anymore?" Xie Xuan let Li Zhiyuan eat while rubbing his shoulders and neck with his hands.

"I don't want to." In a few words, Li Zhiyuan had already finished a pot of stew, and he took out what he wanted in his arms, so he turned around, pulled off Xie Xuan's collar, reached into his chest, and took out a piece of paper. He wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then fell on Xie Xuan, closed his eyes and said, "I just want to spend this life decadently and richly."

With a smile on his face, Xie Xuan pulled a cashmere cloak from the side, covered Li Zhiyuan's body, touched his forehead, and said: "Then don't be an official, I will take care of Mingde Square for you."

"You have a good idea. Who doesn't know that the money shopkeeper of Mingdefang has helped you for so many years, and he looks 20 years old. He is in his forties, a strong age, you go and have a look. Looks like an old man, with white hair all over. You just want me to be a young man with white hair, don’t you? I feel uneasy when I see you.” Li Zhiyuan was already lying on Xie Xuan’s lap at this time, staring at Xie Xuan with staring eyes. Xuan, staring at it made him angry, pulled Xie Xuan's collar and said, "Come here and give me a kiss."

Li Zhiyuan said so, Xie Xuan couldn't resist, he lifted him up a bit, when the two lips met, it was like thunder and fire, Li Zhiyuan consciously hugged Xie Xuan, inseparable.

One day later, it will be the grand ceremony. Li Zhiyuan went to the imperial mausoleum with the candle delivery team the day before, while Xie Xuan stayed in Beijing because his grade was not high enough to pay homage. Xie Xuan asked him to take care of Li Zhiyuan.Li Yong sincerely agreed, and Xie Xuan was relieved to stay in Dali Temple to try the case.

On that day, Xie Xuan was writing up the files of the case of Concubine Zhen. Through Chen Daniu's confession, they found out that King Yi and his party had placed people in the imperial army. The imperial army was supposed to protect the emperor's health. There is no doubt that tigers are infested.After writing for a while, the writing suddenly became unstable, and a large piece of ink stained the file black. Xie Xuan couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes, and was about to rewrite it, when suddenly someone came from outside, Xie Xuan recognized that it was Li Yong's secret son, today should be He went to the grand festival with him.

"I have met Mr. Xie." Anzi clasped his fists and saluted.

"No, what's the matter? But something went wrong during the grand ceremony?" Li Zhiyuan was in the imperial mausoleum, Xie Xuan couldn't help it.

"Yes, halfway through the sacrificial ceremony, the high priest suddenly went mad and wanted to assassinate the emperor. The emperor was so blessed that the high priest's actions were hidden from the queen's insight, and the queen blocked the sword with her body, so the pen finally escaped. But Longyan was furious, It is necessary to thoroughly investigate this matter, not only that, but the matter of the great sacrifice is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. If it is really pursued, the two adults of the Li family may not be able to escape the blame. Mr. Li said that this case is related to the safety of the emperor, and it is very likely that the third division will meet Judge, let me come back and let you know, so I can make preparations."

Hearing this sad news, Xie Xuan felt as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, terrified and uneasy, worried about Li Zhiyuan all the time, but he was alone and not there, even if Li Yong brought back the news to him, he would have no way to deal with it. "Master Li, do you have any other explanations? You were there at the time, and can you see what happened?"

"Returning to my lord, the villain is present. At the beginning of the great sacrifice, the national teacher finished the sacrificial speech. The emperor and the queen stood on the altar. The high priest was doing the practice. There was nothing wrong with it before, but suddenly he saw the queen flash and pushed the emperor. One, and then the two of them fell to the ground. Fortunately, the commander of the imperial forest army, Liu Jin, Lord Liu, guarded the altar, and quickly caught the high priest with his eyes and hands, so that the emperor and empress could be kept safe. If there is any surprise, It's the Queen."

"Queen?"

