Opposite the entrance hall

It's only halfway through the month of Ruibin, and there have been several quarrels between the court and the central government, mostly because of the grain and grass of the Pingbei Daying camp. In fact, it is not a trivial matter for this army to lose food and grass.

But he never thought that the food and grass had not been raised yet. An accident happened first. Cao Ping, who was in charge of the food and grass of the Pingbei camp, embezzled the army's salary and was sued to Beijing. The scandalous incidents in the court were too numerous to be written, and the court was full of uproar. It was the biggest case in the first year.

Since ancient times, there have been rules for the common people to report hundreds of officials, but in order to avoid trivial matters, the laws of the Jin Dynasty have their own set of rules, and the people suing officials is a leapfrogging, so going to Beijing to sue the imperial court needs to go through fire and hob , Many people can't bear this hardship, so they can only sigh and give up.

So when someone really came over, not to mention the shock of the servant who sent the news, even Emperor Chengde couldn't believe it. When the man was supported by the servant to the front of the palace, his feet dragged behind him, leaving two bloodstains extending from the palace gate. Outside the hall, it looks scary.

Ji Si happened to be in the palace and saw the bloody man whose hands and feet were so burned that he couldn't see a piece of flesh because of the fire. He couldn't help but gasped, as if his whole body was hurting, and Yang Yongtai's face turned pale. In a few minutes, even the sweat on his forehead was frightened, and he almost fainted.

The two servants supporting the blood man consciously pushed aside, and the man lay on the ground with his cheeks on the ground, but he was motionless, only his fingers twitched unconsciously, as if he was dead and lifeless.

Emperor Chengde's face was gloomy, displeased by the bloody scene in front of him, the air was full of the rusty smell of blood, which made his bloodthirsty and manic desire ready to move, his chest heaved and heaved, he waited for a while before opening his mouth , "Who is next? Report your name."

The blood man didn't seem to hear it, the blood on his body wet the ground, covering the small area around him with blood, Emperor Chengde frowned and repeated it again, and then heard a weak voice, "Grassman...Zhu Yingzhou, who is from Sinan County, Fanping...Today, I want to sue the officials of Fanping for protecting each other...For oppressing the people, playing with young girls, there is no law...Moreover, I want to sue Cao Ping, the doctor of Fanping... ...with the protection of the family...to embezzle the military salary..."

When he said this, he was a little emotional, exhausted his whole body and raised his head, only one eye was exposed on his face covered by his hair, his eyes were green and clear, but filled with raging anger, he finished the sentence in a hoarse voice: "Disregarding the king's law, Disregarding human life!"

The following four words were almost uttered with a low growl, and the ending sound was even a little broken. The voice was crying blood, and every word was full of tears, but every word fell heavily on everyone's ears and hearts, making people's hearts tremble. Shen.

Ji Si looked at the man sideways. His voice and figure seemed to be that of a young man. He was not very old, and he probably hadn't reached the top. He didn't know what he had experienced. His tone and eyes were full of hatred.

What he said pushed out all the officials in Fanping, not to mention that there was a member of the Cao family among them. Although Cao Ping was a branch of the Cao family, he had close contacts with the family. Ji Si remembered that he Cao Weiyuan was the only one who got the position of Guan Liang Lang Zhong. On the surface, he was referring to Cao Ping, but if he thought about it more deeply, he was referring to the Cao family.

The Cao family has a great reputation in Lin'an, the current empress is a member of the Cao family, and the Cao family supports the East Palace. If this matter breaks out, even the crown prince may be implicated, so everyone in the palace dare not open their mouths. If you are not careful, you will cause trouble to your upper body, and they all lowered their heads and looked at the superior Emperor Chengde from the corner of their eyes, wanting to see his attitude.

Emperor Chengde frowned, with a very solemn expression on his face, stared at the man for a while, and then asked: "Do you know that slandering an official appointed by the court is a capital offense? If it is false, your head is not enough to chop off."

