Yang Qiuchi explained to Song Zhixian: "When I found out that the news of the arrest of Deng Youlu leaked, my doubts about Song Qing turned into suspicions, and I spent a night thinking about every moment we were together, and I decided to set a trap and test it to see if she was a thin one." ”

"I deliberately found the content of the letter in front of her, and rushed to Ningguofu to report to Jinyiwei, I know that there is no carrier pigeon around her, and it has been under my nose, there is no way to ventilate the news, the only chance is to report it to Ningguofu."

Song Yun'er also interjected: "Dad, on the way, my brother has quietly told me that Song Qing may be Jianwen's person, and asked me to keep an eye on her movements at any time." I can't believe this fact, but I believe my brother's words, as soon as she arrived at the post house, she went out under the pretext of going to the thatched house, and I asked Hou Xiaoqi to inform you, and followed her to Hao's house, only to find out that she was really a sniffer. ”

At this time, Niu Baihu and others entered the room and told Yang Qiuchi that they had arrested Old Man Hao and his wife and all the maid servants up and down Hao's mansion and escorted them back to the Jinyi Wei Yamen.

Niu Baihu told Yang Qiuchi that Hao Qian, the eldest lady of the Hao family, was not caught, and did not know where she had gone, and tortured Hao Yifeng and others, but they couldn't tell. This time, Yang Qiuchi didn't bring a little black dog, so there was no way to track it. The two guessed for a long time, but they couldn't figure out where Hao Qian would go.

Niu Baihu knew that Song Qing was the woman of Yang Qiuchi, the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, he didn't dare to make a mess and arrest people, let all the people withdraw from the room, and asked Yang Qiuchi what to do with Song Qing.

How to choose is very difficult for Yang Qiuchi, although Song Qing was coerced to help Jianwen Yu's party, but in the final analysis, she is also a rebel, if she lets her go privately, this is a serious crime, and I am afraid that my envoy as the commander of the Jinyi Guard will come to an end, and if I don't get it right, I will lose my head. However, if he wants to send his first love to the guillotine with his own hands, he can't do it anyway.

So, Yang Qiuchi decided to gamble, gambling on his status in the hearts of Ji Gang, the commander of Jinyiwei, and even Ming Chengzu, and gambling on whether he would release the rebellious felons without permission, whether they would cut off their heads, and other punishments could not be taken care of for the time being.

Yang Qiuchi's bet was that his flying pigeon passed the book arrived in time, and the plot to kidnap Concubine Xian was successfully stopped. If this bet is right, let alone release a small minion of Jianwen Yudang, even if you put two more, although the punishment is probably indispensable, at least there will be no danger to the head.

However, if his news arrives late and does not catch up, Concubine Xian is hijacked or even killed, and Ming Chengzu is angry, and he just hits him in anger, and this head may not be protected.

When Yang Qiuchi came to the Ming Dynasty, he already felt that Song Zhixian and other officials, when it came to the current emperor, there was more fear, and they knew that the emperor was not a good person. In history, Ming Chengzu was indeed known for his brutality, vicious methods, and disapproval of his six relatives.

However, even in the worst case, one's head may not be absolutely saved, it depends on the degree of Ming Chengzu's surname. Because he is still very useful to them, at least in the arrest of Jianwen Yu Party, so far his achievements are the most significant, if Ming Chengzu is sensible enough, he may let himself be guilty of meritorious service, and capture all the Jianwen Yu Party who hijacked the virtuous concubine within a time limit, and even ask to catch Emperor Jianwen in exchange for his own head, so there is still a glimmer of life.

In addition, you can also add some chips on your side: I cracked the case of the Hao family's rebellion in Ningguo Mansion this time, plus the previous capture of Jianwen's henchman Wang Yue, the killing of Jianwen's inner guard Hong Ying, cracked the case of the He family's enemies, and captured Jianwen's liaison widow Xie, these chips are added, and then deduct the other party's Song Qing is just a small minion This bargaining chip, after comprehensive balance, Yang Qiuchi estimates that if he releases Song Qing privately, the probability of losing his head will probably only account for one percent at most. In other words, 90% of the time you probably won't lose your head because of this.

He decided to take a gamble, not to mention that the probability of not dying is so big, even if it is a little smaller, Yang Qiuchi will take a gamble and let Song Qing go. Because, let him personally send the woman he first fell in love to the guillotine, he can't do it anyway.

Yang Qiuchi asked Niu Baihu to take the other prisoners back to Jinyiwei Prison first, and Song Qing handed them over to himself.

Yang Qiuchi was the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, and his orders Niu Baihu must of course obey unconditionally. Immediately, he took the people and horses to escort all the dozens of people up and down the Hao family back to the Jinyiwei prison.

