At night, the tea shop on the outskirts of the city, the humble courtyard revealed a quiet candlelight, and after a while, the dilapidated door creaked open, and a petite figure wearing a cloak flashed out of the tea shop.

"Girl, be careful."

The old woman in the tea shop whispered, Su Li bowed slightly to show her gratitude, and then walked quickly into the darkness.

It didn't take long for a crisp whistle to sound in the darkness, and twenty athletic people quietly appeared in front of Su Li.

Su Li took out a portrait and unfolded it: "When I see this person for a while, I will do everything I can to capture him alive!" ”

"Yes!"

After speaking, Su Li led about twenty people to quickly run forward in the dark.

Half an hour later, the group reached a mountain pass, and the guidance markers left along the way disappeared abruptly.

Su Li raised her hand and whistled, and after a while, the same whistle responded, and Su Li rushed over with someone to follow the sound, and a person jumped down from a tree with a crooked neck.

"Lord Zhao called me!"

Su Li immediately showed her intentions, and took out the bamboo slip that Zhao Hanzhuo gave her before, the man took the bamboo slip and glanced at it, believing Su Li's identity, took her behind a big stone, pointed to a dark cave not far away, and said: "People are inside, but there are more than a dozen people to protect them, and the two of us know that they are outnumbered, and they dare not act rashly for fear of bad things, so they sent a message to adults." ”

"Who are they waiting for?"

"I don't know, it seems that they are going to connect with someone, they put out the fire a quarter of an hour ago, it should be the appointed time."

Su Li nodded, basically understood the situation, and dispersed with the man, each found a place to hide, and waited to see what happened.

"It's coming!"

The person who had been hiding in the tree reminded him, Su Li immediately tensed his nerves, the person who came did not light a torch, he could only barely see the outline by the quiet moonlight, and he glanced at it, and there were about seven or eight people who came to connect.

A few people walked to the cave, and a dissatisfied voice came from the cave: "You don't light a fire in the dark, who do you want to scare to death!" ”

"Li Gongzi has been wronged in the past few days."

The leader apologized, and Li Gongzi scolded a few more words, and then welcomed the person into the cave.

Su Li and the two glanced at each other, and immediately sneaked towards the cave.

Soon, a fire was lit in the cave, and the faint light of the fire shrouded a soft halo, Li Gongzi sat down on the stone covered with hay, and rushed to raise his chin: "Did you bring what I wanted?" ”

After a few days on the run, he lost some weight, and instead of wearing brocade and satin, he was no longer wearing a coarse linen coat, and in order to avoid being discovered, he also smeared a few layers of pot ash on his white face, which looked quite funny.

"Brought it."

As he spoke, the man threw out a burden, which was heavy and made a crisp sound when it was thrown to the ground.

Li Gongzi gave a look to the people around him, and immediately someone stepped forward to open the baggage, and the silver with white flowers reflected a beautiful light, and Li Gongzi's eyes immediately lit up.

Reaching out to take the burden, he was blocked by a scabbard: "The money has been taken, what about Childe's things?" ”

Li Gongzi slapped the scabbard and tied the burden back into his arms: "You guys are stupid, that roster is my talisman, I give it to you now, can you still let me get out of here alive?" When I get to a safe place, I'll find a way to get someone to give you the booklet, wait! ”

After Li Gongzi finished speaking, he wanted to leave with his burden, but was poked back by the man with a scabbard and sat down: "Li Gongzi, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, this is the rule of the road, if you can't see the roster today, you ...... You don't have to live anymore! ”

The man seemed to be annoyed and angry, and raised his hand to draw his sword to split Li Gongzi in half, but Li Gongzi was so frightened that he raised his hand to block the burden.

The burden broke, the silver ingots rolled to the ground, and Li Gongzi was so frightened that he screamed: "What are you doing in a daze, don't protect me quickly!" ”

After a roar, Li Gongzi's people and the people who came to the joint got into a mess, and this Li Gongzi did not take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he still used his clothes to pick up the silver on the ground.

Su Li saw such a scene at the door of the cave, and immediately rushed in and dragged Li Gongzi by the collar.

Suddenly being grabbed by the back of fate, Li Gongzi was so frightened that he lost his soul, and shouted at the top of his voice: "You people who don't have long eyes, don't protect me quickly, if I die, you won't get a penny!" ”

With this roar, all the people in the cave looked at Su Li, and the joint person led by him had a surge in his eyes, and his killing intent was great, and he raised his sword to slash at Su Li, and the secret guard arrived in time to block the sword, and Su Li grabbed Li Gongzi and quickly exited the cave.

