Some friends came back, had a meal and then left, while others were still busy in the city.
Chu Qing couldn't sit still anymore, so he entered the palace at dawn. Before going to court, he came to the Jingyi Hall and told the latest discovery.
As soon as he heard that there were more than 200 assassins inside and outside the capital, the fourth son asked Sun An to call Qin Gang who was waiting outside the government hall to come in, and directly asked for the military talisman and gave it to Chu Qing.
From then on, Chu Qing could mobilize the capital camp, and all the eight major camps in the capital camp could be mobilized.
Since the founding of the Chang Dynasty, Chu Qing was the first nobleman to hold the military power of the Eight Battalions, and also the first person who was not a general of the Zhu Kingdom but could hold military talismans.
After leaving the Jingyi Palace, Chu Qing held the military talisman in his hand. The first thing he did was to have the cavalry camp surround Zhuangzi in the southern suburbs and conduct an investigation. Anyone who had moved in within three months would be temporarily controlled. They were not allowed to leave until the investigation was clear.
The second thing was when I arrived at the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, I didn’t let any officials accompany me. I just took Xu Xiaopao and Lin Kui to guard the outside.
When I came to the innermost cell, I saw a pale man lying there.
Xu Xiaopao kicked the iron fence: "Get up!"
Hearing the sound, the people in the cell woke up. When they saw Chu Qing wearing noble clothes, they immediately thought of the person coming: "I dare to ask, sir, but...it is Mr. Chu, the commander-in-chief of Qianqi Camp."
After finishing speaking, the prisoner, who was about fifty years old, suddenly knelt over and bowed his head: "My lord, I am unjustly accused. I am an unjust officer. I am unjustly accused."
"Chen Luoyu." Chu Qing smiled slightly: "Donghai was transferred to Beijing and served as the minister of Honglu Temple. He came in the morning and was arrested in the afternoon for contradicting the prince."
"My lord, my lord, I was unjustly convicted. I didn't contradict the prince, but... I just had a casual chat with the Ying people's envoy, talking about Honglu Temple...Honglu Temple..."
"What are you saying, that after you take office, Qianqiying will no longer make things difficult for these Ying dogs?"
"Xiaguan, Xianguan just boasted a little, but he didn't mean it at all. He drank a few glasses of wine and saw that the Ying envoys were very excited, so he just wanted to appease him."
"Really?" Chu Qing knelt down, looked at the ordinary-looking Chen Luoyu, and said calmly: "The Chen family is a famous Taoist family in Donghai Guanghuai. During the Taihe period, your father Chen Weiqing was the prime minister, although he only served for two years.
He is less than a year old, but he is still in power. His disciples and old officials are all over the world. There are three roads in the East China Sea. There is the Tao family in Shangyun, and your Chen family in Guanghuai. The Chen family has been fighting openly and secretly with the Tao family for several years. By the way, there is also Guanghuai.
The Taoist Yu and Chai families are both on good terms with your Chen family and take your Chen family as their leader. Yu Tianlun and Chai Yuansi were captured by me. Honglu Temple is like a crater. No one dares to be the minister of this temple.
, but why did you, Chen Luoyu, rush to leave your connections and come to the capital to serve as the minister of Honglu Temple? I'm very curious, tell me."
"Xiaguan...Xiaguan is just..."
"Just what?"
"This official is originally the governor of Guanghuai Taoism..."
Chu Qing interrupted impatiently: "I know your origin, tell me why you came to Beijing."
"There are no vacancies in the officialdom of Guanghuai Road. With the qualifications of a lower official, you can be appointed as the magistrate of the state. After waiting for more than a year, there is no one to transfer. This is... this is..."
Speaking of this, Chen Luoyu began to kowtow again, bursting into tears.
"Xiaguan has become confused after eating lard. He should not have come to the capital. He should not be the minister of Honglu Temple. I know that I am wrong. Please ask Mr. Chu to put down my official position. I know that I am wrong."
Chen Luoyu really regretted it. He knew that Chu Qing had captured Yu Tianlun and Chai Yuansi, but he didn't know that Jingzhong was so fucking lawless. He contradicted the prince for anything, and was imprisoned for anything.
No one cares?
