I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Mo Zhuifeng was shocked when he heard this at first, but he quickly controlled his emotions and didn't even look up at Zhao Zongqing.He was afraid that if his expression revealed something, he would not be able to cooperate with the young master's plan, so he chose to bow his head and remain silent, which was more safe.

He didn't believe that the young master would be caught without a fight before.He knew that with the young master's delicate mind, there must be a way to deal with it.Sure enough, the young master is now planning to make up stories to confuse the enemy.

Mo Zhuifeng doesn't mind how Zhao Zongqing organizes himself, as long as the young master can achieve what he wants, he can make any sacrifices.But he has always wanted to understand, why did the young master of Tiandeng hide such a big event from him before?

"Mo Zhuifeng's great-grandfather, Liu Cexi, married businessman Mo Guangwen as his son-in-law. He married his only daughter, Mo, and all descendants changed their surnames to Mo. Liu Cexi is a native of Shenzhou, which we have verified. As for the man who claimed to be from Suzhou The origins of Mo Guangwen's father and daughter cannot be verified."

"At that time, Mrs. Mo was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Mo Guangwen was in his prime, but instead of marrying a wife and filling in a house, he tried to find a way to have a son. He only brought his daughter and came to Shenzhou from the bustling Suzhou to find a son-in-law. Strange, but this alone is not enough to prove that Mo Zhuifeng is the Empress of the Pearl."

Two days ago, Han Qi had informed Cui Tao of the Mo family's situation that he had investigated.Cui Tao deliberately explained it in such detail at this moment, not to explain to everyone, but to tell Mo Zhuifeng.Up to now, Mo Zhuifeng is still loyal to Zhao Zongqing, and has no intention of wavering.

Cui Tao pointed him out on purpose. Given the situation of his ancestors, there is indeed such a possibility. Don't just think that Zhao Zongqing is just acting, so he casts doubts.

Although Cui Tao still doesn't know the truth of Zhao Zongqing's words, it is always good to provoke the relationship between the two.

"What evidence do you have to prove that he is the Empress of the Pearl, but you are not? Could it be that you deliberately pushed him out to divert our attention?"

The purpose of Han Qi's questioning was to make Zhao Zongqing explain more.

"Evidence? My testimony is the best evidence." Zhao Zongqing said with unquestionable confidence in his tone. After he finished speaking, he filled himself with wine and drank three glasses in succession.

Seemingly unrestrained and confident, arrogant in the courtroom, but in fact he needs to drink to strengthen his courage to say the next thing, and there is something fragile in his visible bones.

However, Han Qi was looking forward to what he would say next.

Mo Zhuifeng finally reacted. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Zongqing suspiciously, unable to tell what mood he was in now.He clearly believed in his heart that the young master was acting, but when he heard Cui Tao questioning his great-grandmother's life experience, he also vaguely felt that there was such a possibility...

"I—" Zhao Zongqing lightly tapped his chest with his index finger, "It's actually a tool used to protect the brothers of the Mo family."

Under the shocked eyes of everyone, Zhao Zongqing got up with the jug in his hand, and began to wander in the center of the hall.

"That is what you call the dead man of Tianji Pavilion. No matter how others treat me, no matter what happens to me, I must always remember who I am living for, obediently be an obedient puppet, and offer it to the Lord at any time." Your life, and you can't have half a word of complaint. Even if you are stabbed and snorted, people will think that you are not doing well enough."

"My biological mother, my grandmother's family, like the owner of the Tianji Pavilion, have been serving the 'Queen of the Pearl' for generations. The Tianji Pavilion was in the Ming Dynasty, with the purpose of recruiting troops and growing stronger, preparing for a comeback in the future. We are in the dark, Take protecting the 'Queen of the Pearl' as the mission."

"Our lineage is lucky. From wandering merchants, we finally climbed to the officialdom through in-laws. In the end, we had the opportunity to arrange for our daughter to enter the Yan'an County government as a concubine, and finally affixed to the royal family. From the time I can remember, I have Taught differently by my mother how to be a loyal dog."

