Kou Ji pondered for a while and said, "The hole was poked out by the Eight Kings, so the people should not be allowed to bear the loss." The eight kings are dead, and the debts owed by the eight kings should be repaid by the court.

I will later write to the Imperial Court to state the matter.

At the same time, he will ask the officials to fill this hole with the family wealth confiscated from the homes of the eight kings, Wang Qinruo, Li Zheng and other criminal officials. ”

Xue Tian looked sad.

He is the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

If the people in Kaifeng Mansion make a fuss because of this, then whether he is wrong or not, he will be punished by the imperial court to appease the people.

Xue Tian pursed his lips and said, "The family wealth of the eight kings, Li Zheng, Wang Qinruo and other convicts who were confiscated has been filled into the treasury. If you want to take money from the treasury and help the eight kings fill the holes, I'm afraid that the Manchu civil and military forces will not agree. ”

Kou Ji folded his hands behind his back and snorted coldly, "Where were they when the Eight Kings rebelled? One by one, they either hid in the mansion as quails or as clay sculptures in the vertical arch hall.

Want to jump out of the equation when it's time to solve things now?

Can you help them? ”

When Xue Tian heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face, "Is the Kou Gong Department going to invite the Taishi to come out and sit down?" ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "I just think that the Eight Kings rebelled, and there were too few prisoners in Zhulian. If anyone takes advantage of the opportunity to be restless, I don't mind checking it out again and planting another batch. ”

The corners of Xue Tian's mouth twitched, and there was no joy on his face, only a thick sorrow.

It was Liu Heng, who didn't react at all from beginning to end.

Kou Ji raised his hand and looked at the table in front of the three of them, and ordered: "Liu Heng, you and the people of the Imperial City Division secretly surround the Jiaozi Shop secretly opened by the Eight Kings, block all the portals of the Jiaozi Shop, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

Xue Zhifu, you ordered the officials in Kaifeng Mansion to rush to the street where Jiaozipu is located.

While it was just getting dark, the people on the streets were returning to their homes and blocked the streets in the name of purging the rebels.

Then let's go together to meet Wang Qinruo for a while. ”

Liu Heng nodded, without saying a word, hugged his fists, and walked out of the main hall of Kaifeng Mansion.

Xue Tian arched his hand, and spoke again, leaving the main hall with a sad face, and instructed the officials of Kaifeng Mansion to do what Kou Ji had ordered.

After dark.

There was not a single pedestrian on Longjin Street, where the Jiaozi shop secretly opened by Bawang.

On both sides of the street, there were officials from Kaifeng Mansion and soldiers sent by the Inspection Department to cooperate with Kaifeng Mansion in handling cases.

It may be that the rebellion of the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan has just been quelled, and Yu Wei is still there.

Therefore, after seeing the officials and soldiers of the Kaifeng Mansion and the Inspection Department, the people avoided them one after another and hurriedly returned home.

When Kou Ji arrived at Longjin Street, Longjin Street had already been cleaned up.

Kou Ji and Xue Tian walked together to the Jiaozi shop secretly opened by the Eight Kings Zhao Yuanyan.

The door of Jiaozipu is closed.

Around Jiaozipu, there are some figures shaking.

Kou Ji and Xue Tian stopped at the door of Jiaozipu for a few breaths, and Liu Heng walked out of the shadows and joined the two.

Koji asked, "There's no East, is there?" ”

Liu Heng wrung his brows and said, "It's surprisingly quiet, I even suspect that the people inside have run out." ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "Let people break open the door!" ”

Xue Tian waved his hand.

The two officials of Kaifeng Mansion, holding a giant axe, arrived in front of the shutter door of Jiaozipu, and cut it with an axe.

After half a stick of incense.

The shutter door of Jiaozipu was split into firewood.

There was still no movement in Jiaozi's shop.

Kou Ji's brow furrowed even tighter.

The officials of Kaifeng Mansion broke open the door, and a group of soldiers of the Inspection Division, officials of Kaifeng Mansion, and spies of the Imperial City Division rushed up and rushed into the Jiaozi shop.

