I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

When Cui Tao walked in front of Han Qi, Mother Sun's eyes, which were originally showing horror, suddenly narrowed, and she laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder.

Cui Tao and Han Qi looked at Mama Cui at the same time.

"But I don't know which of the two nobles sang? The slave family is just a brothel bawdy who makes a shallow living. She has always obeyed the law and kept herself safe. But I don't know what was not done properly, which caused the two nobles to come to the Tianxiang Tower of the slave house. Singing an opera, making a fool of my servant?"

Although Mama Sun is lying on the ground now, her body can't move much, but her face shows a bit of complacency, quite rampant.

She didn't have the reaction that a current prisoner who was caught on the spot should have. Instead, it was more like she had done something amazing, and she could finally show it off.

Both Cui Tao and Han Qi sensed that something might be wrong.

Cui Tao checked the jug first, and found that there was a mechanism in the jug.The wine in the jug is divided into two areas, and the wine in which area is poured out of the spout can be controlled by touching the mechanism.

Cui Tao asked the yamen servant to use live rats to test whether the wine in the jug was poisonous.

Mother Sun kept staring at Cui Tao: "Miss Bai, I don't know how I offended you in Tianxianglou. You want to hurt me so much? Think about it, have I ever been a little mean to you these days when you came here? When did I not treat you sincerely with all my heart and soul? I am just a business person, and I am busy every day just entertaining guests and settling these ladies in the building. Is this a violation of the law?"

"Could it be that I was the one who killed someone with a dagger just now?" Cui Tao wanted to see how much this Mama Sun would sing.

"Oh, I am wronged! When did I want to kill you? Who saw it? Let her come out to testify and tell me how I killed you! Little lady, you have sung enough, don't do it again You have wronged me! Then I also want to say that you pretended to be an oiran and came to my Tianxiang Tower to conspire against me and want to harm me.

You played tricks on me several times, I suspect you, just want to scare you with a knife, to force you to tell the truth, but there is no real intention to do it.On weekdays, I am someone who dare not even kill a chicken!

Besides, look at me now, isn't it clear who is bullying whom?But I was knocked down by the little lady, here, if the silver needle is a little bit to the left, my life will be gone! "

Mother Sun repeatedly complained to Han Qi, begging him to make decisions for herself.

"Officer, you must not let her talk nonsense just because you have an affair with this little lady, and wrong my servant!"

Mama Sun's voice was getting louder and louder, so that people ten miles away could hear her shouting.

She wanted to make the decision, but actually wanted to slander Han Qi and Cui Tao's reputation.As long as public opinion is generated, no matter whether the matter is true or not, Han Qi has to avoid it, and he will not be able to continue to take charge of this case.

Cui Tao stabbed Mama Sun's dumb acupoint again, and then slowly pulled out the silver needle on Mama Sun's chest.How slow?About the effort of a cup of tea, it has not been completely pulled out.

Mama Sun's face was grim because of the pain, and beads of sweat dripped down her cheeks.

"Mother Sun, don't worry. You can't pull it out too fast. As you said just now, you will die if you miss it by an inch. You have to be careful."

Seeing Mama Sun transforming from a fighting cock with a sharp beak into a dying chicken, Cui Tao pulled out the needle completely.

Mother Sun finally breathed a sigh of relief, her expression was not so ferocious, but the cold sweat was still dripping down her face.When she looked at Cui Tao again, there was real fear in her eyes.

"I am a perfect person, and your method of provoking adultery is not good. I advise you to restrain yourself. It is a serious crime to frame an official of the court. Since you have complained and insisted that you are innocent, it is best not to do anything wrong at this moment. Don't make a mistake." A new charge was added to him, and the innocence became guilty."

"Just now I tapped Mama Sun's dumb acupoint in time to stop Mama Sun from talking nonsense, just because I thought Mama Sun treated me well before and repay Mama Sun's kindness."

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she patted Mother Sun on the shoulder with a smile, her attitude seemed very kind.Cui Tao's current state is even worse than Mama Sun's disguise just now.

