Opposite the entrance hall

Ji Si didn't even have time to change his clothes, so Tingxue hurriedly followed the people from the Prince's Mansion into the carriage after letting Tingxue settle down for the first grade of junior high school. The carriage staggered towards the side door of a small courtyard, and he bent down and got out of the carriage , followed the attendants of the Prince's Mansion through the courtyard, and stopped at the Champs Water Corridor.

"Your Highness has been waiting in the pavilion for a long time. Sir Minister, please." The attendant stood sideways, with a polite smile on his face, bent over and made a "please" gesture.

"Thank you, Father-in-law." Ji Si stretched his head and glanced at the eaves pavilion with veils hanging at the end of the water corridor. Thoughts were surging in his heart, but he looked away, nodded with a slight smile, and walked over.

It is the first time for Ji Si to visit this courtyard, the layout design of the courtyard is similar to the other courtyard of the Yan family in the suburbs of the city, there are attendants of the prince's residence everywhere, he can't look around, he can only lower his eyes and head, walk into the pavilion and bow Bowing and saluting, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Well," Li Hongyang's voice came from above his head, "sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Ji Si sat down and looked up, and found that besides Li Hongyang, Yan Huaizheng was also in the pavilion. He froze for a moment, and nodded at the man, who squinted his eyes and smiled at him, but his eyes were a bit out of place. Playful, there is a kind of malicious meaning, Ji Si is not at ease looking at it.

"How about you going to Xiangzhou this time?" Li Hongyang didn't beat around the bush, and directly stated his purpose today.

This question was expected by Ji Si. He took the tea handed over by the servant girl and didn't drink it. He just put it gently on the table and said the answer he had thought in advance. I don’t know if it’s because of the Tai Sui, but the flood and the epidemic have been combined together. It’s been raining for days and it’s humid and wet. I’m really drowned when I go out. I wanted to return to Beijing after the inspection early, but the flood has not been resolved and the epidemic suddenly It broke out, and the death of the infected person was extremely horrific, staring at the two big eyes frightened me to death, if it wasn't for the lower official who often followed His Highness and was blessed by His Highness, I'm afraid he would have to confess to Xiangzhou this time."

Li Hongyang didn't believe his flattery, he just took a sip of his tea and said with a half-smile: "I heard that the governor of Xiangzhou, Dou Yuanliang, secretly hid official food and wanted to kill you? Is this true?"

"How can there be any false information about handing over the booklet?" Ji Si said, "I heard that the chief envoy of Longxi's chief envoy had a private discussion with Qi Ran in Xiangzhou, and only then did I find out that Dou Yuanliang was from the king of Liang. Not to mention concealing the disaster situation, he also hid a lot of food privately. He set up a food company to smuggle government food in disregard of the laws of the Jin Dynasty. The official did it, but it was because the official was from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We broke the arm of the King of Rites, and the King of Liang wanted to break the official, so that His Highness would lose a strong general. When the time comes, King Liang will pick himself off He knows the evidence of the crime, and he only needs to do it a little bit, and maybe he can be accused of collaborating with the lower officials. Dou Yuanliang is dead, and there is no evidence for his death. Let them say the white and the black, beat us If one is caught off guard, if the crime is less serious, the official will be punished, but if the crime is serious, His Highness will be implicated. In this game, His Highness will lose, lose his wife and lose his army. Wouldn't it be a big loss? .”

"King Liang's method kills two birds with one stone," Yan Huaizheng said suddenly, "Your Highness, we underestimated him before."

"Boss is always ruthless. He likes to do this kind of sniping in the back, but His Highness forgot." Li Hongyang snorted coldly, "When you are not prepared, I will kill you with one knife, and you will not get out of the water at all. It's his usual style."

Ji Si cautiously raised his eyelids to look at Li Hongyang, seeing his expression, he knew that he had already believed in his heart, and he was relieved immediately.

He and these two people have known each other since they were young, and although he doesn't really know the basics, he can still be somewhat sure of what kind of temperament these two people are.

Li Hongye looks the most kind and polite on weekdays, but in fact he is full of scheming in his bones, and he will use any means to achieve his goals. Perhaps it is because this man is clearly the eldest son, but he is unwilling to be oppressed by Li Hongyang, the son-in-law. Another thing, when he first entered the palace, he was deceived by this man's hypocritical face a few times, and later Qi Ran couldn't stand it and rescued him, only then did he see the essence of this man clearly.