The three of them stood quietly outside the door and waited.

Less.

A leader of the Kaifeng Mansion government servant team quickly ran out of the Jiaozi shop, came to Kou Ji and the three of them, and said in a low voice: "There is only one living person left in the shop, it is still a woman, and the others are all dead."

The Qin prisoner Wang Qinruo was not found. ”

Xue Tian was the first to ask, "Have you found any money?" ”

Xue Tian's tone was very anxious, and it could be seen that he paid more attention to the money in Jiaozi's shop than Wang Qinruo.

The head of the squad bowed down and said: "I only found some gold and silver, some Jiaozi of the one-word Jiaozi shop, and everything else was burned." ”

When Xue Tian heard this, his face turned slightly pale.

According to the accounts he confiscated, it can be seen that among the Jiaozi shops secretly opened by the eighth king, Zhao Yuanyan, there are nearly 5 million yuan in savings.

In order to recruit and buy troops, Zhao Yuanyan used four million guan to win people's hearts, and there were more than one million guan left.

Now in the Jiaozi shop opened by the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan secretly, there is no more than one million yuan.

That's it.

The more than one million yuan of money is gone.

If the imperial court wants to fill the hole, it will have to fill more than one million yuan.

If this matter is reported to the court, the Manchu civil and military forces are not allowed to drown him with spittle stars.

Kou Ji seemed to see Xue Tian's concern, and frowned: "The more than one million pieces of money, since it has not been transported out of Bianjing City, it is still in Bianjing City, and it will be dug up sooner or later." Governor Xue doesn't have to worry.

I will tell you about this matter in front of the officials. ”

Xue Tian hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you Kou Gong Department." ”

"Let's go in and have a look."

Kou Ji took the lead in stepping into Jiaozipu with a calm face.

Under the guidance of the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, he bypassed the commercial hall of Jiaozipu and went to the backyard.

And then.

I saw that in the backyard, there was a huge stone table, on which there was a table of sumptuous wine and food, and a person dressed as a steward and a man in the shop fell to the ground, bleeding from seven holes.

It should have been poisoned to death.

Take a seat on a stone table.

A woman sits upright, holding a flask in one hand and a glass in the other, pouring herself a drink.

After seeing Kou Ji and his entourage appear, he showed a bright smile to Kou Ji.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Kou Gongzi still has the same demeanor."

Kou Ji stared at the woman and frowned, "Su Chan'er?!" ”

Su Chan'er smiled indifferently and said with a little pride: "The concubine is not the top Su Chan'er of Wanhualou now, and the concubine is now Su Runniang, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou." ”

Kou Ji said with a cold face: "You are the mysterious female owner of Jiaozipu?" ”

Su Chan'er smiled and nodded.

Kou Ji asked in a deep voice, "What about the people in Jiaozi's shop?" ”

Su Chan'er put down the wine jug and wine glass in her hand, pointed to the stewards and guys who fell on the edge of the table, and laughed in a low voice: "Those who can run, they all run, and those who can't run are here." ”

Xue Tian stepped forward quickly and hurriedly asked, "Where is the money in Jiaozi's shop?" ”

Su Chan'er smiled indifferently: "The money in Jiaozi's shop has been exchanged by the Wang's Ministry into a Jiaozi shop, and Jiaozi is in his hands." ”

Kou Ji asked, "Where is Wang Qinruo?" ”

Su Chan'er thought for a moment.

Immediately.

Smile brightly.

"Now...... I guess I've entered the palace. ”

Kou Ji, Xue Tian, and Liu Heng's faces all changed.

Kou Ji hurriedly ran outside, and while running, he shouted to Xue Tian and Liu Heng: "Enter the palace!" ”

Xue Tian instructed the officials of Kaifeng Mansion to guard this place.

Follow Koji to the palace.

The same is true for Liu Heng.

Su Chan'er, who was sitting at the stone table, suddenly laughed loudly, "It's too late...... Hahahahahaha......haha

The more she laughed, the more arrogant she became, and the louder she laughed.

