Xi Ci is discussing with Liu Shuang how to deal with this incident. The only way is to thoroughly investigate the cause of the dancer's death. However, the dancer died in the palace, and that place is not accessible to anyone who wants to.
After thinking about it, people can't put all their hopes on Su Ren. They still have to find Zhang Guangchang. He is the absolute confidant of King Hengshan, and he should be the one to investigate this matter. As long as Zhang Guangchang is convinced that Liu Shuang is not responsible, the King of Hengshan will probably do it.
believe.
The housekeeper looked at the door for a few times. Liu Shuang was very angry and said angrily: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me? What are you trying to do in a sneaky way?"
The housekeeper quickly climbed to his knees and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have something important to report, so now..."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Su Zhonglang is outside asking for an audience. The prince has ordered that no one can enter the prince's residence without your orders these days, so..."
"Is Su Ren anyone? Please come quickly!"
Su Ren also brought a gift, just a bag of tea leaves, not the kind he kneaded by himself. Su Ren didn't want to owe favors. Last time the King of Hengshan gave him so many things, Su Ren always returned the gift, a bag of pastries.
, a piece of broken jade, in short, everyone's favors have been repaid. He and Liu Ci's family only have money exchanges, and there is no friendship at all.
Liu Shuang greeted him personally and quickly asked people to prepare a banquet in the lobby. If we really count, Su Ren didn't come to his place that many times. Most of the time the two of them talked in Cuixiang Building, and it was Liu Shuang who came to him.
. Today Su Ren came to the door in person, and Liu Shuang behaved very formally. They worshiped each other according to Zhou etiquette, and then respectfully invited Su Ren into the lobby.
"Brother Su can come, I am very happy." Liu Shuang had a genuine smile on his face. No matter what he thought in his heart, he was very happy: "Brother Su doesn't visit anyone often, I am more here.
There are not many people here, so you must have something important to do when you come here today, right?"
Su Ren smiled, took a sip of the tea in front of him to moisten his throat, raised his head and glanced around the main hall. As expected, it was the Prince's Mansion, and it needed to be impressive and pompous. In addition to Liu Shuang, Xi Ci and Su Ren were in the hall.
In addition, there were no less than twenty servants of various types, and there were dozens of people waiting to be summoned outside the door. Su Ren sighed in his heart, the ancients' method of summoning people was indeed extraordinary, and the little prince prince was actually better than Liu Che.
The ostentation is not much smaller.
Su Ren didn't say anything. Liu Shuang smiled and waved his hand, and his personal chamberlain hurriedly rushed everyone out. After all the servants and servants left the door, the chamberlain respectfully saluted Liu Shuang and others, and then slowly exited.
Come and close the door with your own hands.
"Brother Su, can you talk now?"
Su Ren chuckled: "Your Majesty, this place is really spacious. The place I live in has no place to put a bed or even a place to turn around. It's like getting into a mouse hole. It's very uncomfortable to live in."
Liu Shuang laughed: "Didn't my father give Brother Su a courtyard? Why doesn't Brother Su live in it? I've been to that other courtyard, and it's just better than my prince's mansion."
Su Ren shook his head: "You will not be rewarded for your deeds. How can Su have the courage to live in that place? I am no more than a mere doctor Guanglu. Even if I add General Zhonglang, he is not qualified to live in the king's other courtyard. I dare not
Don’t dare.”
Xi Ci glanced at Su Ren. Su Ren suddenly visited Xi Ci. Xi Ci understood that Su Ren must have something important. However, the words only mentioned the other courtyard that Liu Ci gave him, and did not mention anything else, which made Xi Ci feel helpless.
As an old official, I naturally know that I cannot ask questions face to face. If I ask about someone's itching, they may not even be willing to say the original words. What's more, this person is Su Ren, and everyone knows that this kid has great powers, and maybe there is something big going on.
Liu Shuang didn't ask any questions, and just cooperated with Su Ren by saying harmless words. Seeing that the cup of tea was about to be finished, Su Ren didn't say anything. He looked at Xi Ci and smiled: "Brother Su thinks I'm like this
How about the tea? These are made according to the method taught by Brother Su. From picking the tea to using the water, it is exactly the same as what Brother Su drank at Cuixianglou."
Su Ren shook his head: "It's not very good. The tea is good tea. The timing is wrong. In terms of water alone, Cuixianglou's water is taken from the mountainside, while Shizi's water is taken from the top of the mountain. Although they are both Huoshan spring water, but
The prince's water was brought back just after it emerged from the ground. Without the sunshine, it is called stagnant water. This kind of water is not suitable for making tea."
"Is there such a thing? It seems I still don't understand tea."
Su Ren shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't understand tea. You don't even understand things in the world."
"how do I say this?"
"May I ask whether the prince has been in the palace these days?" Su Ren looked at Liu Shuang intriguingly: "The king is sick, and as the eldest son, he should serve at his side, but the prince has been living in the palace for a long time. This is not the way to be a minister and a son.
Since the king has not banned the prince, why doesn’t the prince go to see the king? Even if we don’t visit him every day, shouldn’t he have some filial piety?”
Xi Ci took a breath and forgot about it. After all, Liu Shuang was Liu Ci's son. His father was seriously ill and his son ignored him. The younger ones would say this was unfilial, while the older ones would say it.
