[Rebirth] The wind enters the forest

Chapter 22

After He Guang heard that the queen was grounded in Fenglin Palace, he fell down on the chair, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

Wei Feng!It must be him!This matter has absolutely nothing to do with him!Well, don't you all help him?Very good, at worst, everyone will die!

He Guang gasped for breath, his eyes were a little red.He knew that he was the next one, he knew that he could not escape, this battle was unavoidable, he was like a trapped animal, after walking around the room for a few times, he took a piece of paper and wrote something carefully, calling his side The trustworthy person handed it over, and then sat down dejectedly.

He knew that Cao Jixia would definitely come to trouble him, so he tried his best to avoid the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the past two days, but Cao Jixia still came. The reason was simple and rude, but he couldn't refuse.

The guard saluted him, and said in a low voice: "Master He, please go to the Ministry of Punishment. Mr. Cao wants to ask you something related to the case of the Imperial Physician Chang."

He Guang clenched his fists, but finally responded, and followed the guard away.

Cao Jixia was sitting in front of the table, and when he saw He Guang coming in, he didn't greet him very much, but raised his hand slightly and asked the people around him to move a chair.

He Guang sat quietly for a while, Cao Jixia was looking at something on it, and ignored him, He Guang finally couldn't help it, and asked through gritted teeth, "Why did Lord Cao invite me here?"

Cao Jixia slightly raised his eyes to look at him, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, so I invite Mr. He to sit down."

He Guang didn't expect him to stand up so unabashedly, "Lord Cao is really in a good mood, but Mr. He has a lot of business, so he won't accompany you, let's go ahead."

Cao Jixia didn't even raise his head, he just said calmly, "Master He, if he wants to get a title of obstructing official duties, he should go."

He Guang turned around in anger, glared at Cao Jixia, and cursed: "Don't think I don't know what you want to do! Mr. Cao is now well-developed, and he pours dirty water on people casually. I don't know Wei Fengxu What good does it do you? Let me remind you, being with such a thing is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, and you will be the same as me now in the future!"

Cao Jixia put down the few pieces of paper in his hand and looked at him: "Master He, tell me what I want to do?"

He Guang gritted his teeth and said: "Aren't you afraid that I will fight with you to die together? How can I say that there is also the He family behind me, and there is He Guifei on it. Even if you are climbing high now, without the accumulation of several generations, the Cao family is just like ants of."

Cao Jixia propped his chin and smiled happily: "What did Mr. He say, I didn't know that Concubine He was covering you."

He Guang was stunned for a moment, he regretted abandoning Concubine He Gui and went to the Queen's side, but the situation couldn't be changed now, so he had to bite the bullet and move forward: "What do you want?"

Cao Jixia shook his head: "I just wanted to ask you to sit down, but now Mr. He really doesn't want to stay here and I can't help it, that's all, I won't keep you, you go."

He Guang was a little dazed, and seeing that Cao Jixia really lowered his head and ignored him, he was confused for a while, and took two tentative steps outside, but no one stopped him, so he became more courageous. strode out.

The people around Cao Jixia refilled him with tea, and asked hesitantly, "My lord, look at this blocked letter..."

A faint smile appeared on Cao Jixia's face, and he folded the papers again: "We sent it out intact, so we should pretend we didn't know about it."

Although the man was extremely puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything more, so he responded.

Cao Jixia sat quietly for a while, and finally said: "Prepare the sedan chair and go to Weifu."

Wei Feng and Lin Gantang each occupied a table, each batching their own memorials, and Wan Cui opened the curtain and came in and said, "Cao Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment is here, and he brought a child with him."

Wei Feng hummed: "Master Cao please come in."

Cao Jixia was at a loss as he was holding a tender child, he didn't know how to move his legs, walked into the Wei mansion without stopping, and saluted Wei Feng and Lin Gantang.

Wei Feng went up to help him up: "Master Cao, you are welcome."

Cao Jixia lowered his eyes and said, "Don't dare." As he spoke, he pushed the child forward: "The emperor told me to find someone to take care of the child first... I can't do this myself, and I can't find a suitable person around me." , thinking about asking Mr. Wei to think of a way."

Lin Gantang glanced here, this is a real prince, such a hot potato, it is inappropriate to put it anywhere.

Wei Feng also hesitated for a while, although the crown prince was not wary of him, it would be unreasonable to just bring another prince to raise him, and was about to decline, when the child suddenly looked up at him, his eyes were dark and bright, like Like a mirror, he had nowhere to hide, and then asked in a low voice: "Big brother, can I see mother again?"

Wei Feng couldn't open his mouth, no matter what kind of answer is cruel to a child, the child didn't press the question, just lowered his eyes and whispered: "Then can I stop going to the empress's place?"

"Why? Did the Queen treat you badly?"

The child shook his head: "She beats me all the time, and still doesn't make me full."

