What? Arrested?
Zhou Chang was immediately stunned!
Being arrested is scary enough, let alone being arrested in Caishikou at night. There is always a process from being arrested in other places to being sent to Caishikou for slaughter, and maybe it will be covered by an amnesty.
It would be better for him to be arrested directly at Caishikou. There is no need to "go to Caishikou", he is right at Caishikou!
Before Zhou Chang could react, a pockmarked man wearing a mandarin jacket and an official hat led several soldiers patrolling the third battalion and pounced on Zhou Chang like wolves and tigers, catching Zhou Chang's two sides like a chicken. The thin arm twisted up, causing Zhou Chang to cry out in pain: "Ah, ah, what are you doing? Do you know who I am?"
At this time, the round-faced seventh-grade civil servant came up to him with a smile and asked: "Are you the seventh-grade civil servant of Neihongwenyuan to worship Zhou Chang?"
"I, I am Zhou Chang." Zhou Chang replied tremblingly.
The seventh-grade civil servant smiled: "That's right, I caught you right!"
Why is it right?
Zhou Chang was so panicked that he couldn't speak clearly: "I, I, what on earth did I do? Why do you arrest me?"
What did he do? Of course he knew in his heart that he had done nothing except being a member of Tuhai!
Tu Hai is fine, he is fine, but if Tu Hai gets into trouble, then he won't run away!
The seventh-grade civil servant smiled and said: "Zhou Chang, I don't care what you do, I just follow the order and take people!"
"According to the order?" Zhou Chang's heart skipped a beat and he thought: Could it be that Tu Hai has been arrested? It's over now
Thinking of this, he quickly asked again: "You, which yamen are you from?"
"We are from the Dongtangzi Yamen at Nianzhang!" said the round-faced civil servant, "I have ordered you to be held accountable by the order of the Minister in Charge, King Yu! Zhou Zongfeng, you are the enshrinement officer of the Third Inner Courtyard. What is the Dongtangzi Yamen doing? You Do you know better than me?"
Of course Zhou Chang knew that the establishment of Dongtangzi Yamen had an explicit edict. The edict made it very clear that this yamen was a temporary yamen, and its duty was to "investigate and deal with the Aobai gang members in the Ministry of Internal Affairs system." Of course, how long this "temporary period" lasts, and whether the Obei gang in the Internal Affairs Bureau system can be traced to officials outside the Internal Affairs Bureau system can be traced is not stated clearly in the edict.
But Zhou Chang had been working in the Third Academy for so many years, and of course he knew that the Qing Dynasty liked to build archways while doing evil things. This Dongtangzi Yamen is clearly the Qing Dynasty version of Dongchang Jinyiwei!
Is it still possible if it falls into the hands of Dongchang Jinyiwei?
Zhou Changzheng was upset and didn't know what to do. Suddenly his vision went dark and he found it difficult to breathe. It turned out that a black cloth hood was put on him suddenly. Before he could react, a hemp rope was thrown on him. They were tied up and tied up in a blink of an eye. Then, his two trembling thin legs were grabbed and lifted up, and the whole person was thrown into what looked like a carriage carriage.
Then the carriage started to rock and roll.
Are you arrested now? Zhou Chang thought to himself: Why does it look like kidnapping? Where are you going to catch this? Are you going to Dongtangzi Hutong? Will he be tortured severely?
When the black hood on Zhou Chang's head was torn off, he realized that he was already in a torture chamber. He was placed on a stool that was a little uncomfortable for his buttocks, and was tied up. There were leather whips and shackles hanging on the wall, and there were tiger benches and a burning red clay stove on the left and right sides, with a red soldering iron burning on the stove!
Just when he was scared, Zhou Chang was suddenly picked up by two people, one on the left and one on the right. He thought he was going to be executed, so he quickly shouted: "I said! I said! I said everything."
Just shouting like this, it really works! Zhou Chang was not dragged out to be beaten, but was redirected and rearranged facing an Eight Immortals table. On the table of the Eight Immortals were placed the Four Treasures of the Study and a piece of gavel. Behind the table sat a tall and handsome young guard, wearing a yellow mandarin coat and an official hat with a sapphire top. This was a first-class guard!
Looking at his age and appearance, Zhou Chang immediately guessed that the man in front of him must be Wang Zhongxiao, the stick leader of Dongtangzi Yamen.
There were two chairs placed on the left and right sides of Wang Zhongxiao, where the round-faced civil servant and the pockmark-faced military attache were sitting respectively. There were also several soldiers around who looked murderous!
Looking at this posture, Zhou Chang knew something was wrong!
"Tell me!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "Why are you still standing there?"
"Tell me, what did you say?" Zhou Chang asked in a low voice.
With a "pop" sound, Wang Zhongxiao picked up the gavel and smashed it on the table of the Eight Immortals, and then said sternly: "You are so bold Zhou Chang, how dare you tease me, here is someone coming, I will serve you with a heavy punishment!"
