103: How Can You Lie with Your Eyes Open?

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It’s no wonder that Su Xinyi didn’t know. She had never heard of the Su Family Army in her previous life. Google search reading

Su Family Army, Su, it’s the soldiers of their old Su family.

But when did the Su family have the Su Family Army?

The old man was amused when he saw Su Xinyi’s expression, "You are exactly the same as your father. I asked him the same question back then, and she had the same expression as you. It doesn’t matter if the world doesn’t know about the Su Family Army, but how can the Su family not know about it?"

Su Xinyi didn’t know why the old man told her this. She sat there obediently, but her mind was full of thoughts. She really didn’t know about the Su Family Army.

"Do you know why your father could get a lot of response when he led the army to the battle?"

Su Xinyi shook her head, "I don’t know."

"That’s because there are Su family members in the garrisons all over the country."

Su Xinyi: !!!

"Our Su family's ancestors were the first family in Huaining, with more than 30,000 soldiers in the family, and they were the most powerful in the area." The old man smiled and said slowly, "When Taizu started his army from Huaining, he had to go to the Su family to borrow soldiers in person, so there was the Su family army. Later, when Taizu unified the world, the Su family broke up all the Su family troops and divided them into local garrisons. On the one hand, the weak ruler and strong ministers could easily arouse your majesty's suspicion, and on the other hand, this was also a move by the Su family to hide their strength and bide their time."

Su Xinyi had never experienced these, but when she heard her grandfather talk about the deeds of the Su family's ancestors, she felt her blood boiling.

There are not many people who can retreat bravely, especially for families with heavy troops and military power. It is not so easy to give up power.

Just like her, if she had made up her mind to divorce Shang Junyan earlier in her previous life, she would not have ended up with both sides perish.

But she was not as courageous as the ancestors of the Su family, and she died abruptly.

"Do you know why His Majesty insisted on his own opinion and used your father to lead the troops to the war?"

Su Xinyi's heart tightened slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Is it because of the Su family in the garrisons in various places?"

The old man sighed, "Yes, although the garrisons across the country are under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Commandery, in fact, it is very complicated. The garrisons are hereditary military positions. If the father dies, the son will take over. If the son dies, there are grandsons. If there are no grandchildren, there are brothers and relatives. Therefore, the garrisons in various places are gradually increasing in power."

Su Xinyi's heart tightened, and the whole person couldn't help but listen to his grandfather's detailed explanation more seriously.

"To send troops to fight, we must be able to move as if one's arm is working as one's finger, so that we can be of one mind and move forward and retreat together. However, the military officers dispatched by the court often cannot get along very well with the local garrisons, so it is difficult to work together. Once the two sides have a rift, you can imagine what the result will be on the battlefield."

"The biggest reason for the successive defeats in resisting the Tartars was not that the Southern Qi army could not defeat the enemy, but that our internal consumption was very severe. Your Majesty valued your father, and your father carried the Su family's banner to go to war. The officers guarding the garrisons in various places, all the military officers whose ancestors were from the Su family army, would not help your father with all their strength, nor would they hinder your father. The reason why your father was able to win battles in succession was not entirely because of his genius, but also partly because of the former Su family army."

Su Xinyi's mouth moved, she didn't know what she should say, and she didn't know that there were so many reasons behind her father's expedition.

The Fourth Master Su, who was said to be a genius by others, was not really invincible.

He was pushed out by His Majesty, but it was just a helpless move after the competition between various forces in the court at that time.

The old man looked at Su Xinyi's thoughtful expression and said, "Go back and think about it carefully."

Su Xinyi stood up and left, feeling very heavy with every step.

Why did Grandfather tell her this?

Is it because she wants to send people to the army?

Su Xinyi couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and only felt a little sleepy in the second half of the night.

***

After the Qingjinfang made such a big fuss and Futai Casino was closed down, the first person who couldn't sit still was Duke Qin.

After the incident at Futai Casino, he asked someone to contact Ma Rude, but Ma Rude couldn't be contacted either. Only Ma Qiaoyan and the maids were at home, but they didn't know the whereabouts of their father.

