The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

It was March, and it was raining.

As soon as the morning court, the two entered the imperial study.Eunuch Zhao calculated the time correctly and asked people to prepare a lot of food.

Xia Houzhan found that the proportion of sweets in the snacks was increasing, but there were fewer and fewer left.Like Jade Bean Cake, Lotus Root Flour Osmanthus Sugar Cake, I have seen it before.

"Your Majesty, take a look at this." Yu Zhuo wiped the crumbs from his hands, and said, "In the past few days, many children in Beijing have been lost, and they were handed over to Dali Temple for investigation, but they still failed."

After receiving the memorial, it turned out that there were quite a lot of them since the year after, and Xia Houzhan sneered, "What use do I need these trash!"

"This case is very involved. If it is not solved, I am afraid that there are children in the Beijing family, and everyone will be in danger." Yu Zhuo said, seeing the dried bean curd on the table, a whim occurred in his heart.

These human traffickers are extremely eye-catching, and they only catch small rich and noble families, officials of the fifth rank and above and rich businessmen, but all of them are safe and sound.

Xia Houzhan thought that things would not be so coincidental, so he asked, "Does Hengqing have any countermeasures?"

"Countermeasures...Your Majesty, have you ever thought about going out of the palace to investigate?" Yu Zhuo asked, "By the way, investigate the behavior of officials in Beijing?"

The light in the eyes flashed, but then dimmed very quickly, this is what Yu Zhuo saw.He believed that Xia Houzhan still didn't want to be trapped in the palace all day long.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Yu Zhuo could only smile, and continued: "Your Majesty is worried that being recognized will damage Longwei?"

The words were right, but Xia Houzhan was even more speechless. He picked up the tea and took a sip, not knowing how to answer.

"I have my own way, it depends on whether your Majesty believes in me or not."

"Okay, please tell me, Hengqing."

"I can't tell for a while. I will take a rest tomorrow. Your Majesty will come to the minister's mansion quietly." Yu Zhuo made a fool of himself, Xia Houzhan was a little annoyed, and his face was still neither happy nor angry.

After doing this calculation, Yu Zhuo found that he hadn't been home for almost half a month, and when he saw Xia Yubing's resentful little eyes, he was quite happy.He immediately said, "Ah Bing, go prepare the horse. I'm going to Dali Temple in the afternoon."

It was much easier for Yu Zhuo to take out the dossier from Dali Temple by using the emperor's name. Even so, the dawdling minister of Dali Temple also delayed him for nearly an hour.

On the rest day, before dawn, Xia Houzhan wore a black cloak to cover his face, and rushed to Zuo Xiangfu with Su Shixue, who was recently appointed as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.

Seeing his attire, Yu Zhuo couldn't help smiling, and called the sleepy Xia Yubing to prepare breakfast.

It was only then that Xia Yubing found out who the two strangely dressed people were in the room, and hurriedly knelt down.

"What nonsense are you talking about, this is Mr. Xia, go to have breakfast." Yu Zhuo ordered.

"Yes, the little one retire."

Both of them were dressed in ordinary clothes, and there were many rich and noble families in the capital, so they would not attract attention.Yu Zhuo led the two of them into a room and lit up the lights.

There is a half-length diorama in the room, under the candlelight and dazzling Yu Zhuo introduced: "This is a gift from a friend of the minister in Fuzhou, and I haven't seen it much in Jing Dynasty."

"Is Hengqing sold out?" Xia Houzhan was already confused by what he said.

"Go clean your face first." Yu Zhuo brought the washbasin and said to the two of them. After the two of them finished washing their faces, he said again, "Su Tong took the lead. This is some tricks I used to play when I was messing around in the rivers and lakes. It's a show of shame." .”

Yu Zhuo took a heavy wooden box, took out the contents one by one and placed them on the table, asking him to close his eyes.

Xiahou Zhanjian first used a thin gold wire to twist the fine hairs on Su Shixue's face, then applied a layer of transparent paste, and pasted some skins of different thicknesses on Su Shixue's face.Yu Zhuo didn't know what bottles and jars he took to smear it on, and the skin and face fit seamlessly.

