Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 452: Such interrogation

Six doors away, Xue Mu, who claimed to have taken the initiative to "take him into custody pending trial," was sitting in the chief arrester's room drinking tea. Moreover, he was sitting in Xia Houdi's office, leisurely reading a copy of the "Jingshi Daily", as if he was the chief catcher.

Xia Houdi sat at the table casually in annoyance. Her long legs could still touch the ground even if she was hanging from a high table. Her shape was extremely graceful. Xue Mu's eyes were staring at her from behind the newspaper, and he automatically imagined the image of her in a short skirt and black stockings.

Xia Houdi stared at him for a long time. Seeing Xue Mu's lazy look, he couldn't help but said with a straight face: "This is the chief arrester's room, and that is my office."

"You weren't here when I came in. I thought this chair was more comfortable, so I sat on it first. It was quite tiring..."

"Yes, yes, you are very tired. You are hiding under heavy protection. Xia Wenxuan is still holding a knife in the distance, ready to join the battle at any time."

"So the chief catcher is actually watching Xia Wenxuan?"

"so what?"

"I'm so sad that you don't even care about my safety."

"Why should I care about your safety when you're just waiting to be punished?" Xiahoudi slapped the table angrily: "Did you send someone to assassinate the Governor of Yizhou and continue your strategy of driving a wedge between the imperial court and the Natural Gate?"

"Don't you believe it when I say it?"

Xiahoudi was silent.

Xue Mu blinked: "Emotionally you are willing to believe it, but intellectually you think I am really suspicious?"

Xia Houdi said coldly: "Don't be so playful and smiling, do you believe I'm going to torture you?"

Weiye Zhuo Qingqing, who had been sitting nearby and listened for a long time, couldn't help but laugh. She was looking forward to seeing what kind of punishment she would use on the person sitting in her chief arresting position.

"How about putting on the stick?" Xue Mu suggested proactively, his eyes continuing to glance up and down her long legs, the meaning was self-evident.

Xia Houdi said coldly: "The punishment is very simple. I can just find someone to marry. It will be good to see how angry you are."

Xue Mu jumped up: "How dare you!"

"Ha..." Xia Houdi hugged his shoulders and said, "What does it have to do with you? Just because you secretly kissed me while I was sleeping? I haven't punished you for the crime of adultery yet!"

Xue Mu softened, threw the "Jingshi Daily" far away, and said with an apologetic smile: "The assassination of Governor Huang has absolutely nothing to do with me. To be honest, I can't send an assassin who can imitate the high-level skills of the Natural Sect. This You should consider this."

Xia Houdi was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.

"But it really doesn't look like Leng Zhu did this. This person still seems to have a certain bottom line. The assassination of the Governor of Yizhou is meaningless to him." That is to say, the person who poisoned him did this mainly to make your father angry and trigger the power of the secret medicine. And choosing the governor of Yizhou as the target was not to provoke the natural gate and the court, but to provoke Leng Zhu and me. Leng Zhu now thinks that I have played tricks on him again and again, and the grudge is getting deeper and deeper, and it is difficult to resolve."

Xia Houdi's attitude also improved a lot, and he asked seriously: "Do you need my Liumen to help you negotiate with Leng Zhu?"

"Forget it, it's not the right time." Xue Mu said lightly: "If nothing unexpected happens, he probably won't stay in the capital for long."

Xiahou Di was shocked. It seems that the storm in the capital has just begun. What does Xue Mu mean?

Before Xue Mu could explain, there were six policemen knocking on the door. Xia Houdi went out and listened to a few words, then turned back and looked at Xue Mu again without saying anything for a long time.

Xue Muqi said: "What are you doing? I have flowers on my face? Just give me a kiss."

Xia Houdi ignored his increasingly excessive teasing and just said: "Mo Xuexin evacuated everyone, leaving only the steward who was originally stationed in Beijing as the representative of Qixuan Valley. You said Leng Zhu would not stay long, could you have expected that? These?"

