Happy Little Scholar

"You don't need to see me off, my brother."

"Go slowly, my brother!"

No matter what they thought, at least when the King of Qi and the King of Xin walked out of the hall, their faces were full of smiles, and they looked like brothers and sisters.

After walking out of the King of Qi's mansion and getting on the carriage, the King of Xin's face darkened.

Not only did he become a real loser in the battle for the throne, but as a prince, he was also humiliated in the street. The worst thing in his life happened in the past two days.

"I want to see how long you can be proud!" He gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Before that, let's get back a little debt first..."

He lifted the curtain of the carriage and whispered: "Go and check something for me."

Walking back into the hall, a sneer appeared on the face of the King of Qi.

What if he has power over the court and the country, and he can cover the sky with one hand? No matter how much his father favors him, when he comes to the throne, it will only take an order to deal with him.

There are too many such examples in history. The king is the king, the minister is the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. A mere county marquis, can he still rebel?

...

"Is this a rebellion?" Liu Dayou rubbed his head and whispered in the county government office.

The closer it gets to the end of the year, the more affairs there are in the government office. The flow of people in Kyoto is huge, and public security is difficult to maintain. Small cases such as theft and robbery occur more than a dozen times a day. Although there are no major cases, these trivial matters are enough to give him a headache.

What bothers him more is that the detectives in the government office found some new clues when they were checking some old cases, which made him feel a little cold in his heart.

This includes the case of the son of the former Minister of Works. Although it has been a long time, the case is too serious. The large number of deaths and the tragic death have attracted the attention of the whole Kyoto. Even if it is difficult to close the case, it is impossible to just turn it over casually.

Fortunately, there are finally some clues in this case.

Holy Religion.

As the thing called Holy Religion gradually revealed a corner of mystery, Liu Dayou seemed to sense a dormant giant beast hiding somewhere in Kyoto, secretly observing everything.

This feeling was creepy.

He had no idea how many people there were in the Holy Religion in Kyoto, and who the person called the Queen of Heaven was. But it was because of the mystery that people were afraid.

The New Year is approaching, and the court meeting is approaching. We must not let any trouble happen during this period. By next year, I am afraid that this matter will be reported to the court and taken seriously.

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Li Yi had a headache.

The old lady had told him several times that the meal eaten by the family together on New Year's Eve is called a reunion dinner. If one person is missing, it is not a reunion.

The missing person is naturally Zui Mo.

Even Ruyi has mentioned to him several times that it is not appropriate for people from the Li family to always live outside, as outsiders will gossip about her...

But the problem is that Zuimo is still trying to win over her best friend and add another hostess to the Li family. The time is not yet ripe...

This is really a headache.

Li Yi is trying to persuade Zuimo, otherwise he will have to persuade the old lady and Ruyi when he goes back.

Ruyi is the best to talk to. The old lady is not easy to deal with. She can talk to him in a serious tone all day long. She is the person Li Yi fears the most in the whole family except Miss Liu Er.

It is easier to persuade Zuimo alone than to persuade the two of them.

"I can do it." Zuimo looked up at him and said, "But if I move there now, Sister Ruoqing will definitely not go with me. If the time is not right, I am afraid it will have a counterproductive effect."

Li Yi thought about it and felt that people should not always think about simplicity and ease. Sometimes they should challenge difficult things.

Zui Mo suddenly looked at him and asked, "I have a question for you."

"What is it?" Li Yi smiled, his expression was normal, but he immediately became alert in his heart.

She looked at Li Yi and asked curiously, "Who did you like first, me or Sister Ruoqing?"

Li Yi raised his head and looked at the night sky, as if thinking. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "The moon tonight..."

Zui Mo looked at him and said, "There is no moon tonight, not even stars."

No, there are stars.

Several starlights appeared in Li Yi's eyes, crossing the night sky and flying towards this side quickly.

The starlight fell on the roof and ignited a raging fire.

It was not starlight, but firelight.

Zui Mo was stunned, his face changed, and he said, "Sister Ruoqing is still inside."

