Chen Wen took it with one hand, and took the case in his hand steadily, and before he could open it, Yin Xuan's indifferent voice came from above the Jinluan Palace.

Yin Xuan said: "Let's see, Xia Tugui is uncomfortable early and uncomfortable, but he is uncomfortable today, because he knows that today is his death, so he ran for his life, right?" As a partner, what do you have to say for him? ”

Chen Wen's eyes were cold, and he didn't respond to Yin Xuan's words, so he just opened the case quickly and looked at it.

The case is very long, the words in it are small and regular, and the writing is densely packed, all of which are the confessions of the forbidden soldiers on duty that day, which is not unusual, it is normal to record a confession even if it is a case, and it is abnormal that the way of entering this confession is very peculiar, although Chen Wenqi is not a person from the Criminal Department, but he has followed Nie Qingwan, often harassed Nie Bei, and often jumped at the door of the Criminal Department.

The normal way of recording confessions in the Criminal Department is to write in the correct chronological order, but the partial birth is not, the scroll in front of him is written in reverse time, and the handwriting is Nie Bei's handwriting, so this scroll is Nie Bei's move and arrangement.

The timeline starts from the point where the accident happened, and then reverses backwards, and at the end, Nie Bei rewrote the three big characters of Xia Tugui.

These three large characters are not written with a black ink pen, but with a red red red pen.

Xia Tugui's name is followed by Xia Tugui's confession and his fingerprint drawing, as soon as such traces are drawn, it means that he will be responsible for all the words he says.

Chen Wen's gaze moved to the back to look at Xia Tugui's confession.

Xia Tugui's confession is very simple, not complicated, Nie Bei's record is very clear, there are his questions, and Xia Tugui's answers, this is the method of all the people in the criminal department when Nie Bei was in charge of the criminal department, it is simple and easy to understand, of course, this is also Nie Bei's confession.

Nie Bei: "Where were you when the Yu Yuan had an accident?" ”

Xia Tugui: "No. 104 Xiaonan Street and other wind restaurants. ”

Nie Bei: "Who's next to you?" ”

Xia Tugui: "Chen Wen chopped." ”

Nie Bei: "No one else?" ”

Xia Tugui: "No. ”

Nie Bei: "What are you two doing waiting for the Wind Restaurant?" ”

Xia Tugui: "Drink and chat." ”

Nie Bei: "On what floor did you drink, what did you drink, what did you talk about?" ”

Xia Tugui: "On the third floor, because we have to pay attention to the dynamics of the street at any time, we went up to the third floor, where the line of sight is good, the view is wide, and the distance is seen. ”

Nie Bei: "Did you two leave during this period?" ”

Xia Tugui: "No. ”

Nie Bei: "Neither of them has left, or is it just you, or is it only Chen Wenqi?" ”

Xia Tugui: "Neither of us has left. ”

Nie Bei: "You and Chen Wenqi entered the restaurant together?" ”

Xia Tugui: "Yes." ”

Nie Bei: "When did you enter?" ”

Xia Tugui: "At the end of the hour, when the imperial chariot came out of the palace. ”

Nie Bei: "Are you sitting on the third floor by the window?" ”

Xia Tugui: "By the window." ”

Nie Bei: "Is the window open?" ”

Xia Tugui: "It's open, how can you see the situation on the street if you don't open it." ”

Nie Bei: "Do you have a division of labor with Chen Wenqi, for example, one of you is responsible for paying attention to the movement above, and one person is responsible for paying attention to the movement below?" ”

Xia Tugui: "No, but Chen Wenqi is the best martial arts in the forbidden army outside the palace, since it is the best martial arts, he naturally has to work harder, he must see farther than me, then he must pay more attention to the movement below, after all, the imperial chariot was from the street below." ”

Nie Bei: "Chen Wen's martial arts are the best in the forbidden army outside the palace, so he should be guarding the guard in front of the imperial chariot, why do you want him to accompany you to patrol the streets and drink?" ”

Xia Tugui: "I'm used to it, besides, there are so many people guarding the Imperial Palace, there are forbidden troops in the palace and the Imperial Forest Army, and there is no need for Chen Wen, and we forbidden troops outside the palace can't get to the side." ”

Nie Bei: "How do you know if you need it?" ”

