Chen Renhai captured these two guards and couldn't return to the house, so he had to escort them to the patrol room first, and then invite King Dingnan to the patrol room to interrogate the two people. He knew that King Dingnan would not bring the affairs of the court to his home, and the princess did not know Yan Yu's true identity, in order to protect Yan Yu, Chen Renhai, like King Dingnan, would not do too much to leak secrets.

The patrol yard was very close to the downtown in the direction of Suzaku Gate, and after a while, the three of them arrived at the gate of the patrol yard. The guards at the door saw Chen Renhai's dress, the corners of his clothes were still soaked with water, his hair was a little scattered, and he looked a little depressed; and then looked at the two people next to him, one eye of each of them was congealed with blood, and the faces of the two people were a little messy because of the blood, and the clothes were also messy, the guards knew that these people must have some grudge and fight that caused each of them to be injured.

Before Chen Renhai could speak, he said: "If you want to file a lawsuit, you will go to the South Mansion of the capital, or go to the North Mansion." We're just arresting people, and we don't care about the rest. ”

Chen Renhai said: "This patrol courtyard can temporarily detain prisoners, right?"

"Yes, but we also have to wait for the government to send me to arrest him, or there is a direct order from the top, of course, if there is an edict from the cabinet minister or the princes and nobles, of course, if you have the emperor's holy decree, you can do it. "That's fast.

Chen Renhai said: "I am the president of the Dingnan Palace, these two are the key criminals captured by the prince, the matter is urgent, the prince asked me to detain these two people here for temporary detention, and the prince will come to interrogate when he is young." ”

"Since you are the commander of the palace guards, do you have a certificate?"

I saw Chen Renhai take out a thumb-sized bronze medal from his coat pocket, and after taking the bronze medal, he saw that the bronze medal read "Dingnan Wangfu Guards Appointment", and a unicorn was carved on the back of the bronze medal - the workmanship of this brand, those who could recognize this brand was definitely the appointment of the palace guards; Naturally, the catchers didn't dare to offend the people of the palace, so they immediately changed their faces and said, "Commander, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please wait a while." ”

The catcher quickly turned his eyes to a few people in the courtyard: "Don't play that anymore, come and help the prince's cronies detain people-" Only then did a few more arresters pour out, and several people tied up the two guards and escorted them into the courtyard. "Commander, do you want to come in and have a look?"

Chen Renhai nodded and said, "I will notify the prince to come after they are imprisoned." ”

"Okay, please—"

The smiling face that caught fast has not stopped since Chen Renhai showed the sign, Chen Renhai also raised the corners of his mouth, and shook his head slightly, no wonder King Dingnan wanted to give him this order, he only learned today that this pass can make him spend a lot less money.

Sitting in the class room was Liang Zhutou, who was robbed by Mo Li on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival the day before, and Liang Zhutou heard that it was someone from the Dingnan Palace, so he immediately went out of the class room to greet him: "The commander of the palace guards is here, Liang has missed the distance, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

Chen Renhai didn't meet Liang that night, so he didn't know him. Chen Renhai said: "Haven't asked for an instructor yet?"

"Liang Renzuo, the small patrol courtyard, may I still ask the commander's surname?" Liang Zhutou asked.

Chen Renhai said: "Chen Jiabao Chen Renhai." ”

"After being a famous family in the rivers and lakes, now it has entered the palace again. Do you want Commander Chen to be the candidate for the Commander of the Ouchi recommended by the King of Dingnan?"

Chen Renhai said with a smile: "Liang Zhutou is really well-informed...... These two people still need to be taken care of here, I will go back to report to the prince, and the prince will come to interrogate these two when I am young. ”

"Don't worry, Commander, we will take care of the prisoners. Liang Zhutou said.

Out of the patrol yard, there was also a guard and a catcher who quickly said, "Commander go slowly-"

Chen Renhai left the patrol courtyard and went straight to the Dingnan Palace.

said that at the door of the Dingnan Palace, Ah Tou was buckling the door, and the woman was supporting Yan Yu, who was extremely weak at this time, and his forehead was full of sweat, and he knocked for a long time before the door was slowly pushed open.

