I can tell fortunes, so I’m not easy to mess with [Cross Book]

When they were talking, Lu Yu stood at Bai Yiling's feet while no one was paying attention to him, looking up at Zhou Gaohuai with his head up, quite surprised by his performance.

After Zhou Gaohuai calmed down, there was even a slight smile on his lips, and Lu Yu knew what he meant.Because Bai Yiling himself frightened Zhou Gaohuai by saying that if something happened, he would punish the Jiu Clan, but in this way, even the Sheng family would not be able to escape, and he was still in the mood to find Bai Yiling interesting, so it seemed that he was really not worried.

It seems that although this person's character is a bit muddy and not decisive enough, he is indeed not the kind of cowardly person who will be frightened and weak when something happens.

He saw Zhou Mu and Zhou Gaoming next to him, after hearing Bai Yiling's words, their faces were all ashen. No matter how ignorant they are, they still understand what "Zhu Jiu Clan" is. If you get into a murderous disaster, you will be annoyed to death.

In fact, Bai Yiling didn't really think that Zhou Gaohuai was the one who leaked the test questions, because the disadvantages brought to him by this matter far outweighed the benefits, and Zhou Gaohuai's character and performance were really not like a person who would take risks. Fan Min was stranger to each other.

But now the other people who participated in the questioning have basically been checked, and in the end the most suspected one is Zhou Gaohuai.

Both Lu Yu and Bai Yiling suspected that they had something to do with other members of the Zhou family, but seeing the confused and terrified expressions on these people's faces at this moment, they couldn't help but suspect that these people Is it possible to have such a great ability.

Bai Yiling didn't say anything more about this matter, he wasn't worried that the Zhou family would run away, if the whole matter was really related to them, it would not be too late to arrest them after finding out.He didn't say anything else at the moment, and took Zhou Gaohuai out. Zhou Gaohuai didn't seem to want to resist at all, and followed Bai Yiling obediently.

No one was worried about him and kept him. His wife was in the room, and his mother and elder brother were afraid of him, so there was no need for Zhou Gaohuai to show how unwilling he was to leave.

After pushing open the door of Zhou's house, he realized that the people from the Northern Inspection Department had appeared outside at some point, standing straight in two teams, waiting for Bai Yiling to dispatch them.One of them saw them coming out and led the two horses over.

Lu Yu also bouncingly followed behind Bai Yiling. He wanted to get on the horse, but when he turned around inadvertently, he happened to see Cui, the woman who was pregnant with Zhou Gaoming's child, from the gate of the Zhou Mansion that had not yet been fully closed. Zhi looked very uncomfortable, and was supported to stand up, as if he was going to rest somewhere.

Lu Yu's current height is no higher than Bai Yiling's calf. From his perspective, he usually looks at people from the bottom up. When he saw Cuizhi, he suddenly discovered a strange thing.

"A Ling." Lu Yu jumped onto Bai Yiling's shoulder and said in a very low voice, "I think there is something wrong with that woman, you can question her."

Bai Yiling stopped mounting his horse, followed Lu Yu's gesture, and narrowed his eyes slightly.Lu Yu doesn't need to go into too much detail, he can roughly understand what the other party wants him to do.

"Wait a minute, I forgot to ask about something just now." Bai Yiling turned back to Zhou's courtyard, striding towards Cuizhi, "Girl, stay here."

As expected, Cuizhi stopped, but she seemed to be very uncomfortable, her face was pale, her forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat, her whole body was almost half leaning on the maid who was supporting her, her appearance was indescribably pitiful.

Reluctantly, she saluted Bai Yiling: "Servant Cui Zhi, are you calling me?"

Bai Yiling was so cold-blooded that it was outrageous, he just watched the pregnant woman salute tremblingly with his hands in his sleeves, and then stood up straight with great difficulty, without even helping him.

He said: "That's right, I was calling you. Cuizhi, you were originally serving Zhou Shilang, so when Zhou Shilang went to Liuming Pavilion to issue papers, where were you?"

Cuizhi paused for a moment, then looked up at Bai Yiling, only to see Bai Yiling's gaze fixed on her face for a moment, his pale face blushed, and he lowered his head again: "Your servant is by Mrs. Zhou's side to serve you. .”

Bai Yiling raised his eyebrows, it was really a coincidence that Lu Yu was bumped into him.

