[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

As mentioned last time, everyone searched for clues along the crypt and found Linjiang Tower.

Originally it was Zhan Zhao who was angry and wanted to settle accounts with Li Jiayao, but it was Bai Yutang who got angry and beat him up in the end.

Li Jiayao's cooking skills are good, and the three-legged cat kung fu is not Bai Yutang's opponent at all. Before he could make a villain's speech, he was kicked from the second floor to the first floor by Bai Yutang angrily, and half of his teeth were knocked out by a slap from the air. , Li Jiayao struggled to get up, but finally fainted.

Everyone in Jianghu knows that Chinchilla Bai Yutang likes quick fights, can kill opponents in seconds with one move, and will never be merciful until the second move.The last suspect who was "focused on" by Bai Yutang was Meng Ke, who had been determined to die for 100 years. He was charged with framing Zhan Zhao out of jealousy and hatred.

Gongsun poked Li Jiayao and found that Li Jiayao was still alive, "What evil did he do?"

Bai Yutang sank into the water and said nothing, Zhan Zhao touched his nose and didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes and changed the subject, "Search the Linjiang Tower carefully, and don't let anyone slip through the net."

The hidden guards acted according to orders, and quickly took control of the situation. The guards who protected Zhao Zhen from the crypt and the guards who were ordered to monitor Linjiang Tower attacked from inside and outside. They quietly wiped out Linjiang Tower. None of the dogs in the nursing home were released.

The hidden guard who searched the first floor was very tangled, and he leaned into Zhao Zhen's ear and reported: "Your Majesty, on the first floor, we found some naked young men who are said to be Li Jiayao's servants. Several servants were hung up and whipped. All those under him were given medicine, and the one who was locked in the cage coughed..." The dark guard coughed twice in embarrassment, "The scene is really unsightly, and my subordinates don't know how to deal with it, please show me the emperor."

The corner of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched: What kind of play is this?

No wonder Bai Yutang was so angry, I would have stripped Li Jiayao naked and hung him at the entrance of the vegetable market to beat him!

The dark guard kept his voice extremely low, and no one else heard it. Only Zhan Zhao kept paying attention to the movement here, with his tangled eyes wandering here and there.Zhao Zhen resigned himself to cleaning up the mess, sighed, and pulled the collar of the hidden guard and bit his ear. "You're so stupid! Knock them out first, then stuff them into sacks and bring them back to Kaifeng Mansion, throw them into a prison and put them on prison uniforms. The most important thing is that they don't know anyone! Do you understand!"

The dark guard with red ears suddenly understood.

Zhao Zhen occasionally overflows with sympathy. Thinking about it carefully, these servants are the most innocent.They were unable to protect themselves, and because they looked a bit like Zhan Zhao, they were caught by the pervert Li Jiayao and abused them in every possible way.After the case is cleared, they will probably be released without charge, receive a severance payment and hide their names.I hope they will cheer up as soon as possible and face the future life with dignity.

In addition to the people from Linjiang Tower, the hidden guards also caught the group who attacked the wives and was released by Bai Gu.

According to the portraits narrated by several wives, Gongsun picked out the leading man from the team of cooks who tried to get away with it.The leading man kept looking at Bai Gu, as if begging Bai Gu to save him, but unfortunately Bai Gu turned a blind eye and found a jug of fine wine from somewhere, and poured it with relish.

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Everything is going on quietly, a few elders go home to sleep, and others still have to work.

Wang Yang took a small team of imperial guards and went deep into the crypt to find other exits.

Linjianglou was disguised as if it didn't open normally. Anyway, Li Jiayao was self-willed enough to close the door every now and then without doing business.Zhao Zhen deliberately kept a few hidden guards, and Yi Rongcheng's shop assistants waited for the rabbits, trying to see if any stupid rabbits bumped into them.

The people in Linjiang Tower were escorted back to Kaifeng Mansion by the secret guards. Master Bao went up to question the case overnight. His stern and selfless face was darker than the night, and he sat under the plaque of "Mirror High Hanging". Three points of deterrence.

Although many doubts point to Linjiang Tower and Li Jiayao, the Kaifeng government cannot decide the case based on guesswork. If Li Jiayao is to be convicted, there is still a lack of vital witnesses and physical evidence.Even Zhao Zhen didn't expect that the one who fatally stabbed Li Jiayao was the servant who had been abused by him all the time.

These young servants are not very old, the oldest has just turned 16 years old, and the youngest is only 12 years old. They hate Li Jiayao to the bone, and they curse Li Jiayao day and night. their companions and themselves to avenge.The oldest boy is named Yang Chen, he has spent the longest time with Li Jiayao and knows the most secrets.

