Su Ren was not surprised by Liu Shuang's sudden visit. Today Liu Shuang deliberately started a conversation at the Hengshan Palace and said many things that surprised Su Ren. Su Ren knew that the person behind Liu Shuang was unusual. Since Liu Shuang made it clear
On his own side, how could he not come to visit? It was just that Liu Shuang was dressed in black and also had a big cloak, which surprised Su Ren.
"Haha, where did the prince do this? Who else in this Hengshan country dares to do harm to the prince?"
Liu Shuang knelt down in front of Su Ren and said, "Mr. Su, save me!"
Su Renyi frowned and quickly pulled Liu Shuang up: "Your Majesty, get up quickly. If you have anything to say, Su Ren will be obliged to help you."
Liu Shuang is a smart man, or in other words, the counselor behind Liu Shuang is a smart man. Show your kindness first and then ask for help. Even if Su Ren doesn't want to help, he must at least listen to Liu Shuang's words. After sitting down, Huang Shisan served tea.
He and Man Niu went out together and stood outside the door, one on the left and the other on the right.
Liu Shuang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Mr. Su, you have also seen today that since the death of my mother, my father has become more and more unkind to me. Especially after Xu Lai became the queen, he always wanted his father to make him a queen.
My son Liu Guang is the heir apparent. Alas! Originally, I shouldn’t talk to Mr. Su about these things, but I am in dire straits in the Hengshan Kingdom. Seeing that I have no chance of survival, I still ask Mr. Su to save me.” After Liu Shuang finished speaking, he bowed again.
Su Ren quickly helped him up.
"This matter is a family matter of the King of Hengshan. As an outsider, I'm afraid..."
Liu Shuang ignored Su Ren's obstruction and bowed again: "Sir, your talent is known to all the world. Only you can save me. Please give me your advice."
Su Ren thought for a while: "What do you want me to do?"
Liu Shuang said: "Xu Lai practiced witchcraft and caused the death of my mother. I am planning to go to Chang'an to file a lawsuit against the imperial court. I hope Su Changshi can mediate between them. I hope your majesty will be kind enough to see you next time."
"Witch? Is there any evidence?" After Su Ren came to the Han Dynasty, these two words were what he hated the most. Others didn't know the horror of the word "witch", but Su Ren knew it very well. In the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the government was in ruins, and the Queen's Guards
Zihu, the crown prince Liu Ju was innocently framed, and it all boils down to these two words.
Liu Shuang said: "Yes! This matter was told to me personally by my father, the princess and my concubine Jue Ji. There is no doubt that it is true."
"Jue Ji?" Su Ren smiled helplessly: "Maybe Jue Ji is deceiving the crown prince? As far as I know, witchcraft is nonsense. Even if it exists, it is not the reason for the death of the late queen, let alone because of Jue Ji's words.
, Your Majesty is convinced, what if I make a mistake and this matter comes to His Majesty, how will it end?"
"This..." Liu Shuang certainly didn't expect Su Ren to say this before he came, and he was speechless for a moment: "What should I do next, what sir said?"
Su Ren smiled and said: "The Crown Prince is the eldest son of King Hengshan. He was appointed Crown Prince with the approval of the imperial court and Zongzheng. Even if King Hengshan really listened to Queen Xu Lai and wanted to depose the Crown Prince, he would have to go through the imperial court and Zongzheng.
, As long as the prince does his best to be filial to the king and does nothing wrong, how can the King of Hengshan be deposed just because he wants to?"
"Also, the prince has been in the palace for a long time, so he naturally knows that things in the harem are extremely complicated. The queen and the queen passed away unfortunately, so the prince does not need to hate others and be careful of being taken advantage of. From what I see below, Jue Ji must also have a son, right? Since she has a son,
Naturally, I also want my son to be the crown prince. With the crown prince and the queen in front of me, what do you think Jue Ji should do?"
Liu Shuang took a breath: "What you said is accurate, but I am being reckless."
Su Ren sneered in his heart and went to watch those palace dramas of later generations. What kind of conspiracy could not be revealed. Jue Ji's trick of sowing discord could not survive even two episodes in those palace dramas. This Liu Shuang is also true
He was so stupid that he didn't even notice that he was being used in this way. Suddenly, Su Ren had a question. The counselor behind Liu Shuang should be very powerful. He could see it at a glance, and the counselor could naturally see it too.
Why didn't he remind Liu Shuang?
Su Ren returned the courtesy: "Your Majesty, you are polite, but I am just talking nonsense. I hope your Majesty will bear with me if I am wrong! I have something unclear. How can no one around you mention such a small plan to your Majesty?"
Liu Shuang smiled awkwardly: "There are no people around me, just servants in the house. How can Mr. Su be so knowledgeable?"
Su Ren smiled: "It's not that they are ignorant, it's that they are unwilling to participate in this kind of thing. Only a layman like me can ignore my own personal problems and say so much to the prince. I hope the prince will consider our kindness.
Come on, don’t tell anyone else.”
"Absolutely! Don't worry, sir, only you and I know about this, and we will never tell anyone else." After Liu Shuang said this, he began to hesitate, wanting to leave but not wanting to.
"Is there anything else wrong, Your Majesty?"
Liu Shuang said awkwardly: "Can you return the silk I personally gave to Mr. Su last time?"
"Silk silk? What silk silk?" Su Ren pretended not to know. This was the handle sent by Liu Shuang himself. With it, as long as the timing is right, it is possible to take down the Hengshan Kingdom in one fell swoop. He will never give it back to Liu Shuang.
