The Dongying envoys on the Dongyuan side were under the control of Jin Yiwei as soon as something happened. Except for Aino Yufei who escaped, the rest of the dozen or so people were trapped in the post house, which was called protection, but in fact it was house arrest in disguise.

Duan Mingchen saw that Luo Qin led the four guards guarding outside the living room, while the Dongying Ronin was locked inside, chattering non-stop. Although he couldn't understand what was being said, he thought it was not a good word.

Duan Mingchen asked Luo Qin: "What's going on here?"

Luo Qin said: "We were ordered to guard the Japanese people, but these guys were very dishonest. At first they wanted to use force to break out, but they were beaten up by the brothers before they retreated. However, they were restless inside and fell The table smashed the bench, and I didn't know what to say."

"Let's go in and have a look." Gu Huaiqing said lightly.

Duan Mingchen signaled Luo Qin to open the door of the living room.Luo Qin and the four Jin Yiwei who had committed crimes and meritorious deeds stepped forward, unlocked the copper lock on the door, pushed the door open with a creak, and entered.

When the Japanese Japanese heard the door opened, they flocked to the door immediately, but when they saw Jin Yiwei, a trace of fear appeared on their faces, obviously they had been taught a lot before, and they had cast a psychological shadow.

I saw a short and fat ronin come out first, chattering birdsong, and dancing, looking very excited.

However, Duan Mingchen and the others looked bewildered, completely unable to understand what he was talking about.

Unlike Koryo, which has been attached to Daqi for generations and uses Chinese characters for writing, only Aino Yufei can speak blunt Chinese among the envoys of Japan. foreign language?

Luo Qin asked in a low voice: "Do you want to invite a translator who understands Japanese?"

Duan Mingchen shook his head and said, "Why bother to look far away? There should be some Japanese in that group who understand Chinese, otherwise how would we negotiate?"

The chubby rogue also found that no one could understand what he said, so he pulled out a thin man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks from the crowd, kicked him in front of Duan Mingchen and the others, and yelled at him a few times.

The skinny man didn't dare to resist when he was kicked, instead he nodded and bowed to the rogue, said "Hi Yi" twice, then, tremblingly moved in front of Duan Mingchen and the others, imitating Da Qi etiquette and bowed deeply.

"Little Yamada Jiro, I have met you!" This Japanese man named Yamada Jiro spoke fluent Chinese. His birth mother was originally from Daqi Zhejiang. When he was young, he was unfortunately photographed by Japanese pirates who came to rob him. , took her back to Dongying, and later gave birth to a child.

That Japanese pirate was originally a commoner, with a low social status, and his family was extremely poor. If he hadn't been so poor that he couldn't help himself, he wouldn't have gone overseas to become a Japanese pirate.As his son, his status is naturally not that high, but Yamada Jiro has some brains.When the Japanese invaded Goryeo, relying on his proficiency in Chinese, he joined the army as an interpreter for the Japanese. This time Dongying sent envoys, and he followed him. He thought it was a good job and could earn some money. Who knew that this kind of thing would happen right away, the master Aino Yufei escaped, what a disaster.

Jiro Yamada panicked, knowing that the two high officials in front of him should not be offended, a flattering smile naturally formed on his face.

Duan Mingchen hated this kind of traitors and devils the most. During the Goryeo War, if there were no such people, the Japanese would not be so difficult to deal with, but he is still needed at this moment, so he asked patiently: "Last night you What's going on here? Tell me in detail, don't hide it!"

Yamada Jiro said respectfully: "It's like this. General Aino suddenly got excited and wanted to see the singer dance, so I asked someone to go to Yihong Courtyard to find a few prostitutes who are good at singing and dancing, and went to the restaurant to buy good wine and meat. In the evening, the general and the warriors were drinking and having fun in the yard. After drinking for three rounds, the general became interested, and went to the back room with a singer in his arms."

Gu Huaiqing couldn't help but sneered and said, "According to what you said, Aino Yufei should have been enjoying himself in Dongyuan all the time, so why did he go to Princess Koryo's room?"

Yamada Jiro flinched: "This... the villain really doesn't know, the general is going to the room with the beauty in his arms, we naturally can't bother, and according to the general's inertia, it usually doesn't end soon, other samurai continue to drink and have fun outside , until suddenly the adults of Jinyiwei appeared, detained us, and asked about the general's whereabouts, and we found out that the general was not in the room!"

Duan Mingchen asked: "Ask them, did they notice when Aino Xiongfei left?"

Yamada Jiro translated Duan Mingchen's words to Dongying Ronin, and they all shook their heads. To be honest, they were drunk at that time, hugging prostitutes all over the world, how could they notice anything else?

Duan Mingchen recalled Luo Qin's report in the afternoon that Xiangye Xiongfei bumped into the princess and flirted with the princess again. He also made rude remarks, saying that she would marry Emperor Daqi and would regret it too much. What he said was matched with what happened later. What do you think of Xiangye Xiongfei? are the biggest suspects.

