chapter xxviii – with whom to have illicit intercourse

This liver and guts posture was held a little longer, Su Yan was strangled by a pair of young and enthusiastic arm circles, a little chesty and short of breath.

He had no choice but to wrench the Crown Prince’s arm and awkwardly said, “Your Highness, it’s okay ……”

Zhu Hailin’s chin rested on the hollow of his shoulder, his heart still stirring – more than stirring, it was the latter waves pushing the former waves.

A wave of backwaters thought, Qinghe can be comfortable to hold, not too soft, not too hard, just the right feel.

Another wave of the back of the wave and thought, the body odor also smells good, as if the palace Ziling incense flavor, but also more fresh and misty, I do not know whether it is with incense or incense dew.

When I smelled the smoky scent on the ministers on weekdays, I felt effeminate, but how come it smelled so good on Qinghe?

The more he thought about it, the more he scratched his heart, Zhu Hailin couldn’t help but ask, “What kind of incense are you using?”

Su Yan was stunned by his headless question, “No ah, I did not spray perfume …… Oh, it is soap flavor.”

Ancient people good with incense, believe in “aroma nourishment”, from inserting vanilla to Pei Xiangcang, Song Dynasty invented the distillation method to extract fragrant dew, to the Ming Dynasty is more varied, and even take the rose, jasmine, mignonette and other kinds of fragrant dew into the wine, instead of tea, to do snacks.

Su Yan in his previous life, even aftershave water have not been used has been male, now even more not used to wipe the flower dew, with a boy in the market to buy the “fragrant round soap”, but also specially picked a sound the most non-greasy “row of grass” flavor.

Who knows that this “row of grass” is in fact the spirit of the grass, also known as the full mountain incense, Guangling incense, Ziling incense, end is sweet and fragrant, bathing in the hot air, a stimulus, room full of dense, refreshing. Can buy all buy, but also figure the group purchase price is cheap to buy a large pile, can not throw away, had to make do with.

Being asked by the Crown Prince like this, he felt ashamed and hurriedly pushed the other party away, coughing dryly a few times.

Zhu Hailin let go of his hand, still a little reluctant to let go, “If Qinghe likes it, the palace has a lot of top quality perfumed dews, what scent are there, turn around and I’ll send you a few bottles.”

I am! No, no, no, no! Use it! Fragrance! Water! I fucking only want Shanghai brand sulfur soap! Su Yan smiled and politely declined, and said: “Your Highness should go, back if the emperor found not present, afraid to look around for you.”

Zhu Hailin nodded his head, straightened his lapel, walked out two steps, and then turned back to stare at Su Yan’s waist.

“I just realized that you changed your belt, it wasn’t this one before lunch.”

Suyan: “?!”

“…… is the one.”

“No.” Zhu Hailin said with certainty, “It’s the same fifth-grade silver flower, and in the morning when you came to the East Palace, I saw that it was a soft cloth belt with only a piece of silver band in front. This time, however, it turned into a hard leather belt, encrusted with a whole circle of bands. When did you change your belt?”

Su Yan s face was a little green. The soft belt that was originally tied was used by King Yu as s props …… yuck, a tool for illegal detention, and was left in the fine house. The new one is the one thousand households Shen Qi stripped off from himself and gave him to cover people s ears.

After returning to the shooting willow field, no one found this inconspicuous small details, now even by a big grin Prince noticed, what is this called, Zhang Fei through the needle in the rough?

“You and I rode in the same car to the East Garden, and did not carry spare clothing and accessories, where did this one come from?” Zhu Hailin suddenly thought of something, his eyes flared up, his voice snapped, and he fired off a series of questions, “Why are you undoing your belt? Who gave you this one? Who did you give that belt to? Which shameless person did you have an affair with?”

Su Yan back trickle down a drop of cold sweat, face calmly said: “your highness do not think nonsense, what ‘private sex’, that speaks of men and women big defense. Your highness or read well, read the proper books, don’t blindly read those folk books, or be found by too masters, again to punish your highness to copy the four books and five sutras.”

Zhu Helin, however, became even more furious: “Using ‘Your Highness’ three times in two sentences, suddenly being so polite, what is it if not a weak heart! You don’t say, well, when I find out myself, I’ll make him look good!”

Su Yan smiled bitterly: “Temple …… really no one! It is in the forest middle school shooting, was hooked down by the branches of the belt, looking for not come back, this is the central courtesan casually find a temporary use.”

Zhu Helin glared, ”Do you really think I’m a brat, casually fooling around! Where can a palace maid find a fifth grade official’s belt? Good wow, as the crown prince’s attendant, you don’t properly accompany this crown prince to study and practice martial arts, instead you go to hook up with your colleagues, you still want to get a caning, don’t you!”

Mentioning the court cane, Su Yan reflexively had a pain in his ass and his face didn’t look too good anymore, and replied nonchalantly, “Your Highness is going to give me a meal of court cane because of a belt?”

Seeing him unhappy, Zhu Hailin and some panic, the tone can not help but soften: “No, I will scare you …… alas, Qinghe, you do not with people Guatian Lixia okay?”

