Outside the window, the sun was gradually moving westward behind the thick fog, and Qin Wei and Su Huaian were still whispering.
With a solemn face, Su Huai'an said slowly, "Most of the evidence that identified the Duke of Zhenguo's government as collaborating with the enemy was true, and only weapons were not directly from Tantai Yi. Fourteen years after Yongchang, the imperial court strictly controlled weapons. In order to be strict, materials such as horses, beef tendons, and crossbows will be restricted in the tributary market, not to mention the formula of gunpowder, torpedoes, and iron smelting techniques, all of which are jointly responsible by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households. Yes, he has been disguised as a loyal minister and righteous person for eleven years in Tantai, and his hand cannot reach here."
Qin Yan said, "You mean... there are ghosts in the imperial court?"
Su Huaian said: "The profit from reselling weapons is huge. Even if you don't have treasonous thoughts, you may not be able to stop the temptation of Qi's huge sum of money, and there may be more than one person involved."
Qin Yan thought for a while and said, "Get the raw materials, build the weapons, and then ship them out. This is not a small movement. There are only a handful of people in Beijing who can do this." Just home.
Su Huaian nodded and said, "When I left Beijing four years ago, Commander Lu released a message."
"what news?"
"An account book." Su Huai'an said, "In those days, the evidence for the Su family's crimes was all death certificates. I thought that I could not get rid of the crime, so I discussed with Commander Lu that it might be better to spread a fake news. Let’s just say that I have a weapon trading account book in my hand.”
Regardless of whether this account book is true or false, it can keep many people up at night.
Qin Ei murmured: "No wonder... There are so many unsolved cases in the Ministry of Justice, and only your arrest warrant has been posted all over the capital. Is it possible that the Xue family did this?"
"Originally, I suspected it was the Xue family. After all, Xue Xiangyang's second brother used to serve in the Ministry of War, but..." Su Huai'an paused and said, "This time when I returned to Beijing, when I went to pay homage in front of A-Niang's tomb, I deliberately leaked it. My whereabouts, I didn’t expect that in addition to the Xue family walking on the official road and being ordered to do business, the other three families are also secretly investigating me.”
Qin Yan was silent for a while, then whispered softly: "The account book is a bait, you use yourself to lure them into the bait, once they bite the bait, it will prove that the four members are involved in the case of that year, so no one in Beijing knows about the four The truth a few years ago, no one knows Tantaiyi's identity."
Su Huaian nodded, "The power in His Majesty's hands is by no means comparable to that of three years ago. Everyone is afraid of getting burned, so even if they knew it was a bait, they would have to destroy the account book."
After that, Su Huaian rubbed her head and said, "A Ling, I will not let the eldest prince have a mother's family who is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."
Mentioning Xiao Yun, Qin Ye's expression softened, and she said softly, "Brother, Yun'er can recite a thousand-character script."
Su Huaian looked at her and felt inexplicably sour.
Qin Yan said, "Brother, these matters cannot be rushed. Your safety is the most important thing."
Su Huai'an said, "Don't worry, I'm working in the Hanlin Academy right now, and no one will trouble me."
"Hanlin Academy!" Qin Wei said, "You won't take the imperial examination again, will you?"
Su Huai'an tilted his head and smiled "Yeah" before saying, "Lianzhong Sanyuan."
Lianzhong Sanyuan refers to Jieyuan in the township test, Huiyuan in the meeting, and the champion in the palace test.
Qin Jie looked at the mask beside him, then looked at Su Huaian, unable to believe her: "Last August last year, the seventeenth township audition was released. Is that Jie Yuan standing in front of Gongyuan? Huai, Huaijing?"
Su Huai'an was startled, but also remembered the day when the township exam was released.
He clearly remembered that that day, a girl in a hood tore up his arrest warrant and asked in a trembling voice, "Collaborating with the enemy and treason should be punished. Why is this person still on the arrest warrant?"
Su Huaian said, "So that girl is you."
Qin Xue's brows and eyes twitched, she said that just now she saw that mask, how could there be an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
It turned out that they had already met.
Qin Jie looked at him and said, "You are too bold to be an official in Beijing?"
After a while, Su Huaian suddenly laughed at himself: "That person taught me that attacking is the best defense. The more dangerous it is, the safer it is."
That person is Tantai Yi.
The Emperor Qi taught them to ride horses, teach them to read and write, and teach them how to be an official and a minister, but who would have thought that behind these ten years of upbringing, it was the father's dead body, the mother's dead mother, and the Su family. Full of injustice.
The two were silent together.
"When I was in Qi, I almost caught him, but I let him run away." Su Huai'an clenched his fists and said, "A Ling, he knows me too well."
Everything Su Huaian learned after he was twelve years old was taught by Tantai Yi, and Tantai Yi knew what he thought.
He hated the taste.
Su Huai'an took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "A Ling, you know what, I expected him to be in the capital right now, but I still can't find him."
