"Yongping Hou was caught?" The Zhou family, Zhao Guogong Zhou Wu was not surprised when he heard the news, and waved his hand: "This madman, even Youxiang and King Huai dare to assassinate, he deserves it!" ”

The arrest of Yongping Hou is naturally a good thing for the Zhou family.

He doesn't have to worry about being implicated by the Marquis of Yongping, what really worries him in the past two days is the assassination of Tang Ning and King Huai, and the court will indiscriminately wipe out the Zhou family, Yichunhou and others.

With the importance His Majesty attaches to Tang Ning and King Huai, it is very likely that this kind of thing will be done.

Now that the Marquis of Yongping has been arrested, the truth of the matter has been revealed, and the Zhou family can be freed from suspicion.

Zhou Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and just sat down, about to take a sip of tea, when at this moment, a member of the Zhou family ran in and said in a panic: "Master, it's not good, a group of forbidden soldiers came outside and surrounded us!" ”

Syllable!

The teacup in Zhou Wu's hand fell to the ground and shattered, he stood up abruptly and asked, "What are the forbidden troops doing here?" ”

A general of the forbidden army walked in and said, "Marquis Yongping has confessed, please Zhao Guogong and us go back to the Criminal Department." ”

Zhou Wu's expression was stunned, and he asked, "Confession, confession, what?" ”

The general of the forbidden army said: "Zhao Guogong, together with the Marquis of Yichun Yongping, has been exposed to the murder of the Right Prime Minister and King Huai, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it at the Criminal Department." ”

"Plot, plot to kill the right minister and Huai Wang ......" Zhou Wu heard this, his eyes turned black for a while, and he suddenly felt dizzy, and said sadly: "Yongping Hou, you are not a person!" ”

At the same time, Yichun Hou's Mansion, Yichun Hou looked at the guards outside the door, and said loudly: "This is slander, this is pure slander......"

……

Yongping Hou hid for two days, but was still caught.

Assassination of the prime minister, assassination of the prince, his capital crime could not escape, before he died, he also confessed to all his comrades, including Zhao Guogong, Yichun Hou and others.

After the confession of Yongping Hou, the Criminal Department consulted His Majesty and immediately arrested Zhao Guogong, Yichun Hou and others, but these people did not admit that they were Yongping Hou's comrades, and were temporarily detained in the prison of the Criminal Department.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chen looked at Tang Ning and King Huai below and asked, "Are you two okay?" ”

King Huai arched his hand and said, "Erchen is fine." ”

Tang Ning raised his hand and said, "The minister is fine." ”

"If it's okay, go to Shangshu to save your time." Chen Huang waved his hand and said, "Remember to bring more guards when you go out in the future, and be careful yourself......"

Tang Ning and King Huai walked out of the imperial study, and a palace maid walked in from outside.

When passing by her, Tang Ning paused slightly, frowned and sniffed, and then glanced back.

King Huai looked at him and said, "If Lord Tang likes this palace maid, tell your father, and your father may send you." ”

Tang Ning realized that the action just now seemed to be a little obscene, but in the moment just now, he smelled a smell from the body of this palace maid, although the smell was extremely light, but Tang Ning could be sure that it was the smell of some kind of incense, in order to practice his sense of smell, he smelled countless incense, but he had not yet smelled this incense.

He waved his hand casually and said, "I don't know what kind of spice she uses, it smells pretty good......

King Huai smiled and said: "There are two errands in Shangshu Province, one is to investigate the people from the Western Regions who were captured in Beijing, and the other is to interrogate Zhao Guogong and others, which one will Tang choose?" ”

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "I'll choose the former." ”

When the imperial court formulated this rule, some envoys from small countries in the Western Regions in Beijing also came out one after another, praising the imperial court of Chen and asking the imperial court to release the slaves who had been taken captive.

There is no buying and selling, there is no killing, and there are still many people from the Western Regions in Beijing, who exist in the homes of major magnates, as slaves and maids.

