Legend of the Orchid

At the beginning of May, the warm wind blows your arms, the brocade quilts are getting thinner, and the nightlife in Tokyo begins to grow longer. However, early this morning, there was a deafening drumming sound outside the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, which scared the birds to scatter and flutter in the air. Countless black lines rose up, as if someone had thrown a black fishing net.

The governor of Kaifeng Mansion drank a lot of wine last night, and had a light sleep at first, but now he had a splitting headache from the sound of drums, so he hurriedly asked the yamen servant: "What's going on?"

The yamen servant replied: "Someone was beating the drums to express grievances, a man and a woman." After thinking about it, he added: "It is the woman beating the drums."

It was Baochun who was beating the drum, and Zhong Lan was leaning on the pillar and watching her leisurely. In fact, not only the government servants in Kaifeng Mansion were surprised, but Zhong Lan was also a little surprised.

The governor was so sleepy that he yawned several times, waved his hands again and again, and muttered impatiently: "Get rid of them, let those two come back in the afternoon."

But the yamen servant said, "That man is Li Changshi."

The governor frowned, staring at his bloodshot eyeballs and asked, "Which Changshi Li?"

"It's the Li Changshi who presented the glass flying to His Majesty on the Shangyuan Festival."

The governor's expression changed immediately, and he yelled at the guards: "Hurry up!" He hurried to put on his official uniform, and rushed to the court without even caring about his meal.

At this moment, Zhong Lan was already waiting in the courtroom. He was sitting in the auditorium, with a smile on his lips, and Baochun was kneeling straight in the hall. Although his face was full of sorrow, his eyes were empty.

The governor was in a hurry, and ran to the courtroom with a flattering expression on his face. As soon as he sat down, he patted the gavel lightly, and without looking at other people, he only asked Zhong Lan with a smile, "Changshi Li is here. This mansion is full of splendor, dare to ask Li Changshi to visit today, what is the matter?"

Zhong Lan was stunned for a moment, and had the illusion that he was here as a guest. He immediately signaled Baochun: "Let my maid tell the story."

Only then did the governor glance at the woman in disheveled clothes and disheveled hair in the hall. The woman's face was swollen, covered with red marks, and her lips were cracked several times. When she spoke, the tear on her mouth Pi also shivered and moved, which made people feel pain for her.

Baochun cried and said, "My lord! Minnv wants to report on a man, and that person has insulted Minnv!"

The governor picked up his majesty and asked sharply, "Who is that person?"

Baochun said word by word, "It's Your Highness Zhao!"

The governor was shocked, and summoned a yamen servant, whispered something in his ear, then slapped the gavel hard, and angrily said: "Bold! Your Highness Zhao, how can you allow a lowly slander like you!"

Unexpectedly, Baochun was not afraid, went straight up against the wind, and said tearfully that when he was going out last night, he ran into His Highness Zhao's carriage, but His Highness Zhao forcibly took him away, and played with him all night before releasing him.

Baochun was not ashamed, and just said bluntly that His Highness was playing|playing with herself, Zhong Lan stared wide-eyed, realizing that she was still not skilled enough to make the puppet say some embellishing words, but this word made him inexplicably funny, laughing The worm had already been raging in his stomach, causing him to bite his lip and hold back a smile. Finally, he had to use the opportunity of drinking tea to cover his face with the teacup, his body was still trembling, and his pretty face was already flushed red.

The governor peeked at Li Zhonglan's expression, knowing that this matter was not easy, he couldn't help but feel a headache. Fortunately, he ushered in a savior not long after, but when he saw a tall man in court clothes striding towards the hall, Zhonglan's smile froze in an instant up.

The person who came was Zhao Guangyi, King of Jin. He should have just rushed over early in the morning. He was in a hurry, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

When he passed by Baochun, his brows moved slightly, but soon, he looked at Zhong Lan and greeted Zhong Lan with a mellow voice: "Young Master Li, you are safe here."

Zhong Lan really wanted to roll her eyes at that elegant smiling face, he came here today to punish Baochun and embarrass King Jin by the way.

As a last resort, the etiquette still has to be paid back, Zhong Lan hurriedly got up to salute, the other party gave him a deep look, walked slowly to the mahogany chair under the "Fair and Bright" plaque, bowed her body, and sat down slowly .