Li Gongzi hugged the remaining silver, and said with a twist in his mouth: "Don't you just want that roster?" Let me tell you, if you miss a single hair, you won't want to get that roster in your life! ”

It was difficult to walk down the mountain at night, Li Gongzi was not only noisy but also did not cooperate with the action, Su Li simply slapped him and carried him on his shoulder.

Not long after walking forward, the twenty dark guards and the two people from Dali Temple rushed back.

The eyes of the two people were a little frightened, Su Li was not there, and they had never seen how neat and neat the skills of the twenty secret guards were, and those people in the cave didn't even say a word before they were sealed by a sword.

One of the secret guards took Li Gongzi and carried it on his shoulders without saying a word, Su Li stopped and looked at the two people in Dali Temple, and was a little surprised in his heart: "It's all solved so quickly?" Didn't have a mouthful? ”

"All of them are dead, and there was originally one left to ask questions, but that person bit his tongue and killed himself."

"You go back and call Lord Zhao alone, saying that the person has been found, I will ask the whereabouts of the roster as soon as possible, and then take a look at the current situation in the city, if there is any accident in the Guogong Mansion, you must notify me in time."

"Yes!"

Both of them had a tacit understanding, one of them answered the word and left immediately, Su Li recalled the surrounding terrain, and took Li Gongzi to a ruined temple not far away.

The secret guard hid his figure again, and only Su Li and the official of Dali Temple remained.

Su Li woke up Li Gongzi with a basin of cold water, Li Gongzi's brain was still a little dizzy, he sat up with a carp covering his neck, and stared at Su Li for a long time, before he held back a howl in his throat: "Ghost!! ”

Hell, uncle!

Su Li grabbed Li Gongzi's collar to prevent him from jumping up: "Let me ask you, where is the roster?" ”

"What roster?" Li Gongzi's eyes widened and pretended to be confused, Su Li didn't go around the bend with him, he turned sideways, and the official of Dali Temple squatted down in front of Li Gongzi, and showed his waist card coolly.

"Li Gongzi, according to your father's confession, all the money transactions he has embezzled and bribed over the years have been recorded in a roster, and now those who have traded with your father are staring at this booklet, and if you carry it on yourself, you can only cause death, and hand over this booklet, your father can still hope to save his head."

"Come on, I don't know your Lord Zhao's temperament? My father fell into his hands, and there was no way to live! That roster was left to me by my father to save my life, and I am not dead if I hand it over? ”

"If you don't pay it, I can let you die right now!" Su Li threatened at the right time, Li Gongzi was so frightened that he hid back, looked at Su Li in disbelief for a long time and finally recognized who she was, pointed at Su Li and yelled: "You are the slut named Su Li who followed Hou Ye!" ”

Su Li lifted her eyes, her eyes were cold: "Who do you say is a slut?" ”

Su Li was wearing a cloak, with scars on her face, and she looked quite infiltrating against the dark night, Li Gongzi shivered very cowardly, but he still had the courage to say: "Dali Temple is ...... Handling the case, you will protect the witness, you ...... You don't dare to do anything to me! ”

"If it wasn't for me just now, Li Gongzi would probably have been disposed of by now, who can tell how you died?"

“…… You...... You don't want a roster anymore? ”

"I'm an impatient person, instead of wasting words and time with you here, it's better to kill you and have a good time!"

After Su Li finished speaking, her wrist flipped over, and there was an extra bright dagger in her hand, and Li Gongzi hurriedly pulled the official messenger's trouser leg and shouted: "You are the official of Dali Temple, you have to protect me, you can't watch her kill me!" ”

The official and Su Li cooperated, and looked indifferent: "Lord Zhao only asked his subordinates to find the roster, and he didn't let his subordinates protect you." ”

“……”

The corners of Li Gongzi's eyes twitched, after a few days of escape and the life and death experience just now, the psychological defense line had collapsed, and he hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth: "You promise to let me leave Beijing safely after you get the booklet, and I will tell you the whereabouts of the booklet!" ”

Hearing this, the official grimace looked embarrassed, this request was beyond his authority.

"Good! As long as the booklet is true, I will let you go. ”

Su Li decisively agreed, and Li Gongzi's eyes turned between Su Li and the official errand, and finally chose to believe Su Li.

"My father has an old friend in the Goolan Courtyard in Longxi County, and the booklet is hidden in the Goolan Courtyard."

……

Kyoto, MI prison.

An Jue sat in the torture room with his legs crossed and drinking tea, Wang Wu and Wang An were tied to the torture rack, the people had been beaten into blood, and the wounds that had been healed with great difficulty were torn apart again and turned into hideous and blurred flesh.

The jailer, who had whipped a lot, was so tired that he was panting, but the two of them didn't even snort.

"My lord, these two people's mouths are too hard!"

