In the emperor's palace, Su Fengnuan didn't know what Ye Chang and the emperor talked about, but when Ye Chang came out, there was a smile on his mouth, obviously in a good mood. His satisfied smile is like the expression that would appear every time Su Fengnuan nodded and promised him something, like a fox.
After Su Fengnuan endured the pain and went out of the palace and got into the carriage, he asked him in a low voice, "What did you ask the emperor to promise you?"
Ye Chang let out a "huh" and said with a smile, "Promise to marry you to me."
Su Feng snorted him angrily, "Get lost."
Ye Chang's good mood was suddenly overwhelmed by her word, and he lost his voice.
Su Fengnuan was thinking about the sinking of the East Lake painting boat, the poisoning of the crown prince, the assassination of Master Lingyun, and the suicide of Madman Yi. With all these things, how could the emperor have time to care about her marriage? Naturally it is impossible.
She waited for Ye Chang for a while, and couldn't help opening the curtain. Seeing him sitting against the wall of the car with a gloomy face, her good mood was gone, she coughed, "I'm serious with you, you No one is serious, being your guard is really hard, I have been running with you for half a day. I didn’t drink a sip of water, I am thirsty to death. If you ignore me, I will leave.”
Ye Chang turned to look at her, his expression still gloomy, "You are so unwilling to marry me?"
Su Fengnuan choked, and retorted, "It's not a matter of wanting or not."
Ye Chang stared at her, "What's the matter?"
Su Fengnuan couldn't stand his eyes, put down the curtain, and simply gave up asking him why he was so happy to get the emperor's benefits, and whispered, "Don't you say you're down, and I don't ask, can't you do it? You don't waste your money after running for a long time? Have the strength to talk to me about this."
Ye Chang snorted coldly, "You promised to stay with me all the time yesterday."
Su Fengnuan's forehead twitched, and he said angrily, "Accompany, accompany, accompany, little ancestor."
Hearing her words, Ye Chang was helpless, most of the gloom in his heart dissipated immediately, he stopped entangled in the matter of whether to marry or not, changed the subject, chuckled and said, "The emperor assigned me a team of Qingwu guards. "
"What?" Su Fengnuan was completely shocked.
Qian Han also looked a little excited.
Ye Chang smiled triumphantly and said, "Prince Rong'an's mansion only has one thousand guards. For such a big case, which involves Jianghu, the guards are not worth much at all. The Qingwu Guards are different, they are the Emperor's Jinyi Guards. He If you want me to stand firm and search smoothly, I must be willing to spend money."
Su Feng warmly sighed, "The emperor is indeed too willing to spend money. The Qingwuwei has always been reserved for the emperor, right?"
Ye Chang let out a "hmm".
Su Fengnuan turned back and opened the curtain of the car to look at him and said, "You have already negotiated with the emperor in the middle of the night yesterday, and today you went to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple first, and then went to the palace. Could it be that you went to the emperor's Qingwuwei?" ? Are you sure that the queen mother will go to the emperor to block you? Then, taking advantage of the queen mother's unwillingness to let it go, the emperor is dissatisfied with the queen mother, so he sent a team of Qingwu guards to you?"
Ye Chang nodded and said lazily, "Although the queen mother has no objection on the surface, she must not be able to sit behind her back. When I first entered the imperial court, I took on two such big cases. If I don't have hard goods in my hand, how can I fight with ghosts and snakes?" Contest? The emperor has been suppressed by the queen mother for so many years, and the prince is now half disabled. The other princes are all young. The emperor has always been weak. He stayed up all night last night and fell ill this morning. How long can such a body last? If he doesn't want the queen mother and relatives to continue to sit in the palace, how can he not give up?"
Su Fengnuan remembered the prince who had been in contact with him for two days, and said to him, "The prince is different from what I imagined."
Ye Chang looked at her, "Huh? Why is it different?"
Su Fengnuan said, "It doesn't look like someone who is really weak, nor like a stupid person, nor like someone who is being pampered by the concubine Yue."
