I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

After Chen Yifa was brought by Mo Zhuifeng to the Jinming Pool, he couldn't help shivering from the cold.If he had known that he would go so far, he would have worn more clothes.

"Why did you bring me here?"

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be a Lantern Festival here, and officials will come here to enjoy the lanterns."

Chen Yi moved his eyeballs, and immediately realized, he looked at Mo Zhuifeng in surprise, "Could it be that we are going to—"

There is no need to ask the next words, Chen Yifa has already read the answer from the silent reaction.

"This is too anxious. The Tianji Pavilion has just been severely damaged, and the main rudder has been copied—"

"Because of this, we should avenge them as soon as possible. If they dared to sneak attack and kill me as the chief helm of Tianji Pavilion, we would kill their dog emperor. Could it be that you are afraid of death and want to be a turtle?" Mo Zhuifeng asked back.

"Of course not!" Chen Yifa immediately expressed his loyalty, he swore to die for Tianji Pavilion, "If I tell the truth, don't blame me."

Mo Zhuifeng nodded.

"I never knew the existence of the young master before, and I have never met the young master. Now that I suddenly know the news, I feel a little confused, and I can't feel at ease." After Chen Yifa said this, he went to observe Mo Zhuifeng carefully. complexion.

Mo Zhuifeng kept a cold face from the beginning to the end, it was difficult for people to perceive his emotions.

"You want to see the young master?"

"You must never see me. I am a wanted criminal now, and people in Kaifeng Mansion are looking for me everywhere. I just... I can't tell... I just feel uneasy." Chen Yifa said anxiously.

Mo Zhuifeng retracted the dagger hidden in his sleeve, and looked at Chen Yifa coldly.If he hadn't handed over all the properties he had hidden in the capital, he would have killed this man long ago.Talk too much and make people suspicious.

"Lin Shangshu."

"what?"

"The young master you are loyal to."

Chen Yi was stunned, "As far as I know, Lin Shangshu is already quite old."

"When it comes to the young master, people naturally think of the young master, but who would have expected that the real young master is not young anymore?"

Chen Yifa was taken aback by Mo Zhuifeng's rhetorical question.

"Yes, it's wonderful, it's really wonderful! Who would have thought that there is such a mystery in this simple address haha..." Chen Yifa laughed awkwardly.

Mo Zhuifeng raised one corner of his mouth, "Maybe you can do things with peace of mind now?"

"Yes, definitely!" Chen Yifa quickly agreed, "But for such a big event, we must plan carefully."

"You don't have to worry about these, just follow my orders."

Chen Yifa agreed.

Mo Zhuifeng took out a picture from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Yifa.

Chen Yifa couldn't see what was painted on the picture, and wanted to light a lantern to see it, but was stopped by Mo Zhuifeng.

"In the middle of the night, if you and I stop here, if we are seen, we will definitely arouse suspicion." Mo Zhuifeng ordered Chen Yifa to go back and look again.

Chen Yifa promised that he would go back to the city with Mo Zhuifeng, but Mo Zhuifeng stopped him again.

"Ten miles to the east from here, there is a fork in the road. A lantern is hung on a locust tree beside the fork in the road. You can see the house after a short walk after getting off the fork." the capital.

"Then my luggage—"

Chen Yifa felt that Mo Zhuifeng was staring at him coldly, and knew that he couldn't ask any more questions. Someone should have arranged his luggage.He immediately bid farewell to Mo Zhuifeng and rode away.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhao hurriedly came to report to Han Qi that they had already found out that there were abnormal movements of people in several places around Bianjing, and there were not a few of them.

Han Qi: "Which places are there?"

"Xingze, Chenliu, Zhongmou, Suanzao, Dingtao, Gongxian, Heyang, Heyin..." Wang Zhao felt that these places were far and near, and there seemed to be no rules at all.

"Yes, they are all on the water transport route." Han Qi only thought for a moment before answering.

Wang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then took a map to take a closer look. Sure enough, as Han Qi said, these locations were all on the water transportation line.

"Could it be related to water transportation?"

"It's not surprising that it has something to do with water transportation if you covet salt transportation."

"But these people came to the capital by land. After the year when the yamen are on holiday and there are no water transport ships to Beijing, it is even more impossible to bring people here." Wang Zhao was a little puzzled.

