Spring has reached sixty-nine heads, and spring has begun in the first month. Looking from a distance, light green buds are vying to sprout on the branches of the willow trees hanging by the lake.
The earth revived, and the pool of water in the capital suddenly began to ripple.
There was drizzle in the gray sky. It didn't soak through my clothes when it hit me, but it made me feel damp and uncomfortable.
Si Yiluo went out and missed Shen Moran's hairpin ceremony. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he went straight to Prince Zhan's Mansion.
"Aluo, you came just in time. I have something to say to you."
Si Yiluo glanced at the listless Chang Jinchan and followed her to the inner room.
"What does that young lady from the Protector's Palace mean?"
Ever since the incident at the lantern festival, she had always looked northwest in trance during the day.
Shen Moran sighed and explained: "I guess he was shocked and homesick."
During the time when he was not in court, Emperor Yao was busy doting on his new beauties. All matters in the court were left to Prime Minister Shen. With Wei Heyan and Bo'an supervising and balancing each other, there was no trouble for the time being.
"Really just missing home?"
She doesn't look like that.
Shen Moran smiled like a fox.
"I didn't bully her! I just told her how many people in the capital wanted to plot against the Duke Protector's Palace, and told her her own worth."
Si Yiluo, the follow-up of those human traffickers, didn't let anyone keep an eye on her. Listening to what she meant...it wasn't just as simple as a human trafficker.
"You sent the person here. The Jingzhao Yamen did not dare to be careless and sent people to investigate, but they were blocked. The Jingzhao Yamen did not dare to dig deeper, and hurriedly closed the case, took the traffickers into custody, and sentenced them Qiuhou asked to behead."
"It turns out that before the first lunar month, one of them froze to death, and another was beaten to death during a fight in the prison."
Prisoners and prisoners are held separately in the cells, and even though the crime of human trafficking involves beheading, the process must not be omitted. The crime must be explained and the whereabouts of the trafficked people must be traced.
This alone sometimes takes a year or two.
Is the decision finalized so soon?
"No one usually pays attention to this kind of case. That is to say, I sent people to keep an eye on it and found out the follow-up. The victim did not ask, and the Yamen did not give an explanation."
The cases that Jingzhao Yamen dare not take care of are inherently fishy.
Si Yiluo was careless.
Shen Moran raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll let people continue to investigate. Guess who they found?"
"who?"
She already had the answer in her mind. Apart from Zhou Yu and Zhou Chang, she couldn't think of anyone else who could use such shameless methods.
Shen Moran sold it out.
"King Yun."
Before finding King Yun, Shen Moran thought it was Zhou Yu's usual method, but the facts are here.
"Prince Yun secretly opened many brothels in the south of the Yangtze River, and it concerned the daughter of the protector of the country. Concubine Zhao couldn't put down the case, so she went to ask the queen. The empress's niece Yu Jinlan and Prince Yun had just gotten married, and the queen wanted to help her. The son won over Zhou Yun and took action to suppress the case."
"From the second day of the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival, gifts are delivered to the palace like running water. My cousin can't see it. How can I not see it with my eyes? The queen feels guilty."
Si Yiluo couldn't help but sigh, the development of the situation was really unpredictable.
"Zhou Yu has been running around the house diligently these days, greeting his cousin, and you and I both know what his plans are. Chang Jinchan is a fat sheep, and everyone wants to take a bite, but she is too simple to deal with the people in the capital. Demons and demons.”
Si Yiluo asked: "Isn't the Lord Protector going to Beijing?"
Shen Moran shook his head.
"The emperor has not agreed. At this juncture, we are afraid that he will come back to support us."
The generals guarding the city were not allowed to leave their posts without orders, and without orders, even if his beloved daughter was wronged in the capital, Chang Jian could only endure it. He wrote three letters in a row asking the court to seek justice for his beloved daughter, but Wei Heyan withdrew them all. Already.
Because of Si Yiluo's relationship, Wei Heyan sent a message to Shen Moran. The Protector's move was suspected of forcing the emperor. He was in the northwest, but he was so well-informed about the news in the capital. If the report was delivered to Emperor Yao, I'm afraid it will arouse unnecessary suspicion.