Ye Chang laughed, "Growing up in the palace, the queen mother suppressed him, and the queen tried every means to kill him, but he lived for many years. How could he be really useless?"
Su Fengnuan said in a low voice, "On that day, Master Lingyun and I went to the government office to give him a diagnosis and treatment. He was infested with the harmless flower, and later he was cured with the Sentimental Grass. The emperor ordered him to go to the Lingyun Temple to Muzhai , One hour before Master Lingyun was assassinated, he had stomach discomfort, and he left the Bodhidharma Academy with Fengyang, and was not at the scene. After I healed Master Lingyun, I checked his pulse again. He was indeed injured by Wushanghua , really crippled."
Ye Chang looked at her, "Did you check his pulse again?"
Su Fengnuan nodded.
Ye Chang said, "You really care about the prince."
Su Fengnuan glared at him, "I just feel that something is wrong. He gave me the feeling that he should not be easily hit by the woundless flower, but after a pulse diagnosis, he did get hit by the woundless flower. I just think Pity."
Ye Chang laughed and stopped talking.
Su Fengnuan put down the curtain.
The carriage returned to Rong'an Prince's Mansion. Ye Chang got off the carriage and said to Su Fengnuan, "Since you have been tired for a long time, go into the house and rest. I will go to the study. If the emperor's Qingwuwei arrives, I will meet you." them."
Su Fengnuan nodded and went directly to Ye Chang's room.
After Ye Chang came to the study, Qian Han stayed outside.
Not long after, a hundred Qingwu guards jumped into the high wall of Rong An Wang's mansion, came to Ye Chang's study, and respectfully greeted the inside through the door of the study, "Ye Shizi."
Ye Chang opened the door, leaned against the door frame, glanced around, finally fixed on the two people in front of him, and said, "Wind and rain? Thunder and lightning?"
"Yes, Ye Shizi." The two bowed their heads together.
Ye Chang smiled, "In the future, I will rely on you two and everyone."
The two cupped their hands together, "By the order of the emperor, Ye Shizi will be our master from now on, but if you have an order, don't dare to disobey."
Ye Chang nodded, "Twenty people went to meet the men and horses I sent to bring back Fengmeiren, twenty people went to Lingyun Town, and closely monitored the movement of Lingyun Town, and twenty people went to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and paid close attention to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple. Temple news and news, twenty to find out the origin of Madman Yi and all the things involved with him, the remaining twenty people, stay with me. I will not ask who is good at what, you can make arrangements."
"Yes." Rain, thunder and lightning bowed their heads together.
Ye Chang turned around and went back to the study.
Feng Yu and Lei Dian quickly called people to make arrangements, and Feng Yu personally took people to meet the people sent by Ye Chang to bring Feng Meiren back. Lei Dian personally led the people to stay in Rong An Palace.
After the arrangement was completed, the door of the study room fell silent.
When it was getting late, Chen Chen came to the Rong An Palace, and when he heard that Ye Chang was in the study, he went directly to Ye Chang's study.
Ye Chang is painting.
Hearing that the statement was coming, Qian Han let him in directly. After the statement came in, seeing that he was painting leisurely, he raised his eyebrows, "Because you have accepted two major cases outside, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple have to cooperate with you, and it has caused a sensation. Do you still have the time to paint?" He leaned closer , glanced at it, didn't understand it, and frowned, "What is this painting?"
Ye Chang took the paintbrush slowly and continued to draw the unfinished picture, "You will know in a while."
Chen Wenyan stood beside him and waited for him to finish the painting.
After about two cups of tea, Ye Chang made the last stroke, looked up at the statement, "Do you understand now?"
The statement said in amazement, "What did you draw... a map of Nanqi's influence?"
Ye Chang smiled and said, "Is it a power map? That's a good way to say it."
Looking at his painting, Chen Chen was amazed for a while, "This way, the places and personnel under the jurisdiction of the states, counties, counties, magistrates, county guards, and county guards are clear at a glance. You are really..."
