Wen Qingzhu pointed inside and asked, "Can I go in?"
Jiang Yuanhan hesitated for a moment, but still got out of the way: "Sister, come in."
Xiao Fangzi followed closely and followed Lu Tao to light the lamp.
The room suddenly became bright.
The side hall was not big, so Wen Qingzhu asked as he sat down: "Have you seen the list I rearranged?"
"I've seen it. I thought before that there was no need for so many people to return to the capital. But not only did Prime Minister Pei disagree, but Master Wei and Master Lei also had objections. They said that the documents have been sent out and it would not be good if they were not allowed to enter the capital."
"It's not a bad problem now, but the Xiongnu spies have been buried in the capital. The sooner the enthronement ceremony is over, the better. The next step is to investigate the entire capital."
Jiang Yuanhan stood up at that time: "Have the Huns spies been buried in the capital?"
"Well! Hu Yingzhuo's unlucky cousin encountered a corpse-eating bug. Unlike the previous guard who bit him to death, Hu Jian was only poisoned, and his life was temporarily saved. There was also a drug that was suspected of being able to control the toxins of the corpse-eating bug. Medicine powder, this time in an inn in the capital, things are worse than we thought."
Wen Qingzhu stared straight ahead, supporting his chin with one hand and tapping the knuckles of the other hand gently on the table, thinking slowly in his mind about how to arrange the enthronement ceremony the day after tomorrow.
Jiang Yuanhan wanted to say something, but his mind was a little confused. Huns spies are in the capital!
After searching for so long, no clues were found!
It shows that these people came prepared.
The room suddenly fell into silence, and suddenly, a "creak" sound came from inside.
Everyone outside turned their heads to look. The cabinet door was pushed open, and a black figure jumped out.
Wen Qingzhu's mouth twitched when he saw it, and he couldn't help but said: "This, is this a mouse?"
Jiang Yuanhan himself was stunned, watching the black mouse jump out of the cabinet, turn his head and run towards the bed.
"Why are there rats?" Wen Qingzhu felt his scalp numb and his voice changed.
"Don't be afraid, sister! I'm going to catch it!" Jiang Yuanhan immediately took the sword from the wall, got up and ran inside.
Xiao Fangzi hurriedly went out to find someone, but Lu Tao was not afraid. She walked to Wen Qingzhu to protect him.
But the mouse quickly disappeared and there was no sound in the room.
Wen Qingzhu then walked into the inner room and saw Jiang Yuanhan standing in front of the cabinet, opening the cabinet door and looking inside intently.
"What's in here?" Wen Qingzhu found that the mouse's footprints were still very clear.
He followed the footprints and looked towards the edge of the bed. When he reached the edge of the bed, he found a book under the pillow, with a corner exposed.
What is different from ordinary books is that there is a white human leg in the exposed area of this book.
"Huh?" Wen Qingzhu felt something was wrong and slowly walked towards the bed.
Jiang Yuanhan turned around and found his sister staring at the book under his pillow. He was so frightened that he ran over.
Before he could speak, a black mouse suddenly jumped out from under the quilt. Wen Qingzhu was so frightened that Wen Qingzhu immediately turned around and wanted to run away.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuanhan was running over in a hurry, and the two of them were caught off guard and collided with each other.
With a muffled sound, Wen Qingzhu was knocked backwards. Fortunately, Lu Tao was beside her and quickly supported her.
Jiang Yuanhan stopped quickly, took Wen Qingzhu's hand and shouted, "Sister!"
At this moment, a black shadow jumped past Wen Qingzhu's feet, which frightened Wen Qingzhu so much that his face turned pale and his legs became weak.
The mouse crawled over the instep of Lu Tao, which made her hair stand on end.
Without a support, Wen Qingzhu almost collapsed on the ground. Fortunately, Xiao Fangzi brought someone over.
"Quick! Catch the mouse quickly!"
After a moment of panic, Wen Qingzhu sat outside to rest. Lu Tao poured tea for her and brought it to her: "Would you like to have some, Princess? It's okay to calm down."
