Da Suining

Chapter 194
"What credit can she have? She was responsible for these things. According to me, it's good for the emperor to restrain my ignorant daughter for my ministers." Xiang Daying said cautiously.

The officials of the Punishment Department soon reported that Mr. Zhao, the mastermind of the Huguosi incident, had been executed.

The attack was fast, precise, and ruthless. If Mr. Zhao was not given a chance to defend himself, of course, he would have to die. It would be useless if he said nothing, defended himself or not.Just die.

The emperor drank a cup of tea silently. Although he didn't speak, he acquiesced to the actions of the officials of the Punishment Department.

That is to protect Guo Cheng.

"Xiang Suining, do you have any other thoughts on this matter?" the emperor asked.

"I..." Xiang Suining just started, and was picked up by Xiang Daying: "Your majesty, the little girl is ignorant and has not read many books. How can she deserve to gossip in front of the emperor?"

The emperor nodded.

"Xiang Suining, I admire you. You do have a masculinity that is not afraid of tigers. If everyone is like you, the way of heaven is clear, the sun and the moon are bright, and the universe will be much clearer."

"The emperor must not praise her like this."

"Xiang Suining, I know that I have taken a fancy to you, but you have always looked down on my son. But even if he is wrong, he is still my son. If this matter gets out and he loses face, it means I don't have it." Face. Therefore, in the case of Huguo Temple, I have to protect him."

"Your majesty..." Xiang Suining wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xiang Daying: "Your majesty is talking, so there is no place for you to intervene."

Ok.

Xiang Suining felt that the reason why the emperor dragged Xiang Daying here was simply because he didn't want Xiang Suining to open his mouth to speak.

"I originally wanted to promise you to Jie'er, but now it seems that he is not worthy of you, and he is not blessed to accept it. From now on, I will never mention the matter of promising you to him as a wife."

"The emperor's words can be counted?"

"Nature does the math."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiang Suining quickly kowtowed.

Beautiful.

The matter of Huguo Temple, in the eyes of the emperor, is that Guo Wei is absurd and impermanent, but it is a matter of men and women losing their virginity. It's a trivial matter, there's no point in taking your own son under the knife.

The emperor tried his best to protect Guo Cheng, and Xiang Suining couldn't change it either.

But because of this matter, the emperor gave up on matching her with Guo Kai, which was great news for Xiang Suining.

Finally, I can justifiably get rid of Guo Kai, thank God.

Xiang Suining couldn't help being overjoyed, his dimples suddenly appeared, and even Guo Kai couldn't stand it anymore: "You don't need to marry me, just be so happy?"

"In fact, I am happier, but the performance is not obvious."

"You...you don't want a good prince, you have no ambitions, and you are only worthy of marrying a poor man in the future."

"Thank you, Second Prince, for your concern."

"If it wasn't for my father's matchmaking, I would have looked down on you at all. Just like you... I will come when I call, and go as soon as I call, as much as I want."

"What the second prince said is very true. I am a superficial, shallow and rude girl. I beg the second prince to forget me quickly."

The two stabbed each other with a knife and a dagger.

The emperor did not shy away from sitting in the hall.

The emperor felt helpless, shook his head and said to Prime Minister Daying: "It seems that it is my fault, these two children seem...to be unable to get together at all."

"It's the minister's daughter who is not worthy of the second prince." Xiang Daying bowed.

The emperor stared at Xiang Daying with interest for a long time.Xiang Daying, who was looking directly, felt hairy.

With this concentrated look, there is nowhere to hide even a hair on his body.

"The emperor looks at the minister like this..."

"Daying, I'm a little curious."

"What is the emperor curious about?"

"I'm curious, why didn't you pass on your cowardly and sycophant temperament to your daughter at all? Your daughter has the bearing of a hero who is not afraid of life and death. She really dares to provoke and touch anything. "

"It's all ministers who have no way to teach."

"Look, look, you're here again. I don't mean to blame you, but I just think your daughter is different from you."

"minister……"

"Okay, don't need to stammer, I came to the Department of Punishment. It is estimated that your daughter was also frightened. You can take her back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, there is still something for the daughters of the people to tell the Emperor." Xiang Suining kowtowed.

"Do you want to live here for a long time?" Xiang Daying grabbed Xiang Suining's arm and said in a low voice, "Just let it go, what else do you want?"

"Xiang Suining, do you have anything else to do?" the emperor asked.

"Your majesty, she's fine, she's fine, don't delay the emperor's return to the palace."

The emperor wanted to take Guo Wei back to the palace, after all, the emperor rarely visited a place like the Punishment Department once a year.

