Zhao was dragged to Dali Temple, she was in the backyard of Shangshu Mansion, and those concubines and concubines all had to rely on her to live by snorting, and when she arrived here, she was just a felony who committed a heinous crime.

Her confession was heard by His Majesty, the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the case did not even need to be retried, and she could be directly convicted.

Su Li's case five years ago aside, the crime of murdering the emperor's heir alone was enough for her to die thoroughly.

She was scared to death, her legs were weak, her body was shaking and she couldn't stop.

The jailer was surprised, put shackles on her, and led her to the prison.

It was a blue sky and white sun outside, and after stepping into the prison, only a dark and damp place was left, and the smell of rancid smell came to her face, and Zhao's hairs stood on end, and she looked left and right in horror, for fear that the vicious gangsters in the cell would suddenly pounce out and bite her.

"Look at what, go in!"

The jailer urged, grabbed the chain and dragged Zhao, Zhao fell to the ground, his mouth was open, and he was about to scream, when he suddenly saw Su Li sitting in the cell and looking at her with her cheeks raised.

"Ahh Ghost! Zhao was so frightened that he sat up from the ground and stepped back vigorously, until his back was pressed against the other side of the cell door, and he regained a sense of pity and pity.

"Mrs. Su, you have a noble status, why did you come to such a place?" Su Li asked softly, her voice was rough, she held her cheek with one hand, she felt a little like watching a play, and her tone was even more joking.

Zhao was stabbed by her but calmed down a lot, thinking of Su Wanyue's crying before, Zhao slammed into the cell where Su Li was, grabbed the prison door fence and roared viciously: "Slut! Why are you hurting my daughter? Why don't you die? If you harm my daughter, you will go to eighteen layers of hell!! ”

Zhao's hair was messy, her clothes were stained with a lot of stains, her delicate makeup was spent, and she lost her former lofty momentum, and now she was lying on the ground, like a mad dog biting indiscriminately.

Su Li was a little tired with one hand, and she changed her hand and was about to pluck out her ears, so she might as well reveal the hideous scar on her face, which was particularly terrifying under the lights, and Zhao Shi rolled his eyes when he saw it, and he was about to faint.

Su Li hurriedly reached out from the gap in the fence to hold out Zhao's head, and 'kindly' helped her pinch the middle of the person.

Zhao Shi failed to faint as he wished, relieved himself in one breath, turned his head, and saw Su Li's almost demonic face.

"You...... What else do you have to do? ”

Zhao stammered and asked, his whole body was already wet with cold sweat, and even the strength of Fang Cai's resentful clamor was exhausted.

Su Li smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I just hope that Mrs. Su will go at ease and tell Mrs. something after death, after you die, the Su family will be raided, and everyone will be exiled, but the concubine Niangniang will not be degraded for the time being, after all, she is pregnant with a dragon heir in her belly, but His Majesty will not give her half of the favor, after the child is born, it will not be handed over to a vicious person like her to raise, at that time, she may be sent to the cold palace, or she may be given a cup of poisoned wine to accompany Mrs. ”

Su Li's analysis was extremely organized, and Zhao's mind even had the scenes of Su Jiashu falling and scattering after death.

Those scenes burned her heart like red-hot blades.

Her face became more and more pale, and after a while, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she looked at Su Li with a strange smile: "And Ah Zhan, Ah Zhan is your flesh and blood, he entered the ancestral home of the Su family, are you willing to let him be exiled and suffer those hardships?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhao suddenly stopped panicking, she felt as if she had found an excellent shield, and she smiled more and more proudly: "Slut, for the sake of your son, go and confess, just say that everything is done by you alone, and it has nothing to do with others, anyway, you should have died five years ago!" ”

Zhao's face glowed again as she spoke, and Su Li looked at her with pity, breaking her last illusion: "Mrs. Su, you may not know that Ah Zhan is the bloodline of the Lu family!" ”

The bloodline of the Lu family, there are many surnames Lu in the entire Kyoto, and there is only one family that may make Su Li as a backer, and that is Lu Guogong's Lu.

Zhao's whole person froze, she thought that Su Li had been depressed and helpless in the past five years, but she didn't expect that she would be able to have a relationship with the Guogong Mansion even though her reputation was ruined!

Shocked to the extreme, Zhao lost his words.

The goal was achieved, Su Li let go of her and stood up, Zhao did not fall, she looked at Su Li, and laughed suddenly: "Your mother is a fox spirit, she can be deceived by her humble background and befriended her, you are really more powerful than your mother, you can still climb the Guogong Mansion after being destroyed by bandits!" All right! Su Li, you are very good! ”

Her whole person has fallen into madness, there is no reason to speak of, Su Li stopped talking to her, the jailer stepped forward and dragged her away, she screamed like crazy: "Su Li, you slut! You don't have to die well! Come to a sticky end! ”

Her voice was so sharp that her most vicious curse could be heard in the entire cell, Su Li didn't feel it at all, in terms of evil deeds, their mother and daughter were far more than Su Li, even if they were going to hell, they should give Su Li a cushion!