Mama Sun gritted her teeth in pain and hurriedly turned around to dodge.

"Oh, I forgot to hold a needle in my hand, my memory is a little bit poor."

Cui Tao acted as if she had suddenly realized, and then asked Sun's mother softly if she could still speak human language.

Mother Sun was still apprehensive, staring at Cui Tao in fear.

"Officer Han Tui is impartial and decisive. He is the most reasonable and good official. If you are innocent, you will not be framed, and if you are guilty, you will not be forgiven. Understand?"

Mama Sun nodded.

Cui Tao took off all the silver needles.

Mama Sun snorted and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the yamen servant who tested the wine turned back and whispered something in Han Qi's ear.

Han Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Mama Sun coldly.

Mama Sun was observing the situation at Han Qi's side. Seeing Han Qi's reaction, she curled her lips and hurriedly kowtowed: "Since the young lady also said just now, if the slave family is innocent, the official Han Tui will definitely not frame it. Then the slave family will I would like to have the guts to ask Official Han, what is the crime of the slave family?"

In fact, since Mama Sun pretended to be stupid and denied the harm just now, Cui Tao guessed more or less that the wine in this jug might not be poisonous.

This result was indeed a bit beyond her expectation. It seems that Mama Sun was prepared. She probably expected that the situation was unclear, or she realized that the Kaifeng Mansion had deployed troops around the Tianxiang Tower, so she shot a feint and wanted to kill them. one army.

After a stick of incense, the yamen servants searched the entire Tianxiang Building, but did not find any poisonous substances in the Tianxiang Building, and they did not find any poisonous substances on Sun Mama.

At noon, there was indeed a group of people in the backyard, a total of 28 men and three women, who hurriedly left Tianxiang Building.Wang Zhao and Li Yuan led the yamen servants to capture all these people, but now they all claim to be the guards and rough envoys of Tianxianglou. Search outside for a prostitute who escaped from Tianxiang Building.

There is no mistake in the testimony of these people for the time being, and there is no flaw in their identities, because the names they reported can be found in the employment list of Tianxiang Building.

Now there is no poison related to Honggu in Tianxiang Building, nor is there any evidence or person related to Tianji Pavilion.

Although they knew that these people had problems, as long as they refused to admit it, they couldn't force them to be guilty.

Mama Sun waited in the house, the complacent look on her face became more and more obvious.When Han Qi and Cui Tao entered the room again, she knelt down on her own initiative, crying and screaming for grievances.

"But I don't know who is talking nonsense outside and framing me. There is a problem here. The slave family is really clean from head to toe." Mama Sun then kowtowed to Cui Tao and apologized, "Because I suspect that the young lady is a spy sent by another family, I want to rob her. We are the customers of Tianxiang Building, so I used the dagger to scare the little lady. It was really my fault, and I will apologize to the little lady!"

Mama Sun apologized piously, not as madly as before.But at this moment, her appearance was even more rampant in front of Cui Tao and Han Qi.Because everyone knows that she is pretending to be modest after victory, and it looks even more disgusting.

"The incident happened suddenly just now, and the slave family was unable to react for a while, and their attitude was a little inappropriate. I still hope that the two nobles will be Haihan. Now the slave family also wants to understand. The so-called clean is self-clearing, and the slave family has not done anything illegal. But, what are you afraid of? Just wait and see, I believe that there will be a blue sky in the Kaifeng mansion, and I will be able to return my family to be innocent."

While talking with a smile, Mother Sun calmly cast her gaze on Cui Tao, asking a question on purpose.

"Young lady, do you think this makes sense?"

"Of course, the clean is self-clear. If you commit a crime, you will leave traces. If you haven't committed a crime," Cui Tao raised the corners of her mouth and smiled at Mama Sun, "That's impossible."

Mother Sun sneered, "What is the meaning of this, little lady? Could it be that you have found the evidence of the slave's family? How come you haven't brought it out yet?"

"Northwest corner of the backyard, the yard where firewood is piled up." Cui Tao said.

