Li Qitian looked at the people in front of him suspiciously, he knew that these people were likely to talk nonsense because they wanted to shirk responsibility.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was silent, the spies were afraid in their hearts and hurriedly complemented each other.

"Holy Lord, we will never dare to deceive the Holy Lord, this matter is absolutely serious! At that time, the group was not weak, but they were not wearing weapons. ”

"Exactly. It can be seen that the group of people is secretly protecting the Prince and Princess Zhongshun, but they are not familiar with each other and the people in the Prince Zhongshun Mansion. ”

Yichen suspected that the other party was most likely arranged by the other party. Xu is one of those who is familiar with Prince Zhongshun! ”

They all know that the Son of Heaven is the most suspicious, as long as it is mentioned that the Son of Heaven may collude with someone, and who may secretly spy on the throne, the Son of Heaven will definitely not pay attention to these people anymore.

Sure enough, Li Qitian lowered his eyes and pondered, and his heart was uncertain.

Now in the current court, who will be in the same stream as the?

Thinking about it this way, didn't those generals all privately call Xiao Xiao "the god of war"? Their worship of the owl is almost blind. It's not once or twice that the court has quarreled because of something related to Xiao Xiao, why did he ignore it?

If it's just that these people are secretly colluding with the scumbags, but what if they are bewitched by the and join forces to make a scene?

Now that the external and internal troubles have just been decided, if these people help them, wouldn't they take the opportunity to do a "big thing"?

Li Qitian's heart lifted, "What about those people in the family now?" ”

"Back to the Holy Heavens, I have sent people to the prison of the Criminal Department in accordance with your previous orders."

"Think about it, what are the characteristics of those people you just mentioned?"

The hearts of the people were lifted again.

They talked about these things in order to attract Li Qitian's attention, so that he would not always pay attention to the disturbance caused by their return to Beijing, but who would have thought that they would find another trouble for themselves.

The spies were afraid that if they couldn't answer, they would be punished by the Son of Heaven for two crimes, and they immediately racked their brains to recall the situation at that time.

In this way, it really reminds them of something.

"That's right! Holy Lord, the clothes of those people are the commoners of my Great Zhou Dynasty, but they seem to be wearing Tartar cowhide boots! ”

Being reminded of this, a few more people who had fought with that group of people that day remembered some details, nodded definitely: "Yes, Holy Lord, those people did wear Tartar leather cotton boots." That kind of cowhide is not available in the Great Zhou, but it is a specialty of the Tatar steppe, and they must have been infiltrated by the Tartars! ”

Li Qitian's eyes sank, and he said word by word: "Tartar, Tatar?!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone lowered their heads and answered in a deep voice.

Li Qitian paced with his hands in his hands, and smiled mockingly for a moment: "It's really interesting." What is it that I am still a loyal prince, I am bent on fighting the Tartars, and I even do not hesitate to resist the decree, but I didn't expect him to be so dignified, on the surface he is a hero to fight the Tartars, but secretly he colludes with the Tartars! ”

Everyone was a little flustered when they heard this, because they knew what the consequences would be if Li Qitian caused such a misunderstanding.

It's just that the group of people did wear cowhide boots with a unique style and material of Tatar, which is also an indisputable fact. Although the spies are loyal to Li Qitian, they have great admiration for the Tyrant in their hearts, and now if they say that the Tyrant colluded with the Tatars, then he is not going to lose the country?

"Someone! Deliver a holy decree to me, and urgently summon Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing to report on his work! ”

"Yes!" The crowd saluted in unison.

The spies breathed a sigh of relief, and just as they were about to retreat, Li Qitian said, "In addition, give me a good look at the Qin family and his party." Bring out Xiao Zhixi's children alone. I'm going to go back and ask for myself what deal they secretly made with the Tartars! ”

"Yes!" The crowd saluted again.

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The dungeon of the cold winter moon is even more gloomy than ever. There was a rotting and moldy smell in the air, and the small bucket window at the end of the corridor flashed and didn't let in much light at all, and the thick wooden grille at the mouth of the bowl separated Qin Yining from the rest of the people.

Rock Candy, Jiyun, and Ziyuan were all locked up with the nurse and the children, and the guards were trapped as zongzi and locked up in the farthest position from them on the opposite side, and only a vague figure could be seen.

The nurse was holding Brother Xuan and Sister Yun and coaxing softly, and it was easy to put the children to sleep.

Qin Yining leaned against the wall weakly, his hands were tied behind him, his long hair was scattered, his cheeks were dirty, the corners of his lips were stained with blood, and a pair of crystal eyes watched the children fall asleep, only then did he quietly breathe a sigh of relief, showing a little tiredness.

"Princess, how are you?" Bingtang grabbed the wooden fence with both hands, stretched his neck and looked in the direction of Qin Yining, who was separated from a cell.

Qin Yining shook his head, leaned against the moldy straw behind his back, and said weakly: "It's okay, I'm fine." You take care of the children. ”

Jiyun and Bingtang both nodded.

