Hai Tao turned over and knelt down, crying: "The second prince spares his life, and the slave doesn't dare to lie......"

"You! Good! Lao Tzu didn't pick your skin alive, Lao Tzu has your surname! Saying that, Zhao Yuanxi rushed up to fight Hai Tao again, but fortunately he was stopped by Leng Yi.

Leng Yi turned around and said to Hai Tao: "You go back!" You don't need to tell anyone about today! ”

"Yes! The slave and maid retired. Hai Tao cried and crawled out of the door, and then lowered her head and ran quickly.

Zhao Yuanxi wanted to chase him out, but was stopped by Leng Yi, Leng Yi said: "The second prince doesn't need to worry, this matter involves Huang Zhaoyi's reputation, and Hai Tao protects the master, so naturally he doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Zhao Yuanxi said: "So, Lord Leng believes that I am innocent?" ”

"Well, Wechen believes." Leng Yi smiled.

Zhao Yuanxi stared at Leng Yi and said, "Really? ”

"Of course it's true."

"If you still don't believe me, I can ask my attendant eunuch to testify to you, he was also outside Huang Zhaoyi's house last night......"

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "No need, Weichen believes it." Besides, he is your attendant to the second prince, and his testimony cannot prove anything. ”

"That's the same, -- Hai Tao, this cheap, Lao Tzu is not finished with her! Okay, then I'll go. ”

"Second prince, please go slowly!"

Zhao Yuanxi arched his hands and came out of the room, stepped on the snow, and walked back to his meditation room quickly.

The attendant he brought in, the old eunuch, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You're back!" ”

"Hmmm! Close the door! ”

The old eunuch knew that he had something to explain, so he hurried to the door to look, and there was no one else, so he went into the house and closed the door. came to Zhao Yuanxu and bent his waist.

Zhao Yuanxi snorted and said, "The surname Leng is still investigating the matter of the Jinkui Covenant!" And, he said, there are already some eyebrows! If this surnamed Leng finds the Jinkui Covenant and makes it public, then the throne will be passed to Zhao Tingmei and then back to Zhao Dezhao, whether there is Lao Tzu's share or not, absolutely not,"

The old eunuch sighed and said, "Then we have to hurry up!" I can't let the fat in my mouth fly! ”

"Yes! This surnamed Leng also knew about Lao Tzu's teasing of Da Ji Beauty, just now in order to prove that Lao Tzu did not kill Da Ji Beauty, he had to let him know about Lao Tzu sleeping with Huang Zhaoyi last night! ”

"Huh? How could the second prince tell him such a thing? If you let the officials know, wouldn't it be miserable? ”

"No, it won't!" Zhao Yuanxi sneered gloomily: "Tell him, firstly, to prove that I did not kill Daji Beauty, and secondly, to let him know that I regard him as a confidant, so that we can temporarily stabilize him, and then, we can do it." ”

"Brilliant plan! It's still the second prince to be calm, if the old slave encounters this kind of thing, he will be scared to death. Where else can you think so well? ”

Zhao Yuanxi smiled proudly: "You leave the palace immediately and arrange the assassination of Leng Yi, this time you only need to succeed, not fail!" Otherwise, he guessed that I sent someone to do it, and to poke things out, it would be troublesome! ”

"The old slave understands, let's arrange it!"

The old eunuch said, and walked out quickly.

――――――――――――――― Lingyan came out of the closet and said to Leng Yi: "I didn't expect the second prince to be this kind of person!" Molesting his own aunt and having an affair with another aunt is just a brute! ”

Leng Yi said: "Yes, it's really unexpected. However, it is good that he is not bad to me, otherwise such a person is really scary. ”

"Good for you?" Ling Yan sneered, "You went out to call someone just now, didn't you see his vicious sneer, I saw it all from the cracks in the closet, Lord Leng, you have to pay attention to him, he told you so much selfishness, he is not afraid that you will say it, either he really treats you as a trustworthy confidant, or he will kill people and kill you, so that you can't say it!" He didn't mean to take you for a confidant. ”

Leng Yi was taken aback, and his face turned pale: "He, he wants to kill me?" ”

"Probably so!"

"So, what can I do? Sister Ling Yan, you have to find a way to save me! ”

Ling Yan said: "Don't worry, wait until I go back to discuss with my senior sister before making plans." I'll go first. ”

"Okay, you tell the flower lady that the official family may ask me to ask him to check the situation of planting flowers later, and then ask her for advice."

"Okay, my senior sister has a good impression of you, I'll go back and tell her about your dangerous situation, and she should help you."