In order to ensure that the test questions will not be leaked during the process of preparing the papers, all participating officials must be gathered together for unified management, without contact with outsiders in the middle, and a personal servant can be left by his side, but this person cannot go out either, they The closed place is called Liuming Pavilion.

Bai Yiling knew this, and he had heard about the entanglement between Cuizhi and the Zhou family brothers. The reason why he didn't interrogate him just now was because he wanted to find out the main clues and then deal with these minor details.

But now that he has spoken to Cui Zhi a few words, he feels more and more suspicious about her.

Zhou's mother is really worried at the moment.

At the beginning, Zhou Gaohuai wanted to sever ties with her under Sheng Li's instigation, which was enough to make Zhou's mother panic, but it turned out that something bigger happened later.She only vaguely understands what Bai Yiling said about leaked test questions and cheating in exams, but she understands the crime of beheading and killing the nine clans.

Worry about his son's fate flashed in his heart, but then it turned into regret for not breaking off the relationship earlier. If that was the case, maybe Zhou Gaohuai wouldn't implicate them.It's not the cruelty of a mother, but it's clear at a glance that the life of a son is more important than that of a large family.

The person Zhou's mother was most afraid of was Bai Yiling. She didn't dare to talk to him at first, but now she saw him staring at Cuizhi and interrogating her endlessly. Well, if he was really beheaded, wouldn't this be the only child left to continue the incense?

Zhou's mother timidly said to Bai Yiling: "His brother-in-law, Cuizhi has a big belly... At least let her sit down and talk about it?"

Bai Yiling's expression remained unchanged: "Anyway, when we punish the nine clans, we kill together, it's the same whether we're pregnant or not."

Mother Zhou: "..."

Bai Yiling said: "Speaking of which, there is one thing that I don't understand. You sent Cuizhi to the Zhou Mansion in order to pretend that the fetus in her womb was Zhou Shilang's flesh and blood. But since Zhou Shilang said it himself, he never Had any relationship with Cui Zhi, wouldn’t this lie be exposed immediately? Why do you still want to do this, and why do you want Cui Zhi to serve Zhou Shilang personally?”

Bai Yiling's words were directed at Zhou's mother, but Zhou's mother was a bit dazed, and Zhou Gaohuai took the words from the side and explained.

Bai Yiling's intuition was correct, it was no accident that Cuizhi was arranged to serve Zhou Gaohuai in Liuming Pavilion.

This matter started when Zhou Gaohuai just got married.Zhou's mother found a daughter-in-law from such a wealthy family as Sheng Li, and her mood was very complicated.

On the one hand, she is naturally happy to be able to climb up a noble family, but on the other hand, Sheng Li's character is there. Zhou's mother thinks that this girl will not please others, and she is not close to herself at all, which makes her feel that everything is hurt. Suppressed, even Zhou Gaohuai didn't listen to his own words like before, and he was very unconvinced, so he often found trouble for nothing.

Later, after being cleaned up by the Sheng family, she never mentioned the words "being married to the Zhou family's daughter-in-law, she will be a cow and a horse for the Zhou family", but she dared not make trouble on the surface. work hard.Zhou's mother thought, if Zhou Gaohuai also had a concubine with one heart beside her, everything would be much more convenient.

With her knowledge and financial resources, she couldn't find any suitable candidates.Just at this time, Cuizhi, the servant girl in the mansion, showed her kindness to Zhou's mother frequently. She has a soft personality and a sweet mouth. Every time they meet, she smiles at Zhou's mother flatteringly.

As a result, what Zhou's mother didn't expect was that Cuizhi actually told herself that she was pregnant with Zhou Gaoming's child, so the two discussed it and came up with a new idea to plant this child in Zhou Gaohuai.

Cuizhi followed Zhou Gaohuai in to wait on her, which was arranged by her.Sheng Li didn't know about their relationship at the time, he just thought that Cui Zhi was an ordinary servant girl, so he didn't stop her.It's just that Zhou Gaohuai has no interest in Cuizhi at all, and the two get along day and night for several days, and nothing happens.

Here lies the crux of the matter. After leaving Liuming Pavilion, Zhou's mother went to ask Cuizhi, but Cuizhi didn't tell the truth. Zhou's mother thought that Zhou Gaohuai really favored her.So after a while, he joyfully brought Cui Zhi to Sheng Yue, asking her to agree to bring him into the mansion.

