I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"I'll go." Han Zong said, "She should need someone who has status, who doesn't threaten her too much, and who can be controlled."

Han Zong immediately shouted to Hongyi that he was the most suitable candidate, "Cui Qiniang is very smart, letting her in would easily make mistakes and spoil your good deeds."

Cui Tao looked at Han Zong in surprise: "I know me quite well, but do you know why I don't go? I guess she also has the same idea as you, so as soon as I go in, she will definitely kill me directly. "

This person in Hong Yi has a strong desire for revenge. This time he repeated Qingfu Temple's strategy and insisted on choosing her to trade, obviously to kill her.Zhang Susu just snatched a piece of red cloth from her, but she retaliated against the murderer by cutting her throat cruelly.

So many people died in the Qingfu Temple case, and among them there were subordinates she needed, which caused her a heavy loss.Furthermore, she chose to be in the Town God's Temple now, perhaps because she wanted to avenge the swallow who died here.Hongyi and Yanzi both followed and served Su Yuwan at the beginning, and it is very likely that they formed some sisterhood.

In short, this Hongyi's hatred for her must be much deeper than Zhang Susu's, and he might wish to tear her to pieces.

"No one can do it, it has to be her!" The voice of the red dress in the hall was extremely sharp, obviously very impatient and irritable, she immediately threatened that if she did not comply, she would immediately start killing the child.

"It's not impossible to lose the lives of nine children, kill you traitor, and completely eradicate the danger in the future. If my majestic Kaifeng Mansion is randomly threatened by a little thief like you, and you surrender at will, it will be an embarrassment to the court. !"

After hearing Cui Tao's analysis, Han Zong didn't want Cui Tao to take any risks, so he yelled at Hong Yi directly.In any case, he had already made a mistake once, and he would not let Cui Tao fall into any danger again.

"I never imagined that Su Yuwan would raise such a coward like you, who can't use her brain and only learns her useless tricks." Han Zong decided to divert Hong Yi's attention, mocking Hong Yi for being useless.

Hongyi was so angry that he called Han Zong a heartless dog who would actually do something like stabbing his own mother.

Han Zong's face changed slightly, and when he didn't know how to respond, Cui Tao ran over and mumbled something to him in a low voice, and Han Zong repeated what he said.

"There is only one mother of mine, and she is currently advising the government. Do you think that girl is my mother? Where is the evidence?"

"You heartless bastard, how could Pavilion Master Su give birth to such a bastard like you? What a disaster! If it weren't for your incompetence, you would only be thinking about this bitch all day long, which would have ruined the big deal. , she won't die either!" Hong Yi yelled frantically.

Cui Tao and Han Qi glanced at each other, and judged from this that Hongyi should not be the murderer of Su Yuwan.Moreover, Hongyi didn't seem to have much hatred for Su Yuwan's murderer, but hated others instead.

"Judge Han's knife wasn't fatal at all, and someone else killed Su Yuwan. Why don't you blame the real murderer and come here to take revenge and blame us? Sure enough, as Judge Han said before, you are a coward. Only take revenge on those who are easy to bully. People like you who bully the weak and fear the hard will have one thing in common, cheap, and to the bone, they are not farts. No wonder you can only be a scumbag for others now."

Cui Tao found it interesting to ridicule the red clothes, so she also sneered viciously.

These words then caused Hong Yi to curse, a series of swear words, as bad as they wanted.

Cui Tao didn't care about these things. The ultimate purpose of her words like this and the conversation with Han Qi before was to deliberately create conflicts and attract Hong Yi's attention so as to delay time.As long as the goal is achieved, she doesn't care how the dog barks.

Cui Tao looked up at the sky, after all, she felt that today's incident was a bit strange, and asked Han Qi to return to Kaifeng Mansion to sit in charge, and he didn't need to worry about the situation here.

Han Qi frowned and stared at Cui Tao, but his body remained motionless.He naturally didn't want to leave, he knew that Cui Tao could not allow Hongyi to hurt the nine children, which meant that Cui Tao might be in danger when dealing with Hongyi.At such an urgent time, how could he go back to Kaifeng mansion and wait?

Cui Tao deliberately gave Han Qi a coquettish look, signaling him to leave quickly.

Han Qi still didn't move.

Cui Tao looked around and whispered to Han Qi, "I promise not to let Liu Lang be a widower."

Feeling Cui Tao's insistence, Han Qi softened his eyes a little, told Cui Tao to be careful, got on his horse and left, taking most of the people with him.

Seeing this, Han Zong yelled in puzzlement, but Han Qi left so fast that he didn't have time to hear his voice.

