Xue Hui's face was full of confusion and fell into contemplation, he pinched his fingers and calculated, then smiled apologetically at Yin Xiang, and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, it is unfortunate that the night seven days ago, it was not the villain who was on an errand, whether anyone entered the palace from the east gate, the villain is not clear. ”

"Who was on the errand that night?"

"It should be Second Brother Hong...... Oh, it's Leader Hongyuan!" Xue Hui replied.

"Where is he now?"

"Today is a villain's errand, and Leader Hong should rest at home. Xue Hui replied truthfully.

Yin Xiang pondered for a moment, looked behind Xue Hui, and then changed his words and asked, "Did any of your brothers be on an errand seven days ago?"

"This ...... The villain asked Her Royal Highness the Princess. As he spoke, Xue Hui quickly ran back to the guards, looked around at them, and asked, "Which of you was on an errand at night seven days ago?"

The guards looked at each other, and no one dared to stand up and speak. They didn't know what had happened at night seven days ago, and since the princess had come to inquire in person, the matter must have been a trivial matter, and even the people who had been on errand that day did not dare to stand up and admit it.

Seeing that none of the guards stood up to answer, Xue Hui narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu asks again, who was on an errand at night seven days ago? Now it is easy to say if you stand up and let Lao Tzu find out by himself, but be careful of the skin on your body!"

“......”

The guards were still silent, seeing this, Xue Hui was about to go back to Yin Xiang to return to his life, at this time, someone among the guards muttered in a low voice: "Old Sun, wasn't you on an errand the night seven days ago?"

The muttering was not loud, but it was enough for Xue to hear clearly, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who? Who is talking?"

As he spoke, a guard in his thirties staggered out of the crowd. When Xue Hui approached, he whispered: "Lord Xue, the night seven days ago, the villain ...... The villain has an errand. ”

Xue Hui's nose was almost crooked when he heard this, if it weren't for the princess's presence, he really wanted to slap him twice. He scolded in a low voice: "Are you deaf, why didn't you stand up just now, damn it, Lao Tzu was almost killed by you!"

The guard grinned and asked, "Lord Xue, that day...... Did something happen to the palace that night?"

"How does Lao Tzu know, you go and ask Her Royal Highness the princess yourself!"

Xue Hui said angrily, and then, dragging the guard, strode back to Yin Xiang. He pushed him forward and said, "Your Highness Princess, he was on an errand at night seven days ago. ”

"Little ...... Villain, see Her Royal Highness the Princess!" the guard fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed to Yin Xiang repeatedly.

Seeing that he was so frightened that he was sweating like rain, Yin Xiang snorted and waved his hand and said, "You get up, don't be afraid." Hongu just has something to ask you. ”

"What Her Royal Highness the princess wants to know, the villain knows everything......"

Yin Xiang nodded. said to Xue Hui on the side: "You go back to be an errand, it's none of your business here." ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!" Xue Hui agreed, glaring at the guard before leaving, suggesting that he should be careful not to cause trouble for himself.

"You accompany Hongu for a walk. "Between words. Yin Xiang turned and walked to the side.

The guard hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cautiously followed behind Yin Xiang.

"This palace asks you, seven days ago, on the night you were on an errand, could someone enter and leave the palace from the east gate?" Yin Xiang walked leisurely. He asked as if he was walking slowly.

"Oh...... Princess, please let the villain think about it first. The guard frowned, pondered for a short time, suddenly remembered something, raised his head, and said urgently: "Yes, General Jin has entered and exited from the East Gate!"

"General Jin, are you talking about Jin Liren?" Yin Xiang looked back at the guards.

"Exactly!" the guard nodded.

Yin Xiang's eyes rolled, and she said with a smile: "It happened seven days ago, can you remember it so quickly?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, there are not many people entering and leaving the palace from the east gate, especially late at night, it is even rarer, so the villain is more impressed by this. The guard swallowed his spit and replied cautiously.

Jin Liren mentioned by the guards is the deputy general of Yan Guolang's lieutenant commander Guan Ning, and he is also the second-in-command in charge of the palace guards, the military rank is not very high, but he is in a high position and power, and he directly controls the security of the palace.

After listening to the guard's words, Yin Xiang asked, "Has General Jin explained what happened when he left the palace?"

