The shadows of the trees are swaying, and the sound of gurgling water echoes in the nine-fold corridor. Chu Lixue stepped on the stone steps and slowly checked carefully inch by inch, the pillars of this corridor were actually hollow, so that the sound of the gurgling water under the corridor could be matched with the sound of the wind to play good music.

This time, Hanjiang, Wanyue and Reanxue searched every corner separately, and almost dismantled the rockery. Just when everyone was depressed, Chu Lixue found the clue, and then hooked her lips and smiled lightly: "Hanjiang, things are on the roof." ”

Hearing this, Han Jiang raised his eyes and saw a beam of moonlight shining directly on the roof of the main house. Immediately, Han Jiang flew up to the roof, and quickly noticed the difference between one of the tiles and the light source.

Uncovering the tiles, sure enough, there was a very careful wooden box wrapped in oiled paper under the tiles, Han Jiang flew down the roof with the wooden box, opened the wooden box in the moonlight, and the ledger that made Qian Jin look like a treasure was lying inside.

"Mother, you're so smart, you can think of this." Remnant Xue was pleasantly surprised.

"What is my cleverness, it should be said that this money is smart enough, or rather, the person who gives the money ideas is smart. Who would have thought that on the roof, there is a ledger. Chu Lixue said lightly.

"yes, this guy is really a chicken thief." Remnant Xue nodded.

"Second sister, don't touch this account book first, I'll see if it's poisonous first." After finishing speaking, Han Jiang took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and there were some white medicinal powders everywhere from it, but there was no change in the medicine powder sprinkled on the account book, and then, Han Jiang also handed over the account book to Chu Lixue's hands with confidence.

Chu Lixue took the account book and looked through it casually for a few nights, and it turned out that several officials in important positions were all involved, if these friends were cleaned up at one time, I am afraid it would cause turmoil in the imperial court, they didn't care who was the emperor, let alone the life and death of the people, they only cared about whether they could enjoy the glory and wealth.

Thinking of this, Chu Lixue closed the account book and handed it to Han Jiang, "Take the account book and go to the prison with me." ”

"Second sister, don't you notify the emperor first?" Han Jiang wondered.

In the middle of the night, even if the queen is accompanied to the dark and damp place of the prison, it is not good, besides, how to say this is a matter of government affairs, if those courtiers know, it should be said that the queen is in the morning.

"I don't need to tell the emperor first, I want Qian Jin to do one more thing, I want him to confess the name of the nearest official who walked with him, and I want him to draw a pledge." Chu Lixue said coldly.

"Master, don't we know who is close to him when we look at the account book?" Rean Xue wondered.

"The ledger only proves that he gave gifts to these people, and if he only took the ledger and questioned the ministers, they would have said that I had returned all the money, and we have no proof that they did take bribes. As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, and now is an extraordinary period, so you might as well kill a few leaders to test the water. ”

"Oh, I see, the master means to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, if those ministers are interested, maybe they will hand over the silver, if they are not interested, we also catch their tails, and it is also a wake-up call to them, right?"

"Well, the children can be taught." Chu Lixue said with a smile.

When they came to the prison, a special cell at the door attracted the attention of Chu Lixue and others, but the cell that should have been very dirty was very clean and tidy, and there was a carved big bed inside, the curtain was hanging down, and there was a woman's chuckle from time to time.

These people are really bold, the emperor is still in this town, so blatantly accepting bribes, the cell boss didn't expect that when the queen of the dynasty actually raided the prison late at night, when she saw Chu Lixue, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and didn't dare to say anything.

"Master Qian, the slave family heard that you were just imprisoned, and the emperor sent someone to raid the house, and now everyone in your house has run away." The woman said delicately.

"I've run a few times, it's not uncommon." Qian Jin said proudly.

"Master, next time the slave family will not come to this prison again."

"Not coming? It's okay, then the master will go to the kiln to find you. ”

The next conversation between the two of them became even more explicit, and even Chu Lixue, a person who had already married, felt red when she heard it, not to mention that it was a woman like Wanyue and Canxue who had not yet married.

"Go and open his cell door." Chu Lixue said angrily.

Hearing someone speak, the money in the bed curtain also hurried out, and when he saw Chu Lixue, he immediately smiled faintly and said: "Let the queen mother see the effect, I don't know that the mother is here late at night, it is really a sin." ”

"Hmph, do you know about sin? Let's see what this is! Chu Lixue asked Han Jiang to shake the account book in front of Qian Jin's eyes, Qian Jin wanted to grab the account book, but he was empty.

"This ledger ......"

"How can it be in my hands, right? Hongu is a man who likes to be clever about things, although you hid the ledger on the roof, wasn't it found by Hongu? Chu Lixue said in a deep voice.

"The queen spares her life, the queen spares her life." Qian Jin knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently.

