The atmosphere of the New Year has not yet dispersed, and there is another incident in the city of Kyoto, the fifth lady of the Qi family who recognized her ancestors and returned to her ancestors a few years ago was arrested by officers and soldiers, and she didn't know what happened in the yamen, and she was transferred to the criminal department the next day, and when the news reached the Qi family, the person had already stayed in the prison of the criminal department.

This news undoubtedly made Mrs. Qi's illness worse, no one expected to go out to participate in a Lantern Festival, and in a blink of an eye, she was imprisoned in the Criminal Department, and the reason for the arrest was even more shocking: impersonating the identity of the fifth lady of the Qi family and deceiving the hospital.

In the small pavilion of Qifu Garden, Qi Minshu was pacing back and forth in the house, her expression revealing her nervous emotions.

"How could he be escorted to the Criminal Department, didn't he send someone over to take care of the yamen." Qi Minshu couldn't figure out how things would develop like this, she just wanted to teach Qi Minying a lesson, even if she was taken away by the officers and soldiers, she would be punished a little in the yamen, she had already planned to go to the yamen today to bring people back, and she was suddenly escorted to the criminal department.

"No way!" Qi Minshu settled down, she was going to the Criminal Department to bring people back.

"Seventh sister, where are you going?"

When she walked to the door, she met Qi Minlan, and she stopped Qi Minshu with a smile: "Look at your hurried look, what's wrong?" ”

"I'm going to the Punishment Department now." Qi Minshu didn't want to talk to her more at this time, and brought people back from the criminal department as soon as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary incidents.

"The seventh sister is for the fifth sister." Qi Minlan didn't stop her, she only smiled and pointed out the key to the matter, "The Criminal Department is not a government office, you can go wherever you want, you can bring her back if you want to bring the fifth sister back, and the people who are escorted to the Criminal Department from the government office have official documents, and there are no instructions, I am afraid that I will not even be able to see each other, and it will not be good to have a dispute when the time comes." ”

Qi Minshu is not a stupid person, and she understood immediately: "You know that she was sent to the Criminal Department." ”

Qi Minlan was silent, of course she knew, otherwise what was she coming from Yueyang Wangfu early in the morning, wasn't it just to stop her from going to the Criminal Department.

She also thought about the reaction of jade yesterday, but no matter what her idea was and what arrangements Qi Minying had, she would definitely expose her true identity, the second uncle was not there, her grandmother was sick, and her life could not be saved this time.

"You already knew why she wasn't stopped when she was taken to the Criminal Department!" Qi Minshu scolded with a calm face, she hated Qi Minying, but this had nothing to do with revealing her identity, let alone going to the Criminal Department.

"The seventh sister laughed, think about it, what caused her to be taken from the yamen to the criminal department?" Qi Minlan looked very calm, "It's because the Criminal Department thinks that her identity is untrue and deceived the hospital, but without her confession, how can the Criminal Department be convinced by the words of those people yesterday, let alone become evidence for escorting to the Criminal Department." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"If she doesn't say anything, someone is trying to get rid of her." Qi Minlan paused, as if thinking, "She has been in the Qi family for so long, and her identity is not clear until now, but she is from Yongzhou, and it is not surprising that she has some enemies." ”

"According to you, it doesn't matter what you do?"

"Seventh sister, if we go in a hurry now, how can we explain it when we get to the Criminal Department, we single-handedly arranged for her to be arrested? It's better to wait for grandmothers to call the shots. ”

......

The cells of the Criminal Department were even darker than those in the Yamen, and there was a musty smell everywhere in the cells that had not been seen for many years, and the air was still wet and cold with the corrosive straw.

In the days just after the Lantern Festival, when the snow melts, the cold is pressing, and it is also the time when it is most likely to get sick, there are coughing sounds from time to time in the cell, young and tired, old and weak, and the jailers are a little impatient, scolding a few words, and the coughing sound stops for a while and then rings again.

The cell where Qi Xiangsi was held had a south-facing window, and the afternoon sun shone obliquely, warming half of the walls, and lining this cell was brighter than the others.

"Old man, your disease is not difficult to treat, if you can't get out right now, ask your family to go to the pharmacy to make some pills for you."

Beside the wooden fence between the two cells, Qi Xiangsi checked the pulse of an old man, carefully examined his tongue coating and complexion in the light that was not bright, and Qi Xiangsi dictated a simple prescription and asked him to tell his family and ask them to help him dispense medicine.

"At a young age, I don't know when I will be able to go out, it's just that." The old man was dressed plainly, his clothes were old but clean and tidy, he looked at Qi Xiangsi and smiled, "Little girl, why did you come to such a place." ”

Qi Xiangsi took out the brocade bag that had been hidden for a day and a night from his arms, turned out the preserved fruit inside and handed it to the old man: "Old man, I have committed a big crime. ”

The old man was a little surprised when he saw that she was not in prison at all: "What crime?" ”

"The sin of deceit."

The four words like a catastrophe came out of Qi Xiangsi's mouth, but they were as light as breaking a cup, the crime of bullying the king, and he had to lose his head.