"Even if it's not the New Year's Eve, it's impossible for an official ship to transport so many outsiders casually. It's too eye-catching." After thinking for a while, Han Qi only thought of the most likely point, "weapons."

Wang Zhao suddenly realized, and nodded again and again, "Yes, these people disguised themselves as ordinary people and came to Bianjing. They must be able to carry iron with them, let alone weapons such as swords."

Wang Zhao immediately went to check all the water transport ships from years ago.

Although it may be too late to investigate at this time, any clues and possibilities must not be let go.

"Chen Yifa was taken away from Guangxian Building last night. Who was it? Because it was dark at night, he moved so fast that he didn't see clearly." Zhang Chang and Han Qi told him the latest news.

The spies stationed in Guangxian Building couldn't keep up with the two of them in time. Both of them were riding horses at a very fast speed.If he follows fast, the other party will definitely notice it, and if he follows slowly, he will lose it when he turns a corner without paying attention.Han Qi had explained to them before that he would rather lose track of them than let the other party notice, so to be on the safe side, the spies didn't dare to follow too closely.

"But they can be sure that the two of them will eventually go to the west of the city."

"West of the city..." Han Qi asked Zhang Chang, "Chen Yifa hasn't come back yet?"

"No."

Han Qi lingered for a few steps with his hands behind his back, and went through the possible places in the west of the city in his mind, and finally settled on Jin Mingchi.

If they really went to Jinming Lake, then the two of them probably left the city. Han Qi ordered Zhang Chang to ask the soldiers guarding the city gate who were on duty last night.Then I learned that at that time last night, someone had indeed left the city with the token of Shang Shufu.There are two people when they go, and one person when they come back.Because it was dark at night, both of them were wearing hats, and because they were holding the tokens of Shangshufu, the soldiers didn't pay close attention to their faces.

"It seems that the person who called Chen Yifa away was someone from the Shangshu Mansion." Zhang Changdao, "The relationship between Lin Shangshu and Tianji Pavilion must be unclear, and he is deeply involved in it. Now we only need to find Chen Yifa, and then arrest Sun Zhixiao and his cousin , Lin Shangshu's crime is condemned to death."

Han Qi promised to order Zhang Chang to secretly capture Sun Zhixiao and his cousin first, and then consider how to deal with Lin Shangshu after interrogating them for confession.High-ranking officials are bound to report first, and they can only be arrested after approval. Before that, they can only monitor secretly.

Sun Zhixiao's cousin works in a kiln factory. Since he can't startle the snake, he has to hide it from the people in the kiln factory.Zhang Chang went to Cui Tao to ask for medicine that would cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and lethargy after taking it blindly.

Cui Tao asked Zhang Chang while writing the prescription, "Then what does Sun Zhixiao like to eat? I just did it and put the medicine in."

"I don't know what he likes to eat, but there is no man who doesn't like to drink and eat meat. Last time, the garlic sausage made by Mrs. Cui was loved by the servants. They often mentioned that Sun Zhixiao came later and hadn't tasted it. , He must be curious after hearing too many people talking about it. His cousin has been staying at his house for the past two days, if you give him sausage, his cousin will definitely be able to eat it too." Zhang Chang said.

An hour later, Cui Tao gave Zhang Chang the prepared sweet jujube sausage.He also told Zhang Chang that only the two knots tied with live knots had medicine, and the rest did not.

"It's changed to a fresh taste, salty and sweet, and the rest are for everyone to share."

These jujube sausages are piece by piece, each one is round, the size of a small pear, and attractive brown-red in color, and every five 'balls' are counted as a string.

Cui Tao cut a piece for Zhang Chang to taste.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chang chewed his mouth, and his eyes couldn't help but widen, "I was wondering what the taste of this salty and sweet meat sausage would be like, but it's so delicious, it's different from the taste of garlic sausage. This kind of sausage is more delicate and sweet, and it tastes delicious even if you don’t need it. Children will definitely like this sausage.”

Cui Tao responded with a smile, "Then when I sell the recipe to Baxianlou, I will ask for a higher price."

Zhang Chang immediately agreed that the price must be high, otherwise it is not worthy.When Zhang Chang was leaving with a big bag of sausages, he mentioned the government servants in Kaifeng Mansion again. "They have borrowed my money, I have to ask Wang Zhao and Li Yuan to thank me."