Compared with him, although Li Hongyang is not a good person, he is still a gentleman. It is just the difference between one stabbing you in the back and the other stabbing you in the front. All in all, they are not good things.

On the contrary, Li Hongyu and Li Hongxuan were more normal, one couldn't see through it, and the other didn't bother to read it.

Ji Si was thinking about what question Li Hongyang would ask, and Yan Huaizheng said again, "I heard that Master Ji was kidnapped by Dou Yuanliang and almost died. It was Master Qi from Dali Temple who saved Ji Shilang."

Hearing this, Ji Si raised his eyes to look at him, and the two looked at each other, each unable to understand the emotion in the other's eyes.

Yan Huaizheng asked this question in an extremely tricky way. It wasn't about the epidemic, nor the imperial merchants, but about Qi Ran. Ji Si kept saying that he had a bad relationship with Qi Ran, so where did the grace of saving his life come from? good……

Sure enough, Li Hongyang frowned after hearing this, thought for a while and asked, "Why did Qi Ran save you?"

Ji Si drooped her eyes and remained silent, thinking of ways to deal with it quickly in her mind.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" Li Hongyang's eyes darkened, and he said sharply, "Could it be that there is something that the Crown Prince can't hear!"

"Your Highness was wronged," Ji Si swallowed with tremors, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Qi Ran saved me to repay my kindness."

"Thank you?"

"Exactly," Ji Si hastily explained, "it's just a coincidence, it happened before I went to Xiangzhou, because I went to Hongfu Temple for private business, who would have met that young master of the Qi family who fell into the water, Then he rescued the man, only to find out afterwards that it was Qi Ran's son, the young grandson of the Qi family, because of this matter Qi Ran owed a favor to the lower official, the Qi family is a big family, this kindness must be repaid, That's why I saved the life of the lower official, even if I gave the lower official ten guts, I wouldn't dare to have anything to do with the Qi family behind His Majesty's back. Most of what happened that day was seen by others, if His Highness doesn't believe it, just go to Hongfu Temple and find a young novice Once you ask, you will know that what the officials say is true or not."

"Son of Qi Ran?" Li Hongyang repeated it, but he didn't remember it for a moment.

"Have you forgotten, Your Highness, the biological mother is Lord Qi's housemaid, and you even sent congratulatory gifts there on the day of the full moon." Yan Huaizheng reminded.

"Oh, I remembered now when you said that." Li Hongyang got the impression and glanced at Ji Si, "Is what you said true?"

"Every sentence is true." Ji Si replied.

"Ji Si, you should understand how the crown prince treats you. If it weren't for the crown prince, you would have been killed by you. How could you still be your housekeeper with a high bed and soft pillows, rich clothes and fine food, and comfortable living as you are now?" Minister, the most taboo thing about keeping a dog is being bitten back, if His Highness knows..."

He didn't finish the following words, but the ruthlessness in his words was very obvious, Ji Si quickly knelt down on the ground, bowed his head to show his loyalty, "I know that I will rely on Your Highness to promote me today, how dare I not know what is good or bad, The principle that one prospers all prospers and the other loses the other is the truth, the lower official knows in his heart, as long as His Highness orders, the lower official will definitely do his best for His Highness, and die after death, if there is a double heart, he will not die well."

Li Hongyang nodded in satisfaction, hooked his fingers at the man on the ground, "Come here."

Ji Si propped his hands on the ground, raised his head cautiously when he heard the sound, slowly got up and bent over, and just leaned over, Li Hongyang raised the teacup and slammed it heavily on the wound on his forehead that had not yet healed the scar. It was broken a lot, the tea mixed with blood dripped all over his face, and some fragments got stuck into Ji Si's freshly grown tender flesh. It was painful and itchy, extremely uncomfortable, and subconsciously wailed in pain.

"If there is no accident, the emperor will have to ask you and Qi Ranshui about the ins and outs of the epidemic tomorrow. This time, Xiangzhou's affairs are extremely beautiful. Regardless of who is responsible for the matter, you have to give me the first Qi Ziheng didn't dare to take the merits, the emperor was so jealous of the Qi family that he couldn't hide in time, how dare he ask for credits, you can say it boldly, when the emperor pays attention to it, the power of the household department will be bigger, the boss and the fourth and the others will Lose me [-]%, let me see how they struggle, this wound is the key to your victory, let the emperor see, the appearance of you working hard for Xiangzhou is much more convincing than those messy papers." Li Hongyang said coldly. road.

