Volume 1 The Return of the General Chapter 42 The Court Asks for Guilt
Gu Beiling summoned her to the palace three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival Rebellion.
This time, she answered.
Because there were things she didn't want to hear from anyone else's mouth, and even if it was dark, she had to look at it.
The catastrophe of the Mid-Autumn Festival night was thrilling for everyone in Luoning City.
The ghost market doctor suddenly became the leader of the thief party, and the joyful troubles of the Mid-Autumn Festival suddenly became a battlefield......
It's like the absurdity of the beast suddenly hurting people overnight, and the military department indiscriminately captured the soldiers of the West Battalion. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Zhaocha Mansion released all the soldiers in prison, and overnight they changed from criminals to heroes who saved the driver......
Ridiculous.
It's ridiculous.
But behind the absurdity is a blessing or a curse, who can say for sure?
It's just that he searched all over Luoning City that night and didn't see Xiao Sixteen, and when he questioned Mu Yi, he only said that he was fine.
The first time Xiao Qiao stepped into the imperial court, it was in the way that Erfu pushed her, and this was also the first time she officially faced Gu Beiling as a courtier.
The officials who also came to the court around them were all surprised when they saw Xiao Qiao and whispered one after another.
I don't know why she was in a wheelchair, I don't know why she didn't wear an official uniform, I don't know why she appeared in such a way that night......
Sit on the eaves and walk through the poplar in 100 steps.
It's just that the person who was shot and killed by Xiao Qiao that night was not a thief, but a private soldier brought by Qin Xiang to rescue him.
Everyone thought that Xiao Qiao must be trying to take advantage of the chaos to take revenge for personal revenge, so these officials who had unanimously written to Gu Beiling to severely punish Xiao Qiao naturally did not dare to come to greet Xiao Qiao, for fear of being implicated in some misfortune.
Xiao Qiao looked at the glittering palace under the rising sun, and a trace of indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes.
At this time, it was clearly the time of the morning light, but she only felt the killing in the dark night.
Is it that if you have power, you can turn the clouds and rain upside down, and you can reverse black and white?
She asked in the bottom of her heart that to the palace wall.
"No weapons are allowed in the court."
A royal guard solemnly stopped Xiao Qiao and Erfu.
Xiao Qiao didn't have any expression on his face.
Erfu felt that it was impossible to be restrained by these constraints according to his own general's character, and he was thinking that there was a good show to watch, but he didn't expect Xiao Qiao to really unload his belongings......
The poison and soft sword wrapped in the bottles and jars around his waist, the darts hidden in his underwear, the cold needles and sleeve rings in his sleeves, the wishful beads hidden in the pendants, and a few flying thorns in the shoe covers...... All of them were taken down by Xiao Qiao.
Unloading and unloading, the people around him gathered around.
Not only the surrounding officials, but even Erfu was very surprised. These things are very precious and rare treasures, and I can't see that Xiao Qiao, the person who picks and searches, actually has so many treasures on him.
Xiao Qiao spread her hands after unloading, and Erfu was about to push her in, but she was stopped by the imperial guards:
"General...... You whip ......"
Xiao Qiao suddenly remembered something, and opened the dark layer of the handle of the Nine Dragons Whip, and a poisonous snake that was no thicker than the thickness of the little finger and golden all over the body crawled out of it, the little snake squinted and spit out the snake letter, which startled everyone, only Xiao Qiao and Erfu were expressionless.
The guard saw the little snake and swallowed nervously.
I saw Xiao Qiao say goodbye to the Nine Dragons Whip back, and it looked like he didn't plan to hand it over.
"General......" The guard hesitated for a moment, "Please hand in all the generals, and it is better to hand over the lowly duties." ”
"Are you afraid?"
Xiao Qiao finally spoke, and his tone was very flat.
"General...... This ......"
"Isn't this stuff scary?"
Xiao Qiao pointed to the pile of things she took out, and explained it plainly.
