In Jinling City, houses with blue bricks and white walls are built next to the water. The Qinhuai River flows quietly, reflecting the candlelight of dots of houses.
Zhao Yizhi likes this kind of Jiangnan style very much, but now, he has no intention to look at it. He was leading a group of Xu Shi guards to the Criminal Department Prison, trying to capture him on the spot. Before leaving the palace, he sent Zang Yun to meet with Lan Yue first, and ordered that the person must be captured on the spot.
Zhao Yizhi himself rushed to the Penal Department Prison with his troops.
"Where is Mr. Liu Hongliang, the prison director of the Ministry of Punishments? Your Majesty is here in person. Come and see him quickly!" a young eunuch beside him called loudly.
Several officers from the Ministry of Punishment quickly ran into the official office to look for someone, and soon they ran back: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu is not in the official office of the Ministry of Punishment. Someone in the government office said that Mr. Liu asked a carriage to be waiting at the side door. . He was asked to leave afterwards, and now he has disappeared."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yizhi winked at Jiahai, who nodded and walked around to the side door with the iron gun in hand.
"Let me ask you, who has been here tonight?" Zhao Yizhi saw that Jiahai had gone around to the side door. He couldn't find Liu Hongliang at the moment. He was idle, so he just asked the guards.
Although several officers had received the order in advance, they felt nervous when they saw Zhao Yizhi coming to the door in person. Chen Yu, who was guilty of deceiving the emperor, will be beheaded tomorrow. At this time, no one dares to conceal it. If he doesn't ask, that's it. His Majesty the Emperor has asked himself. How dare he not say anything?
The servants rushed to say: "Liu San, the son of Butler Liu of Taishi Mansion, came here to look for Mr. Liu, and left after a while."
"He came alone and left for less than half an hour."
"Not alone, but also a driver driving the carriage!"
Zhao Yizhi's eyes narrowed slightly, "I originally thought that the two men in black cloaks reported by Zangyun were sent by Li Changwen, but it turned out that they were not. I didn't expect that the people in the Taishi Mansion were so courageous and dared to come to the door openly. Then In this case, who are those two men in black?"
While Zhao Yizhi was thinking, Jiahai came back: "Your Majesty, Liu Hongliang is dead. He died for about a cup of tea. He died at the side door. His throat was sealed with a sharp sword. The murderer was extremely skilled in martial arts and Liu Hongliang resisted. traces, but no clues to the murderer. Only this was found.”
Jiahai wrapped it in a handkerchief and took out the Bifan paperweight that Liu Hongliang held tightly in his hand. Zhao Yizhi took it and picked up the paperweight and looked at it carefully.
The beast on the paperweight is still lifelike, with a big mouth, as if it wants to choose people to eat, and there are still some water stains on the paperweight.
Zhao Yizhi stared at the water stains and asked strangely: "What is this? Why is it wet?"
Jiahai replied, "Your Majesty, it must be sweat stains. Liu Hongliang is a fat man and loves to sweat. Moreover, this thing is held tightly in his hand, so it has a lot of sweat stains."
Zhao Yizhi handed the paperweight back and ordered: "Take all the prison guards away and instruct Hai Xingwei to interrogate them."
"Your Majesty, that's all we know!"
"Your Majesty, we don't know anything anymore. We don't know anything about Master Liu."
"Your Majesty, have mercy, Your Majesty, have mercy..."
Zhao Yizhi ignored the crying people. No one knew whether the prisoner of the Ministry of Punishment was dead, or the prison director of the Ministry of Punishment, so there was no need to investigate the case.
Zhao Yizhi was a little angry. The plan he made, not to mention that no one was caught now, also caused the director of the Penal Department to die at the side door of the Penal Department Prison. He was somewhat disgraced. Said: "Call Zangyun and Lanyue back, let's go to the Penal Department Prison now."
Qingtian nodded: "Shh~" he blew a loud whistle into the sky, and after a while, two eagles flew over with fluttering wings. The two eagles were fed dried meat, petted a few times, and then released.
"Your Majesty, when they see my eagle, they will come to join us." Qingtian reported to Zhao Yizhi.
"Well, let's go to the Ministry of Punishment Prison first," Zhao Yizhi said. The entire team was missing nearly half of the Xu Shiwei who came to capture the officers of the Ministry of Punishment. The rest of the Tianwei continued to follow Zhao Yizhi towards the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Zhao Yizhi sat in the car and continued to think: "Steward Liu's son left for half an hour, but Liu Hongliang died within a cup of tea, which means it was not Steward Liu's son who did it. It was those two Did the men in black do it? Why did the two men in black kill Liu Hongliang? Did Liu Hongliang have something to do with them, or was Liu Hongliang afraid of them? And they had to hitch a carriage at night..."
There are a lot of questions that Zhao Yizhi can't figure out, but perhaps because of his "rest of mind" these days, Zhao Yizhi doesn't find it complicated and troublesome, but rather enjoys the feeling of exploring and exploring.
"Your Majesty, my eagle is also going to the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Zangyun and Lanyue are there." Qingtian always reported the situation to Zhao Yizhi.
"Hurry up and get there as soon as possible." Zhao Yizhi ordered.