There were two unfamiliar faces at the door of the little guy guarding the door, but I saw Yan Yu who was being supported again. Then he said: "Didn't Miss Yan enter the palace......?

"She's injured, why are you still interrogating here?" said Ah Tou.

Yan Yu squeezed out a few words from his mouth and said, "Hurry up...... Let me go in quickly......" The little maid felt that the situation was not good, and immediately called a few more housekeepers, and together they carried Yan Yu into the palace, and a little maid carried Yan Yu on his back to the person in front of him: "Go and inform the princess-" The little maids all know that the princess loves Yan Yu very much, saying that she is a slave, but she has always treated her as a sister, so they need to tell the princess the truth as soon as possible, so as not to be punished for not doing well.

At this time, the princess was chatting and playing cards with the rest of the ladies of dignitaries in the water pavilion in the garden, and when she saw the little girl rushing over, she first thought of whether it was broken or some other small accident for the prince. When the little maid went to the water pavilion and invited a few ladies to tell the princess what had happened just now, the princess was shocked and immediately said to the little maid: "Quickly invite the imperial doctor to come to the house for diagnosis and treatment——"

When the other ladies saw that the princess's expression had changed, they said, "Princess, is the prince injured?" The princess smiled back and said, "All the ladies are laughing, it is my personal maid in the palace who is sick, and I will ask the people to pass the imperial doctor to take a look." I used to and loved this maid, so I was in a hurry. ”

"The princess is kind-hearted and kind. ”

"Yes...... all the ladies praised the princess frequently, and the princess said, "The ladies are laughing." ”

"I think it's almost time to eat at this time, so let's ask the princess to play cards tomorrow. ”

"That's right, there was an accident at the princess's house, and she still needs to take care of it, so it's inconvenient here, so I'll retire first-"

The princess knew that she was currently worried about Yan Yu's affairs, and she definitely had no intention of playing cards, and now these ladies were interested in going home, so she naturally said: "Today's hospitality is not good, all the wives, let's talk about it another day." ”

Thus sending off the ladies, the princess hurried out of the garden and went straight to the house. At this time, the Imperial Physician had arrived, and it was Imperial Physician Liu who had been treated with Chen Renhai that day.

Imperial Physician Liu entered the door with his front foot, and at this time the prince was reading and writing in the inner room, and when he heard some noise in the outhouse, he ran to the outhouse despite the persuasion of the maid, and saw Yan Yu lying on the bed at this time. walked to the side of the bed step by step and said, "Sister, are you sick?" Yan Yu touched Shizi's face and said, "It's okay, Shizi should go to the back room to read and write." ”

Shizi shook his head and said, "No...... I want my sister to get better soon......" and wiped the tears from her eyes.

The princess had already arrived in the house at this time, and when she saw this, she immediately said, "What are you crying about—the people in the house, take him out to play." Shizi still had tears in his eyes, turned around before going out, and said, "My sister wants to show me the shadow puppet ......when she gets better."

Yan Yu smiled and nodded, and the princess turned her head to Imperial Physician Liu and said, "May I also ask Imperial Physician Liu, what's wrong with my sister?"

Imperial Doctor Liu said: "Back to the princess, this girl suffered internal injuries. ”

The princess was surprised: "Internal injury, then please ask Imperial Physician Liu to diagnose and treat her first, there are small servants outside the door, if Imperial Physician Liu needs manpower, he can greet her at any time." ”

Doctor Liu said: "Thank you, princess." ”

The princess sent someone to close the door, and she also walked outside the door, and asked the details of the little maid who had just come in with the person on his back, and the little maid only said that a man and a woman had sent them into the palace. The princess asked, "Are they still there?"

"Wait in the reception room. The little guy said.

The princess said, "Please." ”

After a while, Ah Tou and the woman went to the courtyard outside the door. The two saluted the princess, who signaled her excuse and said, "Do you know how the girl you saved was injured?"

