Lian Youyou remembered, took out the hairpin box from her bosom, opened it and took a look. Her face immediately sank.
Duanmu Qingchen noticed that Lian Youyou looked different, and immediately stepped forward, and found that there was an extremely exquisite silver hairpin in the hairpin box, and the silver hairpin was piled with gems. Such an elegant hairpin would be liked by any girl, because it was very valuable. But it was completely inconsistent with Lian Youyou's temperament.
Seeing such a "vulgar" silver hairpin, Duanmu Qingchen knew why Lian Youyou was unhappy, and he was confused in his heart. He couldn't help this brother. At the same time, he was also confused. He knew his brother well. It wouldn't be that bad. No matter how ignorant Fu Mingrui was about women, he shouldn't have chosen such a vulgar hairpin for Lian Youyou.
Duanmu Qingchen still believed in Fu Mingrui's vision. Was there something wrong
"Tsk, hiss..." Lin Tingjun frowned slightly, "This hairpin is too good to be given away, and you still accepted it. However, you can pawn it and exchange it for some steamed buns." Lin Tingjun smiled leisurely, and in that smile, there was a look of watching a good show.
Lian Youyou threw the hairpin box back in front of Duanmu Qingchen, looking unhappy: "Tell Fu Mingrui to be more thoughtful when giving me a gift next time! I need to learn from you and not ask a woman to choose the hairpins for me. It's so perfunctory!"
Duanmu Qingchen was dumbfounded, it turned out that Fu Mingrui had chosen this hairpin himself!
Immediately, he stomped his foot and said, "You'd better wipe out his memory! He deserves it!" Duanmu Qingchen opened his beautiful eyes wide, feeling really disappointed. This brother was really terminally ill and he couldn't save him!
Then, he looked at Lian Youyou with a flattering smile: "Youyou, you see my gift is good, can you please not erase my memory? I promise not to tell!" Duanmu Qingchen made a gesture as if he was swearing to the sky.
Youchuan looked at him with disdain, as if mocking his oath.
Lin Tingjun also remained silent. Heiyan just stared at Lian Youyou. Just now when Lian Youyou was not there, they erased Lin Tingjun's memory, but now, Lian Youyou was there. After all, she was a man related to her, so it was not easy for them to deal with her in front of her.
Lian Youyou looked at Duanmu Qingchen with a smile: "Don't worry, you still have a mission."
Duanmu Qingchen was stunned. At this moment, the door to the secret realm was kicked open with a bang, and Yun Yao's voice came in.
"Sister Youyou! Is it you! Is it you—" Yun Yao came running over excitedly, with the fat Buddha carrying Little Lettuce on his back behind him. The fat Buddha put Little Lettuce down with a smile. His little Buddhist teachings really didn't work, and in the end he still had to rely on Lian Youyou.
Yun Yao ran to Lian Youyou, leaned on the table, and said excitedly: "Sister Youyou! Is that you? Is that you?!"
Lian smiled leisurely and raised her finger to point at Duanmu Qingchen: "You'd better explain the situation to the prince, otherwise I'm worried that he will be beaten to death by his emperor when he returns in the morning~~~"
Duanmu Qingchen was stunned. What on earth had happened? It was so serious that his father would beat him to death!
Yun Yao also looked at Duanmu Qingchen in confusion. Why was he here
Just when everyone was confused, Master Yao Guang also came back confused. When he saw Duanmu Qingchen in the secret realm, he became even more confused, with a hint of depression in his eyes. Emperor Cheng was furious because Duanmu Qingchen had escaped, but the prince was in this secret realm. If Emperor Cheng knew about this, wouldn't he be in trouble
Everyone will finally get together, and the mystery of tonight will slowly begin to be solved here.
It was already noon and the atmosphere at today's morning court was a bit dull. The important officials could see that Emperor Cheng was absent-minded and in a heavy mood, but they didn't know why.
Looking at Lin Xiang's worried face and Fu Kun's worries, even Fatty Yao, who was usually the most active in the court, was silent today, and the old general Yuchi opposite was full of murderous aura and furious! No one dared to say anything.
The entire court was almost silent, enveloped by an invisible gloomy force, as if being pressed down by an invisible boulder.
Fu Kun deduced from the expressions of Yuchi Gongshan and Yao Guang that they must have known the truth.
After the court was dismissed, Emperor Cheng went straight to the imperial study without stopping, and Lin Jingzhi, Fu Kun, Yuchi Gongshan and Yao Guang followed him.
Someone has reported that Fu Mingrui and Duanmu Jinhong have arrived at the imperial study. If Fu Mingrui did not make the case public in the court, it means that the case must be serious and he needs to make the decision.
How tiring is it to be an emperor? There is no rest for a single day, and there are always troubles all day long.
Emperor Cheng entered the imperial study with murderous intent, only to see Fu Mingrui standing with his head bowed. Duanmu Jinhong had not slept all night because of his supervision, and held a thick memorial in his hand.
Emperor Cheng sat behind the dragon table in the imperial study, with Prime Minister Lin and four others standing on both sides.
Duanmu Jinhong handed over the memorial in his hand heavily without saying a word. After Emperor Cheng took it, he also felt the seriousness of the situation. He slowly opened the memorial and his expression suddenly changed. The more he read, the angrier he became, and the paler his face became!
Fu Kun looked at Emperor Cheng's expression, and his heart began to sink. Because the second brother was working on the case last night, it was not easy for Fu Mingsu to find out. Therefore, he still didn't know what happened last night. Even when the third brother came back last night, Fu Minghui only knew that the daughter of the right prime minister suddenly disappeared, and he had been helping to find her, which left a good impression on the seventh princess.
It was good news that the third brother could win the favor of the seventh princess, but his heart was still hanging because of this case.
"A bunch of beasts!" Emperor Cheng threw the memorial away in anger, and Fu Mingrui immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please calm down—"
Eunuch Liang hurried forward and patted Emperor Cheng on the back.
Fu Kun stepped forward and picked up the memorial. When he saw it, he was also stunned and furious!
Qi Feng, the son of the Minister of Justice, believed in evil gods. Together with Li Dada, the son of the Supreme Guard General, Lin Huohuo, the son of the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Zhang Shujun, the son of the Director of the Ministry of Music, and Zhou Hu, the son of the lieutenant of the East City of the capital, they raped girls on the 15th of every month, dug out their hearts alive, and shared them among the people. Since the 15th of August last year, a total of 13 girls have been killed! Eleven were killed! Only two survived! Their behavior is horrible, and their nature is so evil that it is outrageous!
Fu Kun's hands could not help but tremble slightly. This page involved three important officials in the court and two important officials in the capital. How could Emperor Cheng not be angry? How could he not be angry? !
All of these officials were carefully cultivated by him to be in their current positions! He has already lost the Minister of Revenue, and now he can't keep the Minister of Justice either!
"What a beast!" Yuchi Gongshan, who had been standing next to him and watching for a long time, finally couldn't stand it anymore and snatched the memorial from Fu Kun's shaking hands and continued to read. According to Zhang Shujun's confession, except for the first girl Yanhui who was deceived from the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, the rest of the girls were either from poor families or girls who were sold to brothels and had not yet lost their virginity, so only Yanhui's case was reported to the prefect of the capital.
In the capital, many girls from poor families rarely go missing, let alone girls bought from brothels. This shows that Qi Feng and others are well versed in the laws of the capital, so they can exploit this loophole in the law. (To be continued)