Blood poured out of her mouth.

In the corners of the eyes and ears, black blood flowed out.

When the black blood from the corner of her eye reached her nose, she fell to the ground, exhausted.

Nobody cared about her.

The three of Kou Ji now just want to grow a pair of wings, fly into the palace quickly, and grab Wang Qinruo.

Just as the three of them were rushing to the palace.

Wang Qinruo had already entered the palace and was following a female official, along the royal road, all the way forward.

Wang Qinruo was wearing a eunuch's clothes, which he specially changed into in order to blend into the palace.

While leading Wang Qinruo to Concubine Li's bedroom, the female official whispered to Wang Qinruo: "In order to lead you into the palace, I took the risk of killing your head and helped you hide from the guards at the palace gate. ”

Wang Qinruo is old and refined, how can he not hear the meaning of these words.

He can enter the palace, but he has nothing to do with female officials.

All relied on a jade plate given by Concubine Li to avoid the examination.

The female officer was clearly soliciting bribes.

Wang Qinruo decisively stuffed a Jiaozi over.

The female official took advantage of the palace lamp on the road to see the amount on the Jiaozi clearly, and a bright smile appeared on her face, and her steps were much faster.

The two of them walked hundreds of steps in the palace and reached the confines of the dormitory.

The female officer was startled when she saw a figure shaking in front of her, and hurriedly lowered her head and reminded Wang Qinruo.

"Don't speak for a while...... Follow me quietly......"

Wang Qinruo agreed and followed the female official forward.

When the two approached the swaying figure, they found that it was a group of eunuchs, surrounded by two sedan chairs, and not far behind the eunuchs, there were several guards.

The guards seemed to be squeezed far away from the sedan chair by the eunuchs.

The two sedan chairs collided with each other for some reason.

Wang Qinruo looked at one of the sedan chairs and was slightly stunned.

"Li Niangniang's sedan chair?"

"In the middle of the night, why did Li Niangniang make a sedan chair in the palace?"

“……”

The female official also saw Concubine Li's sedan chair, and a flash of joy immediately flashed on her face.

"Since it's the mother's sedan chair, let's rush over. Sooner rather than later, what you ask for. ”

The female official took Wang Qinruo's benefits, so she naturally thought about Wang Qinruo.

Wang Qinruo nodded.

The two walked briskly to the sedan chair.

After approaching the sedan chair, the female officer's brows furrowed.

"Who are you? Why do you carry the sedan chair of the mother? Why have I never seen you in the palace? ”

Seeing this, the eunuchs carrying the palanquin of Concubine Li subconsciously clenched their fists.

There was a vigorous eunuch who came out of Concubine Li's palanquin and slashed the female official with a knife.

"Let's go!"

After the eunuch cut down the female official, he immediately let out a low roar.

The guards who had been following the sedan chair noticed that something was wrong and wanted to catch up and check.

was stopped by a group of eunuchs.

Wang Qinruo looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, his mind empty.

After a few breaths, he slowly came back to his senses.

'Someone secretly kidnapped Concubine Li and wanted to plot against her?! ’

This thought suddenly entered Wang Qinruo's mind.

Wang Qinruo was overjoyed.

"What a chance! The credit for saving Concubine Li is enough to make up for my mistakes! ”

"Come on! There are thieves holding Concubine Li hostage! ”

"There are thieves holding Concubine Li hostage!"

“……”

Not far away.

Zhao Yuanzuo, who was being moved by Zhao Zhen, heard Wang Qinruo's call, and his face was very ugly.

"Good nephew! Have you learned to play tricks on me? ”

Zhao Zhen's face was also very ugly.

Zhao Yuanzuo said angrily: "I listened to Kou Ji's admonition, thinking that killing people in the palace would be bad for you." You are not very old, you have not been on the throne for a long time, you have already experienced the usurpation of the eighth brother, and if you experience other turmoil, I am afraid that the throne will not be stable.

