When Li Rong heard this, she stood up subconsciously, and then remembered that she was grounded and couldn't get out at all. She took a deep breath and said to Jinglan, "Let someone go out and find out about the situation, and come back with us at all times. I will report. Let people keep an eye on the hall, and once the news of the forgiveness of the Qin family comes out from the hall, immediately let all the inspectors clean the imperial road, and let the messenger pass to the court."
Jing Lan responded with a sound, and then stepped back. Li Rong stood there, paused for a moment, turned her head to look at Su Rongqing, who was looking down at the chessboard, she walked back to her original position, sat down and said, "Master Su, the concubine has already came back."
"Um."
Su Rongqing said softly, "Wei Chen heard it."
"Those words just now..."
"His Royal Highness, let's just pretend that you didn't say anything." Su Rongqing looked calm, and Li Rong should nodded.
According to Su Rongqing's character, those words were only because Pei Wenxuan died.
Pei Wenxuan died, and he wanted to keep her...
But why did he keep her? Leaving behind a princess who has lost power and clearly broke with the prince
Li Rong thought about it, and it was a little difficult to understand. She raised her eyes and glanced at Su Rongqing, thinking about Pei Wenxuan's return, Su Rongqing saw that she was absent-minded, and only said: "Since Master Pei is back, naturally he will not come back in vain, Your Highness need not worry. too much."
With that said, Su Rongqing buckled the pieces on the chessboard and said slowly, "Your Highness, why don't you give me a thin face and finish this game of chess."
Li Rong didn't speak, she looked at Su Rongqing quietly, there are many differences between today's Su Rongqing and usual, more like the Su Rongqing who was somewhat indulgent after being drunk in her memory.
A little less rules, a little more abnormal.
Li Rong hesitated for a moment, then walked back to the chessboard, raised her hand and said, "Please."
When Li Rong and Su Rongqing were playing games in the high tower, Pei Wenxuan rode his horse and whipped his whip, galloped all the way into the palace, then turned over and dismounted, and ran towards the main hall, shouting, "Your Majesty, the Qin family has been wronged, and I will keep people under the sword!"
At the beginning of the morning, Pei Wenxuan's shouts came all the way from outside the hall. Everyone looked back and saw a young man dressed in green clothes, with mud on the corners of his clothes, holding a roll of paper in his hand, rushing from outside the hall. .
"Pei Wenxuan?"
Li Ming was shocked when he saw the person coming. The expressions of the officials present were different. Pei Wenxuan gasped and knelt down to salute: "I have seen your majesty, long live your majesty, long live long live your majesty."
"You..." Li Ming said in disbelief. He didn't say the words 'Aren't you dead?'. He remembered that Li Rong had declared a sick leave to Pei Wen. Are you on?"
"Report to Your Majesty," Pei Wenxuan said respectfully, "His Royal Highness should have told His Majesty that Wei Chen said that he was ill on the surface, but he actually went out of Beijing secretly to investigate Qin's case. After Wei Chen left Beijing, he noticed that someone was following him. Zuo fell off the cliff and was able to go to the northwest to investigate Qin's case thoroughly. Now that Wei Chen has obtained the evidence of Qin's injustice, he also asks His Majesty to send someone to the court immediately and let the executioner keep him under the sword."
When Li Ming heard this, he immediately reacted and said anxiously: "Quick, go to the execution ground and leave the Qin family behind!"
The eunuch got the order and rushed out immediately. Several old officials frowned and gave the eunuch at the back a look, and the eunuch standing behind the curtain quietly retreated.
After the eunuch got the order, he left the palace. Not long after he walked out of the palace gate, he saw a wave of killers rushing towards him.
The eunuch was so shocked that he rode his horse back and saw a feathered arrow flying. The eunuch could not avoid it. His eyes widened in shock. At this time, a knife rushed out from the side, splitting the feather arrow with one knife, and grabbing the eunuch with the other. Throwing it on his horse, he said anxiously, "My lord, I have been ordered by the Inspector Division to protect my lord, or my lord should come with me."