"The window on the east side is open, there must be someone watching our movements." Li Cai reported the situation to Cui Tao.

Cui Tao first confirmed the location of the east window, which was facing an outer wall of the Town God's Temple, and ordered someone to find a strong and flexible bamboo pole.There are many houses nearby, and many people use bamboo poles to dry clothes and do other things, so it is not difficult to find a suitable bamboo pole nearby.

Hongyi noticed that a group of people had left, and immediately asked Cui Tao and the others: "Where did those people go?"

"Didn't you just say to let them retreat three streets away?" Cui Tao asked back.

Hongyi yelled angrily: "But you just said that there would be no exchange, and you would sacrifice the lives of nine children to catch me."

"You think so well, you are not expensive, how can you be worth nine lives." Cui Tao's voice was a little lazy, "I am just complaining, I am so kind and lovely, how could I be willing to let the children Go to hell. Even if I can't save it, at least I have to let everyone see that I have tried my best, and praise me as a hero among women, a real hero, not a coward!"

Cui Tao added "Even if it can't be saved..." to make Hongyi feel that the child's life is not the biggest threat to her.At this juncture of negotiations, exposing too much of one's own weaknesses will only make children more dangerous.And the last sentence "not a coward" is another irony of Hongyi.

Hongyi was so irritated that the hand holding the knife was trembling slightly, and she was gnashing her teeth with hatred. She swore that she would have to chop Cui Qiniang up and feed her dogs, so that her hatred in her heart would be resolved!

At this time, Wang Zhao quietly brought the cow dung mushrooms and told Cui Tao that pepper was mixed in them.When he went to fetch the cow dung mushrooms, Wang Siniang deliberately added more pepper to it after hearing about the situation.

"It's no use staying together for so long, you understand me." Cui Tao unbuttoned the cloth bag, pinched it with one hand, and held the bamboo pole in the other hand, and went behind the wall facing the east window of the main hall.

At this time, the red clothes in the hall warned them that the time for burning incense was coming soon.To trade, everyone must retreat.

Seeing this, Han Zong was very worried. He guessed that Cui Tao must have an idea, but what can he do with only a pack of mushrooms with some taste and a bamboo pole?But he was still extremely worried, staring at Cui Tao nervously.

Li Cai came back after slipping around the wall and winked at Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao raised his hand to signal, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, retreat-retreat!"

Bang!

Before the words fell, a sound came from the east side of the main hall, very suddenly.Outside the east wall, there was the sound of bamboo poles falling to the ground.

Shouts came from inside the house, and then Hong Yi and several subordinates ran out of the house.The subordinates followed behind the red clothes, their speed was a bit slower, their eyes were streaming with tears, and their feet were not so agile, and then a few silver needles flew out, hit these subordinates, and fell to the ground.

Those archers who were 'ordered' to retreat but were still lying on the top of the wall immediately shot arrows at Hongyi, but they didn't shoot at her vitals, just to intercept Hongyi and prevent her from escaping.

The breeze blew gently, and a smell of stench and pepper wafted from the main hall.

Wang Zhao led his men to besiege Hongyi. Even though Hongyi was good at martial arts, it was difficult to defeat the crowd with one.

After Wang Zhao and others controlled the red clothes, they saw Cui Tao walking out of the main hall with nine children who were coughing and crying.

The children's hands had red and swollen marks from being bound, but fortunately there were no serious injuries elsewhere on their bodies.Li Cai hurriedly washed the children's faces with the brought water.

After Cui Tao sneezed twice, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, took two deep breaths, and felt better.

Han Zong hurried over, looked at Cui Tao's situation with concern, and asked her if she was okay.

Wang Zhao brought people to follow, kicked the two people who were struggling on the ground, and sighed: "Our lady Cui is a hero among women, so naturally nothing will happen, and they are the only ones who have trouble!"

Han Zong was relieved when he saw Cui Tao nodding his head to indicate that he was fine, and then remembered to ask Cui Tao what happened just now.

Cui Tao raised her eyebrows, motioning for him to see for himself.

Han Zong covered his mouth with his sleeve and walked into the main hall, only to see several broken cow dung mushrooms scattered everywhere in the main hall.It has been ventilated for a while now, and there is still a strange smell and the smell of pepper in the room.Han Zong knew that the cloth bag that Wang Zhao brought back contained cow dung mushrooms, but he did not expect that the cow dung mushrooms could have such a great power that it would catch all the killers in the room by surprise and choke their eyes. Do not run out.