The blood man climbed two steps forward, dragged out a small bloodstain, stuck out a bloody box from his arms, held it tremblingly above his head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Every sentence of the grass people...it's true...this is a box. A level official...a letter that disregards human life...hope Your Majesty...see clearly...the one who died...just..."

He kept the box in his arms all the time, soaked in his blood-soaked clothes, and it was still dripping blood when he took it out. It looked a little scary. Emperor Chengde's eyes fell on the box, and he raised his chin with his sideways eyes towards Sun Hai. , The latter got the order, and quickly waved to the side servant to bring the box over. After careful inspection, he found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to the dragon case.

The blood soaked the veil. Emperor Chengde covered his nose with his hands and looked down with disgust. The box was tightly closed and there was no blood stain inside. Several letters were lying in it. There was no writing on the envelope but it made people feel a surge of Feeling weird, the little eunuch stood aside and took out a letter and handed it to his eyes. Emperor Chengde took it and read it very quickly. When he saw the last page, his face turned dark, and there was already uncontrollable anger in his eyes, which made Ji Si He and Yang Yongtai looked at each other, curious about what was written in the letter.

There were not many letters, Emperor Chengde read them very quickly, and even let out a sneer at the back, the lowest thing in the box was not a letter but a piece of silk cloth that looked like a handkerchief, the little eunuch just picked it up He handed it over, and as soon as his fingertips touched the touch, his eyes widened suddenly, and he yelled out of etiquette, and threw the silk cloth out.

This action naturally displeased Emperor Chengde, before he could say anything, Sun Hai became angry, pointed at the little servant and growled, "I can't do such trivial things well, what use are you for!"

The little servant's face was pale, as if he hadn't recovered from the fear just now, he pointed at the silk cloth tremblingly, and said in horror: "This...this is...is..."

The silk cloth happened to be thrown in front of Ji Si, and he bent down to pick it up. When his fingertips touched the silk cloth, he was stunned, because it was clearly not a handkerchief, but a piece of human skin, and he glanced at it hurriedly. , it was full of things printed on it, although only one corner was visible, but it could still be seen that it was a name, a brand imprinted on it with an iron block, Ji Si's heart sank, and he quickly handed the things to the dragon case.

Sure enough, Emperor Chengde took it and read it, his face was beyond description, his face was livid and full of gloom, he slapped the table heavily and roared: "My Jin Dynasty has such an official who is not as good as an animal!"

This shot took all its strength, and the stacked memorials on the table trembled, and then fell to the ground. The emperor was furious, and laid down millions of corpses.

"Strictly investigate for me! I want to see how many people are cowardly trying to deceive the world, ignore the laws of the Jin Dynasty, and ignore me!"

Emperor Chengde's voice came from his head one after another. Ji Si glanced at the bloody man with his eyes downcast. He seemed to have fainted from pain, his eyes were closed, and he lay there motionless. Blood flowed out in a short while. The wetted area was expanded again, and the bloody smell was not very pleasant.

Ji Si sighed in his heart, feeling a little uneasy.

The gate of the palace is dense, no sound can come out, and no sound from outside can penetrate. The harem is even quieter. Despite the storm ahead, the deep palace is as quiet as stagnant water. Cao Yuhan twisted the prayer beads in her hand and closed her eyes tightly Silently chanting scriptures, he stopped when he heard footsteps approaching behind him.

She slowly opened her eyes, looking at the Buddhist altar with a calm expression, the compassionate face of the Buddha statue seemed to be looking directly at her, which made Cao Yuhan feel a little restless, and the maid who was serving when she reached out her hand hurriedly came up to help him He got up, carefully helped him to the soft couch, served hot tea, and stood aside tactfully.

Cao Yuhan put the beads on the low table of the soft couch, took the teacup, blew on the froth and took a sip of the tea, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, glanced sideways at the person below, and then said unhurriedly, " After all, what did you see?"

The little maid lowered her body a bit, and said in a muffled voice, "Going back to your mother, the man walked barefoot on the road paved with charcoal, and then rolled a nail. When he was dragged in, his whole body was dripping with blood. It dragged out a bloody road, and it looked scary, the palace gate of Kunyuan Palace has never been opened, but His Majesty can be heard outside the gate getting very angry."

