Hou Xuanyan came to the guest hall, Chen Mingyu was admiring the calligraphy and paintings in the hall, most of the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were given by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, they were all written by them personally, and there were no monuments.

"Elder Chen Ge, haha, I came to find this king early in the morning, what is the matter?"

Chen Ming met Hou Xuanyan's face was red, his complexion was quite good, and he said: "Don't hide it from the prince, Lu Zhenfei and Liu Zhongzao were killed in prison, recently Zhao Yuanhua Zhao of the Criminal Department handled this case, and there is naturally no problem in arresting the murderer, but the involvement is too wide." If this continues, everyone in the DPRK and China will be in danger, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the society. ”

As soon as Hou Xuanyan heard it, he knew that this honest man was being used, so he came to be a lobbyist in a daze, if Hou Xuanyan hadn't known his temperament a long time ago, I'm afraid he would have been kicked out.

Hou Xuanyan smiled: "Elder Ge, you said you killed too hard? I also think it's too light. I'll show you something, and you'll understand.

Come on, go to my study... Forget it, I'll go myself. ”

Hou Xuanyan got up and returned to the study, Chen Mingyu looked at his hurried back, and said in his heart: Guogong is walking so fast, I'm afraid he is angry, it seems that I shouldn't come this time.

The door of the study was pushed open with a creak, Bian Yujing and Chen Yuanyuan were startled, Hou Xuanyan came over and untied them, put a big coat on Bian Yujing, slapped each other's buttocks, and said: "Next time, dare to fight in the nest, see how I fix you, go." "It turns out that today's episode is because after Chen Yuanyuan entered the mansion, he met Bian Yujing, and the two of them sneered at each other, and Hou Xuanyan heard it, so he punished him.

The two of them bowed their heads together, and a hint of triumph flashed in Bian Yujing's eyes, making Chen Yuanyuan itch to the root of his teeth.

After the two of them took their skirts together, they shook their bodies and went back to the inner courtyard.

After seeing the two of them leave, Hou Xuanyan picked up the file, came to the guest hall, and said, "Elder Ge, you take a look at this first." ”

Chen Mingyu didn't know why, so after taking it, he flipped through the pages one by one, and after a while, he angrily patted the case: "Kill!" What a damn one! I didn't expect that our court would become a place to hide dirt and dirt. ”

After Chen Mingyu left, Hou Xuanyan sneered, this is just the beginning.

"Let Zhao Yuanhua come to see me."

The soldiers outside the door promised and turned around to go to the criminal department to look for someone, and Zhao Yuanhua hurriedly arrived after a while.

"Lord Wang."

"Well, sit."

"If the prince has something to do, even if he commands, his subordinates are not tired, just stand."

Zhao Yuanhua has been extremely happy these days, and the forbearance in the past finally broke out, this group of people has caused him enough trouble, but because of Hou Xuanyan's forgiveness, he has been bouncing until today.

Hou Xuanyan pinched his eyebrows and asked, "Has anyone been making trouble for you in the past few days?" ”

"All the people with knives in Jinling City are our own people, plus all the yamen are also in our hands, the prince can rest assured, no one dares to go against us."

"Well, that's good, this time I've made up my mind, you guys can kill as you like, and I'll call you sick here and close the door for seven days. Seven days later, I will be in the morning and I will not see a single obtrusive figure. ”

Zhao Yuanhua was overjoyed, laughed and said: "Don't worry, your subordinates will live up to the prince's trust." ”

Out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, Chen Changzhi, who brought the Hidden Elephant Camp into the city this time, stepped forward and asked, "Boss, what's the matter, the prince won't change his hexagram again, right?" ”

Zhao Yuanhua put his hands behind his back, walked with a cruel smile and said: "The prince has not seen any guests for seven days after closing the door, and after seven days, he will see a 'Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty'." ”

Chen Changzhi was secretly frightened, at the current rate, seven days is really not a short time. It seems that the prince is angry and doesn't want to see these people at all.