Yang Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Li Jiayao is a complete lunatic! He pretends to be a dog during the day, but at night he sheds his human skin and turns into a beast. When he's in a bad mood, he beats people to vent his anger. After the injury, he finds a doctor to heal us. In order to continue the beating, we were tortured so repeatedly that our lives were worse than death. The cooks, assistants, accountants, and nurses in Linjiang Tower all helped the tyrant, and their families were all in the hands of Li Jiayao."

Yang Chen is very smart, even when he scolded Li Jiayao, he never mentioned Zhan Zhao.

Master Bao said seriously: "There is evidence for everything you said."

"Yes! The proof is the wound on my body." Yang Chen rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arm with a new wound that had not healed from the old wound. "Not only us boys are beaten, but other people in Linjiang Tower are also often beaten. Li Jiayao is a lunatic with a violent temper. If anything goes wrong, he will beat people to vent his anger. The cook will be beaten if he does not cook well, and the clerk will be beaten if he does not clean the floor. , Throw whatever you have at hand, and don’t allow others to dodge.”

Yang Chen put down his sleeves, "The last time the Kaifeng mansion captured two guys, Li Jiayao was furious. He closed the door and went crazy after you left. After smashing the wine jar at hand, he actually threw a boy down from the second floor. He fell on the broken porcelain, blood flowed all over the floor, and he almost failed to recover."

Gongsun was in a panic, if he knew Li Jiayao was such a madman, he should have been tied back in the first place!

Bao Zheng's face turned darker, "Li Jiayao acted so cruelly, why didn't you report it to the authorities."

Yang Chen said helplessly: "We also want to report to the officials, but firstly, we all signed the death contract, and the master has to bear with beating or killing us. Secondly, we are often locked up by Li Jiayao, who doesn't give us clothes , where can we run naked?"

"We heard that Kaifeng Mansion is a good yamen, Mr. Bao is a good official, and he will definitely avenge our grievances. But every time Kaifeng Mansion comes to eat in the building, Li Jiayao imprisoned us in the wine cellar, leaving us alone to obey his orders. It's my subordinate." Yang Chen flattered intentionally or unintentionally.

"We can't believe the other guests in the building at all." Yang Chen sighed, "Most of the guests seem to spend money on food, but in fact they deliberately send money to Li Jiayao. Buy [Drunken Life Dreams] from Li Jiayao."

Zhan Zhao wondered, "What is [Drunk Life Dreams]?"

"[Zuishengmengde] is a kind of wine with medicine. After drinking it, you will have hallucinations. It can add to the fun at night. Many high-ranking officials like it." Yang Chen looked at Zhan Zhao, with a slightly flinching expression, "The last time Mr. Zhan came I just heard about the timing of Jianglou’s table noodles. We were locked in the wine cellar by Li Jiayao that day. I had an idea and exchanged the wine with spices for you. I hope that wine can attract Kaifeng’s attention and help us Get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible..."

Yang Chen said with a bitter face: "The matter of changing the wine was done by me alone, and has nothing to do with other people."

Everyone suddenly realized: the collective poisoning that day Ganqing was actually caused by this.

Instead of blaming Yang Chen, everyone admired his wit. If those [drunk life, dream and death] hadn't caused trouble, everyone wouldn't have immediately suspected Linjiang Tower, and they would have gone so many wrong ways if they wanted to solve the case.What Bao Zheng was most concerned about was, "What do you mean by 'buying and selling officials'? Li Jiayao is just a commoner, how can he interfere in the appointment and dismissal of court officials."

Yang Chen is also not sure, "I only know that Li Jiayao works for a mysterious person, and they occasionally meet through secret passages. That mysterious person is very powerful, and many high officials are under his control. Even Li Jiayao, who is as proud as he is, obeys his advice. , very jealous." Yang Chen suddenly remembered, "That's right! That Wang Youcai is the mysterious man's subordinate, Li Jiayao doesn't listen to anyone, only Wang Youcai can coax him."

Everyone was taken aback, "Wang Youcai?" Wang Youcai was not among the people captured from Linjiang Tower.

But Yang Chen said: "It's the leading man you captured, his name is Wang Youcai, he's a villain with a sweet heart and a sword in his belly."

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched. The young Wang Youcai who knew martial arts was far from the businessman Wang Youcai who didn't know martial arts.Could it be that Wang Youcai is just a code name, or an environmentally friendly code name that can be mass-produced and recycled...

Everyone was puzzled, guessing that Yang Chen might not know the matter, so they simply skipped this question.

Master Bao ordered the servants to fetch the portraits of the court lady Pei Wen, the guards Wang Wei and Xu Fubao for Yang Chen to identify.After seeing the portrait, Yang Chen's face turned slightly pale, and she bit her lip hard, as if she couldn't speak. "I don't know this woman. These two men have lived in the guest room of Linjiang Tower for two days. They seem to have taken advantage of Li Jiayao. Li Jiayao asked us...to help him with the plot."