After Mama Sun's eyes moved down for a moment, she glared at Cui Tao again, "I don't understand what the little lady means! If the little lady has evidence to prove that I am guilty, she can show it. I want to see where I am guilty. How could I not know it myself."

"There is probably something wrong with that yard, and the things are still there."

Cui Tao caught the slight expression of Mama Sun's eyes moving down, and whispered to Han Qi.

The result of the search of the two firewood houses by the yamen servants just now is that there is nothing special except for some firewood piled up.

Han Qi and Cui Tao decided to go and see for themselves.

When the two were walking towards the door, Mama Sun suddenly laughed from behind them.

"It's just two dilapidated houses. What's the problem? The two nobles have worked so hard to accuse me of crimes. They can even think of evidence of crimes in the woodshed. I really don't understand, I How can an old woman hate me, offend the two nobles and have to hate me so much?"

Cui Tao ignored what Mama Sun said, and followed Han Qi to the yard to check the situation here.

The two firewood houses are indeed as the yamen servants said, there is nothing special about them except that some firewood is piled up.After carefully checking the walls and floors inside and outside the house, there were no traps, hidden compartments or tunnels.

Cui Tao walked out of the room and looked around the yard again.

"Could it be some small object? It's hard to detect if it's moved under our surveillance." Li Yuan speculated.

"If it was just a jade pendant, would you choose to put it in this kind of house and let people guard it?" Cui Tao asked back.

Li Yuan scratched his head, "It's a bit weird, just carry it with you, I'm really scared, just bring a few more people to protect yourself, why do you have to guard this kind of crappy place day and night?"

"So what is here should be something that cannot be transferred or is not easy to transfer."

Cui Tao didn't have a clue for now, so she asked Han Qi what he saw in the yard.

"Room, wall, firewood."

Hearing Han Qi's succinct answer, Cui Tao suddenly realized that she had checked the room and the walls to make sure there was no problem.Cui Tao stared at the firewood piled up in the yard.

"But it's not here, it should be in the house." Han Qi also reacted at this time, and ordered Li Yuan and others to move some firewood out of the house.

The firewood is about the thickness of a normal person's ankle and two feet long, which is just enough for a fire.

Li Yuan and the others split the firewood with an axe. At first, no abnormalities were found. Then, when a government servant was chopping firewood horizontally, the ax fell halfway down and couldn't cut any more, hitting a hard object.

Removed the axe, pulled apart the firewood to look, and saw a golden bar inside!

Looking at the back of this gold nugget, there are also the seals of the two Zhejiang government offices, which are official silver!

After that, the servants found more and more gold bars in the firewood pile.Judging from the amount of wood stacked in the house, the gold bars in the two firewood houses are nearly three to four hundred catties.

For a small brothel to actually store so much government money that was handed over to the imperial court, it is natural that the guilt cannot be escaped, and death is not a pity.

When the gold bars were thrown in front of Mama Sun, Mama Sun's face turned pale instantly, and the tense aura she had maintained all along instantly collapsed.She was like a frost-beaten eggplant, slumped on the ground, slumped for a long while, and finally regained consciousness, fully aware that she was completely finished this time.

"Honest confession, as long as you confess all the information about Tianji Pavilion, Officer Han Tui can consider leaving you a whole body at his discretion." Cui Tao said to Mama Sun.

Mother Sun looked at Cui Tao blankly, "What is Tianji Pavilion? I don't even know what Tianji Pavilion is. I can explain the gold. It was given to me by Hu Zhou, the military commander of the two Zhejiang provinces! He is greedy for money and lust. I won the favor of the two oirans in our building, and I was very willing to spend money. Later, when I ran out of money, I would give me a dozen gold bars when I came here occasionally. Over the years, I have saved a lot. I also know this thing It is dangerous, so I hid it in the firewood, and waited for the right opportunity to transport it out and remelt it!"

Mother Sun kowtowed honestly and admitted the crime of hiding official money, but she did not admit that she had anything to do with Tianji Pavilion.

