Chapter 95: This is how the Plum Blossom Internal Guard wants to be captured
"Is this the princeling that was trained by the Supervisor for five times? It's ridiculous enough..."
Li Yan shook his head and rode in.
In fact, although the prince tried his best to confront Empress Wu, the princelings underneath were not of the same mind.
The concept of putting filial piety first among all good deeds is still too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Not to mention this era, the incident of the daughter beating her mother in the street became a big issue on the Internet in later generations. The truth is so chilling.
When children rebel against their parents, no matter whether it is right or wrong, it is the children who are the first to be blamed, and the prince is unavoidable this time.
The events of that year gradually spread, and at least the officials around the prince knew the truth about the unmarried former princess Yang who jumped into the lake.
However, they still persuaded the prince overtly and covertly not to be too confrontational with Empress Wu, so as not to cause a rift between mother and son and cause turmoil in the court.
Looking at the overall situation, it is indeed correct.
With the power of Empress Wu, she would fight with the crown prince and the prince, and if things got violent, the consequences would be unpredictable.
But the prince will resist this time and is unwilling to take into account the overall situation!
Since Li Yan had no contact with the prince during this period, he did not know what happened in the prince's womb.
Seeing Dou Jing shrink so fast, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly. Fortunately, Cema entered the backyard, hey, hey's voice came quickly.
Li Yan's expression suddenly relaxed and the corners of his mouth curled up.
No matter how unpleasant things are, when I think of Wu Minzhi at this time, I can't suppress the joy in my heart.
Sure enough, this madman did not disappoint him.
A stumbling figure ran past in front of him.
With disheveled hair and a strange smell, his purple uniform, which symbolizes the dignity of a first-class Duke, was wrinkled and no one had even replaced him.
Arriving early is worse than arriving by chance. Wu Minzhi ran to the wall, followed by several maids, holding medicine bowls and shouting: "Drink! Why don't you drink!"
"I don't want to drink... let go... let go..."
Wu Minzhi didn't know what he had gone through. He obviously needed six or seven guards to hold him down that day, but he didn't dare to resist at this time. His hands and feet were restrained by a few weak maids, so he pinched his mouth and drank the medicine.
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After drinking, Wu Minzhi squatted down, hugged his knees with his hands, and huddled up.
His expression became dull, saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he let out a silly smile: "Hey hey...hey hey..."
The maids looked at Wu Minzhi with no pity on their expressions, but only pleasure.
Because many of their companions were beaten to death by Wu Minzhi.
Just because of a wrinkle on the face, or some trivial things.
Now, retribution has come.
Li Yan had enough admiration, got off his horse, and walked up: "Dong Zhou, I'm here to see you again!"
Wu Minzhi didn't even react, he only drooled.
Li Yan sighed and said to the frightened maid beside him: "I'm going to come to the back house to investigate the case. You go and put on your curtain hat."
The maid took the order and left: "Yes!"
In fact, regardless of whether it is polite or not, this kind of behavior is a huge insult to the owner.
Just like when Qiu Shenji led people to break into the inner courtyard of the Jia family in Liangzhou and took out the female family members, even if it was confirmed that a Su Pi woman was hidden inside, the scholar group strongly criticized it.
But Wu Minzhi has gone crazy, and obviously no one will care about his dignity anymore.
Li Yan soon started investigating the case in the back house.
He actually has a goal in mind, but he can't do it too fast.
Otherwise, there have been no clues in the past few days. Wu Minzhi went crazy and found out the case by himself, which is not normal.
Looking at his tall back and full of energy, Eunuch Gao was suddenly shaken.
Here he is! Here he is! He who worked overtime all night is here again!
In the past, Eunuch Gao found it hard, but when he returned to the palace, he did the same thing. After attracting Empress Wu's approval, he immediately led the other chamberlains.
Li Wuwei, so tall!
Li Yan really didn't expect that when he was fishing at work, others turned a blind eye, but when he was reeling, he actually set the trend.
However, the harder the life is, the easier it is to become addicted.
Eunuchs in this era have a hard life, haha, if they really work hard, they will be really hardworking. Eunuch Gao followed him forward and backward, which moved Li Yan.
What are you planning?
The two of them worked for a whole day and night, searching the huge back house of Duke Zhou's mansion like a carpet.
Li Yan knew that the heat was almost over, so he came to a house again.
"Li Wuwei, you have searched this room no less than ten times, right?"
Eunuch Gao admired him very much. This house was exactly where Zhou Guogong was haunted that night, and it could be said to be the location of the crime.
"I think there are still any clues to be found, Gao Naiguan, please wait a moment, I will go back to the house!"
Li Yan rubbed his chin, pretending to think, then suddenly his eyes lit up, as if lightning struck behind him, he turned around and left.
When he came back, he brought Xiao Hei over and patted the big cat on the head: "Go and smell it."
Xiao Hei had been left out for a long time and had long wanted to show off his skills. Hearing the words, he jumped out and started sniffing around the room.
Eunuch Gao was puzzled: "Li Wuwei, what are you doing?"
Li Yan said: "Ever since that haunted night, Zhou Guogong changed his room to sleep. This place has been neglected for a long time. I believe that under normal circumstances, the maids would not come in. Look at the ground, it has just been cleaned up. There are many more in the corners.
Broken shards of porcelain.”
Eunuch Gao looked at it carefully: "After all, it is haunted, who is not afraid of it?"
"Not bad!"
Li Yan liked hearing this and nodded repeatedly: "But there is one person who is not afraid..."