The jailer gasped and said, An Jue spit out the tea stalk in his mouth and got up and walked to the two of them, Yu Guang glanced at the whip wrapped in a layer of blood in the jailer's hand, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Sure enough, it's Lu Guogong's people, it's so tough!" ”

"The rules of the Guogong Mansion are strict, although the grass people have never read poetry and books, they also know that they must not violate the law and discipline to discredit the Guogong Mansion!" Wang Wu whispered, his hoarse voice was already weak.

"Originally, I wanted to break your hard bones and carry you to the council hall as a personal witness, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant of lifting, and since you don't want to live, then the official will do good deeds and send you to Bliss as soon as possible, so as not to suffer from these flesh and skin again!"

An Jue shook his head regretfully, and took out two testimonies from his sleeve pocket that had been written long ago and unfolded.

"What is this?"

Wang Wu asked vigilantly, and An Jue grabbed his intact hand and pressed a bloody handprint on one of the testimonies.

"It's nothing, it's just the testimony of Lord Guogong harboring the felony Lu Ji and instigating Diao Nu to set fire to Zhao'an Building, but using the thunder to cover up the crime!"

"Nonsense!" Wang Wu roared angrily, his chest rose and fell violently, the dense wounds burst, and the blood gushed even more fiercely, he didn't seem to know the pain, and only stared at An Jue word by word to defend: "It is impossible for an adult to do such a thing!" ”

Wang An, who had been unconscious for a long time, tried to open his eyes and echoed in a low voice: "You are trapped...... Harm. ”

"Framed? You are about to become dead, and who will dare to say that this testimony is false when you go out of this gate? An Jue said firmly that the victory was in hand.

He took the second testimony, grabbed Wang An's finger bone and pressed a fingerprint on it.

"Trapped...... Harm! ”

Wang An roared in his throat, because he was too emotional, blood gushed out of his throat, An Jue ignored it, took the testimony into his arms, raised his hand and grabbed Wang An's neck and twisted it gently.

There was a soft click, and Wang An was silent.

"If you kill Zhongliang, the soul of the ancestors of the An family will be uneasy, and you will be punished!"

Wang Wu said and vomited An Jue's blood, An Jue raised his hand and wiped it, pinching Wang Wu's neck, but he didn't rush to break it, and said in Wang Wu's ear with bad intentions: "Say this, you can tell him when Lu Guogong's old immortal comes down!" ”

In response to him, there was the sound of a broken neck bone.

Withdrawing his hand, An Jue smiled happily, and patiently wiped the blood from his face, and suddenly there was a sound of swords hitting each other at the door.

An Jue frowned and walked out of the prison.

The situation outside the prison was chaotic, and all the people in the military intelligence department were forced outside the prison, holding knives and confronting a group of royal forest soldiers, and behind these royal forest soldiers was Chu Huai'an, who was wearing a court uniform and had a slender figure.

"Master Hou, what do you mean by this?"

An Jue asked with a cold face, he searched the Guogong Mansion with his front foot, and Chu Huai'an came with the Royal Forest Army to surround his military intelligence office!

"Lord An, this envoy is also ordered to handle the case, but it is not easy to knock on the door of your military intelligence department, so this envoy has no choice but to use some extraordinary methods."

Chu Huai'an replied casually, he used 'this envoy', emphasizing his identity as a wronged envoy.

"Extraordinary law? I think Hou Ye is more like he wants to lead the troops to suppress my military intelligence department as a bandit den! An Jue was resentful, and the words he said were full of gritted teeth.

Chu Huai'an nodded approvingly: "If Lord An comes out a little later, this envoy will also have this intention." ”

“……”

On the ability to reverse black and white and play Laipi, An Jue still has to lose Chu Huai'an after all.

He gritted his teeth fiercely, gritting his cheeks so much that his cheeks hurt: "Master Hou said that he was ordered to handle the case, what kind of bizarre case is he going to do so much?" In addition to the two arsonists, there are no other criminals in our military intelligence department, this case seems to be outside the scope of Hou Ye's authority, you led the troops to forcibly come to ask for someone tonight, don't you want to fake the holy decree and rob the prison in the name of handling the case? ”

In three or two sentences, An Jue put himself on the commanding heights and trapped Chu Huai in a disadvantageous place.

Chu Huai'an didn't panic, and even nodded in agreement, revealing a bit of appreciation: "After Lord An became a eunuch, this mouth is much sharper. ”

Chu Huai'an's tone was a little softer, An Jue thought that he had guessed Chu Huai'an's intentions, and couldn't help but regain a little arrogance: "Master Hou, although my military intelligence department is not as good as Dali Temple, it is also a serious prison, if you really want to rob the prison, even if you have the imperial whip left by the old Hou Ye, you will be punished for a serious crime, right?" ”

"Lord An took people from the Guogong Mansion for no reason, and with the character of Ben Hou, he did do such a thing as robbing prisons, but today Ben Hou came as an envoy to show injustice, and this envoy came to arrest the criminals who murdered the emperor's relatives and relatives!" Chu Huai'an tightened his expression, his outline tightened into a cold arc, and his eyes looked at An Jue fiercely.

