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914. Chapter nine hundred and fourteen

It is said that the leader of the King of Qin, General Cai Guohou of the Internal Guard, came to the King of Qin's palace to ask for an audience. Before he could talk to their prince Haosheng, he was disturbed by Zhu Tong and Queen Zhao's mother and son. After waiting for a long time, word came from inside that the King of Qin was going to host a banquet.

Queen Zhao, mother and son, asked Zhu Tong, Mr. Cui and others to disperse for the time being. After Zhu and Cai left, Cai Guohou sat alone for about a stick of incense and felt inexplicably excited. He walked to the door lightly and opened it.

Looking at the curtain, there were already many armed warriors standing outside. Eunuch Li sneered and said, "Master Cai, the Dongchuang Incident has happened."

Cai Guohou was an astute person. Recalling the expressions and tones of King Qin and others just now, he immediately realized that he had been framed. It would be useless to talk more at this time. After thinking for a moment, he held up his hands and said: "Eunuch Li, please report back to the prince. I will be wronged."

Please don’t listen to one-sided words, please send loyal and intelligent people to investigate the last general in detail. The last general will be upright and upright, so that the sun and the moon can be seen." He bowed deeply and captured him without restraint.

Eunuch Li said: "Don't worry about this. If you are really wronged, the prince will clear your name." He ordered the warriors to take him away.

At dusk that day, the people sent by Zhu Wei to Xianyang came back. In addition to arresting all the old bustards in Baihualou, Guigong Fentou Nursery, they also sealed up the Jixiang Embroidery Workshop. Due to the sudden incident, Huang

The widow had no time to escape, so she was caught red-handed. Officers and soldiers were sent to garrison the embroidery workshop.

At night, a watchman wandered to the embroidery workshop and inquired with the officers and soldiers: "Master, what are you doing? How come this embroidery workshop is closed even though it's in good condition?"

A talkative officer and soldier said with a smile: "This widow is also unlucky. If a good person sits at home, disaster will come from heaven..."

Before he finished speaking, the leader laughed and scolded: "Shut up! Don't chew your tongue. We are so talkative about nobles' gossip." The watchman became more curious and pulled the leader to inquire. The leader smiled and said: "You sir

Don't be curious. I don't dare to talk about such romantic affairs."

The watchman said: "The more the military master says this, the more I want to know! I don't know if I can't sleep tonight."

The officers and soldiers laughed and said, "You're the only one who's on duty, so you won't be able to sleep tonight."

Another officer said: "I don't know what the reason is. Boss, what's the fuss about? Let's guard an embroidery workshop at night."

The leader smiled and said: "Let us guard it just to show that this matter is important. If you are tired, go inside and take a nap."

Another officer and soldier raised his head and said: "He is not tired now, but his heart is scratching his chest like a mouse. Boss, I don't know, please tell us~~"

Several officers and soldiers nearby were clamoring to know. The leader smiled and said: "I told you, you are not allowed to spread the word. If it spreads, you will be beheaded!"

Everyone said: "I won't tell you even if I'm beaten to death!"

The leader then said: "This matter is indeed a secret. Do you know about the casino on Tongling Street, Fuyuntang? Most of the imperial court was involved."

Everyone nodded: "I know, I know! Ping An is my boss, and I don't know how many adults have been dragged into the water."

The leader said: "Recently, Master Zhu Wei was trying the case, and a roundabout incident actually involved a romantic case. Mr. Le Lanle, the doctor in charge, had a concubine, who turned out to be the concubine of the late prince, and she also gave birth to the princess! The end

You really cuckolded the prince’s father!”

All the officers and soldiers were as happy as boiling water. "Seriously?" "Sir Le, you are so brave!" "You are not brave, you are obviously very lucky!" "I wonder how the prince's little mother feels?"

