in the world of murder

It started snowing outside again, and the snowflakes fell on the ice, rushing to freeze three feet away.Standing under the corridor of the apse, Xizhen was wearing a thick fox fur, and the snow-white fur clustered on both sides of his cheeks, delicate and luxurious.

In such weather, the thin stream of water under the corridor has long been frozen, a thin layer of ice, and the flowing water below.Snowflakes fell on the ice, fogging the scene beneath the ice.

"The East Palace has some interesting sights. The flowing water here, the red plums in the plum garden, and the lake in the back garden are all frozen." Xie Li walked up to Xizhen and said, "If you are bored , you can walk around."

Xi Zhen glanced at him, "I want to leave the palace."

Xie Li said without hesitation: "No."

Xi Zhen sneered, "You can still imprison me forever."

Xie Li was silent, Xie Zhen felt a little bit in his heart, and raised his eyes to look at Xie Li.Xie Li was still the same Xie Li, but when he didn't speak and just looked at Xi Zhen, he suddenly felt oppressed.

"If you want, of course it's the best." Xie Li smiled and looked at Xi Zhen.

Xi Zhen's scalp felt a little numb for a moment, he raised his chin indifferently, and said, "How dare you."

Xie Li didn't speak, just looked at him.Xi Zhen unconsciously averted his eyes, this action made him feel a little overpowering, with a sense of ostentation.

The flying snowflakes fell on the ice, Xi Zhen turned his head and stopped looking at Xie Li.

Suddenly, a bright red koi broke into Xizhen's sight.Swimming fish flow freely with the stream, like a flowing painting.

"This fish is so fat, can it still swim?" Xi Zhen laughed at it.

Tang Zhi brought hot tea and said, "This is His Royal Highness's favorite fish. If it's still so cold in a few days, this servant will pick him up and keep him in the fish tank, so as not to freeze to death."

"His Royal Highness's favorite fish." Xi Zhen held the tea and raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's use it to make soup."

Tang Zhi was stunned, and persuaded: "Master Xi, this is a koi carp for viewing, it's not tasty."

"I know," Xi Zhen said, "I just want to make soup, can't I?"

He looked at Xie Li with provocation hidden in his eyes.

Xie Li smiled, and said to Tang Zhi: "Go and stew the soup, let the kitchen cook it better."

When Tang Zhi left, Xi Zhen suddenly felt bored. He tightened his clothes and turned around to leave.

"The poisoning has come to fruition." Xie Li said suddenly.

Xi Zhen said, "Who is it?"

"Xuan family, Ye family, and even Ruan family, many people are involved." Xie Li looked at Xi Zhen, "Xuan Yunhuai seems to hate me very much, and it was the same when he was on the mountain. Obviously I stopped you and saved him. life, but he sees me as a sworn enemy."

Xi Zhen blinked, "Perhaps you are the one who hates people."

Xie Li laughed, he pinched Xi Zhen's chin and turned him to look at him, "It's not that I hate people, it's that Mr. Xi is too likable."

Xi Zhen patted his hand away, "Xuan Yunhuai attacked you because of political considerations, you think everyone is like you, full of love and love."

Xie Li snorted, "His political considerations are nothing more than the fact that Xuan's daughter is pregnant, so if she kills me and helps Xuan's daughter ascend the throne, he will be the uncle of the country. When the new emperor is young, it is not impossible for him to abolish the establishment on his own." .”

Xi Zhen thought for a while, and said: "This child is not born yet, how can he be sure that he is a prince? What if the child of Xuan's daughter is a princess? What if this child can't survive at all?"

"I will be born," Xie Li said, "Not only will I be born, but I will definitely be a prince."

Xi Zhen pondered for a moment, then recalled, "Xuan Yunhuai is really daring."

"It's a pity that no evidence can be found." Xie Li rolled up his sleeves. "Everyone was silenced, and the only clue was also wiped out. Even the house was burned clean, leaving only a few charred corpses."

Xi Zhen said, "I really underestimated him."

Xi Zhen holds the stove in his hand, thinking in his heart, since the confrontation between the aristocratic family and the imperial power, each has won or lost, the former His Majesty took the Cai family swiftly and swiftly, and the later His Majesty's decree was blocked, making it difficult for them to move forward.Xi Zhen brought the children of poor families into the court, and this winter, many taxes were in arrears.As far as the current situation is concerned, the aristocratic families have successively lost troops and generals, first the Cai family and then the Chen family, and the children of the poor family have occupied many seats in the court, and the current power is no longer what it used to be.But on His Majesty's side, land equalization has not yet been implemented.Except for Cheng Lian and others who are good at drilling camps, the children from poor families are still suffering and will not be useful for a while.Comparing the two, they are fairly stable.

No matter what, you shouldn't do something like poisoning the prince, jumping over the wall in a hurry.

"What went wrong?" Xi Zhen couldn't figure it out.

"It's because of Xuan Yunyue," Xie Li said indifferently, "Xuan Yunyue surrendered to us, forcing Xuan Yunhuai to respond. As for how he persuaded the rest of the aristocratic families, that's unknown. .”

Xi Zhen quickly figured it out, a smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The dignified Patriarch of the Xuan family is not of the blood of the Xuan family. If such news spreads, the Xuan family will not be in a big mess?"

