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"Since Song Li intends to help us, why did he order to be shot?"

The Gyeonggi Duhufu and Wuchengwei are responsible for security patrols in Yuanjing, but the government servants and guards only wear knives and don’t wear armor or bows. After all, it is the capital of the country. In Wudufu, the bow and arrow never leave the body.

Two days ago at the Chengming Hall, the Fifth Prince suggested that the Wudu Mansion enter the city to assist in the search. Qi Xiao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He only thought that there should be someone from the Fifth Prince in the Wudu Mansion who wanted to take credit for it. Let's see now , I'm afraid it's here to spoil the situation.

Qi Xiao has been in Fuzhou for a long time, and has only heard about the situation in Yuanjing, but he is not clear about the facts. Pei Hao is upright, a down-to-earth person who works hard, and avoids party disputes. To solve Luo Yu's case, he has to rely on Cao Weishan , Yuan Jingcheng's parent official.

Qi Xiao looked at Cao Weishan, waiting for him to speak.

"Just now I was so anxious that I didn't have time to elaborate with His Highness. After getting the confession from the servants of the Luo Mansion yesterday, the Jingji Duhufu passed on the traits of banditry to Wuchengwei and Wudufu to conduct a strict search.

The east and west cities are the most diverse, so additional manpower was sent, the five city guards are in the west, and the five capitals are in the east.

The leader of Wudu Mansion was Song Li, and the three of them searched separately. It was not General Song who discovered the whereabouts of the bandits at first. "

"Master Cao, does anyone know who Song Lipingsu has gotten closer to?"

When Qi Xiao asked such a question, Cao Weishan understood the meaning keenly. What he asked was whether Song Li was on the side of the fifth prince or the seventh prince, and he was also asking about the situation in Cao Weishan's court.

Cao Weishan hesitated for a moment, he only knew that Qi Xiao was ordered by the Holy Spirit to assist Luo Yu's case, but he didn't know that His Majesty returned him the jade card of Tiance Camp.

With Qi Xiao who has no connections in the court, and now being reused by His Majesty suddenly, he should be thinking about which big tree the Qin family and the Gongsun family should be able to enjoy the shade.

Cao's family motto does not involve party disputes.

If it was on weekdays, Cao Weishan must have pretended not to understand, and performed a set of Tai Chi to fool Qi Xiao's question.

But now the case is Cao Weishan's own case. Cao Weishan has seen Qi Xiao's hard work in the past two days. Just now, Qi Xiao gave him another idea in Dali Temple. Cao Weishan understands that this problem may be the key to clarifying the case. It's pointless to fool Qi Xiao now, let alone let Cao Weishan choose his side.

"Your Highness, I don't know that General Song is from Jinzhou. He used to guard the border in Liaoshan County. He was transferred to Wudu Prefecture two years ago. Except for the report at the end of the year, he is usually in the camp of Wudu Prefecture. I have never heard of it. Which Highness is he closer to?"

Cao Weishan answered clearly, Qi Xiao nodded slightly, the sixth prince Qi Ji was released to Liaoshan County two years ago, counting the time, Song Li should have nothing to do with the sixth son, so Song Li just followed the rules.

Cao Weishan said again: "However, Wang Peizhao, the commander-in-chief of the Wudu Prefecture, and Guan Botang, Minister of the Ministry of War, have a great friendship."

Ministry of War?That is the Gongsun family.

It was the fifth prince Qi Li's intention to let the Wudu Mansion enter the city. The Seventh Prince Qi Ting reconsidered, so His Majesty nodded. According to what Cao Weishan said, the Wudu Mansion should be under the control of the Gongsun family. Why did the fifth prince mention it first?What's in it for him?Really to solve the case?Or pretend to be cute in front of His Majesty?

Qi Xiao didn't know much about his two imperial brothers, so he couldn't figure it out for a while.

When Cao Weishan saw Qi Xiao frown, he could probably guess why he was confused, because Cao Weishan himself didn't want to understand the reason.

Right before the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Qi Xiao suppressed his doubts for a while, and said to Cao Weishan: "The soldiers of the Wudu Mansion who participated in the roundup today also ask Mr. Cao to inquire about what happened in detail, and then I will pass it on to Your Majesty."

Cao Weishan nodded: "I understand."

They are entering the palace now, and after they go back, Cao Weishan can ask the people in Wudu Mansion about the situation, and they can act in the name of His Majesty, and they are not afraid that people in Wudu Mansion will dare to deliberately prevaricate.

***

"Bandits making trouble?"

The hall of Chengming was silent, His Majesty had listened to Cao Weishan's speech, and it took him a long time to ask such a question, Cao Weishan couldn't hear the joy or anger in His Majesty's words, he couldn't help but feel uneasy, and wanted to wipe the sweat off his forehead with his hand.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the confession of the servants of the Luo Mansion and the hatchback of the captured bandit is inconsistent. It is still difficult to determine for a while, but I believe that after the careful trial of the Dali Temple, the truth of the case will soon be revealed."

His Majesty looked at Cao Weishan and remained silent for a long time, then he suddenly cast his eyes on Qi Xiao and asked, "Old Jiu, tell me."

"Reporting to my father, my son thinks that apart from Mr. Cao's contradictory testimony, the identity of the robbers has not yet been ascertained, and there are still doubts in this case, and the case needs to be verified as soon as possible.