"Yes. The emperor was assassinated and wanted to take the high priest into custody on the spot. The queen stopped, and asked Mr. Liu to check the high priest's body. After that, he immediately said that the high priest was poisoned. The villain doesn't know much about poisons. I don’t know what kind of poison in this world can change people’s temperament drastically and can be completely controlled by people. At that time, the empress only said it was poisoning, but didn’t say what kind of poison it was, so I don’t understand it.”

"Brother Li said that his younger brother is proficient in poison theory. If the queen said that he was poisoned, then he must be very close. If nothing else, the person who can poison the high priest must be someone who knows the schedule of the day. The High Priest has a lot of relationships. So, you, take the two people beside me, and go quickly to find out where the High Priest has been for the past half month, where he often goes, and who has the most contact with. You must return to Beijing when the Emperor I found out some clues before." Xie Xuan said sharply.

After Anzi left, Xie Xuan didn't stop. He hastily closed the file of Concubine Zhen's case, and sent someone to bring him to justice. He himself called a carriage, and he planned to go to the High Priest's mansion himself.It took an hour for the carriage to go back from the imperial mausoleum to the imperial city, and it took two quarters of an hour for Anzi to come back quickly. The damage to the emperor's dragon body is a major matter. Even if it turns out that someone did it deliberately, the Li family father and son The person in charge of the Temple Department and the other is the person in charge of the Rites Department. This crime of negligence cannot escape.What he can do now is to seize the opportunity before the brigade returns to Beijing, and check how much is as much as possible. I am afraid that he will not know what is going on until Li Yong returns.

Xie Xuan has always handled things with ease, but this time he was in a state of panic and kept urging his driver to hurry up on the carriage.When he arrived at the high priest's mansion, he handed over his name card, indicating that he had something important to see his wife.This priest is from the previous dynasty. He has been doing this business for many years. In the previous dynasty, the emperor believed in this matter and treated him very well. Now he is a young minister of Dali Temple, and when he comes to this lady, his rank is lower than that, so he can only bow obediently.

Madam came late, she was dozing off at first glance and was woken up by Xie Xuan, with a displeased expression on her face.

"Xie Xuan has seen Madam."

"Forget it." Madam waved her hand to signal Xie Xuan to sit down, "The number one scholar in Jinke has been in Dali Temple for less than half a month. Today, by coincidence, some wind has blown you, a big celebrity, to the residence."

"Madam is well-versed in books and rituals, and also familiar with the news in Beijing. You should know that Dali Temple is not a good place, and there is nothing good for the people inside. It is really helpless for Xie Xuan to disturb you today. Madam, you know that the high priest is ,problem occurs."

"What happened?" Madam was surprised when she heard the words, and then burst out laughing, "Okay, okay, okay! It's good that something happened to someone like him. Isn't this the day I've been waiting for day and night? Serve it right."

"The reason why madam is like this is because I don't know what happened to the high priest." Madam's reaction has already told Xie Xuan that the relationship between the two is not harmonious, but he still feels that this lady is a breakthrough, so he said kindly, "Madam It can be seen that the high priest wanted to kill the king on the altar today, but was taken down on the spot by the Imperial Forest Army. What is the crime of killing the king, I don’t need to say it again, the lady can have today’s glory, all the clothes and food are given by the high priest, villain I don’t know why the High Priest provoked Madam to hate him so much, but Madam don’t understand the truth? This is a serious crime against the Nine Clans. If the High Priest makes any mistakes, Madam thinks that she will be unscathed?”

"Killing the king? Mr. Xie has listened too much. My master is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. That is known to the late emperor. Does your lord know what is the crime of spreading such news in private?" Madam didn't believe it, and looked at Xie Xuan coldly.

"Ma'am, I have a relationship with the high priest. If there is nothing wrong, why should I do such things to wrong him? This is absolutely true. The brigade is rushing back from the imperial mausoleum. Shichen will arrive in Beijing. I will come here today because the emperor felt that there was something wrong with this matter and wanted to find out the matter, so he sent me back first, so as to grasp some opportunities before the trial of the third division. Madam may not believe me now, but again After half an hour, it will be too late for Madam to come to me when she receives the news." Xie Xuan was impatient, but tried to calm down, "I don't know about the rift between Madam and the high priest, but Madam should know which is more important. .”

