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The next day, news spread in the capital that Chen Ziye, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, died of a wind immediately. The three servants who shared the room with him last night were all taken into prison.

Chen Ziye's death was really dishonorable, Emperor Yong was not happy with him, and was even more furious when he learned about it.Concubine Shu took the initiative to plead guilty, crying and saying that she was not strict with her younger brother and had dishonored the court's reputation.Only then did Emperor Yong help suppress all kinds of rumors, and signaled Bai Zhijian to solve it as soon as possible.

"Solve it as soon as possible" means to kill the three servants as soon as possible.

In prison, Bai Zhijian met the three servants who were in Chen Ziye's room when he died, and they were all boys who were only sixteen or seventeen years old.Two of them shrank and knelt on the ground, and although the other was trembling, his back was straight.

Bai Zhijian asked him, "What's your name?"

"Sinner Tonger is Chen Shilang's servant."

"Don't be afraid, just tell me what happened last night."

The cause of Chen Ziye's death was indeed horse wind. After the examination, he said that he must have been severely injured some time ago and was inhumane.

After recording the crime, Bai Zhijian had a general understanding of the matter.

According to Tong'er, some time ago Chen Ziye was injured in Prince Cheng's mansion, and when he came back, he always thought about how to regain his glory.Last night, he did not know where he got a dose of medicine, and he even asked three servants including him to serve him.The medicine was really useful, but Chen Ziye suddenly turned his eyes white when he was in bliss, and died on the bed just like that.

As for how Chen Ziye was injured, Tong'er refused to say anything, and he died if he just said it.

Bai Zhijian thought about it, Chen Ziye's reputation has always been bad, his body was hollowed out by alcohol and sex in his early years, and he has never had any heirs.Now these three servants are all covered with scars from abuse.

The night before Chen Ziye claimed that he would not be able to go to court due to illness, King Cheng invited Ze Wang and Chen Ziye to go together, and Concubine Ze and this pet named Tong'er were also present.Bai Zhijian could easily find out these things, but he didn't know exactly what happened in Prince Cheng's mansion.

Now Concubine Shu took the initiative to plead guilty to Emperor Yong, hoping to resolve the matter as soon as possible, probably because she also knew what happened to Chen Ziye at Prince Cheng's mansion.It suddenly occurred to Bai Zhijian that Princess Ze Zhiyuan and this pet named Tong'er both seemed to come from the Mandarin Duck Tower.He had already sent someone to check the oil paper used to pack the medicine, and found out from the remaining medicine that it was sold by Yuanyang Building.

Looking at the three kneeling people, Bai Zhijian asked sharply, "You three, tell me the truth! It's really Chen Shilang who got the medicine himself, and asked you to serve him again?"

The three of them trembled in fright, and kowtowed repeatedly, saying that they would never dare to lie.

After some hesitation, Bai Zhijian asked them to sign the pleadings and leave the prison.

Bai Zhijian felt that this matter was related to Ling Wenze and Zhi Yuan, but both the emperor and Concubine Shu hoped that this matter would be suppressed as soon as possible, and in Bai Zhijian's view, Chen Ziye's death was not wronged.

After telling Cheng Xiao all the information he got, Bai Zhijian hesitated and said, "Teacher, tell me, should the students continue to investigate?"

Cheng Xiao put down the pen in his hand and said to him, "Don't you already have a conclusion in your mind?"

Bai Zhijian was silent for a long time, and said, "Those three servants are not guilty of death."

"Chen Shilang died immediately, so they are naturally not guilty of death. But His Majesty and Concubine Shu also need to have an explanation. They should be exiled to the frontier to do coolies for a few years. I will explain it to Your Majesty."

Bai Zhijian responded, saluted and withdrew.

Cheng Xiao looked at the four big characters "Tian Li Zhao Zhao" that he had just written on the paper, turned his head and looked at the blue sky outside through the window, and said to himself: "The imperial power is bestowed by God, there is no absolute fairness and truth in this world... "

The matter of Chen Ziye soon disappeared, which was beyond Zhiyuan's expectation.He was hesitant to go to Baiding Bookstore to get some news from Bai Yu.Just as he was about to go out, Ying Qian came to bid him farewell.

"You have almost learned the kung fu, and the rest is up to you to practice diligently. The silver blade will be placed with you first, and I will come to get it when King Ze comes back to practice again."

Zhiyuan looked at him: "Aze promised Master Dongfang to take care of you."

Yingqian chuckled: "I have been taken care of by him these days. I was originally a ranger, and the world is my destination."

Knowing that he has made up his mind, Zhi Yuan no longer persuades him, but just expresses his sincere thanks.

Yingqian looked at him: "You don't need to thank me. The relationship between you and me as a master and apprentice is over, so you don't need to call me master in the future."

Zhi Yuan just remained silent.

Yingqian walked to the door, turned his head and said to Zhiyuan: "I believe His Highness King Ze will not like vicious people, so please do it yourself."

Watching Yingqian disappear at the door, Zhiyuan stood there for a long time.

He doesn't regret what he did, but he does have worries, worried that Ling Wenze will think what he did was too low-handed after he finds out.Thinking of what Ling Wenze said before he left, "Wait for me to come back", Zhi Yuan suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and went to Baiding Bookstore.

Bai Yu was very happy to see Zhi Yuan coming, he liked this good-looking Princess Ze very much.

