Chapter 71 I had expected this day to come
They both turned their heads to look at the same time.
The leader was wearing a red flying fish suit, holding an embroidered spring sword. He smiled at the masked man and said, "It's been a while since we last met. How are you, Mr. Han?"
The masked man stared at him in a daze for a moment, sighed softly, raised his hand and slowly took off the mask on his face.
——With a straight nose, wide lips and a handsome appearance, he is undoubtedly Han Ruoyu, the head of the Ministry of Justice.
He bowed to Xie Hui and said, "The Jinyiwei are indeed very capable. I admire them."
Xie Hui said: "This is your majesty's wisdom."
Han Ruoyu was stunned. He was caught red-handed and was he related to the person sitting on the dragon throne?
"You lied to me!" After understanding the current situation, Eniwal glared at Han Ruoyu angrily, and pulled out a dagger with his backhand to stab him.
How could a scholar like Han Ruoyu dodge this? He subconsciously leaned back, and just as he was about to be stabbed by the dagger, an embroidered spring knife suddenly stretched out and blocked the tip of the dagger.
Xie Hui had a cold face and shook his wrist, directly shaking Eniwal away.
He ordered in a deep voice, "Cai Xin, escort Ambassador Ainiwal back to the posthouse and wait for an audience with His Majesty."
The young man in the blue flying fish suit stepped forward, "Ambassador, please!"
Eniwal pursed his lips in anger, turned around and glared at Han Ruoyu several times, "I must chop you down!"
Han Ruoyu smiled bitterly.
Does this person think that everything that happened today was a conspiracy between him and the Jinyiwei?
What an idiot!
However, if this person was not stupid, he would not have approached him to discuss that fatal business.
Originally, Gu Zexian should have come today, but Gu Zexian suddenly fell ill and was unable to get out of bed. It was not convenient for Pan Chong to show up, and he was not confident in leaving it to other people, so he had to come in person.
Before he went out, his right eyelid kept twitching. People said that twitching of the left eye brings good fortune and twitching of the right eye brings disaster, but he didn't believe it. Now it seems that he can still believe it.
"I had anticipated the day of being exposed, but I never imagined it would be today."
He sighed and looked at Xie Hui, "Sir Xie, could you please explain to me what exactly caused the Jinyiwei to suspect me?"
He considered himself to be cautious and careful, always thinking things over and over again, striving to be thorough. He was also extremely low-key in the Ministry of Justice, behaving just like other officials.
Why was it discovered without any warning?
Xie Hui looked at him strangely. Didn't he already say it? It was all thanks to His Majesty's wisdom!
He was just following His Majesty's orders.
As for how Your Majesty knew that Han Ruoyu would meet Eniwal at Wanfang Tower?
His knife doesn't need to know so much.
Xie Hui put shackles on Han Ruoyu and said, "Your Majesty is still in the Yangxin Palace waiting to see Master Han. Master Han, please follow me into the palace."
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The Jinyiwei's arrest made quite a noise, and most of the guests in Wanfanglou were alarmed.
Many officials thought they were arrested for soliciting prostitution, so they fled in a hurry without even putting on their pants, leaving behind laughter.
In another box, a man and a woman were equally panicked.
The Xixia princess pushed the young man away and said in Xixia: "The Jinyiwei are here. We can't stay here anymore. Leave!"
"Let's go together." The young man hugged her again and spoke in Xixia, "My beautiful moon, you are my heart. I can't leave you."
The Xixia princess reached out and pushed him: "Shan, you are the free wind of the grassland. You shouldn't be trapped by me. Go back to Xixia, go back to your mother."
"No, I..." The young Helanshan wanted to express his feelings when he suddenly heard voices coming from outside.
"Boss, the madam said there's no prostitute in this box. Do you want to search it?"
Xie Hui glanced at the closed door of the box.
Two shadows hugging each other were reflected on the window paper of the door, and from their curves it was obvious that they were a man and a woman.
He was anxious to bring people into the palace, so he said, "Just knock on the door and ask."
After saying that, he took Han Ruoyu away first.
A Jinyiwei came forward and knocked on the door: "Jinyiwei routine inspection, open the door!"
"They are coming in." Princess Xixia translated the conversation outside to her childhood sweetheart while trying to hide Helan Shan.
"I'll do it." He Lanshan patted his frightened lover soothingly, "Turn around, don't let them see your face, leave everything to me."
The knocking on the door became more urgent, as if trying to break in.
Princess Xixia had no choice but to believe her lover, put on her veil and turned away.
He Lanshan went forward to open the door, and faced the Jinyiwei's stare with just the right amount of confusion and impatience, "Who are you looking for?"
He spoke in Xixia language, which the Jinyiwei knocking on the door could not understand at all. They could only tell it was Xixia language from some of the pronunciations.
The Jinyiwei looked at the man in front of him who was more handsome than most women, and wondered if this man was the Rabbit God in the building.
But he hadn't heard that Wanfanglou had this business.
Furthermore, although the person in front of him was not dressed very luxuriously, he was still somewhat noble and had a very clean temperament, much like a young man raised in a noble family.
Maybe they are from the Western Xia envoys group, coming to Wanfang Tower to have fun?
Thinking of this, the Jinyiwei's attitude became slightly more polite and asked, "Who else is in the room?"
Helanshan blinked and said in Xixia: "I don't understand what you are saying."
The Jinyiwei also couldn't understand what he was saying.
He simply reached out and pushed him away, and saw that there was only a veiled woman in the room, holding a pipa in her arms, who seemed to be Le Ji.
The woman seemed to notice that he was looking at her, and she shrank her shoulders in fear and lowered her head even lower.
Helan Shan blocked his gaze unhappily, annoyance staining her pretty brows. "What are you looking at?"
Even if they didn't understand, the Jinyiwei understood his expression.
Considering that the young man might be a member of the Western Xia envoys, he did not bother to argue with him any further. He bowed to the young man and left.
The door closed again and Princess Xixia let out a breath. Her palms were sweaty from nervousness.
"Shan, let's go."
She was worried that the Jinyiwei would discover something was wrong and come back.
As long as his moon doesn't drive him away, Helanshan will do anything.
He stepped forward, picked up the Xixia princess, and jumped directly out of the open window.
Princess Xixia buried her face in his arms, reveling in the warmth of the moment.
——It would be great if she wasn’t here to marry a foreign prince.
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On the other side, Xie Hui escorted Han Ruoyu into the Yangxin Palace.
Xiao Jingfan, who had been waiting for a long time, looked up from behind the desk and his cold eyes fell on Han Ruoyu.
Han Ruoyu bent his knees and prostrated himself, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be well and safe."
"Han Ruoyu, you deserve to die." Xiao Jingfan leaned back on the dragon throne and looked at him with his eyes downcast. His tone was not angry, it could even be described as calm.
"Your Majesty, please give me a chance to redeem myself and make meritorious contributions." Han Ruoyu bowed his head to the ground. "The trafficking of firearms is not something I could have accomplished alone. I am willing to reveal all those involved, including the account books and letters. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and allow me to take the blame for my actions alone, and not to implicate my clansmen."
Xiao Jingfan sneered, "If I can find you, I can follow the clues and find your accomplices."
He raised his hand and threw the letter in front of him to Han Ruoyu.
"Look, have I missed anyone?"
Han Ruoyu looked up in shock and met Xiao Jingfan's eyes as deep as the night.
Xiao Jingfan looked down at him and said, "Do you know why I asked Xie Qing to bring you to the palace to see me?"
(End of this chapter)
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