A traitor

After sleeping until midnight, he heard the bustling noise outside. Mei Liusheng lifted the quilt and stood up, and Su Qinglang behind him also woke up.

"Is Cai Jun here?"

Mei Liusheng looked back and saw Su Qinglang got up and sat on the bed, looking at him with a slight frown, his neat black hair scattered on his shoulders, and there was a hint of urgency.

He nodded: "Listen to this news, it should be that Zhao E has been arrested."

After a pause, he glanced at Su Qinglang again, and said, "Master Cai should have some more time to question him. I'll go out and have a look first. Brother Su, let's sleep for a while. In the middle of the night, you may have to suffer some grievances."

Su Qinglang smiled treacherously, lifted the quilt on his body, propped up one leg and said: "It's just you and I joining hands to sing the double reed, what's there to be wronged about?"

As he spoke, he looked outside the house and said, "Go ahead, Mr. Cai is alone, so he probably won't be able to greet you."

Mei Liusheng hummed, walked towards the pear tree hanger, took off his robe, looked at Su Qinglang again, and asked hesitantly, "Do you want to arrange something for Brother Su?"

Su Qinglang was silent for a moment, then said: "It's not that I have never been to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If I want to act, I must act thoroughly. If Brother Mei is willing, prepare a quilt for me."

Mei Liusheng nodded upon hearing this, and replied, "Okay..."

Putting on the outer robe, he stepped out of the room, only to see the flames outside, as if hundreds of officers and soldiers surrounded Shangshu's mansion.

The servants in the mansion were also woken up quietly, and although they didn't know what happened, they all gathered in the courtyard as if they were facing a big enemy.All of a sudden, the dogs barked and the horses neighed, and the people gathered together, making it very lively.

As soon as he walked out of the backyard, he saw Cai Jun rushing over, seeing Mei Liusheng also in the Shangshu Mansion, Cai Jun was stunned for a moment, and seeing Mei Liusheng appearing in the Shangshu Mansion in disheveled clothes, Cai Jun was even more stunned What a fool, looking at Master Mei thought he was dazzled.

Mei Liusheng walked towards him and asked, "Lord Cai, what's the matter with Zhao E?"

Before Cai Jun came back to his senses, he said in astonishment, "Mei...Master Mei, why are you here at this hour?"

He looked at his clothes again, his mouth was open like a copper basin, and asked: "You and Mr. Su, don't you..."

Seeing that Cai Jun's old problem was repeated, Mei Liusheng coughed lightly, and said in embarrassment: "Lord Cai, I will explain this matter to you later. Zhao E's matter is the most important thing at present."

Cai Jun immediately returned to seriousness, saying, "We didn't catch Zhao E, but we did catch the housekeeper in his mansion, and people rushed to surround his mansion."

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng felt relieved, and asked again: "Master Su sacrificed himself this time to fulfill us, this matter must be done neatly, don't implicate him and be suspected by others."

Cai Jun smiled: "It's just the little prince's patrol army. When they were arresting the snitch, they accidentally ran into Zhao E's good deeds. During the fight between the two sides, it alarmed us. Only we know the inside story, Mr. Su... Naturally, no one will suspect him."

While the two were talking, officers and soldiers outside had already surrounded Shangshu's mansion. Su Qinglang stood in his room, feeling that it was almost time, so he also put on his clothes and went out.

At this time, the butler also rushed to the backyard anxiously, seeing Su Qinglang, hurriedly said: "My lord, it's too bad, our mansion is surrounded by officers and soldiers."

Su Qinglang put on his outer robe, Shi Shiran straightened his clothes, and finally glanced sideways at him, saying: "With me here, the sky won't fall, why are you panicking?"

The two walked out of the backyard together, and happened to see Mei Liusheng, Cai Jun, the officers and soldiers behind them, and the housekeeper of Zhao E's residence.

When the butler saw Mei Liusheng, his eyeballs almost fell off, and he stuttered, "You you you..."

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Su Qinglang slapped his arm with the folding fan, and the housekeeper immediately fell silent.

Seeing Su Qinglang walking over with a happy face, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Mei isn't resting in the backyard, why are you here?"

As he said that, he looked at Cai Jun again: "There is also Master Cai, what can I do with Mr. Mei? It's midnight, if we discuss the case, I'm afraid it's still too early."

Seeing this, Mei Liusheng replied: "I heard movement in the backyard, and I don't know what happened, so I came out to have a look. I heard Mr. Cai said that I caught some thieves who acted at night."

Su Qinglang snorted, and asked: "But I don't know if Mr. Cai caught the thief from that side, how did he catch my mansion?"

Cai Jun shook his face, pretending to be righteous and loyal to the country, trying not to let himself pass through.

He replied: "It's the patrol army of the young prince. When he was patrolling the city, he accidentally ran into some thieves who were smuggling things at night. Someone recognized one of them as the housekeeper of Mr. Zhao E Zhao's mansion. In terms of face, I wanted to let them go, but found something unusual from their boxes."

Su Qinglang stood where he was, and asked calmly, "What is it?"

"Silver..." Cai Jun replied very briefly: "Tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Although the words were spoken lightly, Master Cai's mood was surging at this moment, almost jumping out of his chest.

