Si Tian Guan

Chapter 168 Murder Case

When Liu Chongming was hurriedly introduced into the imperial study room, he saw that familiar figure kneeling in front of the desk through the gauze curtain, he felt a thump in his heart, and immediately cupped his hands outside.

"Chen Liu Chongming asks to see you."

The gauze curtain was lifted from both sides, he glanced at the queen sitting beside him from the corner of his eye, and guessed what happened in his heart.

The harem is full of women, and there is probably only one thing that can frame Shen Zhou the most and make the emperor unbearable the most—the filthy palace.

If he was Shen Zhou's enemy, he would also think of using this method, but what he didn't understand was that Shen Zhou had been in the palace for so long, and he should know this kind of thing better than him, so how could he come to the right way.

It was inconvenient to think too much at the moment, so he bowed down: "I have seen the emperor and the empress."

Emperor Yu leaned tiredly, pointing his finger downwards: "Yu Dexi, tell me."

Yu Dexi bowed and walked forward slowly: "My lord, there was a murder case in the palace last night."

Liu Chongming was really taken aback: "Who?"

"It was a palace maid from Yong'an Palace, named Wen Lan, who died in the rockery south of Duanhui Bridge." Yu Dexi glanced meaningfully aside: "The only ones walking around in the palace last night, except for the routine patrol Nan Apart from the yamen soldiers, there is Qu Sitian."

Qu Chenzhou propped his hands on the ground, leaned over, and didn't make a sound of excuse.

"Qu Sitian said that Xiao Liangzi went to Guanxing Pavilion at [-]:[-] o'clock last night, saying that the emperor called him, and he also specifically asked the time to go out."

"But the emperor didn't announce Qu Sitian last night, and Xiao Liangzi didn't have a record of going out in the rotation booklet. Even the guards outside Guanxing Pavilion said that they didn't see Qu Sitian go out from the main entrance."

"Your Majesty..." Qu Chenzhou finally raised his head, but Emperor Yu raised his hand and stopped what he said.

The queen sneered from the side.

"What else did Qu Sitian want to say? In the middle of the night, sneaking around in the palace without the emperor's summons is already a capital offense. You must have met Wen Lan. Seeing that no one around is malicious, rape her first, then kill her, and then run away." Go to the Empress Dowager's Palace and pretend to be innocent."

Liu Chongming was confused, but he understood the meaning of the words.

"Your Majesty is saying that Wen Lan was not caught at the place where he was killed?"

"He said it himself. He left Guanxing Pavilion at [-] o'clock at Xushi. The people at the Queen Mother's side said that he had just passed through the Compassion Ning Palace at Zishi. Wu Zuo found out that Wen Lan was killed between Xushi and Zishi. Except for him , who else?"

Emperor Yu frowned slightly, and then slowly said: "Chongming, this matter is related to the lives of the harem. I don't want to see people in the palace panic, so I leave it to you to investigate."

The queen got up immediately: "Your majesty, since this matter is related to the harem, please leave it to my concubine..."

Emperor Yu glanced at her calmly, and continued to say to Liu Chongming: "If there is anything you need to investigate, if anyone wants to mention it, I asked Bo Yan and Yu Dexi not to stop you, so you must investigate thoroughly. Shen Zhou... Just take it with you first."

"I will live up to the emperor's entrustment!" Liu Chongming cheered up, and responded loudly, and was about to drag Qu Shenzhou's arm: "Let's go, Qu Sitian."

"Your Majesty..." Qu Chenzhou suddenly threw him away and took a few steps forward on his knees, his voice choking.

"Everything I said is true, and I have been wronged! I won't go to Jinxiu Camp! I won't go! If the emperor doesn't believe me, I'll ask the emperor to order Ling Shaoqing to try the case, otherwise... it's better to give me death."

The queen originally wanted to fight again, but upon hearing what he said, she smiled a little: "Could it be that Qu Sitian is dissatisfied with the emperor's employment policy? Where are you going? You have the final say!"

Liu Chongming immediately agreed.

"What the empress said is very true! If Qu Sitian didn't have ghosts in his heart, why would he be afraid to go to Jinxiu Camp?"

He went to pull Qu Shenzhou again: "You didn't listen to me before, but now you dare not listen to the emperor's?"

"No..." Qu Chenzhou desperately supported the ground, trembling all over: "The emperor save me, I am wronged! I beg the emperor to appoint Ling Shaoqing!"

Emperor Yu had already lowered his eyes to look at the excerpts, until Qu Chenzhou was dragged to the door, and then slowly said: "Chongming, don't be presumptuous."

Liu Chongming was stunned for a moment, and let go unwillingly.

"You have to remember, he is not the old Qu Chenzhou. I just let him stay with you temporarily, and when necessary, I will announce him into the palace. If he gets bumped, hurt and thin, I will definitely take you It's asking!"

"But..." Liu Chongming hesitated in embarrassment.

"It's nothing but, is it possible that you have no other choice but torture?"