Sending someone to serve tea to Zhi Yuan, Bai Yu asked him: "What books does the princess want to buy today?"

Zhi Yuan casually said a few things, and Bai Yu personally went to find some copies for him.

After chatting for a while, Zhi Yuan asked Bai Yu: "Have you heard about Chen Shilang?"

Bai Yu nodded, and said in a low voice: "It's spread all over the capital, but I don't dare to say it clearly now."

Zhi Yuan asked him: "What happened to Chen Shilang's death?"

Bai Yu blinked: "I don't know, I just heard that Chen Shilang died on the bed."

Zhi Yuan looked at him and asked cautiously: "Isn't Lord Bai the presiding judge of this case?"

Bai Yu smiled: "He will never tell me these things."

"You won't ask either?"

"Of course not. I married his man, not his official position. Since he rescued me from prison, I decided to treat him wholeheartedly in this life. I don't ask him about the affairs of the officialdom, and I don't give him any favors." Trouble." Speaking of this, Bai Yu smiled embarrassingly, "Except for opening this bookstore. Ah Zhi originally disagreed, but I begged him to agree."

Zhiyuan was thoughtful, and said to herself: "I am different from you, I always want to know everything about him, so that I can keep him by my side..."

Knowing that Zhi Yuan was referring to Ling Wenze, Bai Yu said cautiously: "I heard that His Royal Highness Ze has gone to the frontier, but the princess can rest assured, His Highness is a lucky man, and will definitely come back safely."

Zhi Yuan smiled at him, paid the money and left with the book.

In the capital, Chen Ziye's matter was quickly overwhelmed by another news: King Cheng was ill, and it was very serious.

It is said that King Cheng's hair fell out a lot, he was always nauseated and vomited, and his energy deteriorated day by day.After the diagnosis, all the imperial doctors said that they didn't know what the disease was, and the medicine they prescribed didn't work.

Concubine Shu cried and cried all day long, and Emperor Yong was also worried.

Later, someone suggested that a Taoist priest should be invited to do this. After a lot of trouble, the Taoist priest said that the house where King Cheng lived was haunted by demons and asked him to seal the house.King Cheng then moved to another place in the mansion.

Concubine Shu originally wanted King Cheng to move to the palace, but Emperor Yong refused with a black face.Concubine Shu was dazed for a while, and finally realized that Emperor Yong was afraid of being entangled by that monster.Concubine Shu, who has been favored for many years, experienced the feeling of coldness for the first time, and the eyes of Emperor Yong secretly changed.

King Cheng's illness did not get better because of changing the house, and many people who originally supported King Cheng turned to King Jia.Emperor Yong never mentioned the matter of making King Cheng the crown prince that he had promised to Concubine Shu.Seeing King Cheng's miserable state, Concubine Shu almost wringed off the scarf in her hand.

From the capital city to the frontier, most of the roads are rush roads, and people live in post stations, so it's not too hard.It's just that later Ling Wenze watched the countdown numbers decrease day by day, and couldn't sit still in the carriage, so he asked Dongfang Wo to teach him how to ride a horse.

After a few days of torture, Ling Wenze finally learned how to ride a horse, and their speed was greatly improved.Even though he got off his horse every day, Ling Wenze could only cross his legs and move forward step by step in an extremely indecent manner.

When approaching the frontier, they did encounter killers pretending to be bandits sent by Chen Ziye, but with Dongfang Wo around, those people were all dealt with.Of course, at that time, neither the killers nor Ling Wenze and Dongfang Wo knew that Chen Ziye in the capital was dead.

Finally arriving at the border town, Ling Wenze climbed off his horse with some difficulty, and was greeted by General Liang and others against the setting sun.

The general's wife was also among the people who greeted him. Ling Wenze felt that General Liang and the general's wife looked like a husband and wife, and he only learned the story of the two after listening to Dongfang Wo.

General Liang's full name is Liang Qingzhen, and he is the adopted son of General Liang Luyuan.

Liang Luyuan is now 62 years old, and he was an old hero who followed the late emperor to conquer the world and quell the rebellion.Many years ago, he adopted a adopted son in the army and named him Liang Qingzhen, who is now General Liang.The general's wife is Liang Luyuan's biological daughter, her maiden name is Liang Qingzhu, she is three years older than General Liang.The two were originally siblings, childhood sweethearts.

Liang Qingzhu grew up with his father in the army since he was a child, and he can be called a hero among women.Back then, Liang Qingzhen was just a general, so she publicly swore that she would marry this sworn brother.I don't know if Liang Qingzhen was because of his status, or if he really didn't like Liang Qingzhu at that time, anyway, the two of them struggled for several years, and Liang Qingzhu finally got what he wanted when he was 25 years old.

After getting married, Liang Qingzhen willingly became a wife-slave. The couple were very affectionate and had a pair of children.

After Emperor Yong came to the throne, Liang Qingzhen, who was already a general, took his wife to guard the frontier, and only occasionally went back to Beijing to visit Old General Liang and his brother and sister Liang Cangqiong and Liang Cangyue.

Ling Wenze felt that the two children were very pitiful, they spent less time with their parents and more separation.He knew that General Liang was in the capital with his two children because Emperor Yong was not at ease with General Liang.There is no need to delve into the detailed reasons, anyway, Emperor Yong is really not a good emperor.