Updated: 2012-09-10

Although the thick clouds blocked the sunlight and the earth was not so bright, it was broad daylight after all, and Chen Hao's sharp knife pulled the people in the yard into boundless fear and could not extricate themselves.

The guard who was in pain but could not call, the sharp knife flying full of rhythm, the calm and accurate knife hand... the red blood flowed slowly and slowly penetrated into the ground. The falling pieces of meat made people unable to help but want to disgust.

"Zhou Liyuan, untie his qi sea, I thought of asking him what I wanted to ask him." Qin Fei ordered.

The dying guard opened his eyes weakly, without hiding his hatred, staring at Qin Fei fiercely, looking like a hungry wolf. If he could move, he would definitely swallow Qin Fei in one bite.

Qin Fei walked two steps closer, squatted down in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Don't rush to hate me. If you don't answer my questions honestly, I promise you will feel that the way I treat you now is better than a living Bodhisattva."

"Your name? Position? Where are you on the night of November 18?" Qin Fei reached out and patted his face, and smiled and said, "I don't like to ask again after thinking it through.

The muscles on the guard's face kept trembling, and the gods in his heart were fighting, and his helpless eyes were turned to his colleagues, to the unconscious Hulufang, to Wei Bingyin, who had already started to cheat... He finally surrendered and whispered: "Fifth-rank sword guard, Xin Jiaxiong."

Of course, Qin Fei would not just pull a guard out and cut it. At least he would only take action after he was sure of his success. After hearing his name, he knew that he was not lying. As a fifth-grade guard, he was already a good master. The level of the guard in the palace can generally reach the fourth-grade level, which is the limit. If you want to be promoted again, you have to rely on being released from the army or being promoted to military officer. A fifth-grade guard is at least a master in the innate realm. He is the best among them.

"November 18th...That night, the fourth prince went to the yard of Xiliu Street..." Xin Jiaxiong hesitated for a while. Perhaps Bai Shengsheng's arm bone was reminding him not to delay, but he mustered up the courage to continue: "I and another guard brought two teams to protect him. When he arrived at that yard, his team was on the periphery and set up a light and dark whistle. I took my subordinates into the inner courtyard, controlled the entrance and exit, and checked the wine, drinks and dishes. I and the other person were protecting each other closely."

Qin Fei pondered, "Everyone knows what is done in that yard. The Fourth Prince must be no exception, right?"

"No...no!" Xin Jiaxiong grinned and shouted, "Can you stop the bleeding first?"

"Oh... If you want to stop the bleeding, you can answer quickly. After asking, you will stop the bleeding naturally!" Qin Fei said coldly.

Xin Jiaxiong gritted his teeth hatefully: "That night, the fourth prince was drinking in the room and only asked one person to accompany him. The woman was the top card in the yard and was very popular. After she arrived at the room, the fourth prince asked me to protect him outside the door. Later, the fourth prince was furious for some reason, so I went to the next door with another person to beat Mo Yang and Mo Shigong."

Qin Fei sneered: "You are really brave. The court officials dare to beat them casually. It seems that the saying "Dogs rely on their power" is really not missed."

Xin Jiaxiong didn't have time to defend himself, and then said, "We stayed outside the door for the middle of the night. Later, the fourth prince came out and told us to go in and pack up the body and bury the woman with a noble ceremony... After we finished the work, we warned the people in the yard not to disclose the matter, saying that the woman had the plague and then let it go."

"Is that woman called Bai Xiaoyan?" Qin Fei asked.

“That’s right!”

Qin Fei ignored him, turned his face to look at Wei Bingyin, and said seriously: "The evidence seems to be complete. I will take Xin Jiaxiong to find the woman's body. The Criminal Prison and the Jinshishi Department are responsible for the autopsy. If the physical evidence is also found by me, the first sentence of the next memorial I wrote to His Majesty must be - the prince violated the law and the common people's crimes!"

"Let's talk about it after finding it!" Although Wei Bingyin was still stubborn, he had lost his momentum.

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The stone bridge is flowing water, the bamboo shadows and plum fragrance. If outsiders come here, they will definitely think that this is the villa of an official family. It is absolutely not an ordinary person to have such a villa in Dongdu, where every inch of land is valuable.

But those who really know the inside story will never see it like this. This is like a prison!

A warm sedan chair that was not gorgeous, surrounded by more than twenty male and female servants, walked into this villa, walked through the garden, stepped across the stone bridge, crossed the middle, and stopped in the back. The warm sedan chair fell steadily on the ground. The man in front of the sedan chair stretched out his hand and rolled up the curtain of the sedan chair. The middle-aged maid bowed her waist and poked her arms to follow the hand that was stretched out from the sedan chair. Both men and women are well-trained and well-behaved!