Xia Tugui: "It has always been, the duty of guarding the emperor has never been a matter of the forbidden army outside the palace." ”

The conversational confession is not written here, Chen Wen finished reading it, his brows tightened, the questions asked by Nie Bei are really very ordinary, and it seems that the question is also very reasonable, it seems that there is really nothing to remarkable, but from this confession, it can't be deduced that Xia Tugui is the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chen Wenqi put the case together and asked Nie Bei: "Lord Nie, with such a piece of paper, you say that Commander Xia is the one who planned such a thrilling event, is it too arbitrary?" Haven't you always been evidence-oriented? How can such evidence be convincing? ”

Nie Bei didn't answer, but only asked Chen Wenqi: "What is directly opposite the Waitfeng Restaurant at No. 104 Xiaonan Street?" ”

Chen Wenqi thought for a while and said, "An inn." ”

Nie Beidao: "It is indeed an inn, or is it called Yingyun Inn, comparable to Fuman Star Tower, and Fuman Star Tower is located on Tianzi West Street, which is the street where the Yu Yuan had an accident, I learned from the mouth of Wan Guifei and the mouth of the emperor that the murderer smashed the wine glass from the third floor of the Fuman Star Building, the third floor of the Fuman Star Tower and the third floor of the Yingyun Inn and the third floor of the Waiting Wind Restaurant are flush, I asked the shopkeeper of these three stores, and also asked all the little two inside, as well as the forbidden soldiers who patrolled around the three stores at that time, they all said, Because it was the Imperial Lane Street at that time, all the windows in the store were open, then, sitting on the third floor of the Waiting Wind Restaurant, you could clearly see the situation on the third floor of the Fuman Star Building, which had to make me suspect that you and Xia Tugui were very suspicious, of course, it was a bit difficult to analyze this alone, so look at the evidence. ”

Nie Bei asked Suihai to take down the other two pieces of evidence, he picked up the three truncated arrows, picked up the stone, and after picking it up, he walked to Chen Wenqi and asked him to see it, and then asked every minister to look at it, and then he said: "This arrow is very ordinary, and I really didn't find anything abnormal when I studied it on the spot, and then I played with it every day, and I found that something was wrong." ”

He took those suspicious places to the dragon throne, let Yin Xuan see it, and then brought it to Chen Wenqi, let Chen Wenqi see it, and then brought it to every minister one by one, let the ministers also see it, and then said: "It's the summer of July, even if you wash your hands from time to time, your hands will sweat, ordinary rough wood, being touched by such sweaty hands all the time, with the naked eye, you can't see anything for a while, but when the wind blows, as soon as the fine ash falls, the wood will turn black, but this is not, not to mention that it has not turned black, and it also shows a gum fragrance, sweat and gum fragrance trees, It is called South Bakelite, which is planted on the bank of the Tongxiang River in Huaicheng, the imperial capital, to protect the river embankment, and among the residents who live in that area, only Xia Tugui has an official title. ”

"Besides, this stone looks extremely ordinary, but it is a murder weapon."

Nie Bei took the stone to Yin Xuan again, let Yin Xuan look at it, and then brought it to Chen Wenqi, let Chen Wen take a look, Chen Wenqi looked at the stone, and there was a strange feeling in his heart, he stretched out his hand, snatched the stone from Nie Bei's hand, touched it carefully, and then looked at Nie Bei with a plush look in his eyes.

Nie Bei asked expressionlessly, "Did Commander Chen feel something wrong?" ”

Chen Wen snorted coldly, thinking to himself, this should obviously be the egg of the Hundred Ants Devouring Worm, why did it become an ordinary stone, and the shape is so similar, didn't Nie Bei find that egg? It shouldn't be, if he can't find out, then what else is he called the Sixteen Yan Judgment, go home and farm! He must have found out, so how did he change it?

The reason that Chen Wenqi can think of is that Nie Bei does not intend to testify against him, but if he does not testify, he can't testify against Xia Tugui, this matter has nothing to do with Xia Tugui, once such a crime is confirmed, Xia Tugui will definitely die, even the Xia family has to be implicated, Xia Qian is one of the three princes during the Queen Mother's period, at that time, regardless of Yin Xuan's retention, he insisted on resigning, which already provoked Yin Xuan's unhappiness, if Yin Xuan took advantage of this incident to make a big deal and embarrass Xia Qian, then the Xia family would become the first to be destroyed in the three kilometers.