The guard shook his head and said, "General Jin didn't say anything, and the villain didn't dare to ask more." ”

"Is he alone?" Yin Xiang asked casually.

"Not ......," the guard replied hesitantly.

Yin Xiang looked at him strangely and asked, "Not alone?"

"This ......," the guard stammered, "villain...... The villain didn't see it clearly. ”

Yin Xiang smiled and said, "How did you become a guard at the East Gate? Can't you even see how many people are out of the palace?"

"Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't know, it's not that the villain is sloppy, but there are too many brothers who went out of the palace with General Jin, no less than four or five hundred, and the specific number of people, the villain really didn't have time to count it carefully, so ...... So I didn't dare to speak in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Hearing this, Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing were both shocked, wasn't four or five hundred exactly the number of gangsters that night?

At this time, Ren Tianxing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, he suddenly spoke, and asked urgently: "When did General Jin leave the palace, and when did he return to the palace, and when did the number of people change when he returned to the palace?"

Ren Tianxing asked a few questions in one breath, and also asked the guard dizzy, he pondered for a while, and then said: "General Jin is in the palace when he is in the child, and he returned to the palace when the sky is almost ugly, whether the number of people has changed, the villain doesn't remember, however, General Jin did bring three carriages back to the palace, because it was the team led by General Jin, I will wait...... Didn't dare to search the carriage either. ”

After hearing these words, Ren Tianxing froze, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Yin Xiang silently.

If it is calculated according to the point in time, then the time when Jin Liren left the palace and returned to the palace coincided with the time when his family was kidnapped, and the number of people Jin Liren brought was also comparable to the number of gangsters. Military discipline is strictly forbidden, no different from the regular army, but there is no army more formal than the palace guards.

There is also a very important clue, Jin Liren did not bring a carriage when he left the palace, but when he returned to the palace, he brought a carriage, and it was three. That's enough to fit your kidnapped family members.

It's just that he can't understand that Jin Liren is the deputy general in charge of the palace guards, and his official position and status are extraordinary, so how could he take such a big risk to kidnap his family?

He looked at Yin Xiang and asked her opinion with his eyes.

At this time, Yin Xiang was also a little dazed, could it. Does this matter really have anything to do with Jin Liren?

She was silent for a long time, and said to the guard: "You go back first, this palace is not allowed to mention to anyone about what you asked you today, if the slightest rumor leaks, this palace wants your head, understand?"

The guard was so frightened that he dared to say a word. Nodding his head again and again, he replied, "Yes, yes, yes!" even if you kill the villain." The villain will not leak a word to the outside world. ”

"Yes!" Yin Xiang nodded and waved at him.

The chief guard sighed, wiped his sweat, and then gave Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing a salute before turning around and leaving.

After he left, Ren Tianxing couldn't wait to ask, "Princess." Will the kidnapping of the last general's family really have anything to do with General Kim?"

Yin Xiang shook her head slowly and said, "I'm not sure yet, after all, we have no evidence in our hands." As she spoke, she turned back to the accompanying guards and said, "Swing the car, the palace is going home." ”

Seeing that Yin Xiang didn't plan to pursue it further. Ren Tianxing was in a hurry, and he asked in a condensed voice, "Why didn't the princess suddenly investigate?" But because it was related to General Jin, the princess didn't plan to pursue it further?"

Ren Tianxing knew that the big leaders of the palace guards like Lang Zhongling Guan Ning and Deputy General Jin Liren were all close ministers of the royal family, and their relationship with the royal family was too close, otherwise, it would be impossible to sit in this position, and he was really worried that Yin Xiang would retreat and stop interfering.

Yin Xiang smiled at Ren Tianxing and said: "General Ren can rest assured, since this palace said to help you, I will definitely help you to the end, but now that I know that this matter may be related to General Jin, this palace can't continue to investigate in the palace, and the people below have to be replaced to investigate." ”

Ren Tianxing nodded again and again with a sudden realization, and at the same time secretly scolded himself for being confused, Jin Liren is the deputy general of the palace guards, and he naturally has a lot of eyeliner in the palace, if Yin Xiang investigates it personally, the target is too big, and he will definitely not be able to hide it from Jin Liren, if it arouses his vigilance, his family is afraid that it will be more auspicious.

"The princess intends to ......"

"Let's talk about it when we get out of the palace!" Yin Xiang nodded to Ren Tianxing and left quickly.

