On the second day, Emperor Xiaohui made an decree to give Lei Tie and Lei Xiangzhi "Ding You Diaoqing" and gave them seven days of leave. If the parents of a court official die, no matter what official or position the person is, he must return to his ancestral home for 27 months from the day he learns of the funeral, it is for Ding You. "Sentimental" means that there is no need to abide by this regulation, and there is no need to remove the official position.
With the identity of the town official, Lei Tie was more convenient to do things. Some things were found. Two corpses were found in a mass grave on the outskirts of the capital. After inspection, it was confirmed that they were poisoned to death. One of them still had a quiver on his back. The arrow is exactly the same as Du's arrow in she. The clue is broken here.
This is indeed a bit tricky, because they don't even have a suspect. If you can't find the person behind the scenes, there may be other troubles in the future.
Qin Mian thought Emperor Xiaohui must know something.
"I'll explore the palace." Lei Tie made up his mind.
Qin Mian hesitated. With the abilities of him and Lei Tie, there is no problem with the spirits entering the palace unconsciously. But the general movement of him and Lei Tie must be controlled by Emperor Xiaohui. If they get clues from the imperial palace, follow the new clues and check it down. It is a question how to answer if asked by Emperor Xiaohui.
Lei Tie didn't want him to worry about it, "Get the clues before talking."
Qin Mian also felt that he was thinking too much. The most important thing is to find a breakthrough.
"Okay, be careful. I will go to the pharmacy as usual to avoid suspicion. "
Because of pretending to fall out with Lei Xiangzhi, Qin Mian showed up to Zhifu on the day of Du's death, and went to the pharmacy and Mingzhu Pavilion for the next few days as before. Those who follow the government of Zhenguo now know that Lei Tie and Lei Xiangzhi really fell out.
Qin Mian rode a horse on the road, still wondering that Lei Daqiang did not rush to the town government to fight the injustice or take advantage of Du's death for some benefit.
He still overestimated Lei Daqiang's shame, Lei Daqiang wanted money, but it was even worse. Du Shi's death scared him, and he has made up his mind to completely reject Lei Tie's son. But he did not give up the idea of taking advantage of Du's death, and wanted Lei to ask Zhiwen Lei Tie for a large amount of silver as compensation. Lei Xiangzhi's heart was chilled because of this, and he was languishing for several days. Someone saw that he had lost a lot of weight than before, so he sat down firmly on the wall between him and Lei Tie brothers.
In the town government mansion, Lei Tie sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and proficiently manipulated spiritual consciousness into the palace. Spiritual consciousness is his other pair of eyes. After entering the palace, he began to look for Emperor Xiaohui from the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Fortunately, he found Emperor Xiaohui in the Imperial Study Room.
Along with Emperor Xiaohui is Prince Ming.
The Prince of Ming Dynasty was three or four years younger than Emperor Xiaohui, and his appearance was more Confucian. Compared with Emperor Xiaohui, he was less rigid and sat upright on a graceful fan-shaped armchair.
Emperor Xiaohui was also investigating Du's death in the past few days. At this time, he looked cold and in a bad mood.
"How did you find out about the town's father and stepmother?"
Prince Ming frowned slightly, and said coldly: "When you return to the emperor, 80% of the chances are that the king of loyalty has done it. The king of loyalty hides too deeply, and the Lord Zhen Guo has just entered Beijing for the first time. It is impossible to find him temporarily.
"Huh!" Emperor Xiaohui's face was blue, and he waved his hand. A cup of hot tea on the table fell to the ground, and a crisp sound appeared especially clear in the quiet imperial study room, "Zhong Wang, what a'loyal' king! For the crown prince, he repeatedly slapped me with black hands. After I became the throne, not only did I spare his life for the sake of a blood brother, but also named him the'loyal king'. That's how he rewarded me!"
Father Li was so scared that he lay directly on the ground, "Please calm down the emperor and take care of the dragon!"
Prince Ming got up and bowed his head, silent. Even if he is the younger brother of Emperor Xiaohui, there are some things he can't say.
Emperor Xiaohui showed a bit of true temperament in front of this younger brother. At this time, he lost his temper and didn't care too much. He eased his emotions and said, "Sit down. Can my great emperor be involved?"
Prince Ming deliberately said: "At present, no clues have been found to point to His Highness." Prince Ming was a little distracted. The emperor became the throne at the age of sixteen. It is now thirty-one years after Emperor Xiaohui. The emperor is 47 years old this year, but because of the well-maintained, it looks like only thirty-five and sixty. There are few secrets in the palace. Although he hides his physical goodness well, he can still tell that he is in good health from his usual food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is conservatively speculated that the emperor can still sit on the dragon chair for at least ten years. But the eldest son of the emperor's brother, the first queen, is already 28 years old, and the youngest son is 14 years old. It is not surprising that some people can't wait.
