Chapter 6969 Cheng Mansion

At night, the streets of the capital are more bustling and lively than during the day.

Dancers were dancing on the pavilion, the owner of the wine shop was pouring wine one jug after another, street vendors were shouting incessantly, and a few children were running around holding freshly picked flowers.

Su Yan walked towards the house alone.

The house Liang Yi gave her was in a prime location in Beijing, which made Su Yan a little uneasy.

She is a powerless person, and if she lives too well, it will definitely attract attention.

But after all, she hangs out with Liang Yi every day, so it's unrealistic to hide it. She can only take it one step at a time.

After passing through several busy streets and alleys, Su Yan arrived at Xiuyingfang, where she lived.

There are few businesses in Xiuyingfang, mostly quiet houses, with only a few lanterns scattered in an alley.

It was gloomy all around, and Su Yan quickened his pace towards home.

She made an appointment with Shi Er to meet again tomorrow to discuss the case, and she wanted to help Shi Er catch the murderer.

The cold wind passed by Su Yan at high speed, blowing up a few withered leaves.

The moon hid behind the clouds. Su Yan couldn't see the road ahead and could only move forward according to his memory.

The wind speed suddenly increased.

There seemed to be a strange sound mixed in with the wind, and Su Yan quickened his pace.

She used to think that she could live with Su Mao and her mother in Anping Town for the rest of her life. Su Mao wanted to teach her kung fu, but she always refused. Unfortunately, her kung fu skills were only good enough to fight with Liang Yi.

After all, Su Yan is a modern man, and a forensic doctor at that, so he is not very accepting of fighting and killing.

If she had known that something unexpected would happen at home, she should have studied hard with Su Mao and at least reached the level of a modern special police officer.

Su Yan felt annoyed and checked in his mind who he might have offended.

Zhao Mingde? No, if there was any movement from Zhao Mingde, she believed Yun Xing would come to inform her.

Even if everyone said that Yun Xing was not a good person, Su Yan believed that he would come.

If it wasn't Zhao Mingde, then it could only be because of the case. The deaths of the imperial physician and the chief official were strange in themselves. Perhaps someone learned that she went to perform an autopsy and wanted to kill her to silence her.

Just as Su Yan was thinking, he heard footsteps at a very high frequency behind him. A long sword reflected a cold light, pierced through the air, and stabbed towards Su Yan's back at an extremely high speed.

While feeling the sword energy, Su Yan thought of the death of the imperial physician and the chief official.

But that’s not right. There was more than one person behind her. There must have been only one person who broke into the imperial physician’s house.

Su Yan shouted in his heart - "The bluestone slabs are oiled, won't they be slippery?"

The sound was much slower.

Su Yan: And Liang Yi, he said he would wait for me here, why hasn't he come yet? Where did he go? Men are really unreliable.

Su Yan: When I see Liang Yi, I will definitely teach him a lesson! Feng Tu looks like he can fight!

The voice behind me disappeared.

But he only disappeared for a short while. Su Yan happened to walk to the corner of the alley and ran towards the house. The man quickly reacted and caught up with him.

At this moment, a figure walked out from the darkness.

Su Yan slammed on the brakes and almost thought he was going to die. Then he saw the man's face clearly in the moonlight.

"When...when Yan returns?"

At that time, Yan Gui had just come out of the palace. He had been granted a title of nobility and was dressed in gorgeous clothes, looking very different from when they met in Anping Town.

Shi Yan Gui had an excellent appearance and had many years of experience in the border area. He commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and had the aura of a king.

He looked behind Su Yan. Those people reacted quickly. The moment they saw Shi Yan returning, they put away their swords and retreated.

Shi Yangui was silent for a moment, then said, "It's not safe to ask Liang Yi to find someone to send you back in the future."

Su Yan put on a polite fake smile, "Okay, I understand."

Shi Yangui looked at Su Yan.

Su Yan was always lukewarm towards him.

He used to think that Su Yan was just like that, but when he returned to Beijing today, he learned that she was very close to Liang Yi, and even with Yun Xing...

She ignored him alone.

Shi Yangui put away his thoughts and said, "I will not leave the capital in the short term. You can move into the Shi Mansion and I will protect you."

After this great victory, countless people wanted to curry favor with Shi Yan Gui.

