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Yan Linsu woke up, and Zhu Yongning was no longer around him.

He dressed himself, tidied up, and a little girl was already waiting at the door, carrying a basin for him to wash his face.

The little girl had a round face and round eyes, she lowered her head and didn't dare to glance at the ground and the couch, her shyness didn't make Yan Linsu's face thicker than the city wall any abnormal.

After Yan Linsu finished eating the sticky and delicious millet porridge, he heard the little girl say: "My...my lord, my lord is discussing matters with others in the study, do you want to go over?"

Yan Linsu nodded, walked to the door of the study, and changed his mind again.He could already see the figure of that person through the window, Zhu Yongning was sitting behind the desk, there was a picture on his desk, and there were some people in Feiyu riding costumes sitting beside him, Huang Tingyun was also there.Zhu Yongning's voice was not loud, and the black silk robe made him look much more stable than last night.

Seeing him stop, the little girl looked at him strangely.

Yan Linsu said with a dry smile, "His Royal Highness King Yan is busy, so I won't bother you today. Let's visit another day."

The little girl was obviously very obedient, so she sent him out of the house.

Although it was not yet noon, the sun had already risen, and the streets were full of crowded and hurried people.Yan Linsu didn't walk, instead he hired a bullock cart for three dollars to drive him to Chunfeng Deyi Jinbao Building.

When he got out of the car, he saw Chu Xiaoyu was already standing at the door, his face was livid as if someone owed her 300 taels of silver.

Because of the girl's gaze, Yan Linsu wanted to run away.

Chu Xiaoyu had already snorted, "So this is the real face of the manager, yo, it's not a shady appearance, why do you hide your head and show your tail all day long?"

Not only is it not a shameful appearance, Yan Linsu's appearance at this moment has lost the femininity of the usual disguise, and the slightly raised eyes are a little cold and indifferent, but it makes people want to change their eyes.

Like a peerless sword out of its sheath, the unrelenting coldness and tiredness make people feel that the prosperity and troubles of the world are not in those eyes.

Yan Linsu smiled and said, "Morning, Xiao Yu."

"What the hell!" Chu Xiaoyu immediately looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She followed Yan Linsu upstairs and approached cautiously, "Where did you go last night? Do you know that yesterday was a moonless new sun? The cold poison on your body is at its worst."

Yan Linsu sat down on the chair, took out a mask from the shelf of the desk, and drew pictures on his own, but returned to his usual face after a while.When he finished his work, he leaned back on the chair, looked up at the woman standing in front of her and said, "Xiao Yu cares so much about me, I'm really touched by this manager."

After he changed his face, Chu Xiaoyu wouldn't be afraid, otherwise, a little girl like her wouldn't dare to say anything cruel to Yanhou's face.

There was a sneer on Chu Xiaoyu's lips, she stepped forward and pressed Yan Linsu's back, her hands were cold, and the clothes on Yan Linsu's back were already wet with sweat. "Boss, you are doing well. Shuo Ri's cold poison broke out, and you dare to run around."

Yan Linsu's smile was pitiful, "Xiao Yu, nothing happened to me."

Chu Xiaoyu raised her voice, "It's all right? You drank Duanlicao in order to fight someone? What kind of enmity can't bear it all night? Every time Duanlicao attacks, it hurts you to death. Now That tastes good."

If you tell her that he drank off Licao this time, he didn't intend to fight with others, but just to make the little prince happy.

This girl might be so angry that she would immediately draw her knife—in order not to make ugly jokes in the building, it's better not to say anything.

Yan Linsu was already a little dizzy from the pain at this moment, since Chu Xiaoyu saw through it, he simply stopped pretending.He slumped on the soft couch, his long eyelashes were covered with cold sweat, and the woman's voice was buzzing in his ear, as if it was far away.

Really, looking forward to the day and day, after being poisoned, I will become menstruation.

The shamelessness of this man is beyond words.

Seeing him like this, Chu Xiaoyu felt soft-hearted after all, covered him with a quilt, closed the door and came out, but couldn't bear to go far, so she pricked up her ears to listen to the movement in the room.

In the palace, Emperor Cheng was stepping onto the Fengyi Terrace.

It was the first time for the emperor to set foot here since the former emperor had a falling out with Fengyitai.

The gate of the palace was closed tightly, and the red paint was mottled. Emperor Cheng nodded to the people around him, and the man in light armor stepped forward and opened the door.

