After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine - Chapter 32

[Chapter 32]

It rained all night, and it didn’t clear until the next morning.

Jiang Suizhou slept soundly all night.

When he woke up early in the morning, the clouds had cleared, and the sun was shining brightly through the window against the blue sky.

Jiang Suizhou’s eyes immediately fell on the couch under the window.

Seeing that the couch was already empty, Huo Wu Jiu was sitting on the wheelchair beside the couch, sorting out his robes.

“Does your leg still hurt?” When Jiang Suizhou spoke, his voice was hoarse as he had just woken up.

Seeing Huo Wu Jiu looking up at him, he said lightly, “It’s all right.” After

saying that, he picked up a white object from the couch, raised his hand and tossed it.

Seeing the thing flying straight towards him, Jiang Suizhou hurriedly reached out to pick it up. But the thing was so soft that it went straight through his hands and landed softly on his bed.

Jiang Suizhou bowed his head and saw that it was Mrs. Tang that Meng Qianshan had stuffed to him yesterday.

The hot water inside has already lost its temperature, but the fluff on the top has a faint temperature, like someone’s body temperature.

Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Huo Wu Jiu indifferently said, “Thank you.”

– Oh, thank his Mrs. Tang.

The corners of Jiang Suizhou’s mouth could not help but twitch into a smile.

Let him just say, this General Huo Wu Jiu is indeed an excellent person. Yesterday, Meng Qianshan had clearly stuffed him with so many Tang Pozi, and he still remembered what he gave him, and even thanked himself for it.

“No need.” Jiang Suizhou’s voice was full of smiles.

Seeing Huo Wu Jiu glance at him lightly, he withdraws his gaze coldly.

As the sun gradually rose, Jiang Suizhou rolled over and got off the bed.

Although yesterday was the Qianqiu Banquet of the Later Lord, and today the officials are resting, the Ministry of Rites cannot rest. Everything prepared at yesterday’s banquet needs to be sorted out and sent to the register.

Although Ji You said that he was not in good health, he didn’t need to go, but Jiang Suizhou didn’t want him to make an exception for himself, just go around and see if there was anything for him to do.

He summed it up like this, and also thought of the book Ji You lent him a few days ago.

The two unofficial histories are not thick, and if you count the days, you can also return them to Ji You together.

Thinking of this, he stood up and planned to call Meng Qianshan in.

But at this moment, the door was slammed open in a panic.

Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Meng Qianshan stumbling in and hurried in.

“My lord, something has happened, my lord!” Meng Qianshan said in a hurry.

Jiang Suizhou frowned: “What’s wrong?”

Then Meng Qianshan gasped and said, “Something happened to the Ministry of Rites! Only the people in the imperial court said that Mr. Ji Youji was impeached and taken away by the people of the Ministry of Punishment!”

Jiang Suizhou was taken aback for a moment.

“What crime?”

He remembered Ji You’s life, and there shouldn’t be such a thing. In his life, although he didn’t make great achievements, it was considered smooth sailing. After the demise of the Jing Dynasty, Beiliang wanted to recruit him, but he refused. Since then, he has resigned and returned to his hometown to indulge in the landscape.

Why was he suddenly arrested?

I heard Meng Qianshan say: “The lord of the Ministry of Punishment said that it was Lord Ji who was greedy for the expenses of the Emperor Mo’s Qianqiu Banquet. He used shoddy goods and cut corners. People found out this morning!”

This is even more impossible.

Jiang Suizhou frowned: “Has you been taken to the Punishment Department?”

Meng Qianshan nodded straight.

Jiang Suizhou’s face froze, he raised his hand and said, “Change clothes.”

Meng Qianshan was stunned: “Your Highness, this is…”

Jiang Suizhou said, “I’ll go to the Ministry of Punishment.”

Meng Qianshan stomped his feet anxiously when he heard the words: “What are you doing! Now the adults of the Ministry of Rites can’t avoid it, for fear The officers and soldiers are coming, why are you rushing to get there?”