I don't know if the jailer was annoyed by Zhao's shouting, or if Zhao's physical strength was exhausted, it didn't take long for Zhao's shout to be heard.

Su Li continued to sit back on the haystack and close her eyes to recuperate, her high fever subsided, but the burns on her body had not healed, and Yue Yan went out to help her make ointment again.

It didn't take long for the cell door to be opened, and Chu Huai'an walked in.

He was wearing a cyan court dress with koi embroidered on it, which looked very different from the past, Su Li watched him approach him, and inexplicably thought of the humiliation he suffered that night five years ago.

Involuntarily, she whispered: "That night, someone imitated Hou Ye's handwriting to lure me out of the house, causing me to be kidnapped by mountain bandits, and spreading rumors to ruin my reputation, the person who harmed me is the current concubine Su Bangyue, Hou Ye believes me?" ”

After the words fell, Chu Huaian walked in front of her, and the dark lines woven by the silver silk reflected the dazzling darkness.

He squatted down on his knees in front of Su Li, raised his hand to remove the grass stalk on the top of her hair, and replied solemnly word by word: "Ben Hou believes in you!" ”

Such a simple four words were five years late, and there were many chasms that could never be crossed.

For a long time, neither of them spoke again, and waited quietly, allowing time to pass with the dim candlelight.

I don't know how long it took, Chu Huai'an announced in a deep voice: "The truth of the murder of the emperor's heir has been revealed, and Su's Ali Nai has been framed, and he will be acquitted immediately!" ”

After speaking, the jailer came in to help Su Li open the shackles and remove the shackles, Su Li wanted to stand up, her body suddenly lightened, and Chu Huaian directly picked her up.

Without waiting for Su Li to refuse, he took the lead and said: "This is what I owe you, and it's useless to refuse!" ”

“……”

Su Li was speechless, and could only let this person pick himself up on the horse and enter the palace together to face Saint Shane.

When they arrived at the imperial study, Chu Lingzhao was asking the palace people to draft the holy decree of the Su family's deposed and exiled people, and after Su Li knelt down to meet him, he didn't hide it, and said quietly with two folds: "Lu Guogong and Master Xiu Gu of the Tai Academy played together to say that the child was innocent, and asked me to pardon the young children of the Su family, and it also showed that I was virtuous and benevolent, what does Ah Li think about this?" ”

"Ah Zhan is young, he doesn't know anything yet, and he can't afford to suffer from being displaced, please spare Ah Zhan's life!"

Su Li earnestly requested, Chu Lingzhao pursed his lips and pondered, and finally wrote the word 'quasi' in a circle on the two folds.

"Su's concubine is the imperial concubine, femme fatale, pregnant with a dragon heir but does not treat the fetus in the womb well, actually designed to murder the imperial heir to repay personal grievances, its crime should be punished, but read in his father has been loyal to the monarch and patriotic for many years as an official in the court, the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is difficult to escape, from now on, the whole door is degraded and exiled, and he will never be allowed to enter Beijing, his grandson Su Zhan, young and ignorant, his mother Su Li once saved the life of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, pardoned his crimes, and allowed to stay in Kyoto, but will never be hired as an official!"

Never hired as an official, Su Li's heart moved slightly, and she bowed down to thank her: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the people's daughter is grateful to Your Majesty!" ”

The palace people prepared the holy decree for Chu Lingzhao to see, and seeing that there was no problem, Chu Lingzhao covered the jade seal, and the proclamator took the holy decree and hurried out of the palace.

Closing the door, only Chu Lingzhao, Su Li, and Chu Huai'an were left in the imperial study, Chu Lingzhao rubbed his eyebrows, and was a little tired of the series of things that had happened recently.

"Stop kneeling, get up."

Chu Lingzhao opened his mouth, Chu Huaian stretched out his hand to help Su Li up, in the end, he wanted to face Saint Shaneen, Su Li was not wearing a cloak, the scars on her face were unconcealed, Su Li lowered her eyes slightly, the whole person was quiet and tranquil, and she was not sad and sad because of her disfigurement.

"Zhao'an Lou was injured by lightning on the night?" Chu Lingzhao asked, his tone clear.

Su Li nodded generously, and did not hide it: "There is a hearth passage under the warehouse of Zhao'an Building, the folk girl originally wanted to go in to check, but she didn't want to smell the smell of tung oil just after entering, although she didn't know where the tunnel leads, but it also proves that there is something strange in it, and the other party doesn't dare to let people find out!" ”

What kind of thing can't be discovered, and it has to be covered up by means such as bombing the building?

The faces of the three people in the room were very solemn, this time it was the bombing of Zhao'an Tower, will it be the Yizheng Hall that will be blown up next time?

"An family is the mother's mother's mother's family, the ancestors of the An family made great contributions with their father's southern expedition to the north and the south, and was the mainstay of the Yuanzhao country, and then the heirs withered, and the father gave the An family a lot of preferential treatment.