Ye Chang handed him the pen, took another piece of drawing paper, and said to him, "You are the best at the intricate network of relationships in the capital. You can also make one."
Statement looked at him with raised eyebrows.
Ye Chang sat on the chair and called out, "Qianhan, make a pot of tea."
"Yes." Qian Han responded immediately.
Stated, "Are you sure I'm coming?"
"Naturally." Ye Chang said, "Use the three mansions of Guozhang's Mansion, Prime Minister's Mansion, and Su Mansion as a line to connect the rest of the mansions."
The statement looked at him, "Why do you want these three mansions? What about your Rong'an Palace?"
"Guo Zhang's Mansion is for relatives, Prime Minister's Mansion is for the Qingliu in the court to resist, Su Manor is for military power, and Rong'an Wang Mansion is nothing. It's just a noble family, not of great importance. You can't do the main line, just do the branch line .”
The statement was silent, "How long have you been working on that painting?"
Ye Chang said, "An hour and a half."
Statement took over the paintbrush, "I may have to wait a little longer, if there is something unexpected, please remind me."
Ye Chang nodded.
Holding a paintbrush, Chen Chen wrote Guozhang's Mansion, Prime Minister's Mansion, and Su Mansion in a triangle position, and started to build a network of relationships with the three mansions as points. Ye Chang sat aside and looked at him.
Although both of them knew that the capital of Southern Qi was full of complex relationship networks, they had never really studied it carefully. Now that they have studied it carefully, it is really complicated. The lines are twisted and twisted, involved and intricate, and after more than half of the painting, they are like a mess. Even if the statement is good at this, the forehead is sweating.
After Qian Han brought the tea, he whispered to Ye Chang, "My lord, when will you have dinner?"
Ye Chang waved his hand, "I'll use it later, you guys use it first."
Qian Han nodded and backed out.
Two and a half hours later, the night was already dark, Chen Chen put down the last step, sat down on the chair, wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said to Ye Chang, "My head can't turn anymore, I can only go here I'm almost blind. See if there is anything else that needs to be added."
Ye Chang picked up the pen, erased the twisted lines between the Su Mansion and the Ministry of War Shangshu Mansion, and drew a straight line.
Seeing the statement, I was puzzled, "Didn't I hear that the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War has a close relationship with the Su Mansion?"
Ye Chang said, "If there is no support from the Ministry of War, do you think General Su can win the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the border? Although the Minister of the Ministry of War was replaced by General Su after he retired and returned to his hometown, he has been in the Ministry of War for twelve years. But he and General Su has a very close friendship."
"Ah? I heard that the minister of the Ministry of War was recommended by the head of the country." The statement was even more puzzled, "How can you have such a close friendship with General Su?"
Ye Chang smiled, "Back then, my father, mother and concubine, and all the soldiers of the Southern Qi Dynasty saved the country with their blood and heroic souls. Even if General Su felt guilty for the death of my father, mother and concubine, how could he ignore Nanqin's death?" , Resign directly? The Minister of the Ministry of War is just that he arranged to be in the camp of the head of the country early in the morning, and with the help of the head of the country, he was elected to the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War."
The statement said in amazement, "General Su not only knows how to fight, but he also knows how to plan?"
Ye Chang was noncommittal, picked up a pen and erased the twisted lines between the Guozhang's mansion and the household department, and drew a straight line.
Chen Chen looked at him, "Isn't the Minister of the Household Department on good terms with the Prime Minister? How come he has such a close relationship with the Governor's Mansion?"
Ye Chang said, "The real prosperity of the Xu family, that is, the two generations of the empress dowager and the empress, was truly prosperous for a while. But the origin of the prosperity is not the two women in the harem. They are just icing on the cake, adding to the glory of the Xu family. That's all. The real root of the Xu family's success lies in the Household Department. During the first emperor's period, the Hubu Shangshu had a close relationship with the Guozhang's Mansion. The first emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. The Minister of the Household Department has been replaced for two terms. It seems that it has nothing to do with the Guozhang’s Mansion, but when you think about the growing Guozhang’s Mansion, how can it be okay? The Household Department is in charge of the Southern Qi territory, fields, Household registration, taxation, salary and all sources of income. If the Xu family didn’t have a household secretary, how could they be so powerful?”