"Yes." Ji Si endured the pain and said.

"Okay, you go back first, and the rest will be discussed when you come out of the palace tomorrow."

"Yes, the subordinate retire."

Blood leaked from the wound on his forehead, and dripped down Ji Si's chin onto the skirt of his clothes. In his heart, he was dripping with blood at Li Hongyang, but his face remained calm. When he was about to step out of the pavilion, Li Hongyang He spoke again, "When you returned to the mansion, did the people in your mansion tell you something."

Li Hongyang stopped here for a while, then continued: "Zhao Quan is dead."

Ji Si's eyes sank, something flashed in his eyes, then he turned around and frowned, with a look of surprise on his face, "Your highness summoned you as soon as I arrived at the mansion, and I haven't had time to inquire about the affairs of the mansion, this... this... What's wrong with Guanshi Zhao?" It's gone! How could this be!"

The tone of seven parts surprised and three parts sad is appropriate, Li Hongyang tapped his index finger back and forth on the table, stared at the person in front of him carefully, as if he wanted to see clearly what was inside through this expression, and said softly: "He put The servant girl in your house fell asleep in your yard, and while he was asleep and unguarded, the servant girl stabbed him several times in the heart with a hairpin, and he lost his breath on the spot."

"Oh, there's a knife on Sezi's head," Ji Si sighed, "Thanks to Guanshi Zhao taking care of the trivial matters in the house for the subordinate officials on weekdays, it made the subordinate officials feel more at ease. Why are good people gone? This matter It happened at the Xiaguan's mansion, and the Xiaguan will definitely take care of his affairs after his death, and the pension will not be small, but it's a pity for Guanshi Zhao."

"Zhao Quan is dead, there must be no trustworthy person in charge in your family," Li Hongyang smiled, "Wang Zhong knows a lot of people in Beijing, if you need him, you can ask him to find some trustworthy ones for you."

Wang Zhong is the father-in-law in charge of the Prince's Mansion, and it is true that he has a wide network, but if he finds someone, he will naturally obey the orders of the East Palace. Li Hongyang wanted to send another Zhao Quan over.

Ji Si endured the pain and said: "Of course it is very good, but His Royal Highness is busy with everything, if the subordinate officials have to bother His Highness with these trivial matters, it will be too useless. How to do things for His Highness in the future, this house has no control over it." Alright, how can I be an official, how can I work together for His Majesty's great cause, His Highness thinks this is the reason?"

"It makes sense."

"Then the officer will leave first."

When Ji Si walked away, Li Hongyang sneered, "He took a big hat off."

"Does Your Highness think Ji Si did what Zhao Quan did?" Yan Huaizheng asked.

"Yes or not is not important anymore, but it definitely has something to do with him." Li Hongyang raised his head, squinted his eyes while staring at the roof of the pavilion, "Ji Si, Ji Si, hide your little thoughts tightly, don't let Ben Your Highness has caught it."

The voice was very soft, the veil was flying, and the wind was warm, even the voice was scattered in the wind.

Ji Si returned to Ji's mansion with blood on his head, startled Tingxue, if Ji Si hadn't made a silent movement, he would have almost yelled out.

Tingxue looked back at the sleeping person in the room, and said in a low voice, "Didn't your lord go to see His Highness the Crown Prince? Why are you still injured?"

"It's okay." Ji Sifang walked into his room lightly, Tingxue followed after seeing this, asked the servants to fetch hot water, dug out the medicine box from the cabinet, and carefully applied the medicine for him.

"My lord, the wound is a little deep, and there are still pieces of porcelain in the flesh." Ting Xue looked worried, "No, I still need to call the doctor, or there will be scars."

"Don't make a fuss, it's just a minor injury." Ji Si took the handkerchief in her hand and wiped the blood casually, and asked in a deep voice, "Zhao Quan is dead?"

Ting Xue paused and nodded, "This servant is planning to talk to you about this."

"When did this happen?"

"Just at the beginning of this month," Tingxue said carefully, "Before you leave, you have to tell Guanshi Zhao to make up his mind about the affairs of the mansion, no matter how big or small. Go to the mansion, my lord, don't think that the slaves are talking too much. To put it bluntly, Guanshi Zhao is gone, and the servants in the mansion are having a lot of fun. Guanshi Zhao's reputation in the mansion is not very good, so it's not like he deducted his salary on weekdays Money is insulting at will, and the most shameless thing is harming the maids in the mansion. Everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak up. Those who suffer can only bear it by themselves. He is still a little restrained when you are here. You go to Xiangzhou to take the lead. I gave it all to him, and he is even more lawless. The day when the accident happened, it was because he took the Dongqu in your courtyard forcibly. Manager Zhao had already made up his mind for Dongqu. The girl was so strong that she stabbed her to death with a hairpin the next morning, and His Royal Highness was furious when she found out."

