King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 94
Once bitten, twice shy.

Although the Jinling Qianhu Office was not far from the Xinggong, Zhu Jingxing still brought nearly three hundred guards, and all of them wore armor and brought all short soldiers and strong crossbows.

There were one hundred Dragon Guards who came to Jinling this time, and these defenses alone were definitely not enough, so the emperor also sent [-] soldiers from the Banner Guards.

As one of the 22 guards of Shangzhi, the main duty of the standard bearer is to be the guard of honor and bodyguard when the emperor travels.

Most of the time, the emperor stayed in the imperial city, so the standard-bearer guards were rarely used, and this business trip to Jinling was even rarer.

However, out of the 1000 soldiers, 500 followed Zhu Jingyuan to the front, and only [-] remained in the palace.

With 300 people on this trip, the team is already extremely spectacular.

When he arrived at the Qianhu Office in Jinling, Zhu Jinghong got out of the sedan chair and walked out. He saw a kneeling outside the gate of the Qianhu Office, and all the people in the yamen who could come came.

"See Lord Thirteen!"

"Free gift!"

Zhu Jinghong didn't want to waste time, so he went straight to the Qianhu Office, and Li Wenzhao and others immediately followed.

"Show me all the people and things you find!"

"All the criminals are locked in the cell, and the stolen goods are all in the warehouse. Which one will the Thirteenth Lord look at first?" Li Wenzhao asked respectfully.

"Go to the warehouse first!"

"Master Thirteen, please!"

Li Wenzhao personally led the way, Zhu Jinghong went through two gates and came to a small courtyard.

The warehouse of the Qianhu Office in Jinling is full of various weapons and armor, as well as archives and physical evidence, and is specially guarded by a small banner officer.

Usually, if you want to go in here to pick up things, you have to sign by a thousand-level official, but at this moment the door is wide open.

Li Wenzhao and two deputy Qianhu led Zhu Jinghong to the left and right, and took him outside a room.

"Master Thirteen, there's a smell in it, I ask someone to move it out!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Jinghong is not afraid of the taste, but he is afraid that there are things in it that are "inconvenient" for him to see, and everyone will be embarrassed to force them in.

Immediately, a captain moved a chair, and Zhu Jinghong sat on the steps, watching the captains move things out.

"Master Thirteen, these are the scriptures they recited. I read them carefully... There are some changes from the original ones!" Li Wenzhao explained.

There are quite a lot of so-called scriptures, two stacks were moved out in a row, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least hundreds of them.

Li Wenzhao went on to say: "Those White Lotus cultists use these scriptures to confuse the world, they are really hateful..."

In addition to the scriptures, there are some banners and even some ritual vessels.

Especially the latter made Zhu Jinghong very curious, so he stepped forward to play with it himself.

"These things? What are they for?"

Li Wenzhao explained: "The ritual utensils made by the rebels of the White Lotus Sect are used when they worship the gods. It's ridiculous that they are neither fish nor fowl!"

The description of nondescript is very apt. Even if Zhu Jinghong is not a professional, he can see that these things should be the evolution of musical instruments.

"Why is it like a musical instrument?"

This Li Wenzhao also couldn't understand, so he could only speculate: "I think it was because there was music played during the sacrifice, and after a long time, the musical instrument became a ritual vessel!"

How many years the White Lotus Sect has been passed down, no one can say clearly now, but it has existed for four to five hundred years, and it is normal to develop unique ritual vessels.

Picking up one of them, it can be seen that it is a pipa. Zhu Jinghong plucked the strings, but the sound was very deep and astringent. Obviously this thing has not been tuned.

The lieutenants successively produced more things. After listening to Li Wenzhao's detailed introduction and the two deputy Qianhu's additions from time to time, Zhu Jinghong realized how strict the White Lotus Sect is.

Being planned by these people for more than a month, just to kill himself, it is shocking to think about it.

"Has the envoy spoken yet?"

Li Wenzhao replied: "I have already spoken, it is his confession that the White Lotus Sect is going to start a riot in the capital!"