But now that the robbers have been caught, at least the people in the city can be stabilized and not panic. "

His Majesty looked at Qi Xiao with sharp eyes, the more people can't find any flaws in Qi Xiao's statement, the less His Majesty would like it.

"Since you haven't checked it out, why don't you check it out?"

"The minister leads the order."

Cao Weishan hurriedly bowed, then exited the hall, and then quietly heaved a sigh of relief and wiped off his sweat.

Sure enough, as Qi Xiao expected, His Majesty did not get angry, but he also did not accept the robbery's excuse for killing the court official by mistake, and did not scold Cao Weishan again amidst the ambiguity.

Cao Weishan withdrew from Chengming Palace, but Qi Xiao was left alone.

"Tell me, how do you plan to investigate."

"According to the confession of the robbers, they took money from the servants of the Luo Mansion. They went to the Luo Mansion at night to steal, but they didn't say what they wanted to steal, and whether they succeeded in stealing it. My son thinks this is the key to solving the case and needs to be interrogated strictly. , be sure to find out."

Qi Xiao only said that the case was done by bandits, and didn't mention the case of military pay at all, as if he really didn't think about the case of military pay, which surprised the emperor a bit.

"In that case, then you should check carefully."

The emperor waved his hand and let Qi Xiao go, he wanted to see what Qi Xiao could find out.

"My son obeys the order."

Instead of retreating, Qi Xiao knelt down, and said, "I have another matter, I want to ask Father for grace."

"Say."

"My son won the siege at Baiyan Mountain, I hope that the emperor can give me a reward and take my mother out of the palace to serve her.

Although the son-in-law was allowed to enter and leave the palace with the imperial father's favor, his status was always inconvenient, and he had important errands to attend to, so he couldn't often enter the palace to serve the sick. "

The emperor looked at Qi Xiao for a moment, with a look of astonishment on his face, but Qi Xiao bowed his head and couldn't see it at all, he just felt that he was staring at him from behind, and there was an invisible pressure of power that made him breathe carefully.

"allow."

After a while, the emperor finally said, "Zhang Suian, go and make arrangements to send nobleman Lin to the West Palace to recuperate from illness, and allow the Ninth Prince Qi Xiao to attend to his illness."

The Xixing Palace was built in the southwest corner of the imperial city. It was built more than 200 years ago when the Liang State expanded the imperial palace. Its design is unique. Water channels were dug in the courtyard and pavilions, and they were used to escape the summer heat. Therefore, most of the time, no one lived there for a long time.

It would be very good to send nobleman Lin to the Westward Palace to recuperate. Firstly, it is clean, and secondly, it can pass through the palace city and go directly outside the palace. It will be much more convenient for Qi Xiao to enter and exit.

"My son bows to my father to thank you."

"The old slave leads the order."

Zhang Suian sent Qi Xiao out of the Chengming Hall, and said to Qi Xiao, "Don't worry, Your Highness Ninth, this old slave will definitely take good care of Mrs. Lin."

"Thank you, Eunuch Zhang."

Qi Xiao understood the rules, and quietly handed Zhang Suian a bank note.

"His Highness the Ninth Prince has broken the old slave."

Qi Xiao didn't say much, and stuffed the silver bill into Zhang Suian's hand again, and Zhang Suian didn't refuse anymore.

"The old slave sent His Highness out of the palace."

"It's still early, I want to visit my mother."

"His Royal Highness Nine's filial piety touched the heavens, and this old slave sent His Highness off."

Qi Xiao was not far from Chengming Palace, and was heading towards Qiyun Palace, when he ran into Tang Ling head-on.

The two simply said hello and went their separate ways.

Seeing that Tang Ling was heading towards Chengming Hall, Qi Xiao couldn't help asking Zhang Suian: "Mr. Zhang, does Mr. Zhang know why His Majesty summoned Mr. Tang?"

Zhang Suian said: "Young Master Tang is good at chess and won His Majesty's favor. Today His Majesty invited Young Master Tang into the palace because he was interested."

"I see……"

***

Qi Xiao went to visit Lady Lin, and told her the decree he just asked for, Lady Lin was also very happy, the last time I saw Qi Xiao was almost ten days ago, it will be much more convenient when I move to the West Palace, every day It's not hard to meet each other.

The most important thing is that Qi Xiao doesn't need to go in and out of the palace frequently, which can make the empress and concubine Zhao less taboo.

Qi Xiao didn't tell Mrs. Lin what he was busy with these days, but just gossiped for half an hour, seeing Mrs. Lin showing fatigue, he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he left the palace.

At the gate of the palace, Baixiqiao was waiting for Qi Xiao by the carriage. Seeing Qi Xiao's face hesitant to speak, Qi Xiao frowned: "What's wrong?"

Bai Xiqiao shook his head, glanced at the carriage, and said, "Go back."

Qi Xiao got into the carriage inexplicably, and when he lifted the curtain, he saw Tang Ling sitting in the carriage.

"you?!"

Tang Ling smiled: "Your Majesty is not in the mood to play chess, so let me go back first."

Qi Xiao sat down next to Tang Ling, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Wait for me?"

Tang Ling turned sideways, cupped Qi Xiao's face, and lightly pecked his forehead: "Yes, I've been waiting for you specially, I want to see you."

I want to see you all the time.

The author says:

?_? I dare not stay up so late in the future...