C89

Chapter 89 - Plunder

This time, the empress dowager had brought along guards to pray for her fortune, but because all of the participants were noble women from prestigious families, the guards were ordered to patrol the outside of the temple, and serve the women inside.

"Hur hur. This princess' serving maid is missing, so I brought someone here to look for it. Why do you have an objection, Hong Zhong? " Hearing that, Baili Ziyan laughed disdainfully: "However, since you have made an agreement with Princess Yao Ji, then where is Princess Yao Ji? Why are there only two people here, you and your serving maid? "

"Esteemed Empress Dowager has something to discuss with Princess Yao Ji, so he is naturally not here right now." Hong Zhong just finished speaking, only to see a few guards come out, upon seeing Grand Princess, they spoke with a serious face: "Grand Princess, there are indeed two women inside, one of them is unconscious, the other one is dead after being hit by several blades, I wonder which serving maid you are looking for?"

Hearing that, Baili Ziyan stared at Hong Zhong, and pushed him away, with just a few large steps she entered the main hall of Yue Lao Shu, Hong Zhong was somewhat curious, so she quickly followed inside.

Upon entering the main hall, he saw a lady dressed in palace clothing lying in a pool of blood. Her eyes were wide open and her face filled with fear. Red blood slowly flowed out from the wound on her chest and onto the floor, forming a shocking scene.

As for Xiao Su who came with Hong Zhong, she fell to the ground. From the looks of it, she must have seen the situation in the hall and fainted from fright!

Although Hong Zhong was mentally prepared, she still took a step back in fright when she saw the scene before him.

Killed him?!

Adding on his previous life, this was the first time he was so close to the scene of a murder! Looking at the shocking scene in front of him, Hong Zhong forced himself to calm down and tried his best to recall everything that had happened before. Baili Yaoji had invited a marriage tree and then was called to leave, leaving the entire Yue Lao Shu empty …

Seeing that, Baili Ziyan was startled, then turned and smiled sinisterly, she turned and looked at Hong Zhong: "Hong Zhong, can you tell me what is going on?" last time with Qiu Ju's matter, with a few words from her, it caused her to be unable to hide or hide, and this time, it can be said that she was caught red-handed, I want to see how you can escape this time!

"How, how would I know what's going on?" Hmph, aren't I going to ask you what's going on? If Hong Zhong still did not know that she had been tricked, then she might as well die a fool. When he had just arrived at Yue Lao Shu, he had heard Xiao Gongnv's surprised shout, and then Baili Ziyan had brought him here, all of this, was too much of a coincidence!

Baili Ziyan's face was currently filled with satisfaction: "Hmph, serving maid was unhappy with you in the kitchen earlier, and a few people saw that. After eating dinner, this girl disappeared, and this princess sent people to search everywhere for her but didn't expect to be killed by you. Hong Zhong, you just tripped her, and then you killed her.

Last time, she could use as an excuse that Qiu Ju and her had no enmity with each other, and she did not have the motive to kill Qiu Ju, but this time, the palace maid extended her leg and tripped Hong Zhong at the entrance of the kitchen, which was witnessed by several people, so this time, she could not find a reason to refuse!

After Hong Zhong finished listening, she could not help but snort coldly. This Baili Ziyan had even thought of a motive to kill for her! She really treated her like an easy target. She wanted to kill her time and time again!

Seeing that Hong Zhong did not say anything, Baili Ziyan could not help but reveal a pleased smile: "Men, quickly report this matter to the Esteemed Empress Dowager. Send a letter back to the palace immediately, and I ask that royal brother uphold justice! "

After saying that, one of the guards quickly obeyed the order and ran out.

… ….

Imperial Palace

Baili Mingyue, who was dressed in a plain robe, was currently playing a game of chess with a man dressed in a black robe. Baili Mingyue, who was dressed in a plain robe, was playing a game of chess with a man dressed in a black robe.

A faint smile appeared on Leng Qianqiu's handsome face, and with a raise of his hand, Blackie's killing intent was dispelled, "I have always heard that the Regent has great potential, and his chess skills are superb. I have heard of him before!"

"Emperor Darknorth won't let you off either." Baili Mingyue replied courteously, only to leave with another son.

