Chapter 458: Questioning (six more)

One night passed, the sun tore open the night, and a new day began.
The store looked out cautiously through the crack of the door. The street was quiet. Can a store be opened?
The sky is getting brighter.
Finally, a store opened.
With the first, there is the second.
More and more stores open their doors to welcome guests from all over the world.
People in the capital also took to the streets.
No matter how fierce the palace is, this day still has to go on.
The noisy market makes people forget the yesterday and devote themselves to the daily life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea.
In the palace, however, everything is just the beginning.
After a night of recuperation, the emperor's complexion improved a lot.
The emperor did not rush to summon the courtiers, but took the lead in summoning Pei Meng.
Pei Meng took off his armor, put on a long robe and large sleeves, and his whole body was neatly groomed, and he returned to the appearance of the family's children.
The emperor looked at him with gentle eyes, "Sit down and talk."
"Thank your Majesty!"
Pei Meng sat down on the round stool, standing tall and serious.
"Why didn't your father return to Beijing?"
When the emperor spoke, he wanted to make a proposition.
Pei Meng had already prepared, "Father is afraid that after returning to Beijing, it will be difficult for your majesty to do it."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Your father still has something to say as always. He is afraid that I will keep him in the capital and refuse to let him go back to the northwest."
Pei Meng lowered his head, "Weichen is not clear about my father's thoughts."
The emperor said, "It seems that Luhou intends to take root in the northwest. I will not die for a day, and he will not return to the capital for a day."
"Weichen is terrified, please forgive me!"
Pei Meng bowed to apologize.
The emperor waved his hand, "Don't be nervous, I will just talk casually. Since he refuses to return to Beijing, when you leave the capital, you will return to the northwest with a will."
"Weichen follow the order!" Pei Meng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that your Majesty does not intend to pursue this matter, fortunately!
The emperor asked again: "How many people did you bring back to the capital this time? Where are you stationed?"
Pei Meng bowed and said: "Return to your Majesty, the Weichen brought a total of 2,000 men and horses, stationed in Jingxi Camp, and by the way, guarded the Jingxi Camp."
The emperor nodded, "Very good! Go on."
Pei Meng was a little surprised, did he finish the question so soon?
But this is also good.
He is not willing to stay in the palace more.
"Weichen retire!"
When Pei Meng left, the bedroom became quiet again.
The emperor closed his eyes for a moment, then he beckoned Chen Dachang to his side, "Is the interrogation finished?"
"Half of the trial, and the remaining half is still being interrogated." Chen Dachang said with a bow.
The emperor hummed, "Give me the edict to pass the position."
Chen Dachang's heart jumped and he bowed and said yes.
Soon, he took a bright yellow imperial decree and placed it in the hands of the emperor.
The imperial edict was unfolding, and it was the edict forged by Concubine Xue's mother and son, which clearly stated that the throne was passed on to King Zhao.
The emperor smiled coldly, a thunderstorm flickered in his eyes, "Has the Xue family recruited?"
"Xue Guifei refused to say anything, only to die."
"Death? It's too cheap for her! You tell her, if you don't tell me, I will cut off the other arm of King Zhao."
Chen Dachang was startled and still bowed to say yes.
The emperor said: "I want to know the list of all the people who participated in the rebellion, one is not missing. Xue family has been in the palace for so many years, there must be many party members. These people must be uprooted. It is better to kill the mistake than to let it go."
"Old slave follow the order!"
The emperor threw the fake edict, "Burn it!"
Xiaohuangmen brought a brazier, and the emperor personally threw the fake edict into the brazier. The flames violently jumped up, and the imperial edict made by silk and silk was quickly burned.
The flames gradually extinguished, and only a piece of ashes remained in the fake edict.
Fearing that it hadn't been cleaned, Chen Dachang checked it out himself. After confirming that there was no problem, he let the little yellow goalkeeper carry the brazier down.
"I heard that Liu Zhao cut and wounded King Zhao yesterday for Gu Jiu?"
"Exactly!" Chen Dachang said truthfully.
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "So, Liu Zhao didn't come to my front to ask for peace. Did you save Gu Jiu?"
"Your Majesty is right. People are discussing that Gongzizhao is more in love with Madam Jinjian."
"Really confused!" The emperor rebuked.
Chen Dachang did not dare to talk nonsense again.
The emperor snorted coldly and vented his dissatisfaction, "Since someone has been sent to rescue Gu Jiu, why should he go personally. Isn't it important to me?"
Chen Dachang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The old slave heard that the situation yesterday was extremely dangerous. The culprit tied Madam Zhao, and wanted to take Madam Zhao into the inner city river. At the very moment of his death, the son Zhao arrived and rescued Madam Zhao. ."
The emperor said, "Gu Jiu is okay. Has the culprit caught it?"
Chen Dachang said honestly: "Mrs. Zhao is okay, but she is not in good spirits. As for the culprit, Gongzizhao ordered people to search along the inner city river for a whole night, but he was surprised that no one was alive or dead. Gongzizhao even took people personally. I went to search outside the city, but there was still no trace of the culprit."
"I'm afraid I ran away long ago." After a pause, the emperor asked: "Have you found out who tied Gu Jiu? What is the purpose? Is it to hold Liu Zhao?"
Chen Dachang said: "Xue Guifei refused to confide a single word, and other people even asked three questions, and they couldn't tell Madam Zhao. The old slave saw that Madam Zhao was tied up, which may not have been done by Concubine Xue. It may be someone. In the troubled waters, Concubine Xue Gui used the plan and joined forces temporarily. As for the purpose of kidnapping Madam Zhao, perhaps he wanted to contain the son Zhao."
