When the fifth master heard this, his whole face inevitably became serious, and he had a bad breath: "The fire was not set by my master, this kind of heinous crime, if he wants to blame the fifth prince, he has to see if we agree." ”

What he said later, Yan Jifeng didn't have any thoughts, his heart was full of joy in Liuxiang and his child, so he sent people away at will, and only after a while did he call the ghost hand carving in.

After the early dynasty, the criminal department Shangshu was called to the imperial study alone, the criminal department Shangshu has been trembling in the past two days, every time he sees the emperor's face that is not angry and arrogant, he feels weak in his heart, and at this moment he knelt on the ground, and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, about the number of people who died in the fire, Weichen has already found out." ”

"Say."

"There were nine people on duty that night, except for the foreman who went out to relieve him, and the rest of the eight people in the detachment were all buried in the fire."

The emperor put down the imperial pen in his hand, squinted his eyes and asked: "I am not asking about this, I am asking about prisoners, how many have died?" ”

"There were thirty-seven corpses, eight of the jailers were removed, and the total number of prisoners killed was twenty-nine. But because the fire was too fierce, the prisoner had been burned beyond recognition, and Weichen couldn't tell who was with whom. ”

"How many prisoners should be in the file?"

Cold sweat was dripping on the face of Shang Shu of the Criminal Department, as if he had made a huge determination, and he said fearfully: "The prisoners recorded on the file are forty-one in total. ”

When the Shangshu of the Criminal Department knew that the number of people was not matched, he felt that it was over, this was not as simple as an ordinary fire at all, there were twelve people missing, and the rest of the prisoners were scattered, so many people disappeared at once, and only the people who stayed in the prime minister's family were the same.

It's not just the criminal department Shangshu who thinks so, the emperor doesn't know how much calculation he has gone through in his life, he also thinks so, and snorted coldly: "Did you go and interrogate that foreman?" He went to relieve his hands and it happened to catch fire? ”

"I asked, and he said he didn't know, Your Majesty."

"If you can't find out, it's because you're incompetent. I'll give you three days to find out who started the fire, or I'll take off your black hat. Not only did he save people right under your nose, but he also set the prison on fire, and he was not only slapping you in the face, but he was flouting my authority. ”

What else can the criminal department shangshu do, he can only nod his head resignedly, and take over the task, to find out the mastermind of the fire within three days.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department went out on the front foot, and the emperor called Eunuch Kui over on the back foot and ordered: "Go, order the two of you to come and listen to the order." ”

"Yes."

After a while, the two of them came in, and the emperor didn't want them to be polite, so he directly ordered: "You two are my most trusted secret guards, and I want to give you an important task this time." ”

"But by the emperor's orders."

"You guys are on the way to Yanbei to check the whereabouts of the traitor, and if the rebel runs away, he will definitely go to Yanbei. I think that the friendship between King Yanbei and the old man was not shallow. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will go now."

When they left, the emperor felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong, but he knew that someone must have masterminded all this, otherwise how could something happen the night before they were about to leave for Ningguta.

The foreman had already been taken into custody, and he was covered in bruises and whips, and he didn't even have the strength to speak, and if it wasn't for the rope, he would have slipped to the ground.

Someone brought food to the foreman, he was wearing a felt hat, and he couldn't see people clearly if he didn't look carefully, and while feeding him water, he said to the foreman who only had one breath left: "As mentioned above, you can only insist that it was made by the five princes." I see? ”

The foreman didn't have the intention of living anymore, so he made up his mind to do such a thing in the first place.

The foreman didn't react, and the man didn't dare to stay longer, and when he was retreating, the criminal department Shangshu came over, and the criminal department Shangshu was already angry and even his eyes were crooked, and as soon as he came in, he picked up the burning red soldering iron, and greeted the foreman mercilessly.

The howl of the foreman in the prison was deafening, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department now felt that the black veil on his head was not guaranteed, this person was very tough, and he couldn't say a fart no matter how he tortured him.

After a while, someone came over, with two people in his hands, one was an ordinary woman, and the other was a little boy who was only a few years old, and the man on the shelf saw these two people and struggled wildly.

"You have to go and arrest your wife and children before you are willing to obey, do you remember it now?"

"I thought, I remembered."

The man spoke intermittently, but he still told what had happened.

"Fifth prince, I'm sorry for you."

When the criminal department Shangshu heard that it was the fifth prince, the expression on his face instantly became solemn, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Is it really the fifth prince?" What about the evidence? ”

"The fifth prince bought the murderer and set the fire, told me to treat it as if I didn't know, and gave a large amount of sealed silver, which was placed in the innermost cabinet in the duty room. Master Shangshu, the little ones are all recruited, you let me go of my blind mother-in-law and child, please,"

Na Shangshu waved his hand casually, and the man pulled down the peasant woman and child who were not very good-looking.

