Chapter 240 – Sage Brothers Are Still Young

As the rain tapered off, Gao Shuo stood in the corridor, enduring the pain coming from the newly bandaged arrow wound in his back, and twisted his head to see an Eastern Palace guard and a royal guard each holding wooden trays as they entered the door to the bathroom courtyard.

The wooden tray held folded clean clothes and boots, two sets.

He rushed to see Su Yan at the Yi Shan Bureau, and as soon as he saw the jinyiwei riders in the courtyard, he knew that Lord Shen had also arrived. But then he heard the guards say that the adults went to bathe and change clothes, and asked him to wait in the corridor.

But the robes in this wooden tray were embroidered with coiled dragon patterns, clearly the system of the Emperor and Prince.

Then, two more trays of clothing were sent in by the guards, this time without the dragon pattern, it was a green and a blue two pieces of tracer.

Takasaku was a bit baffled.

Not long after, the Crown Prince and King Yu walked out of the courtyard door in coiled dragon robes, followed by Lord Shen and Lord Su in trailing sails. The hair of all four was damp, and their bodies still carried a warm vapor.

This is …… four people sharing a bath? A look of shock appeared on Gao Shuo’s almost cracked face.

He knew that his own master and Lord Su had a personal relationship, but he did not expect that this relationship could be linked to another two at the same time! Even more, he did not expect that Lord Shen could even accept …… It seems that Su Qinghe is not an ordinary fox demon reincarnation, it is a nine tailed sky fox reincarnation ah!

Gao Shuo’s entire body was a bit bad, even Su Yan walked up to him and asked something without hearing it, until Shen Qi frowned and called out, “Gao Shuo!” Only then did he come out of his trance and cupped his fists and replied, “My humble servant lost his concentration for a moment, Your Excellency, please forgive me and ask again.”

Su Yan asked with concern, “I heard those two scouts say that you fought with Mr. Crane, were you injured?”

Gao Shuo was slightly stunned, and suddenly felt that these men had not been planted unjustly. He cleared his throat and said, “Some minor flesh wounds won’t hurt, thank you for your concern.”

Su Yan asked again, “What about sister Ruan, is she seriously injured?”

Gao Shuo said guiltily, “Her life is unharmed, but the injury is on, on her face, and she was still unconscious when I came out of Mr. Yingxu’s medical hut.”

Su Yan huffed, “Face! She’s a girl …… I have to go and take a look.”

“Sir, wait,” Gao Shuo handed over the box under his arm, “Before Miss Ruan fell unconscious, she held this box in her arms, and I brought it out. I opened it and saw that the contents were extremely important, so I immediately sent it over.”

“The box? Could it be that sister Ruan got it from Mr. Crane’s room.” Su Yan took it and opened the lid of the box, Shen Qi, King Yu and the Crown Prince all came over to look.

The guards moved a wooden table and laid a clean white cloth. Su Yan took out the things in the box one by one and put them on the table.

There were all sorts of things, including broken arrowheads, a withered finger suspected to be a human bone, and a treasure scroll with the teachings of the Vacuum Cult written on it ……

“Isn’t this the Blood Scripture that Little Master sent to Yanfu Temple to make offerings? How did it fall into Mr. Crane’s hands. There’s also the sacrificial text that Little Master wrote, what’s he doing transcribing this!” As if his thoughts of his late mother had been desecrated, Zhu Helin was very upset.

King Yu hooked up a string of luan and phoenix necklace with his fingertips and raised his eyebrows, “This king sees this necklace is a bit familiar ah, like something worn by a woman in the palace.”

Shen Qi, on the other hand, drew out a piece of iron in the shape of a tile, quickly scanned it, and his countenance changed slightly, “This is the Golden Book and Iron Coupon awarded by Emperor Taizu, and looking at the text, it was awarded to the Vacuum Sect Master Wenxiang of that year!”

