Huan Sheng tossed and turned this night and never fell asleep, he had been thinking about it, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, could it be that these two groups of people were not together, but just met by coincidence? No, it can't be such a coincidence.

Besides, Fan Shibi has just sat in the position of court lieutenant, and he is still on the rise.

This night, Fan Shibi was the same as usual, holding Xinna's concubine in his arms, as the saying goes, newlywed Yan'er, although he is no longer a newlywed, but in the face of the delicate and lovely newcomer in his arms, there is always a little bit of passion, but because of his age, this passion has faded in a short time, causing the lovely person in his arms to roll his eyes and complain. Fan Shibi had already fallen asleep.

I don't know when, someone in front of the door said: "Master, the emperor's edict!" ”

Fan Shibi was just about to scold the man for disturbing his sweet dream, but when he heard the emperor's edict, he hurriedly got up to find clothes, and after some tossing, the person also woke up.

"Hurry up, the emperor's edict has arrived!" The two hurried out and knelt on the ground.

The father-in-law who announced the edict said loudly: "Captain Fan Shibi received the edict: I order you to interrogate the assassin overnight, and report it to me tomorrow morning. ”

Fan Shibi was stunned when he heard this, where are there any assassins?

I saw Xuanzhao's father-in-law turn around and wave his hand: "Bring it in." "A team of armor soldiers walked in with four men in black suits." I'm tired of Lord Fan, the emperor will know the origin of these assassins tomorrow, and I hope Lord Fan will pay more attention. ”

"Yes, yes," Fan Shibi nodded again and again, "Don't worry, father-in-law, I will definitely give the emperor an explanation tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then wait for the good news from the adults. Leave. ”

Fan Shibi sent his father-in-law away, returned to the house, and looked at the four black-clothed people in front of him who were tied up with flowers, and he didn't fight in one place, these bastards, I don't know how difficult it is for people to fall asleep when they are old? I finally fell asleep, but it was all mixed up.

"Take them to the torture room, I will receive these guests well!" Fan Shibi said viciously to the officials.

The officials looked at Fan Shibi's appearance, and their bodies were full of excitement, they knew that the adults were completely angered this time, don't look at this Fan Shibi who usually smiles and groans, he doesn't seem to be a ruthless person, but he can sit in the position of the court lieutenant who is in charge of the criminal law, and he is by no means a soft-hearted person.

In the Tingwei Mansion this night, you can hear people's screams from time to time, which makes people feel a chill in their backs.

The night was almost over, and there was already a glimmer of light in the eastern sky. Fan Shibi was a little panicked in his heart, he never thought that the mouths of these assassins were so tight, and all kinds of torture instruments in the torture room were all over the place, and there was no complete place on their bodies, but he didn't say anything.

Fan Shibi didn't know what to do, and suddenly a thin official with a beard next to him moved to his side, leaned in and said softly. Fan Shibi immediately smiled after hearing this: "It's better that you kid has a way, so let's do it." I'll go out first to get some air, you can come. Remember to pry their mouths open for me when I catch up, and I won't do you any wrong. ”

"Okay, okay, my lord, go and ventilate, and leave it to me next, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

Fan Shibi walked out of the torture room, and immediately felt a lot more comfortable, sure enough, this torture room is not a place where ordinary people can stay, he can't understand what those assassins are doing so hard-mouthed, anyway, if you don't say it, you will die, it is better to say it earlier and save yourself the pain of those flesh and skin.

When the hour came, the door of the torture chamber opened, and I saw that the official was holding four scrolls with blood on them, and after seeing Fan Shibi, he walked over with a sycophant face, bowed his body and said: "My lord, if you don't disgrace your mission, the villain pried open their mouths, this is their confession, and they are drawn on it one by one." ”

Fan Shibi took the scroll and laughed: "You kid still has a way." Go to the account office and receive a hundred taels of silver. ”

"Thank you, sir, thank you!"

Fan Shibi looked at the scroll in his hand, and his heart blossomed, why spend effort on things that can be solved with silver? Besides, isn't it used at this time for the government to raise such a group of people? Although Fan Shibi is ruthless, he has always been useless except for knowing how to stammer, and he doesn't even bother to look at the scroll he is holding in his hand now.

I saw him return to the bedroom with a smile, looked at the snow-white skin exposed by the lovely child who was still sleeping peacefully, leaned up and kissed him fiercely, and after making the lovely child babble, he returned to the main hall with a smile, called the maid to help him clean his face, change his clothes, and go out to prepare for the court.

Huan Sheng entered the Zhaohua Palace, sat down, and after the civil and military officials shouted "Long live" three times, Fan Shibi presented the assassin's confession.

The four confessions were identical. Huan Sheng looked at Fan Shibi who was complacent, and asked, "Aiqing, these people were interrogated separately when you interrogated?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister divided them into several different torture rooms for interrogation, these people were very tight-mouthed at first, but they didn't say anything, and then the minister used some means, hehe, and finally let them speak."

Among them, the so-called means Fan Shibi did not say, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could also guess it, and they had always entered the Criminal Division vertically, and it was basically impossible to walk out, but there were a lot of them coming out horizontally, and some of them could even be thrown directly into mass graves when they came out horizontally.

"Okay, okay, I never thought that this Uncle Yang was in prison, and there were still a lot of means. Let's discuss what to do with it tomorrow. You can go back later, Huang Aiqing stayed. ”

Huang Gongfu followed Huan Sheng to the main hall of the dormitory.