"What I expected was not Mo Xuexin or Leng Zhu, but the entire righteous path." Xue Mu said: "Do you know what is useless?"

"Isn't it just chicken ribs?"

"Weak ribs are meatless when eaten, but taste when discarded." Xue Mu leisurely sat back on his chair: "In this current situation, unless Wentian and the others decisively kill the king, there is no point in staying here for a long time. , it’s long past time to leave. The reason why they haven’t left yet is because they feel it would be too embarrassing to go back in an anticlimactic manner, and they want to achieve some acceptable results before leaving, so they went to find Li Yingqing.”

Xia Houdi found it interesting, nodded and said, "Continue."

"When the two most powerful men in the world come to visit, it stands to reason that Li Yingqing will probably give him some face. Maybe there is a chance for Li Yingqing to take sides. Even if he can't do this, he can at least let Li Yingqing say a few words on his face that King Yi is really good. They also have an excuse to pat King Yi on the shoulder and say that even Master Li is optimistic about you, so why should you be afraid? Do your best, let’s go first.”

Xiahoudi blinked.

Thinking that it does make some sense... Xue Mu has clearly seen through the habit of righteousness and respect.

"Mo Xuexin has a strong temper and can't rub the sand. When she saw that the princes didn't agree with her, she should have decided to retreat a long time ago. In today's useless situation, it is understandable that she would be the first to leave." Xue Mu said with a smile: "This time she leaves. , most of the others will not stay, I am afraid that all of them will be gone, just keep a representative. After that, the government and the government will be completely in a state of party struggle, each of them is fighting, waiting for the day when your father is cured or returns to the west. So I stayed here again What are you doing?"

Xia Houdi stared at him for a long time, then suddenly said: "So you came to Beijing, ostensibly you want to support a prince to the throne like them, but in fact, what you want is the current situation. If King Yi's momentum is too great, you You may support King Qi. If King Qi’s momentum is too great, you may support King Tang. Now it happens to be relatively balanced, so you just don’t do anything, which is to make trouble for them to find Li Yingqing.”

"Uh...you saw it..."

"Don't do this." Xiahoudi said solemnly: "Do you know that this is called lest the world be in chaos?"

"No." Xue Mu said seriously: "Only in this situation can I observe how a poisonous snake slowly reveals its fangs."

"What's the meaning?"

"My opponent is more tolerant than I thought. I have been waiting for which prince can rise strongly in this balance. Then he is probably the poisoner, because the poisoner must be very sure of his superiority. To poison, right? But I haven't waited for any action from this person, as if he didn't exist at all... I admire him very much, I don't know how he endured it, but it doesn't matter, he asked for it, and sooner or later he will get it There is a move, and I’m just waiting for that day.”

Xue Mu took out an arrow, weighed it in his hand and threw it: "After both good and evil forces retreated, the force possessed by the princes became more effective. This day was refreshing and there was no constraint. This man always It’s time to take action.”

"Don't you suspect that the person who assassinated you is King Yi?"

Xue Mu grinned: "Just kidding. Just watch. Sooner or later, this arrow will hit the other princes' foreheads. My subordinates suggest that the chief catcher secretly monitors the safety of all princes' coming and going, and there will be something to be gained."

Xia Houdi sighed: "It's really disrespectful for Xue Baotou to be so public-minded."

"So the chief catcher needs to be rewarded?"

"Yes, it's time for you to be promoted." Xia Houdi said seriously: "Xue Captou has worked hard and made great achievements, but he has always been just a consultant. It is really inappropriate. From now on, he can become the director of the Six-door Clothing and Hats Department. For everyone It’s time to give up the position of chief catcher to me."

"..." Xue Mu nodded and stretched out his big hand: "The official uniform of the Chief Catcher is a bit dirty. Let me take it off and wash it..."

Xia Houdi held Xue Mu's arms expressionlessly and threw him out of the room.