King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 244 Considerations of the East Factory
Let's say that Deng An led a few young eunuchs out of Chengming Court and rushed towards Donghuamen, where the Dongchang is located outside the gate of the palace.

Even though he was also a eunuch, Deng An didn't like to come to this place very much, and every time he passed by, he felt a chill on his back.

"Stop, who?"

Hearing the question from the guard at the gate, Deng An calmly replied: "Our family is ordered by Lord Thirteen to go to Dongchang to do business!"

The fact that needs to be admitted is that Zhu Jinghong has a lot of face in the imperial city, so after receiving Deng An's reply, the guards on duty entered the gate to report.

About 2 minutes later, two eunuchs came out and recognized Deng An, the celebrity beside Zhu Jinghong.

The tall and thin eunuch led the way down the steps, and said in a gloomy tone: "It turned out to be Eunuch Deng, how did you come here today!"

After the people from the past saw the ceremony, Deng An said: "The Thirteenth Master ordered me to come over, and I have to explain to the father-in-law in charge!"

"I don't know what to explain?" the tall and thin eunuch asked in a low voice.

He was playing a front-runner, letting his boss know what to say, and then he could discuss countermeasures.

Deng An didn't really care what the people in Dongchang thought, so he heard him bluntly say: "I heard that you arrested two people today, and these two people have something to do with the Thirteenth Lord, so you ordered me to come over and ask for clarification!"

"So it is!"

The tall and thin eunuch and his companion looked at each other, and the latter understood what he meant, so he returned directly to the East Factory.

"These two are interrogating, what does Eunuch Deng want to ask?"

"Interrogating? Have you ever used torture?" Deng An asked anxiously.

The tall and thin eunuch replied: "These two people don't confess, they are already torturing the boy to force the girl to confess!"

Hearing this, Deng An hurriedly said: "Quickly order, stop using torture!"

"This...the case has its own rules and regulations, so why not use punishment..."

Before the tall and thin eunuch finished speaking, Deng An scolded: "This is the words of Lord Thirteen, if you don't want your head smashed, you can ignore it!"

This fellow was really in a hurry, so he dared to scold the head eunuch of the East Factory. Few people were willing to provoke these people.

Of course, since Deng An dared to say that, he naturally had his confidence.

For example, at this moment, the tall and thin eunuch didn't dare to say anything, but narrowed his eyes slightly and began to think.

"Come here, send an order to suspend the torture!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that the tall and thin eunuch was submissive, Deng An breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately made amends: "That's right, Eunuch Hou... I did this for your own good, and I really made the Thirteenth Lord angry. !"

"Thank you for the reminder!" Hou Buji replied with a serious expression.

"Come on, take me in and have a look!"

"Please!"

When Hou Buji led Deng An into the room, Wang Qing, the eunuch in charge, was listening to the report from his subordinates. At this time, he already knew Deng An's intention.

The assassination case of Zhu Jinghong was sponsored by Wang Qing, but Dongchang had a lot of news to deal with every day, so it was impossible for Wang Qing to personally lead the team to handle the case, but only asked about the case every day.

"Yu Liang, you and Hou Buji are investigating this case, and the brothers and sisters of the Qin family were arrested by you for questioning. Are they related to the case?"

"This matter... the servant is really not sure. If the White Lotus Sect is behind it, the Qin family may not be able to get rid of it!"

Wang Qing put down the pen in his hand, glanced coldly at his subordinates, and asked, "So you mean, we have to start a strict investigation from the Qin family?"

"I don't mean that, I just reply according to the usual practice. If I follow my intention... If the Thirteenth Master has something to do with the Qin family, I can do it according to his wishes!"

Yu Liang said in a low voice: "To put it bluntly, if you offend Lord Thirteen because of this matter, it's really not worth it!"

Getting up from behind the desk, Wang Qing walked around to the tea table and asked while pouring tea, "But if it's really related to the Qin family, won't the clues be lost if we let them go?"