Ren Tianxing answered, and hurriedly followed.

Ren Tianxing returned to the princess's mansion with Yin Xiang, did not leave, and waited for news.

Yin Xiang was very relaxed, and seemed to have made up her mind, and in the afternoon she went back to her bedroom to sleep, and in the evening, Yin Xiang sent out his men to bring back a person, a palace guard.

This person was taken directly into the dungeon of the Princess's Mansion, the dungeon of the Princess's Mansion is not very large, and the location is not hidden, and Ren Tianxing's subordinates have also searched this place at the beginning.

The guard, who was disheveled, had a blue nose and swollen face, and had apparently had fought before being taken to the princess's mansion, when he was tied to a wooden shelf inside the dungeon, his eyes covered with a thick black cloth.

Although he has become someone's fish on the board, his mouth has not been idle, and he shouted repeatedly: "Who are you? Why do you want to arrest me? Do you know who Lao Tzu is? Lao Tzu is a palace guard, and now let me go, I can still save you a dog's life, if you dare to touch a single hair of Lao Tzu, I will break your corpses into thousands of pieces, break your bones and scatter ashes......

When Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing came in, what they heard was the continuous intimidation of the palace guard.

Ren Tianxing frowned, looked at Yin Xiang and asked in a low voice, "Princess, is this person ......?"

Yin Xiang smiled and did not answer him, but raised her chin slightly to her subordinates.

The big men on the left and right understood, and one of them walked to the wooden shelf, raised his fist, and hit the guard in the stomach with a heavy punch.

The punch was so strong that it distorted the guard's facial features together, and he screamed in a trembling voice, "You fucking ......"

The big man raised his hand, slapped him again, and then ripped the black cloth off his eyes.

The strip of cloth covering his eyes was suddenly removed, and the guard's eyes were a little unable to open, and his eyes narrowed for a while before they fit the light in the dungeon. He first looked around with grinning teeth, and finally, his gaze fell on Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing.

When he saw Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing, his body was shocked, and his face changed greatly, and he was stunned for a moment. He said urgently, "Yes...... It's Her Royal Highness, ......the princess! Why did Her Highness bring the villain here?"

Yin Xiang held a handkerchief in one hand, hid it in front of her nose, and said slowly: "Your name is Zhang Tong, right?"

"Positive...... Exactly the villain. ”

"Don't you know the purpose of this palace to arrest you here?" Yin Xiang's eyes lit up, and he stared at Zhang Tong coldly.

Zhang Tong's face changed again, he pretended to be calm, and said: "The villain offended Her Royal Highness the princess somewhere, and asked Her Royal Highness the princess to make it clear!"

Yin Xiang heard this and lowered her head. Look away.

The big man on the side had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and when he saw Yin Xiang showing displeasure, he didn't say a word, picked up the sticky whip, and whipped Zhang Tong more than a dozen times.

These dozen whips can be said to be whipping into the flesh, whipping into the blood, and the clothes on Zhang Tong's body were pulled out one by one. The flesh under the garment was open, as if it had been cut by a knife.

Zhang Tong also let out a scream like killing a pig. screamed: "The princess spares her life, the princess spares her life"

Yin Xiang turned her head back to the side and looked at Zhang Tong.

Seeing this, the big man who was wielding the whip immediately stopped and retreated to the side.

She looked at Zhang Tong who was covered in blood with an expressionless face, and said quietly: "Since this palace can bring you here." You have been condemned to death, and if you want to live, tell me everything you know. ”

Zhang Tong's face was pale, his head was lowered, and blood was dripping down the corners of his mouth. It was the blood that oozed from between his teeth when he was tortured, and he said in a weak trembling voice, "Villain...... The villain really doesn't know what crime he has committed......"

When Yin Xiang heard this, she immediately turned around, and at the same time said in a cold voice: "Is this the person you brought back to the palace?

A big man standing next to him was scared into a cold sweat, his face turned from white to blue, and from blue to purple, he suddenly pulled out his saber from under his ribs, and strode to Zhang Tong's approach, the tip of the knife pressed against Zhang Tong's chest, and he was about to stab down.

"Wait a minute!" Ren Tianxing suddenly spoke, stopping the big man.

He walked up to Zhang Tong and said in a deep voice: "That night, you went out of the palace with Jin Liren?" At this time, Ren Tianxing had basically guessed the identity of the guard.

