Seeing the eldest princess of Yang Zhai and Shi Huoyu of Yongle Gate entering together, Zhou Yiquan understood. He now believes that Lu Zhi really doesn't know about it, because after Liu Xiu came out of Cao Jiefu, he didn't go back to the Taiji Dao Pavilion at all, he went to find the eldest princess of Yang Zhai and the queen mother.

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai is better, don't look at her as a royal relative, but she and the Son of Heaven are actually not related by blood, and she is not close to the Son of Heaven, it is okay to deal with ordinary people, to help Liu Xiu carry this matter, her strength is far from enough.

But this is not the case in Yongle Palace.

The Son of Heaven is a filial son, he lost his father at a young age, and has always been dependent on the mother and son of the Empress Dowager Dong, and is very attached to the Empress Dowager, if the Empress Dowager Dong wants to protect Liu Xiu, it is not enough for him to have a small Luoyang order, seeing Huo Yu, Zhou Yi felt that he was absolutely wise to let people go to Henan Yin Hejin just now. Of course, the only person who can compete with the Empress Dowager Dong is the nobles in the palace, not to mention that the He family and the eunuchs have always been very close, and it is said that they have also had dealings with Cao Jie recently.

As for whether He Jin can withstand it, it is not up to him to control it, anyway, he can get out of it.

Zhou Yi stepped forward to salute and greet Princess Yang Zhai. The eldest princess of Yang Zhai responded lukewarmly, looked around for a week, and praised first: "Deran, this hall has been renovated by you really well." How about showing me around? ”

Liu Xiu couldn't beg: "If you dare to disobey your fate, the princess please, Miss Huo please." ”

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai glanced at Zhou Yi: "Don't worry, Deran was originally going to run, he said that Luoyang Prison is very dark, whether guilty or not, the living go in, the dead come out, and the white people go in, and a few sticks become black." But I persuaded him, I didn't believe that my Han Dynasty's prison would be so chaotic, and I didn't believe that Lord He and Lord Zhou would be so careless about human life, so I persuaded him to stay. I'm afraid that I won't have enough weight, so I invited people from the Queen Mother's palace again, is Lord Zhou relieved? ”

Zhou Yi was sweating all over his head, and thanked him again and again, no matter what, Liu Xiu's possible surname for killing people and escaping was gone, and he could at least explain to He Jin.

Liu Xiu led the eldest princess of Yang Zhai and Huo Yu upstairs to visit, Luo Shi also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked people to clean up the wine and food, entertain the princess's entourage and escort Huo Yu to the Hu Benlang, many of these Lang are old acquaintances with Liu Bei, and now they are clearly willing to support Liu Xiu, naturally they are unwilling to spare the people around Zhou Yi, they drink exaggeratedly, and boast loudly about everything in the hall, full of peaceful atmosphere.

Zhou Yi sat like pins and needles, no one came to greet him, Lu Zhi was too lazy to pay attention to him, and Xiahou Yuan and others looked at him like a thief.

He Jin finally arrived, he jumped out of the car, and was just about to enter the gym, when he saw the princess's car at a glance, he was startled at first, and then he saw the carriage and horses of Yongle Palace, and he had a headache. Recently, Empress Song suddenly became favored, and He Guiren was in a worrying situation, and it would definitely be unwise to have a conflict with Empress Dowager Dong at this moment. After hesitating for a moment, He Jin jumped into the car and fled as if he were leaving, he asked a Peng official to tell Zhou Yi that he had gone to Cao Jie's Mansion to check the scene, and the matter here would be handled by him, and it must be handled properly.

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Yi jumped up like a dog with its tail stepped on, rushed out the door, and was about to stop He Jin, but unfortunately He Jin's car was already far away, and all he saw was two ruts and messy horseshoe prints on the snow.

Zhou Yi was so angry that his face turned pale, and he secretly scolded He Jin in his heart for being shameless, he didn't dare to offend Princess Yang Zhai and Empress Dowager Dong, and let his subordinates take the blame. If you don't bring Liu Xiu back today, all the responsibilities will have to be borne by him, and if you want to bring it back, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Zhou Yi put his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy, and he turned back and forth more than a dozen times.

