The Zhou Code states: Those who dig graves will be executed, and those who steal will be punished.
In other words, "opening graves" is the same crime as "ten heinous crimes of disobedience, intentional homicide, arson and sticking", and once it is determined, it is a death penalty of beheading. Even if there is a general amnesty, it is the same as corruption and bribery. If there is no amnesty, there is no possibility of escaping the crime.
If Rong Xuan wanted to exonerate Nalan Chun, he must not admit the word "grave digging". When he blurted out that Nalan Chun went up the mountain in the middle of the night to plant trees, the military commander was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. His face was full of anger after being fooled: "Planting trees? Asshole! Who carries a hoe up the mountain to plant trees in the middle of the night?!"
Ji Fan was sitting in the carriage, and was also shocked by Rong Xuan's sophistry. He frowned and rubbed his fingertips unconsciously, thinking that Rong Xuan was still too naive. How could the Five City Army be fooled so easily? Just the two words "planting trees" were not enough to help Nalan Chun clear his name.
Nalan Chun finally got wise once he heard this, and immediately said arrogantly: "Yes, that's right, I came to the mountain to plant trees. What right do you have to arrest me? What law have I violated?!"
Rong Xuan thought for a moment and deliberately said, "Young Prince, I have read the Zhou Laws and there is no explicit provision that forbids people from planting trees on the mountain. At most, they are not allowed to go out under curfew. But now the Jinwu in Shengjing City does not prohibit it, so this crime is naturally invalid."
The commander's face turned pale, and he pointed behind them with a trembling finger and said, "Did you know that the place where the trees are planted is the Liu family's ancestral tomb?!"
Rong Xuan subconsciously glanced to the side upon hearing this. As expected, he saw a tombstone next to it. He didn't know which ancestor of the Liu family it belonged to. His expression remained unchanged. He habitually tapped his palm with his fan and frowned, blaming him: "Young Prince, you could have planted a tree, but why did you accidentally plant it on the Liu family's ancestral tomb?"
The understatement of the tone can make people vomit three liters of blood.
Nalan Chun blinked when he heard this and asked nervously in a low voice: "Sir, is this illegal?"
Rong Xuan raised his eyebrows lightly: "Of course not, digging up graves is illegal. First, you didn't dig up the graves, and second, you didn't dig up the graves. You just wanted to plant a tree, and you planted it on the Liu family's grave by mistake. How can it be considered illegal?"
Nalan Chun was brainwashed by him, and suddenly realized it, nodding his head repeatedly. It seemed that he had carried a hoe up the mountain in the middle of the night just to plant trees, not to dig up the ancestral tomb of the Marquis of Donglin. He said to himself: "Oh, yes, yes, this prince just accidentally planted the tree in the wrong place, how can it be considered illegal?"
Rong Xuan bent down to pick up the hoe on the ground, and while covering his sleeves, he pulled up an unknown weed from the ground without leaving any trace. He threw the two "evidences" into the soldier's arms, then patted the dust off his hands, pointed to a shallow earth pit next to him and said to the commander of the troops: "Sir, please see clearly, this pit is very shallow, and there is no coffin."
He seemed to be smiling, but it was hard to tell.
The commander of the army didn't know what he meant and why he emphasized this sentence. His brows furrowed even more. He tightened the reins and said in a rough voice: "Since the prince doesn't want to go back with us, I can't do anything. But the Marquis of Donglin will return to the capital tomorrow. If the incident is reported to the emperor, we can only report it truthfully. Please take care of yourself, prince!"
The commander of the army was promoted by the Marquis of Donglin, so he naturally sided with the Liu family. He knew that it was impossible to take Nalan Chun away by force today, so he could only make plans tomorrow. After saying this, he squeezed his horse's belly hard, turned around and left with the remaining soldiers. A group of people galloped away, raising a cloud of dust.
Nalan Chun didn't expect Rong Xuan to force the group of people to leave with just a few words. He was dumbfounded and admired him: "Sir, you..."
Rong Xuan raised his hand to stop him: "No need to call me sir all the time. You and I are about the same age, so just call me Rong Xuan. I went up the mountain to watch the stars today, and it's fate that I met you by chance."
Nalan Chun scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Okay, Rong Xuan, you saved me again."
He was simple-minded and thought that everything would be fine after the group of people left. Rong Xuan, however, knew that this case was difficult. "Wait until I rescue you before you say this. The people of the Liu family will definitely not let it go tomorrow. You'd better go back and think about what to say in court tomorrow. For example, why did you go up the mountain to plant trees in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
Nalan Chun gritted his teeth and said, "I want to dig up his grandmother's grave!"
"wrong!"
Rong Xuan stared at him and said, "You went up the mountain to plant trees, not to dig graves. You said this to me, and you must say the same thing to Jingzhao Yin tomorrow, understand?"
I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of teammates who are like pigs. Rong Xuan hoped that Nalan Chun could be smarter and not get himself into trouble.
Nalan Chun slapped his head heavily and finally came to his senses: "You are right, I must be careful about what I say and do tomorrow. I am here to plant trees, I am here to plant trees. Don't worry, I will say the same thing even if the emperor comes tomorrow!"
