It rained all night, and it was not clear until the early morning of the next day.
Jiang Suizhou slept peacefully all night.
When he woke up early in the morning, the clouds had disappeared, and the sun was shining brightly in the blue sky through the window.
Jiang Suizhou's gaze immediately fell on the couch under the window.
Seeing that the couch was empty, Huo Wujiu was sitting in the wheelchair next to the couch, tidying up his robes.
"Does your leg still hurt?" Jiang Suizhou's voice still woke up hoarse.
Huo Wujiu looked up at him and said lightly: "It's okay."
With that, he picked up a white object from the couch and threw it away.
Seeing the thing flying towards him, Jiang Suizhou hurriedly reached out to pick it up. But the thing was too soft, went straight through his hand, and landed softly on his bed.
As soon as Jiang Suizhou lowered his head, he saw that it was Mrs. Tang who had been stuffed by Meng Qianshan for him yesterday.
The hot water in it has long since lost its temperature, except for the fluff on the head, with a hint of temperature, like someone's body temperature.
Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Huo Wujiu lightly said, "Thank you."
—Oh, thanks to his soup lady.
The corners of Jiang Suizhou's mouth couldn't help but make two smiles.
He just said, this General Huo Wujiu Huo is indeed an excellent person. Yesterday, Meng Qianshan clearly stuffed him with so many soup ladies. He still remembered the one he gave him, and even thanked himself for it.
"No need." Jiang Suizhou's voice was stained with a half smile.
Huo Wujiu glanced at him indifferently, then coldly withdrew his gaze.
The sun was getting higher, Jiang Suizhou turned over and got off the bed.
Although yesterday was a thousand-year-old banquet for the queen, today the 100 officials rest, but the Ministry of Rites cannot rest. Everything that was prepared at yesterday's banquet needs to be sorted out and sent for registration.
Although Ji You said that he was in poor health and he didn't need to go, but Jiang Suizhou didn't want him to break this example for himself, just go around and see if there is anything he can do.
He put it all together and thought of the book Ji You lent him a few days ago.
The two unofficial histories are not thick, so they can be counted as days, and they can be returned to Ji You together.
Thinking of this, he stood up and planned to call Meng Qianshan in.
But at this moment, the door was knocked open in a panic.
Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Meng Qianshan stumbled in.
"The prince, something happened to the prince!" Meng Qianshan hurriedly said.
Jiang Suizhou frowned: "What's the matter?"
Then Meng Qianshan gasped and said: "Something has happened to the Ministry of Rites! Someone from the court just now said that Lord Ji Youji was impeached and taken away by people from the Ministry of Justice!"
Jiang Suizhou was taken aback.
"What's the crime?"
He remembers Ji You's life, and there shouldn't be such a thing. Although he didn't make a lot of achievements in his whole life, it was still smooth. After the destruction of the Jing Dynasty, Beiliang originally wanted to recruit him, but he refused.
How could he be arrested suddenly
Just listen to Meng Qianshan said: "The lord of the criminal ministry said that it was Master Ji who was greedy for the money of the Mo Emperor’s Qianqiu banquet, shoddy, cutting corners, and let people discover this morning!"
This is even more impossible.
Jiang Suizhou frowned: "Has been arrested to the Criminal Ministry?"
Meng Qianshan nodded straight.
Jiang Suizhou's complexion condensed, and he raised his hand and said: "Change clothes."
Meng Qianshan was taken aback: "Master, you are..."
Jiang Suizhou said, "I'll go to the Criminal Ministry."
Meng Qianshan stomped anxiously when he heard the words: "What are you doing! Nowadays, the adults in the Ministry of Rites are shunned, lest the officers and soldiers come to the door, why are you rushing to get there?"
Jiang Suizhou was expressionless.
"Do not talk nonsense."
Meng Qianshan did not dare to defy, so he had to come forward to change his robe.
Jiang Suizhou's eyes were deep.
He knew that since something happened to the Ministry of Rites, after arresting Ji You, the officials of the Ministry of Rites must be arrested and questioned one by one. As the prince, he took the initiative to remove the suspicion, and he was not out of line, and he would not lead people to suspect elsewhere.
And what he wanted to do was naturally not to remove the suspicion.
He wanted to know why Ji You, who had not had an accident, was arrested.
Is it because this is the unofficial history, which is different from the official history, or is it because he traveled through and came into contact with Ji You and became a variable in Ji You's life trajectory.
—
The news that Jiang Suizhou was going to the Xing Department had passed. When he got out of the carriage, the Xing Department attendant was waiting for him outside the door.
Seeing him getting out of the car, the Xing Bu assistant greeted him with a smile on his face, watching him walking and fluttering, weakly, and eagerly reached out to help him.
