Ling Shandao and the Lan family had already rested, but they were half-awake, but they were each woken up by Ling Chang and Cheng, saying that the four princes who were in charge of investigating the case had brought people to arrest people.

To arrest someone? Who to catch? Isn't Ling Yi already under surveillance? Who else in this Ling Mansion can let him arrest?

Ling Shandao was very displeased with Luo Hui's previous actions, Ling Hui married into the Luo family, and the two families were relatives in the end.

But this Luo Hui didn't care about the slightest emotion, and insisted that it was Ling Yi who killed him, not to mention that the evidence was far-fetched, even if someone testified and confessed, should he investigate well before making a decision?

From the time Ji Lao found out that he had died in Teng Shuge, in less than an afternoon, he had convicted Ling Yi without authorization, which made Ling Shandao how could he give him a good face. If it weren't for the **** to get back a game today, I'm afraid Ling Yi would have been guillotined as a real murderer at this time.

In fact, if he knew that Ling Hui had been giving eye drops to this second uncle, he was afraid that everyone would be angry and sick.

Now that **** is here, what happened again? He welcomed **** and others into the house with apprehension, and after hearing the purpose of the latter's visit, he was even more surprised and shocked.

Although he was skeptical about this way of waiting for the rabbit, Ling Shandao still took the family and the **** people to wait in the backyard of Ruomeng Pavilion, but he didn't expect that this wait would really wait for the person who threw himself into the net.

The ghost slave had just put down the burlap bag containing the soil, and before he could sprinkle the soil around, he was overwhelmed by the sudden lighting of torches all over the courtyard, and he was stunned for a few moments before he reacted that he should flee first.

Guarding the roof of the house, where is it so easy to let him go. When the ghost slave just jumped up, he held a wooden stick as a stick on his head, and the ghost slave was dizzy and couldn't stand steadily. He rolled straight off the roof and couldn't move when he hit the ground with a bang.

Hurriedly ordered someone to step forward: "Quickly arrest him, this is an important suspect, bring him back to the yamen, and the official will interrogate him well." ”

Ling Shandao helped the Lan clan forward and asked, "Fourth Highness, is this person a murderer?" So we can get rid of suspicion? ”

Lan's brows were twisted into a line: "How can Fusheng kill people, the flowers and plants in this yard." They were all collected a few years ago, and most of them can be used medicinally, and if it is because of this, we will be suspected of surviving. The surviving are really not convinced.

Please Fourth Highness must seek justice for Fusheng, this child, how much he has suffered over the years, I thought everything would be smooth after getting married. But I didn't expect it to be full of traps. This is someone who has been struggling with Fusheng. ”

immediately smiled and comforted the two: "Uncle Ling, old lady, don't worry, I will interrogate this murderer when he is caught, and I will definitely be able to find out who the real murderer is, and when the time comes, I will definitely give Ling Yatou and the two of them justice." ”

"It's best to find out the real culprit, so that he won't be able to find trouble with us in the future." Lan took ****'s hand and asked.

Ling Shandao stared at the ghost slave. He had never seen this man, so he said, "This man looks like he does things for others." If you ask the mastermind behind him, please ask the Fourth Highness to tell me as soon as possible, and I must find out who is trying to frame Fusheng. ”

I knew who it was in my heart, but it was not good to tell the truth in front of the old man, so I could only nod my head and say yes, and after saying goodbye to the Lan family and Ling Shandao, I ordered someone to take the ghost slave back to the office, and I quickly went back to the palace.

At the same time, in the Hou Mansion, Gong Er was also arrested by Luo Hui himself.

Of course, Lu Xiaotian still did his own trick at this time, pretending to be Princess Haining's personal maid to report the news, and let Princess Haining ask His Royal Highness Qi Run for help.

After Gong Chengyan knew the news, he was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and it would be easy to solve Gong Er being caught, but what if Gong Er shook himself out before then, or something about himself, what would it be?