"嗻!"
The surrounding group of unreasonable-looking soldiers shouted in unison, but Zhou Chang was so anxious that he quickly shouted: "Don't hit, don't hit me, I told you."
Wang Zhongxiao waved his hand, and those soldiers stopped attacking Zhou Chang, "Then just tell me!"
"I, my bodyguard," Zhou Chang said with a sad face, "You didn't even ask, what do you want me to say?"
Wang Zhongxiao smiled coldly: "Zhou Chang, you are a minister of the Third Inner Court. How can you not know what I want to ask you? Tell me quickly, where were you when Obai escaped from Qianqing Palace? Who can prove it? "
Zhou Chang was stunned when he heard this question. He was so frightened!
During this time, the Guards Office, the Third Inner Hospital, the Imperial Medicine Hospital, and the Jingshi Office were all searching for the traitor. They wanted to dig out the traitor who had of course yelled at him and caused Obai to escape.
The investigation was called a strict one. Anyone who did not participate in the operation to drive away Obei, who happened to be on duty that day, and could still enter and exit the Qianqing Palace, excluding the palace maids (the voice was obviously not a woman's), was found to be in danger.
Zhou Chang was not in too much danger because he had Mingzhu's strong alibi. Thinking of this, he quickly replied: "I was copying Mingfa's edict in the duty room of Longzongmen that day. Bachelor Ming can testify."
Wang Zhongxiao smiled: "My teacher has thought about it carefully these days and found that there were only two people on duty at Long Zongmen that day, one was himself, and the other one seemed to be you, and it seemed to be the hall in the picture!"
Broken, Mingzhu retracted her confession!
Cold sweat broke out on Zhou Chang's forehead, but his heart felt like a mirror.
He is a smart man! Historically, he was Tu Hai's think tank. During the San Francisco Rebellion, he still managed to fool Wang Fuchen into swinging around, and finally missed a major event. Does he still know the purpose of Mingzhu's confession?
Of course it's not him, Zhou Chang, who wants to mess with Mingzhu, and he doesn't deserve it!
Mingzhu’s goal is Tuhai!
After taking down Tuhai, Mingzhu must be the chief bachelor of Neihongwen Academy!
Wang Zhongxiao smiled and asked again: "Zhou Chang, can you help my teacher think carefully about whether it was you or Tu Zhongtang who was on duty at Longzongmen that day?"
Before Zhou Chang could think about it, the round-faced civil servant next to him spoke: "Think more clearly. How would Tu Zhongtang answer this question? Think about it again, in the Guards' Office, the Third Inner Hospital, the Royal Medicine Academy, and the Jingshi Among those people below the house, who is the most suspicious? Who wants to throw the blame out the most?"
The pock-marked military attache sneered and said, "If the blame falls on you, it will be executed at Lingchi and beheaded at all times. Is it worth it?"
How smart is Zhou Chang? Still can't understand these words?
Even if he is willing to die to protect Tuhai, Tuhai will not be willing to protect him! Tuhai's biggest worry now is that the person who shouted that voice has not been found out. Because among all the suspects, only Tuhai had received great favor from Obai.
If someone can take away this big pot now, then Tuhai will be safe. Even if you can't keep the bachelor's degree, there is no problem in letting him out as a governor.
So if Tu Hai had to choose between himself and Zhou Chang, he would undoubtedly throw Zhou Chang out!
"Yes, it's me!" Zhou Chang gritted his teeth and already had a choice, "It was me who was in the check-in room at Longzongmen that day."
"What about Tuhai?" Wang Zhongxiao asked.
"He, he went out." Zhou Chang said, "He went out before Obai came."
Wang Zhongxiao asked again: "Did he see Mu Zhan and Xiao Guizi entering Qianqing Gate talking and laughing together, so he followed them to have a look?"
"Yes, yes!" Zhou Chang nodded, "He slipped out while Mingzhu was pacing and turning around in the check-in room."
"Then when did he come back?" Wang Zhongxiao asked again.
"He came back quietly when there was a mess outside," Zhou Chang sighed and said, "He also told me not to tell anyone that he had left Longzong Gate to check in."
Wang Zhongxiao nodded and said to Wang Mazi beside him: "Untie Zhou Zongfeng."
"嗻."
Wang Zhongxiao said to Zhou Chang again: "Write a confession first, and then the prince will come to interrogate you in person. Do you know what to say?"
"Know, know"
"Really know?" Wang Zhongxiao asked, "Zhou Zongfeng, please tell me first, what is Tu Hai's crime?"
"Of course he rebelled!" Zhou Chang said, "He is a member of Obai's party. He rebelled with Obai. When he found out that the emperor wanted to get rid of Obai, he slipped out to remind him."
Wang Zhongxiao shook his head: "You are not entirely right. Tu Hai followed Ao Bai not because he wanted to rebel, but because he wanted to gain the power to assist the emperor!"
(End of chapter)