Liu Shuang was shocked: "Did you forget, sir? Last time before you left Lu'an, I had a drink with you and handed the silk to you with my own hands!"
Su Ren thought about it for a long time, and then said: "I remembered, it turned out to be that one! However, before I uploaded it, the Crown Prince's personal entourage came to go back again, and said that the Crown Prince had changed his mind, and took the Crown Prince's
I couldn’t refuse the seal, so I asked him to bring it back to the Crown Prince. Wasn’t it sent by the Crown Prince?”
"Ah! Is this serious?"
Su Rendao: "There is still a lie in this matter. The prince will find out if he goes back and asks."
"You bitch!" Liu Shuang cursed and immediately stood up and said goodbye.
Su Ren didn't stop him, and watched Liu Shuang walk out the back door and run towards his prince's mansion. The night was very dark, it was cloudy, there was no moon or stars, Su Ren looked up and saw that it was completely dark.
, nothing could be seen, only the treetops not far away were shadowy in the skylight.
He called Huang Shisan over with a wave of his hand and gave a few instructions. Huang Shisan nodded and went out. Su Ren returned to the house and sat in the same place. Man Niu was about to go out when Su Ren called him: "Come on.
, there is no one now, let’s talk?”
Man Niu tilted his head and ignored Su Ren. Su Ren was angry and funny: "It's been two months, how come you still remember it?"
"Hmph! Sir, your words don't count. I don't dare to forget this matter."
Su Ren wanted to defend himself, but he felt that he had spoken to Manniu once and twice, and there was no point in explaining: "Then what do you mean, how can I keep my word?"
Man Niu stretched out his big hand: "Two pieces!"
Su Ren was so angry that he took out two pieces of broken jade from his arms and put one piece into Man Niu's hand: "You got one piece before, I'll give you this one, okay?"
A smile finally appeared on Man Niu's face and he nodded quickly. Su Ren picked up another piece and continued: "I have another piece here. Let's make a bet. I say the person who just left will come back later.
Do you believe it or not? If you win, this piece is still yours."
Manniu thought for a while, since he left in such a hurry, there must be something important. Manniu shook his head, Su Ren chuckled: "I won't cheat you, it's just a stick of incense, if you come again, you will lose.
, you have to return that piece of jade to me."
The two of them were sitting in the lobby. Su Ren leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to meditate. Man Niu stood beside the incense stick, staring at the burning incense head without blinking. Time passed by, and Chang Xiang
It was also burning little by little. When it was halfway through burning, Huang Shisan came back. Without disturbing Su Ren's rest, he stood quietly behind Su Ren. Seeing that the long incense was about to burn out, only a section as long as his knuckles remained.
Man Niu glanced at the door with a smile on his face.
"Sir, help me...!" Another shout interrupted Manniu's smile, because he saw the black cloak again. When there was still a little bit of fragrance left, the man came again, just like last time,
The same thing happened when we met.
Man Niu kicked the incense burner away, put the broken jade in his hand on the table next to Su Ren, turned around and walked out with a dark face. Huang Shisan didn't know why, so he quickly followed him out.
Su Ren was awakened by Liu Shuang's shout. He rubbed his eyes and stood up again to greet him: "How did the prince come back? But what happened?"
Liu Shuang immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, something big has happened! Please remind me, sir. I just returned to the house and wanted to find out about that bitch slave, but unexpectedly he was killed."
"Who is so bold as to kill someone in the Prince's Mansion?"
Liu Shuang quickly took out a jade pendant from his arms: "I found it at the place where the slave was killed. I asked someone to identify it. It is not from Hengshan. Mr. Su is well-informed. Can you recognize it?"
Su Ren took it and looked at it. It was a piece of jade pendant, with fine workmanship and grace. The jade was also the finest Lantian jade. The jade pendant was carved with a flying tiger, ferocious, agile and lifelike. After turning it over and over, he found a word on the left front paw of the flying tiger: Sun.
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"Look at this jade pendant. It should be worn by someone with status. Are there any officials above the rank of official in Hengshan Kingdom with the surname Sun?"
Liu Shuang shook his head: "No, not to mention the surname Sun, there is no one with the character Sun, neither the cousin nor the title has the character Sun."
"Is that strange?" Su Ren said again: "To be able to kill people in Zifu, this person should have some martial arts skills. I wonder if there is a martial arts master named Sun in Hengshan?"
Liu Shuang shook his head again: "Hengshan is a small country. There are only a few swordsmen, but they are all low-class characters. Even among these people, none of them are named Sun, not even Wang Sun."
"Wang Sun!" Su Ren's voice was a little louder, and then he calmed down: "No, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"What did you think of, sir?"
Su Ren was about to speak but stopped. Liu Shuang was anxious and kept asking. Su Ren sighed: "Just now when the crown prince mentioned the word Wang Sun, I suddenly remembered someone. Doctor Han is a descendant of King Xin of Han, and Doctor Han's nickname is Wang Sun."
, However, this matter is too unbelievable. Doctor Han was in Chang'an and had no interaction with that man, so why did he kill him?"
Liu Shuang was also surprised. Suddenly he thought of a question: "No wonder Han Yan suddenly came to Hengshan. He has been very close to that bitch Xu Lai these days. He is here to harm me!" Liu Shuang snatched Su Ren away.
He cupped the jade pendant in his hand and walked away angrily. (To be continued)
