The place where Xiao Yi brought Shen Zhuo was a secluded bamboo house. At the end of a lush peach grove, it is hidden in a bamboo forest, surrounded by rugged rocks, and facing a small pond on one side. If you hadn't walked closer, you wouldn't have noticed there was a house here.
"What did you bring me here for?" Shen Zhuo asked coldly while adjusting his clothes.
Xiao Yi glanced at Lu Yun who was standing aside. Lu Yun immediately stepped forward and replied: "Master Xie was brought into the bamboo house a quarter of an hour ago, and then two more women entered just now."
"No one has come out yet." Lu Yun added.
When Shen Zhuo heard this, he felt bad. She picked up her skirt and was about to go to the bamboo house. Xiao Yi stretched out his hand and stopped her.
"You just broke in, what are you going to do?" Xiao Yi asked.
Shen Zhuo was stunned by the question. She hadn't thought of what to do yet. She just wanted to rescue the person first.
A young man and two women were in the same room. No matter how stupid Shen Zhuo was, he knew what Xiao Cheng was trying to frame.
"Then do you know how many people are inside and what the situation is?" Xiao Yi pressed his forehead to suppress the anger rising in his heart.
Well, he has not shown this kind of anger for many years.
"I don't know, but if you go over and take a look, you'll know, right?" Shen Zhuo glanced at Xiao Yi impatiently and raised his feet to leave.
Xiao Yi closed his eyes.
"Lu Yun." Xiao Yi shouted softly.
Lu Yun understood immediately, and he flew up like a light bird, heading straight for the roof of the bamboo house.
I saw Lu Yun gently landing on the ridge of the bamboo house, leaning on the roof, uncovering a corner of the roof, and carefully looking into the house. After a moment, he jumped down, gestured to Xiao Yi, and then pushed the door in from the front of the bamboo house.
Xiao Yi then led Shen Zhuo over.
Even though Shen Zhuo was prepared, he was still surprised when he entered the house.
This bamboo house near the water was not big, and it was very crowded at this time. In addition to Shen Zhuo and Xiao Yi, there were four people lying down and two standing. Shen Zhuo basically knew these people.
Lying on the couch was Xie Zhe, and lying on the floor were his schoolboy Zhu Qing and two women. One of them had messy hair and was dressed as a maid, and the other was disheveled, but she was Kang Ruoshui, the fifth young lady of Taifu Kang's family. Several people were unconscious. Among the two people standing, besides Lu Yun, the other person was also Xiao Yi's Dragon and Tiger Guard, named Zhao Liujin.
"What's going on?" Xiao Yi asked.
"Back to the Lord. Yan Shiyi disguised himself as Lady Nan Guo's maid and brought Mr. Xie here. When his subordinates sneaked in from the lake, Mr. Xie and Miss Kang were both intoxicated by the smoke, and Yan Shiyi was about to attack him. The two of them did something inappropriate. The subordinates knocked her unconscious," Zhao Liujin said.
Xiao Yi also recognized Kang Ruoshui. The examiner of Chunwei this time was Taifu Kang Zhongdao. The fourth brother was really trying very hard this time, not only to ruin Xie Zhe's reputation, but also to cut off his official career.
Xiao Cheng always cherishes feathers and rarely takes action. What he is best at is killing people with a borrowed knife. In order to deal with Xie Zhe, he was actually willing to take action himself. It seemed that he was very angry.
Tiansheng's law stipulates that "any man who commits adultery shall be fined, stripped of his official position, demoted, and barred from being an official for life, and shall not participate in the imperial examination." However, although there are legal provisions, it is difficult to define what "adultery" is when it comes to the relationship between a man and a woman. ". Therefore, it is generally said that "the people do not sue, and the officials do not investigate."
If the person who is found to frame the trap is just a maid, then there will be a lot of room for manipulation. If Xie Zhe marries her, it will be a romantic affair at best, but if she is the daughter of the current empress, coupled with Xiao Chengfan Dianfeng... Xie Zhe is really doomed.
