It rained all night, and it was not clear until the next morning.

Jiang Suizhou slept soundly all night.

When he woke up early in the morning, the clouds had all dispersed, and the sun reflected the blue sky, shining in brightly through the window.

Jiang Suizhou's eyes immediately fell on the couch under the window.

Seeing that the couch was already empty, Huo Wujiu was sitting on the wheelchair beside the couch, arranging his robes.

"Does your leg still hurt?" When Jiang Suizhou spoke, his voice was still hoarse after waking up.

Huo Wujiu looked up at him and said calmly, "It's all right."

As he spoke, he picked up a white object from the couch and threw it away.

Seeing that thing flying straight towards him, Jiang Suizhou reached out to catch it in a hurry.But the thing was too soft, it went straight through his hand and landed softly on his bed.

As soon as Jiang Suizhou lowered his head, he saw that it was Mrs. Tang that Meng Qianshan gave him yesterday.

The hot water inside has long since lost its temperature, but the fluff on the top has a faint warmth, like someone's body temperature.

Jiang Suizhou looked up, and saw Huo Wujiu said indifferently: "Thank you."

——Oh, thanks to his Mrs. Tang.

The corners of Jiang Suizhou's mouth could not help but twitch into a smile.

Let him just say, this General Huo Wujiu is indeed an excellent person.Yesterday, Meng Qianshan clearly stuffed so many Tang Pozi for him, he still remembered the one he gave him, and even thanked himself for it.

"No need." Jiang Suizhou's voice was tinged with a smile.

Seeing that Huo Wujiu glanced at him indifferently, he withdrew his gaze coldly.

As the sun was getting higher, Jiang Suizhou turned over and got off the bed.

Although yesterday was the Queen's Qianqiu Banquet, and today all the officials rested, the Ministry of Rites could not rest.All the things prepared for yesterday's banquet need to be sorted out and sent to be registered.

Although Ji You said that he is not in good health, he doesn't have to go, but Jiang Suizhou doesn't want him to make this exception for himself, just go around and see if there is anything he can do.

As he summed up like this, he also thought of the book that Ji You lent him a few days ago.

The two unofficial histories are not very thick, so they can be returned to Ji You together.

Thinking of this, he stood up and planned to call Meng Qianshan in.

But at this moment, the door was knocked open in a panic.

Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Meng Qianshan stumbling in hastily.

"My lord, something has happened, my lord!" Meng Qianshan hurriedly said.

Jiang Suizhou frowned: "What's wrong?"

Then Meng Qianshan gasped and said: "Something happened to the Ministry of Rites! Someone from the court said just now that Mr. Ji Youji was impeached and taken away by the Ministry of Punishment!"

Jiang Suizhou was taken aback.

"What crime?"

He remembered Ji You's life, and there shouldn't be such a thing.In his life, although he didn't make much achievements, it was smooth sailing.After the fall of the Jing Dynasty, Beiliang originally wanted to recruit him, but he refused, and since then he resigned and returned to his hometown, where he indulged in mountains and rivers.

How could he be arrested suddenly?

Just listen to Meng Qianshan say: "The lord of the Criminal Department said that it was Mr. Ji who was greedy for the money of Emperor Mo's Qianqiu banquet, shoddy it, cut corners, and let people find out this morning!"

This is even more impossible.

Jiang Suizhou frowned: "Have you been taken to the Ministry of Punishment?"

Meng Qianshan nodded straight.

Jiang Suizhou looked condensed, raised his hand and said, "Change clothes."

Meng Qianshan was taken aback: "My lord, this is..."

Jiang Suizhou said: "I'll go to the Ministry of Punishment."

Meng Qianshan stomped his feet anxiously when he heard the words: "What are you doing! Now the adults in the Ministry of Rites are avoiding each other, lest the officers and soldiers come to the door, why are you rushing to get there?"

Jiang Suizhou was expressionless.

"Do not talk nonsense."

Meng Qianshan didn't dare to disobey, so he had no choice but to come forward and change his robes for him.

Jiang Suizhou's eyes darkened.

He knew that since something happened to the Ministry of Rites, after Ji You was arrested, officials from the Ministry of Rites must be arrested one by one for interrogation.As a prince, he took the initiative to clear the suspicion, which is not considered out of line, nor will it lead people to suspect elsewhere.

And what he wants to do is naturally not to clear the suspicion.

He wanted to know why Ji You, who was not in an accident, was arrested.

Is it because this is an unofficial history, which is different from the official history, or is it because he came across and came into contact with Ji You, which became a variable in Ji You's life trajectory.

-

The news that Jiang Suizhou was going to the Ministry of Punishment had already spread, and when he got off the carriage, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment was waiting for him outside the door.

Seeing him getting out of the car, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment greeted him with a smile on his face. He watched him walking and drifting, weak, and graciously stretched out his hand to help him.

Jiang Suizhou avoided sideways without saving face, and Meng Qianshan firmly supported him.

"Your Majesty has been waiting for the lord for a long time, please, lord." The servant of the punishment department smiled sideways.

Jiang Suizhou said lightly: "You and I are of the same rank, so there is no need to be polite. Besides, this king is here today to be tried."

Hearing this, the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice laughed and said, "What are you talking about, my lord? Our Ministry of Criminal Justice is investigating this case. Because the lord fell ill a few days ago, he didn't intervene in this matter. I can't find out about the prince..."

Jiang Suizhou raised his hand and stopped his words.

"Some things, this king has handled." He said lightly. "Even if you don't check it out, I still need to ask myself."

Hearing what he said, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment responded repeatedly and invited him in.

The cause and effect are just an ordinary ink corruption case.The money received by the Ministry of Rites is approved by the Ministry of Households. The amount and where it is used are all registered in the account.But when the cleaning was finished this morning, someone suddenly discovered that many of the decorations at the banquet were gold and jade, and they were shoddy.

"Our Ministry of Criminal Affairs has made a rough calculation, Master Ji is corrupt, at least this number!" The servant of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs made a gesture of four to Jiang Suizhou.

"Speak straight, don't play charades with me." Jiang Suizhou said coldly.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment said, "At least 4000 taels."

4000 taels, although not very much, broke ground at the Empress Lord's birthday banquet.Corruption came to the head of the queen. Although it was only 4000 taels, for ordinary officials, it was a serious crime ranging from exile to beheading.

Jiang Suizhou said nothing.

Over there, the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was still chattering: "Don't worry, my lord. From now on, even if the Ministry of Punishment goes to the lord's mansion to investigate, it will only make a routine round. This matter is mainly caused by Ji You, and has nothing to do with the lord..."

But Jiang Suizhou said calmly: "This king needs to see Ji You."

The servant of the Ministry of punishment was taken aback for a moment, with a bit of distress on his face.

"This...Ji You is being imprisoned at this time..." He wondered.

Jiang Suizhou looked calm.

"There is a batch of raw materials that my king took over." He said. "I need to ask him about this matter in private, so that I can feel at ease."

Hearing this, the servant of the criminal department probably understood.

Ji You was corrupt that time, but Prince Jing is not a good person.

It is estimated that King Jing is not very clean about His Majesty's Qianqiu Banquet, so he rushed here in such a hurry and wanted to interrogate Ji You in private.

However, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment had already received the word from his superiors that today's matter was to clean up Ji You.Then, if His Royal Highness Prince Jing wants to pass the blame on Ji You, it's not a big deal.

After all, even if His Royal Highness Prince Jing is greedy for some money, what can the emperor say?

Thinking of this, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment also felt relieved, reluctantly agreed, and took Jiang Suizhou to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Most of the criminals held in the cells of the Ministry of Punishment are still suspected, still under interrogation, or who have committed relatively minor crimes.Therefore, compared with the prison of the imperial court, the prison of the Ministry of punishment is not so heavily guarded, and the environment is better. There are also very small windows in the cells around for light and ventilation.

