Xue Ne didn't expect Gao Min to come, so under the cover of the food basket, he quietly stuffed back the silk yarn with the letter written on it, and responded: "Why did Master Gao come, but he wants to interrogate Xue?" ”

"Xue Mingfu said and laughed", Gao Min squatted outside the prison, grinned, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and made a clear contrast on his dark face, "Xue Mingfu is the eldest son of the princess of Pingyang County, and it is the emperor's order to detain you, how can anyone dare to interrogate without an edict?" As for Gao, it's even more unqualified......"

"Then the high master is here today, but what do you have to say?"

Gao Min swept the dust on the ground with his hand, sat down cross-legged, like a familiar friend, sighed a few times, and said: "Xue Mingfu, don't be angry with Gao, Gao doesn't know, why did the imperial history hand me the documents that detained you in court, maybe it was because I stood closest." As the head of the Criminal Department, how could Gao not see the flaws in the case of the Hongwen Pavilion Courtyard, and he always understood that Xue Mingfu would definitely be able to find out the truth. But someone Gao is entrusted by others, and he must be loyal to people at that time. As the head of the Criminal Department, I have studied Ming Law for many years, how can I not feel pain in my heart if I want to reverse black and white and refer to a deer as a horse? But the stakes are big, and Gao is a soft-spoken person, so he has to start from the overall situation...... Xue Mingfu may blame Gao now, and when the day the water comes out, Xue Mingfu will definitely understand Gao's hardships......"

Gao Min spoke like a dumb riddle, and the car was twisting and turning, and he didn't know what to say. Xue Ne couldn't figure out whether Gao Min was afraid that he would misunderstand and come to explain, or if he had other plans, he was the best at pretending to be stupid, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Gao, where is this, this matter is the emperor's holy judgment, if Xue has complaints, won't it become disrespectful to the emperor?" How can you blame your colleagues and be resentful. I believe that the saint has his own judgment, and the fact of the high lord does not have to think too much, but it seems that Xue does not understand the reason......"

Seeing that Xue Ne had no mustard, Gao Min breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, and became the dashing and uninhibited young man he saw for the first time in the Gongchuan Forest that day, instead of the head of the criminal department who was messing around and only knew sophistry: "Then I will rest assured, Xue Mingfu will have a good meal." If you have any orders, let the jailer send me a message at any time, whether it is to go to the house to get anything, or if you need to buy something to eat, just say hello at any time. ”

After that, Gao Min clasped his fists and saluted, got up and patted the dust, and walked out of the prison of the Criminal Department.

With the click of the cell door, Xue Nefang unloaded his strength, held the two letters in his hand, and fell into deep thought. He has always had some faint doubts, is the mastermind behind the Hongwen Pavilion case really the Hu man who doesn't understand the Central Plains culture? Can you think that with the help of the monks of Famen Temple to carry the scriptures, transport a big living person in, pretend to be the head of the guard, and also use tin mirrors, miscanthus and other things to burn down the courtyard and frame Fan Ning, Shi Yuannian really planned so thoroughly? What's more, is it just to steal the "Tui Bei Tu" after such a lot of effort?

Prior to this, Xue Ne spent all his energy on avenging Fan Ning's grievances, and did not consider the conspiracy behind it.

Xue Ne thought about it, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind: If it is...... If there is a mastermind behind the scenes, everything is laid out against the fact that Fan Ning may be Princess Anding, and everything will make sense. The case of the Hongwen Pavilion Annex, with the theft of "Tui Bei Tu", attracted everyone's attention, but in fact, the purpose was to control Fan Ning.

Will all this be related to the emperor? At present, the two saints are in the dynasty, and the Wu clan is very prosperous, but their power is given by the emperor, and if the emperor wants to find a daughter, he doesn't have to go through such a big effort. Who is the person behind the scenes? His purpose should be to let the living Princess Anding appear in front of the emperor, and to confirm the fact that the emperor framed the queen back then. Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes is someone from the Wang family? After the abolition of the emperor that year, the queen was hanged, and the family members were also exiled to Lingnan and changed their surname to "python".

Don't...... Gao Min has something to do with this? Xue Ne shook his head after thinking about it, although his words were a little suspicious of deliberately exonerating himself, but it was true that as he said, he was just a small head of the Sixth Rank Criminal Department, and with his age and background, it was impossible for him to understand the secrets of the Heavenly Family; Could it be Li Qianyou? Or are people with higher status, such as Helan Min and others, secretly manipulating the Criminal Department to handle cases?

