Lian Zheng only went to Chaofeng Palace once, and a big incident happened in the harem.

All those related to Lin Xiao, the captain of the city gate, were all taken down, and the palace maids were all inspected and guarded by the palace sand.

If this is the case, it will not alarm the previous dynasty, and the shock is that there are hundreds of palace maids in the palace, and it was found that dozens of palace maids did not leave the palace sand on their bodies, and they were put in a water prison to be executed.

This incident caused a sensation in the harem of the former dynasty, and even the people of Changjing City knew about it.

As soon as this incident came out, Lian Zheng went to beg the queen to let her check the affairs of the palace maid first, and not to execute everyone in a hurry.

In the past few days, Lian Zheng has been wandering back and forth in and outside the palace, checking all the clues.

Today, as soon as Lian Zheng came out of the queen's Chaofeng Palace, he bumped into Concubine Xi.

Concubine Xi Guifei gestured back slightly, retreated from the palace people, and came closer.

"Where is Lord Mulan going?" Concubine Xi frowned slightly, "I heard that there are frequent cases outside the palace today, but Lord Mulan has not even solved the case in the palace for several days, I'm afraid I will provoke Long Yan's anger......

"Thank you for the teachings of the concubine, Weichen will do his best, and he will be able to solve the case in three days."

"Three days?" Concubine Xi Guifei smiled without leaving a trace, "I'm afraid it's ......"

"It's slow for three days." Pity Zheng said.

Concubine Xi was silent, smiled slightly, and couldn't see the meaning clearly.

The pityan raised his eyes and stared, his gaze not avoiding or hiding.

Concubine Xi took a few steps forward and glanced around lightly.

"Ruan Lianzheng, do you know that if a person has a weakness, this armor can't be prevented, do you know how to make this armor regain its former style?"

Concubine Xi walked very close, whispering softly, so that only the two of them could hear it.

He didn't answer, and he didn't want to answer.

"No one is perfect, how can there be no weakness."

"It makes sense to say that the torn armor is useless, and must be discarded."

Concubine Xi took two steps back, pulled away some distance, and smiled: "If he refuses to give up, he can only get rid of that weakness, and it is the best strategy to remake the helmet." ”

Pian Zheng raised her eyes lightly and looked into Concubine Xi's eyes, without flinching.

"If it can be remade, it's okay, I'm afraid, the armor is not yet intact, and the shield has been abandoned, and I can't hold it."

Concubine Xi's smile was bright, but her eyes were as cold as snow, "This palace will not let him have such an opportunity." ”

"The concubine is skilled, and the officials are only shallow in learning, I'm afraid that she doesn't have such skills, and she is in a hurry to go to the dungeon now, and the minister will retire."

The pity Zheng saluted to the concubine, and after the salute, he stepped aside, and went to the dungeon without looking back.

Thirteen followed, bowing his head to follow.

Concubine Xi stared at the back of the pity, her voice soft but cold.

"Nguyen Lian Zheng ......"

"Ahem......" Thirteen followed behind Pian Zheng, and naturally distinguished clearly.

In the past few days, whether it is Wei Fengyin or Wei Yin, the Criminal Punishment Mansion has refused to see guests.

At night, the doors and windows are tightly closed.

No one wants to see it.

"Go to the water prison first, ask the palace maid about the situation, and then go to check the captain of the city gate." Pity Zheng said.

Thirteen followed behind him and asked, "The case will be solved in three days, in a hurry?" ”

"No hurry, it's been three days." The kiteer was in a hurry, and he didn't walk slowly.

Pian Zheng has never been in a hurry, but now she is really a little anxious.

"Have you identified the murderer?" Thirteen asked.

"No, someone will push the murderer out soon, and only then can they move on to their next plan."

As he spoke, he did not slow down in the slightest.

Pian Zheng remembered what Concubine Xi had said.

"What's going on outside the palace these days? Why didn't anyone report it? ”

Hearing this, Thirteen said: "You have been back and forth in the palace recently, there is a wealthy businessman in Changjing City who killed the door in a tragic move, and the boss first asked Deputy Envoy Jiang to deal with it, but it didn't take long for him to say that there was a case of corpse crushing, and Xiao Zhutou and Mo Zhutou went to help." ”

"Why don't you tell me about such a big thing!" Pian Zheng frowned, "That's it, blame me for not being able to solve the case in the palace as soon as possible." ”

She seems to have been drawn into the troubled waters of this palace.

The top priority is how to get out of the troubled waters?

Lian Zheng suddenly paused, turned around and asked, "Where is Wei Fengyin?" ”

Thirteen was stunned, looked up, and almost bumped into it.

"Master...... Master...... In the ......"

"I'm going to see him tonight." After speaking, he turned around and walked straight forward.

Anyway, this thirteen who makes a small report can always get the word on.

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After walking for a while, he entered the water prison with the royal card of the Punishment Division.

Underneath the dungeon is the water dungeon, which is a groove dug under the ground, surrounded by blue bricks and stones, and inside is a cistern, with three stairs on the side, and below the stairs is the location of the prisoners.

Every 2 hours a day, the water level will rise from the waist to the neck, and the person will not drown.

As soon as the prisoner is tired or sleepy, or when he sits down, he will lose his nose and mouth, lose the center of gravity under his feet, and drown.

The water prison is actually a form of torture, and the person who is locked in the water prison cannot rest and sleep, because if he falls into the water from sleepiness, he will drown.

The process is long and brutal.