Ah Tou said: "Back to the princess, this girl was chased and killed, and I met me on the road, and I rescued her." ”

The princess said to one of the maids, "Go quickly and take a hundred taels of silver from the silver treasury to thank the two of you." ”

At this time, Chen Renhai happened to enter the garden, and when he saw Ah Tou, the two looked at each other, and Ah Tou said, "Thank you for the reward, princess-" After that, he returned to the reception room under the guidance of the little maid.

When the princess saw Chen Renhai's appearance at this time, she was surprised and said, "Chen Gongzi, you ...... Why are you so embarrassed?"

"Back to the princess's words, Xiaomin was ordered by the prince to arrest two people who caused trouble in the court. A fierce battle with them caused such a situation. Now the two have been taken by Xiaomin and sent to the patrol room, and they have come to invite the prince to go to the arraignment. Chen Renhai said.

The princess replied: "This is the case, after the prince talked to you, as soon as you left, the prince then entered the palace. I think I'm already on my way back at this point. According to the concubine's opinion, the prince should go back to the guest house to change his clothes first, freshen up and take care of it, and wait for the prince to come back and have dinner. ”

"By the Princess's orders. Chen Renhai said. With that, Chen Renhai left the courtyard. The princess was a little puzzled at this time: how could her maid have evolved into an internal injury and was rescued by someone after entering the palace to face the saint; Chen Renhai said that he was going to catch a thief, but why didn't he cooperate with the patrol room?

The king of Dingnan had returned to the palace, and when he heard that Yan Yu was injured, he immediately hurried to the house. Seeing the princess waiting outside the door, he immediately said, "Lord...... Didn't Yan Qi say that he would enter the palace to face the saint? How could he be injured internally?"

"It's a way for people to come and rob the court, it's really bold, and the assassin of the royal palace that day is one of these people. This king couldn't rest assured that Yan Qi was relieved, so he told Chen Gongzi to follow and protect all the way, and only then did he save Yan Qi. "Dingnan Wang Road.

The princess said: "I see, it's really a blessing in misfortune." I think this incident alarmed the emperor. ”

King Dingnan thought for a while, and then said: "The emperor is still unknown at the moment, and he asked me why Miss Yan hasn't arrived in the palace yet, and I don't know how to answer." However, the emperor doesn't seem to be in a hurry after that, and I'll go into the palace tonight to explain to the emperor. ”

"By the way, Chen Gongzi has just looked for the prince, saying that he has caught the villain and wants to ask the prince to discuss. The princess said.

King Dingnan said: "Thank you Madame for reminding you, Madame, please take care of Yan Qi, lest the emperor have the heart to let Yan Qi enter the palace again, and Yan Qi's body is inconvenient to face the saint." ”

"Lord Wang, please rest assured. The concubine will take care of it, Chen Gongzi thinks that he has been waiting for a while, the prince will go to discuss with Chen Gongzi first, and the affairs of the backyard will be handed over to the concubine. The princess said.

King Dingnan said: "This is very good. ”

Chen Renhai reorganized his hair, wiped his wounds with trauma medicine, changed his clothes, and was waiting at the stone table in the small courtyard next to the guest building. King Dingnan entered the courtyard, Chen Renhai immediately stepped forward to salute, and King Dingnan immediately said: "Chen Gongzi is exempt, how is the matter handled?"

Chen Renhai informed King Yu Dingnan of the matter, and King Dingnan said, "Childe is saying that someone saved Miss Yan?"

"Yes, that person is also a master who participated in the Ouchi re-election, and his martial arts are not under the small people. Chen Renhai said.

King Dingnan said: "I think he saved Miss Yan, and he won't be a hostile person like me, so good." How could there be no sign of this man? ”

"I thought it was the princess who rewarded the money and left. Chen Renhai said.

Wang Yuan of Dingnan originally wanted to ask Chen Renhai which prince's minister was the subordinate, if it was a master of the rivers and lakes and no one recommended him, he wanted to recommend him to the inner part of the country, so as not to make this person a rival. Now that the people have left, the huge capital cannot be recovered, and the imminent thing is to immediately interrogate the two prisoners, only by asking the behind-the-scenes instructions can we ensure the smooth progress of the reorganization of the Great Inner - King Dingnan wants to come to these few days, from what Pu Mu said on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, coupled with Mo Li's attack on the palace, all this made him feel more and more that the prince in the palace couldn't help but want to attack his uncle, and he had to quickly find out who did it.

