This result surprised Zhao Jin, but also took it for granted.
Zhao Jin once fought against the dead man, and he was absolutely sure that the dead man was raised by Zhao Xingyu. One of the purposes of Qi Shaoqing and others was to make Qi Jiahan take the blame for the dead man.
It was obvious that their purpose was the same as that of the prince, and they took action just after something happened to the prince.
He had already informed Zhao Qian about the dead soldiers when he returned from Guanlong County.
The Minister of Punishment took a deep breath, "Is this matter related to His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"More than that."
Zhao Jin and Hua Wenyan took out two things at the same time, a jade pendant and a piece of cloth.
"These were all found in the lair of the dead men. It's unclear who the piece of cloth belongs to, but this jade pendant belongs to His Highness the Prince."
The Minister of Punishment took a closer look, and his eyes immediately changed, "This is indeed something that belongs to His Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince's belongings were found in the lair of the dead men, and there was a secret passage in Qi's mansion leading to the East Palace. The Minister of Punishment originally believed Qi Jiahan, but now he is a little uncertain.
"My lord, do you think this Minister Qi did this on his own or with General Qi..."
"And Commander Lin, first captured General Qi, and then got involved with a dead soldier."
Zhao Jin put away the jade pendant in his hand and the cloth in Hua Wenyan's hand, "There are only two possibilities."
"First, in order to get rid of His Highness the Crown Prince's suspicion, the Qi family took the whole matter on themselves. It may be that they planned it themselves, or it may be that Lin Yu accidentally broke it."
Zhao Jin tilted his head and paused for a moment, "But there is one thing that doesn't make sense. Why would Lin Yu go to the dead man's lair? He already knew the dead man's lair, so why didn't he report it?"
It is almost certain that Lin Yu is the man in black.
How could there be such a coincidence? Moreover, Lin Yu was not found in Qi Shaoqing's room. He could only have arrived long ago.
But if this is the case, when Qi Shaoqing heard the noise, came out to check, and discovered the secret passage with them, why didn't Lin Yu come out?
As a host, wouldn't it be rude to leave a guest alone in the room?
"So, if the Qi family is not innocent in this matter, it is possible that the Qi family took the whole matter on themselves in order to get rid of His Highness the Crown Prince's suspicion."
Just after he mentioned this possibility, Zhao Jin looked up at the Minister of Punishment and asked: "Master Shangshu, which camp are you joining? Will you pay the price of your entire family for this?"
The Minister of Punishment shook his head decisively, "All I want when I stand in line in the court is the glory and wealth in the future. The whole family is involved, so what future is there?"
"What a coincidence, I think so too."
Zhao Jin laughed and said, "This leaves only one possibility, and that is that someone put this matter on the Qi family in order to get rid of the prince's suspicion."
The three of them all fell silent. The whole case of privately manufacturing salt was implicated from the county guard, to the seventh prince, and then to the prince.
Even to this day, it is still not over, because they still don’t know the whereabouts of those private salts.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice felt his scalp numb just thinking about it, a prince, a prince, a noble family, maybe a declining noble family, and a county guard.
If we continue to delve deeper, how big of a stir will it involve?
"Let's go see General Qi first and test whether he knows about the existence of this tunnel."
The Minister of Punishment did not go with him. He was still worried about Qu Xiaoren and the Ai family. Although these two were a breakthrough, they were not easy to solve.
In the cell, Zhao Jin's unhurried footsteps sounded in the cell.
Many people opened their eyes and took a look. Seeing that it was Zhao Jin again, they immediately became interested. They sat up or stood up, wanting to see why the Duke of the Kingdom came to the cell.
Recently, so many people have been arrested in the cell one after another, and there has been a lot of movement. It is obvious that something big happened outside.
These people are trapped in a cell with nothing to do every day and night.
At this moment, everyone was extremely curious and a little gloating about their misfortune.
Those are the prince and General Qi!
People always like to watch dramas in which high-altitude people fall from the clouds.
Zhao Jin ignored the curious gaze and stood with Hua Wenyan outside the door of Qi Jiahan's cell.
Qi Shaoqing's cell was some distance away from Qi Jiahan's, but he was also aware of the commotion in the cell.
"What happened?" He bent his legs and asked an uncle in the next cell softly.
The other party looked him up and down, then smiled suddenly, "You were arrested just yesterday. It must be related to this, right?"
"What?" Qi Shaoqing opened his mouth slightly, a little confused.
"Is this the case?!" The uncle walked directly to the cell, squatted down next to Qi Shaoqing's cell, and discussed with him, "Let me tell you, tell me what kind of case is this?"
"It's so boring in this prison, and there's nothing to do for fun. It's rare to hear some interesting news, so just tell me."
As for what the case was, Qi Shaoqing instantly understood.
His face is not very pretty, but the other party has obviously been here for a long time and has more channels for obtaining information than he does.
While thinking about it, Qi Shaoqing smiled and said, "Okay."
The uncle looked at Qi Shaoqing's expression and sneered coldly in his heart. He had seen many such people who were different from what they appeared to be.
"Just now, that prince came and went to Qi Jiahan's cell."
During the conversation, the uncle mentioned Qi Jiahan without any respect.
Duke...
Qi Shaoqing thought slightly, it should be Zhao Jin.
"Okay, I told you, should you tell me what the case is?"
Qi Shaoqing came back to his senses, forced a smile, and made up some true and false things at will to fool him.
On the other side, Zhao Jin came to the door of Qi Jiahan's cell, looked at the lazy Qi Jiahan, and asked in a deep voice: "General Qi, does he know what I discovered?"
"This general is not a roundworm in the belly of the Duke, so of course I don't know." Qi Jiahan didn't even give Zhao Jin a serious look.
The jailer next to him wanted to scold him, but he was wary of Qi Jiahan's identity. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Jin quietly, for fear that he would be angry.
Zhao Jin's face was calm and there was no trace of anger.
"You guys go out first."
When the two jailers heard this, they nodded hurriedly, "Yes."
After the two jailers left, Qi Jiahan's originally nonchalant and hostile look immediately changed. He stood up, approached and asked, "How is it?"
"We found a secret passage in Qi Shaoqing's room." Zhao Jin and Hua Wenyan also took two steps closer and lowered their voices.
Qi Jiahan's expression changed in vain.
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