Rong Xuan: "Also, remember to prepare three thousand taels of silver notes."
He is a professional lawyer and his fees are very expensive.
Nalan Chun patted his chest and assured: "No problem, tell me what else you want."
Rong Xuan didn't really want anything, he just hoped that Nalan Chun would stop being so fierce. He glanced at him and reminded him implicitly, "Next time, you should let others do such trivial things as digging graves. You don't have to do everything yourself."
Look how smart Ji Fan is. He wanted to get rid of Donglin Hou, but he never did it himself. He always killed someone with someone else's knife.
Nalan Chun was not really stupid. He brought his servants up the mountain, but when they heard that they were going to dig up the tomb of the Donglin Marquis family, they were scared away, so he had to do it himself.
Nalan Chun scratched his head: "I see."
After he finished speaking, he was a little worried that Rong Xuan would ask him why he dug up the ancestral tomb of the Donglin Marquis family, but it was related to the assassin and involved many things, so it was not easy to explain it openly.
However, Rong Xuan didn't ask anything, just waved at him, and turned and left in the dark.
Nalan Chun raised his voice and asked from behind: "Hey, Rong Xuan, do you have a horse? How about I give you one?!"
Rong Xuan said without even turning his head: "Yes, young prince, you should get down the mountain quickly to avoid any more trouble."
He thought Nalan Chun was a good man, and he was still thinking of sending him off. However, just as this thought came to his mind, he heard the other party standing on tiptoe and waving his hands behind him, shouting, "But my horse ran away, how about you give me a ride!"
Rong Xuan stumbled upon hearing this and nearly fell into the ravine. He turned back and glared at Nalan Chun, thinking, "Why are you giving me a ride when you don't have a horse?"
Unfortunately, Rong Xuan didn't have a horse either, so he planned to take Ji Fan's carriage back. But Ji Fan must not show up in front of Nalan Chun, otherwise it would definitely arouse suspicion if the prince heard about it.
"What did you say? I can't hear you!"
After Rong Xuan finished speaking, he opened the curtain and got into the carriage. Seeing this, the driver whipped the carriage in the air and returned to the capital along the original route. The carriage soon disappeared into the vast night.
Ji Fan leaned against the inside of the carriage. He supported his head with one hand, and when he saw Rong Xuan hiding inside, he bent his leg slightly, gave up the seat beside him, and said with a smile, "You are quite clever, you actually tricked the people from the Five Cities Military Department away. It's a pity that the Marquis of Donglin will return to the capital tomorrow, and your extraordinary skills will be useless."
Rong Xuan liked Ji Fan's mean look. He approached him silently, nose to nose, with a smile in his deep eyes: "Your Highness, you don't know. The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. Even if the emperor kills someone, he has to give a plausible reason. As long as the Marquis of Donglin can't find any evidence, the crime will naturally not be sentenced."
Ji Fan turned his head uncomfortably and looked away: "Sophistry."
He wanted to see how Rong Xuan would wash away the crime of digging up someone's ancestral grave.
Rong Xuan gently turned his face back and asked in a low voice: "As long as the argument is reasonable, it doesn't matter whether it is sophistry or argument, Your Highness, don't you think so?"
The carriage was shaking and the compartment was dim. Rong Xuan stared at Ji Fan's lips, which had regained some color, and couldn't help but think of what happened today, and his Adam's apple couldn't help but roll for a moment.
Ji Fan guessed what Rong Xuan was thinking just by looking at his dark eyes. His face became hot and he wanted to step back, but was caught off guard and hugged tightly.
Rong Xuan's voice was full of laughter: "What are you hiding from, Your Highness?"
In order to stabilize his body, Ji Fan was forced to hug his neck and spit at him in a low voice: "Rong Xuan, you are a dirty bastard."
Rong Xuan thought that this was unfair. He only liked to look at beautiful women before, and at most he flirted with them, but he never did anything obscene. He only made an exception with Ji Fan.
Rong Xuan pushed Ji Fan against the wall of the car, untied his belt with his fingertips, and lowered his head to kiss him. His warm lips gradually moved down from his forehead to the red spot between his eyebrows, and finally held his soft lips and tongue, pried open his teeth and drove straight in.
Ji Fan groaned, his eyelashes trembling. He was in a dilemma whether to push or not. He felt very happy about Rong Xuan's intimate behavior, but he didn't want to go too far because of his status as a nobleman.
"What are you afraid of..."
Rong Xuan gently nibbled Ji Fan's earlobe, his voice also covered with a layer of contented hoarseness: "Your Highness, are you afraid that I will cheat and be irresponsible?"
Ji Fan held down Rong Xuan's restless hands, his eyes turned red, and his voice became hoarse: "I am the crown prince of Yan State, how could I be afraid of this?"
Yes, of course he is not afraid...
In the original novel, he was alone as a prime number for many years, and he did not show any fear when his arm was cut off and his heart was pierced by Xuanyuan Qing's sword.