"Shouldn't it be?" Chu Qing knocked on the iron fence and asked with a smile: "Should I be the minister of Honglu Temple, or should I lead a group of Ying dogs to assassinate the prince and me?"
Chen Luoyu, who was kowtowing, suddenly fell into a brief state of stillness, but because he lowered his head and couldn't see his face clearly, he continued to kowtow after the brief stillness of less than a second.
"Sir, I know I'm wrong. I thought that by becoming an official in the capital and minister of Honglu Temple, I would be able to rise to prominence, but I didn't know..."
Chu Qing stretched out his hand and Xu Xiaopao handed over the long knife.
Pulling out a long knife, Chu Qing used the tip of the knife to lift Chen Luoyu's chin: "Do the Yu family and the Chai family have a relationship?"
"My lord, my lord... I don't know what you mean. Why, why did you mention the Yu family and the Chai family?"
Chu Qing took back the long knife, put it into the scabbard, and walked out of the prison.
Xu Tianchen and Lin Kui looked at each other, and the two of them burst into creepy laughter.
"Xiao Ran, I will teach you a few tricks today."
Xu Tianchen nodded repeatedly, looking sensitive and eager to learn.
When Chu Qing slowly walked out of the prison, he heard ear-piercing screams.
After leaving the prison, there was a group of officials and chief officers of the Criminal Department standing at the door, all of them trembling with fear. Outside the prison, there were thirty Beijing Guards led by Tan Shangyi, the second son of the Tan family.
A manager walked over shakily and handed over a pamphlet.
"Chu...Chu commander, official department, official register of the official department."
"Oh." After Chu Qing took it, he flipped through it and murmured to himself: "When he entered the capital, Chen Luoyu brought more than forty followers, but he had no female dependents..."
Raising his head, Chu Qing shouted: "Second pass!"
Wang Tongtong ran over quickly, and Chu Qing asked: "Let's go check and find out where the followers went after the guards captured Chen Luoyu."
"yes."
"By the way, one more thing. Check Chen Luoyu and the assassins who sneaked into the city under the guise of being refugees. In the few days after they entered the city, whether there were any caravans from the East China Sea. These caravans can carry goods. Are there any goods?
Checked."
"Sir, Master Nangong has already checked. There are two caravans who used the money, and a head of the Ministry of Rites personally went to pick it up. The Chengmen Lang did not check, and Master Nangong is investigating."
"Arrest the city gatekeeper and the chief first."
"yes."
After Ertong left, Chu Qing clasped his hands behind his back and looked thoughtful.
The weapons used by the assassins, whether it is the short sword of Qianqiying Tanma or the long sword of the imperial guards, are all standard weapons and cannot be made by the craftsmen in Xunjingzhong. This means that the weapons were transported to Jingzhong from other places.
, once it is verified that these two caravans from the East China Sea transported weapons, then it can be 100% certain that this assassination was carried out by the Donghai family. It is just unknown whether the aristocratic families and courtiers in Beijing cooperated internally and externally.
What role did you play in this assassination incident? Was it an accomplice or the mastermind?
Xu Tianchen, whose sleeves were covered in blood, ran out: "Sir, General Lin said that this old dog has a very tough mouth, so he didn't dare to use heavy hands for fear of hurting his life."
"The crime of confiscating the house and exterminating the family is natural. Let's take it back to the Qianqiying Yamen Office."
"yes."
Things have made progress, but what Chu Qing hopes to find most is Wu Yong!
After getting on the horse and rubbing his waist, Chu Qing returned to the Qianqiying Yamen office and continued to think and wait.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Tao Ruolin came back. Behind her, besides Bihua, was a woman with her head lowered and looking like an erring child, wearing a veil and a green skirt.
Chu Qing smiled slightly, Tao Ruolin was back.
Entering the main hall, Tao Ruolin sat down angrily. Bihua went to make tea. The woman in the green skirt was Princess Qingyang. She lifted her veil and smiled: "Master Chu, we meet again."
A big guy called out mercilessly on the back of Princess Qingyang's head. Chu Qing was dumbfounded.
Tao Ruolin, who was pinching her waist, cursed: "How dare you smile so playfully!"
Chu Qing couldn't laugh or cry: "You guys really know each other."
Princess Qingyang rubbed the back of her head and nodded repeatedly with a smile: "We are good sisters!"