Pan Qing knew a little bit about Xue Nuo, and he also knew that his sister was unjustly killed.

Lord Xiao Shen blamed himself for this incident and took Xue Nuo back to the capital, but this Zhan Changdong was good, and his mouth was cheap and poked at people's wounds.

Pan Qing hurriedly turned sideways in front of the prison door, stopped Xue Nuo and said, "Young Master Xue, Your Highness has made an exception by allowing you to come in to see Chai Chunhua, don't make trouble for Your Highness and Lord Xiao Shen." ”

Xue Nuo's face was extremely ugly when he heard this, and he scolded coldly: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful that I kill you!" ”

Zhan Changdong: "......"

This little bunny.

Pan Qing's eyelids jumped: "Xue Gongzi..."

"I'm fine." Xue Nuo glanced at Zhan Changdong fiercely, and then turned his head and said, "Where is Chai Chunhua?" ”

Pan Qing hurriedly said: "The innermost place where the heavy prisoner is held, you can see it when you go in from here and walk all the way forward, Your Highness allows you to meet him alone, but you can only stay for a quarter of an hour, I will wait for you here." ”

Xue Nuo took a deep breath, thanked him in a low voice, and turned his head directly and walked towards the prison.

Zhan Changdong smiled when he saw this: "This kid has a big temper. ”

"Lord Zhan." Pan Qing frowned, "Revealing people's scars is definitely not a gentleman's doing. ”

Zhan Changdong suddenly said: "Okay, my fault, I was fierce before I saw this child, and I just wanted to tease her." ”

He leaned against the inner wall, and the light from the skylight at the head of the wall fell obliquely, most of them fell in the direction in front of the prison door, but most of the place where Zhan Changdong leaned was hidden in the shadows.

Zhan Changdong pondered Xue Nuo's words just now, this little girl has completely settled in the Shen family, and what she said before is no problem, since she can come to see him, then he can take the next step with peace of mind, Zhan Changdong smiled silently, and suddenly said to Pan Qing: "This adult." ”

Pan Qing turned his head.

"I remember that you are a close attendant of the prince, I wonder if His Royal Highness the prince can leave?"

Pan Qing's expression was sharp.

Zhan Changdong said: "I suddenly remembered that there was something I forgot to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just now. ”

……

Shen had to wait for Xue Nuo to come out, and the prince and Shen Zhongkang were not in a hurry to leave the Criminal Department, but were invited to the inner hall by Wu Jinliang, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Wu Jinliang is the prince's person, so he naturally has a heart for the prince.

There were internal guards guarding the outside, and there was no one else in the house, and after a few people said a few words, Wu Jinliang couldn't help but ask: "Lord Shen, didn't you say that Zhan Changdong intended to show favor to the prince, but why didn't he say anything in the hall just now?" ”

got the news earlier, he thought that Zhan Changdong would bite Zhu Ying directly in today's court trial after showing goodwill, and even prepared how to put Zhu Ying to death, who expected that Zhan Changdong didn't mention Zhu Ying in half a sentence, if it weren't for Guo Yueguang holding some handles of Zhu Ying in his hands, Zhu Ying was afraid that he would have been exonerated now.

Wu Jinliang's preparation for several days was all in vain.

Shen Zhongkang was not in a hurry, he sat aside and said lightly: "After all, Zhan Changdong was a close minister of the Son of Heaven and was familiar with the affairs of the court, it is normal for him to be away from Beijing for many years but not trust the Shen family, and everyone in the hall is there, if he bites out Zhu Ying in the court, there may be trouble." ”

When the prince heard this, he said, "You mean ......?"

"What he is holding in his hand is probably not only Zhu Ying's handle, but also something else."

Shen Zhongkang's words made the faces of several people in the room change slightly.

Wu Jinliang frowned tightly: "But even if he has more things, what's the use of refusing to speak?" ”

Shen Zhongkang also groaned when he heard this, he guessed that Zhan Changdong refused to say it because he had scruples, and he also knew that he was afraid that he didn't believe the Shen family and the prince, and wanted them to show proper "sincerity", but on their side, if Zhan Changdong didn't open his mouth to testify, the Shen family and the prince would not be able to show too much, otherwise they would have to be detained for colluding with the officials before they got what Zhan Changdong had in his hands.

To put it bluntly, Shen Zhongkang didn't really believe Zhan Changdong.

It is difficult for both sides to give trust, and this matter can only be frozen.

Shen Zhongkang was thinking about whether to talk to Zhan Changdong alone when he heard someone knocking on the door outside.

"Your Highness."

"Come in."

Someone outside walked in quickly, and said to the prince, "Your Highness, the Pan guard just sent a message to say that Zhan Changdong wants to see you. ”

Several people in the room widened their eyes when they heard this.

The prince asked, "When is it?" ”

"Just now, Guard Pan said that Zhan Changdong had something to do in the hall before and didn't tell the prince about it, and he wanted to see you and Lord Shen."

The prince was puzzled, and glanced at Shen Zhongkang before speaking: "Go and bring him over." ”

Wu Jinliang hurriedly asked the people outside to clear the left and right, and asked people to guard the courtyard, and it didn't take long for Zhan Changdong to be brought over.

His clothes were quite neat, and he was not too surprised when he saw Wu Jinliang after entering, and when he was in the hall before, he faintly noticed that this Shangshu of the Criminal Department was biased towards the prince when he acted, and he wanted to open his mouth several times, presumably this Shangshu had already joined the prince's command.

Zhan Changdong saluted the prince, and without even saying half a word of greeting, he said directly: "Weichen wants to ask His Royal Highness the prince to send me into the palace and meet Your Majesty." ”

The crown prince said, "You want to see your father?" ”

Zhan Changdong said: "Weichen has important matters of luck, and he must be presented to His Majesty in person." ”

Wu Jinliang didn't think that Zhan Changdong took the initiative to come over and actually wanted to enter the palace, he hurriedly said on the side: "Lord Zhan may not know, Your Majesty has handed over the matter of Cao Yun to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for trial, if you have anything, you can tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly." ”

Zhan Changdong shook his head: "There are some things that are not suitable for handing over to His Highness. ”

The prince's eyes condensed slightly.

"I gave a letter to Lord Xiao Shen before, presumably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also read it, and since I have shown favor to His Highness, I naturally don't want His Highness to suffer an unwarranted disaster."

"The matter of Caoyun is far from being as simple as His Highness thinks, if there are some things that I hand over to you, and then you hand them over to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not feel that Your Highness is powerful, but will only suspect that you have long known about the affairs of Jiangnan, and even colluded with Weichen."

Zhan Changdong didn't go around in circles with the prince, and said directly,

"I didn't say it clearly in the hall before, in addition to being afraid of being killed, I also know that His Royal Highness's situation in Beijing is not good now, if I brand His Royal Highness now, even if I have a meritorious service, Your Majesty may not be willing to let me stay in Beijing, let alone use me with confidence."

After a pause, he laughed again,

"And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not fully believe me, I have been away from Beijing for many years and I am not familiar with His Royal Highness's temperament, what I hold in my hand is the only thing I have left that can make me return to the court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must always leave me a few chips, otherwise you and Lord Shen cross the river and tear down the bridge, where will Weichen cry?"

"Presumptuous!" Wu Jinliang suddenly shouted, "The prince is benevolent, how can he be the person in your mouth!" ”