He stated, "Of course, you understand better than me."
Ye Chang threw away the pen and ordered to the outside, "Prepare the meal in the front hall, and the second young master and I will go over here."
Qian Han quickly responded.
Statement stood up and immediately said, "I'm already hungry and my chest is on my back, let's go."
Ye Chang put away the two sets of drawing paper on the table, and walked out of the study room with him.
It was already late at night, Chen Chen thumped his shoulders, and asked Ye Chang, "How are you going to investigate? Jin Wang is still in Lingyun Town, right? The prince and Xu Yunchu are still in Lingyun Temple now? If you are only in the capital, probably check Nothing comes out, after all, the incident happened in Lingyun Town, do you want to go to Lingyun Town again?"
Ye Chang said, "I don't necessarily have to do my own work to investigate the case. Lingyun Temple may not be able to find out anything, and Beijing may not be able to find out anything."
Chen Chen blinked, and suddenly saw a ball of fiery red rushing from the courtyard to the main courtyard. He was startled and asked, "What is that?"
"Cat." Ye Chang said with a glance.
"Don't you only have one big white cat? Why did you take in another cat? It's still red? I haven't heard of any red cats." Statement wondered.
"It's just red clothes." Ye Chang said, "The wild cats must have been recruited by Dabai."
When the statement heard the words, it suddenly stopped being curious.
After dinner, Chen Chen was too tired to move, so Ye Chang ordered Qian Han to clean up the guest room for him, and he rested in Rong An Palace.
Ye Chang went back to the main courtyard, the main courtyard was pitch black, the lights were not on, he entered the door, turned on the lights, and saw that his bed was neat and empty, and there was no one there. He couldn't help frowning, and asked outside, "Where did she go?"
Qian Han shook his head, "I also thought Miss Su had already fallen asleep."
Ye Chang frowned and said to him, "Go out and check and see where she went?"
Qian Han responded.
Ye Chang washed his face, sat at the table, and looked out the window.
After a while, Qian Han came back and said in a low voice, "My son, I don't know where Miss Su went, and I can't find out. The guards in the mansion have never seen her go out."
Ye Chang laughed and rubbed the center of his brows, "I forgot that the high walls of Rong An's mansion can't trap her, and the guards in the mansion can't keep their eyes on her." After saying that, he stood up, took off his coat, and waved his hand to turn off her. Light, went back to the bed and lay down, said, "Forget it, there is no need to look for it."
Qian Han backed out.
Ye Chang was lying on the bed with a gloomy expression on his face, thinking in his heart that it was really cold in this room without her here.
Nothing to say all night.
Su Fengnuan didn't return all night.
Ye Chang didn't fall asleep until after the third watch, and woke up in the morning, because he didn't sleep well, and his spirit was a little weak.
He stated that he had a good night's sleep. When he woke up, he looked for him, and saw that he looked listless. He wondered, "Yesterday, you fell asleep at about the same time as me, right? Why did you look so bad? Didn't seem to sleep well? Could it be that you didn't sleep last night?" ?”
Ye Chang's expression was not good, "I slept for two hours."
Chen Chen looked at him, stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder, and said in relief, "Brother, I know that it is very stressful for you to suddenly carry such a heavy package on your shoulders, but don't worry, I will spare no effort to help you. If I If it's not enough, I will call Qi Shu and Shen Qi to help you."
Ye Chang brushed his hand away, "Qi Shu is preparing for the Golden Autumn Examination, Shen Qi's Jingyanghou Mansion has been in a delicate situation in the court these years, don't get them involved."
Statement looked at him, "What do you mean, only I can meddle in your affairs?"
Ye Chang looked at him, "Duke Ango treats you like a pet. The step-wife wishes that you would stop staring at the title of Duke Ango's mansion. You are free and free, so it's okay to help me."
