Opposite the entrance hall

It only took half a day for the news of Li Hongyang's death to spread throughout the streets and alleys of Lin'an. The government and the public were shocked, and they all wondered why this matter would have such an ending.

The sky was completely brightened, and a figure hurriedly came, and after a closer look, it was A Lu who was beside Li Hongyu.

With great strides, he walked through the corridor to the study. When he entered, Li Hongyang was taking medicine. He drank the bitter medicine without even frowning, as if he was drinking tea.

Waiting for someone to put down the bowl, Alu came forward, bowed and saluted, "Master."

"What's the matter?" Li Hongyu raised his chin, "What's the situation now?"

"The palace is in chaos right now. Lord Zhen entered the palace overnight, and he hasn't come out yet. I'm afraid it's..." Alu lowered his voice, "I'm afraid it's more ominous than good."

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes to look at the person sitting at the desk, but saw that the person was contemplating something, and only after a while did he say, "Is Li Hongyang dead just like that?"

The tone was a bit unbelievable, like asking, but it was more like talking to himself.

Alu hesitated, not knowing whether he should answer, but fortunately, Li Hongyu seemed to be speaking casually, not really wanting an answer, but talking about other important matters, "How is my fifth brother?"

"It's still in the Qi Mansion." Speaking of this matter, Alu was also completely puzzled, "Since the truth has been revealed and it has been announced to the world, why didn't the man in the palace take the Fifth Prince back to the palace, but continued to stay in the palace?" What about the Qi Mansion? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Qi Mansion has lost power now, and it may make a comeback in the face of disaster, so what is the purpose of the Fifth Prince staying in the Qi Mansion?"

Li Hongyu did not think the same about this. Although Emperor Chengde was terminally ill, he never dared to underestimate this person. There must be something strange, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, it seems that we have to hurry up."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his dark eyes revealed a fierce meaning, which was so different from his gentle and elegant appearance in the past, that even Alu couldn't help but tremble.

At the same time, Li Hongxuan also heard the news of Li Hongyang's death. He shook his folding fan for a while, and his expression became extremely complicated. After so many years, when I think about it, I have nothing. The eldest was demoted to the border, and I am afraid that he will never return to Lin'an in this life; the second is even worse, he even lost his life; How far is it, the only uncle doesn't know if he can save his life, after all, the third child is smart, just for that position, for that position."

"My lord..." Song Chengjiu couldn't help calling out when he saw that he was depressed.

Li Hongyu closed the fan, relaxed his body and leaned against the back of the chair, raised his head and covered his red eyes with the fan, his voice was soft as if coming from afar, "Although I have been calculating with them all these years, but I never thought of killing them. My queen mother and concubine left early, and my father loved me very much. In addition, I am the youngest, so everyone is willing to tease me. When we were young, we studied in Chong Academy together. The eldest got a novelty I would also share my stuff with me, and my second child would secretly remind me when I was punished for endorsing; although the third child was cold-tempered, we still lived in peace."

"At that time, Li Si was still there, and I always liked to fight with him when we didn't fight each other." Li Hongyu paused for a while and then continued after a while: "Now it's considered that things in the world are impermanent, and good fortune tricks people. "

Song Chengjiu listened quietly, and did not speak out until the person had finished speaking, "My lord, there is no turning back now. King Liang is far away, and King Qi is gone. Only King Qin can check and balance with you, but whether it is the support of all officials In terms of prestige and ability, the King of Qin is far inferior to the lord, is it rare for the lord to really see the duck in his hand fly? Once all the hard work goes to waste, the lord is really willing?"

He was a little excited, and Li Hongyu couldn't help but move his fan and look at it twice, and asked in a vague tone: "Chengjiu, what I strive for must be right? Is it sure to be happy to be an emperor? What we have done What is it for? After becoming the emperor, I will also be like my father. Brothers fight against each other, husband and wife turn against each other, everyone betrays relatives, and I really become a lonely family? Chengjiu, do you want to see me like that?"