This is against human ethics. The Han Dynasty advertised benevolence, justice, etiquette, and filial piety. If you fall short in the word filial piety, even if your father does not blame you, the laws of the court will not tolerate it.
Liu Shuang was also stunned and wanted to make a few excuses. However, Su Ren stood up and saluted Liu Shuang: "I'm sorry to bother you, but it's wrong to delay the prince's handling of state affairs. I'll take my leave."
Looking at Su Ren's back, Liu Shuang and Xi Ci frowned. Since Su Ren saw the problem, those who wanted to kill them naturally also saw the clues. If this matter was brought to the court Zongzheng,
He Liu Shuang couldn't eat and walked around.
Su Ren walked to the door and turned back: "By the way, I forgot one thing. The King of Huainan has sent someone to visit him. In the past few days, the prince has also been more careful to avoid any changes in the king's illness.
It would be bad if the prince is implicated." He handed over and went out again, leaving the two stunned guys behind in a daze in the lobby.
Su Ren walked for a long time before Liu Shuang and Xi Ci reacted. They looked at each other, trying to find something on each other's faces, but unfortunately all they saw was confusion.
frowned.
"Can the Prime Minister understand what Su Ren said?"
Xi Ci shook his head: "I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand."
Liu Shuang took a deep breath: "Su Ren is very strange today, and what he said is confusing."
Xi Ci said: "It is indeed confusing, but there seems to be something else in his words. Tomorrow morning the Crown Prince will go to the palace to visit the king. In addition, he must pay attention to the people sent by the Huainan Kingdom. Su Ren's last sentence seems to be implying something."
Liu Shuang nodded, constantly guessing the meaning of Su Ren's words.
When he came, Su Ren wanted to tell the truth, but after thinking about it, he decided to sidetrack him. Liu Shuang and Xi Ci are not stupid people, and they can get eight different meanings from one sentence. If they can't understand the merits of Su Ren's words,
, then no one can blame it. If they were killed in the trap, it was because they were stupid and had nothing to do with him, Su Ren. As an outsider, he didn't want to get too involved. It would be better if he could control the overall situation, so as not to involve himself.
Go in.
Su Ren fell asleep while sitting in the carriage. He didn't sleep last night and needed to catch up on his sleep today. When the carriage entered the backyard of Cuixiang Building, Huang Shisan pushed Su Ren awake and entered in a daze.
In his own bedroom, he fell down on the bed again, and he didn't wake up until sunset.
Hungry, Lao Jia had already prepared a meal and had a delicious meal. It was already time to light the lanterns, and the front yard was particularly lively. Because of Cuixiang Tower, the lifestyle of Lu'an people has also changed. Sometimes
He stayed up all night and made noise in the front yard, which was why Su Ren didn't want to live in Cuixiang House.
Han Qing came, with sweat on his face. He must have been busy all day. After entering, he grabbed Su Ren's teapot and drank for a while. He drank a lot of water, then wiped his mouth with his sleeve and put down the teapot.
Su Ren's teeth gritted loudly: "My fine tea! It hurts to be ruined by you like this! How can you drink tea like this for fifty yuan a tael?"
Han Qing sat down: "I have made arrangements. As long as Liu Hong dares to make a move, he will be captured!"
Su Ren looked at his empty teapot, his heart bleeding, and he didn't listen to Han Qing at all: "Fifty yuan was wasted, what a pity, what a pity!"
Han Qingdao: "What did Liu Shuang say? Is he going to sit back and wait for death, or is he going to fight back?"
"My tea, Lao Jia, let me know in advance when he comes next, let me hide the teapot first!"
Han Qing was also a little hungry, so he asked Lao Jia to prepare a meal for him: "Don't be sorry for your tea, I'll accompany you for fifty cents! Liu Hong will be severely punished for murdering the king. What should we do with those two bitches?"
Su Ren still had a look of regret on his face: "Catch the adulterer and the couple, and the thief for the dirty work. First, he didn't participate, and second, he didn't take any action. Everything was done by Liu Hong. What does it have to do with him? It's just knowledge, even if he was arrested.
The two of them insisted that they didn't know, what can you do? One is the queen and the other is the princess, what can we do?"
Han Qing snorted coldly: "These two bitches tried to murder their husbands and their fathers. They should be quartered!"
"Okay, you are also from the prince's palace. Do you know a few things about it better than me? Since ancient times, it has become common for emperors to be ruthless."
"Hey!" Han Qing sighed: "That's right. We have done everything we can. It can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous, and it can also be regarded as my account of the life-saving grace of King Hengshan."
Lao Jia himself came in with a tray. There was wine and meat, and Han Qing ate especially deliciously. He ate up a large piece of meat in a few seconds, not forgetting to pick up the minced meat that fell on his clothes and stuff it into his mouth.
Here, you can tell by the way Han Qing eats that he is a man who has been hungry and will never waste a grain of food. Old Jia was kindly advising from the side, and Han Qing kept nodding, but he was never slow in his hands.
In the dead of night, Han Qing did not go back and asked Lao Jia to prepare a room for him. From today on, Han Qing will no longer be the visitor of King Hengshan, and Wei Qing will completely disappear from the world. For this reason, Huang Shisan felt better
Sigh, Han Qing’s family has such a big house. (To be continued)