The general went out again at night + extra episode

"General Xia, I'm sure. Where's your evidence to prove your innocence? Submit it quickly." Emperor Hongsu said.

Xia Qingshu: "Your Majesty, please announce the three of you into the palace."

"who?"

"Yin Hong, Yin Hong of Yingtian Mansion, Lord Wanghong, Minister of the Household Department Zhou Louxing, Lord Zhou, and..." Xia Qingshu paused when talking about the third person, then shifted his gaze to Zhao Yanyuan, and said softly The identity of the last person was revealed: "Zhou Bi, son of the Zhou family."

When he heard the name of the last person, Zhao Yanyuan's expression was as if he had been struck by lightning, and his figure was a little staggered. After a while, he became furious again, and he took a few steps to Xia Qingshu's front, pointing at her with his crutches. Said: "Aren't you crazy? Mr. Zhou's son was killed by you on the eighteenth day!"

"Master Zhao Ge is really sure that Young Master Zhou is dead?" Xia Qingshu asked rhetorically.

The provocation in Xia Qingshu's eyes and the sarcasm buried for a long time made Zhao Yanyuan take a step back. He shook his head and murmured: "Impossible, impossible."

At this moment, an eunuch ran in from outside the hall, with an expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Yin Tianfu Mr. Hong, Mr. Zhou, Minister of the Household Department, and... and Zhou Bi, son of the Zhou family, ask to see you!"

Except for Xia Qingshu, all the people in the hall froze, and their eyes widened.

Zhou Bi is not dead?

Emperor Hongsu took a deep breath, and said to the eunuch, "Xuan... Xuan them come in."

When Zhou Bi's face appeared in everyone's sight, those who didn't know gasped. Zhao Yanyuan's face was pale, and he sat slumped on the round stool, his hands and feet twitching unconsciously.

"What's going on here?" Emperor Hongsu took the lead in recovering his composure and asked in a cold voice.

Xia Qingshu cleared his throat, and said slowly: "On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, two men with high martial arts skills kidnapped Qu Yong's wife, daughter and old mother, and asked Qu Yong to be the inner ghost, stealing the map and patrolling of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. And asked Qu Yong to break into the governor's mansion with them two days later, assassinate the son of the Zhou family, and then turn the whole thing into a conspiracy by my Xia Qingshu. But... these thieves miscalculated, Qu Yong is loyal, Shiliuye told me the plot one by one. The people behind the scenes were hiding very deeply. After discussing with the two adults, I decided to follow the plan and use the assassination of Zhou Bi to lure out the people behind the scenes. On the night of the incident There are indeed dead people, one is the death row prisoner who was replaced in advance to replace the Zhou family son, and the other is Qu Yong who is loyal to the minister."

When talking about Qu Yong, Xia Qingshu's voice was a little choked up: "The death row prisoner should be executed in autumn, and when he was dragged to winter due to illness, he died not unjustly. But Qu Yong was unjustly...he was He was an honest and loyal servant who was chosen by Jian because of his benevolence and filial piety. After using him, he was inconvenient to control, so he deliberately killed Qu Yong. Your Majesty, how innocent is Qu Yong?

"After Qu Yong's death, the other two assassins escaped. It wasn't due to negligence of the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies, but because the minister let them go on purpose. As for the chapter on this cloth, it is easy to explain. They were stolen together on the day when the map of the Dudu's Mansion was stolen. Mr. Zhao Ge, your old strategy is very perfect, unfortunately, one step was wrong, and that chapter was manipulated by me, and the pen at the end of the word Xia was picked up, it is not the real chapter!"

Chapter 24 Guiding the maze

Xia Qingshu laughed wantonly and wantonly: "Back to the very beginning, about Zhao Ge's old grandson. You lured me into a trap by using wounded confessions. It's a pity, I, Xia Qingshu, can distinguish between black and white. I will neither let the guilty escape, nor let the innocent be wronged. Therefore, I will investigate every crime on Mr. Zhao's body. This investigation is really true. Some unfriendly things were found. My defense against the Zhao family also started from then."

Zhao Yanyuan's face was pale, he underestimated this young warrior.It was him who was careless, no, or it could be said that Xia Qingshu was too smart, every step she took was hidden in the depths, where she couldn't see or find out.

Lost, totally lost.

"Your Majesty, my minister Hong Hewang confirmed that what General Xia said is true!" After Xia Qingshu finished speaking, Yin Honghewang of Yingtian Mansion kowtowed to Emperor Hongsu.

"Chen Zhou Louxing confirmed that what General Xia said is true!" Immediately afterwards, Zhou Louxing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also testified for him.

"Your Majesty, Caomin Zhou Bi can also testify for General Xia. There is no deceit! The day the assassins broke into the Dudu's mansion, Caomin hid under the bed and heard the words of those traitors clearly. Ao killed him, they murdered Qu Yong first, and then put the dagger into his hand in order to blame Qu Yong, from the beginning to the end, Qu Yong was innocent."

After the words fell, no one spoke in the hall, and Emperor Hongsu was stunned for a long, long time.There was silence above the Golden Palace, and everyone froze, not daring to move.

"Pa——" Suddenly, a fist hit the table with a loud sound, and everyone present was shocked, and then they all lowered their heads.

"Your Majesty, protect the dragon's body." Deng Li said anxiously.

Emperor Hongsu ignored it, cast his cold eyes on Zhao Yanyuan, and sighed heavily, this sigh was full of complexity: "Old Zhao Ge, it's really a good plan to play me around! Before General Xia refuted , I firmly believe in your words, but the truth is so cruel..."

Zhao Yanyuan knelt down on the ground, tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I hope Your Majesty will be kind to Concubine Zhao because she is pregnant with dragon species!"