After Liu Hua came out of Huang Baishan, he took Huang Baishan's edict and quietly rushed to the cell of the prefect's yamen, and secretly took Qi Ji away, and then he returned to Liu's mansion and explained his work to Tong Zhen, so he and Sun Shidong escorted Qi Ji to the capital.

The next day, when Qi Ming arrived in Yangzhou, he first found Mei Ling and asked her about the cause and effect of the incident, and learned that the conflict between Qi Ji and Liu Hua had caused a confrontation between the officers and soldiers of the city guard camp and the catchers, and he couldn't sit still.

Let Mei Ling prepare some gifts, Qi Ming held the greeting post, went to visit Li Jianling's mansion, and after seeing Li Jianling, Qi Ming couldn't wait to inquire about Qi Ji's whereabouts.

When he heard that Qi Ji was imprisoned in the prison of the prefect's yamen by Huang Baishan, his face immediately changed greatly, and he didn't care about saying more, and hurriedly urged Li Jianling to go to the prison of the prefect's yamen to raise people.

After seeing the changes in Qi Ming's face, Li Jianling was a little puzzled: "Why is the eldest prince so nervous?" Huang Baishan is the fourth master's person, as far as this official knows, the fourth master has been respectful to His Royal Highness the prince all these years, and the second son is locked up with Huang Baishan, there should be no problem, right? ”

After hearing this, Qi Ming sighed: "Alas...... Master Li doesn't know, since the case of Hebei's huge amount of money was exposed, Tian Wenshun and Hu Yingzhong have all been in crisis, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also been implicated in this matter and has been reprimanded by the Holy Lord several times.

After all, His Royal Highness has had the experience of being deposed, and as soon as this situation appears, some people who were close to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before have their minds a little wavering, and the fourth master is a typical example.

Some time ago, His Royal Highness asked the fourth master for a few personal guards of Governor Hu, but the fourth master actually refused, and after learning that those people were imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, my father wanted to take those people away.

But it didn't come to pass, the thirteenth master actually locked those people into the Tianzi cell, and sent his cronies to guard them, without the thirteenth master's warrant, no one can leave, they all know the relationship between the thirteenth master and the fourth master, if there is no fourth master's instructions, how can the thirteenth master elevate those little minions like this? For this matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince issued several fires.

Although my second brother is not involved in politics, but you also know that many of my father's properties are all taken care of by him, and now the court is fighting corruption, and many court officials have been investigated by the Inspectorate. ”

After hearing this, Li Jianling didn't dare to slack off, he and the Qi family were both princes, one was prosperous, and the other was lost, if something happened to the Qi family, then he would also be affected, so Li Jianling asked Qi Ming to sit at home for a while, and he changed into an official uniform and went out.

More than two hours later, Li Jianling returned home in a panic, and after seeing Qi Ming, he hurriedly said: "The eldest son, it's not good, the second son is not in the cell of the prefect's yamen, I have asked the cell leader, and the cell boss said that yesterday morning, the kid surnamed Liu took the second son away with Huang Baishan's edict. ”

"What? Oops. After getting up, Qi Ming thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "It seems that the second brother has been escorted into Beijing, no, I have to go back to Beijing immediately and report this matter to my father, so that my father can think about countermeasures, so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes." ”

After finishing speaking, Qi Ming didn't care about greeting Li Jianling, he confessed his guilt, and left the Li Mansion, seeing Qi Ming leaving in a hurry, a trace of worry flashed on Li Jianling's face, I don't know why? He had a bad feeling in his heart.

After Liu Hua and the three of them came to the capital, they were worried that Qi Ji would be recognized, so Liu Hua arranged Qi Ji in a ruined temple, and Sun Shidong took care of him, while he went out alone to deliver letters.

After inquiring all the way, Liu Hua found Prince Yong's mansion, and after seeing the identity certificate issued by Huang Baishan, the subordinate in charge of guarding the door told him that Prince Yong had gone to the palace to face the saint and had not returned.

Seeing this situation, Liu Hua didn't stay long, and after asking the two subordinates about the residence of the thirteenth elder brother, he rode towards the thirteenth Baylor Mansion, and when he arrived at the Baylor Mansion, Liu Hua asked the two guards if the thirteenth elder brother was at home?

As the saying goes, the prime minister's seven officials, and some of the subordinates who look after the court officials, are all snobs, they only recognize sedan chairs and clothes, and they are specially made difficult for those petty officials and people who come to visit.

However, these two subordinates who guarded the door for the prince, after seeing Liu Hua, did not have the slightest arrogance, but politely and respectfully told Liu Hua that the thirteenth elder brother was now resting in the mansion, and asked Liu Hua if he had an identity token?

Hearing this, Liu Hua took out the gold medal that Yinxiang gave him and handed the gold medal to the two subordinates. After seeing the gold medal, the two subordinates did not hesitate at all, bowed and saluted, and hurriedly opened the main door and invited Liu Hua in.

Yinxiang was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, after seeing Liu Hua, he was a little surprised, after the merit, he and Liu Hua entered the pavilion next to him, and ordered Yahuan to serve tea and snacks, after the next person left, he asked Liu Hua why he suddenly entered Beijing?

Liu Hua took out Huang Baishan's letter and handed it to Yinxiang, he told Yinxiang about the cause and effect of half complaining and half complaining.

Liu Hua said that in order to maintain the public security environment in the jurisdiction, he seized the gambling house and the green building in Yangzhou, but he did not expect that the largest and most profitable casino and the green building in Yangzhou were actually the property of Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the criminal department.

Because he took turns to raid the two industries, the result was that Qi Ji, the boss behind the industry, was dissatisfied, so Qi Ji wore a yellow coat and led more than 100 arresters from the Criminal Department to Yangzhou to retaliate against him.

When arresting Qi Ji, Li Jianling, a fellow governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, actually ordered the officers and soldiers of the city guard camp to come forward to stop him, and it was precisely because of this that he couldn't help but be suspicious of Qi Ji's true identity.

After patient persuasion and serious education, Qi Ji finally told his secret, it turned out that the Qi family has operated many industries throughout the country over the years, and has accumulated a lot of wealth, which has been secretly used by Qi Shiwu to purchase armaments. ”

When Liu Hua said this, the broken temple was covered in bandages, and the bandages were soaked in blood, and at first glance, Qi Qi, who had just been tortured, suddenly sneezed twice, and after sneezing, Qi Qi said in a weak tone: "Ahem...... Who...... Who's behind me? ”

After listening to Liu Hua's story, a trace of anger flashed on Yinxiang's face: "Qi Shiwu is really becoming more and more presumptuous, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he actually used his official position to privately collect money as military expenses, what does he want to do?"

Also, what did he think of the Criminal Department? Was it his own backyard? His son was able to mobilize the arrest of the Criminal Department to go to the local place to be powerful, who gave him the power? ”

After getting angry, Yinxiang calmed down for a while, and then continued: "The fourth brother is now discussing state affairs with Huang Ama, and it is estimated that he will be able to return to the house in the evening, and I will take you to see the fourth brother at that time, tell him about this matter, and see what his opinion is?" Let's go, now you take me to meet that second son of Qi, the matter is very high, I must interrogate this person personally. ”