Du Guan Ling Shi couldn't see clearly the situation in front of him, he just kept waving the dagger in his hand.
Immediately, several government officials appeared from the corner. They stepped forward to surround Du Guan Lingshi, and then stretched out a rope in pairs. Before Du Guan Lingshi could recover, they immediately stepped forward and wrapped the rope around him.
On him.
Du Guan Ling Shi lost the opportunity in the blink of an eye and immediately fell into a struggle. Although he had good strength, he was restricted by the rope and could not move his hands and feet. In addition, he could not see his eyes, so he had long lost his calmness, like a head.
The savage beast only knew how to struggle with all its strength, but soon the officer found an opportunity, threw off the rope and tripped Du Guan Lingshi's leg. The two of them pulled hard, and Du Guan Lingshi fell to the ground unsteadily.
One of the officials stepped forward nimbly, pressed on Du Guan Lingshi, took the dagger from Du Guan Lingshi's hand, and stuffed the soft cloth in his hand into Du Guan Lingshi's mouth.
After a fight, the prison was full of heavy breathing. Fortunately, they won the round quickly, and the faces of several government officials were full of joy.
There were footsteps at the prison door, and a group of people walked over quickly.
"My lord, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my duty." The officer immediately stepped forward to report.
Under the light of the torch, it was Li Xu's clear face.
Huijing still lowered his head and recited the scriptures, with lime scattered all over his body, as if what happened in the prison just now had nothing to do with him.
Li Xu stepped forward and looked at the official Lingshi on the ground.
The officer stepped forward and poured a bowl of oil to wash away some of the lime from Du Guan Lingshi's eyes, and then Du Guan Lingshi reluctantly opened his eyes.
Vaguely, Du Guan Lingshi saw Li Xu and Cheng Ruhai, the Minister of Punishment, who were walking over surrounded by people.
Cheng Ruhai looked at Du Guan Lingshi with a gloomy expression: "Sure enough, there is a traitor. If you were not prepared before, you would have succeeded," he said, looking at Li Xu, "They interrogated him overnight. They were eager to deal with Huijing, but they didn't
After careful planning, if he is suddenly caught by us, he will definitely leave clues."
Li Xu bowed and said: "Since he came to kill Huijing, he knew that his identity would be exposed. He should have taken care of his posthumous affairs before coming. If we interrogate him now, we won't be able to identify the leader."
Cheng Ruhai frowned: "What do you mean?"
Li Xu said: "The governor ordered Shi to attack Huijing today, and he also made a dangerous move. He was very thoughtful and must have thought that we would ambush in the prison, so he sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the punishment department. Those who were watching in secret
He is a close confidant of the person behind the scenes. I have already deployed people around him. If we catch that person, the case will definitely make progress."
Cheng Ruhai looked at Li Xu with admiration: "Not only did you set a trap in the prison, but you also thought about what would happen next. You are really quick and quick. I will take credit for you if you catch that person tonight."
After Cheng Ruhai finished speaking, he ordered the people around him: "Bring a team of elites to follow Mr. Li."
"Master Cheng," Li Xu did not leave immediately, but looked at Cheng Ruhai worriedly, "my mother..."
Only then did Cheng Ruhai remember: "Don't worry, I have deployed good people from the Beijing Central Guards Station. They will keep your mother and sister safe." At this point, he gently patted Li Xu on the shoulder, "Let the murderer enter the hole."
They were unaware of the situation at home. They didn't expect that the murderer would poison your sister and then follow the doctor in. The situation at that time was indeed a bit dangerous. If they attacked by force, your mother might be hurt. Fortunately, they wanted to trick you into returning home.
, I won’t rush to attack your mother.
When they relax a little, the people from Jingwei will attack and capture all the murderers. I also asked the imperial doctor to treat your eldest sister carefully. You can rest assured that I will help you deal with these things.
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Li Xu bowed and saluted Cheng Ruhai.
"There is no need to be so polite between you and me," Cheng Ruhai said, "just go about your business!"
Li Xu responded and walked out of the prison.
"Sir, let's go next..." the Yamen who followed Li Xu asked in a low voice.
"You patrol around first and wait for the people I have assigned to deliver the news."
The official left with the people, and Zhou who was not far away came forward: "Jiulang, Cheng Ruhai lied to us. He said he would protect the eldest wife and Mrs. Kong, but he refused to take action at the critical moment. He only waited for something to happen at home.
, we were not allowed to take charge of the nursing home by ourselves, saying that we were afraid of alerting others. It was clear that we wanted to use the Li family members as bait to lure those people into being deceived.
The life of the eldest wife is at stake, and Mrs. Kong will probably suffer a lot." He was unable to help outside, and was really worried that Cheng Ruhai would cheat Li Xu like this.
Li Xu had already guessed Cheng Ruhai's intentions without receiving any news from Cheng Ruhai when he was on duty. Those people would not boldly take action unless something happened to the Li family.
"He was afraid of losing his credit, so he used such methods. It's really not a good thing," Zhou said. "We'd better leave the capital as soon as possible and don't deal with them."
Li Xu's eyes darkened slightly. The eldest sister was always smart and careful, how could she let someone be poisoned like this?
Zhou Dao: "How about we go back and save the eldest lady!"
Going back now is equivalent to not trusting Cheng Ruhai. Cheng Ruhai made it clear that the men he sent to the Li family were from the Jingwei. Since the King of Wei case, only the emperor's will can mobilize the Jingwei troops. In other words, this is the emperor's will.
With Cheng Ruhai suppressing him like this, how could he openly disobey the holy will?
Li Xu frowned: "Take people to watch, and when the people from Jingwei ask, just say it was my intention." As long as he stays here, even if Cheng Ruhai is unhappy, he won't break his skin.
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Zhou nodded: "Jiulang, these people do whatever they want with the power in their hands. It's really hard for you." The matter was urgent and he had no time to say anything else. He got on his horse and left in a hurry with the Li family guards.
Zhou just left.
Immediately someone came to report: "Sir, there is news. We just saw someone sneaking around nearby and someone has already chased him."
Li Xu immediately calmed down and led the people to follow him. Now it seemed that his guess was correct. There must be something harvested tonight. The only thing that made him feel strange was that there was no movement from either the Song family or the Anyi Hou Mansion.
Seeing that he was about to catch the person behind the scenes, Xu Qinghuan could not give up. Li Xu couldn't help but frown. Did he overlook something in arranging this in the prison? He looked at Huijing, who was too close to the case.
If you are blinded by what is happening in front of you, it is inevitable that you will not notice something.
Xu Qinghuan would always find clues that others didn't care about. She would never ignore Huijing's affairs, but she was in a place he didn't expect.
He must have missed something.
Although he made some careful arrangements tonight, the result was not very smooth. Something happened to the Li family, and his mother's life or death was uncertain. He was so busy that the final result was very likely to be unsatisfactory.
…
Three streets away from the Ministry of Justice, a person was waiting in the yard for the results.
"We missed it," finally the news came back, "the Criminal Department is arresting people."
The man held his hand tightly. Fortunately, it was some distance away from the Punishment Department, so the Punishment Department's men might not be able to find him.
Ling Shi, the capital official who went to kill Huijing, didn't talk nonsense.
The man said gloomily: "Let everyone disperse, don't let the government officials see the clues, hide for a few days, and then show up again after the situation is calm."
Just as the man finished speaking, he heard a slight noise, and several people looked outside the yard. Then a burning torch was thrown in, and a clay pot fell with the torch. The clay pot was broken.
Black water splashed out, immediately igniting the fire, and the flames jumped up with a "whoosh" sound.