Jiang Suizhou was expressionless.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

Meng Qianshan didn’t dare to disobey, so he had to come forward to change his robes.

Jiang Suizhou’s eyes were heavy.

He knew that since something happened to the Ministry of Rites, after Ji You was arrested, the officials of the Ministry of Rites would be arrested one by one for questioning. As a prince, he took the initiative to go to clear the suspicion, which is not out of the ordinary, nor will it lead to suspicion elsewhere.

And what he wants to do is not to clear the suspicion.

He wanted to know why Ji You, who had no accident, was arrested.

Is it because this is an unofficial history, which is different from the official history, or because he came across and has contact with Ji You, which has become a variable in Ji You’s life trajectory.

——The

news that Jiang Suizhou was going to the Department of Punishment had spread long ago. When he got off the carriage, the waiter of the Department of Punishment was waiting for him outside the door.

Seeing him get out of the car, the waiter of the Ministry of Punishment greeted him with a smile on his face, watching him walk and fluttering weakly, and attentively reaching out to help him.

Jiang Suizhou avoided sideways without giving face, and was firmly supported by Meng Qianshan.

“Xiaguan has been waiting for the lord for a long time, the lord please.” The minister of the Ministry of Punishment smiled sideways.

Jiang Suizhou said lightly: “You and I are of the same rank, so you don’t need to be too polite. Besides, this king is here today to be tried.” The

minister of the Ministry of Punishment heard this, and hurriedly laughed: “What did the lord say? Our criminal department is investigating this case, because the lord fell ill a few days ago, and he did not intervene in the matter.

Jiang Suizhou raised his hand and stopped his words.

“There are some things that this king has handled.” He said lightly. “Even if you don’t investigate, this king needs to ask in person.”

Hearing what he said, the minister of punishment responded repeatedly and invited him in.

The cause and effect is nothing but an ordinary case of corruption. The money received by the Ministry of Rites was approved by the Ministry of Households. But when the cleanup was finished this morning, someone suddenly discovered that many of the furnishings and arrangements at the banquet were gold and jade, and were shoddy.

“We have made a rough calculation of the Ministry of Punishment. Master Ji has corrupted, at least this amount!” The waiter of the Ministry of Punishment made a gesture to Jiang Suizhou.

“Speak straight, don’t play dumb riddles with this king.” Jiang Suizhou said coldly.

The waiter of the Ministry of Punishment said embarrassingly: “At least four thousand taels.”

Four thousand taels, although not a lot, was broken at the birthday feast of the later master. The embezzlement is only 4,000 taels, but for ordinary officials, it is a serious crime ranging from exile to beheading.

Jiang Suizhou did not speak.

Over there, the waiter of the Ministry of Punishment was still chattering: “No need to worry about your lord. After that, even if the Ministry of Punishment went to the lord’s mansion to investigate, it would only be a routine turn. This is mainly because of Ji You, and it has nothing to do with the lord…”

But listened to Jiang Suizhou said lightly: “This king needs to see Ji You.” The

minister of the Ministry of Punishment was taken aback for a moment, and his face showed a bit of embarrassment.

“This… Ji You is being held at this time…” He wondered.

Jiang Suizhou looked calm.

“There is a batch of raw materials that this king took over.” He said. “This matter, this king needs to ask him privately to be at ease.”

Hearing this, the Minister of Punishment probably understood.

That Ji You was embezzled, but King Jing was not a good person.

It is estimated that King Jing is not very clean in the matter of His Majesty’s Qianqiu Banquet, so he rushed here in such a hurry and questioned Ji You privately.

However, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment had already received the words from above, and today’s matter is to clean up Ji You. Then, it’s not a big problem to think that His Royal Highness King Jing wants to throw the account that he bears to Ji You.

After all, even if His Royal Highness King Jing is greedy for some money, what can the emperor say?

Thinking of this, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment also felt relieved, reluctantly agreed, and took Jiang Suizhou to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Most of the criminals detained in the prison cells of the Ministry of Justice are still suspects, still under interrogation, or those with lesser crimes. Therefore, compared with the imperial prison, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is not so strict, and the environment is better. There are extremely small windows in the surrounding cells to let light and ventilation.