The nurse also hugged the little boy and the little lady tightly in her arms, "Don't worry, princess, you saved the lives of the slave and maid's family, and the slave and maid just let go of this life, and they will not let the little boy and the little lady have the slightest mistake." ”

Qin Yining smiled bitterly, the corner of his lips was torn apart, and a trace of blood flowed down, "What did I do again?" I went to the disaster relief with the prince to do what we should have done, but now we are tired of you. If I hadn't chosen you to come to the house to be a nurse, I wouldn't have become a prisoner today. I'm tired of you. ”

"Don't say that, princess!"

"Yes, Princess! If we don't come to the palace to be a nurse that day, we won't be able to live at home! The princess saved the lives of our family and gave us errands, so that we could have money to feed our family. It's too late for us to be grateful to the princess, the princess is kind, never treats people harshly, we follow the princess to eat and dress well, and there is no reason to enjoy the blessings when the face is shy, and now you are blamed for the disaster, so what have we become! ”

The other nurse was the stupidest, but she nodded in agreement.

These two women who have been in their prime have suffered a lot of life, and they both look like they are almost forty years old, but the sincere smiles on their faces make them look more gentle and beautiful.

Qin Yining felt a lot more relieved, and said with a smile: "It is a blessing for me and the prince to have your help." If I can escape with my life in the future, I thank you again. ”

Everyone shook their heads again and again, "Don't worry, princess, you and the prince will be fine." ”

But having said that, everyone was not happy in their hearts.

Because they saw with their own eyes how the emperor treated the families of meritorious heroes along the way, and they also knew how the Son of Heaven summoned the prince back to Beijing after the Tartar was expelled.

These things are connected, but anyone with a little bit of brains can understand what the cause and effect are.

Isn't it the Son of Heaven who is jealous of heroes?

They don't have much contact with the princess, but since they followed the princess and took care of the little prince and the little lady, they have been taking care of the princess a lot, and such a good woman has been implicated because of such things.

How ironic is it that men are fighting wars outside the home, defending their families and countries by birth and death, while women and children are caught in prisons and have an unpredictable future?

Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly, wanting to take advantage of this moment to sleep for a while.

At that moment, there was the sound of the station opening and the sliding of chains at the end of the hallway.

Then the iron door creaked open, and a chaotic sound of footsteps came in, echoing in the long and dark corridor.

The group walked briskly down the hallway, heading towards the innermost side.

Xie Yue and the others couldn't help but stand up, looking inside one by one, but they were in prison, and they couldn't use their strength, so they could only be next to each other, stretching their necks and trying their best to look in the direction of Qin Yining.

Under the leadership of the jailer, the spy walked quickly to the cage where Qin Yining was and stood still, and when the jailer opened Qin Yining's cell, he waved his hand at the jailer casually.

The jailer took a few steps back and stood in the corner.

Qin Yining squinted his eyes, looked at the person in front of him through his broken hair, and recognized that this was the person who was in charge along the way when he captured them and came back, and even those arrogant Jinggi guards saluted this person a little, thinking that he was Li Qitian's henchman.

Before the other party spoke, Qin Yining didn't speak, and sat quietly in place and waited.

The spy laughed, "It is said that the Qin family, the princess of Zhongshun, was born in a famous family, is the daughter of Zhi Pan'an, and is the crown of the capital, and now it seems that this is really the case." ”

His voice was not high, but the space in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was so large, and the prison was quite empty, and the surrounding walls caused a lot of echoes, and such frivolous words were immediately heard clearly by everyone.

"Presumptuous! Don't be rude to the princess! ”

"Dog thief, you have the ability to rush at us!"

Xie Yue and the others were furious, but they were tightly bound and couldn't do anything at all, so they could only stare here and shout and hurry.

Qin Yining was very calm, still looking at the comer without humility or arrogance.

The spy smiled: "I've never seen a woman like you, obviously a weak woman, but she is a hard bone, and the whips and sticks along the way have not subdued you." ”

He pushed the door into the cell, squatted down in front of Qin Yining, lifted her long messy hair with one hand, and looked at the starry eyes and the delicate and beautiful face even if it was dirty, and his voice was a little intoxicated.

"If you are willing to make good use of such a look, why do you suffer so much along the way?" His fingers reached out to a whip mark on Qin Yining's neck.

Qin Yining turned his head and dodged his hand, "You came by order?" What does the Holy One command? ”

With a word, the agent's hand stopped in mid-air and slowly drooped.

He shook his head and sneered, "You're really going to be a disappointment." Yes, I am here by order. You won't want to know the Holy Commandment. ”

Qin Yining pursed her pale lips, there was still no blood on her lips, and the bloodshot at the corners of her lips lined her cheeks extremely pale.

The spy sighed and said, "The Holy One asked me to take away your two children, if you are willing to agree to my request and let me kiss Fang Ze, I will treat your two children well, otherwise, I can't guarantee that they will live to see the Holy One." Well? ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand again and approached Qin Yining.

Qin Yining was beautiful, and gritted his teeth.

Since she was caught, she knew that Sister Yun and Brother Xuan would definitely be taken away, and if she was a hostage, Li Qitian would definitely think that her weight was not as good as the two children.

But this moment has really come, how can she be willing to do it!