If it was in the past, the imperial court would naturally not have made such a lot of effort to do this thankless task.

But at this time and then, they plan to cooperate with these small countries in the Western Regions, so they can't ignore their demands, Emperor Chen will allocate silver from the inner mansion, and will redeem the slaves of the Western Regions in the families of those powerful people.

Provided, of course, that they themselves want to.

This matter is relatively simple, because it is the small officials below who will do it, and they will not encounter any resistance, and they will not be able to interrogate Zhao Guogong, and they may not be able to judge any results, Tang Ning decisively chose an easy errand.

King Huai didn't have any opinion on this, and nodded and said, "The matter of interrogation will be handed over to this king." ”

The prison of the Criminal Department.

Zhao Guogong Zhou Wu grabbed the railing of the cell, looked at the opposite side, and said angrily: "I have no grudge against you, why do you do this!" ”

Yongping Hou showed a hint of ridicule on his face, and said: "It's only a hundred thousand taels, and you are not willing to help me, are you satisfied now?" ”

Zhao Guogong gritted his teeth and said: "Just because of this!" ”

"With these 100,000 taels, I won't be forced to this desperate road." Yongping Hou looked at him and said, "When you lent me a thousand taels of silver, I said that you would regret it......"

Zhao Guogong was furious and said: "So you framed us!" ”

"I said, we are grasshoppers on the same boat, I die, you don't want to live, we are on the Huangquan Road, walking together......" Yongping Hou pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "The left and right are dead, why don't I find a few more companions for myself?" ”

Zhao Guogong said: "We didn't plot to kill the right minister and King Huai!" ”

Yongping Hou sneered and said, "Who knows? ”

Zhao Guogong held the fence of the cell and said loudly: "Did you hear it, did you hear it, he was framed, he was framed, come and listen!" ”

Two jailers from the Criminal Department came over, opened the cell door, and said, "Please Zhao Guogong and us come over." ”

Zhou Wu's face changed, and he said vigilantly: "What are you doing, do you want to be lynched, let me tell you, I am the elder brother of the Queen Mother, if you dare to do anything to me, you will be finished, and the entire criminal department will be finished......"

Zhou Wu, who was shouting, was taken to a quiet cell, looking at the figure in the cell, Zhou Wu was stunned, and immediately said: "His Royal Highness King Huai, I am wronged, I am wronged, how can I let people assassinate His Highness......"

King Huai smiled and said, "Zhao Guogong doesn't have to be afraid, if there is no evidence, this king will not speculate casually, and he will not wronged you." ”

Zhao Guogong put his mind at ease and said, "That's good, that's good......"

King Huai looked at him and asked, "What do you have to do with Zhao Guogong and Yongping Hou?" ”

Zhou Wu nodded and said, "Yes, he borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from me, but I didn't lend it to him, so he held a grudge and wanted to die, and he wanted to take us with him, Your Highness Mingjian......"

"The king knows." King Huai nodded, asked him a few more questions, and asked the officials of the Criminal Department to take him back.

A moment later, Yichunhou was brought up.

After Zhao Guogong went back just now, he had already passed through his anger, so Yichunhou was not panicked, walked into the cell, bowed respectfully, and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Huai." ”

King Huai looked at him and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, and the Marquis of Yichun is a lot more haggard than back then. ”

Yichun Hou laughed dryly and said, "Your Highness is becoming more and more heroic, we are already old......"

King Huai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "When this king first saw the Marquis of Yichun, you were still the imperial doctor in the palace, and after so many years in a blink of an eye, you have been a marquis for so many years......"

Yichun Hou said: "It's all Your Majesty's love." ”

"Nope." King Huai shook his head and said: "This title was obtained by you in exchange for medical skills, when the crown prince, Concubine Yang, including the queen was seriously ill, you were the one who diagnosed and treated, and my father really trusted you......"

When Yichun Hou heard this, his body shook and his pupils shrank suddenly.