The leader said mischievously: "This lady's surname is Cao. She is the most beautiful among all the concubines of my ancestor. In her early years, she was known as the most beautiful woman in Chang'an City! She was originally engaged to be married to her cousin, and even the dowry was prepared. I didn't want to

Her reputation fell into the ears of the Queen Mother, and she was specially chosen for her late son. When the late son was here, the Cao family was favored by all. Her cousin, surnamed Ji, was also a famous talent in Chang'an City at that time. Because of his dissatisfaction, he

I ran to help..." He held out three fingers. Everyone nodded to show their understanding. The leader continued, "Who would have thought that this person met Mr. Cao and fell in love with her too! It was so lively at that time."

The officers and soldiers clucked their tongues one after another: "How beautiful this woman is! Whoever sees her will love her."

The leader said: "No! It's hard for a hero to be a beauty. Mr. Ji saw that the lord also fell in love with his cousin, so he obviously wouldn't help him! So he asked Cao to elope. Who knew that the Queen Mother knew about it? Hello Mr. Ji

Xuan was beaten to death as a thief and ran away. The Queen Mother concealed the incident for the sake of her late son's reputation. The Queen Mother is really virtuous."

Everyone said: "The Queen Mother is truly a virtuous person."

Someone sighed: "It's a pity that I got such two brothers." Then they sighed with regret.

The leader continued: "Later... the late Crown Prince and the Third Highness both died, and the great beauty Cao became a nun. We secretly didn't know what a pity it was. Later, the Queen Mother took pity on the little princess who couldn't see her mother, and she was never seen again.

He took her back to Chang'an from Nani Nunnery in Nanshan and allowed her to grow her hair and become a layman. She would often go back to the palace to visit her. Who knew that she was still not honest and actually hooked up with Mr. Le. The prince was furious and asked the Tingwei Palace to conduct a thorough investigation." He pointed.

Pointing to the auspicious embroidery shop behind him, "The owner of this embroidery shop, Widow Huang, is the pimp of the two of them. Today we also raided a kiln called Baihualou, and the old madam also had a hand in it."

"Oh~~That's it." Everyone sighed in surprise.

The leader sighed: "These old bustards and widows stay alone in their empty boudoirs and are cold and lonely. They are talkative and meddlesome. They never settle down. Their sweet words and soft talk have caused many troubles. But others are easy to pimp, the prince.

My little mother actually dares to act recklessly. But she doesn’t know how to write the word death, right?”

"Who says otherwise! He is more courageous than fighting." The officers and soldiers discussed for a while.

The watchman still didn't believe it: "A mere widow who doesn't even have a man to support her appearance dares to instigate the late prince's concubine to have an affair with a high-ranking member of the imperial court? I don't believe it."

The leader said: "That's because you haven't seen her before. If you saw such a beauty, you wouldn't be able to resist trying to get her. Back then, all the men who saw her were fascinated by her."

The officers and soldiers said one after another: "Master Le is the one who has fallen in love with me." "The word "sex" is a knife in the head!" "An official as big as Master Le has fallen into trouble in Wenwen Township." "This is called,

To die under the peonies is to be a ghost."

The leader said: "A while ago, Widow Huang was involved in a lawsuit, and Master Lelan stepped in to suppress it for her."

"Oh - that's it!" "I've heard about it too! Two widows competing for a cook!"

The watchman then stopped talking and said some flattering words before going off to watch.

The next day, Zhu Weijia sent more troops to search the entire auspicious embroidery workshop. The house was locked and sealed for the time being, and the officers and soldiers withdrew.

These officers and soldiers were not tight-lipped masters. When they returned to Chang'an, they rarely visited restaurants and casinos. This romantic affair naturally spread to the market. When the people recalled the past, they realized that the Cao family was indeed the most beautiful woman in Chang'an, and it was indeed established.

My dear cousin, my cousin later actually took refuge with Lao San and suddenly disappeared. Everything matched up. People immediately discovered that a cook from Shilixiang Restaurant died a while ago and had hooked up with two widows during his lifetime.

, one was poor and the other was rich. The richest among them was the Huang Widow from Jixiang Embroidery House. The Pian Shili Xiang Restaurant was opened by the beauty Cao’s natal family. In this way, two romantic cases were connected.

The world loves romantic cases the most, and the romantic cases of noble people love the most among romantic cases. These two cases have involved the concubines, concubines, court officials, widows in the market, cooks, and old bustards. The two cities of Chang'an and Xianyang suddenly started to stir up trouble.

