It was midsummer, the cicadas chirping far and near undulating in his ears, Lu Yan woke up from a dream, opened his eyes in the dimness, and saw that half of a greedy body was stuck against the wall, he endured for a while, and finally he was one. He grabbed her wrist and took the person into his arms.
Summer's clothes were so thin that as soon as she put them on, the cold corners of the man's eyes changed.
The temperature of the man's soldering iron made Shen Zhen hold his breath involuntarily, his eyes circled from the incense burner to the beam of the house, and he clenched his palm.
Lu Yan pulled her chin, the tip of her nose pressed against the tip of her nose, and lightly pecked her.
Looking at each other, Shen Zhen raised his hand awkwardly and touched his chin.
Lu Yan does not grow a beard, and has always shaved cleanly and neatly. No matter how diligently he shaves, his age is also considered here. When a man in his twenties wakes up, some thin stubble will appear.
Shen Zhen didn't have it, so he liked to touch him. In the past, this person was too cold, and her tentacles were cold. She didn't dare, but now she's not afraid.
The man chuckled, "Have you had enough fun?"
There was a little smile in Shen Zhen's eyes, and he said nothing.
Thin white fingers still wandered across his face.
After a while, Lu Yan held her under him with his backhand, and rubbed her Bai Shengsheng's neck with his chin until it was crimson, until it was hot, until she laughed and begged for mercy, and he let go of her.
After washing up, the two of them ate together.
On the table are a bowl of yellow and bright pumpkin porridge, a bowl of green vegetable porridge, a plate of white-cut chicken spread evenly, a small plate of sauce, a plate of vinegar mixed with shredded chicken, and a plate of taro. Simmered cabbage heart, and a few steaming sugar cakes.
Shen Zhen slowly stirred the pumpkin porridge in the bowl with a porcelain spoon. There are also lotus seeds, red dates, yam, and wolfberry. With her movements, there is a touch of sweetness. It is really a bowl of porridge with all colors and flavors.
After a long while, Lu Yan put down the wooden chopstick, picked up the prepared towel, wiped his hands, and said, "Are you still used to the craftsmanship of Mrs. Fang?"
Shen Zhen nodded.
She thought that he was obviously more critical than herself, and the people he chose were naturally excellent.
"Well." Lu Yan stood up, pinched her face, and said, "When I get back, I'll take you to a place later."
Shen Zhen raised her head suddenly, stood up, looked at him and said, "Where are you going?"
Lu Yan said: "You will know then."
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May 28, Jingzhao House.
As soon as they entered the yamen, Lu Yan and Sun Xu received an anonymous letter of reporting that someone had transformed a mansion in Chongrenfang into a place where people gathered to gamble.
The Great Jin Dynasty was prosperous on the surface, but the treasury was severely depleted. Emperor Chengyuan raised taxes last year and ordered Quanchangan to ban gambling. Anyone who dares to violate the order and operate a casino without authorization will be severely punished if found out.
At least five years in prison.
The residence of Chongrenfang is the first place for foreign businessmen to live when they come to Beijing. The location here is excellent, with the imperial city to the west, Dongshi to the east, and Pingkangfang to the south. place.
Sun Xu straightened the black gauze hat on his head and said, "Casino matters are no trivial matter. How about Mr. Lu to go with me? Let's split our operations, block the front and back, and save those thieves and little servants to report."
Lu Yan threw the wolf in his hand and nodded, "That's fine."
When they arrived at Chongrenfang, Cao Gong joined the army and brought the yali, and immediately surrounded the residence. Lu Yan and Sun Xu entered through the front and rear doors respectively, and arrested a room of gamblers.
"Ah!" howled.
Lu Yan looked around and saw two big men in the center of the room, holding a man crying for his father and mother. The man had only four fingers left, and kept kowtowing to a woman sitting on a high place. .
At this time, the Yali rushed in and packed the physical evidence in the house one by one and moved away.
When the people from the government came, they immediately made a mess.
Sun Xu instructed the yali to take away all the people in the house.
The reason why the imperial court banned gambling was firstly because gambling was huge profits and should not be run by the common people, and secondly, because the casino was about to cause trouble every three or five minutes. never stopped.
It was just Lu Yan and Sun Xu, no one thought that the owner of this casino was actually Uncle Suning's wife, Shen Lan.
Lu Yan frowned and calculated.
The one in front of me should be... Shen Zhen's aunt
Shen Lan knew that there was no room for her to quibble with the evidence, so she returned to Jingzhao Mansion, no matter how Lu Yan interrogated her, she had only one sentence, "Before the lord uses the torture, can you let me see my uncle? "
Lu Yan rushed out the door and said coldly, "Where's Bo Suning? Are you here?"
"It's already at the door."
As the room was talking, Suning Bo walked in, raised his hand in disgust at Shen Lan, and put it down, saying, "I've already stopped you from doing something... how dare you carry it behind your back? Me! Hey!"