Wei Feng sighed, glanced at Cao Jixia's wrist, and said softly: "Master Cao is troubled, I am too busy to take care of this child these days, you can raise it for two days first, after a while it is too late to send it away Come."

Cao Jixia blinked his eyes, covered his eyes with slender eyelashes, and nodded slightly: "That's according to Master Wei's wishes. Besides, He Guang is about to make a move there, and the Lord is also preparing, and I will leave first." After speaking, he led the child out without leading him. After all, the child was too small to keep up, and staggered along while grabbing the hem of Cao Jixia's robe with one hand.

Lin Gantang put down his pen and looked up at Wei Feng: "It's not difficult for Wei Feng to keep a child, right? Why did he have to push it to Cao Jixia?"

Wei Feng came over to hold his hand, and said with a smile, "This person sometimes has to be fettered and cared to survive." He raised his hand to straighten Lin Gantang's temple hair, his eyes The cruelty receded, leaving some gentleness and softness, and the voice sounded like a sigh: "For example, you are the connection between me and this world."

Winter nights always come very early, it’s dark outside, the cold penetrates into the bones, as if freezing the marrow of the bones, Cao Jixia knelt in the imperial study, the emperor was furious, and all the memorials on the table were pushed down all over the floor.

"You said that Imperial Physician Chang died? How could he die before the trial of this case is over?"

Cao Jixia knelt motionless, lowered his eyes and said: "Your Majesty calmed down, it's because the officials didn't think carefully, I invited Lord He to ask some questions this afternoon, but Lord He didn't seem to know that the Empress has been restrained, He only brought out the empress to oppress me, interfere with official duties, and even threw her hands out and threatened to make me look good. At that time, I thought Mr. He was just talking out of anger, but I didn't expect that he would actually attack Doctor Chang."

The emperor was so angry that his eyes were dizzy, and he said angrily: "Where is He Guangren? Call him here!"

Cao Jixia kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty wanted to invite Mr. He to interrogate him again, but Mr. He left the city in the evening, and he didn't know where he was going."

Just as we were talking, someone from outside was about to come in in a hurry, but was pulled away by the father-in-law, and he didn't know what to say. important?"

The father-in-law outside the door hurriedly came in and knelt down, "It's Master Cao's servants who said they just got the letter that Cao's mansion was burned, and all the lives of more than a dozen members of Cao's family were lost inside."

Cao Jixia was taken aback, then turned to him and asked, "Is what my father-in-law said true? Has anyone been rescued?"

The father-in-law shook his head: "There is only one maidservant who is still panting after being carried out, holding a piece of clothing trim in her hand." He held it up, and at a glance, the material was the pattern on the official uniform, and the color and grade matched it. The light matches.

Cao Jixia asked anxiously, "What did the maid say?"

The father-in-law sighed and said, "He died shortly after being rescued."

Cao Jixia was so shocked that he was out of breath. He knelt down in front of the emperor and choked with sobs, "My Cao family has nothing to do with the emperor's hard work. There will be hard work even if there is no credit. I implore the emperor to bring the murderer to justice."

The emperor was also shocked when he saw the material, he really didn't expect He Guang to have such courage, is this really desperate?

Before he finished speaking, Wei Feng walked over with Lin Gantang with a gloomy face. Wei Feng walked in a hurry, his hair was a little messed up, but he could still see it, but Lin Gantang's face was covered with gray stains. , holding his left arm, which was covered in blood.

Wei Feng lifted his robe and knelt down and said, "My minister Wei Feng pays his respects to the emperor."

The emperor frowned and asked, "What's going on with you?"

Wei Feng knelt down, gritted his teeth and said: "I sent Master Lin back today, and I was sitting with Master Lin for a while, but suddenly there was a fire, and it was good that I reacted quickly, Master Lin almost called the falling beam Smash it." He paused, and then continued: "I don't know who has the courage to do it first on the royal blood, and then murder the court officials, and then, what else is he afraid to do? !"

When the emperor heard this, his heart trembled and he said angrily: "Go! Go and bring He Guang back! The trial will be held immediately! Anyone who has anything to do with this matter should not be missed! I want to get the answer as soon as possible, Cao Shilang , you will be solely responsible for this matter.”

Cao Jixia kowtowed: "The minister obeys the order and will definitely live up to the high expectations of the emperor."

Wei Feng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Lin's mansion has been burned down and there is nowhere to go. It should be..."

The emperor really didn't have time to take care of this matter right now, so he just said indifferently: "I didn't live in your mansion very well before, so let's continue to live there. The money for repairing the Lin mansion has been checked carefully, and reported to the Ministry of Households." Look again Looking at the bloodstains on Lin Gantang's body, thinking that he had listened to He Guang's instigation to ask him to move out, he felt somewhat regretful, and ordered: "Go to the imperial hospital and call a better imperial doctor, and give Lin Shangshu a proper treatment." Packed."

Wei Feng kowtowed in response, Cao Jixia also got up, and walked backwards with them.

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