He knows that he has done a lot of evil, and he dares to talk about conditions so arrogantly, isn't it because he has this account book in hand? Now that his chips have been taken away, he is naturally no longer as rampant as before.

"Qianjin, do you want to live?" Chu Lixue threw out the bait.

"Think, I don't know what the mother wants money for?"

"Hmph, I said, you're a smart guy. Then you should write down the name of the minister with whom you are working closely, and then write down the details of your dealings with them. ”

"Okay, I'll write, can you guarantee it?"

"Okay, this palace promises that as long as Qian Jin writes the name of the minister who cooperates with him and the specific matters, this palace will spare his life, and if there is a violation, this palace will no longer be the queen of Beichen."

"Okay, Niangniang, I still have correspondence with Lord Ding and Young Master Peng, all of which I hid in the coffin of my concubine." Qian Jin said respectfully.

Hearing this, Chu Lixue snorted coldly in her heart, she really knew how to hide, she hid it in the coffin of her dead concubine, who would have thought that the evidence was in the coffin of the dead.

"Come on, where is your concubine buried?" Han Jiang said coldly.

"Just outside the city, on the Cuilin Mountain, along the mountain road to the south, after seeing a hundred-year-old locust tree, it is on the right side of the old locust tree."

"Okay, I'll send someone to find it, you can write it now, give you a stick of incense time, if you can't finish writing, you don't have to enjoy it anymore." Chu Lixue said coldly.

"Yes." After finishing speaking, Qian Jin took the pen and paper from Hanjiang and wrote it freely.

Chu Lixue glanced at Qian Jin, and she had already written more than half of it with just a cup of tea. After a while, Qian Jin had already finished writing the content of the confession, and he also signed and drew a pledge in the lower right corner. After receiving Qian Jin's confession, Chu Lixue turned around and left after receiving the confession.

Back in the small courtyard, Chu Lixue saw that the light in the room was still on, walked to the door, pushed open the door, and saw Nangong Yihan reading a book, and when she heard the door open, Nangong Yihan raised her eyes and looked, "The lady is back, come and drink the white fungus lotus seed soup, I've been drying it for a while, come and taste it." ”

"Well, I'm tired from leaving, and this bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup came at the right time." Chu Lixue said with a smile.

"Then it seems that I cooked the white fungus soup correctly?" Nangong Yihan said with a smile.

"You mean, you cooked this bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup yourself?" Chu Lixue said in surprise.

In her memory, Nangong Yihan didn't know what to eat at all, he entered the kitchen, not to mention whether sugar and salty salt could be distinguished, it was already good if he didn't set the kitchen on fire.

Nangong Yihan saw Chu Lixue looking at him with suspicion, then frowned slightly, picked up the bowl and tasted it, it tasted very good, but he let Ning Xiang do what he said, why did Lixue look at him like this?

"I don't taste it right, isn't it sweet enough?" Nangong Yihan said softly.

"No, the taste is just right, I just didn't expect to be able to eat the white fungus lotus seed soup made by the emperor himself."

"What's there, as long as you like, I'm willing to make it for you every day." Nangong Yihan said with a smile.

"Huh? Eat white fungus lotus seed soup every day? Can't you just change the trick? You don't have to learn from the imperial chef, our cooking skills are very good. Chu Lixue said lightly.

"Ning Xiang's cooking skills, not all of them have been learned from you, ah, I really didn't expect it, you are a beautiful lady, you should not touch the spring water with ten fingers, but I didn't expect your cooking skills to be more exquisite." Nangong Yihan raised his eyebrows and said.

Hearing this, Chu Lixue frowned slightly, she didn't expect Nangong Yihan to mention this matter at this time, could it be that he also doubted his identity? It shouldn't be, he picked himself up from the palace, and there is also a letter from Chu's mother to prove that she is Chu Lixue, so she shouldn't doubt her identity.

"Lixue, Lixue, what are you thinking?"

"Oh, nothing, do you want to know why I'm such a good cook?"

"Why?"

"Because I'm a foodie! Hahaha......"

Listening to Chu Lixue's answer, the corners of Nangong Yihan's mouth twitched slightly, he has good cooking skills, but it is because he is a foodie? This answer is indeed very convincing.

After eating the white fungus lotus seed soup, Chu Lixue took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, and then took out the wooden box and a very neatly stacked confession from her sleeve, "These are the harvests just now, but you have to promise me that you can't be angry after reading it." ”

Nangong Yihan took the things in Chu Lixue's hand, opened the wooden box and saw that it was an account book, and then looked at Qian Jin's confession, he felt very incredible, these should be the last things that Qian Jin used to save his life, how could he give it to someone so easily?

"These ......"

"These should be the life talismans of Qianjin, and now they are all in your hands, I think, after returning to the palace, some of you are busy......" Chu Lixue yawned and walked to the side of the bed.