Qin Jie put her hand on Su Huaian's and said, "Brother."
Su Huaian looked at her.
Qin Xue said slowly: "It's been fifteen years, and he's getting old too. Things will always come to the fore. It's been through that year, so why not wait?"
Su Huaian looked at her and suddenly felt relieved and sad, "You seem to have really grown up."
Just then, the door was opened with a creak.
The moment the door was opened, the two brothers and sisters got up at the same time, as if the sky changed suddenly and the wind and rain were about to come.
Xiao Yu stood at the door and saw that the two people in front of him were about to salute him again, his heart was colder than his face for a while, he said solemnly: "No need to be more polite."
Qin Wei and Su Huaian said in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Qin Xue then glanced out the window, the night was all around, and the bright moon was hanging high.
I thought it was not good.
They actually hanged the emperor for so long...
Qin Jie hurriedly walked over to him and whispered, "I forgot the time for a while."
Xiao Yu looked down at her, "It's okay, don't worry."
"The palace gate will be locked in a while, so let's go back earlier." Qin Jie quickly snapped the servant's hat back to her head.
Xiao Yu said: "Then I will take you out another day."
Qin Wei immediately nodded graciously, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu turned his head to look at Su Huaian and said, "I will take her back first, and see you later."
Su Huaian bowed and said, "I respectfully send your majesty."
Xiao Yu took Qin Ye's hand and walked towards the Chuihuamen.
Su Huai'an slowly straightened up, looked at their backs, and couldn't help but let out a chuckle from the tip of his nose.
No matter how many years have passed, he will always feel that his family, A Ling, has been cheated out of him.
Qin Wei followed Xiao Yu into the carriage.
The two of them seemed to have returned to a long time ago, with one on the left and one on the right, and at least two people could sit in the empty space in the middle.
The carriages and horses slowly marched towards the Forbidden City.
The night in the capital was dark, and the lights were just coming up. Qin Xue slightly lifted the veil of the carriage and looked behind her. Ye Feng stroked her face and her thoughts flew into her temples.
She didn't return to her senses for a long time, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Xiao Yu gave her a silent glance.
He suddenly felt that every movement of her gestures, even the flying strands of hair seemed to express her reluctance to part outside the palace. Every flower and every grass in Prince Jin's mansion was the same as before. The peach blossoms she liked in the yard were all blooming, and she didn't even look back.
Xiao Yu's complexion is white, and his eyebrows are not thick. In addition, his outline is sharp, his eyebrows and eyes are not tender, and he is born with a little affection. Occasionally, he frowns, showing impatience.
When Qin Jie turned back, it was his expression that met him.
Seeing that his face was not good, Qin Jie softened her tone a bit, "My concubine, have you delayed Your Majesty's official business today?"
"No." Xiao Yu took the token from his waist and gave it to her, and said softly, "If you want to leave the palace in the future, just be the same as before."
Qin Jie pushed it back to him, after considering three points, her tone was not too distant and polite, "If the concubine wants to leave the palace, just tell His Majesty, but this token, His Majesty should take it back."
Hearing her tone, the man's eyebrows slightly widened.
But there is no reason to take back what the emperor rewarded, he said softly: "Take it."
Qin Jie looked at the token in her hand, suddenly raised her head, looked into his eyes and said, "My concubine has something to ask Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu said: "You ask."
"How did Your Majesty recognize the concubine?"
Su Huaian and her grew up together, and they had just met face to face. I don't know how many stories they talked about and how many details they compared before he let down his guard. How did he come to Xiao Yu? He didn't ask anything.
Xiao Yu's Adam's apple moved slightly, "Didn't I tell you, because it's not obvious enough for you to buy an actor to go home in Qiu April?"
Qin Xue looked at him suspiciously and said, "What about before? Why did Your Majesty suspect the concubine? Where did the concubine arouse His Majesty's suspicion?"
Qin Jie admitted that no matter what her eating habits, chess, calligraphy and painting, or her tone of voice, there was nothing to reveal.
Even if there is, in the face of these unimaginable things, he should not doubt it so quickly.
Xiao Yu took her hand and said lightly: "You and I have been married for many years, how can I not recognize you?"
Qin Yu didn't speak any more.
It was late when we returned to Jingren Palace.
Xiao Yu thought that she must have a bad feeling in her heart today, so she stayed in Jingren Palace without returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation at night.
Some words can only be said in the dead of night.
Xiao Yu raised his hand to extinguish the candle, and the moment the room went dark, Qin Ye turned around abruptly.
Immediately afterwards, the man's hot chest was tightly pressed against her back, he hugged her, his lips pressed against her ear, and after an unknown amount of time, Qin Jie's ears were tickled by the heat from his breath. , he said, "A Ling."
Another moment of silence.
Qin Jie seemed to hear his heartbeat, which was gradually accelerating.
"Do you blame me?" Xiao Yu's Adam's apple moved slightly.