Chai Yan and Yan Xuehuai were both confused. The secret report was written very simply, saying that the two criminals of Jiao had been captured by Duke Dingguo Qiwei's followers, and there was no other one.

According to past experience, the fewer words, the more serious things happen.

It’s not that it’s not that it’s that it’s too complicated and involves too much so it can’t be written.

Chai Yan and Yan Xuehuai looked at each other, and they thought of the same thing.

Xiaoman.

Could it be that Xiaoman's identity was discovered and that the brother surnamed Jiao was entrusted by someone to threaten Xiaoman to make trouble?

Yan Xuehuai remembered the history she learned in that time and space. Whenever a dynasty perishes, true and false descendants of the royal family will emerge among the people. They are supported by the power of loyalty or ulterior motives, and they will be under the banner of restoration and survive.

According to Yan Xuehuai's limited historical knowledge, in this case, no one has been able to restore the restoration from ancient times to the present. It can be as short as a few days or as long as a few days, and it will eventually be a mirror and a water moon.

Yan Xuehuai's eyes were wide open, and Chai Yan patted the back of her hand and comforted her, "Maybe we've thought too much."

As it turns out, they really thought too much, but they don’t know it now.

However, it was a gratifying thing to catch two of the three people after all.

The prefect of Jiangning was named Peng. He took office three years ago. In the past three years, his reputation has been good. The weather has been good in the past two years. The people are stable and the taxes have been completed well. The most important thing is that since he took office, there have been no unjust, false and wrong cases under his rule.

I never expected that nothing happened, but something happened is a big deal.

There was such a big case in Fuping County, and Prefect Peng could not shirk responsibility. Regardless of whether he had a conspiracy with Wu County, a name that was inaccurately investigated would inevitably be eliminated.

Chai Yan knew, and Prefect Peng also knew that his career had ended.

It depends on the case in Fuping County, whether he participated and how much he participated.

This time, Prince Rui entered the city and did not live in the Guanyi office, but lived in a house east of the city.

Priest Peng asked someone to inquire about the owner of the house. It turned out that the house was actually an estate under the name of Zhou Da, the head of the Cao Gang, and Zhou Da, would live there when he arrived in Jiangning.

Princess Rui is the niece of Zhou Da’s head of the family. Living in that house is indeed more comfortable and safer than staying in an inn.

When the prefect Peng thought of his career that he had seen at a glance, he frowned and sighed.

Mrs. Zuo advised: "I wrote a letter to the capital yesterday. Master, don't worry, the family will not watch us ignore it."

Although Zuo's mother's family cannot be compared with the Shilin clan like the Meng family's Wu family, there are more than a dozen people in the Zuo family who are now officials in court. The Meng family's aunt who married into the Zuo family, but Zuo's cousin-in-law.

And the Meng family is the foreign family today.

Zuo said again: "I heard that Princess Rui is here too. Master, why don't I pass the post tomorrow? What do you think?"

Prefect Peng frowned. If it weren't for Fuping County, Princess Rui had come to Jiangning now, and he would definitely ask his wife to come to visit with his daughter. But now... in King Rui's eyes, he is just a person who is ready to make meritorious deeds at any time. Even if his wife and daughter go, Princess Rui may not meet them.

But Zuo did not give up. She didn't want to sit back and wait for death. The master has worked hard for so many years and cannot be gone because of this.

Besides, the crime in Fuping County was in Wuzhi County, and her master was at most missed investigation.

"Master, listen to me. This Princess Rui is doing a wine business. Her wine business was hired by her uncle to do Baoshan. She should be able to give this kind of affection."

The uncle mentioned by Zuo's clan is the leader of the Zuo clan, Zuo Lingyu!

When Yan Xuehuai signed a contract with Li Baohuai, in order to prevent the Li family from interfering, Li Baohuai begged to the wife of the Meng family, and the husband Zuo Li, the husband of the aunt, came forward and invited Zuo Lingyu to be the Baoshan.

After Yan Xuehuai became Princess Rui, the Zuo family kept silent about this past story.

When Zuo returned to his parents' home two years ago, he accidentally mentioned that his aunt said that his cousin-in-law and the female boss at Qingjiang Banquet were relatives.

At that time, Zuo did not take this matter to heart. Until she heard that Prince Rui had come to Jiangning Mansion, she remembered this matter.

In any case, the Zuo family has done a great favor to Princess Rui.

Seeing that the Prime Minister Peng was silent, Zuo thought that her husband had not heard it clearly, so she repeated it again, but unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the Prime Minister Peng shouted angrily: "Ignorance and ignorance! Have you ever thought about why Prince Rui went out to Beijing to work for the office, why did Prince Rui travel together?"

