"Brother Huang, you don't need to send any more."
"Emperor Brother, go slowly!"
No matter what you think in your heart, at least when King Qi and King Xin walked out of the hall, their faces were full of smiles, as if they were brothers and sisters.
After walking out of Prince Qi's mansion and getting into the carriage, King Xin's face darkened.
Not to mention being a real loser in the battle for the heir apparent, as a prince, he was humiliated in the street. The worst thing in his life happened in these two days.
"I want to see how long you can be proud!" He gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Before that, let's recover a little debt..."
He opened the curtain of the car and said in a low voice, "Go and investigate something for me."
Walking back into the hall again, a sneer appeared on King Qi's face.
It doesn't matter if the power is in the hands of the government and the people, or it's nothing to cover the sky with one hand, no matter how much the emperor's father favors him, when he comes to power, it is nothing more than a will to deal with him.
There are too many such examples in history. The ruler is the ruler, and the minister is the minister.
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"This, is this a rebellion?" Liu Dayou rubbed his head in the county government office and said in a low voice.
The closer to the end of the year, the more various affairs in the yamen, the traffic of people in Kyoto is huge, and it is difficult to maintain law and order. There are more than a dozen small cases such as theft and robbery a day. Although there are no major cases, but these trivial cases Things are enough to give him a headache.
What troubled him even more was that when the police in the yamen were investigating some old cases, they found some new clues, which made him feel a little chilled.
This includes the case of the son of the former minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although it has been a long time, that case is too serious. The number of deaths and the tragic death situation have attracted the attention of the whole capital, even if it is difficult to close the case. , It is impossible to just turn over so casually.
Fortunately, this case finally has some clues.
holy religion.
As the thing called the Holy Cult gradually uncovered its mysterious corner, Liu Dayou seemed to feel a dormant monster hiding somewhere in the capital, observing everything in secret.
This feeling is creepy.
He has no way of knowing how many people there are in the holy sect in the capital, who is the queen of heaven, but it is because of the mystery that people are afraid.
The New Year's Eve is approaching, and the Great Court is approaching, but there must be no troubles during this period. In the coming year, I am afraid that this matter will be reported to the court and taken seriously.
…
Li Yi had a headache.
The old lady had already told him several times that the family dinner on New Year's Eve is called a reunion dinner, and if there is one less person, it is not called a reunion.
The few people are naturally drunk.
Even Ruyi mentioned to him several times that it is not appropriate for people from the Li family to live outside all the time, and outsiders will gossip about her...
But the problem is that Zui Mo is still trying to find a way to capture her best friend and add another mistress to the Li family, the time is not yet ripe...
This is really a headache.
Li Yi was trying to convince Zui Mo, otherwise he would have to convince the old lady and Ruyi when he went back.
Ruyi is the best at talking, the old lady is not easy to deal with, she can talk in her ear with that earnest tone for a whole day, she is the person Li Yi fears the most in the whole family except Miss Liu Er.
Convincing Zui Mo alone is easier than convincing the two of them.
"I can do anything." Zui Mo looked up at him, and said: "But I'm moving there now, and sister Ruoqing will definitely not go there together. If the time is not up, I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect."
Li Yi thought about it, and felt that being a human being should not always think about being simple and easy, and sometimes you have to challenge difficult things.
Zui Mo suddenly looked at him and asked, "I have a question I want to ask you."
"What's the matter?" Li Yi smiled, his expression was normal, but his heart immediately became vigilant.
She looked at Li Yi and asked curiously, "Sister Ruoqing and I, who do you like first?"
Li Yi raised his head and looked at the night sky, as if he was thinking. After a while, he shook his head and said, "The moon tonight..."
Zui Mo looked at him and said, "Tonight there is no moon, not even stars."
No, there are stars.
A few stars appeared in Li Yi's eyes, flashed across the night sky, and flew towards this side rapidly.
The starlight fell on the roof, and the fire ignited.
It's not starlight, it's firelight.