"Commander Su, how about looking in the mirror?"

Su Shixue opened her eyes, only to see a strange man in the mirror.Xia Houzhan watched Yu Zhuo's actions the whole time. In less than half an hour, Su Shixue transformed from a thin and resolute young man into a puffy and round middle-aged man, which is really surprising.

"Stop touching your face, there is no problem maintaining it within a day."

"Don't make me too ugly." Xia Houzhan said when he sat in front of the mirror.

Yu Zhuo didn't expect him to say this, so he said, "Haha, don't worry, Your Majesty." In fact, it depends on the person how they turn out. Yu Zhuo just intends to disguise them as far away from me as possible.

Xia Houzhan's face shape belongs to the "extremely expensive" face in the mouth of the fortune teller. The face shape is square, and the facial features are not particularly outstanding, but there are no flaws.

Suddenly recalling the time when I met "General Yan" on the battlefield, I was amazed at the young man's white and perfect face, and as soon as I drew a picture, I couldn't remember the characteristics of this person.

Of course, in this case, it is a person who is very easy to shape. You can turn into whatever you want, and you don't even need to stick the skin.

After the end, the serious Su Shixue laughed in front of Yu Zhuo for the first time.

Xia Houzhan stared at Yu Zhuo for a while, looking at the suspected phoenix eyes flying sideways in the mirror, and his red lips slightly raised.Xia Yubing with breakfast.

"Oh, son, you are..." Xia Yubing was taken aback by this "stranger" who suddenly appeared.Yu Zhuo had already followed, patted Xia Houzhan on the shoulder and said, "Let's go out after breakfast, don't mention anything about the house to anyone."

Fortunately, he still recognized them by their clothes.

After breakfast, Yu Zhuo led the two of them to the yamen. Unexpectedly, the officials outside the yamen drove them out as soon as they heard the case of child abduction and trafficking they reported.

Yu Zhuo frowned, and persuasively said: "You don't even ask the person who reported the case's name, where he lives, and report it anyway."

"The governor said that this case has already been handed over to the minister of Dali Temple, so don't bring it up again, let alone Muxiu today, please make a visit." look.

Xia Houzhan said coldly: "Let's go."

When I arrived at Dali Temple and explained the reason, the official outside Dali Temple heard that it was a report, and said impatiently: "Today is a rest, and the case will not be heard."

"I know that the adults are taking a rest today, but the officials in the mansion don't take a rest, please let me know." Yu Zhuo said with a smile, "Besides, let me know in advance, you can come tomorrow, we are also involved in the case of child abduction and trafficking. victim."

"Go, go, my lord is already investigating, you can report to the prefect."

"The official of the capital's government office said that this matter is not in his hands. I... that's exactly the case, so I want to ask, how is this case handled?"

"This... Young Master, who are you, questioning here?" The official was not happy.

"Who am I and what does it have to do with you?"

"Don't you know the rules of Dali Temple? If you don't have an official position, you don't ask questions; if you are below the fifth rank, put it away first, and wait for the adults to think about it. If you are below the third rank, you can only go in for this price." .

"You! At the feet of the emperor, you are so violating the law and discipline, what should you do!"

Yu Zhuo grabbed Xia Houzhan's shoulder and said to the official: "Where are the first-rank officials meeting?"

"A first-rank official will come to Dali Temple to report to the official?" The official smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, "Then what is the purpose of the court hall, and what is the purpose of the emperor?"

Su Shixue immediately put her hand on the scabbard, and Yu Zhuo thought to herself, brother, please don't irritate these two.

"Forget it, if your lords think about it anytime, just say that Yu Hengqing is looking for him." As soon as he finished speaking, he dragged the two of them away.

Seeing Xia Houzhan's serious expression all the way, Yu Zhuo persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be angry."

"How can I not be angry?"

"What I mean by this is that the matter of getting angry is still to come."

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