Wish Junshou and Tianqi

"That's fine, save yourself the trouble."

Chu Shou gently raised his hand, three thousand understood, took out a scroll, took two steps forward, and stood still.

Chu Shou turned to the two people at the table and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Wang, Mr. Qi, we are going to Beijing tomorrow. Take advantage of this time to deal with some housework. I am laughing at you."

Song Yanqing turned around and faced Wei Qingxuan, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he said in a deep voice, "Master Wei? Accept the order."

The music stopped abruptly, and everyone at the banquet started whispering.

When Wei Qingxuan got up and knelt down on the ground, Sanqian Zheng said: "Holy edict..."

Then everyone got up together and fell on the ground.

But before Sanqian opened his mouth to read the oracle, he saw Wei Qingxuan lowered his head, his body seemed to be on the verge of falling.

Song Yanqing frowned slightly, tilted his head slightly to look, and felt something was wrong, strode over, raised his hand and grabbed Wei Qingxuan's neck.

Unfortunately, it was a step too late, Wei Qingxuan had already taken the poison, and the poisonous gas attacked his heart. When he was pushed down by Song Yanqing, the black blood from the corner of his mouth flowed down his chin.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Chu Shou immediately got up to investigate, and Wei Qingxuan was now limp on the ground, unconscious.

Fear of committing suicide?

This is not the case.

Chu Shou glanced over the envoy You Yan including Luo Qi, the three of them had different expressions, and the verbal dispute between Zhan Yingshao and Qi He also came to an abrupt end, and everyone's faces were full of shock.

Song Yanqing stood up, took the handkerchief Shen Yike handed over, wiped his hands calmly, his slightly disgusted eyes turned sharp, and then said "Dark guard", a group of people hiding in the dark appeared one after another, taking these People surrounded them.

At this time, the clouds covered the moon, and the night became more and more hazy.

Chu Shou came down, squatted beside Wei Qingxuan who was already out of breath, stretched out his hands to pinch his face, checked his mouth left and right, then got up, and said to Song Yanqing: "The poison is in the mouth, and it was bitten just now." Yes, this poison...very poisonous."

Song Yan fixed his eyes and nodded slightly towards Chu Shou, "It's okay, let's continue."

"Ah."

Chu Shou responded, reached out and took the imperial decree from Sanqian's hands, and shook it off with one hand, she glanced at it, but saw the black characters on it, she raised her lips and smiled, as expected, the imperial decree sent by His Majesty only picked Knowing Wei Qingxuan's crime of using power for personal gain is just a pleading for dismissal.

Wei Qingxuan did not mention the crime of collusion with You Yan at all. It seems that His Majesty is determined to endure the matter of the copper mine.

"It's roughly... Wei Qingxuan, the magistrate of Qingzhou, mined copper mines privately, used his power to seek personal gain, enriched his own pockets, and then... dismissed from office, and dealt with according to the law by the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

After hearing this, everyone sighed. Wei Qingxuan has always been an upright official, an upright official, and he loves the people like a son. When he was transferred to Qingzhou, the common people lined up to welcome him and show compassion for his subordinates. He is a rare good official.

How could the copper mine case be related to him?

However, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has always acted cruelly. Who would dare to stand up at this juncture?

Besides, this is an imperial decree, not something that can be compiled casually. Since His Majesty has already confirmed it, it can only be said that Wei Qingxuan has hidden it too deeply.

"Also, there will be a new magistrate coming soon, everyone, make preparations and hand over in time."

A person stood out from under the table, stepped forward to accept the imperial edict, knelt down and thanked, and then retreated.

After the hidden guards removed Wei Qingxuan's body, the ceremonial official Qi He said with a sneer, "Is this what you Ming Qi gave us? Just find someone to take the blame?"

Chu Shouduan sat on the top seat and laughed lightly, as if she had heard some joke. Before Zhan Yingshao could speak first, she said, "A mere subordinate country... Aren't you here to pay tribute? What else do you want to explain?"

"This!" Qi He was choked. These days, You Yan doesn't seem to have much right to speak, but despite the fact,...

"Three people become tigers, but don't let the public opinion that we colluded with bandits destroy the friendship between the two countries."

Chu Shou turned his eyes slightly, looked at Qi He with a smile, and said, "Didn't the princess just say that the copper mine incident was committed by the former magistrate who used his power for personal gain? Why should Mr. Qi rush to take the crime?"

"that is!"

After hearing this, Zhan Yingshao put down his wine glass with an excited bang, and echoed the sound.

At this moment, Luo Xu, who had not made a sound for a long time, stood up, bowed to Chu Shou with a smile, and said, "Don't be angry, the princess, what Lord Qi said is just our fear, but... Your Majesty is wise and mighty, Naturally, the relationship between our two parties will not be neglected because of those public opinions."

Song Yanqing stood with his hands behind his back, and after listening, he continued in a deep voice: "Lord Qi, I assume you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. If you really want to argue here, then Wei Qingxuan's death is not worth it."