Shen Lan smiled coldly, and suddenly felt that her retribution came too quickly.
When the Shen family had an accident, she gave up the Shen family, so when she had an accident, no one would come to protect her.
Lu Yan looked at the couple who were going to fly away from each other, and his thin lips pursed. He guessed that soon, Bo Suning would speak to him and ask for a chance to speak alone.
one two Three…
Suning Bo turned around, turned his head and said politely to Lu Yan, "Lord Lu, my wife and I have two words that I want to say separately. I wonder if it can be convenient?"
Lu Yan got up and went out, "Uncle is very polite."
Bo Suning smiled and said immediately, "I owe the prince a favor."
It's just that Suningbo and Shen Lan never dreamed that the cell they were in was the "West Twin House" of Jingzhao Mansion. The so-called west twin room means that there is a secret room on the west side of this cell, and it is the same as the one in this house.
To put it bluntly, it is designed for monitoring.
This is the secret of Jingzhao Mansion. Except for Zheng Jingzhao and the two Shao Yin, the rest of the people don't know it.
Lu Yan walked into the secret room and sat down. After a while, Shen Lan opened his mouth, "Uncle, your method of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is too low! The money is in your bag, so I will carry it, so that you can straighten the hoofs of Xiaokuoyuan? "
Uncle Suning frowned and said, "It's all about this time. Madam has to think about Brother Peng'er. He is my son-in-law. If I lose my title, he will have nothing."
Shen Lan said with tears in his eyes, "Is it difficult for a court like Suning Bo Mansion to find someone to blame?"
"Criminal?" Suning Bo removed the tumbler and sat down, "Do you think it's so easy? Where is this Jingzhao Mansion? Is this the local county government?"
"You and I have been husband and wife for many years, and I will speak directly if I have something to say."
Shen Lan said quietly: "The debts of the Shen family were done by the uncle, right?"
Suning Bo was taken aback, "What did you say?"
"Before the accident at the Marquis of Yunyang, you had a drink and chat with your brother until dawn, you took the big seal of the Shen family at that time." Shen Lan smiled and said, "You forged the loan receipt and handed it over to you. Jin's Qian Yinpu, right?"
Suning Bo said: "You woman, you are simply unreasonable!"
"I thought you just wanted to catch up with King Teng, but I didn't expect that there was the Xu family behind you."
"I don't understand a word of what you said."
"Stop pretending." Shen Lan stood up and smiled with tears in her eyes: "Last year, on the ninth day of October, the day before the Shen family's debt repayment, you and the eldest son of the Xu family, Xu Wei and King Teng were drinking in the golden building, and I was there. Listening to you next door, it's clear."
Suning Bo looked at her through gritted teeth, "You dare!"
"The three of you are laughing together and discussing how to enjoy my niece's body together! You are her uncle! Are you still human?"
As soon as the words fell, Lu Yan's body froze.
"Don't talk nonsense to me here!" Suning Bo said.
"I'm talking nonsense? If Shen Zhen hadn't run away, she would have already fallen into your hands! Not only can you use her to threaten Yunyang Hou, but also you can have fun at will, these 8,000 pieces are worth a lot!"
"Shen Lan, if you dare to go out and talk nonsense about what you just said, Lord Guarantee you won't survive tomorrow night." Suning Bo raised his hand and slapped her, whispering: "Be awake, I am not only a son of Brother Peng'er. , you confess your sins well, and when you come out like this, you can still have a son to be filial."
Suningbo turned and left.
Shen Lan covered her face with her hands and whimpered.
After a long while, Lu Yan came in, sat down, and said directly, "This official advises you, don't believe what he says." Lu Yan took the opportunity to put some medicine into the tea in front of her.
Shen Lan's pupils shrank slightly, and she looked up and down, "There are solid bricks all around, how could adults..." She threatened Uncle Suning just for him to save herself, she didn't really want to bring down the Xie family.
Lu Yan ignored her panic, and opened her mouth to punish her, "As the saying goes, when you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. Wait for the lady to go out? Xie Peng still doesn't know if he will survive until that day."
He slowed down and said again: "Of course, there is another possibility, even if the lady stands in front of Xie Peng, he will not recognize it."
Shen Lan's hand on his knee secretly exerted force.
Lu Yan's kung fu has always been formidable. From the title of the Xie family to the life of Xie Peng, Shen Lan's eyes were completely stunned in the end.
"What do you want to know, my lord?"
"Where is Shen Wenqi's official seal?" Lu Yan asked.
Shen Lan was silent, "Without the official seal, it would have been long gone."
Lu Yan casually knocked on the table, as if he was going to spend it with her to the end.
Shen Lan drank the tea, and an hour later, her expression became blurred.
"Where is Shen Wenqi's official seal?" Lu Yan asked again.
Shen Lan opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "Buried in the wine cellar of Lishan Villa..."