Liu Xiu crouched on the railing, watching Zhou Yi grinding in the snow, without a smile on his face. After he came out of Cao Jie's mansion, he went directly to find the eldest princess of Yang Zhai, and then went into the palace with her to ask to see the queen mother, he knew that he couldn't bear this matter alone, whether you were guilty or not, as long as you entered Luoyang Prison, it was light to open the skin and flesh first, and it was normal for someone to take the opportunity to kill him. Wang Fu is not majestic? entered Luoyang Prison and was still beaten to death by Yang Qiu. Duan Cheng is not majestic? entered Luoyang Prison and obediently became a prisoner. Don't look at him Liu Xiu is going to be windy and rainy outside, but his life is difficult to protect when he enters Luoyang Prison. Zhou Yi has a great relationship with the Yuan family, and Yuan Kui doesn't even need to signal, Zhou Yi may clean him up.

There is no reason to talk about at this time, Liu Xiu doesn't want to be a fugitive, so he has to find a backer.

"Deran, how can you thank me this time?" The eldest princess of Yang Zhai leaned over and glanced at Zhou Yi, who was circling below, and said with a smile. Liu Xiu retracted his gaze and smiled: "Eldest princess, I went back to my hometown this time, although I didn't see my father, but at least I know that I am definitely not a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and this clan can't do it." I probably don't have any blood relationship with you, this time I inherited a big favor from you, I can't repay it, I decided to make a personal promise, what do you think? ”

"What about Miss Achu?" The eldest princess of Yang Zhai couldn't help but laugh out loud and glanced at Liu Xiu. Last time, she borrowed some money for Liu Xiu to join the Song family's business, Liu Xiu not only brought her a huge profit, but also let her and Queen Song get on the line, plus the Tai Chi Dao Hall with a very good business situation can bring her a profit of several hundred gold every year, it is a meritorious man for her, and from the perspective of interests, she must also keep Liu Xiu. As for Liu Xiu's lack of seriousness, she didn't feel offended, on the contrary, she was a little happy.

"Buy one get one free, the eldest princess now earns a thousand dollars a year, so she won't eat alone." Liu Xiu laughed twice, and said seriously: "Achu eats very little. ”

"You think beautifully, my dignified eldest princess recruits a son-in-law, and she actually has to bring a concubine. There is no such cheap thing in the world. The eldest princess of Yang Zhai chuckled twice, pointed to Huo Yu who was admiring the painting inside and said, "You go find your sister, I can't afford to raise you." ”

"You're my sister too." Liu Xiu was tired of being beside the eldest princess of Yangzhai, tugging at her sleeve, and said with a shy face: "I said that the eldest princess, sister, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey." ”

"Are you a donkey? I think you're better than a monkey. The eldest princess of Yang Zhai pulled her sleeves with a gesture, but she didn't pull it out, so she let Liu Xiu pull it, stretched out her finger and pointed at Liu Xiu's forehead: "You killed Cao Jie, can't the Song family be grateful to you to death?" The queen is very favored now, and when the time comes, if you ask for a favor in front of the Son of Heaven, you will have nothing to do, where can you still use me. By the way, how exactly did you kill Cao Jie? ”

"I said it all, he was really scared to death." Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "This time it's really boring, I rushed here with a murderous spirit, but no one was killed, and the evil fire in my heart had nowhere to vent, and it burned people uncomfortably." I'm going to go to black prison soon, alas, how did I get to this point. ”

"Alright, alright." Princess Yang Zhai pinched his nose lovingly: "It's only a matter of a few days, when you come out, I'll give you a shock." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, and the frivolous Chongyang Zhai eldest princess made a look, and said a few words in the ear of the eldest princess Yang Zhai, and the eldest princess Yang Zhai glanced around weakly, and pinched Liu Xiu hard: "You are becoming more and more presumptuous, full of nonsense." ”

Liu Xiu was in pain and screamed, the two laughed a few words, Liu Xiu confessed and went to find Lu Zhi. Huo Yu walked over and glanced at the eldest princess of Yang Zhai with a smile, "Congratulations to the eldest princess!" ”

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai barely maintained a little reserved, "How can you be happy?" ”

"The palace has already gotten news, although Liu Xiu's origin has not been found, but according to the information obtained, it is basically certain that he is not from the clan." Huo Yu looked at him left and right, watching Liu Xiu's back disappear around the corner, and then continued: "What, is there anything else the princess is worried about?" ”

