outside the imperial city

Yao Fanglan seemed to be angry.After dressing up Jing Lingshuo last night, he didn't speak a word to him again.

In order to take care of each other, the two did not separate rooms, Yao Zanglan was still sitting and Jing Lingshuo was lying down.

Jing Yanshuo didn't sleep very well, and the medicine in his hand gradually started to take effect. He woke up several times in one night, and saw Yao Zanglan staring at the night sky, wondering what he was thinking.

Sure enough, he said it too harshly, Jing Lingshuo turned over and apologized tomorrow.

"Jianshuo," Yao Zanglan called softly, "get up."

If you don't sleep well at night, it's hard to get up in the morning.Jing Shuo opened his eyes slightly with difficulty: "What time is it now?"

Yao Fanglan replied softly: "Mao Shi just arrived. Get up, and I'll change your medicine. Then we'll go to the government office. I have to talk to Qian Ling about something."

"En." Jing Lingshuo habitually rubbed his eyes with his hands, but he didn't want to lift his injured right hand.Just in time, a sharp pain woke him up completely.

Yao Fanglan smiled, first removed the bandage on his neck, touched his neck and the back of his head: "As expected of a prince, he recovered so quickly. These two places are already healed."

However, Yao Fanglan still gave medicine to these two places.

Then, there was the injury on the hand.Watching Yao Fanglan focus on his hand, Jing Shuo couldn't help but said, "Yao Yao, yesterday I—"

Yao Fanglan's thoughts were exquisite and she knew what he was going to say, so she interrupted him all of a sudden: "Shhh, you don't need to apologize to me. What you said is not wrong."

Now both of them were silent.

"What about you?" Yao Fanglan wrapped several layers of bandages on Jing Lingshuo's hand, making it impossible for him to hold the sword with this hand. "Don't use this hand to hold the sword today. Don't worry, I will protect you." your."

Jing Yanshuo smiled wryly: "Then I have become a burden?"

"I thought that King Jinyuan, who is number one in the world, can wield a sword with both hands." Yao Zanglan pretended to be disgusted, "If you can't, you are really a burden, my lord, why don't you wait here for me, and I will give you a hand. go?"

Jing Lingshuo immediately said: "No. I'll go with you, so I can take care of you."

"Look." Yao Fanglan stretched out his finger and patted Jing Shuo's eyebrows, "I said that I can take care of me, so how can it be a burden?"

It fell into the trap.Jing Lishuo followed him and stood up, with a faint blush on his face.

I thought that there were few people on the street early in the morning, and the walk would be smooth. Unexpectedly, there were officers and soldiers everywhere on the street, and the two could only walk carefully close to the eaves.

"Could it be," Jing Yanshuo whispered, "The purpose of that person yesterday was not to attack us, but to arouse the vigilance of the government and make our investigation more difficult?"

Yao Fanglan thought for a while and agreed with him: "I'm afraid so."

In this case, Bei Qianling may also be in a disadvantaged situation now.There is no need to worry about his life, but, from now on, they don't have to count on Bei Qianling to provide them with any help.

Since all the yamen servants were sent to patrol the streets, there were fewer guards in the official mansion, and the two entered the official mansion without any hindrance.

Yao Fanglan took Jing Shuo to the residence provided by the government to Bei Qianling.Both of them still had doubts about what happened last night when they fell from the eaves, so they chose to squat in the corner by coincidence.

Jing Lingshuo poked a hole in the window paper with his finger, and was able to see the scene inside the house.

This time, not only Wang Puyi, but also other officials in the government came before Bei Qianling.Bei Qianling waved her folding fan leisurely, completely unaffected by their aura.

"In other words, you want to put me under house arrest?"

Jing Lingshuo originally thought that Bei Qianling's voice was somewhat similar to Yao Fanglan's, but now it sounds like Bei Qianling's voice is too cold, and has a majesty that cannot be resisted.

Hearing the word "house arrest", Yao Zanglan put her hands to her lips in disbelief.At first, he thought that Bei Qianling would tell all the things about himself and Jing Shushuo at most, but he didn't expect to be put under house arrest.

How dare a mere city government put Bei Qianling, who is a prince and prince, under house arrest?Bei Qianling's departure from Jingyang this time may not be as simple as Emperor Shaoxuan asked him to investigate the case.

Yao Fanglan seemed to be looking at Bei Qianling through the window paper.For so many years, Bei Qianling basically discussed everything with him, at this moment, Yao Fanglan felt more uneasy than angry.Qianling, what are you hiding from me?

"Prince Li is serious." Wang Pu smiled apologetically, "It's just that the gangster is too rampant. We are afraid that something bad will happen to you after you go out."

"An accident happened?" Bei Qianling sneered, "My lord, don't try to trick me in front of me. I know that you are trying to push the fire of last night onto me. After all, although the trap I set attracted thieves, it didn't Can help you catch him and talk about them, can't you?"

The corner of Jing Lingshuo's mouth curled up, and he suddenly felt a little fond of Bei Qianling.

Wang Pu's face turned blue and white: "Prince Li, what you said is wrong."