"Mother Sun thinks that if you don't admit it, no one can prove that you are the killer Honggu of Tianji Pavilion?"

"What Honggu, I've never heard of it before." Mama Sun didn't dare to look at Cui Tao at this time, she just kept a straight face, her eyes fixed on the ground, but when she spoke and lied, her tone was always the same. It's still a bit false.

"It was you who found a young woman named Qiao'er in Futian Yard, and ordered her to send poisoned food to the prison in Kaifeng Prefecture, intending to poison me to death."

Mother Sun looked at Cui Tao in shock, then shook her head and denied it, saying that she had never heard of such a thing, let alone had the courage to do it.

"Now that the woman has been found, why doesn't Ms. Sun identify her first?"

After Cui Tao finished speaking, Li Yuan brought a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young woman into the door.After Qiaoer glanced at Mama Sun, she said to Han Qi in a cautious voice that she had a similar voice and a similar body shape.

"Miss Cui, although I am indeed guilty of embezzling official money, you can't accuse me of all crimes. In this world, there are many people with similar stature and similar voice. Just ask this little lady who said, How can you be sure it must be me?" Mama Sun still refused to admit it.

After hearing what Sun's mother said, Qiao'er couldn't argue with anything.The person who bribed her at the time was wearing a black gauze straw hat, and she did not see the other person's face, so she herself was not completely sure.Now I am so annoyed that because I am greedy for money, I want to have two full meals, so I agree to do things for him, and I accidentally killed three officials.She was really guilty, and she cried in fright when she thought about it.

Seeing this, Mama Sun wanted to question the woman even more, "You have to think about it carefully, otherwise you will kill me with a single word! After I die unjustly, I will be a ghost and will not be released to you!"

Mama Sun gave her a sharp look, which frightened the woman to tears even more, repeatedly expressing that she was not sure, she really hadn't seen the man's face.

"Han Tuiguan, this matter of official money is enough to punish the slave family with a death penalty. There is no need to find other crimes to add to the slave family. The slave family pleads guilty to the crime of embezzling official money." Mama Sun kowtowed to Han Qi and pleaded guilty.

Han Qi has been sitting by the window, listening to Cui Tao interrogating Sun's mother, while playing with the jade teacup in his hand.There was no tea in the teacup, it belonged to Tianxianglou, and he took it for fun.

"Do you know why it's not me who is interrogating you, but her?" Han Qi asked suddenly.

Mama Sun froze for a moment, then shook her head.

"What did you call her just now?" Han Qi asked again.

Mama Sun was still puzzled.

"You called Mrs. Cui just now, but I never told you that my surname is Cui. What I told you is that I am the Hundred Days Red from 'Huawu Hundred Days Red', and I was the target of the poisonous assassination by Miss Hong of Tianji Pavilion. " Cui Tao explained beside him.

Mother Sun was shocked, suddenly realized that she had slipped her tongue just now, and then realized another point, which made her even more annoyed. 'Flowers have no hundred-day red', Cui is clearly telling her how stupid she is. From the very beginning, her name implies that 'there is no hundred-day red in the oiran'.

What do people who think they are smart hate the most?Others play her like a monkey!

Mother Sun glared at Cui Tao with fiery eyes, wishing to cut her into pieces, but she still did not forget to argue.

"I know that the little lady's surname is Cui. When the little lady went out with Han Tuiguan, she heard it from those people outside."

"Nonsense! We people will never talk indiscriminately while guarding, not to mention that Han Tuiguan has already explained that her real name should not be mentioned in Tianxiang Tower." Li Yuan said immediately.

Only then did Mama Sun realize that not only Bai Rihong was a trick, but forcing her to poison her was a trick, even the interrogation was a trick!

She glared at Cui Tao with red eyes and hatred, and she couldn't add more anger.

"Mother Sun didn't slip up and call me Mrs. Cui, and I have evidence to prove that you are related to the poisoning case."

Cui Tao put an account book in front of Mama Sun, and pointed to the expenses recorded on it.

