Speaking of which, Haidingzhuang is outside the palace, and the duty should indeed be under the control of the Dragon Scale Army rather than the Praetorian Guard.

"Dare to ask the Commander-in-Chief if he is a ...... On whose orders? The first of the guards asked, but it was clear that he didn't have enough confidence to ask.

"Hmph, whose order are you serving?"

"We are on the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace, and we are guarding here."

Cao Feihu secretly thought that Ye Zhiqiu's words were really useful, and he put the hood out at once, which was really the prince's meaning.

At the moment, he continued to preach according to the book taught by Ye Zhiqiu: "You are serving the orders of the East Palace, and we are serving the orders of the Holy Lord. When he left Beijing, he clearly ordered my dragon scale army to defend the imperial capital, but all suspicious people will be strictly investigated! Someone came to the camp this morning to report, saying that they saw bandits infested here, this matter is not trivial, you can quickly go back to the palace to report to His Royal Highness the Prince, this place has been taken over by my dragon scale army! ”

The guards were neither rational nor powerful, and seeing that they were doomed to suffer if they carried it down, they had to be disgraced and planned to return to the palace, but they were drunk by Lao Cao.

"Wait!"

"What does the Commander command?"

"You were driven back to the palace by me like this, I can't bear to be resentful, and if you go back to the palace to report this matter to His Royal Highness the Prince, wouldn't it make my life difficult for someone Cao?"

"How dare you."

"Wait a minute, I will send a soldier of the Dragon Scale Army to return to the palace with you, if you are biased, I, a soldier, can also argue from the side, so as to save you from confusing the public with empty words and white teeth."

The guards looked at each other, thinking that they had heard that this Commander Cao was a rough man who didn't read, why did he speak sharply today, and his head was the Tao? However, he is willing to send someone to ask for it, otherwise if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince says that we are not doing a good job and blames it, we will not even have a shield.

At that moment, I had no choice but to respond: "My lord is thoughtful. ”

When Lao Cao was messing around with the guards here, Ye Zhiqiu had already explained the articulate soldiers clearly, so as soon as the guards withdrew, the soldiers followed back to Zhangren Palace.

Originally, these five hundred dragon scale troops surrounded the house overwhelmingly, and it was already a momentum. As soon as the guards withdrew, Gonggong Li's mansion completely fell under the control of Lao Cao.

Lao Cao got off the horse and entered the house, only to see that except for the two little eunuchs in the house, there was no one in the house.

"Where is Gonggong Li?"

The little eunuch trembled with fright and pointed to the backyard road.

Ye Zhiqiu followed into the hospital, and when he saw this situation, he said with a pleasant face: "Don't be afraid, we are just doing business." ”

Lao Cao asked in a low voice, "Lord Ye, now that this place is all surrounded, what should I do next?" ”

Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Please Lord Cao will all the idle people here, and let's go and meet Grandpa Li alone for a while." ”

"Good!"

The two of them walked into the backyard together, only to see that the courtyard was very wide, planted with some old trees that could be evergreen without taking care of them, and there were no ordinary flowers and plants, which seemed empty. Many of the houses are locked, and they are obviously uninhabited.

At the end of the courtyard of Wujin, there was only one with the gate open, and there was an old man standing at the door, who was Gonggong Li in front of the palace.

That Gonggong Li was not surprised to see that the person who came was Cao Feihu, but saw Ye Zhiqiu, and couldn't help but say "Huh".

"It turned out to be Lord Shangshu and Lord Commander, I don't know what you are doing here today?"

Lao Cao coughed dryly, and said according to Ye Zhiqiu's words: "Father-in-law Li, we are here by order, there are some things that Father-in-law Li should know in his heart, so there is no need to say it clearly, right?" ”

What an old man Father-in-law Li is, seeing that Lao Cao's tone of voice seemed vicious, but he lacked confidence, he only smiled at the moment: "His Royal Highness Prince Meng is sympathetic, because the saint is not in the palace, he allowed the old slave to go home for a few days to raise this old waist...... Hey, my old problem, since the Queen Mother fell to the root of the disease, it's really difficult to take care of it. It's just that Master Cao said that he didn't need to say it explicitly, and the old slave really didn't understand it. ”

When Lao Cao heard that the prince allowed Gonggong Li to go home, and heard the queen mother mention, he was a little panicked.

How is this a little different from what Ye Zhiqiu said?

He secretly glanced at Ye Zhiqiu, but the latter didn't answer his eyes.

After all, Ye Zhiqiu's rank is higher than Cao Feihu, but the relationship between the two is not that of subordinates, and he still has to speak politely: "Lord Cao, since you are on an errand, you have to be impartial, and someone reports that there is something suspicious in Gonggong Li's house, so you should search carefully." ”

Gonggong Li was furious when he heard this, he didn't know what Ye Zhiqiu was doing today, but it was obvious that the person who came was quite unkind. Ye Zhiqiu has been standing in Hanyuan Hall for many years, not much less than Gonggong Li, what kind of person he is, Gonggong Li knows well.

A person who has never dripped the muddy waters of the city can instigate the dragon scale army to use it, and there must be more than just the support of a mere Ministry of Rites.

