Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 37

[37. Chapter 36]

Sun Yinde’s men refused to disclose where the body of Grandma Yuan Zhe was thrown.

Su Jin and Zhou Ping and Liu Yichu searched the Huai River for a whole night, but returned without success.

That night, a decree came from the palace, and after the court meeting the next day, Su Jin entered the palace to testify that the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple set up a bureau to assassinate His Highness the Thirteenth.

Before going to bed, Su Jin checked the existing clues again, except that she sang with Shen Xi and poured dirty water on the officials that day, Chao Qing’s disappearance was indeed inseparable from the people under the seven kings, and it will be seen tomorrow Fengtian In the hall, the confession of Sister Yuan’er can explain how much of the inside story.

Before dawn the next day, Shen Xi walked towards the East Palace with a pair of dark blue peach blossom eyes.

Like Liu Chaoming, he was forced to stop the morning court, and now he is half a rich and idle person, but unfortunately, he has not been able to sleep well for several days.

After passing the Chuihua Gate, before entering the main hall, someone suddenly pulled his elbow from the side.

Shen Xi stumbled before he could stand still, when he saw Zhu Shishi blinking his eyes, and said with a worried expression: “Brother Qingyue, my emperor has been bored in Donghua Hall for nearly two days, can you go and see him? What?”

Shen Xi was displeased.

Seventeen has been with him and Zhu Nanxian since he was a child, and he is half his brother anyway. How could this little bastard see Zhu Shisan’s sadness, but he couldn’t see Shen Qingyue’s sadness?

Shen Xi opened Zhu Shiqi’s hand on his elbow, and said nonchalantly, “Yes, your royal brother’s brain doesn’t need to be so knotted over the years, and it is also a merit to bring back the dead.”

Saying that, he will walk away.

Zhu Shiqi chased him a few steps and said aggrieved: “But the day before yesterday, the emperor’s brother had already returned to the palace. I heard that the sentence of brother Ziyan’s sentence has been set, and I know that you are running around for the matter of brother Ziyan, and you have entered the palace again. Speaking of interceding with the father emperor, he was stopped by the first emperor, and he was confined in the Donghua Hall.”

Shen Xi paused, glanced at Zhu Shiqi, and said lightly, “Is it the Donghua Palace?” The

sky was just bright, and Zhu Nanxian was dressed in black clothes. A water-like light was drawn in the dawn. He tapped the ground with his toes, and his whole body was like a bird in the sky, and he stabbed the knife down slightly.

A row of swords were inserted upside down on the weapon rack on the side, all of which roared in the wind of the blade that was slightly raised by the sword.

Shen Xi folded his hand, leaned on the veranda and watched, jokingly said: “Hey, what is this trick called? Pingsha Luoyan?”

Zhu Nanxian turned his head and glanced at him, without speaking, the hilt of the knife turned for a full moon in his palm, With the knife in hand, he slashed vertically.

Shen Xi snorted.

Seventeen explained from the side: “Brother Qingyue, it’s not like you don’t know, my emperor brother ignores people every morning when he practices martial arts.”

Shen Xi was depressed.

He came with Seventeen to take a look at Zhu Shisan out of good intentions.

Simple-minded people are nice.

Shen Qingyue would make fun of people when he was unhappy, and he had to make people less happy than himself in order to be comfortable.

He walked up and down the veranda with his hands in his hands, and pointed to a copy of “The Doctrine of the Mean” on the weapon shelf, and said, “Hey, are you regretting it now? Are you starting to study? Do you know that this book was recited by me when I was six years old? Are you ready ?”

Zhu Shiqi said, “Brother Qingyue, I read this book.”

Shen Xi threw the book back to him, sat down and put his feet up and said to Zhu Nanxian, “I thought you were in the house. After being bored for two days, I can make a little progress, but I didn’t expect that I’m still cultivating the way of a reckless husband?”

Zhu Nanxian looked at him from the blade’s edge like a meteor.

Shen Xi felt that Zhu Shisan was really insane, and said with a “hum”: “If you go on like this, you won’t know who will be assassinated next time.”

The corner of Zhu Nanxian’s mouth curved slightly, and suddenly he stretched out his knife and hooked it under the weapon rack beside him, then raised his hand to pick it up.

Several long swords suddenly flew towards Shen Xi like a rain of swords, and they were scattered in the mud around him, and one of them even landed at his feet.

In the rain of swords, there was also a snow blade flying towards Shen Xi’s cheek, Kankan was slightly blocked by a scabbard at the moment of rubbing the tip of his nose.

She shaved off a strand of hair from Shen Xi’s right shoulder.

A drop of sweat slowly fell from Shen Qingyue’s forehead.