The person next to Emperor Cheng was Wei Xiaohuai. Since Huadao left, he took over the responsibility of the guards in the palace.

The inside of the hall is dim, and the light shines through the window on the broad blue brick floor.There was the sound of a wheelchair rolling in the shadows, "It turned out to be Your Majesty."

Wei Xiaohuai followed the voice and saw a man in a gray robe sitting in a wheelchair.Even though the light was dim, his eyesight was good enough to see that the man's knees were sagging, and his legs were disabled.

The man bowed in the wheelchair, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Emperor Cheng sat down on the chair in the hall, and said: "I saw what happened to the throne today, and I know it in my heart when I think about it."

Monarch?Wei Xiaohuai was surprised, and then he heard the man sneer: "Mr. Zuo? My legs are now in the hands of your good son, but I can only live on my last breath, so I don't deserve these two words."

This person was the father-in-law Kou Jihai who escaped from Zhu Yongning that day. Zhu Yongning avenged Yan Linsu that day. Although he never killed him, he wounded the meridian in his leg with a sword.

Emperor Cheng said: "Wei Qing's family, you go and invite that man according to my order, and leave the two of you outside the door to guard for me."

Wei Xiaohuai received the emperor's order, retreated to the door, and closed the door for the two of them.

Only then did Emperor Cheng be fair to Kou Gong: "Junzuo has devoted himself to Daning all his life, and I never dare to ignore it. I told Junzuo that day to reopen the Emperors of Light and Darkness. Although Ning'er and Gonggong had some misunderstandings, they are teachers after all. Just a game."

Kou Jihai looked at the emperor of Daning strangely. The hair on the temples of this man who holds power in the country has already snowed. He still remembers the eyebrows that were tightly furrowed when this man came to him, and now the eyebrows of Wei Xue are also tightly furrowed. .

Such embarrassment, why, I still can't bear it because of the little conscience that has not been lost.

Knowing that you can't bear to do things for the sake of your country's ambitions, compared with those who were in hell from the beginning, I'm afraid there will be more consciences that have lost their conscience.

Kou Jihai laughed out loud, with a look of sarcasm in his eyes, "Your Majesty still came to look for me today, and it was naturally the power in the hands of the Dark Emperor. Anyway, I am already useless, so what if the power of the Dark Emperor is handed over? But Who will His Majesty ask to take over, His Highness King Yan?"

Emperor Cheng looked at him silently, "Da Ning emphasizes writing, I have few armored people in this country, and I have always been less bloody. And there are Qiangyan in the north, so I have to rely on the power of the rivers and lakes, and why should my prince sacrifice for the country? Ning'er will understand my painstaking efforts."

At this moment, Chunfeng triumphantly entered the treasure building.

"Wait, you can't go up." Chu Xiaoyu drew his sword and stopped the person in front of him wearing the uniform of the Imperial Forest Army.

Wei Xiaohuai pressed the knife in his hand and said: "Girl, we are just ordered to invite the manager of your building to the palace, there is no malice."

Chu Xiaoyu raised her brows slightly, trying to recall in her mind what the landlord and the manager should do when faced with such a situation, and then the girl found sadly that she could neither draw a knife and fight back like the landlord, nor could she pretend to be oil and salt like the manager Not into the fox.

There was no movement in the room, not even the tiny groans. She didn't know whether Yan Linsu had calmed down or passed out from the pain.

Wei Xiaohuai tried his best to look amiable.

"Miss Chu." Wei Xiaohuai has always been cautious, he can accurately address the person in front of him, it can be seen that he knows the details of Chunfeng's triumphant entry into the treasure building.

Today's Spring Breeze triumphantly enters the Treasure Building is not what it used to be. After Su Muhua left, for some reason Yan Linsu withdrew the Jianghu forces in the building from the capital, and now the building is more of a businessman.

If the person in front of him wasn't this little girl, maybe Wei Xiaohuai could use an official tone and put pressure neither soft nor hard. After all, he was inviting someone into the palace, not a prison, maybe this trip would be much easier.

It's a pity that the person in front of him is this little girl, and Wei Xiaohuai's head hurts when he talks to her about the general situation of the world and the situation of the court.

The centipede is dead but not stiff, even Wei Xiaohuai dare not ignore it, let alone try the mechanism of Chunfeng Deyijin Baolou, which is famous all over the world.He clenched the knife tightly in his hand, and there was a soft clang, the knife was out of its sheath, if he captures this person first, he might be able to force that person to stand out.

