The scorching sun is overhead, and the streets of Dongshi are crowded. On the execution ground, Du Zhengen knelt in the middle, motionless. On the beheading platform, the two officials stood straight with spears in their hands, one on the left and one on the right, but there was no one on the main seat in the center.

There were more and more onlookers, and the early ones described the big scene of "Mrs. Du angrily scolding the Shangshu of the Criminal Department" to the latecomers.

"I really didn't expect the dignified second-grade Shangshu to be scolded like this by his wife on the street! What is the origin of this Mrs. Du? ”

"Her father is the Dragon and Tiger General Qian Yongnan. You are young and have never seen the majesty of the Dragon and Tiger Generals. Back then, he was a god general who made Beidi frightened, and he almost killed Beidi Wang City with only a few hundred people. When he returned to Beijing, the alleys were empty, and I had only seen that scene once in my life. ”

"You're not right. She is no longer Mrs. Du, and now Mrs. Du's surname is Cheng, and she is now just a side room of Lord Du. ”

"Isn't it the one she scolded the vixen just now?"

"Oh, don't talk nonsense! Do you know who Lord Du's current wife is? That's Gu Xiang's sister-in-law. ”

"No wonder just now she said that Master Du was in a hurry to be Gu Xiang's brother-in-law, it turned out that this was what she meant......"

"What do you say Master Du is going to say when he pulls her away? I won't ...... her," he said, gesturing a knife around his neck.

"That's not going to happen, although General Qian is dead, the Qian family still has an eldest son who is an envoy in Leizhou. That's a feudal official, and his power is not lower than that of Lord Du! ”

"No wonder this Qian family can be so horizontal, it turns out that the mother's family has a backer!"

The crowd under the scorching sun was gossiping.

Suddenly, a shrill eunuch voice rang out in the distance of the crowd.

"The emperor has arrived—"

The crowd knelt down from near and far.

A group of gun-wielding guards made a way out of the crowd and gave way to a bright yellow palanquin carried by eight janissaries, much larger than the usual palanquin, and although the decoration was not a visible luxury, it exuded a dignified majesty everywhere.

The bright yellow sedan chair is followed by a blue-black sedan chair, slightly smaller.

The two sedan chairs fell to the ground in front of the execution ground, and Qin Yang, who was following the sedan chair, opened the bright yellow curtain, and the emperor walked out of the sedan chair.

The sedan chair that followed behind also fell to the ground, and Gu Shihai, who was dressed in a red robe and official uniform, walked out of it.

The emperor got out of the sedan chair and glanced around, his expression was relaxed, and there was even a three-point smile on the corner of his mouth.

In contrast, Gu Shihai's face could be called gloomy.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live—" Seeing the emperor, the crowd shouted long live.

Ye Qianhuai crossed the crowd and walked straight to the prison platform. There was only one director of the criminal department left on the stage, and he knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly.

"Why are you here alone? What about Du Jing? Ye Qianhuai asked.

The principal knelt and did not speak, flustered in his heart, thinking about how to answer.

"If I ask you, you will answer truthfully." Ye Qianhuai's voice was still peaceful.

"Back to Your Majesty, someone disturbed the order of the law field, and Lord Du took people down for questioning." The principal replied.

Ye Tianhuai frowned: "Nonsense! Seeing that it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, he was not here to supervise the beheading, what did he ask? Where are the others? ”

"There is a garrison of the Criminal Department on the side of the back alley......"

"Take me with you." Ye Qianhuai interrupted him.

The principal got up from the ground, didn't bother to shake off the dust in front of him, and hurriedly led the way to the back alley.

Ye Tianhuai turned around and said to Gu Shihai: "Gu Ge Lao should also go together." ”

Gu Shihai paused slightly, then bowed to Ye Tianhuai to show his order, and then walked down the prison beheading platform with Ye Qianhuai, and when he walked through the execution ground, he raised his head and glanced at Du Zhengen who was kneeling in the middle of the beheading platform, intentionally or unintentionally, and frowned subconsciously.

The garrison was some way away from the execution ground, and the group walked for a while before the principal stopped, turned around and said, "Your Majesty, this is it." ”

There were a few people on duty at the gate of the garrison, and when they saw Ye Tianhuai and Gu Shihai, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

Ye Tianhuai didn't look at the two of them, she walked inside quickly, and Gu Shihai followed behind and also quickened her pace.

The hall of the garrison is open, somewhat similar to that of Jingzhao Mansion. The hall was empty, Ye Tianhuai stopped, and was about to ask, but he heard a faint human voice coming from the low room behind the hall.

She walked towards the low house.

Walking to the door, she was about to push the door in, but heard a high-pitched female voice coming from inside.

"You dare to go back!"

Then there was a thrusting sound, something fell to the ground and shattered, and a fierce fight could be heard inside.

Ye Qianhuai's hand pushing the door stopped in mid-air.

Then Du Jing's voice came out: "It's a big sin not to cut it out of time!" Do you want the entire Du family to give you a funeral? ”

"If you dare to kill my son today, you don't even think about it! Not only you and that surnamed Cheng, but also your brother-in-law Gu Fu, don't want to be alone! ”

"Qian Qinfang, you can stop in moderation!" Du Jing paused, his voice suddenly softened, and said, "Qin Fang, En'er is also my son, how can I do it?" I've changed people a long time ago, and the one on the execution ground today is just a prisoner with a similar body shape to En'er. ”

As soon as he said this, the few people standing outside the door were stunned.

Ye Tianhuai put down the hand that pushed the door, slowly turned his head, and looked at Gu Shihai.

Her dark eyes were as calm as water, reflecting Gu Shihai's pale face with angry eyes.

But that anger quickly disappeared from Gu Shihai's face, as if he had noticed something, he threw his knife-sharp eyes at Ye Tianhuai, and his eyes were full of suspicion.

Ye Qianhuai also looked back at him, but his eyes were still as calm as water, only a smile was hidden in his eyes.

She looked at Gu Shihai, as if waiting for him to give her an explanation.

When the eyes of the two of them flashed and thundered, the quarrel between Du Jing and Qian in the house continued.

"Don't try to coax me with this rhetoric......," Qian said, his tone softened significantly.

"Why should I deceive you? You've been with me for so many years, don't you know what kind of person I am? I just know that you can't hide things with this temperament, so I haven't told you all the time, for fear that you will leak the truth. Don't worry, when the limelight passes, I will arrange for you to go to see En'er. ”

With that, hurried footsteps rang out in the room, and the door was opened from the inside.

As soon as Du Jing, who pushed the door open, raised his eyes, he saw Ye Tianhuai and Gu Shihai standing outside the door looking at each other, as well as Qin Yang and several guards who were following behind Ye Tianhuai.

He only felt that his brain was blank for a moment, he couldn't think of anything, he couldn't say anything, as if his body was not his own.

Ye Tianhuai turned his head to look at Du Jing, and there was a chill in his eyes.

"Du Shangshu, can you tell me what's going on?"

(End of chapter)