But in any case, he is also a fourth-grade eunuch in front of the emperor, the chief manager of the Ouchi, how can he say that he will search!

His face sank at the moment, and he said sharply: "If you are ordered to come, you must have a certificate, how can you just say empty words!" I am the one who is in front of the Holy Emperor, this courtyard, hum...... I haven't been searched since I served the Queen Mother! ”

Lao Cao was said to be weak-hearted, no matter how good Gonggong Li was inferior to him, he was also a person on the rank in Hanyuan Palace, how could he dare to offend at will, and he felt that his head was big at the moment.

Ye Zhiqiu approached Gonggong Li and said softly: "Gonggong Li, I know that you don't have anything in this house, if you really search it, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find a mosquito." But knowing that if you can't find something, it will offend you, and Gonggong Li still wants to search, don't you think it's strange? ”

Gonggong Li is indeed very strange, he knows exactly what Cao Feihu relied on to get promoted, and Emperor Wen made it clear that he took a fancy to his foolishness and loyalty. But Ye Zhiqiu and Cao Feihu are completely different, he must be confident to do such a thing.

"Lord Ye might as well say it if you have something to say."

Ye Zhiqiu looked around and said, "Father-in-law Li, it's freezing here, it's better to let me and my father-in-law go inside to talk, Lord Cao will be ordered to search everything up and down this mansion, and he won't have time to chat with us." ”

Lao Cao couldn't wait to hide away when he heard this, he wouldn't have dealt with this kind of scene, but now Ye Zhiqiu took this drudgery alone, which was exactly what he wanted, and he arched his hand and said: "Exactly, I'll go outside the courtyard first, Lord Ye and Gonggong Li will talk slowly, don't worry." With that, he hurried out.

Father-in-law Li had no choice but to let Ye Zhiqiu into the house.

Seeing that the furnishings in the house are as simple and unpretentious as the courtyard, and even the furniture is not much, it is hard to imagine that there is a person who has controlled the wind and rain of Ouchi for 50 years.

"The old slave never knew that the Ministry of Rites could still mobilize the Holy Dragon Scale Army." Father-in-law Li was charged with a crime.

However, Ye Zhiqiu's face did not change, and he only smiled: "Gonggong Li, no matter who it is, he is doing things for the saint, the holy will is the outline, being a courtier is just going according to his will, and I came here with Lord Cao, just by order." ”

"Okay, Lord Ye, you and I have been familiar faces for many years, you don't have to beat around the bush to speak, I know you have something to say about Cao Feihu, now there is no one else here, just say it." What are you here to do? ”

"I'm here to kill you."

Without beating around the bush, Gonggong Li didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu to be so straightforward, and he was secretly taken aback at the moment.

"Lord Ye is so capable!"

"Naturally, I don't have that much ability, but it's not me who wants Gonggong Li's life, it's His Royal Highness the Prince. As I said, it's all on orders. ”

Gonggong Li's heart trembled, it was really him...... Sure enough, it was him!

However, he remained silent, and instead laughed: "Nonsense...... As I said earlier, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's compassion for me that allowed me to go home to recuperate, how could I ...... for no reason?"

Ye Zhiqiu interrupted him: "Gonggong Li, His Royal Highness sent the guards to watch you, but he didn't kill you, not because he wanted to spare your life, but because he didn't want to have anything to do with it." That's why he took the trouble to replace the Praetorian Guard with the Dragon Scale Army, think about it, if he wants to kill you, he can do it in the palace, why do he have to send you out of the palace and then send an irrelevant Dragon Scale Army? ”

Ye Zhiqiu was just guessing, intending to coerce Gonggong Li on the one hand, and at the same time force him to show his feet and show the true purpose of the prince who wanted to kill Gonggong Li. Since the prince has been embarrassed to the point of finding Cao Xiwen to do it for him, he must have the trouble of not wanting others to know. So as long as you bite this point, there is hope that the lie will be false.

Sure enough, when Gonggong Li heard this, his heart fluctuated.

The prince's desire to kill himself was felt in the palace, but according to his understanding of the prince, this kid shouldn't have the courage to do so, and he deliberately changed the dragon scale army to kill him, when did his mind become so meticulous?

So he still pretended to be puzzled: "Lord Ye has been talking for a long time, and there is no evidence to come under orders, and he doesn't say why I was guilty, how can people believe it?" ”

The evidence and the crime are Ye Zhiqiu's two weakest points, because everything is just his inference, and there is indeed no real thing. Gonggong Li is used to seeing the wind and waves, how can he be easily fooled.

Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Gonggong Li, since he is acting secretly, and His Royal Highness doesn't want to get involved in this matter, how can he deliberately leave a certificate?" ”

Seeing that he was prevaricating, Gonggong Li was even more convinced that he was just bluffing, so he shook his head and said: "Lord Ye, you have to be cautious when you say something, since Lord Ye has no evidence, please go back." Now that the Holy Lord is not in the imperial capital, I can say that nothing has happened today, and I will not mention a word in the future, so as not to hurt each other's harmony. ”

The implication is that just leave it here, and still leave the last layer of face untorn.

Ye Zhiqiu knew that as soon as these words came out, his words did not work, and he was going to be defeated if he continued like this. He secretly thought that he could only gamble.