"Brother, there is no need to give it away anymore."
"Royal brother, walk slowly!"
No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least when King Qi and King Xin walked out of the hall, their faces were full of smiles, looking like brothers and sisters.
After walking out of Prince Qi's Mansion and getting on the carriage, King Xin's face darkened.
Not only did he become the real loser in the battle for the throne, but as a prince, he was also humiliated in the street. The worst thing in his life happened in these two days.
"I want to see how long you can be proud of yourself!" He gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Before that, let's collect a small debt first..."
He opened the curtain and whispered: "Go and check something for me."
Walking back into the hall, a sneer appeared on King Qi's face.
It doesn't matter if he has power over the government and the public, or he can cover the sky with one hand. No matter how favored his father is for him, when he comes to power, it will be nothing more than a decree to deal with him.
There are too many such examples in history. The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. How can a mere county prince still have the ability to rebel?
…
"Is this a rebellion?" Liu Dayou, the county government official, rubbed his head and whispered.
As the New Year approaches, there are more and more affairs in the yamen. The flow of people in Kyoto is huge, and it is difficult to maintain public order. More than a dozen small cases such as theft and robbery occur every day. Although there are no major cases, these trivial cases
The matter was enough to give him a headache.
One thing that bothered him even more was that when the policemen in the yamen were investigating some old cases, they discovered some new clues, which made him feel a little chilly.
This includes the case of the son of the former minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although it has been a long time ago, that case was too important. The number of deaths and the tragic death caused it to attract the attention of the entire Kyoto. Even though it was difficult to close the case
, and it’s impossible to just flip through it casually.
Fortunately, we finally have some clues about this case.
Holy religion.
As that thing called the Holy Religion gradually revealed its mysterious corner, Liu Dayou seemed to feel a dormant giant beast hiding somewhere in Kyoto, observing everything secretly.
This feeling is terrifying.
He had no way of knowing how many people there were in that holy sect in Kyoto, and who the person called the Queen of Heaven was, but it was because of the mystery that it made people afraid.
The New Year is approaching, and the court meeting is approaching, but we must not cause any trouble during this period. When the next year comes, I am afraid that this matter will be reported to the court and taken seriously.
…
Li Yi had a headache.
The old lady has told him several times that the meal that the family eats together on New Year's Eve is called a reunion dinner. If one person is missing, it is not called a reunion dinner.
Those who have less will naturally be drunk on ink.
Even Ruyi mentioned to him several times that it was not appropriate for the Li family to live outside all the time, as outsiders would gossip about her...
But the problem is that Zui Mo is still thinking of ways to capture her best friend and add another mistress to the Li family. The time is not yet ripe...
This is really a headache.
Li Yi was trying to convince Zui Mo, otherwise he would have to convince the old lady and Ruyi when he returned.
Ruyi is best at talking. The old lady is not easy to deal with. She can talk in his ears with that kind of earnest tone for a whole day. She is the most feared person in the whole family besides Miss Liu Er.
It is easier to convince Zui Mo alone than to convince two of them.
"I can do it." Zui Mo looked up at him and said, "But if I move here now, Sister Ruoqing will definitely not go with me. If the time is not right, I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect."
Li Yi thought about it and felt that as a person, you can't always think about simplicity and trouble-free life, but sometimes you have to challenge difficult things.
Zui Mo suddenly looked at him and asked, "I have a question I want to ask you."
"What's the matter?" Li Yi smiled, his expression was normal, but he immediately became wary.
She looked at Li Yi and asked curiously: "Sister Ruoqing or me, who do you like first?"
Li Yi raised his head and looked at the night sky, seeming to be thinking. After a moment, he shook his head and said: "The moon tonight..."
Zui Mo looked at him and said: "There is no moon tonight, not even stars."
No, there are stars.
Several rays of starlight appeared in Li Yi's eyes, streaking across the night sky and flying rapidly towards this side.
Starlight fell on the roof, igniting a raging fire.
It's not starlight, it's firelight.
Zui Mo was startled, his face suddenly changed, and he said, "Sister Ruoqing is still inside."