Except for a few guards at the gate and the brocade guards who were squatting to arrest Hao Qian, the Hao family was already empty at the moment.

Yang Qiuchi asked Song Zhixian and others to return to the post house, leaving only himself and Song Qing.

Song Qing didn't know what Yang Qiuchi would do to her, and began to cry in a low voice.

Yang Qiuchi didn't care about her, rummaged through the cabinets in the study to find a few pieces of men's clothes, but found a few ingots of silver, picked them up and looked at them carefully, sighed, thought for a while, and then found a piece of cloth to wrap these ingots of silver and stuff them into his arms. He found a few more men's clothes and put them on the desk, and said, "You changed these clothes." Song Qing didn't know the purpose of Yang Qiuchi's words, and looked at Yang Qiuchi stupidly. Yang Qiuchi urged: "I'll wait for you outside, hurry up and change!" After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the study.

After a while, Song Qing walked out of the study, dressed in men's clothes, looking particularly handsome and free, but her face was full of sadness, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

Yang Qiuchi didn't speak, pulled her to the Hao family's stables, took out two horses, put on the saddle, flew on the horse, and said to Song Qing: "Get on the horse, follow me!" ”

Song Qing guessed that she treated Yang Qiuchi like this, took advantage of his feelings, hurt him, Yang Qiuchi must not be able to hate, and wanted to take herself somewhere, torture herself fiercely to get angry, and even kill herself. But she had no choice but to get on the horse and follow Yang Qiuchi. The two horses galloped out of the city.

The heavy snow had been falling intermittently for several days, and the two of them had been galloping out of the wind and snow for more than ten miles, and Yang Qiuchi stopped him.

Song Qing looked at Yang Qiuchi, silently turned over and dismounted, stepped on the thick snow, walked to the side of the road, turned around and smiled sadly at Yang Qiuchi, waiting for him to make a move.

Yang Qiuchi rode on the horse, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the sky was gloomy, the snowflakes were still falling silently, the cold wind was cold, and then he looked down at Song Qing, only to see that her round face had been frozen a little red, her big eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of colic in her heart.

Yang Qiuchi took out the bag of silver found from the study from his arms, threw it in the snow with a snap, and said, "You go." Take care! He glanced at Song Qing deeply, turned the horse's head sharply, and ran towards the way he came.

Song Qing was very surprised, chased a few steps with tears in her eyes, and shouted: "Brother Qiuchi~!" ”

Yang Qiuchi's figure had already disappeared, slowly turning into a small black dot and disappearing into the wind and snow.

In the hall of the ――――――――――――――― Jinyi Guardhouse, Song Yun'er and Song Zhixian sat on the side in a daze. Song Qing is Song Zhixian's niece, and they are not only worried about Song Qing at the moment, but more about themselves. Song Qing participated in Jianwen's rebellion, this is a felony of the Zhulian Nine Clans, although Yang Qiuchi has just said that they will not be convicted of not being Zhulian, but before the dust settles, who can say clearly.

Long Zixu was also there staring blankly at the snowflakes flying outside the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Hou Xiaoqi and the other four brocade guards didn't dare to disturb them in a daze, and sat aside and drank tea silently.

The room was silent. At this time, Yang Qiuchi walked in from outside.

Song Yun'er greeted her and wanted to ask Song Qing how she was, Song Qing was her cousin after all, and the two got along very well during this time, but it was not easy to ask, she knew that Yang Qiuchi liked Song Qing very much, and she must be very sad at the moment, for fear that this question would touch the wound in Yang Qiuchi's heart.

Yang Qiuchi sat down and whispered to Song Zhixian, "Uncle, I let Song Qing go." ”

Song Zhixian and Song Yun'er both looked at him with wide eyes, although they estimated that Yang Qiuchi might do this, but when they knew that Yang Qiuchi really did this, because they didn't know Yang Qiuchi's true identity, and they didn't know that Yang Qiuchi thought that he would not die in ninety percent, so they were very worried in their hearts.

Long Zixu walked to Yang Qiuchi and sat down, wanting to speak again and again. Yang Qiuchi was a little strange and asked, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Long?" ”

Long Zixu thought about it, as if he had made a lot of determination: "Young master, I know that there is a place where Hao Qian, the eldest lady of the Hao family, may be hiding. ”

"What?" Yang Qiuchi was taken aback, "Why didn't you say it just now?" ”

"I ...... I ......" Long Zixu's face was flushed.

Yang Qiuchi asked urgently, "Where is she?" ”

Long Zixu whispered: "It's in Hao Qian's room in the Hao family's mansion." ”

"No, Niu Baihu said that they searched the room carefully and didn't find Hao Qian."

