Chapter 38: Dong Lei
The weather was still fine yesterday, and you could even see the sunset glow in the evening.
But when Jiang Xuening went out of the mansion in a carriage today, the sky outside had become gloomy, the clouds were densely covered in the low sky, and the bleak cold wind after the beginning of winter already had a bitter taste.
It looked like it was going to rain.
The peddlers and pawns hawking in the streets and alleys have already hurriedly put away their stalls, and the bustling capital city in the past has suddenly become much more empty and quiet. Only the wind occasionally rolled some withered leaves and flew across the rows of houses.
There are not many guests left at the top of the building.
On a day like this, no one should come.
The waiter who had been busy all day leaned against the counter and wanted to get close to the shopkeeper, but unexpectedly, at this moment, there was the sound of a carriage approaching outside, and it soon stopped outside the storey.
The waiter was taken aback for a moment, and then hurried out to greet him.
Amidst the fallen leaves blown by the cold wind, the curtains of the car were lifted, and the maid in the car came down first, and then tied a cloak of rolled ferret fur on the young lady. The waiter has seen many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing in this Xiaolou, but it is the first time he has seen such a beautiful girl.
Look at this outfit, the background is not low.
Why is it necessary to go out in such weather?
The waiter welcomed him into the door, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Where is the girl here?"
Jiang Xuening glanced at the deserted downstairs lobby, then looked at the steps leading to the second floor, lowered her eyes, and said, "Choose a private room on the second floor, I'll wait for someone."
The waiter immediately said: "Then please go upstairs."
Jiang Xuening went upstairs with her own people.
In the corner of the street outside, Daoqin stood in the shadow of the swaying trees, only looking at the two doors opened by the storey building, the figure of the "Ning Er girl" gradually disappeared above the stairs, her brows slowly frowned. Tightened.
Today it was rare for Xie Wei not to play the piano in the piano hall.
Like an old man, Lu Xian leaned back on an arhat bed in the house with his feet crossed, and pushed the table that was sitting upright so that he could lie more comfortably. He was eating apricots. Fang Zhai just sent the cakes, but he held his account book for this month in his hand, happily counting how much he earned this month.
When he looked up and saw Xie Wei standing in front of the window looking at the sky, he almost died of joy.
"Why don't people suffer retribution?" Lu Xian sighed hypocritically, "Look at you, you know how to squeeze me all day long, and ask me to pay for you to do things for you, but you never thought that buying raw silk would be punished by people." Go ahead, and now you have created such a big mystery. You sent a knife and piano out and haven’t come back yet, so you must have seen something. Oh, Xie Ju’an, Xie Ju’an, I’m your God of Wealth, in the future you have to Be nice to me, understand?"
Jianshu stood obliquely behind him and rolled his eyes at him.
Lu Xian seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and said leisurely: "Jianshu, your white eyes are not good-looking. If you stare at me again, I will let you follow me next time."
Sword Book: "..."
forget it. It’s not good to be tortured into a chatterbox who can talk to himself even if no one talks to him, just like Dao Qin.
Endure a moment of calm.
Only then did Xie Wei look back at Lu Xian, seeing his posture of lying on his back, his brows were slightly frowned, and he said: "Believe it or not, I will ask someone to throw you out right now."
Lu Xian: "..."
All right, boss here.
Endure a moment of calm.
He twitched the corners of his mouth and sat up straight reluctantly, but there was an intriguing expression on his face: "Xie Ju'an, you are quite interesting. He looks like a serious scholar, but the two children beside him are called What 'book' and 'qin' are all that's it, but 'knife' and 'sword' are also added. I thought about it carefully, and there is really something dangerous hidden in you."
Xie Wei replied calmly: "If I am not dangerous, will you work for me?"
Lu Xian clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Exactly, exactly!"
Thinking back when there were so many capable people in the Imperial Academy, he, Lu Xian, was proud of his talent, so he could only look up to such a Xie Wei. Later Xie Wei went home to attend the funeral of Ding You, he saw that other people were vulgar and incompetent, so he simply resigned and went back to Jinling to pay a visit, and then he gradually followed Xie Ju'an's way, a well-born Jinshi was actually accepted To do business.
