Shoufu doesn't dote on me

Shangshu is good.

According to what Shuangcheng thinks, Shangshu Nie's corruption, accepting bribes and perverting the law for personal gain is really a cancer of the imperial court.But it has nothing to do with the people in his mansion.Therefore, Shuangcheng needs to be more cautious to avoid implicating innocent people.

Shuangcheng suddenly recalled Chang's idea, feeling a little bitter for a while.Although he likes to have fun with some young and beautiful girls, and usually has no formality, he has never bothered to deceive girls' feelings.Besides, still under Ye Zhen's nose, Shuangcheng always felt that he couldn't do something harmful.It's like... as if he can't live up to Ye Zhen's feelings for him.

In this way, Shuangcheng will inevitably have a headache again. He has a bad habit, as long as he hides his thoughts in his heart, he will definitely "destroy flowers with hot hands", but now he is sitting in the carriage with Ye Zhen, how can there be flowers and plants for him?

Shuangcheng unknowingly stretched out her claws, grabbed the tassels hanging on the curtain and pulled them vigorously.Unexpectedly, with just such a pull, a whole row of tassels was torn off.But Ye Zhen called him softly, "Shuangcheng."

With just this soft sound, Shuangcheng immediately came back to his senses.Seeing Ye Zhen staring at him, he immediately hid Haozi behind him.With a shy face, Shuangcheng said with a smile: "Brother, why did you come out to find me today?"

He suddenly thought of something again, and quickly explained, "Brother! I didn't do anything bad today, I just went to the lake and drank! If you don't believe me, you can ask the fifth prince and Princess Qingle, they are also there!"

However, Ye Zhen didn't say anything, just said lightly, "You don't have to explain this to me."

Shuangcheng couldn't help slandering, thinking: If I don't open my mouth to explain what happened to you, if you misunderstand that I went out to hunt for beauty, then it will be very bad, I want to live a few more years!

On the face, he said: "I just wandered around casually, why is my brother worried about me, and even came out to look for me on purpose, is it because he is afraid that I will never return?"

Ye Zhen couldn't deny it, because although Shuangcheng's words were lively and slightly annoyed, there was a bit of sadness between his brows, and just now with those small movements under his hands, he knew instantly that he was hiding something on his mind.So he asked, "Shuangcheng, what's on your mind?"

Shuangcheng was slightly startled, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his palms instantly. He thought to himself: Hey, what kind of eyes does Ye Zhen have? You can tell this?

But I heard Ye Zhen explain, "I have raised you for so many years, I know exactly what kind of temperament you are."

After a pause, he smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and his gaze fell on Shuangcheng's wrung fingers impartially, "From childhood to adulthood, every time you lie, you like to wring your fingers."

Shuangcheng's heart skipped a beat, he looked down at his hand blankly, dazed for a moment.He is too similar to the former "Ye Shuangcheng".Many times, he doesn't know who he is.

After a long time, Shuangcheng shook his head and said, "I have nothing on my mind, it's just that I haven't slept well these days."

Ye Zhen knew that Shuangcheng was unwilling to tell the truth, but he couldn't force him too hard, so he just said: "Let's ask someone to light Anshenxiang before going to sleep."

Shuangcheng shook his head, "It's useless, I sleep alone, and I don't always sleep well."

Ye Zhen frowned slightly, and said, "Then who do you want to sleep with?"

Shuangcheng: "Then I will sleep with brother!"

Ye Zhen glanced sideways at Shuangcheng, didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Seeing this, Shuangcheng stuck out her tongue quietly, and shut her mouth obediently.But the carriage outside was steady and slow, and after a while Shuangcheng was yawning again, so he could only suppress his tiredness with drooping eyelids.

I don't know how long it took, Shuangcheng's eyes gradually closed, and his head tilted and fell on Ye Zhen's shoulder again.As soon as his face touched Ye Zhen's shoulder, Shuangcheng woke up again. With his eyes closed, he was undecided whether to get up or not.

He couldn't help showing a slit in his eyes again, secretly looking at Ye Zhen.But Ye Zhen was still sitting upright, looking as stable as Mount Tai, and he never looked here at all.

Shuangcheng has always liked to beat snakes and sticks, and did not move his head away, still leaning on Ye Zhen's shoulder to sleep.But he didn't dare to use too much force, he only leaned gently with his strength, for fear of tiring Ye Zhen.But I never thought that this kind of operation is far more tiring than sitting and sleeping.

After about half a cup of tea, Shuangcheng couldn't take it anymore, he just felt that his neck was stiff and very sad, and his legs were sitting cross-legged, which was even more sore and numb.He sneaked a glance at Ye Zhen, wanting to put his legs on him very much.