Jiang Suizhou followed the servant of the Ministry of Punishment all the way to the depths of the prison, turned a corner, and saw Ji You who was imprisoned.

He was imprisoned because of this, his clothes were still neat and his spirit was quite good, and he was sitting alone on the bed covered with straw in the prison cell.

Seeing someone coming, Ji You raised his head.

I saw Jiang Suizhou stopped at the door of the cell, and raised his hand to signal the minister of punishment to go out and wait.

"This..." The servant of the Ministry of punishment hesitated.

"Half stick of incense." Jiang Suizhou said.

The servant of the punishment department hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Then the prince must make a long story short, the officer is waiting for you at the door of the cell."

He thought to himself, after all, Ji You has already been sent to prison, His Royal Highness Prince Jing probably has nothing to look for him.I don't have a high official rank, and I don't have much backing, so it's not worthwhile to offend His Highness Prince Jing for such a trivial matter.

The servant of the Ministry of punishment withdrew.

Seeing him walking away, Jiang Suizhou stepped forward: "Master Ji."

Ji You got up from the bed, walked to the door of the cell, and looked at Jiang Suizhou through the iron fence.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing...?" He couldn't believe it.

Jiang Suizhou paused, then said slowly: "...I wanted to return your book today."

Ji You was taken aback when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly.

"My lord doesn't have to pay it back," he said. "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have their own destiny. Presumably my destiny is here."

Seeing his appearance, Jiang Suizhou felt a little uncomfortable.

"Although this king doesn't have a deep relationship with your lord, you also know that your lord is not the type to do this kind of thing." He paused and said in a deep voice.

Ji You looked up at him.

"If there is solid evidence, it doesn't matter whether you do it or not," he said.

After a pause, Ji You continued.

"My lord and Pang Dang have always been at odds, and today's incident must be guessed." He said. "People from the Pang party tried to make friends with me many times, but I refused. They must also be unhappy. These days, I have some contacts with the prince. This time, they should prevent problems before they happen."

His tone was very calm, and he didn't mean to blame him at all, but Jiang Suizhou's hands beside him were clenched tighter and tighter.

...he guessed it.

Ji You didn't know it himself, but he knew that for Ji You, he was a disaster from heaven.

The original owner had no relationship with Ji You, he wanted to be neither party nor crowd, and he had no real power in his hands, so naturally Pang Shao would not take him seriously.However, because he was the one who came through time travel, chatted a few words with Ji You, had some contacts with him, and even suffered from his care because of his poor health, Pang Shao was vigilant and decided to send Ji You dispose of.

Seeing that Jiang Suizhou was silent and did not speak, Ji You froze for a moment, then smiled gently.

"My lord, you don't have to blame yourself." Ji You said. "Ever since I refused to join the Pang Party, I knew that there would be such a day sooner or later. Ji is lazy and mediocre. He has been an official for more than ten years and has not achieved much. Now he is in this field. It has nothing to do with the prince, only because of Ji's body In the court, but I just want to be alone."

Jiang Suizhou, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head.

He looked up at Ji You.

In the dark cell, Ji You met a pair of thick black eyes across the wooden fence.

Those eyes are a little bit white, coupled with the charming and delicate shape, they show a full-bodied appearance.But at this moment, there was a firm and bright light in those eyes.

"Your Excellency will not be convicted immediately without a thorough investigation."

Ji You heard the lowered voice, with a bit of natural magnetism.

"My lord, stay safe in the prison and don't be impatient. This king swears that he will not let you suffer innocent injustice."

-

It was getting late, and it was raining faintly outside.

Meng Qianshan was a little worried, he walked around the door of Anyin Hall, and repeatedly sent a servant to the door of the mansion to ask if the prince was back.

