His Majesty Meow Raises Fish [Rebirth]

After two years of acquaintance with Luo Qin, Qi Jing knew that he was not the kind of person who would make trouble, and thinking that even if he told him something, the ending would not be changed, so he only told him something about Zhuang Jinshi being escorted to Beijing.

As he expected, Luo Qin really didn't mention the woman he had a marriage contract with, and continued to study books as usual, and at the same time taught the people in the house to read and write in his spare time.

Qi Jing saw that his face was calm, and it was not a fake, so he stopped thinking about it and just paid attention to the progress of the Criminal Ministry's trial.

In fact, it would be a lie to say that Luo Qin's heart was not touched when he heard the news.

It's just that the blows and pains I experienced two years ago have gradually been replaced by expectations for the future in these two years of stable life.

Especially after going to Zhenguo Temple with the Seventh Highness and lighting the ever-burning lamps for his parents, many things stopped disturbing Luo Qin's mind.

The hatred of taking his wife is certainly a shame, but if Luo Qin is asked to use this matter as his motivation to strive for strength, it would be too disrespectful of his character.

He has lofty aspirations and strives hard for governance. He wants to display his talents and repay the kindness of his parents for giving birth, the kindness of his teacher Yeling Layman for teaching, and the kindness of His Highness the Seventh Prince for saving his life. It is all out of great love.

Since there is no fate with Liao's daughter, after she married into the Zhuang family, the two will no longer have anything to do with each other.

Luo Qin will not be disappointed and resentful because she is living well, nor will she feel happy because she is implicated by the dealer.

In contrast, he paid more attention to the state of Deng Song and the others when they heard the news.

His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince brought back the children from Mengliang Nursing, whose parents lost their lives because of the construction of the canal. They and Zhuang Jinshi had a sworn feud. Hearing that His Highness said that he was determined to escape punishment, he naturally looked forward to the final trial.

Deng Song is older and thinks more than others. He still remembers the woman who broke the marriage contract with his master and married into the Zhuang family, but he didn't want his master to know, so he asked his master Liu Song in private.

When Liu Song heard the little apprentice's question, he immediately asked back, "Why are you asking about this?"

As the first dark guard who came to Qi Jing's side, now he is not only responsible for completing the daily orders of the Seventh Prince, but also with his brother Liu Bai, training the newcomers of the Seventh Prince's dark guard battalion. He is very busy.

Dark guards are not allowed to marry and have no heirs. Liu Song now has only one direct disciple of Deng Song, so he naturally values ​​it a bit. Seeing him ask about the concubine in the Zhuang Mansion, and thinking of Luo Qin's relationship with her, he can't help being suspicious.

Deng Song knew at a glance that the master was suspicious, and he also knew what the other party was suspicious of.

How could he make the master doubt his son Luo, so he didn't hide anything, and replied frankly: "At the beginning, the Liao family disliked the poor and loved the rich, broke their trust and regretted the marriage, and spread rumors about the master's restraint, causing the master to be criticized, it is extremely abominable! Now that Zhuang Jinshi has fallen, I want to know what will happen to the Liao family."

Liu Song knew that he had an unresolvable grudge against Zhuang Jinshi and the Liao family. Although he wanted to persuade him a few words, he felt that it was not wrong to avenge any grudge. If he rashly persuaded him, it might cause the young man to become obsessed.

So, when the words came to his lips, he still said: "What will happen to the dealer, the criminal department will judge the case, you just practice martial arts well, and you will serve His Highness in the future. If you can make meritorious deeds, you will repay any kindness and revenge gone."

Liu Song said that he did not tell him about the dealer at the request of his apprentice, but when he was helping the Seventh Prince to investigate the news of Mengliang and Jingzhong, he still carefully paid attention to this concubine surnamed Liao. The place.

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Qi Jing looked at her hidden guard, with a trace of surprise on her face: "You mean, this little concubine was sent to the Zhuang family's villa before Zhuang Jinshi was escorted to Beijing, and then disappeared?"

"Yes, Your Highness. It is said that she was sent to Zhuangzi because she disliked the mistress. Later, Zhuang Jinshi and his family were escorted to Beijing. Because she was only the concubine of Zhuang Jinshi's son, she could not be regarded as a relative of Zhuang's mansion, so Mrs. Xu only called her a concubine. Meng Liang's officials continued to investigate and left first."

Xu Linyi was the imperial envoy sent by His Majesty to the Laiyi Peninsula. Like the Fifth Prince, he had received a secret decree. On the surface, he was there for disaster relief, but in fact he had started unannounced visits to the central counties a long time ago.

There are so many involved in this case, it is impossible for him to collect criminal evidence of Zhuang Jinshi alone in Mengliang, so he handed over some matters to the accompanying officials, while he and the fifth prince continued to investigate the nearby counties and personnel involved in the case.

As soon as Liu Song got the news, he immediately reported it to His Royal Highness. He was thinking that maybe this concubine had more evidence of Zhuang Jinshi's crimes in his hands, so he was sent out by the Zhuang family to avoid the court's pursuit.

But Qi Jing, who slowly remembered some memories of her previous life, knew that the dealer sent her out probably not to hide evidence of crime, but to protect the child in her belly.

Zhuang Jinshi will definitely be punished this time, and even his direct relatives cannot escape the fate of being beheaded. The Zhuang family managed to save such a little incense, so there is no reason not to keep it secretly.

Although Qi Jing didn't want to kill all women and children, he knew that it was definitely not that easy for a woman to avoid the court's investigation. After the Zhuang family fell, there must be someone helping Zhuang Jinshi.

The people behind this scene helped Zhuang Jinshi, mostly not out of any friendship, but more likely because they had some handle in Zhuang Jinshi's hands, and they wanted to use this to threaten Zhuang Jinshi to keep each other's secrets.

