"Let go! Do you know who we are?!"
Li Jingzhong kept shouting and struggling. From the corner of his eye, he saw a young master slowly ascending the corridor with two servants, a man and a woman, and walked up to him.
He vaguely felt that the other person looked familiar. When he took a closer look, his face changed drastically, showing an expression as if he had seen a ghost. He was so surprised that he could hardly speak.
"You! You're not dead?!"
Xue Bai smiled politely and said, "Thank you for not killing me, right?"
Li Jingzhong's eyes rolled, and he became more and more uneasy. When he looked again, he realized that the person following Xue Bai was not an entourage, but Wu Lang of the Du family. He then said: "Wu Lang is here too. The old slave has met Wu Lang several times and has always been very respectful." , why did they turn against each other?"
"I……"
Du Wulang was not good at verbal exchanges with others. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "But you said, where did you hide my second sister?"
"Du Erniang left since she reconciled with the prince. How does the old servant know her whereabouts?" Li Jingzhong said: "Breaking into the prince's residence without permission and seizing the prince's servants is like treason. Please give up immediately." If it's too late to let go of the old slave, the old slave won't be able to cover up for Wu Lang."
Some words could coax Du Wulang, but they could not coax Xue Bai and Yang Zhao.
This year in Chang'an, I saw that the prince's brother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and senior brother had been taken away countless times. How could Yang Zhao be afraid of taking a servant?
He turned around, took a boot, threw it on the ground, and said, "Li Jingzhong, Du Wulang sued you for detaining his second sister and sending people to break into Du's house at night to commit murder. Can you plead guilty?"
Li Jingzhong saw the boots falling in front of his eyes. He was stunned for a moment, and then became furious and shouted: "What do you mean by sending people into Du's house at night to commit murder? I didn't, so you framed me?!"
As if he had been greatly wronged, he shouted again: "I asked the eunuch to take these boots off for you that day! It's even more nonsense to send people to commit murder. I didn't even know you were still alive..."
"Oh?" Xue Bai asked, "You think I'm dead, right? How did I die?"
"you!"
Li Jingzhong couldn't answer for a while, so he could only snort coldly.
Jiao Nu looked around and saw that although You Xiaowei did not dare to go to the backyard to fetch anyone this time, he had driven all the eunuchs from the front yard over.
"The people I chased last night were not among these because of their nimble agility and extraordinary martial arts." Jiao Nu said, "There must be other dead soldiers hiding elsewhere."
Li Jingzhong looked stunned, with disbelief in his eyes, and cursed: "What a good thief, how dare you frame me?!"
Yang Zhaocai didn't believe that he was complaining, so he pulled Xue Bai over and whispered: "It's best if you come to interrogate me and find the evidence. If you can't get it, this is the Prince's Court after all. Don't go too far."
"Don't worry, Uncle Guo, I have a sense of discretion."
Xue Bai bowed and turned around to make arrangements.
He looked around, selected a veranda room, sat down in it, and asked Li Jingzhong to be brought in, and asked in a leisurely manner: "I must have found Du Erniang, and then I will know that the dead soldiers raised by the prince are hidden there." Where is it, right?"
"absurd!"
Li Jingzhong panicked inexplicably and said sharply: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"You hid Du Erniang inside the city." Xue Bai spoke very slowly, his eyes like sharp knives, observing Li Jingzhong's expression, and asked: "Or outside the city?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Li Jingzhong screamed: "The prince has reconciled with Du Erniang, and I don't know where she went."
"Outside the city, right?"
"No."
Xue Bai asked slowly: "Eastern suburbs? Western suburbs? Southern suburbs?"
"snort!"
Li Jingzhong gradually realized that he was testing her, and was secretly surprised that this young man was more capable than the ordinary old jailer. She simply turned her head away to prevent him from seeing her ugly face, and did not answer a word.
At the end, Xue Bai asked: "You really don't want to say it?"
"What a thief!" Li Jingzhong yelled, "You know the more rampant you are today, the worse your consequences will be tomorrow."
Xue Bai actually didn't force him, and just kept writing and drawing with his pen and ink for a while, then said: "Drag him down and take the next one with him."
Yang Zhao waved his hand, and the right Xiaowei dragged Li Jingzhong down.
"What a thief, kill me if you can." Li Jingzhong cursed.
"There's no rush." Xue Bai said, "There's a chance."
"Little beast..."
Li Jingzhong still cursed with hatred, but he knew very well in his heart that although these traitors were arrogant, they really did not dare to attack the prince's people.
But there was only one thing that puzzled him - who sent him to Du's house to silence him last night? It's a pity that the scourge of Xue Bai could not be eliminated.
After being dragged to another veranda, Li Jingzhong looked through the window at the eunuchs who were being brought in for interrogation, and another worry arose in his heart.
Two of them did go with him to settle Du Liangdi. If Li Linfu found her, it would be quite detrimental to the prince.
It was said at that time that Du Liangdi should be allowed to become a nun like Concubine Wei and move to the palace. However, the prince was soft-hearted and it ended up being a disaster.
Then he thought that the situation was not too bad. There were many eunuchs here, but only two people knew about Du Liangdi's whereabouts. Youxiaowei did not dare to use torture. It was impossible to identify the insiders among the crowd in a short period of time, let alone others.
Time passed little by little, and Li Jingzhong was sometimes worried and sometimes optimistic.
Finally, Xue Bai questioned all the eunuchs, and Du Wulang shouted excitedly: "Okay, I'll pick up the second sister!"
Li Jingzhong couldn't help being surprised. He saw Du Wulang running across the corridor. He tried his best to look out the window, but he couldn't see the expressions of the eunuchs standing on the gravel, and he felt very uneasy.
The skylight gradually dimmed while waiting uneasily.
