Consort Zhanzhao

The night visit to Huitong Bank went smoothly. Although Mr. Bao still had a righteous face on the surface, the carriage that Ye Zhanzhao took to go to Huitong Bank belonged to Mr. Bao...

There is also Mr. Gongsun, the chief master of Kaifeng Mansion, on the carriage.

"...meaning, after taking out the account book, copy a copy overnight and send it back, so as not to startle the snake." Mr. Gongsun said very calmly, it seems that this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing.

Zhan Zhao smiled clearly, Mr. Gongsun coughed, and said, "Master Bao is the prefect of Kaifeng, his carriage is not restricted by the curfew."

Gongsun Ce pointed to the sign on the carriage again, "With this, the night patrol soldiers will never come forward to ask."

Zhan Zhao nodded, covered his face with a black cloth, and climbed into the outer wall of Huitong Bank.

Relying on the reliable inside information of the little prince, the journey was smooth, and Zhan Zhao got the ledger very smoothly. Mr. Gongsun copied it overnight, and Zhan Zhao sent the original back before dawn.

When the ledger was placed before Bao Zheng's case, the cooks in the Kaifeng Mansion had just turned on the fire and were about to cook porridge.

Bao Zheng flipped through the ledger page by page, and suddenly said to Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao who were sitting below the stage: "Have you two read this ledger before?"

Gongsun Ce nodded, Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded too.

Bao Zheng sighed, "It records the large amount of money exchanged from last year to this year." Bao Zheng picked up three pieces of paper and said, "From this point of view, the suspicion of Concubine Jing can be ruled out... At last, I lived up to Mr. Guo’s entrustment.”

The large amount of money transactions recorded in the ledger totaled tens of thousands of taels, except for the little prince who accompanied him yesterday to put on a show, there were only three people related to the palace.

Concubine Jing, 2 taels of silver is not withdrawn, but deposited. Thinking about Mr. Guo’s sale of property earlier, although the silver was given to Concubine Jing, she was useless at all and saved it all.

Next is the current Empress Empress and Concubine Pang.

Empress Cao's money was taken before the New Year, and the palace spent a lot of money during the New Year, so taking the money at this time is justifiable.

The next one is Concubine Pang Gui, the silver was taken at the beginning of April, this year is not a festival...

Bao Zheng tapped his index finger on this place twice, thinking of Concubine Pang Guifei's actions during this period of time, it must be said that she is the most suspicious.

But Concubine Pang Gui is the emperor's favorite concubine, and her own younger brother was murdered by Bao Zheng not long ago... If she uses this to arouse His Majesty's mercy, besides, she is His Majesty's concubine.

Bao Zheng thought for a long time, and remembered the method used in the case of replacing the civet cat with the prince earlier. He smiled slightly, got up and said, "You two have worked hard all night, go and have a good rest first, and wait until it gets dark... The government will interrogate the girls at night in the imperial garden." ghost!"

Gongsun Ce's eyes lit up, he already understood Master Bao's meaning, it doesn't matter whether the female ghost is real or not, the important thing is... Master Bao is going to cheat.

No... It's not deceit, it's asking for a confession with the help of a female ghost.

Zhan Zhao didn't know what to do, but Bao Zheng came out from behind the stage, "Let's go to dinner first, I'm still busy at night."

Zhan Zhao didn't sleep all night, although he didn't feel tired due to his high martial arts skills, but seeing Gongsun Ce's expression of waiting for a good show, he ate his food and went to bed as well.

Before going to sleep, a vague thought flashed through my mind, will the little prince be here at night?

Here the two are resting in Kaifeng mansion, but Bao Zheng went to the palace to look for the emperor.

"Your Majesty!" Bao Zheng saluted as soon as he arrived.

The emperor raised his eyes and glanced at him, "Has the Aiqing case been investigated?" His tone was still a little dissatisfied. Speaking of which, it has been more than a month since the No. 1 court lady was killed.

Although Bao Zheng did not handle the case of the No.1 court lady, the latter two...

The emperor glanced at him, "But Concubine Jing did it."

Bao Zheng shook his head, and handed the account book copied from Huitong Bank to the emperor.

While watching, the emperor listened to Bao Zheng's words about Mr. Guo's entrustment to him when he left Beijing, and Bao Zheng's face that seemed extremely credible at first sight, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Concubine Jing's palace...is indeed very simple and unusual.