Chu Lingzhao said with a sigh, these words can be regarded as treating Chu Huai'an and Su Li as confidants.

He is the emperor and the Ninety-Five, but under this throne, various forces are intertwined, and he can't do whatever he wants as others imagine.

Just like when he couldn't choose his crown princess, when he ascended the throne, he couldn't join hands with his beloved.

As soon as the Queen Mother said that day, he would go to An Ruolan Palace to stay overnight.

The palace is a haven of luxury and indulgence, as well as a prison cell for many prisoners.

"I don't move to settle down, but the dormant tiger wolf of the An family has faintly woken up, and there is not much time left for me!" Chu Lingzhao said solemnly, and raised his eyes to look at Su Li: "I will give you twenty elite secret guards, no matter what, within a month, I will see ironclad evidence that can secure the family's capital crimes!" ”

Su Li was still in shock, and Chu Huai'an had already eagerly spoke: "No! ”

"The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, Your Majesty will give the twenty secret guards to the ministers, and the ministers can also find out the evidence of the crime for Your Majesty!" Chu Huai'an said righteously, he had already seen Su Li hurt her face, how could he let her do such a dangerous thing again?

"Who are you, what is she? What can she do, she thinks she can do? Chu Lingzhao asked with a cold face, Chu Huai'an has a title on his body, he is a relative of the emperor, and he checks the An'an family, which means that Chu Lingzhao wants to check the An'an family, and he will always fall into the mouth.

But Su Li is just a weak woman now, she checks An's family, even if she pokes out any baskets, An's family can't say anything.

Just like when Zhao'an Tower was bombed that day, the An family could only use the excuse that it was struck by thunder, and they didn't dare to rely on the will of the first emperor to force Chu Lingzhao to kill loyal ministers.

"Your Majesty's subordinates are full of capable people, can't you find one who can use it?"

Chu Huai'an is extremely angry, is the man in Yuanzhao Kingdom dead? Reduced to the point of pinning your hopes on a weak woman?

"There are indeed a lot of people who can be used under me, but I have been on the throne for three years, and the only person who can force peace and worry about blowing up Zhao'an Building is Su Li! I don't care if she's lucky or really capable, I only give her a one-month deadline! Otherwise, I will take off Lu Ji's head and punish him for murdering the court officials! ”

Chu Lingzhao raised his voice, and his momentum far overwhelmed Chu Huai'an.

Su Li and Chu Huai'an were both stunned, a little stunned by his words.

"Your Majesty, you already knew about the Great Commander's killing of the Wronged Envoy?" Su Li asked in surprise, a chill ran down her back, when did this person know everything?

Chu Huai'an pulled Su Li behind his back and blocked her in front of her with a protective posture, his face was a little unkind: "Since Your Majesty has always been aware of everything, why should you embarrass a weak woman so much?" Is it fun to play people like monkeys? ”

"Zhao Aiqing is upright, Ah Li, if you really want to keep it a secret, you shouldn't have asked him for help in the first place."

Su Li: "......"

Chu Huai'an: "......"

Lord Zhao, why are you making a small report behind your back?!

Lord Zhao, who was suddenly named, sneezed as he checked the file.

"I am not a mediocre person who listens to traitors, why the commander of the town would kill the grain transport envoy, I know very well, but I need evidence to prove that what he did is excusable, in other words, the evidence that Ah Li checked is for me, but also for him, if the An family learns about this matter first and denounces him in public, even if I have the heart, it is impossible for me to defend him in public!"

Chu Lingzhao put the pros and cons in front of Su Li.

Su Li didn't have a choice.

"Your Majesty Shengming, the people's daughter takes the order!"

Su Li knelt down to accept the order, and it was his order that he had given a one-month deadline just now.

Chu Lingzhao's brows finally relaxed with satisfaction, and he took out a bamboo whistle from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Su Li.

"This bamboo whistle allows you to summon these twenty secret guards anytime and anywhere, and the whistle is an order, even if it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, they will also listen to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Su Li thanked her, reached out to take the bamboo whistle, and her wrist was gently clasped by Chu Lingzhao: "If Ah Li is accidentally arrested, I don't want today's conversation to be known by anyone in the An family." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, today's matter, I will rot into the coffin!"

The implication is that he will not say it until he dies.

Chu Lingzhao let go of his hand and liked to talk to a smart person like Su Li.

After receiving the bamboo whistle from Su Li, Chu Huai'an's whole person was surrounded by a strong low air pressure, and he followed Su Li with his hands around him, staring at the bamboo whistle in her hand, as if staring at something ominous.

Su Li thought about things to himself, went through the recent events in his mind, and turned a blind eye to Chu Huai'an's gaze, after all, he couldn't hold it back, and pulled Su Li to a secluded corner and whispered: "What are you doing with this?" Don't know how dangerous it is? ”

"Yes, but I have to take it!"