I remember tears.
Lu Xian let out a long sigh: "The road is long and long, I will search for it up and down!"
When he finished speaking, there was a report from outside: "Master Daoqin is back!"
Lu showed a speechless expression.
Sure enough, after a while, a young man in blue clothes appeared at the door of the Qinqin Hall, walked in from the outside, stepped on the ground, barely made a sound, bowed and said: "I have followed someone."
Lu Xian's spirit was shocked immediately, his eyes were bright, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is behind You Fangyin?"
But unexpectedly, Dao Qin didn't answer.
He just raised his eyes and looked at Xie Wei, with a rare hesitation in his eyes.
Xie Wei realized that the person Dao Qin followed might be a little unusual: "Tell me."
Daoqin then said: "That subordinate will make a long story short. At the beginning, I followed my husband's orders and only went to Qingyuan uncle's mansion to check the situation. I waited outside for a long time, thinking that Miss You would not leave the mansion today. But I didn't expect At Chenzheng, she came out quietly from the mansion, dressed like a servant in the mansion, took silver taels, and first went to Dongshi's silk and satin shop to buy a piece of high-quality Hangzhou silk, which seemed to be a cloud. Crane pattern material, and then I went to buy a pen and ink for the study room, there are two tubes of pens, but the subordinates are too far away to see what kind of pens are, and..."
Xie Wei: "..."
Lu Xian: "..."
Jianshu standing aside secretly stroked his forehead, lightly tugged Daoqin's sleeve, and lowered his voice to remind: "Long story short."
"oh."
Only then did Daoqin realize that she had made a mistake, she nodded, and decided to accept the suggestion and put it in a more concise way.
"She bought a lot of things, including hang silk, pens and inks, and even some rouge and water powder for her daughter's home. Then she went to the temple to offer incense. There are many people there today, and there are many pilgrims offering incense. I followed her to return I was accidentally seen by Zhike monk and donated two taels of sesame oil. You Fangyin seemed to have donated too, and after entering, I prayed for a peace talisman in the hall..."
Lu Xian: "..."
Sword Book: "..."
Xie Wei raised his hand and slowly pressed the space between his brows, only said: "Say the key point."
Daoqin suddenly felt a little wronged in her heart, and she didn't feel that she talked too much at all.
Shouldn't the follow-up be reported so carefully?
He pursed his lips, and said sullenly: "Miss Ning Er."
Jianshu suddenly widened his eyes, showing some disbelief, and turned his head to look at Xie Wei almost subconsciously for a moment.
Xie Wei stood in front of the window, silent.
However, Lu Xian was at a loss when he heard this, and he didn't know who the second girl Ning was. Are you in a relationship? Is it her boss? What do you have to do with her? What have you seen? Hey, no, who is the 'Ning Er girl'? Daoqin, are you stupid? Who knows if you just say a name? Who is it? Although there are not many people with the surname Ning in the capital, there are quite a few. Which family is this? You—"
A whole bunch of questions sprung up like bamboo shoots.
Lu Xian was eloquent.
It was only after this big question was almost thrown out that he suddenly saw that the expressions of the three masters and servants in the house were not right, so his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized that the matter was not simple: "The 'Second Miss Ning' he said, You all seem to know who it is?"
"Boom".
A muffled thunder rolled across the sky.
In this bleak and bitter late autumn and early winter, a heavy rain fell from the sky, quickly covering the entire capital city. Huge raindrops fell, hitting the calm surface of the small lake outside the Qinqin Hall, and also hitting the window lattice in front of the nearby window, splashing fine mist.
Xie Wei turned his eyes to stare, and said slowly: "It's raining."
There was a burst of winter thunder, and the light blue lightning pierced through the low-hanging twilight, and at this moment illuminated the dark study room of Hou Yongyi's mansion. A stack of books is piled high, but when this bolt of lightning strikes, it leaves a deep shadow, showing a mountain-like depression.
On the candlestick in the corner, the candle flame was swayed by the wind.
The outline of Yan Lin's handsome face was also illuminated by the shaking light and shadow, showing an unprecedented coldness.
Zhou Yinzhi sat calmly opposite him.
