Si Tian Guan

    Zhiwei stood under the steps outside the study, twisting her fingers nervously.

    It's been a while since I moved from Huanyi Building to another courtyard. Although everything is fine with food, clothing, housing, and necessities, Shizi has been very busy, and I haven't seen him.

    Once upon a time, my friends had rumors that the prince had a special hobby between bed and bed, which would kill people.

    The housekeeper lifted the cotton curtain at the door and waved to him: "The prince asked you to come in."

    The silver charcoal was burning in the room, which was too warm to be wary.

    Before he knelt down, Liu Chongming waved to him: "Will you study ink?"

    Speaking like this, let Zhiwei relax, moved to the table and gently picked up the ink stick, watching Liu Chongming steadily write down a few words, couldn't help but praise: "Really pretty."

    Liu Chongming looked up at him and smiled: "Have you learned to write?"

    Zhiwei shook his head like a rattle: "No, no! The slave is shallow, just looks good, offends the prince..."

    "What kind of offense is this?" Liu Chongming waved his hand indifferently and asked, "I never asked you, where are you from?"

    "The slave's hometown is in Hekou... my real name is Yang..."

    "Hekou?" Liu Chongming thought for a moment: "I also have some business there, you don't have an accent there?"

    The fingers of Zhiwei pinched on the ink stick and turned white.

    "The slave has been away from home for too long, and I was greeted in the building and sent to me. The mandarin is taught by my grandmother."

    Liu Chongming nodded: "I heard that your family suffered a disaster, your parents and brothers are not there, and there are no collaterals? I have no shortage of people here to serve, so I simply do a good deed and give you everything except Slave, send it back to find relatives to raise, would you like to?"

    Zhiwei's face turned pale, and immediately knelt down: "The slave has no relatives in his hometown, and he doesn't want to go to someone else's house to raise him! The prince wants to drive the slave away, isn't it bad for the slave to serve him! If the slave did something wrong What, and... also ask the prince to punish!"

    "Get up, just talk about it, don't panic, I won't eat people." Liu Chongming said casually: "I went to Dingling Hill for business a while ago, A trip to Stonespear County."

    Only based on the mere two portraits, neither he nor Qu Chenzhou can be sure that they really have such good luck.

    Whether Zhou Huaishan's four sons were lucky enough to hide in the well and escaped the catastrophe? Whether Zhiwei has any relationship with Zhou Huaishan is unknown.

    If you want to hit Zhou Huaishan's soft underbelly, guessing is not enough.

    Although Qu Chenzhou had a "random encounter" with Zhiwei on the street before, but unfortunately nothing.

      It's bound to be much bigger.

    It's a last resort.

    "Two more portraits."

    Liu Chongming simply took one step and took out the two pieces of paper from the grid under the table, carefully looking at Zhiwei's expression and slowly unfolding.

    Compared with panic, there seems to be more confusion on Zhiwei's face.

    "Look, do these two people look a bit like you?" Liu Chongming asked.

    "The prince forgives the sin..." Zhiwei lowered his head and whispered softly: "I don't know..."

    This made Liu Chongming completely in trouble.

    Actually, Shen Zhou reminded him before, so many years have passed, can a child who was only ten years old at that time really remember what he looked like before?

    He also tried to recall the past, not only could not remember the appearance of his parents when he was young, but he could not even remember what his brother looked like back then. Even in his dreams, his brother's face was blurred. of a group.

    Is this a last bit of hope for him, or are they too fanciful?

    "It's just a joke, what's there to forgive." He waved his hand and asked people to step back. Seeing Zhiwei standing at the door, he hesitated, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

    "Shizi..." Zhiwei lowered his head: "I saw Brother Xiao Qu on the street before..."

    "Huh?" Liu Chongming remained calm.

    Seeing that he didn't want to get angry, Zhiwei said: "I think... Brother Xiao Qu is not a bad person..."