Chu Xiaoyu saw the glint of the sharp knife flashing in front of her eyes, she jumped, the edge of the sword in her hand met the light of the knife, the blade was handed over, the tiger's mouth in her hand was numb, and she almost let go.

"Thank you Commander Wei for teaching my subordinates, but you scared my little girl." A slightly hoarse voice sounded, Wei Xiaohuai heard the sound of breaking wind, he drew his knife and retreated, but his wrist was already touched, his hand Numb, the knife almost fell to the ground.

"Commander Wei, thank you Ruozhi, I am the manager of the Baolou for the spring breeze. It's a pleasure to meet you." His wrist was supported, the knife was not in its sheath, and the man who spoke stood in front of him, his hair draped softly on his shoulders, and his eyes were smiling. , making people feel that this person is not a threat.

Wei Xiaohuai's wrists were numb, but he didn't dare to underestimate this person.

The needle was hidden in the cotton, the knife was hidden in the smile, he had already seen clearly that this person did not rely on force to hurt him just now, but a mechanism that came from nowhere.

No wonder people say that there are many traps in the spring breeze.

But it's just that the mechanism can't stop him, it's just that he lost his guard just now.

Wei Xiaohuai chuckled twice, as if he had accepted Yan Linsu to save face for him.He took half a step back, arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Director, I came here by imperial decree, and I would like to invite him into the palace for a drink. I wonder if the manager can show me your face?"

When the emperor saw the invitation, he naturally couldn't say no, unless the spring breeze entered the treasure building proudly and didn't want to stop in the capital, if he refused, Yan Linsu naturally couldn't say anything.

He doesn't speak, someone speaks for him.

"Excuse me, Director Wei, the Inspectorate wants this person first."

Wei Xiaohuai followed the sound and saw a young man in a blue cloth robe coming up the building, with a long black sword on his waist. The sword was strangely shaped, and the blade was straight down, like a sword without a front or a sword with a sharp edge. Break for life.

Although Wei Xiaohuai had never seen this person before, he recognized this sword, Xuanyuan Mountain's Duanli Sword, and now it is the person in charge of the Inspectorate, Qin Juyi.His pupils shrank slightly, "You are Qin Juyi."

Qin Jue walked up to him and said, "That's right, I am Qin Jue, the one who has made up his mind to kill, the one who has made up his mind to kill."

There have been rumors in the court that Qin Jueyi's temper is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.

Qin Jueyi's eyes swept over Yan Linsu's face, showing no expression, and because of Yan Linsu's thick skin, he felt guilty from the bottom of his heart.

Wei Xiaohuai raised his eyebrows slightly, "Master Qin, is he going to resist the order?"

Qin Jue said sternly: "Commander Wei, Qin was ordered by the emperor to be in charge of the Procuratorate. A few days ago, he took over the case of the loss of King Yan's jade pendant, and he was also ordered by the emperor. I am sorry that I don't understand your refusal."

"You..." Wei Xiaohuai was annoyed in his heart, but at this moment it was inconvenient to let it out, and said: "Master Qin's intention, could it be that I falsely preached the imperial decree?"

Qin Jue smiled, "Lord Wei, don't be impatient, but after saying this, let me ask one more question, what is your imperial edict?"

How could Wei Xiaohuai get the imperial decree?

"What I received was His Majesty's oral order. Does Master Qin suspect that I am lying?"

Qin Jue said: "I have no such intentions, but I took this case in the court, in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. If Commander Wei only has verbal instructions, Commander Wei can understand the importance and urgency after thinking about it."

Wei Xiaohuai was forced to this point because of his neither soft nor hard words. Knowing that today is not easy, he was not in a hurry, and said with a blunt smile: "Since Mr. Qin said that it was the case of the loss of Yupei for the King of Yan, could it be that he doubted it?" Thank you, sir?"

Qin Jue said: "It's too late for nothing, I really admire... the boss's idea of ​​saving money."

This sentence is written off again.

Wei Xiaohuai really laughed, "I've always heard that Mr. Qin handles the case with a thunderbolt wrist. It's rare to meet him today. Wei wants to see how you handle this case. Does Mr. Qin mind?"

Qin Jue said indifferently: "Just watch." He said to his subordinates who followed him, "Search."

