Enemies are reborn

Zhao Mian received Shen Nan, the heir son of Zhennan Prince who had sent his father back. His face was full of smiles, and he occasionally glanced at Gu Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Gu Zheng felt guilty, staggered his eyes from his face, lowered his eyes and pretended to straighten his sleeves, Xie Yu had already left.

In the bleak winter, I occasionally saw a few withered and yellow leaves on the palace road, Xie Yu took a walk in the courtyard, and Shen Shizi's words sounded in his mind.If you feel restless after returning to Beijing, it is better to drive people away, out of sight is pure.

Xiao Kunning didn't care about the matter just now, but she could imagine the thrilling moment just now from a few simple words, she wondered whether it was Zhao Mian who wanted to kill the prince or whether it was just Yan Xiang who did it.Xie Yu's steps were very slow, her face was dyed red by the wind, she walked indifferently, with the posture of a fairy, her heart was pounding, and she had to admit it.

Xie Yu is indeed capable, looking at Chaotang, only she can fight against the Yan family.

The cold wind hit the face, and the limbs were numb from the cold. The indifference in Xie Yu's eyes became more and more profound, and he explained Xiao Kunning's doubts as he walked: "The Jinwu Guard is divided into three armies, and you know which three armies. Zhao Mian's people are not all in the three armies." On the contrary, the guards belonged to Zhao Mian to guard the Hanguang Palace, the left guards returned to Zhao Ji, and the right guards belonged to Yan Huaizhen. Today the right guards guard the gate of the palace.”

"Sir, is it Yan Huaizhen who killed the son?" Xiao Kunning hesitated, the emperor Zhao Mian seemed noble, but he was like a puppet, letting Yan Huaizhen do what he wanted.

Xie Yu remained calm and self-reliant, not caring about Xiao Kunning's stupidity, and explained again: "There has been no battle on the border for many years, and this year's attack will kill the King of Zhennan."

The topic jumped too fast, and Xiao Kunning couldn't react: "It's not about the left and right guards, why is it talking about the border again?"

Xie Yu gave her a meaningful look, feeling that he couldn't continue teaching, and he became more patient with the little fool, explaining: "The two are connected."

There was an extra stone under Xiao Kunning's feet, she stepped on it without paying attention, her whole body swayed, Xie Yu reached out to support her: "I can't even walk."

Xiao Kunning pretended not to hear the scolding, and raised her head to meet her cold eyes: "There is a vision on the border, and the Yan family wants to kill people. The two are connected. Is the Yan family seizing military power?"

Xie Yu stopped holding her waist, pinched her for no reason, and said, "Stupid."

"Then how to solve it?" Xiao Kunning couldn't figure it out, as this incident had never happened in her previous life, she only knew that Zhao Mian was going to kill Zhennan King to regain military power and deal with Yan Huaizhen.But in this life, there are many strange things on the border, Zhao Mian will never pass the news of Da Zhou to the enemy country.

So, again, this doesn't make sense.

Xie Yu was silent, she couldn't figure out anything, no matter how hard she tried, it would be futile, she walked indifferently, ignoring Xiao Kunning's questioning.

Xiao Kunning sighed, where did she go wrong?

****

After entering the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Guanzhizhai was on holiday. Zhao Can and his father went to Luoyang to celebrate the New Year. Before leaving, they gave Xiao Kunning a box of pastries and candied fruit.

Xiao Wenxue didn't receive a single candied fruit core, so she couldn't help scolding Zhao Can a few times, but didn't care about it afterwards.

The Zhennan Prince's Mansion wore mourning this year, and gave New Year's gifts from door to door but did not go out. What they gave to Xiao Kunning was a pair of Huangtian jade bracelets.Huangtian jade is rare, and there is a price but no market. It can be seen that the Zhennan Wangfu spent a lot of money.

Xiao Kunning is Xie Yu's husband, when he was thinking about it, he randomly chose an inkstone and gave it to Xie Yu.Inkstones are common things, there are so many in the market, Xiao Wenxue despised her for being careless.

The light under the south window refracted and came in, and fell on the black inkstone. Xiao Wenxue was disgusted from the look to the expression, and said, "So careless, be careful that Mr. Next Year hits your palm."

Xie Yu must take revenge, maybe he will do this kind of public revenge.Xiao Kunning was afraid after thinking about it, but he didn't have any extra money on hand to buy other things, so he simply took a knife and carved Xie Yu's name on the inkstone.

Unique.

Xiao Wenxue raised her forehead, can she be more stingy?