Jiang Suizhou followed the Minister of Punishment and walked all the way to the depths of the prison. After turning a corner, he saw Ji You imprisoned in the prison.

Because he was just imprisoned, his robes were neat and his spirits were good. At this time, he was sitting alone on the straw bed in the cell.

Seeing someone coming, Ji You raised his head.

Seeing Jiang Suizhou stopped at the door of the cell, he raised his hand to signal the minister of punishment to go out and wait.

“This…” The Minister of Punishment was hesitant.

“Half a column of incense.” Jiang Suizhou said.

The waiter of the Ministry of Punishment hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: “Then the lord must make a long story short, the lower official is waiting for you at the door of the cell.”

He thought, after all Ji You has been imprisoned, His Royal Highness King Jing must have nothing too important to look for him. His official rank is not high, and he has no support. It is not worthwhile to provoke His Royal Highness King Jing for this trivial matter.

The minister of punishment withdrew.

Seeing that he was far away, Jiang Suizhou stepped forward: “Master Ji.”

Ji You got up from the bed, walked to the door of the cell, and looked at Jiang Suizhou across the iron fence.

“His Royal Highness Prince Jing…?” His face was full of disbelief.

Jiang Suizhou paused, then said slowly, “…I thought I would return the adult’s book today.”

Ji You was stunned when he heard the words, and then smiled bitterly.

“My lord doesn’t have to pay it back,” he said. “The sky is unpredictable, and people have their own destiny. I must have my destiny here.”

Jiang Suizhou felt a little uncomfortable when he saw his appearance.

“Although this king doesn’t have a deep relationship with the adults, he also knows that the adults are not the kind of people who do this kind of thing.” He paused and said solemnly.

Ji You looked up at him.

“If the evidence is there, it doesn’t matter if you do it or not,” he said.

After a pause, Ji You continued.

“Your Highness and Pang Dang have always been at odds with each other, so today’s events, you can probably guess one or two.” He said. “People from Pang Dang tried to make friends with me many times, but I refused them all. They must be unhappy. These days, I have some contacts with the prince. They should take precautions this time.”

He said calmly, He didn’t mean to blame at all, but Jiang Suizhou’s hands on his side were clenching tighter and tighter.

…he guessed it.

Ji You didn’t know it himself, but he knew that for Ji You, he was a disaster from the sky.

The original owner and Ji You did not intersect. He wanted to be neither a party nor a group, and he had no real power in his hands. Naturally, Pang Shao would not take him in his eyes. However, because it was him who came through the journey, Ji You chatted a few times at the same time, had some contacts with him, and even took care of him because of his poor health, which made Pang Shao vigilant, so he decided to send Ji You deal with it.

Seeing that Jiang Suizhou was silent and did not speak, Ji You was stunned for a while, and then smiled gently.

“Your Highness, don’t blame yourself.” Ji You said. “Since I refused to join the Pang Dang, I knew that such a day would come sooner or later. Ji is lazy and has mediocre aptitude. He has been an official for more than ten years and has not achieved much. Now that he is in this field, it has nothing to do with the prince, just because of Ji’s body. In the court, I just want to be alone.”

Jiang Suizhou, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head.

He looked up at Ji You.

In the dim cell, Ji You met a pair of dark eyes across the wooden fence.

Those eyes are a little white, and the shape is charming and delicate, which shows a full appearance. But at this time, there was a certain firm and bright brilliance in these eyes.

“If the matter is not thoroughly investigated, the adults will not be convicted immediately.”

Ji You heard the lowered voice, with a bit of natural magnetism.

“My lord, please stay safe in the prison. This king swears that you will not suffer unjust injustice.” ——It

was

getting late, and it was raining faintly outside.

Meng Qianshan was a little worried, he walked around the door of An Yin Tang, repeatedly sent the servant to the door of the house, and asked if the prince was back.