Xue Ne's thoughts are not real, the only thing that can be determined is that clues will be found in the Criminal Department. Xue Ne got up and paced back and forth, thinking about how to tell Li Hong the direction of the investigation, at the moment he was locked up in the Criminal Department and could not enter and leave freely, and there was no paper and pen around him, and the only thing he could take out was this food basket. But there was no knife and pen at hand, and there was not even a small pebble in the prison, otherwise maybe we could find a way to use the stone to mark a few words on the bottom of the food basket.

Xue Ne was facing the food basket in difficulty, and suddenly his eyes lit up, he laughed at himself, thinking that the method was obviously in front of him, Li Hong had already planned for him, where did he need to go through the troubles, stepped forward to pick up the chopsticks, and used the meal relaxedly.

In the dark of night, Li Hongren was in the study of the East Palace, consulting the files of the early years of Yonghui, and when he saw Zhang Shun returning with a food box in his hand, he immediately put down the scroll: "Shen Yan has eaten?" ”

Zhang Shun replied with his crossed hands: "Back to Your Highness, the kale and cold salad didn't move, but the Hu cake, steamed cake and sugar pear were eaten. Your Highness, this ......"

Li Hong showed an imperceptible smile on his mouth, and he knew that Xue Ne would definitely be able to understand his code words. The five dishes he sent to Xue Ne today represent the five different directions of the next investigation, Hu Cake represents Shi Yuannian, steamed cake represents Gao Min, Sugar Pear represents Li Qianyou, Kale represents Helan Minzhi, and Cold Sauce Three Silk represents Wu Sansi. Xue Ne ate the three things cleanly, and it was the representative who temporarily put aside the two people and first locked the direction of the investigation on the criminal department with Li Qianyou and Gao Min and others.

"Zhang Shun, send someone to copy all the relevant files about Li Qianyou and Gao Min, the head of the Criminal Department, and in addition, I ordered the eyeliner to report all the recent situation in the Criminal Department, especially these two people, no details should be missed."

"Yes", Zhang Shun took the order, turned around and wanted to leave, and remembered the news that Fang got from Xue Wang, and couldn't help but smile, "Your Highness, the bad thing that Chu Yulang Jun has done is known to Mrs. Liu." I heard that Mrs. Liu was angry and wanted Chu Yulangjun to go to the Criminal Department to confess, saying that she was dazzled and wronged Xue Lang...... Chu Yulangjun cried like a pig and refused, and now he was kneeling in the Buddha hall to think about it. ”

"Oh?" When Li Hong heard the news, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, as if he was very happy, "If you frame your relatives, you will be punished with at least fifty canes?" Let's wait to see if Xue Chuyu will go to the Criminal Department to receive the punishment, if not, when the edict of his father's pardon and Shenyan arrives, he will let the Criminal Department arrest him. ”

In the next few days, Xue Wang would carry a food basket every day and go to the Criminal Department to deliver food to Xue Ne, and the cloth in the food box every time was densely copied with light yellow information about Li Gao and the others.

Xue Ne is gifted and intelligent, and he can never forget the contents, and after a meal, he can write down the contents, and then meditate on the suspicious things. Occasionally, when I figured it out, I would sit up from the couch suddenly, and even wake up in a dream, and then I couldn't sleep all night.

Being in prison like this may be purgatory for others, but for Xue Ne, it is a good place for meditation. If there is anyone or something that can occupy Xue Ne's mind while he is thinking about the case, it is Fan Ning.

He didn't believe all of Gao Min's words, but to say that he didn't have the slightest doubt that Fan Ning might be a princess, it was naturally a lie. When he returned from the Suifamen Temple, Li Hong had ordered him to secretly pay attention to the case of Princess Anding, and of course he had already thought about it. Xue Ne used to be a city gate lang, as long as he sent someone to check the old files of the city gate bureau, he could find the list of princesses who entered and left the palace when she died, and Li Chunfeng was impressively listed; That year, the flood flooded and rushed into Beijing, and Li Chunfeng adopted two baby girls by such a coincidence; On that day, Helan Minzhi was drunk, and he bumped into Fan Ning in Pingkangfang, and blurted out "Minyue"; Now that the case of the Hongwen Pavilion has been solved, Li Chunfeng has not returned...... All of this seems to point to Fan Ning being the eldest daughter of the Emperor and Queen of Heaven and the sister of Li Hong.

Unlike the case solved, Xue Ne did not have the pleasure of revealing the mystery at this time, only endless worries. He was really afraid, afraid that all this would make the carefree girl carry too heavy a burden from now on, and also make her the center of the storm in the court, unable to retreat with her whole body, and ended up with bruises all over her body.