"What do I know when I was young? I am fragile like a piece of white paper. I must be what others draw. I am only five years old. I have to get up early every day to practice martial arts. I read twice as many books as my brothers. I will be woken up at any time. If I can’t get up, I will be poured with cold water and hang upside down on the beam for an hour. Even if I go to the toilet several times a day, I will be under supervision. I refused to accept it and wanted to go to my father. She framed me Disobedient, mischievous and rebellious, brought me to Zhuangzi to teach.

During those six months, I didn't have a good spot on my body, but if I didn't listen to her or didn't fulfill her request, I would be beaten.Want sleep?Want to have a good meal?Want to be free from pain?Then you have to be obedient.

When I got back to the county mansion, she tortured me with invisible methods, using silver needles on the most painful acupuncture points, and sticking wet paper on my face to make me suffocate... Every time I was dying It's time to let me go.

Ask me if I know something wrong?Ask if it can be done?Yes, of course I can. "

When Zhao Zongqing said this, there was always a sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, but endless hatred burst out from his eyes.

"Fortunately, I was smart and precocious. I knew how to hide my sincerity when I was eight years old. They wanted to be obedient, well-behaved, and powerful, and I became more obedient, more well-behaved, and more powerful. I finally satisfied them and began to praise me and value me. I believe that I will definitely be a fierce general who assists the 'young master' in the future."

It was at this time that Zhao Zongqing knew that the young master he had been preparing to pledge allegiance to was the brothers of the Mo family.

In fact, there were no more than four people who really knew the identities of the Mo family brothers: the owner of the Tianji Pavilion at that time, Zhao Zongqing's biological mother Su Shi, his maternal grandmother, and Zhao Zongqing himself.Only the qualified successors of the master of the Tianji Pavilion and loyal servants are qualified to know the identity of the young master.Even the closest relatives of her grandmother would not be able to know if they did not pass the examination.The purpose of doing this is to avoid identity leakage as much as possible, and to protect the safety of the 'Pearl Queen' with every possible measure.

"If you want to say that the fate of the 'Pearl Empress' is really bumpy, it seems that you can't get out of the shadow of the country's subjugation. Mo's mother died in an accident in her early years, and Mo Daru was in poor health since she was a child. After being hit by this, she also died early. Mo Daru didn't want the two children to bear too much at such a young age. Before he died, he asked my grandmother to take care of them and tell them their identities when they grow up. He also personally told me that I hope I can do my best to protect their brothers in the future comprehensive."

The people present were shocked by Zhao Zongqing's confession, but they were skeptical.Isn't this really Zhao Zongqing's slapstick in order to divert attention?But listening to his words, there seemed to be no flaws.

Zhao Zongqing didn't care about everyone's reaction at all, and cast a disdainful glance at Mo Zhuifeng who was kneeling on the ground.

"What's ridiculous is that Mo Daru said that their brothers are younger, and I am younger than Mo Zhuifeng, so why do I have to bear all this? Am I not a child? Am I not a person of flesh and blood?

I really envy their brothers, who can grow up carefree.Unlike me, when I was babbling, I was restrained, always beaten and scolded, and never could do whatever I wanted. "

When Mo Zhuifeng heard these words, his whole body seemed to be frozen, and he looked up at Zhao Zongqing in a daze, "Is what the young master said true? Or are you joking?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Zongqing gave Mo Zhuifeng a gentle smile, neither affirming nor denying, and let Mo Zhuifeng determine the answer by himself.

Mo Zhuifeng was startled for a moment, then lowered his head again and clenched his fists. No one knew what he was thinking at the moment.But there must be hesitation in his heart, but he doesn't know which part occupies more.

"In that case, how did you become the young master?" Lu Jiong asked.

"These idiots never know how to open their eyes and take a good look. There are already four emperors in the Song Dynasty. The country is prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but they still want to dream of the Spring and Autumn Dream and want to reverse the Song Dynasty and restore the Tang Dynasty. Isn't this sick? One by one They're all like a bewildered man, they don't listen to persuasion, but whenever I raise a slight objection, they will accuse me of being unfaithful, scold me for being disobedient, and even rob me of my love. Since they ruined me, I will naturally ruin theirs too. A century-old cause'!"