The statement choked, and asked him, "Then what are you doing today?"
Ye Chang said without energy, "Do nothing."
"Ah?" Chen Chen looked at him, "Are you all right? The emperor entrusted you with such a big case, and you don't do anything today? Could it be that you just stay in the mansion?"
Ye Chang let out a "hmm".
The statement was completely speechless, "What about tomorrow?"
Ye Chang said, "We'll stay tomorrow too."
Chen Chen reached out to touch his forehead, "You don't have a fever, do you? The emperor entrusted you with such a big case, and you didn't carry it out to investigate it. If you wait for two days, the papers of the impeachment of you by the Yushitai gang will be able to take away the emperor's case. The imperial study rooms are piled up like a mountain, and the spitting star will probably drown you."
Ye Chang didn't wait for him to touch him, so he opened his hand, not taking it seriously, "For so many years, their impeachment papers have piled up the imperial study room, and the spitting stars have not drowned me." After finishing speaking, he said to him, "I Even if you don't do anything, you can do one thing for me."
"Say." Statement withdrew his hand.
Ye Chang said, "I don't have enough ice in my mansion, you can find some ice, but keep it secret, don't let people find out that you are transporting ice to my mansion, find a reason."
"Why do you want ice? Although it's sunny today, it doesn't look like a scorching sun." Statement looked at him.
"It's used to freeze dead people. On such a hot day, I don't want the smelly corpses of dead people in my mansion." Ye Chang glanced at the sky.
Statement surprised, "Who died in your mansion?"
"Crazy Yi." Ye Chang said.
The statement was even more shocking, "It's that... Crazy Yi? Isn't he a key person? Why did he die? You..."
Ye Chang interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Bite your tongue and kill yourself, anyway, you are dead. But even if he is dead, it is not useless. I pointed him to solve the case for me." After finishing speaking, he said to him, "Don't ask any more questions. , you just do it."
Chen Chen stood up, "Okay, I'll go right away, I'll deliver things to your house every now and then, it's easy to find a reason to send a truckload of ice without telling you." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Seeing him go, Ye Chang stood up, went back to the back room, and lay down on the bed again.
In the evening, Chen Chen brought a batch of cloth to the Rong An Palace to make clothes for the servants of Rong An Palace, and there were several large boxes of ice hidden in it.
Qian Han led people to unload the ice, and sealed Yi Manzi's body in ice.
Ye Chang slept in the house for a day after he was busy with the statement. He asked Qian Han what he did today, and Qian Han said that the prince slept for a day. When he saw Ye Chang, his complexion was still extremely bad, as if he was extremely sleep-deprived, and he couldn't help but wondered, "What's wrong with you? After sleeping for a whole day, why are you still looking like this? Are you sick again? "
Ye Chang shook his head and said gloomily, "I'm sick."
Said, "Please ask Doctor Meng."
Ye Chang said, "It's a disease that Meng Tai's doctor can't cure, lovesickness."
Statement was completely shocked, looked at him, and after a while, burst into laughter, pointed at him, "I said brother, you are really... When did you learn to be a girl and be a prostitute? I didn't look carefully at first, but now this one Look at you, you don't look like that full-fledged girl who hates you. Who do you miss? Since you miss her, you can just arrest her and stay in Rong'an Palace. What kind of woman are you still reluctant to do?"
"Reluctance?" Ye Chang sneered, the depression persisted, but it accumulated strongly, "Even if you are willing, you must have the ability."
The statement was even more shocking, and suddenly remembered that Se Se also knew that woman, especially that Se Se was entrusted by that woman to stay in Hongfen Building to take care of Ye Chang. He knew that the arrogance in Se Se's bones could make her stay in the Red House willingly, so she must be an extremely powerful woman. He looked at Ye Chang's still gloomy face, and said, "Brother, even if you like her, you haven't been so inseparable from her before, have you? Why has your temperament changed so much recently?"