Wen Qingzhu's eyes were still straight, and he waved his hands and said, "No, I just don't understand, why are there rats in Qianyuan Palace?"
At the door, Jiang Yuanhan was asking the eldest grandson Linlang.
Not long after, Bai Di personally led people over.
According to logic, the current Qianyuan Palace is not within the jurisdiction of Bai Di, but she still took the initiative to block the blame and knelt down to plead guilty: "I deserve to be punished, I have been so negligent! Please allow me to make amends for my fault!"
Hearing the sound of Bai Di, Wen Qingzhu came back to his senses, looked at Bai Di and asked: "This is an oversight, but it is not a big oversight. I was just thinking that the late emperor only lived in Qianyuan Palace before. , at best there is Luo Fei, there are few people who eat here, and there are many people guarding it, so why are there rats?"
"You need to ask Changsun Shanggong about this." Bai Di naturally understood this.
Wen Qingzhu stood up, feeling that his heels were still a little weak.
In fact, she was not afraid of rats before. She was framed by Aunt Wu in her previous life and was forced to be locked up in an unattended courtyard for a long time. Rats were rampant and almost bit her several times, which scared her out.
When they arrived at the door, Jiang Yuanhan and Changsun Linlang turned around.
Wen Qingzhu asked her: "Before the death of the late emperor, were there any rats in Qianyuan Palace?"
"No!" Changsun Linlang's head was covered with sweat, but she still answered firmly, "Absolutely not. This is the first time I have heard of rats in Qianyuan Palace."
Wen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes and began to think deeply.
She knew Changsun Linlang's temperament, and there was no need to lie about it.
Because there are other palace residents in Qianyuan Palace, you can tell if there have been rats before.
So this time the mouse appears, there must be a loophole somewhere.
She raised her head and glanced around the entire Qianyuan Palace, and suddenly looked in the direction of the mourning hall.
Those monks!
Wen Qingzhu immediately turned to Bai Di and asked, "Didn't I ask you to accept the imperial dining room earlier? Is there anything going on over there recently?"
"Yes, didn't Xiao Guozi almost mix up the masters' vegetarian food earlier? Later, Master Jiuzhu said that they could not use pots and dishes stained with meat oil. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the late emperor, so the slaves were left to them alone. When we got a new kitchen, a master from Fengguo Temple came over to do it himself.”
As soon as Bai Di finished speaking, he immediately knew what the problem was.
Wen Qingzhu immediately ordered Bai Di: "Go to the imperial kitchen to check, and I will go see Master Jiuzhu in person."
I quickly rushed to the mourning hall, where there were nine people chanting sutras.
He glanced around and saw Jiu Zhu here.
"Is the prince here to keep vigil?" A master stood up and asked respectfully.
Wen Qingzhu didn't even look at him and directly ordered: "Come here! Surround the entire mourning hall and don't allow any monk from Fengguo Temple to leave the place!"
The Imperial Guards swarmed in, and the few people who were still chanting suddenly turned pale with fear and stood up one after another.
The monk who had asked the question before realized what had happened and quickly asked: "Princess, have we committed anything?"
Wen Qingzhu looked at him coldly: "Whether he has committed any crime or not, we will find out once we investigate!"
Soon, someone came over to report that they found a monk secretly eating meatballs and braised pork elbow!
The imperial army led the way, and Wen Qingzhu quickly arrived at the courtyard where the monks lived.
Placed in front of her were fresh meatballs and dried meat that seemed to have been there for a long time.
After standing there for a while, the Imperial Guard also found a roasted chicken with leftover bones buried in the soil. Finally, they also caught three rats, two large and one small.
When the mouse was brought up, Wen Qingzhu gasped in fright.
Fortunately, after what he had just experienced, Wen Qingzhu was already prepared.
Forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart, he glanced at the detained monk and sneered: "How nice! You people from Fengguo Temple are rushing to eat meat during the national mourning! You don't tell the rules and regulations, and even the prince is a vegetarian. How dare you? You dare to eat meat in the palace! How brave you are!"
The monks begged for mercy one after another, but Wen Qingzhu didn't listen at all and directly ordered these monks to be sent to the Criminal Punishment Department!
