Xiao Chiye didn't look at Li Jianheng, and slowly set the tea lid with his fingers. He said, "Don't be impatient."
Li Jianheng sat back in the chair unpossessed, and then heard the queen mother ask: "The holy car is here, and the patrol is strict. How can you drown people so well?"
Ji Lei said: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, Wei Chen has sent someone to carry the corpse for inspection, and we will know the details later."
"What do you say?" Emperor Xiande said, "Is there something strange about his death?"
Ji Lei said: "Your Majesty, when the man was picked up, he was bruised all over his body, and it was obvious that he had been punched and kicked. Although Xiao Fuzi was an eunuch in the palace, he did not hold an important position in the twenty-four yamen, and was only the emperor's close eunuch. If he was abused|beaten before his death, I'm afraid the murderer has a lot of plots."
Emperor Xiande supported the table and stood up, and said in a cold voice, "I just left the palace, and there are people who can't wait."
"Your Majesty." Hai Liangyi came out and knelt down and said, "Today, Jinyiwei and the Eight Great Battalions exchanged patrols. If the murderer really has a plan, how dare he act so sloppily? It's not impossible."
Hua Ge Lao Hua Siqian didn't move, but said: "Ren Shi's words are wrong. Those who dare to attack the emperor have clearly put the emperor and the ministers in their eyes. Ordinary people outside the palace, who has the courage to do so. ?"
Xiao Chiye sat still, his heart skipping a beat.
Chenyang dragged Xiao Fuzi into the forest at 3:00 noon. As long as a stick of incense took time, the eunuchs who opened the banquet and delivered the dishes and the eight major camps who were patrolling and patrolling could pass by. Everyone here today is a powerful person, and those who leave the table to change clothes, eat tea, and go to the courtroom can’t remember at all. Not only that, the accompanying sergeant and the eunuch have the right to walk in the garden. As long as someone gently kicks Xiao Fuzi in the gap between a stick of incense, he can drown in the pond.
Looking at the situation now, the tricky thing is not how to explain Xiao Fuzi's bruises, but Ji Lei has taken the wind away and turned this murder case into a suspected treason case.
Xiao Chiye put his fingertips on the tea lid.
This fire must not burn on the King of Chu.
Now that the emperor is seriously ill, and the hospital is helpless, no one can predict when he will control Long Bintian. However, Emperor Xiande had no heirs, and once the incident happened suddenly, Li Jianheng would be the successor.
Today's affairs are all due to his lack of thought, and Li Jianheng's departure from the table is too blatant, and he is determined to perfunctory.
The Xiao family is walking on thin ice. If they are suspected of implicated in the throne again, the 120,000 soldiers and horses from the north will be Xiao Jiming's neck cutting knife.
This matter is fierce, it is imminent, and it cannot be ignited any more.
Xiao Chiye suddenly shattered the tea cup, and a crisp "ding dang" sounded, attracting the eyes of the whole audience.
Li Jianheng looked at him uneasily and said, "Ce, Ce'an..."
Xiao Chiye stood up, hurried to the front of the imperial palace, knelt down, and said aloud, "Your Majesty! Wei Chen dare not deceive, I ordered people to beat him."
Emperor Xiande stared at him and said, "He's an eunuch in the palace, what does he have to do with you? As for such a ruthless attack?"
Ji Lei also looked sideways and said, "Mr. Xiao, this matter is very important, and you must not take care of others for any personal relationship."
"It's not a big deal." Xiao Chiye said frivolously, "Besides, the ministers don't take it as a crime. What if a lowly eunuch is killed? Could it be that I, the dignified second-rank governor of the forbidden army, have to swallow my anger in front of an arrogant dog slave. ."
"Second son is so angry." Hua Siqian said, "I'm afraid it's not an ordinary hatred. It's just that Xiao Fuzi doesn't have any dealings with you on weekdays, so why is he so angry?"
"Elder Ge, I don't know." Xiao Chiye said, "I rode my horse to the school grounds a few months ago, and this dog's sedan chair blocked my way. I saw that he was so powerful, if he hadn't lifted the curtain, I would have thought it was true. Eunuch Pan. I reprimanded him for a few words, but he actually uttered wild words. A manly man called a wretched eunuch to humiliate him in the street. If it was someone else, he might not be able to bear it."
Pan Rugui also served the outside, and the whole audience listened to him sip a "eunuch", and all of them wiped his sweat for him.
When Emperor Xiande thought about it, the empress dowager first said: "Even so, it is not a gentleman's act to kill people at will."
Pan Rugui seemed to have been struck by the sadness, but he knelt down with white hair and tears, and said, "All slaves and servants are cheap, how can they be compared with the second son? Losing virtue, I don't know the etiquette when I meet a military military officer in the court, and I don't know how to repent even after being taught by the Second Young Master... It's all because of the carelessness of the slaves and teachers!"
He made such a compromise, but when the eunuch saw the ministers in the court, the law stipulated that he had to dismount and retreat, kneeling and kowtow to meet him.
The empress dowager bowed to the Buddha and was very displeased with killing, so she said to Emperor Xiande: "It has been known since ancient times that the emperor violated the law and the common people were guilty. The Xiao family are all loyal and good, and King Libei sent his son into the capital to raise him in front of the emperor.
