Zu An paused, and after careful observation, he found that a group of embroidered messengers were ambushing around, and the leader turned out to be Zhu Xie Chixin.
His heart skipped a beat, wondering if he had exposed his flaw at some point?
He subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away. After all, hugging the Crown Princess naked, even if he was framed, would definitely be a capital crime.
However, he calmed down immediately. The other party who came here to arrest someone may not have conclusive evidence, but running away would have confirmed the crime.
The key is that now the palace's imperial guards have been completely mobilized and the palace gate is closed, so he may not be able to escape.
He took a deep breath and walked over calmly.
As soon as he showed his head, a group of messengers in embroidered clothes jumped out from the surrounding grass and surrounded him.
"What are you doing?" Zu An asked in a deep voice.
Zhu Xie walked out with a complicated look in his eyes: "Gold Medal Eleven, come with us, there is something you need to investigate."
"What's going on?" Zu An asked calmly.
Zhu Xie gave him a deep look and did not answer. He just waved his hand and signaled to his subordinates: "Take him away!"
Zu An did not resist. There was a half-step grandmaster here, so it was meaningless for him to resist.
He was quickly taken back to the Embroidered Clothes Messenger's palace headquarters - Embroidered Tower.
He was taken all the way to a secret room underground. Zhu Xie motioned to the others to go down and interrogated him alone.
The other embroidered messengers were a little surprised. You must know that according to convention, multiple people must be present when interrogating a prisoner. This is to check and balance each other and prevent some people from colluding with each other to make confessions.
It's a bit taboo for the commander-in-chief to do this nowadays.
However, Zhu Xie had a very high prestige, and the person being interrogated this time was the recently extremely mysterious Gold Medal Eleven, so everyone did not say anything and left obediently.
After everyone left, Zhu Xie came to sit in front of Zu An and stared at him quietly.
Zu An had also taken off his mask at this time. Anyway, the other party knew his identity: "Commander, what have I done? Why are you arresting me?"
At this time, Zhu Xie slapped his heart on the table: "How brave! How dare you touch the Crown Princess!"
Zu An was immediately "shocked" and said: "Commander, where do you start talking about this? This is a serious crime against the nine tribes. We can't make fun of it."
"Who is kidding you?" Zhu Xie said with a gloomy expression, "Someone reported you and the Crown Princess for having a secret affair. Is this true?"
"Absolutely not. Even if you don't believe me, don't you still believe in the Crown Princess?" Zu An said hurriedly, "How long have I been in the palace? What kind of person is the Crown Princess? How could she fall in love with me? I don't know who killed her.
Qian Dao's rumors are causing trouble, and I have no butt to give birth to a son." He knew it was probably Shi Jun, but he couldn't say because only the person involved knew that Shi Jun was leading the search for them.
After watching so many episodes of Conan in his previous life, the murderer always let things slip unintentionally, so now he thinks carefully about every word he says.
"Don't worry about who reported you. You must know that there was more than one person who reported you. There were palace maids, guards and eunuchs. They saw it with their own eyes." Zhu Xie said coldly with his heart.
"Impossible, I definitely didn't do such a thing. I hope the commander-in-chief Ming Jian!" Zu Anxin thought that when he ran away, those people could only see my back, but it was impossible to see my face clearly. The princess kept her face buried in
Your chest is even less likely to be seen.
It seems that those who reported it were indeed instigated by those who framed the case.
"Then why didn't you leave the palace after dark?" Zhu Xie continued to ask.
"I saw that it was getting late, so I thought about staying in the Baisha Courtyard. Anyway, I was alone in the house outside. It was so deserted that I might as well stay in the palace to be lively." Zu An explained.
"Stay in the palace and have fun?" Zhu Xiechi was very happy, "What do you think of the palace? This is either a concubine or a princess. How can a man stay in the palace casually?"
Zu An muttered: "Don't I have the identity of the embroidered garment messenger? It's useless if I don't use it."
Zhu Xie's heart: "..."
He took a deep breath: "Then why were you not here when we came to find you just now? Where were you at night?"