Among the powerful people in the capital, especially those with unmarried daughters, who wouldn't want to marry their daughter to the Shi family?

Shi Yangui's proposal was a fatal temptation to anyone in Beijing.

But Su Yan just curled his lips and said, "This place is good. For a commoner like me, it's a blessing to be able to live in such a big house."

Shi Yangui was not surprised by her answer, but still felt a little disappointed.

Su Yan asked: "You didn't see Liang Yi? He went to see you."

Liang Yi was in a hurry to go to Shi Mansion to see Shi Yan Gui, so he neglected to send Su Yan back.

Shi Yangui said, "I heard that you and Liang Yi came to the capital together. I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came to see you immediately after meeting His Majesty."

Su Yan openly criticized me in his heart - he spoke as if I was very important.

Shi Yangui said seriously: "You are indeed very important."

Su Yan was frightened by Shi Yangui.

Shi Yangui said: "I will never forget your life-saving grace. I will be responsible for your safety in the capital. It would be great if you are willing to go to the Shi Mansion. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

Su Yan's eyes were cold.

Shi Yangui knew clearly why she came to the capital, and he knew what she cared about. He said some high-sounding words, but was never willing to be honest.

Could the person who harmed Su Mao and his mother be someone Shi Yangui cares about?

Su Yan thought of his family’s token again.

Su Yan was just about to curse Shi Yangui in his heart to vent his anger, when he suddenly heard him say in a cold voice: "Since you are here, don't hide. There are no outsiders here."

It was quiet all around, and the wind passed without leaving a trace.

Su Yan heard the sound of someone falling to the ground, and she looked towards the wall.

Yun Xing walked towards Su Yan with a sword in his hand.

Su Yan said happily: "Why are you here too? This is inappropriate. If someone sees you and Shi Yangui together, Zhao Zong will not let you go. Come into the house. The young prince lent it to me temporarily."

She pulled Yunxing's sleeve and walked towards the house happily.

It was completely different from his attitude towards Shi Yan Guishi.

Shi Yangui frowned and looked for a moment, then followed.

Su Yan had not been separated from Yun Xing for long, but he always felt a sense of familiarity as if they had not seen each other for a long time.

There were two maids, Qianyu and Qianhe, left for her by Liang Yi in the house. Su Yan was not used to being served, and did not want them to see Yun Xing, so she sent them back to the side rooms before bringing Yun Xing in.

The house has three courtyards and three exits, and Su Yan lives in the second courtyard.

The west wing is the study. Su Yan didn't look around the yard carefully, he just knew that this was the study, so he brought them here.

Shi Yangui walked in last.

Su Yan looked at him several times before closing the doors and windows and lighting a candle.

The candlelight was not very bright, but fortunately Su Yan had already gotten used to it.

She had too many questions to ask Yun Xing, but since Shi Yan Gui was there, she couldn't open her mouth.

She had already seen that Yun Xing and Shi Yangui knew each other.

But the relationship between the two remains a mystery. When Su Yan first met Yun Xing, he always felt that Yun Xing was very similar to Shi Yangui.

Although Su Yan did not ask, some words could not help but come out - "It seems that Chuyunlou did not embarrass Yunxing. Did they conceal it or was it a delaying tactic? If the young prince gets involved, it is hard to guarantee that he will not be suspected... I don't know how Yunxing will explain it."

Yun Xing looked at Shi Yangui.

Yunxing is used to wearing black clothes with auspicious cloud patterns outlined with silver silk threads on the cuffs. The silver mask has strange patterns on it, and it looks cold and aloof.

Shi Yangui was the opposite, elegant and luxurious, and the silk threads used for the patterns on his lapels and cuffs were mostly warm colors, like one black and one white.

The two looked at each other. Shi Yangui's eyes were cold and clear, like a calm pond of water. However, if you look deep into the bottom of the pond, you can see undercurrents surging.

Yun Xing's eyes were deep and indifferent.

Seeing this, Su Yan said, "General Shi, this woman is in my boudoir. If you don't have anything important to do..."

Just enough.

Shi Yangui understood that Su Yan treated him and Yun Xing differently.

He didn't understand why there was such a gap. Su Yan's family was his savior, and he really did care about her.