Su Yan held his forehead: “‘Guatian Li Xia’ where did you learn this word again! Have you been sneaking out of the palace to buy new books lately? Haven’t you learned from the last ‘Hanlin Wind and Moon’ incident? Do you really want me to be caned again?”

“I really didn’t get that laborious book of spring palace drawings, it was someone who framed me, you know it clearly!” Zhu Hailin red face yelling, suddenly remembered to pull the bed of the end of the bed hidden compartments hidden in the proposed storybook, what “moonlight monk degree Liu Cui” “Zhang Shunmei lamp night to get Li female”, although not obscene, but also very fragrant, under the heart of the weak, yelling sound is also weak, “I’m just …… just ……”

He took two steps forward and poked his finger indignantly at the silver belt on Su Yan’s belt, “Take it off! Use this one of mine!”

“Your Highness spare my life!” Su Yan sighed and slapped his hand away.

Zhu He Lin of course knows that trespassing on royal artifacts is a capital offense of overstepping the system, and now the anger is also deflated most of the time, feeling tasteless and tasteless, muttering in a low voice a newly learned word: “Attracting bees and butterflies …… “

Su Yan was practically laughing in anger.

Ironically, he said, “Let’s go, my highness! If we are blocked in this room by the Emperor, we will be punished for ‘secret communication’ for miles!”

Zhu Hailin froze, his face burned scarlet, no longer paying attention to him, flung his sleeves, and walked away with big strides.

Back to the shooting willow field, Su Yan saw the sun slanting in the west, and it would be dark in another hour or so.

Happens to be the imperial chariot from the Longde Hall out, Jinglong emperor face happy, think because the new young son, the old man is very comforting.

Su Yan was busy plunging into the crowd, burying himself in a hidden trail.

And earlier ordered to search for the murder weapon of the brocade guards, at this time also came back to report, in a remote bushes, found a haphazardly plowed and buried shallow pit, inside is a short sword with blood stains. Said, the sword pad on the white cloth, presented.

The sword is only nine inches long, with a curved and uneven pattern. At the end of the blade, near the tsuba, the character “hook” is engraved in seal script, indicating that the sword was made by the master swordsmith Shangguan Hook, because the style is modeled after the fish gut sword used by Zhuge to assassinate the king of Wu Bureaucrat, and it is also known as “Hook Fish Gut”.

As soon as the Emperor saw the sword, his gaze darkened and cooled.

One of the several important ministers of the six ministries who had gathered around said out of turn, “Isn’t this the beloved sword of His Highness, the King of Yu?”

Last year, King Yu birthday, Shangguan hook personally sent three swords as a gift, one of which is this “hook fish intestines”, present at the birthday celebrations have seen. King Yu loves these three swords, see the fish intestines small, they carry with them, in addition to the temple to face the king when removed, the rest of the time never leave the body, the dynasty is known to all.

The Emperor summoned King Yu to come closer, pointed at the sword and asked, “Is this your sword?”

King Yu looked calm and replied, “It’s my brother’s sword.”

“Why is it stained with blood and thrown in a mound?”

“My brother has already gifted this sword to Ye Donglou, and what happened after that, I really don’t know.”

“When was it given?”

“…… today at noon.”

That is to say, before Dr. Ye was assassinated and fell from the building, King Yu coincidentally gave him a sword? Afterward found that the sword body blood stained abandoned, and the size of the wound with the abdomen of the deceased matches? The officials present whispered, but none of them dared to speak up and ask questions.

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Wang Ti Rui, stepped forward at this moment. This sixty years old minister, neck as long as a crane, waist slightly stooped, description is not very beautiful, but has always been known for law enforcement and uprightness of the court.

He arched his hand and said, “The sword is stained with blood, suspected to be the murder weapon, and had been gifted to Ye Langzhong, His Highness King Yu may have collusion with this matter, and I hope that Your Majesty will not show favoritism and investigate this case thoroughly!”

Emperor Jinglong knows that this old minister has been enforcing the law for many years, speaking consistently straight to the point, not to the person, but also did not get angry, that box Yu Wang immediately retorted, “Even if this sword is the murder weapon, it can not be proved that it is related to the lone king, can not it be that the murderer pulls out the sword that the Donglou wears on his body, and in turn stabs him?”

“In addition to the murder weapon, there is a motive. Your Highness and Ye Langzhong have a very shallow relationship, and it is needless to say that there is a hidden agenda within, so how can there be no collusion? At least a suspicion.” Wang Ti Rui stalked his crane neck and argued.

King Yu smiled disdainfully, not arguing with him, and arched his hand towards the Emperor, “My younger brother is very hurt and saddened by Ye Donglou’s death, but his heart is not guilty. Imperial brother should know my brother’s innocence.”

Emperor Jinglong said lightly, “Whether it’s coincidence or collusion, both sides have to come up with solid evidence to prove that the other side is guilty, or that they are innocent. If neither can come up with evidence, then we’ll think long and hard about it.”

The words look impartial, but in the end is still biased in favor of the King of Yu. The murderer was nowhere to be seen, and King Yu insisted that the sword had been given away, so where could he find solid evidence? Wang Ti Rui, however, rose to the challenge and said with an iron clank, “Then please ask His Highness the King of Yu to cite physical evidence or witnesses to prove that he has nothing to do with this case.”