The two of them were in a dilemma. A guard hurriedly ran over from outside the door and waved to Wu Hen, who was standing behind Baili Mingyue. Wu Hen, upon seeing this, immediately walked out without batting an eyelid. "Master is currently playing chess with Emperor Darknorth and has specifically instructed him not to disturb me!" What's the matter? "

When the man saw Wu Hen, he respectfully lowered his head and said, "Grand Princess sent a message from National Temple that Yanran Palace's servant girl was killed by the Red Third Miss.

Hearing that, Wu Hen's eyebrows jumped, it was the Red Third Miss again! He waved to the servants, turned around, and whispered a few words to Baili Mingyue. The jade-white chess piece in Baili Mingyue's hand suddenly tightened as well, the expression on her beautiful face did not change. However, her handsome, sword-like eyebrows slightly furrowed.

That girl... Killed someone?

How is this possible!?

In front of him, Emperor Darknorth Leng Qianqiu saw the situation, and laughed without batting an eyelid as he put the chess piece back in his hand back into the chess piece: "The Regent's chess piece is extremely talented, if we were to judge the outcome of this game, it would take at least three days and three nights. Since the Regent has matters to attend to, it would be inconvenient for us to disturb you, we will come back another day to seek guidance." As he spoke, he prepared to leave.

Baili Mingyue did not urge him to stay, as she clearly knew that although the Navy Tide Continent seemed tranquil and calm, it was actually surging. The reason that Emperor Darknorth Leng Qianqiu had come to him to play chess was only to test his own strength, as well as the strength of the Southern Qi.

You can see a person's style of handling things from the chess game, as well as the way of the heart longitude and latitude. He had only played chess with him because he wanted to test out his opponent's strength. The beautiful face of Wu Hen smiled indifferently: "That's good too, Wu Hen, see our guest out!"

"Farewell!" Leng Qianqiu said as he stood up and left. It was only until they had walked out of the study that a trace of interest surfaced on Leng Qianqiu's extremely handsome face.

It was said that he had personally ordered the execution of 20 thousand Southern Qi's rebel soldiers, regardless of the objections of the court officials, to use a meticulous method to kill them and turn the entire execution ground into a river of blood and corpses. It could be seen that he was truly cold-hearted.

… ….

Very soon, someone informed the abbot of Yue Lao Shu of what had happened. Hong Zhong killed people in the National Temple, and the empress dowager, who was wholeheartedly paying his respects to the Buddha, was also alerted. Very quickly, Nangong Yimeng accompanied his to the Yue Lao Shu, where the famous ladies from famous sects were ordered to stay and not go out.

The pool of blood on the ground had already been cleaned up, the killed palace maid was carried down, Xiao Su was also resurrected, and was currently standing by the side, trembling all over. The empress dowager had long ago ascended to the throne, and the National Temple by her side, the Reverend Clear Void, was also full of seriousness. After all, National Temple was a peaceful and quiet place of buddhism.

The coroner who had rushed over after hearing the news checked Chun Lan's wounds and reported everything: "Chun Lan was stabbed to death with a dagger, the fatal injury is the four blades in his chest. The blade went deep into his chest, this old official thinks that the perpetrator must be someone who knows martial arts, and, according to my calculations, the time of Chun Lan's death is when the Red Third Miss arrived at Yue Lao Shu."

With regards to the coroner's words, Hong Zhong felt that there were no problems, when she brought the two of them to Yue Lao Shu, she heard a cry of surprise, which meant that Chun Lan was killed right then and there.

And yet, at that time, only she, Qingya and Xiao Su were in Yue Lao Shu, followed by the guards, although Hong Zhong did not know any martial arts, but in the outside world it was said that Hong Zhong had fought on the battlefield before, killing the enemy and killing the enemy, learning martial arts, which seemed to confirm the truth, for now, it seemed like she had truly been caught red-handed!

After Baili Ziyan heard this, she smiled complacently. "Hong Zhong, do you still have anything else to say?"

Hong Zhong did not bother with him, and turned to look at Nangong Lingwei instead. Nangong Lingwei sighed lightly, and looked to be extremely pained: "Hong Zhong, from what you can tell, are you the one who did this?"