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai blushed and shook her head again: "Why don't you listen to his nonsense, his heart has long been occupied by that girl from the Wang family, where is there someone else's place." ”

"That's fine." Huo Yu covered her lips and said with a smile: "The eldest princess pities Liu Xiu, why don't you buy one get one free." ”

"Phew!" The eldest princess of Yang Zhai took a bite of her, shook up her handkerchief and slapped Huo Yu: "You keep it for yourself, I'm used to living alone." ”

"I can't climb high." Huo Yuyan smiled: "Although Liu Xiu is not a clan, he is also a talent, I can't afford such a person." ”

Two women of the same age joked with each other, saying ambiguous and vague words, and they couldn't tell that one of them was the noble eldest princess, and the other was a celebrity in Yongle Palace who changed color when the court officials heard the voice.

Lu Zhi stood facing the window, Liu Xiu stood aside with his hands arched, and said softly: "Sir, after I am imprisoned, you must not express any opinions." ”

Lu Zhi was silent for a long time: "Since you didn't kill anyone, why do you still want to go to prison?" If you want to go to prison, why do you have to come up with so many tricks? ”

"I didn't kill anyone and I wanted to go to jail because I didn't want to be a fugitive. If I escaped, I would be convicted of murder. Although I did want to kill someone, I didn't kill after all, and in that case, I can't bear this sin in vain. Liu Xiu said unhurriedly: "With so many tricks, I just don't want to be killed inexplicably." ”

"Someone is going to kill you?" Although Lu Zhi is upright, he also knows the danger of Luoyang Prison, if someone really wants to kill Liu Xiu, it is of course the most convenient in Luoyang Prison.

"Sir, you just wanted to spend your land in Lujiang, so you were dismissed from Lujiang Taishou. I am a white body, and I came up with a test strategy for His Majesty, and I dug up the roots of the protégés of the family at once, can they not hate me? I clashed with Yuan Shu three times and twice, and he would laugh it off? ”

"The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, how could they do such a thing?"

"Don't be on guard." Liu Xiu didn't want to get entangled with Lu Zhi on this issue, he always felt that he couldn't trust other people's sense of morality too much, and anyone could do something that violated morality in front of interests. What's more, he was a little worried, he couldn't say it to Lu Zhi now.

The real danger comes from the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven exiled Cai Yong in just over a month, killed Wang Fu, imprisoned Duan Cheng, and killed Yang Qiu today, what he was thinking, Liu Xiu couldn't figure it out. People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, will the Son of Heaven be jealous of him, will he unload the mill and kill the donkey? He had to figure it out now, or he wouldn't be able to decide where to work in the future.

It was a gamble, but he didn't want to involve Lu Zhi's father and son, otherwise it would be self-defeating. The stakes in this, he has been thinking about it all the way.

Lu Zhi turned around, looked at Liu Xiu with a somewhat confused look, and muttered, "Deran, what are you thinking, I can't understand it at all." However, just because you can send more than a million stone of grain to Shanggu, instead of selling it at a high price in Luoyang, I believe you will not have any malicious intent. If you don't say it now, there should be a reason not to say it, so I won't ask about it. You can go with confidence, here in the gym, I will take care of it for you. ”

"Thank you, sir." Liu Xiu said some things to Lu Zhi again, which was nothing more than that he hoped that he would uphold the realistic position he had always had, not to be swayed by the sophistication of others, and not to be led by the people's opinion. Lu Zhi originally had such a surname, even if Liu Xiu didn't confess, he would do it.

Zhou Yi walked around in the snow for a long time, and finally walked in hard, he bowed to Lu Zhi first, and asked Lu Zhi to persuade Liu Xiu to go back with him to assist in the investigation. Lu Zhi already knew what Liu Xiu meant in advance, so he said in front of everyone, Liu Xiu will go back with you, but you have to ensure that Liu Xiu will not be tortured to extract confessions, will not be abused, and will not be framed.

However, under the gaze of the eldest princess Yang Zhai and Huo Yu, Zhou Yi didn't dare to say anything, and responded one by one, and finally sent someone to ask Henan Yin He Jin first, and He Jin replied with a sentence, everything is up to you. Zhou Yi scolded in his heart, knowing that He Jin was resolutely unwilling to take any responsibility, so he had to accept Lu Zhi's conditions and invite Liu Xiu back.

