Although Wei Zhongxian and Zou Yi all knelt down, Zhu Youxiao's anger did not disappear at all.

"I don't want to listen to this nonsense, you call all the forbidden soldiers in charge of going to the study now, and give me an investigation, and you must find out the person who stole the exam questions. Otherwise, you don't have to do this palm print eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, go to the shrine to retire! ”

"Yes, yes......" Zou Yi couldn't stop kowtowing, then stood up, trotted outside the upper study, and began to shout loudly.

"Assemble them all!"

He is the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse eunuch, and the forbidden army in the palace is under his command. Everyone can see that Gonggong Zou is not looking good now, and he seems to have been scolded by His Majesty.

The emperor said cruel words, and Zou Yi was also anxious, and began to interrogate who had entered the study in the past few days. The forbidden army also worked in shifts, some on the day shift and some on the night shift, but they were all passed over by Zou Yi and interrogated in turn.

Because the carpenter emperor hardly came to the study, no one here never followed the emperor in and out except for the eunuchs who were cleaning. As a result, the scope of the target was narrowed - the eunuch who was in charge of cleaning the upper study.

The eunuchs who cleaned the study were also fixed, a total of two, who came to clean every day, and the forbidden soldiers naturally knew it. "Father-in-law, no one else has been in and out of the study in the past few days, only Zhang Ji and Lin Min from the direct palace supervisor have come here to clean."

"Then what are you waiting for, don't you go and bring me someone!" Zou Yi shouted loudly.

"Yes." The Forbidden Army immediately moved to arrest the culprit.

Zou Yi ran back to the upper study again, still knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, the person has been determined, it is Zhang Ji and Lin Min of the direct palace supervisors. The slave and maid have already sent someone to arrest them. ”

"Count your efficiency not slow, get up." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." With the emperor's words, Zou Yi's hanging heart was finally put down, and his body was already covered with cold sweat. Since Wei Zhongxian took power, Zou Yina has really walked on thin ice, not only cautious, but also has to meet Grandpa Wei from time to time, so as to keep his current position. Even so, he was still very unpopular with Father-in-law Wei, and always wanted to wait for an opportunity to replace him.

Wei Zhongxian is standing with his head down now, anyway, it's none of his business, if you Zou Yi anger the emperor because of this matter, it would be better.

After a while, there was a report from outside the forbidden army's study, "Your Majesty, Zhang Ji and Lin Min brought it." ”

"Bring people in!" Zhu Youxiao said loudly.

As soon as the two entered the door, they took the initiative to kneel on the ground and kowtowed, "Slaves and maids see the emperor......"

Zhu Youxiao still looked angry, looked at Zou Yi, and said, "You can ask." ”

"The old slave obeys." Zou Yi wiped the cold sweat on his head, the person was arrested, his nervous mood finally calmed down, and he dared to call himself an old slave. He looked at the two little eunuchs kneeling on the ground and asked, "You two are so bold that you dare to come to the study to steal something, and now that Your Majesty is here, who instructed you to do this, you still don't tell the truth." ”

"Your Majesty...... We...... We didn't go to the study to steal anything...... the two boys stammered. Stealing things from the upper study is a crime of destroying the door, although the two have no family, but this crime is also unaffordable.

"Our family has just asked, except for the two of you who have come in to clean these days, no one has ever entered the study, if you know each other, quickly confess who the mastermind behind it is, maybe you can be lightly punished, if you don't tell the truth, you will be better off than dead." Zou Yi said hatefully. If it weren't for the emperor's presence, I'm afraid that by now, Zou Yi would have been tortured. Although the punishment of Dongchang is severe, if the Imperial Horse Prison is a whole person, it will not be worse than Dongchang.

"We really didn't steal anything, I hope Your Majesty will spare the little one...... "The two little eunuchs cried at this moment. They trembled violently, and they knew what awaited them.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the punishment will not be imposed, these two boys will not speak, please allow the old slaves, take them back to the Imperial Horse Prison, and interrogate them well." Zou Yi looked at the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao was just about to nod, but Wei Zhongxian suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in the trial of such matters, our Dongchang has always been familiar with the road, I think it is better to hand it over to the old slave to take back to the Dongchang for trial." ”

The reason why Wei Zhongxian wanted to stop this job was because of his purpose. After the two little eunuchs were brought in the door, he immediately realized that he could use this incident to make waves for a while. Although Wang An and the Wei Dynasty were killed, there were still some unconvinced eunuchs in the Forbidden City, and it was difficult to sweep them all away without their handles. Now that there is such a thing, as long as you make a little use of it, you can definitely clean the Forbidden City. You know, under torture, you can't get any confession, take these two little guys back, torture the confession, and press it on the heads of those who are not of my race, and now the emperor is angry, and take this opportunity to complete the purge.

"What Wei Qing said is reasonable, I'll leave this matter to you." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

Zou Yi is an old Jianghu, Wei Zhongxian's thoughts, how can he not be clear. He understood the serious consequences after handing it over to Wei Zhongxian, but it was inconvenient for him to fight with Wei Zhongxian, so he swept his eyes and saw Yue Su standing on the side. Deng Shi Ji came to his heart and said: "Your Majesty, the old slave heard that Lord Yue had broken the case, and now that the suspect has arrived, Lord Yue is also here, the old slave thinks that it is better to ask Lord Yue to break it." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Youxiao immediately nodded and said, "Zou Qing's words are reasonable, I am so angry at this time, how can I forget Yue Aiqing." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Yue Su on the side and said, "Yue Aiqing, you will be judged here, and let me see my vision." ”

"Wechen obeys." Yue Su bowed, and then walked in front of the two little eunuchs.