Several questions in succession left Song Chengjiu at a loss as to how to answer them. He has been with Li Hongyu for many years, and he knows this person's temperament far better than others. This is the master.

Suddenly Song Chengjiu didn't know what to say. From the very beginning, Li Hongxuan did not take the initiative to fight for the throne. It was for the family, for the concubine, for the uncle, but not for himself. No matter it was walking on thin ice, he walked on thin ice every step of the way, for fear of making mistakes. step.

Obviously I saw his embarrassment and powerlessness, I also knew how much he wanted to stay away from Lin'an, and I knew how much he couldn't help himself, but he was able to say those words, so how was it different from those people?

No, maybe it's more hateful, the prince is far from seeing those people as his confidants and friends.

There was silence between the two, and the rustling of the branches could be faintly heard from the strong wind outside. Song Chengjiu took a step forward and whispered regretfully, "My lord..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Hongxuan waving his hand, "Go out and leave me alone."

After finishing speaking, he opened the fan to cover his face, showing a resistance that he didn't want to talk about.

Song Chengjiu opened his mouth, but in the end he turned around and walked out without saying anything.

When the footsteps were gone, Li Hongyu took down the fan and looked sideways at the courtyard through the window. White snow was falling one after another, and it looked like paper money floating in the air from a distance.

A gust of wind blew by, and the sigh melted into the wind.

The snow on the branches bent the branches, and was shaken off a little by the blowing. It happened to fall out of the small square window. Qi Ran looked outside through the window with his hands behind his back, looking very carefully, against the light. The reason was that people couldn't see the expression on his face, only his thin lips were tightly pressed. At this time, there was a sound behind him.

Qi Ran looked back and saw Yang Qin coming with a big food box, before the person arrived, a voice came first, "Heng, I'm coming to see you!"

The person who sent Yang Qin over saluted Qi Ran respectfully, then turned and left, as if he was not worried about what he would say or do with Qi Ran at all.

No matter how slowly Yang Qin turned his head, he could see the strangeness, and he was puzzled through the fence, "Aren't you a repeat offender? Why don't you send someone to watch? Are you afraid that I will take you out of prison?"

It's not something that can be explained clearly in a few words, so Qi Ran can only talk about him from left to right, "Perhaps it seems that you don't seem to have that ability."

"Seeing that you are comfortable in the prison, and you don't need anything, I'd better go." Yang Qin clicked his tongue and was about to leave.

But it was far from what he had imagined. He walked a few steps without listening to the voice of the person behind him to dissuade him. He couldn't walk or retreat for a while, and was in a dilemma. He turned his head angrily and asked, "Are you really going to stop me?"

"Well," Qi Ran sat down cross-legged without even raising his head, "walk slowly."

Seeing this, Yang Qin understood that he had shot himself in the foot with a stone, and walked back angrily, not imitating how to sit on the floor. Although he was a little annoyed, he did not forget to put the food box aside gently, and resignedly put the food box in the "Brother and your elder sister were going to come, but you understand the current situation of the Qi family. It's not appropriate for them to come, so you asked me to take this trip."

Qi Ran lowered his head and took a glance. They were all his favorite snacks, and he saw that they were made by Qi Xi himself, so he probably lost a lot of thought.

His throat tightened a little uncomfortable, and he quickly asked, "What's going on outside?"

"Not so much." Mentioning this matter, Yang Qin felt a headache, and briefly explained all the things that happened in the past few days in a few words. What he said was a bit messy, and he said what he thought of. Fortunately, Qi Ran was able to pick out the main points and listen to it. understand.

"The prince is dead?" Qi Ran was very surprised by this.

"As for what happened yesterday, I was also shocked when I heard the news. The empress is suffering from the loss of her son and is insane. The emperor hasn't woken up yet. The palace may be in chaos. My father entered the palace overnight. I came to Dali Temple and he hasn't come out of the palace yet."

