Princess Haining waited in the house for the ghost slave to bring her good news, but she didn't wait for the ghost slave, but her own maid.

The maid rushed into the house with a frightened face, and her movements were so sudden that Princess Haining almost jumped up from her seat.

"Bastard thing, what are you doing in a panic, looking for death." Princess Haining scolded angrily.

The maid knelt down in horror and said, "Madam, something has happened, just now our people came back to report that it was—it said—" She was too frightened to continue, but she was trembling on the ground in fear.

Princess Haining sat up straight and asked angrily, "What happened?" ”

"Said - the murderer has been caught, in the Ling Mansion and the Hou Mansion, a total of two people have been arrested. The maid heard the description of the person who came back, it seemed that the person arrested by the Ling Mansion was the ghost slave next to the princess, but as for the one caught in the Hou Mansion, it was Teng Shuge's palace second. The maid said tremblingly.

Princess Haining's face froze, her expression instantly stiffened as ugly as a dried corpse, and after half a sound, her eyes turned and she said, "Are you sure?" People have already been arrested? ”

The maid nodded affirmatively: "The person can't help but be arrested, and the maid heard that both of them were taken to the yamen and were severely punished, and it seems—it seems that they have said everything." ”

"He dare-" Princess Haining roared angrily, Gong Er didn't dare to guarantee it, but it was impossible for a ghost slave to betray her.

The maid became more and more sure, "The maid heard that he recruited the most, and listening to that tone, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with the princess, and said that the princess did not treat him as a human being, and beat and scolded him at will." He couldn't bear it anymore for a long time, and today he was caught, and he simply broke the net. All of them were recruited. ”

Princess Haining was angry and incredulous, and muttered sluggishly: "Impossible, no, how dare he, a cheap slave, how- no, he has long been dissatisfied with me." I'm beating and scolding him for impermanence, this cheap slave, this is going to kill me. ”

She affirmed and denied for a while. But he has no idea more and more in his heart, he just smashed the ghost slave with a cup, is he really ——?

"Princess, although the second palace is the master's person. But it's also unreliable. I heard that it was also recruited, and the most important thing at the moment is not to consider whether those two people betrayed us, but to quickly notify His Highness and let His Highness come forward to solve this matter.

His Royal Highness is involved in this matter, and once the matter is revealed, he will not escape his involvement, and His Highness will not let us go. ”

As the so-called authorities, the bystanders are clear. Princess Haining was reminded like this, and she felt that what the maid said was very right. "Get me pen and paper." She said urgently.

The maid immediately went to get the pen and paper, and while grinding the ink for Princess Haining, she said: "The maid has already told the master, and the lord also means to let His Royal Highness come forward to help solve the problem, at this time, there is no suitable person to enter the palace to deliver the news, and the master said that he can only let the carrier pigeon send the letter." ”

Princess Haining nodded in agreement, wrapped the written strip of cloth into a column, waited for the maid to come in with the carrier pigeon, personally tied the strip of cloth to the pigeon's leg, and then let the maid take it out and put it.

The maid walked out with a smile and a smile in her arms, walked to the middle of the yard, and whispered to the carrier pigeon: "Pigeon, pigeon, you have to know the way, don't go to the wrong place, don't fly too fast, the night is dark, don't be caught." ”

With that, she threw the pigeon into the air with both hands. Glancing back into the room, an inexplicable smile flashed in his eyes.

The night was as cold as water, Emperor Qinglong looked at the dark and dreary sky, and said to Qi Mo next to him very suspiciously: "What do you want me to wait for here?" ”

Qi Mo said with a smile: "Father is waiting, it will come soon, the child has gained a lot today, and has found a lot of clues, and the most important one will appear soon——"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fuquan, who had been staring at the sky with his eyes that had not dared to blink, suddenly said in surprise: "Your Majesty, there is, you see that there is a bird flying by in the sky." ”

No wonder he made such a fuss, because after waiting for more than half an hour, this bird was the only thing that appeared in the sky that could be called strange.

Qi Mo was even more excited, and immediately let the archers who had been preparing for a long time release their arrows.

The long arrow was shot out with a swish, because it was so dark that several arrows had not yet hit the bird in the air, seeing that the bird had flown over his head, Qi Mo hurriedly snatched the bow and arrow, bent the bow and charged the arrow, a series of actions were completed in one go, and the arrow from the string was also shot into the air.