Jiang Suizhou drew sideways without giving face, and was steadily supported by Meng Qianshan.
"The officer has been waiting for the prince for a long time, please."
Jiang Suizhou said lightly: "You and I are of the same rank, so you don't need to be polite. Besides, this king is here today to be tried."
Hearing this, the servant of the Criminal Department hurriedly laughed and said, "What is the prince talking about? Our Criminal Department is investigating this case. Because the prince was ill a few days ago, he didn’t intervene in the matter. I can't find the prince's head..."
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 check, this king needs to ask him personally."
Hearing what he said, the Xingbu minister replied again and again and invited him in.
The cause and effect are nothing but an ordinary corruption case. The money received by the Ministry of Etiquette was approved by the Ministry of Households. The amount is huge, and where it is used, it is registered in the account. But at the end of the cleanup this morning, someone suddenly discovered that many of the furnishings at the banquet were nothing but shoddy and shoddy. After all, they were cleaned up, and there was a big discrepancy.
"We have roughly calculated the criminal department. Master Ji has corrupted, at least this number!" The Xing Ministry's servant rushed to the river and made a four.
"Straightforwardly, don't fight dumb riddles with this king." Jiang Suizhou said coldly.
The officer of the Criminal Department murmured: "At least four thousand taels."
Four thousand taels, although not a very large number, they started at the birthday banquet of the queen. Corruption has come to the head of the queen, although it is only four thousand taels, but for ordinary officials, it is already a crime of migrating, and beheading.
Jiang Suizhou had no words.
Over there, the servant of the criminal department was still chattering: "The prince does not need to worry. After that, even if the criminal department goes to the prince's mansion to investigate, it will only make a routine round. This mainly happened to Ji You, and it has nothing to do with the prince..."
However, Jiang Suizhou said lightly: "This king needs to see Ji You."
The Xingbu assistant was taken aback, and his face was a little embarrassing.
"This... Ji You is being held in custody at this time..." he asked embarrassedly.
Jiang Suizhou looked calm.
"There is a batch of raw materials, this king took over." He said. "This matter, the king needs to ask him privately to be at ease."
Hearing this, the Xingbu servant probably understood.
Ji You was corrupt at that time, but he was not a good person to come to King Jing.
It is estimated that King Jing was not very clean on the matter of His Majesty's Qianqiu Banquet, so he rushed here in such a hurry and had to interrogate Ji You privately.
However, the Minister of Criminal Justice had received the words from him earlier that today's matter is to get Ji You away. Then, it is not a big problem to come to His Royal Highness King Jing and want to throw his account back to Ji You.
After all, King Jing, relatives of the emperor, even if he is greedy for some silver, what can the emperor say
Thinking of this, the Xing Department attendant also relieved his heart, reluctantly agreed, and took Jiang Suizhou to the prison of the Xing Department.
Most of the criminals detained in the cells of the Ministry of Justice are still suspects, still in interrogation, or with relatively minor crimes. Therefore, compared with the imperial sky prison, the prison is not as tightly guarded, and the environment is better. The cells below have very small windows for light and ventilation.
Jiang Suizhou followed the Xing Department servant, all the way to the depths of the prison. After turning a bend, he saw Ji You in the prison.
He was sent to jail because of this, his clothes were neat and he was in good spirits, and he was sitting alone on a 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 Xing Department servant to go out and wait.
"This..." The Xing Bu assistant minister hesitated.
"Half column incense." Jiang Suizhou said.
The officer of the criminal ministry hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "The prince must make a long story short, and the officer is waiting for you at the door of the cell."
He thought to himself, after all, Ji You has been sent to prison, and His Royal Highness must have nothing too important to look for him. He is not high-ranked and has no backing. It is not worth provoke His Royal Highness Jing for this little matter.
The Xingbu minister retired.
Seeing him walking 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 through the iron fence.
"His Royal Highness...?" He couldn't believe it.
Jiang Suizhou paused, and said slowly: "... I originally wanted to return the adult's book today."
Ji You was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled bitterly.
"The prince doesn't have to pay it back," he said. "There are unexpected events in the sky, and everyone has their own fate. Presumably my fate is here."
Seeing his appearance, Jiang Suizhou felt a little uncomfortable.
"Although the king doesn't have deep contacts with adults, he also knows that adults are not the ones who do this kind of thing." He paused and said in a deep voice.
Ji You raised his eyes to look at him.
"If there is an iron proof, it doesn't matter if you do it or not," he said.
After a pause, Ji You continued.