Why didn't Emperor Xiaohui understand this truth? But once the supreme power is in his hands, he does not want to give up. This one. Secondly, every emperor has ambitions in his heart, and he is no exception. He still has many ambitions that have not been realized. He cannot lay down his power, even if part of his power is divided, so he has never established a prince.
This morning someone asked to set up a prince again, which was one of the reasons why Emperor Xiaohui was quite annoyed at this time.
"But the younger brother can't figure out what is the purpose of King Zhong to kill Du Clan." Prince Ming asked puzzledly. No matter how much he knew, he couldn't have more than Emperor Xiaohui, so he asked this question.
Neither Prince Ming nor Emperor Xiaohui noticed a pair of "ears" paying attention to their conversation.
This question of Prince Ming is also what Lei Tie wants to know.
Emperor Xiaohui pondered for a moment, "When the Lord Zhen Guo was General Dingxi, King Zhong was in Bianzhou. He didn't know much about Lord Zhen Guo. From my perspective, it was mostly to test the strength and influence of Lord Zhen Guo. Many old ministries of the public are still in the army and are loyal to him. How can King Zhong not avoid it?"
After speaking, he changed the subject. Prince Ming went down the topic wittily.
Lei Tie withdrew his spiritual sense, already knowing it, ordered someone to take the horse and ride out to Lihua Lane.
No one was seen in the pharmacy. He went to the silver building again. Before entering the door, he saw a lady and a girl of sixteen or seventeen standing in front of the counter. His Wife was behind the counter with a brocade box in his hand. What? The girl's eyes peeked at his Wife from time to time, her cheeks were red.
The breath on Lei Tie sank suddenly, and bursts of coldness blew into the Pearl Pavilion.
The lady and the girl shivered inexplicably, the girl turned her head inadvertently, and her heart beat with a pair of cold black eyes, her face turned white, she quickly lowered her head, and she lost her thoughts.
"ATie, you are here." Qin Mian also saw Lei Tie and beckoned.
Lei Tie's face was cold.
"ATie?" Qin Mian called out again in wonder.
Lei Tie drove the horse closer, without even getting off the horse, and stretched out his right hand to Qin Mian, staring at him with deep eyes, with unprecedented dominance.
"Wife, let's go back."
The customers in the store turned their heads and looked out curiously; the passing pedestrians seemed to be startled by Lei Tie's actions, unconsciously slowing down and paying attention.
Qin Mian's heart beats like a drum. Lei Tie is so strong, but it doesn't make him feel disgusted. On the contrary, there is a hint of sweetness in his heart. He can't help but curse himself for being as hopeless as a hairy boy. But there were layers of smiles in He He's eyes, and without hesitation in his hands, he handed the brocade box to his buddy so that he could entertain the guests well, then strode out the threshold and handed it to Lei Tie.
"Is it all done?"
"Yeah." Lei Tie's mouth was raised almost imperceptibly, and he succinctly responded, squeezing the hand in the palm, and pulling up the weight of the hand with a light force, placing it in his arms cherishedly, with an iron arm Hold your arms, gently pinch the horse belly with your legs, and the horse walks forward steadily and leisurely.
Because of the slow speed, there are more passers-by on the street.
Is such a show of affection really good? Qin Mian thought so in his heart, didn't want to break away from the man's arms, leaned on his chest calmly, and didn't urge him to go quickly.
Wife was so docile and pleased Lei Tie a lot. The corners of her lips were completely raised, and her jaw rested on Wife's shoulder, quietly listening to the two rapid heartbeats one after the other, and they were completely synchronized after a while.
Out of Lihua Lane, the horse did not run in the direction of Chong'en Street, but turned around and headed towards Minggu Street.
Qin Mian was a little confused. Minggu Street is almost a "food street", on both sides of the street are basically restaurants, tea houses, restaurants, pastry shops, noodle shops, etc. What to do there?
There was a vague guess, he didn't ask anything, still leaning on the man quietly, as the horses shuttled in the crowd, with a smile on his lips, he casually looked at the street scene ahead.
Entering Minggu Street, the horse walks to a dim sum shop and stops.
The shop owner looked curiously at the two big men riding together, but there are many noble people in the capital, and these two men are well-dressed. He will not talk too much, and enthusiastically beckoning, "The two men want to buy something. what?"
Lei Tie embraced Qin Mian, unbuttoned the money bag on Qin Mian's waist, took out a piece of silver and handed it over, and said lightly: "A cage of couple cakes, take it away."
The boss was taken aback, and quickly reacted, "Yes, please wait a moment, two sons."
Qin Mian's eyes were full of smiles. Because of restraining the smile, his upper body shook slightly in Lei Tie's arms, as if a cat's paw was gently scratching on the tip of Lei Tie's heart. He clasped his arms to warn the person in his arms.
Qin Mian felt a hard object behind her, and took a silent breath. She squeezed Lei Tie's hand holding the rein with her right hand.
"Faster."
Lei Tie picked up the food container handed over by the boss, "Go."
Qin Mian pinched the horse's belly, and the horse ran up.