female catcher

The breeze blew the bell three or two times, and the red stove simmered a few pieces of incense.

The wind chimes are light and the tea is abundant. Sitting on the mat table facing the window, the elegant young man scoops out the brewed fragrant tea to add to his friends. The water cup is seventy percent full, and the leaf stalk floats a leaf. The fragrance is overflowing and refreshing.

Zhu Hongyan put down the tea set in his hand, raised his sleeves and greeted with a smile.Nangong Biluo looked at the steaming fragrant tea in front of her, calmed down and took it lightly, savoring it carefully.

The water brushes the gums and passes through the throat, sweet and refreshing, with endless aftertaste, and the fragrance on the teeth and cheeks.

Nangong Biluo was stunned after drinking, moved away the teacup and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Dragon tongue printed with snow?"

"That's right, the dragon tongue is printed with snow." Zhu Hongyan also filled a cup of hot tea for himself in a porcelain cup with no pattern, but he just held the cup and looked at it for a while without tasting it before putting it down. The purple sand is the most exquisite, but the Ge Kiln white porcelain is as thin as paper, white as jade, sound like a scorpion, bright as a mirror, glazed smooth, stable shape, with dragon tongue printed snow, entertaining Nangong Biluo, it is the most beautiful and most suitable .”

Nangong Biluo smiled wryly when he heard that, put down his teacup and said with emotion: "Your Highness loves you, but Nangong Biluo can't afford this—precious things to reward meritorious officials, good generals, high officials and dignitaries. Whether it was before or now."

Zhu Hongyan also smiled when he heard it, "There is something in the words, if you have already tasted the taste of the dragon's tongue and the snow, why can't you afford it? Nangong, this king has always admired you because you are a smart person."

"Wrong, I'm just not smart enough so I can only be a fast catcher." Nangong Biluo shook his head, and said seriously: "I can only be a fast catcher, unlike the prince who strategizes and manipulates everything in his hands, even a pinch of fragrant tea. There are hidden mysteries. You came back from Jiangnan to invite me once, and now again, I can’t fully understand the meaning of the two times I have dealt with this Dragon Tongue Yinxue. For such a long time, I didn’t realize it, dull, ignorant, madness."

"Actually, it's more than two times. Obviously, you have already noticed and investigated when you were in Yingchunyuan, didn't you? Why are you so self-deprecating? If it were someone else, I would definitely not be so attentive, and many things would have been revealed long ago. Out of control." Zhu Hongyan also became serious, "Nangong, only you can understand me."

"My lord, I don't understand that on the one hand, you play us around as the 'culprit' of the corpse building, and on the other hand, you leave flaws everywhere for me to notice. Even if I am close to the truth, I can't understand it. Reading your mind, I don't understand why you want to stop the corpse building on yourself, so I won't be the one who understands you." Nangong Biluo looked at the person she had known for many years as a good friend, If everything she thinks, no amount of hot tea can warm her chilly body.

She put the two jade tablets on the table, it was none other than the sprite jade tablet, and she combined them into one and pushed it over. "The sprites and jade cards are combined into one, or are they originally divided into two? My lord, were the Song Qingtian family killed by the real owner of Dragon Tongue Yinxue, or did you send someone to kill them?"

"The sprite jade card." Zhu Hongyan held the jade card in a daze for a moment, then smiled and said with emotion: "It seems that you have found out more than I imagined, and you brought me the jade card specially, saying that you couldn't find it." Guess, it’s too modest. I sent someone to kill Song Qingtian’s family. The person who sent me the dragon tongue and Yinxue didn’t even notice the Song family’s affairs. If they are taken away, other people are even less likely. Originally, Duke Song was loyal to the emperor and loved the people, and he was thoughtful and careful in his actions. This king has neither intersection nor grudges with him, but after all, it is God's will to play tricks on people. In addition to this king, Jue Mai is also the son of Duke Song, so I also paid attention to their family, and I just saw through the abnormality of the Song family. He can't arrive in Beijing, especially he can't be sent back to Beijing in Wang Jin's hands, otherwise my The chess game is pointless."

Nangong Biluo glanced at the chessboard not far away, frowned and said: "My lord, is everything you have done up to now a conspiracy to cover up the truth, or is it just a game? Are you willing to put a high wall behind you for To protect the man, or to abandon the car to protect the handsome man, to cut off his tail to survive?"

Zhu Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "Hahaha, life is a game in this king's place. Whether you play it well or not depends not on whether you win or not, but on whether the ending is as you expected. I am in your heart Too insidious and cunning, or too unfathomable, so that you would ask this? Nangong, how much do you really know?"

Nangong Biluo didn't intend to continue playing riddles anymore, she cut to the chase and said, "There is a secret agent named Zhou Changde in the gate of the Song Mansion, and under his guidance, I discovered a secret military secret in an unnamed mountain at the junction of the north and the south." The base, which belonged to the Sirius Army during the former emperor's time, also found clues to the killing of Liu Wenjie and Zhang Wenbo there, especially the files stolen from Liu Wenjie's hands. The file records are just a few ordinary cases on the border of Xiguan , but I read many files of the dynasty along with these trivial cases, and it seems that some deeds of the generals of the Sirius Army who quelled the turmoil in Xiguan were connected in series, and I also mentioned the prominent Zheng family in Xiguan, that is, you and the prince..."

She didn't continue talking, because Zhu Hongyan stared at her and smiled, his peach eyes that were like spring breeze were stained with melancholy. The number one intelligence dealer, I thought that all the information that should be destroyed has been destroyed. I didn’t expect you to find out what Liu Wenjie had. Where did Zhou Changde come from? Nangong, you don’t know me, who will? And me?"

