I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

The next day, Wang Zhao washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and hurriedly reported the results of the interrogation to Han Qi.

Su Chunxi pleaded guilty and confessed that he is the left protector of Tianji Pavilion, in charge of the financial power of Tianji Pavilion, and all expenses in the pavilion will be provided from him, so he is the most powerful person in Tianji Pavilion besides the pavilion owner.The owner of the Tianji Pavilion is now old and unable to do what he wants in the affairs of the cabinet, and since Su Yuwan left the Tianji Pavilion, the pavilion owner has become more dependent and trusting of him, so now he has already grasped the real power of the Tianji Pavilion.

He had always loved Su Yuwan, and had expressed his feelings to Su Yuwan, but she was already the wife of the pavilion master at that time, and she could not accept him.It was Su Yuwan who chose three women who looked similar to hers to him, and gave him the idea to let him consider them his daughters and use them for him, so that his business of making money could be further improved by means of marriage.

Su Chunxi has always had Su Yuwan in his heart, so after he learned from Hongyi that it was Cui Tao who killed Su Yuwan, he vowed to avenge Su Yuwan, and to make Cui Tao's death even more painful, so that the court and government she once loyal to force her to force her to die. Killing her makes her feel regretful and ironic!

"He said that the pavilion master doesn't take care of things now, and focuses on taking care of his body. Most of the time, he handles it. Only major matters need to be reported to him."

"According to his account, the owner of the Tianji Pavilion is an old man who is over sixty years old, with a goatee and gray beard and hair. He used to look very energetic, with a rosy face. In the past two years, because of his weak bones , there is no previous spirit."

Wang Zhao then presented the portrait drawn by the artist based on Su Chunxi's description.

The old man in the portrait is leaning on a cane, with a wooden hairpin in his hair, a large forehead, and a goatee. His appearance is not vicious.

After Han Qi saw the portrait, he glanced at Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the portrait he was holding up, "This man looks a bit kind, he doesn't look like a bad guy, but Su Chunxi also looks like Maitreya Buddha when he smiles, looking simple and honest. It seems that the people in Tianji Pavilion are quite capable of pretending to be kind."

"Don't you think he looks familiar?" Han Qi asked.

Wang Zhao was stunned for a second, carefully looking at the person in the portrait, but didn't realize it for a moment.Seeing that Han Qi was replying to some report, he felt embarrassed to ask again, so he asked Zhang Chang who was beside Han Qi for advice.

Zhang Chang also felt familiar, but suddenly couldn't explain it in detail, "By the way, it's the birthday star!"

"Shouxing?"

The longevity god that everyone often worships?Going to look at the person in this portrait again, it really looks like it!

Wang Zhao was so angry that he threw the portrait on the ground, "Okay, this fellow dares to trick us! I'll settle the score with him!"

Han Qi called Wang Zhao, "Using torture to such a degree, if you still refuse to tell the truth, it's useless to re-trial. Even if you ask for evidence, most of it is the same as this painting, fake."

"Then what should we do?" Wang Zhao asked hurriedly.

"Deal with the law, no further trial." Han Qi said.

Wang Zhao: "Then what he said about being the protector of Tianji Pavilion, and his relationship with Su Yuwan, are all false?"

"Xu is both true and false, trying to fool us." Han Qi said.

"But speaking of this portrait, I didn't think about it on purpose. I can't think of it. Could it be that the owner of the Tianji Pavilion really looks like this?" Wang Zhao said with emotion.

"It's hard to judge based on the portrait alone. You have to suspect first, then you can find traces from the portrait."

Han Qi told Wang Zhao that the reason why he suspected that Su Chunxi was not telling the truth was because when he confessed at the beginning, he claimed that he was the owner of the Tianji Pavilion. Obviously, he intended to protect the owner of the Tianji Pavilion and take the blame for him. Then how could he honestly explain the appearance of the owner of the Tianji Pavilion.

"So that's how it is." Wang Zhao hurriedly expressed that he was taught.

After coming out of Han Qi's place, Wang Zhao couldn't help sighing and shaking his head.This scene happened to be watched by Li Yuan, so he asked him why.

Wang Zhao then told the story just now, frowned and sighed: "Han Tuiguan is still the same Han Tuiguan, he is very discerning and heroic, but—"

Li Yuan immediately realized that Wang Zhao was talking about Mrs. Cui, so he sighed.

"Wang Siniang said that Madam Cui hopes that we can all live as well as before, otherwise she will be sad under the nine springs, so don't think about it."

