sinovels Chapter 40 Chapter 40
Chapter 40 Chapter 40
In the beginning of winter, the wind rises and the rain falls.
Gong Que sat in front of the window and was looking at the letter sent by his father from Chenzhou.
The letter mentioned the latest developments in the case of Wang Shudao. The evidence obtained by the palace this time is very useful. Even if the fourth prince uses his own power to obstruct it, he will not be able to do his best to protect Wang Shudao, and there is even a danger of involving himself in it.
Gong Que knew that his father was not satisfied with just cutting off Wang Shudao, he also wanted to use this case to defeat the faction of the Fourth Prince, and it would be best if he could find evidence of the collusion between the Fourth Prince and Wang Shudao to bring down the Fourth Prince in one fell swoop.But it is easy to punish Wang Shudao's crime, but it is very difficult to follow the clues and burn the fire on the fourth prince. Although the other part of the ledger that was taken away last time may have the evidence they want, but the ledger is now in the fourth prince. In the hands of the prince, wanting to get it is simply a dream.
However, judging from his father's attitude in the letter, the delay in concluding Wang Shudao's case is to keep this breakthrough. After all, since the fourth prince has Wang Shudao's skill, it is very likely that the same trick will be repeated in other states.As long as the investigation continues in this direction, other evidence may be obtained. After finally catching such an opportunity to deal with the fourth prince, my father will never give up easily.
These are all good news for Gong Yu, but as expected, his father still mentioned Tian Xing Ling in the letter.
Now that the fourth prince is so busy with the issues involved in the case of Wang Shudao in the court, he has no time to take care of Yizhou. What his father means is to let him take this opportunity to take away the order of heaven, so as not to fall into the hands of the fourth prince in the future. misfortune.
He wasn't worried about the Tian Xing Ling, as long as the other party couldn't get the Tian Xing Ling, he could fool him. What really worried Gong Que was the sentence his father casually mentioned at the end of the letter:
I heard that you have had a close relationship with the son of the Yue family recently?
It was the one-off sentence at the end of the letter that made Gong Que frown.
Sure enough, his father put someone by his side.
Seeing that his young master frowned, Mo Ran stepped forward and closed the half-open window, blocking the cold wind from the window.
"Do you want to light the lamp? Master." Mo Ran asked after seeing that the room was dark after closing the window.
"No need." Gong Que put down the letter in his hand and raised his head, "How's the investigation of the Quan family's affairs going?"
"The Quan family is very cautious during the secret investigation, and it will take some work." Mo Ran returned.
"Follow up on this matter, report immediately if you find anything." After finishing speaking, Gong Que got up and left the case.
"Yes."
Gong Que walked outside and suddenly stopped and turned around and asked, "What has Yue Yin been up to the past few days?"
Gong Que hadn't seen Yue Yin for a few days, but it seemed that he must have something important to do, so Gong Que didn't bother him.
"I don't know what Mr. Yue is busy with, but Mr. Yue went out again this morning, and he hasn't come back yet." Mo Ran packed up the items on the case and turned back.
"Going out?" Gong Que knew that the rain hadn't stopped since he got up today, "Go and take out the umbrella."
"Yes."
Gong Que opened the door and looked at the pattering rain outside.
"My lord is going out?" Mo Ran opened an oil-paper umbrella and handed it to Gong Que.
"If you have anything to do, just come to Qianfengju to find me." Gong Que walked into the rain with an umbrella, and slowly walked out of the courtyard gate.
Outside the city of Yizhou, the waterway of the Minjiang River.
A cargo ship moved slowly in the rain.
"Hurry up, we'll be in Jizhou soon." A middle-aged man in a coir raincoat said to the boatman who was holding the boat.
"No way, boss, it's raining and the road conditions are bad, and something will happen soon." The boatman looked at the river that had become foggy due to the rain, showing embarrassment.
"It's not raining heavily, and there aren't many boats on the river, don't worry, if the rain drags on, can you take the responsibility?" The middle-aged man urged, ignoring the expression on the boatman's face.
The boatman made his living by punting, so he couldn't bear such a big responsibility, so he had no choice but to accept it, and ordered his men to speed up the punting.
When the middle-aged man saw that the speed of the boat had increased significantly, he smiled with satisfaction, turned around and opened the boat curtain, and went in to rest.
