calm.
clam down.
Jiang Xuening forced herself not to think too much for the time being, the eyes, and the first eyes, were just the germ and beginning of everything.
When a man looks at a woman he likes, his eyes are very easy to distinguish.
Because in addition to love, there are always more or less desires mixed in.
But when a woman looks at a woman she likes, there is no desire mixed in. The essence of the relationship is not much different from looking at a very close friend who I like very much.
The shadow left by her previous life should be too deep, and she is a bit of a shadow of a snake.
After turning his mind around, Jiang Xuening became much calmer.
She was turbulent in her heart, but she couldn't see it on her face.
Although Shen Zhiyi was standing very close to her, she didn't know how many strange and absurd thoughts she had gone through in her mind, so she just asked the palace man beside her to take a palm-sized mirror After taking a picture, when I saw the tracing like a falling cherry petal, my eyes flickered, and I was already a little moved.
When she saw Jiang Xuening for the first time just now, she was really shocked by her appearance, thinking that Yan Lin only liked her because of her good looks; A side that is different from the ordinary lady in the boudoir.
Which boudoir lady in Beijing can say such words?
She and Yan Lin have been playing together since they were young, and now that she thinks about it, he has never been a person who is obsessed with sex, and it must be that the second girl Jiang has something very worthy of liking, so he likes it.
Shen Zhiyi took two steps closer, and actually laughed and took Jiang Xuening's hand: "You are very cute when you talk, no wonder Yan Lin likes you, even I can't help but like you."
It's fine if she doesn't say it, but when Jiang Xuening said it, her knees almost went limp and she knelt down.
Forcibly tightening the string in her head that was about to break, and resisting the urge to withdraw her hand from Shen Zhiyi's, she completely restrained her former composure, pretending to be sincere and fearful, and said: "Mr. Unobstructed, I am used to talking nonsense, please don't blame the princess."
Seeing her suddenly look like this, Shen Zhiyi flinched, completely ignorant of the expression and demeanor she had when she was drawn to pick up the pen and described on her face, she frowned unconsciously, and was about to say something.
At this time, a voice came from the side, saying: "Your Highness scared her."
Shen Zhiyi turned her head to look.
The person who spoke was a well-dressed woman who had been standing next to Shen Zhiyi before, and she was only weaker than Shen Zhiyi in terms of overall style. The clothes are all made of high-quality Sichuan brocade, and the pearl inlaid on the forehead alone is very valuable, not to mention the suet white jade bracelet on her wrist, which has almost no variegated color.
The distant mountain eyebrows, the red phoenix eyes.
The blue hair is like a waterfall, and the fragrant cheeks are like snow.
Although it's not Jiang Xuening's face that makes people feel jealous at first glance, but in this flower hall, she is definitely radiant, not to mention that there is a natural nobleness between her eyebrows and her lips. Although it is a joke, it gives people a sense of self-prestige.
He looked like a formidable person.
This is Xiao Shu, the eldest lady of Duke Cheng's mansion, and Jiang Xuening also recognizes it.
Or to put it more clearly -
In the previous life, the eldest lady of the Xiao family in Chengguo Duke's mansion who was almost slaughtered by Xie Wei.
She just watched from the side at first, and only now came out to speak.
It's just that Shen Zhiyi was a little dissatisfied after hearing this.
Xiao Shu laughed, spread out the incense fan in her hand, looked at Jiang Xuening, but moved closer to Shen Zhiyi's ear, and said a few words in a low voice.
After hearing this, Shen Zhiyi's eyes flashed a little bit brighter, and the originally unsightly scar under the left eye was also dotted into the shape of a falling cherry blossom. At this moment, they contrasted with each other, and the whole face actually lit up.
She smiled and clapped her hands, "You have a good idea."
Then he said to Jiang Xuening: "Too many people are inconvenient today, I will find you to play some other day."
Jiang Xuening didn't hear what Xiao Shu said to her, but she felt a little uneasy in her heart: You must know that she and Xiao Shu were at odds in the last life, and they were basically the same age. She married Shen Jie when Shen Jie was still the king of Linzi. The brothers and sisters soon made the imperial concubine and asked her to assist the sixth palace.
Although because of her family background, she ended up bad in the end.
But right now, Jiang Xuening couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive about Xiao Shu's existence.
