Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 88 Suspicion
When Lu Xiao read the letter, his expression turned cold.

It has been five years since Shinto was destroyed. It seemed that they all disappeared overnight. The court has never found any traces of Shinto believers in the past few years. How could they suddenly appear in Shengjing City at this time?

Lu Xiao frowned, thinking of the person who was not involved in the divine way in his previous life, he faintly felt that this was not quite right
Li Taiwei also asked about Jing Zhe's injury and Li Wenxiu's details in the letter. After reading it, Lu Xiao hastily put the letter into his arms, lowered his voice and said to Dafu:
"Go back and tell Li Taiwei to relax. I'll ask someone to tell Bai Lu later."

Dafu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that Bailu was Huayan, and said:
"Huayan left the mansion early in the morning, as if ordered by the princess."

Lu Xiao frowned, sighed nonsense, got on his horse neatly, and led Gu Yu to the Bingma Division.

In the imperial study room, the emperor became furious with a sullen face, slapped the table and scolded Li Sheng:
"Look for yourself! Your prime minister's house is as leaky as a sieve! You are my prime minister! How do you ask me to entrust you with the responsibility of helping the country and the country?"

Li Sheng bowed:

"Your Majesty has committed the crime of negligence, please punish me."

Lu Qing is a vulgar person, every now and then he will be dragged into the imperial study room by his majesty to give him a face-to-face order. It is a common occurrence to slap the table and smash the imperial pen!Speaking of which, it was the first time seeing Li Sheng deflated!

Lu Qing just smiled inwardly, and saw His Majesty pointing at his nose and cursing:
"And you!"

"You haven't been asked to mount a horse to fight in the past few years, and you can't even reach the horse's nose?"

"I entrusted you with the safety of Shengjing City, and this is how you share my worries? People from the Shinto Way can sneak into the Prime Minister's Mansion. You didn't realize it!"

Lu Qing choked for a moment when he heard the sound, thinking that I was in charge of the imperial army, since no one came into the capital to talk about arresting spies, it was not up to me!Why don't you yell at those old things like Jingjiying and Bingmasi?
Naturally, I only dared to think about these words in my heart. Lu Qing stood up with a solemn face, clasped his fists and said:
"Your Majesty is begging you to appease your anger if you do not do your job well."

Only then did the emperor vent some anger, rubbed his swollen forehead, and stared at the two with gloomy expressions.

The prince hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea for the emperor himself, then glanced at Li Xiang and Lu Hou who were standing dryly below, and said slowly:
"Father, there are many Shinto believers. Even though they were all strangled back then, it is inevitable that some would slip through the net. If this matter is really related to Shinto, it's no wonder Xiangye and Marquis Lu."

"Fortunately, Aunt Zhaohe is safe and sound. If the host of Chonghua County hadn't been vigilant this time, I'm afraid we will suffer even more losses in the future."

When Li Taiwei was mentioned, the emperor calmed down and raised his eyes to glance at Li Sheng.

This girl is really nice, not only is she good-looking, what's more rare is that she is as smart and astute as her father!Behind her stood the royal family of Xiliang, and it would be the most suitable for her to marry the crown prince.But in the past few years, he secretly raised a few words with Li Sheng, but the old fox blocked them without a trace.
Thinking of his daughter-in-law not being able to turn in, the emperor felt a little guilty, cleared his throat, and said to the two:
"Order the Jingji Battalion to conduct a secret investigation. Don't disturb the people in the capital and cause panic! The Bingma Division and the Jingzhao Mansion have stepped up their guard these days. Don't let the spy take advantage of the loopholes. If you have any news, report it directly to Prime Minister Li. The imperial army is here. Lu Hou is here. Be careful, guard the capital for me, and be dispatched at any time!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

The emperor nodded, and told Lu Qing to go back to defend first, leaving Li Sheng alone to speak.

"I already know about the matter in your house. Although Li Shilang is innocent, he is also guilty of mismanagement of the family. His official position needs to be changed, do you understand?"