"There are mechanisms in the room, which are very hidden and cannot be found by outsiders. She might be hiding in the back room. ”

Yang Qiuchi stood up suddenly: "Take us quickly." He turned back to Hou Xiaoqi and said, "You send someone to inform Niu Baihu and ask him to take Jinyiwei to Hao Qian's room in the Hao family's house, and we will go first to prevent Hao Qian from escaping." ”

Hou Xiaoqi agreed and sent someone to inform.

Yang Qiuchi and the others rushed out of the post house and came to Hao Qian's room in the Hao family's compound.

Hao Qian's room can really be described as a boudoir, with calligraphy and paintings of the ancients hanging on the wall, and it is the authentic work of famous artists at a glance. On the desk, there is a pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a half-painted painting of flowers and birds, a female worker embroidery on the bed, a guqin and a boxy antique wooden pier by the window, on which is placed a Go chessboard, and a delicate small incense burner next to it.

Yang Qiuchi sighed a little, Hao Qian is as beautiful as a flower, she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, a typical talented girl, if she is not the daughter of the Hao family and did not participate in the Hao family's rebellion, how good it would be.

Yang Qiuchi asked Long Zixu where the mechanism was. Long Zixu walked to the Go table, grabbed both sides of the thick chessboard, turned half a circle in the counterclockwise direction, and heard a soft sound from the wall where the calligraphy and paintings were hung. The wall was almost two feet thick and was made of a single block of granite. The inside of the secret passage is dark and the winter is not clear.

"Mr. Long, why are you so familiar with this mechanism in Miss Hao Qian's boudoir?" Yang Qiuchi asked with a smile.

Long Zixu blushed and didn't speak.

After waiting for a while, Yang Qiuchi couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw that Niu Baihu hadn't come yet. Hou Xiaoqi said: "Young master, let's go in and arrest that Hao Qian, she is a girl's family, there are so many of us." ”

Yang Qiuchi thought about it, nodded in agreement with Hou Xiaoqi's suggestion, and asked Long Zixu: "Is there a mechanism in it?" ”

"Nope." Long Zixu said with certainty, thought about it, and added: "Not before." ”

It seems that this Long Zixu has entered this secret room before, and I am afraid it has been more than once. However, I don't know why, Yang Qiuchi was not surprised at all that Long Zixu knew these secrets of Hao Qian.

Yang Qiuchi was about to step in, but Song Yun'er grabbed Yang Qiuchi: "Brother! Let me go first. Without waiting for Yang Qiuchi to speak, he stepped into the secret room first, and Yang Qiuchi and the others followed Yuguan.

The secret passage was very dark and narrow, and Yang Qiuchi and the others groped their way forward by the light that penetrated outside. As soon as he walked a short distance forward, he heard a noise behind him, and as soon as Yang Qiuchi turned around, he saw that the light through the secret door was getting smaller and smaller, and exclaimed: "Door~!" As soon as the words fell, the secret passage was already pitch black, and the secret door had closed automatically.

Yang Qiuchi asked urgently, "Mr. Long, what's the matter?" ”

"I, I don't know." Long Zixu's voice trembled a little.

"Go and open the door!" Yang Qiuchi said in a low voice.

"I, I don't know how it opened inside! I've never opened it from the inside, it's all her ......" stopped at this point.

In the secret passage, she couldn't see her five fingers, Song Yun'er was a little panicked, girls were afraid of the dark, even if they had martial arts, they couldn't avoid it. Song Yun'er turned around, fumbled and grabbed Yang Qiuchi's arm, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Brother, what should I do?" ”

Yang Qiuchi also fumbled and grabbed her hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, Yun'er, brother is here, it's okay." In fact, Yang Qiuchi was suddenly locked in the secret room and was a little nervous, this secret room is so secret, once it is closed, even if Niu Baihu comes in and searches carefully, it will be difficult to find the mechanism of this secret room.

Yang Qiuchi touched the wall of the secret passage with his other hand, it turned out to be hard granite, and he couldn't help but feel his heart sink, even if he had tools, it was difficult to chisel this kind of stone, and asked, "Which of you has flint?" ”

No one answered, and no one had anything to do with that thing in broad daylight, carrying it heavily in his arms.

There is no way, I can only go in first, I hope Hao Qian hides inside, she must know how to open this secret door from the inside, or there are other exits inside.

Song Yun'er was not afraid of the enemy, but she was afraid of the dark and didn't dare to take the lead, Yang Qiuchi squeezed past her, took her hand, and groped her way forward.

(To be continued)