If they could follow this clue and find the whereabouts of that concubine, they might be able to find out more people involved in the case and pull out more cancerous tumors.

Going to inquire about a concubine's news was originally just a young man's little thought of vengeance, but it led Liu Song and the others to find other clues by mistake, which is really amazing.

However, before Qi Jing's people found more clues, Zhuang Jinshi, who was escorted to Beijing, opened his mouth to involve many people in order to save his life.

When the princes were urgently called into the Zichen Palace, Qi Jing clearly felt the oppressive atmosphere in the whole palace. He noticed that apart from Tong Hai, there was not a single official or court lady around the father, so he knew that the situation was serious.

Before the princes could salute, the emperor threw a booklet on the table, and the sudden sound in the silence immediately scared everyone back.

His Majesty said coldly: "Prince Heng, come here and read to your brothers, what is written in this booklet."

When Qi Jing heard this, an ominous premonition arose in his heart—how could the father ask the second brother to read some scriptures for no reason?

He suppressed the urge to look at Qi Heng, continued to lower his head, and then felt Qi Heng stepped forward, took the book and read it.

Originally, the excerpt was the confession of Zhuang Jinshi's trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it sounded like something that Zhuang Jinshi himself confessed to.

But just chanting like this, the second prince suddenly stopped, Qi Jing couldn't help turning his head slightly, trying to look at the emperor brother from the corner of his eye, but heard his father say: "Why don't you continue to read? Read... "

"Father..."

There was the sound of Qi Heng kneeling heavily like this, and a thought flashed in Qi Jing's mind, and he finally realized what happened.

——Could it be that Zhuang Jinshi's confession contained something related to the second prince?How can this be? !

As if to prove what Qi Jing thought, the emperor said again: "Okay, if you don't read it, I will tell them what is said in the notebook."

Qi Jun cast his eyes on the other sons, and slowly said: "Zhuang Jinshi confessed that the reason why he did things in the granary was because of Prince Heng's instruction, so he dared to act like this... As for the fact that so many people died while building the canal Humans also have to deduct hard labor in order to make up for their filial piety to Prince Heng... Ah Heng, tell me, is there such a thing?"

The second prince leaned down and said in panic: "Father, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this! Zhuang Jinshi spitting blood, my son and minister have been wronged, please investigate clearly."

"Blood? Then why didn't he blame anyone but you? When he went to Beijing to report on his duties, he visited your Prince Heng's residence."

"He did look for his son-in-law, but his son-in-law didn't like his character, so he didn't have a deep friendship with him."

Seeing this, Qi Jing didn't hesitate at all, and immediately bowed down and said: "Father, I also know something about this matter. When I was passing through Mengliang, I heard some rumors about Zhuang Jinshi and felt that this person I couldn't bear it, so I complained a few words in front of the second emperor brother, the emperor believes me, so naturally I won't believe Zhuang Jinshi's eloquent words."

Qi Heng didn't expect that Qi Jing would immediately stand up to defend him, but this is not the time to be grateful for his brotherly love, he knows very well that his father is in a fit of anger, and the old seven's words won't work.

In fact, Qi Jing also understood this truth in his heart, but he thought: as long as the father wanted to investigate, he would definitely be able to find out about the incidents when he escorted Xiangrui back to Beijing and saved people on the way, so why not take the initiative now and tell the whole story, so as to give it to him in time. The second brother clarified and cleared the siege.

He believed that with the personality of the second emperor brother, it was absolutely impossible to hide his relationship with Zhuang Jinshi, who had a worrying moral character.

Moreover, Qi Jing had a faint feeling that his father probably didn't believe it either.

Otherwise, the emperor will definitely find a way to speed up the secret investigation, so why would he immediately throw the matter in front of everyone and startle the snake.

However, if you have this feeling, you may not guess right, so Qi Jing dare not relax in the slightest.

I don't know if he was also surprised by the seventh prince's quick response, or because he was thinking about the authenticity of what the seventh prince said, the emperor was silent for a while, and then said: "Whether Prince Heng was wronged or not, you will only know after the trial. Just stay in the mansion, don't move around."

Everyone understood that this was what the emperor meant by asking Prince Heng to ground his feet until the Ministry of Criminal Justice found out the truth.

After Qi Heng received the decree, His Majesty didn't say anything else, and then ordered the princes to step down.

When he walked out of the Zichen Palace, the sixth prince said with a half-smile: "Don't worry, brother two, brother five is also investigating this matter, I believe the Ministry of Punishment will definitely find out the truth."

The fifth prince's family and the second prince's family have always had constant friction, this time the fifth prince was ordered to investigate the case, and it was Qi Heng who was investigating, so naturally he would not miss this rare opportunity.

After Qi Heng experienced the scene just now, he was tired and anxious, so he didn't even have the heart to listen to him.

"Everything must be based on evidence, otherwise anyone who speaks a few words can slander others, and the world will be messed up."

Qi Jing believed that as long as the second brother really had no relationship with Zhuang Jinshi, the other party would not have the time and opportunity to forge evidence enough to implicate Prince Heng.

He was just wondering why Zhuang Jinshi, who was about to die, would slander the second brother so much.

It can't be that Zhuang Jinshi hated Zhuang Jinshi because of his failure to take refuge in the first place. Now that he thinks his life is not long, he can just talk about it at will?

At this time, a thought flashed through Qi Jing's mind, and he suddenly remembered what the secret guard had inquired about in Mengliang.

——Could it be that the person behind the scenes who helped Zhuang Jinshi's Tibetans didn't help him because of some reason in Zhuang Jinshi's hands, but instead grabbed Zhuang Jinshi's life and threatened him to do something?