I'm afraid you'll be widowed

The sky is blue and clear, and the palace walls are bright red.

The palace has been refurbished everywhere, all for the celebration of the first month.

But in the Nuan Pavilion at the corner of the palace wall, the surroundings are still the same as before, cold and quiet, revealing the solemnity that ordinary people dare not do.

The excitement inside and outside the palace seems to have nothing to do with this place forever.

The Lord Ling's eyes wandered over Xi Huai's body: "Since the door has been swept, let's clean it all at once."

"Don't leave a trace of stains in the Warm Pavilion."

Xi Huai slowly lifted his eyes: "Reassure the Lord, it is worthwhile to be far away."

"As for his intentions, he can find someone else to look up the lost secret letter from Xuanfu Wei, and ask Linyuan to deal with that person. His intentions will then be revealed, and naturally he will have nothing to hide."

"But if Linyuan doesn't have the slightest dissent, he will be the sharpest knife in our thirteen divisions."

The master curled his hand and pressed it to his lips thinking for a moment.

He didn't respond to Xi Huai's words, but just spoke another way: "Is your injury still safe?"

Xi Huai cupped his hands: "It's just that a wolf cub who hasn't even grown his hair has bitten his mouth."

"Thank you Lord for your concern, it's okay."

When the master heard this, he sneered inexplicably.

"Pei San... oh, what a Pei San..."

He stood up with his hands behind his back, and slowly glanced at the sweet white glazed high-necked porcelain vase on the flower stand.

"That's the case, don't delay the matter of Luhe."

"Send someone to Jinyiwei, and cancel all the case files of Jinyiwei, and clean up the other redundant ones according to the rules. Don't let anyone find the back door that bypasses the thirteenth department's sight."

"That's all for now."

"I don't want to hear any more."

--------

After listening to the words on the other side of Linghua Pavilion, Pei Gong has roughly figured out the whole story of the Luhe floating corpse case.If it was in the past, he should have liked it for a while.

But until now, he couldn't be happy in the slightest.

If these matters involved the inner guards, the Thirteenth Division would definitely intervene.At that time, the Thirteenth Division will naturally protect their own people tightly. As for those who died in vain, to them, they will only be like fireworks in the sky——

When it's gone, it's as if it never existed.

Pei Gong couldn't think about anything else, he hurriedly turned around and led his horse to the Zhenfusi yamen.

After all, this case is still in Jin Yiwei's hands.

He turned onto the main street where the yamen was located, only to see two beautiful horn lanterns hanging high in front of the Fusi yamen in Beizhen.

There are lights and festoons everywhere, creating a New Year's atmosphere.

Pei Gong was stunned for a moment.

It was only in a daze that he slowly remembered that Fang Cenxi's body was fished up from the river on New Year's Eve.

He has been full of anxiety these days, and he has already forgotten that it is the Chinese New Year now.

Lost memories slowly floated back into my mind.

He finally remembered that his elder brother came to look for him that morning, and when he talked about Fang Cenxi's funeral, it was because of the beginning of the new year, because it was the first day of the new year, and he came to give him a red seal for the new year.

He didn't care about it at all.

Pei Gong was still immersed in the great changes in his family, his eyes were full of the vainly dead second brother and the hardworking eldest brother.

He only remembered that he had prepared a beautiful Husi purse with red agate beads on it and a gold ribbon on his arm, and he wanted to wear it for Fang Cenxi himself during the Chinese New Year.

But why did he forget?Fang Cenxi had died in Luhe and would never come back.

He has been unable to put the purse on the person he likes for a long time, he always thinks that this year is still early, and he has to wait a little longer.

But time flies, and I can't wait for him to look back.

Most of the first month of the month has passed by secretly, and the atmosphere of joy permeated the streets and alleys, leaving Pei Gong alone.

An unprecedented loneliness suddenly lingered in Pei Gong's heart.

He is like a person who has been abandoned by everything around him, lonely and embarrassed, the years left him in the icy cold New Year's Eve afternoon in Luhe River, and he just went away and never looked back.

And in front of him was the Yamen of Zhenfusi. Because of the New Year's Eve, there were not many people, only a banner officer on duty was left on duty.

Although Pei Gong was newly mourned at home, his official position is still there.

Standing in front of the door for a while, someone still looked at him, so they couldn't help but come forward and bow to him, paying New Year's greetings to him.

"Pei Baihu, why do you have time to come to the Yamen today?"

Pei Gong regained his composure, then stopped his distracted gaze, and turned all his attention to the banner officer who was speaking.

He hooked his lips slightly and let out a chuckle.

With the sparse mist around his mouth, he said slowly: "Come and check something."

After saying that, he stopped talking and entered the gate of Fusi Yamen in Beizhen alone.

The corpses were picked up again and again in the Luhe River, and it coincided with the New Year's Eve.

The residents of Tianshui Lane want to say that they are unlucky, and the officials also want to say that they are troublesome.

Pei Gong didn't shy away at all, straight to the point he came to ask about Lu He's case.

"Luhe? This..."

The flag officer deliberately lowered his voice: "The Thirteenth Division just came, and they have already taken over the case."

The corner of Pei Gong's eyes twitched, and he was suddenly surprised: "Thirteen Divisions?"

"When did they take over? Who is it?"

The flag officer frowned: "Pei Baihu, I didn't say it. Where is the Thirteenth Division? We all know in our hearts that it's better for us to avoid asking about the inner guard."