Eunuch Gao suddenly said: "Yes, the murderer is not afraid, because the ghost is pretended by the murderer. He returned to the house afterwards and took the opportunity to eliminate the clues, right?"
Li Yan smiled: "Congratulations to the official!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Hei suddenly bared his teeth and jumped back to Li Yan lightly.
This is a discovery.
Eunuch Gao perked up, Li Yan rubbed Xiao Hei's head happily, turned to the maid standing at the door and said: "Gather everyone in your courtyard, now!"
The maid looked at the dark night outside and thought, no wonder the prince was driven half crazy by you.
If you investigate the case day and night like this, no one else would be crazy.
But looking at the energetic high eunuch behind him, the maid lowered her head in shame.
Or we haven’t worked hard enough!
Half an hour later, more than a hundred maids gathered in the inner house. Many of them were sleepy-eyed and were woken up abruptly.
"I now suspect that some of you are secretly harboring evil intentions towards the Duke..."
Li Yan came to them and said to Xiao Hei: "Go and find the woman who has been in and out of the house the most recently!"
Xiao Hei obeyed the order and walked over and started sniffing around each of the maids.
They looked at this big golden-black cat with elegant steps, and were a little scared, but also wanted to touch it.
This ambivalent mentality continued until Xiao Hei came to an elegant maidservant, bared his teeth and arched his back.
All the girls looked over in unison, showing expressions of shock and fear: "Why is it Ms. Ye?"
The woman who was found had smooth skin and good looks, but compared to the maids who were all in their teens, she was already quite a bit older.
Li Yan stared at her: "Ms. Ye? Listening to this title, your status is extraordinary?"
Madam Ye walked out, carefully bypassed Xiao Hei, came to Li Yan and bowed: "This little girl is one of the stewards in the backyard, so you only call me Madam Ye inside and outside the house."
Li Yan looked at the other maids: "A few more stewards will come out."
Several more women walked out, and after questioning, Li Yan found out that Mrs. Ye was neat and tidy, and she directed the housework in the house to be in order.
Even with Wu Minzhi's violent temper, she was able to appease him a little, gained his trust, and was promoted to the position of backyard steward.
Apart from anything else, anyone who can work in Duke Zhou's mansion for two years without disappearing inexplicably is a very capable person.
"Not only a capable person, but also a plum blossom inner guard, right?"
Li Yan looked at Mrs. Ye and sneered secretly.
In a sense, what Li Zhi, Li Hong, and Li Yan did was a collision.
Li Zhi was for imperial power, Li Hong was for old hatred, and Li Yan was for new hatred. Since he had offended Wu Minzhi, the other party would not let him go if he did not attack first.
Among the three, Li Zhi's actions were the most secretive.
If it weren't for the exposure of his fake mother, Rong Niang, and his confidant Qiu Ying, who was familiar with the saint's methods, it would have been difficult for Li Yan to connect everything.
Since Li Zhi had been preparing to kill Wu Minzhi for a long time, and the Meihua Internal Guard, a secret service agency that monitors hundreds of officials, was there, it was very likely that there were people from them in the Duke of Zhou's palace.
When Li Yan pretended to be a ghost to scare Wu Minzhi, the plum blossom guard hidden in the courtyard must have been very surprised. Who did it?
If she was really the maid in the inner house, she would naturally search for clues in this haunted room afterwards.
Since only ten days had passed and the smell was still there, Li Yan sent out Xiao Hei to follow the clues and find it out.
Once you grasp the motive, the clues suddenly become clear.
"This Li Yuanfang lived up to his reputation. He actually found me with the help of a leopard!"
Madam Ye didn't know that the other party was considering the overall situation, and she was really shocked.
But after being shocked, she didn't panic at all and even wanted to laugh a little.
Not to mention her ability to quibble, she went into the haunted house to search afterward just to fulfill her responsibility.
Taking a step back, even if Li Yuanfang really reveals her identity, so what?
Just as Rong Niang was safe in Qiu Shenji's hands, they were serving the saint.
Just relying on this holy will, you ministers have to hold your noses and hide the matter obediently.
"He is indeed a spy!"
Li Yan saw how confident she was, and he knew that this woman's identity would be correct without activating his talent.
A servant, no matter how innocent he is, will be afraid when he is interrogated by officials because he is afraid of being wrongly accused.
And this Mrs. Ye was able to work under Wu Minzhi for two years. It would have been impossible if she had not harmed other maids.
The methods of secret agents are often extremely cruel.
Li Yan is willing to be an internal guard to fight against foreign enemies, but under no circumstances will he be a plum blossom internal guard and try every means to deal with his own people.
Those are two completely different properties.
However, regardless of the fact that Plum Blossom's internal guards are good at internal fighting and outside fighting at outsiders, in many cases there is really nothing they can do against them.
You can't kill someone who knows he is a saint, that would be tantamount to treason.
Fortunately, it's different this time.
Because Li Yan was acting under orders.
Following the orders of the Empress Wu!
This is how Plum Blossom Internal Guards will be caught!
Li Yan first sighed: "It's a pity that Duke Zhou didn't let us enter the inner house at first. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been delayed until now..."
Eunuch Gao was deeply convinced. Seeing Lady Ye's obviously not quite right, he whispered: "Li Wuwei, this is not a place for interrogation. Take her away and enter the palace!"
Under the gaze of Madam Ye, whose pretty face changed color, Li Yan, who had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, slightly raised the corner of his mouth and waved his hand: