After a long time, Liu Che finally squeezed out a few words from his mouth: "Continue to investigate!"
"No!" Su Kai promised, but did not leave in a hurry.
Liu Che glanced at Su Kai: "What else can I do?"
Su Kai swallowed his saliva and said, "I have something from the bottom of my heart that I hope Your Majesty can listen to."
"explain!"
"I believe that General Su has absolutely no intention of rebellion."
Liu Che looked at Su Kai, who made Su Kai feel scared. Sweat began to appear on his forehead and back, and he was about to kneel down when his legs went weak. Liu Che said: "I still know this. To tell you the truth, I am not worried about Su Kai."
He doesn't want to rebel, but he is worried about being used by others! Do you understand?"
"I understand! I will conduct a thorough investigation behind General Su. If there are any clues, I will deal with it for Your Majesty!"
Liu Che nodded: "I believe you, have the people from Wenling come back?"
"I came back and still found nothing."
Ever since Su Ren appeared in Liu Che's sight, the mystery of Su Ren's life experience has always been a worry in Liu Che's heart. Su Ren's behavior is different from everyone Liu Che has ever seen, and Su Ren himself has a clear personality.
There was something strange about him. According to what Su Ren said, he followed his master around the world since he was a child, and finally settled in Wenling. However, Liu Che sent people to visit almost all over the world, and no one had ever seen a strange man with a child.
Pass.
Since Su Ren came from Wenling, Liu Che set his sights on Wenling. Whether it was something Su Ren accidentally mentioned or something strange he asked about in private, Liu Che would send someone to Wenling to visit. After so many years,
Liu Che found the salt well that Su Ren discovered, checked the river where he came into the world, and even visited the cave where Su Ren lived for a night. The strange thing was that no teacher Su Ren's tomb was found in the entire mountain, or even the cave where Su Ren lived for a night.
Not even a trace.
Over the years, Liu Che continued to send more manpower to Wenling. Zhang Hu, the magistrate of Wenshui County, sometimes felt that there was a big thief hiding in Wenling. He once sent people to check, but unfortunately nothing was found. For this reason, Zhang Hu specially sent people
Guarding at the entrance to Wenling, everyone who entered Wenling was carefully interrogated, and once again almost found evidence from a spy.
When Su Kai came out of Xuanshi Hall, the moon was already in the sky. Tomorrow is the day of His Majesty's suburban sacrifice, and it is also the day of worshiping generals. The entire city of Chang'an is on high alert. There are patrol soldiers coming and going on the streets.
As soon as you see someone, you will be surrounded immediately. If there is no evidence to prove the necessity of traveling at night, you will be arrested immediately.
Su Kai lowered his head and walked to the door of his house. His house was right behind Jianzhang Palace. If you entered the palace from the back door, you could reach it by walking. But today, Su Kai was a little confused and walked out of the gate, so he had to go around.
He had to cross the entire palace city to get home. He went through countless interrogations along the way, and every time Su Kai just waved his badge to dismiss the patrolling soldiers.
There were only Su Kai and three or two servants at home. At this time, everyone except the old housekeeper had already rested. When Su Kai entered the door, the old housekeeper immediately said: "My lord, the lady is back with the young master."
"Oh? Why did you come back today?"
The old housekeeper shook his head and said that he did not know. Su Kai did not continue to ask questions and sent the old housekeeper to go down to rest. Su Kai walked towards the back house. The light was on in the room and there was a figure moving around. If he hadn't known that it was his wife coming back, Su Kai would have
Kai's sword had been unsheathed long ago. Thirteenth Niang was sitting by the bed, doing needlework. Her son had fallen asleep, sleeping soundly, and the pillow was soaked with saliva from the corner of his mouth.
Su Kai opened the door and came in. Thirteenth Niang quickly put down her work and changed Su Kai's clothes: "Have you eaten yet? How about I go make some for you?"
Su Kai shook his head: "It doesn't matter, it's going to be dawn soon. I have to go there early for His Majesty's suburban festival tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep. Let's go out and eat."
Thirteenth Niang nodded slightly: "You have lost weight!"
Su Kai smiled slightly and hugged his wife to his chest: "Why are you back today? You rarely come back if there are no holidays on weekdays."
"Tomorrow your Majesty will hold a memorial ceremony in the suburbs and pay homage to the general. The Su family is very busy with this matter, so I will come back."
"Oh? It seems that Su Ren attaches great importance to this appointment."
"No, the whole family is busy, including Sister Twelve and others, but Su Ren is the only one who behaves like a normal person, leading a group of children to play wildly without caring about anything, as if he is not the one who wants to be the general.
"
Su Kai smiled: "This is Su Ren. He never pays attention to etiquette. It's not surprising!"
The couple talked and prepared to rest. The night in Chang'an was not very quiet, without the silence of Louguan. In recent years, the iron stoves made by Su Ren have become popular in Chang'an, and the city of Chang'an has a smell of
The smell of soot. The rooster had already crowed. Su Kai sat on the edge of the bed and sighed. Thirteenth Niang glanced at Su Kai: "What's wrong? But His Majesty asked you about Su Ren's origin again?"
Su Kai nodded: "Not only about Su Ren's origin, but also about the forces behind Su Ren. I have told everything I can. The next time His Majesty asks, I don't know how long I can keep it secret."