As he said that, the guard led the eunuch to kill all the way through the crowd. The alley was densely populated with killers. These people were entangled with the people from the supervisory division, and they fought together in the alley.
When the eunuch was blocked on the road, another team quickly left the palace and went straight to the court. They reached the court ahead of time and found a guard. He whispered a few words in the guard's ear, and the guard immediately went up. Before, I found the supervisor and said something in a low voice.
Jian Zhanguan frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
"The hour has come," the slain officer suddenly stretched out his hand to take the token with the word "slash" in it, raised his hand and threw it on the ground, "Slash..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a hoarse shout from the crowd: "Sir, the time has not come yet."
Guan Zhanguan did not expect that someone would openly challenge him like this, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Zhan Lizhuo!"
The executioner also seemed to know that the timing was wrong. He hesitated, but when the prisoner saw that the executioner was not moving, he slammed the table: "What are you doing, this officer will let you beheaded!"
The executioner was angry with his boss, so he didn't dare to delay any longer. He raised his hand and took off the sign behind Qin Lin on the far side. He raised the big knife, and the knife fell for a while. A young man in the crowd rushed out and kicked him. He kicked away, then raised his hand and slashed Qin Lin's rope with a sword, and threw a sword at the same time.
"Prisoner!"
The soldier reacted instantly and rushed up in a hurry.
After Xun Chuan whispered "Save the people", he kicked away the soldiers who were rushing up, raised his sword to block the Qin family, and said angrily, "The time has not yet come, how dare you kill people in advance? What a brave man!"
"Catch me!"
Seeing that the scene was chaotic, the prisoner was also panicked for a while, and said loudly: "Lawless, this is a prisoner! Stop them, stop them all!"
Jian Zhanguan shouted, and the soldiers rushed over to the high platform. Xun Chuan stopped people, and Qin Lin stumbled to save them. The two cooperated to protect the Qin family and made a scene on the execution platform. Flying dog jumps.
At this moment, a eunuch was guarded by everyone, and came galloping on a horse, holding the imperial edict, and shouting: "Keep people! Keep people under the knife!"
The two swords and swords in Huajing, on the Beiyan Pagoda, showed an unexpected tranquility.
"Master Su is very interested today." Li Rong dropped the chess piece, listened to the sound of the copper bell outside in the wind, and said slowly, "I am willing to play chess with Ben Gong like this."
"Playing chess with His Royal Highness, Wei Chen is willing at any time." Su Rongqing looked at the chessboard and said naturally, "Also, Wei Chen thought that His Highness should have many questions to ask Wei Chen, so he deliberately stayed."
"Master Su is right." Li Rong laughed, "Bengong does have many questions, and I would like to ask Master Su for advice."
"Please speak, Your Highness."
"In fact, I don't understand what Mr. Su said just now." Li Rong and Su Rongqing dropped chess pieces alternately, "Why does Mr. Su want to marry me? Even if Pei Wenxuan dies, I will marry again, and now the prince and I have long broken. It doesn't make much sense for Mr. Su to marry me, why would it take so much trouble to marry a second-married woman?"
Su Rongqing didn't speak, Li Rong pondered and said, "Since the beginning of acquaintance with me, Mr. Su had the intention of relying on the prince, so he tried so hard to protect me, do you still want to use me to maintain the relationship with the prince? But why does the Su family attach so much importance to me? The relationship with the prince? The prince has a gentle personality and does not need to…”
"Your Highness," Su Rongqing interrupted her, "Do you have to link everything to power?"
Li Rong's movements stopped, Su Rongqing raised her eyes and stared at Li Rong quietly: "I don't want to be an enemy of His Highness, I hope His Highness has a good life, for such a simple reason, can't I?"
Li Rong stared blankly at Su Rongqing, the birds flew past, from the Beiyan Pagoda, all the way to the main hall.
