The more the Marquis thought about it, the more he felt that the words behind Xiao Mubai were very familiar. He finally slapped his thigh and remembered, but it was not the same words he said to Xiao Mubai in comfort before entering the palace last night, pretending to be an elder. What...
Exactly the same, authentic...
Xiao Mubai originally just wanted to forgive the Marquis, but after he finished speaking, he found that the Marquis' face was filled with embarrassment.
He saw the Marquis gradually lowering his head, and for a moment he didn't know what he said wrongly that made him unhappy.
Xiao Mubai originally planned to tell him what happened after he entered the palace.
But after looking at Mr. Hou's surprised expression, he fell silent.
Fortunately, this awkward silence did not last long. Zhao Xingwen finally arrived at the Hou Mansion with the carriage driven at an extremely slow speed.
Xiao Mubai got off the carriage first and reached out to give him a hand. The Marquis thought about it and gave him a lift. The two got off the carriage and walked towards the mansion.
Zhao Xingwen originally wanted to follow them, but as soon as he entered the Hou Mansion, he saw that Dali Temple had sent someone to communicate, hoping that General Zhao could come over.
After all, the corpse burning case involved Zhao Jiajun, and only Zhao Xingwen remained in the capital. It was normal for Kong Changhui to send someone to summon him for questioning.
Zhao Xingwen looked excited and asked the official: "Has the young prince been handed over to Dali Temple?"
The official said to the Marquis who also turned his head and looked at him: "Master Kong revealed that the emperor said that the young Marquis will be sent to Dali Temple only in the evening."
Xiao Mubai looked at the officer who was trying to appease the Marquis, and asked him, "Are you a person close to Kong Changhui?"
The officer almost nodded: "My subordinate's name is Guan Xi. He was transferred from the Criminal Department with Mr. Kong. Mr. Kong asked me to bring a message to the Marquis so that he doesn't have to worry about it."
The Marquis and Xiao Mubai looked at each other and knew that the implication of Guan Xi's words was that Kong Changhui indirectly said that he would take good care of Xia Chu in Dali Temple and would definitely not let him be wronged.
Zhao Xingwen curled his lips after hearing this, and bargained with Guan Xi: "In that case, how about I go over there tonight."
Guan Xi looked troubled: "General Zhao, please don't embarrass your subordinates..."
Zhao Xingwen's expression hardened, but Xiao Mubai gave him a look, and the Marquis also waved at him to tell him to leave quickly.
Zhao Xingwen pursed his lips and took a step forward dissatisfied, still muttering: "What's going on with Kong Changhui? I originally thought he was so smart."
The Marquis and Xiao Mubai looked at his cursing back and shook their heads helplessly.
It is precisely because of Kong Changhui's cleverness that he deliberately staggered the interrogation time of the two of them. Otherwise, if the cousin and cousin were together, wouldn't it be a clear case of telling the truth
Now that Xia Chu has entered Dali Temple, it is still difficult to meet him...
"I thought Xingwen had become smarter, but it seems that today was all your idea." The Marquis looked at Xiao Mubai.
Xiao Mubai looked humble and nodded slightly.
"Let's go, go to the study and tell me what happened last night until now." After saying this, the Marquis turned around, and Xiao Mubai immediately followed.
The two of them walked side by side towards Hengwuyuan and entered the study. Cong Ting stayed outside the room. Just as he was about to close the door, Xiao Mubai said to him: "Go to Yunqiyuan and take a look. The raven is back." No."
Cong Ting glanced at the Marquis over him, and when he saw him nodding, he said yes and retreated.
Xiao Mubai turned around and went to sit next to the Marquis. He thought about his words in his mind, picked out some things to say, and spoke to him.
As for Yue Fengwan, Lan Yuying, and the bad things in the past, they were naturally hidden.
After Xia Chu left the Yulian Palace last night, Xiao Mubai stood in silence outside the window for a long time, thinking about when and how Yue Fengwan would make his next move.
I really didn't expect it to come so quickly and so violently...
He originally found out that Lan Yuying was sent to Kunning Palace by the emperor, and also asked Xiao Muhong to pretend to know about Xia Chu's house arrest during the day, and go to Ci'an Palace to visit him and tell him Lan Yuying's location. .
He told Ai Yang some things, and then left the Yulian Palace, secretly went to the Yaohua Palace, found You Rui, and asked her to report to Xiao Zimu.
After doing these things, there were already signs of dawn in the sky. At three o'clock in the morning, when the morning came, he changed his appearance again, lowered his head and walked along the side, planning to go to the west side gate to wait for the Marquis.
I originally thought that on this road to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there would be many ministers rushing to go to court.
Unexpectedly, it was strangely quiet, with no one around.
The further he walked, the more he felt something was wrong, so he turned back and took a look at the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was almost midnight, but not a single minister came to court.
He was alert, knowing that something must have happened outside the palace, so he rushed back to the west gate. Zeng Fengjia was the guard leader he had promoted. Xiao Mubai led him over, showed the token of Prince Mo's palace, and left the palace.
After leaving the palace, he turned to a remote corner, climbed onto a tree, and blew his whistle. The secret guards who had been waiting outside the palace, including Bian Ding and Jiang Yan, who had been waiting for Xia Chu all night, also came out one after another. To, on the branch. Before he could ask, he already started to report the specific situation of ministers being chased and intercepted at various intersections in Chang'an City where they went to court.
Xiao Mubai was shocked. He did not expect that the matter of burning corpses would be revealed at this time, pointing directly at Xia Chu.
Although I don't know where the Zhao Jiajun leaked the news, such an unscrupulous and large-scale obstruction of the ministers' early court appearance was obviously a carefully planned layout.
Right now, the only one who could appease these people was Zhao Xingwen, and he had to go find him.
But he didn't know when the Marquis would come out, and he was worried that the people behind him would use this to hurt the Marquis.
Therefore, he ordered Bian Ding to go down and notify Cong Ting who was waiting outside the palace, and go back to the palace to mobilize all the guards to meet the Marquis outside the palace gate.
If he goes to General Zhao's Mansion and doesn't come back in time, he can at least be sure that the Marquis will not be hurt by someone taking advantage of the chaos.
Without any delay, Bian Ding immediately took the order and went outside the palace gate to find the Marquis's carriage and notify Cong Ting who was waiting there.
Xiao Mubai, on the other hand, took advantage of the night before dawn and used Qing Kung Fu all the way to General Zhao's Mansion.
On the day of Du Kun's wedding, Xiao Mubai had followed Zhao Xingwen to General Zhao's Mansion, picked up General Zhao and went to Du Mansion with him. He had a fairly clear understanding of the layout of General Zhao's Mansion.
He climbed into Zhao Xingwen's courtyard alone and knocked out the attendant guarding the door. He originally wanted to pry open his door, but with a slight push, the door opened. It was really informal...
He walked into the house, covered Zhao Xingwen's mouth with his hand, and shook Zhao Xingwen awake, who was still sleeping with his head covered.
Zhao Xingwen opened his eyes in a trance and saw a strange man covering his mouth. He was startled and kicked him straight up.
Xiao Mubai quickly whispered in his ear: "It's me, the king!"
(End of chapter)