Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The dead knot on the burden was finally untied, revealing a wad of wet cloth inside, with a strong stench.

Su Yan was so smoked that he took half a step back, took the fire bag back from Yun's washbasin, and said, "This thing is filthy, brother Weichen, step back a little further. I'll just check it myself."

Holding his breath, he moved the fire closer, fiddled with the fabric with a shovel, and found that it was a coat and Yusa. The coat was stained with stains, and the original color could not be discerned, but the pattern could still be seen when Yusa was soaked. The python makeup and the hem are surrounded by wishful cloud patterns, which are indeed the same as the one he wore on the day when he shot the willow.

Su Yan picked up a small black-green and rotten blade of grass from among his clothes, sniffed it, thoughtfully.

Yun Xi endured the foul smell and asked him, "But the bloody clothes?"

Su Yan nodded: "Yes."

"That Cui Zhuangyuan..."

"There is a lot of suspicion. Even if he is not the murderer, he is considered an accomplice if he buried evidence for him."

"How does Qinghe plan to deal with this matter?"

Su Yan flicked off the blade of grass, clapped his hands, stood up and replied, "I'll call Cui Pingshan to confront him on the spot, and first find out the truth before reporting, so as not to damage his reputation. Brother Weichen, please stay here to protect the scene and everyone." evidence."

Yun Xi frowned: "Are you going to find him alone? In case he sees that the crime has been leaked, becomes violent, and attacks you on the spot, how do you protect yourself? Or report it directly and let the Ministry of Criminal Justice decide."

"I always feel that he is not a cruel person by nature..." Su Yan sighed, "Besides, after all, we met each other. If I finish the matter before the final conclusion is made, I won't leave him with any chance of survival. Is there another hidden story in this case? What if he was coerced by the murderer? Wouldn’t it kill him.”

Yun Xi was silent for a moment, and said: "Qinghe pushes himself and others, and is magnanimous and understanding. I am not as good as you."

Su Yan laughed: "Brother Weichen is absurd, I am also human."

He blew the fire brighter, and was about to return the same way, when Yun Xi suddenly called out:

"Su Qinghe..."

Hearing the sound, Su Yan looked back, and saw a light-colored dress standing upright against the wall, the jade trees were shining brightly, and the ambiguous light reflected on his face, like an ice peak in the afterglow, beautiful and desolate.

At this moment, he seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end he only came to one sentence:

"You have to take a look at the rumored ruins of Qianlong."

Su Yan approached him puzzled, and stood at the base of the vermilion palace wall together.Yun Xi pointed to not far away, "That's the gap."

It is said to be a gap, but in fact it is still two feet high and more than ten steps wide. Compared with the top of the city wall that is three or four feet high, it looks like a slowly descending valley.

This section of the south wall is not only the palace wall of the Xiaonanyuan, but also the city wall of the inner imperial city. Outside the wall is the Linhe Avenue and the moat.

"It's been decades, why don't you fill it in?" Su Yan said, "Leave a gap for nothing, how uncomfortable it looks."

Yun Xi said: "After all, it is an imperial edict of the ancestors, and it is not easy for future generations to disobey it. Besides, the gaps in the city wall can still be filled, but how can the gaps in the hearts of the people be filled?"

Su Yan stared at him, and asked softly: "Brother Weichen, is something on your mind? You may as well tell one or two, although my ability is meager, I will try my best to relieve your worries."

Yun Xi couldn't help but take a step closer.

The other party was standing so close that he could almost smell his breath. Su Yan was a little uncomfortable, and then took a step back, his back pressed against the palace wall, and the cold feeling penetrated from the outside of his clothes.

Yun Xi stretched out his hand to support the fading vermilion wall, encircling him between his arms.The faint plum fragrance enveloped her like a net, and Su Yan gasped for breath, and his voice was dry: "Can you, step back and talk."

"I can't." Yun Xi refused almost rudely, groping lightly with his right hand on the wall next to his face, his fingertips seemed to be touching his cheeks and temples.

Su Yan took a deep breath, and heard the sound of hollow wind in his ear, intermittently, like the sobbing tide in a conch.

That is the "winder" inlaid on the palace wall, a small square window the size of a palm, carved and hollowed out, to provide ventilation and mildew resistance for the load-bearing wooden columns built inside the wall. "There is no impenetrable wall in the world", this is where the saying comes from.

If the inside and outside cannot circulate normally, and if it is blocked for a long time, mold will grow.The wall and the human heart may really be similar.

"Brother Weichen...you are..." Su Yan's nasal voice trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but grab Yun Xi's arm.

Yun Xi withdrew his arm, held the palm of his right hand with his left hand, interlocked his fingers, and firmly pressed the back of his hand against the wall, not allowing him to move.