I don’t know how long it took, but finally there was a shout and a question from the front yard.
"Who dares to be so arrogant here?!"
Hearing this voice, Li Jingzhong immediately knew who was coming.
"King Quang Binh!"
He immediately shouted and rushed out of the veranda at all costs.
Xu was intimidated by the emperor's grandson's momentum, and the right guards no longer dared to stop him, allowing him to run into the court.
Three young men entered the Prince's Courtyard proudly.
The first man was dressed in rich clothes and had a graceful demeanor. Although he was angry and shouting, his face did not have a cruel look. He still had an elegant appearance and a good appearance. This man was Li Chu, the eldest son of the crown prince and King of Guangping.
Li Chu was twenty years old at the time and was in his prime, without any of his father's cautious and rickety manner.
Because he had been deeply favored by the saint since he was a child, when he was only three days old, the saint personally went to the house of the Ten Kings and gave him a golden basin to hold a baptism banquet for him.
On that day, the saint carefully held Li Chu's little body with his hands, and said with great joy: "There are three sons in this hall, how happy it is!"
But in fact, Li Heng was not the prince at that time. In other words, Li Heng became the prince because of the eldest son's favor.
At this time, there were two people behind Li Chu, but they were Li Heng's second son, Li Dan, and his third son, Li Tan.
Li Dan was seventeen years old at the time, slightly fat, and stared at You Xiaowei and others with an angry look on his face.
Li Tan was fifteen years old at the time. He was born with a majestic appearance, and his demeanor was not inferior to that of his elder brother, and he was even more heroic. Wearing a military robe and carrying a sword at his waist, he looked around at the situation in the courtyard, his sword eyebrows slightly furrowed, but he remained calm.
"King Guangping, King Nanyang, King Jianning! The traitorous hawks and dogs are here again!"
Li Jingzhong shouted while running, staggered and fell to the ground, but got up on his hands and knees, and knelt down on the ground when he arrived in front of the three emperors and grandsons.
Li Chu quickly stepped forward to help him up and said in a deep voice: "Li Gong got up and said that since Xiao Wang is here, no one can cause trouble here."
Li Tanze said loudly: "Who brought the people here? Just came out to see them."
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Yang Zhao glanced outside the door, his expression changed, and he said to Xue Bai: "It's troublesome. It's okay to offend the prince, but it's troublesome to offend those emperors and grandsons."
Xue Bai's expression remained unchanged, still sitting there, not knowing what he was waiting for.
Yang Zhao felt like a sore under his buttocks. He couldn't sit still no matter what. He stood up and walked a few steps, and finally said: "No, I have to leave, otherwise if they bear a grudge, disaster will be in front of me."
"This is not the first time that Uncle Guo has dealt with Li Heng. Why should we be afraid?"
"It's different, it's very different. The saint hates the prince, but he likes the emperor's grandson. Embarrassing them in person is like embarrassing the saint."
Xue Bai looked out the window, glanced at the sky, and turned back as if he couldn't understand.
Yang Zhao could not hold back his anger for a long time. He hurried out of the veranda and rushed to apologize in front of the three emperors and grandchildren.
Xue Bai then stood up and walked through the corridor calmly.
When Li Chu saw him, he immediately ignored Yang Zhao, turned around and asked, "Who are you?"
"Xue Bai."
"What official position is this?!"
"No official, no position." Xue Bai responded calmly: "But Zeng Xiang assisted the prince, but was framed and killed, so he had no choice but to become a witness."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Li Jingzhong immediately screamed, pointed at Xue Bai and said: "Traitor party lackey, so shameless!"
Xue Bai ignored him and calmly faced the scrutinizing gazes of the three emperors and grandsons.
Li Chu's eyes showed surprise and suspicion, Li Dan's anger became deeper and deeper, and Li Tan looked thoughtful.
Yang Zhao couldn't stand such a confrontational atmosphere and gently pulled Xue Bai, but failed to pull him.
At this moment, Du Wulang was heard shouting outside the hospital: "Found it!"
Xue Bai then raised his hands in a cross-hand salute and said: "Today, I cooperated with the government in investigating the case and interrogated several eunuchs. Now that I have found evidence, I take my leave."
After that, he just walked out the door.
Yang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly apologized to the three emperors' grandchildren, and hurriedly waved You Xiaowei to withdraw from the Prince's Courtyard.
Li Jingzhong's eyes were shocked, and he stamped his feet and whispered to Li Chu: "King Guangping, this person broke into the prince's residence without permission, and is complicit in conspiracy. We must take him down."
Li Chu turned around and looked around, hesitating.
Li Tan leaned into his eldest brother's ear and said, "The more you do, the more mistakes you make. Let's forget it."
"Um."
Seeing this situation, Li Jingzhong became more and more anxious, and without caring about etiquette, he hurried to the backyard again, hurriedly climbed up to a small pavilion, looked around, and saw a baggage car parked in the alley outside the door.
The curtain on the carriage was lifted, and a woman in rich makeup was seen sitting in it. Although her figure has lost some weight, from a distance, she looks exactly like Du Liangdi.
"How?!"
This surprise was no small matter. Li Jingzhong quickly covered his mouth and turned around to look around. He saw someone rushing in front of Yang Zhao and reporting something. Yang Zhao laughed and looked extremely happy.
"It's over..."
Li Jingzhong finally lost his sense of proportion.
He knew that it didn't matter what kind of humiliation he received today, as long as he couldn't touch the crown prince's foundation, he would be able to feel proud sooner or later.
But the two dead soldiers guarding Du Liangdi must not fall into Li Linfu's hands.
"quick."
Li Jingzhong hurriedly went down to the pavilion, summoned one of his most trusted eunuchs, and whispered instructions.
"Go and see... what happened..."