There is a boat parked by the river at the bend of the waterway, and a young man in a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat stands on the prow of the boat.
"Master, they are here." A person behind the young man said respectfully.
"Keep an eye on the distance and prepare to do it."
"Yes."
The cargo ship speeded up and soon came to the bend. Based on experience, the boatman asked the guys to slow down the speed of the punting in order to pass the bend smoothly.
The boat cut through the water waves, brushed away the water mist, and slowly began to turn and move forward.
"Come on, do you really want to do it?" The subordinate asked with some hesitation.
"Nonsense, do it!" The young man pointed his sword at the cargo ship that was heading towards them.
"Okay, brothers, let's do it!" After getting the order, he immediately ordered the ship to sail to the cargo ship. This was the first time he came out with his young master to do such a thing. He thought the young master was joking, but he didn't expect them Now it's really time to do it.
The boatman propped the boat and suddenly saw a boat coming straight towards them in front of him. He thought it was the other party who hadn’t seen them because of the mist, so he shouted: "Hey—brother in front, please let me— "Usually in this situation, the cargo ship on the other side will give way when they see their cargo ship. After all, the cargo ship is too loaded to give way.
But this time, not only was there no one on the other side to answer him, the boat didn't seem to give way at all. The boatman was afraid that the two boats would collide, so he told his men to slow down and evade while continuing to shout: "Brother on the other side, Did you hear that--"
There was still no answer from the boat on the opposite side, and the speed did not slow down at all. The boatman noticed the abnormality, and immediately ordered his buddy to pull over to stop the boat: "Quick! Quick! Pull aside——"
Before the boatman finished his sentence, the opposite ship had already collided with it. Although the speed of the two ships was not fast, the impact of the collision from the opposite ship still caused the cargo ship to shake a few times, "Hold on! Hold on!"
The middle-aged man was sitting in the cabin drinking hot tea when suddenly the boat shook violently and the hot tea was all over him.Just when he was furious and wanted to go out to question the boatman Xingshi, a knife was put on his neck as soon as he opened the boat curtain.
"do not move!"
"Yes... yes." The middle-aged man raised his hands, the anger on his face disappeared, and his eyes were full of horror.
"Move everything on the boat!" The man holding the middle-aged man with a knife ordered to the people behind him.
"Okay, good man, if you have something to say, how about putting down the knife first?" The middle-aged man discussed cautiously.
The man brought the knife closer to his neck: "Shut up!"
"Hey! I shut up, shut up." The middle-aged man gestured.
The rain was still falling, and the people on the cargo ship were subdued and unable to resist.
"It's all over."
"Very well, tie up all the people on board."
"Yes."
The people on the boat were held up by knives and did not dare to speak out, so they could only let them tie themselves up and throw them into the cabin.
"Master, it's all done." After the subordinates disposed of the cargo and crew as ordered, they returned to their own ship to report.
The young man lowered his bamboo hat and smiled evilly: "Let's go."
The cargo ship and the people on board were thrown onto the river like this, the rain was still pouring down with no signs of stopping, and the boat that appeared suddenly disappeared on the misty river just like it appeared.
In the evening, the lights in Qianfeng Residence have been lit.
Gong Que was sitting in the warm pavilion reading a book by Yue Yin.
The servant girl saw that Gong Que had been waiting for her young master here all afternoon, and she didn't know when the young master would come back. There was nothing she could do, so she had to brew a new pot of clear dew for Gong Que.
At that time, the young master asked her to prepare some fresh tea leaves. She didn't understand why, because she knew that her young master had never asked for tea.But every time the young master asked her to soak the clear dew every time the young master came, she understood that the clear dew was not prepared by the young master for herself, but for the young master, so this time she consciously soaked it when the palace came. A pot of clear dew was brought up.
Yue Yin pushed open the door of Qianfeng Residence, and walked in cheerfully.
"The young master is back!" The maid stepped forward to take the bamboo hat from Yue Yin's hand, and helped Yue Yin take off the coir raincoat, "Mr. Gong is here."
"Gong Que is here? Where is it?" Yue Yin hadn't seen Gong Que for several days, and he felt a little happier knowing that he was here.
"Young Master Gong is sitting in the Nuan Pavilion." The maid flicked the rainwater on Yue Yin's clothes, "Master, do you want to take a bath?"
