V3.Chapter 74

Jin Liren mentioned by the bodyguard is the Deputy General of Ling guanning, the doctor of the state of Sichuan, and also the second in charge of the bodyguard of the royal palace. His military rank is not very high, but he is in a high position and directly controls the safety of the royal palace.

After hearing the bodyguard's words, Xiao Xiang asked suspiciously, "did general Jin explain why he left the palace?"

The bodyguard shook his head and said, "general Jin didn't say, and the villain didn't dare to ask more."

"Is he alone?" Xiao Xiang asked casually.

"Not......" the bodyguard hesitated.

Xiao Xiang looked at him strangely and asked, "isn't he alone? How many people did he take out of the palace?"

"This..." the bodyguard stammered, "villain... Villain didn't see clearly."

Xiao Xiang smiled and said, "how did you become an East Gate bodyguard? Can't you even see how many people leave the palace?"

"The royal highness of the princess is not aware of it. It is not a careless person. It is a lot of brothers who go out of the palace with General Kim. There are no less than four or five hundred people. The exact number of people has not been carefully counted."

4、 Five hundred? Hearing the speech, Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang were both surprised. Aren't the four or five hundred people exactly the number of gangsters that night?

At this time, Ren Fang's heart beat rapidly. He suddenly opened his mouth and asked in a hurry, "when did general Jin leave the palace? When did he return to the palace? Can the number of people change when he returned to the palace?"

Ren relieved and asked several questions, which made the bodyguard dizzy. After thinking for a while, Fang said, "general Jin came out of the palace at the moment of Zishi. When the day was near ugly, the villain didn't remember whether the number of people had changed. However, general Jin brought three carriages back to the palace. Because it was the team led by general Jin, we didn't dare to search the carriage."

After hearing these words, Ren Fang was stunned. After a long time, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Xiang silently. If calculated according to the time point, the time when Jin Liren left the palace and returned to the palace coincided with the time when his family was kidnapped.

The number of people Jin Liren brought with him was also equal to the number of gangsters. In addition, when the gangsters were "sealed up" as the government, they were orderly and strictly prohibited by military discipline, which was no different from the regular army, but no army was more formal than the palace guards.

There is also a very important clue. Jin Liren didn't bring a carriage when he left the palace, but he brought three carriages when he returned to the palace, enough to hold his kidnapped family.

But he didn't understand. Jin Liren was the deputy general in charge of the palace guard. His official position and status were extraordinary. How could he take such a big risk to kidnap his family? It's incredible that I have no enemies with him before and after.

He looked at Xiao Xiang and asked her for her opinion.

At this time, Xiao Xiang is also a little confused. Is this really related to Jin Liren?

She was silent for a long time and said to the bodyguard, "go back first. What the palace asks you today can't be mentioned to anyone. If there is any news, the palace wants your head, okay?"

The bodyguard trembled with fear. He didn't dare to say a word of No. He nodded repeatedly and said, "yes, yes, yes! Even if you kill a villain, the villain won't reveal a word."

"Yes!" Xiao Xiang nodded and waved to him. The captain of the bodyguard hissed, wiped the sweat, and then saluted Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang respectively. Then he turned and left.

After he left, Ren Fang couldn't wait to ask, "princess, will the kidnapping of the last general's family really have something to do with general Jin?"

Xiao Xiang shook her head slowly and said, "I'm not sure yet. After all, we have no evidence." As she spoke, she turned back and told the accompanying bodyguard, "drive, the palace is going back to the house."

Seeing that Xiao Xiang didn't intend to pursue further, Ren Fang was in a hurry. He asked in a frozen voice, "why did the princess suddenly stop investigating? But because it was related to general Jin, the princess didn't intend to pursue further?"

Ren assured that he knew that the leaders of the royal palace guards, such as doctor Ling Guan Ning and deputy general Jin Liren, were close officials of the royal family. They were too close to the royal family. Otherwise, they couldn't sit in this position. He was really worried that Xiao Xiang would retreat and stop interfering.

Xiao Xiang smiled at Ren Fang and said, "general Ren, don't worry. Since the Palace said to help you, it will help you to the end. However, now that we know that this matter may be related to general Jin, the palace can't continue to check in the palace. We have to change the following people to check."

Let see light suddenly fraught with grim possibilities, and Jin Liren was the deputy of the royal palace. He also had many eyes in the palace. If he was investigated by Xiao Xiang himself, his goal was too big. He would not hide Jin Liren from his own eyes. If he was alerted, his family would be too scared to be too many.

"The princess is going to..."

"Leave the palace!" Xiao Xiang nodded to Ren Fang and left quickly. Ren Fang answered and hurried to follow.

Ren Fang followed Xiao Xiang back to the princess's house. He didn't leave. He had been waiting for news.

