After a moment of silence, Wen Qingzhu's eyes showed just the right amount of sadness: "Since Lord Marquis is honored and favored, this is his responsibility."
Jiang Yue originally wanted to make some insinuations, but when he saw what she said, he changed his words: "I have something that I need your help with, and it's related to Han'er."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Wen Qingzhu still looked respectful.
Half an hour later, Wen Qingzhu met Su Huo at the entrance of Qianyuan Palace.
"Master Su."
Su Huo looked inside and then looked at her: "His Majesty summoned you?"
"This is natural. Does Mr. Su think that I took the initiative to see His Majesty?"
Su Huo didn't say much. He held the file in his hand and had something to tell the emperor, so he hurriedly said goodbye and went in.
Looking at the file in his hand, Wen Qingzhu smiled with satisfaction.
Things went smoother than expected.
After returning to the Hou Mansion, Wen Qingzhu found an uninvited guest at home.
"Miss Xiaoge, haven't you returned to Cangzhou?"
Wen Qingzhu walked over, pointed to the stool opposite, and motioned for her to sit down and speak.
Wu Xiaoge, who had not planned to say anything at first, remembered Jiang Yan's words and sat down anyway.
"I never left the capital in the first place. My parents are both dead and now I am the only one left."
Wen Qingzhu looked at Wu Xiaoge's pure eyes and didn't think much about it.
He just told her: "Don't worry, you go all the way back to Cangzhou by yourself. King Rui and I will set off together and walk together for most of the journey. On the last day, we will turn around and go to Jinzhou."
Wu Xiaoge stood up instantly: "Why don't you go to Cangzhou?"
Wen Qingzhu comforted her: "Don't get excited, Miss Xiaoge. There have been bandits in Jinzhou for so many years. Isn't it the fault of the Wu clan that makes it difficult for the people of Cangzhou to survive and prevent them from living and working in peace and contentment in Jinzhou?"
After sitting down again, Wu Xiaoge only asked: "Didn't the emperor send the fifth prince to Cangzhou together?"
Wen Qingzhu's smile became mysterious and unpredictable: "Don't worry, Miss Xiaoge, you have been waiting so hard these two days, and you will soon know why he can't go to Cangzhou."
"I hope so, and I also hope that Madam will keep her word. Princess is not that easy to deal with." Wu Xiaoge was worried and emphasized.
"I know." Wen Qingzhu agreed. Seeing Wu Xiaoge getting up to leave, he decided to tell her another thing.
"By the way, we are also traveling with Mr. Wei San, the prefect of Jinzhou. He can be considered as our group."
Wu Xiaoge didn't know why, but he didn't ask any more questions, just handed over his hands and turned to leave.
After quietly returning to Zhaoxing Tower, Jiang Yan immediately turned around and returned to his room, indicating that he wanted to rest.
The palace people closed the door and left.
When the room became quiet, Wu Xiaoge appeared quietly and asked Jiang Yan, "Did something happen?"
Jiang Yan pointed in the direction of Qianyuan Palace and said: "Go and inquire over there. Jiang Yuancheng was summoned again just now. I suspect that Mrs. Fu may have done something else. We cannot remain passive here, otherwise, we will be She leads the way."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll go right away." Wu Xiaoge nodded, turned around and disappeared into the shadows.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Wu Xiaoge used his miraculous concealment skills to hide on the beams of Qianyuan Palace.
Below is the ruthless Jiang Yue, sitting on the dragon chair, staring eerily at Jiang Yuancheng who is kneeling below.
After a long period of suppression, Su Huo's voice suddenly appeared in the blind corner of his vision.
"Your Majesty, the minister has investigated clearly and found out that the Lou family is the descendant of the former General Guangyuan. Therefore, it is certain that the old president was tortured to death by the Lou family. The Lou family has been hiding in the martial arts world until a year ago. That’s when it became active, and at that time, it was the time when the Fifth Prince’s people came into contact with people in the martial arts world.”
