Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Su Yan took a breath

Outside the door said: "Qinghe, I know you are not asleep, the candle is still on."

"I... I'm getting dressed, please wait a moment, Your Highness."

Su Yan pushed Shen Qi hard: "Hurry up, if the prince bumps into you, you will be finished. You don't have to wait until Feng Qu'e strikes, you have to die here tonight!"

Shen Qi grabbed the belt, jumped out of the bed with an ashen complexion, picked up the armor and helmet on the floor, put them on in a hurry, and finally picked up the waist knife.

"Go through the window!" Su Yan got out of bed, dragged his injured leg to find a jacket and trousers from the closet, and put them on. He put on a brand-new lake blue Taoist robe, and tied the thin belt around his waist tightly.

Cui Bai's body disappeared before Shen Qi's eyes, wrapped in his clothes again, he tightened the handle of the knife in his hand, and suddenly didn't want to leave.

After Su Yan got dressed, he didn't have time to comb his hair into a bun. His waist-length black hair was hanging loosely, but he didn't want to cover his face, so he tied it loosely with a blue rope from a jade pendant and hung it on the side of his neck.

Looking back, she saw Shen Qi staring at him with scorching eyes like a thief, she couldn't help urging again: "Why don't you hurry up, do you really want to lose your head?"

Shen Qi smiled, put her arms around his waist and hugged him, kissed him twice, walked steadily to the door and put him down, then tapped the wall with her toes, and jumped onto the beam with one vertical leap.

Su Yan looked up in shock and mouthed: Are you crazy?

Shen Qi whistled back lightly.

...this guy is crazy!Can't control him.Su Yan took a deep breath and opened the door.

It was only half body wide open, and a young man dressed as a servant slid in like a fish, said to the outside, "Stand back, if you dare to speak nonsense, I will cut your tongue", and then closed the door tightly.

This domineering tone, whoever it is, is not the prince.

"I'm in a hurry, I'm dying of thirst, come pour tea for the young master, sit down and talk." Zhu Helin took Su Yan's arm, shuffled two steps, felt something was wrong, looked down at his ankle, and shouted, "Oh, your ankle is hurt ? How did it become so swollen!"

Su Yan smiled painfully: "I accidentally slipped on the soles of my feet while taking a bath and fell. It's okay, I've taken the medicine, and I'll be fine after a night's rest."

"You can also wrestle in the shower, forget about it! You said that you have been injured twice in the past three days, can you save me some time?" Zhu Helin stretched out his arms to help him with an annoyed and distressed expression on his face, "Come on, Go and lie down on the bed, and I'll make the tea myself."

Su Yan put his arms on the prince, limped to the edge of the bed and sat down, and moved up with his legs hugged.

Zhu Helin saw that the bathtub in the house hadn't been cleaned yet, and there were water stains and flower petals all over the floor. He said displeasedly: "What are these servants doing for food? They didn't clean it up for you in time. If they stepped on the water again, I will tell Dong Yuan The eunuch in charge, take care of this group of lazy and slippery things."

Su Yan comforted him: "I didn't ask them to clean it up. I thought it would be troublesome late at night, so it's better to wait until dawn. I know there is water there, so I will be careful."

Zhu Helin poured a cup of cold tea from the big purple sand pot on the table, walked to the bedside and handed it to Su Yan.

Su Yan happened to be thirsty, and after drinking two cups, he waved his hand to show that it was enough.

Zhu Helin turned to the spout, drank the remaining tea in one gulp, wiped the corners of his mouth, went to the bedside, took off his soap boots, and sat cross-legged on the bed familiarly.

There was a slight "creak" from the beams above his head, which was clearly audible in the quiet room.Zhu Helin frowned: "What voice?"

Su Yan said in his heart: The sound of death.He said in his mouth: "It's probably a mouse jumping over the beam of the house. It's okay. I'll knock on it with a bamboo pole later to drive away that sharp-mouthed and thick-skinned bastard. Your Highness is visiting at night, why?"