Above the main hall, Pei Wenxuan had already submitted the accounts he had checked along the road, as well as the testimony of the people of Huangping County on the record of that battle.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen visited the county offices that the army passed by, and copied down the specific grain records of each county office. According to the records of the Ministry of War, Huangping County had a total of 3,000 soldiers. Ten thousand stones are used for January rations, but in fact, when it reaches Huangping County, the grain and grass are less than 3,000 stones. When the grain and grass reach each county, there is one point less, and in several large counties, there is not much left. According to the account, the amount of grain received by each county is less than that reported by the previous county. After checking, each county reported that the total number of rations that other counties should receive is incorrect, but the actual record of grain received by each county, to and The records of Huangping County can be matched. It can be seen that the data that Huangping County received 3,000 shi of grain is true, and the 10,000 shi recorded by the Ministry of War is probably wrong.”
"In addition to the food records, Wei Chen also visited the local soldiers and people, and recorded the testimony of the first battle. In the first battle, the soldiers were more than half hungry and sick before the war, and they were unable to fight. In that case, the Qin family still It can ensure that the people in the city retreat in advance without too many casualties, not only should not be punished, but also rewarded, so as not to cold the hearts of frontier soldiers."
"Wei Chen implore Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice, "Thoroughly investigate the corruption of army salaries in Huangping County."
As soon as Pei Wenxuan spoke, the Minister of War jumped out in a hurry, and said loudly, "Framed! This is a blatant false accusation!"
"Is it a false accusation?" Pei Wenxuan raised his head and exclaimed excitedly, "You will find out by checking!"
"Your Majesty," Pei Wenxuan kowtowed to the ground and said loudly, "Please also thoroughly investigate the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Censor's Office, and the Qin family will be innocent, and justice will be given to the border guards!"
Li Ming did not speak, and everyone remained silent.
Pei Wenxuan brought back too much evidence, too real. At this moment, no one wants to come forward at this time.
But there is a lot of evidence and a lot of people involved. Those who participated in the past, in the long silence, saw that no one spoke up, and finally couldn't help rushing out, and Wen Ping from the Censor's Office bore the brunt and said angrily: "Pei Wenxuan, what do you mean? , Are you saying that the entire imperial court united to deceive the upper and lower levels to frame the Qin family? Where did the Qin family get such a big face? And you, as the censor of the censor, are not in your position, and you deceived the king and perverted the law to go out of Beijing. You forged a bunch of evidence and came back to deceive the sage, do you think the sage will be deceived by you?"
"Yes," Wen Ping started, other officials rushed out and panicked, "You check the accounts? You are a censor, where do you get the power to check the accounts of so many counties? Why should others give you these accounts? Where did it come from, I can’t tell the truth!”
"Your Majesty," Wen Ping turned to look at Li Ming, knelt down and said, "Pei Wenxuan neglected his duties and deceived the emperor. His father, Pei Lizhi, was a close friend of the Qin family. Now, for his own sake, he would not hesitate to forge evidence. Condemned!"
Saying that, many people knelt down with Wen Ping, and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, I hope Mingcha!"
Li Ming didn't speak, and Pei Wenxuan knelt on the ground and remained silent.
In fact, everyone present knew that in the face of such evidence, whether or not Li Ming should investigate is not a question of evidence at all, but a question of whether Li Ming can investigate and whether he wants to investigate.
The family is a sword hanging over Li Ming's head. If he pushes too hard, the sword may fall.
The family was betting on Li Ming's fear, and Li Ming was indeed afraid.
He just wants to balance the family now, but it is only a balance, not a complete shake.
He doesn't dare and can't now.
And Pei Wenxuan gave him the book, which was enough to cut the rope of the sword and let it fall.
Pei Wenxuan knelt on the ground, waiting for Li Ming's decision, Li Ming didn't say anything for a long time, and listened to Pei Wenxuan: "Your Majesty."
"The frontier soldiers guard not only the frontier, but also the mountains and rivers of Daxia."
This is a hint, reminding Li Ming that if the frontier affairs are not handled well, what will be shaken is the foundation of Daxia.
Li Ming held Pei Wenxuan's book, and after a long time, he finally said: "Pei Aiqing has worked hard all the way, this case is of great importance, I will think about it again. You are tired too, go down and rest first."