Gongsun didn't understand Yang Chen's implication, "What are you talking about?"

Seeing that Gongsun didn't have a way to ask the usual questions, Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "It's about the secret passage. Those two men claimed to be palace guards. They found the secret passage of the palace by chance while they were patrolling. The conversation of the mysterious man. Now that they are down and out, they want to open their mouths like a lion and threaten Li Jiayao for them to eat, drink and have fun. Li Jiayao and Zeng were threatened like this, and they were already murderous at that time..."

Yang Chen hesitated and said: "Li Jiayao asked us to make a routine, and asked those two men who else knew about the secret way, and they said that a pregnant palace lady also knew..." Yang Chen felt guilty, "Are they all dead? Already?" Even though he was forced to do nothing but help the tyrant, and indirectly killed three lives and an unborn fetus, Yang Chen felt panicked.

Master Bao acquiesced, and sighed: "Do you know who did it?"

Yang Chen thought for a while: "It should be Wang Youcai. Li Jiayao has a cleanliness obsession with many things. He likes to beat and scold people, but he never kills people. Let alone such two rotten gamblers, he must feel his hands are dirty. Li Jiayao Wang Youcai pushed all the things he didn't want to do, and Wang Youcai coaxed him all the time, almost responding to every request. As for how to do it, I don't know..."

Bao Zheng said: "Do you have evidence that Wang Wei and Xu Fubao stayed in Linjiang Tower?"

"There is evidence!" Yang Chen immediately said: "Another boy hid the clothes of the two of them secretly and buried them in the stable in the northeast corner of the backyard. There were also account books and a few letters that were not burned clean in the stable. We saved it bit by bit, just to expose Li Jiayao today!"

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Yang Chen provided many important clues, and at the same time explained his crimes. Master Bao would consider giving him a lighter sentence when he was sentenced because he had been coerced by Li Jiayao, and he repented and made amends.

After questioning Yang Chen, Master Bao interrogated other people in Linjiang Tower one after another.

The boys all hated Li Jiayao, and would rather expose their crimes than drag Li Jiayao to hell.The other staff and cooks were still stubbornly resisting, and it took a lot of twists and turns to reveal the truth. Their family members were all in the hands of Li Jiayao, and they had to be controlled by others.

In the end, the man who was said to be [Wang Youcai] was brought up by the yamen servants. The man raised his head and rolled his eyes wildly. "The villain, Wang Youcai, has met Master Qingtian! Master, you have learned a lot! The villain obeyed Li Jiayao's orders and committed many sins that are unacceptable. The villain knows that the crime is heinous and unforgivable, so he is willing to expose Li Jiayao and make atonement." !"

Everyone was very speechless, this guy is too soft, and they were all thrown out before the trial?

Wang Youcai seemed to be very scheming when looked at coldly, but after three and a half sentences of clinker, he completely exposed his stupidity of pretending to be smart.Since this guy has the face to pretend to be confused, everyone cooperated with him to pretend to be confused, pretending not to know about his little scheme, and coaxing Wang Youcai to tell the news about the person behind the scenes.

Master Bao said: "Who is the name of the person kneeling in the hall, and where is he from?"

Wang Youcai said dejectedly, "The villain's name is Wang Youcai, from Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River."

"How dare you talk nonsense in the courtroom!" Lord Bao slapped the gavel violently, causing Wang Youcai to tremble in fright.

Wang Youcai hurriedly said: "My lord, spare me! The villain is really called Wang Youcai!" Seeing that Master Bao was about to shoot the gavel again, Wang Youcai immediately argued: "The villain is an orphan with no name and name. He was adopted and trained by his master since he was a child. I assigned tasks, asked me to keep changing my name and surname to pretend to be different people, now I am really called Wang Youcai!"

Wang Youcai is too slick, and he doesn't talk about the main points, Zhan Zhao said: "Who is your master?"

Wang Youcai still practiced Tai Chi, "My master was the last [Wang Youcai], and he asked me to stay in Linjiang Tower as [Wang Youcai]. What to do." Wang Youcai kept beating around the bush to clear himself of the charges, implying that all mistakes were Li Jiayao's fault, and I was just an innocent thug.

Master Bao took out the portraits of the court ladies Pei Wen, Wang Wei and Xu Fubao. Wang Youcai thought for a long time before saying, "I have never seen this woman before. These two men have lived in Linjiang Tower for two days. They are so daring." My God, I thought I could threaten Li Jiayao because I had something to do, but I was killed by the furious Li Jiayao. Li Jiayao asked me to dispose of the corpse. This was the first time I did this, and I was terrified, so I threw it into the slop bucket in the back alley."