Discussions are everywhere in the streets. Even Shilixiang Restaurant is full every day. The idlers are asking the waiters about their aunt and the cook. Shilixiang doesn't know whether to cry or laugh. There are also people who go to Yunju Temple to join in the fun, the host

The master simply sent a sharp-tongued sister-in-law to sit at the door and read the scriptures. When anyone came to ask, he told him: Layman Cao had been taken away by the government. The idle people became more and more energetic.

There was a lot of noise outside and they were just spreading random news, but the King of Qin was not sure who should be allowed to interrogate Marquis Cai. As a general of the inner guard, Marquis Cai knew too many secrets to hand over to the Tingwei Mansion. He wanted Mr. Cui to

Let's go to trial, Mr. Cui said: "Wei Chen is not trying to shirk. At that time, Mr. Cai came to the palace unexpectedly and interceded for Le Lan. Wei Chen had already concluded that he and Le Lan were accomplices. If Wei Chen goes to interrogate, Mr. Cai

No matter what I say, I will not believe it. If there is really an injustice, I will definitely wrong him. It would be better for the prince to send someone without prejudice to judge."

The King of Qin asked Eunuch Li again. Eunuch Li said: "The Za family also thinks that Cai Guohou and Le Lan are in the same group."

King Qin really had no one to send, so he wanted to send Zhu Tong. Mr. Cui hurriedly said: "Absolutely not. Mr. Zhu Tong is a prime minister and will be in charge of the government in the future. The internal guards are used to supervise them. If he is allowed to interrogate

The leader of the inner guard..."

The King of Qin said angrily: "Where can I find anyone whom I can trust?"

Mr. Cui said: "Or... the trial is still conducted by Mr. Zhu, and Eunuch Li is listening, but stops him if something goes wrong?"

King Qin thought for a long time, waved his hand and said, "Let's try this first."

Zhu Tong has been busy with the fake draft case these days. Eunuch Li suddenly came and asked him to interrogate Cai Guohou. Zhu Tong said sadly: "I am exhausted."

Eunuch Li laughed and said: "Mr. Zhu, those who can do more work."

Marquis Cai Guo has been imprisoned in Prince Qin's Mansion and has not been moved. As soon as Zhu Tongcai entered the door, Marquis Cai Guo said with a smile: "How can you be so stretched? It's still Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Cai, it's not easy for me to try your case." He glanced at Eunuch Li, "Don't tell me things that I shouldn't know."

Cai Guohou said leisurely: "This is just for my happiness."

Eunuch Li sat aside with a cold face and said nothing. Zhu Tong raised his hands to Marquis Cai and said, "I heard that Mr. Cai wants a smart person to ask questions, and I am quite smart."

Cai Guohou nodded and said seriously, "I have been plotted against."

Zhu Tong said: "I dare to ask what's going on."

"I don't know." Cai Guohou said, "I don't know the reason for being locked up here at all."

Zhu Tong asked: "May I ask Mr. Cai, do you know what Le Lan committed?"

Cai Guohou sighed: "This is where I made a mistake. I just made friends with Mr. Le a few days ago and owed him a favor. I heard that he had entered the Tingwei Mansion, and I was anxious for a while. I also knew that Mr. Le was an official.

If you are pure and upright, you will follow other people's ways."

Zhu Tong said: "Le Lan has just entered the Tingwei Mansion, Master Cai got the news so quickly?"

"I got an urgent report from a subordinate."

Eunuch Li said in a sharp voice from the side: "Master Cai's subordinates are secretly working. How did Le Lan know about it? What kind of relationship does Master Cai have with him? Do you even tell him this?"

Cai Guohou was stunned: "I never told him. Did Le Lan say he knew who was my subordinate?"

Eunuch Li sneered: "If he doesn't know, how can your subordinates report the news to you?"

Cai Guohou thought for a while, shook his head and said: "How can you understand such confusion!"

Zhu Tong frowned and said: "Let's not mention this part for now. I want to ask you, do you know the reason for the death of Empress Cao?"