At this time, the carriage bumped, and Shuangcheng was shaken by this force. He leaned forward and tried to fall into Ye Zhen's arms, but it didn't go smoothly as expected.

Hearing a "bang", Shuangcheng knocked his head on the roof of the carriage, he didn't pretend to be asleep because of the pain, and immediately jumped up to curse, but Ye Zhen pressed his shoulder lightly, "Sit down. "

Shuangcheng had no choice but to sit down obediently, rubbing his head with both hands vigorously, screaming out the pain while rubbing.

At first, Ye Zhen ignored him.After a while, Shuangcheng yelled even louder, and rubbed his hands on his head non-stop, as if he had really hit hard.

Ye Zhen suddenly leaned over, Shuangcheng didn't pay attention, and directly pressed his back against the inner wall of the carriage.

Shuangcheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, he hesitated and said, "I...I'm fine..."

Ye Zhen said: "Then why are you howling?"

Shuangcheng: "Me! Brother! You know it!"

Naturally, Ye Zhen couldn't hide this little thought, but he didn't point it out, and asked with a chuckle, "Shuangcheng, do you know what it means to steal a bell to cover your ears?"

Shuangcheng's face turned red in a flash, even his ears were bleeding red, and the blush spread all the way to his neck, showing a look of embarrassment.

As long as he thought that Ye Zhen was watching a play the whole time, he would make fun of it.Shuangcheng only felt a burst of hot face, wishing to dig a hole to bury himself for a while.This old face was completely lost today.Shuangcheng's heart throbbed faintly, wanting to die very much.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped that Shuangcheng put on a handsome face, stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain of the carriage and jumped down. Looking back, he saw the coachman standing with bowed waist and hands tied, and then squinted twice.

The coachman didn't know why, so he took a few steps back after being stared at by Shuangcheng. He almost couldn't stand still and sat down on the ground with his legs trembling.Just as Ye Zhen got up to get off the carriage, he only glanced over, Shuangcheng immediately restrained himself, raised his legs and walked to the mansion, and ignored people who called him along the way.

The old butler wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked Ye Zhen in fear, "My lord, you are back, what's the matter with the second master, don't you look very happy?"

Ye Zhen smiled faintly, and said as he walked, "You're trying to get angry with me, don't worry about him."

When Ye Zhen changed his clothes and turned out of the study, it was already late. He thought for a while and walked to the courtyard of Shuangcheng. the door.

Ye Zhen hadn't seen Qiu Ming for quite some time, and now when he saw her, he felt that Qiu Ming had grown a lot taller. Although he still had a face with red lips and white teeth, his expression was completely different from before.Ye Zhen frowned incredulously, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Qiu Ming's right fingertips were covered with a thin layer of calluses - this was the reason why martial arts practitioners often used their right hand to hold swords.

Qiu Ming didn't notice it, she just cupped her hands and saluted: "The little one has seen the adults!"

Ye Zhen withdrew his eyes lightly, rubbed the folding fan with his right hand behind his back, and asked after a while, "Is your second master here?"

Qiu Ming: "My lord, the second master has been studying in the yard since he came back from outside, and has never gone out."

Ye Zhen nodded lightly, as if asking casually, and asked warmly, "Qiu Ming, how many years have you been serving Shuangcheng?"

Qiu Ming: "It's been more than ten years." He seemed to be recalling the past, with a grateful expression on his face, "Second Master is kind-hearted. Back then, his family fell into ruin, and he was almost sold to a bad place. Fortunately, I was saved by the second master, and reborn with kindness, the little one is grateful, and I will repay the kindness of the second master in the next life!"

Ye Zhen was noncommittal, staring at Qiu Ming's face inch by inch, Qiu Ming seemed unable to bear the pressure, lowered her head, and called out with chattering teeth, "My lord, don't you go in and take a look at the second master?" Is it?"

Ye Zhen said slowly: "Forget it, when Shuangcheng seldom works, why bother him."

After that, he turned around and left. Qiu Ming hurriedly bowed to see him off, but when Ye Zhen walked away, he raised his eyes solemnly and stared at his back, fascinated, and his delicate face gradually sank.After a while, I turned back to the yard again.

☆, test

Once back in the front yard, Ye Zhen immediately recruited Fei Se, and after a few instructions, Fei Se went down to do it.

After Fei Se left, Ye Zhen stood alone in front of the window, and his uneasy mood gradually calmed down.Slightly raised his eyes to see the moonlight pouring down, flowing for thousands of miles, and felt a little melancholy in his heart.If you leave, you can't go away.He thought, if Prince Yu Li Yin really controlled Shuangcheng, he must have used some powerful means.But as soon as he thought of Li Yin attacking Shuangcheng, Ye Zhen was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.

When it was nearly midnight, Fei Se finally came back from the outside and brought a person with her.

