No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

"My lord, something happened." In the yard, Cao Jie, who was sitting alone under the tree playing chess with him, was disturbed by Cao Mao who suddenly broke in, and frowned in displeasure.

"What happened?" Cao Jie raised his head and asked.

Cao Mao's face was a little pale, and he frowned and said: "Sun...Sun Ci, dead."

"What?!" Cao Jie's face darkened, and the chess pieces on the chessboard instantly became chaotic. He looked at Cao Mao coldly and said, "Are you sure?"

Cao Mao said in a trembling voice: "Sun Ci was killed outside the city, and his head was cut off directly. And the people we put beside Sun Ci are gone."

Cao Jie said in a deep voice, "What is he going out of the city for?"

"The Sun family said that he hurried out after receiving a letter without saying anything," Cao Mao said.

Cao Jie stood up, walked back and forth around the table twice before saying: "Go and investigate immediately to make sure that the person who died is Sun Ci."

Cao Mao nodded and said: "The Sun family has already identified the corpse. Now that the corpse has been taken to Jingzhao Yamen, our people may not be able to get in touch for a while. Don't worry, young master. He doesn't know much. As long as you don't Has it attracted the attention of the court, we..."

Cao Jie said coldly: "Think of a way! It must be confirmed that Sun Ci is really dead!"

"Yes!"

"Sir, someone sent a box outside the door." The guard came in holding a box and reported respectfully.

Cao Jie and Cao Mao turned around and looked at the ordinary box held in the guard's hand, Cao Mao asked, "Where is the person?"

The guard said: "The man put down the box and left, our men did not catch up."

Cao Mao turned his head to look at Cao Jie, "My lord, it's not safe here anymore, should we move to another place?"

Cao Jie sneered: "What are you changing? Haven't you changed it? Take it here, I want to see what he gave you!"

Cao Mao walked over to take the box, but before opening it, he smelled a faint smell of blood, Cao Mao couldn't help looking up at Cao Jie.

Cao Jie said coldly: "Open it!"

Cao Mao slowly opened the box, and the strong smell of blood came to his nostrils instantly, making Cao Mao feel like vomiting.

He hastily turned his head away from looking at the thing, but Cao Jie's gaze was fixed on the box.

There were two bloody fingers in the box, and Cao Mao tremblingly said: "Young Master, Sun Ci... Sun Ci's body, I heard that two fingers are also missing."

"Dong, Fang!" Cao Jie's face was gloomy, and the two words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"La la la..." Luo Junyao stepped into the dungeon of the Prince Regent's Mansion in a happy mood, and the slightly dark dungeon did not affect her good mood.

As long as she thinks of Cao Jie's expression when she receives the gift from her, she can't restrain her joy.

"Your...Young Master." The guard guarding the entrance of the innermost part of the dungeon saw Luo Junyao approaching him and hurriedly cupped his hands in salute.

Luo Jun waved his hands and said, "Waiting, who's inside?"

The guard said: "Young Master Hui, Xie Changshi and Young Master Qu are inside."

"Xie Xiao?" Luo Jun shook his eyebrows, it seems that Sun Ci can't get out, she changed a set of clothes for nothing.

Xie Xiao is the eldest son of Ancheng County Prince, even if Sun Ci had a chance to go out properly, Xie Xiao would not appear in front of him.Even if Yong Sunci doesn't know him now, he will never meet him in the future.

The guard opened the door and Luo Junyao walked in. In the cell, a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing brocade robes sat restrainedly in a narrow chair in the center of the room.The brocade clothes on his body were stained with a lot of dust, and his hair was also a little messy, and he could no longer return to his original neat clothes.

Xie Xiao sat behind a table a few steps away from him, while Qu Tiange stood against the wall holding his sword and said nothing.

Seeing her coming in, the two immediately stood up and saluted, "I have seen the princess."

Hearing the address of the two, Sun Ci widened his drowsy eyes in shock.

He hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night, but at this time he was still so shocked by the identity of the visitor that he lost sleepiness.

"Prince...Princess?" Although Sun Ci is not a high-ranking person, he is not stupid, and he quickly realized, "You are the regent princess?!"

Luo Junyao played with the folding fan and said with a smile: "Master Sun is indeed a smart person, so you should know why we came here for you?"

Sun Ci gritted his teeth and said: "Princess, Sun is an official of the court! Even if you are a concubine, you can't privately..."

"Master Sun, do you mean that you need an official document from the government to confiscate your home and put you in prison?" Luo Junyao asked.

Sun Ci's facial muscles twitched for a few words, but he still said: "That's right! If the official has made any mistakes, please ask the princess to show evidence, otherwise I will hijack the court order official privately. Even if you are a princess..."