"But it's hard for a cow dung mushroom to have such power when it falls to the ground. How did you do it?"

"Of course not on the ground, they have to explode in the air. I don't have much time. If I let them react, I will definitely die, so I must explode them as soon as I enter the house."

After Cui Tao washed her face, she went into the room to check around, and pointed to a movable floor tile in the east corner.

Wang Zhao immediately went to investigate, and after lifting the floor tiles, he found a hole in the ground.

"It's really the number of roads in Qingfu Temple. There is no cave, so I dug a hole. Fortunately, Mrs. Cui attacked quickly and did not give these thieves a chance to react and escape. It is faster than last time in Qingfu Temple!" Wang Zhao admired unceasingly praised.

At this time, Hongyi was escorted to the entrance of the main hall. After hearing this, her eyes widened in anger, and she stared at Cui Tao with hatred.Her eyes were tearing up because of the choke on the cow dung mushroom and pepper, and now they were red, and when she stared at people, it was like breathing fire, which was a bit scary.Seeing this, the yamen servant who was escorting the red clothes put his foot on her back knee, forcing her to bend her legs, and knelt down on the ground with a plop.

"Do you really think of yourself as a thing? How dare you stare at Mrs. Cui with those eyes? Are you worthy! You are now a prisoner who has been reviled by thousands of people!"

"Think you're the only one who can improve? This is Bianjing, my territory." Cui Tao raised an eyebrow at Hongyi.

When Hong Yi was first arrested, he kept cursing and was gagged.Now he was so angry that he was pushing hard at Cui Tao, his eyes were murderous, and he seemed to have a lot of cruel words to tell Cui Tao, because he couldn't say it, he could only whine anxiously.

Wang Zhao immediately looked at Cui Tao inquiringly, wondering if Hong Yi needed to speak.

"I'm not interested in listening to 'inexpensive' people. People are too stupid, and what they say is not worth listening to."

Cui Tao explained to Han Zong in detail how she used the bull dung mushroom to force Hong Yi and others away.

First pass the pole vault, avoiding the sight of the watchers, and quickly fly into the east window in the air, immediately fly out the cow dung mushrooms and pepper powder in the cloth bag, hit these cow dung mushrooms with silver needles, and make the cow dung The mushrooms exploded in the air, and the "poisonous gas" in the cow dung mushrooms mixed with the pungent pepper, the power is stronger and the eyes are more pungent.

With teary eyes and unable to see things, coupled with continuous coughing and difficulty breathing, naturally the reaction is slow.What Cui Tao has to do is to protect the child, and the rest is easy, because there is support from Wang Zhao and others outside.

"Even though the veil can cover part of the face, but the eyes...how did you not shed tears like them?" Han Zong was curious and puzzled.

"When I entered the house, I first determined the location of the children. While piercing the cow dung mushroom, I closed my eyes to keep the children from moving. I used my ears to fly needles and fight with them."

In fact, even if the children ran around due to fright, Cui Tao could tell the difference.When the child delivering the letter was pushing the door just now, Cui Tao could hear that his footsteps did not sound like adults.

After hearing Cui Tao's explanation, Han Zong, Wang Zhao and others all admired Cui Tao's power.Today's predicament, I am afraid that only she can solve it. If it were someone else, for the lives of these children, they would probably have to choose to obey their words and die generously.Because if you don't go, as a public official of Kaifeng Mansion, you can't sacrifice yourself to protect the people, especially the innocent and weak children.

Cui Tao checked the condition of these children whose throats were broken, and it was similar to that of Mrs. Qian's son Tao Xingchen, and they should recover slowly as they grow up.

When one of the nine rescued children saw the dead boy, he rushed over and lay down next to him, crying.After Cui Tao asked about the situation carefully, she knew that the dead man was the father of the child.His father was a street vendor selling breakfast, and when his father set up the stall early in the morning, he followed him to play.When Hongyi's subordinates hijacked him, his father rushed to stop him and was killed.

The child was robbed innocently, was greatly frightened, and suddenly lost his father. He cried very sadly, but could not make a sound.It's so pitiful to look at, it's heartbreaking.

Wang Zhao was so angry that he punched the tree, cursing the group of people in red as beasts.

Li Cai gritted his teeth and echoed: "If you cut them alive, you won't be able to understand the hatred!"

Cui Tao took a slow breath, her nose sore.No matter how many lives this kind of thing goes through, it makes people hate and resent it.She turned to glance at Han Zong, but saw that Han Zong's eyes were half down, and his reaction was a little indifferent.

