The little chamberlain bowed his head and said: "My lord, our mother never has contact with the outside of the palace, even when the Marquis of Ehou enters Hojing to meet the king, he only sees his brothers and sisters in the palace, and never sends people out of the palace." Even in the palace, there is little contact with other mothers. Therefore, there is no person mentioned by the adults in Xuanning Palace. ”

The waiter Jia's face turned cloudy: "Isn't the words of the fox mother in vain?" ”

"It's not for nothing." The little chamberlain raised his eyes and looked at Eyao on the seat, and hesitated: "Miss Meizi has often sent the little palace maids around her to find the father-in-law of Qiuliao Palace recently. According to the slave, this matter of connection with the outside of the palace should fall on the side of Qiuliao Palace. ”

Oh? That's an important clue. The chamberlain Jia raised his eyebrows: "Who is Meizi's personal palace maid." ”

Everyone in the hall retreated one after another, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old handsome little palace maid was vacated, trembling like a sifting chaff: "The slave maid is the palace maid of Sister ------ Meizi, called Meng Fei." ”

"Without further ado, have you ever gone to the Qiu Yu Palace to spread the word for your master?" The chamberlain Jia asked directly.

After a while, Meng Fei slowly straightened her waist, her eyes were quite calm, and she said proudly: "Sister Meizi and the second concubine treat me like a mountain, and it is difficult to repay me!" You want to ask the king for credit and ask us to frame the mother, but you can't! ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Fei suddenly burst into flames and rushed towards the palace wall, intending to commit suicide by hitting the wall. The chamberlain Jia's face changed greatly------

Before he could scream, the big-shouldered and round-waisted chamberlain beside him had already rushed over diagonally, and with only one hand, he grabbed Meng Fei like an eagle carrying a chicken and threw it at the feet of the chamberlain Jia.

"Well done, Qi Zhong!" The chamberlain Jia admired the agility of his subordinates, and spat at Meng Fei: "Phew! For the sake of your master's black heart, you killed the queen with a ruthless hand, what kind of loyalty is this? I'll see if it's my inner eunuch's hard means or your bones! ”

He refused to talk nonsense anymore, and only lightly ordered: "Two grandmothers, do it." ”

The two grandmothers who tied the plum just now didn't know when they had come back, and as soon as they got the order, they immediately took out a ball of cloth from the big burden on the ground, and shook it gently, but it was a gray and black coarse cloth half a foot wide and more than ten zhang long. Meng Fei looked panicked, and hurriedly got up to run, but was grabbed by a mother-in-law and pressed on the long table.

Then the two of them kept wrapping their hands, left, right, and right, and the wide strips of cloth first tied her hands, feet, and body, and then continued to wrap them non-stop, even wrapping them up several times, and wrapping them around dozens of layers.

Meng Fei was firmly tied to the desk, with a cold hardwood board on her back, and her body was like a silkworm chrysalis. The coarse cloth was so strong that she couldn't even move a finger, and she couldn't help exclaiming, "What are you going to do?" Will you ------ torture me? ”

The chamberlain Jia looked left and right with great satisfaction: "On the contrary, I am afraid that the girl will not be able to think about it and hurt herself." As soon as the words fell, a stinky ball of cloth had already been stuffed into her mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue and killing herself. He turned his head and smiled, "The two grandmothers have done a good job!" ”

A mother-in-law said: "This is a trick to serve the ignorant nobles in the palace, to prevent them from killing themselves and hurting themselves, but it makes the adults laugh." ”

The inner attendant Jia nodded and said, "Carry her to the inner attendant, pour some soup for her every hour or two, and there is no need to eat, let her be on her body." ”

Seeing that Meng Concubine was carried away by the attendants, the little attendant who had reported her just now walked forward on his knees full of hope, and the attendant Jia glanced at him in disgust: "You go to the courtyard of the middle palace to sprinkle and sweep first, and then we will place you later." As for you ------" his meaningful gaze turned to the people in Xuanning Palace: "I'm tired today, so let's stop here." Come back tomorrow, you have to think clearly about what to say, if you can't satisfy me, then you can only go to the queen's mausoleum to serve------"

In the back hall of the main hall, in an inconspicuous corner, Zhou Gongding, who was full of fatigue, had no time to rest, and was listening to the report of his retainer Uncle Mei. The two whispered in a low voice, and Zhou Gongding's expression became more and more serious.

"So, you've already dug up the second concubine? Meizi and Meng Fei have been taken into the inner prison to be tortured? ”

"The villain has been inquiring for a long time, and it is indeed like this." Uncle Mei also looked worried: "The prince gave Yiji dove wine and ordered her to be martyred for the queen, and the person has already pretended to be buried." Those people in Xuanning Palace were scared enough, but they were afraid that it would be a matter of time before they spit. My lord, fortunately, we only have one person in contact with the palace, as long as this clue is broken, I will not be able to grasp the evidence. You have to make a decision early! ”

Ji Ding's face showed a rare hint of unbearability: "But over the years, I have also been a saddle and a horse, and I am loyal." How can you bear to do this? ”

"Oh, my lord," Uncle Mei hurriedly arched his hand: "When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic!" Now that Meng Fei has been exposed, the next step is to erect a diao. At that time, it is better to die than to be tortured, and if he is not so early, the adults will also take care of his family outside the palace. I think he's happy too. ”

Zhou Gongding silently stared at the sunset on the horizon for a long time, and his voice was as cold and hard as ice rock: "The Qiuliao Palace has been sealed like an iron bucket, and you can't get in or out, it seems that you can only use that last resort." ”

"Ji Diao has already made an agreement with adults, and he will definitely be happy when he sees the signal."