After Mo Daru's death, Zhao Zongqing was ordered to take care of the Mo brothers, in order to let him get acquainted with the two young masters as soon as possible.During the period of taking care of the Mo brothers, Zhao Zongqing showed his benevolence in a bitter way, won the gratitude of the Mo brothers, and worshiped him wholeheartedly.

Afterwards, Zhao Zongqing proposed a good idea to the owner of Tianji Pavilion on the grounds that the "Pearl Empress" seemed to be full of disasters: double protect the two young masters.

The first level is the protection of Tianji Pavilion, which already exists.Zhao Zongqing proposed the second level of protection, arranging a fake young master in front, and feigning a shot.In this way, even if a smart person finds out about the situation of the young master through the Tianji Pavilion, he will only suspect him, and let him prevent disasters for the two real young masters.

Because Zhao Zongqing has been loyal and outstanding for many years, no one suspects that he has a different heart.His proposal was quickly approved by the owner of the Tianji Pavilion and his grandmother. After that, Zhao Zongqing had the identity of a fake young master.As for Zhao Zongqing's grandmother's natal family, no one knew who the real young master was. Later, they were told that the young master was Zhao Zongqing. They all believed in it and let Zhao Zongqing order.

After that, Zhao Zongqing made his grandmother die unexpectedly, which aroused the suspicion of the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion. He just poisoned and arranged the accident, which made his biological mother Su go crazy.After that, he began to consolidate his power, and used the skills of cultivating dead soldiers in "Que Yingshu" to train a group of his own people, and by the way, he also trained the Mo family brothers in the direction of loyal servants.Over the years, he has been strengthening himself, waiting for opportunities, and finally last year, the old owner of the Tianji Pavilion discussed with Zhao Zongqing that he was going to tell the real life experience of the brothers of the Mo family, and Zhao Zongqing silenced him as well.

Before the old pavilion master was on the verge of death, he didn't understand why Zhao Zongqing wanted to kill him.This is due to the fact that Zhao Zongqing's acting skills are so good that the old pavilion master has always believed in his loyalty.After catching birds for many years, he was finally pecked by a bird.

At this point, all those who knew that he was a fake young master disappeared, and Zhao Zongqing became the 'true' young master.

And the Mo family brothers didn't know about it because they were "protected" from the beginning to the end, and because of Zhao Zongqing's noble royal status, the two brothers saw that Zhao Zongqing always condescended to take care of them, and they were grateful for a long time. They were so devoted to him that they even risked their lives. No hesitation.

"I have to say that although Mo Daru is in poor health, he didn't delay in teaching the two children's kung fu. Maybe he wants to make up for what he lacks. In short, the kung fu of these brothers is quite good. Run errands for me It saved me a lot of trouble."

After Zhao Zongqing finished speaking, he directly raised the jug and poured the wine with his head up, which had the meaning of "I am drunk today with wine, and I don't know how to worry about it".

The wine that drew an arc in the air fell accurately into Zhao Zongqing's mouth, suddenly with a trembling of his arm, all the wine was poured on Zhao Zongqing's face.

"You're telling the truth?"

Mo Zhuifeng didn't know when he got up, he grabbed Zhao Zongqing's collar with both hands, and stared at him fiercely with red eyes.Mo Zhuifeng, who had always been indifferent and reticent, now had tears in his eyes.

"Are you really using our brother?"

"Wrong, you used me, everyone in Tianji Pavilion and Dizang Pavilion. Just because of you two, how many poor children are like me, who have been tortured since childhood and raised like puppets Trash, it's disgusting to look at!"

When Zhao Zongqing met Mo Zhuifeng's eyes, he didn't show the slightest guilt, on the contrary, he felt happy.

Mo Zhuifeng punched Zhao Zongqing in the face, and tears rolled down his face in an instant, "Do you know that Zhuiyu died in Jinmingchi because of you?"

