Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 341
Wang Wenzuo nodded, and walked into the yard, he immediately understood why Liu Weili liked to stay in that room on weekdays - the back of the room was next to a pond, and the front was bare and unsheltered, so it was difficult for outsiders to eavesdrop on the conversation in the room .

"What kind of smell is this!" As soon as he entered the house, Wang Wenzuo immediately smelled a strange smell. After careful identification, it seemed like the smell of burning paper money for ancestor worship during the Ching Ming Festival.

"Oops, Tang Dynasty paper should still be very expensive. It's not paper money. It should be that this guy burned all the conspiracy documents before he ran away!" Wang Wenzuo immediately reacted, and hurriedly searched around. Sure enough, he found a brazier in the corner. It was covered with a thick layer of paper dust.

"Black-toothed Changzhi, Yiji Lianbode, you two are guarding the door, don't let outsiders come in!" Wang Wenzuo shouted sharply, and then he carefully brushed away the paper ashes in the basin. Sure enough, there were still a lot of paper ashes that had not been completely burned. Fallen scraps of paper.

"I knew this fellow must have been panic-stricken at the time, and it was too late to burn everything clean!" Wang Wenzuo found a brush, carefully brushed off the paper dust, took out all the remaining pieces of paper, and spread them on the table , Looking carefully, as more and more pieces of paper were found, his face became more and more gloomy like paper ashes in a basin.

"Captain Murong!"

"The subordinate is here!" Murong Mu hurriedly responded.

"You gather everyone in Liu Weili's house into one big room, and watch carefully! No one is allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to enter this mansion!"

"Subordinates obey!"

"Black-toothed Changzhi, Yiji Lianbode, you two will return to the East Palace with me immediately, I have something important to report to Your Highness!"

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East Palace.

Prince Li Hong's reception room is a small and comfortable room located in the southeast corner of the East Palace. Several exits of the fire passages are hidden behind the folds of gorgeous curtains woven by craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, exuding a pleasant warmth.The biting cold wind outside did not affect the inside at all.Four beautiful tapestries hung on the walls, their magnificent folds and jagged edges, hanging almost from the ceiling to the floor. Beside the tapestries was a gilt censer with a dragon's head, and its fragrance filled the whole room.

On the candlestick in the corner, two whale oil candles as thick as arms are emitting bright light. On the opposite side of the candlestick is a silver cabinet about two feet high. On the four drawers of the cabinet, carved Come out to see the scene of Emperor Taizong's brilliant victory in Qianshuiyuan, Shuquegu, Hulaoguan and Luoyang City.

On the silver chest stood a crystal jar with raised, bright purple patterns.This is the work of a Persian craftsman.The vat contains warm buttermilk, part of which has been poured into the golden cup next to it. This crystal vat and the golden cup are gifts from the emperor to Prince Li Hong. It is equivalent to an entire treasure house, and the upper class of Chang'an City It is recognized by the society that it is worth at least 20 guan.

Beside the silver cabinet, Prince Li Hongzheng was reclining on the brocade couch, barely supporting his sleepiness, waiting for news from Wang Wenzuo.

"Your Highness, Wang Sima is back, just wait outside!"

Hearing Jin Renwen's voice, Li Hong woke up immediately, and he straightened his back quickly: "Quickly, pass him in!"

"Follow the order!"

After a while, Jin Renwen and Wang Wenzuo entered the door. The excitement on their faces was hard to hide, which made Li Hong's heart beat faster.

"Your Highness!" Wang Wenzuo didn't waste any time. After entering the door, he knelt down on one knee, took out a leather bag from his waist, and presented it with both hands: "When I arrived, Liu Weili had already fled. This is inside the brazier in his study. found!"

"Oh!" Li Hong opened the leather bag, and took out a stack of scraps of paper. Just after reading two pages, his body trembled violently: "This, this guy is so brave!"

"Your Highness, without further delay, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"That's right! Such an important matter should be dealt with immediately!" Li Hong jumped off the brocade couch, and the blanket slipped off his body, revealing his smooth single clothes: "Sanlang, you have made a great contribution this time!"

"Your Highness, without Brother Renshou's help, I would not be able to enter the palace to meet His Highness; without His Highness's trust, I would not be able to lead the army to capture this beast!"

"Hehehehe! Okay, well said!" Li Hong smiled and said, "I was worried that I would be punished by Aye Niang for what happened tonight, but with these in hand, I don't have to be afraid of anything. Sanlang, Jinjiao Both of you don't need to go out of the palace tonight, just rest in the next room for a while, and face the Holy Spirit with the king at dawn!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

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"Would you like a cup of hot wine, Saburo?" Jin Renwen picked up two wine glasses and asked Wang Wenzuo.

"Yes, give me a big cup!" Wang Wenzuo rubbed his hands. The winter night in Chang'an City is very uncomfortable, especially when you are sitting on horseback and galloping against the wind, you will feel almost naked all over your body, with countless steel needles in it. tie.

"Here you are!" Jin Renwen handed the cup full of warm wine to Wang Wenzuo, and then took it back before Wang Wenzuo took it: "But you can't drink this wine for free, you have to exchange it with something!"

"Change? What?"

"Like the truth, I mean the whole truth!" Jin Ren asked.

"The whole truth? I don't understand what you mean!" Wang Wenzuo whispered.

"Okay!" Jin Renwen sighed: "There are only two of us in this room now, and the walls are thick enough that the prince next door can't hear what we are talking about. Let me ask you a question, is Huo literate?"

"Huo can read? Of course I can't!"

"Yes, I think so too. Fire is illiterate, so fire will not choose to burn, burn these, not burn those, right? And among the pieces of paper you gave His Royal Highness, none of them People's names, if Huo can't read, why is it like this?"

Wang Wenzuo's face paled slightly, and he forced a smile and said, "For such an important plot, maybe the thieves agreed on a code word and deliberately didn't use names, so naturally there are no names in the remaining scraps of paper!"

"Yes, yes, this is a very good explanation, very convincing explanation!" Jin Renwen laughed: "Sanlang, you are really smart, maybe the smartest one I have ever met, But you have to understand a truth, you don’t need enough evidence here, just a little doubt is enough, a little doubt is enough to kill you, do you understand?”

Wang Wenzuo nodded, he felt his neck was a little stiff, maybe he was a little too adventurous this time.He wanted to explain, but before he could speak, Jin Renwen waved his hand: "You don't need to explain anything, I probably know why you did this. How should I put it? You are still too kind, you want to do it as much as possible." to protect some people. Do you know why the prince likes you so much? Not only because of your talent, but also because of your kindness. Although the prince is young, he is born with the ability to be a master. You can feel who is really kind and who has ulterior motives. But you have to understand that there are very few people like the prince, and the most common ones in Chang'an are poisonous snakes, poisonous snakes that repay kindness and revenge, don't let your kindness hurt yourself!"

(End of this chapter)