"Whether it's right or not, God knows what you know and I know." Bei Qianling closed the folding fan and made a sharp "snap" sound, "It is indeed my fault for not being strict with the servants. Anyway, I am just like you Please, don't take a step out of this mansion. I'd like to see when you can bring the real culprit to justice."

"Tianxuan."

"exist."

Hearing the familiar and immature voice, Jing Lingshuo's eyes looked behind Bei Qianling.Jing Junxi was wearing the clothes of a domestic servant, and bowed his head respectfully by Bei Qianling's side.I don't know how long these people have been confronting each other, but Jing Junxi's face remained unchanged and motionless, like a well-trained child servant.

Bei Qianling pointed to the teapot on the table with the folding fan: "The tea is cold, you can pour it out of the window for me, and replace it with a new one."

"Yes." Jing Junxi held the teapot expressionlessly, went to the window and opened it, and saw Jing Shuo and Yao Zanglan squatting at a glance.

Both of them were fine, with gratified and appreciative smiles on the corners of their lips, and Jing Junxi's eyes turned red instantly.

But he reacted quickly, opened the lid of the teapot, poured out the tea, and closed the window.

Yao Fanglan picked up the slip of paper soaked in tea from the ground, the two looked at each other, and both jumped up to the eaves, leaving Bei Qianling's residence.

Jing Junxi put on a teapot containing hot tea, poured a cup for Bei Qianling, and then returned to him.Bei Qianling picked up the teacup and said, "My lords, please go back? Or, do you have anything else to say?"

"No more." Wang Pu and his party saluted, "Then, Prince Li, please rest more."

"You performed well." Bei Qianling put down the teacup, "It's worth their effort to train you."

Jing Junxi moved his sore shoulder: "You...you knew they would come?"

"After living together for more than ten years, I still know what my cousin is thinking." Bei Qianling took the folding fan back in his hand, "I will teach you one thing. The most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart. If you can control people's hearts, you have the most powerful weapon."

"However, how can we control people's hearts?" Jing Junxi humbly asked for advice.

Bei Qianling smiled: "This requires you to have a certain understanding of that person. But more importantly, you have to think of yourself as that person, and then think about what you would do in this situation."

Yao Fanglan opened the note.After being soaked for a long time, the paper becomes extremely fragile.The ink blots on it were rendered blurry on the paper.Yao Fanglan stared at it for a long time before she managed to make out the two characters on it: "Zhang Zhou".

"Zhang Zhou?" Jing Yanshuo asked suspiciously, "Does it mean that the murderer is called Zhang Zhou?"

"I don't think so." Yao Fanglan thought about it, "Even if it is, there should be some evidence missing and I want us to find it. Otherwise, the case can be closed."

"Besides, I think it's more like a clue." Yao Zanglan put the note into Jing Lishuo's palm, "See what you can find."

"Yeah." Jing Yanshuo glanced at the note, "If 'Zhang Zhou' is not a person's name, let's take a look separately. 'Zhang' refers to the surname Zhang... that's right!"

"What?" Yao Fanglan came over.

Jing Shuo said: "Didn't I never tell you why I left the banquet suddenly? That's because I saw Zhang Man and Zhang Ziyi at the downstairs of Yinzhen Restaurant that night."

"Are you sure?" Yao Fanglan asked a little more, "It's not the shape of the body, but it is?"

Jing Shuo nodded: "Although it was only for a moment, I did see their faces."

"So," Yao Fanglan said, "this 'Zhang' is for us to find Zhang Man and Zhang Ziyi? Correspondingly, 'Zhou' means where are they... on the boat?"

"Looking at it this way," Jing Yanshuo handed the note to Yao Zanglan, pointing to a little ink stain between the two words, "it seems that he deliberately clicked a little in the middle of these two words."

Yao Fanglan: "..."

Jing Lishuo twisted the note into a ball, wrung out the water, took out a torch, and burned the note: "Speaking of which, that full finger is very skillful. If it's him, it's not a bad idea to kill people with silver needles." .”

"Fingering kung fu?"

"Yeah." Jing Shuo said, "When I was in Jingyang, I fought with him. His fingers are strong and flexible, and he must be very precise when throwing things."

Yao Fanglan didn't know what to think of, and bit her finger lightly: "Do you think he is the murderer?"

Jing Lingshuo moved his right hand: "I don't know. All I know is that if you don't release my hand, we won't have a good chance of winning against him."

"What?" Yao Fanglan blinked, "Doesn't your lord believe in my archery skills?"

Jing Lishuo sighed: "Bows and arrows only have the advantage in long-range attacks. Your physical skills are too bad to beat him. Even I barely won last time by using a strange move with double swords. Therefore, You untie this for me."

"No need." Yao Fanglan was full of confidence, "Since you can use two swords, it means that the left hand is also good, right?"

Jing Lingshuo didn't understand what he wanted to do, so let's just tell the truth: "Yeah."

"That's enough." Yao Fanglan said, "When the time comes, you can help me restrain Zhang Ziyi. Leave the rest to me."