"Yongchang Lane, one meal, 380 yuan. You can tell from the amount of money that this meal is quite rich. Is it for Mama Sun? The date was just the day before yesterday. It seems that Mama Sun has other restaurants besides Tianxianglou. A new residence."

Mother Sun was shocked, but she didn't dare to look at Cui Tao again, for fear that she would discover her flaws again.She did transfer all the things about Tianji Pavilion hidden in Tianxiang Tower to a newly bought house in Yongchang Lane the day before yesterday.It wasn't for any specific reason, but she always felt uneasy in the past two days, so she moved for the sake of stability.

Presumably, when she sent her subordinates to deliver meals to her that day, the cook recorded the expense.

Tianxiang Building is so big, spending money everywhere, she manages the accounts very strictly, if there is a big expense in the kitchen, it will be recorded.But he didn't expect that the woman in front of him would see through all the things behind it just for a meal.

"Are you really the daughter of the Cui family in Boling?" Mother Sun looked at Cui Tao in horror, as if she saw a devil.

She couldn't believe that a lady from a famous family would know so much, and her ability surpassed their pavilion master.If the pavilion master knows that there are such talents in the world, he will be willing to rescue her and take her under his command, even if he wants to rob prison at all costs.It's a pity that she is now used by the government.

"Didn't your Tianji Pavilion accept this business and want to assassinate me? Is my identity still in doubt?"

Mother Sun gritted her teeth angrily, hating herself for not knowing Cui Tao's identity.This woman is too terrifying. When I first saw her, she was full of prostitution, but her charm was unstoppable, making it impossible for anyone to doubt her identity as an oiran.

After seeing the other party's serial tricks, Mama Sun has already realized that she has lost completely. Cui Tao is no ordinary person, and she is not ashamed to lose to her.Now, compared to hating Cui Tao, she resents herself for being unlucky, taking over the job of assassination, which made her end up in a disastrous defeat.

Afterwards, Mama Sun and others were taken into prison in Kaifeng Mansion.

Li Cai presented to Han Qi all the poison and several letters he collected from the Yongchang County residence.

It was during the search that Li Cai was able to use Cui Tao's method to teach him, so he found the secret compartment in the house and got these letters.Now he can be considered to have made a small contribution, thanks to his master's good teaching.

Among the collected letters, one letter was related to Cui Tao.The letter contained a paper introducing Cui Zhi's situation, and stated that the method of requesting the assassination was to poison Cui Tao in the name of Cui Zhi.The handwriting is mellow and delicate, very soft, as if it came from a woman's hand.

This should be the 'original' that the Cui family ordered for Your Excellency Tianji.

After looking at other letters, they are also "original" from the customer.Those who can get access to this kind of original must be the upper echelon of Tianji Pavilion.It seems that this Honggu is not only a killer, she is probably the helmsman of the Bianjing sub-helm of Tianji Pavilion.

Han Qi took the letter paper from Cui Tao, put it to his nose and smelled it lightly.

"This is hairpin paper. Spices are specially added during the papermaking process, so it has a faint fragrance when you smell it carefully. The price is high, and it is very popular among boudoir women."

Cui Tao came over to smell it too, and sure enough, she smelled a faint fragrance, and of course she also smelled the cold sandalwood smell from Han Qi's body.

Only then did Cui Tao realize that she directly moved her head to smell it, as if she was a little too close to Han Qi.She raised her eyes subconsciously to look at Han Qi, and was caught by the other's gaze.

Cui Tao backed away immediately, and appraised seriously: "It really has a fragrance."

"You have done meritorious service in this case." Han Qi lowered his eyes and put the paper in his hand on the table.

"It all depends on Han Tuiguan's advice."

Cui Tao smiled and saluted, knowing that Han Qi still had a lot of things to deal with in the future, so he left quickly.These days, she has been acting, dancing and playing the piano in Tianxiang Tower, exhausting both energy and physical strength. She really needs to rest and eat several meals.