Zhu Helin took off his official gauze cap, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and threw it on the floor, "I was thinking about the case during the day, and I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to talk to you. What do you mean by Father, obviously you You have been cleared of suspicion, and you are told to live with these people who are not present, and you are not afraid that the murderer will really get in there and harm you."

Su Yan remembered that the emperor pinched his arm before he left, and said, "I guess, the emperor wants me to investigate this case."

"Investigate the case?"

Su Yan nodded: "The few people who were not on the scene are all suspects and need to be investigated. But interrogating them one by one will lose the face of the officials, and it is easy to make excuses. Why don't you put a stake in and probe quietly."

Zhu Helin thought it made sense, but after thinking about it again, he was still unhappy, and complained: "He used you as a stake, but he didn't care about your safety! Anyway, he should send some guards to protect him secretly. He's really smart for a lifetime, but he's a fool for a while. "

Su Yan hurriedly covered his mouth: "As a courtier, how can you have complaints against your father! Let the third person hear and leak the news, afraid that the emperor will be angry and punished?"

Zhu Helin broke his hand unconvinced, "I've been used to talking nonsense since I was a child, so my father won't turn against me just because of a word! Besides, there are only you and me in the dark room, where is the third person?"

Su Yan sighed, and his eyes flew up to look at the beams - naturally he couldn't see it when he was sitting on the bed, so he could only pray that Shen Qi knew the general idea of ​​advance and retreat, and don't try to use this talk to stroke the prince's beard.It should be noted that cubs are also tigers, so they can drink blood and eat meat.

"Loyal words are hard to hear, so let it be if His Highness doesn't listen to you." Su Yan withdrew his hand and said coldly.

Zhu Helin was most afraid of his sudden cold face, so he responded repeatedly: "I listen, I listen! Be careful in your words and deeds, I know, the tutors have taught you."

Su Yan just smiled, "Young master is wise, knowing that I have good intentions. Naturally, I won't reveal the slightest bit of whispering between you and me, but this place is not secret. I am afraid that walls have ears, so I have to guard against it."

After Zhu Helin was knocked and pushed by him, he lost all anger, and took his hand: "Okay, okay, Qinghe is right. Then tell me, young master, I will perjure you today, is it bullying the world?" , ignorant of morality? Is it the virtue that a prince should have?"

These words caught Su Yan off guard and choked.

Seeing that Zhu Helin's eyes were wide open, his expression was dignified, and he was sincerely looking for an answer, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, feeling that he had led a good young man astray.

No matter how leisurely and greedy this young prince is, no matter how arrogant he is, there is always something precious that no one else has, that is, a pure heart.

"What does Your Highness think?" Su Yan asked back.

Zhu Helin hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's wrong to give false testimony, but it has to be done."

"Why?"

"Well, the sage does not stick to the rules... Yes, I should not be bound by rules and regulations. I only seek justice and ask my heart. It is wrong to perjure this way, but it maintains justice and justice, and does not teach innocence. The perpetrator was wronged, and the perpetrator was not allowed to escape. I also followed my heart and protected Qinghe. Therefore, although I made a mistake, I had to do it. Although I deceived others, I have no shame in my heart."

Su Yan said with emotion: "Your Highness has grown up and has his own ideas and propositions. I am really pleased."

"Really?" Zhu Helin's expression was beaming with joy, and the brows drooped again in a blink of an eye, "Your tone sounded awkward to me... You said that you must not be old-fashioned! You said that I have grown up, but you still treat me like a child in your heart, hum!"

Su Yan has long been accustomed to his moodiness, and said with a smile: "Yes, I have nothing to say, I shouldn't rely on my seniority and underestimate Your Highness."

"You still have a 'subject' and a 'His Royal Highness'!" Zhu Helin rushed over to scratch his itchy waist.

Su Yan was very ticklish, especially around the waist and soles of his feet. He could not stop laughing after being scratched by him. He twisted and twisted, and accidentally knocked his ankle. He hurriedly begged for forgiveness: "I don't want to play any more! My feet hurt!"

Zhu Helin quickly stopped, holding up his injured leg and looking at it.

The soles of Su Yan's bare feet fell into his hands, itching again, whether stretching or shrinking, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Let go quickly, I don't think it's dirty."

