Criminal investigation in ancient times

Li Qian has been resigned from office and stayed at home for a long time. Apart from reading, writing, and teasing his granddaughter every day, he lives a very comfortable life.

Today, an unknown jailer suddenly came to visit, and he said some inexplicable words to him. Li Qian went back to ponder for a while, and broke out in a cold sweat. The emperor...is he crazy? !

He hastily summoned his subordinates who were still in the court, and after careful questioning, he found out that several lords and lords had been imprisoned in the sky prison. Find a way to rescue people.

Li Qian twitched his beard and hesitated in his heart. It would not be difficult to rescue them from the prison. The commander of the imperial guards was his own nephew, and the minister of punishment was his protégé.But why should he save them, and what good would it do him to save them?The old fox weighed it in his heart, remembering that Zhou Yin had handed him a letter a few days ago.

After contacting the news that the Northwest Army was about to invade the capital, Li Qian said, "Go and send someone to call the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and tell me that I have something to explain."

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice suddenly heard that his teacher called him over, and he was puzzled, so he hurriedly prepared a car and came to the former prime minister's mansion. As soon as the two met, Li Qian said: "Now I have an important matter for you. You must handle it carefully. Something went wrong, you know?!"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly nodded in response, and Li Qian explained the matter. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Master, this matter..."

Li Qian stroked his beard and said, "Listen to the old man, you can't go wrong."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice hastily cupped his hands and said, "Understood!"

In the evening, a group of people came to the prison, they didn't speak, they didn't answer any questions, they directly opened the door with tokens, and took several princes and ministers out one by one.Everyone was uncertain, wondering if these people were sent by Li Qian.

After going out, they were sent to several carriages, and there were people leading the horses in front, and they didn't know where the carriages were going.

Zhou Yin happened to be sitting in the same car with the third prince, and the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, not knowing how to speak.

The third prince sighed and said: "Twelve, you must have resentment towards me in your heart."

Zhou Yin didn't say a word: "It's not resentment, it's clear that I want to stew you."

The third prince: "It was my ignorance that led to the current disaster. After this matter is over, I will go to the imperial mausoleum to guard the spirit of my father and fourth brother. I will not ask about the court anymore."

Zhou Yin was slightly moved and turned his head to look at him, only to see that his temples had turned white and his face was haggard. After this blow, he must have been disheartened.

"Three...Third brother."

The third prince turned to look at Zhou Yin and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yin: "Has Yongzheng been poisoned by you?"

The third prince was stunned and said: "There is absolutely no such thing! You suspect... that Yongzheng was poisoned, and that's why he lost his mind?!"

Zhou Yin nodded slightly: "Today, I saw that his eyes were loose, and he seemed to be a little bit mad. I'm afraid he was poisoned."

The third prince frowned and said suddenly: "Could it be that the Huns did it?"

***

He Guang, who was far away at the border, suddenly received an urgent report from spies that an army of Huns was approaching the border of Dazhou, and it was said that there were more than [-] troops...

After reading the urgent report in his hand, He Guang walked back and forth in the study twice with his hands behind his back, asking, "How is the capital?"

Qin Wei said: "The news from yesterday has broken Youzhou, and the capital can be taken in three days at most."

He Guangdao: "Three days... Counting the return days, no, there is not enough time, immediately send troops to inform, let Fuxing lead half of the soldiers and horses back first! I am afraid that Tongzhou will not be able to defend."

The personal guard took the order and hurriedly retreated.

He Guang squinted his eyes and said in his heart: The Xiongnu thought it was calculated. Now there are only 20 soldiers left in the northwest, [-] in Tongzhou, and [-] to [-] at the border. It is not enough to compete with the [-] army of the Huns. Look I can only wait for the people in Kyoto to come back to help!

At the same time, Vice General Yang and Fu Dutong have already rushed to the capital with a large group of people. They reported from Kyoto early in the morning, saying that the emperor went crazy yesterday, and sent all the princes and ministers to the sky prison to let them enter Beijing quickly, otherwise These people may be more or less ill.

Vice-General Yang looked at the news and his heart was moved. If the emperor killed all these princes... wouldn't it mean that the emperor would have to change his surname? I know, but the young general... If He Zixiang takes this position, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he hastily called He Zixiang to his carriage to tell him about it.

Who would have thought that He Zixiang said angrily: "Vice General Yang, this time we are under the banner of Lord Qinghun and Liming Lord, so how is this different from the traitor who rebelled against someone!"

Vice-General Yang slumped and nodded, "Understood, I was thinking about it."

Only then did He Zixiang calm down, "So the princes in Beijing have been trapped? Let's speed up and rescue them before the emperor harms them!"

The army speeded up the journey, and the original three-day journey arrived in two and a half days. At this time, the emperor in the palace changed into a dragon robe, looked at the bronze mirror and said, "I'm going to see my brother in the prison. A few good uncles go."

The eunuch hurriedly said: "The prison is dirty and messy, the emperor's dragon is not in good health, how can you go to such a place, be careful of collision."

"I am the Son of Heaven, so why would I be afraid of that filth, lead the way!" He asked the attendants to put the crown on him, and walked outside.

