Volume 1 The Newlyweds Chapter 39 Entering the Palace
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it’s time to go back.
Xue Junyou didn't learn anything in the academy these days. Instead, he learned the art of war and formations from Sikong Qiye, the current captain and the prince's tutor, and of course, the fatal task of eating.
If he had a choice in the future, he would never bring himself or even the entire army to the miserable state of needing to eat snake meat or rat meat.
In addition, he also weighed what happened that night with the crown prince. Out of a sense of loyalty, Xue Junyou wanted to get out the few brothers who he thought were pretty good in the Penal Department Prison. But if he got them out,
This is equivalent to choosing to be on the same page with the crown prince from now on.
But what the Crown Prince said that day was correct. Since he has gained the attention of the Crown Prince and Tutor, no matter what, everyone will naturally regard him as the Crown Prince.
The status of the prince in the dynasty was very stable, so naturally there was no harm in being regarded as the crown prince, but Xue Jun was worried about what the emperor would think.
The current emperor is very ruthless. If he feels that Xue Junyou is threatened, it will be the disaster of annihilation of the Yi clan.
Fortunately, there is still a lot of time to consider this matter, and you can make the most appropriate choice after careful consideration.
Xue Junyou did not go back directly to his home today, but to a small courtyard in the college.
This small courtyard seems to be full of flowers and plants, but it is winter now, and it is no longer possible to see the flowers blooming like before.
Xue Junyou learned about Shi Quan Xiaoyuan from Sikong Shishu, who taught riding and archery here. Anyang had treated him well from the beginning, so now he was eager to know what was hidden in Fei Jue.
Not to ask for merit rewards, but sincerely.
This small courtyard was very neat and tidy. At first glance, it was obvious that it was the courtyard of a man living alone. Xue Junyou walked into the courtyard and raised his hand to knock on the door.
Soon, a bearded and tired face appeared behind the door that had just been opened.
"Did you know that I served as the bodyguard of Emperor Gongsun's noble concubine?"
Shi Quan didn't seem too surprised on his face. After all, he could know that he had been the imperial concubine's guard by just asking. After he opened the door, he turned around and walked directly into the room: "Come in, I guessed that you would
Come to me."
Xue Junyou was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, I only found out a few days ago that you were the escort of Imperial Concubine Gongsun. When did you expect to find you?
Without thinking too much, Xue Junyou followed him into the house. As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the strong aroma of pillars. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he saw a ranking with the name of the master Gongsun Ruofei on it.
"Let's put some incense on it."
Shi Quan took three sticks of incense and handed them to Xue Junyou, looked at him and said: "When you marry the daughter of the master's family, no matter where the etiquette is, you must also offer incense on three pillars."
Xue Junyou took it with a sad smile. To be honest, this was the first time he met his mother-in-law, but he never expected that it would be in such a scene.
Xue Junyou held the incense in both hands, knelt on the mat, worshiped the tablet again and again, then inserted the incense into the incense burner, stood up and bowed three times to worship.
This place was not suitable for talking. Shi Quan seemed to be afraid of disturbing the memorial tablet, so he led Xue Junyou to another small hall to talk.
"Are you investigating the affairs of the master's family for the sake of Princess Anyang?"
After Shi Quan made a cup of tea for Xue Junyou, he sat down and said with emotion: "My master really has a good son-in-law, and he still thinks about her."
Xue Junyou smiled with some embarrassment, and said to himself, not really, it was mainly due to some coincidences, but at present, he did come here because of the matter of Concubine Gongsun Huang.
Thinking in his mind, Xue Junyou asked Shi Quan doubtfully, "Isn't Sir the imperial concubine's bodyguard? Why do you call her the master's family?"
"It's a long story."
Shi Quan looked at Xue Jun and said worriedly: "I was originally a martial artist in the martial arts world. I was chased by my enemies and almost died. Fortunately, I was rescued by my master's family. From then on, I became a slave of the Gongsun family and served as their servant."
Around the master’s house.”
Xue Junyou nodded after hearing this. It does make sense. The imperial concubine lives in the inner courtyard of the palace, so how can she choose her personal bodyguards at will.
"So your injury should not have been left on the battlefield, and you are not a soldier, right?" Xue Junyou asked again.
"That's not true. In order to be qualified to be a guard of the palace, I did become a soldier and performed some meritorious deeds, so I am qualified to be allowed to be a guard of the master's family by His Majesty."
"That's it." Xue Junyou nodded, as if he remembered what Shi Quan said to him just now, so he wanted to ask doubtfully, but was blocked by his words.
"I knew you would come, so I packed everything."
As Shi Quan spoke, he took out a wooden box from nowhere. He stood up and handed it to Xue Junyou, saying, "I found these from Ma Jiu's Mansion before the Fourth Princess's people broke in."
"Ma Jiu?!"
Xue Junyou was shocked. He never thought that this matter had anything to do with Ma Jiu. He lowered his head and opened the wooden box. There were some deed papers inside.
There are land deeds and house deeds, but most of them are personal deeds and slave deeds.
In the laws and regulations of the Entropy Kingdom, the deed of birth is mostly when a poor family sells their children to a rich family to work as a servant or maid in order to make a living, while the deed of slave is mostly when someone in the family commits a serious crime and is deprived of their place of origin and becomes a slave.