The emperor snorted, "So I want to scold Liu Zhao for being an idiot. He is tantamount to exposing his weaknesses to others, and I am sorry that he is better than Jin Jian without kidnapping Gu Jiu."
Chen Dachang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The old slave heard that the son Zhao had secretly left Beijing more than half a month ago and accepted King Ning's return to Beijing. During this period, he was assassinated several times. Later, he was killed by fraud and deceived King Zhao. .
However, Zhao Wang said that among the heads Liu Zhao brought up, there were two people who were not him. There should be another wave of people who killed the son Zhao, besides the ones sent by King Zhao. "
The emperor nodded, "Check, follow these clues to find out. What's the situation with King Yan now?"
"King Yan is locked up in King Yan's Mansion, waiting for His Majesty's disposal.
"Dispose of him, don't worry. Put Shu Jieyu into the cold palace first."
Chen Dachang was surprised.
Shu Jieyu is a former concubine, the biological mother of King Yan. Because of Li Defei's frame, she was demoted from Xianfei to Jieyu.
This time, King Yan helped Zhao Wang cause chaos, but she didn't expect Shu Jieyu to be the first person implicated.
Chen Dachang didn't hesitate and took the order directly.
At the latest today, Shu Jieyu will be beaten into the cold palace and live a life of misery.
This is where everything is prosperous, and everything is lost.
Shu Jieyu couldn't escape the crime committed by King Yan.
The emperor's spirit is okay, so he made a decision, "Call King Ning and his son, I have something to ask them."
Chen Dachang was embarrassed, "The son Zhao is still searching for culprits throughout the city."
The emperor was annoyed, "Tell him to roll over. The grand grandson, grabbing embroidered clothes and guards for work, he is promising! I have such a big thing, I don't know to come to please peace, you can ask him if he still wants to be filial."
"The old slave will arrange for someone to call the son to see him."
"I will give him an hour. If an hour is not here, you will bear the consequences."
Chen Dachang immediately ordered someone to find Liu Zhao, and he must take Liu Zhao to the palace within an hour.
...
Liu Zhao didn't rest all night, and before dawn he took people out of the city to the pier to search the pipeline.
Zhou Jin seemed to be a fish into the sea, and there was no trace since he jumped into the inner city river.
"A big living person, this son doesn't believe him, he can disappear out of thin air."
Liu Zhao's heart to kill Zhou Jin is very urgent.
It's like Zhou Jin killed his heart.
To dare to kidnap Xiao Jiu is tantamount to slandering him on his head.
If this person is not killed, Liu Zhao will have trouble sleeping and eating.
As soon as Liu Zhao returned to the city, he met the servant in the palace.
"From your majesty's verbal order, Master Xuan will see you. Within an hour, your Majesty must meet people, otherwise you will be at your own risk. So far, three quarters of an hour has passed. Master Xuan, hurry!"
Liu Zhao frowned, feeling upset.
He was busy, the emperor grandfather declared what he was doing.
"The son Zhao hasn't hurried to the palace to meet him, he will be accused of being late."
With a cold snort, Liu Zhao beat his horse towards the palace.
At the end, Liu Zhao arrived at the palace.
King Ning has arrived and is playing a dutiful son.
King Ning saw Liu Zhao and quickly waved, "Come and send your greetings to your grandfather. You kid, you disappeared in a blink of an eye yesterday. If you don't know that you have something to do, this king will have to clean up your meal."
Liu Zhao ignored King Ning, stepped forward three steps, bowed to greet him, "Grandson sees Emperor Grandfather. Is Emperor Grandfather better?"
"No gift! I heard that from yesterday to today, you have been busy searching for culprits?"
"Exactly!" Liu Zhao was very open.
The emperor pretended to ask casually: "Is there a result?"
Liu Zhao shook his head, "There has been no result yet."
The emperor sneered, "Are you convicted?"
Liu Zhao was a little dazed, "Grandson doesn't know what crime he committed."
"Leaving Beijing privately, a serious crime!" The emperor said without any doubt.
Liu Zhao secretly glanced at the emperor, and then looked at King Ning.
King Ning is very peaceful today, and is rarely honest.
"In front of your emperor's grandfather, don't hide anything. Just tell the truth." King Ning is not only honest, but also straightforward.
Liu Zhao immediately said: "Knowing that the father and king are in danger, if the grandson does not go to the rescue, he is unfaithful, unfilial and unrighteous."
"If you leave Beijing privately, do you want to be loyal and filial?"
"It's really wrong to go out of Beijing privately, and my grandson is willing to be punished." Liu Zhao was a bachelor, too lazy to argue, so he just confessed the punishment neatly.
The emperor is angry.
Originally, I wanted to give Liu Zhao a chance, but the boy was impatient and thought he was long-winded.
The emperor pointed at him, "Go back and think behind closed doors, plus 20,000 words to review."
What the is the review?
The emperor smiled triumphantly, "Go home and ask Gu Jiu. Twenty thousand words, not a word is allowed, otherwise I can't spare you."
Liu Zhao: "..."
The emperor's grandfather is taking revenge.
It's irrational.
Humph!
Twenty thousand words is 20,000 words!
He didn't even have the idea of ​​bargaining, so he agreed.
The emperor regrets only 20,000 words. It should be cruel, 40,000 words directly.