Before leaving, the eldest princess of Yang Zhai said to Zhou Yi, don't play tricks, I will go to see him every two or three days, if Liu Xiu loses weight, or is frightened by something, I only ask.

Zhou Yi wanted to cry without tears, he regretted it a lot, what was he doing in such a hurry to come to the Tai Chi Dao Hall, this was not looking for abuse. This is to catch a suspect, this is to please go back to an uncle.

It should be said that Zhou Yi's intuition is keen, as soon as he returned to Luoyang Prison, although he arranged the best single room for Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu did not deliberately embarrass him, but when it was time to eat, Liu Xiu's first question came: he knocked over all the food brought by the jailer, and said very unhappily, Lao Tzu can't eat this prison meal, you go to the Tai Chi Taoist Hall for me to call for food.

Hearing the news, Zhou Yi slapped his forehead hard, sighed, and wanted to cry without tears. After gritting his teeth and worrying for a long time, he had to ask people to go to the Tai Chi Taoist Hall to order food. Fortunately, Shopkeeper Luo had expected it, and as soon as he got the news, he asked An Quan to send the prepared meals, and instead of letting Zhou Yi spend a penny, he gave Zhou Yi a copy, which finally gave the tangled Zhou Yi a little comfort.

While Liu Xiu was eating a hot meal, Wang Yue was still sitting in the opposite cell talking to himself, he couldn't figure out how he was obviously going to protect Cao Poshi, why did he kill Cao Poshi with a sword in the end. This sword pierced out, and his future was completely ruined. Liu Xiu has countless backers, does he have anything, he just found a Cao Poshi as a backer, and before he could get hot, he was destroyed by his own sword.

Wang Yue is going crazy.

"Hey, the first swordsman of the Beijing Division." The jailer Pi Erding slammed the thick fence with the scabbard in his hand, awakening Wang Yue, who was in a state of confusion. Wang Yue turned his head blankly, Pi Erding stuffed a pot of wine and a chicken from the gap, and said with some red eyes: "Liu Dongjia has pity on you, please eat." You are really lucky, when you meet such a good opponent as Liu Dongjia, not only do you not hate you, but also invite you to eat and drink. ”

Wang Yue looked at the wine and chicken on the ground a little sluggishly, and didn't move for a long time. Pi Erding was impatient and shouted, "If you don't eat it, I'll take it." The good wine and food in the Tai Chi Taoist Hall are specially made for Liu Dong's family, and the brothers want to eat it very much. ”

Wang Yue was still a little dizzy.

Liu Xiu shouted from afar: "Wang Yue, eat quickly, after eating, I'll tell you what's going on." ”

Wang Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he rushed to the fence with a rolling belt, and said in a trembling voice: "Really, do you really know what's going on?" ”

Liu Xiu raised the chicken leg in his hand, took a hard bite, and said vaguely: "I see it really, of course I know what's going on." You eat first, and I'll tell you when you're done. ”

"Ugh." As if he had been pardoned, the king snatched the chickens and wine from the ground like a hungry dog, and began to eat and drink.

"." Pi Erding spat at him in disappointment, "What is the first swordsman of the Beijing Division, shame." ”

"Old fart, is your mother coming? We'll all eat it all if we don't come, so we'll leave a bunch of chicken bones for you. What is there to say to him, the first swordsman of the Beijing Division, this shaft is a waste, and Liu Dongjia can abolish him empty-handed. A few jailers who were accompanying Liu Xiu in the distance to chew on the case shouted loudly, and one named Li Mo moved in front of Liu Xiu: "Alas, by the way, Liu Dongjia, when are you old and convenient, you can also teach us a few hands, if you meet any second swordsman or third swordsman in the future, a few of us will be majestic." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at Li Mo, who had a flattering face, and couldn't help laughing: "You are wrong, Wang Yue's swordsmanship is known as the number one in Beijing, and that is not bragging." If he hadn't drunk too much, I wouldn't be able to sit here today, and of course, it's not good to sit here. ”