Hearing this, Ji Si frowned, and asked another matter, "Nian... where is the fifth prince?"

"It's in the Qi Mansion," Yang Qin added, "It was supposed to be placed in the palace, but the fifth prince was crying so much that the emperor can only be temporarily placed in the Qi Mansion. What do you think the emperor intends to do?"

Emperor Chengde probably only knew what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd, Qi Ran thought about it but didn't answer.

Yang Qin didn't pursue the question either, but looked around, covered his face with his hands and lowered his voice, asking in a godlike manner, "I'm asking you something, do you really say in front of all the officials that you like the little prince of Yong'an Palace? "

"Huh? Why are you asking this?"

"You have gone too far," Yang Qin said with a straight face, his tone full of disapproval of Qi Ran's actions, "If you love the little prince, I will bless you in every possible way, but his life is short. Some, it can be considered that the two of you are destined to each other, but you should never, never should, and should not spoil Ah Yan's heart, maybe you don't know that he treats you with deep affection. Crying, it's true that those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry, the whole person is haggard and out of shape."

Although he didn't know what was wrong with Yang Qin, Qi Ran knew that this man was talking nonsense, thinking about Ji Si's pretentious appearance of crying in front of Yue with tears, he couldn't help laughing.

His laughter made Yang Qin even more displeased. After thinking for a while, he mumbled a few words, "If you want me to say, this little prince has been gone for so many years, if you can't forget him, then tell Ah Yan clearly. It's easy for the old man to get together and leave, so that he won't look for death for you; if you treat Ah Yan sincerely, then forget all the past and don't let him down. .”

"I remember." Qi Ran tried his best to hold back his smile, and coughed twice, "He treats me so sincerely, I definitely won't let him down."

"This is excellent. The things that happened when I was young are over, and it is right to cherish the talents in front of me." Yang Qin nodded in satisfaction, took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over, "Ah Yan, give me an envelope." your."

Qi Ran took it and looked at it, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and his expression became dignified.

Yang Qin saw that something was wrong with his appearance, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

What was said in the letter was too complicated, far beyond Qi Ran's original guess. He pursed his lips and thought for a while before replying, "This matter is a bit complicated, if you want to know, let Ji Si talk to you after you go back."

Seeing this, Yang Qin also understood that Ji Si's letter must not be as he had guessed, on the contrary, it was of great importance, so he nodded repeatedly, "Although I am not as smart as you, I don't know what is written here, but if I can Just say something to help."

"Do you have a pen and ink?"

"what"

"There is something right now that needs your help."

Qi Ran looked straight at the person, and the two of them met each other's eyes, with a little uneasiness about the imminent event.

The wind is cold and the snow is falling.

Pedestrians on the street are in a hurry, all kinds of food stalls are steaming, the air is filled with the smell of hot oil, green smoke is curling up, full of human fireworks.

A lot of people sat around the noodle stall, discussing with great interest the various major events that have shocked the government and the public these days, such as the empress being deposed, the crown prince hanging himself, the fifth prince who died in the sea of ​​fire seven years ago was resurrected...

One pile after another is the talk of the common people after dinner. They talk with eloquence, and they can talk about it with just a few words, as if they saw it with their own eyes.

Ji Si lowered his eyes to drink tea, and suddenly a figure sat on the opposite seat, he looked up, and saw Yang Qin pouring a cup of hot tea by himself, holding his hands to warm up without drinking.

"What's the matter," he asked, "Did you see Qi Ran?"

"Naturally." Yang Qin was a little complacent, "I don't even look at who I am, this Dali Temple will give me some kind of face."

It's for your father's face.

Cursing her lips and smiling, Ji Si added in her heart, then asked again, "Is he okay?"