    "Don't be a slave, say 'I'." Liu Chongming sneered, knowing that Zhiwei might have heard a lot of gossip in the Huanyi Building: "Why are you a bad person? Not a bad guy?"

    Zhiwei's fingers tangled in his sleeves, and he muttered in a low voice: "I don't know... I just heard that the face comes from the heart, and Xiao Qu has clean eyes... not a bad person."

    Aren't you the bad guy?

    After staying for a long time, I went down to the corridor after seven turns and eight detours. Sure enough, there were people.

    He thought... Actually, he's a big villain.

    The news from the Liu family was spread out on the table in the morning. When Qu Chenzhou heard the footsteps behind him, just as he was about to turn back, he was covered by a pair of hands, and his index and middle fingers were rubbing his lips. angle, and then gently pry open the jaws, pressing the soft tongue.

    "Don't move!" Liu Chongming pinned him down on several cases, and threatened in a cold voice: "Jinxiu Camp Inspection!"

    Qu Chenzhou grabbed the edge of the table with one hand, turned his face to the side, his voice seemed to be able to squeeze out a handful of water, lightly bit the fingers in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Master Jun , wronged, I am a good citizen."

    "A good citizen? I look like a fox, does it have a tail?"

    "How can I just listen to your sophistry," Liu Chongming's hand is below: "You have to check it carefully."

    The two were lying on the table together, he could see the paper spread out, and asked casually, "The next target is Dong Chengyu?"

    The news was passed through his hand, so he naturally knew the origin of this person.

    Although the salt and iron transfer envoys are outside, they handle a huge amount of money. In the beginning of the spring, they responded to the "Jinshan sinking" prophecy. If they are sent to Beijing to reconcile accounts at the end of this year, they must choose a competent subordinate. .

    This is Dong Chengyu.

    It is also one of the people on the roster—Shen Zhou said that these people truly trust and pursue King Huai, and they are as crazy as Ren Rui in their bones.

    Someone like Dong Chengyu was placed beside his uncle by King Huai, always on guard against the Song family.

    Unless King Huai committed a treacherous crime like King Ning, it would be difficult to kill him with a hammer, but how could it be possible that King Huai was so shrewd?

    "If Dong Chengyu wants to go to Beijing to reconcile accounts, he has to go to the Ministry of Accounts..."

    Qu Chenzhou half-squinted his eyes and responded with a light and heavy breath.

    Originally, she was only in the hands of someone, but soon a warm and wet lips touched the back of her neck, and she just arched up like an electric shock, but was let go.

    His body was so soft that he couldn't remember, he only looked sideways weakly: "Bastard... just relieve my fatigue..."

    Liu Chongming wiped the fine sweat from his face and whispered in his ear: "If you want to relieve fatigue, shouldn't you use me? After coming back, I haven't entered well."

    There was a time when Shen Zhou was called away by the bell as soon as he got up.

    "I'm going to enter the palace in a while, there's not much time... Your words..." Qu Chenzhou snorted lazily back, suddenly snorted, and closed his eyes: "I'm going to hang up again. no more…”

    The smell in the air gradually increased, as if the heather was slowly blooming.

    Liu Chongming placed him on his back on the table, and twirled Jingliang with his fingertips. Just as he was about to bend down, he was pushed by a pair of hands in his temples.

    "Don't make trouble, clean me up..."

     "Don't worry, isn't this just helping you, and it won't be discovered."

    Still in the afterglow after the joy, just touch, he turned sideways and shrunk into a ball, and was unfolded again.

    Liu Chongming lowered his head and continued vaguely what he just said.

    "As soon as I got the news of Dong Chengyu, I have already said hello to the second uncle, and I cannot let him go back like this this year. It's just that the second uncle is outside, and it will take about three or four days. Back to Beijing."

    "I checked Dong Chengyu before, and you have seen it too. He was able to do it in the first place because there were suddenly few above, and it was his turn."

    "If there is no problem with the accounts this time, I will start from this aspect."

