Late at night, in the Grand Master's residence, Liu San sweated on his forehead and hurried to Grand Master Li's study. In the cell, Butler Liu told him that only the maid Xiao Cui and the accountant Lao Tang knew about the plot to assassinate His Majesty. Now the maid Xiao Cui has no idea. It was found that Lao Tang was brought to the palace for another two days. Although Taishi Li sent someone to inquire, the palace only replied that they would assist in the investigation, and there was no reply, which was really worrying.
"Master, we haven't found the maid Xiaocui yet, and there are two more servants in the mansion who are coming to resign..." Since Butler Liu was caught in prison, Liu San has temporarily taken over the position of his father's housekeeper, and the servants in the mansion have grown up accordingly. Everything comes to him. It was also when Liu Tai and Tang Yousheng were taken away, the servants in the mansion were panicked, and people came to resign from time to time.
"Look again! You must find Xiao Cui for me!" Li Changwen seemed to have not heard the news of his servant's resignation and ordered Liu San to look for Xiao Cui again.
"Master, if it doesn't work out, we can go and seek refuge..." Liu San muttered what he was thinking.
"Stupid! If you go to them now, can they take me seriously? Only when they truly control the power of the court will they give me a hard time. As long as your majesty can't find anything to do with it, we will be safe. Go find that person quickly. Maid Xiaocui, don't imitate your stupid father and do things you shouldn't do!" Li Changwen snorted.
Seeing that Li Changwen couldn't move, Liu San had to lower his head and obey the order and exited the study.
"The little emperor is not simple. His methods are as thunderous as those of the late emperor. Maybe the little emperor can really revive Daqi. If everything goes well this time..." Li Changwen lit a few sticks of incense, inserted them into the furnace, and lay down Sitting on the Taishi chair, he fell into deep thought.
In the prison, Tang Yousheng was scratching all over his body and was extremely uncomfortable from the mosquito bites in the cell.
"Steward Liu, how long will we be detained for?" asked the fat old accounting clerk.
Liu Tai shook his head: "Who knows... By the way, I forgot to ask you two days ago, why did His Majesty suddenly bring you to the palace for interrogation?"
Tang Yousheng smiled bitterly: "How could I know? The mistress just returned from prison that day, and someone from the palace took me away the next day. But it stands to reason that only you and I know about this. We are both in prison now. Your Majesty can't do anything to us, we should be able to leave soon." Tang Yousheng couldn't get an answer from Liu Tai, so he could only comfort himself.
"Where is Xiaocui? Is Xiaocui still in the house?" Liu Tai felt that something was not going well and asked.
"Girl Xiaocui? By the way, that night the mistress and the others searched for Xiaocui all night but couldn't find her..." Tang Yousheng thought about it.
Liu Tai was speechless and complained secretly in his heart. It would be fine if Xiaocui escaped, but if Xiaocui did not escape and went to the palace instead... the consequences would be disastrous.
Liu Tai did not tell Tang Yousheng that Xiaocui also knew the truth of the matter. Tang Yousheng's eyesight was not good and he did not notice Liu Tai's movements. He said to himself: "Butler Liu, I told you that it is true. Since you are hiding this matter, Master, you still keep records in the master’s account book. If they find your account book in the master’s study, hehe, I’m afraid they might even find those letters..."
Tang Yousheng was still chattering, but Liu Tai had no intention of listening to what he said. The prisoners in the cells on this floor were taken out one after another in the past two days. Only the two of them were left, and there was no one left. The jailer was not afraid that others would hear, so the two of them did not notice that the two mice in the corner were staring at them...
At dawn, a burst of hearty laughter came from the palace: "Hahahaha, this Hu Lishan really has some skills, his rat can actually understand human speech?" The speaker was none other than Zhao Yizhi. He had just received the news from Hu Lishan from prison, and he was very relieved.
"I also asked Hu Lishan about it, but he refused to reveal it." Shanshan bowed his head and replied.
"It doesn't matter, send Qingtian Jiahai and Xu Shiwei to the Grand Master's Mansion, make sure they get the stolen goods as well!" Zhao Yizhi was in a good mood and didn't care about Hu Lishan's secret methods of controlling rats, as long as they could be used for his own purposes.
Shanshan didn't say much and took the order. After a while, Qingtian Jiahai held an iron gun and led a group of Xu Shi guards from the palace to the Taishi's mansion.
"Master, it's not good, the palace has sent someone again..." Liu San ran out of Li Changwen's bedroom in a panic, shouting anxiously.
Li Changwen was woken up by Liu San, and he got up and got a little angry: "What the hell is this little emperor doing! He sends people here every two days, you really don't take me seriously!"
Qingtian and Jiahai entered the Taishi's Mansion with guns in hand. Without saying much, they led Xu Shiwei and rushed to Li Changwen's study.
"Stop! This is the Grand Master's Mansion. What are you going to do?" After Li Changwen simply washed up, he just walked out of the room when he met a group of Xu Shi guards heading towards the study.
Qingtian ignored it and still led the people to the study. Jiahai stopped, held a gun and clasped his fists at Li Changwen and said: "I was ordered to search, please forgive me."
"I want to see what you can find out!" Taishi Li put his hands behind his back. "If I can't find out, I want to ask Your Majesty what this means!"
Jiahai didn't bother with him, rushed to the study and started searching with everyone.
After searching for a long time, a Xu Shiwei came to report, "Qingtian Guard and Jihaiwei have searched it. Except for some classical books, no account books were found in the study."