Ye Chang put his hands on his forehead and laughed dumbly. After a while, he looked out the window wistfully, "Yes, I could bear it before, but recently I can't bear it anymore. I want to see her all the time." After finishing speaking, he said , "Go, go to Jianghu Teahouse and drink a pot of tea."
Chen made a bitter face, "Where can't I drink tea? Do I have to go to Jianghu teahouse to drink the bad tea?"
Ye Chang only asked, "Are you going?"
"Go." The statement nodded, "In the summer, every household needs ice, and you still need a lot of ice, and you need to get it secretly. After a busy day, I got it back for you secretly. I didn't even drink my saliva. Come on. If you break the tea, just break the tea, it's better than nothing."
The two left Rong An Palace together.
It was getting late, but the streets were bustling with pedestrians, the lights were brightly lit at night, and the capital was very prosperous. Along the way, the railings of the Hongfenxiang Building facing the street were covered with handkerchiefs, light gauze and red sleeves fluttering, and the girls were so graceful.
The curtain of the carriage was not covered, and one side was opened, and Ye Chang and Chen were sitting in the carriage, walking along the street while admiring the scenery, while walking towards the Jianghu Teahouse.
When the girls upstairs saw the carriage of Prince Rong An's Mansion and the people sitting in the carriage, they all loosened the embroidered handkerchiefs in their hands, and the embroidered handkerchiefs floated down the stairs, very fragrant.
Chen Chen reached out to pick up a piece, and as soon as he grabbed it, he was knocked off by Ye Chang, with a bad face, "Put all dirty things in my carriage." After saying that, he waved his hand and closed the curtain.
Statement looked at the falling curtain, speechless for a moment, "Is it dirty? Isn't this fun?"
Ye Chang snorted, "If Sese knew that you were so outspoken, would you still want to win her heart? Wait for your King Xiang's heart to feed the dog."
Statement completely choked, and rubbed his hands vigorously, "You are right, I will stay away from these dirty things in the future."
After the two of them finished speaking, there was a rush of hoofbeats coming from the city gate. After listening carefully, the hooves of the two horses made a consistent sound when they stepped on the ground. Just listening to the sound, the horses were good horses with iron palms. , People who ride horses are also good at riding.
Stated curiosity, he stretched out his hand to push the car curtain, and looked out again.
Ye Chang also looked out at this time, and his face sank after just one glance.
I saw everyone avoiding the direction of the south city gate, and there were two horses rushing towards the street together, a man and a woman, the man was outstandingly handsome, elegant and eye-catching, handsome and handsome. The woman's face is as delicate as a flower, slender and magnificent, bright and beautiful. There was another person behind the man. The man looked like a thin and small man with disheveled hair and couldn't see his face clearly. It was like carrying a sack on his back.
Chen Chen saw the woman clearly and opened his eyes wide, "Why is it her again?"
Ye Chang squinted his eyes, and ordered Qian Han solemnly, "Put the car in the middle of the road."
Qian Han naturally also saw the two people on the two horses. He didn't know the man, but he knew the woman. He thought, no wonder no news about Miss Su could be found in the city, so it turned out that she left the capital again yesterday.
I don't know who the man next to her is? It's not Young Master Feng, but he has never seen this man who looks similar to his own eldest son, and he doesn't even know his identity.
He secretly thought, this time the son is going to lose his temper again.
Qian Han followed Ye Chang's instructions and left the carriage in the middle of the road.
Chen Chen turned his head and stared at Ye Chang, "Are you crazy? Are those two fast horses? What if they can't rein the horses and step on us?"
Ye Chang said nothing, but stared at Su Fengnuan who was galloping towards him with heavy eyes.
As soon as the carriage crossed the middle of the road, the two horses were already approaching. Su Fengnuan naturally saw the carriage of Prince Rong An's Mansion clearly, and stretched out his hand to rein in the horse. The man with him also reined in the horse at the same time. The reins, the two horses raised their front hooves in unison, paused for a moment, and then stopped with a "bang", barely stopping.
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