The second prince is the son of Concubine Ning, who is the daughter of the commander of the Pingwei Army, the old general of Pingwei.

After the annihilation of the Pingwei army, Concubine Ning was depressed and couldn't afford to stay sick, the second prince was not very well treated by the emperor, and his grandfather's family Pingwei army was wiped out, he completely lost his dependence, and lost the emperor's favor, which can be regarded as the most difficult prince in the court.

only to come back from the imperial mausoleum.

His eyes fell on Lu Jia's face and looked at it for a while, until Lu Jia got off the carriage, and the two princes were still watching.

Xiao Yan stood next to him and coughed impatiently, "Does Your Highness have something to order?" ”

The second prince collected his gaze and said to Xiaoyu: "My father summoned me to let Lord Xiao enter the palace, it should be for a few days of hunting." ”

Xiao Yan smiled, "When, this matter of spreading the word actually let His Highness go on a trip in person, and those lazy and slippery little chamberlains deserve to be killed." ”

The second prince said: "Don't blame the little chamberlain for being slippery, this king is willing to come over." ”

As he spoke, the second prince looked at Lu Jia, his gaze stopped on Lu Jia's face for a moment, and then asked Xiao Yan, "Can you make it convenient with Lord Xiao?" ”

Xiao Yan reacted immediately, these two princes came to Lu Jia, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

The second prince said with a smile: "Miss Lu's tavern this king went once, I was fortunate to talk with Miss Lu for a game, and was impressed by Miss Lu's chess skills, and now I originally wanted to go to the tavern to find Miss Lu for the next hand, but I heard that Miss Lu was arrested by Lord Xiao, I don't know what Miss Lu has done, can this king ask for a favor for her." ”

Xiao Yan looked at Lu Jia and then at the second prince.

The second prince has always been cold, and he never deliberately tried to win over anyone when he talked to the courtiers, and he belonged to the only prince in the court who had no party affiliation and no personal relationship.

Today, he actually ran to the entrance of the criminal department to intercede for Lu Jia in person?

Xiao Yan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that it won't work, it's not that the lower officials don't give His Royal Highness this face, but Lu Jia's matter is not trivial, and the lower officials can't do anything." ”

The second prince said: "Can Lord Xiao reveal a little bit about what Miss Lu is guilty of?" There must be a reason for this arrest. ”

For the Lu family, Xiao Yan can be too lazy to serve and unwilling to deal with it.

But for this unreliable prince, Xiao Yan still gave due respect.

"In the previous sensational Qianzhou murder case, the Yuhang murder case, we found witnesses and made a portrait according to the eyewitness's memory of the time.

Although it can't be concluded that Lu Jia is the murderer based on this, the interrogation that should be there can't be missed, is this the truth that His Highness said? ”

Lu Jia's eyelids jumped heavily.

No wonder Xiao Yan would suddenly arrest someone.

Suddenly, Lu Jia remembered that on the first day of the tavern's opening, Zhao Du had said in the tavern: The two murderers were young girls.

Why did Zhao know that the other party was a young girl, it could only be that someone told the Criminal Department this information.

Who is it!

Lu Jia and Chun Bao glanced at each other, thinking quickly about the possible loopholes at that time, Lu Jia was shocked at Xiao Yan and said, "What does Lord Xiao mean, is this a suspicion that I killed someone in Qianzhou?"

This is too ridiculous, these days, people like me can be a murderer who can be caught by the criminal department? Master Xiao has an opinion about me, you can say it directly, why bother me with such a crime! ”

After speaking coldly, Lu Jia said to the second prince: "I talked with my hand once that day, and it was very pleasant to play chess with His Royal Highness, but I have a lot of troubles around me, Your Highness should stay away from me, so as not to be implicated. ”

After speaking, Lu Jia glared at Xiao Yan viciously, turned around and walked towards the criminal department.

Xiao Yan: ......

Who the hell is the prisoner and who is the presiding judge!

You think this is your home, walk with your head held high!

Collecting his gaze, Xiao Yan gestured to the second prince, "Does Your Highness still have any orders?" ”

The second prince pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Lord Xiao is busy, this king will leave, oh, yes, Lord Xiao remember to enter the palace, my father should be waiting for you, don't delay too much." ”

As soon as the second prince left, Xiao Yan did not enter the palace immediately, but went to the prison cell of the criminal department first.

In the dark and damp cell, Lu Jia and Chun Bao were separated and detained.

Xiao Yan stood at the door of Lu Jia's cell.

Lu Jia sat cross-legged on the haystack of rats scurrying around, and said very impulsively: "What does the prince of Xiao have to say!" ”

Xiao Yan leaned against the door frame, "You are very familiar with His Royal Highness the Second Prince?" ”

Lu Jiadao: "That's right, it's very familiar, I am a secret guard raised by His Royal Highness the Second Prince, because of my outstanding appearance, I was specially sent out to seduce Xiao Dashizi, but it's a pity that Xiaodashi Ziye doesn't seem to be interested in women, I failed in my mission and was arrested by you, are you satisfied?" ”

"I hope that after a while, you will still be so sharp-tongued." Xiao Yan looked at Lu Jia, "Actually, if you can confess, not to mention the pain of skin and flesh, with the weight of the Lu family in Yuhang, you may not be able to really convict you of a capital crime, why do you have to eat a set of torture instruments and flowing water mats?" ”

Lu Jiaha smiled, "Isn't it because I'm willing to be punished, my living environment has made me perverted since I was a child, and I love to stimulate and love to death?" ”

Xiao Yan: ......

Lu Jia rolled his eyes, "If you want to be tried, if you want to kill, if you want to kill, if you want to be released, what are you doing with so much nonsense, it seems that you feel sorry for me." ”

Xiao Yan smiled: "Okay, let's see if it's your hard mouth or the torture instrument of the Criminal Department at that moment." ”

With a few words, Xiao Yan turned around and left.

The emperor summoned him to the palace for nothing else, but to inquire about the progress of the Qianzhou murder case.

Coming out of the palace, Xiao Yan went straight back to the prison of the Criminal Department without stopping.

As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he met Zhao Du head-on.

Zhao Du's face was solemn, "Why do you really want to torture Lu Jia?" ”

Xiao Yan pulled the chair in the interrogation room open, sat on it with a golden knife, and while instructing the official to bring Lu Jia to him, he said to Zhao Du: "According to the process, is there any problem with her torture?" ”

Zhao Du propped up the table with his hand, "There is no problem according to the process, but Lu Jia obviously can't be a murderer, not to mention that the murderer killed the great monk and can escape under our noses, just in the case of Qianzhou, there are guards outside the study of the prefect of Qianzhou, in broad daylight, those guards were all killed with one blow, do you think Lu Jia has this ability?" ”

Xiao Yan said: "Everything is possible. ”

"You ......"

Before Zhao Du's words fell, the official brought Lu Jia into the interrogation room.

Zhao Du tore off the seat next to Xiao Yan and sat side by side with Xiao Yan, and couldn't help but ask himself, such a beautiful girl, is Xiao Yan a beast?

Xiao Beast Yan said: "Do you recruit yourself?" ”

Lu Jia craned his neck to look at him, "Torture." ”

Xiao Yan's face was expressionless, "Execution." ”