Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 20

"Let go! Do you know who we are?!"

Li Jingzhong yelled and struggled. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a young master leading two servants, a man and a woman, slowly up the corridor and walking up to him.

He had a faint feeling that the other person looked familiar, and when he took a closer look, his expression changed drastically, revealing an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and he was so surprised that he was almost speechless.

"You! You're not dead?!"

Xue Bai smiled politely, and said, "Thank you for not killing me, isn't it?"

Li Jingzhong's eyes rolled, and he became more and more uneasy. When he looked again, he realized that Xue Bai was not following his followers, but Wulang of Du's family. , why turn against each other?"

"I……"

Du Wulang is not good at confronting people with words, so he hesitated for a long time before he said, "But you said, where did you hide my second sister?"

"Du Erniang has left since she reconciled with the prince, and how does this old slave know her whereabouts?" Li Jingzhong said: "Trash into the residence of the prince without authorization, and detain the prince's servant. If people let go of the old slave, if it is too late, the old slave will not be able to cover up for Wulang."

A few words can coax Du Wulang, but they cannot coax Xue Bai and Yang Zhao.

What I saw in Chang'an this year, the crown prince's brother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law were not known how many were taken. How could Yang Zhao be afraid of taking a servant?
He turned around and took a boot, threw it on the ground, and said: "Li Jingzhong, Du Wulang sued you for detaining his second sister and sending someone to break into Du's house at night to commit murder, can you plead guilty?"

Seeing the boots fall in front of his eyes, Li Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, and immediately became furious, and shouted: "What do you mean by sending someone to break into Du's house at night to commit murder? I didn't, and you planted me?!"

As if he had been greatly wronged, he shouted again: "I asked the little eunuch to take off these boots for you that day! Sending someone to commit murder is even more nonsense. I didn't even know you were still alive..."

"Oh?" Xue Bai asked, "You think I'm dead, don't you? How did I die?"

"you!"

Li Jingzhong couldn't answer for a while, so he snorted coldly.

Jiaonu looked around and saw that although You Xiaowei didn't dare to go to the backyard to take people this time, he had driven all the eunuchs from the front yard over.

"The man I was chasing last night was agile and skilled in martial arts, that's not one of them." Jiao Nu said, "There must be other dead men hiding elsewhere."

Li Jingzhong was stunned, with disbelief in his eyes, and scolded: "What a thief, how dare you frame me?!"

Yang Zhaocai didn't believe that he was called Qu, pulled Xue Bai over, and said in a low voice: "You come to interrogate, it's best if you can find evidence, if you can't get it, this is the prince's other courtyard after all, you can't overdo it."

"Uncle Guo, don't worry, I have a measure."

Xue Bai saluted and turned around to make arrangements.

He looked around, selected a verandah room, sat down in it, asked Li Jingzhong to be brought in, and asked unhurriedly: "I must have found Du Erniang, so I know that the dead man raised by the prince is hidden in Where is it, right?"

"absurd!"

Li Jingzhong became inexplicably flustered, and said sharply, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"You hid Du Erniang in the city." Xue Bai spoke slowly, his eyes were like sharp knives, observing Li Jingzhong's expression, and asked again: "Or outside the city?"

"You are talking nonsense!" Li Jingzhong said sharply: "The crown prince has reconciled with Du Erniang, I don't know where she went."

"Out of town, isn't it?"

"No."

Xue Bai asked slowly: "Eastern suburb? Western suburb? Southern suburb?"

"Humph!"

Li Jingzhong gradually realized that he was testing himself, and was secretly surprised that this young man was more cunning than the ordinary old jailer, so he simply turned his head away, not letting him see his ugly face, and did not answer a word.

At the end, Xue Bai asked: "Really don't want to say?"

"What a thief!" Li Jingzhong yelled, "You know that the more rampant you are today, the worse you will end up tomorrow."

Xue Bai didn't force him, he took a pen and ink to write and draw for a while, and said: "Drag it, take the next one."

Yang Zhao waved his hand, and You Xiaowei dragged Li Jingzhong down.

"Good thief, kill me if you have the ability." Li Jingzhong cursed.

"No rush." ​​Xue Bai said, "There is a chance."

"Little beast..."

Li Jingzhong still cursed with hatred, but he knew very well in his heart that although these traitors were arrogant, they really didn't dare to attack the prince's people.

But there is only one thing that he doesn't understand - who sent the person who went to Du's mansion to silence him last night?It's a pity that the scourge of Xue Bai couldn't be really eliminated.

After being dragged to another room, Li Jingzhong looked through the window at the eunuchs being brought in for interrogation one by one, another worry arose in his heart.

There were indeed two of them who went with him to settle Du Liangdi, if Li Linfu found her, it would be quite unfavorable to the crown prince.

It was said at the time that Du Liangdi and Concubine Wei had to shave off their hair and become nuns and move to the palace.

Then he thought, the situation is not too bad, there are many eunuchs here, but only two people know Du Liangdi's whereabouts, You Xiaowei dare not use torture, it is impossible to distinguish the insider from the crowd in a short time, so what to talk about.

As time passed, Li Jingzhong was sometimes worried and sometimes optimistic.

Finally, after Xue Bai interrogated all the eunuchs, Du Wulang shouted excitedly: "Okay, I'll pick up Second Sister!"

Li Jingzhong couldn't help being surprised. Seeing Du Wulang running across the corridor, he tried his best to look out the window, but he couldn't see the expressions of the eunuchs standing on the gravel, and he felt uneasy.