The night was as dark as lacquer, and Ye Zhen was in a dark room in Ye Mansion in plain clothes.I saw a petite boy curled up in the corner, his clothes were tattered and dirty.The hair was messy and smudged.What is even more unbelievable is that this young man's face was horribly black and red, as if the entire face had been peeled off, his eyes had long since disappeared, and there were only two holes left. The blood had already dried up, and the jet-black blood The scab has spread all over the face.

Fei Se couldn't bear it, turned her head slightly, and said in a low voice, "My lord, my subordinates sent people to search everywhere, and finally found him in a ruined temple two miles outside the city. But, Qiu Ming...he ..."

Scarlet couldn't say anything else.All the truth is in sight.

Ye Zhen's eyes darkened, he squatted down, and lightly touched Qiu Ming's wrist.Qiu Ming immediately shrank back in fright, shaking her head again and again.He sobbed and sobbed, full of broken words—obviously, he was poisoned and dumb.

Ye Zhen took a deep breath, stared at this person quietly, and then said softly: "Qiu Ming, don't be afraid. It's me, Ye Zhen."

When Qiu Ming first heard the name, his body trembled immediately, and he slowly raised his face, with blood and tears pouring out of his empty eyes.He groped, stretched out his finger and wrote a few words in blood on the ground: Second Lord.

Ye Zhen frowned, he gasped for breath with difficulty, clasped his fingers in his wide sleeves, and asked him word by word: "Did Shuangcheng make you like this?"

Qiu Ming snapped her fingers and trembled all over. Although she couldn't speak, she roared with all her strength and shook her head desperately.After a long time, he wrote the names of the two cities over and over again on the ground.

Fei Se didn't understand what it meant, but Ye Zhen did. He took a deep look at Qiu Ming and patted the back of his hand lightly.

Qiu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and fell back to the ground. She couldn't get any answers to her questions this time.Ye Zhen saw that Qiu Ming was disabled so far, and that he was no longer the boy with red lips and white teeth, and his apology and anger grew wildly in his heart.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and only ordered the people below to arrange Qiu Ming's life, and issued a death order, not to confide a word to the outside world.

Fei Se naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, so she nodded yes.He couldn't help but look worried again, if this person is Qiu Ming, the young servant around Shuangcheng, then "Qiu Ming" who is now in Ye's mansion is a counterfeit!

And Shuangcheng has lived with Qiuming since childhood, so he must be more familiar with Qiuming than others, so he can easily expose the counterfeit goods in the house.But he didn't!

Thinking of this, Fei Se was in a cold sweat, only feeling that there was an invisible black hand behind her, pushing them forward!

Ye Zhen had already thought of this level before this incident, but if Shuangcheng simply lost his memory and was used by others, then the matter would be much simpler.But according to Ye Zhen's understanding of Li Yin, no matter what kind of cruel means, he can use them freely, and it is absolutely impossible for Shuangcheng to retreat completely.If things are really as Ye Zhen expected, then things will be even more difficult.The enemy is dark and we are clear, it is still unknown!

It's just... Shuangcheng is still kept in the dark and used in every possible way!

Ye Zhen let out a breath slowly, his eyes became colder and colder, suddenly he waved his long sleeves, and said coldly, "Rebellious ministers and thieves, their hearts can be punished!"

Scarlet was startled, she quickly raised her eyes to look at Ye Zhen, but saw that his usual calm face gradually became cold and solemn, knowing that Ye Zhen was really angry, and his thoughts turned back and forth for a while, not knowing where it was. dawn.

……

The next day, Shuangcheng saw that the weather was cool and sunny, so he dressed neatly and went out of the mansion. Before leaving, the old housekeeper stood beside the stone lion at the gate of the mansion, hesitant to speak.Shuangcheng glanced at him sideways, and said with a smile, "Old butler, what do you want to say?"

The old housekeeper smiled and said: "Second master is smart, that... Your lord has ordered that the second master should study carefully in the mansion. After a while, he will have to go to the palace to accompany him to read."

Shuangcheng raised his brows, with displeasure on his face, "Study with you? What do you read with? Everyone in the palace is dead, so why do you ask me to go with you?"

The old housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This... this..."

Shuangcheng was too lazy to listen to the old butler's ramblings, so he raised his hand to interrupt him, "Okay, let's talk about it when your lords come back!"

He didn't wait for the old housekeeper to say anything else, he moved his foot, raised his leg and walked outside.Unexpectedly, when he reached the gate of the mansion, he saw a ragged man lying in front of him.

Shuangcheng let out a "huh" and walked over in three steps and two steps, but stopped three steps away.Seeing the man move, he couldn't help poking his head to look.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you saw it, you jumped back a step in fright, and happened to bump into Ye Zhen's arms.

