Chapter 842: Unexpected Surprise (First Update)
(Today's three watches broke out)
"It's a quiet matter." Seeing that Lian Xiang and Lu Calyx looked anxious because they had lost the Imperial Golden Knife, Zhou Yuting groaned for a while and then said to Lu Calyx, "You send someone to the martial arts hall and call Min Min." β
"Eldest sister, do you suspect that Min Min took the golden sword from Xianggong?" Green Calyx was stunned for a moment when she heard this, her eyes showed a look of surprise, she had been with Zhou Yuting for many years and already knew Zhou Yuting's style of doing things.
Min Min is Nuo Min, and since she is already married to Li Yuntian, she naturally has to keep a guard for Li Yuntian.
Lian Xiang also looked at Zhou Yuting a little stunned, she really couldn't think of why Nuo Min did this, you must know that when Li Yuntian's body was transported back to the Zhenguo Mansion from the Criminal Department to be put in the coffin, it was necessary to check the Imperial Golden Knife, if it was found that the Imperial Golden Knife was lost at that time, it would be a big trouble.
"Our Guogong Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for the other party to steal the Imperial Golden Sword quietly, so it must be done by internal thieves." Zhou Yuting glanced at Lu Calyx and Lianxiang, and explained in an orderly manner, "There are only a few of us who will guard Xianggong's spirit, you and I and the county lord of Yuxin will not do such a thing that does not know the height of the sky, Xinyue, Hongluan and Liu Zhen also know the severity, and Tingting will definitely not take away Xianggong's beloved things, so there is only Minmin, who has nothing to do." β
"However, there are a lot of subordinates at the scene, how did Min Min take away the Imperial Golden Knife?" Lian Xiang felt that what she said was reasonable, so she asked suspiciously, Nuo Min's sense of existence in the Zhenguo Mansion was the weakest, and the subordinates who guarded the spirit were all arranged by the green calyx, and they would definitely not protect Nuo Min.
"Did you find it, Tingting and Min Min are military attachΓ©s in the martial arts hall, so they are wearing military uniforms in their mourning clothes, with a saber hanging from their waists, and the scabbard is covered with a white cloth." The green calyx had already reacted at this time, and Jiao Sheng had always wanted to say, "In this way, even if they transfer the Imperial Golden Knife, it will be difficult for us to find out." β
"I see." Lian Xiang suddenly realized, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help revealing a wry smile, "This girl is so crazy that she wants to give the golden sword." β
"She wants to keep a thought, after all, she has no heirs among us." Zhou Yuting's expression couldn't help but darken, and said lightly, if Nuo Min can remarry according to Mongolian customs, but she believes that Nuo Min will definitely not marry again, and the future life will be extremely lonely.
Hearing this, Green Calyx and Lianxiang couldn't help but fall into silence, compared with Nuo Min and Zhao Xinyue, Hongluan, and Liu Zhen, they are undoubtedly lucky, at least they will have children who can bear the joy in the future.
"Eldest sister, what's wrong?" Mo Yue passed for more than half an hour, Nuo Min hurriedly walked into the house, because Zhou Yuting was in a hurry to recruit her this time, so she subconsciously thought that something had happened.
"Minmin, you tell Sister SΓΉ, did you take the imperial golden knife in the coffin of the Prime Minister?" Zhou Yuting was alone in the room, looking at Nuo Min quietly and asking.
"The eldest sister has a really good eye, and she can even guess that I took it." Contrary to Zhou Yuting's expectations, Nuo Min was not shocked, nor did he quibble and deny it, but sat on the chair next to him after smiling slightly, picked up an apple and nibbled it with relish.
"Minmin, can you tell me why I took the Golden Sword?" Zhou Yuting was surprised by Nuo Min's reaction, she found that Nuo Min seemed to be in a good mood now, and she had been keeping her face tight these days, so she asked suspiciously.
"Eldest sister, tell you the truth, I am the imperial golden knife entrusted by others, guess who wants it." Hearing this, Nuo Min immediately got up, closed the door and looked at Zhou Yuting with a smile.
