Nearly three o'clock, the sound of footsteps flying over the eaves suddenly sounded, which was particularly clear in the quiet autumn night, but it went elsewhere without stopping.
Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu looked at each other, pushed open the door and jumped to catch up.
However, after a few steps, they heard some noise in a courtyard. They looked around and found that it was Su Xing's residence. The guards in the courtyard do not know where they are, and through the window, I can vaguely see the mess in the house, as if there are signs of fighting.
Chu Mingyun patted Su Shiyu, "Over there."
Sure enough, a figure flashed around the corner, heading towards a remote part of the mansion. They caught up all the way, and in the dark night a half-opened iron gate appeared in the field of vision. This was the water prison in the government office. His predecessor, Right Fufeng Zheng Wan, had a good heart. He had been locked up without using it for many years, but now the iron chains of the water prison are broken and hanging on the ground.
They couldn't help but pause, and Su Xing's voice was vaguely heard in this instant. Su Shiyu frowned slightly, grabbed Chu Mingyun's wrist, and walked down the stone steps inside the door.
Chu Mingyun looked at Su Shiyu's hand in astonishment, and after a while, he slowly remembered what he said casually at the entrance of the coffin in the Bliss Building, but he didn't expect that Su Shiyu still remembered it until now. He didn't know what to say, so he smiled silently. The man's palm was still warm.
Su Shiyu seems to be quite familiar with this water prison, and he can follow the sound without hindrance even when he can't see.
The sound of the fierce fighting was echoed by the echoes of the aisle, which seemed to be somewhat ethereal and eerie, as if it was close, and in the darkness there were constantly looming sparks of gold and stone hitting each other.
"Uncle?" Su Shiyu said slightly.
In the distance, there was a loud screeching sound of blades, and someone hissed and scolded something, and it shattered before he could hear it.
After a while, a fire suddenly lit up in the water prison, and the flame of the oil lamp gradually stabilized, illuminating the space. Su Xing leaned against the wall panting, and a masked man in black lay not far from his feet.
Chu Mingyun approached and crouched down, and pulled off his mask. The face they had seen many times in the past few days was the master bookkeeper. He opened his mouth wide, trying his best to think what he was going to say, but unfortunately the throat had been cut open, so he couldn't make any sound, and he just made his face a bit more hideous.
Su Xing was injured by mistake, coughed hard twice, and scolded: "This beast, no wonder he suddenly said that the murderer was caught. It turned out that he killed the person himself, and now he still wants to attack me!"
Chu Mingyun smiled inexplicably, didn't answer his words, stood up and was about to walk over, but was suddenly stopped by Su Shiyu raising his hand. Chu Mingyun looked over in confusion, only to see Su Shiyu looking at Su Xing fixedly, with a strangely calm expression.
Su Xing beckoned to him, "Yu'er, come here, come and help Uncle."
Su Shiyu stood still, "Uncle," after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I didn't tell you when you asked me that day, but Zheng Wan's wife actually said something."
"what?"
"It's familiar, so why do you want to use this poisonous hand?"
Su Xing smiled, looked at the master book lying on the ground and said, "No, who would have thought that he would kill Zheng Wan after being with Zheng Wan for so long."
Su Shiyu still looked at him and repeated: "If you know him well, why do you want to attack him?" His voice was gentle and his words were clear.
Su Xing was stunned for a while, his expression changed slightly, "...What do you mean?"
Su Shiyu said indifferently: "Zheng Wan has known you for many years, and the clerk is under your command, waiting to be dispatched.
Chu Mingyun's meaningful eyes lingered on the two of them, and he consciously leaned against the wall with his hands and watched coldly.
Su Xing's expression turned ugly, "Yu'er, what do you mean? Are you doubting me?!"
"It was doubt before tonight," his eyes narrowed, "now it's confirmed."
"Are you sure?! Are you sure I killed the person?" Su Xing couldn't believe it, "I'm your uncle, and you and I are blood relatives! I hugged you when you were young and took you out for an outing, don't you remember? "
Su Shiyu smiled very lightly, "My nephew naturally remembers it. Not only that, but I also remember that my uncle supervised the construction of this water prison when he was in the position of Right Fufeng. You brought me here and told me what you hid. "Organ," he raised his eyes and looked at Su Xing, "... the one who forgot, I'm afraid it's you."
Su Xing's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he trembled in anger, "What if there is a mechanism? Do you think I will harm you?"
Su Shiyu lowered his eyes, was silent for a long time, and said, "Do you remember what my uncle told my aunt when I came?"
—I came to take office this time. When I passed Jinling, I saw your aunt. She said that your mourning period is almost over a year. Since Du Yue is also in Chang'an, if you drag it on, she will come to take care of it for you in person. By the way I can also see my son.
- She said that your mourning period is almost over a year.
"My parents passed away in July. In August, Zheng Wan was assassinated, and then you were ordered to fill the position of You Fufeng. My aunt has a strict personality and will never make a mistake in the taboo, let alone a slip of the tongue. ... Then you He came to Chang'an before July, and he never showed up, so why?"
