"The Beginning of Summer will be around the corner soon." Emperor Jingcheng held his head high and said, "I want to build the building. I want Chen Qiusheng to come back. I want to investigate the letter case thoroughly."

"Check!" Tang Jiankai's waist bowed a little, "Check it thoroughly!"

Emperor Jingcheng turned around and looked at him, and smiled softly. In the swinging bead curtain, his voice was long and distant: "Let Chen Jinqiu come to see you. If they can't do it or dare not do it, I will do it."

There is no one before or after, good people, bad people, fools, give it to me, let me do it all."

Tang Jiankai raised his head slightly and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, Pang Sikong——"

"Pang Boyi, Chancellor." Emperor Jingcheng interrupted him, "The court of the Zheng Kingdom is very powerful. He is the Third Duke." Emperor Jingcheng's voice approached and said, "I am the emperor!"

Tang Jiankai immediately replied in a loud voice: "Here!"

Look, I'm still alive, and I'm all vying to jump over the Dragon Gate." Emperor Jingcheng turned sideways to look at the Tianhe River, looking at the carp leaping out of the water, lifting the bead curtain on his crown, and said with a chuckle, "That's all, it's time to kill.

Just kill them all."

He stopped looking and walked swiftly towards the long, straight bank.

Swing sleeves, swing sleeves.

The king does not stay away.

Jiuzhou Jiucheng.

As the heartland of the Zheng Kingdom, Chongdu is located in the center of the southwest. It leads to Daizhou in the north, the Hongshan Horse Road, and Wangzhou. It runs to the left and runs to the southwest, to the wilderness grassland Tongzhou, to the south is Yanzhou, and to the right is the boundless river and sea. It can be said that it is four images.

In the center, across all directions.

Today, the south gate of Chongdu is wide open, and a row of soldiers stands proudly, led by several officials wearing official uniforms.

The afternoon sun here was quite sultry, and the officials kept correcting their official hats during chats, and raised their sleeves to wipe sweat from time to time, but their movements were slightly slight, as if they were worried that if they moved too much, they would mess up their image.

On the long road, dust was flying, and a convoy was approaching slowly. The leader, a Qingqi captain, galloped up on his horse. He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Report, Mr. Chen's carriage has arrived. Sirs, please wait.

Wait."

An official raised his neck and asked: "Which Lord Ting is returning to the capital this time?"

All the officials looked up after hearing this, their faces looking extremely anxious.

The school captain replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the person returning to the capital this time is Lord Tingwei's right supervisor, Lord Chen Jinqiu."

When the leading official heard this, his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide and he said "Ah".

All the officials immediately looked around at their colleagues, and while whispering, they did not forget to point at the motorcade not far away.

"I thought it was a rumor." An official raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat, "I didn't expect it to be true. Mr. Chen Qiusheng actually stayed in Yanzhou as a hostage!"

"What should I do if you ask me to wait?" An official followed up and said, "Let's not forget such a big case as the letter case. Many unsolved cases currently squeezed need to be decided by Mr. Chen. Now a Tingwei right prisoner has returned. He

What can you do?"

"Smiling tiger, he is the next son of the Chen family, and he always flatters others. Now that Tingwei is away, he is the chief of the right prison of Tingwei, so the prison will be in chaos." An old official patted his thigh and sighed,

"The criminal must be detained even after he is brought back, and the case must be pending. Alas, it is useless."

All the officials sighed, but the motorcade was already approaching. Chen Jinqiu heard it clearly in the carriage, with veins on his forehead and teeth that were about to be broken.

But as soon as the curtain was lifted, Chen Jinqiu leaned over and stepped out of the carriage, with his usual gentle smile on his face, as if his face had changed before and after.

This group of officials waiting at the south gate were all promoted by Chen Qiusheng. Some of the senior officials were still old men brought up by his father's generation. He knew in his heart that even if people looked at him as a bug, he still had to smile.

welcome.

This is called the Smiling Tiger.

"My lords, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Chen Jinqiu smiled brightly and bowed his head as he looked around at everyone, "How can Jin Qiu ask you to wait here? I am really ashamed. Now I am returning to the capital, and there are prisoners in the car. I am on official business.

, I also invite you all to go back to the prison to discuss the case."

All the officials looked at each other. Their silence made the atmosphere awkward and inexplicable.

"Master Chen." An old official with gray hair and beard bowed his head and asked politely, "May I ask Mr. Chen, Lord Tingwei?

Why haven’t we returned to the capital together?”

All the officials looked forward to it with curiosity on their faces.

Chen Jinqiu's forehead twitched slightly, but his smile did not change at all. He said: "This letter case involves many things. My elder brother is still in Yanzhou to investigate the details here. I have no choice but to order me to bring the prisoners back to the capital. Don't call it the prison. There are many cases.

The crushing caused a disaster. You are thinking of my elder brother, and I would like to express my gratitude on his behalf."

Chen Jinqiu bowed solemnly, and all the officials did not say anything but returned the salute one after another.

The old official stood up and immediately asked: "Then, did Mr. Chen have a famous saying about when he will return to the capital?"

Chen Jinqiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "It's almost time. I guess my eldest brother will return as soon as the Beginning of Summer passes."

The two words "Lixia" were like a huge stone thrown into a big lake, which immediately caused a group of officials to whisper. Chen Jinqiu could even hear one of them whispering, "If Lixia comes, there will be floods in Yanzhou. In previous years, there will be floods in Yanzhou."