Hong Zhong lowered her head and thought for a moment: "Esteemed Empress Dowager, maidservant was invited to accompany Princess Yao Ji to Yue Lao Shu to request her signature. Because Princess Yao Ji has matters to attend to, maidservant arrived here first, and as for how she died, maidservant did not even have the time to enter the main hall.

The so-called sin of wanting to add insult to injury, how could there be no excuse!

In order to deal with him, Baili Ziyan used evidence, motives … She had already calculated everything. Currently, with her own strength, she would not be able to investigate the case, and even if she had a clue, it would be useless. She could only send a letter to her second brother, hoping that he would hurry up and save her!

"Hong Zhong, you mean you didn't do it? At that time, so many people had seen you and your servant Qing Ya at the scene of the crime, preparing to escape, but your other maid had fainted at the scene of the murder. Hong Zhong, if you say that it wasn't you, who would believe you? " Baili Ziyan said coldly, with an overbearing attitude.

Just as Hong Zhong wanted to retort, she saw Xiao Su "Dong". With a sound, she knelt down, her entire body trembling violently: Esteemed Empress Dowager is a slave, I am guilty, the person who killed Chun Lan is a slave, it has nothing to do with young miss.

Hong Zhong turned her head and looked at Xiao Su in disbelief, shock filling her watery eyes.

At the same time, Qing Ya, who was at the side, couldn't help but step forward and pull her up as well: "Xiao Su, what nonsense are you spouting? How could this be done by you!" She had entered the Main Palace after him, and when she had entered, he had already seen that Chun Lan was dead!

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, this matter was done by this servant, it has nothing to do with the young miss!" Xiao Su did not care about the elegant pulling, and kneeled on the ground without moving, as he said this to the empress dowager with a face full of respect.

Regardless of whether it was human or material evidence, it was extremely disadvantageous to. If there was someone who could accept this crime, it would be the best choice, but this person was definitely not one of the people close to him!

Why did Xiao Su do this?

Hearing that, everyone inhaled a breath of cold air, and when Nangong Lingwei heard that, he frowned: "Insolent bitch, you said it was you who did it, you know, this is a death sentence!"

Looking at the trembling Xiao Su, Hong Zhong clenched her fists tightly. She was trying her best to tell herself that she could not panic at the moment.

Nangong Lingwei rubbed her eyebrows, then said: "Since this lowly slave doesn't admit anything about killing people, then I will suppress her and hand her over to the Ministry of Justice."

"Wait!" This matter had been blamed on Xiao Su, so Baili Ziyan was unhappy: "What is a servant girl's words supposed to be? Seeing how scared she was, would she have the guts to kill someone? On the other hand, Hong Zhong had been guarding the Jinzhou City with him since she was young, and she had also been to the battlefield before. "Who knows if this little girl was inspired by someone to be the scapegoat." She had even sacrificed her own personal serving maid, how could she be willing to allow a serving maid to take the blame so simply!

When she said that, everyone turned to look at Xiao Su, only to see her with her head lowered, her face pale white. Her forehead was still covered in a thin layer of sweat and her body was uncontrollably trembling. She was clearly frightened! If she really had the guts to kill someone, it would be questionable.

Hong Zhong sighed to herself, what should have come was finally coming! Not only was Xiao Su unable to clear her name, she had also deepened her suspicions! Seeing Xiao Su, who was trembling slightly, the color in Hong Zhong's eyes deepened. In the end, she chose to remain silent.

Nangong Lingwei's face darkened, she looked at Hong Zhong in silence, and in the end, she spoke to the guards outside the door: "Men, drag this lowly slave down, and keep her under strict supervision."

"Yes." Two guards came in and dragged Xiao Su out.

Xiao Su was dragged by two men out, crying as she shouted: "Young miss, young miss, you have to save me, young miss …" The sound became smaller and smaller, until it could no longer be heard.

In regards to Xiao Su's cries, it was not that Hong Zhong was unmoved, but she really needed time to recuperate. What exactly was going on! Hong Zhong had yet to speak, but Nangong Lingwei opened her mouth instead: "Hong Zhong!"

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, where do you want maidservant to go?" Hong Zhong replied modestly. Right now, the situation was extremely disadvantageous for her. She also knew that the Empress Dowager did not drag Xiao Su down to jail with her because he was already very grateful. However, this was the only thing he could do now.