Chapter 320: A group of stand-ins
"Continue to check on me, if you can't find out, all the guards will be severely punished!" Mo Huaiyu threw out a resounding word, and after speaking, he glanced at Su Yi coldly, "And you, if you don't do things well, you will also be punished!" ”
Su Yi lowered his head, "The slave obeys." ”
In fact, there was nothing difficult to investigate about this matter, but the difficulty was that the leader of the guard army died violently, but it was only this leader who initially got the order to hunt down Ding Weilan. Now there is no proof of death, and he doesn't know where to start.
However, Su Yi has some means in the end, and the investigation has to be done. After he retreated, he specially found a few clever little eunuchs and asked them to go to the guards in private to preach that the person who falsely conveyed the holy decree had been found, and the emperor ordered a heavy punishment to serve and execute directly in the palace.
Then, groups of eunuchs came over with heavy torture instruments. Eye-gouging, skinning, beheading, splitting, and ...... Divided into categories, each torture instrument has a strong smell of blood on it, even in the empty square.
This group of guards has all seen the world and has killed people with their own hands, but in the face of these torture tools, they still feel cold behind them.
Su Yi and the others laid out these torture instruments, and then stepped forward slowly, swept their eyes over everyone meaningfully, and said leisurely, "Everyone understands, it is a serious crime to falsely pass on the holy decree, and this time it is known all over the city, and the emperor is angry, but it is not something that can be done as soon as he dies." The emperor has an order, if he catches someone, let him walk on these torture instruments, if he can still survive, it is God blessed, and the emperor will not care about him, but if anyone accidentally dies on the way, then don't blame our family for being cruel, they all died by themselves, no wonder others. ”
As soon as these words came out, the guards felt that the hairs on their backs stood on end. There were more than ten or twenty pieces of these torture tools in the past, not counting those who gouged out their eyes and chopped their hands, just one Ling Chi, they would have to die without a corpse, even if the Daluo Immortal descended to earth, it would be difficult to live.
It's just for them to die! can't die happily, it seems that the emperor is really angry, and all the guards feel terrified. In this case, you can't talk about the self-purity of those who are clear, and you must quickly find a way to prove yourself.
Just as they were all nervously searching for evidence in their minds, suddenly a little eunuch ran over and shouted at Su Yi, "Oh no, Grandpa Su, the prime minister is going to commit suicide!" ”
Su Yi's eyelids jumped, "Who?" ”
Prime minister? How could the prime minister be in the palace?
Wait a minute! Su Yi suddenly remembered that the prime minister was crazy before, saying that Princess Qi was not his biological daughter and other crazy things, and he was imprisoned by the emperor, and he has not been released yet.
But then again, during the days when the prime minister was not there, the emperor should still go to the court and discuss matters, which shows that this prime minister is really ...... It's useless!
After sighing for a while, Su Yi came back to his senses, what did the little eunuch say, and he asked, "How are people now?" ”
The little eunuch wiped a handful of sweat, "I didn't die, I was rescued, but now I'm still making trouble about committing suicide, it's too much trouble for us to pull him!" Father-in-law Su, go and take a look, we are soft-spoken, and we can't persuade the prime minister at all! ”
Su Yi was a little angry when he heard this, "How many of you still can't pull a prime minister, and the prime minister doesn't know martial arts!" ”
The little eunuch scratched his head aggrievedly, "But, the prime minister is too fat......"
Su Yi: "......"
Originally, the affairs of the prison cell were handled by the guards in the palace, but now this group of guards ...... Forget it, let's go check it out.
"What are you doing? Lead the way! Little Bunny! ”
No matter how bastard the prime minister is, after all, he is also the prime minister, and the death of a court official is not a joke, so Su Yi had no choice but to temporarily abandon the matter at hand and walk all the way to the cell, and on the way, he did not forget to ask the little eunuch all kinds of details.
It is said that this prime minister is also a big-hearted man, and after staying in the cell for two days, he accepted the reality of his imprisonment, and did not cry or make trouble, and should eat and drink. After all, his identity was there, and the people in the cell didn't dare to do anything to him, so not only did he not feel haggard because of being in prison, but he also gained two pounds.
After hearing this, the corners of Su Yi's mouth twitched a little, and he asked again, "Then why are you going to commit suicide today?" ”
The little eunuch recalled for a moment and said, "It seems that the guards in the prison heard that you had brought out a lot of torture instruments, and the prime minister asked what you were doing, and the guards said that it was to check the people who had falsely preached the holy decree, and the prime minister went crazy." ”
After hearing this, Su Yi lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and then suddenly accelerated his pace.
The search in the imperial city continued, and Mo Lingfeng sent the portraits of Ding Weilan and Qing Ying to the guards of each city gate as quickly as possible, asking them to look for them according to the portraits, and when they met the people on the portraits, they were immediately detained. At the same time, Xiao Liu and the guards in Tingyu Xuan were also eagerly searching.
Approaching evening, as the sun set, Mo Lingfeng looked at the hurried figures coming and going in the city, and his brows became more and more wrinkled. In the medical hall, he had already sent someone to search repeatedly, but he really found nothing, and he was scolded by Dr. Lu, who had just woken up and didn't know the truth.
Mo Lingfeng was also really angry, but he didn't have the leisure to worry about a doctor, all he was thinking about now was to find Ding Weilan.
