Yan Cigui.

Chapter 272 Treat her to a meal (two updates in one, please give me a monthly ticket)
Outside the palace gate.

Xu Jian and Shan Shen got off the sedan one after another.

Not long ago, someone from the palace came to deliver a message, saying that His Royal Highness the Prince had returned to the East Palace, so the two of them came over.

Master Shan held an umbrella and looked up at Xu Jian.

The auxiliary Duke also held an umbrella, and the umbrella was held low. Shan Shen could not see his expression, but he felt that even though the Duke was in a state of embarrassment, he was taller than he looked.

"You really don't need to clean it up?" Shan Shen felt uneasy and asked, while shaking his wet sleeves that were still dripping with water.

The case was urgent and it wasn't raining lightly, so he didn't pay attention to it before.

After being urged by the palace, he was also anxious himself, so he came just like that.

It wasn't until he arrived outside the palace gate that he felt a wave of uneasiness emerge from his back.

Shan Shen had been an official for many years, but had he ever entered the palace in such a disheveled manner?

Can a drowned rat enter the palace?
"It doesn't matter," Xu Jian said, "His Highness is also in a mess at the moment. Master Shan has tidied up, but he doesn't look like he is handling a case."

Shan Shen thought about it, and it was right.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jian followed up with: "When you saw the prince early in the morning, was it worse than now? The prince should not be surprised."

Shan Shen: ...

He saw the naked Crown Prince in the middle of the night last night. Shouldn't he be surprised no matter what His Highness wears in the future?

Xu Jian's original intention was to have some fun. Seeing Master Shan's helpless expression, he laughed again and headed to the palace gate under his umbrella.

The palace servants led the way to the outside of the East Palace.

This was the first time Shan Shen came to the palace. Looking around, he felt something was not right.

"So few manpower?" He whispered to Xu Jian in a low voice.

"The original guards have all been summoned to Shuntian Mansion," Xu Jianyi took a look, "There are indeed fewer maids, and they are quite unfamiliar."

After saying this, both of them knew it well.

The manpower of the East Palace has been replaced.

Those who only protected the prince and told the Holy One half of the story and kept the other half were replaced.

Those who are replaced now should be elite soldiers and generals selected by Eunuch Cao.

A chamberlain came up to greet him: "Master Fuguo, Master Shan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is taking a bath, please sit down for a while."

Xu Jian looked at him.

The chamberlain was in his early forties, short in stature, and had small eyes.

Xu Jian recognized him.

His surname is Guo, and he is trusted by Eunuch Cao.

Xu Jian and Shan Shen waited for almost a quarter of an hour.

Eunuch Guo made good tea, but he asked the kitchen to bring ginger tea and snacks, which were made by the imperial kitchen.

Shan Shen was so preoccupied with the case that he didn't pay attention to his hands, taking one piece after another. When he found out, most of the plate had gone into his stomach.

"Ha, haha..." He smiled awkwardly.

Xu Jian took a sip of ginger tea and said, "Your Excellency, you have been busy since last night and haven't even bothered to fill your stomach, right?"

Shan Shen's face turned red.

It was indeed very hungry, and it was indeed delicious, but this was not the reason why he ate so much in the East Palace.

That is to say, His Royal Highness is too slow...

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Shao finally came out.

He changed into clean clothes, with his long hair hanging down. As he walked, he wiped the water droplets on his head.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time," he sat down. "I didn't feel very well after I returned to the palace. I was afraid of getting cold after the rain, so I hurriedly went to wash myself. It doesn't matter how I call the doctor on weekdays. This time I said 'I'm sick' , it’s not like that.”

Shan Shen said hurriedly: "Your health is urgent."

No matter what, this is the precious son of the Holy One.

Asking questions like this after being caught in the heavy rain, he was really sick and it was troublesome for Shan Shen.

Just like Wantang, he was rampant and extremely powerful. He could throw Liu Xun out in the rain to sober up, but he didn't dare to touch the prince.

When Li Shao woke up, ginger tea had to be served in Shuntian Mansion.

With this in mind, Shan Shen added: "Dry your hair first, then drink some ginger tea to calm down, and ask about things in this moment and a half."

Li Shao picked up the tea bowl and drank in one gulp: "Let's ask now, I can't delay you any longer in investigating the case."

Shan Shen nodded and asked again about the ins and outs of the case.

Xu Jian sat beside him without saying a word.

I have to say that Li Shao was too honest at the moment.

Whatever Master Shan asked, he would answer. If he couldn't answer, he would just say "I don't know."

Such an attitude is quite akin to a sense of clarity that one suddenly wakes up after a hard fall.

But Xu Jian knew that these were just appearances.

Because Li Shao is hopeless.

Her eyes fell from Li Shao's sometimes tense and sometimes relaxed brows to his sitting posture, and then to his hands hidden under the desk.

