Chapter 228: If I’m not vain, I’m panicked.

Su Yan, dressed in court dress, walked across the Jinshui Bridge with a proper gait, out of the afternoon gate, far away from seeing Su Xiaobei waiting beside the carriage to chew dry food, his eyes lit up, lifting up the hem of his robe and darting towards the other side.

“Quick, give me a couple sips!” He snatched the kettle filled with clear tea from Xiao Bei’s hands and gulped down a hard gulp.

Su Xiaobei called out with a frightened heart, “Slow down! Adults drink slowly, beware of choking–“

Su Yan gulped down half a pot in one gulp, wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and breathed a long sigh of relief, “After talking for two hours in a row, I almost didn’t let your lordship die of thirst.”

Today’s court meeting is extraordinarily long, a full three hours before the court is dismissed, that is to say, the adult alone took up three quarters of the time of the court meeting …… He can really talk! Su Xiaobei looked at Su Yan admiringly, “Your honor succeeded?”

Su Yan said, “The situation at the court meeting will be discussed later, there are more urgent matters now, let’s get on the car first and go to the Shuntian government office immediately.”

Su Xiaobei did not ask more questions, immediately sat on the carriage to prepare to catch the car, Su Yan held the water bottle into the carriage.

The carriage just started, the door was suddenly pulled open, and a figure jumped up. The body of the car did not have much vibration, but Su Yan in the moment he saw the other person, a mouthful of water sprayed on the mouth of the pot, splashing his face.

“So excited to see this king?” King Yu laughed and teased, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his face.

Su Yan looked familiar at the handkerchief in his hand, “This is my–“

King Yu immediately tucked the paddle back into his arms, “There’s still a reason to ask for it back when it’s given to someone?”

“No, I didn t send …… forget it.” Su Yan lazily with him to break up, turned the wind of words asked, “The king this is from where to come out?” Impression of today’s court meeting did not see Yu Wang ah. However, this style is always love to come, not to participate in the dynasty are not strange.

King Yu said, “Today, mother called me into the palace to keep me company, so I was just informed of Wei Que’s impeachment of you at the court meeting, so I came over to look for you. How do you plan to resolve this matter?”

Su Yan knew that King Yu’s original attitude towards the Wei family was somewhat contemptuous, but for the sake of the Empress Dowager’s face, it was not hostile. He stayed out of both sides of the power struggle between the crown prince and the second prince. Since the Vacuum Sect sent Fuyin to infiltrate the royal residence, stirring up disputes between King Yu and the emperor, and even intending to let him commit regicide and rebellion, and Fuyin pulled Han Ben’s back before he died, which completely angered King Yu, and the Wei family, who was used as a gun by the Vacuum Sect, became the goods that were too dead to be spared in his eyes.

At least in this matter, King Yu was indeed his ally, so Su Yan didn’t hide it, and truthfully said, “Someone is giving the Wei family tips in the back, and this person must be related to the Seven Slaughter Battalion and the Vacuum Sect, or else how would they have learned of Jing Hongchou’s origins?”

This dry strength pleased King Yu, he deliberately sank his face, “Your dog skinned guards are really the remaining members of the Hidden Sword Sect. You helped him conceal his identity, even this king was kept in the dark, now that the incident has occurred, let’s see who can save you!”

Su Yan half with no fear, but also towards him rolled his eyes: “A chase early eight hundred years on the defection of the division, floating sound that thing thanks to his investigation tracking, only to discover the underground secret passage. Most of the information of the Seven Killers Camp is also provided by him, if we talk about the credit, he is more than half and more.”

King Yu lightly kindly: “In that case, why don’t you say these words in the court meeting in a big way, and make a delaying tactic?”

“Because the timing and momentum are not right. ‘Timing, location, and people, if the three are not allowed, though victory is a disaster’, Sun Tzu’s words are the truth.” Su Yan had stood for a long time at the court meeting, and at this moment, his waist and legs ached, so he paralyzed himself on the soft cushion beside the seat, living like a boneless snake.

In the eyes of those scholars who value etiquette, this is called degrading. But King Yu is even more free and easygoing than him, and thinks that only when facing his own people, really relaxed will have this posture, heart is even more like it, with a smile, said: “I would like to hear about it.”

“Wei Que used Jing Hongchou’s origin as a point of attack, and at this moment, whether I deny it or defend Chou, I have fallen behind and will easily be led by the other side. If I ignore it, the courtiers will have two understandings – Su XII is weak-minded and dare not respond; Su XII just thinks that his dog farted and is simply too lazy to care. With such mixed beliefs and doubts, it’s much better than me and him arguing about it and making everyone feel more and more that it’s really happening.”

King Yu finished pondering and nodded, “That makes sense. Sometimes ‘ignoring’ is a more powerful retort instead.”