Xiao Xiang was very relaxed. She seemed to have a plan in mind. In the afternoon, she returned to her bedroom to sleep. At night, Xiao Xiang sent his men back to a man, a palace guard.

The man was taken directly into the dungeon of the princess's house. The dungeon of the princess's house is not very large and the location is not hidden. Ren Fang's men also searched here at the beginning. The bodyguard's clothes were messy and his face was black and blue. It was obvious that there had been a fight before he was taken to the princess's house. At this time, he was tied to a wooden frame in the dungeon with thick black cloth over his eyes. Although he has become a fish on the board of others, his mouth has not been idle. He shouted: "who are you? Why do you want to catch me? Do you know who I am? I am a palace guard. Now if you let me go, I can save you a dog. If you dare to touch me, I will tear you to pieces and frustrate your bones and ashes..."

When Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang came in, they heard the repeated threats of the palace guard. Ren Fang frowned, looked at Xiao Xiang and asked in a low voice, "princess, this man is..."

Xiao Xiang smiled and didn't answer him. Instead, she raised her chin slightly to the man under her hand. The big men on the left and right understood. One of them went to the wooden frame, turned his fist and aimed it at the bodyguard's stomach.

The punch was strong and twisted the guard's facial features. He trembled and scolded, "you fucking..."

The man raised his hand, slapped him in the face, and then pulled the black cloth off his eyes.

The cloth strip blindfolded was suddenly removed, and the guard's eyes could not be opened. His eyes narrowed for a long time to suit the light in the dungeon. At first, he looked around with a grin. At last, his eyes fell on Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang.

When he saw Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang, he was shocked, and his face changed greatly. He held his tongue for a moment, and said in a hurry, "yes, it is the royal highness of the princess! Why? Why did the princess bring the villain here?"

Xiao Xiang held a handkerchief in one hand, covered her nose and said slowly, "your name is Zhang Tong?"

"It's... it's a villain."

"Don't you know the purpose of this palace to catch you here?" Xiao Xiang's eyes were clear and stared at Zhang Tong coldly.

Zhang Tong's face changed again. He said, "I don't know where to offend the Royal Highness."

Hearing the speech, Xiao Xiang lowered her head and looked away. The man on one side had been impatient for a long time. Seeing Xiao Xiang's displeasure, without saying a word, he lifted the sticky whip and whipped more than ten lashes at Zhang Tong.

These dozen lashes can be described as lashes into the meat. The lashes see blood. Zhang Tong's clothes are pulled out of the holes one by one, and the skin and flesh under the clothes are torn like being scratched by a knife.

Zhang Tong also made a scream like killing a pig and shouted, "princess, spare your life, Princess..."

Xiao Xiang turned her head away and looked back at Zhang Tong. Seeing this, the whip wielding man immediately stopped and gave way to the side.

She looked at Zhang Tong covered with blood without expression, and youyou said, "since this palace can bring you here, it has recognized you as a capital crime. If you want to live, tell everything you know."

Zhang Tong's face was pale, his head drooped, and the blood trickled down the corners of his mouth. It was the blood seeping out of his teeth when he was tortured to bite his teeth. He trembled weakly and said, "villain... Villain really doesn't know what crime he committed..."

Hearing the speech, Xiao Xiang immediately turned around and said coldly, "is this the person you brought back to this palace? Change another person!" As she spoke, she stepped out.

A big man standing next to him was frightened into a cold sweat. His face also changed from white to green, and then from green to purple. He fiercely took out his saber from under his ribs and walked up to Zhang Tong with big steps. The tip of the knife stood against Zhang Tong's chest and tried to stab it down.

"Wait a minute!" Ren Fang suddenly opened his mouth and stopped the big man. He approached Zhang Tong and said in a deep voice, "that night, did you go out of the palace with Jin Liren?" At this time, Ren Fang had basically guessed the identity of the bodyguard.

Zhang Tong's heart trembled, but he still pretended to be confused and stammered, "I don't know which night general Ren refers to..."

Ren Fang shook his head at him, Said meaningfully: The case is entirely cleared. You can see that your royal highness is not threatening you now. If you insist on not telling the truth, you will not only die without burial, but also involve nine families. Even if you do not speak, your hundreds of brothers will not speak. What about a secret you can't keep? "

His words were like a dull hammer to Zhang Tong. His body shook suddenly, and then sobbed. He raised his head with difficulty, looked at Xiao Xiang who had come to the gate of the dungeon, and cried loudly: "princess, spare your life, villains say, villains say..."

"The palace hasn't left yet!" Xiao Xiang took back her steps, stood up, didn't move, and didn't turn back to look at him.

"The kidnapping of general Ren's family is entirely the idea of general Jin. It has nothing to do with the villain. The villain is only acting under orders. Princess Mingcha, general Ren Mingcha!" Zhang Tong's nose and tears flowed out together.