The trial is left for the case, and Mama Sun and other people related to Tianji Pavilion must be interrogated in detail, and the crimes they committed in Bianjing must be further investigated.There is also the batch of gold bars with the cast and seal of the two Zhejiang provinces, which should not be simply related to Huzhou, the military capital of the two Zhejiang provinces, as explained by Mama Sun.Hu Zhou had died two months ago, so there might be other secrets, Mama Sun obviously wanted to push the matter to a dead person, and wanted death without proof, how could Han Qi let her succeed.

Judging from today's preliminary interrogation results, the 32 Tianji Pavilion assassins, including Mama Sun, are very strict. They still refuse to disclose the news of the Tianji Pavilion's main rudder, and they have not even revealed who the sub-rudder is. .But over time, fine grinding and slow stewing, there will always be gains.

In short, the follow-up disposal of this case will definitely take a while, and the government servants of Kaifeng Mansion are busy coming in.

……

The sun was setting, and Cui Tao was sitting in her hut, eating shredded chicken wontons and bad goose palms from Erlin Tea Shop.Suddenly, she heard Wang Siniang's loud voice from outside. It sounded like she had quarreled with the yamen guards and wanted to see her.

Cui Tao looked at the unfinished duck feet and the half bowl of wontons left in her hands, and of course chose to continue eating.

The wonton skin is thin and the stuffing is big. The stuffing is full of pork and shrimp. It is very fragrant and the skin is slippery.Scoop it out with a spoon, put it in your mouth and suck it, a large wonton will be sucked into your mouth, and then bite the wonton mixed with soup and filled with shrimp meat filling in your mouth, there is a different kind of fulfilling sense of happiness .After eating a wonton, it must be accompanied by a mouthful of wonton soup. It’s like sleeping until you wake up naturally, and you must stretch to feel more comfortable.

Wonton soup is boiled with chicken bones over a slow fire. The soup is full of rich chicken aroma, sprinkled with fresh coriander leaves and torn chicken breasts in it, white with green, clear and clear , looks better and tastes better.

After Cui Tao finished eating a big bowl of shredded chicken wontons and drank the soup until there was not a drop left, she picked up the handkerchief and wiped her mouth politely, then walked out of the room to see what was going on with Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang took Ping'er and spent half a stick of time with the gatekeeper, but she didn't see that the other party responded to her intentions, and she was so angry that her throat was smoking.

The yamen guarding the gate had already given Wang Siniang a lot of face. He knew that she had done meritorious service and had a good relationship with Mrs. Cui, so he endured it.

Seeing Cui Tao coming out of the room through the crack of the door, Wang Siniang called her in surprise and waved to her.

"It turns out that you were able to come out of the house. I thought you were only locked in the house and not allowed out of the yard. Then how did you come out?"

"What's the matter?" Cui Tao didn't want to hear Wang Siniang's nonsense.

"Let's come and see you, Ping'er and I have been pardoned." Wang Siniang hurriedly asked if Cui Tao had been pardoned.

Ping'er, who was behind, couldn't help pinching Wang Siniang, "Aren't you talking nonsense, if she is pardoned, why is she still locked up here, just to sprinkle salt on other people's wounds."

"Ah, that's right." Wang Siniang looked worried, "Then what should I do? I thought I could go with you. Didn't you agree to let me wash your pork belly and intestines?"

"Could it be that you still want to wash this for me, and you don't even want a chance to forgive me, so you stay with me?" Cui Tao asked back.

Wang Siniang held her mouth dryly, not knowing what to say.

"It's a good thing to be pardoned, just leave as soon as possible, I wish you all a happy life in the future, don't commit crimes again." Cui Tao smiled at them, waved her hand, and signaled that they could leave.

Wang Siniang was still a little bit reluctant, "No, I'm going to ask Official Han Tui why our sins have been forgiven, but you have to be locked up. It's not fair that you have made the most contribution. Let's go to Baofu Yin Criticize and go!"