Ye Zhen gently stabilized Shuangcheng, glanced over calmly, and said, "Shuangcheng, what's wrong with you, you're so scared?"

When Shuangcheng saw Ye Zhen approaching, he quickly grabbed his sleeve and hid behind him.He said: "Brother, look quickly! There is a beggar at the door, he looks so scary!"

Ye Zhen said lightly: "Do you recognize him?"

Shuangcheng hurriedly shook his head, "I don't recognize it, how could I recognize it. This man's face is so rotten, his parents shouldn't be able to recognize him, right?"

After a long time, Ye Zhen took a deep look at Shuangcheng, seeing that his expression was as usual, and he did not seem to be lying, so he was quietly relieved.

But Shuangcheng said: "Brother, this man is too pitiful. Xu is a refugee wandering from Mianzhou, and he has traveled all the way to the capital. Let someone take him to the backyard to have a full meal, and give him some money?"

Ye Zhen nodded slightly, "Okay."

Seeing the two servants helping him down, Shuangcheng couldn't help rambling a few more words.Seeing Fei Se coming in a carriage, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, where are you going? To the yamen, or enter the palace?"

Ye Zhen: "Enter the palace."

So, Shuangcheng was secretly happy.After watching the carriage leave, he straightened his sleeves and walked south along the street with his hands behind his back.

He walked all the way to a mansion with three entrances and two exits, and then stopped.He turned around twice at random, thinking that this place was probably the Zhao residence that Chang Cong mentioned.

To say that Housekeeper Zhao in Nie Shangshu's mansion still has some extraordinary means. During these years of managing Shangshu's mansion, he has not only become Nie Shangshu's confidant, but also eats well in and out of the mansion. Just look at this A private house is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and it is even more luxurious than the residences of some sesame officials.

Shuangcheng rubbed his chin, went around to the corner, and saw a tree with a crooked neck beside him, so he jumped onto the tree lightly and deftly, and stretched out his hand to climb on the wall tiles to look inside.

But I saw a young lady sitting on a swing, a bright yellow dress that made her skin look like snow, holding a scroll in her hand, it was the girl Shuangcheng saw on the bridge that day. The girl, that is, the younger sister of Housekeeper Zhao in the Shangshu Mansion, her name is Yanran.

Shuangcheng saw that the girl looked pretty, she really was Xiaojiabiyu with a special charm, couldn't help feeling itchy, seeing no one else in the courtyard, so she called out with a smile, "Miss."

When Zhao Yanran heard a man's voice, she was startled immediately. Following the source of the voice, she saw a very handsome young man climbing on a tree, waving towards her with a smile on his face.Then she stood up in shame and anger and wanted to leave, secretly cursing Deng Tuzi.

But Shuangcheng yelled repeatedly, "Hey, don't go, girl, the sky is high and cloudy today, it's the most suitable to go out to swim in the lake, miss, would you like to swim in the lake and enjoy the flowers together next time?"

Zhao Yanran stopped in her tracks, and spat with disgust on her face, "Where did you come from? There are no rules. If you don't leave, I'll call someone!"

Shuangcheng said: "Hey, why should a girl reject people thousands of miles away? The so-called gentle lady is a gentleman. I just want to make friends with the girl."

Zhao Yanran was about to laugh out loud at Shuangcheng's words, and pointed at her, "Which young master have you ever seen be as rude as you? Climbing on other people's walls in the clear sky and daylight?"

Shuangcheng smiled, turned over and jumped off the wall lightly.Zhao Yanran didn't expect that Shuangcheng would dare to jump into the yard, she took a few steps back in shock, but never thought that her foot would sprain and she was about to fall.

Shuangcheng frowned slightly, and took a few strides to embrace Zhao Yanran, "Girl, be careful."

Zhao Yanran was suddenly hugged by Shuangcheng, her face turned red all of a sudden, she was about to call out, but she saw that Shuangcheng had let go of her hand, but she didn't look like a disciple anymore.She bit her lower lip lightly, Fang looked up and saw Shuangcheng reaching out to touch her face.Zhao Yanran was startled, and immediately hid back.

"do not move."

Shuangcheng said something in a low voice, and immediately withdrew his hand.But I saw a peony flower pinched between two fingers.He smiled slightly, "Send it to you."

Zhao Yanran was at the age of first love, and seeing Shuangcheng so handsome, she couldn't help but blush again.Because of the sound of footsteps, before she could say anything, she heard the servant girl call her, "Miss?"

When she turned around, she saw that in the huge courtyard, the figure of the young master just now had long since disappeared, leaving only a delicate and beautiful peony in her hand.Feeling lost, Zhao Yanran couldn't help biting her lower lip, and looked towards the wall.

But in the distance, blue bricks and green tiles, and verdant trees.