"Bring him to see me!" Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Li Wenzhao winked at deputy Qianhu, who immediately turned around and took the man away.

Not everyone can bring up a key criminal like Wang Xianxiang.

Sitting back on the chair, Zhu Jinghong looked at Li Wenzhao, and asked, "I remember this guy was very stubborn, why did he suddenly speak again?"

"Who has this ability?"

Originally Li Wenzhao wanted to take credit for himself, but Zhu Jinghong asked who had this ability, and he could only answer honestly: "It's a small flag officer from the Hundred Households Office, called Chen Yuntai...Thirteen Lords have met before!"

Zhu Jinghong nodded, the young man left a deep impression on him, he is indeed a capable and capable person.

"It was him!"

Soon, Wang Xianxiang was brought over. His clothes were stained with blood. Two Zhang away from Zhu Jinghong, he was escorted by the school captains to kneel down.

"As long as you tell the truth, I can save your life. They have nothing to say about this matter, and I can make the decision!" Zhu Jinghong said slowly.

Wang Xianxiang raised his head slowly, breathlessly said: "Master Thirteen, I have said everything that needs to be said, and they have also promised the grassroots, and promised to forgive the villain!"

During these three days, he suffered inhuman torture, and there was almost nothing good about him, and he finally confessed when he couldn't bear it anymore.

Regarding the White Lotus Sect's uprising in the capital, this news was Wang Xianxiang's confession, which was used to change his own way of life.

He had a ten-thousandth hope, thinking that if he really confessed something dry, Jin Yiwei would let him go, but Zhu Jinghong made such a statement again.

In other words, the way of life that Jin Yiwei promised him before, whether true or not, has been overturned at this moment.

This made Wang Xianxiang furious, the gang of dog officials turned back on their promises, and he wished he could hack them all to death.

"Now I ask a question, and you will answer it!"

Seeing that Wang Xianxiang did not respond, Li Wenzhao scolded: "Tell me!"

"Yes!"

"When did the White Lotus Sect revolt in the capital?"

"It should be this year, I don't know when!"

Zhu Jinghong asked again: "How are they going to make trouble? Could it be that they want to assassinate the king?"

"This matter is confidential, it was agreed by the leader, the villain doesn't know!"

Zhu Jinghong said coldly: "Your status is not low in the White Lotus Sect. If you say you don't know, I don't believe it!"

Wang Xianxiang replied in a deep voice: "In the sect, under the sect leader and saintess, there are left and right protectors, as well as the four heavenly kings, and then there are such angels as villains!"

In other words, although Wang Xianxiang has a very high status in the White Lotus Sect, he does not yet belong to the core power level.

Zhu Jinghong asked again: "How can you catch your leader?"

"The real face of the leader, the villain has never seen it, and the meeting place will be notified in due time, and there is no fixed place!"

"Now that the villain has been arrested, the sect already knows about it, and will cut off all connections!"

"Take it away!"

"Yes!" Li Wenzhao waved his hand.

When Wang Xianxiang was taken away, Li Wenzhao asked, "Master Thirteen, do you really want to spare him?"

Zhu Jinghong stood up and said, "I don't think he has told the truth yet. Try to find a way to squeeze out some more information. How to deal with it is up to you!"

"I understand!"

Zhu Jinghong walked down the steps, and Li Wenzhao immediately followed.

"This case is of great importance, you have to investigate carefully, you may have to bear the burden of the capital..."

Stopping, Zhu Jinghong turned his head to look at Li Wenzhao, and asked solemnly, "Do you understand?"

The affairs of the capital are on his shoulders, so he has to be transferred to the capital.

From Yingtian to Beijing, it is definitely a high promotion for Li Wenzhao. Opportunities are hard to come by.

"I understand that I still have to rely on the support of the thirteenth master!"

Zhu Jinghong said indifferently: "You can't talk about support. My memorial can only be written if you do your errands well!"

"I have something to say to the Holy Spirit!"

"Yes, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)