"What are you pickling? Didn't you just take a bath?" Zhu Helin put down his injured leg and went to pick up another intact one. He tilted his head and looked at it, but saw that the back of the foot was as white as jade, the arch of the foot was smooth, and the toes were white with powder. , The toenails are also round and smooth pink, as if inlaid with a few shells dyed with peach blossom juice.

He thought of the miscellaneous books he had read in the market, and couldn't help muttering: "If this is dyed with bright red Kodan, and hung with a gold chain with a small bell on it, I don't know how beautiful it will be..."

Su Yan's smile froze, and he suddenly had the urge to step on his face and kick this unprincipled brat all over the place.

He really did this, but he still took into account the identity of the other party, instead of stepping on his face, he kicked his chest.

Zhu Helin leaned back, bumped his head against the bedpost of the canopy bed, as if waking up from a dream, and shouted: "I'm sorry Qinghe, I have absolutely no intention of humiliating..." Suddenly he reacted: What am I apologizing for?I am the prince, the future nine-five-year-old supreme, praise him for his good looks, but he doesn't appreciate it, and still wants to kick me?It's the other way around!

"You are not allowed to say such stupid words in the future! People will hear that if you are impeached as a prince for molesting your courtiers, how can you still sit firmly in the East Palace?" Su Yan hated iron for being weak.

Zhu Helin rubbed the back of his head, got up angrily, and heard the mouse on the beams making noise again, creaking and gnawing on the wood, and became even more annoyed, and jumped out of bed: "Where is the bamboo pole? Even a mouse is so unscrupulous, I want to stab it!"

Su Yan grabbed his back waistband, pulled it back, and smiled: "Dangtang is the prince, he cares about a bastard, he won't lose his position! Okay, okay, I'll rub it for you, don't be angry."

As he spoke, he rubbed Zhu Helin's chest wildly until he turned into a clump of reeds in the wind.

Zhu Helin shook his head dizzily, and said discouragedly: "Forget it, forget it, don't bother with it! I'm sleepy too, I'll rest here tonight, you sleep better, don't kick me again."

Su Yan immediately refused: "It's not safe here, you'd better go back to Ningfu Palace, lest people find out that the prince is missing, and cause trouble."

Zhu Helin said: "It's because it's not safe that I want to stay here to protect you! Are you underestimating me? Master Wu said in private that my skills are no problem against five or seven big men!"

Su Yan rested his forehead and sighed, and wanted to persuade him a few more words, when there was another knock on the door.

It's already half past Haishi, and there are still visitors coming?Zhu Helin looked displeased: "Who is it? It's not polite at all to come so late."

Su Yan thought to himself that you came here 10 minutes ago, are you more polite than him?

But I heard a familiar subwoofer outside the door saying: "Since Qinghe is not asleep, why didn't you open the door for me? Did you forget the previous appointment?"

Zhu Helin immediately jumped up, lowered his voice and asked viciously: "Pre-date? What pre-date? What are you guys going to do with each other late at night!"

Su Yan helplessly raised his voice outside the door: "Although there is an appointment, it is not tonight, but tomorrow after breakfast. Why does the prince come early? It is late at night, so I am sorry for the inconvenience of opening the door."

"You guys really have a date!" Zhu Helin tugged at him, "What's the date? Tell me clearly!"

Su Yan grabbed the prince's hand and explained: "It's about investigating the case. The emperor ordered Yu Wang to stay in Dongyuan, and he asked him after the show. I don't know what he ordered. Before he came to Chongzhi Hall at dusk, Yu Wang came Find me, tell me to pay more attention to the speech movements of the other people, if there is anything strange, report it in time, and don't risk it alone."

Zhu Helin snorted coldly: "He said it nicely. Why didn't you wait for the appointed time to meet again? He insisted on coming to your room in the middle of the night to look for you. It's clearly malicious. I've heard it before, and this fourth uncle is nothing. A decent person, who only loves to be 'confidantes' with young and beautiful officials, you are not allowed to talk to him!"

"Okay, I don't care, I'll go and persuade him to leave."