Although Zhou Gaohuai didn't know the specific details, the general process of what happened is still very clear. After he finished the whole story, Bai Yiling asked Cuizhi: "Why do you say that?"

Fabricating such a lie that can be easily exposed, and letting Zhou's mother bring her to the Zhou mansion, as long as she confronts Zhou Gaohuai, everything will be clear, and she won't get any benefit at all.

Cuizhi said softly: "This servant thinks Master Zhou is filial, no matter it is true or not, he will not disobey the old lady's wishes... This servant is greedy for wealth and honor, and is temporarily obsessed with ghosts."

Bai Yiling said: "My brain is spinning very quickly, and I can make up excuses. Come on, then I will trouble you to go with me to see the truth."

Cuizhi agreed, and followed Bai Yiling for a few steps, but her face showed pain, she half bent over and covered her lower abdomen, with tears in her eyes, she said pitifully, "My lord, I really can't move anymore. I beg you to be pitiful..."

"Okay, okay, it's human nature, it should be."

Bai Yiling didn't wait for her to finish, he interrupted Cuizhi neatly, and said loudly: "Come here, find a small sedan chair carried by two people, and then invite a doctor nearby, tell him to take the medicine box and go with us .”

As soon as his order came out, someone responded immediately, and Bai Yiling said to Cuizhi: "If you can't walk, sit in the sedan chair. If you feel uncomfortable, let the doctor treat you at any time. If you still can't keep this child, I will make the decision for you. Is there any other difficulty now that my son is going to die in retirement? If there is no more, let’s go!"

Cuizhi's belly bulges slightly, she is undoubtedly a pregnant woman, and this is a good reason to arouse sympathy.Before proving that she is really guilty, as long as she shows a little bit of pain, it will inevitably make people feel that the official is unreasonable and disregarding her life.

Cui Zhi had made up her mind at first that she would never confront Bai Yiling head-on, anyway, if he insisted on taking her away, he would lie down on the ground at worst, and the officials couldn't drag her there by force.The plan was pretty good, but I didn't expect Miss Sheng's younger brother to be such a ruthless person.

She looked at the small sedan chair that was quickly found and placed in front of her, and she really felt a headache and dizziness, but seeing Bai Yiling's posture, let alone she was really dizzy, even if she hit her head to death, the body would be crushed. He ordered someone to carry him to the North Inspection Department, but at the moment he felt helpless, while gritting his teeth and secretly spitting on the handsome face of this rough man who didn't understand pity and pity, while helplessly maintaining his delicate appearance, he got into the sedan chair.

Just when he was about to sit down, Bai Yiling suddenly said, "Miss Cuizhi didn't scold me in her heart, did she?"

Cuizhi was so excited that she almost fell from the top, and hurriedly said: "What is your lord saying, you are so thoughtful about everything for the servant, and the servant is really grateful."

Bai Yiling lowered his head and smiled: "That's good, I think so too. Let's go."

The little fox jumped onto his shoulder, and whispered in Bai Yiling's ear, "Do you remember that you mentioned to me before that during this exam, there were rumors of vixen in the place where the candidates lived? "

Bai Yiling said: "What, you made trouble?"

Lu Yu rubbed his nose against him: "Impossible, I'm only messing with you."

Bai Yiling was itchy from being rubbed, so he couldn't help laughing, and Lu Yu couldn't help itching in his heart, but there were so many people around at this time, it wasn't easy for the two of them to fight anymore, he regretfully suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and held on tight. Added a sentence: "I just got a piece of news about the vixen and He Zicheng, and I will explain it in detail when I go back. In short, this Cuizhi must have some connection with the vixen. Let me remind you."

This guy doesn't seem to care about anything, and the things that should be known in time have never been delayed. Bai Yiling gave Lu Yu a slap: "Got it!"

He didn't intend to bring Zhou Gaohuai and others back to the North Inspection Department. After the group came out of Zhou Mansion, they walked across two streets to Liuming Pavilion not far from the Ministry of Rites.

Since Zhou Gaohuai and the others worked out the question there last time, the empty rooms in Liuming Pavilion should not have been inhabited by anyone. After the case happened, Bai Yiling even sent people to guard it. There may be some clues that have not been found.