"I think you shouldn't bother to check any more."

"Since the inner guard has taken over, can we still ask us to find out the slightest clue?"

"The thirteen divisions have all come forward, so the arms can't twist the thighs naturally, so who wants to compete with the inner guards?"

Pei Gong frowned upon hearing this.

The Thirteenth Division took over, and the consequences are not difficult to imagine.

Linyuan and Zeng Zhe are both leaders of the Internal Guard Association, now that this case is in the hands of the Thirteenth Division, it has changed from a murder case to their private matter.

As for whether the murderer will be punished, it is natural that outsiders can not intervene.

It will just be completely covered up.

If it is delayed for a while, it will be nothing.

People often have a lot of forgetfulness. Sunrise and sunset, year after year, the life in Tianshui Lane is still the same. Probably no one will remember that there lived a young man surnamed Fang at the end of the lane.

Even though he is as gentle as jade and extremely kind.

Even though most of the people in that alley had received favors from him, even though he was the "son of a traitor" that everyone disliked when he died.

Whether it is praise or infamy, it never takes too long to be forgotten.

Fang Cenxi, it won't be long before he will be blown away from this world like the wind, as if he has never been here before.

Pei Gong rubbed his tired brows.

He never wanted such a result.

It was a living person, not a livestock, not a bird, not a piece of wood or stone on the street that no one cares about.

He is smart and gentle.

He has a clear distinction between grievances and resentments, and hates evil like hatred.

He shouldn't be able to leave even a trace of his time in this world, and he shouldn't be hidden in a dark corner by the inner guards. Even his body, he doesn't know where to be thrown to become a lonely ghost.

He existed, together with Pei Gong's previous liking.If he leaves completely like this, Pei Gong will only be at a loss, thinking that everything is a dream without foundation.

Pei Gong's brows became tighter and tighter, but he just asked in a cold voice, "Who took the case? Where did it go?"

The flag officer replied: "I went out not long ago, and I went west."

Hearing this, Pei Gong chased outside without looking back, but rushed all the way to the outside of the city, but found nothing.

After all, he failed to catch any clues of the inner guard.

The case files had probably already been incinerated into ashes.

Whether it is remembering Zeng Zhe, Linyuan, or the wronged Liang Guogong's mansion, or Fang Cenxi who died tragically in the Lu River for no reason, at this moment, they are all crushed into a ball, and the light smoke surrounding the sky completely disappears in the air. the world.

Everything will be completely burned out.

After that, it will cease to exist.

Pei Gong was at a loss and desperate.

He kept thinking, so what if he really caught up?What else can he do?

The wind rustled.

The weeds on the outskirts of the city were also bowed by the wind.

Pei Gong felt like the last weed standing tall, standing between the sky and the earth, not knowing where to go.

Only the bone-piercing cold wind kept digging into his arms, vowing to take away the little warmth on his body.

After an unknown amount of time, Pei Gong suddenly heard someone calling his name.

Pei Gong followed the "Third Young Master Pei" and found a person lying on the grass.

He recognized the person in front of him, he was the inner eunuch of the Eastern Palace.

The inner eunuch met Pei Gong's gaze and hurriedly said, "Master Pei, save...quick help..."

"There are assassins who want to rob Princess Gengyuan."

Pei Gong had heard of Princess Gengyuan.

She is the most beloved jewel in the palm of the prince today, and she is also the only granddaughter of Emperor Deqi.

The little Princess Yue Mo came out of the palace to play during the Chinese New Year today, and the guards and entourages he brought with him were all lightly dressed. No one expected that he would encounter such a big danger like now.

When Pei Gong heard the words, he almost didn't have to react, he followed to search, and after a short walk, he saw the assassin that the inner prisoner was talking about, he hurriedly drew his knife to block himself.

Seeing this, the assassins did not flee in fear, they were obviously prepared, and they all attacked Pei Gong's surroundings.

Pei Gong slashed his knife behind his back and blocked the assassins behind him with one knife, only to realize that these assassins were all using machetes.

He knew immediately.

This is probably a bunch of Tatar knives.

He didn't need to react any longer, a knife came straight at him, and immediately stuck Pei Gong's knife firmly.

Pei Gong sneered, not even the slightest bit of this trick.

He spun his backhand with ease, and picked off the two fingers of the opposite Tatar with the back blade as if playing.

Only a few screams were heard.

Looking at it in a blink of an eye, Pei Gong stepped on a half-dead man, held a knife against a man who dared not move rashly, and the remaining assassins had already seen that the situation was not going well and fled away.

Only then did Pei Gong call someone out, and tied up the two assassins he had caught.

The old eunuch who asked for help was injured, but he knelt down in front of Pei Gong with a "plop": "Master Pei is so kind and virtuous, this old servant is very grateful."

"If the princess really has a good or bad thing, the old slave will die, and there is no way to explain it to His Royal Highness."

Pei Gong pinned the knife.

He was no longer as flustered as when he was bowed down by Widow Liu.He only thought about it for a while, and then he made an arrangement. First, he stretched out his hand to help the old eunuch up.

"You don't need to be too polite, big companion."

"Although the assassin has escaped, this place is still not safe. It is better for my companion and princess to move to Liang Guogong's mansion, where he can take medicine for healing and rest for a while."

"My father and brother can enter the palace on their behalf. Please His Royal Highness send someone to take the princess back to the palace."

The author has something to say:

Pei Gong and Lord Xiaofang are here, wishing everyone a new year~