"Protect her!" Li Yi whispered, and a maid-like woman at the door flashed and appeared beside Zui Mo.

Several more light spots flew in different directions. At the same time, several figures appeared in the night sky and rushed towards the direction of the fire.

Inside the house, Wan Ruoqing, who was reading at the desk, was carried out of the room by Li Yi before she realized what had happened.

"You..." She blushed, and her face turned pale only when she was carried to the yard by Li Yi and saw the fire on the roof.

"Is there anything important in the house?" Li Yi asked quickly, preparing to rush in again.

The fire on the roof had spread, and it could not reach the house for a while. It was too late to put out the fire, but there was still time to move some things out of the house.

"No." Wan Ruoqing grabbed his hand and shook her head: "There's nothing important, so don't take risks."

Zui Mo looked at her, as if he had thought of something, and immediately said: "That painting of yours..."

Wan Ruoqing held Li Yi's hand tightly, shook her head and said, "It's not important anymore..."

In fact, time was coming in a hurry, but she was holding her hand, and Li Yi couldn't rush in with her.

Not only these two rooms in the Zeng Mansion were on fire, but several guest rooms and the houses where the servants lived were also on fire. There should be kerosene on the arrows, otherwise the fire would not have spread so quickly. People kept pouring in from outside, and the people inside the house were on fire. The servants put out the fire together. Li Yi held the hands of the two women and sat in the courtyard, watching the fire gradually engulf the room.

After a while, several people came in from outside, shook their heads and said: "Three dead soldiers, they took poison and died as soon as they caught up with them."

Li Yi used to have many enemies, but now, they are all in prison or on the road to exile, and it is impossible for them to do something like setting a fire in the middle of the night.

He is both a dead soldier and a rocket, which is not a small feat, but this one is a little too impatient...

Lao Fang rushed over angrily and cursed angrily: "The man who killed a thousand swords is so wicked. Five houses were burned down. I'm afraid no one can live here tonight."

Li Yi looked at the fire and whispered: "King Xin..."

"What, King Xin?" Old Fang was startled, turned around and walked outside, "I will take people to burn King Xin's mansion now!"

Li Yi pulled him back in time. Everyone was dead. How could he identify King Xin with no evidence? Even if it was found out that King Xin ordered someone else to do it, setting fire to Shao Min's house or setting fire to the palace, which one would be a bigger crime? ?

It's been a dry day recently, and the dignitaries' mansions over there are all closely connected. It would be bad if innocent people were affected.

It's far from being as simple as waiting until he leaves Beijing and breaking his legs.

However, Zeng Mansion has a special meaning to Zui Mo. Li Yi looked at her worriedly, but before she could speak, she shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter. If the house burns down, it will be burned down. If you are fine, just burn it down." good."

Xiaocui came over pitifully and asked: "Miss, where should we sleep at night..."

Li Yi looked at the still burning room. Zeng Mansion could no longer accommodate anyone. It was so late and the inns and the like had already been closed. Where they would stay at night was indeed...

The expression on his face was suddenly startled, and he looked at the several rooms in the firelight again.

This fire doesn't seem to be that bad...

Zui Mo thought for a while and said, "Let's go back to Yangliu Lane first, get some more bedding, and tidy up before we can move in."

"Yangliu Lane..." Li Yi shook his head and said, "The relatives of Lao Fang's family came to Kyoto a few days ago. It was inconvenient to stay in an inn, so we let them stay there."

"Ah?" Lao Fang looked confused.

Zui Mo looked over with some suspicion, "Really?"

Lao Fang looked at her, then at Li Yi, nodded and said: "Yes, poor relatives in the countryside are not used to living in inns, so they are causing trouble to Miss Zeng..."

After saying that, he turned around and walked outside.

Li Yi looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lao Fang did not look back, waved his hand and said: "I will go to Yangliu Lane to remind those poor relatives that the weather is dry and be careful of open fires..."

Li Yi turned his head, looked at Zui Mo and Ruo Qing, and said, "There's nowhere to go now anyway, why not..."