"How's it going?" Ji Si asked.

"Guan Zhao lost his temper at that time."

"Who asked you about Zhao Quan?" Ji Si said unhappy, "I'm asking about your maid."

Ting Xue sighed, "His Royal Highness ordered the body to be strangled and thrown into a mass grave."

After listening to this, Ji Si frowned, and ordered: "Go to the cashier to pay the money, set up a longevity ranking for that girl in Hongfu Temple, and give her family 100 taels, and help out if there is anything else you need."

"Yes."

Ji Si let out a long sigh when someone went out, and only he knew the feeling in his heart.

Before dawn the next day, Ji Si got up early, took a picture in front of the mirror, and saw that the wound on his forehead was red, swollen and oozing blood.

He had to do enough tricks, at least let other people see that he is also the same look of forgetting to eat and sleep for the country and the people, so he planned to wait at the palace gate early, got off the sedan chair and opened the curtain and bent over. The person in the scarlet court clothes suddenly froze.

Soon in June, the weather is getting hotter, and the Shangyi Supervisor has started to arrange summer shirts. The leaves are stretched out, and the greenery seems to make people feel better. Occasionally, the wind will still be a bit cool.

The man didn't know when he came, his body looked a little thin in the wind, and Ji Si's nose was sour from the look.

In my impression, the teacher seemed to arrive early every time he went to court, and every year was like a day without any change. Ji Si still remembered all the past, only six years, but found that this person aged so fast, His hair is gray and his body is a little stooped, and he doesn't look at all the high-spirited and vigorous young champion Fang Jinxing who traveled all over Lin'an Street with his horses.

Ji Si stared at it for a long time, and then suddenly remembered that the teacher had passed away, and his life was getting shorter and shorter. He should have retired and returned to his hometown, but he continued to devote most of his life to Da Jin's backbone. The Li family was dedicated to Da Jin, and to the loyalty and righteousness he insisted on.

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Ji Si swallowed her saliva, walked over, respectfully saluted: "Teacher Fang."

Fang Qingrong turned his head when he heard the sound, and returned politely: "Master Ji."

He looked at Ji Si's entanglement on his forehead and was stunned, "This on your head..."

"A little hurt, nothing serious."

"Your Minister Ji has worked hard on this trip to Xiangzhou," Fang Qingrong said in a flat tone, "Fortunately, now that the dust has settled and everything has been resolved, it is indeed the blessing of the Jin Dynasty."

Ji Si smiled and didn't answer, but asked: "Teacher Fang came so early today."

Fang Qingrong twirled his beard and turned back, "This man wakes up early when he is old, but Ji Shilang came earlier than usual today."

"Although she is not old, she wakes up as early as you."

Hearing this, Fang Qingrong laughed out loud.

The distance between the two of them dissipated a lot in a few words, and they talked until people came one after another, and Ji Si found an excuse to leave.

He looked back, and saw that the teacher standing in the crowd was extremely thin, and the court uniform looked a bit too big on him, as if he could push it off with a little force.

Ji Si looked at it for a long time, thinking in his heart: Teacher, Ah Si is back!

Fang Qingrong seemed to have sensed it, and suddenly raised his head and looked around. It was dark, and although the lamp was on, there was only a little place that could be seen clearly.

He smiled and shook his head.

It seems that he is really old, and this person is confused.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Ji Si: I, Ji Si, swear to God, if I have two hearts, I will die a terrible death.

Master Ji: Meow meow? ? ?

Ji Si: I, Ji Si, swear to God, if I cheat His Highness the Crown Prince, I will be ashes after death.

Master Ji: You are just shit!

Ji Si: I, Ji Si, am a despicable and shameless villain, and I deserve a good death!

Master Ji: I report, I report, I report, this person swears falsely! !

ps: The crown prince wants Ji Si to take the credit for Xiangzhou, so Ji Si will not let him succeed.

Zhao Quan died, clapping, clapping.

The dog blood article next door also opened a new one today, if you are interested, you can take a look.