This morning, the prince asked himself to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After he came out of the prison, his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.

When we arrived at Changping Street, one mile away from Qinghefang, the prince stopped the carriage and got off.

"Don't follow anyone," the prince ordered. "This king will go back to the mansion after a circle by himself."

Meng Qianshan hurriedly tried to persuade him, but seeing Jiang Suizhou's cold face made him afraid to speak out.

With no choice but to help Jiang Suizhou out of the car, Meng Qianshan sent two nurses to follow him from a distance.

Unexpectedly, after the prince got out of the car, he never came back.

Seeing the hour getting late, Meng Qianshan's heart was in his throat.

He hated himself for being too obedient, but this was a habit he had developed as a child.He was stupid, and the prince didn't like him since he was a child, but because he was sent to him by the late emperor, he didn't drive him away.

Meng Qianshan has been cautious since he was a child, and he only obeyed the prince's orders. He originally thought that he could use this to make up for his stupidity, but he didn't expect that now he has done bad things because of this.

When he did not know how many times he turned, he heard the sound of wheelchairs coming.

Meng Qianshan raised his head belatedly, and saw Huo Wujiu walking in front of him.

"What's wrong?" He heard Huo Wujiu ask.

Meng Qianshan hurriedly said: "Returning to Madam, it's the slave who is stupid and let the prince go out alone, and he hasn't come back until now..."

Huo Wujiu raised his eyes and looked outside the door.

Although the rain was not heavy, it was pattering and did not stop for a long time.

"You are really stupid." Huo Wujiu said.

His tone was calm, but with an indescribable coercion, Meng Qianshan was taken aback for a moment, unable to speak, and cautiously looked at Huo Wujiu.

Huo Wujiu's gaze shifted from the rain outside the window to Meng Qianshan's face.

"It's so late, and you haven't sent someone to look for it, what's the use of going around here?" His voice was cold.

Meng Qianshan woke up like a dream, and said again and again: "Yes, yes! How did the slave forget it!"

As he spoke, he rushed into the rain in a hurry.

But at this moment, a servant braved the rain and ran all the way into Anyin Hall.

"Grandpa Qianshan, the lord is back!" Before he even ran to the front of the room, the servant hurriedly said.

Meng Qianshan hurried to the corridor.

Then I saw the boy running to the front, panting.

"The lord is back, although there is an umbrella for him from the nursing home, but it is still raining." The boy said.

Meng Qianshan asked anxiously: "What did the prince do?"

The boy paused, his voice weakened.

"I don't know where my lord is... I've had too much wine." He whispered.

-

Jiang Suizhou did not expect that this body was not only weak, but also had a poor capacity for alcohol.

After he came out of the punishment department, he felt very blocked.

Although he had guessed early on that Ji You's imprisonment had something to do with him, but the guess was completely different from what he saw with his own eyes.

That is a fresh life, even a unrefined and talented poet.Just because of a bit of kindness to himself, he was implicated by himself and was thrown into a big prison. His future was uncertain, and even his life and death were unknown.

And all of this was because of Pang Shao.

To Jiang Suizhou, the original Pang Shao was just a treacherous minister recorded in the history books, but now he is a villain with a butcher knife in his hand, who wants to persecute the people around him at any time.

And he, naively thought that he could deal with him temporarily and survive these three years.

Jiang Suizhou felt as if a stone had been pressed on his heart, making him unable to breathe.

He wanted to find a place to vent, but he came through time travel, and he didn't even know anyone who could talk to him.He just endured it until the carriage passed Changping Street.

Changping Street is full of merchants, people come and go, it is very lively.Fireworks wafting from restaurants and restaurants, people passing by and vendors coming and going, it is a peaceful and peaceful world, completely different from the noble and cold Prince Jing's Mansion.

Jiang Suizhou also stopped the carriage here and left.

At this time, he seemed to be eager to break away from the identity of Prince Jing, leave this world, and return to the mortal beings to which he originally belonged.