"Lao Tzu is not dead yet, do you have to take it when it is your turn?" Chu Huai'an said that he was going to grab the bamboo whistle, and Su Li grabbed the bamboo whistle and hid it behind his back: "Master Hou, I will do this matter, it is the most appropriate." ”

"Fart! You just want to die for Lu Ji! Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and roared, his chest was burned by the nameless fire, Su Li looked up at him, and his clear eyes were filled with desolation that he had never experienced.

"If it weren't for the Great Commander, I would have died five years ago, and I owe him this life."

Since she owes it, she must be ready to pay back this life at any time.

She said so decisively, without a trace of hesitation, Chu Huai'an's eyes were red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I'll pay it back for you!" ”

He also owes her a lot left and right, and he has long been unable to figure it out, and it is not a loss to pay back this life for her, but what Chu Huaian didn't expect was that Su Li only gave him two words: "No need." ”

If you don't have to, you don't need to

She didn't need him to pay it back for her.

Like when he drew a line with him in the prison of Dali Temple that day, he didn't have to feel guilty about her anymore, and now he didn't have to pay those debts for her, after all, they didn't have a good relationship.

In what capacity is he going to pay off her debts?

Interpreted in this way, these two words are far more hurtful than any other words.

Chu Huai'an was so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were about to explode, and he glared at Su Li viciously: "Are you taking revenge on me?" ”

"Nope."

"You have!" Chu Huai'an raised his voice: "You hate me for saying such nonsense to you that night, so now you have repeatedly drawn a line with me to make me uncomfortable!" ”

It happened that a palace person was passing by, attracted by Chu Huai'an's voice, and came over to investigate curiously, and was so surprised by the ambiguous posture of the two that he dropped the fruit plate in his hand.

The sound of the plate breaking broke the confrontation between the two, and Su Li pushed Chu Huai'an away and stood up: "Master Hou has a few words with me, don't misunderstand." ”

"The slave and the maid understand, the slave and the maid will never talk nonsense!"

Su Li: "......"

It's not for you not to talk nonsense, it's for you not to think nonsense!

Inevitably, the more he talked, the more chaotic it became, Su Li didn't explain it again, and took the lead to leave, Chu Huai'an followed behind with a dark face, and came out of the palace gate, Su Li was about to go to Dali Temple to find Zhao Hanzhuo to learn about the recent situation, and suddenly saw Zhao Qi galloping on a fast horse.

The horse is a good horse commonly used by messengers at the border pass, with light hooves, carrying thousands of miles of wind and dust along the way.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, the speed of the horse did not stop, and Zhao Qi threw out a silver token and shouted: "The minister has eight hundred miles to report to the saint!" The minister has 800 miles to report to the saint! ”

When the words fell, the tall palace gate made a dull sound.

The ancestral system has an order, and the eight hundred miles of urgent report need to be sent to the front of the palace non-stop, even the palace guards must not stop it.

In addition to the large-scale invasion of foreign enemies, no one in the Far Zhao Kingdom has ever sent an emergency report of 800 miles to the imperial front.

Su Li's heart suddenly 'chuckled', and she glanced at Chu Huai'an, both uneasy.

"I'll take a look at the palace first, you go back to the house first, don't act rashly, everything will be said when I come back!"

Chu Huai'an said and flashed his waist card and returned to the palace, Su Li did not delay, walked back quickly, and halfway through, the alarm bell of Qin Tianjian suddenly rang.

The sound of the bell was so heavy that it made people's chests tingle.

The alarm bell of Qintianjian is the important weapon of the country, except for the ringing when the sacrifice to the sky, it will only ring when someone forces the palace.

Once it sounds, the civil and military officials should rush to the palace, and the entire imperial city will be under martial law, and no one will be allowed to enter and leave at will!

Something is wrong!

Su Li frowned, walked two streets forward, entered a teahouse, and just sat down in the private room on the second floor, Jing Zhaoyin was stationed on the street with the city guards, and all the pedestrians were driven home in a hurry, and the solemn tension spread.

Su Li looked at the gray sky, and her heart was a little empty.

Half an hour later, martial law was imposed in the whole city, there was not a single pedestrian on the streets, there was no sound of hawking in the shops, even the sound of children frolicking disappeared, and the whole imperial city was so quiet that only the sound of the whirring wind remained.

At the same time, there was a terrifying aura of slaughter surging in the court.

The civil and military officials who had just returned home from the next dynasty hurried back again, and Su Liangxing, who had not yet had time to be exiled, was still in the list.

Zhao Qi knelt on the smooth floor tiles of the council hall, and Chu Lingzhao looked at the urgent report he had just submitted with a deep face, without saying a word.

All the ministers held their breath, and the entire council hall seemed to echo with Zhao Qigang's sonorous and powerful voice: Your Majesty, Lu Ji, the commander of the town, left his post without permission after killing the grain transportation envoy, and now his whereabouts are unknown!

Lu Ji killed the grain messenger, and his whereabouts are unknown!

Once the commander killed the imperial court officials, and he still didn't know where he was, this is something that has not happened in hundreds of years since the founding of the Yuanzhao Kingdom!

