I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"How many?"

"There must be more than ten thousand. The exact number has not been checked yet, so it is uncertain. It is initially estimated that they will disperse into Beijing in a covert manner, and they will probably disguise themselves as ordinary people. After the year, people will come and go, and it will be the most lively. Take advantage of that time It is easy to deceive people's eyes and ears by moving."

"It's the holidays, and the city guards can't help being homesick and slack, and they are not as vigilant as they used to be."

When the whole city is full of family celebrations, it is indeed easy for them to hide in the dark and make troubles.

Zhang Chang was quietly accompanying him, and after hearing the conversation between the two, he frowned and pondered for a while, but his mind was in a mess, puzzled and incomprehensible.

"Speak up if you have something to say, there is no outsider here." Cui Tao said to Zhang Chang.

"In such a peaceful and prosperous age, what's the benefit of them coming to Beijing to make trouble for no reason? Even if they raid Bianjing and succeed in rebellion, they will not be able to be emperors if they are not well-known, and they will not be able to achieve the goal of changing the dynasty."

"When it comes to the point, it must be justified." Cui Tao echoed, praising Zhang Chang for his accurate analysis.

"Then how to justify it?" Zhang Chang asked.

"As long as he 'wins' every step of the way, he will have a legitimate chance." Seeing that Zhang Chang didn't react for a while, Han Qi added an explanation, "Let father win first, and then he will win."

Zhang Chang suddenly understood, thinking about it, this is really the case!

Now the official family has no sons, and the late emperor only has one son from the official family.If an accident happened to the official family, who should be chosen to inherit the throne?Naturally, he had to count up and choose from the brothers of the same generation as the late emperor.Among them, Zhao Zongqing's grandfather Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, is the most well-known. He is the eldest son of Emperor Taizong and the elder brother of the first emperor.But later, he went mad due to illness and set fire to the palace, which led to his deposed, so that the first emperor had the opportunity to inherit the throne.

"Based on his situation, if he wants to benefit from this turmoil, his identity behind the scenes must not be exposed. He must ensure that he is clean and there is no stain on his body to be caught, so that he can have a chance to win step."

Judging from the current situation, they really couldn't get any evidence of direct connection with Zhao Zongqing, so that Zhao Zongqing could be charged with crimes.Both the queen mother and the emperor like Zhao Zongqing very much, and it is obviously not wise to 'falsely accuse' him without evidence.

Cui Tao couldn't use the words she had quarreled with Zhao Zongqing to explain to the emperor suspiciously, and Zhao Zongqing's "rat is" meant there was a problem.Detectives may have very keen judgments about suspects, but even if these instinctive suspicions are correct, they cannot be used as an excuse to accuse others of guilt.

'Even if you guess it's me, you still can't catch me. '

When the disaster relief was over that day, Zhao Zongqing smiled at her before leaving.Cui Tao was very impressed, and there was a bit of complacency in his smile.Cui Tao felt that this was what he wanted to express.

"Then these people will definitely target the officials when they come to Beijing..." Zhang Chang suddenly reacted, widening his eyes and said, "Shangyuan Festival! The officials will go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns during the Shangyuan Festival!"

Zhang Chang is not a person who has never seen the world, he has read a lot of books, and he is always polite and slightly arrogant when speaking to outside parties, and his eyes are not wide open.This time it involved a big case of treason, and he dared to plot against the officials. He couldn't help but be shocked!

"Fortunately, we have found out the news in advance, and we can be on guard against these things in advance." Cui Tao reassured Zhang Chang that there is no need to worry too much.

Zhang Chang took a breath, nodded slowly, and quickly calmed himself down.

The stormy waves are about to hit, and everyone will be sad and safe this year.

After Han Qi sent Cui Tao to the door of his house, he told Cui Tao not to forget to prepare Tusu wine tomorrow, and when he finished his court meeting, he would come to drink with her.

"it is good."

Cui Tao smiled and waved to Han Qi before entering the door, and then closed the door.

After staying for a while, Han Qi turned back and got into the car.He didn't continue to go home along the road, but returned to Kaifeng Mansion.

The yamen was extremely quiet, and the officials all went home and prepared to watch the new year.Han Qi sat alone behind the case, and the voice of flipping through the case files seemed a bit noisy.

While he was busy waiting, after about an hour, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the house.

After Li Yuan entered the door, he happily told Han Qi that he had it.

"At Xu's house, Lei Tian sneaked out from the back door of his house when it was just dark, thinking that no one was following him, and immediately ran to Xu's house to distribute the money."

Li Yuan cupped his hands again to express his admiration to Han Qi.

"They were all tipped off by officials Han. I never expected that the Lei family and the Xu family would join forces to defraud the Kaifeng government of money! After being caught by me, they all recruited."

It turned out that Brother Lei Tian and Xu Dalang were both tricked into going to a black gambling house to gamble, and they lost a lot in the end.The people from the gambling shop came to ask Lei Daming for debts. Lei Daming had only saved a little money all his life, and it was not enough to pay back.The two brothers eat with their hands, how can they cut it?Just in time for Mrs. Xu to die of illness, when Lei Daming was young, he had seen a fellow villager who was wronged by business after being falsely accused and asked for compensation from the government.So he discussed with the three people and came up with such a method, intending to cheat some money from Kaifeng Mansion to pay off the gambling debts.