Due to the angle, Shan Shen couldn't see His Highness the Crown Prince's hand, but Xu Jian could catch a glimpse of it.

Li Shao's hands clenched into fists with great force.

That's restraint.

It’s not about restraining irritability and anger, but restraining excitement.

While Shan Shen was drinking tea to soothe his throat, Xu Jian spoke: "Your Highness, where did you go earlier?"

"Yongji Palace," Li Shao said, "I told my father the same thing. I was scolded by my second uncle, and I knew I was in trouble, so I went to Yongji Palace to see what the erring prince was like. of."

Xu Jian asked again: "Have you met the man in Yongji Palace?"

"I saw a madman, I won't listen to him." Li Shao said it before, and now he naturally said the same thing when facing Xu Jian.

After Xu Jian listened, he nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

After Shan Shen finished asking all the questions, the two stood up.

Li Shao sent them out of the hall, stood in the corridor and looked at the rain curtain, and said: "I will cause trouble to you, so I won't send them off. Let Eunuch Guo see them off."

Xu Jian saluted, held an umbrella and walked out.

Li Shao watched them leave, and when the two people left the East Palace, he curled up the corners of his lips and sneered.

My chest was shaking, and the remaining emotion in it was called "pleasure."

Look!

He is the crown prince, the most valued and beloved son of his father, but he is only banned for a certain period of time.

Because once again, he escaped completely from the imperial study room.

Recalling the scene from Yongji Palace to just now, Li Shao thought that he handled it perfectly.

His father didn't question him, and Shan Shen could only ask a few questions. Even Xu Jian, who didn't have a good word to say, couldn't do anything to him.

After leaving them alone for a quarter of an hour, what could Xu Jian and Shan Shen say?
Shouldn't we advise him to take care of himself?
The fear had dissipated the moment he stepped out of the Imperial Study Room, but the excitement continued, and until this moment, it was still stirring his heart.

Li Shao smiled again.

Li Jun is undoubtedly a madman.

There is no need to listen or believe what the lunatic taught him.

But madmen also have a thing or two that is right.

I was obviously scared to death, but the excitement and excitement that made my skin crawl all over was really exciting.

He likes it too.

It's a pity that I have to restrain myself for a while.It will take a while before I can taste this again.

How long will Father imprison him?

Li Shao is not sure now. The only thing he can be sure of is that it will not be later than September 25.

It was the death anniversary of the queen mother.

On the other side, Xu Jian and Shan Shen were walking on the palace road, neither of them interested in talking.

There are too many people talking in the palace, so it is not a good place for discussions.

It wasn't until he returned to Shuntian Mansion that Shan Shen relaxed his tense spirit, stretched his sore muscles, and asked: "Judging from the prince's words, the person behind the scenes is hiding very deep.

In the yamen, it seemed that more than [-] or [-] people were captured, but it turned out that they were all abandoned, and they couldn't even make a fortune.

If Lao Wan doesn't gain anything in the house, I don't know what he will answer if someone asks him tomorrow morning. "

"It's no wonder that Master Shan and Commander Wan are here," Xu Jian said. "That person is insidious and well prepared. He has been planning for so long, so it is naturally difficult to catch the loopholes."

"That's what you say, but you have to give the consequences that are due," Shan Shen looked over the confession compiled by the master again, and asked in distress, "If I don't know every question, I won't make any progress, and I won't be able to pay the job. Duke Master, I can't bring myself to blame the prince's guards for trying to kidnap someone, right?"

Xu Jian laughed heartily: "If Master Shan doesn't want to be the governor of Shuntian anymore, you can give it a try."

He responded calmly and casually, as always, showing a sense of just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously. He didn't seem to have the slightest connection with the kidnapping case.

Of course, Shan Shen didn't notice it either and just smiled bitterly.

While the two were talking, Zhang Yuan walked in quickly, his face not looking good.

"There is still a dancer who has not woken up yet, and she has a fever. The fever is severe," Zhang Fucheng said. "I should have known that I had asked An Yuan to check everything before. At that time, I was only looking after the prince and not the others. I just had another Let someone call the doctor."

Upon hearing this, Shan Shen's wry smile turned into bitterness.

Taking a life and not taking a life are two different things.

Xu Jian flipped through some more case files and got up to go to Chenmi Hutong.

The staff of the two yamen were still busy. Wantang and Xu Jian greeted each other and pointed to the tall trees in the yard and said, "I wish I could uproot them."

Xu Jian thought for a while and said, "If it doesn't work, just pull it out and I'll look around."

Wantang let out a long sigh and signaled Xu Jian to turn around as he pleased.

Xu Jian wandered around the house for an hour, but found nothing.

He wasn't surprised either.

The severed tails thrown out by the people behind Dao Heng must have been cleaned up, and there must not be any clues left that they don't want to notice.