Mo Zhuifeng didn't say it before, because he felt that his brother died well, and it was an honor to die for the young master, and he was afraid that the young master would be sad if he found out.

How could the truth be like this now... It's ridiculous that when he heard Zhao Zongqing's stories before, he thought he was just talking nonsense, just acting, and he had to cooperate and pretend... He was really being played like a monkey Turn around, no, it's not even as good as a monkey!He was so stupid that he was dying, and his brother was even worse, already dead.

Zhao Zongqing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and sneered: "Because Mo Zhuiyu came to beg for my life, and for the thousands of people who died because of your brothers, you can't kill yourself and apologize eight hundred times."

Zhao Zongqing suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Cui Tao.

"She was one of the victims. If she hadn't been lucky enough to escape from the knife of Kaifeng Mansion, she would have become a ghost."

Cui Tao, who was suddenly affected by the peach blossoms, responded in a timely manner, and nodded cooperatively, agreeing with what Zhao Zongqing said.

"But you are more ruthless. You brought tens of thousands of horses to rebel, and you want to blow up the entire Bianjing city and drag everyone to be buried with you. Compared with Mo Zhuifeng, you are not enough to kill yourself [-] times."

Before Cui Tao finished speaking, Mo Zhuifeng was about to kill Zhao Zongqing again, Wang Zhao and other government officials immediately detained him, not allowing him to move around.

"You used the brothers of the Mo family for revenge. Why did you bomb Bianjing and kill the official family? Since you don't like Wang Meiren, why did you leave these embroidered handkerchiefs on purpose?"

When Han Qi questioned, the yamen servants showed Zhao Zongqing two lotus handkerchiefs.

"Beauty Wang loves lotuses the most, but since she entered the palace, she has never embroidered or painted lotuses. Presumably she has a deep affection for you." Cui Tao then interjected, adding fuel.

"Devotion? Oh, if this is devotion, there is no more ridiculous devotion in the world! I keep saying that the person I like the most is me, but I put everything in front of me. I don't hesitate to sacrifice my life to save her, begging her After marrying me, she turned around and chose to enter the palace without hesitation because of a command from the owner of Tianji Pavilion, and happily became the emperor's favorite concubine."

"This veil is for me to remind myself how ridiculous my life is, to remind me of the shame of the past, and one day I will get it back one by one!" Zhao Zongqing said in disgust.

As for why he killed the emperor, the reason was complicated. It was the result of being educated since he was a child. Countless people told him that the emperor was destined to die. Even though he knew rationally that it was not the case, he still instinctively felt that he deserved to die.In addition, he once really loved Wang Meiren deeply, and hated the emperor for taking his wife away.It was that he no longer loved that woman. As a sensitive but arrogant man in his bones, he was destined not to be able to let go of this shame.

Wang Meiren was the only person Zhao Zongqing tried to be tempted and wanted to open up, but she was hurt even more because of it.He hated Tianji Pavilion, hated the emperor, hated all the people who made him feel pain.

So today's arrangement is the most ingenious, to summon all the remaining evils of Tianji Pavilion, and wipe them out with the emperor in one fell swoop.

This is the best strategy, but...

"You killed Su Yuwan?"

Cui Tao has always wondered that with Su Yuwan's ability, even if she made a mistake, she should have a chance to redeem herself, and she shouldn't be obliterated so simply.But if it was Zhao Zongqing who deliberately took advantage of the topic to get rid of Su Yuwan, it is understandable why he took pains to kill Su Yuwan.

After Zhao Zongqing heard the words, he looked at Cui Tao for a moment: "This woman Su Yuwan is somewhat similar to you, and she is quite capable. If she stays for a long time, she will be a disaster."

Di Zang Pavilion is a branch established by the old pavilion owner of Tianji Pavilion at the suggestion of Su Yuwan, and it has grown extremely fast.But for Zhao Zongqing, the existence of the Dizang Pavilion is not very useful, and it will make him extra distracted to guard against it. The next step to kill the old pavilion owner is to solve the Dizang Pavilion first.It just so happened that Su Yuwan committed a crime, so Zhao Zongqing took the opportunity to clean her up.

Extreme displeasure welled up in Han Qi's eyes, and he asked in a cold voice, "You didn't tell Mo Zhuifeng about the sky lantern, but did you plan to let him be killed in the city when the sky lantern fell like those people?"

Zhao Zongqing chuckled lightly, and it was considered a promise.

Mo Zhuifeng stared at Zhao Zongqing in shock again.

It turns out that he kept this from him in order to let him die?

It's ridiculous that he faithfully does everything Zhao Zongqing asks, and when he can escape for his life, he chooses to turn back and look for him. he.But in the end, what did he get in exchange for his red heart?Stupid and ridiculous self!

Thinking about myself all these years, he has always ranked the "Young Master" before his brother, and he is wholeheartedly loyal to Zhao Zongqing, and he doesn't even care about the life and death of his brother Mo Zhuiyu...

Mo Zhuifeng closed his eyes to contain the tears that kept gushing out.He hated himself, and even more hated Zhao Zongqing!

"Zhao Zongqing, die!"

With a roar, Mo Zhuifeng broke free from the shackles of Wang Zhao and others with great brute force, and rushed towards Zhao Zongqing at an extremely fast speed, intending to break his neck and take his life.Naturally, Wang Zhao couldn't fulfill his wish, and grabbed Mo Zhuifeng's arm in time.

Mo Zhuifeng grabbed Zhao Zongqing's bun with one hand and held on tightly. Mo Zhuifeng's bun was pulled into a mess, fell to the ground, and dragged for a distance.Mo Zhuifeng finally pulled a handful of hair in his hands, with a piece of scalp stuck to it.

With so much hair pulled down by force, it must be painful. After Zhao Zongqing yelled a few times in pain, he sat on the ground with disheveled hair, in a state of embarrassment.

When Han Qi saw Zhao Zongqing's state, the intense coldness in his eyes faded slightly.

Others may not know it, but Zhang Chang who is by Han Qi's side knows it very well.His Liulang just said that on purpose to stimulate Mo Zhuifeng to attack Zhao Zongqing.Who is Zhao Zongqing, this guy is not only perverted but also sloppy, he actually said that Mrs. Cui is similar to Su Yuwan.Similar to your head!Now it's all right, the scalp is gone!

Zhao Zongqing grinned dryly, chuckled twice, and looked at Mo Zhuifeng who wanted to eat him.

"Feeling being tricked? Feeling hated? What is it that you are suffering now? I have endured and suffered for more than ten years! My mother, my grandmother, and the woman I once loved the most, they are all bewitched by demons. It's the same, I do everything for you, never for me. How long have you been here, can't you bear it?"

Zhao Zongqing laughed even louder, feeling quite happy.

"Do you know why I always like to pretend to be someone else? Because I hate myself so much. For me, any ordinary person in this world is better than me!"

"You said before that you are not the son of the Duke of Yan'an, so what do you mean?" It was getting late, and it was time for Lu Jiong to enter the palace to report to the emperor about the interrogation.It is related to the blood of the royal family, and this issue must be clarified first.

"Commander Lu doesn't even understand the literal meaning? The Duke of Yan'an's physical condition has made it difficult for a woman to conceive, but how can my mother be reconciled to marrying into the royal family? Naturally, she will give birth to a son. This is what I have been doing all these years. There is no way to complain to my father.

When I was crying and wanted to complain to my father, my mother told me that I was not his biological son and I had no other choice.

No one left me any way out! "

Zhao Zongqing, under the disheveled hair, smiled wryly and expressed a lot of helplessness.

"You said you have no way out, but in fact you do. It's just that you are so twisted in your heart that it's hard to see.

