The Female General and Xiao Fu's Wife

In the early morning of the next day, the imperial court had learned about Shen Zhaoxue's robbing of the prison. The interrogation of the Sima family had begun ahead of schedule, and the clan's mansion had directly taken him to the imperial court. Seeing his former rival's desolate appearance, the prime minister could not help but sneer. It is the consequence of confronting him.

Most of the officials watched this with cold eyes. Only Shen Qiwen didn't say much all morning, and stayed quietly. Although the robbery of the prison was not caused by his Shen family, after all, when the incident happened last night, his family had visited him , he was a little afraid that the source of the matter would be traced to him, so he was depressed all the time, without a smile on his face.

Xiao Qi has been hurt by this matter recently. For him, it is inevitable that he has lost a general, and he can't bear it, but he has to express his attitude to the people of the country. If this incident is dealt with lightly, then the future of the country Ethics will be in chaos, people's hearts will be confused, the country will be in chaos, and these people...I'm afraid none of them will allow him to soften his heart.

"Sima Yun, did you know about Shen Zhaoxue being robbed?" Xiao Qi asked.

Sima Yun answered without hesitation, "The guilty minister doesn't know."

Prime Minister Xing Shilin bowed his hands and set an example first, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks this is tricky and needs to be strictly interrogated, otherwise this traitor will not easily tell the truth."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Sima Boyi couldn't help but yell at him. He has always been docile, but he can't understand that Xing Shilin is so vicious at this moment, "Xing Shilin, what if you I, Sima Boyi, really have the ability to rob a prison, why am I still standing here for you to slander me at this very moment."

For a while, he was unable to accept the move, and everyone started talking about it. At this moment, Xiao Qi felt that her brain was about to explode, "Stop arguing, stop arguing, what do you think? Come one."

"I believe that in order to prevent future troubles, we should kill chickens and monkeys immediately, so as to make an example and not disappoint the virtues passed down by our ancestors."

"Lord Chen is right. Your Majesty, we must not let our country's Gangchang ethics be confused. This time we must show it to the world."

"If you don't cut the weeds and root out the roots today, maybe one day the person who robbed the prison will return again, and I'm afraid it will be too late."

"..."

Xiao Qi supported her forehead, only feeling a headache, now most people's advice is to kill now and leave no way out, but he always feels that the things inside are not simple, and shouldn't be so hasty.

At this moment, he suddenly looked at Sima Yun who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, and asked, "What else do you have to say?"

"Criminal Sima Yun has nothing to say." Sima Yun said, she felt that since the matter has come to this point, it is best for that person to take Zhao Xue away as far as possible and never come back, she will never say anything In this matter, she will not let Zhaoxue be found and arrested by them again, she would rather die like this.

"Yun'er!" Sima Boyi yelled at her, he didn't want her to break the pot like this.

"Oh? Sima Boyi, do you have a secret?" Xiao Qi asked again.

At this moment, Sima Boyi looked up at Shen Qiwen who hadn't said much all morning, "Last night, Shen Qiwen went to visit the prison secretly, and even though Zhaoxue came back safely later, he was dragged out in the middle of the night to talk, That's all the guilty minister knows, and I don't dare to speak half a word, I hope His Majesty will see clearly."

When Shen Qiwen heard this, his heart skipped a beat, he was really afraid of something, he knew that this old man Sima Boyi would not let him go so easily.

"There is such a thing? Shen Aiqing, is everything he said true?" Xiao Qi asked.

When Shen Qiwen was hesitating whether to tell the truth, he secretly looked at the prime minister, trying to get some advice from him, but unexpectedly, Xing Shilin didn't give him a reply, and pretended not to receive it at all. Only then did I feel what it means to be alone and helpless.

"Why, why don't you answer me?"

Shen Qiwen tremblingly opened his mouth, walked with his own heart once, just took a gamble to tell the truth, and fell to his knees with a plop, "Your Majesty, I... did visit my daughter last night, after all, no matter how married my daughter followed She has a foreign surname, and she is still the daughter of the minister. No matter how His Majesty will deal with this matter, I, a father, want to see my daughter. Although I violated the regulations, the minister is only doing this from the standpoint of a father. , I hope His Majesty will be merciful."

Seeing his provocative remarks, Xiao Qi couldn't stand it anymore, "Okay, then let me ask you, is the prison robbery in the second half of the night related to you?"

Shen Qiwen shook his head again and again, "I absolutely don't know, I hope His Majesty will find out."

Just at this moment, when the matter was at a loss and there was no progress, Master Li of the Clan Mansion escorted two timid jailers in, "Your Majesty, I have a word."

"Say."

"Your Majesty found fresh blood in the execution room of the clan's mansion, tracked down these two people, collected money privately, and decided to lynch the prisoner Shen Zhaoxue, please Your Majesty to make a decision."