"This bottle of poison can make people bleed to death in the seven orifices of a stick of incense; This wishful bead shot quickly and killed invisibly; My little snake, called Lotus Root, never bites, but occasionally it may burrow into your lungs, eat and drink enough and then burst out of the hole...... Are you afraid? ”
Xiao Qiao carried the lotus root and handed it to the guard, and then the next moment the snake would run into the guard's body.
The guards knelt down directly: "General, don't be embarrassed!" ”
Xiao Qiao shook his head and said with a smile:
"I'm not trying to embarrass you, I'm just trying to tell you."
"No weapon in this world is actually terrible, and the most terrible thing is called the heart of killing. If you can't stop a person from handing over the killing heart, what is the difference between collecting and not collecting these broken irons? ”
"If I want to kill someone, then I am the most terrible thing in the world."
Xiao Qiao smiled flatly.
The officials around looked at each other.
"Well said." A calm, powerful voice spoke slowly.
Xiao Qiao didn't look back, only heard the other officials say, "Lord Fuzheng." ”
"Let her in."
Unexpectedly, the guard listened to this man's words and let go without the slightest hesitation.
"Wait." The man called for Erfu again.
Erfu pushed Xiao Qiao to turn around, and then he saw the person who spoke.
The person in front of him was wearing a purple official robe, but he looked like he was pot-bellied, and he looked like he should be middle-aged, and his face looked very kind, which was very inconsistent with the deep voice just now.
"General Xiao."
The man glanced at Xiao Qiao, and then his face was full of smiles, looking at Xiao Qiao looking at him expressionlessly, he suddenly remembered that Xiao Qiao didn't know him, and hurriedly walked over, but he accidentally kicked a small raised stone brick and fell directly in front of Xiao Qiao.
Xiao Qiao was also surprised.
Seeing this, the other officials hurriedly helped him up, and the skill of the action really made people wonder if he had fallen a lot.
"Laughing and laughing, but why hasn't this floor tile been smoothed yet? It's okay to fall to the old man, but what should I do if I fall down the others?"
The man still asked the Imperial Guards with a kind face.
Xiao Qiao looked at the guard's expression, presumably above this court, apart from him, it was rare for someone to trip over a flat brick.
"Who is he?"
Xiao Qiao asked Erfu, but unfortunately Erfu didn't know.
"This little brother, above the lobby, you can't go in to help, why don't you just let the contemptible people do it for you and push your general in?"
The man said to Erfu.
Hearing this, Erfu looked at Xiao Qiao with a confused expression, Xiao Qiao also squinted his eyes and looked at the person vigilantly, this person was wearing a purple official robe, looking at the official position above her, and other officials avoided her, a criminal who had just been pardoned, how could he be different? So he said bluntly:
"This adult, Xiao is not related to you, you are really small, and you dare not bother."
Xiao Qiao waved his hand to ask Erfu to ignore him and continue walking, but he stopped him.
"How can it be unrelated and unreasonable! Mu Mu has taken you home, and the contemptible people are very pleased! The man laughed heartily.
"What did you say?"
Xiao Qiao frowned, and then he caught a glimpse of a wooden sign around his waist that was squeezed aside by his big belly, which read:
Zhaochafu, Fuzheng, Lin Cong.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's all adults, I know I understand."
Lin Cong politely squeezed Erfu away, and signaled that he could go and drink tea.
It turned out to be a person from Zhaocha Mansion, Xiao Qiao didn't refuse this time, the "Mu Mu" he said was Mu Yi? But when did Kiichi take her home? What's the deal with that strange smile on his face?
Moreover, didn't it say that Zhaocha Mansion was the most mysterious place in Daqi? What goes to heaven and earth, what insight into people's hearts...... But this Lin Conglin, as the head of Zhaocha Mansion, actually ...... Looks like a bodhisattva? How can this catch corruption? How to fight wits and courage with traitors and thieves?