"Look at it," Huan Sheng handed the Assassin's confession to Huang Gongfu and said, "Tomorrow's court meeting will be handed over to you and He Bixian, and I just need a result." ”

After reading the scroll, Huang Gongfu looked surprised, and bowed and saluted: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"By the way, you asked Pu Xianyu to take the forbidden army to guard outside the gate of Zhaohua Palace, don't go wrong."

Huang Gongfu withdrew from the main hall of the dormitory and went straight to the palace gate, when suddenly one person blocked him, it turned out to be Yan Yifan.

"My lord......" Without waiting for Yan Yifan to ask, Huang Gongfu said: "Let's go out first, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring here." ”

Yan Yifan hurriedly grabbed Huang Gongfu's arm, and the two walked outside the palace. Under the palace gate, He Bixian stood with Pu Xianyu first, and saw Huang Gongfu and Yan Yifan come out and turn around and were about to leave.

"Two adults, please wait, the emperor just asked me to tell the two of you that tomorrow morning the dynasty will be decided by me and He Bi first, and Lord Wei Wei will mobilize the forbidden army to wait outside the gate of Zhaohua Palace, in case anything happens." Huang Gongfu suppressed the joy in his heart and said loudly.

He Bixian was obviously stunned, frowned, and said, "Hasn't the early dynasty always been controlled by the emperor himself?" Why do you want me to be the two of us tomorrow? ”

"Tomorrow everything will be known, so don't be impatient."

Yan Yifan helped Huang Gongfu walk away, leaving only He Bixian and Pu Xianyu, who were at a loss.

Pu Xianyu couldn't bear it the most, and took the lead in asking: "My lord, what does this mean?" ”

"I really don't know, I'm going to meet the emperor to ask for clarification."

"I'll go with you!" The two hurried to the main hall of Huan Sheng's dormitory. Huan Sheng was flipping through the reports submitted by various states, counties and counties in the past year, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he waved his hand casually, signaling that they didn't have to salute.

"Is the change of law in Jiaozhou going well?" Huan Sheng took the lead in asking He Bixian.

He Bixian: "Everything is going well, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

Huan Sheng asked Pu Xianyu again: "How is the battle in Mobei City?" And the soldiers are all good? ”

"Mobei City has won many battles and has repelled the Yunluo people."

In fact, there was no war in Mobei City, and there was no southern invasion by the Yunluo people, Pu Xianyu did not make this matter clear, he knew why the emperor wanted to break up the two of them.

"That's good, let's talk, what's the matter?" Huan Sheng seemed relieved and asked.

"Your Majesty, the matter of tomorrow morning ......"

"I'll do that to you tomorrow morning, I've been exhausted and tired lately, so I'll rest a little tomorrow. If you're fine, go back. ”

He Bixian and Pu Xianyu saw that the emperor had issued an order to expel the guests, so they slowly retreated.

He Bixian shook his head and said, "Tomorrow's matter must be related to Lord Taiwei, otherwise the emperor would not have arranged it like this." ”

The second day came in a cold wind. A group of courtiers came to the Zhaohua Palace. The uninformed ministers along the way were dumbfounded, and the old nobles had changed their carriages one after another, from the original two horses pulled by the luxurious roof car to a thin old horse-drawn dilapidated cart, and only the "creaking" sound of the wheels could be heard along the way.

Huang Gongfu's carriage was the most dilapidated, his fat body curled up in the cramped wooden cart, and the old horse seemed to be pulling with great difficulty.

Finally, the palace gate arrived, and everyone slowly jumped down from the cart. The guards on both sides of the palace gate said no, not to say no, these dilapidated board cars are really unsightly here, but they are in a high position, can they say?

Pu Xianyu had just finished patrolling the city with the black-armored forbidden army, and when he came to the palace gate and saw such a scene, he suddenly felt a little angry in his heart, and shouted angrily: "Whose car is this?" Drag it away! ”

"You dare!" Yan Yifan returned loudly.

"I'm a guard lieutenant, responsible for the safety of the imperial city, how dare I dare. Come on, drag it away! ”

More than a dozen armor soldiers walked out behind Pu Xianyu and dragged those wooden carts into the distance. Pu Xianyu took the lead in walking towards the palace gate, followed by a group of black-armored armor soldiers.

Someone realized that these nobles had not only changed their carriages, but also changed their court clothes into very shabby linen robes, some of which were even covered with patches. This kind of situation is really rare, at least it has not been seen in the past hundred or ten years since the establishment of the Zhao State.

"My lord, what are you ......" someone with good deeds came up and asked Huang Gongfu.

Huang Gongfu replied casually: "The old man is fat, and it is a little uncomfortable to sit in that carriage, which is not as comfortable as this carriage." When people get old, that's it. ”

The man smiled inwardly, but with an expression of understanding on his face, he slowly retreated into the crowd. Anyone can feel that today is extraordinary.

Seeing that the morning hour was coming, everyone walked into the palace together. I saw that there were two rows of halberd-wielding armor soldiers standing on the steps from the palace gate to the Zhaohua Palace, and the iron armor looked extremely cold in the sunlight, full of murderous aura. Seeing this situation, no one talked or laughed, and everyone walked silently towards the Zhaohua Palace.