Hongli nodded calmly, and then said to the eunuchs kneeling on the ground: "Okay, there's nothing else to do. You all should go your separate ways."
Hong Zhou was stunned, and was about to speak, but was secretly stopped by Hong Li. He could only watch the eunuchs disperse, and when only the two of them were left, he said in confusion: "Fourth brother, since there is something fishy about this matter.
, why don’t you keep asking, maybe they will know something.”
Hongli shook his head and said: "It's useless. If you continue to ask, there will be no results. Instead of wasting time like this, let's make a good plan on how to catch turtles in an urn."
"Catch a turtle in an urn?" Hong Zhou murmured and repeated, his eyes lit up, and said: "Fourth brother, do you mean that person will come again? But when we came here today, many people in the palace saw it, so we can't guarantee that person.
It's one of them. If you are wary, I'm afraid he won't come."
"This is indeed a problem. It is inevitable to alert the snake in the grass. It's my fault that I didn't think carefully before coming here. However, we can find a way to make a show and disarm the man so that he can sneak into the cold palace again." After that, he said to Hong Zhou:
"You always have a lot of ideas. What do you think? Do you have any ideas?"
"Let me think about it." Hong Zhou stroked his chin and thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, we can arrest someone randomly in this cold palace and let that person think that we have found the suspect and will not suspect him.
If he comes, he may sneak into the cold palace again and surrender. It's just how the fourth brother deploys defenses. Now that you are the supervisor of the country, you can mobilize these imperial guards, but if there are too many people, it will be easy to be discovered;
It's easy for him to escape.
"On the premise of not being discovered, let's spread as many people as possible. We have already scared the snake once, but we can't scare it a second time." After that, he found the eunuch who had just spoken, who was about to do something.
, Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Hongli again, and he said in panic: "Fourth Brother, I have told you everything I know, without hiding anything. Please believe me."
"I have no doubts about you. I just need you to cooperate with me in a play. What is your name?"
"My name is Xiao Wangzi." After the eunuch answered cautiously, Hongli said, "I suspect that you will fall asleep during the vigil, not because you are sleepy, but for some other reason." After that, he told Hongzhou what he had thought of.
He went over the plan and said: "After you get out, I will hand you over to the Division of Punishment, so that people will think you are being tortured there, but in fact, I will instruct the head of the Division of Punishment to never embarrass you."
Hearing that he would not really be tortured, Xiao Wangzi nodded and said, "I just have to follow Brother Si's orders."
Hongli nodded, and immediately escorted him out of the cold palace with Hong Zhou. In order to hide the truth from the situation, Hong Zhou deliberately shouted and cursed at Xiao Wangzi, and kept asking him where he went after leaving the palace.
When he was about to arrive at the Shenxing Department, Hong Zhou slowed down and whispered beside Hong Li: "Fourth brother, I feel like someone is following us."
Hong Li pursed his lips and said, "I have the same feeling. He should be the person we are looking for."
Hong Zhou's eyes turned cold and he said, "Do you want me to arrest him now? This will save a lot of trouble."
Hongli didn't say anything, but pushed Xiao Wangzi who was walking aside to the ground with force, and said harshly: "I'll give you one last chance. Where did you go after you left the palace? Did you deliberately go outside the palace to spread rumors?
Who ordered you to do this? Open your eyes and see clearly. The Division of Punishment is ahead of you. Once you enter, even if you come out alive, you will have to peel off your skin!"
Although he knew it was an act, Xiao Wangzi was still frightened by Hongli's appearance. He said in a trembling voice: "I only went home to see my mother. Other than that, I really didn't go anywhere. Besides, in the cold palace.
The imperial concubine has explained the matter and said..."
"You're not telling the truth, are you?" Hongli pulled Xiao Wangzi up. The moment he bent over, he quickly glanced behind him and found that there was no one behind him, although he felt like he was being followed.
, but no trace was found, which shows that this person must be a master of tracking.
Hong Zhou didn't understand Hong Li's intention at first, until he saw him bending down to look at the actions behind him. He walked a few steps closer to Hong Li and said, "Fourth brother?"
Hongli shook his head and took Xiao Wangzi into the Sentence Department. After explaining the matter and coming out, they no longer felt like they were being followed.
Hongli breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, I didn't let you take action just now, otherwise the trap we finally set up would be useless."
Hong Zhou frowned and said, "When did there be such a person in the palace who could actually follow us without being discovered? Now I want to catch him more and more."
Hongli patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there will be a chance."
The person following them was Anjiu. He knew that it was very dangerous for him to come in and out of Leng Gong like this, especially as the rumors he spread in the capital were spreading rapidly. Sooner or later, someone would find out about Leng Gong, so he always had
Pay attention to the situation in Leng Palace and come here often. When I came here this time, I happened to see Hongli and the others coming out with Xiao Wangzi, so I hurriedly followed them.
Following him all the way, he knew that Hongli and the others had indeed investigated the matter, because Xiao Wangzi had once left the palace, which led them to mistakenly believe that the person who spread the rumors about the cold palace outside the palace was Xiao Wangzi.
Although he knew that he was not exposed or suspected, Anjiu still waited for five days before sneaking into the Leng Palace again, handed over the poppies collected during this period to the Nala family, and told Hongli that he had already suspected the Leng Palace.
After talking about it once, when he mentioned that Xiao Wangzi had left the palace, Nala suddenly interrupted him and said solemnly: "You said that Xiao Wangzi once left the palace?"
"Yes, it was for this reason that the fourth and fifth elder brothers sent Xiao Wangzi to the Criminal Punishment Department, where he is still locked up today."
"No, I can be sure that Xiao Wangzi has never left the palace, because I have seen him all the time in those few days. This matter..." Nala's eyes tightened, and her voice was slightly distorted and said: "I
I understand, this is a trap they set up, just to wait for you to arrive today. If I guessed correctly, I am afraid that the guards will have surrounded you outside."
As if to confirm Nala's words, there was a series of rapid footsteps outside, and people could be vaguely seen outside. Dark doves were hidden by the window, and the window was slightly opened. On this side, he could see several people.
It is simply impossible for people wearing Ouchi guard uniforms to escape without being discovered.
"Fell into a trap!" Anjiu spat out these words with an ugly face. At this moment, he was like a caught fish. Once the fisherman brought it out of the water, he had no clue what to do.