Emperor Yu scolded again: "Shen Zhou, you have forgotten what I said before? Straighten your waist and cry, what does it look like! Just ask a few words in the past, afraid of this?"

Qu Chenzhou didn't dare to choke on his sobs anymore, he could only stand up, responded a few times, and followed Liu Chongming out the door.

The queen seemed to want to say something, but was dismissed by Emperor Yu with a wave of his hand, and the room became quiet, and Emperor Yu threw away the notebook and let out a long sigh.

Yu Dexi stepped forward immediately and said softly: "Your Majesty, this old slave has gone to the Queen Mother to inquire."

"Um……"

"The other side said that just after midnight, Qu Sitian rushed into the Palace of Compassion and Ning in a panic, saying that he was led astray by someone, and the father-in-law who led the way had disappeared. He was in a panic, so he strayed into the Empress Dowager's place."

"Originally, he didn't intend to alarm the Queen Mother, but the old man felt shallow and heard that it was Qu Sitian, so he called him in and had a chat for about half an hour."

Emperor Yu frowned: "The Empress Dowager gets tired easily during the day, why do you still chat with people for so long at night, what are you talking about?"

"Eunuch Xi said that the Empress Dowager sleeps well during the day, but she often can't sleep at night, and it's not uncommon to wake up for several hours. When he is chatting with him, it's nothing more than some family's fault. Qu Sitian also said that the Empress Dowager feels sorry for him. Just asked a lot about the past."

"Forgive him for not daring to talk too much. He is not allowed to get close to the Queen Mother in the future!"

"Yes..." Yu Dexi bowed, thought for a while, and became worried: "Your Majesty, tell me, if Qu Sitian was telling the truth and he was forced to flee to the Palace of Compassion, could it be that someone intentionally For what?"

This question was about the secret in Emperor Yu's heart, he tremblingly wanted to turn over the folded book, but he couldn't hold it firmly, the folded book fell to the ground.

Yu Dexi knew that he had asked the wrong question, so he hurriedly picked it up, handed him another cup of tea, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what if the Empress Dowager announces Qu Sitian to go over?"

Emperor Yu suddenly spat angrily, and Yu Dexi quickly knelt down on the steps.

"The old slave knows his mistake, the old slave understands!"

Liu Chongming clamped the horse's belly and glanced at the people in the carriage by the way.

The man sat with his back to the window, and could only see his back. He hadn't changed his posture since he came out of the palace.

He was a little sad, he didn't know whether Qu Shenzhou's desperate struggle just now was just a play for others to see, or he really didn't want to be in the same room with him again.

The carriage did not move slowly, and soon arrived outside the gate of Jinxiu Camp.

Jinxiu Camp has several divisions in Beijing, each with their own responsibilities. The place where they stopped now is the main camp of Jinxiu Camp.

Liu Chongming walked in front, followed by a few confidants at the end, and Qu Shenzhou was sandwiched in between. The group walked through the courtyard in silence, and finally stopped in front of a red-painted door.

Qu Shenzhou hastily glanced around.

Although he had never been to Jinxiu Camp, it was neither like a cell nor a place for business.

"Qu Sitian," Liu Chongming turned sideways to get out of the way: "Please."

Qu Chenzhou looked at him for a short while, and then set his eyes on the door: "Please trouble me to arrange a place for me, thank you."

"Thank you," Liu Chongming grinned, "It's just a matter of adding more quilts, and Qu Sitian is no stranger to living with me."

Qu Chenzhou stayed for a moment before trying to understand where it was.

But as soon as he turned around and jumped down the steps quickly, someone hugged him from behind and lifted him up without any explanation.

Under the watchful eyes of several confidantes, the two doors were kicked open and then closed with their feet with a loud noise.

Qu Chenzhou screamed hoarsely from inside the room: "Liu Chongming! Let me go!"

There was no response from Liu Chongming, but it was obvious that someone was struggling hard, kicking the table and chairs several times, and there was the sound of wood hitting the ground heavily, and the chair hit the door.

Several people outside the door looked at each other, and were hesitating whether to speak out to remind them, when they heard two extremely crisp slaps, which sounded like they passed through the door and slapped directly on the faces of several people.

"Liu Chongming! How dare you..."

Before Qu Chenzhou could finish his roar, his mouth was gagged, and he could only make a humming sound.

Finally someone couldn't help it, walked a few steps closer, and said in a low voice: "My son... the emperor has ordered you not to wrong Qu Sitian... you..."

"Get lost! Who dares to talk about my territory!" Liu Chongming yelled angrily, "Shut your mouths, and don't keep anyone within ten feet, get out!"

The confidantes looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally chose to keep their mouths shut and went to clear the surrounding area.

It finally became quiet outside the door, Liu Chongming still didn't look sideways, his hands pinched the person on the bed who still refused to give up and escape, knelt on one knee, and pressed down the dishonest legs.

His cheeks were burning with pain, and the two slaps didn't spare any strength. The little fox seemed to lose control completely in an instant, which he had never expected before.

He knows that he should be hated and hated, but now is not the time, he needs Qu Chenzhou to calm down and have a good word with him.