"Yes."
Pei Wenxuan saluted respectfully. After getting up, he was about to leave when he heard Li Ming say, "Pingle is now grounded in Beiyan Pagoda. Go pick her up and go back together."
Pei Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "Yes."
When Pei Wenxuan rushed over to Beiyan Pagoda, Su Rongqing and Li Rong had not finished their chess game.
After Su Rongqing finished saying "Can't you?", she quietly looked at Li Rong and said no more.
Ordinary people looked at the other party after saying this, the purpose was to wait for a response, but he looked at Li Rong, but he really just watched.
Li Rong could not feel any desire in his eyes.
That gaze contained many complex emotions, but no matter what it contained, it lost the expectation of her response.
It seemed that he just told her, and it didn't matter whether she responded or not.
Even her answer seemed superfluous.
"Master Su..." Li Rong thought about it and wanted to speak, but before she could say anything to ease the atmosphere, Su Rongqing interrupted her.
"His Royal Highness," he put his hand in the chess box, he seemed to be a little tired, and changed the subject, "I just talked nonsense, your Highness, don't take it to heart. Your Highness is united with the noble family to assist the crown prince to ascend the throne, this is you The best way. When you build the Inspector Division, you must also have a measure. The struggle for power is a sword, light and sword, so you must be careful."
Li Rong didn't speak, Su Rongqing stood up and said in a calm tone: "This game, Wei Chen loses, so I won't disturb His Highness, so I left."
Li Rong lowered her eyes and looked at the chess face that actually had no outcome at all.
Su Rongqing turned around and walked out. Before reaching the door, Li Rong suddenly stopped him: "Su Rongqing."
Su Rongqing stopped, Li Rong looked at the black and white pieces on the chessboard, she wanted to say something.
She wanted to ask him if he liked him.
I wanted to ask him what he meant by wishing her a good life and not wanting to be her enemy.
But when the words came to her lips, she felt that there were countless problems behind her.
If he was really interested, why didn't he ask for a kiss in the first place
With the power of the Su family, if he really sacrificed his life to marry her, wouldn't it be impossible
If he really likes her, he really has this mind...
Then he still watched her marry Pei Wenxuan, and he could see this feeling.
A friendship that is not even mentioned in front of the family, what is the meaning of asking or not asking, answering or not answering
Many problems came oncoming, and Li Rong suddenly lost her courage.
She was suddenly discouraged and waved her hand: "You go."
Su Rongqing didn't speak, he stood for a while, and finally left.
Pei Wenxuan heard that Li Rong was in the Beiyan Pagoda without changing her clothes, so he hurried to the Beiyan Pagoda. As soon as he entered the courtyard of the Beiyan Pagoda, he saw Su Rongqing walking out.
Pei Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Su Rongqing should have come to see Li Rong.
Pei Wenxuan frowned, and Su Rongqing stopped when she saw Pei Wenxuan.
The two looked at each other, and after a while, Pei Wenxuan laughed first and saluted, "Su Shilang."
"Yushi Pei."
"Su Shilang didn't go to the morning court today?"
Pei Wenxuan greeted and glanced at Beiyan Pagoda inadvertently: "It is very elegant to come to Beiyan Pagoda to hang out."
"I have something to look for, Your Highness."
Su Rongqing spoke calmly, and Pei Wenxuan laughed: "It must be urgent."
Su Rongqing didn't speak, the wind gently brushed the surrounding withered grass, Su Rongqing stared at Pei Wenxuan's eyes, and after a long time, he suddenly said, "Why are you afraid of me?"
"I'm afraid of you?" Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows, "What nonsense did Shilang Su say in broad daylight?"
"You are afraid that I will see His Highness."
Su Rongqing spoke directly, and Pei Wenxuan's expression suddenly turned cold: "Su Shilang speaks carefully."
"Is not it?"
Su Rongqing put her hands in her sleeves and said indifferently, "If it weren't for His Majesty's fear of foreign relatives, you would never be able to touch the princess's clothes in your whole life. Do you think that the people around the princess will get your turn?"
