Placid Chang'an

Xiaosun still remembered that night, Mr. Su led him and a few yamen servants towards Xingqing Palace with a determined face and no fear.

He was just a handyman serving tea and water in the front yamen, and he also took care of the yard cleaning and passing the news back and forth. He didn't have much fun on weekdays, just watching Mr. Xue playing the board or Mr. Zhang doing Tai Chi. He had never encountered any major events in his life.If you had to say that being dragged to the Ministry of Rites that day was considered one of them, it just so happened that this Master Su also took him there.

But the Xingqing Palace I went to this time lived in the big man who would shake the city of Chang'an if he sneezed, let alone at this hour, not to mention people, not even a single ghost could be found on the street. , A little night wind passed through the alley, and the blowing made people feel hairy.

But look at the Master Su who took the lead in front, with a jade-like complexion, clear eyebrows, obviously still has the appearance of a young man, but he did something that no one dared to do.

Wisdom is like orchid, bamboo is proud, is this the kind of person you are talking about?

The lights outside the Xingqing Palace were still brightly lit, and at the same time they were greeted by the most powerful imperial guards in the Dazhou territory. Everyone was wearing armor and holding long|guns, and treated them severely.

Su Cen naturally knew that breaking into Xingqing Palace would be tantamount to courting death, so he said directly, "I want to see Qi Lin."

Fortunately, the guards of Xingqing Palace still remembered Su Cen, so they didn't directly arrest Su Cen as an assassin. After hesitating again and again, they still sent a follower in to communicate.

When Qi Lin came over and saw the person coming, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, this person was still calm and calm during the day, but now his eyes are scarlet and his face is stern, he is completely different from before.After returning to his senses, he took a few steps forward and saluted the person with his sword in his arms.

Su Cen was not polite, and said directly: "Forgive me for bothering guard Qi late at night, Dali Temple handles the case, please hand over Xiao Yuanchen."

Qi Lin frowned, "What's wrong?"

"Murder."

Qi Lin pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "Master fell asleep."

Su Cen said: "The Xiao Yuanchen I want will not disturb the prince."

"Master fell asleep." Qi Lin said it again.

Su Cen immediately understood that the lord fell asleep, and the bed attendant might also fall asleep. If he wanted to lift someone from Prince Ning's bed at the moment of spring night, even if he had ten heads, it would not be enough to cut him off.

After all, he climbed onto the dragon bed and got his wish.

Su Cen felt empty for no reason, instead he was not afraid of anything, and smiled at Qi Lin, "Then guard Qi, please wake up the prince, and let him sleep with him."

Qi Lin looked at Su Cen in embarrassment, before he could decide what to say, he heard footsteps approaching behind him, and patted Su Cen lightly on his shoulder.

Qi Lin turned his head slightly, bowed and retreated.

This was the first time Su Cen had seen this person so closely in several months.

Still so high above, looking down on all living beings, wearing a robe casually, but looks like a king.Looking at him with a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling, but also seemed to have nothing, stretched out his hand and stroked the side of his face lightly, and said, "I lost weight."

It was an understatement, but he had to clench his nails into the flesh with both hands to stop his trembling.

At that moment, the emotion that he had kept in his heart for several months was like water breaking through a dam, rampaging in his chest, almost drowning him, every drop of water had a name, called—grievance.

He held on when he was alone and helpless in the hall, he held on when he saw blood and flesh flying in the hall, he held on when he was drunk and no one hugged him to bed, but in the end he was defeated because of two words.

Su Cen, you are really promising.

Su Cen took two steps back, hiding himself in the shadows, bowed his head respectfully, and said, "My lord."

Li Shi gently lifted a strand of hair that was hanging down from his temples, and asked, "You still not resting at this late hour?"

"I……"

Before he could make a sound, he was interrupted, only to hear someone calling "My Lord~" coquettishly from the side.

His long hair hangs down his shoulders, his chest is slightly open, the man is still a bit sleepy, his body seems to have no muscles and bones, he tugs on Li Shi's sleeves, and leans his head gently on the man's shoulder.

Su Cen woke up in an instant.

I'm afraid the two of them were still lingering on the bed on the way he rushed here.

What is this?Do you regret begging for mercy after the beginning?What is he?A meager handout to a former favorite?

Su Cen took another step back, and the lock of temple hair fell out of his hands, and said respectfully: "The death of an official has disturbed the lord, I'm afraid the son will have to go with us."

Appropriate courtesy of the monarch and ministers, cold and alienated restraint.

Li Shi frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanchen, and asked softly, "What are you doing again?"

There was an undisguised pampering in the words.

Obviously, he knew what Xiao Yuanchen did, but he didn't care.

"I don't have one," Xiao Yuanchen said to Li Shijiao, then frowned at Su Cen: "You want me to lose money, but didn't I pay it all? What else do you want?"

Su Cen said coldly, "I don't know that money can buy two lives."