"Close your eyes," he lowered his head and pressed it against Su Yan's forehead, his clear voice seemed hoarse, "Don't look..."

Su Yan really closed his eyes, breathed lightly, and his Adam's apple slid up and down nervously, as if he was waiting for a result that he didn't know would be good or bad but was bound to come.

With Yun Xi's right hand, he opened the "Tufenger" that had been pried loose, pinched something nailed to the wooden post with his fingers, and pulled it out.

His movements were silent, light but dignified, and there was a bleak light in his eyes, like shattered ice under a moonlit night.At the last moment, without any hesitation, he sent the thing in his hand into Su Yan's body like breaking the boat.

Su Yan opened his eyes suddenly, and his free left hand tightly grasped the opponent's wrist.

Yun Xi is holding a sharp dagger, which looks a bit like King Yu's "hook fish intestines".Before the sharp blade pierced into Su Yan's abdomen, it was blocked by the soft golden silk armor, and could not penetrate any further.

Su Yan grabbed the opponent's wrist with his left hand, and turned his joint backwards forcefully, trying to force him to abandon the sword, while his right hand was also trying to break free from the shackles.The two exerted their strengths separately, like a pair of trapped beasts who met each other on a narrow road, caught in a tug-of-war between life and death.

"You are the murderer who killed Ye Donglou, why?" Su Yan asked through gritted teeth.

Yunxi didn't answer.

The fire has fallen to the ground, the surrounding forests are dark, the moon is looming in the clouds, and mercury is suddenly sprinkled all over the place.

Yun Xi stared at him coldly under the moonlight with his deep and long eyes, as if he didn't bother to give his answer.

He asked back: "You are wearing inner armor, you have been prepared for a long time, and you are not surprised by it. When did you see the flaw?"

Su Yan replied: "There are many flaws, but what really makes me suspect you are the muddy shoes under Pingshan's bed. If I'm not wrong, those boots are actually yours. You are about the same height and the same shoe size, but 'almost the same' 'There is still a difference. You may not care about the difference between a size 43 and a size 44, but I am very sensitive to it. After all, if you buy a size shorter, you will wear your feet when you play."

The second half of his words were a bit weird, but Yun Xi understood roughly, with a look of regret in his eyes.

"Also yesterday afternoon, when everyone else was anxiously waiting for an inquiry in the hall, I saw you watching the fish by the pond under the tree."

"Watching fish also has flaws?"

"You didn't, but the fish did. After you left, I went over to take a look curiously, and found that besides the scattered koi, there were also many mullets, catfish and the like. I didn't see anyone feeding the bait, but they gathered somewhere Formed into balls, lingering. I felt a little puzzled at the time, but I didn’t think much about it. It wasn’t until I found a rotten water plant leaf on the cloth in the bag that I suddenly realized that these bloody clothes were not buried in the soil. Instead, it was thrown into the pool, which attracted carnivorous fish to chase after the bloody smell. I think you also realized this flaw after watching the fish, and you were afraid that people would find out, so you fished the burden back at night and buried it in the woods. The burden was soaked in water, so it soaked the surrounding soil."

Yun Xi was silent, and sighed: "When a leaf falls, you can know the autumn of the world. I am not as good as you in knowing the book."

Su Yan stood in a stalemate with him for a long time, gasped for breath, pushed outward, escaped from the wall, and ran into the dark woods.

There is no light from the fire, so I can only rely on the flickering moonlight and a little impression of the way I came, try to get as close as possible to the main hall, and then shout for help to attract people to rescue.

Yun Xi also guessed his intentions, and reacted quickly, and the tip of the sword drew a bloody gash on the back of his arm.

The soft gold silk armor on Su Yan's body could only protect his chest and abdomen and other vital parts, but couldn't protect his hands and feet.

The moss under his feet was slippery, and when the moonlight faded, he couldn't see the road clearly, so he kicked a tree root and fell.

Yun Xi caught up from behind and stabbed him in the head with his sword, but he grabbed his sleeve with all his might, and the two of them rolled into a ball on the ground.

"...You are all dirty now." Su Yan snatched the weapon in his hand, and at the critical moment of life and death, he was still in the mood to joke, imitating his words and teasing, "Dirty clothes can still be cleaned, but how can a person's heart be cleaned? Woolen cloth?"

Yun Xi gritted his teeth: "People's hearts are a quagmire. Everyone in the world is filthy. It's dirty whether you wash it or not!"

Su Yan received another blow to the side of his leg. Fortunately, no artery was cut, and the bleeding was not much, but he also tore and bitten the dagger, and pressed it tightly on Yun Xi's neck, restraining him.

He grabbed the opponent's collar, pinned him on a large flat bluestone, and panted, "I should have remembered that the two people who had a quarrel in the rockery in the back garden on the day of the Enrong Banquet were not King Yu and Ye Donglou, but you and Ye Donglou."