A middle-aged beautiful woman walked down the sedan chair. She looked a little haggard, with a few white hairs on her temples trembling in the cold wind. However, haggard only made her look more unique to aristocratic, completely different from those haggard women who suffered for tomorrow's food and clothing!

"Where is the prince?" She glanced at the people who walked out of the courtyard and did not find her only beloved son.

A strong guard walked down the corridor and bowed to his feet and said, "Empress, the prince was hungover last night and has not left the bedroom for a half step. I guess he hasn't woken up yet."

A trace of undetectable anger flashed across the queen's face and she walked towards the corridor.

The guard hurriedly took two steps and stood in front: "Empress, Your Majesty has an order. During the time when the prince is thinking about his mistakes, he is not allowed to see anyone. He is in a humble position and offends the Empress. Please forgive me!"

"Bang!" Queen Guan raised her right hand and slapped heavily on his face. The slap was crisp and loud. Although Queen Guan was just a woman with no strength, it was not so easy to slap her with all her strength.

She walked forward, and the guard moved two steps, still blocking her, and whispered: "Your order cannot be violated. Even if the Empress kills Beiyi today, Beiyi will not dare to let the Empress go."

"Kill you?" Queen Guan glanced at the thirty-year-old's strong guard in her thirties and snorted heavily: "I only have one son. Today is a mother who comes to see her only son. Do you want to stop this? I won't kill you, so what ability do I have to kill you? Hahaha, if Your Majesty is really cruel, I will kill us mother and son together."

Her left hand slowly stretched out her sleeves, her delicate and fair palms as delicate as a girl, holding a sharp knife tightly. Everyone had time to exclaim, and the knife was placed on her neck.

Queen Guan said sadly: "You are the fourth-rank imperial guards, and everyone here is not your opponent. If I can't kill you, I can only kill myself. Today, if I can't see my son, I will die here, and I will be finished!"

The fourth-rank guard was shocked and hurriedly fell to the ground: "Empress, don't... I will send someone to report to Your Majesty."

Queen Guan didn't even look at him. She pressed her neck with a knife in her hand. A blood mark appeared on her white skin in an instant, and then the bloodline flowed down.

"Go aside!" Queen Guan shouted coldly.

"Haughty job..."

Before he could finish speaking, Queen Guan gritted her silver teeth and took her with her sword.

The fourth-rank guard knelt on the ground, frightened. But after thinking about it, if he disobeyed the king's order and released the queen in, it would be a death sentence at most. He had made a lot of contributions in the past, and Master Pang was also pleased with him. If he was about to die, he might be able to save his life. If he refused to let go of others, this queen would not seem to be joking. She would have wiped her neck with impulse... She was the queen of the current dynasty, and was Guan Zaide's daughter. Her family would be waiting to go to the Caishi Street to behead her head! Maybe she had to take the Nine Clans...

The chaotic thoughts were just a moment. Once he made up his mind, he immediately made a way out.

Queen Guan still put her neck on her knife, walked quickly to the corridor and said sternly: "No one is allowed to follow me, one can do anything for her son's mother."

The people in the yard, whether they were the servants of the queen or the guards who were locked up in the prince, looked at each other, and were sweating profusely.

The prince had wine stains on his mouth, and his beard had not been shaved for a long time, which seemed a little vicissitudes. The room was full of wine, and many empty wine bottles were thrown away on the ground... He lay on the ground with his clothes, and no one would put on a quilt for him, nor would anyone help him lie on the couch. The imperial prince, who had gloriousness in the past, is now just a prisoner who had wine, meat and food, and lived in a gorgeous villa!

Queen Guan put away the knife in her hand, held the prince in her arms, shed tears, and wiped away the dust and wine stains from her face.

"Mom...I want Mom..." The prince muttered in his dream, rubbing his head in Queen Guan's arms, just like his attachment at first birth.

Queen Guan said sadly: "You have been calling me mother since you were three years old. I haven't heard of the word "Mom" for many years."

The prince suddenly woke up from his dream, and suddenly saw Queen Guan in his hazy eyes. He was immediately distracted and shouted: "My mother? Queen mother, why are you here? Is the father going to let me out?"

"No..." Queen Guan shook her head slowly: "Mother later, I see you, I know you are not doing well here. If you want to go out, you can't be so decadent. Only by cheering up can you have the chance to get back everything that belongs to you."

"Careful?" The prince suddenly laughed wildly: "Are I not cheering up for more than twenty years? I followed those white-bearded old men to study, and recited it like a stream. I followed famous generals to learn military tactics and deduce ancient war examples. I did everything, but what about the end?"

"You have to know that this road is a road that cannot be turned back. The person who walks to the end will win. Those who give up halfway will only have a dead end." Queen Guan said sternly.

"Then I'm dead. My father cut off all my paths. Well, at least I can see before I die, whether it's Duan, King Qi, or even the fourth brother who just recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, who can take that position?" the prince sneered.
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