"The man went to Beijing to sue the imperial court, did he tell anyone? What crime?"

"The slave didn't dare to get close outside the hall, but I heard that the man came from Wanping."

"Wanping?" Cao Yuhan repeated it over and over again, but she couldn't see any joy or anger on her face. Instead, she tilted her head and asked the maid next to her, "Wanping going north is Hongmen Pass?"

Danrui bent down and nodded, "It's Hongmen Pass, where the Pingbei Camp is located."

Cao Yuhan didn't ask any more questions, but waved her hand to signal the servant to go down, and when someone went out, she lowered her head and narrowed her eyes to fiddle with her slender nails, looking very preoccupied.

"Your Majesty, do you think this is strange?" Danrui has been with Cao Yuhan for many years, so she can naturally guess what she is thinking based on her expression.

Sure enough, Cao Yuhan paused when she fiddled with her nails, raised her eyelids to look at the swaying bead curtains blown by the wind, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said, "Cao Weiyuan saved a member of the Cao family in the village, and he did it for Guan Liang. Work, it is estimated that I have made a lot of money in these years, I guess [-]% of the lawsuit is related to this matter."

As soon as the words came out, Danrui also became nervous, and said anxiously: "If this is the case, we will be in great trouble. If His Royal Highness is implicated in this matter, the empress has worked hard for so many years, and she will have to burn it!"

"What are you panicking about!" Cao Yuhan glared at him fiercely, "Just this little thing made you panic like this, look at how promising you are!"

Danrui didn't dare to answer, but she was still very anxious. She had served Cao Yuhan all these years, she had done a lot of things, and she had offended people by being arrogant and domineering among the court ladies. It was thanks to the Cao family that she got her current status, and she also counted on Li Hongyang to succeed her. Afterwards, Cao Yuhan was made the Empress Dowager and followed the scenery. If Cao Yuhan lost her power, she would definitely die ten times or eight times.

But he also followed Cao Yuhan for a long time, and he also knew this person's temperament, so he kept his head down and kept silent, for fear of making people angry if he said something unsatisfactory.

Cao Yuhan's phoenix eyes glanced lightly, and seeing that the person was silent, she picked up the beads on the table with her fingertips. The emerald beads were very eye-catching against her fingertips coated with impatiens flower juice, and she picked them up one by one. Fiddling with the beads, he said with a chilly tone: "Let's not say that it's my guess that it's not true, even if it really threatens the Cao family, what's the point? Cao Weiyuan, an idiot, made himself ashamed, so he can solve it by himself. It is not difficult to abandon the soldiers to protect the army, let alone Cao Weiyuan is not even a soldier."

While talking, he threw the beads on the ground, and as soon as they touched the ground, several jade beads cracked and shattered, rolling all over the ground, and one rolled to Cao Yuhan's feet as if it was broken. She looked down and her voice leaked. The scheming in the words, "There is no need to keep things that are useless, just find another one after losing it."

The affairs in the palace have not stopped, and there is a bloody storm outside the palace. An unknown young man knocked on the red drum outside Suzaku's door, and the news of suing the imperial court officials spread like wildfire. He Renshi, a letter that Cao Weiyuan received made his eyes go dark, he staggered a few steps, and fell back into the chair, his face pale like a ghost, his fingers tightly gripped the envelope and letter paper, his pupils were bloodshot , repeated in a low voice, "It's over, it's over, this time it's really over."

His wife was quite frightened by this appearance, and hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong with you? Who is this letter from? How did you scare you like this?"

Cao Weiyuan didn't reply, his heart and eyes were full of what was said in this letter at the moment, the letter was sent by Cao Ping, and it was about Wanping. Listening to his orders is better than a dog. At the beginning, he valued the fat of Fan Ping, and he was afraid that it would fall into other people's pockets, so he tried every means to insert people into it. These years have not lost the benefits.

