Chapter 92: Crown ceremony with rain
There was something sinister about those words.
Xiao Shu and Yan Lin looked at each other.
Everyone was inexplicably terrified, but it was difficult to understand the unknown reasons, so they only looked at them.
Fortunately, the butler's voice came from behind, speaking to another person: "The crowning ceremony is scheduled to be at the beginning of noon, and the banquet is held in the front hall. Now many guests have arrived, so it is just right for Master Shao to go at this time."
Xie Wei came back from Chengqing Hall.
His figure turned up from behind the door, his face seemed a little paler than when he went, and when he returned to the corridor, he looked up and saw everyone, and he only asked, "Aren't you going to the front hall?"
Yan Lin closed the sword box, bowed his hands to Xie Wei, and said, "Let's go."
Xie Wei's eyes swept across the crowd, he didn't see anything when he saw Xiao Shu, but he stopped for a while when he saw Xiao Ye, and then followed the butler straight from the corridor to the front hall.
The tense atmosphere that permeated outside Qingyu Hall earlier disappeared quite a bit.
King Yanping immediately took the opportunity to laugh and said: "This is such a beautiful day, why are you so angry? It's all small things, small things, walk around, go to the front hall, don't dare to make Mr. Xie and so many guests wait for a long time .”
Xiao Ye snorted heavily, turned around with a sneer.
Although Xiao Shu had an expression of surprise on her face, she didn't seem to have any intention of going into it. She just bowed to Yan Lin politely and went with Xiao Ye.
King Yanping laughed and eased the atmosphere, and the Xiao brothers and sisters left, everyone finally relaxed and went to the front hall one after another.
Yan Lin was at the end, and Jiang Xuening was at the front.
It's just that when he saw that he was about to leave Qing Yu Tang, he suddenly lowered his voice and called out: "Ning Ning."
Jiang Xuening's body shook slightly, and her footsteps stopped.
She turned and looked at him.
The young man glanced at the people walking away in front of him, and then came to her, smiled at her, took out the palm behind his back, stretched out his hand, and threw a heavy brocade bag containing something towards her. Her: "For you."
Jiang Xuening subconsciously reached out to catch it.
King Yanping who was walking in front suddenly realized that there were fewer people, so he couldn't help but look back, and called him from a distance: "Yan Lin, what are you doing?"
Yan Lin raised his head and said, "Here we are."
Looking down at Jiang Xuening again, the corners of his mouth were curved, but there was a misty misty melancholy in his eyes, which was fleeting, and said softly: "It's a pity that there is no chicken head rice at this time."
After speaking, he walked forward first, and followed Yanping Wang and others in front of him.
Jiang Xuening stood where she was, and gently opened the kit.
Inside is a small bag of fried pine nuts that have been peeled.
as ever.
She seemed to be able to see the young man jumping down from the high courtyard wall of the Jiang Mansion back then, sitting casually in front of her window with his long legs outstretched, and putting a small bag of peeled pine nuts in front of her appearance.
Looking up and looking forward, the boy's back is still tall and straight, but like in those days, it has become a little more heavy and steady.
Jiang Xuening couldn't help but sighed softly, and finally laughed knowingly for some reason.
The clouds in the sky were surging, and the wind suddenly picked up and wrinkled the Pinghu Lake. When the ripples appeared, the koi at the bottom of the water kissed the surface of the water.
Looks like it's going to rain.
She carefully tied the small bag of pine nuts again before walking forward.
In the water pavilion, most people have already left.
When the sky outside was overcast, Zhang Zhe stopped in his footsteps, stopped in front of the railing, and looked outside.
Seeing this, Chen Ying couldn't help but stop.
In Chen Ying's impression, the head of the Cleaning Department, who was transferred from the criminal department to the criminal department, was a very strange person. He was not keen on the social contacts in the officialdom, and he was the only one who met with his colleagues a few times. , he just came to show his face and left.
Work hard, but don't work hard.
Most of the time, he doesn't speak, and only speaks out when investigating cases or interrogating prisoners, but even when speaking, he appears silent. Such a person is like a calm sea. There is always a feeling that there are many things covered under the dull face. It is not deliberately hidden, but it may be that he is not used to expressing it, and he is unwilling to reveal it.
The original Zheng Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment offended the Holy Majesty because of his words for the Yongyi Hou Mansion, and was ordered to resign early and return to his hometown by an imperial decree from the Holy Mountain. boss.
And Zhang Zhe's bole is Gu Chunfang.
Chen Ying's eyes flickered slightly, and after thinking about it, he felt that this was an excellent opportunity, so he walked to Zhang Zhe's side with a smile, and said, "Master Zhang is still not leaving, what are you looking at?"
Zhang Zhe glanced back at him, his expression was neither fearful nor enthusiastic, it was still light, and he just said: "It's going to rain."
Chen Ying felt inexplicable.
He wanted to say what's the big deal about the next rain. It rains every day during the Meiyu season in the south of the Yangtze River, but as soon as he said it, he said: "On weekdays, Mr. Zhang seems to be quiet and dull, but I didn't expect it to be With such an elegant spirit, I think it is a real inner beauty, no wonder Mr. Gu was able to recognize you with his eyes and talents, it is really admirable."
Zhang Zhe said: "A low-level official who is originally a blunt person has to be honored by Mr. Gu. He has worked hard to cultivate him today, but he is just a mediocre official. Mr. Chen speaks seriously."
Chen Ying quickly waved his hands: "Where is that!"
There were only two of them left in the water pavilion, and even their voice seemed empty.