Jiang Yue remained silent, looking at the evidence in front of him and then at Jiang Yuancheng who was kneeling below.
Even though he was furious, there was still no sign of it on his face.
Jiang Yuancheng, who was kneeling, was extremely surprised. It was the Lou family who did the trick, but he was indeed the one who could provide the information.
But why was this matter investigated so clearly by Suho!
Jiang Yuancheng couldn't believe it. He personally told Zhui Feng to handle this matter, and even Zhang Ke didn't know about it.
"Cheng'er, do you have anything else to say?"
Jiang Yue's tone was calm, but his eyes already had murderous intent.
The old dean died, and his only grandson was also killed by the Lou family. They also tricked and tricked the old dean into eating his grandson's flesh.
With such cruel methods, Jiang Yue could only think of the Lou family who was famous for their cruelty in the previous dynasty.
Only they can be so inhumane.
When he thought that Jiang Yuancheng had secretly interacted with these people, the murderous intention in Jiang Yue's heart emerged uncontrollably.
The demise of the previous dynasty was largely due to the self-respecting Lou family.
Jiang Yue closed his eyes and turned to look at Su Huo: "Go and bring the witness in."
Su Huo nodded, turned around and went out.
Not long after, he came in with Zhui Feng and Yin Liuwan who had both legs broken and was blind.
The moment Jiang Yuancheng saw Zhui Feng, he suddenly understood. It turned out that they had already investigated clearly!
And Yin Liuwan is a middle figure who plays an indispensable role among them!
Yin Liuwan, who was wearing prison uniform, knelt down and said to Jiang Yue: "Your Majesty, the sinner is a martial artist. Since the death of Concubine Lan, the fifth prince has forced the sinner to find Dr. Zhong. Although the sinner is the master, His disciple, but unable to know his whereabouts, was rejected by the fifth prince.
For the sake of the Yin family, the sinners had to search for their master's whereabouts. Who knew that in the small town where his brother was killed, he met the Lou family. They were famous villains in the martial arts world. They killed without blinking an eye and rarely appeared in front of others. The master had some grudges with them before, so the sinners followed quietly.
Only then did they realize that they were actually contacting the Fifth Prince's people! The guilty people have been wandering around the world for many years, and their Qinggong skills are quite acceptable. They have been hiding beside them, trying to find out why the Lou family is connected with the fifth prince, and the result is—"
Speaking of this, Yin Liuwan's tears kept falling: "The sinners discovered that Adi was actually killed by the Lou family, and they followed the orders of the fifth prince!"
Yin Liuwan looked at Jiang Yuancheng hatefully and tried his best to control the urge to kill: "The reason why the sinners took refuge in the fifth prince was just because the fifth prince told the sinners that King Ning sent people to kill my brother!"
At the end of the sentence, Yin Liuwan's voice suddenly rose to the point where she even wanted to take action involuntarily.
Su Huo, with quick eyes and quick hands, held her shoulders and said, "That's it."
He squinted and ordered the guards: "Come here! Take her down!"
Yin Liuwan was taken away, and the hatred deep in her eyes was shocking.
Jiang Yue didn't care much about the Yin family and Yin Liuwan. What he cared about was that Jiang Yuancheng not only borrowed a knife to kill people, but also wanted to use the Lou family's identity as a descendant of the previous dynasty to frame Prince Ning!
He didn't care how cruel Jiang Yuancheng's methods were, but he actually dared to collude with people from the previous dynasty and later generations!
Jiang Yue could not tolerate even using the Lou family to kill the descendants of the Li family whom Taizu had protected.
Countless emotions surged into his heart, but Jiang Yue finally said just one sentence: "Cheng'er, you disappoint me so much."
After saying these words, Jiang Yuancheng knew that his last chance was gone.
"Come here, send Jiang Yuancheng to Shazhou. He will not be allowed to leave for ten years!"
As the emperor's voice fell, everything settled.
In the main courtyard of Ping Guohou Mansion, Lu Tao hurriedly walked in.
