Records of the King of Xin'an County

When hundreds of Jinwu guards broke into the other courtyard of Yang's family and coldly took away all the scholars involved in the case without any explanation, the faces of other scribes all turned pale.The scholars who were taken away by them panicked, wailed and shouted, howled and begged for mercy, or excused each other.

Even Yang Qian and Zheng Qin have never experienced such a scene.All words are powerless in the face of force.From the beginning to the end, the Jinwu Guards regarded them as nothing—indeed, they were just civil servants of the eighth and ninth ranks, and they were nothing in front of the fourth-rank and fifth-rank captains Zhechong and Guoyi.And their fame means nothing to military officers.

The armors and horizontal knives worn by these strong and tall Jinwu Guards all reflected cold light, which made the faces of the two shape heads seem to lose a little blood.Although Du Chongfeng was not a prisoner, he was also taken away with the scholars who were sitting around just now because he could testify from the sidelines.He glanced back, his gaze passed Yang Qian and Zheng Qin, and he landed on Prince Xian behind the crowd.Wang Zixian looked at him from afar with an extremely indifferent expression.

At this moment, no one spoke, or even moved, and the entire Yang family courtyard seemed to be in a strange silence.

Inside the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, there is still a scene of spring.The sage, whose anger had subsided temporarily, was taking his two daughters and nephew to practice calligraphy to sharpen their minds.While Princess Changning was teaching Princess Yongan to paint with a brush, the saint suddenly asked in a low voice, "Xuan Qi, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"

Li Hui pondered for a moment, then Fang replied: "Uncle, I feel that the source of the rumor must be found out, so that the matter can be completely quelled. Otherwise, just by treating these few, there may be other people talking behind the scenes, looking for it." There are no more than a thousand scholars who have qualified for the provincial examination, and they can always find traces after checking." Only by making this matter as big as possible can it play the role of scaring chickens and monkeys.Of course, blindly suppressing Zi Xian's reputation will be bad, and it is the best policy to find other ways.

"Although I have ordered the three divisions to investigate strictly, they may think that this is just a small case. If you take this case lightly, there will always be negligence—Xuan Qi, why don't you and Jing Xing inspect this case, you How do you feel?" The sage asked casually, the words he wrote were still round and calm, without any signs of distraction.

But Li Hui stopped writing, hesitatingly said: "Uncle, my son and cousin have never experienced it before. This matter is so important, and it's another case... If something goes wrong..."

The saint picked up the cinnabar pen, circled his poorly written words, and smiled lightly: "This is the experience of the two of you. Anyway, you are already sixteen, and you should learn to share my worries. From here Let's start with the matter. If it is done well, I will give you some real deficiencies; if it is not done well, then continue to supervise the case and accumulate some experience. Otherwise, I will see you doing nothing every day, or fighting with the group of dudes in the clan. Playing on horseback all day long, or staying in the mansion all day long—how can I explain to my second and third brothers? How can I explain to my grandpa?"

"Uncle trusts the child so much, the child will do his best and will never disappoint the uncle." Li Hui had no choice but to promise.

Seeing that he still seemed to be a little nervous, the saint pointed out again: "Don't worry, you don't have to interfere with their handling of the case, but you have to ask them how they are doing at any time. Especially the confession must be reported to me in its entirety. If someone makes an inexplicable confession It must not be ignored." After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "The reputations of your cousins ​​are all tied to this case, and nothing can go wrong."

"Don't worry about it, baby." Li Hui heard what he meant, and thought to himself: It really wasn't his illusion, there might be a deeper plot hidden behind these rumors.Princess Anxing endured it for so many years, and finally she couldn't wait to start moving.However, if you wait until she starts to act before dealing with it, it will be too late, and you can only be used as a pawn by her involuntarily.She searched and searched, and if she could find it, it was just an abandoned child she left behind.

I hope that this case can disturb her plan a little bit, even if it just makes her unsatisfactory for a while, it must not let her always have the upper hand.If she can't act according to her will, and she is prone to make mistakes when she is in a hurry to calculate, then it is their opportunity.Of course, for him, the most important thing in this case is not Princess Anxing, nor is it the layout that seems to have nothing - but to do his best to protect Wang Zixian and Princess Changning, who was imprisoned by innocent people.

It wasn't until after the curfew that Li Hui returned to Prince Pu's Mansion in an ox cart in the palace.Because of the escort of palace guards and Qianniu guards, the patrolling Jinwu guards and Wuhou of Yankangfang let them go all the way.After he returned to the mansion, he ordered Zhang Fu's mother to reward the accompanying escorts, and left them to rest in Prince Pu's mansion.

At this time, heavy snow fell from the sky profusely, and the fierce cold wind roared like a knife.When the wind and snow hit the human body, it was like a cold blade cutting intermittently, which was really uncomfortable.However, the palace man and Qian Niuwei still declined the kindness of Prince Pu's mansion, and still insisted on returning to the palace to report.Li Hui was not reluctant, and ordered the trilogy in the mansion to escort them out of Yankangfang before returning.