Wang Youcai was a slippery man, and after interrogating him for a long time, he failed to find any clues, so he had to be temporarily detained.

Zhao Zhen had to re-examine Wang Youcai, "This person is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is also a little quick-witted. He doesn't say a word of truth, and it's hard to tell the truth from the truth. It sounds like that. He The most valuable clue in his mouth is his mysterious master, the so-called last [Wang Youcai]. He knew very well that we wanted to know about [Wang Youcai], but deliberately kept us silent, and only talked about unimportant things .”

"There's also a slop bucket." Zhan Zhao looked a little tired after working for most of the night, "Throwing the corpse into the slop bucket is obviously a clever trick, and it successfully evaded our investigation. If old man Yang didn't accidentally discover the corpse, this The clues have been broken now. But Wang Youcai used 'this is the first time' and 'frightened' as excuses, calling the trick a coincidence, and he was hiding himself on purpose."

"And the maid." Bai Yutang leaned on his chin, unable to open his eyes due to sleepiness, "Who killed the maid?"

Gongsun Qiang yawned, "Li Jiayao is almost able to speak, do you want to continue the interrogation?"

Master Bao looked at the sleepy people in the room and sighed: "Let's call it a day. Li Jiayao and Wang Youcai will be tried again at dawn. What does the emperor think?"

Everyone looked back at the emperor, Zhao Xiaozhen was already snoring on the table, with crystal saliva still hanging from the corner of his mouth.Probably because of the uncomfortable sleeping position, Zhao Xiaozhen twisted and twisted on the chair until Zhan Zhao hugged her, and then she lay down softly, barely opened her eyes and rubbed them.

Mrs. Bao felt distressed, "It's a child after all, it's time to go to bed at this time, the emperor is just too strong."

Bai Yutang was silent for a moment: Mr. Bao, is he sleepy and confused? How can Zhao Xiaozhen, who is acting like a baby, cute and flattering every day, be stronger?

Master Bao naturally couldn't hear Bai Yutang's complaints, and was still feeling sorry for the [stronger] Zhao Xiaozhen. Zhao Zhen said: "It's almost dawn, I really don't have the energy to go to the morning court. Anyway, I don't have anything important these days, so let's talk about my health." Wei Wei, the Eighth Emperor Uncle will preside over the court meeting."

Morning or something, I have long wanted to ban it!

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Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang carried Zhao Xiaozhen who was dozing off back home, and Dongfang had turned pale by this time.

The house was dark and quiet, and I don't know if there was any change in the servants in the house after they left.The three of them were so sleepy that they didn't have the energy to mess around anymore. Even Bai Yutang acquiesced in the oil bottle Zhao Xiaozhen squeezed into the master bedroom and occupied the big bed that belonged to him.

——Anyway, Bai Yutang has been lying on Zhan Zhao's bed, and the other bed is also empty.

Zhao Xiaozhen was lazy with her eyes closed, opened her hands and let the guards fiddle with them, wiped her face, wiped her claws, changed her clothes, and stuffed her under the bed.

Before going to sleep, Zhao Zhen suddenly thought, "Where is Chengying, call him over."

Before the operation tonight, in order to prevent leakage of information, Cheng Ying was acupointed by Zhan Zhao for an hour. At this time, the time limit has passed, and everyone who should be arrested has been arrested, and what should be known is also known.Chengying walked to the bed, squeezed away the guards without a trace, and helped Zhao Zhen tidy her hair.

To be honest, Zhao Zhen admired Chengying's calmness very much. He knew that he was not welcome, but he could calmly seize every opportunity.A person like Chengying will only be temporarily suppressed, but will never be defeated. Even with the help of a single spider silk, he can climb higher.

To put it in a better way, this is called honor and disgrace, and I stand still.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the type that shines brightly when given some sunshine.

Zhao Xiaozhen hooked her fingers, "Don't you want to take off your clothes, I will help you, come up and sleep together."

Cheng Ying was overjoyed at first, then said helplessly: "Your Majesty thinks that I will sneak into Kaifeng Mansion to assassinate Li Jiayao?"

Zhao Zhen nodded in satisfaction, "Good boy, it's good that you understand, I'm sleepy, I don't have the energy to fight wits with you, come to my bed quickly."

Cheng Ying smiled slightly, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

Zhao Xiaozhen entangled Chengying like an octopus, Chengying helped him cover the quilt, and worked hard to raise his body temperature to warm Zhao Xiaozhen's bed.The two seem to have returned to the time when they were inseparable again. However, they share the same bed, have different dreams, and guard against each other.

Zhan Zhao poked at Bai Yutang—what happened to the two brats?

Bai Yutang let out a long sigh - tomorrow he must discuss Zhao Xiaozhen's education with Mao'er.

Bai Yutang waved his sleeves to turn off the lights, "Go to sleep."

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