The dagger in Long Tu's hand was exactly the dagger Chen Ke showed him before.
"This dagger?"
Long Tu looked at Chen Ke in surprise. Shouldn't this dagger be used as evidence against Chen Ke and kept in the court, waiting to arrest the middle-aged man who assassinated Chen Ke?
How could it come into the hands of Princess Jinde!
Chen Ke saw the dagger and looked at it carefully. He was immediately even more surprised. This was the dagger used by the middle-aged man to assassinate him.
"This dagger should be in the back office. Several painters needed time to paint the pattern on it, so it was left in the back office." Chen Ke was even more surprised.
Long Tu looked at a guard beside him and said, "Go to the back office to find the painter and ask about the dagger."
The dagger was brought by Chen Ke, and many people in the yamen knew it. Of course, they also knew about Chen Ke's assassination.
Guard Bai looked at the dagger with a look of surprise on his face. He had just dealt with Chen Ke's matter and had seen this dagger before.
The doctor came over and said, "Fortunately, the wound is not deep. It will take a few months to recover."
Long Tu said: "I'm sorry to trouble you, doctor."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." After the doctor finished speaking, he held hands with Long Tugong and took the servants of the Princess's Mansion to grab the medicine.
At this moment, many people gathered around the alley, including people from the government office, soldiers and horses patrolling the city, and ordinary people watching the excitement.
"what happened?"
"I heard that the princess was stabbed."
"Which one?"
"Princess Kinde."
"Should!"
"Shh, keep your voice down, I don't want to live anymore!"
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The painters from the yamen came with the guards. Not just one painter, but the front painter who participated in painting the dagger was called over.
Chen Ke saw several painters with some evil eyes. If the dagger that pierced Princess Jinde's abdomen was the middle-aged man's dagger, then a painter had just given the dagger to Princess Jinde and asked her to plot against him.
Long Tu glanced at Chen Ke and told him to calm down. He then showed the dagger to several painters and asked, "Hasn't this thing been placed with your painters for you to wait for your portrait to be painted on? Why did it appear in Chen Ke's hands?"
Several painters looked at each other, and one of them said: "A servant came over and waited for us to finish painting. He took the dagger back and said it was useful to Mr. Chen Ke. We didn't pay any attention to it, so we handed the dagger back to Mr. Chen."
"Servant?" Long Tu was surprised and said, "Do you know what he looks like? You also often work in the yamen, how can you not know the servants of the yamen!"
The painter said: "I don't know him, he is a stranger, but we can draw it."
Long Tu said: "Go and paint immediately."
The clerk of the Princess Mansion opposite came over, bowed to Long Tu, and said: "Master Long, please take this animal to the prison so that it can be guarded. If you dare to assassinate the princess, I will report it to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother! Treat him. For a serious crime, his home will be confiscated and executed!"
Long Tu took a small step forward and said: "My lord, Chen Ke is a seventh-grade military attache and a third-grade palace guard. If you want to take him, you need to inform your majesty. Moreover, this matter is full of doubts and needs to be tried carefully." .”
"Is there any doubt? With so many people watching, he stabbed the public with a dagger... How could he be so rude to the princess?" The official of the Princess Mansion looked at Long Tu with anger on his face, without giving in at all: " Does Mr. Long want to protect his subordinates and bend the law for personal gain?"
"You fart, you hairless father-in-law. Your princess fucked herself and you want to blame me. Let me ask, who saw me stabbing the princess? I'm afraid all they saw was me holding the princess. right?"
The official's face turned dark immediately.
Chen Ke sneered, it's not like he has no mouth, so you would say he is mute?
Long Tu looked at Sun Captou: "But is that so?"
Captain Sun said: "We did not see Chen Ke's assassination, but some servants from the princess's house came to call us, saying that Chen Ke was plotting against the princess, so we rushed over. When we came, we only saw the princess with a penis inserted in her abdomen. Dagger, Chen Ke holds her."
"That's it, if you don't want to fuck the princess, why are you holding her?" The official of the Princess Mansion sneered and looked at Chen Ke with a cold expression.
Chen Ke said: "I am a guard in front of the palace and one of His Majesty's personal guards. The princess is injured, so of course I have to treat her. She is a servant of your princess's palace. Because I personally beheaded the consort, I feel resentful and want to slander her." I."
Chen Ke's voice spread throughout the alleys and alleys, and the onlookers nodded after hearing this.
"Master Chen Ke is a good official. He killed the ruthless consort and eliminated harm for the people. I don't think Master Chen Ke assassinated the princess."
"I think so. Lord Chen Ke is Lord Long's subordinate and will not do bad things."
Seeing this, the maid in the princess's palace said, "You lied. You had an affair with that Qin family, and that's why you wanted to harm the princess."
Chen Ke glanced at the maid with murderous intent in his eyes. The maid was frightened by Chen Ke's eyes and leaned slightly into the crowd.
"I think you were slept with by your prince-in-law, and you wanted to avenge him, so you came to accuse me unjustly. As the princess's maids, you must have been slept with by your prince-in-law. After all, he was the prince-in-law, handsome, and in a high position. , you have already swept the bed to welcome me."
Chen Ke just made up the story. He couldn't do it now, so he started talking. These maids slandered Chen Ke, and Chen Ke also slandered them back.
They both have mouths, so let’s see who is better at spreading rumors!