Duan Mingchen frowned, and said, "General Xiangye and Princess Gaoli, do you have any holidays? Why do you use words to tease you every time you meet? Could it be that in the encounter in the afternoon, Xiangye took the initiative to have evil thoughts towards the princess, so he ran to the princess's boudoir at night? Do such ugly things?"

Yamada Jiro shook his head, boldly defending: "It's not the little one who speaks for the general. The young one has followed the general for many years, and he understands his temperament to some extent. The general really likes beauties, and he can't help but flirt with them when he meets them. His words may be a little too much , but the general is the son of a general after all, and he came to your country with an important mission this time, so he wouldn't do such a foolish thing for a woman. Please be careful, my lord!"

Gu Huaiqing couldn't help snorting coldly: "But Aino Xiongfei did walk out of the princess's room, cut and wounded Long Xiangwei, and finally escaped with his life. This is a fact that many people have seen with their own eyes! If he didn't plan to do something wrong, why did he do so? Running to the princess' boudoir in the middle of the night? If he hadn't killed the princess and was a guilty conscience, why did he run away? Also, where is he now?"

Yamada Jiro was stunned by this series of questioning, turned around and translated Gu Huaiqing's question to Ronin, a dozen people gathered together, chattering and discussing, a few of them even had a little dispute, discussed for a long time, it seemed that there was no conclusion.

Yamada Jiro shook his head in frustration and said: "My lords, forgive me, why did the general go to the princess's boudoir, and why did he escape after hurting someone? I really don't know the reason, and I don't know where he is fleeing now. He must not have returned to Dongyuan. gone."

Duan Mingchen carefully observed the expressions of the Dongying people, and felt that even Aino Yufei's subordinates were not sure whether Aino Xiongfei had done such a thing.As for Aino Yuto's whereabouts, this group of people are all samurai he raised, and the first essence of a samurai is to be absolutely loyal to his master.Even if Aino Yufei committed a crime and absconded, they would only protect their master. Even if they knew his whereabouts, they would definitely not reveal it, so it was useless to ask.

Duan Mingchen saw that he couldn't find anything to ask, so he raised his foot and was about to leave, but Yamada Jiro shouted: "My lord, please stay!"

"What else do you need?" Duan Mingchen asked with a frown.

"Uh... that..." Jiro Yamada rubbed his hands together in embarrassment, and hesitantly looked at the Dongying warriors behind him. Several warriors raised eyebrows angrily and yelled a few words. "My lord, some warriors said that we are envoys sent by the Emperor of Japan. The so-called guests from afar are guests. Your country should treat us well, but you lock us up here and restrict our freedom. How can you treat guests like this?" road?"

Duan Mingchen thought to himself that these Japanese people really don't know how to advance or retreat, and their master has become a murder suspect, how dare they make such a request?Do you really think Daqi people are easy to bully?

Gu Huaiqing couldn't help but sneered and said: "Barbarians, do you know how to treat guests? If you can't find your master for a day, don't even think about going out. Stay honestly in the post house, otherwise... it will be like this!"

Gu Huaiqing struck with his palm, and a hundred-year-old mahogany armchair was instantly reduced to powder, and the Dongying Ronin, who was still clamoring just now, was stunned!One must know that the mahogany wood is very hard, it is not easy to smash the chair with palm force, but to break the chair into a puddle of powder, the depth of internal force is simply astonishing.

Duan Mingchen saw that Gu Huaiqing had suppressed the Japanese with his palm, and secretly admired Gu Huaiqing's kung fu.However, since Gu Huaiqing sang a bad face, he didn't mind putting on a red face, and immediately said with a pleasant face: "Please don't be offended, it is really a big matter, the princess of Gaoli was killed, my emperor was very angry, and ordered us not to let anyone go. Those who are involved. Therefore, please temporarily settle down in the post for a few days. If you think of clues about Yufei Aino, please contact us as soon as possible. As long as the murderer is caught, you can regain your freedom."

The Japanese have always bullied the weak and feared the strong, first they were taught a lesson by Jin Yiwei, and after seeing Gu Huaiqing's peerless kung fu, they were already timid. Now that Duan Mingchen had expressed his attitude, they had no choice but to shut up wisely and stop making noise.

Duan Mingchen and the others left Dongyuan and asked Jin Yiwei to continue guarding the Dongying people.

At this time, a Jin Yiwei came to report that they searched Dongyuan carefully, but found no special clues. They also interrogated the singer who was serving tonight, especially the one who accompanied Aino Yufei, and the answer was amazing. The singer was ravaged by Aino Yuto on the bed in every possible way, and finally passed out due to exhaustion, and naturally she didn't know what happened next.

******

When Duan Mingchen and Gu Huaiqing walked out of the gate of the post house, it was already dawn.

The two of them stayed up all night, even though they were young and strong, with profound skills, their faces could not help but look a little tired.