The inkstone was sent to the Xie Mansion together with Xiao Kunning's pen holder. The pen holder Xiao Wen needed was said to be from the previous dynasty. It was given to her when Zhao Kaizhi came that day.

After the new year, there will be the spring exam, and this time the chief examiner is Xie Yu.Zhao Mian personally confirmed it, and the others did not object.

Shen Shizi decided to return to the border in March, Yan's party opposed it, Zhao Mian was hesitant, Zhennan Wang's merits and demerits were balanced, Yan's holding on to it was military power.

After the date of return was uncertain, Shen Shizi stepped into the gate of Xiao Mansion.

Xie Yu was busy with the spring exams, so Guanzhizhai was on vacation, and the Xiao family sisters were happy and relaxed. The Luo family was watching the marriage between the two of them, and they were not allowed to leave the house.Shen Shizi couldn't see anyone, so he had to ask Xie Yu to invite him.

Xie Yu took time out of his busy schedule to meet Shen Nan, and Shen Nan was also generous, and he gave away an inkstone owned by an ancient person from the previous dynasty, which was much more beautiful than Xiao Kunning's.

The maidservant served tea, and Nongqin stood by. Xie Yu looked at Shen Nan indifferently, with a worried expression on his face, but outsiders all thanked him for his celestial demeanor, Shen Nan didn't think much about it, and said: "Today's visit to the Grand Tutor is for one thing."

Xie Yu closed his eyes and didn't look at her, and said: "It's not difficult for the prince to leave. The case of King Zhennan will be found out in a few days."

Shen Nan waved his hand: "Teacher is thinking too much, I want to see Miss Xiao Er, and I would like to ask you to tell the story."

The smile on Xie Yu's lips dissipated, "Madam Luo is very disciplined, and she doesn't want her sisters to see outsiders."

No matter how stupid Shen Nan was, he still felt the Tai Tuo's resistance, and he weighed it in his heart, not daring to offend her, so he had to return lonely.

Xie Yu called to play the piano: "Send the inkstone back to Zhennan Prince's Mansion."

The husband is not happy, he dare not talk too much while playing the piano, and chases after Shizi Shen.

When Shen Nan went to Dongshi, he couldn't see anyone in a blink of an eye. If he couldn't find anyone playing the piano, he had to go to Zhennan Wangfu.There are many people in the downtown area, and the horses go in different ways, so Nongqin gets off the horse and leads them.

Dongshi is full of traffic, and there are also many open-air stalls selling tea. A bowl of steaming hot water will make you feel better physically and mentally.

Four or five tables were surrounded by men in long robes and short linen, and a few women who were sitting and resting. They were all surrounded together.

Many people drank big bowls of tea and talked about the Zhennan Prince's Mansion: "I heard that Shen Shizi can't take over the title. You said that Zhennan King killed the enemy and defended the border, and he ended up like this in the end."

"No, Zhennan King is something we should respect. I heard that it is Yan Xiang's intention not to give Xijue and not let the prince go back to the border."

"Yan Xiang is the uncle of the country, and he may be the head of the country in a few days, but he is just a civil servant, making troubles, and has no power in his hands. The 30 Shen family army is a piece of fat. I heard that this border raid is also very important. Suddenly, I always felt that something was wrong. You said that King Zhennan had been at the border for more than 30 years, and he could figure out every brick and tile, so why did you die so quickly?"

"These words can't be said indiscriminately. I heard that Yan Xiang thought that Zhennan King himself had lost the battle and blamed the weak city walls. He didn't know who was real and who was fake."

Nongqin stopped to look at it, and it was common people who were talking about these things.

The common people always hear what they say, and they spread it to ten or ten, and it spreads like this.She led the horse, asked the shopkeeper for a bowl of tea, and just sat down.

The scholar was proud, wearing a long robe, and he just spoke like this: "I heard that the Yan family refused to fight against the Zhennan Palace for the sake of 30 troops. He also said that Shuai is not his nephew today. Speaking of the origin, Zhang Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy is His Majesty’s uncle, and Zhang Hanlin has studied books all his life. After sitting on the bench for so many years, he has no ability.”

Playing the piano is funny, these people know a lot of things.

The scholar's words spread like this, and the story of Yan Xiang's killing of loyal ministers and seizing military power spread throughout Chang'an City.

What's more, some arrogant movers wrote out this situation during the exam, which angered all the examiners, and Xie Yu suppressed his test paper.

After a few days, Juzi disappeared.

I thought this matter was over like this, but one morning, the missing Juzi rang the drum in front of the criminal department, clamoring to see Mrs. Wen and Kewen.

Wen Yuke came out in a hurry and brought him into the Ministry of Punishment, and then the Yan family came to the Ministry of Punishment to ask for him.