The entire palace was empty, without any trace of popularity, occasionally a few court ladies and eunuchs passed by, all of them were speeding at their feet, and they were in a hurry.

A palace lady walked out with her head down, she seemed to be a little anxious, but accidentally collided with the guards in front of the emperor, the palace lady was knocked to the ground, and many things from the palace fell out of her body.

The eunuch said angrily: "Bold! I ran into the emperor and didn't know it..."

The emperor lowered his head and looked at the court lady contemptuously. She was so frightened that her face turned blue, and she forgot to kneel down and beg for mercy.Unexpectedly, the emperor ignored her with a sneer and continued walking.

The maid looked at the backs of the group of people, and cried out in fright, and there was a puddle of urine on the ground, and the hem of her skirt was wet.I didn't care about the things on the ground and ran away desperately.

Zhou Yongzheng walked to the gate of the dungeon, took a deep breath and walked in. As soon as he entered, it became dark immediately, a cold wind blew up, and a musty smell accompanied by blood made people sick, as if calling from hell.

The eunuch lit the palace lantern in front, illuminating the gloomy road, and walked tens of meters away.

The jailer leading the way opened the doors one after another, and finally reached the last floor. Zhou Yongzheng had a smile on his lips, dear uncles, I'm here to see you.

"..."

"Where are people!!!" Ten thousand grass-mud horses rushed past Zhou Yongzheng's heart.

A group of people who were supposed to be locked in the prison had disappeared. Zhou Yongzheng looked at the empty cell, grabbed the guard next to him and said, "Where did everyone go?!"

The jailer stammered, "Turn... into a butterfly... and fly away."

Zhou Yongzheng looked at him coldly, sneered, and laughed loudly, muttering: "I knew it, I knew it! Send someone to catch butterflies for me right away! I don't believe they can escape!"

The eunuch next to him looked at the emperor dumbly. He... I am afraid he is really crazy.

Coming out of the prison, Zhou Yongzheng became more and more insane, one moment he yelled that his father wanted to kill him, and the next moment he said that no one could escape from his palm!

The little eunuch next to him tentatively said: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace, why don't someone grab your dragon chair."

Zhou Yongzheng turned his head sharply and said: "Who dares to take my position?! Go back to the palace immediately!" After speaking, he lifted up his dragon robe and ran towards the palace. The people behind him followed closely and said: "Your Majesty, be careful."

***

The carriage swayed towards the outside of the city. The guards in the capital had already received the notice from the commander of the imperial guards and let these carriages go. The six princes and a group of ministers left the capital in such a grandiose manner...

After walking out of Beijing for half a day, Li Qian came to Licheng outside the capital. At this time, Li Qian had already been waiting in this city.

"Woo~" The carriage stopped, and everyone got out of the carriage one after another, and they were actually pulled to the door of a mansion of an unknown family. They looked up and saw that the mansion was old, and the plaques on the door had lost their gold powder, and they were mottled. easy to identify.

"Squeak!" The door opened, and Li Qian's old man stood at the door and smiled, arching his hands and saying, "My lords and lords, please come in."

After entering the courtyard, I realized that there is a hidden cave inside. The courtyard is exquisitely built, with pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Seeing this, the fifth prince thought, "Why did this old fox bring them here?"

Except for the twelfth and thirteenth princes, and the fact that Taiwei Shen and Li Qian had never had any quarrels, the others more or less turned against him in the courtroom. What kind of heart does the old man feel at ease.

Li Qian said: "I've already prepared the guest room for the princes and ministers, and I'm tired after traveling all the way, why not... go back to the room and rest for a while?"

The Eighth Prince cupped his hands and said, "Old Li, let's stop practicing Tai Chi, what is your purpose in saving us?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Didn't you send me a message asking me to rescue you?"

Jiang Bozhong coughed dryly: "Hey, that's true, but... I always feel that you have no good intentions." The second half of the sentence was muttered.

Li Qian twitched his lips and said, "Don't worry, my lords, the old man has already resigned from office and is at home. This action is just to prevent your lords from being wronged. Dazhou still needs you to be the pillars."

Hearing his high-sounding words, Jiang Bozhong held his cheeks and his teeth hurt.Forget it, no matter what his mind is, anyway, this place is hundreds of times stronger than the prison in the capital.

Several people went back to their rooms. Zhou Yin sat on the bed, held the summoning whistle in his hand, and thought to himself: I am afraid that the Northwest Army has already approached the city, and the dark guards have also sent news to Zhang Rui. Will Zhang Rui... Before he could finish thinking, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Zhou Yin frowned and said, "Come in."

A boy in a gray shirt bowed in and said, "Your Majesty Twelve, there is someone asking to see you at the door."

Zhou Yin got up hurriedly and said, "Let him in quickly, no! I'll go there myself."

At this moment Zhang Rui got out of the carriage, smoothed the wrinkles on the hem of his clothes, looked up at the plaque on the mansion, and heard the rumor from the dark guard that they came to Licheng and entered this mansion, and he didn't know if Zhou Yin was here.

"Creak" the door was slammed open, and the two of them were startled at the same time.

Zhou Yin opened his mouth tremblingly, and then pulled out a smile uglier than crying: "Long time no see..."