"How shameless! Master Wen, come with me and have a look!" Mrs. Liu slammed her chopsticks on the table.
"Okay." Master Wen responded.
"Yingzhi, you, go back to your room." Mrs. Liu was worried that she wouldn't be able to stop anyone, so she ordered Liu Yingzhi again.
"Oh." Liu Yingzhi replied.
But after a while, Liu Yingzhi did not leave, and her voice appeared in the kitchen close at hand: "Master Sun, the young man in the family, you should also go to the front yard and have a look."
"Yes, miss." The cook agreed and hurried to the front yard.
Liu Yingzhi opened the back kitchen door and walked straight to the firewood pile in the small courtyard. He Qizhou had no way to go, and looked at Liu Yingzhi who was waving at him with some embarrassment, not knowing what to say.
"Come with me quickly!" Liu Yingzhi waved to He Qizhou, said in a very low voice, and then quickly returned to the kitchen.
He Qizhou hesitated for a moment and hurriedly followed. After passing through the kitchen, there was the dining room in the backyard. Then from the dining room to the east, there was Liu Yingzhi's boudoir. At this time, the quarrel in the front yard became more and more intense. The guards in golden clothes knew that they belonged to Liu Yan.
The people behind the mansion did not dare to disobey the order and not search, but they were also afraid of Liu Yan's high position and authority. They did not dare to break in for a while, but finally Xu Xuan's voice came: "Mrs. Liu, I want to tell you the truth. The emperor has just passed away.
Yes, He Qizhou is one of the culprits. This person is extremely dangerous. We are afraid that he will hurt others, and we are even more afraid that he will escape, so we have to search even the Prince's Mansion. Please make it convenient."
After Mrs. Liu pondered for a while, she stopped talking, as if she had agreed, and then there were groups of footsteps rushing in.
"Remember not to shock the Liu family, but please look at them carefully and don't miss any corner such as the beams of the house or the cellar! Mrs. Liu, I'm sorry, could you please tell me where the cellar is?"
"Eunuch Xu, you, are you saying that I am harboring a fugitive?" Mrs. Liu's voice seemed to be trembling with anger.
"If the fugitive hides in by himself, it may be detrimental to the family!" Xu Xuan said.
"Master Sun, take them to see it!"
"oh."
"Xiao Cui, go to the Imperial City and ask the master to come over. Just say that I feel a little uncomfortable."
"Yes, ma'am."
Xu Xuan said: "It happened for a reason. I hope Madam can forgive me."
"Ah - what are you doing? Get away!" Liu Yingzhi's frightened cry came from the attic.
"Yingzhi, what's wrong?" Mrs. Liu quickly ran towards the attic!
"Mom! They want to look through my closet and even look at my bed!" Liu Yingzhi's voice was filled with tears.
"Eunuch Xu, you, you can't go so far!"
"Madam, I just took a look and left right away. This is how other people searched." If he couldn't catch He Qizhou, his life would be on the line. Xu Xuan didn't dare to be careless. Besides, regarding the relationship between He Qizhou and Liu Junzhi, he was
It's crystal clear.
"Madam, your bed has also been turned over." An old woman came over to complain.
"Okay, okay, Yingzhi, let them see enough, Xu Xuan, do you want to dismantle some more things?"
"No, no need..." Xu Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was inevitable that Liu Yan would read the book.
The size of Liu's house that they entered was not small. Two groups of people searched the whole house for about a stick of incense. Then they slipped out like a puff of smoke. Xu Xuan was the last one to leave. He cupped his fists and said to Mrs. Liu: "We
I have family business to attend to, so I should resign first, and if I have offended anyone, I will come to apologize to you someday!"
"Huh!" Mrs. Liu waved her sleeves and walked up to the attic. She saw Liu Yingzhi sitting by the bed and sobbing secretly. The wardrobes in the boudoir had been opened, and even the quilt on the bed had been lifted up.
"Asshole! Yingzhi, stop crying and ask your father to read the gelding later!"
"Mom, I'm fine. Do you think they are slandering He Qizhou? Isn't he looking for revenge on He Qingshan? How could he be He Qingshan's son?" Liu Yingzhi said.
"What Xu Xuan said in front of so many Jinyi guards must not be false. Anyway, it is better that we don't see him in the future. I sent Xiaocui to call your father. Later, your father will send someone to bring Junzhi back. If
If He Qizhou asks him for help, it will be troublesome." Mrs. Xu said.
"He Qizhou can't be a bad person!"
"Oh, you girl. Let's go and eat first. You'll mess up a good meal..."
"Mom, I'm full and I don't want to go down anymore."
"Okay, wait until Xiaocui comes back to help you wash up, then go to bed early today."
"Um."
As soon as Liu's mother came downstairs, Liu Yingzhi immediately put away her tears, patted the bed board and said, "Brother Qi Zhou, you can come out now."
The seemingly snug-fitting bed board folds down, and there is a space more than a foot thick under the bed board that can hide two or three people.
"Dad said that in a family like ours, the whole family might be raped at any time, so my brother and I have this device on our beds to leave a slim chance of escape."
"Thank you, how did you discover me?" He Qizhou said curiously.
"It was so noisy outside the house. I noticed there was a lot of movement in the west alley. I looked up from the attic and saw you preparing to climb over the wall. But there were so many guards in uniform in the alley, and I didn't dare to scream. It really scared me to death!" Liu Yingzhi said.