Although the official of the imperial court is handsome on the surface, his monthly salary is only so little. It is more difficult to meet tens of thousands of taels of white money than to meet the empress in the harem.

So much money would be due to the hard work and sweat of the common people, and with Zhao E's style of work, how many families would be ruined and have no place to redress their grievances. Whenever he thought of this, his heart felt sore and painful, and in the midst of grief and indignation, there would be a burst of pain. There was a burst of strong and vigorous touch.

Su Qinglang saw that Cai Jun was excited and looked like he was about to cry, he smiled speechlessly, and continued to put on a show: "Oh, Master Zhao has made a fortune, if you want to celebrate, you should go to his mansion , why did you come to me? Could it be that Mr. Cai has not seen you for a few days, and you can't even tell the difference between the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites?"

Cai Jun snorted on purpose, and said provocatively: "Master Su wants to quibble, let people make it clear today, you and I are colleagues, I am grateful to Master Su for his long-term care.

But gratitude is gratitude, Xiaguan is now under the emperor's order to investigate the case of Yingzhou official mine collapse and injury with Master Mei, please forgive me. "

Seeing this, the officers and soldiers behind him escorted Zhao E's butler up. At this time, the butler was tied with several ropes, and he was thrown to the ground like a dead pig.

His hands were bound and he knelt up, panting heavily, struggling a few times, but finally failed to stand up.

Cai Jun stood in front of him and asked, "Let me ask you, whose house did the money go to?"

The housekeeper looked up at him, then glanced at Su Qinglang, snorted, and replied, "I don't know..."

When the officers and soldiers saw that he was not cooperating, they stepped forward, picked up the rope binding his hands, and asked him to look up at Cai Jun.

The butler gritted his teeth in pain, struggled a few more times, and then heard Cai Jun say: "You were outside just now, but that's not what you said. Now that the evidence is solid, don't think that you can escape the crime if you find a backer. I advise you, it is better to explain it honestly. Come out, maybe you can get a chance to deal with leniency."

The butler raised his head and looked at Su Qinglang, as if testing his attitude, but seeing Su Qinglang's serious expression, with a face as tense as a sculpture, he paused, and still lowered his head.

"Not recruiting, right..." Cai Jun walked a few steps, just about to say something.

But I saw an officer and soldier running over from outside, cupped his hands and said to him: "My lord, there is a little servant outside recruiting."

Cai Jun groaned, looked at him, saw the officers and soldiers hesitated for a moment, glanced at Su Qinglang, and said, "He said, the money was sent to Mr. Su's residence."

Injuring one thousand enemies and self-impairing eight hundred, Cai Jun couldn't help sighing at this point, and said to Su Qinglang, "Master Su, what explanation do you have now?"

A play was performed very well, and the desired effect has been achieved.So, Su Qinglang snorted coldly on purpose: "If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. Isn't it just a prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice? If I can do a good job and sit upright, what can I do if I go with you?"

That night, Su Qinglang, the most popular person in the dynasty, was just like a criminal and escorted out of the house.Moreover, just in case, the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment were still guarding outside the mansion and did not withdraw.

This is the first time the butler has encountered such a situation since he took office. He immediately lost his backbone and chased after Su Qinglang, "My lord..."

After chasing him for a few steps, he was blocked by officers and soldiers with knives. Mei Liusheng turned to look at him, sighed, and comforted him in a low voice: "The housekeeper doesn't have to worry. With me here, Brother Su will be fine."

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Su Qinglang was detained by the officers and soldiers, and happened to meet Zhao E, who was also detained. When Mr. Zhao saw him, he was stunned for a moment, and his steps gradually slowed down a lot.

Su Qinglang's expression was as cold as ice. When he passed by him, he paused for a moment, and said slowly: "Master Zhao, you have to use a unique trick to back your back when you are dying. It is really good."

Seeing that the life-saving straw was also caught, and seeing that he misunderstood himself, Zhao E was extremely wronged, and just about to explain, he saw Su Qinglang walking towards the other end of the prison.

In the cold and damp prison, moldy straw was laid on the floor, and there was a rotten and sour smell everywhere.

Su Qinglang walked towards the inside, and saw an earthen couch set up beside the wall, the width was no more than ten feet, and it was covered with a layer of clean quilt, which was incompatible with the surrounding environment.

There were footsteps behind him, he turned around, and saw Mei Liusheng and Cai Jun standing outside, Cai Jun couldn't bear it: "Lord Su..."

Su Qinglang smiled and said: "I am most afraid of the cold in my life, the quilt is very good, thank you."

After a pause, he said again: "The most critical part of the plan is to carry it up to this point. After this incident, my suspicion has been cleared, and the Prime Minister will definitely trust me even more.

Next, I ask Brother Mei and Master Cai to resist the pressure no matter what, and take good care of Zhao E. No one can see him except me. "

Cai Jun nodded, said yes, and then asked: "My lord, what do you plan to do next?"

Su Qinglang turned around, looked at the darkness in front of him, the corners of his lips curled up with an imperceptible danger——

"People in the desert often die of despair, deceived by the yellow sand in front of them, thinking that they cannot be rescued if they lose water, but they don't know that there is an oasis not far from them..."