However, all living beings have nowhere to accept him now.

He was walking aimlessly on Changping Street, surrounded by people coming and going, but they seemed to be clearly separated from him.

After walking for a while, Jiang Suizhou raised his head and saw the fluttering wine flag.

He went to the restaurant, ordered some wine, and drank until late at night alone.

The wine is not strong, but it is an ordinary apricot blossom wine in the south, with its own sweet fragrance, not intoxicating.But when Jiang Suizhou got up, he felt dizzy, his feet fluttered, and he was already drunk.

He braced himself against the table.

It's okay to be drunk.he thought.I started here from here, and I am sober every day, and I am tired enough.

He staggered out of the wine shop, and slowly walked back to the palace.

It didn't know when it rained outside, but it wasn't heavy, and he didn't feel like he was getting wet.It wasn't until he got to the gate of the palace that he suddenly felt that someone was holding an umbrella for him behind him.

When he turned his head, he saw that it was a nursing home that he had never met before.Seeing him looking at him, the nurse's legs softened, and he wanted to kneel down for him.

Jiang Suizhou frowned and waved his hands slowly.

That's right, he is here, just Prince Jing who makes people fear like a tiger and wolf.

Someone brought a walking chariot, but he didn't get on it, and walked all the way back to Anyin Hall on the wet stone floor.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Meng Qianshan running up to him in the rain.

"My lord!" Meng Qianshan was so anxious that his voice was trembling. "Where have you been, but you frightened the slave..."

"Didn't you send someone to follow you?" Jiang Suizhou's voice was hoarse.

Meng Qianshan was startled, thinking that Jiang Suizhou was going to blame him.

But before he could speak, Jiang Suizhou raised his hand.

He walked up the stairs, stopped at the porch, turned around and said, "Don't worry about me, just wait outside the door."

Meng Qianshan only dared to agree.

Jiang Suizhou stepped up and entered the door, closed the door, walked forward a few steps, and leaned against the side partition.

He raised his head, closed his eyes, and took a few deep breaths.

When he wakes up tomorrow, he needs to make a good plan, how to get Ji You off the hook.

But right now, he just wants to be alone for a while.

He closed his eyes and leaned there for a while, until he gradually calmed down in the dizzy drunkenness, and then slowly opened his eyes.

Then he saw a person sitting in front of him, looking at him quietly.

Jiang Suizhou looked at the man, froze for a moment, and then showed a defenseless, drunken smile.

"You are here." He said lazily. "I've forgotten it all."

Huo Wujiu asked, "Why did you drink so much?"

Jiang Suizhou shook his head with a smile and said, "I didn't drink much, it's because I can't drink much."

Huo Wujiu frowned.

It is true that I drank too much.

His face was flushed, his eyes were distracted, and his robe was still wet. Although his upper body was not exposed to the rain, the hem of his robe and trouser legs were stained with wet water.

Huo Wujiu said: "Go and change your clothes first."

Hearing the words, Jiang Suizhou raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, oh, and stood up straight while supporting the partition.

But because of leaning against the partition for too long, Jiu Jin had already made his mind dizzy, and he didn't have much strength in his body, so he took a step, his feet went limp, and he fell straight forward.

Jiang Suizhou belatedly realized that he had fallen.

But he moved slowly and couldn't react for a while, so he had to fall straight to the ground.

However, the expected pain did not come for a long time, but instead rushed to a mass of hard warmth.

He opened his eyes stupefiedly, and saw Huo Wujiu's handsome face very close at hand, with a pair of bright black eyes, watching him quietly from very close.

He was caught by Huo Wujiu.

He was lying in Huo Wujiu's arms, because Huo Wujiu supported his body, Huo Wujiu's movements at this moment seemed to hold him in his arms.

Jiang Suizhou didn't realize it.

Facing Huo Wujiu's face, he paused, then asked slowly as if he had remembered something.

"Does your leg still hurt today?"

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