Chapter 351: The Scapegoat

"Xiao knows Concubine Xiao's concerns, that's right, it seems more reasonable if I help Hu Xian'er, but when I went to ask Hu Shangshu, he flatly refused, he said that he would never cheat for personal gain, and he is the old Taishan of King Rui, and he doesn't bother to help me, so I am willing to help Concubine Xiao fulfill her wish, so at the same time, please also ask Concubine Xiao to talk to Xiao Shilang and do me a small favor."

Hearing this, Xiao Qianqian was overjoyed, but she didn't expect Hu Shangshu's arrogance to bring her hope. Then he smiled and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

"Okay, nice to work with." The housekeeper picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xiao Qianqian and himself, and the two raised their glasses, which was considered an alliance.

At night, a young scholar was walking on the street with a burden, a gust of wind blew, he tightened his clothes, and continued to walk forward, in front of the Qi Wangfu, when he thought that he was about to see his uncle, he quickened his pace.

Who knows, suddenly several black-clothed people fell from the sky, knocked him unconscious and took him away without saying a word, and when he woke up, he found that he was in a prison and was still wearing prison clothes.

What's going on? He just arrived in the capital, and his uncle hasn't found him yet. Why did you end up in prison? While he was wondering, the jailer in the prison gave him the answer.

"Brother Jailer, I just arrived in the capital, why do you want to arrest me?"

"Little brother, seeing that you are pitiful, I will tell you the truth, so that when you go to the palace of Hades, you will know who wants to harm you."

"Good, good, good, thank you, big brother jailer."

"This cell is for death row inmates, and the original death row inmate is a relative of a big man, and if you want to save him, then you have to be a substitute for the dead ghost."

Hearing this, the scholar really felt sad, he came to seek refuge with his uncle to get him an errand, and his uncle hasn't seen it yet, so he is going to become a substitute for the ghost, a relative of a big man in Beijing? Thinking of this, the scholar hurriedly said: "Brother Jailer, I don't know which one it is?" ”

"Hey, what if you know? Don't you still want to get out of this prison? The jailer said dismissively.

"Brother Jailer, just tell me, let me be a ghost."

"Alright, well, I'll tell you when you are so pitiful. This original criminal is the nephew of the steward of the Rui Palace, and he is guilty of murder. That's why I asked you to be a substitute for the dead. ”

When the scholar heard this, he suddenly had hope, the nephew of the housekeeper of the Rui Wangfu, he is the nephew of the housekeeper of the Qi Palace, this King Qi is the younger brother of the current emperor's mother, and he is the famous god of war in Yunshang Country, maybe, maybe the uncle will ask the prince to save him. Thinking of this, the scholar hurriedly said: "Brother Jailer, don't go, I am the nephew of Uncle Zhong, the housekeeper of the Qi Palace, and my uncle asked me to come this time." ”

When the jailer heard it, this is really troublesome, one is the Rui Wangfu, and the other is the Qi Wangfu, which no one can afford to offend. "Are you really the nephew of Uncle Zhong of King Qi's mansion?" The jailer reconfirmed.

"Brother Jailer, I really am, please go to King Qi's Mansion and send a letter to my uncle, and my uncle will definitely save me." The scholar pleaded. As long as I let my uncle know, I will definitely save him.

The jailer pondered repeatedly, did he really want to go to King Qi's mansion to report the news? Isn't that clearly against King Rui? offended King Rui and his death, he blamed himself for many things, and told this scholar this. In the end, he decided to go to King Qi's mansion to report the news, because his mother's illness was cured by Princess Qi. Uncle Chung also helped his disabled brother not to be bullied.

That night, he came to King Qi's mansion and met Uncle Zhong. Uncle Zhong did not go directly to save his nephew, but went to report to King Qi first.

"Uncle Zhong, don't worry, this king will go to the prison with you." After speaking, King Qi was about to step away, but a small hand grabbed the hem of his robe. "Daddy, where are you going?"

"Chen'er, dad wants to go out with Grandpa Zhong to do some errands, can you sleep at home obediently?" King Qi picked up his baby son and said softly.

"Can you take me there?" Chen'er said with a pair of big eyes.

"Children are not allowed to go to that place, you stay at home obediently, as long as you are obedient, Dad will ask someone to make you a sword tomorrow and teach you martial arts."

"Okay, okay, you can be the same as Dad. Don't lie to me. to pull the hook. Chen'er stretched out her little hand and bent her little thumb, waiting for King Qi to respond.

King Qi smiled and leaned over, bent his little finger and hooked his big hand to the small hand, the picture was very warm. King Qi looked at Ling Ruohui with a smile, and his eyes were telling Ling Ruohui, look, my son has learned from you, and you also taught this hook.

Ling Ruoyi raised her eyebrows, smiled and said nothing, King Qi and her were husband and wife, so they naturally knew very well what her expression meant. That's telling him that I taught him, how about it?

Chen'er obediently walked back to Ling Ruoyi's side, waved her hand and said obediently, "Dad, you have to come back early." ”

"Okay." King Qi said with a smile. After speaking, he walked out of the room.

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, it was dark and damp, and there was a rancid smell mixed with the smell of blood, which made people sick. Finally, at the end of the cell, I finally saw the figure of Uncle Zhong's nephew.

"Uncle......" the scholar cried.

"Zhiyuan? How did you get it like this? Uncle Zhong said with distress.

"I don't know, I just entered the city this evening, and then when I passed a poetry club, I walked in to take a look, I didn't expect the humanities in it to be so outstanding, and there are a few talented women. I chatted with them very happily, and I forgot the time when I chatted, and then when I was walking to the Qi Wangfu with my baggage, a few people suddenly came out and knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up, I was already here. ”

"What are you wandering around, you kid? It's really going to cause trouble for the prince. Uncle Zhong said angrily. This kid is good at everything, but he has a stinky problem, and when he sees something he likes, he forgets everything else.