There seems to be someone whispering in the deep part of the rockery, but they can't really hear it because they are far away.

It's better not to do such things as listening to corners. Su Yan turned around and wanted to leave, but heard a high-pitched voice: "... Anyway, why are you so ignorant?"

Another voice was soft and vague, and vaguely said: "...Do you want me to show my ambition with death?"

"You don't need to say too much, I am most ashamed of people using death as an argument..."

"Ye Donglou said 'to show one's ambition through death', what kind of ambition is revealed? Did you ever make a private decision with him for life, but found out that he had an ambiguous relationship with King Yu, and you were so annoyed that you argued with him? He denied it at the time. Deny it, and even swear on your life. And you believed him, but it didn't take long to realize that this trust was a complete joke." Su Yan pressed, "After being named on the gold list, Ye Donglou was promoted to the household department overnight. The adultery was confirmed, so you set up a trick to kill him because of love, isn't that so?

"I can understand that you hate King Yu's frivolity, so you use his sword as a murder weapon to frame him, but why do you want to involve me? I have nothing to do with Ye Donglou, and I have never seen him since the palace test. Come on, what does this have to do with me?"

Yun Xi said with sarcasm: "Why is it irrelevant? But half a year later, the new favorite has become a thing of the past. Hearing that the owner has a new crush, he is depressed, crying, and even comes back to me to complain and ask for help. He doesn't even want the courtesy, justice, and shame of a scholar. Already!"

Su Yan was stunned: "It's a good idea to point at me? This... Yu Wang's old habits are hard to change. There are so many young officials in the court who are in harmony with Chu, and he is not the only one who harassed me."

"But Ye Donglou thinks that you are an unusual one, which gave him a great sense of crisis. I endured my nausea and advised him that since he chose to attach himself to King Yu, he should have expected this day. Not only would he have to endure this Once, you have to endure it again, countless times, until you are abandoned like a shoe."

"Loyal words are harsh, how did he respond to you?" Su Yan asked.

Yun Xi sneered: "He said, as long as he can keep King Yu's heart, he is willing to die."

"So you killed him? You want him to understand that even if you die, wishful thinking will always be wishful thinking?"

"He's rotten to the core! I was a classmate with him for four years. We started with love and ended with courtesy, and never had the slightest dirty thing. How did he repay me? While talking, he died to show his ambition." , On the one hand, he conspired with King Yu, was tired of being neglected by the benefactor, and came to me to reconcile the old relationship... You think, why are people so cheap?"

Su Yan sighed: "But you could have ignored him and still lived an innocent life. It's like there are stains on my face. If you want to remind me, just remind me. If you don't want to talk, just turn around and leave. Why bother to wipe it off?" , dirty sleeves.

"Ye Donglou betrayed you, and what happened to him in the end is all his business. He has a lack of virtue, you can despise him and scold him, or even ignore him, but you shouldn't have murderous intentions, and eventually you will also fall into the trap." Go into the quagmire!"

Yun Xi didn't make a sound, just breathing rapidly.

Su Yan said again: "If you just hate him blindly, you can find a dark room and kill him directly, and you won't make such a big commotion. But you are not willing to let him die so silently. You not only have to use him His death will wash away the filth in his body and mind, and he will also use his death to shock everyone, take revenge on King Yu, and punish me, the 'new love' who caused him to fall out of favor.

"Scaring Concubine Wei was just an accident, and it was not in your plan. And if I was successfully framed by you and died of an injustice with no explanation, would your killing stop?

"No. Out of complex feelings for Ye Donglou, you will continue to sweep away the 'rivals' for him. If King Yu hooks up with one, you will kill one, and then try to plant it on King Yu. You will linger Haunting King Yu, because Ye Donglou's obsession lives in your body, and that is your sacrifice and compensation to him.

"——Ye Donglou's last words before he fell, were they about King Yu?"

"...He said that he has no regrets in his heart, only resentment, and hopes that King Yu will never be tempted by anyone and will always remember him." Yun Xi said slowly, "This is his long-cherished wish before and after death. If he sees him off, it will be done for him."

Su Yan sighed regretfully, not knowing whether it was because of Ye Donglou or Yunxi.

"Weichen, Weichen... your heart is not dusty, and you are as clear as washing. After all, you have failed your parents' expectations."

Yun Xi murmured: "Jun is not a bronze mirror, why not look at your face. Don't put dust on your clothes, it doesn't mean that your heart is like training... I am on the contrary, no matter how white and clean the coat is, it can't hide a dusty heart. "

He sighed and closed his eyes: "I don't want to be abandoned in the city and be scolded by traffickers and pawns, please give me a good time."