He has just been promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu, so it can be said that he has the qualifications to touch the core of Jinyiwei's power, and he has completely become a respectable superior.
It's just that it didn't all come very brightly.
But what does it matter?
Zhou Yinzhi felt that he had never been an upright person, all the means in the world, but those that can achieve the goal are good means.
The newly-given embroidered spring knife at his waist has already been untied and placed on the table at the door. At this moment, he is wearing a deep black flying fish suit, and he only said to Yan Lin: "Zhou is greedy for power and is full of fame and fortune. So even though I knew about this a long time ago, but before I saw the benefits, I was responsible for the heavy responsibility entrusted by Jin Yiwei, so I didn't dare to speak to the prince. Until the second girl recommended me to the prince, the prince worked hard to get the position of a thousand households for Zhou. Zhou A certain is a villain, and the villain combines profit. That's why, today, I'm going to tell you everything."
It was Jin Yiwei's secret order to investigate the Yongyihou's Mansion.
Who in the world doesn't know that Jin Yiwei only listens to the Holy Majesty?
It is clear who suspected that Yongyi Hou's mansion was also related to the case of King Pingnan's rebellion against the party in Beijing.
Even if Zhou Yinzhi is a thousand householder, he only obeys the orders of the superiors. It is dangerous for him who has no power to follow the orders. He knew that this news was a bolt from the blue for the son, and even for the entire Yongyi Hou Mansion.
So looking at Yan Lin's expression, he didn't offer any persuasion.
At the moment, hearing the thunder and the heavy rain outside, he only said slowly: "If the Yongyi Hou's Mansion has nothing to do with King Pingnan's rebellious party, since Yinzhi has been favored by the son, naturally he will not make fabricated evidence to frame him. It's about the matter of the Hou's mansion. But you may not believe it, these days, I have been investigating the Hou's mansion closely, and found that there is indeed a correspondence between Lord Hou and the remnants of the Pingnan King's party. I don't know if your son knows about this matter ?”
Yan Lin was in a trance as he listened.
How could the father be connected with the remnants of the Pingnan King Party?
The fingers resting on his knees were slowly clenched, and he slowly closed his eyes, only asking: "Since you have found out, when will you report it?"
Zhou Yinzhi can find out today, and Zhao Yinzhi and Wang Yinzhi in the future can also find out.
And maybe there will be more and more terrifying than what Zhou Yinzhi found out.
Who can guess the heart of an emperor?
After all, Yan Lin was someone who had walked in the palace, and he knew that it was impossible to completely suppress this matter. All that can be done is to prepare in advance.
Looking at the young man who was about to be crowned in just one month, Zhou Yinzhi suddenly felt that he was not as naive as he thought at the beginning, and was easy to trust others.
On the contrary, what this son thinks is far beyond that of his peers.
Then he thought of Jiang Xuening, and only replied: "Seven days later, I will submit it truthfully."
Yan Lin laughed out loud.
All the ins and outs related to Zhou Yinzhi floated up from the depths of his mind at this moment, and all of them fit together perfectly. Rainwater's previous irrationality became reasonable after today's talk.
Including those words of Ningning earlier...
The more he laughed, the more he couldn't stop it, and finally he couldn't help it, and a strange sadness welled up.
Zhou Yinzhi just sat there and watched, as calm as a mountain, not moving, only his eyes flickered, as if he had a little imperceptible admiration for the young man in front of him, but he seemed indifferent, Don't make waves.
The bell at the end of the year rang outside.
Zhou Yinzhi said all he needed to say, so he got up from his seat, and only bowed to Yan Lin: "Zhou is just an unknown soldier, and he has no ability to turn clouds and rains in the court, everything is obeying orders, and it is hoped Don't blame the prince. It rained heavily at night, and Zhou had to go home, so he didn't dare to disturb the prince any more, so he resigned."
Yan Lin looked up blankly, and said: "Qingfeng, send Zhou Qianhu off."
Qing Feng stood outside the door and answered.
After Zhou Yinzhi saluted, he picked up the saber he had untied earlier from the table, and then went out, took the umbrella from Qingfeng, and said: "I dare not be troublesome."
Then he walked out along the long corridor, led by Qing Feng.