Zhu Nanxian put the knife into the sheath, turned around and raised his eyebrows, his bright eyes were smiling: “Why, are you in a better mood after being so frightened by this king?”

Shen Xi took out his folding fan expressionlessly, shook it, and spat out two One word: “boring.”

Zhu Nanxian was silent for a while, then handed the knife to Seventeen, who was standing beside him, and suddenly said, “Shen Qingyue, do you remember, a few years ago, someone wanted to kill you and your third sister. , I rushed to save the two of you.”

Shen Xi raised his eyebrows: “Why, to collect debts?”

Zhu Nanxian nodded and said, “I know you have a way, you teach me how I can go without paying a concubine. Fan?”

Shen Xi said “tsk tsk” twice and stared at him for a while: “What are you planning? For Su Shiyu?”

Zhu Nanxian was noncommittal.

Shen Xi copied his hands and said, “Forget it, who told me to owe you a favor? Then listen carefully, today is the best

time-” When the hour was over, Su Jin was already waiting on the stage for trial .

Today’s interrogation is different from usual. It is related to the prince’s national sports. Liu Chaoming of the Supreme Court, Shen Tuo of the Punishment Department, Zeng Youliang of the Ministry of Personnel, Ma Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple and others have been in Fengtian Hall for more than half an hour.

The Ministry of Housing, Shen Xi, was late and only entered half a moment ago.

A few minutes later, four more people came from the other end of the platform. They were the Crown Prince Zhu Minda, the Seventh King Zhu Zewei, the Thirteenth King Zhu Nanxian, and the Fourteenth King Zhu Mixiao.

They were dressed in robes of four colors: bright yellow, light red, dark purple, and bamboo green.

There is a vast sky above, and a palace and pavilion below. The four people are graceful and majestic. If you look carefully, they are all different.

Zhu Min was imposing, with solemn eyebrows; Zhu Ze was slightly feminine, with a little cinnabar between his brows; Zhu Nan was envious of swordsmen and star-like eyes, with heroic appearance; Zhu Mixiao had white skin and beautiful eyes, but there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

But in the end, it was the prince Longsun. The four of them came together with a glorious bearing, as if the world could only accommodate them.

The servants in front of the Fengtian Temple and the head guard of Hu Benwei sang loudly at the same time: “Kneeling—”

For a while, the Fengtian Temple extended to Qitai, and hundreds of people knelt on the ground.

The four of them came to the front of the hall, and one of the servants withdrew from the hall and said, “Reporting to the four highnesses, Your Majesty is still asking the imperial censor of Zuodu and Shen Shangshu, please wait a moment.”

Zhu Minda said lightly, “I see. , you go.” The

servant knelt down and kowtowed, then bent down and returned to Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Mixiao said “Hey”: “Brother Thirteen, I’m so jealous of you, you said that since childhood, when we are brothers, friction is common, we fight and quarrel with each other. Forget it, how come your royal father is so concerned every time it’s your turn?”

Zhu Minda gave him a sideways look and said contemptuously, “Since you were jealous of Thirteen since you were young, why didn’t you learn from him well?”

Zhu Mixiao said “tsk tsk” twice: “What do you want to learn? You don’t have a heart, or go straight? There is no way, there is no prince and elder brother on the head of the emperor, and everything depends on yourself.” Zhu Zweiwei: “Brother Seventh Emperor, you said that it’s not good for you to provoke anyone, but you want to provoke Brother Thirteen. Have you forgotten that for so many years, which time did the emperor favor him the most? It really makes people hate him because of jealousy.”

Like Zhu Minda, Zhu Zewei thought that Zhu Mixiao was an idiot.

He said lightly: “It’s your business to be jealous.” He glanced at Zhu Nanxian and said warmly, “Thirteen, since you came back from the northwest, my brother has not taken care of you. They have come very close, and now they grow up and become independent, it would be bad if they misunderstood because of estrangement.”

Zhu Nanxian only said: “Seventh brother is joking.”

With a slight smile, he walked to the other side of Fengtian Hall with his hands behind his back, and said to the people kneeling in front of the hall, “Your name is Su Jin?”

Su Jin said yes.

Zhu Zewei said again: “Raise your face and let this king take a look.”

Su Jin was silent for a while, then slowly raised his head.

“It’s Qingzhi Duanxiu.” Zhu Zhaiwei seemed to be nodding unexpectedly, and then looked back at Zhu Nanxian and said, “Thirteen, you got the bloody whip for him back then?” He said with a gentle smile: “Either In this way, why don’t you let this king make the call, go back to say hello to Zeng Youliang, and send him to be a clerk?”

Zhu Nanxian was stunned and couldn’t help but look at Su Jin, seeing that she was staring at him blankly, The moment his eyes met, he lowered his eyes.