Chen Wen frowned, he really didn't know what Nie Bei was doing.

With a cold face, he handed the stone back to Nie Bei, just to see how he would proceed with this matter.

Nie Bei took the stone and gave it to the other ministers, so that all the ministers could look at it, and then said: "This stone is a very small pebble, nothing special, just find a creek and plane it casually, you can dig out such a stone, but what is unusual about it is that there are cracks on it that are hit by internal forces." ”

This time, he asked Yin Xuan to see it for himself.

Yin Xuan seemed very careless, and when he first took the evidence with the sea, he found the crack, whether the crack was caused by the impact or artificial, he knew it well.

He also knew who did this.

His eyebrows were slightly raised, his thin lips escaped a sarcastic arc, and he looked at Nie Bei with cold eyes as a master of the world, at this time, Yin Xuan and Chen Wenqi stood on the same front and hated the same enemy, he wanted to see how Nie Bei ended up for a while, and pushed Xia Tugui out, if this play is not sung well, it is not only Xia Tugui who will die, but the nine clans of the Xia family!

Yin Xuan pretended to glance at it and said, "There is indeed a crack in the impact of internal forces. ”

Nie Bei asked Chen Wen to look at it again, and then let the other ministers look at it, and then said: "This stone is the murder weapon that smashed the imperial chariot, and I found it in the ruins of the imperial chariot, why do you just say that it is a murder weapon, and nothing else, because the ruins after the destruction of the imperial chariot are full of dust and wood chips, but this stone is safe and sound." ”

The ministers listened attentively and with relish, and when they heard this, some ministers asked: "Then it can't be said that this incident was done by Commander Xia!" ”

Nie Beidao: "The person who made the shot is not the commander of Xia, he is a strong martial artist, it is possible that his martial arts are still above the emperor, and he does not show up because he is not from my court, he is from the rivers and lakes." ”

A sentence of Jianghu people, Shengsheng stunned everyone, including Chen Hai, including Chen Jin and Chen Jianxing, including Chen Jian and Chen Xuan, and Chen Wenqi.

Jianghu people?

This word appears here, and it can't help but make the Chen clan think more, the so-called don't do bad things and are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, the Chen clan wants to use the Jianghu people to kill Nie Bei, but this hasn't taken action yet, Nie Bei said on the Jinluan Palace that there are Jianghu people who want to kill the emperor, which sounds really a bit frightening.

Chen Hai narrowed his eyes and stared sharply at Nie Bei, thinking, did he know their plan? So here first, put the people of the rivers and lakes up, and in the future, if there are really people in the rivers and lakes who are making trouble in the imperial capital Huaicheng, he can be sure that these people are coming to the emperor again, and then follow the vine to touch the melons, and then point the finger at him Chen Mansion?

Whether it is intentionally assassinating the emperor or intentionally harming Concubine Wan, this is a capital crime.

Chen Hai laughed coldly in his heart, thinking that Nie Bei is Nie Bei, and the prestige of the Sixteen Yan Judgment is really not given in vain, but if you let Chen Wen go today, my Chen Mansion will not let you go.

Chen Hai restrained his expression and stood aside, also watching how Nie Bei sang this play.

Nie Bei didn't care what anyone thought, after he explained the two pieces of evidence one by one, he put the evidence back, and Sui Hai took it and put it on the dragon case in front of Yin Xuan.

Nie Bei arched his hand at Yin Xuan and said, "The emperor sent someone to search the house where Xia Tugui returned to see if he could find this kind of arrow." ”

Yin Xuan turned his head to Sui Hai and said, "Let Qi Yu take someone there." ”

Sui Hai said yes, and hurriedly went out to inform Qi Yu, Qi Yu listened, without saying a word, and took the right guards of the Imperial Forest to Xia Tugui's home, and when he came back, Qi Lu held more than a dozen such arrows in his arms, and the ministers rushed up to watch, pointing, whispering, accompanied by many ministers' exclamations and incredulous voices: "Is it really Xia Commander?" I really didn't see it, he was usually honest and honest, and he was still the son-in-law of the Xia family, how could he do such a thing! ”

Someone whispered: "Don't you know how unpleasant it was for Duke Xia to have trouble with the emperor back then?" Maybe he has been holding back in his heart, and he didn't have a chance to spread, so he took advantage of this ceremony, he was the commander of the forbidden army outside the palace, and this opportunity was precious to him! ”

Someone nodded: "That makes sense." ”

Someone whispered: "But this courage is too big, plotting to kill the emperor and concubine Wan, this is to punish the nine clans!" ”

Everyone was silent, this matter was really not something they could manage, and they didn't dare to intervene.

