Chapter 178 What Is the Relationship

Shen Yu said "Oh" and saw Shen Zhao looking at her seriously, and hurriedly said: "Brother, when the Crown Prince led troops to rescue Yanliang Pass, Emperor Tongxu recruited him into the capital as a hostage. I followed him into the capital. I wanted to use him to find out the truth, so I worked as a guard by his side for a while. "

Shen Zhao noticed that Shen Yu kept referring to him as "him". She had no sense of being a subordinate and no respect at all. Instead, she seemed to have a close relationship.

His mind moved slightly, "Your relationship with the Crown Prince... seems to be very close?"

Shen Yu: "Actually, it's just average."

Xie Tingzhou: "This is natural."

The two said in unison.

Shen Yu closed her eyes and stepped on Xie Tingzhou's feet under the table.

Shen Zhao turned around and asked, "Why are you stepping on me?"

Shen Yu was stunned, "Huh?"

She bent down and looked under the table, raised her head and said, "Why do you stretch your legs so far?"

Shen Zhao looked at her, "Let me ask you first, why are you stepping on me?"

Xie Tingzhou looked at Shen Yu gloatingly, with a frivolous smile on his lips.

"Oh." Shen Yu said, "I just wanted to stretch my legs, but who knew I would step on you."

Xie Tingzhou said with a smile: "When you lie, don't roll your eyes."

"This girl has been like this since she was a child." Shen Zhao said to Xie Tingzhou: "If you feel guilty, your eyes won't stop moving. You..."

He stopped talking because he also noticed something was wrong.

Shen Zhao coughed lightly, "Thanks to the Crown Prince for taking great care of Ayu during these days, if you need Shen Zhao in the future, feel free to mention it."

"In the future..." Xie Tingzhou protracted his tone, looked at Shen Yu and said, "Of course there is something to mention."

Only Shen Yu understood his eyes and what he meant.

Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment.

Normal people would refuse politely, saying that such a small effort is of no consequence. How could he be so rude when it falls on Xie Tingzhou's head?

"First, let's get down to business." Shen Yu changed the subject with a guilty conscience, "Today Xu Yishan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, reported to the emperor. Marquis Xuanping took the blame and said it was all his fault."

"Does the Dog Emperor believe it?" Shen Zhao was still quite critical of Emperor Tongxu.

Shen Yu said: "He probably didn't believe it. If he wanted to protect the people behind Xuan Pinghou, he could just close the case. But he issued a death order for Xu Yishan, and we must conduct a thorough investigation to find out the people behind it."

Shen Zhao frowned tightly, "Xuanping Hou refused to speak. Isn't the answer already obvious? The prince is his nephew. Who else can let him maintain this point besides the prince."

"I'm afraid Emperor Tongxu is thinking of deposing the crown prince." Shen Yu said solemnly: "Now he needs a reasonable reason to depose the crown prince."

"But if Marquis Xuanping doesn't give this reason, isn't there any other way?"

Shen Yu said: "The crown prince is the foundation of a country, and it is the foundation of the country. Nowadays, it is different from the past. At this time, any slight disturbance can cause big waves. People who are about to die are also bolder. They did not dare to do things in the past." Maybe I’m willing to give it a try.”

"But Emperor Tongxu is at the end of his life. As long as Marquis Xuanping doesn't get involved with the prince and the prince succeeds to the throne after Emperor Tongxu's funeral, Marquis Xuanping will still have a chance to survive. Perhaps this is why Marquis Xuanping refuses to speak. reason."

"Drink some water to moisten your throat first." Xie Tingzhou poured tea and handed it to her, "Drink less cold tea at night."

Shen Yu said "hmm", took a few sips and put it down.

The tacit understanding between the two is not like that of superiors or subordinates, nor is it like ordinary friends.

Shen Zhao saw this and his eyes gradually deepened.

"We have to find a way to get Marquis Xuanping to speak." Shen Yu said.

Shen Zhao was pulled back from his thoughts, "Under severe punishment, I am not afraid that he will not do anything."

"He has a hereditary title and the Ministry of Punishment does not dare to torture him." Shen Yu's face was gloomy.

Xie Tingzhou moved the tea cup with his fingertips again, "Don't you think it's strange?"

The two of them looked at each other at the same time.

Xie Tingzhou said: "There are several unreasonable things that we have ignored. There are more than one inconsistencies. The suppression of bandits at the beginning. After the suppression of bandits failed, you escorted people back to Beijing without encountering any obstacles for half a day. , you also said that maybe the other party is deliberately waiting for them to come to the capital, but it cannot be that Marquis Xuanping is waiting for them to come to the capital to identify himself. "

Shen Yu nodded, "I thought so at first."

Xie Tingzhou put his fingertips on the table, "There is another extra person, Qiu Wan. At first they were rushing to silence him, but in the end they let Qiu Wan persuade Gui Xiong. Don't you think this step is unnecessary?"

"When you say that, it seems so." Shen Yu and Xie Tingzhou looked at each other, "But the evidence is conclusive. The person who privately sold the official grain is indeed Marquis Xuanping."

Xie Tingzhou slowly frowned, "It seems that there is a person who keeps changing his direction as the situation changes. Soldiers come to block him, water comes and earth covers him, and he never falls behind."

"Does the prince have such a plan?"

Shen Zhao interjected, "Which prince doesn't have a lot of staff? Maybe there's an expert behind the scenes."

After thinking about it over and over again, Shen Yu felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure it out for the moment.

After talking late into the night, Shen Zhao sent the two of them to the door.

Shen Yu opened the door reluctantly and said, "Brother, I live in the house at the end of Yongqing Lane on Qingshi Street. If you need anything, just go and find me there. Luyao will find a way to notify me."

"I am the one with the green medicine." Xie Tingzhou said calmly: "General Shen can contact me directly."

Shen Zhao said: "I am no longer a general. Just call me by my first name."

"Brother Shen doesn't need to call me the eldest son, just call me Tingzhou like Ayu." Xie Tingzhou said.

Shen Zhao nodded, then frowned for a moment.

A Yu? Ting Zhou? Do they usually call each other by their first names?

"Let's go, brother." Shen Yu waved his hand, looking back every few steps.

"Well, go ahead."

Shen Zhao stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the two of them walking five or six feet apart, but they didn't look very close.

Strange, Shen Zhao closed the gate suspiciously.

Turning around the alley, Xie Ting Zhou glanced at Shen Yu, "Are you afraid of your brother?"

"Is it obvious?" Shen Yu asked.

"Eight feet away from me, I want to stick to the wall, don't you know whether it's obvious or not?" Xie Ting Zhou snorted.

Shen Yu heard the truth from his hum, looked back, and confirmed that Shen Zhao didn't follow, then moved over and pinched Xie Ting Zhou's fingers hidden under his sleeves.

He stammered: "My brother doesn't know our relationship yet."

"What is our relationship?" Xie Ting Zhou asked deliberately.