On the one hand, Emperor Chengde had to rely on the Sifang garrisons to guard the border of the Great Jin Dynasty for him, on the other hand he was worried that he would let go of too much power, which would make them rebellious. After all, the strength of the Sifang garrisons should not be underestimated. When there was a gap, it was both a disaster and a loss for Yu Dajin, so after careful consideration, he let go of his military power and took over his financial power.

Financial rights include the army's salary, food, comfort money, money for buying weapons and horses, etc., no matter how big or small, all must be registered in the register, and the central government will distribute the money uniformly, but the border is not within a day or two of Lin'an. Sometimes the zhezi is handed over quickly, and there is already a tens of thousands of urgency.

Therefore, they dispatched the grain manager from the household department, and the eunuchs from the twelfth supervisor to serve as supervisors to distribute these trivial matters, and also to check and balance each other. , The booklets are piled up and the brushes are set aside. He has the final say on whether to transfer or receive the money, how much to transfer and how much to take.

The Ministry of Accounts transfers a sum of money and needs to arrange the name of the person corresponding to the amount of the account. They will allocate as much as the booklet handed over. This also gives Cao Weiyuan the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts. The hands are done in a subtle manner, and the silver has gone through countless circles, and some are drawn at each step, which is hard to see at first glance.

He thinks that he does not leak water, but he often walks by the river without getting his shoes wet. After all the calculations, he will make a mistake in Cao Ping's hands. Even he himself had to lose his head, and now the person mentioned in the letter has been sued before the emperor, just thinking of the person telling these things, Cao Weiyuan felt his hands and feet were as cold as falling into an ice cave, and panicked.

At this time, Cao Kairong, the young master of the Cao family, was so drunk that he was helped back to the mansion by his servants. Before he arrived, the strong smell of alcohol came first, and then the drunkard shouted, "I Not drunk, let go of my young master, where is the wine, where is the young master's wine, bring the young master's wine to the young master, Feng Qing, Cui Yin, where have everyone gone..."

The sound was not low, enough for the people in the yard to hear.

Mrs. Cao felt sorry for her son, so she hurried out when she heard the sound, stood under the eaves and waved her hands anxiously, "Why are you standing there, why don't you help the young master back to the house and let the kitchen make some hangover soup, how much did you drink?" ah!"

Cao Weiyuan had one son and three daughters. Except for the son who was born to his wife, the other three daughters were born from concubines. They all said that a loving mother often loses children. This also caused Cao Kairong to be spoiled when he was young. Play with your temper, wait for Cao Weiyuan to react, this son has already been raised as a waste, he can't be a martial artist, not to mention Qi Ranyan Huaizheng and others of the same generation, even any other aristocratic son is far better than him by a hundred times Thousands of times, among the young talents in Lin'an, it is not Cao Kairong's turn to be famous at all.

I used to pee and forget it, but this year I have reached the age of the crown, but I haven't had any future, I just think about going to those romantic places to have fun, I am a full-fledged dude, even the idiot son of the Yang family To be praised in front of the palace, Cao Weiyuan's son doesn't even have a fart.

Usually, Cao Weiyuan turned a blind eye to this, but today, thinking about the letter in his hand, and seeing his son's useless appearance, he feels that he has worked so hard on this matter, and there is no one who can help him solve his problems There was no one around, so he suddenly became angry, stared angrily, and rushed over angrily, raised his foot and kicked Cao Kairong's waist, kicking him a few meters.

The sudden situation made Mrs. Cao cover her mouth and yell in shock, her face changed, and she scrambled and rushed over to help her precious son, while checking distressedly, she cried, "Son, where did you fall? Let Wei Niang take a look, hurry up and call the doctor, don't hurt your inner body, son."

The woman's sharp cries made Cao Weiyuan's head ache and his uncontrollable anger gradually spread, but Mrs. Cao didn't seem to notice it, she wailed at Cao Kairong, and turned her head to complain: "Master, Rong My son is your own son, how could you put such a heavy hand on her, if something happens to her, I won't live, I won't live..."