What is he going to do? What does he want to do?

Everyone was shocked and suspicious, and countless speculations were surging.

Your Majesty didn't receive the excerpt and didn't provide disaster relief in time, didn't the commander of the town want to rebel?

He has to lead the troops, isn't he missing alone now? Then didn't he have a grudge and sneaked into the capital to assassinate His Majesty?

Moreover, he went to the north of the town without a leader, wasn't he bought by the Hu people and defected to the enemy to commit treason, so that the Hu people could take advantage of the weakness?

……

Everyone speculated with their own minds, and they exchanged glances with each other on weekdays, and they couldn't see the current situation in the DPRK and China.

Only dozens of words were scribbled on the urgent report, but Chu Lingzhao stared at the urgent report over and over again, eager to trace time and space through the urgent report to see what happened to Lu Ji and where he went!

The atmosphere above the court was so oppressive that people couldn't breathe, Chu Lingzhao pinched the urgent report, and lifted his eyes to look at Lu Xiao: "Lu Guogong, ......"

He sighed lightly, and was not in a hurry to get angry, Lu Xiao immediately knelt down: "The old minister is here!" ”

"Lu Ji can bring a letter to you in the near future?"

"No, I didn't."

"And do you know where he is now?"

"Please forgive your majesty, the rebel son is bold and reckless, the old minister doesn't know where he is now!" Lu Xiao replied word by word, and his back, which had been straight as loose all his life, was bent by a point in just a few hours.

The Lu family's reputation of being loyal and patriotic for generations has been ruined today!

He believes that Lu Ji will not leave his post without reason, and he also believes that no matter where Lu Ji is now, it is for the safety of Yuanzhao Kingdom.

But he believes, but others will not believe it.

"Lord Guogong's beloved wife died early, and he has a very good relationship with Commander Lu's father and son, if Commander Lu leaves his post without permission, won't he go back to Beijing to see your lordship?"

An Jue was the first to speak, he was abolished, his voice was as sharp as a eunuch, he was afraid of being laughed at on weekdays, and he rarely spoke, but when he opened his mouth, he was aggressive!

"If the rebel dared to appear in front of the minister, the minister would have tied him up and sent him to the emperor to apologize, and he would definitely not shield favoritism!"

Lu Xiao said righteously, with a tough attitude and firm and powerful words.

If it was something else, Lu Xiao said this, others would definitely not have any doubts.

But now this matter is related to Lu Ji's safety, that is Lu Xiao's only son, Lu Ji secretly returned to Beijing to see him, can he really be so ruthless to tie people up in front of the palace?

"Lord Guogong, we all understand the truth that blood is thicker than water, you keep saying that you will not cover favoritism, who can really prove it for you?"

An Jue asked with a smile, now except for arresting Lu Ji back to Beijing and pressing him to the front of the palace, no one can prove whether what Lu Xiao said is true!

"An Zhuwei, if you want to fart, you should also divide the occasion, the achievements set by Lord Guogong are enough to crush you, and you can arrange it casually?" Chu Huai'an sneered and refuted, at this time, only he dared to stand up and talk to An Jue so directly.

"It's a fact that Lord Guogong has worked hard, but this doesn't prevent him from protecting his parents and daughters." An Jue held on to this matter, looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

He has suffered a lot of dark losses these days, and he has been holding back the fire in his heart, and now he finally found an opportunity to play on the topic, and he naturally refused to let it go.

"What do you mean to cover up? You guys just say that Lu Ji is not in the army, is he really not there? What if someone fakes the military information? After all, weren't there still people who had the audacity to intercept the twists and turns before? ”

Chu Huai'an refuted, everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi sweated profusely on his forehead, and continued under pressure: "The body of the grain envoy will be transported to the post station outside the city tomorrow, and the minister also brought back a deputy general from the army, he can prove what the minister said." ”

There are all human and material evidence, and this is a certainty.

Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth, his eyes swept over An Jue's triumphant face, and he couldn't wait to beat him into a pig's head: "The commander of the town will kill the grain transport envoy, someone intercepted and asked for disaster relief first, and he had to do it as a last resort in order to appease the people, and now his whereabouts are undecided, it must be because there are very important matters that need to be dealt with, and he cannot be convicted at will!" ”

"According to what Hou Ye said, the fold was intercepted, and no one in Beijing knew about the snow disaster at the border pass, so a few days ago, Lord Guogong and Lord Gu jointly wrote a letter saying that the fold was intercepted, how did they know? Didn't Lu Ji go back to Beijing and tell Lord Guogong? ”

"You ......"

Chu Huai'an was speechless, they all knew that this news was brought back by Su Li, but at this time, if she said it in front of everyone, Su Li would be thrown into prison for a crime.

If she was imprisoned, she wouldn't be able to do anything.

"Master Hou has nothing to say?"

