Dongfang wanted to know, the sky was still hazy, and there was a sound of getting up in the lower room, and suddenly, an exclamation came from the lower room: "Why don't you see the red maple?" ”

It was the red cotton tree who said this, and the red lotus and the red willow were shocked when they heard this, and the red lotus turned up the quilt of the red maple: "It's really no one." He asked again, "Did Hongfeng go out, and who saw her go out?" ”

Both the red cotton and the red lotus shook their heads.

Cotton Tree said strangely: "This girl has never violated such palace rules." Then he went on and said: "Red lotus, red willow, let's not say it, or it won't hurt the red maple." After a slight pause, he said, "Let's do her job first, and when Hongfeng comes back, let her serve us well for a few days." After finishing speaking, he was busy washing his face and rinsing his mouth.

After the three of them finished tidying up, they grinded for a long time with the eunuch at the point, and finally made the eunuch believe that Hongfeng was sick and couldn't get up, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and went to sweep the courtyard and tidy up the room.

Before the arrival of the day, a little eunuch suddenly ordered Father-in-law Qin to invite, and the three of them were shocked, and they didn't know what Qin Ji was looking for him. The three of them hurriedly followed the little eunuch, but found that the little eunuch had led him to the Moon Lake. A group of people surrounded Qin Ji by the Moon Lake, and when they saw the three of them, Qin Ji asked coldly, "I heard that Hongfeng is sick and resting in the room." ”

The three of them didn't know why Qin Ji asked about Hongfeng, but their hearts trembled, and they didn't dare to speak.

Qin Ji pointed to the side and said, "What do you think this is?" ”

Only then did the three of them find that there seemed to be a person lying on Qin Ji's fingers, and when they looked closely, it turned out to be Hongmaple, but he was swollen all over his body and his eyes were closed, and he had been dead for a long time.

The red cotton tree couldn't help but scream "ah", and the red lotus and the red willow also hugged each other tightly, trembling all over.

Qin Ji said coldly: "This morning, the eunuch who patrolled the lake found a female corpse, which was the red maple you said was sick and resting. Then he shouted, "Take them down one by one and ask me for clarification." ”

Immediately, a few guards came over and escorted the three of them separately. Qin Ji said to the guards and eunuchs next to him: "Now is a critical period, don't be careless. If there is a slight mistake, be careful and wait for your life. ”

Everyone next to him was cold, and they responded in unison.

After a while, a guard hurriedly came to Qin Ji's side and whispered a few words in Qin Ji's ear, Qin Ji's face was shocked, and he ordered everyone to watch the scene and leave with the guards.

At noon, suddenly another little eunuch came to see Qin Ji, Qin Ji saw that the little eunuch was about fifteen or sixteen, his eyebrows and eyes were quite smart, and he recognized at a glance that it was the small side guarding the palace gate. When Xiao Bianzi saw Qin Ji, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said busily: "Father-in-law Qin, the slave Xiao Bianzi and Hongfeng are fellow villagers, and they are a little familiar in private. I heard that Hong Feng died just now, but there is a hidden retribution. Looking up at Qin Ji, he hurriedly said: "The day before yesterday, Hongfeng secretly told me that she accidentally broke a vase while cleaning the study, and she knew that the vase was quite liked by the prince, so she hid the fragments. She had been worried about the incident, so she consulted with me. I told her that the prince was merciful, and as long as she admitted the matter, the prince would presumably only punish small punishments and not worry about his life. Just now I heard someone say that Hongfeng died, and I wondered if Hongfeng was cowardly and afraid of punishment, so he jumped into the river at night. ”

Qin Ji didn't speak after hearing this, and looked at Mao Ruhai next to him, Mao Ruhai whispered: "There are no scars on Hongfeng's body, it is obvious that he is drowned." I told my father-in-law just now, and I also saw that red maple crying at the gate of the palace last night, I don't know if I want to find this little eunuch? ”

Qin Ji asked again, "Did you see the red maple last night?" ”

Xiao Bianzi had a little fear on his face: "The slave stayed in the latrine for a long time last night because he had a bad stomach, but he didn't stay at the palace gate all the time." ”

Qin Ji said sharply: "No matter what the truth of the red maple matter is, if you miss the ministry, you will go to the worship room to receive the punishment." ”

Xiao Bianzi couldn't stop kowtowing, and two eunuchs came next to him early and dragged Xiao Bianzi down.