Several officials from the Punishment Department knelt down at the door, ready to send the emperor off.

Lu Ying, who was silent at the side, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed and shouted, "Your Majesty... I deserve death for lying to my Majesty."

The emperor was astonished.

It is rare to hear straightforward appeals.

The emperor had no choice but to retreat.

"Don't do our business, let's go back." Xiang Daying pulled Xiang Suining across the threshold.

Lu Ying yelled again, "Miss Xiang can't leave either."

"Is there something else about you?" Xiang Daying's face was not good-looking: "How many hornet's nests have you stabbed me?"

"I do not know either."

resignedly.

I can only listen to what Lu Ying has to say.

"Lu Ying, the Department of Punishment is still investigating your matter, so please stay calm." The emperor looked at Lu Ying gently, "I believe in your character. Let you go back. Tell me, are you locked here because you miss your wife and children?"

The emperor was joking.

Xiang Daying also laughed together: "It is said that Mr. Lu and his wife are very affectionate, and the children are also very cute. How can you miss them?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Ying replied very stiffly: "I don't want to."

"You really don't want to? Then why are you ashamed to say it?"

"I don't want to at all."

Well, ruthless.

It was embarrassing for the emperor.

"Then what does Master Lu want to do?" Xiang Daying asked.

"I want to tell you about the death of a dozen people in Qingcheng that night."

"Oh?" The emperor listened attentively: "Lu Ying, what do you want to defend yourself for?"

"Your majesty, the second girl from the Xiang family exposed the murder. The emperor should still remember that the minister said at the time that it was the minister who killed him. The minister deceived the emperor. Naturally, he deserved to die. But before he died, the minister wanted to tell the emperor. The murderer, the murderer is someone else."

"Someone else?"

"The murderer is Xiang Suining, the second daughter of the Xiang family."

Xiang Daying was still flattering by the emperor's side, but when Lu Ying said this, Xiang Daying's eyes almost popped out. Didn't Lu Ying put a pot of shit on Xiang's head?

Can't stand it.

"Lu Ying, although my daughter has a lot of problems, she dare not commit murder. What's more, most of the dozen or so people who died were men. How can she kill a woman with no strength? Our whole family I can testify that she did not go out alone that night, and even if she went out, she was accompanied by a servant girl, so it is impossible to kill people secretly, not to mention people, even ten chickens, whether she can kill it is still unknown."

The emperor laughed, and felt that it was not appropriate to laugh at this time, so he coughed twice, pretending to be serious, "Lu Ying, stop joking, Xiang Suining, how could she be the murderer?"

"Your majesty is wise." Lu Ying kowtowed respectfully, "I have deceived my majesty just now, and my majesty forgives my sin. The majesty is wise and decisive, and naturally understands that Miss Xiang will not be the murderer, so does the majesty know the real murderer?" who is it?"

"Say it straight."

"It's the emperor's second prince, Guo Cheng."

"Gu'er?" The emperor looked at Guo Kai inexplicably, Guo Kai's hands and feet were trembling, and standing behind the emperor was like sifting chaff.

When did you see him being so cowardly?

The emperor had a bad premonition in his heart, but he remained calm: "Qi'er, Lu Ying said that you killed those ten people, what do you think?"

"Father Emperor." Guo Kai hurriedly knelt down and didn't dare to lift his head: "There was a Xiang girl who went to Huguo Temple to arrest the son-in-law, and later Lu Ying told the son-in-law, and the son-in-law did not know where they offended. We should treat the son like this subject to death."

"Lu Ying, do you have any evidence for your claim that Cai'er is the murderer?"

"My wife Liu Shi is the evidence."

"Tell me in detail."

Lu Ying kowtowed, and the memory was pulled back all of a sudden.

Lu Ying originally thought that he would hide those dusty memories for the rest of his life.

But the world was unpredictable, and he suddenly didn't want to hide it anymore.

It was a day of pouring rain, the rain was really poisonous, the sun was still good one moment, but the sky seemed to be torn apart the next moment, and the rain poured down, pouring water on the ground.

The splashed water ran happily on the ground, and soon merged into a stream, and buried his ankles in less than an hour.When people walk in the city, they almost wade through water.

The whole brothel stood in the middle of the rain curtain, and some wooden houses could not withstand the erosion and fell down.

The window on the second floor was still open, but it was just the time to close the window, and the rain poured on the face, directly washing the face of the person who closed the window, and the mud mixed with the air splashed onto the collar, and the collar was covered with spots mud spot.