Cai Guohou sighed: "If I say I don't know, will Mr. Zhu believe me?"

Zhu Tong took out a piece of Xue Tao's note and said: "We found this in the house of Lady Cao in Yunju Temple. It is indeed written by Lady Cao herself."

Cai Guohou took a look and saw that the note was filled with the word "Guohou", more than thirty of them. His heart skipped a beat. "Maybe someone else also called this name? It has nothing to do with me."

Zhu Tong tilted his head and looked at him for a while and said: "Let's be honest. Now that Empress Cao is dead, I am not sure who is her lover, Mr. Cai, you or Le Lan. Eunuch Li and I have pondered over it.

, when Le Lan first heard that we suspected that Cao Cao was his concubine, his reaction was more like: Cao Cao was not his concubine, but he knew who it was. He then deliberately said that Cao Cao had an affair with someone on the night when he was

With another woman. And the woman didn't know anything about this. But she was your subordinate, and Le Lan knew that she was your subordinate. Your subordinate thought it was strange, so he kept Le Lan in the Tingwei Mansion and called himself

I will let you know about the private meeting with her one night. Mr. Cai, you know clearly that Le Lan is asking you to save him in a roundabout way. The person who had a private meeting with Cao Cao that night was yourself. Therefore,

You did not abandon Le Lan and abandon your soldiers to protect the chariot, but poisoned your concubine Cao Niangniang and hurried to plead with the prince."

Cai Guohou was stunned for a long time, and then he said: "What kind of misunderstanding caused Mr. Zhu to come up with such a strange thing? This..." He was stunned for a long time, "It's incredible, I can't explain it. I don't recognize Empress Cao at all.

.”

Eunuch Li sneered: "Who else can kill people from the prefect's Yamen without a trace?"

Cai Guohou smiled bitterly and said: "If Lady Cao were my concubine and we had a good relationship, why would I bother to use the poison that caused her to die in pain? I have enough in my hands to seal my throat with blood."

Eunuch Li said: "The incident happened suddenly. Mr. Cai couldn't allow him to think too much, so he had to take action in a hurry."

Cai Guohou shook his head: "You two must have also tried Le Lan?"

Zhu Tong said: "I won't say a word. He is worthy of you."

Cai Guohou sighed: "He wants to kill me. I suspect this is a cruel trick of Le Lan." He thought for a long time, "Maybe even the way he saved my life a few days ago was a cruel trick. It can be found anywhere.

What a coincidence, I just went to relieve myself, and the latrine suddenly collapsed?"

Zhu Tong and Eunuch Li looked at each other: "Where's the latrine? Please explain it clearly and I'll go check it out."

"Shilixiang Restaurant."

Zhu Tong and Eunuch Li took action at the same time: "Say it again!" Zhu Tong stood up and said, "Why did you go to Shilixiang Restaurant for dinner!"

Cai Guohou sighed again: "My nephew invited me to drink."

Zhu Tong then immediately captured Cai Guohou's nephew. This man was an ordinary dude, and he would do anything with just a few casual threats. That day there was a merchant who spent five thousand taels of silver and said he wanted to recognize Cai Guohou.

All he asked was that the nephew would invite Cai Guohou to have a drink in Shilixiang, and let him and Mr. Cai have a few words at the same table. Mr. Cai could do some trivial matters without any effort. It was just that the merchant gave Cai a hard time.

The Marquis encouraged him to drink, so Cai Guo ate more. It was inevitable that he would urinate during the dinner, but he did not expect an accident. The toilet in the restaurant suddenly collapsed, and Cai Guohou was half drunk and had difficulty moving, so he was crushed to death by a pillar.

Fortunately, someone came to relieve himself and saved Cai Guohou's life. When his nephew asked who that person was, Cai Guohou only said that he had thanked him for his money.

Two hours later, the Shilixiang Restaurant was also sealed, and officers and soldiers captured the entire Cao family, and no one escaped.

Zhu Tong came home and said to his wife with a smile: "We have hollowed out all the stakes that Shu has worked so hard to build. Now we just have to wait for their commander-in-chief to take action in person."


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