When he returned to the West Road main courtyard, Wang Zixian was standing quietly in front of the corridor of the bedroom, looking at him from afar.The lights behind him were brightly lit, and the outline of his whole body had a dim and warm light, but the expression on his face was hidden in the darkness, as if he had merged with the night.Even so, Li Hui still seemed to be able to feel his emotions at this moment from his gaze.

For his apology, worry, and concern, for the enemy's anger and even cold killing intent.Such contradictory and complicated emotions actually appeared on his best friend who has always been a gentleman, which made him feel incredible, but it seemed extremely natural.No matter who encounters such a thing, it is absolutely impossible to maintain absolute calm, and it is even more impossible to easily forgive those opponents who intend to destroy him.

And Wang Zixian looked greedily at Li Hui who was approaching every step of the way.He has been waiting here for a long time. When Li Hui's figure vaguely appeared in front of the courtyard, before he realized that it was the person he had been waiting for for a long time, his heart burst out instinctively. A sense of surprise and strong affection.And until Li Hui gradually approached, and finally his whole body was bathed in the light, he reluctantly withdrew the affection overflowing from his sight.

Li Hui's eyes fell on the layer of snow accumulated on his body involuntarily: "Why don't you go in and wait? With my strong body, I'm tormenting myself like this, so I'm not afraid of catching the cold?" After all, he couldn't bear it Help him brush off the snowflakes on his head and shoulders: "This matter is not your fault, why do you stand in the snow and plead guilty to me?"

Although he knew that he was just joking, Wang Zixian still replied with a wry smile: "No, of course I was at fault for this matter. Perhaps everything has gone so smoothly recently, I am indeed a little slack and a little too arrogant. I thought Being able to use rumors to provoke Yang Qian to deal with Zheng Qin, causing them both to lose, but I don't want them to link up silently to deal with me—oh, I really think highly of me."

"They are all aware of the threat you bring, and they are afraid that you will come from behind, so they want to work together to get rid of you." Li Hui pushed him into the hall, and a warm breath came over his face, and his limbs and bones seemed to be resurrected. Warmth welled up, "I have to say, the timing and method they chose was really unexpected, and they almost ruined you—but I will never allow them to hurt you, and I will never let them do what they want come true."

will never allow... will never allow...

Wang Zixian suddenly turned around and hugged him into his arms: "Xuan Qi, thank you..." He would never know how much effort it took him to control those sudden and endless emotions when he heard these words. He will never know that when he is being protected today, the joy in his heart is stronger than anger in an instant; he will never know that he will never get rid of him in this life—no, forever and ever.

Xuan Qi, in this life, in this life, and in eternity, in this vast sea of ​​people, only you protect me, and my wish is enough.And I will definitely protect you at all costs, so that you will not be hurt by anyone, so that you can live as you want, and you will no longer be shackled by anyone or anything.

Li Hui was startled. After hesitating for a moment, he glanced at Mrs. Zhang and all the maids who were still in shock, and then very slowly wrapped his arms around Prince Xianjin's thin and strong waist. He coughed in embarrassment: "The... etiquette of the Hu people?"

Prince Xian closed his eyes, rested his chin on his shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Yes, the etiquette of barbarians. Xuan Qi, you are a quick learner."

"..." Li Hui was speechless for a while.In fact, he really didn't want to learn, but he just felt sorry for his best friend who was misunderstood in front of everyone, and it didn't end well.If more people saw it, it would be enough to remind him of the time when he had no choice but to throw himself into the arms of his grandfather or grandpa—the feeling of having nothing to love and having no face to face—he must explicitly prohibit someone from doing this kind of thing again. Hu people's etiquette.

"...May I ask, how long will this kind of etiquette last?"

"It's as long as you want to go, don't be too rigid."

"Zixian, you can let go."

"...Unfortunately..." Wang Zixian chuckled and raised the corners of his lips.

Li Hui glanced at him: "We should talk about the serious business." He signaled Zhang Fu's mother and others to step back, and then went to the desk and wrote down the names of Yang Qian and Zheng Qin.After thinking for a while, he wrote Du Chongfeng's name again: "Zixian, you don't seem to worry about your future at all?"

"Now that we are not in a desperate situation, there is really no need to worry." Wang Zixian looked more relaxed than him, "What's more, Xuan Qi, don't you want to protect me?"

Li Hui raised his eyes and looked at him seriously for a long while: "Have you not drunk today?" Why is your temperament so changeable?It was completely different from the past, as if he lost his composure because of some great joy?

Wang Zixian smiled and shook his head: "Okay, let's not mention these naughty jokes. Xuan Qi, you should have a countermeasure? Why don't you talk about it and see if we have a good understanding?"