The eunuch stepped forward and saluted and said, "Just now, Duke Ji sent someone to send word that there has been progress in the assassination matter."
Emperor Qingming's eyes moved.
The Queen's fingers holding the tea cup tightened slightly, but there was no trace of any strangeness on her face: "Since there has been progress, Your Majesty, go and get down to business. I will definitely take good care of myself and not distract Your Majesty."
Emperor Qingming nodded and said to her: "Queen, please rest in peace. I will go back and take a look first."
"Yes." The queen stood up and said, "I'll give this to your majesty."
She sent Emperor Qingming out of the Jade Kun Palace, and watched the dragon chariot go away with enough dedication.
"Empress, let's go back." Aunt Jiang said softly from one side.
The queen nodded, feeling slightly uneasy.
She had some idea of what kind of person Li Ji was. If he said there was progress, then there must be progress worth mentioning...
Is there something that was not cleaned up?
And she hasn't received a reply that the matter has been settled yet. Could it be that something went wrong?
But no matter what kind of possibility and change, she can only wait and see what happens now, and not act blindly and impulsively - the dog emperor has always been treacherous, maybe what the little eunuch said just now was just a show, deliberately deceiving her,
Test whether she will take any action when she feels guilty.
At this time, the Yulin Guards were guarding her palace...
Everything that should be done boldly has been done. The more times like this, the more calm we have to do...
The queen covered up the ups and downs in her eyes and took Aunt Jiang back to her bedroom.
…
Half an hour ago——
A group of eunuchs who came to the secret court to deliver meals had just left. Xiaojiezi was squatting in front of the house, holding a broken bowl and drinking cold water. The porridge that was delivered in the evening was salty, and there was a faint smell of rancidity. In order not to let
When others noticed something strange, he forced himself to drink a bowl. Now he only felt that the rancid taste was lingering in his throat and made him nauseous. He could only drink cold water to suppress it.
As soon as he drank a bowl of cold water, Xiaojiezi rubbed his chin with his sleeve, when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid footsteps.
"That's him! I saw him being sneaky and not sleeping last night, and even climbing out of the wall!" A thin eunuch with disheveled hair and beard covering his face pointed at Xiao Jiezi and said.
And the two people beside him were clearly dressed as members of the Yulin Army.
Xiao Jiezi was shocked when he heard this. He dropped the broken bowl and stood up suddenly: "Liu San'er, why are you so crazy again!"
"I just saw it! I saw it with my own eyes!" The eunuch named Liu San'er pointed at his eyes with two fingers, and there was an abnormal light in his eyes: "I told the truth, you can get three
It’s a steamed bun!”
"Did you go out last night?" One of the Yulin soldiers looked at Xiaojiezi steadily.
"The villain didn't leave the house at all last night!" Xiao Jiezi said hurriedly: "Brother guard, I'm afraid you two don't know that this Liu San'er has been crazy for a long time. He is talking nonsense and wants to defraud the reward.
!You two can’t believe what he says!”
The two Yulin guards exchanged glances, and then one of them said: "We'll talk about it after searching!"
Ji Gong kept putting pressure on them and could not let go of anything suspicious now.
The dark court was searched inside and outside last night, but because traces of the 'assassin' leaving the dark court were found, manpower was urgently needed to expand the scope and block all exits, so we only conducted a general search and interrogation here.
, if we say how precise it is, it is not.
"Brother guard, I am really unjust!"
Xiao Jiezi panicked and kept shouting injustice.
The two Yulin guards didn't care about him so much, they almost turned the house upside down.
Although the house was occupied, it had not been cleaned for a long time, and there was a thick layer of dust accumulated in the nooks and crannies. After searching through it, the dust danced wildly in the sunlight streaming in from the dilapidated window, causing the two Yulin guards to frown and cough.
At this time, two soft rustling sounds suddenly came from a jar placed in the corner.
"What's hidden in the jar?" A Yulin guard heard the noise, stared at the jar, and asked in a cold voice.
The jar was half a man tall, and it was covered with a tattered, moldy bamboo lid.
Another Yulin guard had already stepped forward quickly, pulled out the long knife in his hand and lifted off the bamboo cover.
"Chi chi chi..."
Suddenly a light appeared, and the things in the tank screamed in fright.
The Yulin guard took a closer look and saw four or five small mice.
"This is raised by a villain!" Xiao Jiezi came over and explained: "Last time I found a mouse nest. Seeing that the mice were still small, I put them in a tank and raised them. In summer, bugs are easy to catch.
, I caught some crickets and grasshoppers in the grass nest and fed them, thinking that if I raise them bigger, I would be able to eat some meat... I can eat them with confidence if I raise them myself, right?"
Yu Linwei frowned when he heard this, and his stomach churned.
"The two eldest brothers also saw it. I really don't have any assassins here. I can't even have enough food to eat. How dare a dog do this!"
But the eunuch ran in again, stared at him and said fiercely: "I just saw him sneaking out! He was with the assassins!"
He seems to be really crazy.
When the two Yulin guards were about to leave, they saw an eunuch walking over and taking a look at the situation in the room. His voice was soft and arrogant: "Gong Ji said that anyone with the slightest suspicion should be brought to his old man for scrutiny.
There must be no chance of any fish slipping through the net.”
Li Jicai was the person directly responsible for this matter. Yu Linwei did not dare to say anything, so he escorted Xiao Jiezi away from the dark court.
When he saw Li Ji, Xiao Jiezi was already covered in cold sweat, and there was nowhere to hide the panic in his eyes.
Before he was sent to the secret court, he was just a low-status little eunuch. Even though he had never seen the eunuch who was the imperial palm seal, he still had a natural fear of him.
This is a dark room, with only a small square hole in the back wall. A ray of light shines through the small hole, but the room is still dim.
The great eunuch was sitting in an armchair, making it difficult to see his expression.
Xiao Jiezi was escorted to his knees on the ground. He saw a Yulin guard whispering something in Li Ji's ear, and then Li Ji raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Ji Gong, I am really wronged. I didn't do anything..."
"Really?" Li Ji lightly hissed and said, "But why did I smell the aroma of medicine as soon as you came in and closed the two doors? This smell is quite similar to that of last night.
I smelled it in the darkroom..."
Xiao Jiezi's face instantly turned white.
He entered the darkroom last night and passed the person named Qiao. Could it be the smell that he picked up at that time?!
"You villain... you really don't know anything!" He knocked his head on the ground and defended in a trembling voice, but he didn't know what to say. At this time, the more he spoke, the easier it would be for his secrets to be revealed!
However, his reaction was undoubtedly strange in Li Ji's eyes.
A person who can climb to the position of the Great Eunuch of the Palm Print has a pair of eyes that have long been developed to be unique and vicious——