She respectfully replied "Yes" to Shen Zhiyi, but she only nodded lightly to Xiao Shu—
Never have anything to do with Xiao Shi.
In the future, Xie Wei will kill people without blinking an eye.
Xiao Shu grew up in a noble family like the Duke's Mansion. What she has seen and learned is far beyond that of a girl. Just from Jiang Xuening's small action, she can easily feel the other party's indifference towards her.
That's kind of interesting.
Xiao Shu didn't show anything, she just gave Jiang Xuening a meaningful look, and then dragged Shen Zhiyi away.
Because the banquet at the uncle's mansion in Qingyuan has come to an end, and just in time to meet the eldest lady of the Duke's mansion and the eldest princess of the court, sisters You Shuang and You Yue knew how to seize the opportunity and invited them to come to the banquet. Judging, point out the leader who wrote poems and paintings at today's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet.
Xiao Shu's poems and paintings are excellent, so I read them one by one.
Finally, after discussing with Shen Zhiyi, Shen Zhiyi chose You Yue's "Slim Chrysanthemum Picture" as the first painting, and "Chongyang Thoughts" by Miss Fan Jia, the head of the Imperial Academy, as the first poem.
Miss Fan's poems and books are heirs to the family, but she is stable;
But You Yue's years of hard training in painting finally paid off, and she was hand-picked by Princess Leyang, she was overjoyed for a moment, and she almost shed tears of joy.
Jiang Xuening could neither draw nor write, and watched from the sidelines from the beginning to the end, seeing the end of all this, and when Shen Zhiyi and Xiao Shu left, she was the first to leave.
When helping her into the carriage, Tang'er asked cautiously, "Are you going to the Sky Tower?"
Jiang Xuening looked at the sky and calculated the time. When the flower hall ended just now, the waterside pavilion was still lively, and Yan Lin probably wouldn't be able to come out for a while. So his eyes turned, and he remembered another thing that was still pending.
She said, "Go to Xiejie Hutong first."
Zhou Yinzhi lives in Xiejie Hutong.
This alley is really not close to the Forbidden City, so many ministers who need to go to court or often enter the palace do not choose to build their mansions here, so most of the low-rank officials live in this alley.
Zhou Yinzhi made a fortune late, and the money had to be used to clear up and manage relationships, so naturally he didn't have extra financial resources to buy a mansion.
Therefore, when Jiang Xuening arrived at Xiejie Alley, he could only see two small black lacquered doors in the depths, with old copper knockers on them, and a very simple word "Zhoufu" hanging on them.
It is indeed a bit shabby.
She asked Tang'er to knock on the door.
After a while, a female voice came from inside: "Here we come."
Soon there was the sound of the bolt being removed from the back.
Immediately after a "squeak", the door opened, and a delicate face poked out from the inside, first saw Tang'er, then saw Jiang Xuening behind Tang'er, felt that although the dress was not gorgeous, it didn't look like With a simple identity, he hesitated for a while: "You are?"
Jiang Xuening didn't answer, but asked, "Is Mr. Zhou not at home?"
The handsome woman said: "My lord went to the guard early in the morning today, and I don't know when I will come back. If you need something urgent, you may as well sit in the hospital first, and I will ask someone to pass it on to you. It's just that the lord will not come back. I don't know."
Jiang Xuening didn't expect that she would have to wait.
But now that everyone is here, what's the point of making a trip in vain?
She pondered for a moment, then nodded.
The woman opened the door and stepped aside, invited her and her maid to come in, then walked to the small courtyard, called the little boy who was brushing the horse in the courtyard, and said: "Nanzhou, go to the guard to find an adult Come, just say that there is a visitor at home, and I need to find him urgently."
The boy named Nanzhou put down his broom and was about to go out.
Jiang Xuening frowned for a moment, then suddenly stopped him, and said: "No, just tell your family that his beloved horse is dying of illness, please come back and have a look."
Nanzhou couldn't help but looked at the woman in a daze.
The woman didn't know Jiang Xuening's identity, but she didn't look like she was here to seek revenge, and she was afraid of missing your lord's business, so although she hesitated, she finally nodded and said, "That's how I will report it."
Nanzhou has just gone.
The courtyard is actually not big, and there are only four or five rooms in total, and it is in the middle hall when meeting guests.