"Shut up," Cao Weiyuan cut off the cries with bulging veins on his forehead and his eyes were bloodshot, and roared angrily, "Look at the good boy you have raised. It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than nothing to fail at such an age. He was so drunk every day that he had no future at all, and my Cao family was completely disgraced by him! As long as he has half of Qi Ziheng's future, as long as he has..."

Then the matter would not be in the situation it is today, and I wouldn't even be able to find a person to discuss. There might be a way to resolve this dilemma.

Cao Weiyuan didn't say what came next, but just looked at the mother and son in front of him, flicking his sleeves and turning his back, out of sight and out of mind.

Cao Kairong was stunned by the kick, his eyes were so painful that he almost fainted, but the wine was almost gone, and after a while, he covered his stomach, grinned in pain and yelled, "Father, you kicked me!" What are you doing?"

"Kick you? I wish I could kill you right now! You worthless thing."

Hearing this, the mother and son knew that Cao Weiyuan was really angry, and looked at each other, or Mrs. Cao signaled the servants around to disperse, so they let go and the son got up and walked over, asking cautiously: " Master, has something serious happened? Don't hide it from me."

"Yeah, dad," Cao Kairong stood up on the ground, clutching his abdomen and took a few staggering steps, "If there is something really wrong, let's solve it together, it's really impossible, isn't there still the prince's cousin Well, if it doesn’t work, Aunt Empress will help us, Aunt Empress loves me, so I’ll go and tell her there’s nothing I can’t solve.”

With a move in Cao Weiyuan's eyes, the depression and impetuousness just now were swept away, and a sinister smile appeared on his face, as if he said to himself: "Yes, how did I forget about this, and the queen."

He narrowed his eyes, and said with a sneer in his tone, "I almost forgot about my sister."

While talking, he tore the letter paper in his hand into pieces, walked to the edge of the pool, raised his hand, and the pieces of paper fell into it one after another. The dry ink was wetted by water, and the writing on it spread all over, finally blurred. In one piece, they can no longer look down on the original appearance.

With a "pop", a lump of something fell into the water, and the water surface rippled in circles. The thing was like a bloody kerchief. As soon as it entered the water, the blood stains on it melted into the water. The originally clear basin of water was dyed bright red.

The clean water was sent in one basin after another, and another basin of bloody water was brought out. I don't know how many times I went back and forth before I saw that the water that came out was not so turbid.

Ji Si stopped a small servant, raised his chin towards the closed door and asked, "What's going on inside?"

"Returning to Ji Shilang, the meat on the man's feet was scalded, and the flesh was cut by the hob. The doctor said that the rotten flesh had to be cut to make it. There are also a lot of wounds on this body, but nothing serious. It's just that the scars may be ugly in the future, and it's not sure whether the leg will survive." The little servant replied obediently.

After the words fell, Ji Si's face was a little dignified. He glanced sideways at the door and waved his hand to let people leave. After waiting for a long time, the door opened, and the imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital came out with a medicine box on his back.

Seeing this, Ji Si quickly greeted him, "What's the matter?"

The imperial doctor sighed and shook his head, "The injury was too serious, he was given medicine to stop the bleeding, and the rest can only do their best and obey the destiny."

Unexpectedly, Ji Si frowned in displeasure, and his voice was three points cold, "This person is the emperor's protection. If something happens to this person inside, the emperor will ask, let alone you can't explain it. I may have to be punished."

It was fine before, but the tone suddenly changed, so that the imperial doctor was a little nervous, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and bowed to echo, "What Ji Shilang said is that this person can be saved, he will definitely be able to save it. The officer is going to check the medical books."

"Yeah." Ji Si nodded lukewarmly, watched the person out of the yard, and waited for the person to walk away before turning his eyes back. He looked at the door in front of him, wondering what he was thinking, and only looked up after a while. Push away.

The door of the post house has been in disrepair for a long time, and it creaked when it was pushed open. The light from outside shone in, and the light was full of fine dust floating in it. Ji Si stepped over the threshold and walked in. It didn't disperse, and drilled straight into the nasal cavity, making him frown.