An Jue asked with a smile, the corners of his eyes revealed a very indebted smugness, Chu Huai'an was so angry that he wanted to rush over directly to beat someone, but was held down by Lu Xiao: "For a while, it was the old minister who accidentally heard what the past businessmen said, and after verification and confirmation, this was played to Your Majesty, the old minister has indeed never seen a rebel, and the old minister has a clear conscience!" ”

"Since Lord Guogong has a clear conscience, it shouldn't hurt to let the lower officials bring someone to the mansion to search for it, right?"

An Jue climbed up the pole with a somewhat provocative expression.

Lu Xiao gave two people and Su Li to explore Zhao'an Building at night, and now An Jue is going to lead a big mandamn search of the Guogong Mansion, which is obviously a deliberate revenge!

"Lord Guogong is highly respected and has made great achievements in his life, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate for Lord An to lead troops to search." Gu Yuanfeng couldn't help but open his mouth.

Yuanzhao attaches great importance to etiquette and reputation, it is not clear why Lu Ji left his post without permission now, An Jue led the troops to search the Guogong Mansion, which was too bad for Lu Guogong to lose face, and it seemed too deceitful!

As soon as Gu Yuanfeng stood up, the military attachés of the old ministry led by Lu Xiao also came out one after another: "Lord Guogong will never engage in favoritism, please Your Majesty be aware of it!" ”

There are a lot of military attachés, and they are taller than others, and they look dark and gloomy after standing up, An Jue is not flustered, and sneered: "The Lord Guogong is so powerful, the lower officials just said a word, and those who defend the adults occupy most of the people in the court!" ”

This sentence is already saying that Lu Xiao has formed a party for personal gain and formed a gang.

What the military general is most afraid of is being buttoned up with such a hat, Lu Xiao did not argue, and immediately spoke: "The old minister has a clear conscience, and Lord An wants to search even if he searches!" ”

"Lord Guogong is so generous, and the lower officials are also thinking about the reputation of the adults and the safety of Yuanzhao Kingdom."

The plan succeeded, An Jue bowed to Lu Xiao in a strange manner, Chu Huai'an was furious, and immediately broke away from Lu Xiao and kicked it violently: "What the fuck are you, the reputation of the dignified prince and the safety of the Yuanzhao Kingdom are for your sake!" ”

The military attachés next to him all saw that the situation was wrong, and they all took action to grab Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an's kick failed to fall on An Jue, An Jue raised his hand to dust off his clothes, and turned around to leave, Chu Lingzhao finally spoke: "Slow!" ”

An Jue stopped, and Chu Lingzhao raised his chin at Zhao Hanzhuo: "Zhao Aiqing has always been iron-faced and selfless, and it is more fair to have him go with An Aiqing." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Hanzhuo was ordered to go out of the queue and leave the palace with An Jue.

Walking out of the palace gate, the people from the military intelligence department had been waiting for a long time, Zhao Hanzhuo glanced at the shiny big knife on the waist of these people, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has just learned about the Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Report, and An Zhuwei is very prescient and has arranged all the people." ”

An Jue turned over and got on his horse, his back straightened, revealing an unstoppable arrogance: "Lord Zhao, the most important thing now is to arrest the commander of the town, don't let go of these trivial things!" With that, he waved his horsewhip and walked away.

Those people only led a horse, and An Jue rode away, and Zhao Hanzhuo could only walk.

This distance is waiting for him to walk over, but I am afraid that An Jue has turned the Guogong Mansion upside down.

Zhao Hanzhuo frowned, raised his hand and whistled twice.

After waiting for a while, a red and brown horse came running with a bang, Zhao Hanzhuo got on the horse, and found a small note in the reins of the horse: Li Gongzi wants to connect with someone, I am afraid that something will happen!

Zhao Hanzhuo frowned, he didn't expect Li Yong's son who was on the run to be quite capable of tossing things.

But now the matter of the Guogong Mansion is more urgent, so he can only let it go first, Zhao Hanzhuo picked up the note, lightly clamped the horse's belly and rushed in the direction of the Guogong Mansion.

An Jue arrived at the Guogong Mansion first, and without waiting for Zhao Hanzhuo, he flashed his waist card and rushed in regardless of the family's obstruction.

The family members of the Guogong Mansion all practiced some kung fu, and they were confused by the sudden situation, and a group of people immediately blocked An Jue's way with sticks.

How could they believe that a well-behaved majesty would order someone to search the Guogong Mansion?

An Jue had the intention of finding fault, not to mention drawing a knife and fighting with a group of family members, these family members knew how to be measured, and they didn't dare to hurt him because of An Jue's identity, but An Jue was unscrupulous, and after a few rounds, many people were colored.

When Zhao Hanzhuo arrived, An Jue was fighting with his family, and seeing that something bad was going to happen, Zhao Hanzhuo shouted in a deep voice: "Stop!" On the orders of His Majesty, search the Guogong Mansion! ”

As he spoke, he took out the edict given by Chu Lingzhao, and when the family members saw this, they stopped it, but An Jue shouted at this matter: "The slaves of the Guogong Mansion are rampant, and they openly disobey the emperor's orders!" When the words fell, he actually stabbed the nearest family member in the chest with a knife!