Su Yan was about to decline politely, but Zhu Helin suddenly grabbed his sleeve again and changed his mind: "No, you let him in. I want to see what he wants to do to you, my lord! If he behaves rudely, I will Then go and sue him in front of the emperor, and tell him to eat the first thing!"

As he spoke, he looked around and saw a huanghuali round corner cabinet for clothes in the corner of the room, which was as tall as a person.The boy's stature is not very big, so it just fits inside.

Zhu Helin didn't say a word, opened the cabinet door and got in, poked his head out again, and said arrogantly: "You go and open the door. Don't worry, with my young master protecting you, you can't suffer!"

The cabinet door creaked and closed tightly, Su Yan stared at the wardrobe, thinking: What the hell is this!When I am here is a revolving door?

The king of Yu was knocking on the door again.Su Yan had no choice but to walk over slowly, opened the door for him, and welcomed him in with a bad face.

"The lower officials are just about to rest, but the house is shabby and there is no tea, so I have neglected the prince."

King Yu didn't mind, he glanced around, and said with a smile: "You are covered with flowers and water, and your bed is in a mess. It doesn't look like you are resting alone, but it seems that you have had a big fight with others."

Su Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, and smiled on the surface: "Where is there anyone else, I am the only one, the prince is joking."

King Yu looked down at his bare ankle: "Is it hurt? Do you want me to order someone to call for an imperial physician?"

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. No need. I've already taken medicine. I'll get better after a night's rest."

King Yu saw him with a straight face, asking and answering questions, not even half a sentence off topic, he couldn't help feeling bored and a little annoyed, so he picked a round stool beside the table and motioned for him to sit down too.

"My king came to see you tonight. The murder case was just an excuse, but it was actually because of the matter in the monastery."

When Su Yan heard him mention the abode, he remembered that he was tied to the lintel of the bed with a belt, and he was almost fucked. He couldn't help his scalp numb, and said angrily: "The prince can't let me go? This court is young and beautiful. There are so many officials here, I'm just a perverted willow, not worthy of my lord's attention."

King Yu stared at him, his eyebrows were deep and handsome in the candlelight, as if containing infinite affection, and said in a gentle voice: "This king is here to apologize to you."

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"I offended you about the jingshe. I shouldn't treat you like that. I said earlier that this kind of thing needs your consent and you can't force it. But I got carried away for a while and almost hurt you." You. I also hope that you will ignore the past, don't reject me thousands of miles away, and only treat me as a friend in the future, how about it?"

"..."

"Qinghe doesn't believe me?"

Su Yan thought, do you still have credit?It has already broken the lowest point.He lazily replied: "Since the prince said so, I can only accept it. There is no need to mention the apology, and don't moles the official again in the future."

King Yu laughed and said, "How can it be considered molesting? Playing a game of chess with you, drinking a drink, and going for a walk together, isn't it considered molesting?"

There were faint creaking sounds in the corner wardrobe, like someone grinding their teeth.

"Who is it!" King Yu immediately turned his head, his waist straightened suddenly, his muscles under his clothes were tense, and his hands on the table were clenched into fists, like a long spear that was about to explode at any time.

Su Yan couldn't see his sudden sharp gaze, but was only worried that the little prince would make trouble, so he hurriedly covered up: "I'm biting wood again. Everything else in this small south courtyard is good, except that it is often unoccupied and there are many rats. I will take it later." Once the bamboo pole is knocked, it will run away, so it's not a problem."

King Yu looked suspiciously at the closet, then moved his eyes from the closet to the crumpled servant's gauze cap on the floor in front of the bed, and said calmly, "The murderer has not been caught yet, so be careful yourself. A man as scheming as Emperor Brother, This point was actually negligent, and I didn't arrange for you to have a capable guard to protect you secretly."

Su Yan heard the sincerity of his concern in his words, and only then did he smile slightly, "It's okay, I will be careful. Besides, the murderer may not be among these seven people."

"What do you say? Qinghe found something?"