"Wait a minute," Wei Xiaohuai said, "Lord Qin, my brothers usually have little experience, so how about asking them to learn from the Inspectorate?"

He intentionally bit the word "xuexue" very hard, implying that what kind of tricks you Master Qin wants to play under our noses, I'm afraid you can't.

Qin Jueyi only said indifferently: "Commander Wei is polite, please."

When going upstairs, Qin Jueyi gave Yan Linsu another cold look.

After a while, two jade pendants were found and delivered to Qin Jueyi.

Wei Xiaohuai saw that Qin Jue decided to pick up the two jade pendants, his expression was even more gloomy than before, and he didn't know why this person was unhappy. "The king of Yan told me that he suspected that the general manager was someone who stole jade. Now it seems that it is true. His Highness King Yan is the general manager's bosom friend."

Yan Linsu couldn't hear the meaning of Qin Jueyi's words, he asked Zhu Yongning about the jade pendant yesterday when he was happy, but the little prince avoided answering, but it turned out that he wanted Qin Jueyi to keep him.

Because of the incident with the Xuantian Ice Formation back then, Qin decided to never deal with Zhu Yongning, but if he is willing to make a move at this time, I am afraid that Zhu Yongning has already told him my identity.

From Qin Jueyi's expression, Yan Linsu knew that what he expected was right.

It's just that with Zhu Yongning's temperament, if it wasn't dangerous, how could he ask Qin Jue for help?

Did the little prince already expect that Yan Linsu would be unfavorable to him in the palace? Then Zhu Yongning's entry into the palace this time may be more dangerous than he imagined...

That silly boy thought he had arranged everything.

Yan Linsu's heart sank, he coughed lightly and said, "How does Master Qin want to convict me?"

This person still dared to ask, Qin Jue was so angry that he ground his teeth, but he could only pretend to be calm and calm, "This case involves a huge amount of money, I can only put the supervisor in prison immediately."

Yan Linsu shook his head lightly and said, "This discussion is inappropriate."

"Oh?"

Yan Linsu said: "Commander Wei said that His Majesty wants to see me. Since Mr. Qin also has an imperial decree, I naturally can't make it difficult for you two. You two have two big Buddhas, whichever one you want... this building can't afford to offend you. How about, Master Qin has detained me, how about going back to the palace with Commander Wei to face the saint?"

Wei Xiaohuai showed joy, "This discussion is very good."

Qin Jue glared at Yan Linsu fiercely, he wanted to pinch this man's neck and ask, do you know that there is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den in the palace.

Yan Linsu looked at him with a smile, and silently mouthed three words: "I know."

Qin Jueyi was in a trance for a while. He naturally remembered that when he was a child, he was taking the mountain master's exam, and the senior brother secretly told him the sword formula and helped him cheat.

damn it!

Growing up, he would never learn how to reject this person.

"My lord, please untie the sword." Zhu Yongning nodded, untied the sword at his waist and handed it over.

The palace guards offended and took the sword, the little prince nodded with a cold expression.

At this time, the last slant of the setting sun in the evening had already shone on the palace walls and glazed tiles. Even in winter, the mountains and rivers were still bright red and thick green. The little prince squinted his eyes, and the strong colors were reflected in his eyes.

"Your Majesty has a decree, please go to Dongji Hall."

Zhu Yongning nodded lightly, he looked up, Dongji Hall was in the northeast corner of the imperial city, it was originally a side hall.

Sitting in the hall, Emperor Cheng watched the young man walk in.

Zhu Yongning stopped in front of him, and Emperor Cheng frowned. Zhu Yongning gave him a different feeling today than usual.

The little prince seemed to be much calmer, his gaze was like a sharpened sword edge, wrapped in a scabbard with a cold sharp edge, without murderous intent, but he felt like touching steel when he looked at Chengdi.

The usual Zhu Yongning may be stubborn and ruthless, but he doesn't have such a calm feeling.

Emperor Cheng felt that this kid seemed to have grown up overnight, and Emperor Cheng could see that this kid was always in awe of him, and he would not dare to disobey his orders.But today he felt that there was something in this kid's heart, something that could make his heart like a rock.

He suddenly couldn't be sure.

Zhu Yongning bowed down and bowed respectfully, "I will see my father."

Emperor Cheng said: "Ning'er, do you know why I called you back?"