It seems that you still have to go to the palace first. Just do it, Gong Chengyan immediately asked people to prepare a sedan chair to enter the palace.

Emperor Qinglong was talking to Fuquan in the imperial study about the killing of the two ancestors of the palace family, and heard the little eunuch report that Gong Chengyan was asking to see him outside.

"What is he doing at this time?" Emperor Qinglong was suspicious in his heart, but he still allowed Gong Chengyan to meet him.

After Gong Chengyan saw Emperor Qinglong, after saluting in a proper manner, he observed the latter's face, looking at that look, it seemed that he didn't know anything, so he let go of half of the worries in his heart, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen asked to see the emperor late at night, not for anything else, just for the murder of the two elders of my palace family——"

Emperor Qinglong said impatiently: "This matter has been handed over to the Fourth Highness to investigate, I can understand the anxiety in Aiqing's heart, but the time limit has not yet arrived, Aiqing is now hurriedly running to ask me, but the ability of the Fourth Highness is questioned?" ”

Gong Chengyan was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and denied it: "The emperor atoned for his sins, Wechen didn't mean this, His Royal Highness was smart and intelligent, Wechen just felt that this incident was an opportunity-"

He looked at Emperor Qinglong again and again, as if there was something unspeakable.

Emperor Qinglong gave Fuquan a look, and the latter understood, and immediately retreated and sent out the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting on both sides.

When Fuquan returned to Emperor Qinglong, Gong Chengyan whispered: "I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know that the biggest suspect in this incident is Ling Yi, the daughter of the Ling family, that is, the eldest lady of the Ling family who is married to a dog. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Emperor Qinglong looked puzzled, he hadn't heard of such a thing in the early dynasty, could there be anything he didn't know?!

Gong Chengyan was secretly happy in his heart, it seemed that Emperor Qinglong really didn't know, so he immediately told Emperor Qinglong about the dispute between Ji Lao and Ling Yi before he died, as well as a series of things such as the garden behind Ruomeng Pavilion was full of poisonous plants, and even the tooth plants were found in the garden.

After listening to this, Emperor Qinglong looked at Fuquan and said, "Has the Fourth Highness ever talked about these things?" ”

Fuquan shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, I'm afraid it's because His Royal Highness doesn't believe in those superficial evidence, after all, it is indeed doubtful that there are so many flaws left." ”

Emperor Qinglong also felt that it made sense, and asked Gong Chengyan and said, "You tell me these things." What exactly do you want to say? ”

There are no outsiders in the hall, and Gong Chengyan is no longer hiding, he knows what Emperor Qinglong really wants. Then he said: "Your Majesty, judging from the evidence currently in Jing Zhaoyin's possession, there is no doubt that the Ling family is the most suspicious, if the case is decided now, won't your long-term wish, Your Majesty, be fulfilled." ”

Emperor Qinglong's eyes darkened, of course he knew what Gong Chengyan meant. It's just that there is really evidence in this matter that can prove that it has something to do with the Ling family? If it is true, the case can be decided like this, and the Ling family will not be able to escape responsibility. He can also use the excuse of finding justice for the Gong family to give the Ling family a crime of joint sitting.

When the time comes, won't the big trouble in my heart for many years be solved?

Gong Chengyan saw that Emperor Qinglong was moved, and his heart became more and more happy, and he continued: "Your Majesty. At present, Jing Zhaoyin has not made those clues public. As long as the Fourth Highness announces these clues in front of everyone in the court tomorrow, everyone will be shocked by the speed with which the Fourth Highness solved the case.

These clues are all true, but Wei Chen thought that it must have been discovered before the Ling family had time to clean up the scene, which left so much evidence, which is also the spirit of the two ancestors in the sky. That's why they left so much evidence for us to discover.

If it was really wrongfully framed, there were so many families in this palace. Why don't you frame the Bai family, the Zhang family, and the Luo family? Why does he have more things to do in the Ling family?

