"Did you really not notice anything unusual about Zhao Shunde's behavior these past few days?"
Guo Rong stared at the servants in the inner chamber in front of the lobby with gloomy eyes. He did not expect that nothing happened even after two months of staring at the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. He had only been back to the palace for half a day today, but the Marquis Mansion was already in a commotion. Jump.
Han Qian, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong were sitting in the hall, looking around as if nothing happened, as if today's matter had nothing to do with him at all.
When something like this happened, no one dared to hide it. Guo Rong was not in the Hou Mansion at the time, so the deputy supervisor of the Hou Mansion rushed to the palace to report the matter.
Han Qian and the others did not know how furious the emperor was when he heard this. They only knew that a group of guards came from the palace soon and took away the third prince Yang Yuanpu.
After that, Shen He, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Guo Rong rushed over and gathered everyone to investigate the matter. Chen De and Qian Wenxun led the guard camp and sealed off the Linjiang Marquis Mansion.
After the incident happened, Han Qian had been secretly complaining. He had originally hoped that the third prince would deliberately accidentally severely injure or "accidentally kill" one or two of the hateful slaves, and then take the initiative to plead guilty and admit his mistake. This would not only make it difficult for Anning Palace to impose punishment, but also make it more difficult for the Marquis Mansion to punish him. Establishing prestige among the slaves, he could also "dare not avoid or neglect" the third prince in a clear and righteous manner, without having to deliberately avoid the ubiquitous informants of An Ning Palace.
However, he never expected that the Third Prince would be so eager, and instead of waiting for a few more days to find a better opportunity, he directly framed his slaves to assassinate him.
After what happened, Han Qian was a little stupid and deeply scared.
The prince accidentally killed someone, and the prince was assassinated and killed the assassin. They were two completely different events. Yang Yuanpu only focused on struggling to restrain himself, but did not think about how big the difference was and how much trouble it might cause!
When a prince is assassinated, generally speaking, such a major matter should be sent to the Yushitai and Dali Temple for a joint trial with Zong Zhengfu.
And once the Yushitai, Dali Temple and Zongzheng Mansion were involved, Han Qian could not predict the direction in which the situation would develop.
However, the palace finally sent the young eunuch Shen He together with Guo Rong and Chen De to investigate the matter, which made Han Qian feel at ease a little, guessing that Emperor Tianyou didn't want the situation to escalate, otherwise he really didn't know how to end it.
It has been found out that the dagger used in the "assassination" was not brought into the Hou Mansion by Zhao Shunde, but was accidentally lost by a guard in the guard camp. However, this guard refused to admit that he had colluded with Zhao Shunde and was arrested at this time. He and Guo Rong ordered him to be detained for torture.
At this time, more than a dozen chambermaids and maids in the inner house who were involved with Zhao Shunde were all taken to the lobby for interrogation. However, the interrogation continued throughout the afternoon, and by this time, the red candle was burning, but nothing substantial was found in the interrogation.
How can it be possible to find out something substantial through interrogation?
Song Xin stood behind Guo Rong with her arms akimbo, her chest bulging out, and her rather gorgeous eyes, now filled with gloom, stared at Li Chong.
Song Xin was panicked at first, and just wanted to make sure that the third prince, Yang Yuanpu, was safe and sound, so as to prevent them from being implicated and causing death. But now she calmed down, and it was not difficult to see that there were too many doubts about today's assassination.
Zhao Shunde was tall and tall, and no matter how hard he practiced riding and shooting in the past two months, the third prince Yang Yuanpu was still a young man under fourteen years old with a weak body. Zhao Shunde failed to assassinate him in such a hurry, but instead called the third prince Yang Yuanpu. Stabbed with scissors?
Everyone rushed over after hearing the sound. Li Chong's first reaction was to subdue Zhao Shunde first, which was not wrong. However, in the process of subduing Zhao Shunde, he directly strangled Zhao Shunde's throat. This was too much force. Already?
At this time, not only the chamberlains and palace maids who were involved with Zhao Shunde were brought out for interrogation, but the guard who lost the dagger was also tortured for an entire afternoon, but no clues were found. Isn't the matter clear enough?
At this time, Li Chong was just staring at the blue-patterned tiles on the floor. Others could not see the expression on his face, but his shoulders were stiff, which showed that he was under great pressure.
Han Qian touched his nose with his hand and looked at Shen He and Guo Rong who were standing in the hall with gloomy faces.
As a young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a regular servant of Wenying Palace, Shen He was one of the most trusted eunuchs of Emperor Tianyou. Although he was ordered to investigate the assassination case, he rarely spoke when he came to Lin Jianghou Mansion, mainly because of Guo Rong. Chen De came forward and pulled out everyone in the house to get to the bottom of the matter.
However, Shen He was not like Song Xin. He didn't seem to be interested in Li Chong. Most of the day passed, and his eyes didn't even linger on Li Chong.