"Madam, the emperor has made a decision to send the fifth prince to Shazhou, and he will not be able to leave for ten years! Since Miss Yin was also deceived, and the Yin family also made a lot of contributions to Daqi back then, we can absolve her of the guilt and let her go. .”
Wen Qingzhu looked at Xie Feichen opposite with a smile: "Brother Xie, are you satisfied with this result?"
After a while, Xi'er came with Yin Liuwan.
Xie Feichen stood up immediately, ran to her and looked up and down: "Wanwan, are you okay?"
Seeing him like this, after going through all kinds of conspiracies and calculations, Yin Liuwan finally understood that maybe what she wanted was just Xie Feichen.
"Flying to the ground!" Yin Liuwan's legs could no longer hold up.
Xie Feichen hugged her immediately and helped Yin Liuwan to sit down. He poured water himself and brought it to Yin Liuwan's mouth.
After drinking water, Yin Liuwan's breath became much calmer.
After resting for a while, she raised her eyes to look at Wen Qingzhu and said in a very weak tone: "Thank you so much, madam. If it weren't for madam, I wouldn't have known that the murderer of my brother was Jiang Yuancheng."
"It's okay, I'm also surprised. This is all the work of a man named Chi Yu. If he hadn't found out from Zhui Feng's mouth that Jiang Yuancheng had contacts with the Lou family, I happened to know the identity of the Lou family. This back and forth would have happened. , the only people who can hurt Brother Xie, apart from the Mei family back then, are the murderous Lou family."
Xie Feichen looked at her with complicated eyes: "No matter what, it is mainly because of your help that Wanwan can escape. Otherwise, because she helped the fifth prince murder the emperor, she may not escape death."
Seeing that he was so polite and inadvertently defensive in his words, Wen Qingzhu could only sigh deeply.
"Brother Xie, you can be regarded as my best friend for two lifetimes. What's more, helping Miss Yin is just a piece of cake. For Brother Xie's sake, I have to help you no matter what."
"Two lives..." Xie Feichen's tone became deeper, and the word was really heavy.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at Yin Liuwan and asked him: "Brother Xie, what are you going to do next? The doctor Mei next to Jiang Yuancheng is most likely Mei Zhen. After I came back to Kangcheng, he disappeared. I'm afraid he noticed something. If you want Are you going to take revenge on him?"
Xie Feichen was silent, but stood up and hugged Yin Liuwan: "Let's talk about it later."
After leaving with Yin Liuwan, the courtyard became quiet again.
Wen Qingzhu was calculating in his heart that Shazhou was the only way to the Western Regions.
The sky is filled with yellow sand and surrounded by barren rocks. Not to mention daily necessities, even water is scarce.
Such an environment is even worse in the Xianbei territory outside Youzhou.
Although there are merchants coming and going every year, only one out of ten. In recent years, the yellow sand has become more and more plundered, and merchants no longer dare to act rashly.
As a result, Shazhou is a completely inaccessible and barren land.
"I wonder what other tricks he can come up with in this environment?"
Wen Qingzhu laughed and turned around to tell Lu Tao to prepare for going to Jinzhou.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yuancheng simply packed up his things. When he went out, he saw the imperial army sent by the emperor.
They unceremoniously messed up Jiang Yuancheng's things and checked them again. They also checked Jiang Yuancheng's body inch by inch. After confirming that there was nothing trapped, they urged him to get in the car.
Before the carriage set off, Jiang Yuancheng looked back at his mansion.
The plaque of Prince Chu's Mansion had been removed yesterday, leaving only a bare piece.
He ordered people to search the entire capital, including the prisons and dungeons, but his mother and concubine were still not found.
If there is no news of the death of the mother-in-law, then she can only stay in that one place.
Thinking that even Hei Jiren didn't know about that place, Jiang Yuancheng felt relieved.
He lifted the curtain and turned around to get in the car.
The moment the curtain fell completely, Jiang Yuancheng's eyes suddenly became extremely tough.
Shazhou... is already much better than imagined.
If used properly, it can be regarded as a good place to recuperate and make a comeback.