The emperor looked at the ledger, squinting his eyes again and again, looking at the names on it, Empress Cao!Concubine Pang!

The case dragged on for so long, the emperor would inevitably think about it in his spare time, the one who could do this kind of thing silently in the palace must be above the concubine position.

And it's not enough to have status alone, you have to have courage.

How did the imperial concubine get her courage?They are all used to him.

Harm the maid, frame the princess.

Just take advantage of this opportunity to make an example to the monkeys and thwart the unhealthy thoughts in the palace!

After a while, the emperor slapped the table hard, and said: "I remember that Aiqing can judge yin and yang. Last year, I tried female ghosts at night in the imperial garden. This time..." Name, bring them all into the imperial garden, Aiqing, please don't disappoint my high expectations."

Bao Zheng couldn't see any expression of fulfillment on his face, he said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best!"

The emperor nodded, recruited Wu Chengye, and asked him to arrange it.

Bao Zheng came out with Wu Chengye, and Wu Chengye said with a smile: "Just now in front of His Majesty..." He paused, as if he still had some lingering fears from the emperor's anger, "I have already questioned the companion of the eunuch who burned the fire, and there is nothing wrong with his right hand. mole."

Bao Zheng looked back at him and said, "That's great, there are only four left."

Wu Chengye thought about it for a while, and knew that there were only four eunuchs left.

Two are the ones who identified the princess, and the other two... have moles on their hands, and they are likely to be murderers.

Zhan Zhao woke up after sleeping until the afternoon, and even took time to take a shower and change clothes, entering the palace very refreshed.

Before long, it was dark.

Zhao Bijia took Concubine Zhang's arm, followed behind the queen, followed the father who was walking in the front, and walked into the imperial garden.

It's just that the more she walked in, the more uneasy she felt. In this direction... no matter where the final destination is, she must pass the Jinshui Bridge.

Next to the Jinshui Bridge in the Royal Garden, a small banquet hall has been set up, but instead of chime bells and guqin in the middle, there is an altar with four people kneeling below it.

On the altar stood Bao Zheng, and on both sides of the altar stood Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others.

Bao Zheng was wearing a black bottom with a golden python embroidered on it, making it even more majestic against the backdrop of the darkness.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Bijia trembled unavoidably, although he had never done anything bad and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.Concubine Zhang Gui held her hand tightly, and whispered: "Your father... Fortunately, he gave Xuan'er a lot of homework today."

Not only the two of them, Concubine Pang Guifei, who had followed the emperor with a smile all over her face, and Concubine Pang Guifei, who thought she was about to change from time to time, suddenly turned pale and almost couldn't stand up.

Bao Zheng looked around and said, "Please take your seat, Your Majesty."

The emperor glanced at Concubine Pang, sat down on the top seat, and said, "There are endless rumors in the palace. I invite all my beloved concubines to come here today to put an end to this matter."

After finishing speaking, the emperor signaled Bao Zheng, "Let's get started."

All the concubines sat down in their seats one by one, and Zhao Bijia was next to Concubine Zhang, but her eyes couldn't help running towards Zhan Zhao.

Among the insiders present, she couldn't see the face of the emperor father, and Mr. Bao must also ignore her, and only Zhan Zhao was there.

Sure enough, Zhan Zhao was keenly aware that someone was watching him, but firstly, it was dark, and secondly, the emperor's concubines were sitting opposite him, so he would never look that way no matter what.

Naturally, I missed the "little prince" in women's clothing.

Obtaining the emperor's will, Bao Zheng picked up the yin and yang mirror on the stage, faced the moon in the sky, let the moon's light shine into the mirror, then turned the angle, and let the moon shine on the open space in the middle.

Everything is quiet.

Until a strange voice sounded.

The sound of chattering teeth.

Kneeling in front of the altar, the eunuch, who was almost bound by five flowers, stared round, shaking so much that he could hardly kneel on the ground.

There was a strange cry in his throat, and his eyes looked at the ground in front of him.

Zhao Bijia followed his line of sight and looked forward.

I saw a footprint appearing on the pitch-black ground in the darkness.

"what!"

With a scream, Zhang Meiren, who was sitting behind her, had already passed out.