Chapter 143: Hunt for Hexi Shang
"Hurt?"
"I was just rubbed by a stray arrow, and I'll be fine in a few days......"
Princess Shou'an doesn't seem to care much about the scars on her face, although the wound doesn't seem serious, but after all, it is injured on the face, it's like a small flaw on the mutton fat jade, how can she not be nervous and sad?
"There is the best imperial doctor in the palace, and now I will order someone to invite it, and make sure that it does not leave a scar on ...... face"
Qin Jin didn't care whether Princess Shou'an was nervous about the wounds on her face on the surface, but she took out the attitude of being a husband, hoping to relax her heart. I saw Princess Shou'an lightly tap her head and sighed again.
"The insect girl is fine, but Fansu is a little frightened, won't the husband go and take a look?"
In fact, Qin Jin had already received a detailed report before this, the princess and the mother and son were safe and sound, and now when she heard her say this, he said:
"I'll go over after I explain the business at hand......"
After a pause, he immediately said:
"Also, if I didn't go over before the time, tell her that she doesn't have to wait, everything in the army is complicated, and there can't be a moment of slacking off......"
Princess Shou'an's expression changed slightly, but Qin Jin couldn't tell whether it was a mixture of joy and sorrow or sadness. All in all, it's not the expression that should be there when you're happy, which is the same as when Changting first met.
Qin Jin felt that this was also common, Changting was frightened by the assassination, although there was no danger, but after all, he walked before the ghost gate was closed, and there was a blood mark on his warm and jade-like face, which was rubbed out by a stray arrow, and no one would be in a good mood.
Thinking of this, Qin Jin took a few steps forward, took Princess Shou'an's hand, and took her in his arms with only a little force, Princess Shou'an struggled slightly, but Qin Jin's arms were like steel, so he had to give up and obediently snuggle up to her husband's body.
Qin Jin could clearly feel that Princess Shou'an's body was trembling, and this kind of trembling was the kind of trembling that he tried his best to contain but couldn't contain.
"What's the matter, your body is shaking so much?"
"No, nothing ......"
Asking this question, Princess Shou'an's body trembled even more, and she sobbed faintly. At this time, Qin Jin realized that something was wrong with her emotions. He knew that Princess Shou'an was a very assertive person, and the reason why she was so afraid was that she had encountered a problem that was difficult to solve. It's just that she didn't say it, he didn't ask, he just waited quietly, if she wanted to say it, she would speak.
After a long time, Princess Shou'an sobbed more and more, Qin Jin raised his hand and gently patted her back, comforting her so silently.
"Worm Niang never thought that one day she would be betrayed by her relatives...... Victimized ......"
A sentence for no reason stunned Qin Jin for a moment, and then immediately realized something, holding Princess Shou'an's shoulders with both hands and pushing her away from his shoulders, looking at her pear blossom and rainy face, and asked:
"Could it be that today's Changting assassination has something to do with this?"
But seeing that Princess Shou'an's head was lowered, she nodded her head twice in a row, which can be regarded as agreeing with Qin Jin's statement.
"Who is it?"
Qin Jin's voice gradually turned cold, he didn't think that this matter had anything to do with Princess Shou'an, he was afraid that someone took advantage of Princess Shou'an's lack of involvement in the world and killed him!
However, the courtyard was not the place to talk about such things, so Qin Jin took her cold little hand and entered the house without waiting for her to answer.
"Princess Changle?"
After learning that person's name from Princess Shou'an, Qin Jin couldn't help but be stunned. He never expected that it was this person who betrayed Princess Shou'an's trust.
Princess Changle is the eldest daughter of Li Heng, and Princess Shou'an is the same age, and the two are called aunts and nephews, but they are actually sisters. I didn't expect Princess Changle to be so ruthless, and she didn't even let go of her aunt, who was in love with her sisters. However, after learning of this result, Qin Jin calmed down, the power struggle does not matter about family affection, not to mention that this distant aunt-nephew relationship is not uncommon for fathers, sons and brothers to kill each other.
As soon as Qin Jin's body moved, Princess Shou'an suddenly grabbed his hand and said:
"Husband, can you spare Changle's life?"
She knew that with Qin Jin's temperament and methods, she would definitely be as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.
Qin Jin was stunned, but asked rhetorically:
"Why did Princess Changle ever plan to spare you and me?"
Princess Shou'an was silent, unable to answer a word, just crying silently.
It turned out that when Princess Shou'an was in Luoyang, she had always kept in touch with Princess Changle, whether it was a kinship relationship or a relationship with sisters, and many times she told her her that she didn't have much reservation about her thoughts.
However, Princess Shou'an's heart to Mingyue shone into the ditch, and she had mentioned in her letter before returning to Beijing that she would go to Shangnan and return to Chang'an with Fansu mother and son, maybe it was this inadvertent news that almost caused them to lose their lives.