The Criminal Department was afraid of causing trouble and wanted to hand over the man, but Wen Yuke stopped him and refused. After Gu Zheng came forward, he took the initiative to find Prime Minister Yan, and after some discussion, he agreed to hand over the man to the Yan family.

It is not a big deal for officials and officials to protect each other. Moreover, this matter is an internal matter of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Originally pressing the past as before, everyone forgot the hard stick Wen Yuke.

Without waiting for the Yan family to accept her, she immediately sued His Majesty, and sued her boss Gu Zheng and Yan Xiang in front of the civil and military court.

Wen Yuke's old-fashioned and deep official robes are more elegant and elegant, her back is as straight as a green bamboo, her complexion is dull, upright and upright, everyone dare not touch her, and admire her spirit of overcoming difficulties.

The complexion of Yan Xiang was not good, Gu Zheng blushed, and he held the wat board in front of him and explained: "Your Majesty, this scholar is extremely arrogant. He said that he was hunted down, but he couldn't produce any evidence, so I had no choice but to let him go." Mr. Wen must have misunderstood something."

Yan Xiang followed and sarcastically said: "Master Gu is not strict in his rule, so the truth will be laughed at."

Yan Dang echoed from the side, accusing Wen Yuke of being confused and making a fool of himself.

Xie Yu glanced sideways, stood lazily on one side and did not speak, the situation set by Xiao Kunning, Wen and Kecha went straight into it without checking.

Wen Yuke, who had been silent for a long time, bowed to Gu Zheng and said, "Ju Ziqin knows where he is?"

Gu Zheng snorted coldly: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice is in prison."

Wen Yuke's face was silent, his eyes were ice-cold, and he said coldly, "When will your lord be released?"

"It's the beginning of today."

Wen Yuke took out a piece of paper from her cuff, pinched the edge of the white paper with her slender fingertips, the two were almost integrated, she handed the paper to Gu Zheng, and said: "This is Juzi's confession, it says You ask him to apologize to Yan Xiang and calm things down. If he refuses, you throw up your sleeves and leave."

Gu Zheng was startled, and said: "Don't be fooled by him, Ben Guang has never met him. Besides, this is a case you took over, and I won't touch it."

Wen Yu said neither humble nor overbearing: "You also said that it is the case of the lower official, why do you want to release him. Let me ask the right servant, when Lord Shangshu sees the family of the Yan family, will you be there?"

Zhao Mian immediately said: "You servant, tell the truth."

The right servant is a 30-year-old man with a beard on his chin. When he heard the emperor's anger, he knelt down and kowtowed in fright: "I, I have never seen it."

"It's true that I have never seen it before." Wen Yuke said softly, took out another letter from his sleeve pocket, and presented it to the monarch: "This is a letter from Juzi to His Majesty, please pass it on."

Xie Yu hooked the corners of his lips, curious about how Wen Yuke could win this battle, Gu Zheng would have done it well without the need for face-to-face.Wen Yu can hit a stone with an egg.

When the letter was delivered to Zhao Mian's desk, he glanced at it and yelled angrily: "Gu Zheng, you are so courageous, officials and officials protect each other, you still have me in your eyes."

All the courtiers in the hall looked at each other, and His Majesty was furious when he saw what he saw. Gu Zheng knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged, I acted arrogantly, insulted my face on the test paper, and my minister is also a businessman. Why don't you ask the Grand Tutor."

Xie Yu, who was inexplicably called, had to come out, with the dark light in the hall resting in his deep eyes, bowing to him and saying: "Juzi is good at writing, and there are rumors outside that Daoyan wants to seize military power and want to steal the country, so Juzi quoted scriptures in the test paper." On the Dian, the minister deprived the identity of the candidate. This person was not dejected, he opposed the minister's prostration and prostration, saying that he was returning to his hometown to do business, but he disappeared for some reason."

Gu Zheng couldn't understand the meaning of the Taifu, wiped the sweat from his head, and defended himself: "This move is really arrogant."

But the emperor said: "The murder still needs to be thoroughly investigated. Gu Zheng doesn't need to take care of the case anymore. Wen Yuke will investigate this matter. I only give you three days. If you don't find out, you Wen Yuke will be killed."

Wen Yuke received the order, Gu Zheng sat slumped on the ground, everyone dared not participate in the speech, and left Hanguang Hall one after another.

Xiao Mingwang walked slowly among the crowd, Wen Yuke's disposition is good, but when confronting Yan Xiang, he just didn't know how to deal with it.