Chen Wen didn't pay attention to the muttering of those people, and he didn't care about the arrow in Qi Yu's arms, he only said to Nie Bei: "These are just your guesses, and there is no way to convince people at all." ”

Nie Beidao: "A pair of eyes behind the back, an ethereal Jianghu person, a stone that appeared at the scene of the crime, and there are exactly the same arrows hidden in the house as those used to shoot Wan Guifei, do you think this is a coincidence?" ”

Chen Wenqi thought to himself, the ethereal people in the rivers and lakes? Nonsense! A pair of eyes behind the back? It's even more foolish! And stones and arrows, that's also blindness! Obviously, I did it, obviously the explosion of the Imperial Rim was because of the hundred ants devouring insects, and it was obvious that his little ancestor was shot and injured by him, why did Nie Bei wronged Xia Tugui!

Chen Wenqi took a deep breath, he couldn't let Nie Bei detain the crime on Xia Tugui, although Chen Wenqi knew that this was Nie Bei's way to keep him out of the matter and protect him, but if it was such a way to protect the law, he would rather not.

Chen Wen raised his foot and was about to take a step forward, but was grabbed by Chen Jin's hand.

Chen Jin glared at him and whispered, "What are you going to do?" ”

Chen Wenshu looked at Chen Jin, at that moment, he was struggling, his heart was heavily cut, on one side was his dearest family, on the other hand was his brother, he stepped out, rescued his brother, but harmed his family, but he didn't step out, he saved his family, but he also affected his brother, it seems, how to choose is not right.

Originally, Chen Wen thought that with Nie Bei's ability, he would definitely be able to round this matter, but Chen Wen didn't calculate it, Nie Bei would pull the summer back to cushion his back!

Why?

Chen Wen stared at Nie Bei deadly, but Nie Bei didn't look at him, only looked at the man on the dragon seat, Yin Xuanfeng's eyes narrowed shallowly, and his slender fingertips tapped on the armrest of the dragon chair, looked at Nie Bei, and asked, "Where did the Jianghu people come from?" What kind of people can disappear under my nose? Even if there is such a person, with the ability to return to the summer, how can he be invited? ”

Nie Bei said slowly: "Then I have to pass on the Xia Commander to enter the hall and ask." ”

Yin Xuan sneered, but raised his voice and said, "Qi Yu." ”

Qi Yu let go of the arrow and stepped forward: "Your Majesty." ”

Yin Xuan said: "You personally take people to the Xia Mansion and bring Xia Tugui over." ”

Qi Yu said in a deep voice: "Yes." ”

Before leaving, he pointed to the arrows on the ground and asked Yin Xuan, "Do you want to take these away?" ”

Yin Xuan said: "No, let it go, let Xia Tugui take a look at it later." ”

Qi Yu sighed, turned around and went out of the palace, took the right guard of the Royal Forest, and went to the summer house, but Xia Tu was not in the summer house, he packed up early in the morning to go to the court, just packed up and went out, he met the second dog, it should not be touched, looking at the appearance of the second dog, it seems that he has been waiting for a long time, the second dog told him, he doesn't have to go to the court today, his young master will go, let him rest, and give himself a day off today, the things in the forbidden army, his young master is all covered today.