"Shen Zhou..." Liu Chongming called softly, trying to slowly release his hand covering his mouth.

Qu Chenzhou struggled a bit, was pushed back on the pillow, opened his mouth suddenly, and bit his palm hard.

Liu Chongming was so painful that he almost couldn't get up, but he refused to shake it off, but pressed his hand deeper.

"Bite! Bite!"

It wasn't just that he couldn't breathe due to the palm of his hand pressed against his tongue, or something else, Qu Chenzhou's breathing became more and more rapid, the corners of his eyes were drunk, and tears rolled down his face.

In an instant, Liu Chongming felt that all the strength of resistance in his hands had disappeared without a trace, and he could finally let go.

The piece of meat under the little finger was bitten with a ring of tooth marks, although it was not broken, it was deeply congested and purple, and it hurt more than a knife gouging it out.

"damn thing."

He cursed bitterly, and looked around, it was as if a typhoon had passed through the room, the short distance from the door to the bed was kicked into a mess by Qu Chenzhou.

"I hate you..." Qu Chenzhou was lying on his back, he didn't even have the strength to get up, so he could only cover his eyes with the back of his hand, and sobbed softly: "I hate you..."

Liu Chongming also fell down on the bed, his body covered with layers of sweat.

He has seen the little fox lose control a few times, even if he didn't understand many things before, he can now think clearly.

The little fox has suffered too many grievances, endured silently for too long, and survived too long of loneliness. No one has ever known those hardships.

Even after returning to him, he once thought that his love and care was worthy of a good one, but now he realizes that it is far from enough.

Not to mention he failed in the end.

He will never be sorry for Qu Shenzhou, and he will never be qualified to ask for forgiveness.

It would be his honor if Qu Chenzhou could regard him as a place where he could cry and vent.

"Shen Zhou..." He gently pulled that hand: "Shen Zhou, you..."

Before he finished speaking, Qu Chenzhou suddenly straightened up and was about to roll off the bed, so panicked that he quickly hugged him and dragged him back.

"You're crazy! This is Jinxiu Camp, where are you going!"

Qu Chenzhou fell back onto the bed, without even thinking about it, he slapped him across the face.

"Get out! Get out! I don't want to come back to life at all! Who wants you to be nailed! Who wants you to meddle in your own business!"

Liu Chongming pressed his hand and hit him without avoiding it. Seeing that hand folded back again, he quickly grasped it and asked blankly: "What are you talking about?"

Qu Chenzhou panted heavily and was also stunned by his question.

"You...don't...remember everything?"

"What do you remember? A camera nail? What is it?"

Liu Chongming watched as the mania and resentment in Qu Chenzhou's eyes gradually turned into crimson at the corners of his eyes, and then condensed into crumbling eyes, but he didn't say anything anymore.

This quietness is more worrying than the desperate struggle just now.

He suddenly bent over.

Qu Chenzhou turned his head almost reflexively, not looking at the approaching face.

The hard handle of the knife fell into the palm of his hand.

Liu Chongming held his hand and pulled it towards his neck.

"Shen Zhou, from the past until now, I have always been sorry for you." His voice was difficult.

I have said these words countless times when I was a dreamer, but I tried my best not to let myself say it—because every word seemed to be a reason for myself to escape.

But finally being able to meet this person face to face and confirming that this person was still alive made him feel that this was his last chance.

If you don't say anything else, they will be separated again.

Qu Shenzhou was about to collapse, and he was about to go crazy.

"Shen Zhou, I know you hate me, and I will never pay back what I owe you."

He clenched his slender wrist tightly, but the dagger was held firmly, refusing to stick to his neck.

"After the matter is done, I will go with you. If you are willing to cut me into pieces, or want to impose on me what I have done before, I will never say no."

"My life is in your hands, and you can dispose of it as you please, but it shouldn't be now."

"The most important thing right now is that someone is going to kill you, Shen Zhou, I..." He choked up his throat, "I never want to see... you in front of me..."

Qu Chenzhou stared at him blankly, tears rolling down without warning.

Liu Chongming leaned over emotionally, and the tip of his tongue licked away the teardrops that rolled to his temples. It was salty and astringent, like an unstoppable trickle, and even the tip of his nose became sore.

Under the lips is the soft and delicate skin, which is no longer bloody and heart-piercing like in the nightmare.

There was no dodging, only a slight trembling, and a low whimper.

"Liu Chongming, I hate you..."

He suddenly grabbed the sharp and thin jaw in front of him, and in the weak struggle in his hands, he licked his thin lips with the tip of his tongue, and heard a low moan in his throat.

"Shen Zhou, are you willing to hate me...I...so happy..."

The author has something to say: Ah... When Chongming regained his memory, I didn't think this was very important to him, but now I suddenly realized that this is a knot and an opportunity for two people to reconcile. As a chicken leg, I think that since Xiaoqu became a Sitian official, there is really no abuse. It’s good to deal with others together. [Akimbo] Shen Zhou can lie, and finally can say "I hate you" "La