This morning, the prince asked himself to go to the punishment department with him. After he came out of the prison, his face was gloomy and he didn’t say a word.

When they arrived at Changping Street, one mile away from Qinghefang, the prince stopped the carriage and got off.

“Don’t follow anyone.” Wang Ye ordered. “This king will go back to the house after turning around by himself.”

Meng Qianshan tried to persuade him quickly, but he saw Jiang Suizhou’s cold face, so he didn’t dare to speak out.

There was no other way, Meng Qianshan had to help Jiang Suizhou out of the car, and sent two nursing homes to follow from a distance.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ye never came back as soon as he got off the car.

Seeing that it was getting late, Meng Qianshan’s heart was in his throat.

He hated himself for being too obedient, but this was a habit he had developed from beating children. He was stupid, and the prince didn’t like him since he was a child, but because he was sent to him by the late emperor, he didn’t drive him away.

Meng Qianshan has been cautious since he was a child, and only obeys the prince’s orders. He originally thought that he could make up for his stupid head with this, but he did not expect that now he has done bad things because of this.

As he turned an unknown number of laps, he heard the sound of a wheelchair coming.

Meng Qianshan looked up after realizing it, and saw that Huo Wu Jiu had walked in front of him.

“What’s wrong?” He heard Huo Wu Jiu ask.

Meng Qianshan hurriedly said, “Madam Hui, it’s a stupid servant, let the prince go out alone, and he hasn’t come back yet…”

Huo Wu Jiu raised his eyes and looked out the door.

Although the rain is not big, it has been pattering for a long time.

“You are indeed stupid.” Huo Wu Jiu said.

His tone was calm, but with an indescribable coercion, Meng Qianshan was startled for a moment, unable to speak, he looked at Huo Wu Jiu cautiously.

He saw Huo Wu Jiu’s gaze shifted from the rain outside the window to Meng Qian Shan’s face.

“It’s so late, and I haven’t sent someone to look for it. What’s the use of going around here?” His voice was cold.

Meng Qianshan woke up like a dream, and said repeatedly: “Yes, yes! How did the servant forget!”

Then he hurriedly rushed into the rain.

But at this moment, a servant braved the rain and ran all the way into the An Yin Hall.

“Eunuch Qianshan, the lord is back!” Before he ran to the front of the room, the servant hurriedly said.

Meng Qianshan hurriedly greeted him under the corridor.

Then I saw the little servant running to the front, panting.

“Your Highness is back. Although the nursing home gave him an umbrella, it still got some rain,” said the boy.

Meng Qianshan asked anxiously, “What did the lord do?” The

boy paused, and his voice became weaker.

“I don’t know where the prince is… I ate too much wine.” He whispered.

——Jiang

Suizhou did not expect that this body is not only weak, but also very poor in drinking.

After he came out of the penal department, he felt a terrible block in his heart.

Although he had guessed early in the morning that Ji You’s imprisonment had something to do with him, the guessing and what he saw with his own eyes were completely different.

It was a living human life, even an unruly and talented poet. Just because of a bit of kindness towards himself, he was implicated by himself and was put in prison, his future was uncertain, and his life and death were even unknown.

And all this is because of Pang Shao.

Originally, Pang Shao, to Jiang Suizhou, was just a traitor recorded in the history books, but now he is a villain with a butcher’s knife in his hand, eyeing tigers, and wanting to persecute those around him at any time.

And he actually naively thought that he could deal with him for the time being and survive these three years.

Jiang Suizhou felt like a stone was pressed against his heart, making him breathless.

He wanted to find a place to vent, but he came through and didn’t even know anyone who could speak. He just held back until the carriage passed Changping Street.

Changping Street is full of merchants, people come and go, and it is very lively. Fireworks are wafting from the restaurants and restaurants, and the common people and merchants passing by are coming and going. It is a peaceful and peaceful world, completely different from the noble and cold Prince Jing’s mansion.

Jiang Suizhou also stopped the carriage here and left.