Yang Qin's complexion changed suddenly, which made Ji Si feel nervous, but he lowered his voice and pretended to be nervous and said, "That's great, I saw that those people in Dali Temple were respectful to him, and they didn't neglect him at all. , but you said how could he be treated like this when he was about to commit a crime? I think there must be fraud in it, "

I thought that Ji Si was smart and would be able to see the clues, but unexpectedly the person on the other side just said "oh" in a light tone after listening.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Yang Qin still did not give up and asked.

"Ah."

"..."

This man's perfunctory attitude made Yang Qin lose his temper, and he also understood that Qi Ran's detention in Dali Temple was far from what he thought, and he was afraid that there were other deep meanings. He was the only one here who was suspicious, so he was simply too lazy Yan Yan took out a thin piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over, "Look for yourself, I don't want to get involved in these things, so don't ask me for help next time."

Ji Si didn't take this word to heart, Yang Qin has a sincere and transparent temperament, sincere and righteous, he said this time and time again, but he was more active than anyone else when he really asked for something.

He just picked up the piece of paper and lowered his eyes to look at it. His eyelashes covered the emotion in his eyes, so that no one could see it at all.

"How? What did Ah Heng's letter say?" Yang Qin, who still said that he would no longer get involved, couldn't help but asked aloud.

Hearing the question, Qi Ran folded the paper along the creases, gently put it in his arms, raised his eyes and smiled at the person, picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea for the person, and said courteously: "It's so cold today, the sky is so cold. Chuan drinks a cup of hot tea to warm up his body, don't freeze to death."

Yang Qin quickly covered the cup with his hand, moved back to avoid the spout of the teapot, and stared at the person very vigilantly, "Say something, don't laugh so creepily."

"Look at what you said, you don't know what is good or bad," Ji Si put the teapot back in place, and blamed people, "I love you, blame me, forget, you don't care about my love, I'm afraid you just want Miss Qi Er's heart aches."

Sure enough, as soon as Qi Xi was mentioned, Yang Qin felt a little uncomfortable, saying "don't talk nonsense", but in fact, his flustered eyes revealed his panic.

Although I don't know what kind of relationship these two people have now, and how far they have reached, Ji Si still sighed in his heart. For a smart person like Qi Xi, if she really put down her figure to please someone, how could Yang Qin be like that? Her opponent, not to mention that this person is full of her heart and eyes, even if Qi Xi said that his heart is pleasing to him, he would be happy for a long time.

Ji Si felt that in his current state of mind, the old father, who was worried that his stupid son would be cheated by a bad woman, was really worried, for fear that his stupid son would be sold and count the money for him.

On the other hand, he worried about the old father, but he heard the stupid son say stupidly, "I told Ah Heng."

"Let's talk." Ji Si was still immersed in the thought of being a big boy at a young age, and didn't hear what Yang Qin said at all, but echoed a few words along with others.

"A-Heng said: You treat him sincerely, he will definitely not betray you, what about Li Si and Zhang Si, it's just a throbbing when he was young, there are countless things to do, so don't take it to heart."

The last few sentences were naturally added by Yang Qin himself.

Hearing this, Ji Si realized something was wrong, and quickly asked, "What did you say to him?"

"I told him, because of his love for Li Si, you couldn't help crying all day long with tears on your face, and you even wanted to kill yourself. Let Ah Heng treat you well, and don't worry about the man with only a pile of bones left. Li Si is gone."

After finishing speaking, Yang Qin looked at Ji Si eagerly, as if he was expecting someone's praise. If there was a tail behind his back, he might not be able to shake it.

Ji Si looked at the person with a smile, gritted his teeth and said a few words, "Good job."

At night, the palace was extremely deserted. The patrolling guards shuttled through the gate of the palace. The lanterns in their hands could only illuminate a small area. Wearing a cloak, no face can be seen.

The palace maid guarded outside the palace, no one made a sound, heard footsteps, Emperor Chengde covered his lips and coughed, raised his eyes to look at the person brought by Sun Hai, his pale face was full of sickness, and said in a hoarse voice: "You coming."

