"What do you mean by this, after you drain this water, where is the evidence?"

Hongqing had already given the same order earlier, and after going around in a big circle at this time, he actually came with such a hand, which made everyone stunned on the spot, and in the end, it was Qi Shiwu who came back to his senses first, and shouted in surprise.

"Lord Chun, you are an old worker, and you have worked in this imperial mausoleum for five years, so you should know about water seepage?"

Hongqing didn't answer Qi Shiwu's question at all, just glanced at him coldly, shook his sleeves, and paced to Chunhui, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with a solemn face.

"Yes, the lower officials are confused, and the lower officials are guilty."

Chunhui was still in the frustration of the case being broken at this time, and when he answered Hongqing's question, he was very weak.

"Well, in your opinion, if it seeps, can it seep so much water overnight?"

Hongqing didn't care about the simplicity of Chunhui's answer, and asked again quietly.

"It should be possible, if you encounter a larger spring, I'm afraid it's more than that."

Chunhui didn't understand Hongqing's real intention in asking, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and after hesitating for a while, he gave the answer.

"It's winter in late November, and most of the water outside is frozen, if it's an underground spring, it's not like that, but there is no external water source to replenish it, and even if there is, the spring will not be large, and even so, it shouldn't be exhausted in more than a month, is Ben Baylor wrong?"

As soon as he heard Chunhui's words, Hongqing's always tense face burst into a smile, and he asked again kindly.

"This ......, logically speaking, should be so, but if you encounter a small spring by chance, it will overflow and be exhausted."

Although Hongqing's words were actually quite a hint, Chunhui was in the ashes of his heart, obviously he still couldn't guess where Hongqing's thoughts were, so he just replied on a case-by-case basis.

"Even if the water is dry, the spring will not be traceless, this article will not be wrong, if the spring is not dry, tomorrow at this time, it should be the water overflowing again, otherwise, there must be fraud in it, Ben Belle came with the emperor's order, if the case can not be investigated, what face to see Huang Ma Fa, this matter is so decided, Min Xing, let people immediately drain the stagnant water to Ben Baylor, if anyone dares to stop it, will be punished for disobedience!"

Seeing Chunhui's stunned appearance, Hongqing was really a little angry, but he had no choice but to do anything, after all, this guy was completely mentally broken at the moment, and it was obviously impossible to expect him to have a rational thinking, so in desperation, he had to uncover the mystery by himself.

"Wow!"

Hongqing's order, Li Minxing didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly responded to the promise, and commanded the accompanying palace guards to rush forward, driving a group of people to dig the floor, scooping up the stagnant water in the underground palace with buckets, and then sending more than 20 princes to divide into two shifts, and tightly sealed the entrance of the underground palace here, as for Chunhui and others, they did not take it immediately, but were placed under house arrest respectively, even Mu Chun'a, who was the leader, was also relieved of military power and placed under house arrest in the imperial mausoleum guard.

"Report, Qing Belle, the night has passed, and there is no dripping water in the dungeon!"

The time of the night passed quickly, early in the morning, Hongqing had just gotten up, hurriedly practiced his fists and feet, and before he even had time to use breakfast, he saw a palace guard hurriedly break into the big tent, a standard thousand, and hurriedly reported in a loud voice.

"Oh? Okay, herald, please take a look at Qi Shangshu! ”

Hongqing had this premonition yesterday, this is really the case, and his heart couldn't help but be excited, so he threw the chopsticks in his hand to a few pieces, and didn't care about a bowl of white porridge before he used a few bites, and went to the outside of the tent in a hurry.

"Does Qi Shangshu have any explanation for this?"

The mess excavated in the dungeon yesterday has been emptied long ago, revealing the layer of stone slabs that were originally hidden under the water surface, although there are some damp water traces on it, but there is no water situation two feet deep yesterday, as soon as he saw this, the smile on Hongqing's face suddenly brightened, and after going back and forth in the dungeon a few times, he turned around and looked at Qi Shiwu, whose face was as gloomy as water, raised his eyebrows, and asked meaningfully.

"Qing Belle Mingjian, I'm afraid that the absence of water at this time does not prove that there has been no water seepage, but yesterday Chunhui said that if the spring is small, the water will dry up."

As the prince's confidant, Qi Shiwu is a person who knows the roots, and he knows the cause of the water seepage in the underground palace, of course, at this moment, it is absolutely impossible for him to say it, so he can only take out what Chunhui said yesterday as a shield.

"Well said, of course, Ben Baylor also said, if there is really a spring, it is impossible to leave no trace, even so, dig up the slate, everything is visible and clear, Qi Shangshu, what do you say, huh?"

For the water dog, it is natural to beat it, since the prince has been so ruthless this time, according to Hongqing's personality, how can he not make the strongest counterattack, of course, the iron also needs to be hard, before the counterattack, the case of the underground palace must be handled into an iron case, because of this, how could Hongqing let Qi Shiwu fool casually.