Chen Renhai prepared the horse, and the king of Dingnan instructed his subordinates not to prepare the car, just get on the horse and go forward. After ordering a few good hands to accompany them, the group hurried out of the palace.

At the gate of the patrol yard, I saw a group of horses galloping to the door, and the keeper saw that it was the king of Dingnan coming, and immediately knelt down and said, "Please be safe for the prince." The king of Dingnan and the others got off the horse, and the catchers immediately got up and led the horses, and one of the catchers immediately led the way, saying: "Lord, the prisoner is still in prison, waiting for your arraignment." ”

King Dingnan asked, "Can you tell the adults of the Criminal Department?" ”

"Hurry up and please. As soon as the king of Dingnan finished speaking, he happened to be in the class room, and it was the head of the gold catcher who was on duty at this time, and the head of the gold catcher saluted when he saw this, and the king of Dingnan signaled to be exempted.

"Lord Wang, please take a moment, there are no extra benches, tables and chairs in this room. Jin Zhutou's words were slightly embarrassing, although he knew that King Yuli of Dingnan would not blame, but he was on duty in the face of emotion, and he couldn't get over his face.

King Dingnan said: "Jin Zhutou doesn't have to entertain me, I will only wait here for a while, after the adults of the Criminal Department arrive, I will interrogate the important prisoner with everyone." ”

"If you want to be arraigned, it is better for us to escort the prisoner to the criminal department, where the yamen is spacious, and here you can only be arraigned in the prison. Jin Catcher said.

Chen Renhai echoed: "Lord Wang, what Jin Zhutou said is extremely true, if a few adults come, it will really be difficult to interrogate in this cell. ”

King Dingnan stretched out his hand and said, "No need, I'll just ask a little question, and then send it directly to the Criminal Department for care." ”

While speaking, Lord Yuwen of the Criminal Department, Lord Langpi, Lord Tang, the chief inspector of the prison, and Lord Zhong, the deputy commissioner, entered the class room together, and when they saw the prince, they immediately saluted, and the king of Dingnan signaled that he would be exempted, and specially helped Lord Yuwen to get up, and said: "Uncle Yue is such a big gift, the son-in-law does not dare to accept it." Chen Renhai looked at Lord Yuwen and thought that he was the father of the princess.

Lord Yuwen said: "Lord Wang, this is an official matter of the imperial court, and it should not be mixed with family affairs." ”

King Dingnan nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to come here today because I want to interrogate two important criminals, those two important criminals are related to the government and politics, and it is inconvenient to leak the news, so I only invite the adults to come here for interrogation." After the arraignment, the two were to be placed in confidential cells. ”

"Follow the king's orders. The four adults said in unison.

The five men entered the cell together for arraignment, and for secrecy, all the arresters close to the cell were evacuated to the council chamber. Chen Renhai and Jin Zhutou were still in the class room, and said: "This capture is about to be withdrawn, I'm afraid of ......."

Jin Zhutou said: "Brother Chen, don't worry, the pipa bones of these two important criminals are locked, they can't be lucky, and their hands and feet are handkold, nothing will happen." ”

"That's very good. Chen Renhai said.

Jin Zhutou inquired about the cause of the incident, and Chen Renhai sent the palace guards to the courtyard, saying that he wanted to tell Jin Zhutou about the details of the case. Subsequently, Chen Renhai told Jin Zhutou about what happened in the past few days: Mo Li's night attack on the palace, and Yan Yu's attempt to assassinate him by a eunuch who falsely preached the holy decree. Jin Zhutou said: "Dare to fake the holy decree, it's a pity that Brother Chen didn't catch those eunuchs, but fortunately, with these two people here, I think the clues will be much clearer." ”

Chen Renhai shook his head and said, "Three princes, even if he blames one of them...... The matter will still be confusing. ”

"It's a pity...... I didn't expect that before. Otherwise, it will be difficult to separate the two, and it will be difficult to collude. Jin Catcher said.

