In this world, what is terrible is not death, but life is worse than death, and Wen Qiao is not a good person, and all kinds of criminal laws have been used on that person.

Sure enough, after such torture, the man confided a lot of important news, such as the location where the mountain bandits usually fled, and the three princes secretly framed the ministers who opposed him in the court.

The accumulation of all kinds of deeds together definitely makes it impossible for the third prince to turn over, and Wen Qiao's eyes are full of excitement that cannot be hidden.

After a careful discussion with Huai Enhou, Wen Qiao joined forces with the prince to raid at night, and the mountain bandits originally wanted to leave the secret passage as before, but they never thought that those exits were already guarded by officers and soldiers.

The mountain bandits who had been bothering the people for a long time were eliminated by Wen Qiao in this way, and a total of 21 people were captured except for the dead, and most of them didn't know who the mastermind behind the scenes was.

"Don't worry, they'll talk about it anyway." Wyn Hou said.

Wen Qiao wants to eradicate the power of the three princes as soon as possible, and the execution has recently increased a lot, and many mountain bandits have died under the punishment.

There were only about seven or eight people left, and two of them had slightly loosened intentions, but they still didn't say it.

"Coercion doesn't work, try the lure first." Wen Qiao took a sip of tea and suppressed the cold light in his eyes, "They must have a purpose in becoming mountain bandits, and they must ask for news before the third prince goes to the frontier." ”

Since three days later was the day when the three princes went to the frontier, and Wen Qiao and Huai Enhou knew about the extermination of the mountain bandits, Long Yan Dayue decided to hold a party in the palace.

One is to see off the three princes, and the other is to reward Wen Qiao and Huai Enhou.

Wen Qiao took Zhao Qingyan and Huai Enhou took Mrs. Chen, and they were ready to enter the palace to face the saint, but they just boarded the carriage and saw Ling Yi come to pay their respects.

"Master, there is a person who can't bear the confession, and the history behind the scenes is indeed the Three Princes, and they were ordered to plunder the people's property in order to develop the power of the Three Princes."

If you say that the crime of the three princes in the past was at most collusion with mountain bandits and cruelty to the people, but now there is a slight sense of rebellion.

What is the good way to develop his own forces, the emperor will definitely be suspicious of him.

However, it is not suitable to talk about this matter today, Wen Qiao decided to take the confessed mountain bandit and the captured henchmen of the three princes into Beijing to face the saint and tell all the crimes of the three princes.

As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the prince wearing a crescent white python robe embroidered with gold patterns standing there and looking around, as if he was looking for someone.

Zhao Qingyan was very eye-catching, and squeezed Wen Qiao's hand, "You go and talk to the prince, I'll go find my father first." ”

After finishing speaking, he quickly left, and the prince saw that there was no one around Wen Qiao and came over.

If it is obviously inappropriate to leave the prince behind at this time, Wen Qiao sighed helplessly, so he had to walk next to the prince and talk to him about the recent developments.

"It's enough for the three princes to go to face the saint before they leave Beijing, and these evidences are enough to completely cut off the power of the three princes." Wen Qiao said, taking advantage of no one's attention, and stuffed the letter in his cuff into the prince's hand.

It wrote in detail the things explained by his henchmen and mountain bandits, and the prince chuckled, and his eyes were also extremely excited.

The mother concubine of the third prince is equal to his mother's concubine, and the emperor has not shown a special preference for anyone, and in recent years, the prince has to intervene in whatever the prince does.

There was no safe way to make a move before, but now a great opportunity has appeared in front of him, and the prince will definitely take advantage of it.

"This palace knows, you must be careful in what you do, the banquet is about to start, you go to find Huai Enhou." The prince found that Wen Qiao's eyes were always looking at Zhao Qingyan.

He didn't talk too much, not to mention that he had his own things to do.

When Wen Qiao returned to Huai'en, he saw Zhao Qingyan secretly eating pastries, the corners of his mouth were stained with pastries, and his round eyes were looking around.

"Why did a greedy little flower cat appear in the palace, the banquet hasn't started yet, and the pastries are almost gone." Wen Qiao said with a smile.

Zhao Qingyan didn't react at first, and suddenly pinched Wen Qiao fiercely after a moment.

No way, although the food is delicious now, it is still a little less fresh than in ancient times.

From childhood to adulthood, I have eaten all kinds of chemical additives, Zhao Qingyan prefers this pure natural delicacy, the osmanthus cake made of osmanthus mixed with flour, one bite, even the stomach is rippling with the aroma of osmanthus.

There is also plum wine, the taste is sweet and sour, and after drinking it, the fragrance of plum blossoms still reverberates in the mouth.

The wisdom of the ancients is infinite, and they are good at using all kinds of food to make delicious things, Zhao Qingyan's eyes are half-squinted, and he feels that his soul has been sublimated.

"As the saying goes, people take food as their day, and enjoying food is the greatest respect for it." Zhao Qingyan said, and pinched another piece of osmanthus cake to enjoy eating.

Wen Qiao saw that her cheeks were red, and she knew that she had drunk a lot of plum wine, although the wine was sweet and sour, but it still had a lot of stamina.

Shaking his head, he took Zhao Qingyan in his arms, Xu is enemy solved one, Wen Qiao's mood became extremely happy, and he began to laugh with Zhao Qingyan.

The third prince sat on Wen Qiao's right side with a somewhat gloomy face, glaring at them fiercely before sitting down.

At this time, Hubu Shangshu came over and saluted Huai Enhou and Wen Qiao, "Congratulations to Huai Enhou, Shizi, for helping Your Majesty solve the great trouble of mountain bandits, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment again." ”

Following the Hubu Shangshu, many ministers expressed their congratulations to Huai Enhou and Wen Qiao, basically flattering.

The three princes next to him were left out in the cold, and of course there were ministers who congratulated him, but it was very rare.

In contrast, the third prince's face darkened a little, but at this time, there was a person who didn't have long eyes to congratulate him.

"The third prince's trip to the frontier this time is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions. I hope to make a great contribution like the prince and make the emperor happy. ”

There is ambiguity in this statement, doesn't it imply that the third prince is not as good as Wen Qiao?

The ministers who gathered around to congratulate each other looked at each other, and some wanted to pull down this person who couldn't speak, but it was too late, and everything that shouldn't have been said was said.

Hearing this, the false smile on the face of the third prince, who was already unhappy in his heart, was almost unbearable, "According to you, I am not as good as the prince of the world, but I have exterminated a group of mountain and wild bandits, and other people can still do it." ”

The words did not give Wen Qiao face, and the lively atmosphere seemed to be condensed.

"yes, someone else can still do it well." Wen Qiao said with a smile, the third prince is the prince after all, and it is still not appropriate to quarrel in front of so many people, "The prince is the son of the true dragon, and a small credit like exterminating the mountain bandits must not be taken to heart." ”

The tone is extraordinarily respectful, the third prince can't find a single fault, and there are so many ministers next to him, if he is aggressive, he will definitely cause criticism.

kicked Wen Qiao fiercely, and did not continue to argue.