But Rong Xuan always felt that Ji Fan was very lonely. He wandered around all his life, and in the end, he got nothing. His fame was only half a piece of paper, and he was in the mountains and rivers. Neither Zhou nor Yan belonged to him in his heart, and there was no place to bury his body after his death.
This is the character he created. If he had known what would happen today, why would he have arranged so much suffering...
Rong Xuan didn't say anything, but pressed Ji Fan against the wall of the car and kissed him more deeply, and he couldn't breathe for a while. He remembered that in the original novel, Ji Fan was humiliated when he went to Beijing and was rescued by Xuanyuan Qing. He thought that if he had come earlier, this bad fate would never have happened to Xuanyuan Qing, and Ji Fan would not have lost his life in the future.
Rong Xuan asked suddenly, "Your Highness, what do you think of General Xuanyuan?"
"… "
Ji Fan stared at Rong Xuan quietly after hearing this, and didn't say anything for a while. If it were in the past, Ji Fan would probably praise him as a loyal and kind person. But somehow, facing Rong Xuan's dark and dangerous gaze, he suddenly felt that it was better not to praise him.
Ji Fan: "We have never been close friends, how can I know?"
Ji Fan finally realized that Rong Xuan seemed to care too much about Xuanyuan Qing. He slowly lifted Rong Xuan's chin with his fingertips, and asked with an indistinguishable emotion: "Why, are you very interested in this general?"
He looks stout and stupid, so he must not understand romance. Doesn't Rong Xuan like to look at beautiful women? When did he even like this rough guy
Rong Xuan was vague and said politely, "It was just a quick glance, but it's a pity that we are not destined to be close friends."
Seeing Rong Xuan's regretful expression, Ji Fan slowly withdrew his hand. He slowly sat up straight, letting his half-opened collar open slightly, revealing his sexy collarbone and a large part of his beautiful figure. He asked coldly, "If I let you choose, do you want to be close friends with me or with that General Xuanyuan?"
He seemed to be using the beauty trap to seduce Rong Xuan, but no one could find any evidence.
Rong Xuan hissed, thinking that Ji Fan might be suspicious of something going on between him and Xuanyuan Qing. He was mesmerized by the beauty of the Crown Prince of Yan, so he held her hand and wanted to pull her into his arms, but she didn't move.
Ji Fan glared at him: "Answer me first."
Rong Xuan wondered which person on the sign Xuanyuan would settle accounts with: "Of course I'd choose you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Fan was pulled into his arms. Rong Xuan kissed Ji Fan's swollen lips deeply, buried his head in his neck, and said in a low and unclear voice: "You have even met my parents, no one can compare to you. But Your Highness had better remember what I said today. Since you have never had a close relationship with him before, you are not allowed to have a close relationship with him in the future, otherwise..."
Ji Fan curled his lips slightly, his face was like jade, and he had a kind face: "Otherwise what?"
Rong Xuan chuckled and said half-truthfully, "Otherwise, I would be angry because I have a small temper."
Once he gets angry, there is no guarantee that he will not punish someone. Xuanyuan Qing is simple-minded and loyal, so it is easier to punish him than to punish Nalan Chun.
Ji Fan had no time to care about what he said. He was soon deprived of oxygen by Rong Xuan's kiss, and his brain went blank. In a trance, he only heard the other party say one sentence in his ear: "Your Highness, you know that I like to appreciate plum blossoms in winter the most. Red plum blossoms are the best, and white plum blossoms are second."
Ji Fan came from the extremely cold land of Northern Yan, so he had naturally seen the beautiful sight of red plum blossoms blooming in the snow. Thinking of his homeland, he could not help but feel dazed for a moment. In the dim carriage, he looked up at Rong Xuan and gently stroked his handsome face with his fingertips: "There are many such scenes in Northern Yan."
He paused before saying, "I'll take you to see it later..."
He had come out of Yan State alone, and thought he would return alone. But now he had someone he wanted to bring back with him
Ji Fan became more and more dazed.
Darkness level quietly decreased by 5
However, Rong Xuan said without thinking: "Your Highness, you know that this red plum can not only be appreciated, but also..."
He paused deliberately.
Ji Fan subconsciously asked: "Also what?"
Rong Xuan smiled slowly beside her ear and said, "You can also try it..."
Ji Fan was about to say how could he taste the red plums, but the next second he heard Rong Xuan slowly say: "Your Highness' lips are like red cinnabar, aren't they better than thousands of red plums?"
After saying that, she leaned over and bit his lips lightly, her breath lingering hot.
"Well… "
Ji Fan groaned in pain, thinking that this bastard was deliberately lying to him. His claim of liking to appreciate plum blossoms in the snow was clearly a lie. He wanted to push Rong Xuan away, but he couldn't. He could only scold him in a hoarse voice: "Rong Xuan... don't be so presumptuous..."
Rong Xuan smiled and stared at Ji Fan. After a long while, he kissed him again. His deep eyes were inexplicably intoxicating in the night. His voice was gentle and low, mixed with a bit of love, weaving a dense net to capture people firmly: "Be good,"
He said: "Call your husband and let him listen..."