Zuo was a little confused by her husband's sudden scolding. She was stunned and said, "Isn't it just that the young couple doesn't want to separate? What else can it be?"

"Sudden view, brief view!" Prefect Peng sneered, "You have been with the wives of the family and family all day long. I'm afraid you don't know that Princess Rui herself is the imperial official. She went out of the capital with Prince Rui to do the job. Do you understand? You do the job? Do you think she would be thinking about the past with the Zuo family and be with me?"

Zuo was stunned, what? Princess Rui was an official in the court?

How is this possible?

Although there are female officials, all female officials are in the harem. Princess Rui will never be a female official again. Since she is not a female official, where is her official?

In fact, the imperial court's appointment of Prince Rui was published in the diary and distributed to various places, but Zuo never read the diary and didn't know.

She was stunned for a moment and said, "If I had no uncle to do Baoshan, her business, her business..."

Zuo could not continue to say anything. Prefect Peng was staring at her, as strict as if he was looking at an unknown subordinate.

"The one who asked Mr. Zuo to come forward is Dong's family, not Princess Rui; and even if Princess Rui is willing to give face to the Zuo family, it is still for Mr. Zuo, and it has nothing to do with us. If you want to leave me decent, stay at home honestly and don't go anywhere!"

This was the first time Zuo saw such a husband. Until Magistrate Peng left, Zuo was still in a daze.

But the next day, Zuo still came to the door with his daughter.

That's right, she didn't hand in the post in advance, but went directly.

I heard that the family of the magistrate Peng was coming, Yan Xuehuai frowned. The magistrate Peng had a bag in his head. What should he ask his wife and daughter to come here at this time?

She remembered what she had found before that the Yue family of the prefect Peng, whose father-in-law and Zuo Lingyu were cousins.

Compared with the Yue family, the origin of the prefect Peng is not enough. He is a gentry and a small landlord who is easy to understand.

Zuo's biological mother died early. She grew up in a foreign family since she was young. At that time, the prefect Peng was studying in the county school. Zuo's uncle was his husband and he attached great importance to the prefect Peng. Later, the prefect Peng passed the imperial examination and Zuo's uncle made the decision and decided to make this marriage.

It is said that the marriage was not informed by the Zuo family at that time. Therefore, Zuo's father was very dissatisfied. It was not until the prefect Peng passed the exam that the Zuo family officially recognized the son-in-law.

The Zuo family has many successful descendants in the two generations, and the family's resources are not enough, let alone the son-in-law Peng, who is not valued.

The prefect Peng has not yet benefited from the Yue family when he was able to sit in his seat today.

Zuo Lingyu is a bit aloof as a literary person, and can be seen from his attitude towards Prefect Peng.

The Zuo family had never supported the Prime Minister Peng. Therefore, even though the Prime Minister Peng later became a fourth-rank official, the Zuo family's attitude towards the Prime Minister Peng remained the same, not close or alienated, and just walked as an ordinary relative.

These are the news investigated from the capital. Therefore, Yan Xuehuai and Chai Yan both believed that the Zuo family would not interfere in this matter, and the Prime Minister Peng would never ask for the Zuo family.

This is also the reason why Yan Xuehuai was surprised after hearing that Zuo came here today.

Yan Xuehuai thought about it and decided that it would be better if she didn't see her.

When Zuo saw that Princess Rui was indeed as her husband said, he didn't even show his face, so he asked a maid to dismiss her.

Zuo took his daughter out of the mansion in annoyance. Although the house was exquisite, it was not an official house. The alley was narrow, and the carriage could only stop at the entrance of the alley. The distance from the gate of the house to the entrance of the alley was only possible to walk.

As soon as Zuo's mother and daughter walked out of the mansion, they saw someone riding a horse in front of them.

The maids of Peng's family quickly helped their wives and ladies to the side of the road, standing against the wall, for fear of hitting a horse.

The two horses came, one in front and one behind. The young master on the front was wearing a light robe, without a crown, and an ancient jade hairpin was inserted into his bun. His eyebrows were beautiful and his graceful. What was rare was the scholarly aura between his eyebrows, and his temperament was transcendent, not like a real person.

When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Lu Jinxing flew off the horse, his clothes fluttered, and his movements were done in one go. Seeing the female family standing against the wall, Lu Jinxing nodded slightly, threw the reins to the servant who was greeting, and stepped across the threshold.

Miss Peng's eyes stuck tightly to the back that looked like a banished immortal, until the back disappeared into the doorway, she was still in a daze.

