Three days ago, Xilingyue was already suspicious of Yang Wenhuai, and Li Chun sent Li Chengxuan to Yang Wenhuai's hometown to secretly investigate. Now that he has rushed back in the starry night, it can be seen that there is a clue.

"Let King Fu in!" Li Chun said eagerly.

Suddenly, Li Chengxuan stepped into the door in a dusty manner, took off the crane and handed it to the palace people, and bowed his head and saluted: "The courtier brother has seen the saint." ”

Li Chun couldn't wait to wave his hand and asked, "How?" But what did you find? ”

"Yes," Li Chengxuan stood next to Yang Wenhuai, and even Yu Guang was stingy with him, and replied without squinting, "After investigation, Yang Wenhuai has received two huge sums of money over the years, worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, both of which are hidden in his private house in Huayin County, and his younger brother will take care of them. And these two huge sums of money were sent by the 'Kangxing Dart Bureau' in Runzhou. Yang Wenhuai's parents, brothers, righteous sons and other relatives have been arrested and secretly sent to Chang'an. ”

"Well done!" Li Chun praised it.

Xilingyue is more sensitive to some of these words - Runzhou? Kangxing Dart Bureau? After all, a few days ago, Li Hui confessed that Li Qi was serving a person named "His Royal Highness Kangxing", and this dart game was called "Kangxing Dart Bureau", and it was located in Runzhou, the governance office of Zhenhai, is it too coincidental?

Thinking of this, Xiling Yue hurriedly asked: "Lord Wang, the person behind Yang Wenhuai, but is that 'His Royal Highness Kangxing'?" ”

"Mostly." Li Chengxuan raised his eyes and looked at Li Chun, "Holy Lord, what Yang Wenhuai committed is by no means as simple as killing a harem concubine. The fall of the plaque in the Zichen Hall is probably only the tip of the iceberg, and the people behind it have a great plan, which will definitely endanger the court and society, and I ask you to interrogate it strictly. ”

Li Chun was already angry when he heard the words "Runzhou" and "Kangxing Dart Bureau", and when he heard Li Chengxuan's words at this moment, he was even more furious, and raised his hand to brush off the tea cup on the side of the case.

"Yang Wenhuai!" The Son of Heaven shouted angrily, "If you don't tell the truth today, I will punish your nine clans tomorrow!" Believe it or not?! ”

"The Zhujiu clan is already cheap for him," Pei Xingli suddenly interjected, "Holy Lord, Wei Chen remembers that the cool officials of the Wuhou Dynasty once invented a kind of punishment, taking a large urn and filling it with water, boiling it with charcoal fire, and then throwing the prisoner into the urn to cook. After two hours, the prisoner cooked his whole body, then chopped it into minced meat and bī his relatives ate it. Weichen thought that this punishment was just right for Yang Wenhuai. ”

After hearing this, Li Chun agreed: "Very good, if he refuses to confess, throw him into the urn." ”

"It's not good." Li Chengxuan said lightly, "The younger brother thought that his relatives should be cooked, and then chopped into minced meat for him to eat, thinking that the effect would be better." ”

Li Chun nodded cooperatively: "Wonderful! Let's start with his old father and mother! Not only should his parents be cooked, but he should also watch from the sidelines, and then chop the meat with his own hands and eat it in his mouth. ”

As soon as these words came out, even Xiling Yue had a chill down her spine and broke out in a cold sweat.

Xu is Yang Wenhuai thought of the cruelty of the torture, his body suddenly trembled like chaff, and he cried bitterly again. This time he cried sincerely, and hurriedly kowtowed heavily to beg for mercy, leaving a loud sound on the floor tiles every time he knocked.

"Holy, holy! Slaves confess, slaves recruit everything! Forgive the minions' families, who don't know anything! Yang Wenhuai kowtowed as he spoke, and his forehead instantly turned purple.

Seeing this, Li Chun gave Pei Xingli a look and motioned for him to continue the interrogation. The latter understood, so he said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to offend your family, you can say it in detail, and the Holy One will do it as he sees fit." ”

"Yes." Yang Wenhuai forcibly swallowed his tears and breathed a sigh of relief, "Three years ago, Li Qi took the initiative to find a minion, saying that he wanted to find a treasure left by the martial queen in the palace, and said that once he found it, he would allow the slave to be prosperous and rich...... The slave didn't want to agree, but he directly sent 100,000 yuan to the slave's house, and the slave agreed to him when he was moved. ”

"What treasure did he tell you to find?" Xiling Yue asked eagerly. She had a faint premonition that what Yang Wenhuai was looking for was a cane.

"It's a red cane, which was used by the Empress Wu on her deathbed." Yang Wenhuai's answer was as she expected.

Xiling Yue's heart sank, and she hurriedly looked at Li Chengxuan, who just glanced at her lightly, signaling her to be restless.

When today's son is not fond of treasures and has never heard of the name of "Tongtian Cane", I can't help but wonder: "What is the use of that crutch?" ”

Yang Wenhuai shook his head: "The slave doesn't know, Li Qi only said that there is a secret hidden in the crutch, which is enough to change the dynasty and must not fall into the hands of the Li Tang royal family." ”

The big secret of the change of dynasty? Li Chun sneered resentfully: "You have served me for more than ten years, and when you learned about it, you didn't come to report it, but worked hard for an anti-thief?" ”

Yang Wenhuai lowered his head in shame: "The slave took his money, and he was confused for a while. ”

His words also confirmed Xi Lingyue and Li Chengxuan's original conjecture - the huge "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", written on silk silk with an extra poem at the end, hidden in the cane of Tongtian, is really a hidden mystery!

Xiling Yue couldn't help but show a different color, and her eyes rolled uncontrollably.

Li Chun's sharp eyes saw her abnormality: "Yue'er, what are you thinking?" ”

"Huh? I ......" Xilingyue forced herself not to look at Li Chengxuan, and coughed dryly, "I was thinking about what this matter has to do with Ji Meiren, why did Yang Wenhuai kill her?" ”

Li Chun also wanted to know the reason, and turned to look at Yang Wenhuai.

"Ji Meiren, she ...... She just broke the crutch that the minion was looking for, and she heard the minion talking to Qian Sizhen......"

"Qian Sizhen is also Li Qi's person?" Xi Lingyue hurriedly asked.

"No, no, she just took the benefits of the minions." Yang Wenhuai's voice gradually lowered, "Actually...... In fact, Ji Meiren is simple by nature, although she broke the minion and didn't suspect it, she just ridiculed the slave for greedy for the treasure of the martial queen. The minion didn't want to kill her, it was Li Qi who was afraid that she would mention it in front of you and arouse your suspicion, so he let the minion attack......"

When Li Chun heard this, he suddenly felt pain in his heart: "Pity is so pure, you can do it!" ”

Yang Wenhuai couldn't stop kowtowing and explaining: "Since killing Ji Meiren, the slave has always been uneasy. I originally wanted to ask you for the guilt, but the slave fell deeper and deeper, and Li Qi refused to enter Beijing for the pilgrimage...... The slave saw with his own eyes that you sent Master Bai to Zhenhai to lurk, for fear that you would be regarded as his accomplice, so he would never dare to confide in you again. ”

"But instead of stopping, you intensified." Li Chengxuan's eyes were like torches, exposing his hypocrisy.

"Oh! I remember! Xiling Yue also remembered one thing, and hurriedly pointed to Yang Wenhuai and asked, "The team of soldiers sent by Dali Temple to Qingxiu Garden to check the treasures was also killed by you, right?" ”

(End of chapter)