The next day, after Sun Zhixiao and his cousin became ill and asked someone to ask for leave, Zhang Chang quietly captured them and escorted them back to Kaifeng Mansion.

At first, the two pretended to be innocent and refused to recruit, but later they learned that people from Kaifeng Mansion had followed Sun Zhixiao's cousin for surveillance, and after their behavior of secretly going to Shangshu Mansion was discovered, they had to plead guilty.

"The villain's eldest aunt works in the Sijian Mansion, and the mistress of the Sijian Mansion, Mrs. Lin, is the eldest daughter of Lin Shangshu. When she learned that I was working in the treasury of the Kaifeng Mansion, she informed Lin Shangshu, and Lin Shangshu gave me a lot of money. , let me find a way to transfer from the treasury to work under Han Qi's name."

Sun Zhixiao also said that his cousin is the second son of his eldest aunt, and he will work with him.

"Lin Shangshu ordered the villain to report back to him in time for any movement in the Kaifeng mansion."

"If you and Lin Shangshu only have such a superficial relationship. When you were exploring caves in Anding Village, why did you keep blocking everyone's progress?"

"Lin Shangshu also ordered the villain, if it is something that the Kaifeng government is eager to do, it will try its best to obstruct it. No matter what it is, the more urgent it is, the more it will be obstructed." Sun Zhixiao continued to explain.

"Damn! This old man is really vile!" Li Yuan spat angrily.

"All the follow-up situations are recorded in the book, and the confession of the two people is enough to testify against Lin Shangshu."

Wang Zhao suggested striking while the iron is hot and arresting Lin Shangshu immediately.This guy has been an official for many years and has always been pampered. Generally, this kind of official can't stand interrogation. It is estimated that after a few interrogations, major issues can be found out.

Han Qi then drafted a memorial and submitted it to Dali Temple for verification together with the evidence, and then the Minister of Dali Temple made a memorial to the emperor, requesting Lin Shangshu's dismissal for investigation.

This was supposed to be a matter of solid evidence, but something went wrong.

Lin Shangshu cried to the queen mother and the emperor earlier that Han Qi abused his power to avenge his personal revenge, and wanted to join his subordinates to frame the secret work of Tianji Pavilion as having something to do with him.And the time when he filed the complaint was earlier than the time when Han Qi presented the zhezi to Dali Temple.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Han Qi was ordered to enter the palace to confront Lin Shangshu.

Lin Shangshu denied all the evidence obtained by Han Qi, and said that although Sun Zhixiao's cousin had been to Shangshu's mansion, that day happened to be the day when his eldest daughter returned home for a short stay.The cousin went there just to find his mother.Then his mother testified that she was indeed only seeing her son that day and did nothing else.

"According to my investigation, this Sun Zhixiao is indeed a secret agent of Tianji Pavilion. His aunt is somewhat related to my family, but it is not a case or two that Tianji Pavilion's secret work has infiltrated into an official's home. If this can prove that I have colluded with Tianji Pavilion, If you have the intention of treason, isn’t it true that these officials are as guilty as me? If that’s the case, Han Tuiguan can’t escape, and Sun Zhixiao is still from Kaifeng Mansion, under your name.”

Lin Shangshu immediately asked to confront Sun Zhixiao in court, "I want to see when and where this Sun Zhixiao met me, and hear what I have explained to him."

Under Lin Shangshu's questioning, Sun Zhixiao sweated profusely in panic, and then knelt down and admitted:

"The villain was poor in the early years, and with the help of the people from Tianji Pavilion, they arranged to work in Beijing, but the villain was just a young man, and there were very few things he knew. After being discovered by the official Han , Han Tuiguan forced the villain to identify Lin Shangshu.

Official Han Tui learned that the villain's eldest aunt was working in the Sijian Mansion, so he instigated the villain to let his cousin go to the Shangshu Mansion.The villain never imagined that Han Tuiguan wanted to frame the villain's cousin as the spy of Tianji Pavilion.They said that since the villain is a meticulous worker, the villain's family does not have a good thing.He also asked me to confess my crime obediently, as long as I confess the crime they want me to specify, both the villain and my cousin can be punished lightly.Even if you have to spend two years in prison in the future, you will receive preferential treatment, good wine and good meat every day, otherwise you will only die.The villain is afraid of death, so he has no choice but to obey his orders! "