A group of people crossed the street and entered the alley.It was afternoon at this time, there were not many pedestrians on the street, the warm sun slanted in, the fragrance of early spring flowers was faint, and even the air was golden and warm.The vendors on both sides didn't have any business, or they were sleepy with their eyes squinted, or three or five people gathered together to chat and laugh in a low voice, An Ran was even a little bored.

Bai Yiling rode a horse and led his subordinates behind him through the middle of the street. People who heard the movement casually glanced up, but after the glance, they couldn't move their eyes away.

All the whispers and laughter of people were silent, and the only thing left was a few birdsong, a little wind, and the sound of horseshoes beating on the bluestone road.

Among a group of young guards wearing official uniforms, the young man surrounded by his head was handsome and unparalleled. He held the rein in his hand and a long knife hanging from his waist. His black hair and clothes fluttered slightly in the light spring breeze. Come, sprinkle it on your face, and you will be full of energy.

Its romantic mood is poetic and picturesque, just like the light rain on the flowers, the clouds and the shadows, so beautiful that it is hard to describe.

It took a while for someone to react, suppressed his voice, but couldn't hide his excitement and shouted: "It's Lord Bai, Lord Bai is here!"

As a prosperous beauty who has won the top spot for many times, Bai Yiling has always been the object of the Jin people's favorite onlookers.Especially now that Mr. Bai has the master, he is occupied by the emperor, and he doesn't show up very often. Everyone has no thoughts, so naturally they have the opportunity to take a look at him more.

When the nearby people heard that Mr. Bai was haunting a certain street, they immediately called their friends and went out to watch.

The other members of the Northern Inspection Department have been going out with Bai Yiling, and they have long been used to this kind of treatment. Zhou Gaohuai and Cuizhi have heard of it before, but this is the first time they have seen it with their own eyes.Zhou Gaohuai just let it go, at most he secretly sighed a few words about the charm of this brother-in-law, but Cuizhi was all awkward.

Because the people onlookers admired Bai Yiling, and at the same time focused their attention on her.

"Hey, everyone, look, who is that woman? Other officials ride horses, and she can follow behind and sit in a sedan chair!"

"My God, it can't be Master Bai's concubine..."

"Hey, what nonsense are you talking about, regardless of the emperor's side, this woman is not half as good-looking as Lord Bai, how could Lord Bai like her!"

"Yes, the skin is not white, but also a little rough."

"Look, she doesn't look fat, but she has a lot of flesh on her stomach."

"Tsk tsk tsk, the eyes are not big enough, and the bridge of the nose is a bit slumped, why go out with Master Bai!"

Cui Zhi: "..." Ah bah, do you think my old lady thinks so?

Maybe it's enjoyable to be envied and watched by others, but no woman can stand being judged by others like this.Cuizhi was so angry that she almost forgot to worry about her future fate, these gangsters were obviously jealous, and they were obviously just finding fault!

Who said she wasn't white, she put on a lot of powder on purpose before going out, who said her face was rough, it's just that the wind has blown a little more recently, and who laughed at her that she has a lot of flesh on her stomach, is she pregnant?Are you blind? ! ! !

Cui Zhi bit her lip resentfully, hearing the people below talking endlessly, she wished she could take off her shoes and slap them in the face.

Lu Yu quietly stuck a small head out of Bai Yiling's arms, and looked at the people around him.The folk customs of Jin State have always been like this. He remembered that the first time he met Bai Yiling in his original form, he was almost surrounded by the people together with him, and he ran for several streets to escape.

Every time he saw such a scene, he felt a little sour and a little proud.He doesn't want others to share the beauty of Bai Yiling with him, but at the same time, he knows that the other party is born to have this glory, and no one can take it away.Not even himself.

Lu Yu put his little paws on Bai Yiling's shoulders, poked his fluffy head to look at the people below, his cute and clever appearance attracted many people's attention.

The focus of the people really shifted from "Cuizhi is not good enough for Commander Bai" to "the vixen raised by Commander Bai".

A while ago, the message in Kyoto was very interesting, and everyone heard it.Some censors even wrote letters to the emperor euphemistically explaining the matter, reminding His Majesty, who is full of eyes on a man, to be vigilant, guard against foxes, and not accidentally wear a cuckold.