Squatted down, glanced at the two little eunuchs, and said, "You two looked at the mansion and replied, are you two the only ones who are responsible for cleaning the study, have you changed others in the past few days?" ”

Yue Su asked here, but Wei Zhongxian glared at Zou Yi fiercely, while Zou Yi pretended not to see it, with a pair of eyes, he only looked at Yue Su, and he was quite proud in his heart.

"If you go back to adults, it's true that only the two of us are in charge of cleaning, and we haven't changed people in the past few days...... But we really didn't do it......" said the little eunuch tremblingly.

"Don't be nervous, this government is just a routine inquiry, and it doesn't matter if you don't admit it now. How long have you been in the palace, and you should have heard of what kind of place you want to come to Dongchang. Yue Su said with a smile.

"I've heard of ......," the little eunuch said tremblingly.

"Now the emperor's things have been stolen and left outside, this is a big deal, according to the forbidden army guarding here, only the two of you have been in and out of the study in the past few days, and you have not seen anyone else, so you two are the most suspicious people. Now you two can flatly deny it, and when you get to Dongchang, the criminal law in it will definitely let you taste it again. I heard that the people who went in never came out alive...... "At that moment, Yue Su told some of the tortures he knew about to the two little eunuchs like telling stories. He described it very vividly, not only did the two little eunuchs listen to the creepy eyes, but even Carpenter Zhu couldn't help but shiver a few times.

While talking about these punishments, Yue Su looked at the faces of the two little eunuchs, and when the faces of the two were already colorless, Yue Su suddenly shouted, "Zhang Ji, don't you still know the crime!" ”

The two little eunuchs were already frightened, and with Yue Su's sudden voice, the little eunuch named Zhang Ji, as if a conditioned reflex, cried, "The slave and the maid are guilty, the slave and the maid are guilty......" said, kowtowing incessantly.

Yue Su patted Zhang Ji on the shoulder and said, "Zhang Ji, I think you will tell the truth, if you tell the truth, this mansion can take you to intercede and save you from death." If you enter the East Factory, you will talk about it under torture, but it will be too late. ”

"The slave and maid would like to say...... The slave maid was willing to say...... "Zhang Ji's bitter courage is about to be frightened, he is just an ordinary little eunuch, he is not very old, and he has experienced less things, how can he withstand Yue Su's intimidation." Don't say it's him, it's an outlaw, a corrupt official, and when it comes to Yue Su, it's also obedient.

"Tell me, who instructed you to go to the study to peek at the exam questions?" Yue Su asked coldly.

"It's Gonggong Jiao of the Straight Palace......," Zhang Ji replied tremblingly.

Who Jiao Gonggong is, Yue Su doesn't know, but Wei Zhongxian and Zou Yi know each other. I only heard Zou Yi say: "But Jiao Yujian, the left young eunuch of the straight hall." ”

"It's ......," Zhang Ji kowtowed.

got the reply, Zou Yi did not slack off, and immediately went out to order the forbidden army to capture Jiao Yujian and take him to the upper study. Yue Su was not idle, and continued to ask: "Gonggong Jiao instructed you to peek at the exam questions, but what benefits did it give you?" Also, why did he do that? ”

"Father-in-law Jiao gave us ten taels of silver each, told us to do this, and said that when the matter is completed, we will definitely be promoted. Although we knew that this was a head-killing thing, we didn't dare to disobey Father-in-law Jiao's words, so we had to do it head-on. Why he is like this, we really don't know. Zhang Ji replied cryingly.

Yue Su smiled and nodded, stood up, and turned to salute the emperor, "Your Majesty, it seems that when Jiao Yujian is captured, everything will fall into place." ”

Carpenter Zhu said with satisfaction: "Yue Aiqing still has a set of trials, and when Jiao Yujian comes, he will also hand it over to you for interrogation." ”

"Obey."

After a while, a forbidden army said outside the door: "Long live Qiyu, Jiao Yujian, the young eunuch of the Zhidian Palace, mentioned." ”

"Bring in."

Zhu Youxiao shouted, and a middle-aged eunuch in his forties was escorted in by the forbidden army.

"Slaves and maids see Your Majesty." Jiao Yujian was the same, and took the initiative to kneel to the ground as soon as he entered the door.

"Humph!" Carpenter Zhu snorted coldly and said, "The good things you did, now that the two of them have been recruited, what else do you have to say!" ”

Seeing Zhang Ji and Lin Min kneeling on the side, Jiao Yujian already knew that the matter had failed, and now that the emperor was sitting on it, even Father-in-law Wei and Father-in-law Zou were also present, Jiao Yujian, who had been through ups and downs for a long time, naturally understood that he couldn't hide it if he wanted to. It's better to be honest, it's better to be happy than to be tortured by Nadongchang.

"The slave and maid are convicted ......"