However, after Lan Yue and Zang Yun met, they happened to see a man in a black cloak coming out of the side door of the Penal Department Prison and rushing towards the Penal Department Prison.
"What's going on?" Zang Yun asked directly without having time to greet Lan Yue.
"Just now, the people from the Taishi Mansion entered the Penal Department Prison and came out after a while. They were carrying things in their arms and looked overjoyed. I suspected that they had obtained the token to enter and exit the prison. The two men in black also came out. I just came out, nothing unusual. It's just that someone seemed to be calling at the side door just now." Lan Yue replied.
Zangyun shook his head: "Never mind that. Your Majesty ordered us to lock this person up in the prison. If there is resistance, we will capture him on the spot. Your Majesty is on his way now, let's follow him."
Lan Yue nodded, and the two of them followed Mr. Wu and the Fourth Young Master on the eaves. They rushed back and forth towards the Penal Department Prison.
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Dad, the master asked me to come and see you. You are suffering." When Liu Sanyi saw Butler Liu, she rushed forward and grabbed the railing and shouted.
"Keep your voice down! You don't want to die!" The jailer behind him shouted softly. "It's only a quarter of an hour. If you have anything to say, hurry up."
This time I came with a token from the Prison Director of the Ministry of Punishment. The jailer was quite dissatisfied because he didn't get any money. Although the other party was from the Grand Master's Mansion, they were the ones who wanted to be polite now. Even if Grand Master Li knew about it, he would not quarrel with a little jailer like him because of his bad attitude. After staying in this prison of the Ministry of Punishment for several years, the jailer has become a living human being.
"Okay, brother, take this, I'm going to cause you trouble." Butler Liu winked at Liu San, and Liu San took out a piece of silver from his arms with understanding. It looked like there were as many as five taels.
As soon as the silver was in his hands, the jailer quietly weighed the weight and immediately smiled: "You two chat slowly, I will inform you two when the time comes." After saying that, he ran to the cell, opened the door, and asked Liu San. After a while, Liu San locked the cell door again after entering, and ducked out with an apologetic smile.
Butler Liu grabbed his son: "What did the master ask you to do? But everything has been arranged?"
Liu San looked at the other cells. There were no prisoners in the closer cells, and the prisoners in the distant cells were all asleep.
Liu San came closer and asked softly: "I asked my cousin Liu Mouse, did you instigate the assassination of His Majesty? Besides my cousin, who else knows about this?"
When Butler Liu heard this, he felt like a bolt from the blue: "Master...Master, don't you care about me anymore..."
"Dad, don't worry. I must first understand the situation of this matter before I can think of a way to rescue you. Don't scare yourself." Liu San comforted.
Butler Liu heard his son's relief, nodded and murmured to himself: "Yes, the master will not ignore me. The master asked me to do so many things, who will do it if I leave...who will do it..."
When Liu Sanyi saw Butler Liu's expression, he suddenly became anxious: "Dad, time is limited. The master only gave me half an hour. I only have time for a cup of tea here. I have to rush back. Hurry up and say it!" "
Butler Liu was interrupted by his son and came back to his senses: "Say? What did you say? Oh...Last time, the master sent Chen Jing to test His Majesty late at night, but he was dismissed by His Majesty. I asked the master at that time if I wanted to contact him again. Other officials. The master said at that time that there was no need to contact him, and he just sent someone to tell Kong Bao to move quickly. I just walked out of the door and met Liu Mozi within a few steps. When Liu Mozi heard this, he said that the emperor is also a human being. People can do it, just leave it to him. I was fascinated at that time, so I agreed and paid him more money..."
"What happened next? Who else knows about this?" Liu San asked anxiously.
"Xiaocui, the maid at home, knew that one night I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I told her, and Lao Tang, the accountant in charge of the money, also knew. Apart from them, I never told anyone else." The old housekeeper sighed. He said it all in one breath.
Liu San nodded with relief. Since he was a member of the family, it didn't matter. It's okay for the accountant at home to know about it. After all, there is no way around spending money. There must be an explanation after all. Although it was a serious crime of deception, Lao Tang had been through all the hardships along with him, so he could still be trusted. As for the maid Xiaocui, Liu San had no intention of exploring why his father told her that there was nothing unspeakable in a deep house? This time when she goes back, she will have nothing to say but nothing to say...
"Dad, I understand. I will go back and tell the master now. No matter how they ask, you just say you don't know and you don't know Liu Mouse. Do you understand? The master will definitely rescue you." Liu San warned Butler Liu. road.
"Okay, I know, I know everything. That...San'er...if possible, I hope you can ask me for mercy and save Xiaocui's life...just save her life...you...you have to have My younger brother..." Butler Liu said bitterly.
Liu San was a little surprised when he heard this. This old man is still old at this age... Liu San quickly covered up the ferocity in his eyes, and then said: "Okay, I understand, don't worry, dad."
"Brother Jailer, please come over and open the door." Liu San shouted to the outside.
"Bang!" The jailer flew into the cell, hit the wall, spit out a large mouthful of blood, and lost his life.
"What...what's going on?" Liu San and Butler Liu were stunned when they saw this situation.
"Do you want to go out? Say something!" The fourth young master walked down the stairs with his hands behind his back.