When Sima Yun heard this, he panicked. Master Li said that someone had reported that Zhaoxue had gone out in the middle of the night yesterday and had lynched her. Then what happened to her now, whether she was alive or dead...she couldn't imagine.

"Lynching? What kind of lynching, Mr. Li has ever investigated it."

Master Li cupped his hands, and reported truthfully, "Return to Your Majesty, there are sticks, leather whips, and..." Speaking of this, he himself felt very cruel, "There are also scissors specially used in the torture room to cut off the tendons of prisoners... The minister also found fresh blood on it."

Sima Yun knelt on the ground silently, his pupils dilated quietly, and he couldn't accept that someone treated Zhaoxue like this when Mr. Li said one by one about these cruel instruments of torture. Hard, joints popping.

Generally speaking, such a cruel instrument of torture would not be used lightly, let alone on a weak woman who has no strength to restrain a chicken. Who did it, it is really cruel.

Even Shen Qiwen's heart skipped a beat when he heard it. Shen Zhaoan lied to him together with her mother. He was too foolish and almost fell for it. Involve the upper body.

Xiao Qi was very angry. Even though Sima's family is now a criminal of the court, it is not up to irrelevant people to use lynching indiscriminately. "You two, quickly report to me who is behind the scenes."

The two jailers looked at each other tremblingly, gritted their teeth cruelly, bit their tongues and killed themselves on the spot. Only in this way could they save the lives of their wives and children. They had no choice, because someone had already threatened them with this.

Everyone was dumbfounded now, the clues they had finally obtained were suddenly interrupted, and Mr. Li was caught off guard.

Seeing this, Xiao Qi was also very puzzled, so she simply said, "I announce that the Sima family has postponed the questioning and execution. The most important thing now is to find the fugitive Shen Zhaoxue and investigate the person who used the lynching last night. Go down."

Just like that, Sima Yun's family was imprisoned again, but this time, the guards were several times stricter than before. Shen Qiwen secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but his heart still seemed to be hung by something, and it was difficult to settle down. He chased after him. Xing Shilin walked up two steps, "My lord, your lord, wait a moment."

Xing Shilin stopped, turned around, and asked politely, "What's the matter, Mr. Shen?"

Shen Qiwen looked around, and hurriedly approached some in a low voice, "Master Prime Minister, about the little girl..."

Unexpectedly, what he said earlier, his complexion immediately changed, and his tone was distant, "Master Shen, that matter is extremely important, you should ask for more blessings." After speaking, he hurriedly walked away from him.

Shen Qiwen stood there in a daze. He had followed the person for half his life, and the person who was working under him wholeheartedly, so he just turned it over?

I am afraid that the prime minister knew that Shen Qiwen was useless, and that the daughter who entered the palace as a concubine would not be valued by the emperor, so he has not treated him like before, and now he kicks him away when he says he wants to. For this, he Feel the deep helplessness and desolation.

In fact, he has known for a long time that Xing Shilin is a treacherous and cunning person. He has been in the court for many years, and he is well versed in the principle of stopping losses in time. The benefits must be taken, but once there is something that threatens his interests, he will show no mercy Cut off, Shen Qiwen once saw an official under Xing Shilin's family ruined by him because he lost his use value. He never thought that one day he would be abandoned by this big tree, just like back then.

Xiao Qi, who came back from court, was very disturbed in her heart. Leaving aside the fact that her search for her sister was interrupted, and now such a big event happened again, he had been unable to sleep at night for the past two days because of his spleen deficiency and anger. He happened to meet her in the Imperial Garden After leaving Shen Zhaoan, before he could react, the woman came up to him and asked him why he was so upset. Xiao Qi was already wary of her, so she went along and told what happened today. I want to try to see what kind of views and suggestions she has.

Sure enough, the fish was hooked.

Shen Zhaoan has never been favored by His Majesty. Almost every time she puts a hot face on a cold butt, she has to be indifferent by His Majesty. Today, she finally took the initiative to chat with her, and she was very happy. Show off your intelligence.

"Actually, my concubine has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"But it's okay to say." Xiao Qi agreed.

"Chenqie's younger sister actually colluded with the Qiqing Gang, a well-known gang in the Jianghu. Perhaps their people did this robbery."

"Qiqing Gang?" Xiao Qi was puzzled, "My concubine really reminded me, I will send people to investigate immediately, if Shen Zhaoxue, the court's most important criminal, can really be caught this time, I will give you a great reward."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Zhaoan bowed.

As a result, Xiao Qi turned around and secretly ordered the hidden guard beside her, with a cold face, "Go down and find out if this woman was in the palace last night."

"Yes, Your Majesty."