The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

"Is it poisonous?" Eunuch Quan approached slowly and asked in a low voice.

Guan Hongfeng took out the silver needle, the body of the needle was bright and there was no problem. "It will never be so open and aboveboard."

"Then you still try." Grandpa Quan scolded him half-jokingly, took out two small white bottles, filled them with apricot blossom wine, and put them on a tray beside him.

"Where's your lord?"

"Changing clothes." At the end of the afternoon in Prince Jin's Mansion, the corners of the clothes were still scratched.

Just as he was talking, Chen Ke came out from the room, frowning, smelling the smell on his sleeve.

Thinking of Zuo Ming's use of incense to poison Chen Ke, Eunuch Quan stepped forward nervously, "My lord..."

Chen Ke frowned, "I just didn't realize that this Prince Jin's mansion is overgrown with weeds, and it smells like grass."

"The old slave sent someone to fumigate again?"

"Forget it." Chen Ke had to admit that now he really dislikes incense, "It gives me a headache."

"Master Yan has arrived, here is the apricot blossom wine dedicated to you."

Chen Ke only glanced at it before he heard it in the inner room.Xinghua wine is a specialty of Jinzhou, and Yan Keqing is indeed from Jinzhou.

"Your Majesty, this wine..." Generally speaking, this kind of offering is to take out a part of it, put about two to three bottles in small medium-sized bottles, and present it during the banquet, and seal the rest with clay again. , generally will not be opened again.But the wine that Yan Keqing sent may be very special, and Eunuch Quan couldn't make up his mind, so he asked.

Chen Ke glanced at the wine and said, "As usual." It's just a can of wine, so there must be nothing to do.

Yan Keqing's private room faced the street view, and Chen Ke's private room was on the inside. There was only a wall between the two private rooms. All three of them lowered their voices, almost speaking in a breathy voice.

Yan Keqing had been waiting for a while, and seeing that the time was about the same, Chen Ke turned out of the private room and walked into the next door.

"Master Yan..."

"My humble minister sees the prince." Yan Keqing stood up gracefully, without losing his grace or courtesy.

People only know that Mr. Yan's good character is innate, and others can't learn it, but they don't know that Yan Keqing cares about his demeanor every minute and every second.

At this moment, King Ren is respected, even if Yan Keqing is a prime minister with a man under one person and more than ten thousand people, he can't be neglected, but King Ren is not the emperor after all, and how to praise him and how to grasp the distance must be carefully considered.

These problems that ordinary people feel headaches when they think about them excite Yan Keqing. He likes this feeling-the feeling of having power in his hands and a trick in his heart.

"It's just a meal, Mr. Yan doesn't need to be polite." Chen Ke said lightly, and glanced at the table, Yan Keqing's cup of tea remained untouched.

"Thank you, my lord..."

Although Guangxingju's vegetarian dishes are vegetarian, they taste extremely fresh and only use fresh seasonal ingredients. If it is not this season, you can't eat them.

Facing the street scene, the two ate and drank, and chatted a little, from regional knowledge to gourmet snacks, all of which were innocuous topics.

"Master Yan's apricot blossom wine is the best."

"It's good that the prince doesn't dislike it." Yan Keqing smiled at Yan Yan. "This was buried by my father for my minister 18 years ago. Now it is considered a success, and I can comfort his old man's spirit in heaven."

Seeing Yan Keqing's sadness that seemed real and fake, Chen Ke was unmoved. "Master Yan is indeed a rare talent that cannot be seen in a hundred years. He has been used by the former emperor and the current emperor."

"The lord is too famous." Yan Keqing said modestly, and it was almost enough to see a meal, but Chen Ke didn't bring up the king's case again. Yan Keqing secretly looked at Chen Ke's expression, and Chen Ke turned his head to look at the street scene outside, without any expression.

Yan Keqing took the initiative to bring up the topic: "This morning the prince asked about King Jin's case..."

"Yeah..." Chen Ke was slightly taken aback, as if he remembered it only after being reminded: "The anniversary of King Jin's death has just passed, so I can't help but feel a little sad..."

