Chapter 118: Lucky meeting

When Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong were fooling around until midnight, he opened the window again and left secretly.
Li Rong wanted to keep him, he smiled, and only said: "I have important business tonight, give me your token, I have to see Hongde again."
"What are you going to do?" Li Rong frowned, Pei Wenxuan reached out, "Just give it to me."
Li Rong hesitated for a moment, and finally handed over the token to Pei Wenxuan.
Since the two people are already together, be careful to trust each other. She didn't want to destroy the foundation of this feeling.
Pei Wenxuan took Li Rong's token, kissed her, and left.
Li Rong lay on the bed and closed her eyes in response. After a long time, she was a little disgusted with raising her hand to cover her eyes.
Her trust in a person is ultimately the ultimate.
The incident in the event hall shocked the entire imperial court. When the court came the next morning, everyone was talking about it. They were all talking about what happened this time.
In the morning, everyone was waiting for Li Ming to say a result. After all, Li Ming went to inspect the fire scene last night. There should be some news about such a big event.
However, Li Ming didn't mention this from the beginning to the end. When the morning session ended, he lightly said: "Last night there was a fire in the Zhanshi Hall. Many of the papers were gone. You have turned in the papers. Go to the officials of the Zhanshi Hall. Register, if it is burned by the fire, make a new copy, and forget it."
With that said, Li Ming raised his head and glanced at the crowd, seemingly tired: "Do you have other things?"
No one in the courthouse answered, Li Ming waved his hand: "Then retreat."
As Li Ming said, he stood up and Fulai stepped forward to support him. He seemed to be a little tired, and when he walked down the stairs, he seemed a little reluctant.
Soon after leaving, a little came to Su Rongqing and said respectfully: "Master Su, your Majesty asks you to go over."
Su Rongqing's face was as usual, and even a little gentle: "My lord, do you know what your Majesty asked me to go over?"
The little shook his head, and said: "The slave doesn't know it, the adults will just pass by."
Su Rongqing nodded, thanked him, and went to the Imperial Study Room with the eunuch.
As soon as he left the door of the hall, Li Rong subconsciously looked at Pei Wenxuan who was talking to someone. Pei Wenxuan happened to also look at him. He nodded towards Li Rong and signaled her to be relieved. Then Pei Wenxuan followed the others. People talked and laughed, turned and walked out.
The ministers left one after another, and Li Rong also stepped out. She deliberately walked a little slower. Before reaching the palace gate, she waited for the sent by Li Ming. When the other party had time, he saw Li Rong’s figure and he was busy. Shouted: "His Royal Highness stay!"
Li Rong paused, looking at the people coming, the gasped and trot in front of her, panting and saying: "His Royal Highness, fortunately you did not leave the palace."
"My lord, this is..." Li Rong was puzzled, pretending to be puzzled, the paused, and saluted, "His Majesty, your Majesty has asked you to go to the Imperial Study Room. If you have important matters, I will ask you."
Li Rong nodded when he heard this, and then smiled at the eunuch: "I'm exhausted."
"It was supposed to be." The eunuch's breath almost calmed down, and he raised his hand respectfully, "The servant will lead the way for His Highness."
Li Rong got a word, and went to the Imperial Study Room with the eunuch. When he arrived in the Imperial Study Room, Su Rongqing was kneeling on the ground and Li Ming was sitting on a high place. The atmosphere between the two was a bit stalemate. After Li Rong came in, he saluted Li Ming. Ming raised her hand to stand up and gave her a seat. Li Rong looked at Su Rongqing, then turned to Li Ming: "Father let me come over, this is..."
"Didn't you participate in Su Rongqing?" Li Ming raised his eyes to look at her, and said straightly, "Now that your book is burned in the memorial hall, I will simply call you and confront him. Master Su said he doesn't know Hong Master German, what do you say Pingle?"
"What do I need to say?" Li Rong laughed, "I don't know if you know each other, just let Master Hongde come to see you, do you need me to speak?"
As he said, Li Rong looked at Su Rongqing with a smile but a smile: "It depends on whether Master Su dare."
"The minister has a clear conscience," Su Rongqing said with a cold face, "His Highness has this judgment. Someone must have provoked His Highness. The minister also wants Hongde to come over and ask for clarity."
"Then pass it."
Li Rong didn't have the slightest fear on her face, shaking her small fan lightly, looking at Su Rongqing and said, "Whether to pretend to be a ghost or to be innocent, you will know when you come."
Su Rongqing didn't speak, he didn't look at Li Rong, and didn't know if he didn't dare or didn't want to, he just lowered his eyes and looked at the ground.
Li Ming waved his hand to let people pass on Hongde, while Li Rong shook his fan and sat in place, his heart beating a little fast.