Wang Zhao nodded and signaled Li Yuan to go to work.He leaned against the wall to relax, and ordered his subordinates to go down and put Su Chunxi in prison.

Something happened in the cell last night. A prisoner escaped from the prison last night. Now Prison Sun is arresting people everywhere with nose and tears. He even asked Wang Zhao to send a group of people to the military patrol shop.

Now that no one has been found, Prisoner Sun is in a state of panic. Seeing Wang Zhao coming, he hurried over to beg, asking if more people can be sent to look for him.

"If the portrait is not wanted, you can notify the city gate guard."

Sun Baotou nodded and said anxiously: "Judge Wang has been notified, but I am worried that this person will still not be caught. It's because when we found out the situation, he had already been running for half an hour. Oh, I can't Really... If I had listened to Mrs. Cui's instructions and strengthened my guard against him, put a few more locks on him to keep him in check, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Wang Zhao was puzzled: "What does this have to do with Mrs. Cui? The escaped prisoner is called Fan En, right? Mrs. Cui also knows him?"

"It's not considered acquaintance." Leader Sun explained to Wang Zhao, "Does Inspector Wang still remember the case of the ten charred corpses?"

"The Lin Sanlang case? Of course I remember." How could Wang Zhao forget such a big case.

"The witness in that case, Zhu Erniu, was bullied by his fellow inmates after he was taken into prison. Mrs. Cui taught him a lesson when delivering meals to him. At that time, there was a bearded prisoner who offended Mrs. Cui. Attention, that guy is Fan En who escaped from prison now."

Wang Zhao asked Prison Leader Sun to elaborate further.

"Miss Cui asked me what happened to him and went to jail. After I explained it, Madam Cui told me to pay special attention to that guy, saying that he was a bit weird and might be restless.

I agreed at the time, but didn't pay much attention.How tightly guarded is the prison in Kaifeng Mansion, how could the guards on the inner three floors and the outer three floors really escape?But he didn't expect that after these few months, he really escaped. "

Sun Baotou was so angry that he slapped himself on the head, full of remorse.

Because of the case of the Liao Kingdom Mission, Mrs. Cui was gone. Everyone in the cell was more familiar with Cui Tao, and Sun Laotou and others were very sad.So when the prisoners related to the mission case were sent to the prison, Prison Chief Sun was very careful, fearing that accidents would delay the matter, and asked everyone to keep an eye on these prisoners without blinking.

As for the guarding of other prisoners in the prison, there are relatively few manpower.Fann just looked at the gap, somehow broke open the lock of the cell, knocked out the jailer in charge, changed into the appearance of the jailer, and fled from the main door of the cell.

After Wang Zhao learned about the prison escape before, he read the files of the fugitive prisoner, and he was a bandit, not a big identity.

Prison escape is indeed a major event, but compared with other major cases taken over by the Kaifeng government, it is not a major event. Just follow the rules and arrest them.Wang Zhao also has a more serious case to be responsible for, so he can't take care of this case.

But since Mrs. Cui paid attention to Fan En, Wang Zhao felt that it was necessary to report to Official Han Tui. If it was a major case, he could plan to deal with it as soon as possible.

Han Qi's reaction was the same as Wang Zhao's. Knowing that Cui Tao had paid attention to Fan En, he took a look at the file.

Seeing Han Qi like this, Wang Zhao felt extremely complicated.

When he was trading with Pan and others outside the city with Han Tuiguan, the knife that Han Tuiguan stabbed Mrs. Cui with a dagger has always made him brood, and even had nightmares.

At that time, Tuiguan Han was not like someone he knew in normal times. Although he knew that Tuiguan Han had endured a lot, he probably didn’t want to do this. It was all for the sake of the overall situation...but he still couldn’t help thinking about it, feeling very uncomfortable, Want to blame him.He even felt that Official Han Tui had never been sincere to Mrs. Cui, otherwise how could he have acted so indifferently and acted so decisively.

But after the incident, he saw that Han Tuiguan would often caress the jade pendant given to him by Mrs. Cui, and stare at the peach blossom painting on the wall. He realized that Han Tuiguan had always had Mrs. Cui in his heart, but he didn’t show it. .

In addition, Wang Siniang conveyed the words of Mrs. Cui before she was alive, so Wang Zhao did not resign again, but chose to stay in Kaifeng Mansion and continue to work.