"Minmin, are you alright?" Zhou Yuting was startled when she saw that Nuo Min was smiling happily, she thought that there was something wrong with Nuo Min's brain, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, but she heard that it is easy to have problems with her brain under excessive sadness.
"Eldest sister, I'm fine." Nuo Min shook his head with a smile, leaned in front of Zhou Yuting and whispered, "It's the imperial golden knife that Xianggong asked me to take, and he wants to use it and the prince's decree to mobilize the Xiaowu army outside the city." β
"Minmin!" Zhou Yuting was slightly stunned when she heard this, her eyes suddenly darkened, and she reached out and hugged Nuo Min in her arms lovingly, her eyes were a little moist, she felt that Nuo Min seemed to be crazy, otherwise she would have said that it was Li Yuntian who asked her to take away the imperial golden knife.
"Eldest sister, really, Xianggong didn't die, before the fire that night, Keiko and I had people dig tunnels to save Xianggong from prison." Nuo Min knew that Zhou Yuting had misunderstood him, so he pushed Zhou Yuting away and said seriously.
"You...... What did you say? Zhou Yuting was stunned when she heard this, she saw that Nuo Min didn't look like she was lying, and she couldn't react for a while.
"Eldest sister, Xianggong is not dead, and now he lives with Uncle Hu." Nuo Min smiled and looked at Zhou Yuting with a smile, "Xianggong said, the matter of the Imperial Golden Sword being taken away is likely to be discovered, and then let me tell you the truth, Xianggong said that he will ask you for guilt in the future." β
"Please!" Zhou Yuting finally came back to her senses, her eyes couldn't help but show a look of surprise, she reached out and grabbed Nuo Min's arm, and asked excitedly, "...... Is Xianggong really alive? β
"Hmm!" Nuo Min nodded vigorously, and then explained in a low voice, "Xianggong didn't want to hide it from everyone, but he felt that there were eyeliners placed by others in our Guogong Mansion, so in order to avoid startling the snake, he didn't tell everyone the details." β
"It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive!" Hearing this, Zhou Yuting's tears burst out of her eyes, and she muttered to herself, her whole person can finally relax, and the grievances and pressures she has suffered these days are vented with tears.
Seeing Zhou Yuting crying so much, Nuo Min's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she shed tears with Zhou Yuting, she knew that Zhou Yuting had been under tremendous pressure during this time.
After a while, Zhou Yuting and Nuo Min stopped crying, took out their handkerchiefs and wiped their tears.
"Eldest sister, I will tell you the truth if you find that the Imperial Golden Sword is missing, and I will also let you go to the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town to see Fang Liang and ask him who he is cooperating with?" After wiping away the tears on his face, Nuo Min thought of something and said to Zhou Yuting.
Since Yang Yungui had never been able to find out the identity of the mysterious person who had contact with Fang Liang, and the captured assassin leader refused to confess, Li Yuntian thought about it and felt that it was better to open the gap from Fang Liang, after all, Fang Liang's wife and children were now in the Zhenguo Mansion, Fang Liang would definitely tell Zhou Yuting the truth, anyway, even if Zhou Yuting said it, no one would believe it.
"Good!" Zhou Yuting's eyes couldn't help but flash when she heard this, she had never seen Fang Liang before, so she could take this opportunity to see who he was.
The next morning, Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi.
"Lord Wise." When Zhou Yuting, who was dressed in plain clothes, walked down from the carriage, Yicheng Bo Wei Xin had already led people to greet him, bowed down to Zhou Yuting, and then asked with some surprise, "I don't know what the Lord Yingrui came to call this time?" β
In Wei Xin's opinion, Zhou Yuting had nothing to do with the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, so it was not clear why she came here.
"Lord Earl, the lord of this county has come here to ask for something this time, and I hope that Lord Count can agree." Zhou Yuting bowed slightly to Wei Xin and returned the salute, and then said with a cold expression.
"Dare to ask the county lord what is the matter?" Wei Xin couldn't help but feel even more surprised when he heard this, it was hard to imagine that Zhou Yuting had something to ask him for.
"The county lord wants to see Fang Liang, to see what this thief looks like, why he is so desperate to kill the prince of Zhenguo." Zhou Yuting looked at Wei Xin and said word by word, her tone was extremely cold.