"Which family's family is this? Why are they here?"

A clear voice came, and Miss Peng finally came to her senses. The maid beside her was about to speak, and the servant who came out to hold the horse was the first to say: "When I say that, these two are the family members of the Prime Minister Peng."

"Oh." Mr. Wu clasped his fists at Zuo, and walked in quickly.

The door of the house was closed from inside, and the breath that Ms. Peng was hanging in her throat came out.

"Mom, is that young master just now Prince Rui?"

Zuo was not sure and said, "If it were Prince Rui, why did he only have one person around him? Maybe it was the official who came with him?"

"Mom, which yamen can have such an official? I think that is Prince Rui. Look at his noble character, who else can he be besides Prince Rui?"

The mother and daughter whispered, walking towards the entrance of the alley. The depression caused by the failure to see Princess Rui dissipated.

When she reached the entrance of the alley, Ms. Peng stopped and turned around and looked at the direction she came again. The door was closed and she could not see the figure that looked like a terrifying geese.

Miss Peng felt sad and suddenly felt sad.

As soon as Zuo calmed down, he noticed that his daughter's emotions were different. She remembered the young man she had just seen and hurried to see her daughter. Although she lowered her eyebrows and eyes, the flush on her face could not be hidden from anyone.

There was a maid next to him. Zuo tried to resist and didn't speak. When he returned to the mansion, the master was still in the yamen and did not come back. Zuo shut up the serving person next to him and pulled his daughter's arm, and his voice was stern: "When is it now? Your father has arrived at the edge of the cliff, but you are still thinking about something or not. Is there anyone like you who is a child like?"

Miss Peng's wrist was so painful that she was grabbed by Zuo. She knew that her mother had seen her thoughts, but she was not afraid. Her mother always favored her and would respond to her requests. Moreover, this matter is not her own business now.

"Mom, it's because I want to help my father that I think so, Mom, if, if, Prince Rui..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zuo: "What are you talking about? Prince Rui is already married. Our family, the Zuo family, and even the concubine daughter are not a concubine. You'd better immediately break the thoughts that you shouldn't have. Our family, the Zuo family can't afford to lose this face!"

Miss Peng's face turned red, but her beautiful face as bright as the moon appeared in her mind. She bit her lip and said boldly: "Being a concubine for the prince is not considered a concubine. Look at Empress Dowager Xiaoshu, who dares to say she is a concubine?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoshu was the biological mother of today's son, and the concubine Meng of Emperor Gaozong.

Zuo twisted his daughter's arm hard: "Don't talk nonsense, it's over for people to hear your reputation. Empress Dowager Xiaoshu, can you compare that? Shut up!"

Miss Peng endured the pain and stopped talking. Her mouth was flattened and tears fell down.

Seeing that his daughter cried, Zuo regretted that he had taken action seriously and sighed: "This is your father and me, and it has nothing to do with you. Oh, my mother is in a bad mood today. Go back to the house. Don't say anything about it just now. Just pretend that you have never met Prince Rui. That's not what you can think about. Maybe there was a chance in the past, but now..."

Now that Lord Peng can keep his dignity, it is a gift to find a reason to retire.

Lu Jinxing had no idea that he was being missed. He and Mr. Wu went straight to the study. Chai Yan was looking at the file sent yesterday. When he saw them coming, he said, "Can specific news be transmitted from the capital?"

The news he said was about the Jiao brothers.

The servant brought herbal tea, and Mr. Wu drank it all in one go, but Lu Jinxing didn't even touch it.

Chai Yan snorted coldly, "The smell is so bad, this tea is not good, his favorite is to drink coriander."

Lu Jinxing took out a goose feather fan like a magic trick. Since Yan Xuehuai said that his fan had shed hair, he asked people to look for a fan that could not shed hair. Finally, he found the current one. This is not an ordinary goose feather, but a swan's goose feather. After special treatment, it is true that a single hair will not fall off.

Wu Er had already found a comfortable chair and sat down and said to Chai Yan: "There is news, but it's just rumor. I don't know how true or false it is."

"Let me tell me." Chai Yan smiled. He admired Mr. Wu very much, and was a person who could do things.

Mr. Wu looked at Lu Jinxing. Lu Jinxing shook his hairless fan and said lightly: "I will not say unverified news."

Mr. Wu laughed: "Then let me, a idler who has no official position, say it. By the way, this matter is related to Fusheng."

Chai Yan knew that Mr. Wu and Fusheng were childhood friends. Since Fusheng was mentioned, then this so-called gossip is still credible.
Chapter completed!