No matter what her background is, in his heart, she will always be the little girl who has a total horn, stretches out her chubby little hand, and leads him to Zhongnan Mountain. He knew, understood, and cherished her innocence full of a sense of justice, even if he died, and would not allow anyone to hurt her in the slightest.

The case involved a wide range of cases, far more than an ordinary case, but Xue Ne knew that the key to everything was still to unravel the whole truth surrounding Princess Anding. As long as this mystery is solved in the shortest possible time, he can protect his beloved and protect the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of Datang.

In Chang'an City on a rainy night, in an inconspicuous house, the burly Shi Yuannian was lingering on the couch with a Hu woman, and the woman was none other than Anar, the female shopkeeper of the Hu costume shop in Xishi.

Shi Yuannian stroked Anal's long hair, propped his head and asked, "You came all the way and were not followed?" ”

"Don't worry, I've asked women of similar appearance to me to wear the same robes to help me lure away those wolfdogs, who are probably scurrying around the vast city of Chang'an in the rain. In addition, the rain was falling so rapidly that any footprints were washed away. ”

"They have not embarrassed you about the testimony?" Shi Yuannian asked again.

Anar shook her head, and smiled and climbed up to Shi Yuannian's strong arm: "Why do you care about me so much today?" Could it be that after a few days of separation, you miss me? ”

Shi Yuannian blocked Anal's hand, sat up from the couch, and said coldly: "Don't say it." The Tang people have always been cunning, and if you don't keep it, you are casting a long line to catch a big fish, so you should be cautious and don't accidentally ruin the big plan for a while. ”

As he spoke, Shi Yuannian raised his hand and touched the strap on his shoulder, which was the wound he was stabbed by a sword when he was fighting with the wind shadow. He was on par with Kazekage that day, and if Kazekage hadn't stepped on an unpaved piece of broken tiles and stepped on the air, he wouldn't have been able to injure Kazekage and get away with it.

Anar looked at Shi Yuannian's gloomy expression, deliberately raised his hand and poked the itchy point on his waist, and said with a smile: "Don't force yourself too much, if you want me to say, we should have broken away from the control of those Tang people a long time ago and did what we should do, why don't we deliberately throw out some clues and let them track down those Tang people, wouldn't it be happy to eat the dog by yourself!" ”

Shi Yuannian smiled sinisterly and said, "Who said that I was obeying the discipline of the Tang people? I have never forgotten the humiliation suffered by my father and grandparents when they fought with **, those Tang people are just stepping stones on my new Turkic road to Jianyuan, but now is not the time, when I complete my revenge plan and let the Tang Dynasty fall into chaos, we will return to Tuyuhun together, I will be the new Turkic Khan, and you will be my Yanshi. ”

Shi Yuannian said, stroking Anal's face, which made her smile and laugh again and again, and it was scattered in the rainy night for a while.

The two saints are far away in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, so although Li Hong was removed from the right to supervise the country, the size of the affairs in Chang'an City is still in charge of him.

It was a light rain at night, and the cold of spring blew away the warmth of late spring, and the guards of the East Palace, who had changed into spring clothes, stood in the cold wind, sneezing again and again. Li Hong returned on his horse, hurriedly passed through the four gates of Jiafu, Chongming, Jiade, and Chongjiao, dismounted and asked the female official who came forward: "How is the lady today?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, I prepared the food that the lady likes as instructed, and I ate a little more than yesterday."

Honglian has a gentle temperament, Li Hong is always afraid that she will be bullied if she stays in the East Palace, so he has to ask every day, and today he asked again: "What about Fan Ning?" ”

"Well, she just went to the front hall, and she had an argument with other female officials, and the slave didn't know how to punish her, so she asked Her Highness to make it clear."

"Punishment?" Li Hong paused, and the dense rain fell on his precious twill silk robe, and the water beads accumulated into small droplets, making his whole person look a little cold, "Didn't the palace tell you, you don't have to send her work, just let her play freely, why did you come up with punishment?" ”

The female officer bowed very low, and said in fear: "Yes...... The slave maid has had, but His Royal Highness also said before that the slave and maid were a little unsure of her normal treatment. ”

Li Hong thought about it, and it was indeed no wonder that the female official, Fan Ning was no better than Honglian, and she was not obedient, and where could others restrain her: "That's it, you send her to Honglian, you don't have to control her anymore." ”

Honglian's identity is unknown, and she has no palace personnel to go to the East Palace to eat and wear, and now she wants this Fan Ning to go directly to her, this female official is obviously a little embarrassed, but since it is Li Hong's order, naturally he has his back, the female official bowed down, stopped, and watched Li Hong walk towards the backyard of the deep palace.

