Chapter 18: Murder and Silence

The eyes of the four princes lit up.

"Okay, this time it's beautiful!"

"But are the bad men you sent to the prison reliable? Don't let them leak anything. ”

The fourth prince asked cautiously.

Every step is very important now, and if there is the slightest mistake, it is a complete loss.

"Don't worry, Your Highness!"

"Those people are my trusted men, and they ...... Their families are in my hands, and they don't know anything deeper, so they won't spoil things. ”

Hearing Zheng Tianxiang's assurance, the fourth prince nodded lightly.

Still, there was a cautious look on his face.

I'm going to Dali Temple tomorrow, and I'm sure to get those people out, and then ......

As he spoke, the fourth prince raised his hand and made a motion to wipe his neck.

Seeing the gesture of the four princes, Zheng Tianxiang hesitated, but finally agreed.

"Don't think that this palace is ruthless, if you want to achieve great things, you can't have the kindness of a woman."

"Only when those who know are dead can this matter be completely covered up, and you and I can sit back and relax."

Zheng Tianxiang squeezed out a smile on his face, and nodded his head again and again.

"What Your Highness has taught you is that Your Highness will definitely be able to eliminate these troubles."

Seeing that Zheng Tianxiang had no objection to the things he proposed, the fourth prince nodded with satisfaction.

"After these things are done, the case is almost closed."

"The murderer of Concubine Xian has been found and died in an accident, and this case should be over here."

"Next, the palace will mention it to my father and put you in the cabinet."

Hearing this, Zheng Tianxiang's face was suddenly ecstatic.

Although he is now a member of the second rank of the Criminal Department, compared to those in the cabinet, his position as the Secretary of the Criminal Department is really not of the grade.

Only by entering the cabinet can you be regarded as entering the core of power in this Zhou dynasty.

"Xiaguan, thank you to the Fourth Highness, the promotion of the Fourth Highness, the Xiaguan will never be forgotten."

The fourth prince waved his hand lightly and continued.

"And then there's the matter of Master Shang's granddaughter and your son-in-law."

"For so many years, Master Shang has always been obsessed with the marriage of Shang Qingxue and Zhou Yang."

"He doesn't want to marry his granddaughter to a fool, not to mention that it won't be long before this fool will be sent to the border, and this palace has already hinted at him."

"When the right opportunity arises, he will propose to his father to dissolve the marriage contract, and at that time, the palace will also take the opportunity to match, so that you and the monk Taishi will form a family."

This news made Zheng Tianxiang even more excited.

Shang Taishi is a super official in the court, and even Emperor Deyuan is polite to him, and it is also a dream for him to be able to form a family with Shang Taishi.

For such a long time, his son has also been pursuing Shangqingxue non-stop.

But because of the marriage between Shangqingxue and Zhou Yang, there has not been much progress.

Now with the help of the four princes, this matter can be regarded as hopeful.

If you can enter the cabinet and form a family with Master Shang, it will be a double happiness.

In the future, their Zheng family can also walk sideways in the court.

"The kindness of the Fourth Highness, our Zheng family is difficult to repay, but in the future, whenever the Fourth Highness is sent, the lower officials will definitely have nothing to say."

Zheng Tianxiang also took this opportunity to express his loyalty to the four princes.

Early the next morning.

Zheng Tianxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, personally went to Dali Temple to ask for someone.

The messenger who was sent to escort prisoners to the edict prison of Dali Temple was detained by Dali Temple, which is not a trivial matter.

It is reasonable for him to come out in person.

For this reason, he and Liu Ke, the Dali Siqing, still quarreled in the edict prison.

The final result can only be that Liu Ke let those poor people go.

Although it was the prisoners of the Criminal Department who suddenly went crazy and killed people in the edict prison of Dali Temple, these poor people were just ineffective, so did they have any other way.

can only be released and let the criminal department deal with it on its own.

Liu Ke's attitude and the description of the rescued poor people made Zheng Tianxiang even more convinced that the assassin was completely dead.

People have been poked into a hornet's nest, and there is absolutely no reason to live.

Zheng Tianxiang deliberately set up a banquet in the restaurant in the city, feasting these poor people, and said to the outside world that he was shocking them.

After all, entering the edict of Dali Temple once is not for fun.

Although it was only because of a misunderstanding that it was detained, it also scared these people enough, if they were locked up for a longer time, I am afraid that some people in the middle would not be able to bear it and tell the truth.

In the restaurant, these poor people are very happy to push the cup and change the glass.

However, they didn't notice that someone had poured barrels of fire oil on the ground outside the restaurant.

That night, a fire broke out in a restaurant in the capital.

The fierce fire burned the restaurant directly to ashes, and there were a few charred corpses in the ashes.

Later, the yamen of the Criminal Department found out that these corpses were all sent by the Criminal Department.

Because they drank too much together, when they were drunk, they accidentally knocked over the candlestick next to them, so they caused this fire.

Those people were also drunk, so they couldn't escape from the restaurant, and they all died in the fire.

Such a fire, although it burned very violently, but not many people in the capital paid attention.

Not too many people would care about the few poor people who were burned to death.

"It's really ruthless!"

Zhou Yang looked at the news on the newspaper and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

That night, one of the people sent to the prison in the prison fell, and they were all buried in this sea of fire.

"Your Highness, because the fire was too big last night, only two people were replaced in the end, and the rest of the people didn't have time to be rescued."

Zhao Wuyang stood behind Zhou Yang and said with guilt on his face.

The look of guilt on his face was obvious, it was because he didn't do a good job of the errand given to him by Zhou Yang, so he was like this.

"Yes, you don't need to save them all, after all, you have to die a few more before the rest of you can feel how lucky you are to be alive."

Zhou Yang said with a smile, his smile made people shudder.

"How are those two now?"

"I'm still in a state of fright, but the doctor has already said that it's just a temporary fright."

"You just need to recuperate for a while before you can get back to normal."

Zhao Wuyang replied respectfully.

Zhou Yang nodded.

"Take good care of them, there will be a big drama next, and they will need to come out when the time comes!"