In the brightly lit Imperial Palace, Zhou Yi seemed to be in meditation like an old monk, sitting quietly on the dragon chair.
Hu Cunyi was the only one accompanying him in the huge palace, so even though the palace was brightly lit, it could not conceal Zhou Yi's loneliness and desolation.
After a long time, Zhou Yi opened his eyes, as if muttering to himself: "The palace should be much more lively tonight than before."
Hu Cunyi did not speak, but bowed slightly.
Zhou Yi raised his eyes and looked out the window, and asked slowly: "Have you found out where Su Shi went after leaving the Qianqiu Quality Warehouse?"
Hu Cunyi hurriedly bent over and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the secret guard reported that the carriage was lost in Liuchu Street, Cheng'enfang."
"When the secret guard followed Liu Chuangjie, the axle of the carriage he was riding in was suddenly shot by a flying knife, and the carriage fell apart, so he could no longer track Su Shi. Moreover, it was raining heavily at the time, and no one was found at the scene. All that was left was a throwing knife.”
"Because he can accurately hit the speeding carriage in the rainstorm on the lawn, the opponent is a master. The secret guard suspects that this person may have participated in the attack on Yilan Garden."
"That should be Pei Xuan's person."
"yes."
"Who hired the carriage?"
"Chen Xiaolan." Hu Cunyi said: "According to the secret guard's report, Chen Xiaolan personally selected several carriages, and then picked the most comfortable carriage for Su Shi."
Zhou Yi said calmly: "But the driver of this carriage is Pei Xun's man. Is it really such a coincidence? Or is it that Pei Xun's people have reached a point of pervasiveness?"
Although Zhou Yi's voice was calm, his expression became more and more severe. Hu Cunyi hurriedly lowered his head and his expression became extremely frightened.
After a while, Zhou Yi also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Hu Cunyi, and his expression gradually softened.
However, there was a hint of worry in his eyes: "Why did Pei Xun's people invite Su Shi to meet?"
Hu Cunyi immediately said, "Should we summon Su Shi into the palace and let him explain what happened today?"
Zhou Yi, however, was noncommittal. He pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "No, if Su Shi wants to hide it deliberately, I may not be able to hear the truth even if he is called into the palace."
Then he sighed softly: "Su Shi, I kindly put you under house arrest in the general's mansion, just because I don't want you to get involved in these things. Now I'm afraid you won't be able to stay out of it even if you want."
The moonlight in Yeyouting also seemed to be colder and paler than in other places.
Under the dim candlelight, a thin figure left a long shadow on the mottled wall.
A long, strong rope hung from the beam, and a knot was tied at the end.
A dead end!
An old eunuch whose age could no longer be discerned from his face stood on a wooden bench, holding the rope with both hands and his head already stuck in the knot.
His cloudy eyes looked at the dark ground, and he murmured vaguely: "Tomorrow will be a good day."
When the old eunuch lowered his hands and kicked over the wooden stool he was standing on, it seemed as if there was no oil left in the oil lamp. The light went out instantly, and the room suddenly turned into darkness.
Dreams are like money and cannot be controlled by others, so when Su Shi woke up the next day, he was in a bad mood.
He slept very late last night, and when he fell asleep, he had nightmares all night long.
After the heavy rain, the sky is blue and the sunshine seems to be much gentler. It is a rare good weather in midsummer.
In this kind of weather, everyone was in a happy mood, and even Lin Mo's dull face showed a long-lost smile.
Of course, what made Lin Mo even more happy was that the young master was dressed normally today and seemed to have no intention of going out.
It's just that the young master didn't seem to have a good rest last night. Not only did he look ugly, but he also couldn't bring himself to do anything.
But he refused to rest.
After eating, Su Shi sat in the pavilion for a while, seeming a little bored, and then went for a walk in the garden. But the flowers in the garden seemed to make him lose his energy, so Su Shi sat by the pool and watched the fish for a while.
As the stones were thrown into the pool one by one, ripples appeared in the pool. Su Shi clapped his hands again, left the pond, and came to the martial arts field.
In the martial arts field, Su Shi struggled to take a big knife from the shelf. He held the knife in both hands and waved it a few times, which made Lin Mo's scalp go numb for a while, fearing that the knife would fall out of his hands and Su Shi himself would be injured.
Just as he was about to step forward to stop him, Su Shi put down the sword out of breath.
Seeing Su Shi put the big sword on the shelf, Lin Mo just breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw the young master preparing to pull out the spear inserted in the cave. He hurriedly stepped forward and said almost in a begging tone: "If the young master becomes interested in martial arts training, , Please hire a master to teach the young master some other time, the young master does not need to be in a hurry."
Su Shi tried to pull it out twice, but the spear only moved slightly. He couldn't pull it out, so he had to give up.
"Is it too late for me to practice martial arts now?"
Lin Mo immediately said: "It's urgent, it's urgent."
Su Shi didn't believe it: "Really? I heard that those martial arts masters started training their muscles and bones since they were young."
Lin Mo advised: "Young Master does not need to go into battle to kill the enemy, nor does he need to travel around the world, so why should he learn these things."
Su Shi sat down on the stone pier and said with a grimace, "I just want to have more ability to protect myself."
"Self-protection?" Lin Mo said sternly: "Could someone be harmful to the young master? Please show me, the young master, even if Lin Mo's life is not saved, he will take the other person's life."
Hearing Lin Mo's excitement, Su Shi said hurriedly: "Don't have such a big reaction yet, I just said that."
"Really?" Lin Mo didn't believe it.
Su Shi nodded, and then suddenly looked at Lin Mo with envy. Now he knew why people like him would cling to life in the new world.
I just read a few poems and started a small business, and now I am in such a big crisis.
Lin Mo naturally didn't know what Su Shi was thinking, but when he saw that his expression was relaxed, he was relieved, but he looked a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly: "I'm still thinking about who ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts. , Dare to attack the young master. Aren’t you afraid of the old general’s wrath?”
Su Shi's heart moved, and he suddenly looked at Lin Mo thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "My father is far away at the border, and there is something going on in Beijing. I'm afraid he is beyond his reach."
Lin Mo suddenly said: "It is precisely because the old general guards the border that the young master will be as stable as Mount Tai in the capital. In the past, the old general was worried that the young master would act recklessly in the capital and anger the Holy One. If he was punished by the Holy One, the old general might not be able to do anything, but now the young master Not only does he follow the rules, but he is also very talented in Kyoto, who would be so short-sighted as to offend the young master?"
Hearing this, Su Shi fell into deep thought again. Could it be that his worries were unfounded?
