Chapter IX: Pursuit

Emperor Yongding's gaze pulled back from Li You's back and fell on Jing'an's body.

"Jing'an ......"

Emperor Yongding's cold voice sounded, and Jing'an was so frightened that her delicate body trembled, "...... The son is here. ”

"How do you explain this?" In the end, it is about the reputation of the royal family, and Emperor Yongding can't do anything to Jing'an, not to mention that she is still his daughter.

Jing'an breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Erchen will cooperate with Dali Temple to investigate the case well, and only ask for the grace of his father."

Empress Shen answered: "This matter is also unexpected by the princess, after all, the princess is young, and it is inevitable that she will not consider many matters carefully, if Your Majesty has to blame, blame the concubine first...... As the princess's mother-in-law, the concubine did not have a good life to teach, which is really the concubine's fault. ”

"I know the hard work of the Queen." Emperor Yongding stretched out his hand to Empress Shen and pulled her up who was kneeling on the ground, "Then Jing'an will think about it in her mansion for three months and be exempted for one year." ”

He said to Jing'an: "Do you have any objections?" ”

"The son is guilty. Thank you for your father's kindness. Jing'an buried her head deep in the ground, her eyes full of timidity. It's really a life of nine deaths just now......

Emperor Yongding pulled Empress Shen past Jing'an, who was kneeling on the ground, and walked towards the door.

"Your Majesty~Down~Return~Palace~!" The shrill voice of the messenger pierced the sky.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Queen Mother!"

When the emperor completely disappeared in front of him, everyone slowly got up. The maid picked up the frightened Princess Jing'an, and flattered her to hold the grievances, "Princess, the slave maid can't figure it out, why is Your Majesty angry at you when the county lord of Zhaoyang is missing!" You didn't let the Assassins tie her up! ”

Princess Jing'an swept away her cold eyes, shook her sleeves, and commanded to the left and right: "Come on, slap your mouth twenty!"

Qian Kang, the Dali Temple Cheng who was standing on the side, didn't seem to see this scene, and said to Princess Jing'an: "Princess, the minister has to carry the corpses of these assassins back to the Yamen of Dali Temple to facilitate the investigation."

Although Jing'an was very impatient, she didn't have any choice, and said cooperatively: "Come on! Send the corpse to Lord Zhou! ”

"The people in the princess's mansion also invited the princess to ......," the people in the princess's mansion, he is a Dali temple, so naturally he doesn't dare to interrogate easily.

"The people of this palace will judge it themselves!" A trace of cruelty crossed Jing'an's eyes, "If it is really the people of my princess's mansion who colluded with the assassins, if you don't worry about it, this palace will not be able to spare him!" ”

"This is very good, and the minister will retire first."

- Jing'an sat on a chair in the courtyard, and the guards and servants knelt on the ground. Behind them were some horrific torture instruments, and the commander of the guards fainted to the ground.

"Butler! If I'm not mistaken, you found this troupe! ”

An older man with some gorgeous hair on his temples kowtowed again and again, "Princess, this troupe is famous far and wide, and the old slave wants to invite them to sing, who would have thought that these ...... are all assassins!"

Jing'an no longer paid attention to the old butler with trembling and gray temples, and let him kneel in the courtyard.

"The head of this troupe has been arrested, and this palace believes that no one will tell lies in Dali Temple! At this time, you are still hard-mouthed, not to tell the truth from this palace, if you come to the door after Dali Temple, hum! At that time, this palace will not be able to protect you......"

Then he glanced meaningfully at the crowd. Except for the theater troupe, those assassins entered the princess's mansion and no one noticed it, and those secret guards were not blind.

Obviously, there is an internal response to this.

"Princess, spare your life!" Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, cried and shouted, "The old slave grew up watching the princess, how could he collude with the assassin of Na Laoshizi!" ”

"Princess, Butler Fu has been loyal to the mansion all these years, and he has taken care of you in every possible way for the princess, and he will never collude with the assassins!" Her nurse also pleaded with her.

Jing'an remembered that since she left the palace to live in another place, everything was taken care of by this housekeeper and the nurse, and she felt a little unbearable in her heart.

In the case of the assassin, although Uncle Fu is the chief butler of the princess's mansion, he cannot escape his responsibility, but isn't His Majesty safe and sound?

She is dignified, and it is relatively easy for Princess Qi to keep someone. What's more, this Uncle Fu is not an internal response.

Because she believes that anyone can be a traitor, but Uncle Fu can't.

But when something happens, someone naturally has to confess their sins.

His Majesty has already determined that there is a thief in the princess's mansion, that is, there is a thief.