Zhu Yongning said: "I don't know the child, please tell the emperor clearly."

"I don't know?" Emperor Cheng sneered, picked up the memorial on the desk and threw it in front of Zhu Yongning, "This paper refers to the fact that you colluded with merchants from the Zhou Kingdom in the north to smuggle salt and iron. Have you been wronged?"

Zhu Yongning said with a smile: "Father, there are two princes, Yingxi and me, at Wangbeiguan. How dare the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War be negligent. The money is endless, so why should I do anything to smuggle salt and iron?"

Can't spend all the money?

Emperor Cheng didn't know, the Ministry of War was too sensitive, even if the crown prince was the crown prince, Li Xia of Guadatian had to avoid suspicion, and he wouldn't stretch his hands too far, or it was okay.As for the household department, this is not the case. Emperor Cheng knew that the prince accepted the household servant's sister-in-law as a side concubine.As for the fact that the Minister of the Household Department also visited the Prince's Mansion from time to time, Emperor Cheng was also very clear.

The news network of Yan Wangdian is very well-informed, and the little tricks played by the prince cannot be hidden from him, but as long as it is not too outrageous, Emperor Cheng is not too serious.

Counting on such a household department to send endless money to the King of Yan, the prince wished that King Yan's army would defect, so how could he raise troops for him?

King Yan's army was raised by his stepmother, and even the defenders at Wangbeiguan tightened their belts. Zhu Yongning had to raise troops and food everywhere. Fortunately, Zhou Guo in front of Wangbeiguan was a big fat sheep.

It is only normal for Zhu Yongning to sell high and buy low.

At this moment, Emperor Cheng heard that he opened his eyes and said that the money would not be spent, and his face was a little uneasy. Could it be that this kid is blaming me?He picked up another booklet in his hand, "This book refers to you. Dongyue left the border gate three years ago and entered Beijing quietly with ulterior motives. There are testimonies from the gatekeepers of Qingping Pass and Linzhi Pass. Can there be such a thing?" ?”

Zhu Yongning said frankly, "Not bad."

Chengdi thought to himself that this kid finally admitted it, it's really not easy.

Zhu Yongning's face was still indifferent: "I really have to go back to Beijing that day."

"Oh?" Chengdi became interested.

Zhu Yongning said: "That winter solstice, my son returned to Beijing because he wanted to pay homage to Linsu."

He stood upright, with a mournful expression on his handsome face, and Emperor Cheng felt a toothache from seeing it, which all called Linsu.

"This discount is because you have very close contacts with the forces in the Jianghu, can there be such a thing?"

Zhu Yongning said: "As a prince, I have a high status, so how can I associate with people in Jianghu?"

Chengdi really has a headache when he opens his eyes and tells nonsense.

These three papers were carefully selected. The smuggling of salt and iron, illicit entry into the confinement, and collusion with the people of the rivers and lakes all pointed to the king of Yan's conspiracy. As a result, Zhu Yongning directly rejected two of them for him-he couldn't help it. He does not recognize.

Emperor Cheng was so angry that he patted the table and said: "How can you be wronged by these papers?"

"My son really can't recognize it."

Zhu Yongning said no, no?

"Ning'er still remembers that when she was six years old, she had a serious illness. It was her father who spent the night with Ning'er. At that time, Ning'er thought that no matter what her father wanted Ning'er to do in this life, Ning'er would never refuse. These In the past few years, although Ning'er has not met his father a few times, Ning'er has never complained. If my father asked Ning'er to confess to these crimes in the past, I would never refuse. But..." Zhu Yongning smiled wryly.

Emperor Cheng never thought that Zhu Yongning would say such words, and he had mixed feelings for a moment, but he didn't know what it was like.

It's not that he doesn't pay attention to this child, it's just that he resembles him too much. Looking at him, Emperor Cheng will always think of that foreign woman who died early.

Zhu Yongning said: "But now, I can no longer admit it. Now I can't admit it with righteous indignation. I already have a very important person in my heart, and I still want to be with him in the long years."

Just when Emperor Cheng was lamenting that Zhu Yongning had grown up to be a father, Wei Xiaohuai led Qin Jueyi and Yan Linsu into the palace.

He is the commander of the inner court guards, so naturally he can know nothing about weapons. Qin Jue also has the privilege of wearing a sword in front of the imperial court. Although Yan Linsu has tidied up his clothes again, he still looks like a sick scholar.