Chen Ying also stood beside him and looked towards the surging clouds, and said: "Master Zheng bluntly said that he lost his official position and was sent back to the elderly by the Holy Majesty. Master Gu Chunfang will take office soon. Chen has also heard about Master Gu's reputation for a long time. , but because Mr. Gu has been working outside, we never met. Mr. Zhang used to work under Mr. Gu, so he held him in high esteem. After all the calculations, when Mr. Gu returns to Beijing, he will have to rely on Mr. Zhang to be Mr. Chen Recommended one or two."
To be honest, in today's Ministry of Criminal Justice, everyone wants to talk to Zhang Zhe.
However, Zhang Zhe is a boring gourd, and it is not easy to strike up a conversation at first glance.
Everyone wanted to curry favor with him, or learn something about Gu Chunfang's habits through him, but they always felt a headache when facing Zhang Zhe, and secretly scolded this person who didn't like oil and salt and didn't say a word for a long time.
Chen Ying's meaning has been made very clear.
He wanted to meet Gu Chunfang in advance, hoping to be introduced by Zhang Zhe, an old acquaintance, so that even if Gu Chunfang was upright, he would not refuse.
How to say he is also Zhang Zhe's top peak, different from others.
He felt that even if Zhang Zhe didn't want to agree, he couldn't refuse.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhe said flatly: "I will meet Mr. Gu when he takes office, so why do you need Mr. Zhang's recommendation? Mr. Chen praises you, Mr. Zhang dare not do it."
Chen Ying almost choked to death.
He couldn't maintain the smirk that he always had on his face, and his eyelids twitched before he managed to think of a sentence that could make the embarrassment go away. Then the brows raised suddenly, and he forgot what to say.
Chen Ying has seen that girl before.
Not long ago, in the Compassion Ning Palace.
One of the companions of the Princess of Leyang, Shen Zhiyi, the protagonist of the inspection of Yangzhizhai, is also... the one whom the crown prince and grand master Xie Wei asked him to protect!
Because of the delay of the small bag of pine nuts, Jiang Xuening fell behind the crowd, but she didn't want to be too late, so she simply took a shortcut on the side.
Unexpectedly, there were people on the side of the waterside pavilion.
She saw that figure from a distance, and her heart skipped a beat. When she got closer and saw that it was indeed him, that faint joy and joy would quietly sway in her heart.
At this time Zhang Zhe also saw her.
The four eyes are facing each other.
Zhang Zhe slightly raised his eyelids, but Jiang Xuening was looking at him. After a while, he turned his eyes to look at Chen Ying, and bowed to salute the two of them: "I met Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhang."
When she sat down and saluted, she rested her hand lightly on her waist.
The snow-white slender wrist was slightly exposed.
Zhang Zhe's downcast eyes fell on her body, and he saw that scratch that was not very obvious at a glance, with a faint blood color, and the overlapping hand covered by the wide sleeve robe, so he gently held it. tighter.
His mood fluctuated a little, but he didn't speak.
Chen Ying smiled at Jiang Xuening: "Miss Jiang Er is here too, have you seen Master Xie?"
Zhang Zhe didn't make a sound, Jiang Xuening felt a little disappointed.
But after thinking about it, they are not familiar with each other now, and Zhang Zheren really doesn't talk much about his predecessors, so he quickly put on his smile again, and said back to Chen Ying: "Mr. went."
Chen Ying said "Oh", a majestic third-rank official of the imperial court, with the same official position as Jiang Xuening's father, but he was very pleasant to Jiang Xuening, very easy-going, and said: "Thank you, Miss Jiang, for telling me. If we don’t reach Mr. Xie, we will go with Mr. Zhang in a while.”
Are Chen Ying and Xie Wei on good terms?
Jiang Xuening had doubts in her heart, and looked at Zhang Zhe again, but this dead face turned her head to look at the fish in the water and the ripples blown by the wind, she felt inexplicably stuffy, and said: "Then I'll go first, two Farewell, my lord."
Until she walked away, Zhang Zhe held back and didn't look back.
Chen Ying watched her disappear, and then looked back, with a sense of interest in his eyes, he turned his head and joked to Zhang Zhe: "Why did I watch this Miss Jiao look at you more than once, After all, you were the one who relieved her distress that day in the Palace of Compassionate Ning, which can be regarded as 'saving the beauty', so it seems to be of some interest to you?"
Zhang Zhe lowered his eyes: "Master Chen was joking."
Chen Ying shrugged, but thought of something else, and said to himself: "That's right, after all, Mr. Xie opened his mouth to protect the person, so it's no one else's turn."
"..."
Suddenly something tightened in Zhang Zhe's heart, and he slowly turned his head to look at Chen Ying.
Chen Ying only said: "What?"
Zhang Zhe closed his eyes slightly, and said, "It's nothing."
Chen Ying's mind had already turned to what Xie Wei said for a while, but he didn't notice that there was something obviously strange about him at the moment, but he just pondered: "Master Xie is really an incomprehensible person. There are some intersections, but I always feel that the acquaintance is not deep. But it is also very strange, although Mr. Zhang's affairs are not the same as Mr. Xie, but it also gave Chen a kind of incomprehensible and incomprehensible You said that you don’t love beauties, and you don’t go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion if you are told by others; you don’t like fancy clothes and gourmet food, and you live alone all day long. It’s really confusing, Mr. Chen I don't really understand, what is the ambition of a person like Mr. Zhang?"
"Sand", the rain falls.
The water mist is like a layer of veil, covering the lake and the pavilions, and suddenly the whole world is quiet, full of a hazy beauty.
Zhang Zhe looked up.
After a long time, even Chen Ying thought that he was in a daze and would not answer this question anymore, so he opened his mouth like never before, and slowly said: "Aspirations are not high, and goals are not far away. Distinguish the innocence, serve the closest relatives, and get the answer." In a corner, watch the rain quietly. That’s all.”