Zhu Helin immediately retorted, “The Vacuum Sect is a cult authorized by Emperor Taizu, how could it possibly bestow such a precious golden book and iron ticket to the sect master? It must be a forged forgery.”

King Yu put down the celluloid, took the iron piece and looked it over for a moment, nodded and said, “It’s genuine.”

Zhu Hailin was surprised, “This …… I have to go and ask my father to see what is going on.”

“This box, is it certain that it was taken from Marquis Xian’an’s residence?” Su Yan asked Gao Shuo.

Gao Shuo nodded with certainty, “Right from Mr. Crane’s room, it should have been his personal belongings, and was discovered by Miss Ruan. Miss Ruan knew the importance of this box, so she clung to it even when she was unconscious.”

“These things are enough to prove Mr. Crane’s relationship with the Vacuum Sect, and he is eight out of ten . Nine is the current Vacuum Sect Master. In that case, the Wei family can’t get out of it! Thanks to Mr. Crane’s penchant for collecting trophies, this most conclusive physical evidence has fallen into our hands.” Su Yan stroked his palm, “I’ll go to the palace to face the saint and convince the emperor to issue a decree to search Marquis Xian’an and Marquis Feng’an’s residence, and take Mr. Crane and the Seven Slaughter Battalion Master down straight away!”

Zhu Helin: “This hour the palace door has long been closed, only the little master can knock open, the little master accompany you with.”

Shen Qi: “It’s too late! I’m afraid that before you guys can ask for the holy decree, those two will have already fled on the wind.”

King Yu: “This king also has this worry, since they are colluding with the Wei family, I’m afraid that there are fewer eyes and ears in the palace to ventilate the information.”

Su Yan thought for a moment, said: “Then there is only one way to decapitate this. But this kind of thing is never taboo, not to mention the Shangfang sword has long been returned, even if it is still in my hands, unauthorized troops to go to the state relative’s mansion to check and seize, but also exceeds the authority given to me by the emperor, and is bound to be held on the charge of autocratic overstepping the bounds of the law.”

The crowd knew that he had valid concerns. Takasaku asked, “What then?”

Shen Qi said in a deep voice: “Split the troops into two ways! I’ll bring the Brocade Guards to find an excuse to surround the two marquis’ mansions first and maneuver around them, and Qinghe’s side will get the imperial decree as soon as possible.”

Su Yan shook his head against it, “In that case, the pressure is all on you, no matter if the Wei family is guilty or not, afterward you are bound to be attacked by the courtiers in a frenzy of denunciation.”

“But this is the only way for now.” Shen Qi insisted, “Anyway, my Northern Zhenfu Si has always been arrogant, and its fierce reputation is well known.”

Su Yan still objected: “This crime is too big, I’m afraid the empress dowager will not sit back and do nothing, no, can’t let you take the blame alone. Why don’t I go with you and share the fire, and the evidence will be troublesome for Little Master to send into the palace alone to the Imperial Master.”

King Yu opened his mouth, ”One by one, they don’t put this king in their eyes? As long as the king is here, the Wei family will have something to worry about. Those courtiers if they want to impeach despite come, this king what impeachment has not eaten, lice more not bite, debt more not worry.”

Su Yan asked unexpectedly, “So what the king means is that …… you can go with Seventh Lang to the Siege Marquis?”

King Yu mockingly glanced at Shen Qi: “If you call me Shilang, I will help him.”

“It’s not helping him, it’s contributing to this Inverted Guard Alliance of ours.” Su Yan suddenly revealed a derisive light smile, “Besides, ‘Shilang’ is not a good name to call him, you believe me.”

King Yu just assumed that he didn’t want to be called close, and on second thought added, “Then you can always call me ‘Geun Cheng’, right?”

Suyan hesitated.

Shen Qi lowered his eyes to hide the cold light under his eyes, his fingers slowly rubbing on the hilt of the knife.

Zhu Hailin was annoyed, “What time is it, still haggling, Fourth King’s Uncle you can be a man!”