Luo Jun smiled and said: "I will be like this, Master Sun, so you don't have to worry about it, Master Sun, you are dead in the eyes of outsiders now. As for whether you can get out of this cell again, it depends on whether you are sensible."

"What?!" Sun Ci looked at Luo Junyao in shock.

Xie Xiao, who gave up his position to Luo Junyao, stood aside and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell Mr. Sun that your body is still lying in the Jingzhao Yamen."

Sun Ci naturally understood what they meant. If he was already dead in the eyes of outsiders, it was impossible for a person to die a second time.So now he is a non-existent person, and what will happen in the future will naturally be up to them.

No one will look for him, let alone rescue him.

Sun Ci said bitterly: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Xie Xiao said: "Master Sun didn't know the question I asked before, but now he has changed his mind?"

Luo Jun flipped through the confession file that Xie Xiao put on the table, and said with a little disgust: "Xie Xiao, you can't do it. Sure enough, this kind of thing should be left to Mr. Qu."

Xie Xiao didn't care too much, and said, "Princess, this is a real scholar, Mr. Qu is fierce, what if one accidentally kills him?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "I think you have misunderstood the people in Jianghu. Mr. Qu is probably more sophisticated than you in this matter. Mr. Qu, right?"

Qu Tiange said indifferently: "The princess is ridiculous."

Luo Jun shook his head and looked at Sun Ci, who had a look of panic on his face, "Master Sun, you suddenly fell into the hands of the Prince Regent's Palace, and it is impossible to get out of your body. Now I only look at you, because I want to replace you." Will the Cao family be loyal until death, or seek a way out for myself and my family?"

Sun Ci's face was pale, and said: "What... what Cao family? I don't know what the princess is talking about."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't you know? Lord Sun thought we were drawing lots at home, and you were caught because of bad luck? Cao Jie is in Shangyong now, and I have met him. You say... If I If someone killed Cao Jie, what would Cao Mian think of you? How would he treat the Sun family?"

Sun Ci's expression changed, he lowered his head and refused to speak.

"You think I'm cheating on you?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and asked.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Actually, Cao Jie is also to blame for you falling into this situation. Who told him to cause my other courtyard to be closed down by the government? I haven't even lived in it for a day. So I have to give him back a generous gift. I gave him two fingers, who do you think belonged to?"

Sun Ci suddenly raised his head, met Luo Junyao's eyes full of smiles, and lost his voice: "It's you?!"

Luo Jun shook his eyes and blinked, "Oh, it seems that you know me, and the Cao family trusts you quite a bit. The matter of my other hospital...could you be responsible for it?"

Sun Ci's barely calm appearance lost his strength, and his hands on the armrests of the chair began to tremble.

He obviously didn't want people to see his panic, and wanted to put his hands down, but his hands were tied to the armrest and couldn't move, so he had to clenched tightly into fists.

That... the mysterious young man who made the eldest son afraid and angry, could be the princess regent? !

Sun Ci couldn't help feeling a little desperate in her heart. The Princess Regent played the Eldest Prince all over the place, and the Prince Regent's House had obviously set their sights on the Cao family, but the Cao family didn't even know who their enemies were.

Such a situation is really terrible.

The enemy is dark and we are clear, does the Cao family really have a chance of winning?
There was silence in the cell, and there was a knock on the door.

Xie Yan walked in from the outside, glanced at Sun Ci in the middle of the room, and walked to Luo Junyao's side.

"Not recruited yet?" Xie Yan asked lightly.

Luo Jun turned around and looked up at him with a smile: "Master Sun still has a bit of backbone, but I don't know how long this backbone can support him?"

Xie Yan raised his eyes, looked at Sun Ci calmly, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know, but the salary of the imperial court is for you to be a slave to the Cao family?"

The corner of Sun Ci's mouth twitched to say something, but he didn't say it. Under Xie Yan's sharp gaze, he lowered his head in frustration.

Die Ying, who came in behind Xie Yan, handed a dossier to Luo Junyao. Luo Junyao opened it curiously, and it turned out to be a dossier about Sun Ci.

"Hey, Mr. Sun has quite a rich resume." Although Sun Ci is still a fifth-rank official, he has stayed in the Imperial Academy and served as a local official outside, and was transferred back to Shangyong to join the Department of General Affairs.

As a fifth-rank Beijing official, the resume is too rich, but as a second-class biography, the current rank is not high.

Luo Junyao sees things extremely fast, which can be called ten lines at a glance.