The barracks where the Shenji Camp was stationed needed to be moved. Lu Ying went to work for a while, and then returned to the house. While the child was asleep, Mrs. Liu wanted to buy some gadgets for the child. Volunteer and go shopping with Mrs. Liu.

Unknowingly, the two walked to the restaurant they used to frequent. Although it was remote, it was good to open the door to welcome customers.

The two went up to the second floor, found a table by the window and sat down. They ordered a jug of wine, a plate of sauced beef, a plate of shredded venison, a plate of sprouts, and a plate of snacks. They sat down and drank slowly. , speak slowly.

Unexpectedly, it was windy and rainy, and it was dark when it was dark.

The good sun rolled into the black clouds, and the sky and the earth were vast and magnificent, with only the sound of rain hitting the eaves.

As soon as the window was closed, I heard a group of people marching into the restaurant, said a few words to the shopkeeper, and then went straight to the second floor.

Liu's family is a woman, she immediately turned her face away and faced the window without raising her head.

Lu Ying recognized that the young man in brocade clothes was the current Second Prince Guo Kai.He was working in the Shenji camp, and he also went to the palace to meet the saint several times, and had a few face-to-face encounters with Guo Kai.

Guo Kai has always been bold and unrestrained, and he is not tired of galloping his horse in the heavy rain, but it is just a bit disappointing to be wet in the rain.

Soon the shopkeeper of the restaurant brought the food and wine. Guo Kai didn't like these folks eating, so he just sat next to Lu Ying with the wine: "Oh, it's really a fate, isn't this Mr. Lu?"

"Exactly."

"Long time no see. I heard that you married a new wife and gave birth to a child. Congratulations."

"Thank you, Second Prince."

"I'll whisper a few words to Mr. Lu, you all go out." Guo Kai waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately retreated downstairs.

Mrs. Liu leaned against the wall, as if she was afraid.

"This is your family, right?" Guo Kai smiled: "You should also withdraw, I have something important to say to Mr. Lu."

If Mrs. Liu met the amnesty, she ran out with short steps, and closed the door behind her. She was standing outside the door.

The rain is heavy, and the voice is a bit difficult to distinguish when sitting at a table to eat.

Guo Kai always had a loud voice, so I heard him say to Lu Ying, "I killed a few people."

"The second prince wants to worship God?" Lu Ying answered, "It is said that the Huguo Temple is very effective. The second prince can go there."

"I said I killed a few people."

"What god?"

"Oh my god, you are so stupid, how did you get into the Shenji Camp as the right lieutenant general." Guo Kai poured a glass of wine himself, drank it down, and poured another glass for Lu Ying: "You drink."

No merit and no reward.

This wine, Lu Ying is a bit difficult to drink.

But he had to drink the wine toasted by the second prince.

"In the past, I was sent by my father to the Shenji Camp to practice, and I admired Master Lu's ability. A few years passed in a flash. Later, I heard that Master Lu's first wife died. Unexpectedly, Master Lu married another beautiful wife so soon. After giving birth to a child, people in Qingcheng said that Lord Lu and Mrs. Lu are very loving and harmonious."

"Yes."

"I wanted to go to Lu's mansion to find you, but I happened to see you and Mrs. Lu shopping, so I thought about going later. Unexpectedly, I could meet you even if I was sheltering from the rain. It must be fate. Master Lu said, yes or no? ?”

"Yes. What is the second prince's order?"

"You became the right lieutenant at a young age. It seems that my father thinks highly of you. My father thinks highly of you. You have to be grateful."

"But what does the emperor need me to do? I will not hesitate to do so." Lu Ying knelt down after speaking.

Guo Kai helped him up himself: "Don't kneel, kneel, just drink. Of course, it's not my father who asked you to do something, it's me. It's up to you to do it."

"The minister is willing to do it."

"really?"

"As long as it does not violate conscience and morality."

"Are you willing to sacrifice yourself?"

"willing."

Guo Kai whispered a few words to Lu Ying, but Lu Ying held the wine glass and did not speak for a long time.

"Just now I said yes, but now I don't want to? Are you so timid?"

Lu Ying hurriedly cupped his hands: "Second prince, this is a matter of killing people. Killing people will pay for their lives. The life of the minister does not matter, but there are wives, houses and children to support, so we must miss them."

"You are stupid, when the matter of my murder comes out, my father is angry, so he wants to punish me. I don't want to be punished, so I found you. You just take the blame for me, and I will quietly tell my father the truth." The truth, when the time comes, how can my father not think of your sincerity? Naturally, you will not be allowed to die. Speaking of life and death, isn't my father a matter of words?"

(End of this chapter)