"In this ......, Xia Guan is not familiar with civil engineering, so he can't make an accurate judgment."

Qi Shiwu is a veteran of Huan Hai in the end, although he is panicked in his heart, but his mouth is not chaotic, but after seeing his eyes roll, he found a plausible excuse to prevaricate.

"This is easy to do, Ben Baylor doesn't need Qi Shangshu to be very familiar with civil engineering, just Qi Shangshu is a witness, come, pry open all the stone slabs, be careful not to damage the ground below!"

Although Rao is Qi Shiwu reacted quickly, it was a pity that his reaction was expected by Hongqing, and he didn't give him a chance to shirk at all, so he laughed and gave the order.

"Wow!"

Hongqing had already given the order, and Li Minxing, who was waiting on the side, didn't dare to delay a little, and hurriedly responded, and immediately commanded a group of people who had already been summoned to crowd into the underground palace, and hurriedly pried open all the stone slabs that were laid on the ground.

"Belle, Lord Qi, the ground under the stone slab is intact, and there is no trace of a spring."

As soon as the mud ground appeared, there were several palace guards accompanied by the old craftsmen sent by the Criminal Department and the old craftsmen recruited by the Imperial Tomb to go down to all parts of the underground palace together, and carefully inspected them, and in less than half an hour, the results had already come out, and an old man of the Criminal Department made a head to report the results of the inspection to Hongqing and Qi Shiwu, who were waiting at the Yongdao Department.

"Well, I'm tired."

As soon as he heard this, the big stone hanging in Hongqing's heart had completely fallen to the ground, but it was not brought to his face, he simply thanked the old man for a word, and then glanced at Qi Shiwu, who was cramped and uneasy, with a sneer, and said in a calm but resolute tone: "Does Qi Shangshu still have any doubts about the inspection results?" ”

"The lower official doesn't know anything about civil engineering, so please ask Qingbeile Haihan to be one."

At this time, how could Qi Shiwu not know that the general trend had gone for the most part, and he was already panicked in his heart, but fortunately, the city was deep, but he did not show any flaws, and did not answer Hongqing's question head-on, but answered the question without answering.

"This matter does not need Qi Shangshu to understand civil engineering, Ben Beile has said, as long as Qi Shangshu and Ben Beile sign the results of the inspection together, come and take the pen and ink box!"

Hongqing is very shrewd, the reason why Qi Shiwu was brought to the inquest site this time is to ask him to verify the results with his own eyes and leave a signature, so as to prevent this fang from not admitting it later, because of this, although Qi Shiwu blindly pretended to be confused, but Hongqing categorically refused to let it go, and after a break, the palace guards who accompanied him took the inquest report and the pen and ink box and handed it to Qi Shiwu.

"Hmmm......"

Qi Shiwu had the heart to not sign, but in the face of the cold Hongqing and the imposing palace guards, he didn't have the courage to say the words of refusal, and after being stunned for a moment, he shook his head with a wry smile, let out a heavy sigh, reached out and took the pen and ink box, and reluctantly signed the back of the inquest report.

"Qi Shangshu, although the water seepage in the underground palace has been verified to be nothing, but where the water in the underground palace comes from still needs to be investigated, otherwise, you and I may be difficult to deal with, Huang Mafa is still waiting to see the results of the investigation, in this regard, I don't know if Qi Shangshu has any regulations?"

As soon as the inquest report arrived, the smile on Hongqing's face was already bright, but he did not relax his persecution against Qi Shiwu because of this, shook his hand, first stuffed the inquest report into his wide sleeves, and then bowed his hand to Qi Shiwu, and asked for advice politely.

"The subordinate is just a deputy envoy, everything has to be cleared by Belle's decision, and the subordinate official just obeys the order."

Knowing that Hongqing was persecuting himself with words, but under the roof, how could he tolerate him Qi Shiwu not bowing his head, and in desperation, he could only express his attitude unwillingly.

"Qi Shangshu is too modest, so let's do it, Ben Beile thinks that since he wants to investigate the case, he should investigate it thoroughly, this matter involves a lot, and he must not delay for a while, you and I have to suffer some hardships and fatigue since we were ordered by the emperor, without further ado, the trial of this case will start today, what does Qi Shangshu think?"

Being able to hold such a treacherous and cunning guy as Qi Shiwu in his hands, Hongqing is very happy in his heart, of course, he is cool, but he will not forget the business because of it, but when he saw that he raised his eyebrows, he already proposed with a smile.

"Since Qing Baylor has this heart, the lower officials are happy to be attached to the tail."

Looking at Hongqing's smiling face like a little fox, Qi Shiwu really wanted to take a bite, but unfortunately he wanted to think about it, but he didn't have the courage to do it, so he could only echo it stubbornly.