"Thank you so much!"

After sending Ling Yan away, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Leng Yi's mouth.

Immediately, the smile disappeared, and he went out of the door and asked the palace maid who was on guard in the distance to come over and invite the eldest princess of Wei to come.

The eldest princess of Wei came soon, and after greeting Leng Yi, she sat on the edge of the kang, Leng Yi stood with her hands down, and asked, "Princess, Weichen has some questions to ask the princess about the mysterious death of Da Ji Beauty." ”

"Ask!"

"Where was the princess last night?"

"Last night? Naturally, I slept in the meditation room. ”

"Can anyone testify?"

"Of course, my maidservant Liqiu sleeps in the same room and a bed with me, she can testify!"

"Oh, the eldest princess is very good to the slave."

"Yes, she grew up with me since childhood, and although we are master and servant, we are like sisters."

"Wait a minute, can Wechen ask her?"

"Yes."

"Thank you," Leng Yi bowed his hand, "The eldest princess lives next door to Da Ji's beauty, did you hear any noise last night?" ”

The eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I heard it." ”

"Oh? Can the eldest princess tell me what happened? ”

"To be precise, it was Reicho who heard it. Last night, I woke up from the cold and saw her burrowing into the quilt, and her whole body was cold. I said, what are you doing? Why is it so cold? She said she heard movement in the next room, as if something had fallen. I listened attentively, but I didn't hear anything, because the storm outside was very strong, and it was pounding on the windows, and I said, "Did you hear me wrong?" She said no, because the blizzard was too big for her to sleep, and when she heard the sound, she went out to look, and saw what looked like Daji's window was open. But because the ground under the porch was full of snow, and she was very cold in her middle coat, she did not go to inspect it, but returned. I said that Da Ji's beauty surname is very weird, and I don't know what to do in the middle of the night. Ignore her. And we went back to sleep. ”

"When was that?"

"I don't know, because there is no watch in the temple, and the sound of the watch in the inner court cannot be heard here, so I don't know when. Anyway, it's not dawn yet. ”

"Hear anything else besides this?"

"Didn't hear anything else."

"Then the eldest princess estimates that if Daji Beauty was murdered, who would kill Daji Meiren?"

"It's hard to say. Da Ji is very domineering, and there are many people who hate her, but I don't know who it will be who really wants her life. ”

"Okay, thank you eldest princess, you can go back, Weichen wants to ask your maid Lianqiu."

The eldest princess of Wei got up to leave, and Leng Yi asked the palace maid outside to call the maid of the eldest princess of Wei, Lianqiu, in.

Lianqiu was very nervous, and came in and knelt down and kowtowed: "Slave maid to meet Master Leng!" ”

"Get up and speak!"

"Yes!"

Leng Yi said: "Last night, did you hear any unusual noises?" ”

"Nope!" Lianqiu lowered her head and said.

"None? Didn't you hear anything in Daji's beauty meditation room? ”

"No ......, no ......"

Leng Yi frowned and said, "But, just now your mother said that last night you heard the sound of something tipping over in the meditation room where Daji Beauty lived, and you went out to see it, and you also saw that the window of her meditation room was open, and when you came back, she woke up from freezing." Is there such a thing? ”

Lianqiu was a little flustered, and said, "There is no such thing......

"No?" Leng Yi said: "Then the official wants to invite your mother to come over and confront you!" ”

Lianqiu was so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed, "The eldest master spares his life!" ”

"Spare your life?" Leng Yiqi said: "The official didn't say that he wanted your life, what life to spare?" ”

Lianqiu trembled and said, "The slave and maid have seen things, but they can't say it, if they let him know that it is, the slave and maid will die!" ”

"He? Who is it? ”

"The slave didn't dare to say it."

"You don't dare to say? That's an accomplice! This official has no choice but to take you down to extract a confession! ”

Lianqiu's whole body trembled: "The eldest lord spares his life!" ”

"Say! What do you see? Otherwise, no one can help you! ”

"Yes......" Lianqiu shuddered: "Last night, because of the heavy snowstorm outside, blowing on the window, the slave and maid couldn't sleep, and kept tossing and turning, and when it was about three watches, the slave and maid were about to fall asleep, when they heard a bang in the meditation room next door, as if something had toppled over." The slave and maid listened for a while, but heard nothing. But this made the slave even more nervous, is there something wrong with Da Ji Beauty's mother? The slave waited for a while, did she hear any movement over there, and her heart was even more uneasy, so she got up, walked to the window, and listened for a while, although it was a blizzard, but the slave and maid heard the sound of footsteps, the rustle of stepping on the snow! The slave was even more surprised, so she quietly walked to the door, gently opened the latch, and opened the door a little to look out, and saw a man standing under the window of Daji's beauty meditation room, which was open. The man seemed to notice that I was looking, and turned to stare at me, and I was frightened, and quickly closed the door and latched it, and went back to bed. That's it. ”

Leng Yi said, "Who is that standing under the window of Daji Beauty?" ”

"The slave maid didn't know, because the snowstorm was very big, and it was very dark under the corridor, and I only saw a figure, and I couldn't see my face clearly."