The Criminal Department immediately made a sentence, and the murder of Lu Zhenfei and Liu Zhongzao was a major conspiracy against the imperial court, and the main culprit was Zhao Shichao of Zhan Shifu, with countless accomplices.

At the foot of Qinglong Mountain, in a building with a courtyard wall more than three times higher than the ordinary courtyard wall, is the government office of the Hidden Elephant Camp.

In a dark room, half of the window poured in a pitiful little sunlight, and the head of the Mao family of the Jiangnan Wang clan, Mao Qizong, was hung in the air, and a spy stepped forward and asked: "Mao Qizong, let me ask you, do you know why you were arrested?" ”

Mao Qizong's son is Mao Xiang, he only thought that his son had offended Hou Xuanyan at the beginning, so he admitted: "I know, my son offended the regent at the beginning, but he has already been punished. The prince stripped my son naked and tied him up in the downtown area for a day..."

The spy sneered and reprimanded: "Who told you to say this, someone has exposed that you deliberately rebelled and conspired to participate in the poisoning of Lu Zhenfei, can you admit your guilt?" ”

"Where does this begin? I have been friends with Mr. Lu for a long time, and we regard each other as old friends, how could I do such a thing. As soon as Mao Qizong heard this, his heart suddenly became frightened, his son's matter is small, Lu Zhenfei's case now I don't know how many people are involved, and the original murder case was nothing more than that, this kind of thing is very deep, and if you are not careful, your family will be ruined.

The spy of the Hidden Elephant Camp secretly said, this time it was Lu Zhenfei and Liu Zhongzao's comrades who were arrested, but he said: "You still dare to quibble, Xie Shouyuan, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, has confessed to you, to tell you the truth, you will not escape death if you admit your guilt or not, press this handprint, you can still save your family, and you can suffer less from your flesh and skin, why not?" ”

Mao Qizong saw that the name of his friend Hou Sui was written on the confession, and it seemed that they were also planning to involve Hou Sui. Mao Qizong sneered: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, what means do you have, even if you use it, if you want me to frame my friend, you can't." ”

Only then did the spy show his face from the shadows, and he was surprised to find that the spy who had been talking all the time was actually a teenager.

"Mao Qizong, my method is very direct, but you may not be able to stand it."

Mao Zong had goosebumps all over his body, not knowing what kind of torture he was going to face, and when he closed his eyes and waited for the pepper water on the leather whip tiger chair, the spy came over with a smile, his palm flashed out quickly, and Mao Zong's arm clicked, and it was already dislocated.

The spy went over and took his limp arm, tapped the cinnabar with his fingertips, and stamped his handprint on the confession. Then he raised the confession, and under the stunned gaze of Mao Qizong, he said to the subordinates next to him: "Okay, Mao Qizong has confessed, dragged him to the backyard and cut it down, and then went to the Hou Mansion to arrest people and arrest Hou Sui." ”

"Shameless! Shame on you! Mao Qizong's eyes were bloodshot, and he shouted and cursed frantically, and he couldn't feel the pain in his arm.

"yes, what can you do with me?" The spy laughed a few times, and then said, "Besides, what qualifications do you have?" Last year, in the Hou Family Courtyard, two officials and three gentry had a banquet, have you forgotten what you said to Hou Sui? ”

As soon as Mao Qizong heard this, the scolding stopped abruptly, and his eyes were shocked and frightened, and his heart was like ashes. At that time, they scolded Hou Xuanyan, and the most terrible thing was that they talked about Hou Xuanyan's raising of the empress.

With this alone, Mao Qizong knew that no one would be spared from the few people that day.

At the most important juncture of the Northern Expedition, rumors were flying all over Jinling, and the front-line army was unstable. You must know that Liu Yu's Northern Expedition was like a tiger because of changes in the capital, so he hurriedly gave up the Northern Expedition and returned to the south of the Yangtze River.