"Protect her!" Li Yi whispered, and a woman who looked like a maid flashed at the door and appeared beside Zui Mo.
Several more light points flew in different directions, and at the same time, several figures appeared in the night sky, flying towards the direction of the fire.
In the room, Wan Ruoqing was reading a book at his desk. Before he realized what had happened, he was rushed out of the room by Li Yi.
"You..." Her face turned red with embarrassment, and it wasn't until she was carried into the courtyard by Li Yi and saw the firelight on the roof that her face began to turn pale.
"Is there anything important in the room?" Li Yi asked quickly, preparing to rush in again.
The fire on the roof had spread and could not reach the house for a while. It was too late to put out the fire, but there was still time to move some things out of the house.
"No." Wan Ruoqing grabbed his hand and shook her head: "There's nothing important, so don't take risks."
Zui Mo looked at her, as if he had thought of something, and immediately said: "That painting of yours..."
Wan Ruoqing held Li Yi's hand tightly, shook her head and said: "It's not important anymore..."
In fact, time was coming in a hurry, but she was holding his hand, and Li Yi couldn't rush in with her.
Not only these two rooms in the Zeng Mansion were on fire, but several guest rooms and the houses where the servants lived were also on fire. There should be kerosene on the arrows, otherwise the fire would not have spread so quickly. People kept pouring in from outside, and the people inside the house were on fire.
The servants put out the fire together. Li Yi held the hands of the two women and sat in the courtyard, watching the fire gradually engulf the room.
After a while, several people came in from outside, shook their heads, and said, "Three dead men took poison and died as soon as we caught up with them."
Li Yi used to have many enemies, but now, they are all in prison or on the road to exile, and it is impossible for them to do such things as setting fires in the middle of the night.
He is both a dead soldier and a rocket, which is not a small feat, but this one is a little too impatient...
Lao Fang rushed over angrily and cursed angrily: "The man who killed a thousand swords is so wicked. Five houses were burned down. I'm afraid no one can live here tonight."
Li Yi looked at the fire and whispered: "King Xin..."
"What, King Xin?" Old Fang was startled, turned around and walked outside, "I will take people to burn King Xin's mansion now!"
Li Yi pulled him back in time. Everyone was dead. How could he identify King Xin with no evidence? Even if it was found out that King Xin ordered someone else to do it, setting fire to Shao Min's house or setting fire to the palace, which one would be a bigger crime?
?
It's been a dry day recently, and the mansions of the powerful over there are all closely connected. It would be bad if innocent people are affected.
It's far from being as simple as breaking his legs after he leaves Beijing.
However, the Zeng Mansion has a special meaning to Zui Mo. Li Yi looked at her worriedly, but before he spoke, she shook her head and said: "It doesn't matter, if the house burns down, it will burn down. If you are fine, just burn it down."
good."
Xiao Cui came over pitifully and asked: "Miss, where should we sleep at night..."
Li Yi looked at the still burning room. Zeng Mansion could no longer accommodate anyone. It was so late at night and the inns and the like had already been closed. Where they would stay at night was indeed...
The expression on his face suddenly froze, and he looked at the several rooms in the firelight again.
This fire doesn't seem to be that bad...
Zui Mo thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to Yangliu Lane first, get some new bedding, and tidy up before we can move in."
"Yangliu Lane..." Li Yi shook his head and said, "The relatives of Lao Fang's family came to Kyoto a few days ago. It was inconvenient to stay in an inn, so we let them stay there."
"Ah?" Lao Fang looked confused.
Zui Mo looked over with some doubt, "Really?"
Lao Fang looked at her, then at Li Yi, nodded and said: "Yes, poor relatives in the countryside are not used to living in inns, so they are causing trouble to Miss Zeng..."
After saying that, he turned around and walked outside.
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Lao Fang did not look back, waved his hand and said: "I will go to Yangliu Lane to remind those poor relatives that the weather is dry and be careful of open fires..."
Li Yi turned his head, looked at Zui Mo and Ruo Qing, and said, "There's nowhere to go now anyway, so why not...".