The woman called herself "Yao Niang", and she was a maid bought by Zhou Yinzhi.
Jiang Xuening had heard of such a person as Yao Niang in her previous life.
She is one of the few concubines around Zhou Yinzhi who can be favored for many years.
It was also said that it was his favorite.
It turned out that he followed her so early, and it was considered a very small time, so it's no wonder that in the future, even if there are groups of concubines who love concubines, they will never treat such an ordinary-looking concubine lightly.
Jiang Xuening said: "It's okay, I'll just sit for a while, if your lord doesn't come back for a long time, I'll leave soon."
She picked up the tea and took a sip.
Dongding oolong, but it is indeed jerky and a bit bitter.
During those years in the palace, she had been raised to drink tea, and she had very high demands on her appetite, so she didn't force herself at this moment, she just took a sip and put down the tea.
After waiting for about two quarters or three quarters, hurried footsteps came from the alley.
Yao Niang rushed to meet her and opened the door.
Zhou Yinzhi came in wearing a black brocade robe with dark embroidered cloud patterns. The courtyard was small and unobstructed. As soon as he looked up at the gate of the courtyard, he saw Jiang Xuening sitting in the main room, and his eyes flashed.
He goes to the house.
Yao Niang followed him.
But he turned around and said, "Go down."
Yao Niang was stunned for a moment, she glanced at Jiang Xuening, but she didn't dare to say anything, she just said: "Then the lord has something to call the slave."
Zhou Yinzhi just walked in, not ambiguously, and bowed to Jiang Xuening: "Last time, the second girl invited me, and Zhou had something to do, so I left without saying goodbye. I was rude. Today, I am so tired that the girl came here in person. I hope the girl forgives her sins." .”
This man was quite tall, standing in the hall felt that the room was short.
Jiang Xuening looked up at him and said, "You came back soon."
"There is nothing wrong with the guard, and Ben is ready to come back."
In fact, the opposite is true. There are endless things to do in the guard. When Nanzhou came to look for him, he was listening to the quarrel between Zhou Qianhu and the Criminal Division. When he heard Nanzhou say that his horse was not good, he knew it was wrong at the first thought.
When he arrived at the guard in the morning, he had just fed the horse himself, and he didn't see anything wrong.
So I knew it was something else.
He immediately expressed his concern and told the officer in the guard before rushing back.
When I asked Nanzhou on the way, it was indeed Jiang Xuening who came to look for him.
Zhou Yinzhi came here for nothing, with ambitions in his heart. Facing Jiang Xuening, a weak girl, he didn't look a little arrogant, but lowered his attitude: "But maybe the girl waits for two days, and it will be you If you don’t come to find Zhou, Zhou will also come to you.”
Jiang Xuening guessed, but pretended to be surprised: "Oh?"
Zhou Yinzhi said conveniently: "Recently, when Zhou Qianhu from Jinyiwei caught the thief, he didn't go to the criminal department to get the approval, so he was impeached by Zhang Zheshang during the incident, and claimed that he should be severely punished according to the law. Although Zhou Qianhu has some connections in the court, , but things are not easy to settle. I don’t know what happened to the cover, but at least the position of Zhou Qianhu’s Qianhu is hard to guarantee. This will leave a place of 1000 households. There is no one with a good network, so I planned to ask the second girl to help me with the cheek."
It turned out that the vacancy he was looking for had something to do with Zhang Zhe after going around.
She really didn't know much about Zhang Zhe's early years, and she didn't know how he spent this time.
Jiang Xuening narrowed her eyes.
When she came here, she had a complete plan, but she didn't expect Zhou Yinzhi to be so straightforward and speak first. But it's also good, so she won't have to waste any more talking.
Thinking about it, she said, "Are you asking me to introduce you to Yan Lin?"
Zhou Yinzhi sat at the bottom of her head, a ray of light flashed across his eagle-like sharp eyes, and he said: "Yong Yi Hou's mansion is comparable to Xiao's, and he can speak well in the court. And the girl I also have a good relationship with the son, and the son will reach the crown in the year of the son. If I can win the favor of the son, I will also work for the girl in the future."
This obviously means that she will marry into Yongyihou's mansion in the future.
