A traitor

Mei Liusheng led the officers and soldiers to surround the villa, just in time to meet Qin Huan and Su Qinglang who came out of the hot spring garden.

Seeing this, the steward who followed Qin Huan hurried up to Qin Huan, pleading guilty: "My lord, this lord wants to see you and Lord Su, but the villain can't stop him..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Huan raised his hand, signaling him to back down, then looked at Mei Liusheng and said, "So it's Master Mei, I don't know why you came here?"

Mei Liusheng kept staring at Su Qinglang, but seeing his disheveled clothes and messy long hair, he couldn't help clenching his hands hidden in his sleeves.

However, there was no trace of turmoil in his tone, and he replied lightly: "Master Cai, Minister of Criminal Affairs, found out today that the person who killed Lord Jia's niece was Qin Yang, a servant of Qin Xiangfu, and he specially ordered this official to come here to arrest the criminal and bring him to justice. Please, Mr. Qin and Mr. Su, make it easier for you."

"in addition……"

He paused, still staring at Su Qinglang, and said coldly: "This case is also related to Mr. Su. Some details have not yet been clarified, and there may be unnecessary misunderstandings. I also ask Mr. Su to assist and cooperate with the next official." Take a trip and go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to explain clearly."

Qin Huan didn't expect Cai Jun and the others to find them so quickly.However, he didn't care too much about the time when it was already decided, but when he heard Mei Liusheng say that he wanted to take Su Qinglang away, his expression immediately sank.

He took a step and stood in front of Su Qinglang: "Mr. Mei's words, are you suspecting that Qinglang sent people to kill those people?"

Mei Liusheng lowered his head and said, "I don't dare."

Qin Huan snorted when he heard the words: "Since the criminal has been found, the criminal will be escorted back for interrogation. Investigation and questioning are the affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. What does it have to do with Qinglang?"

Mei Liusheng was neither humble nor overbearing, and replied: "Just because this case is similar to several other murder cases that happened in Chang'an a few years ago, and Mr. Su was implicated in those cases, the reason for it is suspicious. If Mr. Su doesn't want to bear unnecessary charges If you don’t want to guess, then go with the next official.”

"Mei Liusheng..."

Qin Huan slowly read out his name, which seemed a little threatening: "I think you have saved Qinglang, so I treated you with courtesy, but you don't know how to flatter you, so you are so entangled, you think I am good Bully?"

He glanced at Mei Liusheng, turned sideways, and said in a low voice with a flick of his sleeves: "Young Master Ben left the words here today, with me here, you don't want to take Qinglang away!"

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth and said, "Young Master Qin's father is the Prime Minister of the court. For the sake of the Prime Minister, I am so polite to you. However, you have no fame. Two Without titles and edicts, in front of the official, he is just a commoner, and has no power to exercise orders over the imperial court.

If today, the young master insists on obstructing this official, he is obstructing the official business, even if he makes a fuss with the Prime Minister, he will not take advantage of it at all. "

He glanced at Su Qinglang, with a stern face, still not very happy: "What's more, this case is also inextricably related to the young master, and the young master's behavior like this is inevitably suspicious."

Qin Huan's face darkened, looking at Mei Liusheng's expression, flashing a trace of killing intent, he asked him slowly: "What did you say?"

Standing next to Mei Liusheng, Cheng Ying looked at Mei Liusheng worriedly. After all, in his opinion, his young master had never been so impatient.

In the current situation, it is obviously not a good thing to offend Qin Jian and Qin Huan. Even if he knew this, why did he confront Qin Huan and say such a thing?

He looked at Su Qinglang who was standing next to Qin Huan, and the fingers holding the long sword were clenched a little calmly, and the already sharp eyes suddenly became a little colder.

I only heard Mei Liusheng say: "According to what I know, Qin Yang is just a servant of the Prime Minister's mansion, why did he have such financial resources and intelligence to buy jade pendants to frame the princess?"

"Master Mei's words mean that Qin Yang was instructed by others, and that I am the murderer behind the scenes?"

Qin Huan stood proudly, clasped his hands and said: "Everything must be based on evidence, if there is no evidence, it is a frame, Master Mei must be careful."

Mei Liusheng looked at Qin Yang who was not far away, and saw that the other party was about 27 or [-] years old, tall and straight, with a heroic appearance, and he did not look like an ordinary domestic slave.

In the city of Chang'an, there are many officials and eunuchs who feed the dead. For fear of being found out, they often order them to dress up as domestic slaves. Qin Yang should be like this.

He looked at Qin Huan again and said: "Whether it is true or not, the criminal must be taken back for investigation. At that time, whether he was ordered by others or acted on his own, we will know for ourselves."

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Qin Yang. Several house slaves standing around him lined up fearfully and defensively. He was the only one who confronted the officers and soldiers in the courtyard.

Qin Huan kept his head down. After a while, he looked tentatively at the steward next to Qin Huan. Seeing that the other party gave him a wink, Qin Yang immediately understood. After a moment of stalemate, he suddenly knelt down to Qin Huan. : "My lord, forgive me..."