The night was deep, everything was silent, only the sound of falling rain remained, decorating this cold season, Li Hong did not go back to the dormitory, but went to the Yichun Courtyard where the red lotus temporarily lived. I think she should have slept, but I haven't seen her for many days, and I really miss it, even if I can only look at her sleeping face.

Li Hong walked forward, and when he arrived outside the Yichun Courtyard, he only heard a gurgling pipa sound, skillful and full of affection, which was from the hand of the red lotus.

It turned out that she hadn't slept yet, and she should be thinking about herself when she listened to the song. Li Hongli listened under the eaves for a while, and then pushed the door and walked in.

Hearing the sound of the door, the sound of the pipa immediately stopped, Honglian turned around and saw Li Hong, both surprised and delighted: "Your Highness is down!" ”

"I came back late these days, I thought you slept", Li Hong was wet, didn't lean in front of Honglian, pulled a grass ball and sat down, and said with a gentle smile, "It's not used to living here, right?" The garden is too small, I heard that you don't come out much......"

Before he finished speaking, Honglian suddenly bent forward and untied his clothes, which caused Li Hong's body to shake, and he was speechless for a while, but he saw Honglian smile and said: "Your Highness's clothes are wet, and you are afraid of causing the wind and cold, and the fire over there has not been extinguished, so I will take it to your Highness to bake it." ”

Li Hong sneered, and with the red lotus helping him take off his clothes and take them to the stove to bake, he turned his back slightly, trying his best to control his expression, for fear that the red lotus would think that he was also a disciple like Helan Minzhi.

Even if he is as noble as the crown prince, he is just a mortal, and in the face of his beloved, where can he not have seven emotions and six desires. But if Honglian wants to marry into the East Palace, she still needs to have a physical examination after proposing, and if she ruins their life because she is not wise for a while, it will not be worth it.

Honglian didn't know Li Hong's nonsense at all, walked back to his side and sat down, and said lightly: "His Royal Highness once said that day, Ning'er is very similar to the Queen of Heaven, but not in appearance, I have always been curious, where is it similar to the Queen of Heaven?" ”

"I can't tell you right now", Li Hong looked at the stunning appearance of the red lotus, and joked childishly, "When you marry in and meet your mother, you will know for yourself." ”

Outside the curtain was the gurgling rain, Li Hong gently held the red lotus, his ears and temples grinding, intimate, Helan Minzhi was extremely bad, but they no longer escaped their hearts, and finally took the most important step.

Just as he was in his prime, Zhang Shun trembled and called outside the courtyard: "Your Highness...... Your Highness, the female official in charge of the birth record of the emperor's heir has been found, and she is waiting in the study......"

The matter was serious, Li Hong had to say goodbye to the red lotus, and rushed to the study with Zhang Shun in the rain, only to see a white-headed palace maid standing at the foot of the stairs waiting, and on the table, there was a booklet with a unique shape.

Li Hongfang sat down, and then asked anxiously: "This female history, judging by her age, should have served in the palace for many years?" Did you record this booklet? ”

The female Shi Bi replied respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, the slaves and maids have been in the palace for a long time, but they can only collect the classics, regardless of the records. This book was accidentally discovered by the Sixth Bureau of Shanggong when Zhang Guard's servants and maids were looking for records. Previously, the slave maid only heard that there was this book in the bureau, and added a secret text, and the cipher text was taken from the "Taihao Heavenly Book", which was used to record the birth date, physical appearance and physical signs of the emperor's heir born in the palace of this dynasty, but how to solve it, I really don't know ......"

Li Hong bowed his head slightly, and roughly flipped through it a few times, only to see that although the booklet was written in Chinese characters, he didn't know what it was about, and only two poems written on the first page of the beginning could be read:

The bright moon shines on the mountain, and the talented man thinks about the people. The west is clear and the east wind is warm, and the pain is not dead. The clouds and birds are coiled, and the lonely boat is broken. Hugh said that the world turned empty, and put the white deer cliff stack.

The spring rainforest comes alongside, and the lake waves are dark and colored. The heavy snow is slightly drunk, and the old monk cherishes his son. Russia and the world turned suddenly, and Qiu Po was cold. There is nowhere to be found, and the peach blossoms outside the curtain are still blooming.

Li Hong looked at it, his face was dazed, he didn't expect that he couldn't read it clearly in black and white, what does this poem mean, is there really a stable thing in this book?