Maybe Ma Qiaoyan knew, but she wouldn't tell the people in Duke Qin's mansion.

Duke Qin couldn't sit still anymore, so he immediately called his son back and asked him to go to Duke Qi's mansion to take Sister Yun back to the mansion.

Although Shi Zhongqian didn't know why his father was so anxious, he still went there obediently.

As a result, when he arrived at the Duke of Qi's mansion, he was told that Su Baiwei had taken her daughter back to her hometown. The Su family's ancestral home was far away in Huaining, and the journey from the capital was long. It would take at least a month to go back and forth.

Shi Zhongqian didn't receive the person, and he was not sure whether the Duke of Qi really sent the person back to his hometown. He asked someone to check Su Baiwei's whereabouts while returning to the mansion to report the news.

Su Xinyi's face turned ugly after she knew that Shi Zhongqian had come. His Royal Highness guessed it right.

She thought about it and didn't know what role the Duke of Qin played in the salt permit case. If it was just to marry Ma Qiaoyan as a concubine to the salt merchant, the Duke of Qin's mansion shouldn't be so nervous.

There must be reasons that she didn't know.

Su Xinyi hesitated whether to ask Shang Junyan out to ask, but she didn't want to bow to Shang Junyan.

While she was hesitating, she didn't expect Shang Junyan to have someone send her an invitation, of course not in the name of Shang Junyan, but in the name of Shang Congqing.

Su Xinyi knew that Shang Congqing would definitely not invite her to drink tea, and it was probably Shang Junyan who wanted to see her.

As soon as the invitation came, Su Xinyi's previous hesitation was forgotten, and she decided to go see him.

The place where they made an appointment was a remote teahouse with not many people coming and going. Su Xinyi went directly to the second floor and saw Shang Junyan waiting for her.

Today, Shang Junyan is wearing a sapphire-blue straight skirt with gold edging, and the jade trees are in the wind. He is graceful. He doesn't know what he is thinking, and his eyebrows are tightly knitted. When he hears the door opening, he turns his head and stands up when he sees Su Xinyi.

Su Xinyi pushed the door in, closed it with her backhand, looked at Shang Junyan and asked: "What's the wind blowing today? Prince Shang invited me out for tea. If Madam Yan knew that you were doing it in her name, I don't know what would happen. ”

Shang Junyan:......

"Let's sit down and talk, okay?" Shang Junyan had a headache. Every time Su Xinyi saw him, he was like a hedgehog, with all the sharp thorns on his body pointed at him.

"Okay." Su Xinyi sat down happily, "What does Prince Shang want to talk to me about?"

Shang Junyan pondered for half a minute, and suddenly felt that some words were still difficult to say, and they were stuck in his throat.

The two have been married for many years, but they are still like strangers. He doesn't know Su Xinyi, he only knows her from the complaints of his mother and sister.

However, after listening to his mother and sister last time, he realized that many things were very different from what he imagined.

Su Xinyi looked at Shang Junyan who was silent and asked her out without saying a word. What was he going to do?

"If you don't have anything to say, I just have something to ask you." Su Xinyi was too lazy to do Tai Chi with him and simply expressed his intention directly.

Shang Junyan was stunned. Su Xinyi's words interrupted his previous thoughts and said, "What do you want to ask me?"

Su Xinyi looked at him, "Do you know about Ma Rude?"

Shang Junyan was startled. He didn't expect that this was what Su Xinyi asked.

Su Xinyi looked at his expression and knew that he really knew this person, "You really know him."

Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi, "Are you asking him about the reconciliation between your sister and Shi Zhongqian?"

"So be it." Su Xinyi nodded, "I just want to know what Ma Rude took from the Duke of Qin, so that the Duke of Qin had to allow Ma Qiaoyan to come in. It must not just be because of the three hundred thousand taels of silver, right?"

Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi, "Your sister has already reconciled with Shi Zhongqian, so what's the use of asking about it now.

"You just want to tell me if you want to. If it's not convenient for you to tell me, then forget it. I'll check it out myself." Su Xinyi said.