"You, what you said is true? How dare he kill the king?" Madam began to hesitate.

"It's absolutely true, if Xie Xuan has half a lie, madam can ask the high priest to give me a copy in front of the emperor. How dare I make a joke about this as a small official who has just entered the officialdom."

"He killed the king. I don't know anything. What is your lord looking for me today? I'm just a woman who doesn't know anything."

"Don't worry, ma'am. Today, I just want to know that my lord's diet has always been taken care of by my wife? Has there been any newcomers in the house recently? I may need to see the roster of the population in my wife's house." Xie Xuan felt relieved when he saw that his wife had relaxed a little. .

"What is the relationship between regicide and daily life?"

"This matter is related to the case. It is inconvenient for Xie Xuan to reveal too much to Madam. Madam only needs to tell me what she knows."

"I, I didn't take care of his daily life." Madam said with a black face, "That goddamn man hasn't been home since two years ago, and I take care of this big priest's mansion alone. I don’t know. He met some new friends. He took him to those romantic places every day. I went to him twice, but he dared to get angry with me and beat me. In the past, he took over from my father. If it wasn't my father who came here, how could he have achieved what he is today. Now he treats me like this..."

"Madam said that the high priest has moved out, but who knows where?"

"In another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, it is his own private property bought outside. He made all the arrangements for the personnel inside. I can't arrange it. I don't know who lives in his courtyard. I went there once. Seeing him prostitution with this woman who is a man in the capital, he never went there again. The money in the courtyard was also taken from his private account. Thinking about it, it was a courtyard anyway, and he must have no intention of taking care of it. It is estimated that the vixen is also in charge. If the adults want to watch him eat and drink, they can only return in vain."

"It's okay, it's best for Madam to tell the truth, and please also tell me the address of the other hospital."

Xie Xuan got the address of the other courtyard from his wife, but he didn't go there directly. Firstly, the place is far away from the priest's mansion. It would take at least half an hour to go there, and he would miss the big team returning to Beijing. Time; secondly, this trip is not completely fruitless, I got an address, if the high priest is really poisoned, the poison is probably still in the other courtyard, but if there is a search, something will happen, Li Yong stamped the official seal For official documents, he doesn't have this.So I could only send someone over to watch, to see if there was anything abnormal in the whole mansion, and then I went to Li Mansion by car.

Xie Xuan was in time, when he arrived, Li Yong's horse happened to be at the gate of Li Mansion.

"Brother Li, brother Li." Seeing Li Yong as a life-saving straw, Xie Xuan asked, "How is the situation?"

"It seems that my people have already told you, how can we make any arrangements?" Li Yong and Xie Xuan walked into the house.

"The man said that the queen said he was poisoned, so I checked in this direction. I went to the high priest's mansion just now, only to find that he no longer lives in the mansion. Madam gave me the address of his other courtyard. I'm going to Sofu, waiting for your official seal."

"That's good. The empress seems to be hurt. The emperor was so angry that he decreed that all the people in the Ministry of Rites should be imprisoned, including Uncle Li and his family. I just begged for mercy on the way, and they were all locked up in Dali Temple. From time to time, they will be escorted, which is convenient for you to arrange, and will not wrong the two of them. The queen asked me to come back and bring him a book. Don't worry, I will intercede for them when I enter the palace. The emperor is not an unreasonable person. It’s good to calm down. The interrogation of the third department is estimated to be in three days, so you should hurry up, and it’s best to find evidence, so that the emperor can calm down.” Li Yong said and took out a bunch of keys from his waist, “This This is the key to my room, this is the key to the cabinet, and you can stamp the official seal on the document yourself."

Xie Xuan thanked him again and again, took the key and hurried to Dali Temple.When he returned to Dali Temple, he immediately asked people to pack up two good cells and left, and he also asked people to carry over all the sheets and bedding he had left here for his lunch break, and he also added two stoves.He himself went to Li Yong's house to do a search document.After these things were done, someone from outside reported that all the people from the Ministry of Rites had come here today.