"An Jue!"

Zhao Hanzhuo roared angrily, An Jue drew his knife, blood splashed all over the ground, as if he couldn't smell the blood, he wiped the blood on his knife with the clothes of others: "These Diao slaves disobey the emperor's orders, and this official is also forced to defend himself." ”

"They have all stopped, and they have not threatened Lord An's life!"

Zhao Hanzhuo gritted his teeth and said that after many years as an official, he had never been as angry as he was today, because no one had slaughtered an innocent life like this in front of him.

An Jue glanced at Zhao Hanzhuo in surprise, and said indifferently: "They are all criminal ministers' domestic slaves, and they are not wronged if they die, does Lord Zhao want to exonerate the guilty ministers?" ”

An Jue blatantly reversed right and wrong, and Zhao Hanzhuo suppressed his anger and declared: "There are still many doubts in this case, and Your Majesty has never been convicted, how can Lord An assert that Lord Guogong is a criminal minister?" ”

"Isn't this here to collect incriminating evidence?" An Jue said coldly, and walked straight past the corpse.

The officers and soldiers who came later surrounded the Guogong Mansion layer by layer, and the water could not be passed.

"Search me carefully, don't let go of every inch of the wall, every floor tile, see if there are any tunnels and dark rooms where people can be hidden, and by the way, see if there are any stolen silver, collaborator letters, etc.!"

An Jue inserted the knife into the scabbard and instructed the officers and soldiers who came in behind him, Zhao Hanzhuo didn't want to argue with him meaninglessly, and only followed An Jue inch by inch, in case he clashed with the subordinates of the Guogong Mansion again.

At that time, Su Li quietly touched into the backyard of the Guogong Mansion.

When An Jue and Zhao Hanzhuo galloped past one after the other, Su Li could see clearly on the second floor of the teahouse, she hesitated for a moment and then climbed out of the window of the teahouse, sticking to the eaves and carefully following.

She didn't expect that An Jue and Zhao Hanzhuo would go straight to the Guogong Mansion.

What is the Guogong Mansion? Although it is not as good as the palace, and it is not something that ordinary people can enter and exit casually, An Jue and Zhao Hanzhuo are now going straight to the Guogong Mansion, which means that the Guogong Lord is very likely to have committed a serious crime!

Lu Xiao has already handed over the military power to unload his armor and retire in Beijing, he will not commit any serious crimes, only Lu Ji may be guilty of serious crimes!

Chu Lingzhao just said the possible consequences on the front foot, and the back foot of the An family actually poked the basket out, and the speed was really much faster than they imagined.

After Su Li entered the house, she locked the door from the inside, and a layer of cold sweat was already soaked on her back, and the two people who accompanied her to Zhao'an Building to investigate before were still lying in the house, unable to move freely due to their injuries.

"Miss Su!"

The man with the broken arm whispered, and Su Li turned around and made a silent gesture at him: "An Jue has led troops to search, and I am worried that he will take advantage of the problem when he finds out about your injuries." ”

"Searching the National Mansion? Who gave him the guts? ”

"I can't explain it for a while, the officers and soldiers have already surrounded the Guogong Mansion, and there is no way to go out, so first change into family clothes to cover up, and then ......" Su Li said eagerly, the time was too urgent, and she couldn't think of a better way for a while.

"It's too late, Miss Su, you go first, don't be discovered!"

The man said that he was going to push Su Li outside, how could Su Li leave at this time, the two were at a stalemate, and there was a knock on the door: "Who is inside??" Come out! ”

The officers and soldiers who searched had arrived, and now they really couldn't escape.

"Miss Su, we will delay the officers and soldiers for a while, you take the opportunity to escape, go to Zhao'an Building that night, the boss commander also asked us to protect you, there is no reason for you to be in danger for us today! Besides, if the boss commander is really wronged, he can only hope that Miss Su will find a way to wash away the grievances for the boss commander! ”

The sound of knocking on the door outside the room became more and more urgent, and there was no time to hesitate, Su Li grabbed the door curtain and hid the beam of the room.

The next moment, the door of the room was kicked open, and the officers and soldiers rushed into the room at once.

"Ahem!" The man coughed while holding his broken arm, his face was pale, and he was about to get out of bed and open the door: "Official, what happened?" This is the Guogong Mansion, why did you trespass in? ”

"Less nonsense! Ordered to arrest the important criminals of the imperial court! Don't come with us to the front hall to meet the adults! ”

The officers and soldiers led by him said angrily, checked the room, and found nothing particularly suspicious, so they carried the two people in the room out with the bed.

As soon as they left, Su Li immediately jumped off the beam of the room and went to the roof, there was no building around the Guogong Mansion that could be blocked, so many officers and soldiers were around, Su Li couldn't leave, so she carefully went to the front hall along the roof to check the situation in the front hall.

"My lord, there are two suspicious people in the backyard!" The officers and soldiers said as they carried the man in.