Xia Tugui listened, inhaled frequently, and joked to Ergouzi: "I usually feel sorry for me when I don't see him, why is I distressed today?" For more than three years, I didn't care about the forbidden army outside the palace, let me work alone, go home, and I knew that I was distressed, okay, see that he is in a good mood, I will give him a chance to show off, then I won't go today, let your young master be busy. ”

Ergouzi said with a smile: "My young master said that he tired you before, and now he wants to make up for it, and he will take care of it all in the future, so you don't have to get up so early in the future and enjoy the blessings." ”

Xia Tugui raised his eyebrows, chuckled, raised his head to look at the rising sun that was beginning to show the dawn, and said, "This sun didn't hit the west." ”

The second dog sneered and bowed: "I brought the young master's words here, Commander Xia can really be idle and enjoy the happiness today, and I have to go back to serve the young master, so I won't stay." ”

Xia Tugui waved at him: "Go ahead." ”

Waiting for the second dog to leave, Xia Tugui stood for a while, went back to the house, took off his clothes and slept again, and when Xia Ban was gone, Xia Tugui had a son in Xia Ban, usually closest to his son, and his daughter-in-law was not very close, his son was gone, Xia Tugui was bored, so he took his daughter-in-law to see Xia Qian, and the last time he went back, Xia Tugui felt that Xia Qian's place was very good, and he naturally wanted to sit again when he was empty.

Xia Qian didn't refuse him, but this time Xia Qian saw him and couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

Xia Qian didn't say anything, just sat there and played chess in silence, he didn't let Xia Tugui accompany him, nor did he let Wang Fenyu accompany him, he just put them one by one.

Wang Fenyu stood on the side, looked at Xia Qian, looked at Xia Tugui, beautiful but slightly heroic eyebrows were tightly twisted, but Xia Tugui didn't seem to notice it, he was just thinking that his father's face didn't look very good, my son brought his daughter-in-law to see you, why are you unhappy? It's okay to put on a face for your son, but if you put a face on your daughter-in-law, what does your daughter-in-law think? Do you dare to come to see you next time?

Xia Tugui coughed lightly, and shouted with a bad face: "Dad." ”

Wang Fenyu immediately said: "Second uncle, my grandfather doesn't like to be disturbed when he plays chess alone, I think it's boring for my second aunt to sit like this, let's go look elsewhere." ”

Saying that, regardless of whether Xia Tu should return or not, he stretched out his hand and pulled his arm, and then pulled the arm of the second aunt, and pulled them out forcefully.

Yiming raised his eyes, didn't move, and quietly stayed by Xia Qian's side.

After Wang Fenyu pulled the person out, the second aunt asked her, "Father-in-law is in a bad mood today?" ”

Wang Fenyu said: "Second aunt, don't take it to heart, grandpa is not to you, but to the second uncle." ”

When Xia Tugui heard this, he was not happy, and asked with tiger eyes, "Why is it me again?" I didn't mess with my father today. ”

Wang Fenyu sighed, stopped walking, and asked him, "Are you resting today?" ”

Xia Tugui said: "It's not a court rule, but it's about the same, our forbidden army outside the palace has always been more casual, you also know that there are two commanders of the forbidden army outside the palace, and there is only one who usually takes care of things, Chen Wen didn't care about things before, I worked hard, now he is in charge, I am idle, in the past three years, he often skips work and does not go to the official office, and now he is willing to take things, and I also skip work!" ”

Wang Fenyu said angrily: "You are very good at this class, just wait." ”

After speaking, he didn't bother with him anymore, pulled his second aunt and left.

Xia Tugui didn't understand, raked the rake, looked left and right, no one, no one could solve the puzzle, just standing there, the second monk was puzzled, thinking, what did the eldest niece mean? What do you mean by 'excellent, wait'?

But soon he knew what it meant.

Qi Yu didn't find him in the Xia house, after inquiring, he knew that he went to the Daimyo Township and Qi Yu brought someone here, Xia Qian's residence Qi Yu didn't dare to break in, called someone to knock on the door, and it was not Yiming who came to open the door, nor Wang Fenyu, it was Xia Tugui.

Xia Tugui was disgusted by his father and his eldest niece, and he touched his head alone and thought about what the eldest niece meant, but he didn't understand it, so he simply sat on the balcony of the wooden building and thought, he was embarrassed to find someone if he didn't want to get through.