"This ......" Wei Xin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, according to the regulations, the case was not closed, and he couldn't see outsiders.
"If the earl finds it difficult to do it, then the lord of this county will enter the palace to ask for the queen mother's decree." Seeing this, Zhou Yuting bowed slightly to Wei Xin and turned to leave.
"Wait a minute, Lord Shire." Wei Xin didn't want to offend Zhou Yuting because of this incident, he had already offended too many people because of the cases of Chen Tianlei and Feng Changan and others, once the old accounts were turned over in the future, he still counted on the Zhenguo Mansion to say a few good things to him, seeing that Zhou Yuting was about to leave, he hurriedly shouted to her, "Since the county lord insists on seeing Fang Liang, then Ben Jue will let the county lord see him." β
"Thank you, Earl." Zhou Yuting had long expected that Wei Xin would agree, so he turned around and thanked him, after all, this was just a trivial matter, and he naturally gave Zhou Yuting a favor.
Wei Xin led Zhou Yuting into a clean and tidy wing room in the Imperial Prison, and it didn't take long for Fang Liang, who was wearing wooden flail and iron shackles, to drag the chains on his feet into the door.
Compared with when he first entered the Imperial Prison, Fang Liang not only looked haggard and his eyes were dull, but his whole person was also much older, and he lost a lot of weight.
Originally, Fang Liang thought that someone was going to interrogate her, but he didn't expect that there was a graceful and elegant woman in the room, he was very surprised, and couldn't help but look at Zhou Yuting with a cloudy gaze, he had never seen Zhou Yuting before, and he didn't know that the woman in front of him was the dignified Yingrui County Lord.
"Go down, all of you." Zhou Yuting hated Fang Liang, who had framed Li Yuntian in her heart, and wanted to slash him with a sword, but she knew that she couldn't do this, so she suppressed the anger in her heart and waved her hand at the people in the room with a frosty mask.
Hearing this, the guards who followed Zhou Yuting immediately went out and closed the door and stood outside expressionlessly.
"You're the Lord of Wise County?" When the door was closed, Fang Liang couldn't help but ask Zhou Yuting tentatively, in his opinion, only the Lord of Yingrui would want to come to the Imperial Prison to see him.
"The lord of this county will ask you one thing this time, who was the person who drank tea with you in the teahouse outside the south gate of the imperial city when the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion opened to hear the case of Zhenguo Gong?" Zhou Yuting saw that Fang Liang recognized her identity, so she sneered and asked in a low voice.
"You can not tell the truth, but then I can't guarantee the safety of your wife and children." As she spoke, Zhou Yuting's eyes flashed, "You should know that as long as the county lord is willing, there is a way to let them leave the Guogong Mansion, your case is very involved, and there must be many people in the capital who want to kill them." β
"His name is Ah Qiu, he was originally a person from our Ming Dynasty, but for some reason he took refuge in the Northern Yuan Dynasty and became a senior official of the Northern Yuan Privy Council, and he came back this time to disrupt the Ming Dynasty and help the Northern Yuan invade the south." Fang Liang knew that what Zhou Yuting said was true, and after hesitating for a moment, he said with a wry smile, "Later, I learned that he took advantage of me, it turned out that he wanted to climb the high branches of King Yue." β
"A-hate?" Zhou Yuting's face couldn't help but change when she heard this, she knew this name, and Emperor Xuande's failure in the Northern Expedition was precisely because of this person's design.
Zhou Yuting didn't feel like Fang Liang was lying, and then walked away, she had already got what she wanted, there was no need to stay, otherwise she was worried that she would not be able to hold back the anger in her heart and kill Fang Liang.
Fang Liang looked at Zhou Yuting's back and couldn't help but sigh helplessly, I'm afraid no one will believe his words now, and he knows that Zhou Yuting will not poke this matter out, otherwise it will be tantamount to provoking King Yue, and behind King Yue is Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhou Yuting is a smart woman, she will definitely not do this.
In fact, Fang Conscience hoped that Zhou Yuting could kill Ah Qiu, so that he could relieve the hatred in his heart. R1148