"The prince and Pang Dang have never been in harmony. I must be able to guess one or two things about today." He said. "People from the Pang Dang tried to befriend me many times, but I refused, presumably they are also unhappy. These days, I have some contacts with the prince. They should take precautions before they happen."
He had a very calm tone and didn't mean to blame at all, but Jiang Suizhou's hands on his side became tighter and tighter.
... he guessed it.
Ji You himself didn't know, but he knew that for Ji You, he was a disaster from the sky.
There is no intersection between the original owner and Ji You. He wants to be independent from the party and has no real power in his hands. Naturally, Pang Shao would not put him in his eyes. However, it was him who came because of the crossing. He had a few gossips with Ji You, had some contacts with him, and even because of his health, he was taken care of, which made Pang Shao vigilant and decided to take Ji You. Dispose of.
Seeing that Jiang Suizhou was silent and did not speak, Ji You was stunned, and then smiled gently.
"The prince does not have to blame himself." Ji You said. "Since I refused to join the Pang party, I knew that this day would happen sooner or later. Ji was tired and lazy, and had mediocre qualifications. He had nothing to do as an official for more than ten years. Now he has fallen into this field and has nothing to do with the prince, just because of Ji. In the court, I just want to be alone."
But Jiang Suizhou, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head.
He raised his eyes to Ji You.
In the dim cell, Ji You met a pair of dark eyes across the wooden fence.
Those eyes are slightly white, and the shape is charming and delicate, they are full of appearance. But at this time, there was a certain firm and bright gleam in these eyes.
"If the matter is not thoroughly investigated, your lord will not be convicted immediately."
Ji You heard the lowered voice, with a somewhat natural magnetism.
"My lord, stay calm in jail. This king swears that you will not be unjustly wronged."
—
It was getting late, and a light rain fell faintly outside.
Meng Qianshan was a little worried. He walked around the door of Anyin Hall, and repeatedly sent a small servant to the door of the mansion to ask the prince if he had come back.
That morning, the prince asked himself to accompany him to the criminal department. After he got out of the prison, his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.
On Changping Street, one mile away from Qinghefang, the prince stopped the carriage and got off.
"Don't follow anyone." The prince ordered like this. "This king will go back to the mansion after turning around by himself."
Meng Qianshan quickly tried to persuade him, but saw Jiang Suizhou's face cold, so he didn't dare to speak out.
There was no other way, Meng Qianshan had to help Jiang Suizhou get out of the car, and sent two nursing homes to follow.
Unexpectedly, when the prince got out of the car, he never came back.
Seeing the hour getting late, Meng Qianshan's heart raised his throat.
He hates himself for being too obedient, but this is a habit he has developed in playing children. His head is stupid, and the prince didn't like him since he was a child, but because he was sent to him by the first emperor, he didn't drive him away.
Meng Qianshan has been cautious since he was a child, but the king was obliged to do so. He originally thought that he could use this to make up for his stupid head, but he did not expect that now he has done bad things because of this.
When he did not know the number of laps he turned, he heard the sound of a wheelchair coming.
Afterwards, Meng Qianshan looked up with hindsight and saw that Huo Wujiu had already walked in front of him.
"What's the matter?" He heard Huo Wugui ask.
Meng Qianshan hurriedly said: "Mrs. Hui, it is a stupid slave who asked the prince to go out alone. He hasn't come back yet..."
Huo Wujiu raised his eyes and looked out the door.
Although the rain is not heavy, it has been pattering and has not stopped for a long time.
"You are indeed stupid." Huo Wujiu said.
His tone was calm, but with inexplicable coercion, Meng Qianshan was taken aback, unable to speak, and he looked at Huo Wugui cautiously.
Huo Wujiu's gaze shifted from the rain outside the window to Meng Qianshan's face.
"It's so late, why don't you send 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 come the slave forgot!"
As he said, he hurriedly rushed into the rain.
But at this moment, a young man braved the rain and ran all the way into Anyin Hall.
"Duke Qianshan, the prince is back!" Before running to the front of the room, the young man said anxiously.
Meng Qianshan quickly greeted the corridor.
I saw the young man rushing to the front, panting.
"The prince came back. Although the nursing home gave him an umbrella, he still got some rain." said the young man.
Meng Qianshan said anxiously: "What did the prince do?"
The young man paused, his voice weakened.
"The prince doesn't know where... ate too much wine." He whispered.
—
Jiang Suizhou didn't expect that this body was not only sickly, but also had poor drinking capacity.
After he came out of the Criminal Department, he felt a lot of congestion in his heart.
Although he had guessed early in the morning that Ji You's imprisonment had something to do with him, but his guess was completely different from what he saw with his own eyes.