Qi He turned his eyes and looked sideways at the two brothers Luo Qi and Luo Xu. Seeing that the faces of the two brothers were unpredictable, Wei Qingxuan's death seemed to be of no concern to them. He thought about it carefully, and then quietly shut up. There is another strange thing.

Zhan Yingshao listened, savored it carefully, and also sat down peacefully. Looking at Chu Shou's face from left to right, he also closed his mouth, refusing to say another word. It was suppressed.

The banquet came to an end under such circumstances.

After the banquet was over, Zhan Yingshao and Qi He also dodged left and right to avoid each other, but they couldn't dodge, so they cheerfully pretended to bow twice, without any appearance of arguing at the banquet, but when they turned around, they were fierce Take a sip.

At noon on the second day, everyone set off for the capital, and when they returned to the capital, it was almost dusk.

Song Yanqing led the envoy You Yan to the palace for a banquet, but Chu Shou pretended to be ill and set off for Fodu Temple.

She still has something to ask.

When the carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, Sanqian tightened the carriage, turned around and opened the curtain, and said to Chu Shou, "Miss, the little Zhongshan King is waiting in front."

"Get out of the car."

Chu Shou asked Ah Shui to put on a cloak and cloak for her. The dark green satin was decorated with pure white fox fur, which was very soft in the night. When she got out of the car, she saw a person standing at the end of the stone ladder all the way to the mountain. , pure white plain brocade, the ink hair that used to fall down is now tied up high, with a white jade hairpin inserted, but the ugly ring scar on the neck is exposed, faintly hidden between the silver fur, in the hands of Zhao Qianzhi Holding the lantern, the slightly smoked yellow color glows faintly in the mountains and forests, just illuminating the road in front of us.

The eyes of the two met, and they both had forbearance in their eyes. Zao Wou-ki was the first friend Chu Shou met when he first came to Kyoto. When the two first met, they were both teenagers. In the midst of wind and rain, he walked like this.

"You finally came."

As Chu Shou approached, Zhao Qianzhi smiled slightly, and then opened his mouth softly.

"How do you know I'm going back to Beijing today?"

"There was a lot of rumors in the capital. Although Wei Qingxuan was not a high-ranking official in the capital, he was a well-known upright gentleman. He used bandits to cover up his crimes, causing many people's images to be shattered. talk."

After hearing this, Chu Shou nodded, lifted his skirt, and stepped up the steps. The two stood side by side. Zhao Qianzhi stepped up the steps for a while, and said: "Why don't you go up the steps by car, your knees..."

"No, I came to you because I have something to say. The night is still long. I'm going up the moon stone steps to talk about old things."

Zhao Qianzhi lowered his eyes, tightened the white jade Buddha beads wrapped around his wrist, and stepped step by step, his steps were a bit heavy.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and asked, "Rukawa, what can you tell me?"

"Um……"

Chu Shou responded, and raised his hand to support the round wooden handrail on the side, on which were hung colorful prayer flags, fluttering lightly in the wind, but he didn't know how to speak up to this point.

"In Hanyuan, I suffered from a serious illness that almost killed me. Azu also cut down a hundred-year-old tree for me, built a coffin, and chose the best geomantic treasure in the world to make it for me. Burial, but it just so happened that you came to Youbei, and you survived after being raised for more than half a year, but the letter Azu wrote to Kyoto was not sent."

"I just hate that I have poor medical skills, but I haven't been able to cure you to health. Every day when you get cold, your body feels uncomfortable. I wish I could suffer this pain for you... You are a very good person, you don't deserve to suffer like this .”

After Zhao Qianzhi finished speaking, he raised his head to look at the stars in the sky, feeling a little emotional, and couldn't bear to elaborate on the past.

Chu Shou smiled, and continued: "Azu's fate is extremely poor, and he prepared a coffin for me... I want to thank you for fighting for me for these years."

His heart tightened, and he stopped, Chu Shou turned to look at him, lowered his head, she smiled and called softly, and met Zhao Qianzhi's smile.

"I thought...you would blame me."

"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be like this."

"Then I'd rather you hate me than blame yourself in your heart like you are now."

Chu Shou's smile faltered, tears welled up in his heart, but his eyes were slightly moist, he immediately turned around and continued to walk up.

Zhao Qianzhi followed Chu Shou silently like this, murmured in a low voice, and then said: "He is more persistent to you than I imagined. Huiyuan often persuades me not to spoil his marriage, but I consciously hide it very well." Deep, and I don’t want anyone to know the real reason for your illness, since there is a cure, I can’t ignore you.”

"Exchanging life for life, borrowing the life of others, I can't live in peace."

Especially...he has been injured enough, she has done a lot to make up for some shortcomings, so naturally she can't let him get hurt again.

Chu Shou spoke in a nonchalant manner, but in a tone of indifference, and such and such, sank heavily in his heart.

Zhao Qianzhi's eyes gradually turned hard, no one was wrong in this matter, it was the one who let Chu Shou know the truth, and he deserved to die.

Chu Shou let out a long sigh, raised his cloak, turned around and sat down casually, clenched his fists and knocked on his knees. Originally, his kneecaps were brittle, but he was injured again in Qingzhou, and now he is even more useless.