Without further ado, Qin Jin appeased Princess Shou'an a few more words, then returned to the back hall where he was dealing with official business, summoned Gao Changhe, the chief general of the army, and ordered him to personally go to Princess Changle's mansion to get people.
However, it was also at this time that Yan Zhuang returned to Shuai Hall with a roar. Before he could enter the house, his voice was already heard.
"Doctor, there is news, the person who is involved with Hexi Shangjia has been investigated, this person's name is extremely strange, and it is very uncommon......"
Hearing this, Qin Jin's heart moved, and he asked loudly:
"But Dou Lu Zhan?"
Just now, Yan Zhuang bypassed the screen and turned into the back hall, and when he heard that Qin Jin had already said this person's name in advance, he couldn't help but be surprised:
"The doctor is a true god, but he doesn't know the prophet......"
Yan Zhuang's words were of course a compliment, in his opinion, it must have been Qin Jin who had learned the exact news of this person from other sources. In fact, thanks to his reminder, it just so happened that Princess Changle's concubine name was very rare, and her surname was Lu Zhan.
"It's just right to come, you and Gao Changhe will go to Princess Changle's Mansion to get people, and the whole mansion, regardless of men, women, old and young, can not let go!"
Prior to this, Qin Jin had never directly ordered someone to be taken, it was Xia Yuanji who had guessed his intentions and advocated taking people on his own, and if he took someone, he would either ask for a crime or release him, and Qin Jin never asked. Today, Qin Jin is abnormal, that is, he feels that if he is too obscure, he will always let some people be lucky and do such a selfish thing.
As soon as this order came out, Yan Zhuang was a little disappointed, after all, this was the first errand he had done since he took up the post of Jing Zhaoyin, and he didn't expect that he still couldn't fully reveal his means. However, he also knew that this matter must not be delayed, in case of walking the news, let Princess Changle and her party destroy the evidence or escape, it is not a matter of not being able to fully reveal the means, but a big basket.
Hundreds of paces of galloping, soon located in the Taiping Fang Changle Princess Mansion surrounded by water, the residents in the Taiping Fang are either high-ranking officials of the court or the sons of the noble relatives of the lords, suddenly heard that the soldiers and horses entered the workshop, people and horses neighed, are frightened, but found that the soldiers surrounded the Changle Princess Mansion after secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
No one would have imagined that Princess Changle, who seems to have always been indisputable, would be arrested one day.
Many people from all over the city were lying in the crack of the door and peeking at the situation outside. Soon, some sharp-eyed people discovered that the people who came to take people this time were not dominated by the bad people of Jingzhao Mansion, but the elite of the Shenwu Army who were genuine and armored and sharp.
And so comes the problem. As everyone knows, the Shenwu Army was only responsible for public security inspections in Chang'an, and had never been involved in the arrest of officials.
When the Shenwu army arrived, Princess Changle was directing the slaves to burn the letterheads, but the servants were in a hurry, and the ashes and papers were blown all over the yard by the whirlwind for no reason.
Although the black lacquer gate of Princess Changle's Mansion was heavy, it was also vulnerable in front of the Shenwu Army, and the giant wood that was difficult for one person to surround collided several times, and the gate fell down like a broken flocculent. The Shenwu army rushed in, and Princess Changle was arrested almost without any resistance.
Seeing that Princess Changle was intact right in front of him, Yan Zhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had always been afraid that Princess Changle would abscond or commit suicide in fear of crime, and it seemed that he still overestimated this noble girl of the heavenly family. Don't look at her status is innate, but her brain may not be born together.
"You, are you going to rebel? I am the eldest princess, who dares to be rude, are you tired of living......
A series of questions made Yan Zhuang laugh.
Yan Zhuang's eyes flashed with a hint of a mouse and a cat smile.
"Rude?, then rude, what can you do?
In the past, when arresting such high-profile suspects, they would avoid crowded markets and use caravans to walk. However, instead of avoiding the crowded markets, Yan Zhuang used wooden cage carts.
What kind of identity is Princess Changle, she was stuffed into a wooden cage prison car, cursing in her mouth, and struggling desperately, but she is just a woman after all, how can she defeat the wolf-like Shenwu army?
Princess Changle, who was sitting in the wooden cage, felt a burst of despair in her heart, and along with the despair, there was still fear that went deep into the bone marrow. She knew that the matter was revealed, and she no longer had any chance of survival.
Now the only thing that Princess Changle is glad about is that the concubine was not arrested with her, she only hopes that the concubine can hide in Xingqing Palace, maybe she begs her father to have a chance to live.