Came to Chang'an, hid in Fufeng County, and secretly made this series of murders. After they arrived, they arranged for a fake murderer to insist that Chu Mingyun would not let go. Within two days, they used the guards on the sidelines to spread the rumor that the Taiwei was conspiring to murder people. Then kill the master who is doing things for them, and no one can identify them. At the same time, they are also led into the water prison. As long as they use the organs to kill them, the final result will naturally be that the Taiwei took the opportunity to attack the doctor. Both sides fail. Anyway, there is no evidence of death, so what does it have to do with You Fufengneng, who just took office
The plan was meticulous, and it was supposed to be exact.
And Su Shiyu saw it clearly in his eyes, and guessed it exactly.
Su Xing was stunned for a long time, then lowered his head, his shoulders trembled slowly, he was actually laughing, the laughter gradually grew louder, and landed on the four walls of the water prison. "You actually started to doubt me since then?"
Su Shiyu said flatly: "I was ordered to come here to investigate the case."
"Oh, Su Shiyu!" Su Xing sneered, "It's really a good son taught by Su Jue, who is exactly like your father... No, your father is far inferior to you!"
"Could it be that my uncle was also exiled from Beijing for this reason?"
"I didn't do anything back then, but Su Jue actually let me out with a sentence that I was impure!" Now that his face was torn apart, Su Xing had no scruples, "What if I was impure, Li Yanzhen, that hairy boy can also be regarded as a monarch? I have no interest in coaxing children like you."
"... So my uncle is now living elsewhere?"
"Is it possible to be like your father and son? You are full of monarchs and ministers, and you don't know what to look at when you open your eyes to see what the world has become! After several years of turmoil and natural disasters, you still really think that the beginning of peace has been peaceful for a while. Now? Be awake, Li Yanzhen's incompetent person is destined to be unable to help!"
"Uncle is careful." Su Shiyu frowned slightly.
"Don't call me uncle," Su Xing sneered, "I understand, yes, it's my fault for forgetting what kind of person you are. When your father wanted to kill you with a sword, I shouldn't have stopped you. I regret it now! I have heard people say what the doctor of the censor is, and what I want to say is true." He raised his hand and pointed at Su Shiyu, "No heart, no blood, no tears! You can go on like this, it should be It's a lifetime of loneliness!"
This is a blood relative, how can we be so bitter.
This scolding was so vivid that Chu Mingyun couldn't help but glance at Su Shiyu. Su Shiyu's face was indifferent, as always, without any turbulence, but he didn't know if the man was really the same, and his heart was cold and hard, but he was not moved.
It wasn't until Su Xing breathlessly stopped talking that Su Shiyu calmly said, "Nephew listens to the teaching, and asks uncle to absolve him."
"Furniture? Stay in jail and wait for you to interrogate before being sentenced to death?" Su Xing took a step forward unsteadily, "You don't need to do it!" He slammed on the wall beside him, and the mechanism dented with a 'click'. , a stone wall covered with a top slammed down, and fell a few feet in front of Su Shiyu like thunder, shocking.
The blood slowly spilled out from under the cracks in the stone wall, flowing meanderingly, smearing on the hems of his boots. A moment of silence.
"Master Su?" Chu Mingyun called tentatively.
Su Shiyu turned around and said, "Let's go, wait for the sun to rise and then order someone to settle here."
Chu Mingyun followed him, thought for a while and said, "Master Su and Ling Zun... Sounds like a tense relationship?"
"Don't think about it, my father just has a bad temper." Feng Qingyun's tone was calm.
"Hey - I said," Chu Mingyun looked at his back, "some restaurants here are not closed at night. If you are not happy, I can go and have a drink with you."
Su Shiyu seemed to chuckle, "The murder case is solved, you and I finally live up to the holy orders, why am I unhappy in my heart?"
"Okay, then let's go have a couple of drinks to celebrate my clearing of suspicion?" After he blurted out, he couldn't help but pause, and Chu Mingyun rarely felt a little out of breath.
Unexpectedly, Su Shiyu paused, looked back at him, smiled and said, "Master Chu intends to celebrate?"
"… good."
"Let's go then."
After all, Fufeng County is a prosperous place. Although it is late at night, the restaurant is still brightly lit, and there are two or three idle customers.
Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu found a secluded place upstairs and sat down opposite each other. The wine in the glass was warm and the aroma was mellow. Chu Mingyun was not in a hurry to drink, he slowly warmed his hands with the porcelain cup, and carefully examined Su Shiyu's expression.
Su Shiyu took a sip of his wine and asked without raising his eyes, "Is there something on my face?"
Chu Mingyun said seriously: "There is a flower."
"..." Su Shiyu looked up at him and smiled, "I didn't expect Master Chu to get drunk so quickly."