After Lu Yan took notes, he added, "On the ninth day of October last year, King Teng and Suningbo were anxious about the eldest son of the Xu family. What did they say in the golden building?"
Shen Lan's eyes gradually became distracted, as if recalling that scene, and then, in a low voice, he repeated the conversation of the men...
Inside and out, it's all about how three men play with women.
Lu Yan listened to these words that were so dirty that they couldn't be more dirty, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into the deep sea... suffocating him.
While talking, Shen Lan's head banged on the desk with a bang, and fell asleep.
Lu Yan returned to the signing room, his face sullen like an envoy, when Sun Xu saw it, he couldn't help raising his eyes and said, "Lord Lu, what's wrong? But what's wrong?"
"Master Sun." Lu Yan's Adam's apple rolled, and he said word by word: "Be optimistic about Mrs. Xie, and don't allow anyone to come in to visit. I guess someone may kill her."
Sun Xu's eyes were solemn, "Is it so serious?"
"Yes."
Lu Yan sat down, started writing again, wrote a submission, folded it, and put it in his arms.
In the evening, Yang Zong prepared the carriage, and Lu Yan bent down and went in, whispering: "When will Shen Hong enter the capital?"
"They are at the post station outside the capital right now. The fastest, they will be able to enter the capital tomorrow morning."
"Then tomorrow morning, it can't be delayed." Lu Yan turned the white jade finger on his hand and said, "Send this piece of paper to the East Palace, and by the way tell His Royal Highness that the person he asked me to find will be in Beijing tomorrow. ."
Yang Zong bowed as he should.
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The temperature tonight was a little hotter than usual, the night wind was sluggish, the leaves were rustling, and the birds fluttered and fled.
Shen Zhen sat in the pavilion, drooping her eyes and holding her cheeks, thinking about what Lu Yan said in the morning.
Where is he taking her tonight
Today, Tangyue and Moyuehe are also mysterious... It's really weird.
The sky was getting dark, and Lu Yan walked across the courtyard, walking quickly, walking to her side, and said, "Where's your hat?"
"Here." Shen Zhen took the curtain and hat from the round stool beside him.
Lu Yan nodded, then said to Tangyue, "Have everything been packed?"
Tangyue nodded, "Returning to Shizi, it's done."
Shen Zhen frowned and looked at the two.
Lu Yan turned around and rubbed her soft hair, "Let's go first, I'll tell you when I get there."
The carriage bumped and hurried, making a screeching sound, crossing Suzaku Street, all the way to the south, entering Baoning Square, and stopped in front of a house without a plaque.
Shen Zhen felt uneasy all the way, seeing this empty, half-person house, suddenly felt another chill, pouring from the fingertips to the heart.
Passing through the corridor, Lu Yan took her into the room, lit the lamp, and said in a low voice, "Sit down."
Shen Zhen looked around, although the outside of the house was a bit desolate, but all the furnishings in the house, the bed, the screen, the dressing room, the table, the incense burner, etc., were obviously just cleaned up...
Thinking about Tangyue's actions today.
The little girl's back was stiff, and cold sweat oozes faintly. She seemed to have guessed the purpose of bringing her here in the middle of the night. Is he going to let her go
Lu Yan looked at her clear and translucent eyebrows and couldn't help thinking, if he didn't pay back the 8,000 yuan for her and let her be taken away by King Teng, would she still be alive
The man took a deep breath, his thoughts were confused, and his throat was full of bitterness.
The candles flickered and their eyes met. Shen Zhen looked at his indescribable appearance, and became more and more sure of what he was thinking.
"If you have something to say, just say it directly." Shen Zhen said softly.
"I sent someone to bring your brother back from Yangzhou, as well as your maid and maid."
Hong'er.
As soon as the words fell, a boulder that had been hanging in Shen Zhen's heart for several months seemed to fall down with a "bang".
She should be at ease, she should be content, shouldn't she
Shen Zhen looked at the man sitting in front of the huanghuali wood screen, and suddenly felt that he was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Lu Yan took out the peach wood box, put it in her hand, and said, "Here is the title deed of this house, two shops in the West City, and a box of goldfish. You live here by yourself and bring your brother, I Don't worry, remember to buy two more maids to come back."
Shen Zhen didn't speak, just looked into his eyes quietly, his fingers gradually clenched.
"If you like to eat the dishes made by Fang Fang, then leave her with you." Lu Yan said softly, "If you have any difficulties, use that pigeon to send me a message at any time, eh?"
Lu Yan pointed to the carrier pigeon on the low couch.
Suddenly, there was a gust of night wind, and the window screens in the room were fluttering wildly.
His voice rolled back and forth in her ears, gradually turning into a buzzing sound, and she couldn't hear it any longer.
Lu Yan frowned, took a deep breath, and was thinking about what to say next, when his heart suddenly ached.
Shen Zhen lowered her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't want your money, nor your pigeons."