"What's going on with this guy?" Xiao Yi raised his chin towards Zhu Qing.
"Back to my lord, he was Mr. Xie's bookboy. After being knocked unconscious by Yan Shiyi, he was thrown into the pond. His subordinates picked him up."
"Has anyone seen you?" Xiao Yi asked.
"No, the subordinate attacked Yan Shiyi from behind. She didn't see his face."
Xiao Yi suddenly turned his head and said to Shen Zhuo, "Do you have a silver needle on you?"
"ah?!"
Shen Zhuo listened to Zhao Liujin's report and was sorting out the context of the whole matter. Xiao Yi suddenly asked, and he was a little confused for a moment.
"The needle stuck me last time." Xiao Yi glanced at Shen Zhuo lightly.
Shen Zhuo was silent, then took out his small purse and took out a handful of tiny silver needles, the tips of which glowed with a faint blue light.
Xiao Yi looked at the silver needle and said nothing for a long time, then slowly said: "A needle that has been tempered with a powerful anesthetic, and you just take it at will?"
Shen Zhuo rolled his eyes at Xiao Yi and ignored Xiao Yi. She would not tell Xiao Yi that she regularly took a decoction to suppress the anesthetic, which was no longer effective on her.
Shen Zhuo handed the silver needle directly to Xiao Yi and said, "What does your highness want this silver needle for?"
Xiao Yi said: "Now that spring is coming, today's affairs should not be publicized. This maid is the Black Eagle Guard of the fourth brother. You use this needle to numb her first."
No matter how much Shen Zhuo resents Xiao Yi, he still has great trust in his abilities. After all, he is the hero who completed the unification. So, Shen Zhuo didn't ask any further questions, walked forward with a needle and pricked Yan Shiyi's body.
But after Xiao Yi finished talking about his plan, Shen Zhuo realized that he had been tricked by Xiao Yi.
"Or does Miss Shen have a better way?"
Xiao Yi looked at Shen Zhuo who was so angry that he was about to smoke, and asked kindly.
"Why didn't you stay!" Shen Zhuo was angry.
"Shall I stay?" Xiao Yi stared at Shen Zhuo.
"You want me to marry her?" Xiao Yi said word by word.
Xiao Yi's tone was cold, his eyes were even colder, and his whole body was suddenly filled with a dangerous sense of oppression.
Shen Zhuo's heart froze, and his momentum couldn't help but weaken.
Shen Zhuo suddenly thought of Lin Feifeng. Yes, Xiao Yi's position as princess should be hers. The woman he would meet a few years later was his confidante and his favorite.
After the hardships and sins I have endured, why would I let another woman go through it again? Besides, it was him who helped save Xie Zhe today.
Shen Zhuo sighed lightly, and the boiling anger in his chest was swept away and he calmed down. So, she looked at Xiao Yi coldly: "Then as His Highness said, I will stay."
However, Shen Zhuo's face looked a little pale.
Lu Yun and others suddenly felt a powerful oppression coming on them, which made people feel chills all over their bodies. Their whole bodies suddenly tightened their vigilance, and they involuntarily entered a state of preparation for war.
Shen Zhuo looked cold and distant, and Xiao Yi inexplicably felt like he was being pricked by needles. It seemed that he saw Shen Zhuo in the cold palace again.
Otherwise, just stay on your own. Xiao Yi thought.
At this moment, Ying'er's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the bamboo house: "Miss, Miss, where are you~~~~~"
Shen Zhuo quickly stood up and opened the door: "Ying'er, I'm here."
"Oh, Miss, I finally found you. I walked around the forest several times." Ying'er said, then she glared at Xiao Yi secretly, and was very angry at him for forcibly taking Shen Zhuo away. dissatisfied.
"My lord, Yan Wu has brought people over." A man who looked like a young boy suddenly flew in to report.
Shen Zhuo took a closer look and saw that it was also the Dragon and Tiger Guard, named Cao Yun.
"How long until it arrives?" Xiao Yi asked
"No more than a stick of incense."