"The murderer of the emperor's relatives? Where is the perpetrator now? An Jue asked with a calm face, looking at the surrounding Imperial Forest Army, and had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

Chu Huai'an raised his hand, and his slender fingertips pointed directly at An Jue's eyebrows: "The culprit is here!" ”

"Ridiculous! Didn't Hou Ye want to exonerate the Guogong Mansion and not hesitate to frame the court officials? ”

An Jue said and quietly moved back two steps, he didn't expect this to happen, he didn't have a saber on his body, he didn't have anything on his body, and the next moment Chu Huai'an showed the edict of injustice.

"Your Majesty gave an order to let the envoy thoroughly investigate the fact that the marquis was framed for having an affair with the concubine, and whoever is involved in the case, the envoy can use this order to arrest and even cut it first, and the lord Wei first buys the guards, and let people steal the concubine's personal belongings, frame the envoy, and then poison the prison in Dali Temple with the intention of murdering the envoy, and his crime should be punished!"

It's been several months since this case passed, and Chu Huai'an has been gagging and not taking action since he got the injustice order, An Jue thought that this matter had been over, but he didn't expect Chu Huai'an to pull it out and hold on to it at this juncture!

"Is there any evidence for Master Hou to say this?"

"If there is no evidence, how does Lord An think this envoy mobilized the Imperial Forest Army?" Chu Huai'an asked rhetorically, An Jue secretly screamed badly, and he was ruthless in his heart, and took the first step to humanize his subordinates: "Xiaoyao Hou pretended to pass on the holy decree and tried to rob the prison, take it for me!" ”

These people all heard the conversation between Chu Huai'an and An Jue, and they all hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, Chu Huai'an rolled up his sleeves lightly, revealing a white wrist: "Lord An, are you planning to resist arrest?" ”

When he asked this, the corners of Chu Huai'an's lips rose, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were also smiling, as if he was finally waiting for some good opportunity to do something that made people feel happy.

An Jue knew that he had a deep knot with Chu Huai'an's Liangzi, if Zhao Hanzhuo came to take someone today, he might have obediently followed Zhao Hanzhuo away, but the person who came was Chu Huai'an, even if he was caught in Chu Huai'an's hands, he wouldn't be able to get any good fruit to eat.

Thinking of this, An Jue gritted his teeth and shouted: "Give it to me!" Whoever wins the head of Xiaoyao Hou will be promoted to vice Wei! ”

As soon as this sentence fell, the brainless person who was attracted by the temptation of promotion and fortune shouted and rushed towards Chu Huai'an with a knife.

Chu Huai'an had been waiting for this for a long time, and he was not in a hurry, he snatched a halberd from the hand of the Imperial Forest Army beside him, and swept the person who rushed over with just one sweep of the handle.

The man flew several meters before landing on the ground, making a muffled sound and disappearing.

Chu Huai'an held the halberd in one hand, lifted the hem of the clothes that was in the way and tied it into his belt, stood with his hands in his hands, and put on a very good-looking posture very proudly.

"The envoy saw that your hands were itchy for a long time, since you are so upright, the envoy will satisfy you, so that you will not be beaten like this when you enter the palace to face the saint, disturbing the holy drive!"

Chu Huai'an said, the halberd poked down into the crack of the floor tiles, and with a slight pick, the floor tiles were provoked and hit An Jue's door.

An Jue turned sideways to dodge, knowing that he couldn't hide, so he snatched a knife from the nearest person to meet the enemy head-on.

The big knife and the halberd struck, bursting out of sparks, Chu Huai'an pressed hard, An Jue's leg bent, Chu Huai'an's face did not change, and he laughed: "Lord An's third leg is not good, and this physical strength is not good, how can he be soft and like a woman?" ”

Chu Huai'an deliberately poked An Jue's sore spot, An Jue was annoyed, the anger and killing intent in his heart were intertwined, and his reason collapsed little by little.

He remembered the words that mocked and smeared himself in the albums that circulated on the market before, and remembered that on the day of the palace banquet, Chu Huai'an was extremely angry for the humiliation that Su Li gave him, and An Wuwu said to him before that he should be calm and calm, and he forgot all about the explanation of the city government, and there was only one thought left: kill him!

An Jue was ruthless, and his body was extremely flexible to avoid the halberd, looking for an opportunity to fight Chu Huai'an in close combat.