On the way back to Kaifeng Mansion, Cui Tao deliberately said to Han Zong: "I just saw that you were worried about me, thank you."

Han Zong smiled wryly, "I didn't help much, so you don't have to be polite."

Cui Tao nodded and smiled politely at Han Zong, and said no more.

Wang Zhao rode over at this time, curiously asked why Cui Tao let Han Qi leave with most of the people just now.

Han Zong also looked at Cui Tao curiously, and he was also very puzzled by this.

"Ah, this..." Cui Tao scratched her head, "Actually, there is no basis or reason, if I insist on saying it—"

Cui Tao pointed to the sky.

Both Han Zong and Wang Zhao looked up to the sky, and saw a few clouds hanging on the east side of the tourmaline-like blue sky, with somewhat strange shapes.Clouds are not all very regular in shape, and occasionally have strange shapes.So it should be nothing special, right?

Wang Zhao shook his eyebrows, and suddenly realized: "Ms. Cui has committed an old problem again. She feels that the weather is bad and her premonition is not good, so she asked Han Tui to return to Kaifeng Mansion?"

Cui Tao pursed her lips, not denying it, but admitting it.

"Officer Han did not allow Mrs. Cui to engage in this fortune-telling thing." Wang Zhao asked curiously, "Then why did Officer Han listen to Mrs. Cui's suggestion and really leave?"

"I'm so smart, so I can't tell him that. I told him that I suspect that Hongyi has another purpose for doing this. Maybe something else will happen. If all the people in Kaifeng Mansion stay here, maybe they will I fell into the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Cui Tao explained, and warned Wang Zhao, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense after you go back!"

Wang Zhao promised again and again, saying that he would never dare.But it's pitiful for Han Tuiguan, who was ordered away by Mrs. Cui just like that.

"The reason is not nonsense, the matter of the red clothes does not seem like pure revenge." Cui Tao's face suddenly became serious, and then he glanced at the clouds in the east.Although she is not proficient in this, she does have visions in the sky.

Originally, Wang Zhao was very happy to successfully catch Hong Yi and rescue the child, but if there was a bigger conspiracy behind it, of course Wang Zhao would not be able to laugh.It's better to just hope that this matter is simpler, and don't be predicted by Mrs. Cui. If there is any other conspiracy, which is more troublesome than Dizang Pavilion and Tianji Pavilion, it will be too troublesome.

After the group arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, a yamen servant immediately informed: "The Liao mission has an accident, and the official Han Tui has just led people to deal with it."

Wang Zhao stared round and looked at Cui Tao with admiration and fear: "It's amazing, Xiangu Cui really hit the mark!"

"What happened?" Han Zong asked.

The yamen servant shook his head, "The person who sent the message refused to disclose half a word, but only said that Han Tuiguan will know when he goes."

"Then we—" Wang Zhao immediately expressed his desire to help.

"Test the red clothes first, so as not to delay and cause accidents." Cui Tao said.

After the gavel sounded, Hong Yi, who was forced to kneel in the middle of the ground, only let out a sneer, and did not answer Han Zong's repeated interrogation.

Cui Tao looked at the red dress from the side for a moment, then turned and left the courtroom to see how Wang Zhao's interrogation was going.

Under Wang Zhao's pressure, several subordinates in Hongyi quickly confessed.They are all from the Jianghu, and now they are just hired by Tianji Pavilion with money.So to be precise, they are not people from Tianji Pavilion, they are outlaws in the Jianghu, who use money to do things, and for the time being, they are only for the red clothes to drive.

The people who hired them covered their faces with black veils, but the voice sounded like a young man with agility and martial arts.

These people were selected at the Erlin Tea Shop and gathered together.

Cui Tao has also been to this Erlin tea shop, a place where people from the Jianghu gather, and it was there that she, Wang Siniang, and Ping'er found Mr. Mochizuki.

Cui Tao presented the testimony of these 'subordinates' to Han Zong, then glanced at Hong Yi who was still kneeling on the ground and refused to confess, and laughed twice.

These two laughs immediately aroused Hong Yi's resentful gaze.

"I still think you are so powerful, what is the guardian of the Tianji Pavilion, how big an official is, you don't even have a serious subordinate, you can't even get the minions of the Tianji Pavilion, you just use money to temporarily hire a few people from the rivers and lakes Showcase!"

Cui Tao once again ridiculed Hongyi for being overwhelmed, that she dared to mess around in Bianjing in such a situation.

"Could it be that you want to use your face to build a city wall? No need, no one cares."