Although Zhao Hanzhuo didn't know these two people, when he saw their injuries, he immediately understood what was going on, and his lips pursed tighter.

An Jue sat on the Taishi chair in the main seat, and had already made a cup of hot tea, took a leisurely sip, and then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you two?" What are you doing sneakily hiding in the backyard of the Guogong Mansion? ”

"Ahem, Lord Qiyu, Cao Min Wang Wu, next to this is the grass people's brother Wang An, the two of us went home to visit relatives a few days ago, and encountered some injuries in the mountain bandits, and they were unable to move, so they never came out to greet them, and I ask the two adults to forgive us!"

Wang Wu got out of bed and reluctantly knelt down to explain, An Jue put down the teacup and got up and walked in front of him, and patted him with a scabbard where his broken arm was: "This injury was injured by a mountain bandit?" ”

"Yes."

"Since the bloody cleansing of the bandits' den five years ago, there have been no mountain bandits in Kyoto, why haven't I heard of such a fierce bandit who has the audacity to seriously injure the house slaves of the national government?"

An Jue asked in a high voice, and poked Wang An, who was lying on the bed and couldn't move, and Wang An snorted in pain.

"Ann-sama!"

Zhao Hanzhuo stopped him, An Jue smiled, his face released ruthlessness, and he spoke louder than Zhao Hanzhuo: "Lord Zhao!" Your Majesty asked you to come to be a witness, and did not let you obstruct the official from performing his official duties! If you obstruct it again, this official will regard you as an accomplice in the case of the disappearance of the commander of the town! ”

Before Dali Temple intervened in the military intelligence department, An Jue has always held a grudge, and now he gets the handle, and he has to be ashamed.

The key at this time is that everyone doesn't know where Lu Ji is, and they don't know what he is going to do, any unfounded guess by An Jue is likely to be valid, and no one can prove his innocence.

This is also the reason why Chu Lingzhao only gave Su Li a one-month deadline before.

As long as this matter is reported, the An family will do everything possible to force Chu Lingzhao to convict the Lu family and convict those who will cause obstacles to the An family!

And these people are precisely loyal and patriotic, and they are the people that Chu Lingzhao has to rely on!

Zhao Hanzhuo's face tightened, his expression was terrifyingly cold, he had never fallen into such a passive and powerless situation.

"Lord An, whether this official is an accomplice or not, Your Majesty will decide, what these two people said is true or false, and they also need to be interrogated again, but the adult's interrogation method is too rough!"

Wang Wu and Wang An's wounds that had been poked by An Jue were stained with blood again, and the two of them gritted their teeth and endured it, and a large cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

"There's no need to be too gentle with criminals!"

An Jue sneered, suddenly raised his hand and pulled out the saber on his waist, Zhao Hanzhuo quickly pressed An Jue's hand: "Lord An, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Hanzhuo is not a military general in the end, he was shocked by An Jue's two or three moves, cut the bandage on Wang Wu's broken arm with a knife, and pulled it hard!

"Ahh

Wang Wu let out a painful cry, and the blood from the severed arm gushed out, and some of the wounds that were about to heal just now were torn again, and the smell of blood soon overflowed the entire room.

This picture was very bloody, but An Jue didn't realize it, squatted down in front of Wang Wu, wiped a little sticky blood from his broken arm with his fingertips and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed.

"Snow cream, burns, is it possible that the current bandits like to use torches as weapons?"

An Jue sneered, didn't wait for Wang Wu to answer, got up and shouted: "These two people have burns of unknown origin, this official suspects that they are related to the fire of Zhao'an Building by lightning, come here, bring them back to the military intelligence department for me!" ”

"Ann-sama ......"

Zhao Hanzhuo wanted to stop it, An Jue arrogantly put the knife on Zhao Hanzhuo's neck: "Lord Zhao, I advise you to say less from now on, no matter what reason Lu Ji left his post without permission, his head and the reputation of the Guogong Mansion will not be saved, if you insist on this trip to the troubled waters, it is also a question whether your head can be saved!" ”

An Jue said and slapped Zhao Hanzhuo on the neck twice with the back of the knife, he is now completely unscrupulous, and no one cares about it.

After warning Zhao Hanzhuo, An Jue walked away, leaving some people to guard outside the Guogong Mansion, Zhao Hanzhuo stood in the house for a while, and left after falling behind.

When he went back, Zhao Hanzhuo was still riding a horse, but he didn't ride fast, after riding two streets, he turned his horse's head and went to an alley, just entered, Su Li jumped off the wall, and the horse took two steps back.

Zhao Hanzhuo took out a small bamboo tube with an inch long and threw it to Su Li: "I and Hou Ye sent two people to arrest Li Yong's only son a few days ago, to find a roster, today the two of them sent a message I'm afraid the situation has changed, now I can't pull away, you want to find a way out of the city, there is a tea shop twenty miles to the west, you look for the owner of the tea shop, he will tell you the route." ”

Su Li caught the bamboo tube, hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "The two ...... who were brought to the military intelligence department"

"I'll do my best to save their lives!"