At this time, he seems to be eager to break away from the identity of King Jing, to leave this world, and to return to the multitude of beings he originally belonged to.

However, there is nowhere for all living beings to accept him now.

He walked aimlessly on Changping Street, surrounded by people coming and going, but he seemed to be clearly isolated from him.

After walking for a while, Jiang Suizhou raised his head and saw the flying wine flag.

He went to the pub, asked for some wine, and drank it late into the night by himself.

The wine is not strong, but it is an ordinary apricot wine in the south, with its own sweet fragrance and not intoxicating. But when Jiang Suizhou got up, he felt dizzy, and his feet were floating, and he was already drunk.

He stood firm on the table.

It’s okay to be drunk. he thought. I started here, and I am sober every day, and I am tired enough.

He staggered out of the wine shop and slowly walked back to the palace.

I don’t know when it rained outside, it wasn’t heavy, and he didn’t feel like it was raining. It wasn’t until he got to the gate of the palace that he realized later that someone was holding an umbrella for him behind him.

When he turned around, he saw that it was a nursing home he had never met before. Seeing him look at him, the hospital guard’s legs softened, so he wanted to kneel down for him.

Jiang Suizhou frowned and waved his hand slowly.

Yes, he is here, just the King Jing who is feared like a wolf.

Someone brought the chariot, but he didn’t get on it. He walked all the way on the wet stone brick floor and returned to the An Yin Hall.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Meng Qianshan running all the way to him in the rain.

“My lord!” Meng Qianshan was so anxious that his voice was shaking. “Where have you been, but you scared the minions…”

“Didn’t you send someone to follow?” Jiang Suizhou’s voice was a little hoarse.

Meng Qianshan was startled and thought that Jiang Suizhou was going to blame him.

But before he could speak, Jiang Suizhou raised his hand.

He walked up the stairs, stopped at the porch, turned around and said, “Don’t worry about this king, I’ll be waiting outside the door.”

Meng Qianshan only dared to promise.

Jiang Suizhou stepped up and entered the door, closed the door, took a few steps forward, and leaned against the partition on the side.

He raised his head, closed his eyes, and took a few deep breaths.

When he wakes up tomorrow, he needs to plan carefully how to exonerate Ji You.

But right now, he just wanted to be alone for a while.

He closed his eyes and leaned there for a while, until he gradually calmed down in the dizzy wine, and then slowly opened his eyes.

Then he saw a man sitting in front of him, watching him quietly.

Jiang Suizhou looked at the man, stunned, and then showed a defenseless, drunken smile.

“You’re here.” He said languidly. “I forgot.”

Huo Wu Jiu asked, “Why did you drink so much?”

Jiang Suizhou smiled and shook his head, and said, “I didn’t drink much, it’s because my drinking is too bad.”

Huo Wu Jiu frowned.

Really drink too much.

His face was red and his eyes were slack. The robe on his body was still wet. Although the upper part of his body was not exposed to the rain, the hem of the robe and the legs of his trousers were all stained with wet water.

Huo Wu Jiu said, “Go and change your clothes first.”

Jiang Suizhou heard this, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.

But because he had leaned against the partition for too long, Jiujin had already made his mind dizzy, and he had no energy on his body. Fang took a step, his feet softened, and he fell straight ahead.

Jiang Suizhou later realized that he had fallen.

But he moved slowly and couldn’t react for a while, so he had to fall straight to the ground.

However, the expected pain did not come, but instead rushed onto a mass of hard warmth.

He opened his eyes drunkenly, and saw Huo Wu Jiu’s handsome face close at hand, a pair of black eyes, watching him quietly from a very close distance.

He was caught by Huo Wu Jiu.

He was lying on Huo Wu Jiu’s arms, because he was holding his body, Huo Wu Jiu’s actions at this time were like hugging him into his arms.

Jiang Suizhou was completely unaware.

Facing Huo Wu Jiu’s face, he paused and asked slowly as if he had remembered something.

“Does your leg still hurt today?”

[End of This Chapter]