Li Qitian looked suspiciously at the people in front of him, and he knew that these people were very likely to talk nonsense because they wanted to shirk their responsibility.
Seeing that the Son of Heaven was silent, the spies were terrified and eagerly complemented each other.
"Holy, I will never dare to deceive the holy, this matter is absolutely true! At that time, the group of people were not weak, but they were not wearing weapons."
"Exactly. It can be seen that those people are secretly protecting Prince Zhongshun, but they are not familiar with each other and the people in Prince Zhongshun's mansion."
"Ichen suspects that the other party is most likely arranged by the other party. Perhaps those who are familiar with Prince Zhongshun!"
They all know that the Son of Heaven is the most suspicious. As long as it is mentioned that Pang Xiao might have colluded with someone, and who might secretly spy on the throne, the Son of Heaven will definitely not pay attention to them.
Sure enough, Li Qitian lowered his eyes and pondered, in shock.
In the current dynasty, who would join forces with Pang Xiao
Thinking about it this way, didn't all those generals privately call Pang Xiao the "God of War Lord"? Their worship of Pang Xiao is almost blind. It wasn't just once or twice that the courtroom had quarreled about things related to Pang Xiao, so why did he ignore it
If only these people secretly colluded with Pang Xiao, it would be fine, but what if they were bewitched by Pang Xiao and joined hands to make a fight
Now that the external and internal troubles have just been decided, if Pang Xiao has the help of these people, wouldn't he want to take the opportunity to do a "big thing"
Li Qitian raised his heart, "What about those people in the Pang family now?"
"Go back to the Holy One, I have already sent the person to the Prison of the Punishment Department according to your previous instructions."
"Think about it carefully, what are the characteristics of the people you mentioned just now?"
The hearts of the people were raised again.
They talked about this in order to attract Li Qitian's attention, and let him not pay attention to the chaos caused by their return to Beijing this time.
The spies were afraid that they would be punished by the emperor for two crimes, and immediately racked their brains to echo the situation at that time.
In this way, it really reminds them of something.
"By the way! Your Majesty, the clothes of those people are my servants of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but they seem to be wearing Tartar cowhide boots!"
After being reminded like this, a few of the people who played against the group of people that day remembered some details, and nodded with certainty: "Yes, my lord, those people did wear Tartar's cowhide cotton boots. That kind of cowhide is not Dazhou. Yes, but it is a special product on the Tartar steppe, they must be the Tartars sneaking in!"
Li Qitian's eyes sank, and he said word by word: "Ta, Ta?!"
"Yes!" Everyone bowed their heads and replied in a deep voice.
Li Qitian paced with his hands behind his back, and smiled mockingly for a moment: "It's really interesting. What is it like to be a prince of Zhongshun, who is dedicated to attacking the Tartars, and even resists the decree, but I didn't expect him to be so virtuous, on the surface he is a Tartarist. Hero, secretly colluding with the Tartars!"
Everyone was a little flustered when they heard the words, because they knew the consequences of letting Li Qitian cause such a misunderstanding.
It's just an indisputable fact that the group of people did wear cowhide boots of the unique style and material of Tatar. Although the spies were loyal to Li Qitian, they admired Pang Xiao very much in their hearts. Now, if Pang Xiao colluded with the Tartars, wouldn't it mean that he would end his country
"Come here! I am passing on the imperial edict, and urgently summons Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing to report his duties!"
"According to the order!" Everyone saluted in unison.
The spies breathed a sigh of relief, and just as they were about to leave, Li Qitian said: "In addition, please show me all the Qin family and his party. Bring Pang Zhixi's children out alone. I will go back and ask myself whether they are secretly with Tartar. What a deal!"
"Yes!" Everyone saluted again.
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The dungeons in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month are even gloomier than before. There was a rotten and musty smell in the air. A small window at the end of the corridor didn't let in much light, and a wooden fence with a thick bowl separated Qin Yining from the rest of the people.
Bingtang, Jiyun, and Ziyuan were all locked up with the nurse and the children, while the guards were trapped in zongzi and locked in the farthest position on the opposite side, and only a vague figure could be seen.
The nursing mother hugged Brother Xuan and Sister Yun softly and coaxed the children to sleep with great difficulty.
Qin Yining leaned against the wall weakly, with his hands tied behind his back, his long hair was messy, his cheeks were dirty, the corners of his lips were stained with blood, and his bright eyes watched the children fall asleep. A bit tired.
"Princess, how are you?" Bingtang grabbed Mu Zha with both hands and stretched her neck to look in the direction of Qin Yining, who was in a cell.
Qin Yining shook his head, leaning on the moldy straw behind his back, and said weakly, "It's okay, I'm fine. You guys take care of the children."
Jiyun and Bingtang both nodded.
The nurse also hugged the young master and the young lady tightly in her arms, "Don't worry, wangfei, you saved the lives of the slave and maid's family. The slave and maid don't want to give up this life, and will not let the young master and the young miss have the slightest mistake. ."