After looking around, Ji Si walked towards the bed. There was a man lying on the bed. The smell of medicine came from him. This man was wearing only a pair of obscene trousers, his legs and hands were tightly wrapped with cloth belts, his chest and There were large and small incisions on the back, and some red meat was turned out. Although it was medicated, it still looked very hideous.

Ji Si got closer, and the smell of medicine was stronger, which made him frown even tighter. He lowered his eyes and looked at the person on the bed. His hair was scattered on the bed, and the face that he hadn't seen clearly was naturally exposed. In the wound, the fundus of his eyes was black and blue, as if he hadn't rested for a long time, but his face was a little immature, probably the same age as Yan Zhao.

what do you say that is?It seems to be called Zhu Yingzhou?which wins?Ji Si asked in his heart.

Suddenly, the boy who hadn't woken up on the bed let out a warning, opened his mouth unconsciously, and said, "Water..."

His voice was dry and weak, and it was not difficult to see his discomfort.

Ji Si turned around and poured a cup of tea from the table, regardless of whether it was hot or cold, returned to the bed and carefully raised his head slightly, and fed the water into it bit by bit.

Zhu Yingzhou was walking in a desert. He couldn't see people, nor could he see the end. He didn't know how long he had walked. His throat was full of smoke and he couldn't find a source of water. Just when he thought he was going to die, A sweet liquid suddenly flowed out of his parched mouth. He was a little anxious and anxious, opened his mouth wide to suck it in, but a gentle male voice came from his ear, "Don't worry, don't worry, slow down."

The voice was very soft, but it calmed Zhu Yingzhou's impatient heart, and his thirst was relieved. His eyelids moved, and he opened his eyes slowly. The first thing that caught his eyes was a Jin official uniform. Shang Xiang is a good-looking man, his eyebrows and eyes are far better than everyone he has seen.

Seeing himself staring at him, the man hooked his lips and smiled, "You're awake."

Zhu Yingzhou tried to get up, but as soon as he moved a little, he fell back in pain. The pain made his eyes go dark, and blood was still oozing from several wounds.

"Don't move," the man said again, "I just took the medicine, and there are a few wounds that have opened. I'll ask someone to change the medicine for you later."

He lay back, looked at him cautiously and strangely, and asked hoarsely, "Where is this? Who are you?"

"This is the post house in Lin'an. My surname is Ji Dan and my name is Si. Now I am serving as the servant of the third-rank household department. I was sent by the emperor to take care of you."

In fact, the caretaker himself changed the way he said it. Emperor Chengde made a big fuss on the spot. As an official of the household department, Ji Si naturally bore the brunt of being scolded. He sneered a few times at Emperor Chengde's behavior. On the other hand, he pretended to be deaf and dumb to please others, and when he was almost out of temper, he started talking about the real business.

This matter has turned into what it is today, and the investigation must be investigated. No matter how good or bad it is, there will always be an explanation. If it is what Zhu Yingzhou said, then the officials of Fanping will have to clean it again; if it is not what Zhu Yingzhou said. , then this person is a felony of deceiving the emperor, and ten heads are not enough to chop off.

Having said that, anyone with a sense of reason knows that this is presumably true, otherwise one would risk one's life, and it would be impossible to come here to untangle the muscles and bones.

The matter is quite big, and how to check it is even more troublesome. How much to check and how much to keep is another matter, let alone the Cao family is involved, if you don’t do it well, you will offend others. Therefore, Emperor Chengde put this matter on Ji Si's head with a big wave of his hand, calling it a redemption, and ordered him to be investigated and turned upside down.

Ji Si didn't want to cause trouble to his upper body, never thought that trouble would come after him, he sighed in his heart, the eyes of the person in front of him moved when he heard him announce his family name, he couldn't help but look twice more, and then asked in disbelief : "Are you the servant of the household department?"

"That's right," Ji Si smiled, "The emperor attaches great importance to this matter, and even ordered a thorough investigation. If you have any grievances, just tell me about it, and I will deal with it fairly and will never tolerate it."