Zhu Hongyan raised his head and looked directly into Nangong Biluo's eyes, "Let's stop here, Nangong. What you have to do now is to forget the truth of your approach, don't care about anything, and continue to be your fair and strict first female arrester of Ming Dynasty. Punish traitors for the court."

"Just and strict?" Nangong Biluo sneered, "My lord, do you still deserve these four words if you don't care about anything? Does the traitor mean Wang Jin, or yourself? Or is it not just your person behind this matter?" The owner of Dragon Tongue Yinxue, and your elder brother, who is the current Holy One, you..."

"It's about my Great Ming Dynasty." Zhu Hongyan interrupted Nangong Biluo, "Nangong, I have already taken out your chess pieces from this game, which means you can withdraw from my plan, so don't continue to pester me , otherwise you will find your own dead end. Not only Nangong Mansion, Tianwai Mountain Villa, Chivalrous Hall, Wulin League, Shaolin Temple, Huaiyin Gang, Liuye Village, Thunder Martyrdom...anywhere that has anything to do with you can't stay out of it, you have nowhere You can escape, there is no way to retreat, you can only listen to me."

He spoke very calmly and in control, but also sincerely, "You have a passion for serving the country, and a chivalrous heart. Daming needs a talent like you. This king has always regarded you as a bosom friend. I never thought There is a friend like you. At first you were just the daughter of Nangong Haotian, but since you recommended yourself in the palace and asked me to help you enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and you were promoted to chief arrester in a short period of time, I knew you were a different person. I don’t want to kill you with a woman’s body and lofty ambitions. I want you to use your life to serve the court. I tell you the truth, although what I do is selfish, it is nothing more than thinking about my Ming Dynasty for generations to come. "

"Thousands of generations?" Nangong Biluo looked at Zhu Hongyan, and suddenly thought of Tang Huairen, and remembered that mysterious and mysterious experience.Zhuge Maqian, the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to say that it will last forever?And she is really just a head catcher, an ordinary official. "My lord, Nangong really doesn't understand your life game. I only know that the truth is always the truth, and it will eventually come to light. A dynasty can only last if all people work together. How many families are destroyed, and hundreds of surnames spring up and down. What the people want is not Whose life is just enough food and clothing for thousands of years, we are all simple, alive, and life is respected."

The female catcher stood up, clasped her fists and saluted. "My lord, farewell."

"Wait." Zhu Hongyan stopped her, looked at her back for a while, and then emphasized: "You should understand that not all the truth must be revealed, this king knows that the people are very simple, but sometimes stability requires sacrifice. It's rare for a person to be confused, so if you forget this matter, you can just treat it as a compromise for the stability of the court? And Wang Jin, this king will not let him have a good end, isn't that bad?"

"It's good that Wang Jin is dead, but Nangong is afraid of what you're doing, my lord." Nangong Biluo didn't look back, "I also know that stability is not easy. The law of the emperor. I take the sword to be loyal to the Mingjun and the virtuous ministers. Son, be blunt. What is a chivalrous heart? It is just a chivalrous man who helps the weak, a righteous man who eliminates evil, a kind and gentle heart, and a body made of steel and iron."

"I am in awe of my father and mother, I am in awe of Lord Wang and Li Heng, I am in awe of all the upright and upright officials, and even my girl Liushang. They all dare to take the livelihood of thousands of people with their own bodies. I respect my master, Jian Chi Ren Canghai , Chivalrous Hall, Wulin League, and even Meiji, although they have violated the Dao, they have not lost their pure and true heart, and they have not forgotten their original intentions. But I am only for the prince, I admire your ingenuity, But I can't respect and respect, we have met so far, even though we are friends, we are sad." Nangong Biluo sighed, and looked back at Zhu Hongyan, "I just want to thank you, so I can do it for myself."

Nangong Bi Luosi and her acquaintance with Zhu Hongyan, this friend had a profound influence on her life, but in the end she did not share the same path, heartbroken, she also took something out of her bosom, and threw it on the chessboard. "Life is like chess, but not every step is predictable in the game, because of the unknown, there are infinite possibilities."

Zhu Hongyan remained silent, Nangong Biluo didn't want to stay here anymore, just stepped out of the threshold, but at this moment an acquaintance official rushed over and eagerly whispered in her ear for a while.The visitor was covered by the door frame, so Zhu Hongyan couldn't see it, and he didn't care about it. He saw Nangong Biluo's expression was surprised, and then he heard her say: "My lord, Yang Heping is dead."

"The Seven Children's Gate was also destroyed by the fire, no one survived, and only iron hooves remained in front of the gate."

Zhu Hongyan's eyes trembled, but when Nangong Biluo looked at him, his expression remained calm as usual, which made Nangong Biluo shake his head involuntarily, and he didn't say anything more or turn his head and leave.Zhu Hongyan was absent-minded for a long time after she left before he remembered to go to the chessboard to see what Nangong Biluo had dropped.

After taking a closer look, there were only two more black and white pieces on the board. Zhu Hongyan held it in his hand and immediately understood what was going on. The piece he personally handed over to her returned to the board, and there was an extra black piece.His chess game was a little unexpected, he clenched the chess pieces tightly, with a look of joy and sorrow on his face, he shook his head and said: "Hehehe, Nangong, ah Nangong, this is the end of the matter, you don't dare to reveal the secret, I want to see What else would you do?"

Smiling and laughing, the smile disappeared, he took out the sprite jade tablet and put it in his hand, but whispered in his mouth: "Ping'er..."

After Nangong Biluo left Zhu Hongyan's prison, she also stood outside the high wall and looked up at the sky for a long time. The blue sky and white clouds, when the clouds covered the sun and cast a shadow, she left slowly.