The old man's face could not hide his surprise, and he saw her eating preserved fruits one after another: "Girl, do you know what you are talking about?" ”

Qi Xiangsi nodded, and the old man was silent for a while: "Girl, how could you commit such a big crime?" ”

"Old man, you said that you impersonated someone else's identity and entered the palace on an errand for several years, is this considered a bully?" Qi Xiangsi lowered his head, his fingers wrapped around the rope on the brocade bag, and his voice was very soft, "Count it out, this is also a deception of the saint." ”

The old man had been locked up for several years, and he didn't know what was going on outside, and it was really difficult for him to associate the little girl in front of him with the crime of bullying the king.

"To put it mildly, you are neither harmless nor harmful, and you can be lightly punished." The old man touched his beard and didn't say anything, Qi Xiangsi also understood what he meant, at worst, it was the crime of bullying the king, and if he wanted to cut off his head and sit through the prison, it was all a matter of one sentence.

But that's more than what she wants.

"Old man, how long have you been locked up?"

"It's been six years." The old man's expression also looked very calm.

"Raise some silver taels and you should be able to get out early."

"I'm an old bone, so why waste those money." The old man shook his head and didn't care about the remaining years in prison, skipping his topic, "Girl, what about your family, why don't you see anyone come to see you." ”

Qi Xiang thought about the situation when he discussed it with him at that time: "He may be angry. ”

The old man didn't know who she was talking about: "At this time, the people sent by the Criminal Department to report have all returned. ”

"Them?" A touch of disdain flashed in Qi Xiangsi's eyes, they should be discussing how to clear up the relationship and draw a line between her and the Qi family, so as not to have an irreparable impact on the Qi family after her identity is exposed.

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In the front hall of Qi Mansion, Qi Herui, who hurried back, didn't know much about the ins and outs of the matter, and after entering the door, he asked, "What's the matter, how could Minying be taken away by the people of the Criminal Department." ”

Gu raised his eyes and looked at him silently, Wang glanced at his daughter, turned his gaze to Qi Minlan, skimmed it sharply, and scolded: "When you came back last night, you lied that she had returned to the palace, if you hadn't sent someone from the Criminal Department today, would you still plan to hide it." ”

"Second uncle, we just want to vent our anger for the seventh sister and let the fifth sister stay in the mansion for one night." Qi Minlan pulled Qi Minshu in with a word, how could it be so easy to leave her daughter behind.

"Nonsense, what are you angry about, you have to watch the officers and soldiers take people away!"

"Second uncle, then you don't know what the fifth sister did when she returned home the day before yesterday." Qi Minlan told what happened in the garden, naturally it was indispensable to add oil and vinegar, Qi Minshu was slapped and insulted, I wanted to ask for an explanation, but the maid next to Qi Minying was so good at kung fu, they couldn't do anything about her, "We just want to teach her a lesson at the Lantern Festival, who knew that the officers and soldiers came." ”

Qi Minshu's face was a little unbearable, she glared at Qi Minlan, but the latter didn't see it, and after saying the matter, she lightly weakened her role, the idea was that she was right, but this person was arranged by Qi Minshu, and it was unexpected that the person was taken away by the officers and soldiers in the end, and what happened later was not something they could control.

Wang looked at Qi Minlan, she used the trick of killing people with a knife more neatly than her, how could she not see that she was using her daughter's hand to get rid of Qi Minying. It's just that now is not the time to find out who is right and who is wrong, people are still locked up in the criminal department, and the two crimes of impersonation and deception are the most worrying.

"Third brother, you know a lot of people, let's see if you can find someone to go to the Criminal Department to find out the news, who said these things." Wang's first reaction was that someone wanted to trouble the Qi family, and now that her husband is gone, these things have become very tricky.

"The second brother is not here, and Lord Shang Shurong of the Criminal Department does not have a deep friendship with me." Qi Herui paused, immediately thought of his son-in-law King Yueyang, turned his head to look at Qi Minlan and said, "King Yueyang and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department are familiar with each other, you ask him to do it, see what happened, how he was escorted to the Criminal Department for no reason." ”

"Father, I'm afraid my daughter won't be able to help with this matter, the prince is busy with official business for a while, and he hasn't been home for several days, and now he is not in the city, and the distant water can't save the fire." Qi Minlan directly rejected Qi Herui's proposal, pretending to be concerned, "But I can ask my familiar lady to ask, it will take some time, I'm afraid that the fifth sister can't wait." ”

"Third brother, Yueyang Wangfu is still in charge of Old Lady Ming, and it is indeed a little difficult for Minlan to go." Wang had long expected her to say this, so he whispered a few words to the maid and asked someone to invite the eldest lady over, "I have already sent someone to deliver a letter from your second brother, and I still have to ask Min Hua to come forward in this matter." ”

Qi Minlan's expression froze, a flash of embarrassment, and then reminded softly: "Second uncle, the most important thing at the moment is probably not to find a way to bring the fifth sister back, but how to say the identity of the fifth sister when the criminal department summons her for questioning, and the Qi family can't afford the crime of deceiving the hospital." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, and there was no sound until it was half-loud.

Gu Shi looked at them coldly: "I don't think the Yu Wangfu will give up." 166 Reading Network