"Leaving aside the Marquis of Feng'an, he lives alone in Hongqing Palace, and I haven't seen him yet. The other six, Zhuangyuan Lang, has a sparse branch and big leaves, with the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and he doesn't seem to be a conspiracy. Shangxin, and some interpersonal barriers... Uh, he tends to avoid strangers, Xiaguan really can't imagine the scene when he murdered Ye Langzhong.

Jia Yushi's words were harsh, and he once impeached Donggong and me.Liu Shaozhanshi's own son was supposed to be promoted to be a doctor of the household department, but was replaced by Ye Langzhong.These two people accused each other of having murderous motives, but I think their minds are superficial, and they don't seem like deep figures in the city.If it is really a murderer, why make a noise in public and attract attention?

There are also two officials with very ugly faces, and I still can't name them. "

The king of Yu reminded him: "It is Honglu Temple who is in charge of foreign guests, the left and right Shaoqing, from the fifth grade."

Su Yan nodded, and continued: "These two people are friendly with each other, and they made a chat together. I heard they were complaining, complaining about Feng Anhou's occupation of the new palace, and complaining about the poor food in the Xiaonan courtyard, the shabby living room, and the odds and ends. Human-like. In short, it’s either vulgar or hypocritical.”

King Yu raised his eyebrows: "You mean, maybe these two people really don't know what to do, maybe they pretended to be so ignorant?"

"It's hard to say, but the two of them don't seem to have any motive for committing the crime. I also came into contact with these situations during the dinner, and the others need further investigation."

After Su Yan finished speaking, he stood up and cupped his hands: "That's all the information I've got so far. If there are any new discoveries tomorrow, I'll let the lord know. I've worked hard all day, and I'm really sleepy. I'm going to bed now. Please forgive me for my innocence." present."

Seeing that he had trouble walking, King Yu also stood up, wanting to give him a hand.

He had good intentions this time, but once Su Yan was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, worried that he would come to profanity again, so he backed away again and again, and accidentally bumped into a red lacquer carved golden piano table by the window sill.

...the third time today!Thief God, I hate you Mahler Gobi!Before Su Yan fell down, he couldn't bear it anymore, and raised his middle finger to the sky angrily.

King Yu stepped forward first, stretched his arms around his waist, and made a gesture of embracing the moon in his arms.

Su Yan exclaimed: "My lord, let me go!"

King Yu joked: "I can't let it go, do you want to lie flat on the ground?"

The door of the closet in the corner of the room was slammed open with a "bang", and the prince jumped out in a rage, rushed over and shouted: "Master, I was worried that you would become a demon! Uncle Si Wang, if you are so old and unrefined, we will punish you." Go to judge in front of the emperor, and see what kind of crime is molesting a courtier!"

The king of Yu turned his head to look at the prince, but he did not show surprise, but instead smiled: "The lonely king is only 28 years old, and he is in his prime, so he can't be considered old. If you reduce his age by half, he will be younger, but he is too young to be interesting. , just like the rice moss flower, which is more colorful than the peony."

The fourteen-year-old prince was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he yelled strangely: "Shameless! Shameless! What kind of peony are you! Young master, I am not Moss flower!"

Su Yan took a deep breath, stood firm, pushed King Yu away, limped to open the door, then stood outside the door, hooking his fingers: "Your Highness, come here, I have something to say."

King Yu and the crown prince looked at him suspiciously.

Su Yan squeezed out a (flattering) smile: "Come on."

Dazed, the crown prince ran over first, and King Yu sneered, and followed closely behind.

Su Yan took one hand and held their hands together, and said sincerely: "Why don't you two fall in love with each other and kill each other, so please let me go!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and entered the room, closed the door with a bang, and locked it with a triple bolt.

The King of Yu and the Crown Prince froze under the eaves, looked at each other, and withdrew their hands suddenly.

The prince said angrily: "Just wait and see! I'm done with this case!"

King Yu responded without changing his expression: "Your respect is yours."

Su Yan leaned back against the door panel and sighed deeply: "My heart is so tired... I feel like I won't love you anymore."

A figure on the beam suddenly hung a golden bell upside down, lowered his head, and said to him: "You love me, I'm not as troublesome as they are."

Su Yan opened the window angrily: "Master Qianhu, please do the same - get out!"