Su Tang used a towel to wipe off the concoction on Xie Boting's chest and back, and then his lower body. Su Tang blushed and stretched out his hand. However, just when he was about to touch Xie Boting, he took a step back and said, "Forget it, it's me.
Do it yourself."
After hearing the words, the towel in Su Tang's hand disappeared. Xie Boting went to get dressed behind the screen, but her face turned even redder.
By the time Xie Boting came out fully dressed, it was already so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, so they went back to the house.
As soon as he entered, he heard a creaking sound coming from the window, a gust of wind blew, and Su Tang smelled a faint smell of blood.
She took two steps forward and saw Chen Qing jumping in through the window. Su Tang asked him, "Are you injured?"
Chen Qing was confused by the question, shook his head and said, "The subordinate was not injured."
"No injuries? Then why do I smell blood?" Su Tang asked strangely.
Chen Qing turned his head and saw the blood on his back in the bronze mirror. Xie Boting asked, "What can you find?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "Nothing was found. I went to Deputy Lieutenant Jiang's residence, but he was not there, so I went back to my house. I happened to meet Uncle Li on the way. He was wearing night clothes. My subordinates were curious and followed him.
..."
Uncle Li...
Su Tang looked at Chen Qing and said, "The Uncle Li you are talking about is not my father's son, is he?"
Chen Qing nodded.
Last time Su Tang and Xie Boting went to the Ministry of Punishment to see Su Hongshan, Chen Qing happened to see Uncle Li attacking the Minister of Punishment, so that the Shangshu of the Punishment Department fell off his horse and broke his leg, so he had to report illness and recuperate at home.
Xie Boting had always suspected that Su Hongshan had some plot to enter the Criminal Department. Chen Qing happened to encounter Uncle Li wearing night clothes and acting sneakily, so he followed him by accident.
Xie Boting was curious about what Uncle Li was doing at night. There was a more curious person beside him who spoke before him, "What did Uncle Li do?"
Chen Qing replied, "Uncle Li went into the Shangshu's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment to steal the key."
Su Tang frowned. Why did her father ask Uncle Li to steal the key? Nowadays, her father is in sole control of the Ministry of Justice. If he wants any key, he can directly ask the Minister of the Ministry of Justice to steal it. How can he send Uncle Li to steal it?
What key is it that her father would not ask for and the Minister of Punishment would not give it to him?
Chen Qing told Su Tang and Xie Boting exactly how he followed Uncle Li into the Ministry of Punishments to steal the key:
Chen Qing found Uncle Li on his way back to the Jingnan Palace, and then followed him quietly. He climbed over the wall and entered the Shangshu's Mansion of the Ministry of Justice. Chen Qing did not enter the Shangshu's study, and he only found out afterward that Uncle Li had stolen it.
It was the key. The study room of the Minister of Punishment was strictly guarded. As soon as Uncle Li got the key, the secret guard discovered it.
Uncle Li was highly skilled in martial arts, but it was difficult for him to defeat four people, not to mention six secret guards. Uncle Li was defeated and injured by the secret guard of the Minister of Punishment. If Chen Qing hadn't happened to follow him, Uncle Li would have definitely confessed to being the secret guard of the Minister of Punishment.
Mansion.
More importantly, Uncle Li's face has been seen by the Minister of Punishment, and it will definitely expose Su Hongshan.
Chen Qing rescued Uncle Li. Uncle Li gave him the key and asked him to leave quickly. Can Chen Qing leave him behind?
Uncle Li will be captured by the Minister of Punishment. Even if the key is in the hands of Su Hongshan, the Shangshu of the Punishment Ministry will take it back. Moreover, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have always been jealous of Su Hongshan. Bai Ding was promoted to the Minister of Punishment and also had sole power over the Punishment Ministry. He wanted to call him
They knew what Su Hongshan had done, but he couldn't do it as the Minister of Punishment.
Chen Qing took the key and protected Uncle Li from retreating. He had no choice but to throw the key away and fled in a hurry with Uncle Li while the secret guard went to grab the key.
The sword of the secret guard of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment was poisonous. Chen Qing fed Uncle Li the antidote pills he carried with him and sent him to Prince Xin's Mansion before returning.
Chen Qing reported to Su Tang and Xie Boting that they knew that Uncle Li was bandaging the wound in Su Hongshan's study. Su Hongshan hurried over and saw the injury on Uncle Li's body. He asked, "Why is it so serious?"
Uncle Li felt ashamed, "If I hadn't encountered my uncle's secret guards to come to my rescue today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back." This chapter has been completed!