Although Zhaohui was not as excited as Agui, he had the same worry, "Brother Si, if things are like this, won't all our efforts tonight be in vain?"
Hongli shook his head and said: "That's not a big deal. Okay, don't worry about it. Go back to the city and let the doctor treat your injuries. I will take care of the rest."
Seeing what Hongli said, the two of them didn't say much and followed Hongli back to the city. After settling Zhaohui and the others, Hongli found someone to put two rotten heads in a box, but even if the box was sealed,
, there was still a stench emanating from the cracks, permeating the whole room, forcing little Zhengzi to hold his breath, and only took a small breath when he really couldn't hold it in anymore.
Seeing him like this, Hongli said: "If you can't bear it, just go out. There is nothing wrong with me here."
"Slave, everything is fine." He spoke too fast, and a mouthful of stench poured into his nose, making Xiao Zhengzi almost spit it out. After holding it back, he said: "Brother Si, what are you going to do with these two heads?
Do you want to send it to Lord Turichen's house?"
Hongli did not speak, but just nodded. Seeing this, Xiao Zhengzi said again: "I am worried that Master Turichen will not believe it. You also know that he is so stubborn and so biased towards the Queen and the second elder brother."
"I know, but these two heads were saved by Zhaohui and Agui with all their might. After that, they went through many twists and turns before they finally fell into my hands. It would be a pity to just give up." Hongli said at this moment.
I am also in a dilemma, not knowing how to make a decision.
In silent contemplation, the sky gradually brightened, and a new day came again. After the next court session, Hongshi and Hongli were left behind by Yinzhen. Although the two of them didn't look at each other, they both knew in their hearts that they should be together because of last night.
Going out of town,
Admiral Jiumen must have told Yinzhen about this matter, and even if Admiral Jiumen didn't tell him, the spies hiding in the capital would have discovered this matter. There is no way to hide it, but they don't know what happened at the mass graves.
,Yin Zhen knows how much.
Amidst such speculation, Yinzhen said: "I heard that last night, you two brothers asked the nine admirals to open the city gate and leave the city. Is this true?"
Hongshi said first: "What I said to Emperor Ama is indeed true. One of your servants' servants relied on your trust and took away many valuable things in your residence, including several manor property contracts. Your servant
I was afraid that he would not be able to catch him after he ran away, so I boldly asked the nine admirals to open the city gate and hunt him all night long. As for the reason why my fourth brother left the city, I don't know."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hongli took over and said: "When I returned to Emperor Ama, I learned that after my second brother led people to hunt down the traitorous servants all night, he was afraid that his second brother would be in danger, so he led people to help him, and the latter did indeed
I caught up with the second brother, but I don’t know why the second brother couldn’t explain why I left the city.”
Hongshi cursed secretly in his heart and looked sideways: "Fourth brother misunderstood. Brother Wei said that he didn't know what you used to say to ask the nine admirals to open the city gate. It didn't mean that he had never seen you before. You brought someone here specially.
Help me as a brother, how can I not know about it?"
After listening to their words, Yinzhen stood up from the throne, coughed slightly and said, "Have you two brothers finished speaking? Is it my turn to ask a few questions?"
The two of them heard that something was wrong in their voices, so they both lowered their heads and waited for Yinzhen to speak.
After Yinzhen glanced at the two of them, he said: "Hongshi, I'm surprised. When chasing a defecting servant, you need to bring so many people and weapons. As far as I know, you brought at least thirty
Come here, what's wrong? This man is a peerless master with superb martial arts skills. Are you afraid that you can't catch him?"
After a few questions, Hongshi was speechless. Just when he was thinking about how to answer, Yinzhen already said to Hongli: "And you, why did you know about Hongshi as soon as he left the city?
They just hunted down a defecting servant and brought enough manpower, but they also brought a large group of people out of the city to help. Hongli, tell me, do you think this makes sense?"
"My son... my son..." Hongli was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer, because this matter was really unreasonable. Even if he tried to explain himself, Yinzhen wouldn't believe it given his temperament.
But this time, Hongshi rarely showed any joy because of Hongli's embarrassment, because he himself was speechless by Yinzhen's question, so he couldn't tell the truth.
After waiting for a while, Yinzhen didn't see the two talking to each other. He said coldly: "What's the matter? Everyone is usually quite eloquent. Why are you mute again now? Do you want me to send the imperial doctor to you?"
Look, can we cure this mute disease?"
The two of them were surprisingly unanimous this time. They both hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "I deserve to die!"
Yinzhen stared at the two of them and said, "Then tell me, where should I die?"
Neither Hongshi nor Hongli could think of a better explanation, especially Hongli. He thought about telling the truth, but firstly, there was no substantial evidence, and secondly, Yinzhen would discover that he and E Niang were together.
Deliberately scheming against Hongshi would do no good to their mother and son.
Seeing the two people pleading for mercy, Yinzhen's calm face finally showed a trace of anger, "Take people out of the city to the mass graves in the middle of the night, and create tensions. What on earth are you brothers doing?!"
Huang Ama indeed knew what happened at the mass graves. Even if he didn't know why the two of them were tit for tat, it was still troublesome enough.
In fact, the Admiral of the Nine Gates did not tell Yinzhen at first about Hongshi and his wife leaving the city in the middle of the night, but as early as when Hongshi left the city, spies were keeping an eye on them and followed them quietly.
Although Yinzhen transferred many spies to Zhejiang and Henan to pay attention to the implementation of the New Deal there, some spies still stayed in the capital. When Hongli left the city, there were also spies following him, but because he was afraid of being discovered, he did not
If you follow too closely, you can only vaguely hear a few words of the conversation between them, which are incoherent and cannot be coherent. As for the head, it is too far away to see.
However, the situation of the two brothers drawing their bows against each other was clearly seen by the spy. If the two men really fired the arrows at that time, the spy would definitely stop them even if their identities were exposed.
After receiving the report from the spy, Yinzhen hurriedly summoned the nine admirals into the palace in the morning and asked him about what happened last night, which led to the current incident.
Seeing that the two of them had been kneeling and not answering, Yinzhen's face darkened and he shouted: "I'm asking you something, tell me!"
"My son..." Hongshi broke into a cold sweat and couldn't think of how to answer. Yinzhen must not let Yinzhen know about Ping'er and Hongying, otherwise even if Yinzhen doesn't believe it in the end, he will be in trouble. I believe Hongli
The same is true over there. After all, if this matter were to be revealed, he and Concubine Xi would be disgraceful, otherwise Hongli would not have spoken to each other until now.