She patted her chest and looked like her beauty was eclipsed.
"How are you so sure that I am a good person?" He Qizhou asked in a low voice.
"Are you sure about this? You must be a good person! I really envy Sister Xiaoxue." Liu Yingzhi didn't know why he said this in his heart, but before he finished speaking, his face was already blushing.
"But Xiaoxue...sigh." He Qizhou couldn't help but feel heartbroken when he thought that he had forced Zhang Xingchu to death and caused Xiaoxue so much pain.
"Brother Qizhou, you, you are not really He Qingshan's son, are you?"
"I am most likely the son of He Qingshan and Helian Mingyue. Xu Xuan did not lie about this, but I am not a traitor to Qi State! I think even He Qingshan may not really intend to rebel... Miss Yingzhi, you, do you believe it?
Don’t believe me.”
"Of course I believe you, what are your plans next?" Liu Yingzhi said without any hesitation.
"I have something important to do, and I must leave the city as soon as possible!" He Qizhou said.
"When my father comes, let him think of a solution."
"No, I'll see if I can sneak out when the night gets late. Don't worry, they can't catch me." Liu Yan was the prince's subordinate. He Qizhou didn't dare to trust him easily, and he didn't want to implicate Liu Yan.
Home.
"Bragging, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have anywhere to run. I believe my father is not a bad person and he will definitely help you." Liu Yingzhi said with great certainty.
"Yingzhi, are you okay?" Liu Yan arrived much faster than expected and shouted loudly before he reached the small building.
"Yingzhi, come down, your father is here." Mrs. Liu accompanied her into the small building. "Don't tell them I'm up there yet, okay?" He Qizhou was still a little worried.
"Okay." Liu Yingzhi nodded and ran downstairs, saying as he ran: "Dad, I'm fine. They said He Qizhou was a traitor, which is impossible!".
Liu Yan said: "I don't think it's possible. If he was a traitor, he would have let the Zhou people in when he was at Yuguan. I'm a little worried about Junzhi now. He has a good relationship with He Qizhou, and people from the Jin Yiwei and Wuchasi will definitely keep an eye on him."
If He Qizhou goes to find him, it will not be good."
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"Ming'an, please bring Junzhi back quickly." Mrs. Liu said urgently.
Liu Yan said: "I have asked Master Hong to go to the Arms Hall."
"Is the emperor really dead? Do you know what is going on with so many people outside? How could He Qizhou assassinate the emperor?" Liu Yingzhi asked.
Liu Yan frowned and said: "I am in the cabinet and I don't know some things clearly. There is a bit of chaos in the palace now. In addition to searching for He Qizhou, they are also arresting Chen Dang everywhere. Even Chen Yu was arrested. I can't stay long and wait for Jun.
After I come back, I have to go back to the cabinet immediately to make arrangements for the emperor's funeral and the crown prince's enthronement. I've been very busy these days."
"Master, Xu Xuan sent someone over again to send a message, saying that all the residents in this area should temporarily leave their homes and let his people go in and search again. Now many officials are making trouble, you see-" Master Wen hurriedly
Came here to spread the word.
"They are all officials of the imperial court. Even the common people cannot tolerate Xu Xuan's misbehavior! Come on, take me there!" Liu Yan, who was already angry, turned around and walked towards the gate. When Liu Yan walked out of the house, there were many people there.
Officials and their families gathered in the alley, and two grim-faced Jin Yiwei Baihu stood at the door of their house. Seeing Liu Yan coming, they hurriedly knelt down on one knee, and before Liu Yan could speak, he said: "Master Liu, we are just serving Xu
I acted on my father-in-law’s orders, I really didn’t mean to offend, and I hope you’ll forgive me.”
"Master Liu, Master Liu, you have to uphold justice for us!" Those old neighbors took this opportunity to make a loud noise and kicked everyone out. If there is something missing from the house, who will they ask for it?
?Some officials who were not very "clean" began to rush over and kneel down to Liu Yan, but they were stopped by a team of royal guards.
"Call Eunuch Xu to come over and talk." Liu Yan suppressed his anger and said to the two hundred households in front of the door.
"Yes, yes." The two of them agreed and ran quickly to find Xu Xuan. Of course they knew that Liu Yan was in the house. When they were assigned to search the Liu family, they were waiting for the other party to say this and get away.
Xu Xuan didn't come at all. He just asked someone to send a message, saying that there was no need to search the Liu family anymore.
Liu Yan said coldly to the hundreds of households who were delivering the order: "Does Eunuch Xu despise me and is unwilling to talk to him face to face? Where is he? Take me there!"
The man from the household was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Young man, go and inform Eunuch Xu." After saying that, he immediately ran towards Xu Xuan, who was half a mile away.
There were only forty or fifty households in total that were surrounded, distributed in three or four alleys. The second round of searches was almost over, and there were no clues! In the cold wind, cold sweat began to form on Xu Xuan's forehead.
Liu Yan reluctantly called for questioning again. The other person was the famous man in front of Jiang Shan, and he was about to lose his life.
Just as he was about to go and be scolded, an official from the Ministry of Punishment came closer and said loudly to Liu Yan: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has given you an order to hunt down the traitors and protect the officials and people in the city. However, please do not disturb the people during the hunt!"