Chapter Fifty-Six: The People of the Splendid Palace
Inside the Pingwang Mansion.
"What a battle! Before my father could breathe, my eldest brother was about to cut me, and I couldn't wait. The second prince, dressed in a red dress, crushed the wine glass and said.
"It's a big deal, I'll take His Highness to break out, go back to the Splendid Palace first, and then think about it in the long run." An old man of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone said.
"It's okay, then there is Master Lao." The second prince said respectfully.
Outside the Pingwang Mansion.
"The people inside listen to me, the second prince is suspected of rebellion, and the human and material evidence is conclusive, I advise you to give up resistance and be arrested, otherwise you will be killed!" Feng Geng shouted at the house with his voice raised.
"Prime Minister, why don't you just attack and arrest people, when will this happen." Sima Lang proposed to Yin Ziping.
"I feel an aura that is not weaker than mine, and don't act rashly." Yin Ziping looked at the closed door of the Ping Palace's Mansion with deep eyes and said.
After more than ten minutes, Yin Ziping suddenly ordered: "Break the door!" ”
"Prime Minister, didn't you say that there is an existence in it that is not weaker than you?" Sima Lang asked.
"This person is no longer in the mansion at this time, just go in and arrest someone!" Yin Ziping said.
"Yes!" Sima Lang said with his fists clenched.
Sima Lang's Yulin army broke open the gate of Pingwang's Mansion in three or two clicks, and Sima Lang and Feng Geng rushed into Pingwang's Mansion with a team of men and horses.
Wherever the officers and soldiers went, almost no one resisted, and even a few immortal cultivators in the mansion were captured.
"Strange, everyone hurry up and look for the second prince, don't let him run away from the tunnel!" Sima Lang said.
"You stupid goose, the second prince must have run away, and you are still looking for a hair?" Feng Geng said.
"How do you know?" Sima Lang wondered.
Feng Geng approached Sima Lang and said softly: "If the second prince hadn't run, our guards of the Peace Palace's Mansion would have been slashed and killed, since the prime minister said that the master in the palace was no longer there, he must have fled with the second prince." ”
"Then the prime minister still asked us to come in and arrest people, who are you arresting?" Sima Lang asked again.
"You are still an official with this IQ, you should resign and go back to your hometown to farm! Don't understand acting? Feng Geng scoffed.
Sima Lang and Feng Geng casually arrested a few counselors in the palace and the guards of the second prince, and then left some people to continue to search for evidence of the second prince's rebellion, and the two went out on an errand.
"Lord Prime Minister, his subordinates are incompetent, the second prince is missing, I have only caught a few cronies of the second prince, please punish the Prime Minister." Feng Geng half-knelt down in front of Yin Ziping and clenched his fists and said.
Sima Lang saw that Feng Geng was half-kneeling, and he also learned to kneel half-way, and then hugged his fists.
"Escort all the people caught back to the Criminal Department and collect the troops!" After Yin Ziping finished speaking, he got on the horse.
Shen Li was also puzzled: "Senior Brother Yin's battle this time was not small, but in the end, he didn't catch the main master, only caught a few small shrimps, could it be that he killed chickens and monkeys, just to deter other princes?" ”
Shen Li also turned his horse's head and kept up with the large army.
Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Li asked Yin Ziping and said, "Senior Brother Yin, Senior Brother has something to understand. ”
"Senior Brother Shen, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Yin Zigang sat down and picked up a cup of tea.
"Senior brother, isn't he sure about the masters in the Second Prince's Mansion?" Shen Li said.
"If two Yuan Infant Stage Immortal Cultivators start a big battle in the city, who will suffer the most?" Yin Ziping made tea and asked with a smile.
"Naturally, it's the people of the city!" Shen Li replied.
"The second prince who has been charged with rebellion has no threat to the throne whether he is dead or alive, why should I let the people in the city suffer losses for the sake of a prince who is not a threat?" Yin Ziping said.
"Senior Brother Yin is thoughtful, loves the people like a son, and the senior brother admires him very much!" Shen Li hugged his fists.