"Naturally, the severity of the crime is different. He knows it well, and I believe him." Cui Tao sensed that there were other people not far away, so she said these words on purpose, and sent them away again.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er glanced at each other, but they had no choice but to ask Cui Tao to take care of herself.

"I'll go out later, and I'll bring you a lot of delicious food." Wang Siniang assured Cui Tao.

Cui Tao smiled, and when she heard about delicious food, she naturally would not refuse anyone who came, and responded directly.

When Wang Siniang and Ping'er left, Cui Tao sat on the stone steps, looking at the sunset in the west.

The sky is full of red clouds, the smoke is curling up, and the quiet evening is extremely beautiful.

When Han Qi walked into the courtyard, he saw this scene.Cui Tao, who was wearing a blue dress, was holding her cheek, staring at the setting sun in the distance.She went to Tianxiang Tower to dress up in gorgeous colors, her face was like a lotus in clear water, and she looked especially beautiful under the soft dusk.

Han Qi stood silently for a moment before pacing to Cui Tao.

"Han Tuiguan." Cui Tao was surprised at this moment, and immediately got up to greet Han Qi.

Han Qi looked at the environment of the courtyard, and found that it was secluded, with some flowers and plants, but compared with the room in Tianxiang Building where Cui Tao lived before, it was quite different.

"Are you used to living here?"

Cui Tao was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Han Qi to take the initiative to care about her.In the past, she was always the one who put forward conditions, asking for this and that, but the other party reluctantly agreed.

"It's pretty good. It's much better than the prison I lived in before. It can be said that it's a difference between heaven and earth, so I'm very content now."

Cui Tao pursed the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly, but if you observe carefully, you will find that her smile is actually a bit forced, and it is nothing more than a forced smile.

That's right, who would like to live in a prison and be restricted in freedom?Even if the accommodation environment has changed, the prison is still a prison, and the essence cannot be changed.

"I've approved your request for pardon." Han Qi said after a moment of silence.

Cui Tao glanced at Han Qi, seeing his serious face and frowning slightly, she knew what the result was.

"Which one of the above is in charge of my case now?" Cui Tao asked.

"Because it is related to the salt transportation between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, your case is very special. You must first report it to Bao Fu Yin, and then notify the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple. After the three parties reach an agreement, then submit it to Prime Minister Lu for a decision." Han Qi explained.

It turned out to be so troublesome, with so many departments involved, and as soon as there were too many people, there would be too many things. Everyone was talking and expressing their opinions. It's strange that they can agree.However, Han Qi was able to take care of her as a female prisoner, please play to this extent, it is already very interesting.

"Han Tuiguan tried his best, and I did my best." Cui Tao sighed after a while.

She really tried her best, and she did her best to assist in every case encountered by Kaifeng Mansion.

"Actually, I sometimes thought that with my current abilities, it should be easy to break out of prison. Han Tuiguan should have expected this, but he was relieved to let me take Wang Siniang and Ping'er out to do things freely. Why?

Because Han Tuiguan also knew in his heart that once I escaped from prison, Kaifeng Mansion, Cui Family and Dizang Pavilion would be attacked by enemies, and it would be really difficult to deal with.I'm smart enough to see through this, so I'm not stupid enough to choose to leave. "

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she purposely asked Han Qi softly if that was the case.

Han Qi nodded, and couldn't help but think of how he took Cui Tao to visit the Zhouqiao Night Market back then, in fact to test her behavior.When he sent her back to Kaifeng mansion that day, he still remembered the disappointment she felt when she suddenly realized the truth.

Cui Tao laughed at herself: "Now I have offended another Tianji Pavilion, and the three parties have become four parties."

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she turned around and continued to sit on the stone steps, burying her head in her arms.

Seeing her huddled, thin and petite body, sitting there alone, Han Qi felt a little uncomfortable.

Ping'er and Wang Siniang, who also carried out the same mission and did not contribute much to accompany him, have been released without charge, but she has to live next to each other here, just as she said just now, because she works for the Kaifeng Mansion, she will face more serious problems in the future. much danger.But Kaifeng Mansion got the benefits of her meritorious service, but did nothing for her.