    "You can arrange it," Qu Chenzhou responded lazily: "Beware...Mu Jingyan...how about Zhiwei?"

    "I talked about Shimao County, and I also showed the portrait. I will pay attention to his reaction recently."

    "Or now..."

    It's the bell on the Qufu side.

    The two looked at each other - Manager Lin was ringing the bell above, there must be something urgent.

    The Jin Wuwei outside had already surrounded Concubine Xian's residence. Seeing him coming, he flashed a path to the left and right.

    In the Zhongyu Palace, Liu Qingru was sitting on the seat. Concubine Yu and Concubine Xian were on both sides of the seat, but one was interrogating and the other was being interrogated.

    "The minister has seen the three empresses," he bowed his hands and saluted, and said, "The emperor sent the ministers to come and make a divination for the concubine Xian."

    Liu Qingru did not respond immediately, but asked, "Qu Sitian, do you know what happened?"

    "Now that you know, go for it."

    He raised his eyes slightly, saw Liu Qingru slightly shaking his head invisibly, and knew in his heart - this is not for him to be in danger for Concubine Xian.

    Although I had long expected that King Huai would also pay attention to Dong Chengyu's movements, and knew that there would be problems with the reconciliation with the Ministry of Household, I didn't expect that Mu Jingyan's shot would be the key point.

    Everyone knows that Concubine Xian is on good terms with the Liu family. Even if King Jing had "a little disagreement" with Liu Chongming before, it gradually subsided this year.

    More importantly, even if no one revealed the secret letter to him, he could have imagined that the person who had an affair with Concubine Xian in the secret report must be Liu Weixian.

    In this way, they kill three birds with one stone, and they are in chaos here, let alone take care of Dong Chengyu.

    Since Dingling Hill came back, Ding Lekang died, and King Huai's small gesture of trying to win him over suddenly disappeared.

    Qu Chenzhou can imagine that once King Ning died, King Huai might doubt his relationship with Chongming.

    There is a flower and grass note on the table next to it. After a while, he picked up the pen and dipped in the ink.

    Qu Chenzhou raised his eyes and saw that Liu Qingru was unusually uneasy, and the hands clasped in front of him were trembling.

    "Qu Sitian... Ben Gong advises you to be careful with your words and deeds!"

    Concubine Yu, who had never spoken at the side, suddenly spoke up, as if to comfort her: "My lord, don't panic, Qu Sitian's words are all right, and she will definitely give the emperor a good explanation. , If you say it out, it's not good for Concubine Xian."

    Liu Qingru glanced at her and asked in a cold voice, "How about this palace?"

     Concubine Yu wanted to say something, but she reluctantly held back.

    Qu Chenzhou stretched out his hand to pinch the cuff, stabilized his wrist, and left two words on the flower note - Ning He.

     Surprise everyone.

    Behind him are Liu Qingru's worry, Concubine Yu's surprise and Concubine Xian's silence, he can no longer care.

    Standing outside the imperial study for a while, without waiting for the summons, Qu Chenzhou left the palace without stopping for a moment.

    This result was not even guessed by him. When he was divination for Concubine Xian, he couldn't think of anything in his mind, so Concubine Xian's "Ning He" was natural Yes, not because of his meddling.

    According to his understanding of King Huai, since he dared to expose this matter, he must have made adequate preparations.

    The records of the Jingshi Room, the opinions of the imperial doctor, Wen Po, etc., and maybe even the whereabouts of the second uncle.

    The only possibility of "Ninghe" is Liu Weixian.

    And Liu Weixian will return to Beijing in a few days. Will there be an accident on the way back to Beijing, and he will be "fearing sin and dying", or what?

    Just now, time was running out, and he was negligent for a while and didn't think of this.

    I don't know how this secret report will end if the second uncle returns to Beijing safely.

    "Chongming...big brother..."

    He didn't dare to gallop, for fear that people would see his anxiety.

    "Be sure to protect the second uncle and come back safely."