Qin Yining smiled bitterly, the corners of his lips were torn apart, and a trace of blood dripped, "What have I done? I did what I should have done when I went to disaster relief with the lord, but now it's tiring you all. If you don't choose You come to the house to be nurses, and you won't be reduced to prisoners today. I'm the one who made you tired."
"Don't say that, princess!"
"Yes, princess! If we didn't come to the palace to be a wet nurse that day, we would not be able to survive at home! The princess saved our family's lives and gave us errands so that we could have money to support the family. We are grateful that the princess was too late. , Wang Fei is kind and will never treat others harshly. We eat well and dress well with Wang Fei, and we will continue with a shy face when there is no reason to enjoy happiness. Now that we are in trouble, it is you who are involved, so what kind of people are we!"
The other wet nurse was the dumbest, but nodded in agreement.
These two young women have been sparred with life, and they look like they are almost forty years old, but the sincere smiles on their faces make them look more gentle and beautiful.
Qin Yining felt a lot more at ease, and smiled: "It is a blessing for me and the lord to have your help. If I can escape my life in the future, I will thank you all."
Everyone shook their heads, "Don't worry, Wang Fei, you and Wang Ye will be fine."
But even with that being said, everyone was not feeling well.
Because they saw with their own eyes how the emperor treated the family members of the hero, and also knew how the emperor called the prince back to Beijing after the Tartar was expelled.
These things are linked together, but anyone with a little brain can understand what the cause and effect are.
Isn't the emperor jealous of the hero
They didn't have much contact with the prince, but since they followed the princess and took care of the young master and the young lady, they took more care of the princess. Such a good woman has been implicated by such things.
How ironic is it that men are fighting outside wars, defending their families and the country through life and death, while women and children are imprisoned in unpredictable ways
Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly, wanting to take advantage of this moment to sleep for a while.
At this moment, there was the sound of opening and the clattering of chains sliding at the end of the corridor.
Immediately, the iron door was pushed open with a creaking sound, and a mixed sound of footsteps came in, echoing on the long and dark corridor.
A group of people walked quickly through the corridor and came towards the innermost side.
Xie Yue and the others couldn't help but stand up and look inside one by one. However, they were in prison and couldn't use their strength, so they could only stand next to each other, craned their necks and tried their best to look in Qin Yining's direction.
Under the leadership of the jailer, the spy walked quickly to the cage where Qin Yining was, and stood still.
The jailer stepped back and stood in the corner.
Qin Yining narrowed his eyes and looked at the person in front of him through his broken hair, recognizing that he was the one who made the decisions all the way when they came back. Even the arrogant Gyeonggi Guards respected this person a little, thinking that he was Li Qitian. confidant.
The other party didn't speak, Qin Yining didn't speak either, just sat quietly in the same place and waited.
The secret spy laughed, "It is said that the Qin family, the princess of Zhongshun, was born in a prestigious family, the daughter of Zhi Pan An, and the beauty of the capital. Now that seems to be the case."
His voice was not loud, but the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was so large, and the prison was relatively empty, and the surrounding walls caused a lot of echoes, and these frivolous words were immediately heard clearly by everyone.
"Presumptuous! Don't be rude to the princess!"
"Dog thief, you have the ability to rush to us!"
Xie Yue and others were furious, but Nai He was tightly bound and could not do anything at all, so he could only stare and roar here in a hurry.
Qin Yining was very calm, still looking at the visitor without being humble or arrogant.
The undercover detective smiled: "I've never seen a woman like you. She's obviously a weak woman, but she's full of tough bones. The whips and sticks along the way have not beaten you."
He pushed the door into the cell, squatted down in front of Qin Yining, raised her messy long hair with one hand, looked at the star-filled eyes and the delicate and beautiful face even if it was dirty, his voice was a little intoxicated.
"If you are willing to make good use of such a face, why would you suffer so much along the way?" His fingers stretched out to a welt on Qin Yining's neck.
Qin Yining turned his head to avoid his hand, "You are here on an edict? What's the sage's order?"
In a word, the detective's hand stopped in mid-air and slowly lowered.
He shook his head and sneered: "You're really a disappointment. Yes, I'm here on an edict. You shouldn't want to know what the Holy One ordered."
Qin Yining pursed her pale lips, but there was still no blood on her lips, and the blood on the corners of her lips made her cheeks extremely pale.
The spy sighed and said, "The sage asked me to take your two children, if you agree to my request and let me kiss Fang Ze, I will treat your two children well, otherwise, I can't guarantee. Will they live to see the Holy One. Huh?"
As he said that, he raised his hand again and approached Qin Yining.
Qin Yining's eyes were round, and he gritted his teeth.
People are the knife and I am the fish. Since she was caught, she knew that Sister Yun and Brother Xuan would definitely be taken away. If they were taken as hostages, Li Qitian would definitely think that her weight was not as good as the two children.
But this moment has really come, how can she be willing!