When Shang Junyan heard this, he looked at Su Xinyi displeased, "What are you doing as a woman in public all day long to investigate these things? It's better to stay at home peacefully..."

"Shang Junyan, you really look down on me from the bottom of your heart, don't you?" Su Xinyi sneered, "I have nothing to do with you now, and it's not your turn to dictate what I want to do. If you don't say a word, I will You shouldn’t have come.”

Su Xinyi stood up and was about to walk out. A person like Shang Junyan could live in such a confused state in his previous life. How much more could she expect him to be sober?

What a dream.

Shang Junyan had a headache. He didn't mean it, but Su Xinyi obviously misunderstood what he said. He stood up and stopped her, "I said something inappropriate. I apologize to you. I didn't mean it like that. I just felt that you Isn’t it good for a woman to spend her leisurely days drinking tea and admiring flowers?”

"I lived like this in my last life, but your family still wants my life? Tell me, what's the good of it?" Su Xinyi stared at Shang Junyan with a cold expression, "What has your family done that you wouldn't You will forget it, right? Shang Junyan, don’t you feel guilty for saying this?”

Shang Junyan's face turned pale, with a hint of green on his face. His hands trembled slightly, and he said after a while: "Let's not talk about the past. What they did was wrong, but you didn't do the same in the end..."

Su Xinyi interrupted Shang Junyan, "That's because I have the ability to do it. If I were a soft-tempered person, I would die silently in their hands, and then you, the husband, would believe them." If so, you think your wife died of illness. So, are you dissatisfied that I didn’t die at their hands?”

Shang Junyan sighed dejectedly, "That's not what I meant, nor did I think so."

"But you do it."

Shang Junyan had nothing to say, because he found that if things really developed as Su Xinyi said, that seemed to be how he would react.

"Su Xinyi, I asked you out because I wanted to reconcile with you, not to quarrel with you."

"You and I will never reconcile." Su Xinyi couldn't let it go. "As you said, the final result is not what you want, and it is actually not what I want. All the grudges and grudges are in that fire But, just because of this, you can't take it for granted that I should put aside my past grudges. I have never provoked Shang Congqing in this life, but she still doesn't take the initiative to provoke me. How can you explain this? "

Shang Junyan couldn't explain it, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "That's all, I know I'm sorry for you."

"It was not my wish for me to marry you, and it was not your wish for you to marry me. We are reconciled." Su Xinyi looked at Shang Junyan and said, "As for your mother and your sister, as long as they don't mess with you, Me, I won’t bother them when I’m free. It’s much easier for you to take care of them than to trouble me.”

Shang Junyan didn't expect Su Xinyi to say such things. He really thought that she was too despicable. She was more upright and upright than he thought, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi, "The affairs of the Duke of Qin are related to the Yan Yin case. In my last life, I went south to investigate the Salt Yin case. As for what Ma Rude took from the Duke of Qin, I really don't know. I still don't know. Didn’t find it there.”

Su Xinyi was about to leave, but Shang Junyan said again that this person is really annoying.

However, now that everything was said, Su Xinyi stopped leaving and sat back down, watching Shang Junyan turn his back on the guests and said, "So it turns out that you went south to investigate the Yanyin case. That's not right. You are from King Rong. Could it be that the Yan Yin case fell into the hands of King Rong in the previous life? What about His Royal Highness?"

Shang Junyan also had doubts and wanted to ask Su Xinyi. He suppressed personal matters and talked about serious matters, and the atmosphere between the two became much more harmonious.

"Who can blame this? Isn't it because of you?" Shang Junyan sighed.

Su Xinyi looked at him silently, "Because of the Wu Shun case?"

Shang Jun calmed down his thoughts, looked at Su Xinyi and asked, "You know about the serial murder case, right? If you didn't know, you wouldn't have saved Wu Shun."

Su Xinyi didn't trust Shang Junyan, so of course he wouldn't tell him that he only knew a little bit about it, relying on half-guessing and half-blinding, so he said without changing his face: "I know something, although Wu Shun is just an ordinary citizen, isn't his life fate?" , Isn’t his sister’s life life? Since it happened, of course I had to do my best to help, but I didn’t expect that there would be so many things happening later.”