Zhong Lan didn't come back to her senses for a while, she just stared at Zhao Guangyi blankly. The other party saw that his cherry lips were slightly parted, and his face was full of incomprehension. He was very cute, so he gave him a warm smile again and asked: " Mr. Li, you seem to have a question to ask me."

Zhong Lan hastily avoided the other party's direct gaze, and then prevaricated: "I don't dare to be humble."

Zhao Guangyi curled his lips helplessly, turned his head to look at Baochun, his long phoenix eyes immediately filled with frost, he asked in a calm voice: "My lady, you said you were insulted by His Highness Zhao, you can tell me the details again." .”

Unexpectedly, Baochun suddenly bowed his head and kowtowed, crying: "Minnv is guilty, Minnv framed His Royal Highness Zhao, please punish me!"

Zhao Guangyi thought for a while, and shouted: "Although Zhao Dezhao is my nephew, but the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people. This king will not condone it. My daughter, don't be afraid, and tell me the whole story."

But Baochun's caliber changed drastically, and he kept hitting the ground with his forehead "bang bang bang", insisting that he had framed His Royal Highness Zhao.

This was the best solution Li Zhonglan could come up with. He thought that the matter of framing would be easy to find out, and he also knew that Ting Jie and Zhao Guangyi had some grievances, so he could let Ting Jie hit Zhao Guangyi.

He didn't know that man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation, he didn't expect that Zhao Guangyi was the governor of Kaifeng, and he came to the court himself to ask Zhao Guangyi to interrogate his own people, he was afraid that the court would suffer a disadvantage.

Sure enough, Zhao Guangyi slapped the gavel heavily, the deterrent power was so great that Baochun even forgot to kowtow, and only listened to Zhao Guangyi solemnly ordering the yamen servant: "His Royal Highness, please come here!"

The yamen servant left in response, Zhong Lan was very annoyed, today he provoked a dispute between his uncle and nephew, and he heard that Zhao Guangyi had a high position in the court, so he was very afraid that the situation would be unfavorable to the court.

While waiting for someone, the courtroom became deserted, Baochun was still kneeling with his head bowed, the governor and yamen servants in Kaifeng mansion stood peacefully, not daring to move, only Zhao Guangyi sat leisurely on the case handling chair, He squinted his eyes for a while, raised his eyebrows suddenly, and shifted his gaze to Li Zhonglan.

Zhong Lan was worrying, so his eyes were blurred, and there seemed to be a layer of tulle between his eyebrows, which made people want to gently push them away to touch the smooth silky skin. Bite the lower lip, the bitten red lips are crystal clear, like a summer crystal cake, Zhao Guangyi stared at it intently, he suddenly realized that the ancients said "fragrance" is true, but I don't know if this fragrance is not only fragrant, but also sweet?

Just when a group of people had their own concerns, Zhao Tingjie came to the hall with the yamen servant, and he found Li Zhonglan at a glance, and there was a bit of doubt in his slanted starry eyes, and Zhonglan looked at him happily After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly thought of the situation that day, my face blushed instantly, and my head was depressed.None of this escaped Zhao Guangyi's eyes.

The plain-colored court steps look like a young man full of books today, but his "princess and general" expression is too arrogant, and there is no trace of the frailty of a scholar.

At this moment, he was standing under the hall with his head held high, staring straight at Zhao Guangyi, and without saluting, he asked blankly, "I don't know why uncle invited nephew over?"

Zhao Guangyi smiled playfully at his nephew, grasped the gavel with his slender and pale fingers, and tapped lightly on the table.

After knocking three times, he suddenly slapped the gavel on the table and shouted loudly: "Bold Zhao Dezhao, hurry up and confess!"

Everyone was shocked, and Zhong Lan was even more stunned. It was the first time he heard someone call Ting Jie's name brazenly, and he used such an orderly tone. If Zhao Guangyi was replaced by someone else, even if it was replaced by Li Zhonglan himself, I'm afraid Zhao Tingjie will be furious on the spot, and use the Longquan sword to split the opponent in half.

However, Ting Jie was not furious at the moment, he just spewed anger from his eyes, and asked through gritted teeth: "What is my crime!"