"Yushi Pei, are you curious about what my Highness and I said," Su Rongqing said, leaning in Pei Wenxuan's direction, he attached to Pei Wenxuan's ear, and whispered, "I told His Highness," Su Rongqing Lowered his voice, "I am willing to marry her."
Pei Wenxuan listened and suddenly opened his eyes.
"It's a pity you're back."
There was a bit of coldness in Su Rongqing's voice: "But if you still want to drag His Highness to do the right thing with the family, and put His Highness in such a dangerous situation, Pei Wenxuan, you will not always have such good luck."
With that said, Su Rongqing raised her hand and patted Pei Wenxuan's shoulder: "It's good to do it yourself."
After Su Rongqing finished speaking, she left calmly.
Pei Wenxuan stood quietly, feeling that the weather in October was indeed a bit cold.
He suddenly wanted to see Li Rong, so eagerly and eagerly, he wanted to see her.
But when he thought of seeing her, he felt a little frightened for no reason.
Afraid that she would tell him that Su Rongqing asked her for a kiss, she would tell him that she would agree to Su Rongqing.
Afraid that as soon as they met, she would let him know that in fact, in this relationship, he had been abandoned early.
It's been like this before, and it's the same this time.
This kind of panic made him stand there, not daring to move for a long time.
While Li Rong was sitting on the tower, she drank tea and paused for a while, when she heard Jing Lan happily say, "Your Highness, the concubine is under the tower."
When Li Rong heard this, she laughed instantly. She stood up hurriedly and walked to the window. Sure enough, she saw Pei Wenxuan standing under the tower, dumbfounded for some reason.
"That fool."
Li Rong pursed her lips and scolded, and then carried her skirt along the stairs, trotting down all the way.
When she ran to the first floor, she couldn't help but gasp for a while, and she pretended to be calm and said to the doorman, "The concubine has picked me up, open the door."
The soldiers guarding the gate naturally knew that Li Rong's ban was just a pretense. The news of Zao Chao had already passed to the North Yan Pagoda several times, and these soldiers hurriedly opened the door for Li Rong.
The vermilion door made a "squeak" sound as it opened. Pei Wenxuan turned around when he heard the sound, and saw the vermilion door open inch by inch, revealing the slender figure behind the door.
She wore a wide-sleeved wide skirt with white gauze and blue rims printed with white plum, her long hair was loose, and only a small part of her hair was half-tucked by a hosta.
She looked at him with a smile, and there was a little teasing in her eyes. The whole person fell into his heart and melted away, making his whole heart soften.
No matter what emotions, depression and panic, anxiety and fear, all of them were forgotten the moment he saw the smile of that person, and he stared at her blankly, like a mortal who saw a fairy.
Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan in front of him. The young man was dressed in cyan cloth and had stubble on his face. It seemed that he should have a few embarrassing moments in his life.
Li Rong looked at him with a smile, and then when she touched the muddy, swollen palms and wounds on his face, she couldn't help but slowly withdraw her smile.
There was a silent heartache that spread in her heart, she suddenly wanted to hug him, but she felt too out of place.
She whispered, "Pei Wenxuan."
At that moment, the young man seemed to be awakened by a startle. Without waiting for Li Rong to say anything, he hurried forward and took the person into his arms.
Li Rong was stunned for a moment, and then heard Pei Wenxuan seem to be happy, and called out in a low voice: "Rongrong."
"I'm back, I'll take you home."
The author has something to say: [Small Theater]
Su Rongqing: "Pei Wenxuan, if you dare to put her in danger again, you won't be so lucky all the time."
Pei Wenxuan: "Why, I'll let you have the final say in luck? If you're unlucky, go far away, don't infect me. I'm going to take my wife home."
Su Rongqing: "..."
Pei Wenxuan: "Also, it's enough to pretend to be forceful in the text. The small theater is still pretending to me. Don't you know that I have OOC rights in the small theater?"
Su Rongqing: "For example, scolding me?"
Pei Wenxuan: "Not only can I slap you, I can also hit you."