Weichen thought that this incident must be the Ling family's madness, and he was caught by Ji Lao and had an ambiguous relationship with Weichen's youngest son, so he poisoned Ji Lao to death in anger.

was discovered by the elder of the elder of the river, so he killed the elder again. Wei Chen heard Lord Jing Zhao Yin Luo say that last night, he first found the Luo Tooth plant in the Ling family's garden before going to the Hou Mansion to question, but he just happened to bump into the corpse of the old man lying in the front yard of the Hou Mansion.

If it weren't for the coincidence that he went, I'm afraid that the corpse of the old man would not know where it was at this time. The emperor, the death of the two elders is unclear with the Ling family everywhere, and he wants Weichen to believe that it was not the Ling family's doing, and Weichen would rather take off this official hat. ”

Emperor Qinglong listened quietly, because he hadn't heard of these words from **** or Jing Zhaoyin just now. If he had known about these things in the morning, he would have ordered the Ling clan to be arrested first.

Gong Chengyan seemed to know what he was thinking in his heart, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness is a person who values love and righteousness, and has always been very good to the Ling family and the Ling family, and the reason why the Fourth Highness is in a hurry to investigate this case this time is probably to prove the innocence of the Ling family and the Ling family."

But the facts are in front of you, all the evidence points to the Ling family, what else is there to investigate? The further back you check, the closer you get to the truth, isn't the Fourth Highness more distressed.

If he knew that the family he trusted so much was the real culprit he was looking for, then how could His Royal Highness be embarrassed - the emperor, Weichen implored the emperor to personally decide the case, and ordered Jing Zhaoyin to present all the evidence and convict the Ling family and the Ling family. ”

Emperor Qinglong was completely lost in thought, he was thinking about Gong Chengyan's words, in fact, he also knew that Gong Chengyan's words were some true and some false, but the key was that he would rather believe those words that were confusing between truth and falsehood, because at this time, he lacked such an opportunity.

"Your Majesty, the Third Highness is asking to see you outside." Fuquan whispered in Emperor Qinglong's ear.

Emperor Qinglong frowned slightly, "What is he doing at this time, let him go back, I can't be empty." ”

Fuquan was a little embarrassed: "The Third Highness said that there is something important to report to the emperor, if you don't say it tonight, I'm afraid it will be too late." ”

"What's important?" Emperor Qinglong was silent for a moment, and then looked at Gong Chengyan, he felt in his heart that although what the latter said was in line with his own wishes, he also had to think about it carefully, so he said: "Aiqing retreat first, I understand what you mean." ”

did not give a clear answer, Gong Chengyan was unwilling, and wanted to persuade again: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten before, let the Ling family escape so many times, their arrogance is now so arrogant that they don't take the emperor in their eyes, even if the emperor is merciful, you can't indulge them too much, they won't repay their kindness." ”

"That's enough—I already know about it, so stand down." Emperor Qinglong was most tired of others questioning his decision, and Gong Chengyan had obviously touched his scales.

Gong Chengyan had no choice but to bow respectfully and retreat, and after he left, Qi Hua walked into the imperial study with a wind under his feet.

"Erchen see his father-" Qi Hua first saluted, and then without waiting for Emperor Qinglong to ask, he took the initiative to talk about the purpose of coming so late: "Father, Erchen accidentally learned of an important matter, this matter is related to the fourth brother, and the son-in-law is worried about the fourth brother, so he hurried to report to his father." ”

Emperor Qinglong's heart tightened, and he asked urgently, "What happened to the Fourth Highness?" ”

Qi Hua sighed, and then he said: "Erchen knows that the fourth brother made a statement in the court today, saying that the murderer will be caught within half a month. The fourth brother is upright, but the murderer will not really be arrested.

Erchen heard from elsewhere that the biggest suspect this time was the Ling family, and Erchen was also afraid, what if those people assassinated the fourth brother?