"Senior Brother Shen's praise, in fact, I already know that the master of the Second Prince's Mansion is a person from the Splendid Palace, I deliberately let him go, the battle between Qingyunmen and the Splendid Palace in recent years has almost not been put on the surface, because they are afraid of each other's strength, for fear of causing a war, if I fight head-on with the master of the Splendid Palace, wouldn't it increase the risk of misfire between the two factions? I am afraid that the two factions will fight and lose their lives, and even if I can defeat him, what if I let him go? Yin Ziping sipped tea and said slowly and methodically.
"Senior Brother Yin cares about the common people, he is really a model for my generation, and his admiration for you is like a surging river, endless." Shen Li flattered.
"Haha, Senior Brother Shen smiled, the emperor died tonight, the assassin who assassinated the prince that day has not been caught, I have to go into the palace now to guard it, in case of accidents, if nothing happens, the prince will become the emperor of the Vermilion Bird Empire early tomorrow morning, don't forget to come to the morning court tomorrow." Yin Ziping put down the teacup, got up and said.
"By the way, Senior Brother Yin, what should I do with that Criminal Department Shangshu and Qinglian Sect assassin?" Shen Li also got up and said.
"These two people know too much, let's kill them, if you don't want to get bloody, let the people of the criminal department deal with it." Yin Zi said flatly.
"Senior Brother Yin, this assassin of the Qinglian Sect has already abolished his cultivation, and he confessed to the people of the Splendid Palace, which is meritorious, can I spare his life?" Shen Li said.
"You can do it yourself, I have to enter the palace." Yin Ziping walked outside the house.
"Congratulations to Senior Brother Yin." Shen Li bowed and said.
After Yin Ziping left, Shen Li called Xiao Yingxue, and the two took Ji Xiaoquan and Wang Gang to the yamen of the Criminal Department, and Feng Geng happened to be on duty in the Criminal Department.
"Lord Shen, what kind of wind is blowing you, please take a seat." Feng Geng hurriedly came up to entertain Shen Li.
"Don't sit down, I have other things, there are two prisoners at the door, you can watch and take them in." Shen Li said.
"Let's go, I'll go and have a look." Feng Geng said.
Shen Li and Feng Geng walked out of the yamen, Feng Geng saw that Ji Xiaoquan and Wang Gangren, who were in rags, were tied together, and were being led by Xiao Yingxue with a rope, Feng Geng looked at Shen Li and said suspiciously:
"Lord Shen, isn't this Lord Shang Shuji? How so? ”
"Master Ji is guilty of treason plus hired homicide, just sentence him to death, this person's name is Wang Gang, you must also know, committed homicide, and attempted to assassinate the court official, it was originally also a death sentence, but there is a meritorious performance, stay a life, you look at the sentence." Shen Li said.
"Okay, leave it to me! Come on, put these two criminals in prison first. Feng Geng shouted at the guards who were standing guard.
The two guards came over and took Ji Xiaoquan, who was tied up, and Wang Gang, who was pale, with a pale face.
"Lord Shen, you and my brother hit it off at first sight, today I am the east, can I invite Lord Shen and Miss Xiao to Fengming Tower for a few drinks?" Feng Geng said enthusiastically tugging on Shen Li's cuffs.
"I have other things to do, so let's get back together another day." Shen Li said.
"What? Lord Shen doesn't give this face? Feng Geng asked.
"Shen Li has thanked Lord Feng for his kindness, the prime minister has arranged a task for me and Miss Xiao, it's really inconvenient to go." Shen Li said.
As soon as he heard that Shen Li had moved the prime minister out, Feng Geng no longer invited the two of them to Fengming Tower to drink, and said:
"Since Lord Shen and Miss Xiao have a task on their bodies, then I won't force the two of them, thank you two for sending the prisoner in person, and I will invite you another day."
Shen Li and Xiao Yingxue exchanged a few more polite words with Feng Geng, and the two took their leave.