☆, fight

For many days in a row, Shuangcheng climbed on the wall of Zhao Mansion day by day.At the beginning, Zhao Yanran was very angry, and took fruit from the house and threw it at Shuangcheng.

Unexpectedly, Shuangcheng was thick-skinned enough, took the fruit and rubbed it on his clothes casually, biting it until it was crunchy.With his arms on the wall, he smiled and called "Sister."

Zhao Yanran was neither smiling nor angry, stomped her feet fiercely, and spat: "Bah! How shameless! Who is your sister!"

After coming and going, Shuangcheng really got acquainted with Zhao Yanran.Every time Chang Cong saw it, he patted Shuangcheng on the shoulder with great admiration, and said, "You are really good. It seems that the ladies in the capital love you with a face like yours. If it were me, it would definitely fail!"

Shuangcheng said: "That's right, as long as you have a pig's kidney face, if I were a girl, I wouldn't like it either."

One day, after Shuangcheng sent Zhao Yanran back to the mansion, he raised his legs and went back to the mansion.He walked all the way to the front yard, subconsciously glanced at Ye Zhen's yard twice.It's early winter now, and the wintersweet in the yard has just budded, and the branches are bare, far less beautiful than the bright red maple leaves in autumn.

After a long time, Shuangcheng pursed his lips and looked back, thinking about what Zhao Yanran said today, he always felt uncomfortable.

He is a complete liar, cheating and exploiting the feelings of the girl's family from beginning to end.After all, he himself is just a pawn in the hands of others.

Shuangcheng headed back to the yard with a dull head. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a sword hanging under the eaves.Without thinking about it, he stepped forward a few steps and drew out his long sword.After a few tricks, the fallen leaves in the yard were flying.But even so, there was no one to talk about the boredom in his heart. When he thought of Zhao Yanran's innocent and innocent smile, he was always full of guilt and guilt.Thinking of Ye Zhen's earnest teachings, I just feel sad in my heart.He didn't want to be a villain at first, but he was forced to go forward step by step, and he couldn't turn back, he couldn't turn back.

He couldn't just watch the palace persecute Ye Zhen, but now he can only persecute others with a knife.

Chang Cong didn't know when he came over, and when he saw Shuangcheng's appearance, he knew he couldn't do it.In this way, Chang Cong reached out and grabbed the long sword in Shuangcheng's hand, and said in a low voice: "Nie Yan has corrupted the law all these years, how many people have been killed? How many innocent people have been filled in by the floods in Mianzhou? He has committed many evils. It's time to die, can't you even deal with such a person?"

Shuangcheng was snatched from the sword, walked a few steps quickly and punched the tree trunk, he tilted his head and roared in a low voice, "Of course I don't care about the old man's life or death! But the servants in his house are innocent! And Zhao Yanran, how old is she? She still doesn’t understand anything! What does her brother’s evil have anything to do with her? She did nothing wrong. But if Nie Yan is exposed, how do you know that the Holy Majesty will not be implicated? What is she going to do?"

Chang Cong was silent, and suddenly reached out to touch the front of Shuangcheng, and took out a ledger from inside.Startled, Shuangcheng reached out to snatch, but Chang Cong dodged them one by one.

Shuangcheng sullenly tried to move forward, but Chang Cong stopped him with his sword, "Sanqi, if you come here again, I won't be polite!"

Shuangcheng didn't say a word, and lived in front of him.Chang Cong was shocked, afraid that the long sword in his hand would really hurt him, so he thrust the sword into the tree and dodged several moves in a row. Then he took the opportunity to kick Ye Shuangcheng's knee, grabbed his arm, and He holds down.

"Sanqi! Why are you crazy?! At this point, we have no way out! If Nie Yan is not the only one, and the prince blames it, it is not just you and me who died? She, Zhao Yanran, is innocent. Could it be that those who died in Nie Yan Aren’t the people in your hands innocent? Why don’t you open your eyes and see!”

As soon as these words came out, Shuangcheng was almost outraged, everyone else was innocent, only Sanqi was the heinous, unforgivable crime!Why on earth did he have to come to Ye Zhen's side as a spy?

Without even thinking about it, Shuangcheng wanted to wrestle with Chang Cong, but he easily dodged it.Chang Cong said coldly: "Sanqi, don't be self-willed anymore! This ledger records all the crimes committed by Nie Yan. Even if we don't do it, Nie Yan will be caught sooner or later, and His Majesty will be furious. The involvement will only get wider!"

He took a few steps forward, pressing harder and harder, "Or, compared to the innocent Zhao Yanran, do you want Ye Zhen to die more? Hmm?"

As soon as these words came out, the blood on Shuangcheng's face faded completely.His legs gave way, and he slipped along the stone table and fell to the ground.It's not that he doesn't know how powerful Li Yin is, it's because he knows that he doesn't want Ye Zhen to die.