The voice was extremely soft, but enough for the people in the hall to hear, and then he spoke again, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

The person behind Sun Hai took a step forward, lifted the cloak, revealing the face inside, it was Qi Ziheng who should be detained in the Yamen of Dali Temple.

The cold wind was blowing, causing the branches outside the hall to sway, and the rustling sound gave people a headache.

Candles were lit everywhere in Ji's mansion, which looked extraordinarily bright. The servants lowered their voices, did not dare to make loud noises, and went about their work in an orderly manner.

Since Zhao Quan's death, Tingxue has been in charge of all affairs in Ji's mansion. Because of Ji Si's face, everyone has to accept it, but in fact they despise him in their hearts.

It is very rare for a woman to be in charge in Dajin. Everyone in the mansion was thinking of watching a joke, but Tingxue did a great job, which made everyone feel convinced. .

Therefore, as she walked all the way carrying the tray, many servants saluted and greeted her, without any slack.

Her appearance has not changed, but upon closer inspection, she finds that her demeanor is somewhat different, and the smile at the corner of her mouth is also full of radiance. When she met familiar maids on the road, she let them joke, "Sister Tingxue is going to tell the adults again." Delivering medicine, this has done our job, we don't have the face to stay in the mansion, it seems that we should leave the mansion earlier to get married."

"Jing nonsense," Ting Xue replied with a smile, "My lord is in poor health, and the prescriptions prescribed in the first grade of junior high school are extremely demanding on the heat. You can't do it for a moment, and I'm always worried about using artificial hands. I'm the one who's safe. some."

While talking and joking, she walked through the corridor to Ji Si's courtyard. Ji Si was happy and quiet, showing how noisy people were. Tingxue rarely comes over.

In the past, she only had to hand over the medicine to the first day of the junior high school, but today she walked into the courtyard but saw no one, and was worried that the medicine would be cold quickly, so she had to deliver the medicine herself. There was an exclamation, "What?"

The voice was a bit loud, full of disbelief, and she was shocked, and after thinking about it, she recalled that it should be the voice of the eldest son of the Yang family, so she felt familiar.

Before his heartbeat calmed down, he heard Ji Si's serious voice coming from the room, "Keep your voice down, everyone said that this matter should be kept quiet, are you yelling so that no one will hear you?"

"I'm not scared by your words." Yang Qin also knew that the matter was serious, and immediately lowered his voice, "Is the doctor Yan really the Prince of Shengyuan Yanyi who died long ago in Xiqiang?"

Hearing this name, Tingxue's pupils widened suddenly, and the hand holding the tray trembled slightly. She knew that she should turn around and leave this matter. How could she listen to what happened.

But in fact, she stepped lightly, approached the house, hid sideways behind a tree, held her breath, and concentrated her energy to find out what the two people in the room were talking about.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Si's dull voice sounded again, "I'm guessing too. I was hunted down by a group of people and almost died when I was in Kashgar. Later, I found out that this group of people had something to do with Xiqiang, so I asked someone to investigate secretly. Do you really think that Qi Ran Going to Quding? He actually went to Shuzhou for this matter. After repeated inquiries, General Zhu of the Eighth Battalion of Tianqi revealed the news that Yan Yixu was not dead, but he did not have any definite evidence for this matter. , so it has not been reported to Beijing.”

"Then how did you know that Yan Yi belonged to Yan Yi?" Yang Qin's voice followed.

"If I say I saw it with my own eyes, can you believe it?"

The room suddenly became quiet, and Ting Xue felt uneasy, wondering why the two people inside were silent?Have you found yourself?Or what happened?

She thought about all kinds of possibilities, and after a while, Yang Qin said anxiously: "Although I am still surprised, I also know your temperament, and I definitely won't make fun of it, but it's a big deal, it's not you and me The two can make the decision, but they need to report to the Emperor Ming to make a decision."