According to Yan Keqing's understanding, the relationship between King Ren and King Jin is also quite ordinary. Looking at Chen Ke's expressionless expression, I really can't see any sentimentality.

But you can't say that, Yan Keqing put on a gesture of relief, no matter how Yan Keqing is older than Chen Ke, it is still handy to put on the posture of someone who has passed through: "The deceased is gone, the prince should not think about it."

"I went to Prince Jin's Mansion in the afternoon." Chen Ke took the initiative, after all, the smelly smell couldn't be overshadowed, "I still have doubts about the case back then, so I dare to ask Lord Yan, how did the murderer be caught? "

"It's good luck." Yan Keqing poured out the last bit of wine in the bottle, "When the case happened, I didn't know about it."

"Oh?"

"A big case like the assassination of King Jin must be covered up, and nothing will be revealed. Weichen was only a small official of Dali Temple at that time, so he must not have known about it."

The reason why it is all luck is that Yan Keqing happened to be investigating a few foreigners who were wandering around.

"The few visitors from outside Xinjiang are very presumptuous, but they are all doing little tricks of drinking and making troubles, and they are very cunning, and they often change places. At first, they were in Gwangju not far away, and then they were in the towns around the capital, and then wandered around. to the capital."

Yan Keqing recalled in detail, "This is a few foreign merchants. Their goods and money were robbed on the road. They were penniless and had to wander around. At that time, the Central Plains were very repulsive to foreigners..."

What Yan Keqing pursued were only these few gangsters who were drinking and making trouble. He never thought that the murderer who assassinated King Jin was hidden among these people.

Yan Keqing marked all the restaurants in the capital at that time on the map, crossed out those big restaurants with backgrounds that had been visited, and delineated a certain range for the restaurants that had been visited. After three nights, he finally saw that Several people.

Follow them back to the place where they stayed, a very simple shack where four or five people from other races stayed.

Seeing that Yan Keqing was a member of the government, one of them seemed very nervous and was about to run away. Yan Keqing ordered someone to take it down, but the man was restrained, but he kept his head down. Yan Keqing seemed to have a feeling and ordered someone to hold him The man's chin, as expected, found the poison in his mouth that he hadn't swallowed in time.

It's just drinking and making trouble, is it worth taking poison and committing suicide?And such an attitude of seeing death as home is unusual.

Immediately afterwards, during the search of the shed, weapons, drugs, night clothes and other items were found, as well as the woman's handkerchief and a topographic map of Prince Jin's mansion.

"The minister then brought everyone back to Dali Temple. The handkerchief was an embroidered handkerchief stolen by Princess Jin's maid, Xianglan, to the assassin's princess, in order to frame her."

Yan Keqing said without hesitation, "I'm afraid that little maid didn't know that she had lured a wolf into the house, so she was blinded by jealousy."

"What is the assassin's motive?"

Yan Keqing shook his head, "They insisted that they bought murders to kill people, and then these people died in prison..."

These people did not live to be sentenced in Dali Temple, but were killed by Huang Bainian, the minister of Dali Temple at that time.

Chen Ke picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and couldn't help but sneer, one case involved more cases, one after another——

It was Huang Bainian who bought the murderer, because a case of collusion with other races that King Jincha investigated would soon expose him, so he had no choice but to take the risk.

At that time, King Ren, who was close to King Jin, did not know whether he participated in the investigation of this case, so Huang Bainian designed to frame King Ren, and came here to do nothing.

——This is the truth of King Jin’s case.

Chen Ke put down his wine glass and couldn't help sighing, "Brother is an excellent person."

Yan Keqing kept talking, silently took a new bottle of wine, and filled it up for Chen Ke.The two stopped talking, Chen Ke drank silently, and Yan Keqing accompanied him to remember his old friend, and the scene was extremely harmonious.

On the tip of the moon, the two said goodbye, as if old friends gathered together, and parting was easy.But when he got on the sedan chair, Chen Ke's face darkened.

What Yan Keqing said was known to Chen Ke, but the dossier of King Jin's case was incomplete. Yan Keqing helped him restore the case at that time.