Zu An said: "I just came to the palace for a casual walk around. I am not very familiar with the terrain here. I am worried that the assassination incident like the last time will happen again, so I am taking precautions and familiarizing myself with the terrain of the palace to avoid any trouble in the future.
Like a headless fly."
"Are you wandering around the palace at night?" Zhu Xie laughed angrily, "Don't you know what I told you back then, that the palace is full of nobles and you can't walk around at will to avoid suspicion?"
"I feel bored, so I just went out for a walk. Who would have expected that I would encounter such suspicion." Zu An said hurriedly, "Commander, although I have not been in the East Palace for a long time, and I am not very familiar with the Crown Princess.
But based on what I know about her these days, she will never do that kind of compromise with other men."
Zhu Xie snorted coldly: "If you didn't believe in the character of the Crown Princess, do you think the Emperor would have the patience to let me ask you so many questions?"
Zu An looked surprised: "It turns out that the emperor wants to ask me."
"What do you think? How could the emperor ignore such a big thing?" Zhu Xie said in a deep voice, "After our analysis, it is probably that you and the princess were set up. Now tell me honestly."
Whatever happened between you and the Crown Princess, I can cooperate with you to deal with the aftermath."
Zu An said seriously: "Commander, why don't you believe it? Nothing happened between me and the Crown Princess. I haven't seen the Crown Princess since I left the Imperial Study Room." Of course he couldn't admit it. There might be something in the conversation.
To some extent, both the emperor and Zhu Xie sincerely wanted to help deal with the aftermath, but by then the princess might be able to survive, but he would definitely be dead.
He still remembered that when Yun Jianyue was assassinated, he clearly saved the crown princess, but the emperor almost chopped off his hand because he hugged her during the rescue.
Today I had a frank meeting with the Crown Princess. No matter how generous the Emperor is, he cannot allow another man to taint his daughter-in-law, right?
Zhu Xie looked at him deeply, and after a long time, he lowered his voice and said: "Very good, no matter who asks you from now on, you will say this to death."
Zu An looked at him in surprise, was this guy helping him secretly?
It seems that selling him a favor last time was useful.
Zhu Xie Chixin coughed and his voice returned to normal volume: "Then did you see anyone suspicious?"
"No," Zu An shook his head. "Not long after I went out for a walk, I noticed that the palace seemed to be in a mess. The Imperial Army seemed to be searching for someone. I was worried that something would happen, so I came back, and then you brought me here.
coming."
Zhu Xie Chixin sat on the chair again, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, and fell into deep thought.
The sound of fingers tapping on the table was particularly harsh in the room, giving it a natural sense of oppression.
After a while, Zhu Xie said with all his heart: "Someone will take you to the prison for further interrogation later. You must know what you should and shouldn't say at that time. In addition, the emperor is particularly fond of
Tell me, you must not expose the identity of the embroidered cloth messenger."
"Okay!" Zu An felt relieved. The emperor said this, which proved that he still wanted to help him trick King Qi, so as long as he and the princess did not expose what they had really done, the emperor probably would not kill me.
.
Zu An couldn't help but ask: "Why did this matter come to the Tianlao? Shouldn't it be suppressed as soon as possible? Such a public investigation will damage the reputation of the Crown Princess."
Zhu Xie hesitated for a while and explained: "There are more than one hilltop in the palace, and there are many forces of King Qi. They have begun to add fuel to the flames, how can they be suppressed so easily?"
"The Crown Princess has a special status and it is not convenient for interrogation. I must start with you first."
Zu An secretly smiled bitterly, as expected, ordinary people in this world have no human rights.
After Zhu Xie left with his heart, someone soon sent him to the prison.
Right Guard General Guo Zhi sighed after seeing him: "Brothers, I didn't expect to meet under such circumstances."
Zu An smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that either."
Guo Zhi hesitated to speak, and then when the people around him were not paying attention, Yuanqi sent a message: "Zong Zheng, Ting Wei, and Guang Luxun will come to jointly interrogate you later, so you can take care of yourself."