"There is no evidence, how can His Majesty trust you and me?" Ji Si asked, "I'm afraid we will have to punish us severely."

"Then what do you say?"

The room became quiet again. When I listened carefully, I could faintly hear some slight footsteps. Tingxue guessed that Ji Sidine was walking back and forth, and he also had this habit when meditating on weekdays.

The footsteps were very light, and you had to listen carefully to hear them. After a while, they stopped, only to hear Ji Si's voice ringing again, "I have a solution. Come here with your ears, and I'll talk to you in detail."

There was no sound from behind, Ting Xue bit her lip and weighed it left and right, and finally turned around with a sullen face and walked out of the courtyard with light steps, returning to the original road restlessly.

Those girls were still in the courtyard before, and when they saw her coming with an uneasy expression and medicine in their hands, they felt a little weird and couldn't help asking, "Why is Sister Tingxue back? But your lord is not in the room?"

"Yes," Ting Xueqiang supported her smile, "It's just that the medicine is a little cold, I'll go and change it for the adults overnight."

After saying that, he hurried away, causing several people to look at each other, but did not ask many questions.

Back in her own room, Ting Xue fell down on the chair with some exhaustion, her face was pale at this time, her lips were bitten with teeth marks, she was stirring her sleeves a little uneasily, her mind was full of thoughts, but she didn't think of a single thing. The solution, seeing the bracelet on the table from the corner of the eye, finally gritted his teeth and made a choice.

She took out a pen and paper, polished and wrote a letter, sealed it and found a reason to leave the mansion. She didn't notice that she had just left the mansion before someone informed her about it.

As night falls, the lights are on.

Ting Xue came back from outside the residence with a dignified expression. On the way back to the room, for some reason, there was always a feeling of uneasiness in her heart. After thinking about it, she thought that today's incident had shocked her a lot, so she thought about taking a break early and moving to the house as soon as possible. It's good to forget about it.

Pushing open the door, the inside was not lit, it was very dark, Ting Xue looked around and groped in the dark night, just touched the edge of the table, stuck out the fire pocket in his arms and was about to light the lamp, suddenly, the candle in the room Suddenly lit up.

The glare made Ting Xue have to block it with the back of her hand, and she let it go after she got used to it. When she saw the people in the room clearly, the expression on her face could already be described as panic and fear. His eyes widened, but he couldn't utter a word when he opened and closed his lips.

"I came back so late, where did I go?" Ji Si was sitting at the table drinking tea, his tone was very indifferent, the same as in the past, if it wasn't for Du Cunxiao from Yushitai standing beside him, he would not be looked down upon at all. It's like waiting here on purpose.

He didn't even raise his head, he just lowered his head and blew on the hot tea, the hot steam from the tea made his face blurry, but Tingxue froze in place, a strong wave rose from his back Frightened, trembling uncontrollably, the whole person feels like falling into an ice cave, but he doesn't know how to answer.

"Why? Can't you say it?" Ji Si raised his eyelids and gave her a cold look. There was no warmth in his eyes, like the ice and snow in the twelfth lunar month of winter, bitingly cold, "Could it be that I can't ask you anymore?"

With a sound of "dong", Tingxue knelt down straight down. She was afraid that her knees would be bruised, but she didn't care about other things. She just looked at Ji Si with sweat profusely, clenched her fists tightly with her hands, and opened her eyes. He opened his mouth but gave an ambiguous answer, "Slave... Slave just... just went out for a walk..."

"Oh," Ji Si drew a long tail, "then where did you go? Who did you meet? What did you do?"

"My lord..." Ting Xue was shocked, and she didn't know where to start, she was not good at words, and under Ji Si's aggressive aura, she panicked and broke out in sweat.

But Ji Si was not influenced by her. He treats people well based on the exchange of sincerity. If it was calculated and deceitful from the beginning, what kind of sincerity is he talking about? There are some differences in words, but when this difference endangers himself or even Qi Ran, the rest is nothing more than mediocre.