He wasn't so far as to take advantage of her.

Shi Yangui walked to the rose chair and sat down, "This is the study."

Su Yan said seriously: "Now the whole yard belongs to me, it's called the boudoir, I set the rules."

Shi Yangui smiled, "What about him?"

Su Yan said righteously: "This is my handkerchief friend, it's different." Yun Xing: "..."

Shi Yangui stopped laughing and said, "You are not suitable to stay in the capital. There are some things I must tell you."

Su Yan pretended to listen attentively.

Little did she know that this was her most irritating moment. She looked submissive on the surface, but her inner thoughts were almost coming out - "So nagging, so nagging, so nagging, does leading troops in battle all depend on nagging? Don't the people under his command want to listen to him nagging, and quickly run to the front line..."

Shi Yangui: "..."

He has always been accused of being too cold.

Shi Yangui said helplessly: "Why are you always on guard against me?"

Su Yan said: "I have complete trust in the general."

But in my heart, I was brainstorming - "Shouldn't I be on guard???"

Shi Yangui: "..."

He had no choice but to get to the point. "You came to the capital with Yun Xing, so you couldn't hide it. Now you are too close to the young prince, and many people in the capital will pay attention to you. It is safest for you to live in Shi Mansion."

Su Yan: “?”

——"Shifu is the most dangerous..."

Su Yan looked at Yun Xing, his eyes darkened even more.

She said coldly, "I just settled down here, everything is fine. If there is anything wrong, I will trouble the general."

Shi Yangui asked, "Have you found any clues about the person who attacked you just now?"

"If it wasn't someone sent by you two, then it must have been sent by the real murderer," Su Yan said sarcastically, "It's really easy to guess."

There are only a few forces in the court. Excluding Chu Yunlou and Shi Yangui, it is only possible that Su Yan's actions today alarmed the real culprit.

The deaths of the imperial physician and the chief official must be related to the court. Shi Er’s worries are right.

Shi Yangui said: "I have no objection to you working for Jingzhao Prefecture..."

"Of course you can't object," Su Yan said, "We have nothing to do with each other, you have no right to object."

At this moment, Yan Gui couldn't hear Su Yan's inner voice, because she was speaking from the heart.

Shi Yangui knew that she had always been resentful in her heart, and the hatred for the murder of her father and mother would not be revealed just by a few words from him.

Shi Yangui said: "I must remind you that Shi Er is Zhao Mingde's man."

"I know."

"Although he was born in a poor family, he had close ties with the Zhao clan, which was very strange."

"Your Highness has said so."

Shi Yangui frowned, "Since you know everything, why do you still want to be with him?"

Su Yan asked: "General Shi, do you know what I want most?"

Shi Yan Gui: “…I know.”

"Since you know everything, why don't you tell me the truth?"

Shi Yan Gui was silent.

Su Yan said lazily: "I am just a commoner. You don't have to take it to heart that I saved General Shi. My father is kind-hearted and would save any cat or dog that fell on the roadside. It's just a piece of cake."

“I will always remember this kindness.”

Su Yan sneered, "But they are unwilling to tell the truth and let me find out the real culprit who harmed them."

Shi Yangui looked at Yun Xing.

There was no wave of surprise in Yun Xing's eyes.

Shi Yangui retracted his gaze and said, "I am not a treacherous person. I hope you can believe me. I will give you an answer in the future."

Su Yan looked at the door impatiently.

Shi Yangui stood up and said, "I understand. If you need help, you can find me, Your Highness."

Before leaving, Shi Yangui looked at Yun Xing again.

After Shi Yangui left, Su Yan looked at Yun Xing expressionlessly, "You can leave too."

Yun Xing was slightly stunned. He thought Su Yan brought him in because he had something to say.

Yunxing walked out and stopped halfway.

He turned around and saw Su Yan shaking his fist at him, as if he was going to hit him, but he could only feel air.

Su Yan: “…”

Sit upright awkwardly.

Yun Xing asked: "Are you angry?"

Su Yan said: "No."

Yunxing turned around again.

Before he even walked out, he heard the scolding from the person behind him - "You can't even ask a few more times? I can't tell if you're angry or not, I'm going to practice martial arts well and cut you into pieces! Wait, I'm a coroner, I can do it now..."