He tried his best to put on a fair and dignified appearance, but unexpectedly the young man fell silent after hearing his words, turned his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "God will kill me."

This look and words already explained a lot. Ji Si knew what kind of reputation he was, so he didn't get angry. He just raised his eyebrows and poured a glass of water again, handed it to people, and asked in a funny way: "I don't even know what I am. He is famous all over the world, and his great achievements have been passed down to Wanping? It is reasonable if you don’t believe me, and I don’t force it, anyway, the most urgent thing is to save your life, lest you die before the investigation of this case begins.”

Zhu Yingzhou looked down at the glass of clear water, his pale and feeble face was reflected on the water surface, he raised his head, looked directly at the man in front of him, bit his lip, and said, enduring the pain, "I want to see someone, but I haven't. I won't tell you too much before him, I can't trust you."

"Who?"

"Fang Qingrong, Mrs. Fang."

After he finished speaking, Que saw that Ji Si was stunned for a moment, then his eyes darkened three points, the corners of his lips raised a wry smile, and he said as if sighing: "You are late, Mrs. Fang... is dead..."

After the words fell, Zhu Yingzhou's face changed suddenly, he looked even uglier than Ji Si, he opened his mouth but didn't make a sound, tears just flowed down the corners of his eyes into his hair and pillow, not the kind of hysterical crying, Instead, he couldn't restrain his despair and sadness, and his crying face turned red.

Ji Si was caught off guard by this sudden situation, and couldn't even care about being sad, and began to secretly wonder if this person had something to do with his teacher.

"Don't cry anymore," Ji Si lowered his voice to comfort him, "I don't know why you are, but now that this is the case, you might as well tell all you know, if you lie, you will lose your head .”

No matter what Ji Si said or what he said, Zhu Yingzhou just didn't open his mouth. He looked at the top of the bed with a look of lovelessness and wept. He had no choice but to ask the people in the station to take care of him and planned to come back tomorrow.

When the footsteps outside the door went away, Zhu Ying Zhouque looked at the door, secretly thinking about what to do next, he worked so hard to escape the pursuit of Cao Ping and Wang Yangchun, and he worked so hard that he even lost his life. Unexpectedly, Fang Qingrong died.

The man told him that Fang Qingrong was a model of literati in the world, he was upright and cared about the common people, the Cao family had too deep roots, the current empress and prince belonged to the Cao family, those few letters were like a fly shaking a tree in front of them, they were overwhelmed.

Cao Ping is just a man of affairs. If the Cao family did not delegate power, he would not have the guts to do those unconscionable things. If the matter of Wan Ping is handed over to an official at will, the best result will be to find some scapegoats After taking the blame, it ended hastily, and those grievances and grievances could not be resolved at all. Only when they were handed over to Fang Qingrong, only in Fang Qingrong's hands would he dare to fight with the Cao family, and the group of animals would get their retribution.

But Fang Qingrong is dead, he is dead, there is no way to solve this matter.

Zhu Yingzhou's eyes turned red, and he looked down at his unconscious legs, suddenly feeling a little dazed.

The afterglow of the setting sun came in through the doors and windows and shone on the ground. Until night fell, there was no sound from the door.

Ji Si came out of the posthouse and went back to the yamen of the Ministry of Households. Cao Weiyuan was not there, and he didn't know if he was jumping up and down in the mansion in a hurry. The news about Zhu Yingzhou was rumored. Although everyone didn't know the consequences, they knew it was nothing. For trivial matters, Sun Xing even came to inquire about a few things, but was waved away by Ji Si angrily. He calmed down and went through the accounts presented by Cao Ping one by one.

The accounts were done in a watertight way, he looked at them for a while but didn't see any clues, on the contrary he was very tired, after today's busy work, he was exhausted physically and mentally, so he wanted to go back to the house early to take a shower so he could rest.

When he arrived at the mansion, Ting Xue greeted him and said: "My lord, Master Yang handed over a post, inviting you to Wenxiang Pavilion for a talk."

"Who? Where are you going?" Ji Si thought for a moment that he had heard it wrong.