"Give me a few days."

Han Qi squeezed the folder tightly in his hand, and looked at Cui Tao again, feeling that her body was shaking slightly, as if she was crying.He wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all, so he turned and hurried away.

After a long while, Cui Tao slowly raised his head when he was sure that Han Qi would not go back and forth.The eyes are not red, the face is not white, the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and you can still smile.

How about just asking for a discount?You have to use your brain, use your brain!Make a good use of your 'Xiangli Sanchao' brain!

Cui Tao hummed the tune in a low voice, went to the kitchen, grabbed a handful of peanuts and fried them in a pan.At this time, the sky had already darkened, so she sat on the porch, drinking green plum wine and eating peanuts while enjoying the bright moon and the breeze.

After eating and drinking for three days, Cui Tao has strengthened her strength even more.

After these days of hard work, Han Qi finally got a new approval from the higher authorities.

That's good news, but not the best news.

The higher authorities finally affirmed Cui Tao's meritorious service in several cases, allowed Cui Tao to freely enter and leave the Kaifeng mansion, assisted the Kaifeng mansion in handling the case, and pardoned Cui Tao's capital crime.But because the case of Liangzhe Salt Transport was not found out, she is still guilty, and will be prosecuted when the case is found out in the future. The only thing that can be guaranteed is that Cui Tao will not be sentenced to death.If she, Cui Tao, had still performed meritorious service in the Kaifeng Mansion before this, and her achievements were outstanding, she could be given a reduced sentence or a lighter sentence based on this.

In short, the imperial court felt that she was a talent, so they implemented a recruiting plan for her, and asked her to work for the imperial court, truly embarking on the road of "repentance for crimes" that was officially stamped.

Compared with being locked up in a small courtyard before, she can now freely enter and leave Kaifeng Mansion, no matter when there is a case or when there is no case.

Looking at it from another angle, in fact, she has not been pardoned, so it is a good thing that she can continue to live in Kaifeng Mansion.After all, there are so many dangers outside, it is the safest for him to have officials to protect him, which is actually better than being completely free.As for continuing to do meritorious service and get a reduced sentence in the future, it is not difficult for Cui Tao at all, and she is confident that she can handle it.

So in general, the result is quite satisfactory.

"How did Official Han make Lu Xiang change his mind?" Cui Tao asked Han Qi curiously while he was happy.

Lu Yijian is Cui Tao's uncle. In fact, this level of kinship will not help Cui Tao's case, but will be a hindrance.Her case was put in front of Lu Yijian to deal with it in public, so many eyes were staring at him, as the current prime minister, he naturally didn't want to get a reputation of bending the law for personal gain, so he would be extra strict. This was the first time for Han Qi The reason why the approval will be so ruthless.

"I read his book." Han Qi said lightly, as if saying 'I drank porridge this morning' as usual.

Cui Tao was surprised: "What? You joined Lu Xianggong?"

A small fifth-rank promotion official of Kaifeng Mansion actually joined the prime minister?

But after thinking about it, this may not be a big deal to Han Qi, after all, he will make his debut by criticizing the emperor in the future.

"In order to avoid suspicion, Lu Xiang didn't make the decision himself, but presented it to the officials." Han Qi continued to explain.

It turned out that the case was finally sent to Zhao Zhen, who changed his reply because he cherished his talents.

Cui Tao is very grateful to Han Qi for his efforts.So in the evening of that day, when he heard that Han Qi was still on business and didn't eat, Cui Tao specially made a bowl of shredded chicken wontons for Han Qi to express his gratitude.

Han Qi looked at the steaming bowl of chicken shredded wontons in front of him, and heard Cui Tao thanking him with many beautiful words, so he couldn't help laughing.

"Since you are so grateful to me, why don't you just take a bowl of wontons as a thank you?"

"Of course not, I can promise it with my body, but Han Tuiguan is definitely not rare." Cui Tao said casually with 'sincerity'.