"You have someone get ready in the room, I'll be there in a while." Yue Yin said and went to the Nuan Pavilion.
"Yes."
Yue Yin smiled and stepped into the Nuan Pavilion: "Gongque!"
Gong Que put down the book and laughed: "Come here, is it cold?" He said and poured Yue Yin a cup of hot tea.
Yue Yin took two steps, jumped onto Nuantao and sat down: "How long have you been waiting?" Yue Yin took a sip of the tea that Gong Que handed him.
"Soon, where have you been? It's still raining outside." Gong Que stretched out his hand and shook Yue Yin's hand, feeling a little cold.
"I'm going to rob the Quan family's goods." Yue Yin said casually while drinking tea.
Gong Que picked up the teapot and paused for Yue Yin's hand to fill another cup, but soon regained his composure, and then filled the teacup that Yue Yin stretched out.
"I searched for several days before I found out that the goods of the Quan family passed by today, so I immediately led someone to seize the opportunity to rob him." Yue Yin smiled at Gong Que after finishing speaking.
"Where's the goods?" Although Gong Que knew that Yue Yin's actions were not rigorous, even childish, Yue Yin's straightforward behavior made him smile knowingly.Let him do it if he's happy, there's no need to think so much, he just needs to help him take care of things; besides, the Quan family has made so many obstacles to the Yue family behind their backs, so it's time to vent their anger on them. Their prestige is gone.
"I asked someone to distribute it to the poor families. Isn't it cold now? I just made some winter clothes for them. Anyway, it's useless for me to keep them." Yue Yin sneezed while talking.
"Catching a cold?" Gong Que immediately leaned forward and touched Yue Yin's forehead with the back of his hand to see if it was hot.
"It's okay, I guess it's some cool wind blowing, I've got someone to prepare hot water, I'll just take a hot bath in a while." Yue Yin wanted to reassure Gong Que, but he didn't expect to sneeze again just after speaking, "Ah Choo!"
"You go, I'll come back to you tomorrow." Gong Que thought that maybe he caught a cold because he had chatted with Yue Yin for a long time, and Yue Yin didn't change his wet clothes.
Yue Yin heard that Gong Que was going to leave for a while, got up and supported the tea table and leaned over in front of Gong Que: "Master Gong is leaving now? Won't you rub my back?" Yue Yin pulled a ruffian smile at the corner of his mouth.
Yue Yin's face suddenly magnified in front of Gong Que's eyes, and some broken hair even brushed his cheeks, which was cool and itchy, "Mr. Yue is serious?" Gong Que smiled deeply, his black eyes unexpectedly A little bewitching.
Yue Yin's eyes were a little stiff when he looked at the palace, "No, I don't dare, how dare I bother you." Yue Yin quickly got up and sat down.
"Okay, let's go, I'll really catch a cold in a while." Gong Que changed into that gentle look again.
"Well, you should go back and rest earlier." Yue Yin got up and went to gently kiss Gong Que's forehead, turned and left with a smile.
Gong Que raised his hand to touch the place Yue Yin kissed just now, and smiled slowly.
The maid came out carrying Yue Yin's changed clothes, just in time to bump into the palace gate going out: "Master Gong is leaving?"
"Let's go, take good care of Yue Yin, don't let him catch a cold." Gong Que left Qianfeng Residence with an umbrella after instructing the maidservant.
The maid looked at the leaving palace with an admiring smile on her face.
Mr. Gong is really kind, gentle and refined, and caring about people so much.
Yue Yin took off his half-wet clothes and got into the bathtub filled with hot water.
"What was I talking about just now, why didn't I dare to let Gong Que rub my back?" Yue Yin leaned his head on the edge of the bucket and closed his eyes, thinking.
Then I thought about Gong Que's expression and eyes at that time: "No, no, forget it, I always feel that if I really let him rub it, I will be fine."
"No, what's there to be afraid of? Are you afraid that you can't beat him? What can he do to me? At worst, just rub him back." Yue Yin opened his eyes and sat up to cheer himself up.
The servant waiting outside heard the sound and thought it was about to heat the water, so he asked, "Master, do you want to heat the water?"
Yue Yin was brought back to his thoughts by this sound: "No need."
Yue Yin leaned back to close his eyes again, and put his hands on his own eyes: "What were you thinking just now, childish."
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