Gu Huaiqing's skin was fair, and as a result of staying up late, a dark blue color appeared under his eyes. Duan Mingchen looked at him and said softly: "You have also been tired all night, go back and rest early. I will report the case to Your Majesty when I go to court."

Gu Huaiqing shook his head: "No, His Majesty must be very anxious when something like this happens. I'd better take advantage of His Majesty's appearance and tell him about the situation first, so that he can know what's going on."

Seeing that he insisted, Duan Mingchen didn't try to persuade him much, he just patted him on the shoulder lightly, and left.Duan Mingchen went home to wash up briefly, changed into court clothes, and went on a pilgrimage with all civil and military officials to meet the emperor.

In the court hall, Duan Mingchen reported the murder of the princess to the emperor and the courtiers. Xiao Jing was fine, after all, he knew about it last night. Although he was angry, he could still control it.The ministers are different. Originally, the Dongying people invaded Korea twice. Daqi fought with Dongying and sacrificed so many people. The two countries forged a lot of enmity. Unexpectedly, such a heinous thing happened, it was a slap in the face of Daqi!For a while, the crowd was furious, and many bloody generals jumped their feet, expressing their intention to crusade against Dongpu and teach these arrogant and shameless people a lesson!

However, there are also some ministers who believe that before Aino Yufei is caught, it is not appropriate to convict him in a hurry, let alone go to war rashly.After all, war is not a joke. The previous two wars have exhausted the national treasury. Japan is just an island country, and warships have to be sent for expeditions.Besides, the defeat of Japan would not be of any benefit to Daqi, it was just an island country with poor resources and no oil or water.

The two factions insisted on their own opinions, and the quarrel made Xiao Jing's head hurt.

Daqi's folk customs are civilized, which is reflected in the court, which is excessive democracy.If the emperor did something wrong, he would be impeached by the officials, and some officials even carried the coffin to the court, and they were proud of dead remonstrance. Therefore, being the emperor of Daqi was very difficult.

Xiao Jing now somewhat understands why his father would rather indulge in the harem than go to court, he was really forced.

Among a group of courtiers who were arguing red-faced, a handsome young man in a red-gold embroidered flying fish was standing with his hands down, with a kind of calmness that didn't match his age. Xiao Jing waved his hand to signal that all the courtiers should be quiet.

Xiao Jing asked: "Duan Aiqing, what's your opinion?"

The eyes of all the ministers focused on Duan Mingchen, with scrutiny and fear in their eyes.

It has been less than two months since Duan Mingchen returned to Beijing from the frontier fortress, and he is usually low-key and rarely speaks in court, so the courtiers are still very unfamiliar with this new commander of Jinyiwei, but the red gold flying fish suit on him is enough Explain his identity.

Duan Mingchen came out unhurriedly, and said calmly: "I think that for the present plan, it is better to arrest Xiangye Xiongfei first, interrogate him thoroughly before making a decision. I ask your majesty to issue an order to arrest Xiangye Xiongfei. , he is the most suspected, and he must be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible to reassure the people."

Commander Liu Chong of Jin Yiwei also supported his subordinates: "Lord Duan is right. After the incident, I have ordered the city gates to be under martial law. Everyone who wants to leave the city must show the guide, otherwise they will not be allowed to go. At the same time, the order Jin Yiwei spread a net to search for Aino Yufei's whereabouts, as long as he shows up, he will be arrested."

"Okay!" Xiao Jing nodded, "I will hand over this case to Jin Yiwei, and I hope you will not disappoint my expectations."

Liu Chong and Duan Mingchen were about to receive the order, but Wan Zhen, the governor of Dongchang, suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty, this case is not trivial. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, please allow Dongchang and Jin Yiwei to investigate the case together."

Liu Chong's face darkened slightly. At this time, Dongchang didn't forget to jump out to claim the credit. It's really annoying!

However, Wan Zhen is an old man in the palace, and he has been supporting Xiao Jing since the time of the first emperor, and Xiao Jing didn't want to refute his face, so he agreed and said some words of encouragement to them.

Although Liu Chong was unhappy, the emperor had already spoken, so he could only accept the decree to thank him.

Duan Mingchen didn't have any resistance, because he knew that Wan Zhen would hand over this job to Gu Huaiqing in all likelihood.Even if Wan Zhen didn't hand it over to Gu Huaiqing, according to his usual temper, he would grab it.

After the discussion was over, Xiao Jing announced his withdrawal from the court, and the ministers shouted long live three times, and then withdrew from the hall in order of official rank.

Wan Zhen, the governor of the East Factory, said to his old enemy Liu Chong with a smile that was not a smile: "The Holy Majesty entrusted me with the important task, and I will ask Master Liu to take care of me in the future."

Liu Chong snorted coldly, he was too lazy to talk too much with this cunning old eunuch, so he shook his sleeves and strode out.

Wan Zhen didn't think it was a stick, and said in a high-pitched voice behind: "Master Liu, go slowly."

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