Successively learned the truth of the incident from Gong Chengyan and the Third Highness Qi Hua, Emperor Qinglong couldn't sleep all night when he was angry, although Fuquan persuaded him more than once to take care of the dragon body to rest first, but Emperor Qinglong still did it in the imperial study for more than an hour, waiting for Jin Wei to bring news back to him.

When the fourth watch was approaching, Jin Wei finally returned, and the news he brought back also made Emperor Qinglong more and more resentful.

Qi |Mo has caught the murderer, and after a night of interrogation, although the four people who were arrested all gritted their teeth, there is no doubt that this incident must have been committed by Gong Chengyan and Qi Run.

If it was just Gong Chengyan who wanted to frame the Ling family first, then Emperor Qinglong could still turn a blind eye, solve the Ling family first, and then slowly deal with the surnamed Gong in the future, but now the situation is very different, Gong Chengyan has already chosen the camp, and he is now the one who stands on Qi Run's side, in other words, he is secretly against Emperor Qinglong.

At this point, Emperor Qinglong was furious, and he even wanted to immediately put Gong Chengyan in the prison and behead him tomorrow.

"Dare to play tricks behind my back, his palace Chengyan is getting better and better now." Emperor Qinglong sneered angrily.

Fuquan nodded in agreement: "Last year, when he opened the mine privately, the old slave felt strange at the time, but the evidence was insufficient, and now it seems that he had already colluded with Princess Haining at that time, planning to betray the emperor." ”

Emperor Qinglong slammed the table angrily: "This traitor, if it weren't for the fact that he was still useful, I would definitely be connected to his nine clans." It's not enough to let him die 10,000 times-ahem-"

Fuquan hurriedly patted him on the back and comforted: "The emperor is angry." You have to take care of the dragon body first, and as for the rest, wait until tonight. Let's decide tomorrow morning, it's not early, you better hurry up and rest, and when you go to court, the old slave will call you up. ”

Emperor Qinglong sighed, but he still stood up with Fuquan: "I can't sleep well, I have to think of a way." The Ling clan wants to get rid of it, but now it seems that Gong Chengyan won't stay long. ”

Fuquan consciously didn't say much. Let people light lanterns in front of them and help Emperor Qinglong to the dormitory.

*

Princess Haining changed into a night dress and quietly left the palace and went to the yamen of the public office.

Maybe I didn't expect someone to go and return, but in short, the guards outside the yamen were very lax. Princess Haining almost effortlessly found the place where the ghost slave and the others were imprisoned.

There was a dead silence in the prison. The ghost slave was still chained, and the other three all fainted from the pain from the torture.

When Princess Haining just arrived, the ghost slave woke up, but it was too dark in the cell for him to see who was coming, so he could only ask sharply: "Who is sneaky there, come out for me." ”

"What are you yelling about?" Princess Haining took off her scarf angrily and said angrily: "Just such a broken cage also trapped you?" You're really getting more and more useful. ”

The ghost slave couldn't hear that this was ironic, but he was even more surprised why the princess had come here. Immediately knelt down and said: "The princess atons for her sins, her subordinates are useless." Qi |The Ink Belt Man is ambushing there, and his subordinates are not paying attention—"

"When have you paid attention, since you came to Northern Qin, you have disappointed me again and again, and you have long wanted to betray my master." Princess Haining had a look of disgust in her eyes.

The ghost slave was shocked, and said in a panic: "Princess, your subordinates will never dare to betray you, these three people are also supervised by subordinates so they didn't tell the truth, they don't know that this matter is you-"

Princess Haining's face turned cold, and she said sharply: "This matter has nothing to do with me. ”

"Yes, yes - the subordinate said the wrong thing, this matter has nothing to do with the princess, Qi||Mo and Luo Hui didn't know the truth, no one knew, the princess was assured, her subordinates would watch the three of them to the death, and they would not let them betray their master. ”

The ghost slave sincerely expressed his determination, as if he was afraid that Princess Haining would not believe it, and he swore an oath: "If the princess does not believe in her subordinates, her subordinates can make their will clear with death, and their subordinates will be loyal to the princess, and will never betray the princess, let alone let people hurt the princess." ”

After he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly darkened, exuding a vicious cold light, and although the iron chain was not long, it was enough for him to move around every corner of the cell.

The ghost slave came to Gong Er, who frowned in pain, and was suffering in his sleep.

"Since it's death anyway, why don't I let you die happily." He stretched out his withered palm, like a ghost's claw, and slammed his grip on Miyaji's neck, his nails digging deep into the flesh.

Gong Er was already beaten with severe pain and weakness, and he was choked by his neck in his sleep, and he had no ability to resist at all, and it didn't take long for people to gradually stop struggling, and the place on his neck that was scratched by your ghost slave's nails shed a piece of black blood.