And what was left behind was probably "bait" deliberately fed to him.

Those hands have always been like this.

The rain stopped before it got dark, and judging from the sky, there shouldn't be any more rain before dawn tomorrow.

Xu Jian returned to Shuntian Mansion and told Shan Shen about the situation there.

Shan Shen was extremely distressed.

"Is the dancer awake?" Xu Jian asked.

"I fed her some water in a daze," Shan Shen shook his head and said, "The fever was very fierce, so I shamelessly asked the hospital judge to come. He said he was not optimistic, so I just wanted to see if I could get through it on my own. "

How dare you trouble Taiyuan Hospital with this kind of thing?
It would be even worse than letting the outside world know that a human life had been lost while the city was in turmoil.

Shan Shen looked at the documents spread out all over the table and felt that he had never handled such a difficult case in his life.

The people involved are in trouble.

There are no clues behind it.

He is very good at handling cases, but he seems to be unable to exert his efforts at every turn.

Hearing the footsteps, Shan Shen raised his head and glanced outside. It was Shen Chen holding a cloth bag.

"What?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Clean clothes," Xu Jian took it from Shen Chen and said to Shan Shen, "Let me tidy up the room next door."

Shan Shen raised his eyebrows.

Mr. Fu Guogong has been exposed to a lot of rain today. He really doesn't care whether he gets wet or not. He can't hold on now.

But since it's now here, is it necessary to change into a new one in the Yamen?
In the past, in Shuntian Mansion, the Duke would stay with him as late as he wanted. He never left early. Even if he wanted to rest today, wouldn't it be just right to take a hot bath and change clothes when he got back to the mansion?

Shan Shen was puzzled. After a while, he saw Xu Jian coming out of the next door, neatly dressed.

Clean and dignified, completely different from the drowned rats like them who had been running around all day.

Seeing Master Shan looking at her, Xu Jian chuckled softly: "Excuse me, Princess, to do me a favor and treat her to a meal. It's not a big deal if she looks slovenly."

Shan Shen choked.

Xu Jian added: "It's not far. I'll bring some back to Master Shan later."

"You're welcome," Shan Shen felt much better after hearing this, "Then I'll wait."

Xu Jian walked out of Shuntian Mansion.

Liu Jing arrived just in time.

After going to court, after he finished talking to Xu Miao, he went back to Qianbu Corridor.

It's not that he doesn't care about his son, he is worried that Liu Xun is worried.

But that's all he can do.

If you don't do your job properly and look for connections everywhere to plead for favors, not only will you not be able to help Xun'er, but you will also do more bad things.

The Holy Emperor has not suspended his duties. He is still the minister of Honglu Temple, so he must do a good job in government affairs.

A minister who is like a headless fly cannot get into the eyes of the Holy One.

Now, he can't make a mistake every step of the way.

The two sides met each other.

The situation was different. Liu Jing was very restrained when he spoke, without any intention of causing trouble.

"Is Xun'er okay in Shuntian Mansion?" He asked, "Did you give out any useful information?"

Xu Jian said: "Master Liu can ask Master Shan. Relatives are concerned about the case. As long as they can tell, the Yamen will definitely tell them."

"You asked your mother and A'Ping to live in the temple?" Liu Jing asked again, "That's fine, I can't take care of them these days. The temple should be cleaner."

Xu Jian had no intention of talking to Liu Jing. When he saw that the carriage was ready, he closed his umbrella and got on the carriage.

Upon seeing this, Liu Jing turned around and entered Shuntian Mansion.

In the backyard of Taohe Zhai, Grandma He's family was preparing vegetables.

Lin Yunyan arrived first, took out the stove from the study, asked her grandma to add some charcoal, and tested the temperature.

Entering and leaving the palace, it was Shuntian Mansion and Chenmi Hutong. She was sure that Xu Jian was not good at hand stoves today.

It's raining heavily today and it's very cold, so my legs and feet will definitely feel uncomfortable.

As soon as they were closed, Xu Jian arrived and looked at Lin Yunyan through the kitchen door.

Grandma He's family saw him and said with a smile: "My master and the princess will wait a moment. The hot dishes will be ready to be served as soon as they are stir-fried. I have brewed some ginger tea on a low fire. You can use some first."

Xu Jian responded and added, "I drank a lot of ginger tea today."

Lin Yunyan walked towards him, leaned out of the door, and stuffed something into Xu Jian: "I must not be good at the stove today."

After saying this, she went to the study.

Xu Jian weighed the stove gently.

It's hot.

The little princess was also very angry.

It's a good thing that I came here after changing my clothes, otherwise, some people would have fooled me.

　Thanks to book friend Xu Bicheng’s official girlfriend, the charming lazy cat who loves to bask in the sun, for the tip.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)