Soon, Yan Zhuang found that there was no trace of Dou Lu Zhan, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, and said in his heart that this guy was very clever and did not come back to be buried with Princess Changle. However, he was not worried, the gates of Chang'an had already been blocked, and Dou Lu Zhan had been in the city all the time, even if he searched inch by inch, he would search for it.
Dou Lu Zhan has a lot of collusion with those Hexi businessmen, and at this moment, since he has already arrested the eldest princess, there is no need to put a long line forward.
Under the leadership of a few bad marshals, the Shenwu army surrounded the hall where the Hexi merchants gathered, and those Hexi merchants didn't seem to expect that the matter would be revealed so quickly, and seven or eight out of ten were captured.
After being surrounded by soldiers, many people begged for mercy on the spot, hoping to exchange information in exchange for exoneration.
Yan Zhuang sneered twice, * ruthless, businessmen are unrighteous, expecting them to achieve great things, those heavenly nobles are also stupid and cute.
With a wave of his hand, all the merchants stranded in the hall, whether they were from Hexi or not, were all arrested, and they would rather be caught by mistake than let go. In this way, the commotion was even greater, and there were about 100 merchants living in the Hexi Guild Hall, and it was impossible not to alarm the nearby people with such a large-scale arrest. What's more, Yan Zhuang's purpose is to create enough momentum to deter those villains such as the Charm and the Devil who are still planning illegal things.
After the arrest, the first priority is to start the interrogation as soon as possible, and the first purpose of the interrogation is to find the whereabouts of Dou Lu Zhan. Dou Lu Zhan is obviously a relatively shrewd person, after he found out that the matter was revealed, he did not return to the princess's mansion, but hid as soon as possible, as for where this person can hide, Yan Zhuang believes that those businessmen from Hexi may know the answer.
The so-called interrogation is by no means just a form of asking questions and answers, no matter what the attitude of the prisoners is, after entering the prison, the first thing is to kill the threat, and a few sticks and whips are always inevitable. Many businessmen asked themselves about the inextricable relationship with the officials of the court, and the gold and silver sent every year far exceeded their fortunes, so that one day they would be helped to relieve the siege.
Many people are asking for letters to be sent out to inform their families of their whereabouts. How could Yan Zhuang give them such an opportunity? If they committed an ordinary crime, it would be fine, and they still wanted to get out of the plot to assassinate Doctor Qin?
More than a dozen businessmen with the most arrogant attitudes were beaten, but none of them knew the whereabouts of Dou Lu Zhan. At first, Yan Zhuang thought that these people were stiff-mouthed, but he soon found that except for a few people, many people didn't even know who Dou Lu Zhan was.
At that time, Yan Zhuang understood that Dou Lu Zhan was a shrewd person, so it was naturally impossible for too many people to know his whereabouts, and the more people who knew his whereabouts, the more dangerous it became. Extrapolating in this way, the businessmen who were arrested and put in prison probably didn't know where Dou Lu Zhan went.
Princess Changle and Dou Lu Zhan can't run away, so as to show their ability to do things. Originally, Yan Zhuang also wanted to make an exception to interrogate Princess Changle, but a eunuch came to the palace and unexpectedly let him know the whereabouts of Dou Lu Zhan.
It turned out that Dou Lu Zhan did not run out of the city, in fact, when they planned the assassination incident, they did not fully anticipate various situations, such as how to avoid disasters after a complete defeat. Dou Lu Zhan and Princess Changle were both too wishful thinking, and Princess Changle was captured alive by Yan Zhuang easily.
Dou Lu Zhan found that the situation was not good, so he seemed to have slipped out of the city, and he couldn't care about Princess Changle at home, but after all, he was a step too slow, and all the gates of Chang'an were sealed by the Shenwu Army. Dou Lu Zhan, who knew that he didn't go out too much, finally didn't get home, and ran to Xingqing Palace as soon as possible, at this time, maybe only by carrying out the Son of Heaven could he be rescued.
Li Heng, the Son of Heaven, is no longer Li Heng in the early years of Zhide, and now he has lost all his power, and he is just a waste man who can't take care of himself while lying on the couch to eat, drink, and Lazar. Thanks to the fact that after returning to Chang'an, Qin Jin did not completely restrict Li Heng's daily activities, and Dou Lu Zhan was able to sneak in and see the Son of Heaven who was paralyzed on the couch.
When Li Heng learned that his eldest daughter had been arrested, his emotions became very excited, but he immediately realized that he was not even a marionette now, so how could he still have the ability to save his daughter? Seeing Dou Lu Zhan kneeling on the edge of the couch and crying with a handful of snot, he could only deal with a few words with unfavorable words.
If this matter wants to have a chance to ease, it can only fall on one person, that is, Li Worm, the princess of Shou'an, who is about to return to Chang'an today. The insect mother has always been friendly with his brother, and she also sent a letter to comfort her before she came back......