“More than that. I purposely interrupted the other party’s momentum, not letting him have a chance to make a move, and I’m going to take the tempo into my own hands. Today, I am the one reviewing the Emperor’s orders, I am the one who impeached the Wei family first, and as long as the Emperor doesn’t give the word to stop it, you, Wei Yan and Wei Que, will have to listen even if you don’t want to!”

“…… So you scolded the Wei family for two whole hours, forcing one marquis and one uncle with the whole court to have to hear the end from the beginning, and even my royal brother had to be hungry to the end?” King Yu laughed out loud, “Well done!”

Su Yan sighed, ”This is also a last resort for me. It happened suddenly, I need time to think of countermeasures, and I also need to find someone to verify Ah Chui’s situation so that I don’t fall into the trap set by the other side. I asked the jinyiwei carrying the evidence box to help me send a message to Shen Qi in the hope that he would comprehend what I meant, and first make sure that nothing happens on Ah Zhui’s side.”

King Yu’s laughter suddenly converged, and his expression was a bit one-sided: “You let Shen Qi go to save Jing Hongchou?”

Su Yan returned a “what’s wrong with that” look: “Shen Qi is the only one who knows the inside story, and he’s in the same boat with me, so who would I look for if not him?”

“Aren’t you afraid that the two of them fighting for wind-” receiving Su Yan’s death stare, King Yu immediately changed his words, “are at loggerheads! Fighting at the drop of a hat, each wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to finish each other off?”

“Solve what?” Su Yan forcefully patted the chair surface, “Now when the enemy, personal grudges have to be put aside, if you cut my helm, I burned your sails, this ship does not wait for the enemy to open fire immediately turned over in the hands of their own people, and then we all play together to the end! Such a simple reasoning, I do not believe that the two of them can not see through.”

King Yu had nothing to say, but at the same time, he felt that his heart was not savory: Shen Qi did not hesitate to reject his approach, and now if he joined hands with Jing Hongchou, it meant that the other party was not only willing to fight alone, but also did not want to choose him as an ally. Whether this is because he is not good enough, or out of some kind of scruples not wanting to get involved with the royal family, only Shen Qi himself is clear in his heart.

With a subtle wave of irritation, King Yu asked, “So where are you going with this?”

Su Yan said: “Shuntian government office. Before I let A chase to protect the complaining sufferer, and he himself also has a petition to deliver, if it goes well, at this moment he should still be in the government office lobby, if not …… it is likely to be the seven kill battalion and the vacuum religion stared at.”

The matter was urgent, Su Xiaobei drove the carriage as fast as he could, and finally arrived at the government office after half an hour.

Su Yan let King Yu wait in the carriage, his own official clothes on, easily entered the door. Today is the government minister sitting in the hall. This government minister surnamed Mao, age forty years or so, with him this Da Lisi young secretary rank equivalent. The two men saluted according to equal rank, Su Yan explained the purpose of his visit.

“Today there are indeed many people who came to throw the paper, but also in the yamen outside the drums and grievances, suing are …… “Mao government minister very difficult to sigh,” Wei family two marquis. The two marquis of the Wei family. One by one, they are all blood cases, big cases. The government Yin adults received the paper headache very much, this is not, let this official temporarily on behalf of the affairs of the hall, he is in the back of the open, or first explore a Wei family’s mouth.”

Su Yan heard the doorway as soon as he heard it – the feelings of this deputy is not moving to give the head of the eye medicine. Otherwise, why say to him? The implication is: our leadership is not good, as the mayor of the capital, cowardly and incompetent, once received a lawsuit against the state relatives of the thorny case will pull me out of the word.

Su Yan thought that his wound was hurting again, and hurriedly went forward to support him, and said to King Yu, “He is not yet healed, and should not ride a horse. If it’s too crowded for the king, why don’t you two take the carriage and I’ll ride the horse?”

“No need!” King Yu and Shen Qi objected in the same voice.

The two of them glared at each other like a cockfight for a few seconds, and finally yanked Su Yan’s arm left and right at the same time and dragged him into the car.

Inside the compartment, the three people on the issue of seating arrangements have never been able to reach an agreement, so in a variety of secret small movements you take me to push, I pull you on top of the squeeze all the way.

Back to the door of the Su Mansion, the carriage has not yet stopped, Su Yan can not even wait for the step ladder, can not wait to jump out of the car, and fiercely breathe a few mouths of fresh air.

He was shrouded by the ominous cloud in the bottom of his heart, he was not in the mood to be angry with the two food-grabbing dogs than, quickly walked to the living room, poured himself a cup of cold tea, drank it all in one gulp, and lashed the teacup to the tabletop, “What’s the situation in the end, tell us quickly!”