But according to Yan Keqing's words, Yan Keqing was just an outsider at that time.However, Chen Ke's doubts about Yan Keqing became more and more serious. Those words sounded logical, with motives, timing, and evidence, and all the characters that should have been in their respective positions, forming a complete assassination case. , and even closed the case of collusion with other races at that time.

— is perfect.But no, he didn't participate in the case of colluding with other races, he didn't know what Chen Shen found out, and how Huang Bainian colluded with other races and how he bought the murderer was unclear. In order to silence the assassin and Huang Bainian.

Chen Ke rested his chin on one hand and meditated, but couldn't grasp the key point for a while, and couldn't help being irritable.

"My lord, Master Yan is leaving." Eunuch Quan whispered.

Chen Ke raised the curtain and gave Guan Hongfeng a look. Guan Hongfeng understood, and led him to go in the direction of Yan Keqing.

Putting down the curtain, Chen Ke sat quietly and meditated, the sedan chair swayed, the voices of the crowd could be heard when walking through the block, and the heavy breathing of the bearers could be heard when walking through the silent grounds.

Chen Ke lifted the curtain, and Eunuch Quan, who had been walking aside, hurried up, "My lord..."

"Where is this going?"

"Go home."

"Enter the palace." Chen Ke ordered, put down the curtain, and nestled into the darkness of the sedan chair.

Eunuch Quan was startled, and then ordered the bearers: "Enter the palace..."

The sedan chair wobbled, changed direction, and headed for the palace.

Saying goodbye to Chen Ke, Yan Keqing's expression changed immediately.

Revisiting the case of King Jin after eight years, King Ren was not as indifferent as in the past eight years, but his words did not want to usurp the throne as Yan Keqing expected.

It's a little unpredictable.Yan Keqing closed his eyes, following the sway of the sedan chair.

The sedan chair carrying Yan Keqing staggered for a long time, passed from east to west, and stopped in front of a house.

The housekeeper hurriedly waited for Yan Keqing to get off the sedan chair.Yan Keqing's expression was as usual, but the butler was sensitive to the fact that Yan Keqing seemed unhappy, so he didn't dare to say much, and led the way silently.

"When will Xiaobai come back?"

Yan Keqing's sudden question startled the housekeeper.The housekeeper swallowed quickly: "Go back to the master, the young master didn't say..."

Yan Keqing's expression became even colder, and there was coldness in his eyes. The housekeeper lowered his head, his fingertips trembling.

After finally reaching the study, Yan Keqing turned around and went to the main house. The housekeeper was surprised, Yan Keqing seldom stayed in the main house on weekdays.I only heard Yan Keqing say: "Just find someone here."

"Yes……"

Not long after, the housekeeper brought a young boy wrapped in a thin quilt to the front of the house, took a deep breath, "Master, this is a new kid, named Liansu..."

"Come in……"

Liansu went in without panic, and there was even a hint of joy in her eyes.

He remembered what those people said when they sent him into the mansion: Don't feel dirty, don't feel ashamed. His younger siblings will also be taken care of... Liansu pulled herself together, but the room was a bit dark, he couldn't see the way clearly, and he couldn't see where the master was.

Remembering what the steward said "speak less", Liansu tightly shut her mouth when she heard a low voice: "Look up..."

Liansu still couldn't see clearly, she raised her head subconsciously, and after a while she saw a man sitting in front of her.

Liansu is very young, with a small face and a small body, she may only be in her teens, her expression is also ignorant, her eyes are watery, and she has the smell of farewell.

Yan Keqing smiled, "Come here..."

This voice seemed to be able to confuse people's hearts, Liansu stepped forward, and the thin quilt fell on the ground, revealing the beautiful body of the young man.

The butler stood quietly outside the door, lowered his head and did not listen, nor did he dare to listen.

After dawn, there was no movement inside, the housekeeper hurriedly ordered the prepared hot water to be brought in, waited for Yan Keqing to take a bath, and then carried Liansu out.

——It was still alive when it went in, but it was already a corpse when it came out.

The housekeeper pulled up the thin quilt to cover Liansu's face, the quilt was not long enough, the boy's feet were exposed, and his fingers were deformed.

"Go and throw it away." Hearing himself say this, the housekeeper was as indifferent as every time before, like a cold-blooded monster.