Qin Ji looked back and thought for a while, got up and went out again, and after an hour he returned to the room and announced to everyone: "Hongfeng broke the vase, did not take the initiative to admit his mistake, and drowned in the lake, which damaged the prince's reputation for benevolence and sin, and you should take it as a warning; The red cotton tree conspiracy to deceive, in a vain attempt to cover up the fact that the red maple did not return overnight, punished the two of them, and the two red lotus, unable to find the red willow abnormality in time, each fined three months of silver. So the matter was settled and no longer brought up.

The three of them were shocked and terrified. When the two of them saw the red cotton quilt taken down again, they both trembled. When the two returned to the room, they didn't even eat much dinner, so they lay down in bed early.

Seeing that the night outside was getting dark, Hongliu tossed and turned on the bed, but there was no sleepiness, and he couldn't help but say to Honghe: "It's really strange, I didn't know why I fell asleep very quickly yesterday, you dyed my nails for me, and I fell asleep." ”

Over there, Honghe said dumbfoundedly: "Me too, maybe I was too tired yesterday." ”

Hongliu continued: "But in the middle of the night, I heard someone open the door and returned, and I don't know who went out and returned. ”

Honghe was quiet for a while and said: "Maybe it's a dream, or it's a red cotton, I didn't wake up when I woke up at dawn." ”

After a while, Hongliu said faintly: "You sleep in the morning, why did you get up this morning, I see that your shoes are muddy." ”

Hearing this, Honghe sat up with a snort: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Hongliu also sat up, crossed his arms and looked at Honghe: "I smelled a burst of incense last night, if I guessed correctly, that incense should be called 'dreaming', right?" ”

Honghe's face turned blue, pointed to Hongliu and said, "Who are you?" After thinking about it, he couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "You are the white cloth, you are the Holy Maiden of the Red Lotus Sect." ”

Hongliu still said slowly: "Oh, it turns out that you are going to kill Baiyi. Why did you kill the Holy Maiden of the Red Lotus Sect? ”

Honghe thought about it again and said: "No, no, I see that Hongfeng has always been sneaky, and she has avoided my trick of 'borrowing the wind palm', she is white." ”

Hongliu said lightly: "Didn't you hear Father-in-law Qin say that Hongfeng was upset because he broke the vase?" It's a coincidence that she dodged your moves. Red Lotus, haven't you heard the story of the suspect stealing the axe? ”

After thinking about it, Honghe suddenly realized: "I said how did it go so smoothly when I poured Hongfeng with the 'dreaming' medicine last night, it turns out that she is really not a saint, but you have no internal strength, it can't be white." Are you friend or foe? As she said this, her voice had fallen silent.

Hongliu's voice began to be undisguised cold: "You ask me who I am, so who are you?" ”

Honghe said hatefully: "No matter who I am, if you find out something wrong today, your death time will come." With that, he waved his palm at the red willow.

A few rounds later, she saw that Bai Yi was hiding left and right, and the moves he used were all very old, but he had no offensive style at all, and he had no internal strength at all, so she couldn't help but think about it for a while, and then laughed and said: "You are Baiyi, you are the Holy Maiden of the Red Lotus Sect, but you are really stupid, in order to hide in the palace, I am afraid that people will find out that there is internal force, so I actually obeyed the 'Qingfeng San'." Then he said hatefully: "I didn't expect you to have such guts, that's why I lost my guard against you." ”

Hongliu said in a deep voice: "Yes, I am the Holy Maiden of the Red Lotus Sect, who are you?" ”

Red Lotus said viciously: "If you want to know who I am, let Hades tell you." Then he had no scruples, turned his palms into fists, and with a strong wind, he attacked the white-clothed door.

Although Bai Yi had no internal strength, his body was still relatively flexible, and he quickly flashed to the side, dodging this punch, but he didn't expect the red lotus move to be unfinished, and his backhand opened his palm and strangled Bai Yi's neck. Bai Yi rolled his body with all his might, and he avoided this move.

Honghe laughed and said, "Holy Maiden, without internal strength, I will see how long you can last." As he spoke, he straightened up and kicked his legs in the white face.