Li Qing gave him a strange look, "Everyone is so wise and intelligent, how come you have become enlightened?"
"Does the eminent monk have a lay name?"
"Yes." Dao Yan nodded, "The poor monk's surname is Yao, his first name is..."
"Crash..."
Halfway through his words, the string of beads in his hand suddenly broke off, and the beads fell on the bluestone board and rolled far away.
Li Qing was startled, and Dao Yan's face trembled.
"Yao what?" Li Qing's heart was beating wildly. He was the only one with the surname Yao, and he said in a deep voice: "Tell the truth."
"Your Excellency, you have murderous intentions towards this poor monk?"
Dao Yan did not answer directly, but looked at him strangely, "If I remember correctly, this is the first time we have met."
"It's nothing." Li Qing calmed down and said calmly, "Please cooperate with me."
Dao Yan nodded lightly and said calmly: "The poor monk's childhood name is Tian Xi, his Dharma name is Dao Yan, his courtesy name is Si Dao, and his nickname is Du An. His nickname is Du'an old man, and he is fleeing Xuzi. I don't know which one you like, sir?"
Seeing his honest face, Li Qing stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Then have you ever used the name Yao Guangxiao?"
"No."
Dao Yan answered simply, "Your Excellency is wearing a flying fish suit and is in charge of a royal guard. Isn't it easy to find a poor monk?"
Li Qing laughed and added: "I am just making a routine inquiry. Don't worry, eminent monk. You continue, continue~"
With that said, he bowed his hands to Zhu Di and others, turned around and carried Xiao Guizi onto the dragon chariot.
Zhu Di looked at the direction in which the dragon chariot was leaving and said to himself: "Yao Guangxiao? Why do you have a sense of déjà vu?"
"Do you know the Fourth Brother?" Zhu Ping squinted at him.
"I don't know him." Zhu Di shook his head, "I just have a familiar feeling. It's strange."
Zhu Fan smiled and said, "Buddhism and Taoism are incompatible. It may be that Li Qing was tricked by a man named Yao Guangxiao when he was a child."
"How do you know that Li Qing is a Taoist?" Zhu Feng said, "Third brother, you really have spies in the palace."
"Brother, my dear brother... I am lucky to have you." Zhu Fan's face turned dark.
"This is not surprising." Zhu Di took over, "These monks are all fat and big-eared, and their living standards are obviously not low. They are not good men and women, and they must have done a lot of deception. Otherwise, where would they get the money for the sesame oil?
Their lives are much more comfortable than those of Taoist priests."
"That's true." Zhu Xi nodded in agreement: "Father also said that they both eat meat and marry wives. It's really... why should we follow this group of people and learn from them?"
"Why don't you dare to say this to your father?" Zhu Fan broke the news.
Zhu Ju said, "Please keep your voice down, they are still praying for the queen mother."
All the monks: "..."
Just think of us as dead!
~
Li Qing returned home and stayed in the courtyard for a while, then felt relieved again.
There's no need to be so thankless, just keep an eye on Zhu Di. Besides, as long as Zhu Biao doesn't die, Zhu Di won't rebel, so there's no need to hold on to Yao Guangxiao.
Let Zhu Biao take a look at his body when he has time, so he can nip it in the bud... Li Qing secretly planned.
Half noon.
Liu Qiang and Li Yu came to report with joyful faces:
"Sir, the person behind it has been found out!"
"Oh?" Li Qing perked up, "Who is it?"
"The housekeeper of Liu Hua, a doctor in the household department, bribed him to keep it secret."
"Liu Hua?" Li Qing had no impression of this person, but now that he had been found out, what else was there to say, "Catch him."
People are going to kill him, so he won't be polite anymore.
"Use him as a breakthrough point, follow the clues and find out all these black sheep."
"Then……"
"Then arrest people!?" Liu Qiang answered quickly.
"Then give me the information." Li Qing rolled his eyes at him, "Didn't you say so?
We don’t want to arrest people now, let alone kill people wantonly!
Didn’t you see that those officials who committed capital crimes were escorted to Beijing and put directly in jail, without being executed?"
"Okay!" Liu Qiang said with a smile, "I will remember my humble position."
Li Qing warned: "Catch us after dark. Keep the noise low. If you have evidence, don't show it."
"Yes, sir."
"Also... find some people to inquire about the temples near the capital to see if there is a monk named Yao Guangxiao."
"Inquiring about the monk?" The two of them looked at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces, "I humbly obey my orders."
Li Qing nodded, "That's it for now, you go get to work!"
"I resign from my humble position."
…
Household Department.
Liu Hua looked panicked, "Sir, the general guarding the city has been arrested and sent to Zhao Prison. What should we do?"
"Didn't you say that everything has been arranged?" Guo Huan said displeased, "You also said that Li Qing must die. Look at the good things you have done."