Seeing his intentions, Chu Huai'an sneered at the corner of his lips, suddenly stuck the blade with a halberd, and pressed An Jue to the ground with the knife, he used all his strength, and the floor tiles were cut out of a crack, An Jue decisively abandoned the knife, stomped on the ground with his legs, stood up with strength, and pulled out a dagger from his boots.

The dagger refracted the cold light, An Jue stepped on the body of the halberd stick, not letting Chu Huai'an pull it up, his body leaned forward quickly, and the dagger flashed with silver light, straight to Chu Huai'an's throat.

Chu Huai'an leaned back to avoid it, a strand of sideburns was cut off, and the smile at the corner of his lips deepened, he raised his foot and kicked at the handle of the halberd, An Jue quickly retreated with a backflip, and Chu Huaian took advantage of the situation to pull out the halberd.

An Jue asked to land, and he wanted to continue to attack, the halberd had already attacked the front door, he turned sideways and wanted to avoid it, but Chu Huai'an had already calculated his move, and while he dodged, the halberd deviated by half an inch, and it snorted into his right arm.

"Hmm!"

An Jue snorted in pain, but Chu Huai'an didn't stop, grabbed the halberd and twisted it around and shook it open.

Burst!

The sound of flesh tearing sounded, and An Jue's right arm was broken and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely for a while.

An Jue stood there in a daze, numb in extreme pain, and didn't react to what was happening.

The people present were so shocked by this scene that they couldn't speak, they didn't expect Chu Huai'an to pick An Jue's arm with his own hands.

"Ahhh!!h

After a while, An Jue covered his broken arm and roared, and the people from the military intelligence department hurriedly stripped off his clothes to help him plug the wound.

Chu Huai'an threw the halberd back to the Imperial Forest Army, slowly lowered his sleeves and hem, his movements were very neat, An Jue shed so much blood, but not a drop splashed on him.

"Take the culprit away!" Chu Huai'an ordered, no longer paying attention to An Jue, and walked towards the prison of the Military Intelligence Department, and said loudly as he walked: "An Jue framed Xiaoyao Hou for having an affair with Su Guifei, the evidence is conclusive, and from now on, he will be dismissed from the post of the head of the Military Intelligence Department, and all cases will be transferred to Dali Temple, and the criminals in the prison will be transferred to Dali Temple!" ”

As he spoke, Chu Huai'an had already walked to the door of the prison, and the jailer who had just helped An Jue torture knelt on the ground and said in horror: "Master Qiqi, the criminal...... The perpetrator committed suicide after pleading guilty and being ambushed! ”

"Confession?" Chu Huai'an stopped and looked down at the jailer: "What kind of crime did they confess and what kind of punishment did they confess?" ”

He ...... They admitted that the Grand Duke of the Kingdom harbored the court repeat offenders and instigated ...... instigated Diao Nu to set fire to Zhao'an Building...... "The more the jailer spoke, the colder Chu Huai'an's eyes became, and the murderous aura in his body became, the jailer quickly couldn't speak, knelt on the ground and thought for a while, Fu Zhi Lingxi said: "Evidence...... The testimony is on Lord An! ”

"Come on, carry the two corpses in the prison, and enter the palace with the envoy!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, the Queen Mother's bedroom was brightly lit.

Chu Lingzhao was still wearing the dragon robe of the upper court and had not changed it, the Queen Mother was lying on the bed, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital was kneeling in the room, and An Ruolan was feeding the Queen Mother medicine spoonful by spoon.

Because An Jue was suddenly found out and tried to kill the Marquis of Xiaoyao, the Queen Mother was so angry that she fell ill, and Chu Lingzhao stayed in front of the Queen Mother's bed every step of the way, but Chu Huai'an's will to arrest An Jue was not withdrawn.

"Auntie, are you feeling better?"

An Ruolan asked softly, and after feeding a few spoonfuls of medicine, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and the Queen Mother was not happy, so she raised her hand to knock over the bowl of medicine.

Fragments of medicinal juice and porcelain bowls splashed on the ground, some splashing on the bright yellow dragon robe, staining the dragon robe with a little stain, and the palace people who were already trembling and kneeling on the ground lowered their bodies.

"Don't eat it! The An family has a rebel and a thief, and the mourning family has no shame to live in this world, and they can't drink medicine! The Queen Mother said angrily, Chu Lingzhao looked at the medicine on the ground, his expression on his face did not change, and he said calmly: "Go and boil a bowl of medicine for the Queen Mother again." ”

"Yes!"