, this kind of people are worse than the former. Most of the men are exiled to the army, and the women become prostitutes.
But on the other hand, buying and selling slaves privately is against the law. I didn't expect that Ma Jiu would engage in such a shameful and shady business. Killing him with one punch was really a blessing for him.
Although they were all deed papers, Xue Junyou still didn't understand it very well, so he asked Shi Quandao: "Sir, what are you showing me for this? Is it related to the imperial concubine?"
"Yes."
Shi Quan nodded, but when he heard Xue Junyou ask this, he frowned and asked: "The reason why you beat Ma Jiu to death was because you missed that incident?"
"Ah?" Xue Junyou looked confused. When did he kill two birds with one stone? He was obviously just here to seek revenge, but since he said it for this purpose, not to mention that this gentleman trusted him so much that he didn't pretend to be like this.
I'm actually a little embarrassed.
He then smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, I did find out some clues, but after Ma Jiu died, there were no clues anymore, and he didn't say anything, which made me regret killing him."
"You really shouldn't kill him."
Shi Quan sighed softly and said: "The Jiuying Protectorate is investigating him, but by doing this, their clues have been cut off."
"What? Your Majesty is also checking Ma Jiu? Then he, he won't blame me for this, right?" Xue Junyou was shocked. He never expected that he would also cut off the emperor's Hu.
Just when he didn't know what to do, Shi Quanxiang said confidently: "Don't worry, I have helped cover up this matter. The Jiuying Protectorate should now go to the Fourth Princess's Mansion.
"
"you?"
This sounds like Xue Junyou himself doesn't believe it, "You are a retired soldier? You are also the teacher of this Junde College."
As expected, Shi Quan took out a sign from his arms and threw it over.
Xue Junyou took it and it was engraved with the five characters "Jiuyingdu Yushi".
Xue Junyou's eyes widened when he saw these five words. In total, only one person can have this thing.
Seeing his shock, Shi Quan raised his head and said with emotion: "In order to avenge my master's family these years, I have secretly investigated a lot of things. In order to investigate more deeply, I even became the censor of Jiuyingdu. I have been under orders these days.
I am the censor of the capital who monitors Ma Jiu's house, but I actually sneaked in quietly and took out these things before the fourth princess's people came to destroy Ma Jiu's secret room."
"These contracts?"
Xue Junyou still didn't understand why Shi Quan wanted to take these contracts. He looked at Shi Quan doubtfully, but Shi Quan looked at him without saying a word.
It seemed that he understood that he had to find out the key points by himself, so Xue Junyou looked at it carefully again. Although he still didn't see anything about the personal deeds and slave deeds, he did find similarities between land deeds and house deeds.
"Donngling County, Dongzhou?"
"Yes, exactly. Ma Jiu has always had an unexplainable relationship with Marquis Dongling. The girls he harmed were all sent to the county where Marquis Dongling is located."
"So what does that mean?"
When the two of them talked about this, Shi Quan slowly leaned over and lowered his voice: "I have been in the Jiuying Protectorate these days and found out that Ma Jiu became famous nine years ago."
"Nine years ago... ..."
Xue Junyou frowned. Anyang was sixteen this year. Nine years ago, she was seven years old, which was the year when Concubine Gongsun died. This time period was too coincidental.
But then again, Xue Junyou had heard about the assassination of Princess Gongsun from Uncle Shi, and he had already experienced Ma Jiu's strength, that is, he was just a bully, and he would definitely not be able to play the role at the moment.
With his thoughts at this point, Xue Junyou asked: "Sir, do you suspect that Ma Jiu was one of the assassins who assassinated Concubine Gongsun?"
Shi Quan shook his head: "There were more than a dozen people who assassinated the master's family back then. The most powerful ones were killed by the master's family. The rest were almost killed by us. I remember the only one who only ran away very clearly. His hand
He was holding a silver weapon that looked like a spear but not a spear. I fought with him. It should not be Ma Jiu, but...
"Just what?"
"It's just that there were a lot of guests that day, and everyone's attention was on the assassins, so it was easy to miss something important."
"That would be difficult."
Xue Junyou sighed softly, "Ma Jiu was beaten to death by me. These things can only prove that Ma Jiu and Dongling Marquis were doing shady business. They cannot prove that he was related to the death of Concubine Gongsun Huang at all."
"So after I learned that you killed Ma Jiu, I have been trying to find ways to contact you. But seeing you come to the academy, I thought you must be doing it for the master's family, so I was waiting for you."
"Waiting for me?" Xue Junyou asked doubtfully: "What are you waiting for me to do? Do you need me to continue the investigation?"
Shi Quan nodded, "Recently, I have remembered bits and pieces of what happened that day, but it happened in the palace. As you know, even if I have the status of Jiuyingdu Yushi, I can't enter the palace.
The harem, a place like that, even Doctor Jiu Yingdu cannot enter without the permission of His Majesty and the Queen."
Xue Junyou suddenly seemed to understand something, so he frowned tightly, as if he had put a lock on it, and confirmed again: "You don't want me to take you into the palace, do you?"