"Master Yang Qin of Shangshu Province."

Now Ji Si is confused. Since the first time he went to Hualou, Yang Qin has calmed down a lot, especially not long ago, he was eager to study and work hard, and when he mentioned Qi Xi, he was even more affectionate. Seeing the relationship between the two The relationship has eased a lot, what is Yang Qin up to?

Ji Si is a little uncertain, but now that Qi Ran is his heart, Qi Ran's family should naturally pay more to him. Although Yang Qin is his brother, if he does something inappropriate, he will bully him. If he lost sister Qi's family, he might not be able to help him.

Thinking of this, Ji Si changed into his normal clothes and planned to take a look.

He was led by Mr. Gui to the upstairs wing room, and just passed the corner of the stairs, he heard the movement from the room from a distance, the sound of the piano, the sound of the flute, the sound of laughter, the sound was endless, making people headache Cracking.

After Mr. Gui pushed the door open, he stood aside respectfully, bent over and made a gesture of invitation.

The movement outside the door naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the room. Yang Qin was sitting in the main seat. He didn't know how much he drank. Raising his slender hand, which is a bit whiter than the porcelain cup in his hand, he is feeding Yang Qin to drink with a smile on his face.

Young Master Yang drank in a daze, the smile on the corner of his mouth was careless, not as stupid as before, but a bit more coquettish, he held the cup with his mouth, and used the girl's hand to raise his head to drink the wine, a few drops flowed down. His jaw slipped to his neck, and it was at this time that he caught a glimpse of Ji Si standing at the door from the corner of his eye, his eyes lit up, he pushed away the two girls beside him, and staggered towards Ji Si, staggering two steps, it was still Ji Si Si stepped forward to support him, which prevented him from falling.

"How much did you drink?" Ji Si asked.

"Not much, not much," Yang Qin waved his hand, grabbed Ji Si's neck and led the people into the room, and raised his chin at everyone in the room with a look of pride, "See, Minister of the Household Department, I brother."

Ji Si let him hold him, and took the opportunity to look around the room. He didn't know him when he was sitting, and he guessed that he was some dude, but somehow Yang Qin got mixed up with these people, and suddenly caught a glimpse of an unexpected person. , who was out of tune with this environment and gave birth to Du Heng, who was not close to others.

He glanced at Du Heng, and Du Heng shook his head slightly with a puzzled expression on his face.

At this moment, Yang Qin had already pushed Ji Si on the chair, and said knowingly, "It's according to your preference."

like?What do you like?

But when Ji Si saw Jiuniang next to him, he wanted to die. For a moment, he didn't know whether Yang Qin wanted to die for his own good or for him. However, he really did something disgraceful about Jiuniang. After employing people to play a show, after being with Qi Ran later, he forgot about it. If Yang Qin hadn't mentioned it suddenly, maybe he wouldn't have remembered it.

The two looked at each other, and Ji Si hooked his lips and smiled, "How's Jiuniang doing these days?"

"What do you think, my lord?" Jiuniang shook her round fan lightly, her gestures were full of charm, and her eyes were full of charm, "My lord thought that my lord had forgotten my lord, and I was thinking about my lord. With a new lover, alas, this one only hears the newcomer laughing, but how can the old one cry."

"How can it be?" Ji Si said duplicity: "Jiu Niang is so charming, and the whole Lin'an City can't find another one. Compared with Jiu Niang, other people always have less charm, which is hard to catch the eye."

Jiu Niang covered her face with a round fan, her smiling eyebrows and crooked eyes, and Dan Kou's finger pointing at Ji Si's lips, with the tails of her eyes raised, her words were filled with whispers from her lover, "My family accepted a piece of tea cake from Kunshan Yunxue, You might as well try it later, my lord."

Ji Si complained incessantly in his heart, but nodded in response on his face, causing others to joke, saying how lucky Ji Shilang is, he hugged Jiuniang in his arms and replied with a smile, secretly thinking: It's okay, it's okay, Qi Ran I have never liked to come to these romantic places to mix.

He put his arms around people, nine