In fact, he had a vague guess in his heart, but this guess involved a very special person, and he couldn't make a conclusion, let alone rush to him.
He also knew that if he wanted to find Ding Weilan in the imperial city, his hope was very slim.
Having said that, after a while, a guard suddenly came over and said, "Back to the prince, two people were found at the east gate, suspected to be the princess and Miss Qingying." ”
"Suspicious?" Mo Lingfeng captured the point of his words, yes, no, no, what does it mean?
"This ...... They said that they were not Princess Qi, nor were they called Qingying. ”
The corners of Mo Lingfeng's mouth twitched slightly, and he suddenly remembered that Ding Weilan was seriously telling some lies full of loopholes, and there was actually some more hope in his heart, maybe ...... It's really Ding Weilan.
"Lead the way!"
At the gate of the city, the guards at the gate were holding two girls. They didn't know Princess Qi, and when they saw that they looked like the portrait, they stopped them, even if the two girls were full of denials, but who knew if they were really not, or simply wanted to escape, so they detained the person, and let the two girls explain it, and they didn't mean to release them.
When Mo Lingfeng arrived, what he saw was that the two girls were in a hurry to explain, and the guards at the gate did not enter.
He walked briskly closer, but was met with an anxious, unfamiliar face.
Mo Lingfeng's brows suddenly twisted, "What's the matter?" ”
The defenders stepped forward and explained, "Back to the prince, the subordinates searched according to the portrait, but these two girls did not admit their identities. ”
"Not for you!" Mo Lingfeng suddenly let out a low roar, which frightened the defenders and didn't dare to speak.
Mo Lingfeng set his eyes on the two girls, their makeup and dress were very similar to Ding Weilan and Qing Ying, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were exactly the same, if it wasn't for someone deliberately, it would be impossible to reach this level.
"Who are you and why are you dressed like this!" This questioning was almost shouted.
The two girls originally saw that Mo Lingfeng was handsome, and he was called "Lord Wang" by the guards, and their minds were still alive for a while, but when Mo Lingfeng yelled at him like this, they didn't dare to think of anything, they were afraid that they would be arrested and tortured, so in a hurry, they remembered the explanation of the girl named Qingying - once something happened, all the responsibility could be put on the princess.
They didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said, "The prince spared his life, it was the princess who asked us to do this, and we didn't dare to disobey!" ”
"That's right, the princess forced us to do it, it's none of our business!" The other chimed in.
Mo Lingfeng was slightly stunned, "Princess? Which princess? ”
"Princess Qi......" The two girls glanced at each other, as if to get confirmation from each other's eyes.
"Really?" Mo Lingfeng was suspicious, not understanding what Ding Weilan's move meant, "What's the matter, explain to this king from the beginning!" ”
The two girls didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly explained everything one by one, from the old bustard in the Qinglou who asked them to imitate Princess Qi inexplicably, to later entering the Qi Palace, and then to Qingying's advice, they said it word for word, for fear that if they said it wrong, they would be punished by the prince.
Speaking of the back, Mo Lingfeng heard that something was wrong.
"You say that the guards only appeared after you left the palace?"
The two girls hesitated for a moment, not understanding whether the prince asked them this way, whether he believed their words, or for some other reason. They didn't dare to say it too much, so they had to take a step back and say, "As soon as we came out, the streets began to search, and we don't know when those people came. ”
Mo Lingfeng was silent, not to mention anything else, what is certain is that Ding Weilan must have taken these two girls into the palace before the guards arrived at the palace, combined with what Xiao Liu said, it seems that Ding Weilan's statement that he fled because the guards forced him to come to the door is not very credible.
"By the way, it's not just the two of us, it's the girls in the entire Qinglou who were brought into the palace with us." One of the girls added.
Mo Lingfeng's eyes lit up, "What?" ”
"Lord Wang, two girls suspected of being princesses were also found at the north gate."
"Bring it here!" Mo Lingfeng understood Ding Weilan's intentions, and she wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city. However, what she wants to hide from is probably not only those pursuing guards, but also his husband!
"Lord Wang, there are two girls at the south gate......" At this time, another guard rushed over, but before he finished speaking, Mo Lingfeng suddenly interrupted him, "Bring it all to this king!" ”
He ordered to notify the guards of the various city gates, as long as he found that even someone suspected of Ding Weilan would be brought to the east gate, he would see how many "stand-ins" Ding Weilan had arranged for him.
The result of the incident was unexpected, because not only in the direction of the city gate, but also in the streets from time to time, people would shout, "Oh no, Princess Qi has escaped!" In line with the principle that it is better to catch by mistake than to let go, even if Mo Lingfeng guessed that it might be fake, he also sent guards to investigate, and if he couldn't catch anyone, he arrested the person who shouted back.
But the imperial city is too big, and I don't know where a sentence came out, "Oh no, Princess Qi has escaped!" So the captor ran from east to west, from south to north, and his legs were almost thin, but when he caught someone, he only got one sentence, "I don't know, it was the people from the Qi Wangfu who asked me to do this." ”
Seeing the other party with such an innocent face and saying such infuriating words, the guards all felt a little headache, the key thing was that the other party was still some girls, and they were afraid that they would be killed by too much weight, so they could only endure the anger of being played and bring people to the prince.
It doesn't matter in this area, the last point of the number of people, I found that the entire Yihong Courtyard was all there.