In Xuan Yunyue's letter to Xi Zhen, Xuan Yunhuai's life experience was mentioned.He is not the biological son of the previous head of the Xuan family, his mother was forcibly brought into the Xuan family, and she was pregnant before that.

Presumably Xuan Yunhuai also knew about his life experience and how much the news would affect him, so he decided to kill Prince Chongming directly and solve the matter fundamentally.

"Xuan Yunhuai," Xi Zhen recited these three words, twisted his fingers, and said, "If I had known today, I would have killed him in the first place."

Xie Li took a look at Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen is a very ruthless person, and this ruthlessness falls on others, which makes him feel at ease.

Fugui came to see Xizhen's pulse, and both of them sat at the table of the eight immortals in the inner room.Xie Li was writing in the study over there, and people would come in and go out quietly from time to time.

"The poison is almost gone," Fu Gui said, "In a few days, you will be able to be alive and kicking like before. It's just that the poison hurts the stomach, so you have to be careful with it."

"Understood." Xi Zhen withdrew his hand and straightened his cuffs, "The antidote for the sad red beans, you should prepare a few more copies for emergencies."

"Are you afraid there will be a next time?" Fu Gui said, "It's hard to say that the poison will be changed next time."

Xi Zhen didn't raise his eyes, "Then why don't you hurry up and prepare some anti-drug pills? I'm dead, where can you find someone to take advantage of?"

Fu Gui chuckled twice, and said: "No matter how generous others are, our relationship will always be different."

Xi Zhen snorted and did not speak again.

Fu Gui packed up the medicine box, took out a few bottles of medicine, and said, "These two bottles of pills belong to you, take one when you feel sick in your stomach. These two bottles of medicine oil belong to His Royal Highness, he feels his legs are uncomfortable Knead it when it's time."

Xi Zhen was slightly taken aback, "Leg, what happened to his leg?"

"You forgot, you first came here to show His Royal Highness the leg." Fu Gui glanced at Xizhen, "At the beginning he fell off the cliff and broke his right leg. Although he recovered later, he fell down. The root of the disease is that it hurts when it rains on cloudy days.”

Xi Zhen's jaw tightened abruptly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

It snowed until late at night, and it seemed that all sounds were sucked away by the snow, except for the occasional crackling of two candles.

In the middle of the night, Xizhen woke up suddenly, turned over and felt his feet were cold, and there was no trace of heat in the quilt.How can you sleep comfortably if your feet are not warm?Xi Zhen wrapped herself in a quilt and turned over.

He suddenly rolled into a warm embrace, Xie Li touched his hair, Xi Zhen could smell the warm and dry fragrance of heavy water on his body.

Xie Li hugged Xi Zhen, and his breath hit Xi Zhen's cheek.

Xi Zhen was silent, and said: "Who made you sleep on my bed."

Xie Li's voice was hoarse and lazy, "This is my bed."

Xi Zhen's voice was also very soft, as if he hadn't woken up and had no strength, "I don't care, you go down."

Unable to let Xie leave, he pulled out the quilt between the two of them, stretched out his hand and pulled Xi Zhen into his arms.

Xi Zhen's body became thinner and thinner, and he couldn't feel the heat when he was hugged in his arms.Xie Li pressed his feet into the crooks of his legs to warm his feet.

The two got closer and closer, almost rubbing each other's ears.Xie Li suddenly kissed Xi Zhen's neck, Xi Zhen's breath trembled slightly, but he didn't push him away.

Xie Li lowered his head and leaned on Xi Zhen's neck, wet and hot kisses lingered on Xi Zhen's neck, Xie Li's hair rubbed against him to itch.

Xi Zhen raised his head slightly, Xie Li fell in front of Xi Zhen, biting the satin pajamas on him and ripping off his collar.The cold air touched Xi Zhen's skin, causing him to shiver uncontrollably, but his heart was obviously hot, and his cheeks were burning bright red.

Xie Li's breathing gradually became heavy, his palms were stretched into Xi Zhen's collar, and they walked wantonly on his smooth and soft skin.

His body was very white, even in the night without candles, the reflection of the snow was dazzling.Xie Li leaned on Xi Zhen to see his flawless back.

Xi Zhen snorted twice, maybe it was cold, maybe it was something else.But when Xie Li really covered him, he started to tremble again.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger, but the red silk tent in the house is warm, and the spring is boundless.

Xi Zhen's hands and feet were hot, he was covered in sticky sweat, and his hair was messy and stuck to his back.Xie Li's eyes were full, showing a sense of laziness, he was caressing his back a little bit.

Xi Zhen lay on Xie Li's body, pillowing his chest.He closed his eyes and reached out to touch Xie Li's face.From eyebrows to eyes, nose to mouth.He stroked Xie Li's Adam's apple, stroked his warm neck, and listened to his beating heart.

Xie Li grabbed Xi Zhen's fidgeting hand, put it to his mouth and kissed it.

Xi Zhen opened his eyes and looked at Xie Li through the snow.He seemed to have traveled a long way, with a tired and nostalgic look on his face.

"You're driving me to death." Xi Zhen traced Xie Li's eyebrows with his fingertips. At this time, he had no hatred, only resentment.Xi Zhen looked at Xie Li resentfully, and said, "Xie Li, you are going to kill me."

The author says:

Xi Zhen: This is not the handle for a lifetime