"Why is Your Majesty already suspicious?"
Su Kai shook his head: "It's hard to say, but judging from His Majesty's tone, it seems that he knows something. What have the people who came down from Yuanshan with you done in recent years?"
Thirteenth Niang thought for a while: "No, Su Ren never lets these people appear in front of others, he only does things to find out information."
"Did you know that a person came from the Western Regions recently?" Su Kai asked suddenly: "I heard that Your Majesty had long talks with this person several times. He has been very concerned about Su Ren's affairs since then. According to my people, that person
He is a Han Chinese, and he seems to have been in some organization before. I don’t know the specific situation, but His Majesty has sealed it very tightly."
"Coming from the Western Regions? Never heard of it!"
"Tomorrow is the suburban festival. The day after tomorrow, you go back to Louguan and tell Su Ren about this and ask him to be more careful! Also, this person is very clear about Su Ren's affairs. According to His Majesty, Your Majesty knows a lot about it."
Thirteenth Mother thought deeply: "Who could it be? Could it be a remnant of the Mo family?"
Su Kai shook his head: "I don't know. Except for His Majesty, Liu Jiqing, who has seen this person, no one in the entire palace has seen the true face of that person. I only know that this person is not very old and lives in the palace. His Majesty sent someone specially
Protect."
"Should we send someone into the palace to take a look?"
"Absolutely not!" Su Kai said quickly: "Your Majesty is suspicious of Su Ren. If someone is sent into the palace at this time, it will be very troublesome if they are discovered!"
Thirteenth Niang nodded: "Then does he know you..." Thirteenth Niang stopped mid-sentence, and she did not say the rest of the words.
Su Kai shook his head: "I don't know, that's what I'm most worried about. If this person knows something, how come the whole family will die without a burial place!"
"How about leaving?"
Su Kai laughed helplessly: "Let's go? Go that way? Besides, when I promised Su Ren, this is a critical moment for the Han Dynasty. After all, we are also Han people. If we leave at this time, we can't explain it to Su Ren, and I'm sorry to Your Majesty."
Such a favor, don't worry, I will be careful, remember to hide your people well, and never reveal the truth. This is the last life-saving power Su Ren left for us. If something happens, no one can escape.
Liu Che didn't rest after asking Su Kai to resign. Su Kai was one of the people he trusted the most. But from what Su Kai just said, Liu Che got a different taste. The fact that Su Kai was the orphan of Heibingtai has been confirmed.
Over the years, Su Kai's work has satisfied Liu Che. From the beginning of spying on courtiers, to later monitoring the kings of Guandong, Su Kai did a very good job, which made Liu Che very satisfied. But just now, something suddenly appeared in Liu Che's heart, just a trace
uncomfortable.
Su Kai was recommended to Liu Che by Su Ren. There is no way to change this fact. Before Su Kai came to Liu Che, he was Su Ren's person. Now even Su Ren has many things hidden from him, so
Liu Che had already started to think about how much he could believe Su Kai's words.
The chamberlains and maids were kneeling in the corner, some of them were already asleep. This was their unique secret. As long as Liu Che shouted softly, they would wake up immediately even if they were asleep. Liu Jiqing was the leader of the chamberlains and was in charge of the palace.
All the servants and maids were alive and dead. He also had his eyes closed at this time, leaning against the pillar behind him and taking a nap.
Liu Che sat up straight and stretched. Liu Jiqing quickly brought the warm tea bowl to Liu Che. Liu Che took a big sip and said, "Do you really think Su Kai is not Su Ren's person?"
Liu Jiqing did not speak, and stood respectfully beside Liu Che, lowering his head and looking at the tea bowl in Liu Che's hand. Liu Che glared at Liu Jiqing: "Why is it so difficult for you to say something? Forget it, go and put that
If someone brings you, I still want to talk to him."
Liu Jiqing bowed to accept the order and drove everyone out of the palace before finally going out and closing the door. After a short time, Liu Jiqing appeared in front of Liu Che with a man in a black cloak. The man's whole body was shrunk.
In the black cloak, the entire face was covered tightly, and if you were not careful standing in the shadow of the light, you would think there was nothing there.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"You said you know a lot about Su Ren, so tell me a few more."
"No!" The man in black knelt on the ground and prostrated: "In addition to what the villain said, the villain's master once told the villain that his old man once made a fortune for Su Ren. The hexagram was very strange. There was a dragon hidden in it.
meaning."
"Long Yin? What do you mean, is Su Ren a dragon?"
"The young man has little talent and little knowledge, and his teacher has never made it clear, so he doesn't know what Long Yin means."
Liu Che chuckled: "It's really strange that your master admires Su Ren so much. What about Long Yin? Did you want to recruit Su Ren from the beginning? It's a pity that Su Ren didn't agree, so I sent you here.
Am I here to provoke? Well, tell me!"
"I don't dare!" The man in black knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head: "I just came to warn Your Majesty on the orders of my master. I don't have the slightest malice. Please tell me clearly!"
"Hmph! You say that Su Ren's origins are weird. I think your origins are even weirder. If the Yin and Yang family doesn't do well, how can they be alchemists? The reason why the Qin Kingdom fell was all caused by you alchemists. Come on, kill this nonsense guy.