Chang Cong sighed, and he lightly kicked Shuangcheng's leg with his toe, and said, "Okay, don't lose your temper. You and I have to obey the prince's order, how can we change it without authorization? I promise you, if you really want to At that point, I will go all out. How about I go to the execution ground to save people for you?"

After a while, Shuangcheng raised his head, his figure was extremely fast, he was swept up from the ground almost instantly, grabbed Chang Cong's collar with one hand, and pushed him heavily against the tree.

Shuangcheng gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Chang Cong. Let me ask you, who am I? Am I Ye Shuangcheng? Tell me!"

Chang Cong frowned when he was hit. Seeing that Shuangcheng had become suspicious again, he couldn't help sweating his palms.He took a breath, and said word by word: "Sanqi, are you crazy? You and I grew up together and stayed in the palace for nearly 20 years! You only followed Ye Zhen for a few days, and you began to forget your identity ?”

Shuangcheng's subordinates worked harder, and he fixed his eyes on Chang Cong, saying: "Chang Cong, if one day I find out that you have been lying to me from beginning to end, then I will definitely kill you!"

Chang Cong's eyelashes trembled, and his tone was slightly mocking: "It's unreasonable for a son to kill his father."

"Humph!"

Shuangcheng snorted coldly, seeing Chang Cong's face, he became more and more unhappy.Reaching out and peeling it off, the entire mask was torn off.

It was getting closer, and Shuangcheng realized that this "face" was so realistic and terrifying.He gently stroked the mask with his fingertips, and gradually lowered his brows.Picking up the mask with two fingers, he asked, "What is this thing made of? It's... lifelike."

Chang Cong rubbed his face, and said expressionlessly, "Human Skin, I didn't know I told you earlier."

Shuangcheng paused, and the mask fell down from his fingertips.Chang Cong reached out to take it, and stuffed it into his sleeve.He raised his eyes and glanced at Shuangcheng, and then smiled and said: "How is it? After finding out, is it so disgusting that you can't eat anymore?"

Shuangcheng: "Chang Cong, I beg you, you die quickly, will it make it?"

Chang Cong naturally didn't want to die. He touched the ledger and carefully hid it in his arms.Then he raised his head and said with a smile: "I don't need to worry about whether I will die or not. But there is one thing, you must not let Ye Zhen know that you did this, otherwise, I guarantee that you will definitely die before me!"

There is no need for Chang Cong to tell you this, Shuangcheng naturally doesn't have the guts to tell Ye Zhen.Although Shangshu Nie deserved what he deserved, there are not all the royal officials in the court who are free from the court.However, no one exposed Nie Yan's crimes, isn't there something tricky about it?

What's more, if people really want to know that Ye Shuangcheng exposed him, Li Shi still doesn't know what kind of bloody storm will be caused.

He is not afraid of being reviled, but he is afraid that Ye Zhen's reputation will be tarnished for the rest of his life.

☆、It's going to change

It was near evening when Ye Zhen came back from the palace.

He raised his leg and crossed the threshold, and from the corner of his eye he caught sight of the old housekeeper standing aside, and asked casually, "Where is your second master?"

The old butler followed Ye Zhen step by step, and said respectfully: "Returning to my lord, the second master is currently playing Cuju with some servants in the backyard. Would you like to take a look, my lord?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhen's footsteps paused slightly, he turned around and asked in confusion: "Playing Cuju? Didn't he leave the house today?"

The old housekeeper said: "Second Lord has been out of the mansion every day for the past few days, and he didn't come back until late in the evening!"

Ye Zhen said: "Oh? Do you know where he went?"

The old housekeeper showed a slightly embarrassed expression, and said: "My lord, you know that the second master always likes to play around, and he can't be idle at the house every day. He will go to North Street today and South Street tomorrow. No one is allowed to follow... ..."

In this way, Ye Zhen sighed slightly, and he nodded slightly in response.Raising his legs and striding towards the study, the old butler saw this and bowed down.

Fei Se followed behind without saying a word, until the study was locked, then she cupped her hands at Ye Zhen and said, "My lord, the second master has been out of the house frequently these days, first he walked around the street a few times, deliberately throwing his subordinates away." The eyeliner that was sent out. Then I turned around and went to the Zhao Mansion, and it seems to be quite compatible with the young lady of the Zhao Mansion. The two even went on a boat tour together to enjoy the lanterns."

Hearing this, Ye Zhen frowned slightly, and asked, "Zhao Mansion? Which Zhao Mansion?"

Fei Se said: "Go back to my lord, and my subordinates went to inquire. I learned that the master of the Zhao family is the housekeeper of Nie Shangshu's house. And that Miss Zhao is the younger sister of the steward Zhao. She is very beautiful. marriage."