But before he could figure it out, there was a knock on the door, and he was closest to the door, so he patted his shirt, put on his shoes, and got up to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, he saw a royal forest right guard standing outside the door, he was stunned, and before he could ask if you knocked on the wrong door, the man shouted at him, "Commander Xia is good", and then turned his head and said to a person: "Head, Commander Xia is here." ”

Qi Yu walked over and returned to Xia Tu: "Commander Xia, the emperor wants to see you, you can follow me into the palace." ”

Xia Tugui was stunned: "The emperor wants to see me?" ”

Qi Yu said: "Yes." ”

Xia Tugui thought to himself, I just skipped a day's work, why was I caught by the emperor, he made a bitter face and said, "I'll go now, but you wait for me for a while, I'll go in and talk to my daughter-in-law." ”

Qi Yu glanced inside the door and said, "I'll wait for you at the door." ”

Xia Tugui said yes, didn't close the door, turned back, found his daughter-in-law, and told her that he was going back to Huaicheng first, let her accompany Xia Qian here first, and then he would pick her up at night, the daughter-in-law nodded, and Xia Tugui went to find Xia Qian.

Wang Fenyu listened beside her, without saying a word, when Xia Tu returned to ask Xia Qian for her resignation, she got up and went to the door, and saw a lot of officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Forest Army standing at the door, her eyebrows sank, and she also went to find Xia Qian.

At this time, Xia Tugui had already left from Xia Qian, and Xia Tugui met Wang Fenyu halfway, Wang Fenyu glanced at Xia Tugui, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, left a sigh, and left.

Xia Tugui doesn't understand how today's father and eldest niece are weird, isn't he just skipping a day's work, they need to be so sad, and he didn't kill people and set fires.

Xia Tugui pouted and left.

Wang Fenyu went to see Xia Qian, Xia Qian had already thrown off the chess pieces, stood in front of the corridor and looked at the wind chimes, Yu Guang saw Wang Fenyu coming, he asked, "Who is coming at the door?" ”

Wang Fenyu said: "Looking at the costumes, it looks like the Imperial Forest Army." ”

Xia Qian said: "The Imperial Forest Army is under the control of the emperor, and it has always only been assigned by the emperor, which means that the emperor wants to see him." ”

Wang Fenyu said: "Well, there shouldn't be anything wrong with that. ”

Xia Qian said: "Your second uncle, just has a big heart, the last time he came, he said that something happened to the emperor's imperial chariot, and Concubine Wan was hit by an arrow, and said that Nie Bei was summoned by the emperor's holy decree, and also said that the emperor asked the imperial chariot in front of him where Chen Wen was when the imperial chariot had an accident, such an obvious thing, why can't he understand it!" ”

Wang Fenyu said: "What now? Although I don't know what happened in the court today, the emperor sent the Imperial Forest Army to Daimyoxiang to find him, and this matter must be not small. ”

Xia Qian said: "It's not small, it's about life and death." ”

Wang Fenyu frowned, and her tone was slightly anxious: "Then grandpa, you still don't move, let's enter the palace quickly!" ”

Xia Qian snorted: "What palace did you enter, I told him so clearly last time, his pig head just didn't know anything, this time it made him remember it for a long time, officialdom is not so easy to mix, doesn't he like my courtyard very much?" It's okay to keep running to me, I don't know how to have a snack to figure out the holy will, so let him live here every day from now on. ”

As he spoke, he said to Yiming: "Go and take out the box under my pillow." ”

Wang Fenyu's eyelids jumped, the grandfather of the box was pressed every day when he slept, and he didn't let her touch it like a rare treasure, she was very curious about what was in it.

When Yiming brought the box, Xia Qian didn't look at it, and directly asked Yiming to hand it over to Wang Fenyu.

Wang Fenyu took it, opened it and glanced at it, and immediately closed it again in fright, she raised her head and looked at Xia Qian in shock, her thin lips trembled slightly: "Grandpa, this ......"

Xia Qian sighed: "Take it, the Queen Mother didn't give her grandfather many things in her life, and they weren't any treasures, but there were always one or two things that could be handled, bring my seal, bring back the pig's head, and let him accompany me to play chess here in the future, anyway, if you don't abuse him, I'm sorry for his stupidity." ”

Wang Fenyu wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh, because this was not something that could be laughed, she looked solemn and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely bring my second uncle back safely." ”

Xia Qian didn't answer, and asked Yiming to take his seal letter and give it to Wang Fenyu.

Wang Fenyu took it, buttoned the box in her hand tightly, stuffed it into her sleeve pocket together, went back to change her clothes, and then rushed to the imperial capital Huaicheng.