Later, when the criminal was impeached by Lord Du, he heard that those craftsmen had been exterminated. I think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was impeached because of the guilty ministers, and in order to protect himself, he did not contact the guilty ministers, and secretly sent someone to do it. But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not explicitly talk about this matter to the guilty minister, and the guilty minister was not sure. It's just that what happened in prison afterwards, the criminal is certain, and he can talk about it in detail. Qu Fucheng continued to say with sincere fear.

In fact, Cai Sheng's matter, which is right and wrong, the emperor already knows in his heart. It's just that I just took this opportunity to listen to whether Qu Fucheng was honest or not, and I didn't care about it. What the emperor wants to know now is what the prince did after Qu Fucheng entered Beijing. Just when Qu Fucheng said this, the emperor nodded and said, "You tell me carefully." ”

"When the criminal was imprisoned in the cell of Dali Temple, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to the prison cell to deliver a letter to the criminal minister, asking the criminal to carry the matter down by himself and not to involve him. But after a while, he asked people to pass a message to the sinner, saying that he had let the sinner bite him to death, and some of them didn't, and the more they boasted, the better. Until a few days ago, he let the guilty minister bite His Royal Highness King Chen. The criminal wanted to live, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that as long as the criminal minister did a good job, he could live, and the criminal minister listened to his orders again and again......"

The emperor didn't have the heart to listen to Qu Fucheng say these reasons, so he interrupted his rambling and asked, "Who are the people who came to pass the word these three times?" ”

"There are two times when I was a jailer in Dali Temple, and it seems to be called Changfa...... The one who came to deliver the message a few days ago was Lord Zhao. The criminal didn't know this Lord Zhao before, and he didn't know what his name was, but he only knew that he was a walking in the criminal department. ”

"Zhao Kang......" the emperor muttered.

"The criminal doesn't know, he just heard someone call him Lord Zhao. Lord Zhao gave the note to the criminal minister when he was patrolling the cell, so the criminal knew that Lord Zhao should be the duty of the criminal department. ”

The emperor nodded, already counting in his heart. asked again: "What you said before, those things that bite the prince, how true are they and how many are false?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty...... It's all true, but it's just deliberately serious. Deliberately exaggerated by thirty percent, that's all. ”

The main thing the emperor wants to ask is these three things, whether there is the prince's instruction, who sent him the letter, and how true and false his previous bite is. But now that they had finished asking, they did not let him back down, but only told him to go aside and wait.

called Li Zhonggui to come in, and asked Li Zhonggui to pass on Zhao Kang and the jailer named "Chang Fa".

Qu Fucheng quietly stepped aside and knelt by the wall. I had already guessed what the emperor was going to do. It is not important to confront Lord Zhao and the jailer with him to confirm the authenticity, what is important is to confront the crown prince. I'm afraid that the emperor will let the three of him confront the prince on the spot.

Now he has no way to live.

On the emperor's side, it is clear that he wants to kill him, even if he confesses, it is impossible to let him go. Originally, I thought that if I had the opportunity to see the prince at that time, I would come to death and refuse to admit it. Maybe the prince still had something to do with him, but because of the urgency of the matter, he believed him. In this way, he may be able to seek a life from the prince's side.

But now it seems that this is not possible.

I couldn't help but secretly regret it, thinking that it was better to be bold just now, and directly ask the emperor. The emperor should have promised to spare his life, that's what he said. Anyway, the left and right are one death, so it's better to fight. The emperor wants to know the truth, compared with him, a little minion, what the emperor cares about is naturally his son's good and evil, and he will definitely agree. Maybe there will really be no jokes, and it may not be necessary to let him go afterwards.

But now...... He had no way out.

had to secretly hate in his heart, and he cared about the lives of his family, but he was frightened by the emperor.

Half an hour later, Zhao Kang arrived first. After another half an hour, Li Zhonggui took the jailer to the imperial study, and it seemed that it took a lot of time to find the person.

In the half hour that Zhao Kang arrived first, the emperor didn't ask a word. Seeing the jailer coming, the emperor raised his head from the couplet. Putting the fold aside, he asked the jailer, "What's your name?" ”

When the jailer had already kowtowed to ask for peace, the emperor didn't say to let him get up, so he naturally didn't dare to get up. knelt on the ground and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the little official's surname is Qi, and his name is often faun." ”

As soon as he entered the house and saw Qu Fucheng, he felt that something was wrong. But when I saw that in addition to Qu Fucheng, there was also Lord Zhao, and I felt a little dazed. I don't think that's the case. After all, he hadn't seen Lord Zhao have anything to do with that matter before.

"Qu Fucheng said, did you send a message to him for the prince before?" The emperor asked directly.