"Father-in-law, based on the experience of a slave, I'm afraid this case..."

Even for Wang Qing's confidantes, Yu Liang didn't dare to speak casually when faced with some particularly sensitive topics.

"There is no one else here, just tell me what you have!" Wang Qing said with a dissatisfied expression.

"I'm afraid this case has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect!"

The case has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect, it has to fall on the entanglement of several princes, Wang Qing understood what Yu Liang meant.

"If you let him go, the case will not be found out. If the lord interrogates...we also have an explanation!"

"But if something is found out, it will be difficult to end!"

Hearing what Yu Liang said, Wang Qing nodded slightly. He had actually considered all these situations.

"Are you so sure that this case has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect?"

"Elder-in-law, did you forget that the first criminal to be arrested was probably Zhang Qian who sent someone to kill him, and Li Qingxiang's reaction to protect his weak points later shows that..."

With a bang, Wang Qing put down the teacup heavily, and said with anger in his voice, "Okay, don't say any more!"

"I'll go and see for myself!"

As for Deng An's side, Qin Zhong had already been untied from the tiger stool under his insistence. He had received a lot of whips on his body at this moment, bloodstains could already be seen on his clothes.

Qin Keqing was fine, but was a little frightened, and was standing by his younger brother's side, treating his wound with clean water.

Duanduan was at home today, but Dongchang fanzi broke into the mansion and arrested his siblings and servants in the mansion.

Originally, Qin Ye was also on the arrest list, but he escaped by luck because he went outside the city to inspect the warehouse.

But without Zhu Jinghong's intervention, Qin Ye would be arrested sooner or later.

"The prince is here!"

The East Factory is under the control of Dai Quan, but this eunuch Dai, as the eunuch of Bingbi, spends more time in the supervisor of ceremonies.

Therefore, the specific affairs of the East Factory are mostly in charge of Wang Qing and Hu Yongquan, so Wang Qing has a very high status in the East Factory.

"See Eunuch!"

When everyone saluted, only the young Deng An remained unmoved because he came on behalf of Zhu Jinghong.

"Eunuch Deng, why are you here!" Wang Qing smiled and went forward.

"Meet the prince!"

Deng An looked extremely humble, in front of this old eunuch, even though he had a strong background, he did not dare to act presumptuously.

"These two are old friends of the Thirteenth Lord, and have nothing to do with the assassination incident. Please raise your hand high!"

I just heard Wang Qing say: "So that's how it is. They are doing this, and our family doesn't know about it. Otherwise, we will have the guts of a bear and a leopard, and we will not dare to touch the old friend of the Thirteenth Master!"

Immediately afterwards, he looked around, and said in a cold tone: "There is no evidence yet, I just invited someone to question, how did the torture take place?"

"You bastards are really getting more and more unruly!"

Watching Wang Qing's performance, Deng An showed a satisfied expression. He really should be like this at this time, otherwise Wang Qing would be overwhelmed.

After scolding his subordinates, Wang Qing turned around and said with a smile on his face: "Since these two are old friends of the Thirteenth Lord, they probably won't have anything to do with the assassination, so I don't think there is any need to ask any more!"

This Wang Qing understands the truth and saved me a lot of talking...

Thinking of this, Deng An smiled even more, clasped his fists to Wang Qing and said, "My father-in-law is very sensible, I can't wait!"

"After going back, the little one will report to Lord Thirteen that everything will be done by the prince!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome...It's my honor to be able to serve the Thirteenth Master. It's just that Dongchang's actions have caused these two people to suffer. I hope the Thirteenth Master will not take the blame!"

Deng An smiled and replied: "It is said that those who do not know are not guilty, not to mention that Dongchang is also acting according to the order, how can the Thirteenth Lord blame it!"

The brothers and sisters of the Qin family thought that the sky was falling, but Deng An averted the crisis with a few words, which made the two brothers and sisters even more appreciative of Zhu Jinghong's kindness while they were in panic.

(End of this chapter)