The confession is false, and when Hongde comes, it is very likely to reveal the stuff. After all, his son is still alive and dead, and he cannot help him at this time.
If Hongde enters the palace, then everything is over.
She was terribly scared and sweaty in her palms. The only thing she can believe now is that Pei Wenxuan will not harm her.
She restrained the movement of shaking the fan and pretended to be careless on her face. The three people waited for a while. Li Ming turned her head and looked at Li Rong and said, "The person hasn't arrived yet, so let's talk about what happened first. You talk about Su Qing's house. What is going on to encourage Hongde to frame you?"
Li Ming asked, and Li Rong got up, vividly retelling the forged confession Pei Wenxuan with what she knew. Probably, Su Rongqing approached Hongde in Huguo Temple and used the life of Hongde's illegitimate child to frame her to help Li Chuan postpone the marriage in private, and then secretly contacted Concubine Rou and sent Hongde into the palace.
Li Ming and Su Rongqing listened quietly, Li Ming raised his eyes to Su Rongqing: "Su Qing's house, what do you say?"
"As your Highness said, there are loopholes everywhere." Su Rongqing's expression was calm as usual, and Li Rong laughed: "Oh? Master Su might as well say, where are loopholes?"
"According to His Royal Highness, since the Welcomer wants to falsely accuse His Royal Highness, why let Hongde say that His Royal Highness helped the prince postpone the marriage as a crime? Wouldn't it be better to just say that His Highness privately asked about rebellion?"
"I have to ask you," Li Rong shook his fan slowly, "Why don't you say that, how would I know? But you are right. If you were not framing me, I wanted to frame you, why would I find this? What is a ridiculous reason? And from another angle, why should I do this kind of thing? The prince is not young now, and the selection of the concubine is very urgent. If I really think about him, I should help him quickly Marry a girl from a famous family. Why do you want to resign the marriage date? You don’t want to say," Li Rong laughed, "I’m a sister, want to make him fail?"
If she really wants to harm Li Chuan, then Li Ming doesn't need to worry so much.
"It's time to ask Your Highness." Su Rongqing pushed back the conversation, Li Rong looked at his eyes with a smile, and did not answer. They kicked the ball with each other, it was meaningless.
While the three people were waiting, Hongde picked up the sedan chair from the inspector and was guarded by layers of guards to send it to the palace.
At this time, Pei Wenxuan was kneeling and sitting in the room, clinging to the chess piece, playing chess with the opposite person.
The young man sitting opposite Pei Wenxuan was wearing a black robe, obviously coming over in secret. Seeing Pei Wenxuan's leisurely posture, he frowned: "According to your statement, now that Su Rongqing has burned the memorial hall, there is no confession. They are bound to let Hongde into the palace now, and Hongde into the palace. , Isn't it just showing up?"
"What if he can't enter the palace?" Pei Wenxuan chuckled lightly, and the boy looked at him in surprise.
Pei Wenxuan was talking, turning his head and looking out the window, he couldn't help feeling a little bit: "The clouds are rising, I'm afraid it will rain."
When the two were talking, they carried Hongde's sedan chair all the way forward, and no one noticed it. When the wind was blowing, the bottom of the sedan chair was dripping with blood all the way.
The sedan chair was lifted to the gate of the palace, and the guard rolled the curtain, and said in a bad mood: "Next..."
Before he finished speaking, the guard was stunned. Everyone was attracted by the guard's astonishment. Then they turned their eyes to the sedan chair, and saw the monk's robes stained with blood, and a dagger nailed him to the sedan chair.
"Dead...dead!"
After a long time, the guard finally reacted, turning his head and shouting at the person behind him: "Quickly report to your Majesty, Master Hongde is dead!"
The speaker quickly turned around and rushed all the way into the palace, passed by the attendants one by one, to the Imperial Study Room at the fastest speed.
When Li Ming was drinking tea, he saw the hurriedly stepping inside, kneeling to the ground, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Master Hongde was assassinated on the road!"
Hearing this, Su Rongqing, who had been keeping her eyes closed and rested, suddenly opened her eyes, Li Rong suddenly got up, a little bit angry in surprise: "What did you say?!"
After a while, Li Rong immediately stepped out and said anxiously: "Quick, take me to see."
When Li Rong walked out, Su Rongqing immediately said, "Your Majesty, please visit Rong Weichen."
Su Rongqing was originally an official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and this kind of case did belong to him, but Li Ming stopped them: "Don't leave anyone, let Hao do an autopsy."
The two were forced back to their positions. Li Ming raised his hand to let Su Rongqing sit down. Su Rongqing respectfully saluted and sat down.
Everyone did not speak, Li Rong looked worried, but felt relieved in her heart.
Su Rongqing still did it. Hongde was dead, and there was no evidence, but in Li Ming's heart, Su Rongqing couldn't clean it.