"If you don't want to tell me, I will tell you." He sipped his tea and said slowly, "You went to the Martial Arts Hall on West Street, found a martial artist named Zhao Laowu, and then handed him a letter. He also told me that it must be delivered by hand, how can I be right?"

Tingxue is not as smart as Ji Sicong, but he is not stupid either. After hearing this, he already understands that this is a game, a game against him. Yan Yi and Yan Yi are all bait, deliberately luring himself to show his flaws, but at this moment he understands but It's too late.

Knowing that the situation was not good for him, Tingxue still held on to the last bit of hope, and gritted his teeth, "Then Mrs. Zhao... is from the same town as slaves and servants... Slaves have a lover, even though they are thousands of miles away, they still miss him deeply. This letter It was given to him..."

"Who is your name? Where is your family? How old are you?" He was interrupted before he finished speaking, "You have worked a lot for the Qi Mansion in the past two years, why don't you tell me all of them, and I will help him in the mansion. Sending someone to pick him up on an errand is worse than the addiction of a matchmaker, the beauty of an adult."

"Surname... surname..." Ting Xue's mind went blank, she could say a single word casually, but she didn't think about it for a long time.

Seeing this, Ji Si's face became more and more ugly, she clenched the teacup in her hand and threw it on the ground forcefully, the porcelain cup shattered, the tea and porcelain fragments in it flew everywhere, wet the hem of Tingxue's shirt, she trembled unconsciously, her limbs Soft.

"You still want to lie to me now, do you really think that I don't know about Zhao Laowu and Ting Fengxuan? I treat you like this, but you, how do you treat me?"

I don't know which word touched Tingxue, and when she raised her eyes again, her eyes were whirling, she wanted to speak and shed tears first, and a crying voice came, "My lord... slave... slave..."

Ji Si looked sideways at Du Heng, and although they didn't make a sound, they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

Du Heng, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth, "I told you early on that this person is not trustworthy, you are welcome, and let her be the steward of Jifu, this is to lure wolves into the house."

"I treat each other as a friend, and never regard her as a servant," Ji Si's voice was a little choked up, two points were true and eight points were false, but when he said it, it turned out to be [-]% true, " But I don’t want to be self-indulgent.”

"You regard her as a friend, but she plots with others how to kill you. It's really a wasp's backstab, the most poisonous woman's heart." Du Heng added coldly.

"No, my lord, no..." Ting Xue couldn't stop shaking her head, crying until she couldn't make a sound.

"What isn't it?" Du Heng pressed on every step of the way, not giving anyone a chance to breathe, "It's true that you were ordered to monitor! It's true that you passed on the situation of Ji's mansion to your master! It's true that you conspired with others to kill Master Ji again and again. The first line is true! It is also true that it has been planned for a long time with ill intentions! Now here, cats are crying and mice are pretending to be merciful, and who is it for?"

"Cunxiao, forget it." Ji Si waved his hand weakly, "I know she must have some difficulties, but I don't know people clearly and I can't blame her, let her go, even if there is no such person in my Ji Mansion in the future .”

"If you let her out of this house today, she will be able to take your life with that group of people in the future. Those people are not kind and want your life every time." Du Heng frowned and disapproved extremely, "Mo Let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

The two of them, one singing the bad face and the other singing the red face, cooperated seamlessly, they felt uneasy and blamed themselves endlessly when they heard what Xue said, thinking about all the things they got along with Ji Si these days, they couldn't calm down for a long time.

Kneeling and taking two steps forward, crying, "My lord, this servant is guilty. I will remember how my lord treats my servant, and I will never repay you in this life. Nothing I can say will help you, but this servant has never done anything wrong." I thought about killing adults."