Chen Renhai said: "Jin Zhutou doesn't have to blame himself, even if they say something different, if one is true and one is false, or both are false, how to tell the difference? These two people dare to come out to take on this task of killing people and destroying mouths, even if they fall into the public to arrest them, how to deal with them." There are only these two people, and it is a little difficult to think. ”

Jin Zhutou nodded and said, "That's the same reason." ”

While speaking, King Dingnan and the other five people had already come out of the cell, and Lord Yuwen said: "Come on, escort the two to the confidential cell of the Criminal Department." ”

Seven or eight arresters immediately entered the cell and put the two men in the shackles, and when they were young, they escorted the two out of the patrol yard first.

King Dingnan said: "The four adults still need to keep this matter secret, and after the king has asked the emperor, the emperor will decide whether to try it in person." ”

The four adults said, "Obey the king's orders." ”

In this way, the king of Dingnan and his party went out of the patrol courtyard, the king of Dingnan said goodbye to all the adults, the three adults got on the horse and left one after another, and Lord Yuwen was still waiting for the horse.

Seeing that there was only one person left, King Dingnan said to Lord Yuwen: "Lord Yue, my son-in-law has been entangled in trivial matters recently, and I will take Qiong'er to visit the mansion in my spare time." Qiong'er has been thinking about her father-in-law these days. ”

Yuwen said: "How can a virtuous son-in-law say that these things are trivial? You are the main responsibility for reorganizing the Great Interior, and you are the royal family, you are the emperor's brother, and none of the things you do are trivial, but it is trivial to come back to see me, an old man." ”

Uncle Yue smiled. "King Dingnan, at this time, Lord Yuwen and the horses of King Dingnan and others have been brought in, when Lord Yuwen left, he paid more attention to Chen Renhai and said, "Virtuous son-in-law, who is next to you?"

King Dingnan said: "I was recommended by my father-in-law, this person is Chen Renhai of Chenjiabao, and he is a candidate recommended by his son-in-law to be re-elected in the university." ”

"Hahaha......" Lord Yuwen got on the horse, glanced back at Chen Renhai and said: "Young talent, if you get the command of the Great Inner in the future, you will definitely have a bright future——" After that, he patted the horse and left, and before leaving, he said to King Dingnan: "My grandson has not seen him for a long time, if you have time, send him to gather with me." ”

The king of Dingnan answered, Chen Renhai also returned the salute, and then the group also got on the horse and returned to the palace.

After dinner, the dining hall was lit up. The princess said goodbye to King Dingnan, brought the prince back to the backyard together, and urged the prince to study the evening class.

The king of Dingnan sent all his subordinates to wait outside the dining hall, and he had something important to discuss with Chen Renhai.

After taking a sip of tea, King Dingnan choked on the tea and coughed. Chen Renhai patted King Dingnan on the back and wanted to send someone to be stopped by King Dingnan. King Dingnan cleared his throat and said, "The situation is not good, what the two of them said was done by the three princes. ”

"The prince is worried about the collusion between the two. Chen Renhai said.

King Dingnan said: "Confession is one thing, if you rashly tell the emperor, the emperor will not believe it." We don't have more conclusive evidence yet, and maybe there are still demons going on. ”

"It turns out that the prince asked all the adults to be arraigned with the prince today because he wanted to ......," Chen Renhai said.

King Dingnan nodded, and said: "Do you still remember the singer who Pu Shaoxia captured and entered the patrol yard that day? When you went out, this king went to the criminal department to find out that the two singers had died violently in prison, and the arraignment of the criminal department that night was nothing, and the arraignment file that night was also hastily recorded, I think someone deliberately did it and killed him in prison. That's why this king recruited people to interrogate today, firstly, to exclude the spies outside the four people, so that they could not detect them, and secondly, to observe the demeanor of several people to see if the traitor came from the four, but none of these four people were abnormal. ”

"In this way, the prison cells of the Ministry of Punishment are not safe places. Chen Renhai said.