"I……"
Liu Hua said with a bitter face, "I didn't expect that the Jin Yiwei would be so difficult to deal with, and would even think of starting with the general who defended the city. Sir, you have to pull down the official!"
"When did it happen?"
"Caught yesterday."
Guo Huan was furious: "You caught me yesterday and are you telling me now?"
"I just found out too!" Liu Hua said helplessly, "You can't be a low-ranking official. You can have someone keep guard at the city gate, right?"
"Will he betray you?"
"This..." Liu Hua sighed: "It's just an exchange of interests. Those few are not our people, how can we keep the secret?"
Guo Huan said decisively: "Old Liu, go back immediately and pretend to be crazy!"
"Ah?" Liu Hua felt half-hearted and said sadly, "Sir, are you going to give up your humble position?"
"Now the only way to escape is by pretending to be crazy." Guo Huan said meaningfully, "You know Jinyiwei's methods. If you don't pretend to be crazy, will you bear the pain of Zhaoyu?"
"I……"
"Don't worry, Li Qing won't be rampant for much longer. Your Majesty's condition has worsened, and she probably only has ten days and a half to live." Guo Huan sneered, "At that time, it will be time for us to fight back.
Just by punishing the Queen to death, you can kill him, and then I will find a way to take you out."
After a pause, "There is still a way to survive if you pretend to be crazy. If you don't pretend to be crazy, let's finish the game together. Which one do you choose?"
Liu Hua gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "Okay, I will risk my life as a subordinate."
"That's right." Guo Huan said with a smile, "Don't worry, when the limelight passes, I will find a way to find you a job."
"In this case, thank you sir." Although Liu Hua looked unwilling, he could only accept it.
After thinking for a while, he said worriedly, "What if the other party insists on arresting people and tortures them to extract confessions?
After all, that guy will definitely retaliate against you!"
Guo Huan also frowned, pondered for a moment, and said decisively: "If that's the case, you really can't stand it, so just recruit a few insignificant characters, and continue to pretend to be crazy after the execution."
"I will listen to you, sir." Liu Hua cupped his hands, "I hope you will keep your word."
When Liu Hua went back, he started acting like a madman. He would stay in the water tank and refuse to come out unless he said he was a fish.
When Li Yu and Li Yu went there at night, Lao Liu was soaked all over and his skin was white and wrinkled.
"Okay, here's another trick." Liu Qiang sneered and teased, "I mean, you are too weak, can't you think of some new tricks?"
Liu Hua: "Hey hey hey...gududu..."
He was giggling and playing with water again. He was so busy that he ignored him at all.
Li Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with such a person and said directly, "According to the confession of the general who defended the city, the killers who assassinated the envoy were from your hometown.
And you also paid bribes to help conceal information about the killer, what do you have to say?"
Liu Hua continued hehehehe, turning a blind eye to a group of Jinyi guards.
A family member begged for mercy: "Sir, my master has lost his mind. Why don't we wait until he recovers?"
Li Yu said calmly, "Madness is not a get-out-of-jail-free card."
As he said that, he sneered again and again, "Our Jinyiwei has many methods to cure madness. Don't worry, go to our Jinyiwei and we will definitely cure him."
"Someone, please tie up Liu Hua, the household doctor."
"Don't, don't pull me out." Liu Hua said frantically, "I will die of thirst."
As he spoke, he was panting heavily, as if he couldn't breathe. His acting skills... It's a pity that he was born hundreds of years earlier, otherwise he would definitely be at the level of an actor.
…
Zhao Prison.
Li Qingduan sat at the door of the cell, looked at the tied-up Liu Hua, and chuckled: "Let me give Mr. Liu an appetizer first."
"It's my lord."
Li Yu cupped her hands, took the subordinate's imperial staff and walked in. Liu Hua was so frightened that he stepped back again and again.
"I am the doctor of the household appointed by the emperor. Do you dare to execute me?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Li Qingle said: "Isn't this quite normal? Don't you know that our Jin Yiwei have the privilege of 'asking questions'?"
He said with cold eyes: "Hit me!"
"Pa bang bang..."
Li Yu is an old man, and he can control the strength of the imperial staff very well. He can not only hit people to death, but also make them miserable.
"Stop for a moment." Li Qing said, "Change the pattern and torture."
After a while, Liu Hua's fingers and toes were clamped by the bamboo pole. As Liu Qiang and Li Yu exerted force, the pain immediately made him cry for father and mother.
Li Qing crossed Erlang's legs and looked at it contentedly. After a while, he said again: "I'll give Liu Langzhong a hard dish."
Li Yu pulled out the red-hot soldering iron and lifted it up with a strange smile. Liu Hua's face turned pale, he was extremely frightened and at the same time very angry.