"You bitches, if you have the guts, take off your clothes and show your innocence to everyone."
Chen Ke said disdainfully.
After hearing this, the expressions of several maids changed slightly, and the eyes of the police officers next to them lit up. One of them said: "I think it's OK. You can tell if you are innocent or not. I have been in the land of smoke and willows for a long time. I have rich experience, sir. I asked you to verify it myself.”
The official of the Princess Mansion said coldly: "How outrageous! If they are innocent, should Chen Ke be executed on the spot!"
"Nonsense." Long Tu scolded the catcher, who retreated angrily into the crowd, but the other catchers laughed.
These police officers are not fools. Everyone knows about the conflict between Chen Ke and the Princess Mansion. Now that Master Long thinks that Chen Ke is not the murderer, then Chen Ke must not be the murderer.
We are all from the Jingzhao Mansion, why are we afraid of the Princess Mansion!
Of course you are helping your own people.
The clerk of the Princess Mansion thought that he would take this opportunity to have a maid strip off her clothes for verification and convict Chen Ke to death. He walked back and talked to several maids. The maids' expressions changed dramatically after hearing this, and they all shook their heads.
"Are you not willing to sacrifice for the princess!" The official of the Princess Mansion lowered his voice with a chill on his face.
A maid said: "Sir, we...we are no longer innocent."
"What!"
The officials of the Princess Mansion were shocked. As the maids of the Princess Mansion, they were girls chosen since childhood. How could they lose their virginity without getting married.
It’s over!
Chen Ke really got it right!
Chen Ke watched the clerk of the Princess Mansion muttering over there. He guessed that the other party wanted to use the maid's innocence to plot against him, but the other party seemed not to say anything and was still mumbling.
Chen Ke's heart lit up and he understood something.
He said to Long Tu: "Sir, the maid who spoke the harshest words, if she is innocent, she is willing to bear the unjust injustice of assassinating the princess due to her humble position! She will take the blame for the princess' head illness!"
"Dare you dare!" Chen Ke looked across.
"How dare you. The maid of the princess's palace is the one who is close to the princess. How can you let you inspect her? If you want to inspect her, she will be inspected by the female officials in the palace." The clerk of the princess's palace shouted.
Seeing this, Long Tu could see the arrogance of the officials of the Princess Mansion, and nodded: "Take Chen Ke back to the Mansion first, and then find out what happened after the Mansion has inspected it. You escort the Princess back first and take care of the Princess."
Long Tu was not an ordinary person. As a first-class official in the dynasty, when the emperor was not around, his words were the biggest orders.
The people in the princess mansion could only obey the order and take the injured princess back.
Here, Long Tu also took Chen Ke back to Jingzhao Mansion. For a time, the entire capital knew about Chen Ke's assassination of the princess. The emperor also sent eunuchs from the palace to temporarily imprison Chen Ke in Jingzhao Mansion, suspending him until his charges were found out before he could be reinstated.
Back at the house, Chen Ke explained the matter to Long Tu.
After hearing this, several guards said angrily: "Princess Jinde is so narrow-minded. Sir, please send someone to capture Princess Jinde and hold her accountable."
Long Tu shook his head and said: "Without any evidence, we can't catch her. She has a plan. We can only say that we have her spies in Jingzhao Mansion, and she succeeded!"
Zhang Huwei said: "Sir, what should I do with Chen Ke? Are we going to accuse him unjustly?"
Long Tu said: "Don't worry, there is insufficient evidence. Chen Ke and the princess still have a personal feud. I can't find her fault, and I can't convict Chen Ke."
Chen Ke said: "She not only wants to harm me, she also wants to discredit Sister-in-law Qin. In the past few days, the city has been scolding the consort as ungrateful and unkind. She wants to make Sister-in-law Qin's reputation bad and clear Chen Ying's reputation."
Several other guards were shocked, but there was nothing they could do.
Now, the most evidence points to Chen Ke, and Long Tu is needed to help him clear his grievances. Fortunately, the emperor was very optimistic about Chen Ke, otherwise Chen Ke would have been thrown into prison long ago, waiting to be executed.
East City.
Gu family.
"Miss. Something happened to Mr. Chen Ke!" The maid hurriedly ran over, talking about the major events that happened in the city.
Gu Lanshan, Gu Yuanjiang, and Gu Lanshui's father and daughter were all there. After listening to the maid's story, Gu Yuanjiang frowned slightly, but Gu Lanshan stood up: "Father, forget about this banquet tonight, the emperor has ordered Ban, it seems his official career has come to an end."
Gu Lanshui said: "Sister, isn't this Brother Chen, or is this just a suspicion, without a conviction, let's take a look again?"
"No need to read, let's invite Brother Zhang to the dinner." Gu Lanshan finished speaking and walked away.
Gu Lanshui looked at Gu Yuanjiang, who shook his head slightly.
"Well, what your sister said is that she thought he was a boy with a bright future, but who knew he was crazy to dare to assassinate the princess."
Gu Yuanjiang's words made Gu Lanshui helpless for a while, and Gu Lanshui said: "It's not that we're not sure yet."
"Don't mention this matter again, and don't see him again, otherwise it will bring disaster to the Gu family."
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Princess Mansion.
Princess Jinde, who was wearing a bright red dress and a gold hairpin, had a sinister smile on her beautiful face. She walked lightly towards the sweaty middle-aged man beside her.
"Gong Si, good job!"