There was a look of hesitation on the face of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the master beside him walked over and said worriedly: "What this person said is not reliable or not, if it is fake, these five princes will definitely be the first one who will not let go of the person who slandered him in the future." ”

"This person's wife and children have been arrested, so don't dare to tell lies. Let him draw the charge, and the official will enter the palace to present the evidence to the emperor later. ”

The man was also very cooperative, and the criminal department Shangshu took it and entered the palace, and by the way, he also ordered someone to find out the two gold bars in the class, which was originally the private money that the foreman had worked hard to hide all his life, but now it was all handed to the table in the emperor's imperial study as stolen goods.

The five princes are dressed very formally today, and their faces are also full of shallow smiles, and the whole person is radiant, and when he came to the general's mansion, not only did he come, but he also brought a matchmaker, a dowry, and his uncle Jing'an Wangye, hoping that Jing'an Wangye could be a matchmaker for him.

Ning Guodong was still practicing martial arts in the backyard, and when he heard the housekeeper say that the five princes were coming, he asked with a serious face: "Who else is there besides the five princes?" ”

"Lord Jing'an, I am using tea in the front hall at this moment, and the old slave said that the general is in the backyard, go over immediately."

When Ning Guodong heard this, he threw aside the spear in his hand, and said sharply: "Let's go, Prince Jing'an rarely comes forward, this time the fifth prince can invite him out, it is definitely not a trivial matter, let's go and take a look." ”

Inside Hua Ting Yuan, Ning Zimo was drinking medicine, and when he heard someone coming from the front yard, he didn't even raise his eyelids, but said unhappily: "He's really afraid of long nights and dreams." ”

After saying this, she looked at the jade slave beside her and said with concern: "How is your leg?" ”

"Your subordinates are fine, but miss, aren't you really worried? What if the lord agreed? ”

"Daddy won't agree, my brother won't agree, I didn't agree yesterday, he came in a hurry today, it's easy for people to maliciously speculate and win over the General's Mansion, and this kind of bad speculation will spread soon."

"Miss, you were still yesterday.... Young Master Yan hasn't come back yet, is he angry with you? ”

Ning Zimo pouted boringly: "He's angry, I'm still angry, if I wasn't pregnant with this doll, why would I stay in the room all day, it's about to get moldy, and he is still watching when he goes out, showing that there is no freedom at all." ”

"Don't blame Young Master Yan, Young Master Yan also cares about you, now the road is cold and slippery, you are pregnant, if you bump into it, Young Master Yan must not beat the slave to death."

Yu Nu said the same thing, Ning Zimo got up and stretched, sat down by the window and began to paint, seeing that Yu Nu had been waiting beside him, he sent away: "Don't wait here anymore, go to the front hall to listen, what Daddy and the Five Princes said." ”

"Then miss, don't sit for a long time, sitting for a long time is not good for blood circulation, and ......"

"Okay, okay, how old is it, verbose like an old woman, go to the front hall."

Prince Jing'an and the five princes came all the way to a high-profile situation, and some people have already begun to speculate maliciously, the wind direction in the capital seems to have changed all of a sudden, and everyone can't ignore this once inconspicuous five princes.

Prince Jing'an is the only living brother of the emperor, the emperor's previous brother, either rebelled into the Zongren Mansion, or was weak and sick and drove to the west early, anyway, there are all kinds of accidents, just this one prince was protected by the emperor and spent his life in glory, so others dare not underestimate this Jing'an prince.

Yunu eavesdropped on it for a long time, and when he heard his master's prevarication, he couldn't help but be happy, but Prince Jing'an was pressing step by step, Ning Guodong couldn't, so he could only say that he wanted to hear what the little girl meant, and if the little girl agreed, then I wouldn't have anything to say as a father.

While speaking, Ning Xuanli hurried over, with a deep hostility towards the five princes, and said directly and unceremoniously: "My little Mo is not married, and the five princes should not waste their minds in the General's Mansion anymore." ”

When Ning Zimo came, he happened to hear this, covered his lips and chuckled, and before his feet stepped into the threshold of the front hall, a person wearing a dark blue eunuch costume hurriedly broke in, seemingly panicking, and did not notice Ning Zimo who was about to enter the door.

Yu Nu's heart jumped to his throat, if this bumped in, it would be strange that the doll in the lady's stomach would not fall, when she was about to walk over quickly, Ning Xuanli had already taken the lead in walking over, holding the person in the crook of his arm at once, and said unceremoniously to the little eunuch: "Bumped into my Xiao Mo, I cut you." ”

In the past, I heard that the young master and the young lady of the General's Mansion were as good as a person, but today it is indeed like this in the eyes of everyone.

But the eyes of the five princes flashed with deep thought, this is clearly a man's maintenance of a woman, and Ning Xuanli's eyes looking at Ning Zimo, where is the look of the elder brother looking at the younger sister, it is clearly a man's infatuation with the woman he loves deeply.

Before he could come up with any general outline in his mind, he heard the little eunuch hurriedly say, "Please also ask Young Master Yan for forgiveness." ”

After saying this, he kowtowed to Prince Jing'an again, this person was in a hurry, and his forehead was full of sweat: "Prince Jing'an, the slave is from the palace, and the emperor has an urgent order to let you and the five princes enter the palace."