At this time, Jiu Zhu was leisurely led in from the courtyard door by the imperial army.
"Amitabha, it's a crime, it's a crime. Please tell me, Princess, what crime did your brothers and nephews commit?"
Wen Qingzhu turned back and stared into his eyes: "Master, don't you know?"
Jiu Zhu looked behind Wen Qingzhu, lowered his head and said "Amitabha" immediately, and replied: "It's a sin, it's a sin! I didn't expect that Fengguo Temple would make such a big mistake."
"Really? But I heard that these monks who come to the palace to chant sutras are all chosen by the master yourself." Wen Qingzhu disliked Jiu Zhu very much, but she still didn't expect that he would shirk his responsibility immediately.
Jiu Zhu's face was filled with compassion: "Princess, please forgive me. The poor monk has just arrived at Fengguo Temple. These people were originally from Fengguo Temple. Speaking of it, most of them were the people prepared by the nephew Huixin for the late emperor. The poor monk The monks were just brought in as usual, but they were brought in by poor monks, so they naturally cannot escape responsibility. I just hope that the princess will see me as a Buddha—"
"Stop his mouth! Also tell Hei Jiren! Let him be tortured!" Wen Qingzhu didn't care that he forced Lai Lai, and turned around to order the captain of the imperial army.
Before Jiu Zhu could finish his words, someone covered his mouth and dragged him away.
He struggled hard and wanted to continue to defend, but Wen Qingzhu didn't give him a chance at all.
About an hour later, Bai Di arrived at the mourning hall.
Report to Wen Qingzhu: "Jiu Zhu has been delivered to Lord Hei via Master Wei. After the remaining monks were tortured, it was found that there were only three monks who secretly ate meat. They were selected and brought in by Jiu Zhu later. The rest of the monks have always obeyed the rules. , this slave has carefully investigated, and there is no problem with the remaining people."
Wen Qingzhu turned around: "Jiu Zhu didn't eat?"
Bai Di hesitated for a moment, and someone replied uncertainly: "When the imperial army found Jiu Zhu, he was copying scriptures for the late emperor. There was no strange smell in the house. These days, he had been in contact with the three monks who were eating meat. There are very few, but it’s not like there are people watching what Jiu Zhu is doing all the time.”
Wen Qingzhu turned around, looked up at Jiang Yue's memorial tablet in front of him, and replied to Bai Di, "This may be life."
Hearing what she said, Bai Di couldn't grasp Wen Qingzhu's intentions for the first time.
But it was obvious that Jiu Zhu had been sent to the Criminal Punishment Department, so it was not her business.
Bai Di waited for a while and saw that Wen Qingzhu stopped asking questions, so he resigned and left.
There was a problem with the monk who chanted sutras for the late emperor at Fengguo Temple, and word quickly spread outside.
At dawn, Hui Xin, dressed in plain clothes, appeared at the gate of the palace.
He asked the palace guards: "The poor monk is a wise man and wants to see the regent princess."
But the guards guarding the city gate, and even the imperial guards, did not recognize Hui Xin.
Of course they knew what happened last night. To be on the safe side, one of the guards decided to drive him away coldly: "Let's go! Now the prince and princess are upset when they see the monk. How dare you come here at this time! I'm afraid you might have eaten a bear." You are so brave! Leave quickly!"
A woman in plain clothes ran over from behind, supported Huixin, took out Wen Qingzhu's warrant, and said to the guard: "I am the princess's cousin! Why don't you hurry up and report it!"
Seeing this warrant, the guards guarding the door all changed their expressions, and someone immediately went in to report it.
The guard who had scolded Hui Xin before immediately apologized: "Master! Miss Wen, I'm really sorry. I'm a villain but I can't see Mount Tai. I hope you two don't care about it!"
In less than a quarter of an hour, Lu Tao personally came to greet them.
Huixin and Wen Qingxin successfully entered the palace.
Walking in the palace, Huixin looked ahead, but she said to Wen Qingxin: "You shouldn't get involved in this matter."