"Shut up! It's not what you said at all! You destroyed the branch of Tianji Pavilion in Bianjing. The lack of manpower is all because of you! Besides, it's convenient to hire these people and discard them when they are used up, so as not to damage Tianji Pavilion manpower."

"Hey, if you are incapable, you are incompetent. Why do you speak so nicely?" Cui Tao suggested that Han Zong do not need to interrogate, "It is impossible for a young girl like her to know any important secrets, and she will be executed immediately. Yes. When executing the execution, don't forget to tell the world that it is Hongyi, the most useless minion in Tianji Pavilion."

"I'm not a minion, I'm a protector, don't fart!" Hongyi yelled at Cui Tao angrily, and immediately got up to rush towards her, but was naturally stopped by the yamen servants, who kicked, beat and pressed her to the ground.

Cui Tao couldn't help feeling emotional, when she first saw Hong Yi in Qingfu Temple, she thought she was a calm and composed subordinate, "Why did you leave Su Yuwan, you look stupid and useless?"

Hongyi continued to stare at Cui Tao unconvinced.

"I thought about it carefully. Since you didn't kill Su Yuwan, why did you live when Su Yuwan died? Besides, Su Yuwan died a little too quickly that day. Even if she made a big mistake about Qingfu Temple, she just happened He was punished right away." Cui Tao suddenly squatted down, facing the red-clothed eyes, "The reason why that person with a higher status is willing to spare your life is because you were the one who sued him at that time? ? Only you are by Su Yuwan's side to serve her personally, so no one should know her movements."

Hongyi was startled, and quickly lowered her head to avoid Cui Tao's gaze.

After Han Zong heard Cui Tao's guess, his eyes fell directly on Hongyi, and he asked Hongyi who killed Su Yuwan in a sharp voice.

Hong Yi looked deathly at home and gritted his teeth, apparently not intending to confess.

"Is this person the owner of the Tianji Pavilion?" Cui Tao asked tentatively.

Cui Tao couldn't help laughing when she saw the slight curvature of Hong Yi's mouth, and seeing a bit of complacency in Hong Yi's eyes.

"I just like a fool like you. If Su Yuwan had been tried instead, he would not have shown it so clearly." Cui Tao then told Han Zong that it was not the owner of the Tianji Pavilion who killed Su Yuwan, but someone else.

Han Zongying nodded, and asked Hong Yi again if she wanted to confess, this was her last chance.

"You have refused to recruit so far because of two reasons: one is that you think someone will rescue you; the other is that you dare not confess out of loyalty or fear. A person like you can betray Su Yuwan after so many years , What kind of loyalty can there be? It is also a capital crime to influence you, but I thought of a new way, and publicized the results of Cui Qiniang's speculation just now, saying that it was all your confession.

If the person you feared heard the news of your confession, would he hit you hard?In the future, he will send someone to kill you, which is a good opportunity for us to follow the clues.As for you, at most, you will suffer more crimes before you die than beheading.You do a lot of evil, and you can be useful before you die, but it is your good fortune. "

Cui Tao glanced at Han Zong, and couldn't help feeling that his move was cruel enough.Hong Yi immediately began to show fear, obviously frightened by Han Zong's words.It was obvious that she was terrified.This also explains the answer, she did not confess out of loyalty, but out of fear, very fear.

Cui Tao wanted to ask Hongyi again, but suddenly there was a click, and blood splashed out before Cui Tao's eyes.

Blood fell on the ground, staining the blue stone bricks red.

Cui Tao turned her eyes to look at the red dress. A broken spiritual stick was stuck in her neck, and she fell to the ground like a wilted eggplant. Her body twitched twice, and then remained motionless.

On the ground of the courtroom is the execution warrant that Han Zong dropped before.Hongyi just broke the token, and then stabbed himself in the neck with the sharp part.

A large amount of blood spread outward along the bluestone slab.

There was a commotion in the courtroom, and Wang Zhao immediately ordered someone to dispose of the corpse and clean it up in time.

Han Zong hurriedly asked Cui Tao if he was scared, and asked three times, but Cui Tao didn't respond.

Li Yuan hurried over from outside, and immediately asked Cui Tao and Han Zong to go to the official residence of the Liao Kingdom Mission.

Just now, at the time of a stick of incense, Liao envoy Xiping County King also disappeared!

"After the accident, we have stepped up our security. There are government servants guarding the perimeter of his residence. There are five steps and one post. If a living person goes out, no matter whether it is through the door or the window, we should have noticed it, but we didn't notice it at all. Li Yuan looked at Cui Tao begging for help with a look of seeing a ghost.