"Hongde is dead, and there are no confessions and witnesses."
On the other side, in the princess's mansion, Pei Wenxuan's voice was very weak. The young man shook his head and said: "No, there is no evidence. Father will not convict Su Rongqing. He is suspicious and suspects Su Rongqing at the same time he will doubt you and A sister."
"So," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "It's the third step. Your Majesty will start to check the authenticity of the princess's words. What can be checked now, isn't that where the son of Hongde is?"
Pei Wenxuan's chess piece fell on the chessboard: "This investigation is interesting."
In the inner palace, the emperor Li Rong and Su Rongqing were waiting for the news from him. Li Ming thought for a while and seemed to think of something. Then he turned to Li Rong and said, "You said before that there is a man in Hongde. son?"
"Yes."
"In Su Aiqing's hands?"
"Correct."
"Fu Lai," Li Ming turned to call Fu Lai, waved, "Go and check."
Fulai respectfully responded, and then retreated. The three people sat in the imperial study room and continued to wait for the result.
"Your Majesty may not be able to find out where the child is, but you can still see how the child was taken away. There are always omissions when things are done too much, for example," Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes and looked at the opposite person. Li Chuan, "It's also common to see a child kidnapped by a certain neighborhood and recognize the sign of Su Mansion, isn't it?"
With thunder rumbling down, as if there was heavy rain, Pei Wenxuan picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and looked up into the distance.
He thought for a while and couldn't help but said, "Should you say I should go to the palace to pick up your sister?"
"You... don't you want to pretend that your relationship is bad?"
"There is always a good match." Pei Wenxuan said, standing up, and looking for an umbrella.
Seeing that Pei Wenxuan was about to leave, Li Chuan said anxiously: "What about after that? Even if the father knew that the child was taken by the Su Mansion, what about it?"
"Since your Majesty already knows that Hongde was sent out of the palace by one person, and he knows that the child was taken away by someone from the Su Mansion, then do you think, even if there is no evidence, who does your Majesty believe?"
As he said, Pei Wenxuan put on his coat and walked out: "Your Majesty will make a thorough investigation. As long as the egg is cracked, the follow-up will be easy. Your Royal Highness, I'm going to pick up the princess," Pei Wenxuan turned his head towards Li Chuan smiled, "Your Highness, please."
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, he stepped out.
At this time, the report made by Hao almost came out, and the attendant took the result of Hao made and rushed to the inner palace.
Outside the palace, the soldier who was investigating Hongde's younger son also found an old man. After the old man roughly described it, the soldier immediately asked a man to drive back to the palace and sent the news back.
At the same time, a young man walked into the palace in rain.
Woo’s report came first. After reading Woo’s report, Li Ming looked up at the two people who had been waiting for the results, and said with a cold face: "It's suicide."
Li Rong incredulously repeated: "Suicide?"
Li Ming answered, then someone came in and whispered in Li Ming's ear.
Li Ming suddenly raised his head and looked at Su Rongqing coldly.
Su Rongqing still didn't know anything, pretending to look at Li Ming, Li Ming stared at him for a moment, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Su Rongqing, don't hand over Hongde's child!"
Su Rongqing got the words, her expression was calm, she just bit to death and said, "Weichen doesn't know what your Majesty is talking about.
"If you want people to know that you can't do anything else, and you let someone kidnap someone else, you really think that no one knows?!"
"Weichen was wronged!" Su Rongqing knelt down immediately, "Your Majesty can let people come out if you hear the news, and we can confront others."
"Confrontation? Confrontation? Hongde accuses you, confessed to the memorial hall, and the memorial hall was burned. When someone came to the palace to testify, he died halfway and committed suicide. If someone threatened him with a child, what would he do? Will commit suicide? Now if you check the child again, it has something to do with you. One thing can be said to be a coincidence, but is there such a series of coincidences in this world?!"
"Your Majesty said," Su Rongqing said coldly, "Weichen didn't think it was a coincidence. This action will set up others."
"You fart!"
Li Ming was so angry that he grabbed the cup and smashed it over. Su Rongqing didn't hide, but still smashed his head with water from the cup. The tea splashed all over him, causing bleeding on his forehead. However, he remained motionless, knelt on the ground, and said, "Please check carefully."
"Okay, very good." Li Ming raised his finger and nodded his head. "Check, check it out. Come here, pull Su Rongqing down and put him in jail, and investigate him and Hongde thoroughly..."
Before he finished speaking, the heard a notification from outside: "Your Majesty, Deputy Director Su, see you."
Hearing this, Li Rong looked out of the door nervously. Li Ming frowned. After hesitating for a while, he said impatiently: "Xuan."
After Li Ming finished speaking, he saw Su Ronghua stepping forward quickly. He knelt down respectfully and rarely said seriously: "Weichen Su Ronghua, see your Majesty."