As a result, not only did His Majesty not take the little fox away from Mr. Bai, but he also deliberately reprimanded several courtiers who spoke fiercely in his reply, telling them not to catch wind and echo what others say, and speak righteously. How could a fox turn into a human being when he said that he was silent and strange?Nonsense.

Today's Holy One is wise and powerful. Since he took the throne for a year, although he doesn't seem to be very diligent about political affairs, he has acted appropriately, speaks out widely, and is good at employing people. Everyone is very convinced of him.What the emperor said should be correct, but... the cleverness of this little fox makes people look like it has become a spirit.

Thinking about the emperor, thinking about how he begged the emperor not to marry him before being with Lord Bai, and thinking about the idiot that he never restrained himself all the time after being with Lord Bai, everyone instantly imagined a love affair To the extreme, even if there is a rival in love, he dare not even ask about the drama.

Your Majesty, he is also a poor man, infatuated, tsk tsk.

——But this fox is indeed quite cute, I don't know how beautiful it will be after being transformed into a human being.Thinking about it this way, I was quite curious.

A group of people had already arrived at Liuming Pavilion while they were thinking about each other.

After the examination, the Liuming Pavilion was temporarily vacant.Those who were responsible for maintaining order during the imperial examination and the subsequent responsibility for guarding Liuming Pavilion should belong to Gyeonggi Guards.

Bai Yiling used to have a good relationship with several chiefs of the Gyeonggi Guard, but since the last time King Pei rebelled, Lu Yu took over and rectified all the defense departments in the capital. The current commander of the Gyeonggi Guard is Wang Hui, and his relatives The older brother is the son-in-law of one of Lu Qi's aunts, and his seniority is extremely high in detail.

The responsibilities of defense are different in different places, but there are inevitably overlaps among them, and the usual stumbling is common.Bai Yiling usually pays attention to this aspect and will not easily interfere with matters within the jurisdiction of others, but this time, if he wants to investigate this matter clearly, he will inevitably have to deal with Gyeonggi Wei.

People from the Northern Inspection Department had already sent some people over to guard Liuming Pavilion, and the people from the Gyeonggi Guard who had stayed here were unwilling to evacuate. When Bai Yiling arrived, both sides came out to welcome him.

Bai Yiling said: "You can do as you please, I want to go inside and see where the officials who released the documents lived at that time."

He didn't let others lead the way, and directly said to Zhou Gaohuai: "Mr. Zhou, which room do you live in?"

Zhou Gaohuai led Bai Yiling to the small courtyard where he was locked up at that time.Before this, Bai Yiling had never been here in person, but he had already sent people to search all the rooms and courtyards here, and after the inspection, he deliberately restored all the items to their original positions.

Therefore, after entering the door, Zhou Gaohuai still had the illusion that he had never left before, and he couldn't help but secretly lamented the efficiency of the North Inspection Department.

After Bai Yiling entered, he looked around, but did not search carefully.The people from the Northern Inspection Department were former spies, and they were famously careful in searching suspicious objects. I am afraid that even every inch of the cracks in the ground was sucked by magnets one by one, not to mention secret doors and secret rooms. There is no need for Bai Yiling to inspect these again in person.

What he has to do is to find the suspicious point among all the doubts.

Bai Yiling thought about it and bent down to look under Zhou Gaohuai's desk, then opened his bookcase and flipped through a few pages of books, and said, "Is Zhou Shilang always writing questions in this study alone? Is there anyone else?" been in?"

Zhou Gaohuai said: "This courtyard may occasionally have food delivery servants and patrolling guards coming in and out, but according to the regulations, this study room where I am, will never allow anyone to come in and out except myself. At night I If you leave the room and go to the next bedroom to rest, you will lock the door with your own hands, and there will be guards outside, and the guards will not leave alone, so you should not be able to enter."

Bai Yiling said: "Don't worry about it when you're not around, anyway, as long as you're in the room, are you sure no outsiders will enter?"

He had a half-smile: "Don't talk about ghosts and gods, anyway, if no one else comes in, then you will be the one who missed the question."

The guards who were changing guards had already asked them one by one. If the suspicious point was on them, Zhou Gaohuai would not need to go through this today.

Zhou Gaohuai was very sure at first, but after being questioned repeatedly by Bai Yiling, doubts arose in his heart, he hesitated: "Then, let me think about it again."