She secretly began to tell Shang Junyan's words.

Shang Junyan was indeed misled by Su Xinyi, thinking that she knew the matter clearly, so he said: "There is another truth behind the serial murder case. In the previous life, without your intervention, His Highness the Crown Prince arrested Wu Shun and followed the clues to find out the alchemy trial case. , the Yanyin case was covered up.”

Alchemy test case?

Su Xinyi had never heard of it, and she had no idea at all.

It seemed that this case was very involved, so the official suppressed the news. Her heart was beating wildly, and she could not show her timidity in front of Shang Junyan, so she immediately said: "Wu Shun was executed in the end for the purpose of killing people and silencing him, right? "

Shang Junyan nodded, "Yes, I didn't suspect this case originally. Later, several murder cases occurred in Dongli Palace. However, because the deceased were all domestic slaves of Dongli Palace, they did not attract anyone's attention. ”

Su Xinyi nodded. This was consistent with the news she had learned. "What does the alchemy trial case have to do with Wu Shun? Could it be that he is just a scapegoat?"

Shang Junyan nodded, "I refined the Immortality Pill and wanted to present it to His Majesty, so I found someone to test the medicine. Unexpectedly, the medicine's properties were overbearing, and the testers died suddenly one after another."

Su Xinyi understood that if a person dies, he must find a fair reason to deal with it, but why did they find Wu Shun?

Su Xinyi thought of Wu Shun's sister. Concubine Wu was the concubine of King Dongli, and the Yan Yin case was related to Concubine An.

Su Xinyi suddenly thought of a point, looked at Shang Junyan and asked calmly: "Who is the common person related to the salt case and the drug trial case?"

Shang Junyan was a little surprised, "You didn't know? You didn't know and you saved Wu Shun?"

Su Xinyi felt guilty in his heart, but his face was calm. He looked at Shang Junyan and said: "It is just the instinct of people who learn martial arts to pick on the strong and help the weak. I suspect that Wu Shun was wronged and saving him is not the right thing to do." ?"

Shang Junyan was really angry and laughing. He looked at Su Xinyi and said, "Then you are really brave."

Su Xinyi kept smiling. Little did she know that rescuing Wu Shun would involve so many things, but she must not be timid in front of Shang Junyan.

"What do you fear if you die once?"

When Shang Junyan heard this, he lost his mind and said with a headache: "Even if you have never seen this person, you should know that he is An Jingqi."

"Concubine An's brother?"

"It's him."

"Concubine An is said to be a civilian girl. How did she get in touch with these people?" Su Xinyi couldn't understand.

"An Jingqi's original name was An Wu. Before her sister entered the palace of Prince Dongli, she was a bastard and met many people from all walks of life. Later, Concubine An was taken into the palace by Prince Dongli. Later, Concubine An gave birth to a son. This His ambitions for the brothers and sisters grew, and he aimed at the position of the crown prince of Dongli."

Listening to Shang Junyan's words, Su Xinyi understood a little bit that it was not easy to get the position of crown prince, because Princess Dongli's background was not something that Concubine An could suppress with her favor.

For the sake of their son's future and to obtain the position of heir apparent, the brother and sister found another way.

"The purpose of refining the elixir of longevity to serve His Majesty is to obtain His Majesty's reward. If An Jingqi can really become a celebrity around His Majesty with the elixir, then Concubine An's son Jiang Mozhou will be able to compete with Princess Dongli's son Jiang Mozhou. Mo Pan competed. If this road was blocked, they could still pave the way for Jiang Mozhou with the huge silver they obtained from selling salt.

However, unexpectedly, the test drug went wrong and many people died one after another. In order to cover up the incident, Concubine An killed Wu's concubine, leading Wu Shun to mistakenly believe that the murderer was Princess Dongli, so she informed Wu Shun. , allowing him to successfully kidnap Princess Dongli, but before that, An Jingqi also dumped the bodies of the drug testers one after another, causing panic, so when Wu Shun kidnapped Princess Dongli to avenge his sister, he became the scapegoat. "

In this way, the matter can be explained.