The Duke of Yan'an dotes on you, that's why he fostered you under the name of his aunt, and because of this, you have a chance to be liked by the officials and the queen mother.You can tell the truth about what happened to you at this time, and report the evil deeds of Tianji Pavilion to the court to atone for your crime.With the benevolence of the officials and the queen mother, I must understand your helplessness, and your result will not be too bad.But you didn't, you blamed all the faults on others and took revenge on others in a very extreme way.If others kill ten, you kill a hundred. "

Cui Tao can't bear to use her own tragic experience as an excuse to righteously kidnap or hurt others morally.

Oh, you are miserable, are you justified?People's lives are not their lives?

"Your life experience is indeed miserable, but what is right is right, what is wrong is wrong, and any experience or reason does not constitute an excuse for wanton killing of innocent people.

How many innocents have you killed over the years to accomplish your plans?You secretly slaughtered a village just for the sake of saltpeter.Those who were killed by you, are they not miserable?Are they not innocent?Are they not more pitiful than you?At least you are still alive and enjoying wealth; while they are already dead and turned into bones. "

Zhao Zongqing's face was livid by Cui Tao's series of questioning, and he stared at Cui Tao like a snake.

The next interrogation was relatively smooth and easy.

After Zhao Zongqing's explosive confession just now, Mo Zhuifeng was shocked and painfully awakened.Mo Zhuifeng made a truthful confession of all the actions that Zhao Zongqing had confessed to him before.

In the case of Qingfu Temple in Cangyan Mountain, Su Yuwan hijacked a child to confront Cui Tao in order to save her daughter Cui Shiniang.At that time, many "monks" in Qingfu Temple were killed by Gu. When we searched the scene afterwards, we found that these people had waist tags with different symbols on them, and found an empty warehouse with traces of large boxes.

This doubt has never been investigated clearly, but now it has been resolved.It turned out that these monks were all responsible for finding saltpeter under the command of the Dizang Pavilion. They pretended to be wandering monks to search around, and they would report when they found it.Then there will be another team responsible for digging and stepping, and then another team will be responsible for transportation.In short, the division of labor is clear and the organization is strict.

Tianji Pavilion has been collecting saltpeter for a long time. The purpose is to hoard gunpowder for future rebellion.

Before Cui Tao and Su Yuwan confronted each other at Qingfu Temple, those saltpeters had been dispersed and transported away one after another by the people of Tianji Pavilion who pretended to be pilgrims.This move is to avoid the sudden large-scale transportation that is too eye-catching, easy to be exposed, and the loss will be huge after being discovered. If you spread it out, you can save these troubles.

Mo Zhuifeng truthfully wrote down the list of personnel responsible for transporting weapons into Beijing. Han Qi saw that many people on the list were among his suspicions, so he confirmed that the list should be true, but as usual, he still had to hand it over to the Next verify.

Zhao Zongqing was half lying on the ground decadently, listening to Mo Zhuifeng's confession absent-mindedly, without much reaction.He even laughed once in a while, probably because he thought the young master's act of confessing his 'subordinate' was ridiculous.

And the reason why Mo Zhuifeng confessed these things honestly was not only that he saw everything through too many encounters and just wanted to end it as soon as possible, but also because these subordinates were not his subordinates at all.

After Mo Zhuifeng had finished explaining everything, it was time to continue the detailed examination of Zhao Zongqing.

puff!

Zhao Zongqing suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Cui Tao felt his pulse immediately, "Poisoned?"

It is obvious that the food and drinks he ate have been carefully checked, and his body including his mouth has been checked, so there should be no poison residue.

"Miss Cui, you don't need to look for it. I took poison three days ago. The roast chicken in Baxianlou will use a lot of spice three nai, which can destroy the poison in my body. Listen to you, there is another way to go." , seems to make sense, then why don't you say I can't see it?"

Zhao Zongqing was dying, and there was a trace of regret in his eyes.

"You have no love in your heart, so of course you can't see the right path." Cui Tao said,

Zhao Zongqing laughed at himself, and gradually closed his eyes.

"Zhao Zongqing, it's not so easy for you to want to die!"

After Cui Tao received three needles, Zhao Zongqing suddenly cried out in pain, and his eyes widened instantly.