"What this palace said is not a deaf ear!" She made up her mind in her heart that the head of the guard was His Majesty's best punching bag, "Butler Fu, settle down Zhao Quan's family." After all, it doesn't hurt the family. ”

"Someone! Send Zhao Quan to the Yamen Fufa. "I had to give an explanation to Emperor Yongding, so I sent the commander of the guards who was beaten and didn't know what night it was.

In the courtyard of the yamen of Dali Temple, the corpses were neatly placed on the ground, and the corpses were carefully examined on the side.

"Your Excellency!" Yi Zuo exclaimed, "My lord, look at ......," and pointed out the similarity of the corpses to Qian Kang - these corpses had a tattoo on the inside of their right hand and upper arm.

"This is ......" Qian Kang's brows relaxed, and his eyes lit up.

"Your Excellency is wise." The boy replied, "Yes, these are plum blossom-style tattoos."

Plum blossom?

Could it be ......

Qian Kang didn't dare or wanted to think about it anymore, so it was better to tell the emperor about this matter as soon as possible.

He hurriedly asked the attendants to change him into official uniforms, and asked him to record the style and specific location of the plum blossoms, so that he could present them to Emperor Yongding.

"Minister, Qian Kang, the secretary of Dali Temple, visited my emperor." Qian Kang prostrate on the ground and respectfully saluted Emperor Yongding on the dragon couch.

Emperor Yongding glanced at Qian Kang slightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Qian Kang silently took out the fold from his bosom and handed it to the inner servant, who then transferred it to Emperor Yongding.

There was silence for a while.

Qian Kang looked at his nose and his nose, and stood in the hall without saying a word, and he could slightly sense that Emperor Yongding's mood was not beautiful.

"Bang dang!" The whole case was overturned by Emperor Yongding, and the folds, inkstones, and pen holders on the case were scattered all over the hall.

The attendants' legs trembled and they all fell to their knees.

Qian Kang's whole body fell to the ground, "Your Majesty is angry!" ”

"Come on, let Zhou Ben come to see me."

One of the chamberlains took the order and left.

Jinyi Wei commanded Zhou Ben, and the three-year-old baby stopped crying when he heard his name.

Everyone in the world doubts that Zhou Ben is only a year old, why is he so ruthless.

What's more, where Zhou Ben passed, there was no grass.

When he was young, Zhou Ben was dressed in a big red woven gold flying fish suit, walked into the hall with a fierce and murderous atmosphere, and knelt on one knee: "Minister, Zhou Ben greets Your Majesty and respectfully invites my emperor Sheng'an."

"Let's all get up."

Qian Kang, who had been kneeling for a long time, endured the discomfort in his knees, reluctantly stood up, and saluted Zhou Ben back.

Emperor Yongding had high hopes for Zhou Ben, "Zhou Ben, I will give you ten days to find out where the Heavenly Demon Alliance is hiding." ”

"Your Majesty, this day the Demon Alliance has disappeared for all these years, and this time it is back in the rivers and lakes, if you want to find the stronghold within ten days, I am afraid it will not be easy." Zhou Ben said: "The minister has a plan, I hope Your Majesty will approve it."

"You are solely responsible for this matter, and you don't need to ask me." Emperor Yongding didn't want to know what the method was, "I don't care about the process, as long as the result!" ”

"No!" Zhou Ben responded, and then hesitated: "However, this matter must be cooperated by Lord Qian."

"The ministers should cooperate with the commanders and share the worries of His Majesty." Qian Kangshun was on the pole and immediately answered.

Emperor Yongding was relieved and rubbed his forehead, what had happened in the past two days made him anxious.

First met the assassins at the family banquet, then Li Yuwei disappeared, and then the Tiansha Alliance reappeared. One by one, he was overwhelmed. He waved his hand a little tiredly, "You all go down." ”

At the same time that Qian Kang and Zhou Ben turned to leave, Emperor Yongding also got up, and Mo Xiang, the chief attendant, reminded on the side: "Your Majesty, it's noon now, and the queen is still waiting for you."

"So she didn't have to wait. Prepare, I'm going to leave the palace. ”

Mo Xiang is also an old man who follows Emperor Yongding, so he naturally knows that the emperor is going to the eldest princess's mansion outside the palace.

He didn't say anything, and asked people to inform the queen that there was no need to wait, and then brought the emperor's regular clothes to Emperor Yongding to change into. "Your Majesty, do you want to inform Lord Wu to ......?"

"No need, as usual, let's just go out."

"It's just...... The traitor bothered Princess Jing'an's mansion. Mo Xiangying hesitated a little, "It's not safe in this Jianye City!" Your Majesty, the minions are worried about ......"

Emperor Yongding's thick eyebrows furrowed, "Okay, let Wu Tao follow behind." ”