C306 The Changes Outside
C306 The Changes Outside
However, Qing'er still did not wake up.
On this day, it was snowing heavily.
The snow in the courtyard was more than a foot high.
It was rare for Xiao Yun to walk out of the door. He looked at the white world and said with excitement. "Qing'er, look at this snow. It's so good!"
He turned his head with a smile on his face, but it froze in an instant. He was stunned on the spot.
After a while, Leng Yueling walked over and sighed, "Young Master Xiao, are you thinking about Qing'er again?"
Xiao Yun sighed and said, "How can I not think about it? Sigh, I'm sorry to trouble you with these naivety. You will take care of everything in and out of the house. I'm afraid there's more gossip."
Leng Yueling shook her head and said, "Actually, there are not many people who know about me."
There were indeed not many people who knew about her. From the moment she came back until now, only a few people in Leng family knew about her, so even if she went out and was seen by others... The neighbors would think that she was a member of the Xiao family or a distant relative. Or friends.
There was no such thing as gossip.
After all, who was Xiao Yun?
He had a few women by his side. This seemed to be a very common thing.
Even in the history books, those with high status rarely mentioned how many women he had, unless they were deliberately discredited by later generations and liked to talk about women.
It was very magical!
"Young Master Xiao, you don't have to worry too much. Good people have their own fortune. Qing'er is a good girl. She will definitely be fine this time."
"I hope so."
Xiao Yun wanted to laugh, but the smile on his face was incomparably bitter.
Half a month.
He had never left the house.
However, the outside world had changed because of him.
In the capital, under the feet of the emperor, a child who had the right to enter and exit the Imperial Palace was ambushed on the way.
This was something that had never happened in the Qin Country!
His Majesty was naturally furious.
The next morning, he flipped the table in front of all the ministers and made the memorials all over the floor.
This meant that no matter what happened today, His Majesty would not care. As long as he had a result, it would be the person who did it and wanted to kill Xiao Yun!
And the ones who were threatened were not just those thieves.
All the powerful and influential people in the capital felt threatened.
More importantly, the Imperial Guards and the king's black guards were all held accountable by the king.
Why?
Why were there so many assassins in the capital? Was this because the city's defense was weak?
Why did they have so many bow and crossbow? Was there a huge problem with the transportation of goods?
When Xiao Yun was ambushed, Shangguan Qing'er had held on for such a long time. Why was there no one to rescue him?
And most importantly.
Why did this happen? !
When a group of people conspired for something, they had to gather together and have a proper discussion. Whether it was day or night, too many people gathered together was not allowed by the law.
In the end, with more than a hundred people coming up with such a detailed plan, the Imperial Court actually did not know about it?
Was this a mistake made by the monitoring department?
Another thing was that those assassins were not ordinary people. Some were heroes in the martial arts world, some were already considered dead. Why were they gathered together? And who was the one who ordered them?
There were too many questions.
His Majesty's anger came from his sympathy for Xiao Yun. On the other hand, he realized that his control over this country seemed to have become much lower.
To put it bluntly, His Majesty would occasionally submit to the palace. It was like going to the imperial prison to see Xiao Yun or going to the Xiao family.
Usually, there were only a few guards by his side.
Why?
Because it was safe!
But now, it was clearly not that safe.
With such a meticulous plan, let alone blocking His Majesty on the way, there was even the possibility of them charging into the Imperial Palace!
How could His Majesty not be angry when this kind of thing happened?
The morning court was dismissed.
His Majesty immediately gathered the black guards to his side.
He then made them kneel down.
He didn't say anything for a long time.
The black guards were also silent.
Finally.
His Majesty said in a deep voice, "You... did you do it on purpose?"
A black guard hurriedly said, "This official does not know what His Majesty is referring to?"
