Chapter 17: General Chen's Plea for Help
The wind was beautiful outside, the prison was extremely cool, and the lights on the lampposts on both sides of the aisle were beating slightly from time to time, as if they were about to usher in the end of life.
A jailer with a lamp in his hand walked through the aisle filled with screams and screams to a cell door.
When General Chen and Master Hu saw that the jailer was adding lights, they realized that it was time for the changing of the guard.
"Say, who instructed you to frame General Ben?"
"Why frame General Ben?"
General Chen was furious, completely ignoring her good image in the past, she took the whip next to her and whipped the black-clothed men who were tied to the wall, and shouted angrily over and over again, "Let you frame General Ben".
"Master, we are just telling the truth, you instructed us to go that day. Master, you can't do this to us. ”
General Chen was even more angry when she heard this, she didn't know them at all.
Those black-clothed men had already been tortured, and when they were beaten by General Chen again at this moment, they were already covered in bruises and were miserable.
"General Chen, you dissipate your anger, and when your subordinates find out the facts, you will definitely be given justice to the general."
Lord Hu watched General Chen vent his anger from the sidelines, but she herself did not interfere at all.
After a long while, most of General Chen's anger was dissipated, she put down the whip in her hand, and walked out of the cell, her expression was very painful.
"Lord Hu, General Ben really hasn't sent anyone to investigate the Hu Mansion." She pointed to the cell behind her and said, "They're not mine's either."
Master Hu knew that she also saw it in her eyes, if it was really General Chen's subordinate, with the name of General Chen's virtue, she would not be so cruel to her subordinates.
However, since Her Majesty the Empress handed over this matter to her Hu Qi, it means that Her Majesty still has expectations for her, and she has to be worthy of the Empress's trust in her.
"General Chen, this matter will be handed over to the subordinate to deal with, thank you General Chen for telling the truth and cooperating with the subordinate official in the investigation, thank you again."
After Lord Hu sent General Chen away, he went to the cell again, and the black-clothed men still didn't let go, and they believed that General Chen sent them to explore General Zheng's mansion.
Master Hu has broken many cases, but now this case is more special, which makes her very difficult.
Both sides were important ministers of the imperial court, and they could not be tortured to extract confessions, and the witnesses insisted that General Chen had done it, but according to her observation of General Chen today, General Chen's every move did not look like he was lying.
Master Hu looked at the black-clothed men who were beaten up and did not look like men, they had endured a lot of torture in Dali Temple, if it was ordinary prisoners, they would have admitted it truthfully, but they never let go, which made her wonder if there was any conspiracy involved.
It seems that she will have to go to General Zheng's mansion tomorrow.
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When General Chen returned to the mansion, he was uneasy in his heart, but fortunately, Lord Hu did not mention the events of the year today.
She looked at the holy decree in her hand, which was given to her by Master Hu, and it probably meant to make her obey the investigation.
General Chen understood that Her Majesty did not believe that she would do such a thing, and was still biased towards her.
She has gone to the prison today to understand the general situation, and it is impossible to make the people in the prison truthfully admit it, and the reason why Lord Hu took her to Dali Temple is undoubtedly hinting that she asked him to find a way to get rid of suspicion and exonerate himself.
But what should she do?
She wandered in her study, anxious.
……
If there is only General Chen alone in the Mansion of Ruoda, speaking of which, she has lived for most of her life, and her children are not around, and she is really desolate in the eyes of others.
The only thing she could think of at the moment was the county lord.
She picked up her pen and quickly wrote a letter, folded it, and placed it in an envelope.
"Someone."
Soon a small Si walked in.
"Hurry up and send someone to deliver this letter to the county king's mansion and hand it over to the county lord in person."
General Chen instructed: "Remember, don't let others know."
"Yes, General."
"Let's go."
After speaking, Xiao Si hurriedly went out.
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In the county king's mansion, Yi'er was assisting the housekeeper to deal with the accounts in the mansion without defects, and suddenly someone came to report: "Someone outside the door asked to see him, saying that General Chen sent him."