The corners of Princess Haining's mouth sneered, yes, that's it, kill them, kill them all, and-

She smiled and watched the ghost slave kill the three people in the cell one after another, without even making much noise, and finally said happily: "Seeing you like this, I am also relieved, these I am a little too sensitive, but you have all been arrested, if Emperor Qinglong knows about this, then we will all not survive tomorrow."

I know that you are the only one who is sincere to me, and the people around me have left me one by one, and in the end only you are left, you must be good. ”

The ghost slave walked to the prison door excitedly, grabbed the prison door with both hands unwillingly and said: "Don't worry, princess, your subordinates will definitely find a chance to escape, and your subordinates will not leave the princess, and they will not die." ”

"I know, I know your heart." Princess Haining comfortingly stroked the dry straw-like hair on his head, "It's just that I can't wait that long, I want you to come out tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" The ghost slave paused, and immediately nodded: "Tomorrow will be tomorrow, tomorrow even if his subordinates give him this life, he will definitely escape and return to the princess." ”

A sinister smile flashed in Princess Haining's eyes, and she took out a bottle of medicine from her sleeve, "This is the fake death medicine I brought from Ningguo." You have eaten, and tomorrow they will see that you are all dead, and they will think that we have killed our mouths. They won't be carefully checked, the potion lasts for half an hour, and when they carry your body out, you'll be free. ”

The ghost slave hesitated for a moment before taking the medicine bottle without hesitation, "Princess, my subordinates have followed you since childhood." In the hearts of subordinates, there has always been only you, the princess, for the princess. Even if the subordinates die, they will not hesitate to do so. ”

He resolutely uncorked the bottle and drank all the potions inside, but there was some sadness in his eyes. There is also reluctance. "Princess, please leave quickly, it will not be good if you are discovered.

If your subordinates can escape tomorrow, they will continue to serve the princess in the future, and you will be at your disposal, beating, scolding, and calling, as long as you please. ”

Princess Haining suddenly felt that her nose was a little sour. She immediately took a step back, her face no longer soft. said coldly: "I'll talk about it when you come out tomorrow." Then he turned and disappeared at the end of the cell without looking back.

The ghost slave slipped to the ground weakly, feeling a dull pain in his chest, and after a while, his mouth began to vomit blood. He watched in the direction that Princess Haining had left, and the hand that clung to his chest hung down weakly.

Luo Hui, who didn't sleep well for two nights, was finally able to sleep peacefully after the murderer was caught, and he was relieved to hand over the four murderers to the prison head for interrogation, and he slept like a dead pig.

Luo Hui couldn't open his eyes sleepily, yawning one after another, so that the maid couldn't dress and clean up for him, and he didn't get it done well for a long time, he said angrily: "What to eat, this little thing can't be done, don't enter my house tomorrow." ”

The maid knelt down in panic and was asking for mercy, but they heard each other's "Master, something is wrong", and when they looked again, it was indeed Luo Hui's personal entourage who rushed in.

Luo Hui was so frightened by him that his brain was agitated, and he instantly fell asleep, and exclaimed, "What's wrong?" Could it be that the murderer ran away? ”

The entourage clapped his hands and stomped his feet in a hurry, "Where is it to run, four people, after being interrogated last night, they are still in prison, but early in the morning, the head of the cell went to look, but found that all four of them were dead, the dead were stiff, and all four of them died of poisoning." ”

"What?!" Luo Hui stumbled and was about to fall to the ground, but the maids hurriedly supported him.

"How so? If you are told to watch people well, why did they all kill people in one night? That's how I raised you? Luo Hui roared angrily.

The attendant trembled with fright, and carefully explained: "This--I really can't complain about it, I heard that three people were killed by another person, and the person who killed the person actually committed suicide himself?!" ”

"Suicide-how can he be allowed to commit suicide-" Luo Huiqi's blood kept rushing to the top of his head, and he put on his clothes and walked out: "Hurry up and go to the prison to see if you can still be saved." ”

The entourage originally wanted to say that several people were poisoned and died almost instantly, where was there a way to save the life, but he didn't have the courage, so he could only follow Luo Hui silently.

And after going to the cell to confirm in person, Luo Hui hugged his head as if a catastrophe was coming, and he didn't know what to do.

He originally planned to play to the emperor today, saying that he had caught the murderer, but now that everyone is dead, he hasn't asked anything, even if he knows who is the real mastermind behind the scenes, what is the use of no evidence?!

"Master, this day-" The attendant pointed to the already lit sky, usually at this time, the ministers had already entered the Xuanwu Palace.

Luo Hui instantly had the illusion that his life was short, and he couldn't care about those dead people for the time being, so he hurriedly drove into the palace.