"Don't know? Or do you not dare to know? There are more than a hundred people in the capital who conspired and committed such a major crime. If you do not know, it is a dereliction of duty. If you know... Just that... Because they want to deal with Xiao Yun, you will turn a blind eye to it. This is dereliction of duty. Both of them are serious crimes. Choose one? "
The black guards hurriedly knelt even deeper and said with a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, at this time, it is only because those bandits are too cunning that we did not discover it. There really was no personal feelings within! I hope that Your Majesty can investigate clearly!"
His Majesty narrowed his eyes and said," You dare to say that you did not vent your anger on Xiao Yun because of Xiao Huai'en? Over a hundred people carefully planned and understood all of Xiao Yun's movements. He usually did not go out often, and there were not many people who could control his movements. If I were to investigate it myself, it would be impossible for this matter to happen!"
The black guards lowered their heads and secretly glanced at each other.
At this moment, one of them could only clench his teeth and stand up. He said, "Regarding Xiao Yun's supervision, it is indeed my fault for not investigating. It has nothing to do with other people. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
His Majesty narrowed his eyes and looked at him. Then he looked at the others and said, "Stand out and take the blame. Do you think this matter is over?"
The black guards lowered their heads again.
His Majesty sighed and said, "Fine, it was an oversight. We can't settle the score now. The most important thing right now is to find out who the murderer is, and we can talk about other things later. If we can find the murderer, your crimes will be written off... Sigh, you are the people Zhen trusts the most. However, at some point in time, selfishness arose, and you no longer acted purely according to orders. All of you have truly disappointed me! "
Investigating a case was the most important thing right now.
But it is not just this one thing.
Xiao Yun almost died. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of problems in Xiao family's workshop or Gold Hidden Pavilion.
People would think of a different way to escape, and then they would think of a way out for themselves.
However, no one knew if it was because Wu Xi was too powerful or because their sense of belonging was too strong.
During this half a month, the Xiao family's workshop had been so busy that they had gone crazy!
They worked overtime and worked hard to make all kinds of goods.
However, because Xiao Yun was not there to suppress them, these goods could be sold in a moderate amount.
Therefore, at this moment, what the people were most concerned about, the daily gossip, besides the silkpants of the Xiao family being assassinated on the street, there was also the endless supply of goods from the Xiao family!
"Did your family buy it? The kitchen knife of Xiao family's workshop is really very useful!"
"It's just a kitchen knife. Is there a need for that?"
"Why not? You've never seen or used it before, so you don't know. If you come into contact with it a little, you won't be able to say that! "
"No way, right? Let me take a look, then?"
"You want to take a look?"
Although the former said that arrogantly, he still took out his treasured kitchen knife from the kitchen.
"Do you see it?"
"Aiyo! Isn't this kitchen knife too bright? It can even be used as a mirror to look at!"
"It's so sharp!"
He casually picked up a vegetable fruit and directly cut it twice. It was indeed incomparably sharp.
The former smiled and said, "You probably don't know, right? This kitchen knife of the Xiao family is the same as the Xiao family's ceremonial knife. Let alone going to war, even those heroes of the Jianghu like it!"
"I know the Xiao family's ceremonial knife. That thing is really good, but not everyone can buy it. This kitchen knife of yours... How much is it? How about I get one too?"
"Hehe, get one too? Don't say it like it's from a stall, alright? This thing, that's a waste of connections! Even if it's an influential person, they might not be able to get it! Hehe, this is something that even money can't buy!"
"Then how can you buy it?"
"This, then you have to say that I have a good sister. Wasn't there a gathering before? When they went out, they were selected by a craftsman from Xiao family's workshop. This was the marriage of a three-carried sedan. Tsk tsk, such extravagance! Just the betrothal gifts alone were enough to get off two large carriages. Just the cloth on it was not something that ordinary people could see. It was worth a thousand gold coins. And that bed of bedding... Tsk tsk, you haven't seen it yet. I saw it at that time. Holding it in my hand was like holding a cloud. It was so comfortable! In such a cold day, I surrounded it for a while... Hehe, good fellow, I'm sweating from holding it! You dare to believe me? That thing might not be something from an immortal family, but it had been made by the Xiao family. Otherwise, how could it be so magical?"