"You said you never wanted to harm me?" Ji Si leaned over and approached the person, "You spy on me secretly, and tell your masters behind you about my every move, and everything I do is under their noses. I have been controlled by you for a long time, and I have become a bird in a cage in your hands. If you want my life, it is not a matter of your hands. Does this mean that you have never harmed me?"

"No, no," Ting Xuelian denied, "The servant is ordered to monitor the lord. If he finds anything wrong with the lord, he will go to the Martial Arts Center on West Street to find a man named Zhao Laowu. The servant knows that the lord is a Good man, I don't want to harm adults because of my own selfish interests, every time I send out letters, they are all irrelevant news."

"If the servant really wants to harm the lord, the fact that the lord has an affair with the lord Qi, I am afraid that the city will be full of rumors. No matter whether the lord believes the servant or not, the servant has never thought of harming the lord!"

Ji Si and Du Heng looked at each other, both of them were thinking about the credibility of these words, the latter squinted his eyes and asked, "If you don't want to, why don't you tell me frankly, you need to cover up like this Cover it up, did you say that in the letter that was sent out today?"

"Slave..." Ting Xue was stunned, hesitated, and became very flustered. She bit her lip and didn't say anything in the end, but kowtowed heavily, "My lord treats slaves very well, slaves know themselves Guilty, shameless to see you again, willing to die to repay your love."

"Is it any good for me if you die?" Ji Si asked back, "I know your temperament. If you are so controlled by others, you may fall into the hands of others. What reason is worthy of your care? Let me guess Guess, love? Old friend? Or relative?”

He didn't say a word, and Tingxue's nervousness became more and more obvious, and in the end, the whole body was tense, and panic was visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this person's emotions in his eyes, Ji Si curled his lips and asked: "If I remember correctly, you are from Shuzhou, do you have any brothers and sisters?"

"Slave..."

"Don't worry, let's talk after you think about it. Could it be that you forgot which servant your lord is in charge of?"

The servant of the household department is in charge of household registration, finance and taxation in the world.

Dajin has a large population and a vast territory. It is not something that can be done in a day or two to check a person's household registration status. These days, all kinds of trivial matters are complicated, and Ji Si has no time to check at all. It is just a bait to deceive her. .

Sure enough, listening to the snow shaking like sifting chaff, the red eyes from crying looked very lovely, but it couldn't arouse the compassion of the two people in the room at all.

"Tingxue," Ji Si got up and helped him up, rolled up his sleeves and gently wiped away tears for him, and said in a gentle voice, "I have come to this position, but I am only alive, do you understand?"

"My lord..." Ting Xue said in a trembling voice, "It's my servant who made a mistake, my servant is sorry for my lord..."

Du Heng watched from the side, and felt that Ji Si's methods of manipulating people's hearts were indeed extremely high, and the servant girl could relax with just a few words.

Strike while the iron is hot, Ji Si pressed Ya Tingxue's shoulder to let her sit down, poured a cup of hot tea and pushed her over gently, her tone was so gentle that no one could say a word of rejection, "I know you have your own difficulties, and you don't want to It’s difficult for you, but others want to take my life, I can’t just sit and wait for death, begging for others is better than asking for myself, self-protection is the best policy, I’m going to ask you, just shake your head or nod, is that okay?”

Ting Xue lowered her head and pondered for a long time, and finally nodded her head with a very small arc.

Ji Si glanced sideways at Du Heng, and asked the first question, "Yan Yi, but Yan Yi, the crown prince of the Western Qiang who passed away for many years?"

He waited for a while, but no one nodded or shook his head. He couldn't help frowning, but he heard a weak voice, "I don't know..."

This answer was expected by the two of them, but Tingxue really knew many things about Yan Yi, and she was one of the core figures in the whole matter, and she would not be so easily persuaded by a few words, maybe it was just an irrelevant person here Just the little people who matter.

"They want you to monitor Mr. Ji?" Du Heng asked, seeing the girl on the opposite side nodding slightly, he asked again, "Why? What does Mr. Ji have to do with them?"