"But have you looked carefully? How come there isn't anything?" Qingtian became a little anxious, leaning his iron gun on the floor tiles, and asked Xu Shiwei. When Jiahai saw Qingtian leaning his spear on the ground, he couldn't help but look sideways.
Xu Shiwei looked confused, "I have indeed searched all over, but can't find it."
Jiahai took the iron tool and walked to Qingtian. He also knocked on the floor tiles with the iron gun in his hand. He hit them one by one and heard the sound.
Suddenly, when the spear hit a floor tile near the desk, the sound became clear and crisp. This scene happened to be seen by Li Changwen who walked into the study, and his expression changed slightly.
The slight change in Li Changwen's expression did not escape Jiahai's eyes. Jiahai knocked the opposite side with his spear and ordered Xu Shiwei: "Open this floor tile!"
"Let me see who dares! After all, I am still the Imperial Grand Master. If you come to my house and destroy the furniture, I only need to file a memorial and report it to the court to see how you will explain!" Li Changwen shouted.
Xu Shiwei also stood aside, not daring to take action. The Twelve Heavenly Guards obeyed the emperor's order. The emperor's order was to search the Taishi Mansion, so they did not do any damage during the search, and everything they searched was restored. After all, it was the residence of the imperial master. It was obviously Ji Hai's idea to dismantle the floor at this time, not the current emperor's, so the Xu guards looked at each other in confusion and no one came forward.
When Jiahai saw that everyone did not dare to act rashly, Li Changwen puffed his beard and glared, feeling a little bit in trouble at this time. If the floor tiles are removed and there are no account books inside, they will indeed not be in trouble if a memorial from Grand Master Li is handed over.
Just when everyone was in trouble, Qingtian came over with an iron gun in hand, pushed Jiahai away, pointed at the floor tiles and asked, "Is this the one?" During the last meal, there was only a "click" sound, the floor tiles shattered and fell down, and there was indeed a gap of more than a foot deep below.
Qingtian handed the spear in his hand to Jiahai, bent down and rummaged through the gaps, and after a while, he took out a lot of letters and an account book.
"Found it, let's go!" Qingtian took back the spear, stuffed the letters and account books into his arms, and left the study first as if no one else was around.
Jia Hai and all the Xu Shi guards were shocked on the spot. Soon, Jia Hai reacted, hugged Li Changwen, and led the Xu Shi guards to leave the Grand Master's Mansion, leaving Grand Master Li sitting alone at the door. Before, when Liu San arrived, Li Changwen had already fainted.
Soon, Xu Shi's guards left and returned. This time, everyone in the Grand Master's Mansion was locked up from top to bottom and imprisoned. Only the old Grand Master Li Changwen and Instead of putting on shackles, a carriage was sent to take Li Changwen to the palace.
"Old Master, please take a seat." Li Changwen had just arrived at the Imperial Study Room and saw Zhao Yizhi looking at the stack of letters. Li Changwen closed his eyes for a long time, sighed, and walked to the chair beside him to sit down.
Seeing Li Changwen sit down, Zhao Yizhi held up the letter and pointed at the content and said to Li Changwen with a smile: "Old Master, this sentence is very interesting, look at it." If the old Master has a good plan, he can identify loyalties and traitors in the court , I will send people to cooperate and clear away the remaining troubles for the Grand Master.' It seems that he didn't say anything, but in fact he said everything. Old Grand Master, isn't it good to be Kangrou?"
Li Changwen was sitting aside, just drinking tea. Zhao Yizhi pointed out another sentence and said: "There is also this sentence: "The flood in Anhui City cannot be brought up. When the people's resentment boils, if the Taishi calms it down, all the people will feel the Taishi's virtue." .’ I don’t know who wrote it, but it’s really awesome. Let me take a look at the signature at the back... ‘Southwest’.”
Li Changwen couldn't bear Zhao Yizhi's various behavior, got up and knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "The guilty minister Li Changwen... I know the crime."
Zhao Yizhi gathered the letters in his hands together and said with a smile: "Old Master, you are really thoughtful. There are so many letters, but I can't find out who wrote them. I am not prepared to tell who the other party is." , want a chance to survive?"
Li Changwen shook his head gently. Over the years, he had done more than just these dozen letters. Even if he confessed to the feudal king and the feudal king revealed the past, he still could not escape death. Even if he is punished now, he may still have a good reputation. For things like communicating letters with the feudal lord, the little emperor himself will find a crime to cover it up.
When Zhao Yizhi saw that Li Changwen didn't speak, he also expected it. He put down the letter in his hand and asked, "Does the old master have anything else to say?"
Li Changwen opened his eyes and said: "The guilty minister still has two words to tell me. This is, the guilty minister cherishes his feathers. After his death, the world may be shaken. At that time, we must not send troops to conquer. We should only let the vassal kings quell the chaos on their own." . These two, I met that boy from the Zhou family once. He is quite ambitious. He is like a double-edged sword. He will hurt himself and others when he uses it. Your Majesty, think twice."
Zhao Yizhi nodded and did not answer. Li Changwen had finished what he wanted to say, performed a dignified bowing ceremony to Zhao Yi, and allowed Xu Shiwei to escort him out.
"He said you should die, but you said he couldn't use it. I was also very confused..." The little eunuch outside the door only heard this sentence coming from the room for a long time, and he didn't dare to think too much, thinking about the shift change in his heart. time.
