The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

In the capital, the air pressure in the court has become extremely low since the news of the eight hundred miles of Jiangnan Road came to the capital four days ago.

Today is even more closed.

In the study room above the palace city, Chang Jing, the deposed envoy of Jiangnan Road, knelt before the emperor's throne.

The prince accompanied him.

The emperor looked at the document handed over by Chang Jing, his hands shaking with anger.

He never imagined that under the appearance of peace and prosperity in the Zhou Dynasty, some people would extend their dirty hands to innocent people in order to fight for power and profit.

Floods in the four states south of the Yangtze River killed thousands of people and destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of farmland.

If we hadn't stocked up enough food, we might have been starved to death!

The emperor closed the folding book with a "pop" sound: "Bring the people here."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, four fully armed Imperial Guards came in carrying a man.

The man had obviously been severely tortured, and there was not a trace of intact skin on his body.

Because he had to meet the emperor, he was hurriedly passed through the water several times and put on new prison clothes.

His legs were disabled and he was carried in on a stretcher.

Chang Jing came to Beijing four days ago with Jiangnan Dao Babaili Express. After entering Beijing, he went straight to the home of Duan Chuanchao, a private wine shop, dragged him out overnight and detained him in the forbidden garden of the East Palace.

During these days, Chang Jing personally supervised the execution.

The roars and wails that came from the Forbidden Garden every day scared even the servants away from them.

Duan Chuanchao, who was being tortured, had red eyes: "If you have evidence, sir, you can take my life! If Duan is allowed to bite randomly, it is absolutely impossible."

Chang Jing was extremely angry: "You are really a loyal dog! Are you willing to risk your own life for the sake of the master behind you?"

Duan Chuanchao said coldly: "Duan is just a commoner who relies on his craftsmanship to make a living. I wonder who the master you are talking about is?"

Seeing that he refused to give in, Chang Jing used his trump card.

He asked his men to bring Duan Chuanchao's mother in.

Duan Chuanchao, who was tied to the torture rack, seemed to be going crazy, struggling desperately: "You are shameless! Don't touch my mother!"

Chang Jing waved his hand and his men dragged Duan's mother to the next door.

The sound of iron chains sounded, and it was obvious that Duan's mother was also tied to the torture rack.

Duan Chuanchao's eyes widened angrily: "You bitch! You bitch! Just come at me if you have anything to do with me. If you take an old lady, you are nothing!"

Chang Jing sneered and said: "You still know that she is your mother? Have you ever thought about the mothers of the people you killed? You can be unkind to others, but there is nothing I can't do. You are not tough, you can Do you want to bear it? Then I will see if your mother can bear it!"

After speaking, he ordered his men: "Call the doctor from the Donggong Palace. Don't let the old lady die."

"Ah...ah..." Duan Chuan couldn't help but roar.

The whip next door rang in the air, and Duan's mother screamed.

"I said! I said! I said!!!" Duan Chuan shouted at Chao, with tears streaming down his face.

Next, it is a matter of course.

The chief historian of the East Palace recorded Duan Chuanchao's confession, and the prince indeed saw the name of the second prince Wu Tianchi.

He smashed two inkstones in the study.

Chang Jing asked: "At this time, do you want to report to Your Majesty as soon as possible?"

The prince remained silent and turned to Cao Yang, the Young Master of the East Palace who had returned from investigating the case.

When Cao Yang saw this, he understood. He stepped forward and said: "The flooding on Jiangnan Road has been confirmed to be caused by six officials who tampered with the dam when they reinforced the dam at the beginning of the year. These six people have been silenced by Duan Chuanchao. Therefore, now we can The only person who can explain this matter clearly is Duan Chuanchao."

"Now that Duan Chuanchao has been arrested, my subordinates believe that this matter should be resolved sooner rather than later. Once the second prince knows about it, other evidence will be destroyed. It may be difficult to explain clearly before His Majesty takes charge."

Cao Yang's words strengthened the hesitant prince's confidence.

The second brother is here to kill him, so why should I be so merciful!

So he requested an order to enter the palace and brought Duan Chuanchao into the palace.

At this time, Duan Chuanchao knelt on the ground and told exactly how he had been silenced by the second prince's order.

The emperor frowned: "How can you just open your mouth and slander the prince with empty words? How can you, a commoner, get in touch with the noble prince so easily?"

Duan Chuanchao endured the severe pain all over his body: "Every time the second prince ordered someone to deliver a message, he would hold a token. One of them fell into the house of a grassroots man, who hid it on the roof. If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can Send someone to get it.”

The emperor nodded, and one of the forbidden soldiers took the order and retreated.

Duan Chuanchao continued:

"The craftsmanship of Cao Min brewing wine is known to all the major restaurants in the capital. The second prince knew that the officials from the four states in the south of the Yangtze River were greedy for drinking, so he ordered Cao Min to run errands for him, saying that when the work was completed, he would fund the Cao Min to open a tavern in the capital, so that he would no longer have to look like a tavern in the capital. Now I’m running around like this.”

"Then how did you kill those six people?" the emperor asked.

He tried his best to hold back, but people close to him could still see the bulging veins on his forehead.

Duan Chuanchao told in detail how he sneaked into Yuji Restaurant in Yingzhou and how he used good wine to lure the horseherds into drugging six people's horse feed: "That time they came to Yuji Restaurant to meet, and the common people were looking for them. I made an excuse to lure away the two nephews of the restaurant owner's servants, and then asked the stable boy I found to poison him while serving the food. After the incident was completed, the grassroots took the stable boy to the suburbs, poisoned him and buried him. After the Cao Min returned to the capital and waited for some time, the Second Prince sent someone to deliver a letter, telling the Cao Min that no one suspected that the deaths of the six people were related to the Cao Min."

"You are really good at it! If I love you very much and insist on investigating, I am afraid that I and the whole world will be fooled by you!"

Soon, the Imperial Guards who visited Duan Chuan's home came back.

But when he came back, what he was holding in his hand was an identity jade token belonging to the second prince Wu Tianchi.

According to royal rules, there are four jade plaques in the East Palace, two for each of the other princes, and one for each of the other royal family members to show their identity to the outside world.

The emperor shook his hands and fumbled for the identity of his second son.

Suddenly, I burst into tears.

The prince wiped the corners of his eyes: "Father... why did the second son become like this! Just to suppress Lord Chang Jing, does he have to put the lives of the people at risk?"

The emperor sighed: "Why is he trying to suppress Chang Jing... His target is you!"

After saying that, he slapped the various jade plaques on the table and shouted: "Go, bring me the second prince!"

Eunuch Yao, who originally stood aside and did not dare to show his dignity, quickly agreed and was ready to go out to announce people.

"It's not you who go!" The emperor interrupted him, but pointed at the imperial army, "You go!"

The imperial army was dispatched, and there was little room for change at this time.

……

For Wu Tianchi, he had been a little uneasy since the person who assassinated Mu Rong never returned.

This time Chang Jing returned to Beijing to report on his work, which made him even more uneasy. He always felt that something had gone wrong in Jiangnan Road.

And today, when he saw a column of forbidden troops rushing directly into his prince's palace.

His face instantly turned pale.