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Chapter 270 The opportunity to deliver
Half a month after He'an was released.

Shen Liuzhen came out of the palace, and it was already dark when he returned home.

Hearing the sound of the carriage, the gatekeeper graciously opened the gate with a lantern and welcomed him home, not forgetting to complain for him:

"Why are you coming back later and later lately? It's too hard in such a cold day."

Shen Liuzhen was wrapped in a thick fur cloak, stepped on the stool of the carriage and got out of the carriage, and said in response:
"Well, there have been a lot of things recently."

It's not just that there are too many things?

The battlefield defeat case presided over by Prince Chongsu continued, although Shen Liuzhen made preparations in the early stage, allowing those in the imperial guard of honor at that time to touch some factions and long-term relationships under Prince Muhe.

But when it came to him, it was still very difficult to find someone to testify that Prince Mu He had the intention of treason.

For nothing else, the price of whistleblowing is already very high.

One is the fear of being silenced, and the other is that anyone who knows the inside story will more or less get involved. In order to care about his own interests, it is not so easy to make up his mind to be the informer.

What's more, after He'an was released, although they had internal struggles, under Yitu's mediation methods, they still remained within the scope of undercurrents and small fights, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore, those hopeful witnesses that Shen Liuzhen secretly contacted in the past few days, even though he spent a lot of thought and words, they are still in a cautious wait-and-see attitude, and few are reliable.

There were even a lot of people, he didn't even have a chance to meet them, and he had to find someone in the court, and pass the message round and round, which was a tortuous toss.

Can he not be busy?
After Shen Liuzhen went back to the backyard to wash up, he sat at the table. Although he was exhausted, his mind couldn't be free. He was still thinking about the people he had met, what he had said, and how to deal with it.

The cook reheated the soup and side dishes that had been prepared earlier, brought them over and put them on the table. The steaming aroma of the food entered his nose, and he woke up from his contemplation, and said to the cook :

"Sister-in-law Si, go and rest first, and clean up the rest tomorrow."

"Hey." The cook replied and retreated.

Shen Liuzhen picked up the spoon, and just after taking two sips, Liu Qinbing came in with a few letters and put them on the table for Shen Liuzhen.

When Shen Liuzhen saw these letters, he quickly put down his spoon and flipped through them side by side.

After flipping twice, he suddenly smiled, and the dimples appeared on his face, and he smiled very sweetly.Picking up the letter, he waved it towards Liu Qinbing as if showing off, and said:

"Look, A Yuan still wrote."

Liu Qinbing was holding a bowl of porridge, devouring it voraciously, so he couldn't care less about him, he just puffed out his cheeks and smiled at him, expressing that he heard it.

With a smile in his eyes, Shen Liuzhen happily went to unseal the seal, but just as he moved his finger to the seal and tugged, he stopped.

Then he carefully moved the candlestick towards his eyes, held the envelope to the candlelight, and studied it carefully.

Seeing his abnormality, Liu Qinbing quickly put down the bowl, walked up to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Under the candlelight, Shen Liuzhen narrowed his big eyes, and said with certainty: "The letter has been torn apart."

When Liu Qinbing heard this, he suddenly regained his energy and said, "I'll call all the people who have handled it!"

After finishing speaking, just as he was about to turn around and go out, Shen Liuzhen stopped him and said, "Don't move yet!"

As he spoke, he tore open the envelope as usual, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and took a look.

A poorly drawn long sword, the pool of blood on the ground is drawn casually, but surprisingly charming...

Shen Liuzhen held up the letter paper to ponder the meaning of the sword, then searched inside the envelope unwillingly, and said:

"They won't steal some of the paintings inside, will they?"

Before Liu Qinbing could come up with a final answer, he heard him say again: "Forget it, I guess this is the only one. Who would steal a few inexplicable paintings if they have nothing to do?"

Seeing that he didn't care, Liu Qinbing said, "Although others can't understand your letter, the person who opened the letter must check it, right?"

Shen Liuzhen sighed, and said to himself, "Hey...she still doesn't want to come."

Then he read the rest of the letters and said:
"There are also traces of tearing these letters, which means that they are indeed people from our yard. This yard is full of Han people, and it is possible to have an inner ghost. Whose handwriting is so powerful?"

Shen Liuzhen's tone was very relaxed, he smiled lightly, and then said: "...the technique of opening envelopes is quite good, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it."

"Just check it out, I'll call everyone over!" Liu Qinbing was very anxious.

Shen Liuzhen smiled slyly at him, smiling like a fox with big eyes, and said:

"What's the rush? I'm at a loss here, and someone gave me a chance to come to my door."

As he said that, he pushed the dinner plate on the table aside, spread out the letter paper, wrapped his wide sleeves, and began to grind and write the letter.

Liu Qinbing was confused, but he still walked back from the door.

After Shen Liuzhen finished writing, he picked it up and blew it twice, then handed it to Liu Qinbing for him to read.

After reading it, Liu Qinbing said in surprise, "Didn't you say that no one is willing to testify?...This..."

The letter was written to Lord Chongsu, and it said that he had persuaded a general to testify that Lord Muhe led troops to the expedition without permission, out of a desire for rebellion and self-reliance, and it was not a military emergency.

"No one is willing to testify, especially this person, who is extremely stubborn." Shen Liuzhen said, laughing again, "Guess, what would Yitu and the others do if they saw the contents of this letter?"

"Will kill people to silence them? No matter how bad it is, you have to give some warning." Liu Qinbing thought for a while and said.

"Hey... What's the warning? For such an important matter, killing people to silence the truth is the best way." Shen Liuzhen said very firmly.

"What should I do if I really kill it? Do you want to remind me?"

"Remind me? If he can't be killed, that person will ask His Majesty to save his life and become a witness. If he is killed, I have nothing to lose. Anyway, he doesn't want to testify. I'm going to remind him now. Not only does he not believe it, but he also thinks It was a trap I set."

"Then... what if it wasn't someone from them who opened the letter?"

"If it's not, then it's not. Then nothing will happen. Later, I will tell Lord Chongsu that it's too late at night. I'm tired and confused, and I wrote the wrong name."

Liu Qinbing had no choice but to give Shen Liuzhen a thumbs up, speechless.Anyway, he figured out how to advance and retreat.

Shen Liuzhen looked at Xie Yuan's painting again, with a warm smile on his face, then folded it and stuffed it into his arms, dragged the dinner plate back, and said:

"Tomorrow's letters will still be exchanged as usual, but Brother Liu will go to the Escort Bureau every day in the future, and as long as the letters come from the south, he will bring them back personally."

"Okay, got it."

(End of this chapter)