The king of Shunyang shook his head: "Defang said that my second brother found something strange, but the second brother is dead, and I don't know anything about it." ”

An Yihou's eyes were slightly gloomy: "The prince of the county said that he has been investigating the case, but there is no clue and direction, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public if he says it." ”

The King of Shunyang County naturally knew that those who framed them had obviously thought of this.

"Not only that," Xu Qinghuan's voice sounded, "There is no evidence in the hands of the prince of the county, but the witnesses of the murder of the prince and the unlicensed are all complete, whether it is the Yamen or the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, or even Zongzheng Temple, they must be based on evidence." ”

The implication is that this matter will not be resolved easily.

The king of Shunyang County said: "I can take Defang out of the prison and wait for someone from Zongzheng Temple, but Defang refuses to agree, saying that he must wait until the yamen verifies the case, but now the yamen only asks about the killing of the Qiao family in front of him, as if he believes that the case has been closed." ”

That Chang Yue personally untied the rope on Defang's body, comforted him and said, don't worry about the prince of the county, the prince will be fine, and everything will be solved when the court documents come down.

The implication is that Defang is the murderer, they don't have to think about avenging Defang, and the emperor will forgive Defang.

He was almost shaken by this, but Defang firmly refused to get out of prison and quietly asked him to come to Miss Xu, and now only Miss Xu is willing to help them investigate this case.

Seeing that Xu Qinghuan didn't speak, the princess of Shunyang County stood up and walked up to Xu Qinghuan and begged: "Miss Xu, I beg you to help, as long as you are willing to help Defang, the entire county palace is at your disposal, find out this matter, you are the great benefactor of our county palace." ”

The princess of the county said that she was about to bow down, and Xu Qinghuan hurriedly helped the princess of the county up: "The princess of the county is serious, our brother and sister just happened to encounter this case." ”

The princess's face was full of anticipation.

Xu Qinghuan continued: "I will not avenge the prince. ”

The princess of the county was like being poured from head to toe by a basin of cold water.

"I'm not going to help anyone," Xu Qinghuan continued, "I'm just investigating the case to find the truth." ”

Princess Jun's lips trembled: "Then Miss Xu, do you think our Defang is a murderer?" ”

Xu Qinghuan said: "I know that there are many doubts in the case, and no one knows the final result until it is investigated." ”

Although Miss Xu's words sounded very cold, the princess of the county had a glimmer of hope in her heart: "It's good to find out, we Defang didn't kill anyone!" ”

The princess sat down in her chair with a heavy heart.

Xu Qinghuan said: "Can the yamen check the identity of the person who chased and killed Xiangcui? ”

The king of Shunyang nodded, looking a little embarrassed: "That's the guards of our palace, they have been in the palace for many years, I always thought they were loyal, who knows......

Both of them said that they had been instructed by Defon, and we now have a hard time arguing. ”

"How long have those two guards been in the palace?" Xu Qinghuan said, "Did you enter the palace before the death of the second master of the palace, or was you called into the palace to do things later?" ”

The king of Shunyang County pondered for a long time and ordered the steward to come in and reply.

The steward of the Shunyang County Mansion said in a low voice: "These two people have been in the mansion for more than ten years, the little one remembers clearly, it was the second master who entered the mansion before the accident, the two of them don't talk much on weekdays, but they do things very carefully, originally only did some chores in the outer courtyard, these years have been slowly mentioned to this position, and they have gone out with the county prince a few times, last autumn, the county prince went hunting and met a man and bear, and also saved the county prince, and the county prince gave a lot of rewards. ”

Xu Qinghuan then asked: "Can these two people become a family?" ”

The steward said: "When they are married, they are all servants in the house, and they all have young sons under them." ”

The princess's hand was clenched tightly, and she kept shaking with her breathing: "I know, their daughters-in-law are all in charge of affairs in the house, and when they got married, I also gave a dowry, I really didn't expect ......" I didn't expect the people around me to betray them at this time.

"Are those two still alive?"

The steward was questioned and slowly withdrew.

The king of Shunyang County said: "They are all locked up in prison and have been interrogated several times...... All men live. ”

Xu Qinghuan thought about it carefully, if the matter was not very serious, the prince and princess of Shunyang County would not come to her: "The guards of the two county princes' mansions refused to confess anything, right?" ”

King Shunyang nodded: "Exactly." ”

Xu Qinghuan raised his eyes: "The more they don't say it, the more it looks like they're covering up for the prince." ”

The King of Shunyang frowned even deeper: "They want to put Defang to death, even if we don't come to Changzhou, they will do it sooner or later, and my life has long been held in their hands." ”

Xu Qinghuan thought of Xiangcui's appearance when she was in the boat, she suddenly knew the truth, the whole person was already very vulnerable, and then she was caught by them in the city.

After seeing Master Huijing, the strength on Xiangcui's body seemed to be drained, and it looked like she was repentant, but when she arrived in prison, she put all the blame on Qi Defang, with clear thinking and a clear purpose.

Why is that?

Master Huijing used Buddhist language to save her, shouldn't she be allowed to turn back?

Xu Qinghuan looked at the king of Shunyang County: "If I find a clue, I will definitely let someone tell the prince of the county." ”

The king of Shunyang nodded: "Then I will bother Miss Xu." ”

After speaking, the king of Shunyang got up and said goodbye.

After sending the prince and princess of Shunyang out, Xu Qinghuan and An Yihou returned to the study to talk.

An Yihou looked at his daughter: "This case sounds like it was done by the prince of the county, and you also saw it with your own eyes when the prince went to the brothel to kidnap people, but why did the prince of the county shout so much?" ”

Xu Qinghuan brought tea to her father: "Sometimes even what you see with your eyes is not necessarily the truth," she paused slightly, "Does my father know Master Huijing?" ”

An Yihou thought for a while and said: "That is a very famous monk, a few years ago, he also entered the palace to pray for blessings on the birthday of the queen mother, and recited the scriptures for three days and three nights next to the pagoda built by the emperor.

Three days and three nights without a drop of water, if an ordinary person must have been physically exhausted, three days later, Master Huijing got up and left Cining Palace unharmed. ”

Xu Qinghuan knew that there was a pagoda in Cining Palace, but he didn't know that it was Master Huijing who opened the pagoda.

Since the royal family revered Master Huijing so much, it is not surprising that the common people are so pious.

An Yihou said: "Why did you ask Master Huijing. ”

Xu Qinghuan shook his head: "My daughter saw Master Huijing and was very curious about this high monk. "Huijing is not too old, but the solemn temperament of the Dharma exuded by his body makes people feel that he is no longer in the world, and if he thinks about it carefully, there are not many monks who have such a reputation at such a young age.

There are many people in the Zhou people who worship Buddhism devoutly, and the same is true among the royal family and nobles, but they all respect the elders among the monks more, although Master Huijing has a high reputation, but there must be more suitable monks than him, Master Huijing can enter and leave Cining Palace, there must be other reasons.

"Master Hou, eldest lady," the steward came in and said, "Lord Song is here, and people are waiting outside the door." ”