"I hope so." Zhou Gongding let out a long sigh.

"Master, aren't we going back to the main hall to report to the king? Why do you still want to go west? Qi Zhong asked the chamberlain Jia with a blank expression.

"You're really brainless!" The chamberlain Jia looked annoyed that iron could not become steel: "Don't you understand when the iron is hot?" What if you go late and wait for someone to destroy all the physical witnesses? ”

Qi Zhong suddenly realized: "It turns out that the master is going to Qiuliao Palace!" High wow! ”

Turn the palace alley in front of you, and walk about a hundred steps inside to the palace gate of Qiuliao Palace. In the vermilion palace wall, a huge white paper kite suddenly rose, reflecting the blood-colored remnant sun, which looked very weird. Summer is not the best time to put paper kites, so this paper kite looks very abrupt and the shape is a little weird. The whole body is a regular diamond shape, very large, the size of a child of seven or eight years old. And a crying face is drawn with black ink on the top, triangular eyes, and a little heavy ink on the bottom represents tears. The most terrifying thing is that a bloody mouth is half open, and a tongue sticks out, that is, the sun has not yet set, everyone is afraid when they see it, if they see such a white paper kite at night, it will be no different from seeing Bai Impermanence.

"Master, what the hell is that?" Qi Zhong pointed to the white paper kite and asked in surprise, "Do you want to send a few people over to have a look?" ”

"That's it, Qiuliao Palace is right in front of you, it's still important to do business." The chamberlain Jia said categorically, but there was still a faint uneasiness in his heart, this white paper kite was too weird------ it seemed to be a bad omen?

Qi Zhong kicked open the gate of Qiuyu Palace, and when he saw such a group of menacing people breaking in, the palace people knew that it was not good, and they couldn't dodge. The chamberlain Jia had a calm face and walked straight towards the dormitory where Ji Jiang lived.

Ji Jiang was lying on the couch alone, and when he saw the chamberlain Jia coming in, he didn't move, but only asked coldly: "The lord of the chamberlain is almost becoming a frequent visitor to my Qiuliao Palace, what advice do you have when you come back?" ”

The chamberlain Jia made a perfunctory salute: "Second concubine Niangniang, the slave was ordered by the king to detain and go to interrogate." ”

"Erect? Hum! You first took Father Shang away from me, and now you want to detain Ji Diao? Is there still a second concubine in the palace? Ji Jiang was furious, but his tone was full of helpless desolation: "Is this palace so insignificant in the eyes of the king?" ”

"So that the mother knows." The chamberlain Jia was as cold as ice: "The king has used dove wine to give death to himself, and is ready to be martyred for the queen." Concubine E bought Wen Po and took the opportunity of production to murder the queen, and the crime has been confirmed. also asked the mother to cooperate and hand over the erection, so as not to anger the king and implicate herself. ”

Ji Jiang gasped, she didn't expect the matter to be revealed so quickly, and suddenly showed her cowardice, she hesitated and said: "Diao Shicai is still here, and later said that he was going to pay tribute, so he went out." Never came back------"

Somehow, the chamberlain Jia suddenly raised his head and looked sideways at the sky, and the strange white paper kite that was dangling near the Qiuyu Palace just now had disappeared. He suddenly understood and shouted, "Not good! Turning his face and instructing Qi Zhong: "Hurry up and search the erection in the Qiuliao Palace, you want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death." I've got to dig three feet into the ground and find someone for me! ”

"No!"

The sky is dark, the wind is cold and the stars are scarce, and the cool night breeze blows, which makes people disperse some of the horrors in their hearts. The Qiuliao Palace is brightly lit, dozens of chamberlains and guards are endless, and the lanterns in their hands look like a little glow from a distance, busy non-stop.

The inner dormitory is not as bright as the outside. The chamberlain Jia sat in front of the desk with his arms crossed, looking at the candle flame jumping on the side, a moth trembling its trembling wings, weak but firm, slowly approaching the flames. Since he left the hall at noon, he has been busy until now, he is really tired, if it weren't for the disappearance of Ji Diao, he would have stopped a long time ago.

Qi Zhong approached lightly, with a puzzled expression: "Master, the brothers inside and outside the palace have searched, and they really can't find it." ”

"Are you sure he's in the palace? Didn't you run out before we came? ”

"Impossible. The Autumn Palace has long been sealed, and not a single fly can fly out. I also asked a lot of palace people, everyone agreed, today's lunch is still divided by the vertical meal, and in the afternoon, he is also the second concubine who is served, where can I go for a while? ”

The chamberlain Jia slowly paced a few steps, suddenly spun his heels and asked, "Who was the last person to see him?" ”

"It's the little palace maid who is waiting outside the door of the dormitory, she saw Zhu Diao go in the direction of the back garden, thinking that he was going to pay tribute, so she didn't care."

"Let's go, go to the back garden." The chamberlain Jia waved decisively.