"Uncle, the eldest brother of the jailer told me that the original prisoner was the nephew of the housekeeper of the Rui Wangfu, if I hadn't said that I was the nephew of the housekeeper of the Qi Palace, my life would have been lost."

Rui Wangfu, and Rui Wangfu, if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world. In this way, King Rui still wants to ascend the throne and become an emperor? It's a dream.

"Someone, open the prison door, let them out." King Qi said lightly.

"Yes." The jailer replied.

Zhiyuan came out of the cell, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to King Qi again and again: "Thank you for saving your life, thank you for saving your life." ”

"Alright, you get up." After speaking, King Qi was about to step out of the cell, and then, he stopped again and looked at the jailer, Zhiyuan was fine, but if the people in Rui Wang's Mansion knew that he had leaked the news, he would definitely be in danger. Thinking of this, King Qi said again: "You go back to the house with this king." After speaking, he walked away.

After about a stick of incense, he returned to King Qi's mansion, King Qi took the group to his study, and instructed Uncle Zhong to find Ling Ruohui to get some gold medicine, although Zhiyuan was not seriously injured, but when he was held hostage, his arms and legs were still cut.

"What's your name?" King Qi looked at the jailer and said lightly.

"The little one surnamed Wang is the second in line, and everyone calls me Wang Er." The jailer replied respectfully.

"You have never met Zhiyuan, why do you want to help him spread the news?" King Qi said with cold eyes. As a jailer, as long as the prisoner is taken care of, as for Shangfeng doing the bag drop, it is not something that he should ask about as a small jailer.

A few days ago, my disabled brother was bullied in the bazaar, and Uncle Zhong drove away those sons, and later went to the princess's hospital to rub medicine. Although the villain has no culture, he still has a conscience. ”

Hearing this, King Qi suddenly realized that Ling Ruoyi often gave medicine and medicine, and as for Uncle Zhong's drive away those sons, he also knew. It turns out that there are arrangements in the dark, and good people still have good rewards.

"Get up, can you tell me about that death row inmate?" King Qi said lightly.

"Okay, but the villain doesn't know much, the prince heard about the killing of the daughter of Chengxi Buzhuang."

"Well, this king has heard of it."

"The villain also heard that the nephew of the housekeeper of the Rui Wangfu fell in love with the children of the boss of the cloth village, and he couldn't ask for it, and when she sent new fabrics to the Rui Wangfu, he wanted to destroy her innocence, but the woman was also a fierce woman, and she would rather die than obey, and then I don't know what happened, but the boss of the cloth village went to the yamen to report the case, saying that her daughter was missing, and then found his daughter's body in the suburbs.

"Then you didn't know his identity when you caught him?"

"I didn't know it at the time, but the housekeeper came to see him a few times before he knew his identity, and then the housekeeper found Xiao Shilang, and the idea of dropping the bag was also Xiao Shilang, and the person who executed it was also Xiao Shilang." Wang Er said lightly.

Hearing this, King Qi fell into deep contemplation, he didn't expect this Xiao Shilang to be so bold, he actually dared to transfer death row prisoners, and King Rui, is he also involved? After all, that man was the nephew of his housekeeper. The relationship between King Rui and his housekeeper can be said to be the same as that between him and Uncle Zhong.

Will King Rui really bend the law and harm others for such an unfortunate thing? It seems that he is really needed to come out in person. Just thinking about it, I heard a report from the remnant wind, saying that the princess wanted to see her.

"Is Chen'er asleep?" King Qi said with a smile.

"I've already slept, I know you're coming to the study, I'm afraid it's going to be busy for a long time, so I made some supper and brought it to you." After finishing speaking, Bingyu, Mu'er, and Mengchun came up with a steaming supper, laid out the food on the table, and retreated quietly.

In the study at this time, only King Qi, Ling Ruohui, Uncle Zhong, Zhiyuan and Wang Er were left. King Qi got up and moved a chair and put it in front of the table, and only after Ling Ruoxuan sat down did he sit down himself, and then asked Uncle Zhong and the others to sit down as well.

"The princess's cooking skills are very good, you have a good day today, let's talk while eating." King Qi said with a smile.

Uncle Zhong has been by King Qi's side for many years, so he naturally knows that King Qi has an easy-going personality and treats his subordinates very well, but Zhiyuan and Wang Er don't dare to sit, and the stupid pestle doesn't dare to take a step close to the table.

"Sit down, you haven't eaten at night, aren't you hungry?" King Qi looked at Zhiyuandao.

At this moment, Zhiyuan's stomach also rumbled very cooperatively, and finally, the two of them also sat down at Uncle Zhong's hand.

"Second Brother Wang, Zhiyuan thank you for saving your life." Zhiyuan said to Wang Er with a cup of hot tea.

"It's nothing, and I don't want to watch you die in vain." Wang Er said lightly. But the expression on his face couldn't hide his thoughts. Thinking about tomorrow, he won't have to be a jailer anymore, tomorrow ...... Perhaps, now, the housekeeper of the Rui Wangfu already knows about this, and the Rui Wangfu will not let him go, alas...... It's hard to be a good person.

Ling Ruoyi gently touched King Qi with his elbow, and King Qi also saw Wang Er's thoughts, "Wang Er, you don't have to go to the prison of the Criminal Department tomorrow, I will transfer you to the Admiral of the Nine Gates to seek errands, there are more people to be a patrol soldier than a jailer, and the people in the Admiral of the Nine Gates belong to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is managed by the king, you and your family's safety, you can rest assured." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Er knelt on the ground and kowtowed to King Qi, it seems that he is really right to do this, and there is still a good reward for being a good person.