"This Fann was originally a bandit who blocked the road and robbed. He often took a few brothers to appear and disappear on various official roads. They changed places when they went to one place, and it was very difficult to catch. A few months ago, he went to Wang Yuanwai's house alone to rob and commit crimes. The time was chosen after noon in the daytime. Wang Yuanwai’s family nursing home is not rare, and he is destined to be arrested if he does this.”

Cui Tao's bright smiling face suddenly appeared in his mind, Han Qi paused, and took a slow breath.

"It's clear that Zhang Yang acted only to get caught and go to jail. What she said is true, it is indeed strange."

Wang Zhao immediately said that he would investigate the matter thoroughly.

"You have more important things to do, so leave this case to Li Cai." After Han Qi finished speaking, he drew a circle on the account book with a cinnabar pen.

Wang Zhao looked over and found that the accounts transactions trapped by Han Qi were all related to Quanzhou.

"Santai Rouge Shop's large purchases come from Quanzhou, and Madam Sun also stated that the main rudder of Tianji Pavilion is near Quanzhou."

Wang Zhao suddenly remembered that Madam Sun had said that when she went to the chief helm, she would stay at the inn in Quanzhou and wait for someone to pick her up.Those people not only covered their face, but also blocked her nose and ears, so that she could only breathe through her mouth, and then put her in a three-inch thick wooden box and transported her on a donkey cart. It took about a day to get to the main helm .

Han Qi handed a letter to Wang Zhao, telling him that the shops in Quanzhou mentioned in the letter might belong to Tianji Pavilion, and asked him to go to Quanzhou to investigate these things secretly, but he must be careful not to expose them.

"There are people I have arranged in Quanzhou. You can meet them after you go there." Han Qi will ask Zhang Chang to tell him about the specific matters.

Finally, Tianji Pavilion could be completely eradicated. Wang Zhao was very excited and asked Han Qi how many people he could bring to Quanzhou.

"You drank and scolded me tonight, and someone will sue me tomorrow, so you resigned in anger and left Beijing to join friends in other places." Han Qi said.

Wang Zhao was stunned, and then realized that his actions this time were very confidential. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, he had to be careful in Bianjing.

"Could it be that there are spies in Kaifeng Mansion?"

"Shhh!" Zhang Chang moved closer to Wang Zhao, patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "It didn't exist before, but it does exist now."

Wang Zhao was shocked, "I've suspected it for a long time! Those people who cheated the Liao Kingdom's embassy, ​​wearing the clothes of the military patrol shop, and their badges, must have something to do with the people inside the yamen!"

After Wang Zhao left, Zhang Chang said to Han Qi worriedly: "Counselor Wang's mood has been fluctuating a lot these days. If Quanzhou is handed over to him for investigation, will it be a mess?"

"No." Han Qi said without hesitation.

Zhang Chang was about to hand over all the specific matters to Wang Zhao, but he turned around and walked a few steps before Han Qi stopped him.

"No letter from her yet?"

Zhang Chang was stunned. From this morning to now, his family Liu Lang has asked him the same question three times.

Zhang Chang squeezed the corners of his mouth tightly to prevent himself from laughing.

He saluted Han Qi respectfully, and patiently explained to Han Qi: "If there is a letter, the villain will definitely rush over immediately and give the letter to Liu Lang."

Han Qi stopped talking and continued to work with his head buried.

When it was almost noon, a servant sent by Yan Juhou came to ask Han Qi if he would like to go to the Eight Immortals Tower to have lunch together.

Han Qi and Yan Juhou are good friends, it's not new for him to ask him to have dinner together.But at such a sensitive time, no matter who called him, Han Qi had to think about it.

"Is there anyone else?" Han Qi seemed to ask casually.

The servant didn't shy away from it, and told Han Qi honestly that his husband was playing chess with Zhao Zongqing, and they thought they might meet at noon.

Han Qi: "Excellent, there are so many people."

At noon, Han Qi came to the Eight Immortals Building as scheduled.But he didn't see Yan Juhou in the agreed room, only Zhao Zongqing standing by the window.

"Something happened to his family, and he just left, so I didn't have time to inform you. I'm hungry, so I want to stay for dinner. I wonder if the official Han Tui will do me a favor?" Zhao Zongqing asked with a smile.

Han Qi agreed, "It's a great honor."

It seems that the mission case is not as simple as Tianji Pavilion's revenge. Han Qi always feels that there is someone behind this, and there is a deeper purpose.But he couldn't figure it out, so he could only wait patiently for the fox to show his tail.

This has been going on for several days now, nothing out of the ordinary.

Han Qi couldn't help wondering whether the person in front of him today was that fox?If so, what purpose does he have?