Ye Zhen frowned even deeper when he heard the last sentence.But Fei Se continued: "My lord, the second master must have taken a fancy to the young lady of the Zhao family, right?"

Ye Zhen shook his head and said with certainty, "No."

He thought to himself, always feeling that this matter would not be so simple.If Shuangcheng's temperament is followed, even if he likes the young lady of the Zhao family, he will definitely not make such a big detour.But if not, then Li Yin must have ordered him to do so.

Ye Zhen squeezed the center of his brow with one hand, recalling what the Holy Majesty said in the imperial study today, he felt quite worried.

If what he expected is true, Li Yin will definitely take Nie Shangshu to the knife this time, and I am afraid that he will have to uproot the grass and root it out.There was a flood in Mianzhou, and Nie Shangshu was ordered to control the water and calm the people, and he did all kinds of unreasonable things.Although the Holy Majesty is good at deep palaces, he is not blind.Where would you really be ignorant?

However, the Holy Majesty has been reluctant to punish Nie Shangshu for so long, so he knows it is not for the purpose of protecting the imperial concubine Guan and the fifth prince behind Nie Shangshu.

Today's prince is mediocre, the Holy One has long wanted to depose him, and wants to let the fifth prince replace him.But because of the ancestor's rule of setting up the elders and setting up the first line, the Holy One naturally couldn't easily depose the prince.

If Shangshu Nie is taken down at this time, Concubine Guan and the Fifth Prince will definitely be implicated.After a while, I'm afraid that the faction of the prince and the queen will not let it go.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhen felt a little headache.If it was someone else who made some small moves under his nose, he could play with people in the applause.But this person happened to be Shuangcheng.

Fei Se sighed secretly, bowed and was about to step back.Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, he frowned, raised his eyes and said in a low voice, "My lord!"

Ye Zhen naturally understood what Fei Se meant, and he waved his hand slightly to make people retreat.Only then did Fei Se open the study door, and a shadow jumped in from outside immediately.

Shuangcheng smiled and said: "What are you doing in Qingtian Bairi hiding in the study? Brother! I'm hungry!"

Fei Se cupped her hands and called out to Second Master, then stepped aside to get out of the way.

Shuangcheng walked up to Ye Zhen in a few steps, tugged at his sleeve and shook it, "Brother! Why did you come back so late today? I saw that it was dark and no one called me to eat, so I came to the study to find you !"

Ye Zhen smiled slightly. From the corner of his eye, he saw Shuangcheng sweating profusely on his forehead. He remembered that the old housekeeper said that Shuangcheng was playing cuju in the yard, so he said: "I heard from the butler that you didn't go anywhere today, and you have been playing cuju in the yard. It's fun. ?"

Shuangcheng nodded, "Well, I have nothing to do to pass the time."

Hearing this, Ye Zhen's eyes darkened, and he winked at Fei Se.Crimson understood and went down immediately.

In this way, Ye Zhen turned his eyes around, patted Shuangcheng on the shoulder, and said casually: "Shuangcheng, you will be weak in the spring of next year, and you are an adult. If your parents are still there, I am afraid that you will be separated." , stand on your own. Do you have anything you want to say as a brother?"

Shuangcheng's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect Ye Zhen to mention this. He scratched his head and said, "Why do you want to set up your own family? Can't I live with brother all the time? Brother's salary can't support me anymore?"

Ye Zhen smiled lightly and said, "Of course I can afford it, but I'm afraid you're too preoccupied and miss it."

"How is it possible?! Does anyone in the capital know that the second son of the Ye family is the most gentle and honest? Brother, don't make up for me. I still need to have a good reputation. From now on..."

Shuangcheng's voice stopped abruptly, almost vomited out all the words in his heart.His ears were quietly stained with clouds.

Looking up, Ye Zhen was staring at him unblinkingly, as if waiting for the next sentence.

Shuangcheng quit, and howled at the top of his voice: "Anyway, we don't want to divide the family! I don't want to go out and set up my own family! I want to eat and drink yours, and I won't go anywhere in Yefu!"

After a long time, Ye Zhen sighed, "I'm telling you something serious, you see, you're starting to play tricks again."

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After Zhi Shuangcheng handed over the stolen evidence to Chang Cong, everything went smoothly.Until the day of Lidong, the capital, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly erupted in a bloody storm.

In the court hall, the current crown prince Li Zehan spoke convincingly, that Nie Yan, the official minister, was corrupt and perverted the law, and neglected human life.For a while, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty changed their expressions, and Nie Yan refuted it at the court, but Li Zehan listed the evidence of the crime in front of the Holy Majesty.The fire could not be wrapped in paper, the Holy Majesty was furious, and ordered Nie Yan to be sentenced to death, and all the servants in the house beheaded for public display.