After Yan Huaizhen returned to the mansion, he felt upset, and his staff came to report: "Master, that kid has come out, and Wen Yuke released him as soon as he returned to the yamen."

When a person dies, nothing can be found out, not to mention three days or three months.He ordered: "Follow, and kill if necessary."

The staff took the order and went to work without stopping.

As for this incident, Xiao Kunning disguised himself as a man and ran out of the mansion, but the people of the Luo family couldn't stand it. Xie Yu was invited by Xiao Mingwang to be a guest, and saw a familiar figure running out of the alley at the back door.She glanced at Nongqin, and Nongqin immediately ran after her.

Xiao Kunning went to see the candidate.

He bought the exam with money, and even the article was written by her. After all, almost everyone knew about the exam questions in the previous life. She used the examinee to insinuate about Zhennan Wangfu.If things get serious, Prime Minister Yan will definitely kill people, and when the trouble comes before His Majesty, Prime Minister Yan will have no reason to convict the Zhennan Palace.

The more he stopped, the greater the suspicion.

After running out of the alley of Xiao Mansion, he came to Kelai Restaurant and went in quietly.Following her playing the piano and not understanding, sneaking to the restaurant for dinner?

As soon as Xiao Kunning went up to the second floor, he wanted to go to the last private room, but before he could knock on the door, someone covered his mouth and dragged him into an unknown room.

When she opened her mouth to call for someone, she found out that it was Wen Yuke who did the murder. She covered her mouth and blinked, and the uneasiness in her heart subsided for a while.

Wen Yuke lowered her eyes and straightened her skirts. She also changed into a gray robe. Not to mention handsome, it is interesting to have a cold face. Xiao Kunning wanted to laugh, but she scolded coldly: "What are you doing here? Danger."

Xiao Kunning's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was even more confused by her fierceness. When she blinked, she looked like an obedient kitten, "What's wrong?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a knock on the door next door. Wen Yuke subconsciously pushed her behind him and motioned for the people in the room to take a look.

The room is full of experts from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Although he was surprised to see the strange woman, he didn't dare to think too much, and went out with the knife hidden.

Before knocking on the door, they heard voices from inside the room, and they kicked the door in immediately. The lifter was slashed on the arm, bleeding profusely, and the assassin escaped by jumping out the window.

After Wen Yuke rushed in, he looked down, and the assassin was caught before he landed, his mouth was gagged, his limbs were bound, and he screamed a few times on the ground.

She breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to look at Xiao Kunning, and said, "You're rotten in your stomach about this matter, you don't know this person, understand?"

Wen Yuke was thinner, his facial features were not as refined as Xie Yu's, his cold tone was even more fierce, Xiao Kunning nodded dryly.

When she was about to leave after speaking, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Kunning's dumbfounded expression, and hurriedly changed her words: "I scared you, you can't admit that you have been here."

In desperation, he was a little at a loss, took out a delicate small box from his sleeve pocket, and stuffed it to her indiscriminately: "I'm sorry, this is my apology, and there are important things, I will apologize at another time."

Without waiting for Xiao Kunning to respond, he left in a hurry.

Xiao Kunning came back to his senses and looked at the window first. After the assassin was caught, he was sent to the prison van. Obviously, the prison van had been prepared long ago.

The common people gathered together to watch the excitement. The assassin was gagged, blindfolded, and his limbs were tightly bound. After Wen Yuke went down, he led the people to the Ministry of Punishment.

When Xiao Kunning chased down, Wen Yuke's back was submerged in the crowd. She chased a few steps, holding the box tightly in her hand.

A group of people returned to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in a mighty manner. Gu Zheng was so frightened when he saw the assassin that he hurried to take a look. Wen Yuke ordered the assassin to be sent to prison, saluted him, and went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice without saying a word. prison.

Wen Yuke was really not an easy person to get along with. He thought of the emperor's attitude that day. If this happened, his position would be in jeopardy.

After thinking about it, the Criminal Department is his place, and no one can stop him from doing whatever he wants.

****

Xiao Kunning didn't dare to stay outside for a long time, and hurriedly climbed the wall back to the house, but no one noticed that Xiao Wenxue was waiting in her room.

After the man came back, she hurriedly took the skirt to Ah Ning: "Hurry up and change it, sir has been here for a long time, I don't know if I will see you."

Holding the box, Xiao Kunning said with curved lips, "I'll change it right away."

Xiao Wenxue held her chin, and saw something was wrong, "A-Ning, what are you holding in your hand?"

"Mouth fat." Xiao Kunning walked to the back room and put the box on the table. Wen Yuke's thoughts were indeed different.Bingmu in the previous life was different in private, but with today's box of lip balm, it can be seen that her thoughts are delicate.