Chu Mingyun smiled in a low voice, paused, and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, since Su Xing is the mastermind, the former Boss Mu in the Bliss Building said that he should call your brother, so he should be Su Xing's son? "
Su Shiyu shook his head gently, "Uncle has no son, only two daughters under his knees. I have seen them several times at my aunt's place. The eldest daughter is married to a businessman, and the youngest daughter is still young, and has nothing to do with the boss Mu. In terms of temperament, the family should have no knowledge of what he did."
"Then who should call you brother?"
"To be honest, I don't have any clues." Su Shiyu said, "The Su family has several generations of officials, most of the court and the public have some contacts with my family, and among my peers, I am older, and there are countless people who should call me a brother."
Chu Mingyun nodded indifferently, "Do I remember that I am a few months older than you?"
Su Shiyu glanced at him calmly, but did not answer.
Sure enough, Chu Mingyun continued, "Then you also call me brother?"
Su Shiyu looked down at the porcelain cup in his hand, as if he had never heard of it.
Chu Mingyun stretched out his hand to hold his wine glass, rubbed his fingertips on his wrist, leaned slightly and said with a smile: "You call me brother Sheng, how about I invite you a few more pots of good wine?"
"… "
"Tsk," Chu Mingyun frowned slightly, "Why are you ignoring me."
... So you can see that others don't want to pay attention to you.
Su Shiyu couldn't help laughing softly, and pulled his hand down, "According to the law, officials of more than 2,000 stone are not allowed to climb relatives and worship in private."
Being a censor is an advantage, and you can find such good reasons everywhere.
Chu Mingyun took a sip of wine and said casually, "You said that Su Xing's family didn't know what happened. Now that he died like this, wouldn't his wife and children hate you to death?"
Su Shiyu's fingertips paused, and he slowly squeezed the cup, then relaxed again, "Perhaps," he said again, "but the uncle committed a serious crime, and according to the law is involved in the nine clans, whether they have a chance to hate it is still unknown. ."
Chu Mingyun was stunned, "Are you going to report it truthfully?"
Su Shiyu gave him a strange look, "Why not?"
"Do you know that you are also in the Nine Clan?"
"Of course I know." Su Shiyu said lightly.
Chu Mingyun looked at him with a complicated expression, "Then Master Su, this is... did you copy yourself?"
"The law is like this, you should follow it." Su Shiyu filled the two wine glasses and said, "But now everything is not over yet, and the uncle's residence will be searched before a conclusion can be reached."
"After the search, Su Xing's charges will probably only increase."
Su Shiyu smiled lightly and did not answer.
Chu Mingyun drank the glass of wine, rested his cheek with one hand and looked at Su Shiyu's slender hand holding the cup, the silver-embroidered cuffs slipped down slightly, revealing a thin wrist, his eyes drooping slightly to hide the ink pupils in his eyes, Extremely elegant. He suddenly couldn't help but blurted out: "If you die like this, maybe I'll be really sad."
Su Shiyu pondered for a while, but still couldn't hear what the color was in those words, but seeing that Chu Mingyun's expression was not meant to be a joke, and it didn't look like a mockery, he had to understand and comfort. He smiled softly, "Thank you for your concern." He changed the subject, "But people like Master Chu are indeed rare in the world."
"How to say?"
"The way you speak is like yours. Nine out of ten people are afraid of being beaten, so there is only one person with extraordinary skills. Naturally, it is rare in the world." Su Shiyu said with a smile.
Chu Mingyun, who is very skilled, smiled without changing his face, "Each each other."
Su Shiyu didn't answer any more, and filled a glass for himself again. After entering the mouth, he suddenly felt that the wine was a little cold, and his lungs were soaked in an instant down his throat.
After a long silence, with a very light sigh, a hand suddenly fell between his eyebrows, Su Shiyu looked up in surprise, only to see Chu Mingyun looking at him with a smile, his expression seemed to be slightly drunk, but his eyes were clear, as if reflected in the sky light Cloud Shadow.
"It's all said to invite you to drink to celebrate, why do you keep frowning?"
Su Shiyu looked at him blankly, forgot to speak. Chu Mingyun's fingertips were placed between his eyebrows, slowly and meticulously tracing his brows, carefully smoothing along the curvature of his brow bone, and finally stopped at the tip of his brow.
His fingertips were warm and slightly scented with wine, and the sandalwood was around his sleeves, which Su Shiyu could clearly feel. The skin touched was slightly itchy, and there was a hint of turmoil. Unfamiliar and strange emotions rushed into my heart, and it was fleeting, and it was too late to appreciate the real feeling.
Chu Mingyun looked at him like this, and suddenly tilted his head and smiled, "Master Su..." He couldn't help shaking his shoulders, "I really want to pinch your face with your expression."
"..." Su Shiyu tore off his hand silently, paused for a moment, and looked at Chu Mingyun, who was smiling, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
A hint of coolness suddenly fell on the side of his face, and the sound of rain murmured. Su Shiyu followed Chu Mingyun's gaze and looked out the window. There was a curtain of autumn rain outside the window, awakening the lights of thousands of homes.