Ji Lei was a little resentful and refused to turn the matter over easily, so he said, "Second Young Master has always been on good terms with His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and he did such a thing, His Highness—"
"Weichen still has something to say. I beat people, but I didn't kill them. Your Majesty, Weichen originally wanted to kill him to calm his anger, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu learned about this and urged Weichen not to kill people. Today Dragging people and beating them, that is also what Wei Chen called the guards to do quietly, but who would have guessed that His Royal Highness Chu King saw the clue in the middle, and personally left the table to save Xiao Fuzi's life. With His Royal Highness guiding him, no matter how daring Wei Chen was, I can't wipe His Highness's face, so I let Xiao Fuzi go. As for how people drowned, Wei Chen is also very surprised, who is going to vent his hatred for me and do such an unimportant thing? Master Ji. " Xiao Chiye turned to Ji Lei, with a hint of joy in his eyes, "Jinyiwei is usually strict and rigorous, but today he was lying on the side of the road, but he was able to escape the inspection and fell into the pool... Maybe it was himself, looking for him with his head covered. Don't go in the right direction, roll down."
Hai Liangyi said, "That's right. When such a big man fell into the pool, Jin Yiwei came and went to inspect, but he didn't notice it at all. If there were any assassins mixed in in Xiyuan today, Jin Yiwei probably wouldn't notice it!"
Ji Lei dared to stir up the muddy water again, he knocked his head a few times in a panic, and said, "Your Majesty! Jinyiwei is helpless. Today, the eight major battalions are alternately inspected.
The commander of the eight major battalions, Xi Gu'an, also knelt down and said, "The rules are like this, and the eight major battalions dare not neglect. Possibly. One of them is the personal enmity of the internal eunuch, and it should be handed over to someone to check how many people this little fortunate has had a grudge against."
"Cha." Emperor Xiande sneered, and suddenly threw the tea cup on Xi Gu'an's body, furious, "People died before your eyes, I don't think about self-examination, I just want to shirk responsibility! You...you..."
Emperor Xiande's throat was hoarse, and he covered his lips and coughed again. He seemed to be furious, he propped up on the table and leaned back.
"emperor!"
The surrounding palace servants screamed in exclamation, and the whole room was in chaos.
"Hurry up and tell the doctor!" The queen mother scolded the person.
* * *
Li Jianheng saw Xiao Chiye again, as if seeing his own mother, and said, "Brother! Just scared me!"
Xiao Chiye said, "I've been kneeling for too long and I'm so hungry, so use some snacks."
Li Jianheng waved and asked people to hurry, and stood with Xiao Chiye under the corridor of Xiyuan, watching the bright lights in the hall.
"If the emperor wakes up, he has to pass on you." Li Jianheng said, "Why did this person die? I'm really unlucky!"
Xiao Chiye ate snacks with herbal tea.
It's hard to say.
Xiao Fuzi has always been favored by Pan Rugui. If someone deliberately wanted Xiao Fuzi's life, how could he hit Li Jianheng's beating so coincidentally. If it wasn't to kill Xiao Fuzi intentionally, or to kill him temporarily, but killing him is far from unlocking the ropes for him to gain more profit.
It's just that Pan Rugui and Ji Lei reacted too quickly. Since people are already dead, they simply use it to the end. If it can be planted to the King of Chu, it will kill two birds with one stone.
"Is the emperor still serving the bed lately?" Xiao Chiye asked casually.
"Let it pass." Li Jianheng replied, "The Wei family's daughter is the most favored recently, and the Queen Mother also likes it."
Xiao Chiye was thoughtful.
It was already dark at this moment, but no one dared to leave. They all stood in groups of three or five under the corridor, waiting for Emperor Xiande to wake up.
Xi Gu'an left the garden halfway, and when he came back, he got the order of the queen mother and went directly into the house to wait. After another half an hour, Xiao Chiye suddenly saw the guards of the Eighth Battalion lead a clean servant in from the side door.
"Who is that?" Xiao Chiye asked.
Li Jianheng probed his head and said, "A handyman, there are not many handymen in Xiyuan. But what are they doing with a handyman?"
Xiao Chiye took advantage of the dim light of the lantern to see with sharp eyes that the handyman's face was ugly and had burn marks. For some reason, his heart skipped a beat, and a bad guess lingered.
"Xiyuan's handyman." Xiao Chiye said, "Xiyuan is an expensive place to drive, and everyone who serves is required to be handsome. Where can such a person come from."
After another long time, Pan Rugui stepped out of the door and said loudly, "The eighth son of the Shen family, come and see him quickly!"
The group of ministers immediately became agitated, and the discussion became louder.
The guilt of Shen Wei's treason has not been determined, but the name of Shen Wei has spread all over the country. The creation of Zhongbo has not yet been healed, and the responsibility for defeat is still there. The death of Shen shi's remnant has already caused dissatisfaction among the borders, so why should he be allowed out now
"What's going on?" Li Jianheng said, "Did he find out something else? Ce An, he has a grudge against you, and you are jealous when you meet him. For the sake of the Xiao family's face, he shouldn't be allowed to come out. what!"
Xiao Chiye didn't speak, just moved his eyes to the door and stared closely.
In less than half a stick of incense, the guards headed in, followed by a person not far or near.
After five years, this person's hair has grown long and drooping, tied with thick wooden hairpins, and does not wear a crown. The old wide shirt covered the wrist, and the color like white porcelain extended. The lantern blocked Xiao Chiye's eyes, and when the man came out, the tea cup in Li Jianheng's hand rolled away first.
Li Jianheng recited reluctantly: "You never told me that he looks like this..."
Xiao Chiye snapped his thumb slightly.
Shen Zechuan passed by the porch, and at the moment when the two of them crossed each other, Xiao Chiye looked at this person indifferently, and met a pair of eyes with deep memories in the electric light and flint.
This eye was born narrow and long, with the end of the eye pointed upward, and a thin arc was drawn. It contains divine light, and it is like a hidden star in the dim light of the lantern.
In this hurried moment, Shen Zechuan seemed to smile at Xiao Chiye. But it was so light that after passing by, it was like the wind without a trace at night, thin and cold.