Li Mingzheng was very irritable, he restrained his emotions, raised his hand and said, "Get up."
"Weichen dare not."
Su Ronghua knelt on the ground and said quietly. Li Ming raised his eyes to look at him. After a long time in the house, he didn't say anything. Li Rong instantly guessed Su Ronghua's intention.
He is here to pay off!
Li Rong's mind was running fast, thinking about the consequences of such a change.
If Su Ronghua admitted all the charges, the confession named Su Rongqing would become extremely suspicious. It's just that Su Ronghua is too coincidental now, and Li Ming is afraid that he will not believe it, but at the same time it will also shake the credibility of all previous evidence.
In this way, even if Su Rongqing didn't completely get back the winning side, at least it would make their situation more evenly matched.
The only sacrifice in the middle was Su Ronghua.
Li Rong reacted for a moment, and wanted to say something, but she only spoke, and listened to Su Ronghua respectfully saying: "Please hold back your Majesty."
Li Ming stared at Su Ronghua. After a long time, he waved his hand: "Retreat."
No one moved, Su Rongqing stared at Su Ronghua, Su Ronghua ignored him, and Li Ming couldn't help but get angry when seeing everyone not moving, "Why, I can't move you anymore?!"
Hearing Li Ming's anger, Li Rong took a deep breath, stood up, bowed and walked out.
Li Rong and Su Rongqing went out one after another. After they walked out the door, the two stood on each side, watching the heavy rain splashing on the world, forming a curtain of rain in the world, as if they were beating the gongs and drums, and they were about to stage a big show.
In the distance from the rain curtain, the palace gate slowly opened, and a young man in a blue shirt embroidered with orchids, holding an umbrella in his hand, stepped in the rain from the palace gate.
Li Rong and Su Rongqing both looked at the visitor in the distance, and shouts came from the Imperial Study Room.
Li Rong couldn't help laughing as she listened to the shouting.
"I heard that Master Su and the eldest brother are in a very good relationship. I saw it today and it really is."
As she said, she turned her head, a little curious: "Aren't you guilty?"
Su Rongqing didn't speak, he just looked into the distance.
The youth from afar walked across the palace square and became the only bright color in the rain.
"His Royal Highness," Su Rongqing's always clear tone was a little hoarse, "sometimes, there is no room for guilt. Those who walk on the road of desperation can only move forward."
"I used to think that people are being forced to move forward," Li Rong laughed, looking at people getting closer and closer, "but now I know that the road is always people walking out. You don't go. Go ahead, you never know if the road ahead is."
"Maybe there is a cliff ahead."
Su Rongqing's voice was cold, and Li Rong turned to look at him, with a little brilliance between her eyebrows: "Then it depends, you are not far away to go forward."
Listening to this, Su Rongqing finally looked away from the rain, and looked at Li Rong: "His Royal Highness is willing to be crushed for this so-called road?"
"Perhaps." Li Rong thought for a while, "I'm just taking a step, watching a step."
"His Royal Highness is not such a person."
"Rong Qing," Li Rong suddenly called her previous life. Su Rongqing was stunned, and then listened to Li Rong's words, "People will change."
While speaking, Pei Wenxuan had already arrived in front of them.
The rain fell down the umbrella bone like a drop of beads, and the young man raised a clear and handsome face under the umbrella. He was smiling, his eyes bright with a kind of gentleness that belonged to a certain person.
When he raised his head, only Li Rong fell in his eyes, and his clear voice was a little bit humorous in respect: "His Royal Highness, the minister has heard the heavy rain, and is here to pick him up."
With that, he moved his gaze to Su Rongqing.
Su Rongqing looked at him calmly, and he looked at Su Rongqing with a smile.
The eyes of the two met across the rain curtain, and they all told decades of disputes, love and hatred.
"At the time I was still a student in Xia, I heard of the talents of Suzhou University. You and I were the leaders for three years, but I have never faced each other head-on. Now I have to see Mr. Su," Pei Wenxuan nodded slightly, "Happy meeting."
Su Rongqing looked at him coldly, he understood what this happy meeting was referring to. He was not talking to young Su Rongqing, but to a Su Rongqing who had fought him secretly for decades and returned.
This "good meeting" is his greeting and his declaration of war.
He clearly informed Su Rongqing that he knew he was back.
It was precisely knowing that he had come back that he found the target so quickly and implemented the plan so decisively, and it was Pei Wenxuan's hands-on style that has always been step by step and trapped everywhere.
Su Rongqing couldn't help laughing. He looked at Pei Wenxuan seriously, and said calmly and earnestly: "Happy meeting."
Pei Wenxuan smiled even more.
This contest, thirty years late, finally opened after a lifetime.