Except for Xia Shang's few remarks as he sat down, the atmosphere at the table seemed to become dull.
At first, the prince seemed to have something on his mind. He was unhappy while drinking, and he made rude remarks to him.
Secondly, the prefect's expression was dull, and he felt a bit unhappy and indifferent.
Thirdly, this young boy is said to be a Shangzi. It is puzzling how a mere Shangzi could gain such respect from the prince.
When I was drinking heavily, the wind and clouds outside the house suddenly changed. I don't know where the evil wind came from, blowing sand and rocks and dust all over the sky.
It is better for those who sit indoors during the banquet, but it is a serious sin for those who stay outside. A strong wind blows, and all the food and wine cannot be eaten. The sand and dust cover the eyes and ears, making it extremely uncomfortable. Soon the guests leave the banquet, followed by everyone
They dispersed one after another.
Today's weather changes are also helpless. The guests outside the house left immediately, and there were also people inside the house following them.
Fortunately, the banquet was already halfway through, so it was normal to stop and go.
Seeing the guests leaving in a hurry, the chaos in the palace gradually calmed down.
Everyone at the table knew that the prince was not in a good mood, and some of them left. King Yong did not stay here and waited for everyone to follow their own wishes.
Suddenly he saw the prefect standing up, and he raised his hands to say goodbye. Unexpectedly, the drunken prince pulled the prefect and refused to let him go. He only said: "Today, I have one more thing to explain to you two face to face."
The two people mentioned by King Yong, one refers to the magistrate, and the other refers to Xia and Shang.
The prince's words shocked both Xia Shang and the prefect, but they regained their composure after a moment.
There was no one else at the table. After seeing the two of them sitting peacefully, the prince said: "According to what I think, the two of you may have some misunderstandings. Although the prefect copied your family property, he did it in accordance with the law. There is evidence from the imperial court. Mr. Xia
It is wrong to be jealous of the prefect. However, there was another unjust case before, but the prefect was deceived by villains. Now that the unjust case has been changed, and Mr. Xia has been vindicated, it should be a great success. Therefore, I think you two should be
The reason is not a grudge. The magistrate was worried that Mr. Xia would come to ask me to report, so he spared no effort to give tens of thousands of gold as a gift of precious cassocks. I hope that I can resolve the misunderstanding between you two. Since you are both here, I am willing
As the peacemaker, I hope you two can shake hands and make peace, and not mention the past anymore. How about that?"
After hearing this, Xia Shang glanced sideways at the prefect's face. The implication was that the prefect took the initiative to make peace. Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was unexpected that he took the initiative to show weakness as a prefect.
The magistrate also looked at Xia Shang, and said with a friendly expression: "Mr.
After saying that, the prefect raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Looking at Xia Shang again, he was silent, with a faint sneer on his lips.
The prince looked at it, poured a glass of wine himself, and gave it to Xia Shang: "I personally pour wine for Mr. Xia, and give me some thin noodles."
The prince poured the wine himself, and Xia Shang hesitated for a moment before taking it. When he was about to raise his glass to drink, there was a loud noise from somewhere, which shook the whole house.
The shock came suddenly. The prince quickly got up and ran to the door. He shouted to the servant: "Go and see what happened?"
After a while, someone reported back, saying that the treasury was robbed. The thief was very skilled in martial arts. During a fight with a master from the palace, he actually knocked down the treasury with one punch.
The prince asked and was shocked. As a prince, even though he was incompetent, he still didn't see thieves breaking into his house. How could he not make people angry even in broad daylight?
"You two, I will go and see for myself later."
This was an unusual statement, but Xia Shang was greatly surprised when he heard it.
When the prince heard that the master was coming, he didn't avoid it in a hurry, but took the initiative to see it. Compared with the cowardice in the past, today's trip was completely different.
Xia Shang did not put this matter into his heart, but what the prefect in front of him wanted was what Xia Shang was concerned about.
There was no one in the room, and the prefect didn't know martial arts, so Xia Shang was much calmer and calmer.
She looked at him first, then put down the wine glass, and then asked: "Master Prefect, do you really want to reconcile or do you have other plans?"
The prefect knew very little about Xia Shang, and his calm attitude at the moment was not what an eighteen-year-old boy could possess. Although his face was young, his demeanor gave people an unfathomable feeling. Even the prefect could not help but change his expression, and his aura could not help but weaken.
A lot.
The magistrate did not dare to look at him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has made it clear before that there is indeed some misunderstanding between you and me. I am just enforcing the law impartially when it comes to confiscating the house, and then..."
"What a fair and impartial law enforcer!" Xia Shang interrupted in a low voice, "I would like to ask, how much of the property looted from my Xia family was handed over to the court, and how much was pocketed by you?"
"Mr. Xia, don't listen to rumors..."
"You don't need to explain, and I don't need to explain. We both know it well."
"A glass of wine can resolve the murder of the whole family. Lord Magistrate, isn't that how the score is settled?"
Xia Shang's language was frivolous, and it was obvious that there was an irresolvable grudge. The prefect was also a sensible person, and seeing that reconciliation was impossible, he immediately became violent: "Boy, don't give me a toast or drink as a fine! I am the head of a state, and with you
If I fight, I will seek death!"
"Really? Since the magistrate is so confident, why did he come to the palace to ask for help? The day before yesterday at Wanbaozhai, I saw that the magistrate was protected by a master, but today I didn't see that master there. I must have encountered danger, and then I learned about Xia Shang's tricks.
Bar?"
"Method?" The prefect was shocked. Looking at the boy's expression, could it be that the attack the night before was caused by this boy?
For some reason, seeing Xia and Shang's dark colors, the prefect felt like he was stuck in a quagmire.
Seeing that the magistrate was silent, Xia Shang said again: "Do you know that the palace was attacked today? Why did the thieves come?"
"What do you mean?"
"But still remember that cassock?"
"How about the cassock?"
"Today you and I are talking openly. I think if you leave, you will do your best to kill me. Then I will simply tell you everything and let you die clearly today." Xia Shang said,
After drinking a glass of wine, the prefect's face gradually turned pale, which gave him a sense of accomplishment, "I want to kill you, but it's really easy. I just want you to be ruined, and it's a bit tricky to make your parents clear their innocence. After many days of planning, today
Close the net and let's see how you, the turtle in the urn, can save yourself."
"You dare to kill me in the palace?"
"My Lord Prefect, you clearly knew that the gold-threaded cassock was coveted by the traitor from the Imperial Procuratorate, the Smiling Tiger, but you gave it to the prince, causing the prince to suffer. Even if I don't kill you, how can the prince spare you?"
"What Smiling Tiger? I don't know!"
"It's up to you to tell the prince about this matter. See if he believes it or not? In order to lure you into the trap, I first lured the prince to believe in Buddhism, taught you to follow the Buddhist rituals and gave them to you, and then arranged a gold thread cassock for you, so you thought you had joined him.
I hope that the prince will be happy and can use his mouth to make peace with me. But you don't know that the cassock is a dangerous thing, and whoever gets it will be in great trouble. The prince will definitely argue with you about this matter.
The day before yesterday, your old house on Tonghui Street in Yangzhou City was exposed. It is estimated that there will be a fire at this moment, and your underground secret room will be burned out to the world. Let's see how your Jinshan treasure house is exposed in front of the people of the world. Let's see if the eldest prince can