Xie Yan's information is more detailed than the previous ones. Luo Junyao looked up and said with some surprise: "You were originally awarded the Ministry of Industry as the sixth rank, and this starting point is not low at all. Two years later, you will be released as a From the fifth-rank Zhizhou, the promotion speed is not slower than the No. [-] pick in the same list. According to your speed, as long as there are no major incidents during your tenure, it should be no problem to be promoted to the fourth-rank glory and return to Beijing within ten years. But you are less than three years old. I returned to Beijing in [-], and for the rest of the years... I have been unknown in the General Administration Department, and I have only been promoted by half a level. The concubine in your family seems to be hired by Ren Shang, who you sent outside? This is caught What's the point, or do you really only love beauties and would rather give up your official career?"

Sun Ci raised his head and looked at Luo Junyao, silent.

Luo Jun shook his head and asked, "Where is Mr. Sun's concubine now?"

Xie Xiao smiled and said: "It's next door." When they attacked Sun Ci, the concubine was also with him, so naturally they couldn't catch one and release the other, wouldn't that be a waste of work?

"That girl's bones are harder than Master Sun." Xie Xiao said.

"What did you do to her?!" Sun Ci was finally moved and asked hastily.

Xie Xiao smiled and said, "Master Sun has different identities, so we don't want to be too rough. But that...Master Sun, your favorite concubine is not simple, you almost hurt us."

"What happened?" Xie Yan asked.

Xie Xiao looked solemn, and replied respectfully: "Young Master Qu said that he is a well-trained dead soldier."

Luo Junyao looked at Sun Ci with admiration on his face, "You are so brave, you can still sleep after so many years?"

Sun Ci's face changed again and again, and he quickly looked away and stared at the ground fixedly, as if he didn't hear what Luo Junyao said.

Xie Yan raised his hand to straighten the hair of the obviously unhappy princess, and said, "It's just a hidden stake to monitor the court. He may not know any valuable news."

Luo Junyao was a little dissatisfied: "Is that all?"

Xie Yan said calmly: "Isn't the concubine angry? I'll tell him the news that Sun Ci is not dead in two days."

Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and said nothing, Xie Yan said: "If there is anything, the Cao family will deal with the aftermath."

As soon as these words came out, Sun Ci immediately changed his face, "My lord?!" If the Cao family thought he was dead, it would be fine, if they knew that he was not dead or suspected that he had betrayed...

However, Xie Yan had already stretched out his hand to pull Luo Junyao up, led her out, and turned around and ordered, "Put him and that woman together."

"..." Seeing the backs of the two walking out, Xie Xiao stroked his chin and looked at Sun Ci with great interest: "It seems that the prince is really not interested in you. I hope Mr. Sun can live a few more days. By the way, if If you regret it, you can call for help."

Since the so-called favored concubine is a dead man of the Cao family, it is natural to ask for something useful.If Sun Ci was locked up with her, Sun Ci would not survive a day in all likelihood.

but……

Many years ago, the Cao family placed a dead man next to a small official who had just entered an official position...it seems really not easy.

How many people like Sun Ci are there?
The two walked out of the dungeon hand in hand, Luo Junyao said with some melancholy: "I really thought I could get something out of Sun Ci's mouth?"

Xie Yan smiled, looked down at her and said, "If you ask him again, he won't say anything."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "How do you know? I don't think he is a person with such a hard bone."

Xie Yan pinched her slender fingers and said, "Shake him to see if he looks like someone who doesn't admire power?"

Luo Jun shook his head.

Xie Yan said: "He was the second-class biography of the year, and he should have a bright future. But he was willing to stay in the Department of General Affairs for so many years for the sake of the Cao family's obscurity. The Cao family will never hold him. In addition, in his position, it is impossible for him to know too much about the inside story of the Cao family, and if he speaks up easily, it will be completely worthless, and he knows it in his heart."

"He thought he could bargain with us?" Luo Jun said.

"How will you know if you don't try?" Xie Yan said, "It's not worth wasting time with this kind of person."

"Okay." Luo Junyao was a little curious, "What is that Marquis Wen Ding going to do?"

Xie Yan's eyes were dark: "Who knows."

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A heavy bell sounded from the direction of Miyagi, one after another, as if it was about to hit people's hearts.

The two who were walking hand in hand stopped immediately, and both looked at each other with shock and grief.

That is, the bell came from the direction of the palace.

It's death knell.

The Empress Dowager has passed away!

"Ayan..." Luo Junyao looked at Xie Yan who was standing quietly, and said worriedly.

Xie Yan came back to life very quickly, Luo Junyao stretched out his arms to hug him and said softly, "Ah Yan, let's go find Ah Cheng, and let's go into the palace together to send off the Empress Dowager."

Xie Yan held her hand and nodded lightly, his voice became hoarse for a moment.

He whispered: "Okay, let's go together." Feeling the warmth in his arms, Xie Yan took a deep breath.

Fortunately, fortunately, you are here.