At this time, the more peaceful Chu Lingzhao's attitude was, the more turbulent the anger in the queen mother's heart became, she sat up and looked at Chu Lingzhao angrily: "The mourning family is a woman, and she shouldn't be in charge of the political affairs of the court, but the alarm bell of the Qin Tianjian has sounded, and the general of the town has killed the court official and is nowhere to be found, and the emperor is not in a hurry to send someone to arrest him, but his eyes are limited to the harem concubines, and he is not afraid to make the world laugh and be generous!" ”

"I will urge Zhao Aiqing to deal with this matter as soon as possible, and it will not prevent me from investigating the murder of Jin." Chu Lingzhao said unhurriedly, the people below were all in a mess, but he still looked like he was in control of everything.

The Queen Mother was choked by him and coughed, An Ruolan hurriedly patted the Queen Mother's back to help her calm down, and at the same time helped the Queen Mother speak: "Your Majesty, there are still many strange things about the murder of Xiaoyao Hou, will it be too hasty for you to convict An Jue so quickly?" The evidence of the disappearance of the general in the town is conclusive, and I haven't seen what His Majesty will do with him! ”

These words reminded the Queen Mother, and she immediately relented when she took a breath and said: "Lan'er is right, the emperor, you are so protective of Lu Guogong, I am afraid that it will be unfair to the An family, why are the heirs of the An family withering so far now, have you forgotten?" ”

"Everything that the An family has paid for the Yuanzhao Kingdom, I have naturally always kept it in mind, but why did I lose my father at a young age, did my mother forget it?"

Chu Lingzhao suddenly mentioned the old Xiaoyaohou, the queen mother's momentum was cut by half at once, a trace of weakness flashed in her eyes, Chu Lingzhao did not hold on to this matter, and returned to the topic just now: "Queen Mother, I have always remembered the merits of the family, but I have been wronged, and I can't help but give him an explanation!" ”

In this way, the An family and Chu Huaian are like a royal hand, the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, and they can't lose anyone.

The Queen Mother stopped talking in a muffled voice, and the palace people quickly brought another bowl of medicine, and this time, Chu Lingzhao personally fed the Queen Mother.

"Everyone wants to be the emperor, and they think that this position can have supreme rights, even if others don't know, doesn't the queen mother understand? The son was made a prince at the age of ten, and the father required his son to be better than others in his studies, and the son was most envious at that time, envying him for being carefree and not having to think about anything. ”

The Queen Mother originally wanted to put on a shelf and not drink medicine, but when she heard Chu Lingzhao's words, she suddenly couldn't bear it, what was a piece of meat that fell from her, how could she not feel distressed? ?

The words that came to his mouth were swallowed raw, and the Queen Mother gave Chu Lingzhao a whole bowl of medicine to the face.

No one spoke in the house for a while, and it was rare to give birth to two points of mother and child warmth.

After feeding the medicine, Chu Lingzhao put the medicine bowl aside and took a candied fruit and fed it to the Queen Mother.

"Queen Mother, I will deal with today's affairs properly, and the Queen Mother will take care of her body well, don't let her son worry." Chu Lingzhao's actions are very filial, after all, now that state affairs have made him anxious, it is not easy for him to be able to accompany him in front of the bed as the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and it is false that the Queen Mother is not shaken in her heart.

"The queen mother doesn't want to embarrass you, it's just that the heirs of the An family are already withering, and the emperor can't ...... it" The queen mother's tone softened, but before she finished speaking, the palace people at the door suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, the grievances have returned to the palace to restore your life!" ”

Accustomed to hearing about the Marquis of Xiaoyao, the Queen Mother didn't react for a while to find out who the wronged envoy was.

Chu Lingzhao grabbed the queen mother's hand and patted it: "Queen Mother, my son is going to be busy, you are not feeling well, so you can rest." After speaking, he got up, took a step outside and said to An Ruolan: "Concubine Ai, don't bother the queen mother here, go with me." ”

"Yes!" An Ruolan responded softly and kept up with Chu Lingzhao's pace.

Out of the Queen Mother's dormitory, Chu Lingzhao's pace accelerated, and An Ruolan had to trot with her skirt to keep up.

The women in the deep palace are walking slowly on weekdays, An Ruolan ran for a while and gasped, but she didn't dare to tell Chu Lingzhao to slow down, and she almost fell down after passing through the imperial garden, Chu Lingzhao turned around and helped her out as expected.

"Concubine Ai can't keep up with me, why don't you tell me?" Chu Lingzhao helped An Ruolan and asked, but he was not in a hurry to let go, the hot palm burned the skin on her wrist, An Ruolan lowered her eyes and showed shyness: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and the concubines dare not cause trouble to Your Majesty." ”

"Oh? That party was in the queen mother's bedroom, how dare Concubine Ai use the matter of the state to allude to my unfairness? ”

Chu Lingzhao asked rhetorically, if it weren't for An Ruolan's mention just now, the Queen Mother would not have thought of the connection between these two things.