Li Sheng raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and said in a deep voice:
"I understand"

The emperor nodded, took a sip of tea, and said:
"The other side of Uncle Yongping's mansion. You can handle it yourself. This matter is related to your official reputation. It is not appropriate to make a big fuss. Ask Jingzhao Mansion to clean it up."

Li Sheng saluted gratefully and thanked His Majesty.

After leaving the Imperial Study Room, seeing Lu Hou still waiting outside, Li Sheng took two steps and raised his eyebrows to look over.

Lu Hou smiled at Li Sheng, and walked up to him in a casual way:

"Old Li, the matter in your house, is it true?"

Li Sheng raised his eyelids, and seeing Lu Qing's gossip-like eyes, he felt angry from the bottom of his heart, and glared at him with his sleeves in his hands:
"What are you doing!"

After all, he left without looking back.

Lu Qing was not angry either, squinting his eyes and twirling his beard, looking at Li Sheng's back, he said sourly, "Yes!"

How much this old boy stole his limelight when he was young, let's see. Now he is old, and he can even get into a lot of debts. Tsk tsk, isn't it what it should be!
In Fangfei Garden, Nian Xia personally directed the maids to pack up the fragments of the screen, and three or five young servants carefully carried the broken Xiushan marble screen out of the courtyard.

Li Taiwei was a little upset seeing the mess in the house, so she took Dafu along the small garden and walked to the flower corridor near the north wing to relax.

Dafu listened to Li Taiwei what Lu Xiao said just now, Li Taiwei shook the round fan and did not make a sound, silently thinking about what happened in the mansion recently, a little lost in thought.

"The servant has seen the princess!"

The two servant girls passed the flower corridor with several stacks of books, and bowed to Li Taiwei to pay their respects.

Li Taiwei regained consciousness and asked:
"Where did this book come from?"

The maids said:

"Mr. Wenxiu has been staying in the north wing room for the past few days. He said that the books are a little damp, and asked the servants to take them out to dry."

Hearing that it was Li Wenxiu's book, Li Taiwei slapped the fan in his hands and waved to the little maids.

The maids went over with the books in their hands, Li Taiwei took out a book or two, opened it and read it carefully, they were all theories, nothing special, so he lost interest, returned the books to the maids, and asked a question or two A sentence about Li Wenxiu's daily life.

After the maids answered one by one, they were about to salute and leave.

"Wait!"

Li Taiwei stared at the sachet on the waist of one of the maidservants, and asked slowly:
"Where did you get this sachet?"

Li Taiwei was very familiar with the color and style of this sachet, it was the day Miss Jin Si asked her to bring it back to Jin Yushi's mansion last time.

There were a total of forty or so in the package, and when they were handed over to Nian Xia that day, some were evenly distributed to Hua'an Hall and Qiutang Courtyard.There is not much left in their long house, she vaguely remembers Nian Xia talking about it, and it was only rewarded to the servants of Yunshuiju and Fangfeiyuan.The little maid in front of me is working in Beiyuan, so she shouldn't be able to get it.

Sure enough, the little maid subconsciously looked down at the sachet at her waist, knelt down and said:

"Princess, this sachet was picked up by the maidservant from the grass outside Mr. Wenxiu's house. The maidservant even asked the gentleman specifically, and it was indeed the gentleman who didn't want it."

"Slaves will never dare to steal things from the mansion, please ask the princess to see clearly."

Li Taiwei nodded and smiled, and said:

"Don't be afraid, I'm just asking casually."

Just as he finished speaking, something flashed across his mind, and the fast Li Taiwei almost missed it!

She stood up abruptly, her eyes widened, and she asked the little maid one word at a time:
"You just said that Mr. Wenxiu didn't want this sweet-scented osmanthus sachet and threw it on the ground?"

The little maid turned pale with shock, and nodded her head:
"Mister said he didn't like cinnamon, so he just threw it outside. The servant saw that the sachet was very delicate, so he picked it up."

"That's how it is."

Li Taiwei took a breath slowly, looking at the roof of Beiyuan in the distance, his eyes lighted up faintly.

(End of this chapter)