"And how do you say it's a man?"

"Because he was clothed in the robes of a guard......"

Speaking of this, Lianqiu was very scared, and her body trembled again.

"The guard's robes? Do you see clearly? ”

"I can see it clearly, because the robes of the guards are obviously different from our dresses and the service of the eunuchs, they are tight-fitting shorts, unlike our dresses and robes. You can see it at a glance. ”

Leng Yi groaned: In the temple, there is only one person who wears the clothes of the guards! If it is Long Zhen, then he killed Daji Beauty, it must be the will of the official Zhao Guangyi! Perhaps, it was Zhao Guangyi who offended Mrs. Hua Rui because of Da Ji's beauty, and Zhao Guangyi did not treat her crimes, which made Mrs. Hua Rui unhappy, in order to please Mrs. Hua Rui, Zhao Guangyi finally made up his mind to kill her. At the same time, disguised as an accidental death, and then pretended to let himself investigate the case, he would inevitably come to the conclusion of accidental death, so that he would have an explanation for the Zheng family to the outside world, and Mrs. Hua Rui could also curry favor with her.

If so, then what case do you bother to investigate? Just follow the report of accidental death.

Leng Yi said: "Why don't you tell your mother about seeing the guards under the window of Da Ji Beauty?" ”

"Slaves don't dare."

"What's not to dare?"

Lian Qiu said: "Last night, the slave maid thought that the guard sneaked into Da Ji Beauty's house to ...... with her, that ......, this kind of thing is better not to say, our mother is very upright, she doesn't rub sand in her eyes, if she knows, she will definitely say it." When the time comes, it will be on fire. ”

"How do you set yourself on fire? Could it be that Daji Beauty has done something unseemly, and she can't let people say it? ”

"It's not Daji Beauty, it's ......, it's the guard......"

"Dragon?" Leng Yi said in a low voice.

Lianqiu nodded, and said pitifully: "He looks kind on the outside, but in fact, he is very vicious, and his methods of rectifying people are very vicious. None of the people in the palace were not afraid of him. He must have seen the slave and maid peeking, so the slave didn't dare to say it, now that he said it, if he knew, he would definitely kill the slave and maid's ......, the lord helps, ......! ”

Lianqiu said, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

Leng Yi said: "You don't have to be afraid, this official will guarantee your safety!" ”

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! ”

Leng Yi said: "You go back, if your mother asks anything, just say what she told her before." ”

"The slave understands, thank you, sir!"

Liqiu kowtowed a few times, then got up and exited the house.

Leng Yi then asked the other concubines and princesses who lived in this courtyard, but did not ask anything more.

Leng Yi instructed his eunuchs and palace maids to guard the scene, and then came to the courtyard where the official house was located. He didn't go directly to the official's house, but called Long Zhen, who was on guard at the door, to the side.

Leng Yi asked: "Lord Long, I am investigating this case, and I need to verify some things with you, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Absolutely! Brother Leng asked. Long Zhen looked very polite.

"What was Brother Long doing last night?"

"Be on guard near the meditation room where the official lived."

"Didn't you sleep all night?"

"Nope!" Long Zhen said: "In the past, when I was in the inner court, there were two of them, Lei Zhong and Feng Yi, who could take turns on duty. But this time when I entered Nanke Temple, they couldn't come in, so I was the only one, so I didn't do ** duty, and I was the only one on duty. How? Brother Leng doubts me? ”

"No, no, hehe, I'm just asking, because the order to investigate the case is to be asked, and everyone involved has to ask. Don't be surprised if you offend Brother Long! ”

"It doesn't matter."

"Was Brother Long here at the official family's residence last night? Have you ever been anywhere else? ”

"No, I am the royal belt of the official family, and it is my duty to protect the official family, and I dare not leave without permission."

"That's right. Okay, I'll go to the official's house. Leng Yi turned around to leave.

"Brother Leng, wait!" Long Zhen said.

(To be continued)