Ye Zhen had already made a perfect plan. He ordered his servants not to leak the news, and went to the palace to face the saint at night, and did not leave the palace until dawn.

Unexpectedly, the prince was determined to drag the fifth prince into the water this time, and also took the opportunity to drag many officials in the court who were against him into the water. For a while, everyone was in danger and expressed their positions.The prince effortlessly recruited many henchmen and repeatedly suppressed many princes, the fifth prince was the first to bear the brunt.

A series of decrees quickly poured out from the Golden Luan Hall, Nie Yan was beheaded on the spot and sent people to ransack his home in Dali Temple.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Ye Zhen only felt a rush of blood in his chest, and the scarlet behind him turned pale with shock, and immediately stepped forward to help him, "My lord!"

Ye Zhen pushed Fei Se's hand away, exhaled slowly, and said, "It seems that the capital is about to change."

☆, rushing to the crown and becoming a beauty

At the same time, Shuangcheng was at the gate of Shangshu Mansion.He saw with his own eyes that a large mansion was broken into by officers and soldiers, and the men, women, old and young were dragged out, and the crying sounded instantly throughout the capital.The entrance of the mansion was full of people who came to watch the excitement, and they all showed hatred, shouting at the innocent people in front of them, beating and killing them.

Shuangcheng was stunned for a moment, he suddenly squeezed through the crowd and rushed towards Zhao's residence, only to see circles of officers and soldiers surrounding the gate of Zhao's residence.He gritted his teeth fiercely, and flew up to the roof, only to see two Kong Wu's powerful officers and soldiers dragging Zhao Yanran's two arms, and dragging them out fiercely.

Zhao Yanran is just a weak boudoir lady, she never imagined that one day her family would be full of disasters, her temple hair was disheveled, tears were streaming down her face, her small face was full of panic, she struggled to break free, but she was slapped and turned away. .

The corners of her mouth were covered with blood, and her crying became more and more miserable. Her elder brother Steward Zhao had been executed on the spot, and all the servants in the mansion were turned into official slaves.She has no relatives in the world, and what awaits her is a hell on earth.And the person who said that he would come to her house to propose marriage, that he would marry her with ten miles of red makeup, has been delayed.

Zhao Yanran suddenly screamed, and stood up abruptly to bump into the pillar, the officer stretched out his hand and pulled Zhao Yanran's hair, dragged her back, and spat hard, "You bitch still want to die? Just wait for life to be worse than death!"

As he spoke, he slapped Zhao Yanran's mouth and nose twice, and then dragged her to the gate of the residence.Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, he was kicked and flew out suddenly, spitting out a big bowl of blood.The other officer was shocked, and he stretched out his hand to draw his sword. Shuangcheng's hand was faster, he drew the sword out with one hand, and with two backhand swords, he chopped off two bloody wrists.

The air was suddenly filled with a more intense sweet smell.

"Miss Zhao, how are you doing?"

Shuangcheng asked her with trembling voice, tightly protecting Zhao Yanran in his arms.

Zhao Yanran was trembling all over, crying out of breath, she screamed, full of despair, "Shuangcheng, Shuangcheng! You finally came to save me! My brother is dead! My brother is dead! Everyone in the village has been arrested, what should I do? What should I do! I don't want to become an official slave!"

Shuangcheng's eyes were red for a moment, he stretched out his hand to hold Zhao Yanran tighter, and comforted him in a low voice, "You won't become an official slave, I will take you away!"

Immediately, dozens of officials poured out of the huge courtyard. These people came to arrest the prisoner on order. Because they didn't know Ye Shuangcheng's identity, they pointed at him and said, "Bold and unruly, how dare you openly cover up the imperial court's criminals!"

Shuangcheng said nothing with a sullen face. He lifted Zhao Yanran up with one hand, and with the sword in his right hand, he raised his leg and walked outside without saying a word.These people had just seen the power of Shuangcheng, and they didn't dare to take action easily for a while.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Gu Lian led his people over at some point, and at this moment, they blocked the gate, and a circle of officials were coldly confronted, wanting to draw their swords at each other.

Gu Lian didn't expect to meet Ye Shuangcheng here, he frowned slightly, and when he saw the woman in Shuangcheng's arms, his long and narrow eyes showed an inexplicable smile.

"Isn't this Young Master Ye, why are you here?"

Shuangcheng didn't have time to talk nonsense with Gu Lian, Zhao Yanran in his arms was trembling with fright at the moment, she buried her head tightly in his arms, sobbing and begging.

"Don't be afraid, no one will dare to hurt you if I am here, I will take you away!"

Shuangcheng comforted Zhao Yanran with a gentle voice, then with a sullen face, she hugged Zhao Yanran and wanted to leave.Immediately, a group of officials rushed up in front of him.