Lei Daming was pretending to cry all night, and it was also pretending to cry that he couldn't open the coffin and collapsed on the ground trembling.The two little granddaughters had a fever. They opened the window at night while the children were asleep, deliberately letting the two children catch cold.Because he felt sorry for the only young grandson in the family, he didn't dare to take the risk of making his grandson suffer, so he only tossed the two granddaughters.

"Bah! These two families are really not the same thing!"

Li Yuan told Han Qi that Xu's mother also knew about this matter. Although Xu Dalang scolded her son, but heard that the people in the gambling shop wanted to chop off his son's hands and sell his house, so he followed his son's suggestion and cooperated with acting. But he couldn't care less about disturbing the peace of his daughter Xu after his death.

"I also said that it is more true to make complaints like this. After all, the people in Kaifeng Mansion are all expert investigators and have a good reputation."

While Zhang Chang was serving tea, he couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, "Since we know that the people here are all master investigators, how dare they plan?"

"Most thieves think that the way they think is so ingenious that they can deceive everyone. Lei Daming and others think that no one would have thought that ordinary people like them would do something to deceive the Kaifeng government. It is very likely that the people in Kaifeng Mansion would not have thought of the matter. Besides, they are in a difficult situation and have no way out, so they can only try boldly. Now that they have received the money, they really feel that the method is very effective, thinking that it will not arouse our suspicion at all. I was so happy that I couldn't wait for a day, so I hurried to distribute the stolen money." Wang Zhao couldn't help laughing when he explained.

Zhang Chang followed with a chuckle, feeling helplessly that these fools are always full of self-righteousness, and he handed the hot tea to Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan took a sip of hot tea, he suddenly felt that most of the coldness in his body was driven away.It was getting late, and he thought his wife and children were still waiting for him to go back for the New Year, so he got up and said goodbye.

"Officer Han Tui, please stop busy work. After all, Mrs. Hu can spend the holiday with you once in Beijing, so go back early." Li Yuan persuaded.

Han Qi agreed, but he didn't forget to tell Li Yuan not to forget Cui Tao's side when he came to visit during the Chinese New Year.She and Wang Siniang celebrated the New Year together, so it was no fun.

"I will never forget this! If you want me to say that your two families have been together for so much fun during the New Year, why are you still separated?" Li Yuan asked puzzled.

"After all, we're not a family, we can't break taboos," Han Qi said.

Li Yuan suddenly nodded, "That's the reason, it's better to get married as soon as possible. We are all waiting for the wedding wine, and this wine glutton has crawled two miles away!"

After Li Yuan finished the joke, he was a little worried, did he interfere too much?He was anxiously going to take a look at Han Qi's face, when Han Qi responded with a chuckle.

"There are times when you're drunk."

Li Yuan grinned and laughed, saying hello again and again.

……

The sequence of the first year, New Year's Day is the first.

"Tomorrow is the beginning of a new year." Cui Tao was wearing a crane cloak, sitting in the middle of the gazebo drinking hot Tusu wine, and there were red lanterns hanging around the gazebo, illuminating the yard as if it were daytime.

When this small courtyard was being repaired, it was more attentive than the deserted courtyard in Kaifeng Mansion.The falling snow on the stone arch bridge is still there. After two days of cooling, the falling snow has formed a hard crust on the surface.The arch bridge is wrapped round and white, and under the illumination of the lights, it looks a bit crystal bright. With the small meandering river on the side and the hanging trees of different shapes around it, it sets off this small scene. It is as beautiful as a palace in heaven.

"Fireworks are set off!" Wang Siniang shouted joyfully, pointing to the suddenly shining sky in the east.

Cui Tao raised her head and shared the reward with Wang Siniang.

Under the illumination of the lights, the sweet smile on her pretty side face is particularly beautiful, like a fairy standing in the heavenly palace.

Wang Siniang turned her head to look at Cui Tao, couldn't help being attracted by what she saw, and couldn't help sighing, "It's a pity that there is one person missing, and I have let down such beautiful scenery, such beauties, and such a good time."

"What nonsense, is it not good for you to accompany me here? Thanks to the New Year's Eve dinner, I told you to have a round belly." Cui Tao patted Wang Siniang's protruding belly, feeling that if she continued to eat like this, she would only be bigger in the mirror next year fat ball.

"It's New Year's Eve, Madam Cui, don't turn on any pots and pick up which pots!" Wang Siniang pretended to be angry, and just at this moment the fireworks were over, she flicked her sleeves and told Cui Tao that she had gone back to her room to sleep.

Cui Tao just smiled and said nothing.

When she returned to the room and took off the crane cloak casually, she suddenly sensed someone was in the room, and immediately turned around, and sure enough, she saw Han Qi standing in front of the window.The vermilion new clothes fit him very well, the stitching and embroidery patterns on this clothes are unusual.

Cui Tao lightly touched the embroidered patterns on Han Qi's skirt with her fingertips, "Mrs. Hu made it herself?"

"Ah."

"Why are you here at this time?" Cui Tao suppressed her joy, looked at Han Qi seriously, and asked him a question.

"After thinking about it, I still want to see you first on the day of the Year of the Year, the Dynasty of the Moon, and the Dynasty of the Year."

Perhaps because of shyness, Han Qi's voice was very deep, so low that it was a bit hoarse, and the love words he said sounded even more beautiful.