Just as Zhu Nanxian wanted to say something, the servant of Fengtian Temple came out and said, “Four highnesses, Your Majesty has a request.”

Zhu Minda stepped into Fengtian Temple first. Zhu Nanxian followed behind Zhu Weiwei and passed by Su Jin. The footsteps paused slightly, and then walked into the hall without looking sideways.

The servant then said again: “Governor Su of the capital’s yamen? Your Majesty also ordered you to enter.”

Su Jin also entered Fengtian Hall five years ago.

That was the time of her palace examination and singing.

After many years, I entered the Fengtian Palace again. On the left side stood the emperor and grandson, and on the right side stood high officials and officials. Although the emperor above was old, his eyes were not angry and he was arrogant. Look straight.

She bowed down from the deep hall, and heard the person in the hall say: “You are Su Jin?”

Su Jin said: “Go back to your majesty, Wei Chen is.”

Emperor Jing Yuan said: “Listen to Xiao Shenqing’s words, it was you that day when you heard that the people from the Ministry of Officials wanted to harm the old thirteen?”

Su Jin said: “Avoid, it is. That day, Wei Chen hid in the haystack and heard it with his own ears. The guards said that they were ordered by the lord of the Ministry of Officials to assassinate His Highness the Thirteenth.”

Emperor Jing Yuan said, “What are you doing in the Mafu?”

Su Jin said, “In order to investigate the case of the old disappearance, one of the Wei ministers Therefore, the former Kogong Shi was inexplicably missing a few days ago. Wei Chen found out that he was related to the old bustard of Xunyuelou, and this person was taken as a concubine by the Mafu, so he took advantage of the moon banquet to inquire about his whereabouts.”

Emperor Jing Yuan said: “Shen Sir, do you have a confession from this person?”

Shen Tuo immediately presented a transcript and replied, “Your Majesty, the confessions are all in this transcript. As Governor Su said, this is a tribute named Chao Qing. , heard Ma Shaoqing together with Ning Yaner, the deceased leader of Xunyuelou, and Lu Yuanwai negotiated with a minister of the Ministry of Personnel about the case of Shizi’s trouble. After that, Ma Shaoqing claimed that Chaoqing heard something that should not be heard and wanted to attack him. Emperor Jing Yuan said: ”

So, this Chao Qing is the key witness. What about others?”

Shen Tuo hesitated: “Go back to Your Majesty, he is missing, no one is alive, no dead body.”

Emperor Jing Yuan threw the memorial to the ground, He reprimanded: “That’s how you do things for me?”

The courtier on the right suddenly knelt on the ground.

Emperor Jing Yuan then said leisurely: “Forget it, if you don’t see it, you will disappear, Shen Qing, Liu Qing, you two will go to check, and see if there are still people who hear how these people planned the official troubles, and , Who is that person from the Ministry of Officials?” He said for a while, and then asked, “Zeng Qing, what do you think?”

Zeng Youliang knelt out to the crowd and bowed deeply: “Your Majesty, although I don’t know who in the Ministry of Officials acted so boldly and planned to make trouble, this person must be the same person who murdered His Highness Thirteenth. I can’t get rid of the relationship, because the minister is incapable of discipline, and when the minister returns, he will check it carefully and give your majesty an explanation.” He paused and said, “But majesty, the case of the official making trouble is small, but the thirteenth highness was lured to the horse. The bureau of the government almost lost his life, and the murder of the prince is equivalent to treason, so we have to investigate it carefully.”

Zeng Youliang knew that the key to the case had to start with Chao Qing, but he turned his attention to the incentives of the bureau of the Mafu.

A good move is to retreat as advance, and sound east and west.

Sure enough, Emperor Jing Yuan’s eyes fell on Zhu Nanxian and asked, “Thirteen, why did you go to the Mafu that day?” After a while, he said coldly, “I heard people say that you seem to be here for this. Did you leave with the surname Su?”

Zhu Nanxian was slightly calm, and said, “Return to the father and the emperor, yes.” When the words

fell, the whole room was in an uproar.

Emperor Jing Yuan slapped the dragon chair with his right hand and scolded, “I don’t know the importance! Someone—” Before

he could finish speaking, Zhu Nanxian suddenly knelt down and said solemnly, “Father, but this is even more serious for my son. For the eldest brother and the seventh emperor.”

Zhu Nanxian has never had a heart.

So as soon as these words came out, Zhu Minda was startled, Zhu Ze was slightly condensed, Zhu Mixiao was startled, Liu Chaoming paused, and glanced at Shen Xi clearly, and Shen Xi blinked innocently.

[End of This Chapter]