Shang Junyan nodded, "That's about it."

Su Xinyi always felt that he had missed something. He thought for a moment, looked at Shang Junyan and said, "Since you know about the case of the drug tester, why don't you expose the matter? If you don't want others to know that it was you, then You can report to the official anonymously.”

Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi, "Wu Shun was taken away by His Highness the Crown Prince, and Princess Dongli cooperated with His Highness the Crown Prince in arresting him. I thought I could uncover the case of the drug tester."

Who would have thought that Su Xinyi had intervened several times, and the direction of the matter had completely taken a turn.

Su Xinyi:......

Although Shang Junyan didn't say it clearly, she understood the look in his eyes.

It's a bit embarrassing.

When Shang Junyan saw that Su Xinyi was at a loss for words, Shang Junyan couldn't help but calm down, "This matter is not urgent, because after the drug testers died suddenly one after another, An Jingqi did not get the improved formula and did not dare to arrest people for testing again. Medicine, there is still time to deal with this matter.”

Having said this, Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi and sighed, "Furthermore, the Yanyin case has attracted the attention of His Highness the Crown Prince. At this time, I have some scruples no matter what I do. After all, I have not been appointed as an official yet, and it is not convenient for me to come forward for many things." ”

Su Xinyi looked at Shang Junyan, "I know that you are loyal to Prince Rong after all, and of course you don't want His Highness to take all the credit."

Shang Junyan lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this, and then slowly said after a while: "Whether you believe it or not, I have no intention of getting involved in the royal dispute this time. I just want to go to the Hanlin Academy to study."

Su Xinyi:......

real or fake?

The room became eerily quiet. Shang Junyan raised his head and looked at Su Xinyi, "The Yanyin case involves a lot of things. You'd better not get involved to avoid getting killed. The closure of Futai Gambling House is not a big deal. If you can’t move those people’s foundations, you’ll just lose a base.”

Su Xinyi felt a little complicated after listening to Shang Junyan's words, so she looked at him and said, "King Rong often does things willfully. You have followed him for so long and done so many things for him. You should know in your heart that King Rong is not a wise king." Prime Minister, why don't you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side? Your Highness has a righteous heart and is a generous man. It is the blessing of the people to assist His Highness with your ability and help His Highness reach the top. "

Shang Junyan looked at Su Xinyi, "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so good in your eyes? That's too one-sided."

If the prince was really a kind person, how could he have suppressed the king and retreated step by step in his previous life.

He had been with King Rong for many years, and had countless encounters with His Highness the Crown Prince, so it was hard to understand what he felt in his heart.

This feeling is that everyone is obviously not a good person, but in Su Xinyi's eyes, he can praise His Highness like a flower. Is this appropriate?

Su Xinyi listened to Shang Junyan's words and thought that they were not the same people. After getting the news she wanted, she didn't want to talk nonsense with Shang Junyan. Anyway, this man was loyal to King Rong, so she gave up trying to persuade him to defect to the enemy camp. Bar.

"In my heart, His Highness is a good person, just like in your heart, King Rong is a good person. Most of his words are not speculative, so be it." Su Xinyi stood up and left.

If we continue talking, we are really afraid that the two of them will fight each other for their own reasons.

Su Xinyi walked away neatly, and Shang Junyan sighed helplessly.

Why doesn't this person listen to advice?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's biological mother died young, and he has been in charge of the harem for many years. Under such circumstances, he can still firmly hold the position of Crown Prince. If he is really a kind and good man, he is afraid that his bones will be swallowed by others.

When Su Xinyi looked at him, her eyes were like knives, peeling off layer after layer. She wished she could tear out his heart and crush it on the ground.

When she looked at His Highness the Crown Prince, how could she open her eyes and tell lies that he was a good person?

Shang Junyan was not convinced.

Su Xinyi didn't care whether Shang Junyan was convinced or not. He walked slowly out of the teahouse, still thinking about the case of the drug tester. How could he pass the news to His Highness the Crown Prince calmly?