Seeing that it was getting late, Wei Za quickened his pace and hurriedly walked into the East Wing Courtyard by pulling his collar.

"Young master, the things have been delivered. He stepped forward.

Qiu Ji snorted, "Is there any movement from the aliens?"

"It's all watched, there is no movement, even if there is movement, it is guaranteed that he will not be able to escape half a step. ”

Qiu Ji got up and walked to the window, seeing that the snow was drenched in the rain, and the ground quickly became muddy.

Wei Za knew that he was missing Yao Shi again, and said with relief: "Young Master, don't worry too much about Miss Yao, Miss Yao is so well taken care of in the cell, she should be able to wake up in a few days." It's just ------ her body, I'm afraid I can't afford to go home. ”

Now that the New Year's Festival has been released, the apprentices have already gone home one after another, originally according to Yao Shi's plan, she is also going back to Xiaxiang County with Luo Meng today, who would have expected such a situation.

Qiu Ji pondered for a moment, then returned to the desk, took a pen and paper and began to write. Half an hour later, he dried the letter and handed it to Guard.

"Pick some suitable gifts, and this letter, you will personally send it to Yao's house. ”

Wei Za was stunned, young master, is this ----- is this a sudden enlightenment? But is this ---- also opened too fast, and he has to give gifts to the door? This is -----

"Young master, the little one is not by your side-----"

"I'm just quiet. Qiu Ji interrupted him.

Wei Za nodded resignedly: "It's the young master, the little one obeys the order, and the little one will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

At that time, in the palace, Zhuang Yan had already finished dealing with the recital of the day, but he had no intention of going to the palace for a long time, and Liu De did not urge, but let people serve hot tea and snacks.

"Your Majesty, eat something, you haven't eaten much at noon, the dragon body is important. ”

Zhuang Yan didn't have much appetite, but he missed the taste of the roasted sweet potatoes he ate a few days ago, and he asked, "Are there roasted sweet potatoes in the palace now?"

Liu De smiled on his face: "The slave saw that the emperor liked to eat, so after that time, he asked the imperial dining room to prepare some at any time, and the slave ordered someone to roast it." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, Liu De turned around and gave a few words to the little eunuch next to him, and then bowed back to Zhuang Yan.

The eunuch of the outer chamberlain walked into the hall softly but quickly on tiptoe, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the secretary of the military department is asking to see you outside." ”

"Xuan. ”

Uncle Wu hurriedly walked into the hall and knelt down to salute.

Zhuang Yanqi said: "It's so late, why is Shangshu in a hurry to enter the palace to see me?"

Uncle Wu's face was solemn, and he presented a notebook and said: "The stakes are very high, and the lower officials have to ask to see the emperor late at night." ”

Liu De stepped forward to take the fold and respectfully sent it to Zhuang Yan.

After Zhuang Yan looked at it carefully, his face was already dark, and he asked angrily, "Is everything said on the fold of Shangshu true?"

Uncle Wu nodded affirmatively and swore: "The lower officials don't dare to say anything, Xiong Cang has long harbored different intentions, and he has also interacted with foreign people many times over the years.

Xiaguan has just gotten the news, and now there are foreigners hiding in the capital, this matter is very important, Xiaguan has to come to meet late at night, if the ambition of the bear and the wolf son, and the foreigner conspired with something, the consequences are unimaginable.

The emperor, the lower officials are brave, and they are specially here to participate in Xiong Cang: he colluded with foreign countries and committed crimes, and he really had the heart of rebellion, and the lower officials implored the emperor to arrest the traitor Xiong Cang. ”

Zhuang Yan was so angry that he slapped his palm on the table, and said vigorously: "I have been taught by him, and I have always respected him, and I don't want him to be a person with different intentions, so the secretary of the military department listens to the -----order."

Uncle Wu arched his hand: "The lower official is here." ”

"Xiong Cang's crime of colluding with foreign countries to plot treason is unforgivable, I order you to go and arrest him immediately, and no one in the palace will let go, and you must find out the evidence of his treason. ”

"The Commander commanded. ”

Seeing that it was about to be the second watch, the people sent out had not yet returned, and the entourage suddenly felt bad and hurried to inform Xiong Cang.

Xiong Cang's heart ached, he knelt in front of Lingtang and cried, shouted and drank, and his entourage stepped forward to explain the situation, but he didn't react at all.

"Master, the little one is afraid that these useless mistakes will expose us, you see, do you want to send people to take a look and investigate?" In fact, he didn't agree with Xiong Cang sending people to kill those two, but his master somehow wanted those two people to die, how could he be a subordinate to influence the master's wishes.

"Oh no, sir, no. Someone shouted outside again, and the entourage sighed in his heart, afraid that the person sent by Mo was arrested and confessed, and now the old man was drunk and unconscious, so he could only run out by himself and stop the panting little guy: "What is it called, what is the fuss, didn't you learn the rules when you entered the house?"

The little guy didn't care about being scolded, and panted and pointed in the direction of the gate, "Butler, the secretary of the military department has brought a lot of people and surrounded the outside of the house." ”

The housekeeper was taken aback, "How can you alarm the secretary of the military department?" If Jing Zhaoyin brought someone here, he would be able to understand, but as soon as the military department came, it would be a big deal.

He was also frightened, looking at the crying and almost crazy Xiong Cang in the house, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Hurry up, you can't stay." ”

Uncle Wu rushed into the Xiongfu compound with a team of people, and the master and maid slept a lot of time, and were picked up from the bed by the officers and soldiers one by one, everyone didn't know what was going on, but when they saw those swords across their necks, they were immediately too frightened to speak.

Within half an hour, everyone in the Xiong Mansion was caught in the courtyard and knelt in a pile, almost all of them had just been forcibly pulled out of bed, and they didn't have time to get dressed, one by one shivering in the cold wind, but no one dared to speak, only a whimpering cry.

Uncle Wu glanced at the drunken Xiong Cang, and snorted coldly: "Rebel minister Xiong Cang, you colluded with a foreign land to try treason, this official was ordered to arrest you, now you are a prisoner, if you want to die a decent death, hand over the collusion documents, and this official can also say a few good words for you in front of the emperor." ”

Xiong Cang's old mother was originally grief-stricken because of the loss of her grandson, but now she heard that her son had committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and mourned and shouted: "My lord is wronged, my son is loyal to the court, how can he collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, this is a frame, please be aware of it." ”

"Whether it is framed or not, we will know after the official searches your house. Come, search me carefully inside and out, don't let go of any corner, but everything related to the exotic land, you must bring it to the official to see. ”

"Yes. The black-pressed soldiers scattered with torches, and for a while, chickens, dogs, and tables and chairs collided in the entire house.

The old lady slapped Xiong Cang's face and cried: "You wake me up, wake up quickly, look around, our Xiong family is about to be lost in your hands." ”

Xiong Cang was slapped in the face, sobered up for three minutes, looked at the surrounding fire, and the crying on all sides shook the sky, he didn't understand what was going on for a while, and saw that his mother was crying silently, and hurriedly asked: "Mother, what's going on?"

Uncle Wu sneered: "Xiong Cang, I didn't expect you to have today, you collaborated with the enemy and treason, and the emperor has issued an order to arrest you." ”

Xiong Cang was stunned, and it took him a long time to regain his senses, and he shouted angrily: "Nonsense, I didn't collaborate with the enemy and commit treason. ”