It was a living life, even an unruly and talented poet. Just because of his kindness to himself, he was implicated in himself, and he was sent to prison.
And all this is because of Pang Shao.
To Jiang Suizhou, Pang Shao was just a treacherous official recorded in the history books, but now he is a villain who holds a butcher knife in his hand, and wants to persecute people around him at any time.
And he actually naively thought that he could deal with him temporarily and survive the three years.
Jiang Suizhou's heart seemed to be crushed by a stone, making him breathless.
He wanted to find out where to vent, but he came across and didn't even know anyone who could talk. He just endured it for himself until the carriage drove through Changping Street.
The streets of Changping are full of merchants, with people coming and going, and it is very lively. Fireworks wafted from restaurants and restaurants, and people and traders passing by you came and went. It was a peaceful and peaceful world completely different from the noble and cold Prince Jing's Mansion.
Jiang Suizhou also stopped the carriage here and walked away.
At this time, he seemed to desperately want to leave the identity of King Jing, leave this world, and return to the many beings he originally belonged to.
However, all living beings have nowhere to accept him now.
He was walking aimlessly on Changping Street, surrounded by people, but he seemed to be separated from him.
After walking for a while, Jiang Suizhou raised his head and saw the waving wine flag.
He went to the wine shop, ordered some wine, and drank it by himself until late at night.
The wine is not strong, but it is the common apricot blossom wine in the south, with its own sweet fragrance and not intoxicating. But when Jiang Suizhou got up, he felt dizzy and fluttered under his feet. He was already drunk.
He stood firmly on the table.
It's okay to be drunk. He thought. I've never been here since I've been sober every day, and I'm tired enough.
He staggered out of the wine shop and walked slowly back to the palace.
I don't know when it rained outside, it was not heavy, and he didn't feel any rain. When he reached the gate of the palace, he felt that someone was holding an umbrella behind him.
He turned around and saw that it was a nursing home he had never met before. Seeing him looking at him, the guard's leg softened, so he knelt down for him.
Jiang Suizhou frowned and waved his hand slowly.
Yes, he is here, just King Jing who makes people fearful like a tiger and wolf.
Someone walked around, but he didn't go, walking all the way back to Anyintang on the wet stone and brick floor.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Meng Qianshan running up to him in the rain.
"Master!" Meng Qianshan's voice was shaking with anxiety. "Where have you been, but terrified the minion..."
"Didn't you send someone to follow." Jiang Suizhou's voice was a little dumb.
Meng Qianshan was surprised and thought Jiang Suizhou was going to blame him.
But before he could speak, Jiang Suizhou raised his hand.
He walked up the stairs, stopped under the corridor, and said, "Don't worry about this king, just wait outside the door."
Meng Qianshan Nuo Nuo Di only dared to agree.
Jiang Suizhou raised his foot and stepped into the door, closed the door, and walked a few steps forward, leaning 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 Jiyou.
But now, he just wants to be alone for a while.
He closed his eyes and leaned there for a while, until he calmed down a bit in the dizzy drunkenness, and then slowly opened his eyes.
I saw a man sitting in front of him, looking at him quietly.
Jiang Suizhou looked at the man, stunned, and then showed an unsuspecting, drunken smile.
"You are here." His voice was lazy. "I've forgotten it all."
Huo Wujiu asked, "Why have you drunk so much?"
I saw Jiang Suizhou shook his head with a smile, and said, "I didn't drink much, it's because I drink too much."
Huo Wujiu frowned.
It is indeed too much to drink.
His face was flushed, his eyes were dilated, and his robe was still wet. Although his upper body was not exposed to rain, the hem and trouser legs of his robe were stained with wet water stains.
Huo Wugui said: "Go and change your clothes first."
Hearing the words, Jiang Suizhou raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, oh, he stood up straight on the partition.
But because he had been leaning on the partition for too long, Jiu Jin had already dazzled his mind, and he didn't have much energy on his body. Fang took a step, his feet were soft, and he fell straight ahead.
Jiang Suizhou later realized that he had fallen.
But he was slow and unable to react for a while, so he had to fall straight to the ground.
However, the expected pain did not come for a long time, instead, it threw on a hard warmth.
He opened his eyes viciously, and saw Huo Wujiu Yinglang's face close at hand, a pair of bright black eyes, quietly looking at him very close.
He was caught by Huo Wujiu.
He was lying in Huo Wujiu's arms, and because of supporting his body, Huo Wujiu's movements at this time were like embracing him in his arms.
Jiang Suizhou didn't notice it.
Facing Huo Wujiu's face, he paused, as if he was thinking of something, and asked slowly.
"Does your leg still hurt today?"