Chapter 303: Shi Miyuan was assassinated, Qin Shaobai met an old friend
Before Qin Shaobai had time to sort out the affairs of Wokuotai, a big event happened in Lin'an.
On his way to the palace, Shi Miyuan was attacked by a group of men in black.
If Xue Ji hadn't tried his best to protect him, Shi Miyuan might have been stabbed into a hedgehog by those people's swords.
After that day, Shi Miyuan no longer dared to go out alone and asked the emperor to transfer Feiyu to protect him.
Song Ningzong discussed with Qin Shaobai.
Qin Shaobai was naturally unwilling. He said that Feiyu still had many things to do for him, and the Imperial City Department could not do without Feiyu.
Song Ningzong found a reason to reject Shi Miyuan.
On this day, Qin Shaobai was watching Gechazi practicing in the Imperial City Division, when he received an imperial edict from the emperor, asking the Imperial City Division to ransack his home.
The official whose house was confiscated was named Hong, and it is said that he ordered people to assassinate Shi Miyuan.
Qin Shaobai was shocked and was thinking about how to save the official along the way.
Who knew that when they arrived at Hong Mansion, they saw the door of the mansion wide open.
There was a big table in the yard, and most of the food on the table was eaten.
Everyone in the Hong Mansion sat quietly on their chairs.
Feiyu led the people and ran up.
Who knew that those people didn't respond at all and still sat quietly on their chairs.
Feiyu reached out to touch Mr. Hong.
Mr. Hong's body tilted to the side and he actually fell down from the chair.
Everyone was shocked and quickly took a closer look and found that all ten people at the table were dead.
Qin Shaobai took a closer look and found that Mr. Hong's family's lips were black, and they must have died of poisoning.
He asked people to use silver needles to test the poison on the food on the table. Sure enough, every bowl of food was poisonous.
"Your Majesty, did someone poison Master Hong's family?"
Feiyu asked, but the horror in his eyes was clearly revealed.
"Probably not." Qin Shaobai also had mixed feelings in his heart.
"Why does the prince think that someone did not poison him?"
"You see, they poisoned almost every plate. It was obvious that this was a premeditated poisoning. They used the poison as a seasoning for the dishes."
"Your Majesty is right. If someone poisoned it, it would have been put in the wine or rice, not evenly in every dish."
Feiyu's eyes lingered on the dozens of corpses, and he said after a while: "They thought they were dying to express their will, but it is very likely that they committed suicide out of fear of crime."
"Stop talking, go to the house and see if there is any evidence that can be used."
The detectives quickly found several letters from the Hong Mansion.
One was written to the Sixth Prince Shi, the commander of the Imperial City Division, one was written to Zhao Bai, the King of Zhennan, and the other was actually written to the current sage Song Ningzong.
Every letter is written in blood.
Qin Shaobai opened the letter written to the Sixth Prince.
In the letter, he admitted that he was the one who assassinated Shi Miyuan.
He also expressed regret that he could not stab Shi Miyuan to death, and hoped that other patriots could pull out the poisonous thorn in Shi Miyuan.
"Everyone in the Hong family should be here, right?"
Qin Shaobai closed the letter and asked.
Feiyu naturally heard what Qin Shaobai meant and took out his household registration book to correspond one by one.
"Sir, all ten members of the Hong family are here."
"Okay then, let's withdraw."
Qin Shaobai asked Feiyu to give two letters to Zhao Bai, and he came to the palace with Lord Hong's blood letter.
After being assassinated, Shi Miyuan chose to stay at home more often, so the number of times he came to the palace became significantly less.
Song Ningzong held Master Hong's blood book, his hands trembling.
After a long time, he asked someone to light a brazier and burn the letter bit by bit.
Qin Shaobai felt like his brain was in a daze.
He could guess Master Hong's accusation in the blood book, but he didn't expect that Song Ningzong chose this way of handling it.
The performance of Song Zong also told Qin Shaobai that it was impossible for the Southern Song Dynasty court to punish Shi Miyuan.
Trying to bring down Shi Miyuan is simply out of whim.
Qin Shaobai could understand Song Ningzong's behavior.
After all, Shi Miyuan's power inside and outside the imperial court didn't just collapse.
Zhao Bai, however, was furious as he held up Master Hong's blood letter.
"What is Zhao Kuo thinking? With such a blood letter as evidence, why don't you arrest the thief immediately and interrogate him severely?"
Qin Shaobai comforted Zhao Bai with a few words and left.
He didn't want to go back to the prince's mansion either.
A man is walking on the street alone.
I don't know if it's because it's freezing cold, but there aren't many people on the street.
Occasionally, a few ordinary people walked past him, also in a hurry.
They probably don't know that a family just died to express their will, but failed to use blood to wake up the numb rulers.
Qin Shaobai couldn't help but sigh.
"Why, is there anything in the Song Dynasty that our Sixth Prince cannot solve?"
Qin Shaobai looked back, and his eyes seemed to be stuck with universal glue, and he could no longer take his eyes away from the woman in front of him.
This woman was wearing a white short coat, satin blue pants, and a pink shawl.
This outfit is extremely elegant, like a blooming lotus.
In addition, she has a small oval face, a pair of exquisite big eyes, a high straight nose exuding a cute atmosphere, and her red lips are slightly trembling, as if there is a pimple in her lips.
She is truly a beauty.
"Qingyi?"
Qin Shaobai called out in surprise, and people were already running up to him.
Who would have thought that before he even got close, the woman would move slightly and avoid Qin Shaobai's embrace.
"Why is the Sixth Prince so enthusiastic?"
The woman smiled lightly, "Aren't the Sixth Prince afraid that I am your imperial sister Chaoyang? You have never thought that I am the eldest lady of Plum Blossom Villa, Mei Qingyi?"
Qin Shaobai did have some doubts at first, but now that he heard the woman say this and smiled after she finished speaking, he understood even more that the woman in front of him was his girlfriend Mu Qingyi in 2022.
The excitement in his heart could not be described in words.
He looked at Mu Qingyi quietly.
Finally Mu Qingyi sighed: "Do you know how much I missed you these days when you were gone?"
Qin Shaobai could no longer suppress his inner excitement and held Mu Qingyi in his arms.
The two hugged there for a long time.
Qin Shaobai heard Mu Qingyi sniff her nose and was shocked to realize that they were standing in the cold wind.
Qin Shaobai quickly took Mu Qingyi to the prince's mansion.
After sitting down, Qin Shaobai first poured a cup of tea for Mu Qingyi, and then looked at Mu Qingyi stupidly.
"Why, you still don't believe I'm here?"
"Qingyi, I know it's you, but how can you know who I am?"
Mu Qingyi laughed and took off the glasses from her face.
"These glasses are the latest technological product. Wearing them, you can identify who is from this world and who has traveled from the outside world."
Qin Shaobai put on his glasses in disbelief.
Mu Qingyi handed over a small mirror.
Qin Shaobai clearly saw his original appearance in the mirror.
"Shaobai, I have found hundreds of people like you who have traveled through time." Mu Qingyi said slowly, "We are looking for a time tunnel that can return to the original society."