the other side.
Cheng Yaojin also came to the Su family.
At this moment, the Su Mansion was no longer as bustling as it was during the day.
The guests have already left, and the servants are cleaning up the bloodstains and overturned buildings in the mansion.
As for Su Dan himself, he was sitting blankly in the living room.
See Cheng Yaojin come in.
Su Dan slowly stood up, cupped his hands and saluted, "Goodbye, Duke Lu."
"Why are you being polite to me?"
Cheng Yaojin walked to Su Dan with a smile.
Without Su Dan's invitation, he just found a chair and sat down on his own.
Su Dan waved his hand and asked the servant to bring tea, while he sat back on the master's seat.
Neither of them spoke.
The atmosphere in the living room seemed a bit depressing and silent.
not long time.
Tea was served.
Cheng Yaojin took a slow sip, smacked his lips and said, "You, Mr. Su, will enjoy it. This should be Yuqian Maojian, right?"
Su Dan laughed dryly and said, "I'll make the Duke laugh."
"What a joke."
"I couldn't drink it even if I wanted to."
Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "Your Highness is very stingy with me, old Cheng. He usually doesn't give me anything I ask him for. When I go to the East Palace, he is guarding my old city just like he is guarding against thieves."
Hearing him mention Li Chengqian, Su Dan's eyes couldn't help but dim.
He pursed his lips and said, "The Duke of Guo's visit this time should be for His Highness's business."
"yes."
"Your Majesty asked me to ask you about your situation."
"By the way, let's talk to those people from the troupe."
Cheng Yaojin said it very calmly, as if he didn't take it to heart at all.
But even so, Su Dan was so frightened that he almost slipped from his chair.
"Ouch."
"Master Su, what are you doing?"
Cheng Yaojin quickly stepped forward to support Su Dan and said, "Your Majesty didn't mean to blame you. He just asked me to ask about the situation. That's all."
How could Su Tan believe it?
"My lord, please stop comforting me."
"I know very well how big of a mistake I have made."
"The prince is the pillar of the country, but today he was assassinated in my house."
"I really, really deserve to die..."
Su Dan beat his chest and stamped his feet, wailing loudly.
He really regretted it.
If he hadn't sent a letter to Su Qingling.
If Li Chengqian hadn't come over to attend his birthday party, how could there have been so many things?
Li Chengqian.
That is the crown prince of the country.
Now he was injured right under his nose.
And the assassin was still hiding among the troupe he invited.
And he himself is an official who practices punishment, and he knows very well how big of a mistake he has made.
It can be said that even if Ling Chi executes him, it is not an exaggeration.
"Nothing but the Duke of the country."
"Everything wrong with this matter is my fault alone."
"I know that you have a place in His Majesty's heart. Please help me beg Your Majesty."
"My family members are innocent..."
Su Dan has nothing else to ask for now.
I just asked Li Shimin not to take his anger out on his family.
"Hey."
"Why can't I explain it to you?"
Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "I told you, Your Majesty did not blame you."
"When he asked me to come, it was actually a routine question."
"You are also an official in the court. Don't you know the urine of those censors?"
"If Your Majesty doesn't let me come over and ask you a few words today."
"Tomorrow those censors will have you dismissed from office!"
Cheng Yaojin patted Su Dan on the shoulder and said, "Your Majesty is protecting your in-laws. You are so smart, can't you even see this?"
Su Dan was startled.
Cheng Yaojin looked at him in disbelief.
He asked tentatively: "Your Majesty really doesn't mean to punish me?"
"There must be punishment."
"After all, state-owned legalists have family rules."
"Although His Highness's assassination has nothing to do with you, you are guilty of insufficient protection after all."
"But you can rest assured that His Majesty is definitely not really angry and will definitely not lose his head."
With Cheng Yaojin's words, Su Dan felt relieved.
It doesn't matter if you get slapped or lose your official position, as long as you can live.
And just when Su Dan breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Yaojin suddenly changed the subject and asked: "By the way, I heard that you invited His Highness to come to your birthday banquet on the spur of the moment?"
"yes."
Su Dan smiled bitterly and said: "That night, I don't know why, but I suddenly acted stupidly."
"I totaled it up and filled in the population of the family."
"Qing Ling is also a member of this family after all."
"I just wanted to ask someone to invite her back to see her brother."
"But it's not good to just invite Qing Ling. After all, Qing Ling is the Crown Princess now."
"If you invite her, it would be disrespectful to not invite His Highness after all."
"Of course, I also have selfish motives."
"Your Highness has a respected position, so it would be a good thing for you to come over and help my Su family build its reputation."
Su Dan punched his thigh and said, "But who would have thought that such a thing would happen..."
"I see it was a last-minute idea."
Cheng Yaojin asked again: "Then Master Yisu, you should not tell outsiders about your caution, right?"
"yes."
Su Dan nodded, finally realizing something was wrong.
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Yaojin and said, "Is there something wrong here?"
"Of course there is a problem."
"Since you haven't told anyone about His Highness' return."
"Then how did these assassins know?"
Cheng Yaojin looked straight at Su Dan and said, "I dare to say that there are assassin spies in your house."
"spy?"
Su Dan frowned: "How is this possible? Last time, wasn't it..."
He wanted to say that they were all killed by Li Chengqian.
But when I thought about it carefully, I felt something was wrong.
Li Chengqian did kill a lot of people, and there were indeed many dead soldiers among them.
But what happened today has been proven.
Li Chengqian's previous purge operations were not thorough enough.
As a result, many fish slipped through the net and remained at large.
While it exists elsewhere, doesn’t it exist here?
Su Dan frowned, nodded his chin and said, "But it's not easy to make a guess based on this alone."
"After all, there are many disciples in my house, and I didn't ask for confidentiality. I'm just afraid..."
"Don't be afraid!"
Cheng Yaojin shook his hand and said with a smile: "You just need to think about who asked you to invite this troupe from the city..."