At this time, I’m afraid Mr. Chen will never come back this time.”

Chen Jinqiu pretended not to hear with a stiff smile, and just ordered the captain to take the prison car back to the prison first. But at this moment, a sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded from the south gate.

Everyone looked back and saw two groups of people lined up in the streets of the city, all dressed in mourning clothes, walking solemnly towards the South City Gate. In front of them was an old woman walking with a cane, which was quite difficult. Fortunately, there was a man beside her.

A young and beautiful woman supported him, but the sound of crying echoed, making everyone fall silent.

Chen Jinqiu watched carefully. He suddenly picked up his robe and ran over quickly. When he got close, he was about to kneel down in full robe.

"Don't kneel down, don't kneel down on me." The old woman slapped her cane hard, "I have two sons. One son, Chen Qiusheng, was a hostage in Yanzhou, and the other son, Chen Pinggang, died. If Mr. Chen kneels down on me, a woman,

I’m afraid I’ll make everyone in the world laugh.”

Chen Jinqiu stared at the old woman blankly, bowed his body a little, and softly called out: "Mother."

"Don't shout, I can't bear it." The old woman had dark bags under her eyes. She turned around and shouted loudly, "Cry! Your master is back, why don't you cry? Why don't you cry!"

She repeatedly turned over her crutches and slowly turned around amidst the banging sound. She raised her gaze past Chen Jinqiu and looked directly at the back of the motorcade, looking at the gold-lined wooden coffin on the carriage.

Her voice was hoarse as she cried, "My son...is back."

The old woman stepped forward and continued to move forward. The woman beside her supported her and did not dare to talk to Chen Jinqiu or even look at him.

They passed each other.

Chen Jinqiu froze on the spot. He suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his vision was hazy and blurry. Rows of servants passed by him, and those white clothes passed by his eyes one after another. His eyes could not keep up, and he could not even breathe.

Choking in the nasal cavity.

He wanted to turn around, but he froze in place.

There was still a smile on his face.

Among the three heroes of the Chen family, except Chen Qiusheng, who was born to the deceased eldest lady, Chen Pinggang and Chen Jinqiu were both born to the current eldest lady of the Chen family. He and Chen Pinggang are from the same mother, but his mother does not let him say a word at this moment.

mother.

When all the officials saw the old woman, they bowed respectfully and waited aside without saying a word..z.br

The funeral procession crowded the city gate, attracting people on both sides of the street to look up. But old lady Chen didn't pay attention to these glances. She walked slowly to the coffin. She placed her crutch and stroked the coffin.

For a moment, she suddenly pressed her cheek against the coffin surface and said in a low voice: "My son, Ping Gang is back."

The woman beside the old woman threw herself on the coffin and cried bitterly, and the procession behind her also started to cry loudly.

The cries were mixed with "Second Master."

Several young officials couldn't help crying when they saw this scene, sobbing and raising their sleeves to wipe away tears.

The funeral procession took over the carriage and entered the city gate with the coffin. The servants scattered paper money in the sky, and the sound of drums rang through Nanmen Street. All the people watching were shocked to realize that this was Chen's servant. They talked about it and looked at it.

The funeral procession pointed and pointed.

Chen Pinggang, one of the three heroes of the Chen family, died, and the news spread throughout the streets and alleys in an instant.

The officials followed behind the team, looking at Chen Jinqiu coldly as they passed by, and from time to time they secretly pointed cold fingers at him.

The prison car, the soldiers, and the servants all entered the city gate, but Chen Jinqiu stood alone in front of the city gate.

Next to him was the moat, and in the clear water one could almost see the pebbles on the bottom of the lake with the naked eye. But he could only see his own reflection on the surface of the river.

The river water was like a clear mirror, reflecting his face.

His stiff and unwilling smile.

Chen Jinqiu looked at himself in the river in a long silence, and kept mumbling to himself: "Who are you?"

"You are Chen Sanye, Chen Jinqiu, of the Three Great Masters of the Chen Family."

"You are the right eunuch of Tingwei, Chen Jinqiu..."

Who are you?

The sound was like the river asking him back.

He suddenly walked to the steps, squatted by the moat and stretched out his hands to stir up the water, then took a handful and rubbed it hard against his face.

He rubbed it so hard that his face became red and hot.

The ripples of the lake were blurred, and his face was also changing.

Chen Jinqiu's personal servant suddenly rushed back. After looking around, he found Chen Jinqiu squatting by the lake. He hurriedly went down the steps, bowed respectfully and said, "Third Master, the old lady has returned home."

"I know." Chen Jinqiu stared at the lake without looking at him, "Why didn't you follow?"

"Third Master." The servant swallowed, "Someone please come."

Chen Jinqiu still didn't look at him, just stared at the river in trance, and said: "Who?"

The servant looked around cautiously and saw no one. He immediately raised his hand to protect his mouth and leaned closer, whispering: "King Qin."

Hearing this, Chen Jinqiu slowly turned his head to look at the servant. He looked straight at it for a long time and said, "I know, prepare the car."

The servant immediately bowed and said respectfully: "Here."

The servant trotted to prepare the car, but Chen Jinqiu did not get up.

He was still staring at the lake, waiting for the water to calm down. He actually saw a person's face from the lake, and the person's words rang in his ears.

"You must remember to obey the law first in all things...listen...and think..."

Chen Jinqiu repeated in a daze: "Listen, and think..."

He stared at the lake, and his eyes gradually narrowed to see the scene in front of him clearly.
Chapter completed!