Emperor Qinglong also got up late today, and when he arrived, he saw that the ministers had not yet entered, saying that the emperor had just gotten up, and this hanging heart was put down.

"Yo-Lord Luo was forcibly pulled up from the bed, why is he so untidy, let the emperor see this important matter, wouldn't he want to cure Lord Luo for a crime of inconsistency of etiquette." Gong Chengyan looked at Luo Hui with a smile.

Luo Hui smiled awkwardly and cautiously moved to the other side to tidy up his clothes.

"Hey, are you ready for your father?" Qi |Mo didn't know when he appeared in front of him, so frightened that Luo Hui's hand holding the official hat shook, and the hat fell to the ground with a bang.

Luo Hui picked up his hat and put it back on his head in a panic, his face was more ugly than crying: "Your Royal Highness, please forgive your official for the death penalty, when I got up this morning, those four people were all killed." ”

Qi |Mo's face suddenly became gloomy, and he grabbed Luo Hui's shoulder and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Luo Hui cried and said with a pitiful face: "It's really no wonder that this matter is inferior, it was the four of them who ate dog and killed each other, and it was the one who killed the other three with good skills, and then committed suicide himself." I secretly added in my heart, this person is going to commit suicide, where can he control it.

Qi |Mo's face was ugly, and he frowned and pondered.

Luo Hui asked, "Your Royal Highness, how will the lower officials explain to the emperor later?" "Now the two of them are also grasshoppers on a rope, Qi||Mo shouldn't use himself as a backing at this time, it's not good for anyone to die and the net is broken.

Qi |Mo glanced coldly at Qi Run, who was standing in front, before he said, "You don't have to play this matter to your father for the time being, I will explain it." ”

Of course, this is the best, the stone in Luo Hui's heart finally fell, and he gave his hand again and again: "Everything is under the orders of the Fourth Highness." ”

Emperor Qinglong slept too late last night, so that when he got up, it was already past the time of the early dynasty, but he was the emperor, even if it was late, who would dare to say half a word.

"The emperor has arrived-" With the shout of the master of ceremonies, Emperor Qinglong was helped by Fuquan to sit on the dragon chair with a tired face.

The ministers shouted three times, and then began to report on all kinds of things in this state and that province.

Emperor Qinglong listened to it boringly, and the people below also said that the heart was weak, everyone could see that the emperor was in a bad mood today, and the tranquility before the storm made everyone avoid the important and light, for fear that a bad one would provoke the emperor's anger.

Everyone said about it, and after the master of ceremonies repeatedly asked, 'Is there a play?', Qi ||Mo finally stood up, "Erchen has a performance, my father handed over the murder case of the palace family to Erchen yesterday, and Erchen has already made a major gain yesterday."

We set up a net in the Ling Mansion and the Hou Mansion, respectively arrested the two murderers of Ji Lao and Chang Lao, and brought them back to the Yamen for interrogation overnight, and all four of them confessed their crimes, and were full of remorse, and had committed suicide last night. ”

Suicide in fear of sin?! As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court, and everyone was waiting for this matterMo's ability to deal with it, but it's only been a day, and he actually said that the murderer has been arrested and committed suicide?

Isn't it true that he said everything, and that only he knows the truth?!

At this time, there were already ministers who stood up dissatisfiedly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is confusing from front to back, it's only been a day's work, and His Royal Highness has actually said that the murderer has been captured, if this is the case, Weichen is throwing himself to the ground for the five bodies admired by His Royal Highness, but this suicide is fearful?!" Please forgive Weichen for believing it. ”

Qi |Mo Leng looked at the minister who stood up and said, "What is it hard for Lord Yan to believe? Since ancient times, there have been countless people who have committed suicide in fear of sin, do you have to interrogate each one carefully to see if the murderer has really repented? Or is there someone who kills people? Or does Lord Yan think this is this this palace nonsense? ”

"The lower officials don't dare to have such a meaning, Fourth Highness, don't misunderstand the lower officials, I'm just talking about the matter and expressing the doubts in my heart." Yan Qing said neither salty nor light.

"Okay, since we want to calculate, then let's figure it out.

Bengong remembered that Lord Yan also had a murder in the house last year, as if the family killed a girl by mistake, what happened to the murderer in the end? The palace had just entered the palace at that time, and I couldn't remember it clearly when I was busy all day, it seems that the murderer committed suicide in fear of crime?

In fact, Bengong also believed that the murderer committed suicide in fear of crime, but - Lord Yan reminded Bengong just now. I remember that at that time, the murderer died in prison before he was arraigned, and the lack of evidence for his death is indeed quite suspicious, is there another real murderer? Ling Lang seems to have married the fourth aunt this year, right? (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm really going to cry stupidly by myself, and now I see that yesterday's two chapters didn't even ??!! What bad news is this for a child like me, crying to death!!