An Ruolan's eyes flashed with panic, and he hurriedly knelt down: "Please forgive your majesty, there are still many strange things about An Jue's framing of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, the men in the clan are withering, and the concubine is An Jue's sister, so she will lose her words if she worries for a while!" ”

The floor tiles were very hard, she didn't fall just now, and her knees were not lightly knocked on this knee, this time Chu Lingzhao didn't help her, just stood there with his hands and looked at her.

"Since the concubine has married into the royal family, that is the royal person, how to give birth to the heirs of the An family, it is not what you should care about, how to give birth to the imperial heir for me is what you should care about!"

"Your Majesty said yes!" An Ruolan agreed repeatedly, Chu Lingzhao reached out to help her up, seeing that she seemed to be frightened, and thoughtfully helped her comb the sideburns in her ears: "Since Concubine Ai knows that I am reasonable, then the Shunzi soup should be stopped as soon as possible, even if it is prescribed with the help of the imperial doctor, drinking too much will hurt her body after all." ”

“……”

An Ruolan's eyes widened slightly, his face turned pale, his whole body froze, and he couldn't even hold his breath.

Chu Lingzhao said very casually, as if he was really just concerned about An Ruolan's body, but An Ruolan clearly knew that it was a felony for the harem concubines to secretly drink the soup to avoid children, and it would be light to poke out this matter and enter the cold palace.

It has been almost two years since he entered the palace, and he has also drunk this avoidance soup for two years, An Ruolan doesn't know if Chu Lingzhao only learned about this matter recently or if he knew it from the beginning.

After finishing his sideburns, Chu Lingzhao still pulled An Ruolan forward as if nothing had happened.

"Isn't Concubine Ai afraid that I will wronged An Aiqing, you might as well sit in on the trial and see if I will reverse black and white for the sake of prudence."

"Your Majesty, the concubine has no such intention!"

An Ruolan defended in a low voice, her voice was tight, Chu Lingzhao ignored her, and still walked forward with her semi-forcedly.

All the way to the imperial study, before he walked in, he heard a roar of extreme pain, An Ruolan was just frightened, and his body trembled uncontrollably when he heard the sound.

"What happened?" Chu Lingzhao asked and walked in, but before anyone answered, a strong smell of blood came to his face, and An Ruolan screamed: "Ah! ”

After entering the house, Chu Lingzhao didn't pull An Ruolan anymore, An Ruolan was so frightened that he sat on the ground, An Jue lay on the ground with a broken arm, the broken arm was only roughly wrapped with a cloth a few times, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and the cry of pain just now was made by him.

"The minister acted according to the order, An Zhuwei refused to be arrested, and also instigated the people of the Military Intelligence Department to confront the minister, and the minister had no choice but to fight with An Zhuwei, and An Zhuwei killed the minister, and the minister accidentally broke An Zhuwei's arm." Chu Huai'an stepped forward to answer, explained the story in three or two sentences, and concealed that he first asked the Royal Forest Army to surround the military intelligence department, and put all the fault on An Jue.

An Jue was so painful that he couldn't speak, and Chu Huaian raised his hand again to grab the neatly cut hair on his sideburns to corroborate: "If it weren't for the minister's quick hiding, it would be the minister's throat that was cut." ”

"You ......"

An Jue was so angry that he wanted to get up to defend himself, the blood in the broken arm flowed more happily, An Ruolan rushed over to help him hold down his clothes to stop the bleeding: "Your Majesty, please be merciful, interrogate later, and call the imperial doctor to show Ah Jue the injury first!" ”

"Don't misunderstand, the minister didn't deliberately drag it out and didn't show An Zhuwei the injury, but the people in the Shicai Palace said that the queen mother was unwell, and the imperial doctor of the entire hospital was waiting in the queen mother's bedroom, in the minister's opinion, the safety of the queen mother is much more important than the broken arm of a guilty minister, and the minister dispelled the idea of inviting the imperial doctor, do you say yes, concubine Niangniang?"

Chu Huai'an said this deliberately, before An Jue was above the court, he was a criminal minister to Lu Xiao, but now Chu Huai'an is a tooth for a tooth, so that he can also taste the taste of untried convictions!

An Ruolan was so angry that the Queen Mother said that she was sick, but in fact, it was also to protect An Jue, and she wanted to force Chu Lingzhao to take a step back and not hold on to An Jue, but she didn't expect that now it has become a reason for Chu Huaian to obstruct An Jue's treatment.

An Ruolan wanted to ask the doctor to treat An Jue's injuries, but he could only prove that An Jue did not frame Chu Huai'an.