Zhang Tong's heart trembled, but he still pretended to be confused, and stammered and asked, "I don't know which night General Ren is referring to......"

Ren Tianxing shook his head at him, and said meaningfully: "You should be able to see that Her Royal Highness the Princess is not scaring you now, if you insist on refusing to tell the truth, not only will you die without a place to be buried, but you will also implicate the Nine Clans, not to mention that even if you don't open your mouth, will everyone of your hundreds of brothers not open their mouths? Sooner or later, the truth will be revealed, so why should you use your own life and the lives of your family to keep this secret that you can't keep at all?"

His words were like a blow to Zhang Tong, his body shook suddenly, and then, choked with a whimper, he raised his head with difficulty, looked at Yin Xiang, who had walked to the gate of the dungeon, and cried loudly: "The princess spares her life, the villain says, the villain says, the villain says......"

"The palace hasn't left yet!" Yin Xiang retracted the steps she had taken, stood up and didn't move, and didn't turn around to look at him.

"The kidnapping of General Ren's family is completely General Jin's idea, and it has nothing to do with the villain, and the villain is just acting on orders, the princess is clear, General Ren is clear!" Zhang Tong's snot and tears flowed out together.

Sure enough, it was Jin Liren! Yin Xiang and Ren Tianxing's eyes were both bright.

Ren Tianxing subconsciously grabbed Zhang Tong's collar and asked sharply, "Can my family be brought into the palace by you?"

Zhang Tong drooped his head, not daring to look at Ren Tianxing's eyes, and said weakly: "Yes......"

"Where are you hiding?" Ren Tianxing asked urgently.

Zhang Tong shook his head and said, "This...... The villain didn't know that General Ren's family was ...... It was General Jin who personally went to detain him, and the villain really didn't know where he was detained in the palace. As he spoke, he looked at Yin Xiang again and begged: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the villain has told everything he knows, Her Royal Highness the Princess spares her life, Her Royal Highness the Princess spares her life......

Seeing Zhang Tong's frightened appearance, Ren Tianxing knew that he was not lying, he slowly loosened his collar, then turned around and walked back to Yin Xiang's side, and asked in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness Princess, ...... you look?"

Yin Xiang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Since it is indeed Jin Liren's doing, this palace should also be severely punished!" As she spoke, she strode towards the outside of the dungeon.

Leaving the dungeon and going outside, Ren Tianxing caught up with Yin Xiang, frowned and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the last general has no grievances and no enmity with Jin Liren, and the last general really can't understand why he is willing to take such a big risk to kidnap the last general's family!"

Yin Xiang took a deep breath, looked at Ren Tianxing with strange eyes, and asked rhetorically, "Does General Ren still think that Jin Liren did this alone?"

Ren Tianxing inhaled and asked, "What does Her Royal Highness the princess mean...... Is there a real culprit behind Jin Liren?"

"Of course!" Yin Xiang said: "Jin Liren is in charge of the palace guards, and General Ren is in charge of the Central Army Corps, you two can say that you can't fight with eight poles, how can he kidnap your family for no reason? Behind it, there must be another real murderer, and Jin Liren is just a pawn controlled by others." ”

Ren Tianxing narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it is good to touch the melon along the vine, but this melon is getting bigger and bigger now, and he asked: "Her Royal Highness the princess, who does she think will be the person who made Jin Liren?"

Yin Xiang laughed out loud and asked rhetorically: "Why did General Ren come to ask the palace, didn't General Ren count it in his own heart?"

Ren Tianxing was silent and stopped talking.

Who is Jin Liren most closely related to, of course, it is the eldest prince Yin Ting, this is not a secret, and Jin Liren has expressed his support for the eldest prince to inherit the throne in public more than once.

It can be said that Jin Liren is one of the core backbones of Yin Ting's henchmen, if Jin Liren really has a main messenger behind him, then there is no need to interrogate, it must be the eldest son Yin Ting.

"This matter is very involved, what should the last general do?" Ren Tianxing really had no idea now.

If he wants to save his family, he must move Jin Liren, but once Jin Liren is moved, it is equivalent to cutting the flesh of the eldest prince Yin Ting with a knife, and then a series of chain reactions will occur, which will be far beyond his control. (To be continued......)