Si Yiluo was away from home and didn't know about these things.
Shen Moran smiled and said: "Wei Heyan is quite good at planning for you. How did your mission go?"
Si Yiluo left the city this time to pick up Nail who had escaped from Beiliao. The situation in Beiliao was even more chaotic than they imagined.
"The man is still seriously injured and unconscious. He has been sent back to the Yamen. The specific situation will have to wait until he wakes up."
"Drink some water first."
After talking for a while, Shen Moran remembered to pour her water. Si Yiluo took out a gold hairpin from his arms and handed it to her.
"No more drinking. I came today just to give you a congratulatory gift and a hairpin gift."
Yesterday was the Lantern Festival and Shen Moran's birthday.
Her hairpin ceremony was very simple. Zhou Zhan secretly invited Du Zexi's wife Zhong to do her hairpin.
In the entire prime minister's house, no one except her mother-in-law Du Shi remembered her birthday. Du Shi was originally worried that she would not have a respected lady to tie her hair for her hairpin ceremony, and it would be difficult to go to her husband's house to help her arrange it, so she came here early in the morning. When I saw Mr. Zhong sitting in the high hall, my heart dropped.
Although her haircut ceremony is simple, it is very meaningful.
Shen Moran was moved and said: "Aluo, thank you. I can still be good friends with you in this life. I really made a profit! By the way, I'll give you a gift."
There was an oil paper bag stuffed in Si Yiluo's arms, which felt like a book.
"You can look at it when you go back."
Si Yiluo put her things away and went straight to the Yamen when she came out of Prince Zhan's Mansion. Since she had official business to deal with, she only opened it and took a look. When she saw that it was a common storybook on the market, she threw it on the bed.
She never had the time to read the storybook, but after all, it was a wish of a good friend. Maybe this one is different from other storybooks. She should read it when she has time...
"Find out all the news that came back from Beiliao within half a month."
She cannot place all her hopes on a seriously injured person who may die at any time. She must try her best to find out the direction of the situation in Beiliao.
These messages were very fragmentary, and some were even unrelated. Si Yiluo held up the candlestick and watched as his subordinates nailed the messages to the wall in chronological order.
These messages are all on the surface, and the secret situation needs to be carefully scrutinized.
At this glance, I saw that it was late at night.
The door to the check-in room was gently pushed open from the outside. Her head was heavy. She was leaning on the bridge of her nose with her elbow and closing her eyes in deep thought. Thinking it was Miao Cong, she said, "I'm not busy today. You can go back and rest early."
Miao Cong often worked day and night to take care of his old mother. Si Yiluo had always been tolerant to his subordinates. At this point, apart from the jailer guarding the cell, she was probably the only one left in the entire yamen.
The visitor quietly walked to the bed and sat down. He picked up the book she had thrown on the bed and started flipping through it.
Si Yiluo filtered her thoughts and another quarter of an hour passed. She turned around and saw Wei Heyan leaning on the bed and blinked.
"Why are you here?"
She looked outside the door.
"When did you come in?"
She was talking to him just now... Wei Heyan closed the script, stood up and walked over, glanced at the internal information hanging on the wall, and looked away.
"The civil strife in Northern Liao may be related to Xiao Yuanjin's father, King Pingchuan."
The change of imperial power in the Northern Liao Dynasty was not strictly bound by father-son ethics, and King Pingchuan was also named Xiao.
"Xiao Hongyu and Xiao Tingqi are brothers from the same mother. The reason why Xiao Tingqi's throne is secure is because Xiao Hongyu fought for him in the north and south!"
Wei Heyan sneered and reminded: "What about brothers? In the face of interests, blood and family ties are just shackles that bind Xiao Hongyu. If Beiliao keeps fighting, the two brothers can live in harmony. But before this civil strife, Beiliao has already
There was peace for five or six years."
"Xiao Hongyu has been harassing me at the border. If there is no barrier between the two brothers, why would he keep looking for a presence?"