In the previous life, Zhou Yinzhi made such a request because she first wanted to check Shen Jie's identity personally, and she really thought that Zhou Yinzhi could be used by her, so she helped her.
But in this life, she already knew Shen Jie's identity, so naturally she had nothing to ask for.
only…
Jiang Xuening looked at him and smiled slowly: "Father is the servant of the household department. Although he is not in charge of the official department, he is also among the six departments. If you just want to seek a job in a thousand households, you can only ask your father. But you want to vote for Yan Shizi from me. I am surprised, why?"
Hearing her words, Zhou Yinzhi suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart——
When did the second girl know everything about the court so clearly?
It must be known that she used to be just spoiled and spoiled, playing and making troubles with Yan Shizi all day long.
He looked at Jiang Xuening, but didn't answer for a while.
Jiang Xuening said, "It's okay for me to introduce you to Yan Lin. But I have a question, and I want to ask you first. This is also the purpose of my visit this time."
Zhou Yinzhi said calmly, "Miss, please."
Jiang Xuening said conveniently: "The disposal of Zhou Qianhu has not yet come down, but you are already anxious to ask me to introduce Yan Lin for you. In addition to wanting to get a Qianhu position, I am afraid there is Jin Yiwei who is investigating the old case of King Ping Nan. Why don't you sneak into the Yongyi Hou's mansion and check it out?"
"Crunch!"
The sharp and ear-piercing sound was Zhou Yinzhi's hair standing on end, when he got up suddenly, he took the chair under him, and the chair legs scratched the ground and pulled out a short sound.
His pupils tightened and he stared at Jiang Xuening.
The eyes are completely unbelievable!
You must know that he only heard about this matter two days ago. Today, the chief of the guard just called him in to give some instructions. It was a secret within a secret, and he didn't even tell anyone!
But now Jiang Xuening pointed it out!
How did she know it? !
Jiang Xuening saw Zhou Yinzhi's strong reaction, how could she not know that she guessed it right?
What came up at this moment was sadness.
No wonder Zhou Yin ended up miserable in his previous life. Yongyihou's mansion was implicated in the old case of King Pingnan's rebellion, and his family was confiscated and exiled, which is really inseparable from him. No wonder later Xie Wei wanted to subject him to death with thousands of arrows, cut off his head and hung him at the palace gate...
And this poisonous snake was actually introduced to Yan Lin by her back then.
Jiang Xuening closed her eyes slightly, and said: "Zhou Yinzhi, if you want to live, I'll teach you how to do it. This case is of great importance, so don't be too involved with it. It might be successful and famous for a while if it is done; just wait a little longer , I am only afraid that your head will be in a different place, and there will be no place to bury you when you die!"
After Jiang Xuening had a showdown with Zhou Yinzhi, she talked with him for a while before leaving.
It was getting late, and she was afraid that Yan Lin would wait for a long time in the sky tower.
After she left, Zhou Yinzhi sat in the hall with a gloomy face, but he didn't move for a long time.
Until Yaoniang came in to look for her, she was frightened by his expression: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yinzhi didn't answer.
He turned his gaze and looked at the small courtyard.
In the corner of the courtyard is the stable, where a fine bay red horse is grazing with its head buried.
This is a horse that Zhou Yin bought for himself two years ago when he first hired Jinyiwei Baihu. He had to feed it himself every day, and then take it for a run in the suburbs of Beijing.
He looked at it for a while, then got up and walked over to touch the beautiful and smooth mane of the horse.
The horse recognized its owner and rubbed his palm affectionately.
But Yao Niang, who was standing under the eaves, clearly saw that Zhou Yinzhi had pulled out the knife from his waist with his other hand, and she cried out in surprise.
"Pfft—"
When the sharp point of the knife pierced the horse's neck, there was a muffled sound.
The horse kicked up its front hooves immediately after suffering the pain, and kicked down the stable, but Zhou Yinzhi firmly held down the horse's head, and a large amount of blood spurted out, splashing Zhou Yinzhi all over his body.
However, the knife was ruthless and accurate, and it fell down without struggling for a while.
Only then did Zhou Yinzhi lose his strength, half-kneeling in the horrific pool of blood, clutching the **** knife in one hand, and resting his hand gently on the horse's head, watching it swallow his breath, and slowly Said: "Remember, no one came to look for it today. My horse is sick."