He lay on the ground, trembling all over his body, and said intermittently: "Those people were indeed killed by villains, just because they had some problems with Mr. Su..."

Neither Qin Huan nor Su Qinglang spoke, but the steward stood up first, pointed at him, and said righteously: "Presumptuous! Mr. Su is an official of the imperial court, and even the son's close friend. What's wrong with you? You did such a wrong thing, entrap Master Su, and almost implicated Young Master?"

Qin Yang was still trembling, looked very scared, and replied: "Before the villain entered the Xiangfu, he had a younger sister who was ignorant and admired Master Su, but knew that he was vulgar and could not match Master Su. He died in depression, and the villain held a grudge because of this, and vowed to kill all the women related to Mr. Su."

"However, Princess Wuyang has strong martial arts skills. I am afraid that the villain will not be her opponent, so I can only find an opportunity to buy the princess's personal jade pendant and leave it at the scene of the crime. Princess, I don't want to implicate the young master because of this, so I ask the young master to forgive me."

In the end, it was his love affair. Su Qinglang couldn't help but sigh, no matter how affectionate he was, no matter how good his relationship with women was, it wouldn't be like this.

In order to get rid of his son's crime, he settled a love debt for no reason, how wronged and innocent, let the common people know this, what will they say about him?

He also listened to the steward: "The princess's personal jade pendant costs at least several hundred taels of silver. Where did your money come from?"

Qin Yang shrunk down, and said again: "On weekdays, I lead the way for the adults who come and go, and I have saved up as rewards. In order to raise money, the villain even sold the fields in my hometown."

There was both a motive and the feasibility of committing the crime. With a few words, Qin Huan's suspicion was cleared. No matter how much Mei Liusheng didn't believe it, it was impossible to convict him based on speculation alone.

He was silent for a moment, and could only say: "Since that's the case, you go back with me first. When you arrive at the Ministry of Punishment, Mr. Cai will find out."

Qin Yang didn't resist either. He buried his head deeply and walked in the direction of Mei Liusheng, but when he passed by an officer, he suddenly stopped and reached out to grab the officer's weapon. He was subdued, but Qin Yang took the first step and pulled out the officer's saber.

The blade rested on his neck, stepped back a few steps, and was surrounded by officials waiting in full force, looking at Qin Huan and saying: "Young master, a villain has failed the trust of the prime minister and the young master. A hundred deaths cannot atone for the sin, only the next life, as an ox or a horse to pay for it." Your kindness is appreciated."

As he said that, the blade swung horizontally, and the blood from the neck sprayed into the air, and the corpse fell to the ground straight, without even closing its eyes.

Su Qinglang's eyes widened, and when he met Qin Yang's unrepentant gaze, he felt dizzy in front of his eyes, dizzy in his head, and the whole world was spinning.

He staggered, took two steps back, nearly fell, but was supported by the servant behind him first, and said in a trembling voice: "Dead...dead..."

Countless images flashed before his eyes, and in each scene of bloodshed, there was a pair of eyes like this, looking straight at him, full of sorrow and unwillingness.

Sensing his abnormality, Qin Huan turned his head, a little stunned: "Qinglang, you..."

Realizing something, he took a quick step, came to Su Qinglang, turned him around at once, wrapped his arms around his body and said, "Don't look..."

Mei Liusheng frowned, and lightly shouted at the officer next to him, "I'm not going to clean it up!" The officers and soldiers immediately understood, and a few people hurried out to carry Qin Yang's body down.

Mei Liusheng looked at Su Qinglang's back, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The criminal committed suicide, the lower officials need to report this matter back quickly, Qing...Master Su, please go to the Ministry of Punishments tomorrow morning."

Seeing him let go, Qin Huan felt relieved, but heard Su Qinglang say: "Lord Mei..."

He was silent for a moment, then slowly turned around, his face was pale, but he smiled: "Your Majesty Mei, you can ask anything you want, I will definitely do my best to help."

Qin Huan looked at him and couldn't help it for a moment: "Qinglang..."

Su Qinglang showed a faint smile, and said with some effort: "It's okay, anyway, there must be an understanding."

After speaking, he looked at Mei Liusheng and said, "There is a living room on the west side of the villa, Mr. Mei, can you move over there to discuss matters?"

Seeing him still in shock and trying to hold on, Mei Liusheng hesitated, but finally nodded: "Okay..."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang took a step forward and walked down. Qin Huan was still a little worried, so he stretched out his hand to pull him.

He frowned, knowing that he couldn't change Su Qinglang's decision, he could only say: "I'll go with you."

Su Qinglang smiled, patted the back of his hand, and comforted him: "It's okay, the young master should be tired too, let's go back and rest first."

As he spoke, he walked down the steps step by step, and Mei Liusheng watched him walking towards him.At this time, Qin Yang's body had already been carried down, leaving only a large bloodstain in the courtyard.

Su Qinglang's expression was lonely and cold, and his short boots in white and flawless, came to him, paused for a moment, then stepped into the bloodstain without any hesitation, and walked over slowly.