Yi'er put down the account book in her hand and said suspiciously, "Sent by General Chen?" Is there something urgent?
"Let him come in first and wait in the front yard."
"Yes."
Yi'er turned to the housekeeper and said politely: "Yi'er will go out to have a look first, and then go back."
Yi'er has great respect for the housekeeper, who is the old housekeeper in this mansion, but in fact he is similar to the elder of the county lord. Since Yi'er entered the county palace, Wufeng has also taken good care of him, he is very grateful, in his heart, the housekeeper Wufeng is also his elder, his relatives.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you."
This is the first time General Chen has sent someone here, and there may be something important, and the housekeeper is not at ease, and is ready to go with Yi'er.
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In the front yard, Xiao Si looked very anxious, he looked ahead from time to time, and saw an imaginary man with a gray-haired old man walking towards him.
Xiao Si, who delivered the letter, looked at the old man, with gray hair, good health, and a kind face, presumably this old man was the butler of the county king's mansion, and he immediately greeted him.
"There is no housekeeper, my general sent slaves and maids to deliver a letter to the county lord, and my family repeatedly instructed that it should be handed over to the county lord."
The housekeeper looked at the little Si who was out of breath and was very anxious, so he couldn't help but say, "There is a bench next to it, you can rest first."
"Thank you no housekeeper. But today the slave and maid must see the county lord, and they have to bother the housekeeper to inform the county lord. ”
The housekeeper Wujian watched him insist again and again, and replied truthfully: "The county lord is not in the mansion at the moment, to be honest, we don't know where the county lord is at the moment."
"What should I do then?"
Yi'er looked at him embarrassed and proposed:
"The horse is in the mansion at the moment, do you want him to hand it over on his behalf?"
When Xiao Si heard it, he thought about it and nodded.
"Okay, then I'll take you to the colt."
Yi'er and the housekeeper led the little Si to the Star Garden.
"There's the pony's dwelling up in front of you."
The butler pointed to the delicate residential road ahead.
"Thank you for telling me without a housekeeper, the slave and maid will go first."
"Well, go ahead."
In the Star Garden, Chen Ziwei was groping on the ground with tools, completely dressed as a common man, and from time to time he took something and threw it on the ground, and then covered it with soil.
"Horse ......"
Seeing that his colt was very kind, Xiao Si immediately pounced.
"Don't, don't, I have dirt on me, don't touch you."
Chen Ziwei's hands were full of dirt, and he didn't know where to put his hands in the face of Xiao Si's enthusiastic embrace, so he could only hold them up like this.
"Xiaoguo, why are you here?"
That Xiao Si sent the pony at this time, and remembered that he had come to deliver the letter.
"Horse, this is a letter from General Chen to the county lord, and the housekeeper said that the county lord was not in the mansion, so he brought me to find the son."
"Mother looking for the county lord? Did you say what it was? ”
Xiaoguo shook his head.
"Wait for me in a while, I'll wash my hands first."
"Okay."
"Xiao is really good."
After a while, Chen Ziwei came back and continued: Give me the letter first. ”
"Okay, Childe, give it."
Chen Ziwei took the letter and did not open it, but just put him in the collar on his chest.
"Childe, Xiaoguo hasn't seen Childe for a long time, Xiaoguo misses Childe so much, is Childe doing well in the house?"
Xiaoguo has been serving Chen Ziwei since he was a child, and he is Chen Ziwei's personal Xiao Si, since Chen Ziwei married to the county king's mansion, he was transferred to serve General Chen.
In the face of Xiaoguo's words, Chen Ziwei didn't know how to answer at the moment, in the eyes of others, he Chen Ziwei was the concubine of the county king's mansion, and he was a dignified prince of the underworld who was loved by thousands of people, but who could know that he was just a slave in the mansion.
Chen Ziwei looked at Xiaoguo's clear eyes, and said with a smile: "Your son-in-law and I are all fine."
From then on, he Chen Ziwei must fight for himself, and everything is fine for him.