That's why I proposed to you the conditions for sending Liu E out of the palace.

I promised you.

As long as Liu E leaves the palace, I will not kill her directly.

But you actually went back on your word? ”

"Uncle ......"

"Don't call me uncle, I don't have you as a nephew!"

Zhao Zhen weakly wanted to talk to Zhao Yuanzuo.

Zhao Yuanzuo roared angrily.

"Where's the left and right?!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Kill it! Not a single one to stay! ”

“……”

Don't wait for Zhao Zhen to stop it.

Zhao Yuanzuo was already red-eyed, carrying a sword, leading his guards, and chasing Liu E's footsteps.

"Chen Lin! Fast! Send someone to stop Uncle Huang! Don't let him hurt the big lady! ”

Chen Lin agreed, and trotted out.

The group of eunuchs who protected Liu E, except for a few who were equipped with martial arts, the other eunuchs couldn't run fast at all.

Zhao Yuanzuo led people to quickly catch up with them and slashed them all the way.

Blood was spilled all over the ground.

In the end, there were only a few eunuchs with martial arts left.

They carried Liu E all the way to escape.

Zhao Yuanzuo and his entourage were in hot pursuit.

Finally at the door of a dormitory.

stopped Liu E.

After a fight.

Zhao Yuanzuo broke a few guards and snatched the sedan chair where Liu E was sitting.

Liu E jumped out of the sedan chair and wanted to escape.

but was struck in the leg by a sword.

Zhao Yuanzuo grabbed Liu E's hair, stuffed Liu E into the sedan chair, and ordered the remaining guards.

"Go back!"

Chen Lin led a group of people, and it was long overdue.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu...... Where's the mother? ”

Zhao Yuanzuo said in a cold tone: "Don't worry, I didn't kill her with a sword." ”

Chen Lin let out a sigh of relief.

Zhao Yuanzuo asked people to carry the sedan chair and walked towards Liu E's bedroom.

Walked halfway down the road.

bumped into Zhao Zhen, who was in a hurry.

Zhao Zhen saw Zhao Yuanzuo and asked in horror, "Uncle, where is my eldest lady?" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo pointed at the sedan chair with his sword.

"Don't worry, it's not dead yet......"

Liu E, who was in the sedan chair, heard Zhao Zhen's voice, and immediately shouted in mourning: "Emperor, save the mourning family......"

Zhao Zhen was relieved to see that Zhao Yuanzuo did not kill Liu E, and he had the heart to say a few words to Liu E.

But Liu E's life is now in the hands of Zhao Yuanzuo, and he must calm Zhao Yuanzuo's anger first.

"Uncle, it's not ...... me"

Zhao Yuanzuo coldly interrupted Zhao Zhen's words, "No need to say more...... I don't believe anyone now! I want to escort Liu E back to the palace, you have to stop it! ”

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Don't dare!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo took the guards and carried Liu E back to Liu E's bedroom.

Zhao Yuanzuo asked Liu E's sedan chair to be thrown into Liu E's bedroom.

After Liu E learned that she had arrived in the palace, she hurriedly climbed out of the sedan chair and prepared to hide in the palace.

Zhao Yuanzuo watched Liu E hide in the dormitory, and sat on the threshold of Liu E's dormitory again with a long sword.

Zhao Zhen, who had been following behind Zhao Yuanzuo and staring at Zhao Yuanzuo's movements, saw this.

I finally let go of my heart.

Although Zhao Yuanzuo was angered by his methods, he did not directly ask for Liu E's life.

Liu E's life is not in danger for the time being.

He can continue to find a way to save Liu E.

Zhao Zhen confessed to Zhao Yuanzuo, took Chen Lin and his party, and left the gate of Liu E's bedroom.

After Zhao Zhen left, a sneer flashed on Zhao Yuanzuo's face, and a trace of madness flashed in his eyes.

Turned his head to stare at Liu E's dormitory.

Zhao Yuanzuo said faintly: "It's really ...... Long nights and dreams ......"

：。 ：