Zui Mo was startled, his expression changed suddenly, and he said, "Sister Ruoqing is still inside."
"Protect her!" Li Yi said in a low voice, and a girl who looked like a maid at the door appeared beside Zui Mo in a flash.
A few more light spots flew in different directions, and at the same time, several figures appeared in the night sky, rushing towards the direction where the flames came from.
In the room, Wan Ruoqing, who was reading a book at his desk, was rushed out of the room by Li Yi before he realized what happened.
"You..." She blushed, and it wasn't until Li Yi carried her to the courtyard and saw the fire on the roof that her face turned pale.
"Is there anything important in the room?" Li Yi asked quickly, ready to rush in again.
The fire on the roof had already spread, and it didn't reach the house for a while. It was too late to put out the fire, but there was still time to move some things out of the house.
"No." Wan Ruoqing grabbed his hand and shook his head: "There is nothing important, don't take risks."
Zui Mo looked at her, as if thinking of something, immediately said: "That painting of yours..."
Wan Ruoqing held Li Yi's hand tightly, shook her head and said, "It's not important..."
In fact, time came in a hurry, but she held her hand, and Li Yi couldn't rush in with her.
It was not only these two houses that caught fire in Zeng's mansion, several guest rooms and the houses where the servants lived were also on fire. There should be kerosene on the arrows, otherwise the fire would not have spread so quickly. Li Yi held the hands of the two women and sat in the courtyard, watching the flames gradually engulf the room.
After a while, a few people came in from the outside, shook their heads, and said: "The three dead men died of poisoning as soon as they caught up with them."
Li Yi used to have many enemies, but now, they are all in prison or on the way to exile, so it is impossible to do such a thing as setting fire in the middle of the night.
It's not a small skill to be a slayer and a rocket, but this one is a little too impatient...
Lao Fang rushed over angrily, and cursed angrily: "The one who killed a thousand swords is so wicked, five houses have been burned down, tonight, I'm afraid there will be no place for people to live here."
Li Yi looked at the fire, and whispered: "King Xin..."
"What, Prince Xin?" Lao Fang was startled, turned around and walked outside, "I'll take people to burn Prince Xin's mansion right now!"
Li Yi dragged him back in time, everyone was dead, there was no proof, how to identify King Xin, even if it was found out that King Xin ordered others to do it, setting fire to Shaomin's house and the palace, the crime would be a little bigger
It's been a dry day recently, and the mansions of the rich and powerful over there are also closely connected. It would be bad if innocent people were affected.
It was far from being as easy as breaking his legs after he left Beijing.
However, Zeng Mansion has a special meaning to Zui Mo. Li Yi looked at her worriedly, but before she could speak, she shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter, if the house burns down, it burns down. good."
Xiao Cui walked over pitifully, and asked, "Miss, where do we sleep at night..."
Li Yi looked at the room that was still burning. Zeng's Mansion can't accommodate people now. It's so late, and the inns and the like have already closed. Where they live at night is indeed a...
The expression on his face suddenly froze, and he looked at the several rooms in the firelight again.
This fire burns, it doesn't seem so bad...
Zui Mo thought for a while, and said: "Let's go back to Yangliu Lane first, get some new bedding, tidy up and live in."
"Yangliu Lane..." Li Yi shook his head and said, "The relatives of the old Fang's family came to Kyoto a few days ago, and it was inconvenient to live in an inn, so we let them live there."
"Huh?" Lao Fang looked puzzled.
Zui Mo looked over suspiciously, "Really?"
Lao Fang looked at her, then at Li Yi, nodded and said: "Yes, the poor relatives in the countryside are not used to living in inns, and they are causing trouble for Miss Zeng..."
After speaking, he turned around and walked outside.
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Lao Fang didn't look back, waved his hand, and said, "I'll go to Yangliu Lane to remind those poor relatives that the weather is dry, be careful of open flames..."
Li Yi turned his head, looked at Zui Mo and Ruoqing, and said, "Anyway, there is nowhere to go now, why not..."