The prince received the remaining 50,000 taels of silver from the old couple when it was almost dawn, although he was temporarily woken up, and he was a little angry to get up, but when he saw the white silver, all the prince's wake-up anger disappeared.

After dawn, the gate of the imperial city opened, and because Fang Kui followed, the old couple took the murderer and left the imperial city smoothly.

When Fang Kui brought the good news back to the East Palace, the crown prince was counting the silver, and when he saw Fang Kui, he looked at him with an expression of admiration on his face, and then said with a smile: "Fang Kui, this time it's thanks to you, if it weren't for what you said, this palace wouldn't have been able to get 100,000 taels of silver in such a short period of time!" Say, what you want, what this palace can give you, I will definitely give it to you! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laughed, Weichen was originally a subordinate of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is right to give advice to His Royal Highness the Prince, where should I ask for any reward, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trusts Weichen, and Weichen does not ask for anything else."

"Hahahaha, good! He is worthy of being the most trusted person in this palace, and this palace invites you to drink! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince."

With Fang Kui's method, now there is no need to worry about any food and clothing in the East Palace, and there is also excess silver to envelop those courtiers outside, plus the original Yulu in the East Palace, within this year, if nothing major happens, these silver are completely sufficient.

Because of this, the prince was in a very happy mood, and he also dragged Fang Kui to drink, looking like he wanted to get drunk with him.

At this time, in Jiang Qianbai's palace, the news that the prince rescued a murderer and got 100,000 taels of silver quickly appeared on Jiang Qianbai's desk, as for who sent the news, Jiang Qianbai recognized it when he saw the handwriting of the letter.

After Jiang Qianbai read it, he burned the letter, his eyes were full of calculations, and he thought that the prince was just targeting Jiang Qiancheng recently, but he didn't expect that he was still doing such a thing secretly, it seems that the East Palace is very poor, and he can't even take out the silver taels that envelop the courtiers, and he is not afraid of being ridiculed when he spreads it.

Although this matter is useless for the time being, it can be kept, and it will be used sooner or later when dealing with the prince in the future.

"Xiuwen."

Ye Xiuwen quickly walked in from outside: "Lord Wang, what are your orders?" ”

"This king remembers, you have seen the murderer who killed fifteen people in the imperial city before, right?"

"Yes, I did."

"That murderer was released out of the imperial city by the crown prince, you take someone to arrest them back, and you want to arrest the old couple next to him as well, but the thing to do is secret, don't be known."

"Yes, my subordinates will do it!"

On the other side, the murderer and the old couple, who had left the imperial city in a carriage not long ago, were soon caught up by Ye Xiuwen, who was riding a fast horse, and a group of guards, who surrounded the carriage and carried weapons in their hands.

The old couple looked like they were going to rob, and hurriedly said: "This uncle, all the money we have on us will be given to you, don't hurt us, we are just passing by here, there is no malice!" ”

"I'm really sorry, we don't want your money, what are you doing there, why don't you hurry up?"

The surrounding guards immediately attacked, the carriage was hijacked instantly, and the coachman sitting outside the carriage was immediately stabbed to death with a sword, and the old couple inside was also quickly caught, but unfortunately, the murderer was not in the carriage.

Ye Xiuwen subconsciously frowned, it was really strange, why didn't that murderer leave the imperial city with his parents? Is it still in the Imperial City?

"My lord, there is no trace of any traces in the boxes carried by the carriage, and the person should not be in the carriage."

"Really?"

The wife said anxiously, "Uncle, who are you looking for?" Aren't our sons all locked up in the government? Not here! ”

Ye Xiuwen narrowed his eyes, but felt that things were not so simple, it was impossible for the prince to let the murderer stay in the imperial city, he would definitely send someone to keep an eye on them all leaving the imperial city, and after they left, the murderer had no way to return to the imperial city on his own no matter what.

And seeing how anxious they were, the murderer must have been in the carriage with them.

Ye Xiuwen walked over and looked inside the carriage, it was now empty, but when he walked in to check, Ye Xiuwen walked out of the carriage with a smile as if he suddenly understood something.

Then he said to the guards beside him: "I have searched the inside of the carriage, but I haven't looked carefully under the carriage, you should take a good look." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the old couple changed instantly.

And when the two guards went over to check under the carriage, the murderer suddenly jumped out from below and began to attack them, but this time the guards who followed Ye Xiuwen here were all elites in the Five Kings' Mansion, and it was not something that such a murderer could beat.

Soon, he was defeated, and was suppressed by two guards and knelt in front of Ye Xiuwen on his shoulders.

Ye Xiuwen smiled, this murderer is quite smart, he actually knows that he has to hide under the carriage, if he were replaced by someone else, he would definitely be let go like this, but fortunately, the person who came was himself.

The things that Jiang Qianbai explained must be completed, and none of these people should be taken back to the palace.

"Tie them up and take them away!"

The old couple suddenly struggled: "You can't do this to us, we spent 100,000 taels of silver to save our son back, this is the help of His Royal Highness the Prince, you bring us back, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely not let you go!" ”

Ye Xiuwen heard this, but he laughed directly, he said: "You guys are really stupid to think like this, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that you have returned to the imperial city, it must be you who he wants to kill, not us, after all, if you kill your mouth, no one will know what he did, right?" ”

The old couple was speechless.

The guards around Ye Xiuwen immediately tied them up, stuffed strips of cloth in their mouths, stuffed them back into the carriage, and finally Ye Xiuwen personally drove the carriage to take them back to the imperial city.

After putting them in the dungeon of the Five Princes' Mansion, Ye Xiuwen went to report the matter to Jiang Qianbai, Jiang Qianbai had a smile on his face: "Well done, make sure that people take a good look at them, don't die, otherwise there will be one less bargaining chip to deal with the prince at that time." ”

"Yes!"

"By the way, go tell Jiang Qiancheng about this matter, I think he will be very happy to know the news."

"Yes."