Xiao Wenxue walked over: "It looks like this box was bought, who gave it to me?" In her eyes, Xiao Kunning was careless, simple-minded, and had no intention of harming others. Similarly, she didn't care too much about the accessories of her daughter's house. Learn more.

Xiao Kunning changed into a loose robe, washed off her makeup, and revealed her true face, fair complexion, and bright red lips. She said happily, "I bought it."

Xiao Wenxue didn't believe it. After opening it, she smelled the fragrance of roses. The lip balm is made of roses. It has a strong fragrance and a delicate marriage. She didn't expose Ah Ning's lie, and said, "How much money?"

"Two taels of silver." Xiao Kunning said casually, facing the bronze mirror, she changed into a snow jacket, her waist was quite slender, and even her face became brighter.

The light in the room was not good, so she took the lip balm from Xiao Wenxue after she dressed casually, "I'll try it first."

The lip balm has different colors, some of which are too old-fashioned, but the lip balm in Xiao Kunning's hands is bright but not flamboyant, making her complexion white. Xiao Wenxue was slightly surprised that this thing definitely did not come from Xie Yu's hands.

Xiao Kunning didn't know what she was thinking, she was very satisfied after putting on the lip balm, but Xie Yu who was in the study in the front yard hadn't left yet.

Xiao Mingwang wanted to choose a son-in-law for Xiao Kunning, but after looking at many people, there was no good candidate. Princess Shen was gone, and he was destined to stay at the border. He couldn't bear Ah Ning's suffering, so he would definitely choose a Chang'an family for her.

The Luo family drew up a list by themselves. After careful visits these days, Ah Ning's temperament is different from that of ordinary ladies, and she was brought up by Zhao Xiran to be a little vulgar. Just relying on her to change into men's clothes and go out, it is not something ordinary women can do. thing.

Xie Yu looked through the directory slowly, the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper, and the light in his eyes dimmed a lot. Seeing that her face was not good, Xiao Ming asked puzzledly: "Teacher thinks something is wrong?"

"They are all famous mansions in Chang'an City. Madam Xiao spent a lot of thought on coming here." Xie Yu slowly closed the directory, tapping the pages with his slender fingertips, "I see that there are still a few people missing. You can appreciate Wen Yu a lot."

Xiao Mingwang was surprised, he had indeed said a few words to his colleagues, but he never considered her when choosing a relative. There was only such a biological girl in the mansion, so he naturally wanted her to marry a good husband, add a child.

The Tai Tuo's attitude made people confused, and he weighed it up: "The Tai Tuo thinks these are not good, so do you have an idea?"

Xie Yu didn't answer, but his eyes deepened a little.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Xiao Ming looked to open the door, played the piano and went inside to report: "Sir, Mr. Wen of the Ministry of Justice has caught the murderer who assassinated Juzi, and..."

In front of Xiao Mingwang, she hesitated to speak.

Xie Yu laughed, "Congratulations, Mr. Wen, tell the girls to prepare more, the assessment will be in ten days, and those who fail will go back to the house."

Xie Yu's tone was not kind, Xiao Mingwang couldn't say much, the two girls in his house would definitely 'go back to the house'.

Xiao Wenxue's knowledge is not bad, so Ah Ning was exempted. I heard that nine out of ten times she was in class, she was asleep, and the other time she was in a daze.

It's better to go back to the house earlier, and the marriage should be arranged, so as not to become an old lady.

After Xie Yu boarded the carriage, Nong Qin swallowed his saliva and said, "When the Ministry of Criminal Justice arrested the assassin, Miss Xiao Er was also there. Afterwards, Master Wen gave the girl something, but it was too far away to see what it was."

Xie Yu calmed down, and when he thought of the directory, he became more and more uneasy. Xiao Kunning was indeed not young, and ordinary people were about to get married.

The Luo family selected all the well-behaved families, but Xiao Kunning's temperament was wild, so she might not be able to be the wife of an ordinary family.

She counted the time and said: "Go and ask Xiao Wenxue what Wen Yuke gave you. Besides, after tomorrow morning, you go and invite Xiao Kunning to Xie's mansion."

The two things are staggered, which gives a lot of buffer time.

In the evening, Xiao's mansion replied, and wrote two words on the snow-white paper: Mouth fat.

Xie Yu tore up the letter immediately, his eyes were burning brightly, and he was annoyed.Wen Yuke's intentions are really good, and when solving the case, he did not forget to tease the girl with lip service.The leisurely mood makes people have to take a second look.

Xiao Kunning dared to accept the text and can give it away.