King Yu laughed out loud, swept down the steps, rolled onto his horse, and greeted the royal guards, “Let’s go, go find the Wei family’s bad luck.”

“…… Be careful when you enter the palace to face the saint.” Shen Qi looked deeply at Su Yan and turned around to gather the brocade guards.

Although Zhu Hailin was often dissatisfied with his father and he snatched people, he couldn’t listen to this, and immediately pulled down his face, “Shen Qi what do you mean, insinuating about the Son of Heaven?”

Su Yan was busy rounding up the situation, “Don’t worry, Little Master and I will definitely get the holy decree and send it to you in time.” Saying this, he pulled Zhu Helin’s wrist, “It’s not too late, quickly go.”

Zhu Hailin was pulled by him, his mood improved, and said, “Riding the same on Little Master’s ‘Chixia Fei’, the feet are fast.”

Prince’s red mane horse is indeed one in a million good horse, Su Yan also did not pretend, according to the words and he rode with him, whip urged the horse to the palace galloped away, behind the usual chase of a team of tired of running for their lives in the East Palace guards.

Zhu Helin wrapped Su Yan’s waist from the back. Su Yan suddenly realized that the teenager who was half a head shorter than him in the past was now the same height as him, and his body type was more robust than his, and the tendon meat bulging on his arm was against his skin, like declaring the victory of the counter-attack.

Su Yan inevitably a little sour – his own body half a year also higher, also thought that long muscles can completely get rid of the bottom of the white chopped chicken, the result is that even the little kid can easily catch up to overtake him, it is really …… more than a person who is angry.

He couldn’t help but mutter, “You’re on hormones, you grow so fast!”

Zhu Helin didn’t know what “hormone” was, but it didn’t stop him from showing off, “I said I would grow up as soon as possible. See, in half a year, I’ll be taller than you.”

Su Yan said resentfully, “Even if he’s taller and stronger than me, he’s still a younger brother.”

Zhu Hailin attached himself to his ear, his voice tone fluctuating, “Brother~ Good brother, kissing brother.”

Su Yan chills, goosebumps: “What is this wind, hurry up and take it back to me.”

Zhu Helin smiled and pressed his entire chest against his back, “You call me brother, so what’s wrong with me calling you brother? Besides, that’s how they call lovers in the talk books.”

“My ‘brother’ is an adjective not a noun! How many times have I told you, read fewer talking books and more serious books …… No, who is your lover boy?!”

“The one who kissed on the mouth is.”

“That was when you pressed me hard enough to kiss me!”

“That time at the temple, you took the initiative to kiss my master, so you want to renege on the debt?”

“……”

“If you kiss once more, I’ll forgive you.”

“Fuck off!”

“Hurry up and kiss, or else Little Master will be here-” Zhu Helin blew breath onto the back of Su Yan’s neck, “Playing the rascal once more, and letting you go to my father’s emperor with a big red mark on your head.”

“Crazy you, the back is full of guards ……”

“Anyway, the night is so dark, and the horse runs so fast, no one will see, so kiss, kiss, kiss!”

Su Yan was pestered by him and turned his head to perfunctorily imprint on his cheek.

“Fooling around with a child?!” Zhu Hailin was very dissatisfied, letting go of the hand that was wrapped around his waist and went to break his face, “Turn around, give Little Master a serious kiss.”

Su Yan gasped, “The place where I just cracked still hurts, turn around and you collapsed again, directly bite off the lips of both of our mouths!”

Zhu Hailin’s heart was weak: “Is Little Master’s skill that bad?”

Su Yan despised, “What is good or bad about something that is not there at all?”

Zhu Herrin: “……”

Zhu Helin’s voice was full of emotion: “Wise brother! I am still young, I really don’t know what to do, so I beg you to use your body as a ferry to show me the way.”

Suyan: “……”

Su Yan was distressed: “Obscene . Obscene books do a lot of harm! I’ll burn all the books in your nightstand!”