Qi Changfa's heart trembled. After listening to the emperor's question, he naturally knew that Qu Fucheng was recruited. But at that time, he put things in steamed buns and sent them in, both times. It just happened to be the time when he was sending food, and he was just sending food as usual, what handle could he grasp? He just said that he didn't know what was in the steamed bun. He's just a pie, and he doesn't make the rice.

From the steamed bun coming out of the pot to the time he sent the rice to Qu Fucheng, how many people had to pass in between. If the emperor is willing to check, go and check them one by one. When the time comes, everyone will be messed together, and the emperor will not be able to find out why.

Otherwise, if he confesses, he will not be able to protect his job, but he is afraid that he will not even be able to save his life.

Therefore, he said with an iron heart: "Back to Your Majesty, the little official just sent food to Master Qu as usual, and did his duty, and he didn't know anything about spreading the message!" ”

The emperor nodded, as if he believed it.

But Qi Changfa secretly saw the emperor's reaction, and panicked in his heart. I thought to myself, Your Majesty, what does this mean? It's impossible to believe him without even asking. It was as if his answer didn't matter. But if it's not important, why did the emperor call him over?

"Zhonggui ......" The emperor shouted out of the window and ordered Li Zhonggui to come in.

"Take it off, and beat it to death with a stick. Go to Dali Temple to bring out his bottom finely, and the family will be detained together, and at noon tomorrow, the vegetable market will be beheaded to show the public. The emperor simply commanded this. The tone was flat, as if he was just chatting with Li Zhonggui about family life, and he was not angry.

"Yes." Li Zhonggui answered, and went out to deliver a message to the guards standing in front of the imperial study.

Immediately, two guards with knives entered the house, and without saying a word, one of them grabbed him by the arm and lifted him up.

Qi Changfa came back to his senses and confirmed that the person the emperor said was indeed him. And it's real, it definitely can't be just to scare him.

"Your Majesty spares your life...... Your Majesty spares your life......" Deng Shi was so frightened that his legs were weak, but he dragged desperately on the ground, preventing these two guards from dragging him away.

But how can his strength be compared to these sturdy imperial guards? As he spoke, he was already dragged to the door!

"Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life...... The little ones don't dare anymore...... The little ones are all recruited...... All recruits ......" Qi Changfa hooked the threshold with his feet and shouted like killing a pig.

"What are you yelling about? This is the imperial study, if you collide with Your Majesty's holy ear, I'm afraid that your family will be killed, and it will be enough, you have to do it later! Li Zhonggui took the opportunity to scare him.

"Your Majesty spares your life...... Spare your life......" Qi Changfa was already trembling with fright, with a lot of tears and snot, and ...... Pee.

But he didn't feel it himself, he just desperately hooked the threshold with the top of his foot to prevent himself from being dragged out.

The two guards had been listening outside, and naturally knew the emperor's true intentions. Therefore, seeing him struggling so desperately, he didn't pull him hard, giving him this opportunity to struggle.

"Alright, let's bring it in...... Qi Changfa, I will give you another chance. But if you dare to play tricks with me, I will not spare me. Again, it's not so easy to beat to death with a stick. Just do as Gonggong Li said, and put you and your whole family to death together. Listening to his piercing shout, the emperor was already impatient, and he didn't have much intention of scaring him.

With the emperor's words, Qi Changfa was dragged to Zhao Kang's side. The two guards threw him to the ground like a puddle of mud. After giving a salute to the emperor, he was about to retire.

"You two are just waiting in the house, and I have orders."

"Yes." The two of them answered at the same time, and retreated to the door to wait.

The emperor leaned on the dragon chair and said, "Qi Changfa, you are truthfully recruited." ”

Qi Changfa was already paralyzed with fright, and barely struggled a few times before he stood up and knelt on the ground. Trembling replied: "Yes...... Be. ”

"Say." The emperor's voice was very deep.

Qi Changfa was so frightened that his heart and liver were about to crash out. Trembling, "Yes...... It's a small give, give...... The letter passed on by Master Qu. The little one put the note in the steamed bun and gave Master Qu a wake-up call, and he should be able to see it if he wants to come and come. Altogether...... There are two times, both of which are put in steamed buns. ”

"Who told you to do it?" The emperor asked in a deep voice.

"Yes...... It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... It should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The first time was when Zhang Fuhai, a small servant in the prince's mansion, came to give a message to Xiao. The second time, it was a woman dressed as a man and went directly to the small home. The little one saw that she showed the waist card of the prince's mansion, and it looked familiar, so he didn't think much about it, so he took the note. ”

"What does a woman dressed as a man look like?" The emperor did not let go of this suspicious place, and asked carefully.

When Qu Fucheng heard the emperor ask, he knew that in fact, the emperor was still very protective of the prince. This is because I am afraid that someone will pretend to be someone from the prince's mansion to blame the prince, so I asked so carefully.

"Looks ...... looks pretty ......" Qi Changfa was already scared silly, where can I tell what she looks like? Just stammered such a useless sentence.