"Coo-coo-" Several screams of carrier pigeons sounded in the sky, and after Emperor Qinglong saw the carrier pigeon falling, he hurriedly ordered the eunuch to pick it up.

The eunuch quickly went and returned, carrying a carrier pigeon that was not dead and struggling slightly: "Your Majesty, it's a carrier pigeon." ”

Emperor Qinglong's face was displeased: "I am not blind, I can see that this is a carrier pigeon, hurry up and see what is tied to the pigeon's feet." ”

The little eunuch panicked, took off the strip of cloth tied to the pigeon and presented it to Emperor Qinglong.

Emperor Qinglong opened the strip of cloth and looked at it for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and finally he squeezed the strip of cloth tightly and said coldly: "Go back to the palace." ”

Fuquan immediately shouted, "Get up and return to the palace", and the eunuchs and palace maids not far away immediately followed in small steps.

Qi Mo walked beside Emperor Qinglong and kept asking, "Father, what is written on it?" Erchen found out that the murderer still had accomplices in the palace, so he planned to let the murderer deliver a letter to his accomplice in the palace, but Erchen didn't know who this accomplice was, father, you should show Erchen. ”

He stretched out his hand and tried to snatch the strip of cloth from Emperor Qinglong's hand, but Emperor Qinglong hid the strip of cloth in his sleeve and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will deal with it." ”

Qi Mo immediately stopped obeying, and shouted loudly in a hurry: "How can my father be like this, my son can easily find some clues, and now that the truth is in front of me, why did my father suddenly let my son stop."

If it were at another time, the son would not have disobeyed his father so much, but you also know that the son of the minister in front of all the ministers in the court has let go, and he is bound to solve the two murders of the palace.

Losing face is a small matter, but it can make those ministers who have expectations for their sons and daughters lose hope. Let the imperial grandmother look down on her sons more and more, is this the original intention of the father? ”

Emperor Qinglong suddenly stopped, staring ahead with a gloomy face. seemed to be thinking about Qi Mo's words.

"Father—what the hell is written on it?" Qi Mo took the opportunity to continue to ask.

Emperor Qinglong suddenly let out a long sigh and said lightly: "Go to the imperial study." ”

Qi Mo was overjoyed, and went to the imperial study, it must be to discuss this case with himself, and the group went to the imperial study, and no one knew what happened in this corner of the palace. Because no one knew that a carrier pigeon would fly into the palace to report the news.

After Emperor Qinglong returned to the imperial study, except for Fuquan and Fuyuan, everyone else asked him to be sent out. Qi Mole stood beside him, waiting to see the news on the strip of cloth.

"I have my own opinions on this matter, just if you have seen it, you should not know it." Emperor Qinglong was a little helpless. took out the strip of cloth and handed it to Qi Mo.

Qi Moji nodded as if pecking rice: "Father, don't worry." Erchen won't talk nonsense, Erchen just wants to know who he caught. He opened the strip of cloth.

After looking at it for a while, he frowned and said: "'The plan has failed, please support', just these few words?" Gone? He didn't believe in evil, so he looked back and forth between the front and back of the strip of cloth, rubbing and rubbing, as if he could find more clues in this way.

Emperor Qinglong said with a calm face: "Do you think this is just an ordinary sentence? This letter was sent to the palace, so it must have something to do with the people in the palace. This also indirectly shows that there is a conspiracy hidden in this matter, and the person behind the scenes. It must also be a person with status and status in the palace. ”

Qi Mo said in a daze: "Erchen is not as wise as his father, and his father must already have someone who doubts in his heart." ”

Emperor Qinglong pondered for a moment and said, "You retreat first, I have to think about this matter, as for the people who commit murder outside the palace, how to deal with it." ”

Qi Mo was very unwilling, "The minister will retire first, and the father and emperor should rest early, don't be tired of the dragon body." ”

Walking out of the imperial study, the unwillingness on Qi Mo's face was swept away, but he walked out with a smile and a smile, but he did not go back to the Yuhua Palace, but went to the Zhiyan Palace, that is, the palace of Qi Hua under the Third Highness.

Qi Hua had already rested, but when he heard that Qi Mo was coming, he was curious about what he was looking for him now, so he got up again to see Qi Mo

"I've seen the third brother, and it's really sad for me to come to disturb the third brother's good sleep so late, but if I don't tell the third brother one thing, I feel uneasy." After Qi Mo saw Qi Hua, his face was sincere and apologetic, as if he really had something important to say.