Han Qian sighed slightly in his heart, and the secret feeling was really strange. In the past, he had turned a blind eye to such details, but the memory of Zhai Xinping, the man in the dream, seemed to be integrated into his blood. From this seemingly stalemate, he could see There is too much information.
The acting skills of the third prince Yang Yuanpu are very poor. No one is a fool. Shen He can gain the trust of Emperor Tianyou and be appointed by Emperor Tianyou to investigate the assassination case of the prince. It is even more impossible for Shen He to be a fool. How could he not see the flaw?
When Emperor Tianyou received the news, he should have already guessed that the case was most likely a family scandal. He did not send the case to the Yushitai, Dali Temple, and Zongzheng Mansion for a joint trial. Instead, he sent Shen He here, with the purpose of keeping the family scandal from being publicized.
And Shen He came over to see the flaw and ignored Li Chongli. Naturally, he followed the will of Emperor Tianyou not to bring shame on the family. However, he did not directly cover up the case. Instead, he followed Guo Rong and Chen De to arrest everyone in the house. Came out to investigate, in the end Shen He didn't want to offend An Ning Palace.
Is it to expose the poor acting skills of the third prince Yang Yuanpu? He actually just watched Guo Rong and Chen De compete in a battle of wills?
In this way, Shen He no longer has to be caught between Emperor Tianyou and An Ning Palace.
Of course, Guo Rong's reaction was also very strange. He dragged the chambermaids and palace maids who were involved with Zhao Deshun to the lobby, and kept asking only those questions. He even stopped the eager Song Xin with his eyes to prevent her from being overwhelmed. He pointed the finger at Li Chong.
Guo Rong is stalling for time, perhaps waiting for Anning Palace to make the final decision before deciding whether to lift the lid?
"..."
After waiting for a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the yard, and then I saw the Deputy Superintendent of the Hou Mansion who came to the palace at noon to deliver the news. He disappeared for an entire afternoon and only then hurriedly came back and walked to Guo Guo. Rong whispered a few words to his side.
Shen He, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, narrowed his eyes and seemed to turn a blind eye to the scene in front of him.
"This case has been investigated clearly. Zhao Shunde had evil intentions and colluded with the guard Zhao Cang to assassinate His Highness." Guo Rong turned to Shen He who was sitting in the hall and said.
"Have you really found out?" Shen He asked.
"It's clear," Guo Rong said with certainty, "Guo made a mistake and allowed a traitor to sneak into the Marquis's residence. He went back to the palace with Mr. Shen to plead guilty to His Majesty."
"Forget it now. Now that the case has been investigated clearly, let's wait until His Majesty comes to an end." Shen He was fat and probably weighed two hundred kilograms. At this time, he was holding on to the armrests and lifting his fat body from the narrow position. He pulled out of the Grand Master's chair and seemed not to want to stay in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion for a moment longer. He took two young eunuchs in green clothes and hurried back to the palace to resume his duties.
And now that the case has been "investigated" clearly, Han Qian and the others can go back to their respective homes.
Although the guard camp sealed off the Hou Mansion and strictly prohibited the news from leaking out, it was impossible for at least the Han family, Feng family, Kong family and Xinchang Hou Mansion to be unaware of such a big event.
Han Qian walked out of the Hou Mansion. In addition to Zhao Kuo, Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng waiting outside the Hou Mansion, Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan were also standing in front of a carriage, waiting for him to come out.
It was already dark at this time, and Han Qian and the others had not eaten much for lunch. At this time, they were hungry and had no strength to ride a horse, so they walked towards the carriage, preparing to take the carriage back.
"Qi Lang of the Han family, it's still early. You and I should go somewhere and have a drink to calm down the shock." Li Chong walked over from behind and grabbed Han Qian's arm without any explanation, not telling him to leave.
"It's so late at night. I believe His Highness will stay in the palace for a few more days this time. It won't be too late for us to have a drink together tomorrow." Han Qian raised his head and looked at the crescent moon climbing on the top of the tree.
Li Chong was quite calm today without being scared to death. Han Qian secretly complained, thinking that he would run away with Li Chong at this time. Li Chong was so angry that even if he didn't stab him with a knife, he would probably Gotta give him a good beating!
"Qi Lang is not even interested in going to Wan Honglou, which he misses the most on weekdays?" Li Chong stared at Han Qian viciously. At this time, he felt like tearing his heart to pieces. He instigated the third prince so recklessly that he almost made them full. Everyone loses. If Han Qian is not taught a lesson today, how can he endure this tone?
"..." Seeing that Li Chong was so angry that he wanted to drag him to the Wanhong Mansion to argue, Han Qian knew that he would not be able to escape, so he said to Fan Xicheng, "Young Master will definitely drag me to drink. I can't refuse. You go back to my father first." Just tell me and I will go back after drinking with the Young Master."
Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo didn't know what was going on, but when they saw that Han Qian had been dragged onto another carriage by Li Chong, they could only go back first.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were surprised when they saw this scene. They didn't know when Han Qian and Li Chong had such a close relationship.