In fact, Erchen came out of the eldest brother just now, and he overheard a few words from the eldest brother, which made Erchen very worried about the fourth brother. ”

"Your Highness? What did you hear from him? Emperor Qinglong asked with a calm face.

Qi Hua saw that Emperor Qinglong's face was already extremely bad, and he was secretly glad in his heart, and continued to worry on his face: "Erchen went to the eldest brother's dormitory just now, and found that the eldest brother was standing outside the palace and looking around, looking like he was waiting for something.

Erchen was also curious and asked, but he didn't expect the eldest brother to be angry immediately, and angrily shouted at Erchen to let me leave quickly, saying that he didn't want to see Erchen.

I was very sad in my heart, I didn't leave the palace of the eldest brother, I stood outside the palace, and then I overheard the eunuchs in the palace talking, saying that the eldest brother had been waiting for the carrier pigeon, but I didn't wait, and my heart was anxious and annoyed.

Erchen didn't know what carrier pigeon was at that time, thinking that the eldest brother was waiting for some news, but he also understood him, I am afraid that he was anxious after waiting for a long time, so Erchen was angry, Erchen understood the eldest brother, on the way back, he happened to meet the fourth brother, and the two said a few words.

The fourth brother is a chatter, and the emperor also knows, so he talked about the fact that he caught a carrier pigeon, and said that there was a new direction to solve the case, I felt bad when I heard it, but I didn't dare to tell the fourth brother in my heart, and I couldn't sleep, so I came to report to my father.

If the father thinks that the son is troublesome, then the son has not said it, and asks the father to forgive the son for disturbing late at night. ”

Emperor Qinglong's face was extremely ugly, if it was said that before Qi Hua came, he was still suspicious of the two of them, but now, he ******** suspicious of Qi Run, it seems that Qi Run must be involved in the matter of the palace family.

"Who else have you told me about this?" He asked Qi Huadao.

Qi Hua hurriedly shook his head: "Erchen was scared in his heart, and he was worried that he was thinking too much, so no one said anything, only his father knew." ”

Emperor Qinglong waved his hand, "Okay, you step back first, don't tell anyone about this matter in the future, if I find out, I will be the first to spare you." ”

"Erchen doesn't dare, Erchen must keep it secret." Qi Hua hurriedly swore.

After he left, Emperor Qinglong was full of suspicion and asked Fuquan: "Let Jin Wei go to find out the ins and outs of this matter, I want to see which minister of the DPRK and China Qi Run has colluded with." ”

At this time, he could already judge that this matter must not be the Ling family's doing.

Fuquan was worried: "Is that the Feather Birch Hall also sending a few more Jin Wei?" If His Highness knew that the carrier pigeon had been intercepted, would he be disadvantageous to His Highness? ”

This possibility is not impossible, when **** first entered the palace, a Qi Run, a Qi Hua, and even a queen mother, all of them had knives behind their backs.

Emperor Qinglong nodded in agreement: "Let Jin Wei protect His Royal Highness well, and go to the Jingzhao Yin Office tonight to find out who the murderer outside the palace is." ”

Fuquan should be, hurry down and arrange.

Jin Wei's efficiency was already high, and within an hour, he got all the news from Luo Hui, and immediately returned to the palace to report to Emperor Qinglong, and the latter knew that behind this matter, it was Gong Chengyan who was the most suspicious.

"This Gong Chengyan and Ling Shandao, although they have been friends for many years, but for some reason, the two are now like world enemies, and it is not impossible for Gong Chengyan to use this to get rid of Ling Shandao." Fuquan listened to it and analyzed it seriously.

Emperor Qinglong's face was pale: "I don't care if he wants to frame the Ling family or not, what I care about is that he has already formed a party with His Royal Highness." ”

Gong Chengyan has always chosen to stand on the side of Emperor Qinglong, that is to say, on the side of ****, but now? He had already colluded with Qi Run, and as long as Emperor Qinglong thought of the latter's face, he wanted to cut him with a thousand knives immediately. (To be continued.) )