The light of the sky gradually dimmed amid such restless waiting.

I don't know how long it took, and finally came the sound of shouting and asking in the front yard.

"Who dares to be presumptuous here?!"

Hearing this voice, Li Jingzhong immediately knew who was coming.

"King Guangping!"

He immediately yelled and rushed out of the veranda desperately.

Xu Shi was intimidated by the emperor's grandson's aura, those right guards no longer dared to stop him, and let him run into the court.

Three young men boldly entered the prince's courtyard.

The first person was dressed in fine clothes and had a graceful bearing. Although he was shouting with anger, his face did not show any cruelty. He still had a graceful and elegant appearance.

Li Chu was 20 years old at the time, and he was in the prime of his life, without the scrupulous and scrupulous attitude of his father.

Because he had been favored by the sage since he was a child, the sage went to the ten kings' house in person and gave him a golden basin to hold a baptism feast for him only three days after his birth.

On that day, the sage carefully supported Li Chu's small body with his hands, and said with great joy, "There are three emperors in this hall, what a joy!"

But in fact Li Hengshang was not the prince at that time, in other words, it was because the eldest son was favored by Li Heng that he became the prince.

At this time, there were two people behind Li Chu, but they were Li Heng's second son, Li Dan, and his third son, Li Tan.

Li Dan was 17 years old at the time, slightly fat, staring at the right Xiaowei with an angry face.

Li Tan was 15 years old at the time, and he was born with a dignified appearance. His demeanor was not inferior to his elder brother, and he was even more handsome.He was wearing a martial robe, with a knife on his waist, looking around at the situation in the courtyard, frowning slightly, but still remained calm.

"King Guangping, King Nanyang, and King Jianning! The traitorous gang of eagles and dogs has come to bully you again!"

Li Jingzhong yelled while running, staggered and fell to the ground, but got up with hands and feet, and knelt down in front of the three emperors and grandchildren.

Li Chu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said in a deep voice: "Li Gong got up and said, since Xiao Wang is here, no one can make trouble here."

Li Tan said loudly: "Who brought someone here? Just come out and see."

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Yang Zhao glanced outside the door, his expression changed, and he said to Xue Bai, "It's troublesome, it's okay to offend the prince, but it's troublesome to offend those grandsons."

Xue Bai's expression didn't change, he was still sitting there, waiting for something.

Yang Zhao was like a sore on his buttocks, he couldn't sit still no matter what, he got up and walked a few steps, finally said: "No, I have to go, otherwise, if they hold grudges, it will be a disaster."

"It's not the first time Uncle Guo has dealt with Li Heng, so why be afraid?"

"It's different, it's very different. The saint hates the prince, but loves the emperor's grandson. Embarrassing them in person is like embarrassing the saint."

Xue Bai looked out the window, glanced at the sky, and turned back as if he couldn't understand.

Yang Zhao couldn't hold his breath for a long time, he hurried out of the verandah, and rushed to laugh in front of the three emperors and grandchildren.

Only then did Xue Bai get up, and walked through the corridor in a leisurely manner.

When Li Chu saw him, he immediately ignored Yang Zhao, turned around and asked, "Who are you?"

"Xue Bai."

"What official position is it?!"

"No official, no job." Xue Bai replied calmly, "But he once assisted the crown prince, but he was murdered, so he had no choice but to be a witness."

"You bullshit!"

Li Jingzhong immediately screamed, pointing at Xue Bai and said, "The traitorous gangster, how shameless!"

Xue Bai ignored him, and calmly met the scrutinizing eyes of the three grandsons.

Li Chu's eyes showed surprise, Li Dan's anger grew deeper, and Li Tan showed a thoughtful look.

Yang Zhao couldn't stand the atmosphere of confrontation, so he gently pulled Xue Bai, but failed to pull him.

At this moment, Du Wulang shouted outside the courtyard: "I found it!"

Only then did Xue Bai raise his hands in a cross-hand salute, and said: "Today, we cooperated with the government to investigate the case and interrogated a few eunuchs, and now we have found the evidence, so I am leaving."

After all, he just walked out the door.

Yang Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly apologized to the three emperors and grandsons, and hurriedly waved You Xiaowei out of the prince's courtyard.

Li Jingzhong was astonished, stomped his feet and whispered to Li Chu: "King Guangping, this person trespassed on the prince's residence without permission, and he was a conspiracy, so he must be captured."

Li Chu turned his head to look, hesitating endlessly.

Li Tan clung to his elder brother's ear and said, "Do more and make more mistakes, that's all."

"Ah."

Seeing this situation, Li Jingzhong became more and more anxious, ignoring etiquette, and ran to the backyard in a hurry, hurriedly boarded a small pavilion, looked around, and saw a luggage cart parked in the alley outside the door.

The curtain on the cart was lifted, and a woman in full makeup was sitting in it.Although her figure has become thinner, from a distance, she looks exactly like Du Liangdi.

"How?!"

This shock was no small matter, Li Jingzhong quickly covered his mouth, turned his head to look around, but saw someone rushing to Yang Zhao, explaining something, Yang Zhao laughed, looking very happy.

"It's over..."

Li Jingzhong finally lost his sense of control.

He knows that it doesn't matter what humiliation he receives today, as long as the foundation of the prince is not touched, sooner or later he will be proud.

But those two dead soldiers guarding Du Liangdi must never fall into Li Linfu's hands.

"quick."

Li Jingzhong hurried down the pavilion, recruited a most trusted little eunuch, and gave instructions in a low voice.

"Go and see...what happened..."

(End of this chapter)