Zhao Qianzhi also sat beside Chu Shou, gathered his cuffs, and stretched out his hands to massage her knees. A few years ago, every autumn, he would always invite him to Youbei to take care of Chu Shou, just like this , carefully kneading, but this year, it is in Kyoto.

"Zhao Wou-ki, don't save me, okay?"

Zhao Qianzhi's hands paused, and then he returned to normal, skillfully, and said, "When I begged you like this back then, didn't you agree to me?"

"Can I be the same as you?"

Chu Shou retorted softly, put his arms around his knees, and made him stop.

"How is it different?" Zhao Qianzhi let go of her and sat upright, retorting in a low voice.

"You were uncertain at the time, looking for death and life, but as long as you calm down, you still have a chance. I... I was born in the womb, and my life is already gone, so why bother to live?" Chu Shou laughed, shook his head and said: "After that serious illness, I had a vague guess at first, but I couldn't believe it. If it was fate, how could I still be alive? Later, I sent someone to inquire. Shi Kangjian, I am relieved."

"Since that time, Azu no longer does divination, and neglects to manage the affairs of the Wu Clan. He only said that there is no end in sight and that he cannot be rescued by force. So... I exchanged the last fate of the Wu Clan for Ah Zhineng. Return to the capital, so far, there will be no more heavenly officials in this world."

"What about you? What are you going to trade your last life for him?"

There was complaint in Zhao Qianzhi's tone, he fixedly looked at the Buddhist beads in his hand and did not look at Chu Shou.

"This is... what the Witch Clan owes him. As for mine, I should also pay it off with the kindness from that rainy night."

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When the lights came on, the palace was full of excitement tonight. Since His Majesty returned to the palace, everyone in the palace seemed to have regained their backbone and worked hard.

Concubine Xiao Rong, who had a double heart before, fell seriously ill after being assassinated that night, and locked herself in the palace all day long, refusing to let anyone come to see her.

The emperor often used the excuse of being busy with government affairs, insisting that he had no time to take care of it, and only recuperated in the main hall to deal with the government affairs.

Luo Xu is the crown prince of Youyan, Qi He is also an important minister, the palace also arranged a banquet according to the grand ceremony, and His Majesty also invited many officials and family members, which can be regarded as calming down the chaos in the palace that day and stabilizing people's hearts.

"My lord, the princess has gone to Fodu Temple, so he should go to look for the little King Zhongshan."

Shen Yike was beside Song Yanqing, turned sideways and whispered in a low voice.

He went to Qingzhou to investigate the case this time, His Majesty was very satisfied with the result, he was promoted and rewarded a lot of things, he originally wanted to leave the palace quickly, but was pulled down by His Majesty to attend the banquet tonight, but he always He had a cold face, and no one dared to disturb him, but he was clean. After listening to Shen Yike's words, he frowned slightly, and replied: "The night dew is cold, why did you go into the mountains again, and you are wearing heavy clothes?"

"Wearing the cloak and cloak I gave to Ah Shui before leaving, it should be fine."

Song Yanqing stroked the wine cup in front of him, and finally lost his patience. When he was about to get up to say goodbye, his majesty said, "Song Aiqing, what do you think?"

Being asked such a thoughtless question, Song Yanqing was stunned for a moment, while Shen Yike said softly: "Chengxuan, the young daughter of Emperor Yongdi of the Northern Territory, is going to visit Mingqi soon, and His Majesty wants to be accompanied by the Procuratorate all the way."

He listened, smiled calmly, and cupped his hands in obeisance: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is up to His Majesty to decide."

"Master Song? Where's the princess? You went to Qingzhou with her, how come you are the only one here?"

Behind the golden bead curtain, the eldest princess Chang Le, who was dressed a little exaggeratedly, opened and closed her bright red lips, and even smiled softly after saying a word.

Song Yanqing raised his eyes, turned his gaze to Changle, and replied: "Because of running around all the way, the princess has already returned home."

But Chang Le still refused to let go, and said again: "Oh? Fei Xiang? Has Rukawa returned to the mansion?"

"Returning to the princess, I did hear from the old general that the princess will go back to the mansion first."

His Majesty couldn't sit still, he knew Chu Shou's heart, from the assassination in the palace to the current Qingzhou Copper Mine case, she hadn't asked her to investigate everything neatly, Xu was angry, and said quickly: " Yes, yes, after running around for several days, it is time to take a good rest, Zaifu, remember to take the reward I gave Rukawa when you go home, there is a pair of white cranes there, she will definitely like it."

"Yes, I thank Your Majesty on behalf of the princess."

Chang Le sneered, pinched his throat and said ironically, "White Crane? Why didn't the father give his daughter a pair too?"

After Song Yan listened, he felt that he couldn't get in the words, and his heart was agitated. He stood there and waited and waited. His Majesty said that he would follow Changle to Youyan's tribute to pick one or two at random, so Changle gave up, and Song Yanqing also He opened his mouth at the right time and made excuses before leaving the meeting safely.

Without a carriage, he rode towards the west of the city.