King Yu took a deep breath and looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor looked back at him with a calm face and did not make a sound.

After all, he still refused to cover for him, is to take this matter to knock him a bit, so that he do not provoke the courtiers in the future? King Yu narrowed his eyes and gave a cold snort in his heart, saying, “I have witnesses.”

Shangshu Wang pressed, “Who?”

“The Sijing Bureau Wash Horse, the Crown Prince’s Attendant, Su Yan.”

Su Yan was lowering his head, using the sole of his shoe to crush the ants on the ground, when he suddenly heard his name mentioned, he subconsciously raised his head, and met with the deep and cold eyes cast by King Yu.

At this instant he seemed to hear the heart of King Yu, with a stereo reverb effect: good boy, you have to testify for this king, or pull you down with him, to see who is more unlucky in the end.

I’m already unlucky enough to be in the presence of such a cheeky prince like you! Su Yan sighed greatly in his heart and helplessly stepped forward: “I testify for His Highness King Yu. At noon, His Highness was ordered to teach me archery, in the forest behind Longde Temple. Soon after I was drunk and vomited, His Highness kindly helped me to rest in the elite house. Ye Langzhong then came to the house, and talked with His Highness, and His Highness took out this fishbowl sword on the spot, and gave it to Ye Langzhong. I didn’t want to disturb the two of them, so I left on my own and returned to the willow shooting ground. What happened after that, I do not know.”

He said the crown, but the courtiers are many people who have the heart of the elite, can not help but secretly think: this Su Qinghe such a good-looking, more than Ye Donglou also beautiful a few points, Yu Wang hunting sex, to help him to how to “rest”? That Ye Donglou rushed to the fine house, and how to “talk”? Could it be a three-way love debt, entangled?

The several lines of sight that were immediately cast towards Su Yan were filled with unspeakable ambiguous prying intentions.

Su Yan heart fires, look at Jinglong emperor, see his expression although calm as usual, but the bottom of the eyes as if the dark current, is the signal of the dragon heart is not happy, know that can not count on the emperor to save the scene, silently sighed.

King Yu looked straight at Wang Ti Rui and raised his voice: “Minister Wang accused the orphan king of being suspected of murder, do you have any real evidence?”

Wang Ti Rui had to arch his hand towards him, “There is no other evidence yet, so I dare not presume to accuse the royal relatives. The old minister is only saying that the king may have collusion with this matter, and if there is none it would be best, the cleaner will clear themselves.”

At this time, the jinyiwei commanding officer Feng go evil hand carrying a long wooden box to come forward, reported: “the emperor ordered the minister to seal the courtyard paintings in this.”

Emperor Jinglong nodded and said, “Open the box and examine the painting, I want to see, a moment before the crime, on this occasion, exactly who are missing?”

Feng went to the evil unsealed open the box, brocade guards immediately several scrolls on the steps one by one unfolded, the emperor led the ministers, bent over to look at.

One of the paintings is exactly the scene of the crown prince winning the victory and receiving the reward and thanking for the favor.

From the painting, the position of the painter should be in a higher place, from the height, shooting willow field on the crowd behavior, a clear view.

This is the handwriting of the famous contemporary Shangpu Shang Lianzhou, he is particularly good at painting figures, strong brushwork, the scene is large, but also delicate, bright and vivid colors, the characters look and dress vividly.

Su Yan suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he had seen this master’s “Ming Xuan emperor hunting map” in the Forbidden City, a real national treasure! I did not expect to be able to see this big brother’s real handwriting, or freshly baked, can not help but be overwhelmed.

Then there was an exclamation from one of the ministers that taught the surging tide of the heart to roll back down violently, splitting his head and swooping him up.

The man called out, “Quickly look at the auxiliary building, one of those two people, is not precisely Ye Langzhong?!”

When the crowd heard this, they immediately reacted to the fact that could it be that the other one was the murderer, who happened to be in the right place at the right time and accidentally entered the painting? They all probed to see.

Just see the painting of Ye Donglou dressed in civil official’s regular clothes, back leaning against the fence, the front to see a clear, still look normal. And face towards him, back to the painting of the person, wearing a bamboo green color trailing sprinkles, the hem of the coat Tong color and orange four Ruyi cloud pattern, as well as the upper body persimmon areole over the shoulder python makeup flower pattern, both gorgeous and chic.

Su Yan looked at the attire and looked familiar.

Suddenly he realized that everyone around him was staring at him.

He looked down at himself with some consternation, and on the hem of his trailing garment was a circle of tetrahedral ruyi cloud patterns intertwined in tong and orange colors ……

“The person on the painting who is standing against the fence with Langzhong Ye is Servant Su Yan.” Minister Wang pointed to the clothes on Su Yan’s body and said in a deep voice, “This is the most conclusive evidence. From this, it can be inferred that the testimony he gave for His Highness King Yu just now is completely invalid. One of you is the original owner of the murder weapon, one of you was at the scene of the crime, if you insist that there is no suspicion, how can you convince us? Your Majesty’s judgment is requested!”