The Dongyuan Dynasty was feudal and rigid, and the palace maids were already strictly audited, and how many palace maids could be promoted to concubines from official women, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were the emperor's women. But without the emperor's favor, there was no palace guard, and it was not surprising that the palace maid became a prisoner under the stairs.

He entered the dungeon, and after the long staircase into the underground water dungeon, there was a desolate sobbing and the sound of water splashing from the long staircase.

When I entered the water prison, there were two rows of cells, and only four of them were locked up by palace maids.

There are no separate toilets in the water prison, so the water is dirty and smelly, and the smell inside is even more smoky.

Thirteen stepped forward from behind him and replied: "The weather is cold, and several palace maids have died yesterday night, some drowned and some froze to death. ”

Pian Zheng glanced at the guards guarding the door, and said lightly: "Release the rest of the people." ”

The guard guarding the prison door glanced at the piano kite, frowned and knelt on the ground: "If you go back to your lordship, this order is given by the queen's mother, if it is...... turned it out, and the humble duty can't bear this responsibility. ”

"I'll bear it, release it, I want to try the case, if you don't let it go, will it be difficult for me to go to the water prison to try it?"

As soon as she heard this, she knew that the guard was trying to thwart her.

"Even if an adult is willing to take responsibility, no one can be released without a warrant from the queen."

The guard looked up unhurriedly and replied to the words of the kite, without any intention of handing over the key to the prison door.

"Thirteen." Pity Zheng glanced down lightly, "That's how you do things?" ”

Thirteen was stunned, "I'...... What did I do wrong? ”

"Why didn't you tell me I had a warrant from the Queen?" Although he said this, he did not take half a step back.

"The queen didn't say anything about a warrant." Thirteen went forward, stood before the guard, and said, "Raise your head, and tell me when the queen has commanded such a thing." ”

"This ...... That's what the top commanded...... Adults should not be embarrassed by the small, the lowly duty is the gatekeeper ......"

"He's right."

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard from the stairs of the water prison.

Pity Zheng raised his eyes and looked, it was none other than Snow Thorn!

Snow Thorn changed into the palace dress of the palace maid, and saluted to the pity Zheng in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and the pity Zheng exempted her from the salute, and she got up.

"How did you get here?" The last time I saw Snow Thorn, Snow Thorn entered the palace in the name of the Imperial Medicine Division.

"I heard that you are going to come to try the case, if this case is not solved, the harem people are panicking, and the slave maid will come on the orders of the queen's mother."

Snowthorn glanced down at the guard, "Open the door." ”

"This ...... I don't know who my aunt is next to the queen, why haven't I seen ......," the guard said.

"Open your dog's eyes and show me carefully, how many people do you have who dare to stop Chaofeng Palace?"

Snow Thorn took out the waist card from his bosom and threw it on the guard's head, startling him and quickly lowering his head.

"Don't hurry up and open the door for me, if I can't bring people to Chaofeng Palace, you and I won't be able to eat and walk around!"

"Huh." The guards hurriedly got up with the key, went to the prison to open the door, and dragged out a few surviving palace maids.

After being locked up overnight, the lower half of the palace maid's body was basically cold.

Several people stumbled and were half-dragged together by the guards, and only then did they pull out the surviving palace maids.

"Spare your life, spare your life......"

"Send some men to carry these palace ladies to the interrogation room above."

Seeing that the palace maid's legs were already white and swollen, her skin was wrinkled and bruised, and there were two or three lying there with only breath left.

"Thirteen, prepare hot water, hot tea, hot towels, etc., and send them, they have to warm up their bodies before trial." Pity Zheng said.

After speaking, the pity Zheng sent the soup woman who was prepared for her by the thirteenth to warm her hand into the hands of the palace maid who fell to the ground.

The palace maid was frozen and confused, her eyes were closed, her lips were bruised, but as soon as her palms were hot, she opened her eyes in a daze.

Only then did I see that Pian Zheng took off her coat and covered her.

Upon hearing this, the guard was stunned and tried to stop him, "My lord, this ......"

"How many heads do you dare not listen to Lord Mulan?" Thirteen kicked the guard in the knee and pulled him off with his backhand.

Pian Zheng glanced lightly, "This person will be detained for trial first, and now these palace maids will be protected, and then they will be taken away." ”

"Wait!"

With a loud sound, Pian Zheng looked sideways, and his face was cold.

The person who came was none other than that Dong Guifei! Behind her is Zhao Yi!

At this juncture, the biggest suspect actually appeared here, and this drama is probably good-looking.

"Lord Mulan is such a big shelf, and when she comes, she wants to take people away?"

Zhao Yi took Dong Guifei's hand down the steps and glanced coldly at the ground.

"These don't even dare to get up and salute their mothers, and they should be beheaded."

As soon as the words fell, the palace maids struggled to kneel and kowtow in panic, and even the palace maids who were covered with pity and couldn't move under them tried to turn over and salute Dong Guifei.

"The concubine Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose."

Concubine Dong Guifei looked at the pity Zheng, her face was cold, "Lord Mulan, I don't know what you are doing here to judge these palace maids!" ”

This is a strange question, it must be for the trial of the case, why did Dong Guifei come to Xingshi to ask for the crime?

Lian Zheng was puzzled, knelt down and looked up and asked: "Dare to ask the concubine Niangniang who came here on this trip, but you have to listen to Weichen's question?" ”

Dong Guifei's face changed, and she glanced at Zhao Yi very quickly, and then turned around and asked, "What's the case?" ”

Pian Zheng looked at Concubine Dong's expression, frowning slightly, "The palace maid was killed!" ”