Qi Hua asked people to pour tea, and only after the two of them sat down did he ask, "What is it that makes the fourth brother so anxious?" ”

Qi Mo sighed, his eyes looked around, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Qi Hua understood, only the eunuch who was waiting for him was left in the room, and let everyone else retreat.

"Third brother, I shouldn't talk too much about this matter, you also know that my father ordered me to investigate the two murders, and I didn't find anything in a day.

But the more I knew, the more worried I became, in fact, I came out of the imperial study just now. ”

Qi Hua listened in a fog: "What does the fourth brother want to say?" Third brother, the more I listened, the more confused I became. ”

"The third brother is confused, which means that the third brother doesn't know, but if you don't prepare, I'm afraid you will be used as a scapegoat this time." Qi Mo lowered his voice a little more and said, "In the palace just now, the guards intercepted a carrier pigeon, do you want to know what news this carrier pigeon is carrying?" ”

Qi Hua was curious and uneasy by him, and asked eagerly: "What is it, you can say it quickly, but I'm in a hurry." ”

Qi Mo looked at him sympathetically and said: "The news that the carrier pigeon brought into the palace is only seven words, 'The plan has failed, please support', what does the third brother think when he hears this sentence at first glance?" He asked Qi Hua rhetorically.

Qi Hua pondered for a moment and wondered, "The person who killed the two ancestors of the palace family is a person from the palace?" ——" After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head in denial: "No, it wasn't the hands of the people in the palace, it can only mean that the mastermind behind this matter is the people in the palace——"

His eyes widened suddenly, and he said in astonishment: "Father Emperor suspects that I can't do it?" "I don't know anything about this matter, if I am suspected by Emperor Qinglong, wouldn't it be unjustly killed.

Qi Mo nodded and shook his head again: "My father didn't confirm that this matter was instigated by the third brother, and I also believe that it was not the third brother, the eldest brother is not used to seeing me on weekdays, and it was not the third brother who helped me speak."

In this palace, only the third brother regarded me as a younger brother, and I was grateful, so I came to tell the third brother that this matter was not done by the third brother, so please also ask the third brother to be prepared, so as not to become someone else's scapegoat. ”

Qi Hua looked at him in amazement, his eyes were full of gratitude: "Thank you Fourth Brother for coming to tell the Third Brother about this, if it weren't for you, the Third Brother wouldn't have known that he had become the object of his father's suspicion, this matter was definitely not done by me, I did it properly, and I was not afraid of questioning."

The fourth brother will go back first, and I will go to my father to make it clear, this matter has nothing to do with me. ”

Qi Mo hurriedly persuaded: "The third brother is going at this time, that's wrong, first of all, it exposes the fact that I revealed the news to the third brother, and secondly, you are in such a hurry to clear up the relationship, but let your father be suspicious, the third brother can do nothing."

It's just that if there are all the suspicious people in the third brother's heart, that person will definitely take the opportunity to frame the third brother after the matter is revealed, so you must guard against some people around you, and wait for your father to talk about this matter in person, and the third brother will refute it. ”

"The person I suspect—" Qi Hua thought for a moment, now in the palace, there is only one person who is against him, who else but Qi Run.

That's right, Qi Run! Qi Hua's eyes lit up slightly, in this palace, it was not him, and he was the only one who could do this.

He promised Qi Mo on his face: "I know, thank you fourth brother, you helped me this time, the third brother must remember your good for the rest of his life, and the relationship between our brothers will get better and better in the future, the fourth brother can rest assured, in the future in the palace, the third brother will take care of you everywhere and not let you be wronged in front of others." ”

Qi Mo smiled gratefully, "The third brother said this, we are all brothers, it is normal for brothers to love each other, then the third brother will rest first, and I will go back." ”

Qi Hua said yes and personally sent him out of the hall, and after Qi Mo left, he called the people around him and gave instructions in the latter's ear.

Leaving Qi Hua's palace, Qi Mo walked towards his Feather Birch Palace, looking in a good mood.

Fu Yuan said sincerely happily with the lantern: "The Fourth Highness is acting now, and he is becoming more and more like the emperor back then, and his mind is not comparable to ordinary people." ”

Qi Mo said with a smile: "Where do I have any thoughts, it's just that those people have fallen into that trap, they have done something wrong, so they will naturally worry about it too much." Now it's time to watch the show. (To be continued.) )