Xiao Qiao was thinking about it, Lin Cong smiled and asked, "The general came to the court today to seek justice?" ”
Xiao Qiao frowned when he heard this, but did not answer, Lin Cong said again:
"Mu Mu has advised you a long time ago, there are times and some things, if you are powerless, you have to fight to the end......"
Lin Cong looked bitter:
"Here, you just have the right to watch the play, don't argue! In the morning, you will know what the old man means. ”
I have to say that Xiao Qiao has always felt that being able to read people's hearts is an ability that she wants to have very much, but it is still not good to be told her inner thoughts by others so easily today.
However, she was now a little less hostile to Lin Cong.
Maybe it's because he exudes kindness from head to toe, or maybe it's because she wants to see where the people of Zhaochafu are really strong.
Above the lobby, it was resplendent with gold, but Xiao Qiao didn't bother to look at it, she only closed her eyes and sat on the wheelchair.
When Gu Beixuan entered the hall, hundreds of officials knelt down one after another, and Xiao Qiao didn't need to find a reason to avoid the question of kneeling or not this time, just lowered his eyes.
"Flat."
Gu Beixuan's tone couldn't hear anger.
Everyone was flat, only Xiangye Qin Mian, Li Dai, the secretary of the military department, and others were still kneeling on the ground, Xiao Qiao looked sideways at the past, this was also the first time she had seen Qin Xiang.
Speaking of which, this Qin Mian is also powerful.
The Mid-Autumn Festival chaos is that everyone can see that he is temporarily anti-water, and his heart of rebellion is bigger than the moon in the sky, but at this time, he can still kneel on this hall intact.
Xiao Qiao saw that his temples were white, but he looked like his body was tough, but there were obvious traces of the word "Chuan" on his eyebrows, which must have been caused by frequent frowning.
And Li Dai, another secretary of the military department, Xiao Qiao just sneered, and the matter of Muxishan was his ghost.
"Your Majesty." Qin Xiang spoke first.
"As the prime minister of a country and the head of a hundred officials, the old man failed to supervise the evil thieves, failed to do his best, and failed to fulfill his responsibilities, so that the imperial city of Luo Ning was in turmoil, and his majesty was saddened, but he was actually guilty."
Xiao Qiao secretly pursed his mouth: It's amazing, admitting a mistake and being so literate, it really makes people wonder if Qin Zijiao is biological.
"The minister is also guilty, the minister is also guilty, and it is the minister's fault that the rescue is late." Li Dai said hurriedly.
Xiao Qiao smiled again: Thinking about it, Li Dai is like a fool, no wonder he is so stupid.
Before Gu Beixuan could speak, the hundred officials suddenly knelt down again: "Minister! Guilty. ”
Xiao Qiao couldn't help but feel funny, and found that only he and Lin Cong were not kneeling, Lin Cong was also laughing at this time, Xiao Qiao felt that the ridicule in their hearts must be the same.
Just thinking about it, Lin Cong turned his head and nodded at her, which made Xiao Qiao suddenly put away his smile, he knew what she was thinking from so far away?
Gu Beijue's face was also flat: "Lin Aiqing, how is the investigation?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty. The Zhaocha Prefecture verified that the thieves who did evil were all domain people, who had been lurking for a long time and were related to the ghost market. The head of the thief is named Yuenu, a woman, good at medicine, and has ...... before Do things by Qin Xiang's side. ”
Lin Cong's voice was very calm, and then he said:
"In this chaos, I lost less than 1,000 soldiers everywhere and killed more than 200 thieves, and the rest of the thieves have been put in prison this time, and the head of the thieves is placed in the Zhaocha Mansion for further interrogation. According to research, the thief's evil deeds have two purposes, one is to assassinate His Majesty, and the other is to bring down Qin Xiang and fold my big arm. ”
"Your Majesty is discerning." Qin Xiang kowtowed calmly......