This is the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the natural guard is strict, the guard is complete, in addition to the royal guards stationed in the periphery of the capital and the palace for a long time, the city is also equipped with the corresponding army in case of emergency. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The city defense battalion in Gao Heng's mouth, as the name suggests, is an armed force stationed in the capital in order to maintain law and order in the city.

Although the city defense battalion is not like the Praetorian Guard and the National Defense Army, which need to rush to the front line to defend the country and go into battle to kill the enemy, whenever there is an abnormal movement or riot in the city, the city defense battalion must take action at the first time and send troops to suppress it, so as to ensure the order and stability of the entire capital.

The reason why Gao Heng called him the prince's henchman was precisely because the commander of this army was Lin Kang, who was the general of the right guard.

Lin Kang has always secretly supported the prince It has long been a tacit thing, although the military power in his hands is not said to be all there, but this city defense battalion that can be dispatched at any time can naturally be used by the prince as soon as possible.

Gao Heng never thought that the prince would send a city defense battalion to intervene in it, but the prince in front of him was too calm, if he hadn't laid the back road for him to advance and retreat just in case, he wouldn't have fought a battle with no chance of winning and came out of nowhere.

After all, there are many people who are racing against him except Gao Heng.

"Now that you know it clearly, then this palace won't waste time with you. The prince raised his eyebrows proudly, "Actually, this matter is a bit of a fuss, and the palace doesn't want the city defense camp to get involved, so as not to spread the matter to the ears of the father and the emperor, and bring unnecessary trouble to you, third brother." So ......"

"Really?" Before the prince could finish speaking, Gao Heng interrupted him expressionlessly: "I think the eldest brother is actually worried that your father will know about taking people from Dali Temple without authorization, right?"

"Third brother, if you say this, you will be wronged. The prince rolled his eyes, pretended to be innocent and sighed, "This palace is so painstaking, it is also to protect people, the father's heart is like a mirror, how can he not know? ”

He deliberately glanced at Gao Heng as he spoke, and then walked up to Gu Hanqing and shrugged his shoulders, and said with a strange face: "Young Master Gu, this palace has given you enough face before, and I have persuaded you several times, but you are lucky and ignore it, do you really think... Don't you dare to directly hand over the accusation to your father?"

As soon as the prince's words came out, Gao Heng already understood that the reason why the prince was willing to stand here and deal with him was not because he had enough time and chance of winning to deal with this tug-of-war. But as mentioned before, it is true that he took away the prisoners from Dali Temple, in case of trouble in front of Emperor Zhou, he still can't fully justify himself, if he dares to send out the city defense camp again at this moment, it is difficult not to make Emperor Zhou feel that he is too concerned about this matter, and there is a suspicion that the thief shouts to catch the thief and destroy the corpse.

Therefore, he is still willing to achieve his wish in a peaceful way unless he has to, and at most it is just a waste of time.

But what he didn't know was that what Gao Heng and Cheng Jinzhi hoped for most at the moment was to be able to delay time.

"Guilt?" Cheng Jinzhi faintly guessed what Gao Heng was thinking, and his heart moved, and he pretended to be angry, "As we all know, Han Qing has only been temporarily imprisoned, and he has not been convicted at all, how can he be charged? Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are so willful, does the Queen Mother know?"

"Who said that he has not been convicted yet?" The prince's face sank, but a hint of an infiltrating smile appeared on his lips, "Gu Hanqing colluded with the Gu family to steal the disaster relief official silver from Pingfu County, Bizhou, and later instructed the thieves to go to the Heavenly Prison of the Criminal Department to rob the prison a year ago. ”

Cheng Jinzhi was stunned, listening to the prince's cruel words, he bit his lower lip tightly, and even his hands hidden in his sleeves unconsciously clenched his fists.

She turned her head to look at Gu Hanqing's calm but slightly haggard face, and a strong and rapid pain suddenly came from her chest.

Seeing that Cheng Jinzhi was silent, the prince knew that she was shocked by her words, and continued with a smile: "Of course, there may be hidden secrets in this. After all, this is official silver, and if there is no important member of the imperial court or a relative of the emperor behind it, it is difficult to disappear without knowing it. Young Master Gu is so forbearing, he must be trying to protect someone, right?"

Who to protect?

Cheng Jinzhi's eyes trembled, and his eyes suddenly fell on Gao Heng, but he found that his face sank like water, and he did not show unnecessary surprise.

It was also at this moment that she suddenly realized that the prince tried his best to make Gu Hanqing confess, not to target the Gu family, but to frame Gao Heng.

She shook her head for a moment, then let out a heavy breath, feeling ashamed and resentful for the first time for her hindsight.

But he quickly put away the heaviness in the corners of his eyes, turned his face and said loudly: "There is no evidence, where is the evidence? ”

"The princess still doesn't bother to set up the words of the palace, the evidence is naturally handed over to the father, why should I report it to you?"

The crown prince raised his eyes contemptuously, and his eyes turned to Gu Hanqing with a threat: "This crime is already on the way at the moment, if Young Master Gu is willing to tell the truth, the palace will immediately find someone to intercept it, then the young master and the Gu family will be spared." But if not, when the father and emperor see this crime, then the palace wants to protect it, and it can't protect the young master. ”

After the prince finished speaking, he was silent, deliberately leaving Gu Hanqing time to think, but he never thought that as soon as the words fell, Gu Hanqing raised his head and said unhurriedly: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks about Gu so much, how can Gu live up to His Highness's kindness?"

When the prince heard this, his eyes lit up, and the joy on his face overflowed: "Those who know the times are handsome, and I will say that Young Master Gu is a smart person and knows how to give it up." After all, only by giving can you get it. ”

Gu Han snorted lightly, deliberately ignoring the process Jin Zhi's worried eyes, and his gaze was firmly locked on the prince's face.

"These two cases, as His Highness said, were instigated by a certain royal prince and nobleman behind his back. ”

"Oh, then tell the palace, who did it?" The smile on the prince's lips was even worse, and he couldn't wait to lean over and approach Gu Hanqing, "By the way, when the time comes, in front of my father, I will ask the young master to tell the truth as well." ”

"Who this person is, I think His Highness knows it all too well. ”

Gu Hanqing's face tightened his eyebrows solemnly, his eyes remained unmoved, and his mouth smiled like ice.

"Isn't this person your Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"