As a last resort, An Ruolan could only grit her teeth and answer: "What the Hou Ye said is that naturally the queen mother's body is more important, and the concubines are confused, please ask Your Majesty to interrogate first!" ”

An Ruolan said as she used a silk handkerchief to help An Jue tie the wound and retreat to the side, her hands were stained with hot and slimy blood, which made her so disgusted that she wanted to vomit, but at this time she could only endure it alive.

The wound was touched, An Jue was in more pain, and he couldn't control his roar a few times, Chu Huaian plucked out his ears and said slowly: "Don't worry, this case is investigated by Dali Temple, and Lord Zhao hasn't come yet." ”

The person with the broken arm was not him, so he was naturally not in a hurry at all.

An Ruolan was anxious, but just now in the Queen Mother's dormitory, she had already made Chu Lingzhao unhappy, and she was beaten again on the road, where did she dare to speak casually now?

The imperial study was quiet for a while, only An Jue's painful moans remained, and after about a cup of tea, Zhao Hanzhuo hurried over: "Please see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty......"

"No need to be polite." Chu Lingzhao interrupted, as if he was impatient to wait, and went straight to the point: "Aiqing directly said the results of the investigation of the case." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Hanzhuo took out the pre-arranged fold from his sleeve pocket and presented it.

"According to what the envoy said, the minister conducted a detailed investigation of the source of the poison in the meal and the people who could access Su Guifei's personal belongings, and finally found that the palace maid who stole Su Guifei's personal belongings was the personal palace maid Cuiping in the Guifei Palace, and it was Qian Liu, who was responsible for buying prison food in Dali Temple who poisoned the meal."

"That Qian Liu is a person from Dali Temple, isn't it because Lord Zhao is not able to control his subordinates so that Hou Ye was almost poisoned by gangsters?"

An Ruolan asked softly, her mind was still in a mess, but she found this loophole and grabbed it and asked.

"What the noble concubine said is very true, and the ministers should reflect on themselves and accept punishment." Zhao Hanzhuo admitted his mistake with a very good attitude, and continued after speaking: "After investigation, the minister found that this palace maid named Cuiping had a personal relationship with Lord An, and Qian Liu owed Lord An a huge gambling debt in the gambling house, and both of them have now confessed that they were coerced by Lord An to participate in the framing of the wrongful envoy!" ”

It is already a serious crime for the palace maid to have an affair with a foreign minister, coupled with framing the Marquis of Xiaoyao and the concubine, how can ordinary people easily confess to such a major matter?

Besides, An Ruolan knows An Jue, even if he really does such a thing, no matter whether it is successful or not, he will kill people in time, how can he leave someone alive to investigate?

"How easy it was to confess? Where is that witness now? ”

"Bring a witness!"

Zhao Hanzhuo said loudly, and immediately a guard pressed a man and a woman in, both of whom had traces of being tortured and interrogated, but they were both in the normal scope of torture, and they could not be regarded as torture to extract confessions.

"Please forgive your majesty! Please forgive your Majesty! ”

As soon as the two of them were escorted to their knees, they immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy, Chu Lingzhao put aside the fold presented by Zhao Hanzhuo and looked at the two: "Do you know this man with a broken arm?" ”

"Acquaintance! The grass people owe this adult thousands of taels of silver, and they really can't pay it back, this adult asked the grass people to help him do one thing, if he does, not only the gambling debts will be written off, but also give the grass people five hundred taels of silver, if he doesn't do it, he will kill the grass people, the grass people will be blinded by lard for a while, and they will commit such a big crime, please spare your majesty! ”

The prison head rushed to say, tears fell, and he cried even more miserably than An Jue, who had a broken hand.

Chu Lingzhao listened carefully and nodded, then turned his head to look at An Ruolan: "Concubine Ai, what do you think is still suspicious in this case?" ”

He seems to be really as he said before, as long as An Ruolan raises doubts, he will definitely not wronged An Jue on this case.

But now that the witness is here, although An Ruolan knows that there are still many unreasonable places, as long as the witness is alive and does not retract his confession for a day, An Jue will not be able to clear his grievances for a day.

Moreover, in this matter, An Jue is not really completely innocent, and if he investigates it carefully, I am afraid that more will be implicated.

Between the lightning and flint, her thoughts were already turning a thousand times, and An Ruolan replied decisively: "The concubine is just a woman in the deep palace, and she doesn't know how to judge the case, everything is up to Your Majesty's decision!" ”

When the words fell, it seemed that the case should be over, but Chu Huaian said inappropriately: "Wait, there are human evidence in this case, and there seems to be no physical evidence yet." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Huai'an paused and looked at An Ruolan meaningfully: "The minister thinks, should I go to An's house to search, is there any fornication letter with this palace maid in An's house?" ”