Pi Erding walked over quickly, snatched the wine jug and most of the chicken from Li Mo's hand, and scolded: "You guys, can't you leave some for Lao Tzu?" Liu Dongjia invited all of us to eat together, why do you take care of yourself. After scolding twice, he also squatted in front of Liu Xiu, and said with a smile: "Liu Dongjia, although you have been wronged and imprisoned, but our brother has followed you to enjoy happiness." As soon as your old man comes, our Luoyang Prison is simply a broken wall. ”

"It's a fluffy glow!" Li Mo snorted at him, snatched the wine jug and poured a big sip, wiping his mouth with his dirty sleeves: "I said old fart, I usually say that you are not educated, and you still don't admit it, now you are ugly in front of Liu Dong's family." ”

"Are you learned?" Pi Erding retorted angrily: "Dou Da Zi, know two baskets." You bought "Luoyang Chronicles", but to be honest, do you read a lot of words or a lot of paintings? ”

Li Mo blushed: "What's wrong with the painting, you know a fart, this painting was painted by Liu Dongjia, the painting is so good, what's wrong with me taking a look?" It's better than you know to stare at a woman's ** and ass all day long. ”

"It was painted by Liu Dongjia?" Pi Erding was a little disbelieving and looked at Liu Xiu suspiciously. Liu Xiuqiang couldn't help but smile and nodded. Pi Erding muttered a few words, and said: "I think, although Liu Dongjia's Luoyang is good-looking, but the most beautiful thing is the woman he painted. I said Liu Dongjia, are the women you see so good-looking? ”

"Poof!" Liu Xiu sprayed a sip of wine on Pi Erding's face, Li Mo couldn't help laughing, and raised his hand to Pi Erding: "Old fart, what kind of person is Liu Dong's family, how beautiful the women he is associated with, how can you imagine." ”

…… Zhou Yi quickly found out that Cao Jie's death was indeed not killed by him, and had nothing to do with Liu Xiu, and although Cao Poshi's death was strange, it was undoubtedly killed by Wang Yue. In view of the fact that although Liu Xiu is a prisoner, he can neither be tortured nor framed, and it seems that there is no benefit in staying in the prison except for eating and drinking with the jailers every day, drinking and playing with money, and making the prison a miasma. He found He Jin and said, since Liu Xiu is innocent, why don't we let him go? Save him from disrupting the administration of the prison.

He Jin pointed to the seat opposite and motioned for Zhou Yi to sit down. Zhou Yi frowned, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, it is better for subordinates to stand, and they can't be said to have no rules." ”

He Jin was a little unhappy, he knew that Zhou Yi was born in the Lujiang Zhou family, and he looked down on him, a Shangguan who was born as a butcher, but it was a bit too much to give face to his face, right? You think that if you have a good relationship with the Yuan family, don't forget that the Yuan family is now difficult to protect itself. He snorted, no longer invited Zhou Yi to sit, and said with a shelf: "Whether Liu Xiu is guilty or not, who can say for sure now?" Did he go to Cao's house to drink? ”

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, the autopsy report of the two Cao Jie brothers, he had already asked the prison to show He Jin, when did he not say anything at the time, why did such a sentence suddenly pop up now?

Could it be that he wants to frame Liu Xiu? Zhou Yi's eyes tightened, and he hesitated for a moment: "My lord, whether he went to drink or not, at least the deaths of Cao Jie and Cao Poshi really have nothing to do with him." ”

"I said, Lord Zhou, you have also been the Luoyang Order for a few years, and there are hundreds of prisoners coming and going in this prison, have you ever seen a prisoner who can tell the truth without punishment?" He Jin tapped the desk with his thick fingers, and said unhappily: "Until now, have you officially interrogated Liu Xiu?" He eats and drinks in it every day, is he in prison, or is he going to a feast? ”

Zhou Yi understood, He Jin was using him as a knife envoy and asked him to toss Liu Xiu, but he was hiding behind. He smiled slightly, took out the seal ribbon from his waist, gently placed it in front of He Jin, bowed down and said, "My subordinates are incompetent and don't know how to try this case." The subordinates will retire, please judge by yourself, and the subordinates will wait for good news. After saying that, he gave another salute, took a step back, stood up straight, held the crown on his head, and walked away generously.

He Jin's white face suddenly turned the color of pig liver.

(To be continued)