"What?" Xiao Yuanchen was obviously taken aback.

Su Cen continued: "Your Majesty respectfully invites your son to accompany me back to Dali Temple to assist in the investigation of a murder case."

"Murder case?" Li Shi turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanchen again.

"I didn't!" Xiao Yuanchen was obviously panicked, and he tightly tugged on Li Shi's sleeve, "My lord, I don't..."

Looking at Su Cen fiercely: "You framed me, you framed me!"

"Whether it is framed or not, the court will know for itself."

"I won't go...My lord, I won't go..." Xiao Yuanchen stubbornly tugged on Li Shi's sleeve, almost pleading, "He will torture me, I won't go..."

Li Shi patted the man's hand lightly, Xiao Yuanchen was just about to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw that hand tore him off his sleeve without hesitation.

"?!"

"Go early and return early." Li Shi said.

"My lord..." The tears in Xiao Yuanchen's eyes burst down in an instant, and the pear blossoms were crying with rain on his slightly childish face. Su Cen's heart twitched, only to see that Prince Ning gently wiped it away with his fingertips. Tears of people, said: "If you didn't do it, no one would dare to blame you."

The implication is... If you do what you do, no one can protect you.

Li Shi retracted his hands and turned around, his clothes fluttered and disappeared in the dimly lit place, the gate of Xingqing Palace was closed again, but there was an extra person in front of the gate who had lost his soul.

This Prince Ning really clearly divided power and sex.

"Take it away." Su Cen said.

Inside the yamen of Dali Temple, the lights were brightly lit, and everyone stood in awe, holding sticks in their hands, completely different from the lazy demeanor in the daytime.

When Xiao Yuanchen saw the two corpses in the morgue hall, he froze instantly, and kneeling under the hall no longer had the air he had during the day.

Su Cen said coldly: "The Chengmen saw that you left the city gate at [-] o'clock in Shenshi and came back at Youshi. The whip marks on the mother and son match the blood on your whip, and the dirt in the horseshoe also matches the blood stains on the scene of the crime." Agreed, what else do you have to say?"

"I didn't!" Xiao Yuanchen raised his face, weeping and pitiful, "I didn't kill them, I just... I just wanted to teach them a lesson, and whipped them a few times to vent their anger..."

"Xie Huo..." Su Cen suppressed the rampant anger in his chest, "They just got what they deserved, why do you teach them? Did you ever think that these are just a pair of weak orphans and widows when you hit them? Mother, you pumped them all the way into the gutter, have you ever thought that there are so many rocks in the gutter that they might never be able to climb up again?!"

"I...I..." Xiao Yuanchen had already started to tremble slightly, "I didn't intend to kill them..." He quickly changed his words: "They, I didn't kill them... They were fine when I left, that child Still crying..."

"So you just let them die there, right?" Su Cen looked down at the pair of mother and child covered by a white cloth, his pupils trembling slightly, "It's true that they didn't die under your whip, but were severely injured by the rocks The head is dead. There is such a high deep ditch, surrounded by mud, you throw this pair of mother and child who are so bruised and bruised by you that you can’t stand up. How did they get out? The night is dark and the wind is high. When you climb up, if you slip down, you will be doomed, even if you didn't kill people with your own hands, you can't escape the responsibility!"

"It's not me!" Xiao Yuanchen stared at a pair of red phoenix eyes, his eyes were about to burst, he jumped up from the ground and rushed up, but he was firmly held down by the yamen guards on both sides, and he yelled at Su Cen: "You are the one who framed me! I want to tell the prince that you framed me! I didn’t kill the person, I don’t admit it! I don’t want your interrogation! I want to replace him!”

Su Cen lowered his eyebrows and closed the case file, "The evidence is convincing, no matter who tries it, it's the same, no one can protect you, you should do it yourself."

Waving his hand: "Shut up in the prison, waiting to be released."

Until the person was dragged far away, Xiao Yuanchen's curses were still heard, Su Cen stared blankly at the two corpses on the ground, and motioned for the left and right to back down.

In the final analysis, he is also responsible for this case. If he hadn't pushed Xiao Yuanchen too hard, Xiao Yuanchen would not have taken revenge after the case was closed.The two living lives died under the power, the law of heaven is clear, and they refuse to rest in peace.

The kid said that he wanted to be an official like him when he grows up, Su Cen couldn't help but smile wryly, what's the use of an official like him?You can't save them, and you can't get justice.

In the next life, reincarnate and find a good family, preferably like Li Shi, standing at the top of the power, not worrying about the sufferings of the world, how good it is.

The first cock crowing sounded in Chang'an City, and the first ray of morning light hit the two squares of white cloth. Su Cen rubbed his sore eye sockets, and saw a person coming towards the morning light, standing still in front of him, nodding his head slightly, "Master Su, I want to see you."

Su Cen supported the table and stood up, and waited for the dizziness in front of her to subside, nodded, "It's just right, I want to see him too."