Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 50 Seeing Snow Tathagata Again (1)
Facing it is a jade carving screen wall, bypassing the screen wall is an open courtyard, with a door on each side, the guards lead Song Qingtong into the central courtyard gate, and pass through a hallway, the front courtyard is noisy, there are occasional crying sounds, turn around Nearly a hundred imperial guards were closely watching, and the guards said: "The people detained here are all servants of the Ji Mansion."

Song Qingtong looked into the yard, there were men and women, old and young, in a dark crowd, and there were guards escorting the servants over and over again.On the opposite side of the courtyard is a rather imposing house with cornices, and the inscription on the door plaque: To be kind is like water.

The guards led the two of them through the courtyard and passed a courtyard. Four guards were escorting a pair of well-dressed middle-aged men and women. Let go of my master"

Song Qingtong rubbed his temples, the water in Ji's mansion was quite deep, and even the master took people under him, at least a hundred or ten people were seen.

Going forward, there is a half-moon gate in front of you, guarded by more than ten imperial guards.The guard stopped in front of Banyue Gate, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, this is the courtyard where Princess Suyang lives, and Master Chu is inside."

Song Qingtong lowered his head and walked in side by side with Shui Jing. In the yard, there was a guard standing every five steps. Each of them held a light ball torch in their hands, illuminating the yard like daytime. The yard was still standing tremblingly. With forty or fifty servants.Song Qingtong looked around and saw that this place was no different from the yard we passed just now. The three sides of the building were the main building and the east and west rooms.The only difference is that there is a tall and lush locust tree standing in the middle of the yard.

Chu Tianmo was asking questions in front of the servants, when he saw Song Qingtong and Shui Jing coming in, he walked over: "Your Majesty, Jun Xie has led the Qingtian Army to search the Ji Mansion, and the secret path is in the well behind the west wing."

The two followed Chu Tianmo to the back of the west wing, and saw a well made of bluestone in the small space between the house wall and the courtyard wall. When they walked to the well, Chu Tianmo pointed to the well platform and said: " Please look, Your Majesty, there are bloodstains here, the Li Palace Rebellion should have escaped from this well."

Song Qingtong looked at it, and there was indeed a little blood on the well platform, dipped his hand in it and rubbed it, but it was not completely solidified, it seems that they left not long ago.

Chu Tianmo said again: "The soil and rocks of the secret path are still new, and it is estimated that the excavation time will not exceed ten days. The minister just interrogated the servants here, and they all said that they didn't know there was a secret path in the well, and they didn't notice anything unusual outside tonight."

Song Qingtong pondered for a while and said, "The search scope will also be extended to nearby houses. In short, we can't give the chaotic party a chance to breathe!"

Approval flashed in Chu Tianmo's eyes, "I will give you an order immediately."

While talking, the three returned to the courtyard, and there were a few more people in the courtyard at this time.

Two servant girls supported an old lady in luxurious clothes, and walked slowly from the main room to the main courtyard. The woman was about 50 years old, with black hair, well-maintained skin, calm demeanor, and majestic eyes. When it came to Song Zhaoye, his gaze became benevolent, but Song Zhaoye had a calm expression on the other hand.She must be Princess Suyang. As far as she knows, Princess Suyang is a middle-aged widow. While running business houses in various places, she also manages a large family in Jifu. She must be strong, and she is by no means a simple woman.

In addition to her, there is a man and a woman. The man is in his twenties, looks weak, and coughs twice from time to time, and the woman is 23 and four years old. She is petite and exquisite, but why is there a child in his arms?
Song Qingtong later learned that Ji Yunhe had brothers. The elder brother Ji Yunzhou was weak and sick since he was a child. I grew up holding a medicine jar.

Princess Suyang took a sharp look at Song Qingtong, and her gaze turned cold. She also recognized women disguised as men, and bowed to salute: "I pay my respects to the emperor."

The young men and women were taken aback for a moment, and quickly knelt down to salute. Immediately afterwards, the servants in the yard also knelt down.

"No gift to be flattened!"

After Song Qingtong finished speaking, he walked up to Princess Suyang, looked into her eyes, and said word by word: "Old Madam Ji, the secret passage from the palace appeared in your yard, how do you explain it?"

Before Princess Suyang could speak, Lin Xiangwan said in a trembling voice, "It's nothing to do with mother-in-law. The well was discovered in the west wing where I live. I am willing to bear all the blame."

Princess Suyang gave Lin Xiangwan a loving look, sighed and said, "Daughter-in-law, you take care of the children every day and don't leave the room. It's none of your business." Looking at Song Qingtong, he said, "I have nothing to say. It can be said that I only ask the emperor to spare the rest of the Ji family, and the old age depends entirely on the emperor."

Song Zhaoye frowned, looked at Chu Tianmo and said, "Since the secret way appeared in this courtyard, everyone here is suspicious!"

Chu Tianmo ignored Song Zhaoye, glanced at Song Qingtong, "Please make a quick decision, Your Majesty!"

Song Qingtong pondered for a moment, there were many chaotic parties in the Li Palace, and it could be seen from the random arrows in the forest that they sneaked out of the courtyard without anyone noticing. Tried it in person, it was almost midnight, and I couldn't open my eyes more and more, so I ordered: "Take them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice overnight, and the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice will start the trial immediately!" This is their job, even if it is midnight. Too much.

The guards came up to detain the crying servants, and when they reached Lin Xiangwan, Chu Tianmo's eyes flashed, and he said, "Your Majesty, it's inconvenient for her to take the child with her, so she can be detained here."

Song Qingtong also had the same intention, but it was a little strange that Chu Tianmo brought up this question, Song Zhaoye snorted coldly, "Why, Master Chu wants to take the lead in perverting the law? If I remember correctly, she is the younger sister of your favorite student Bar."

Chu Tianmo looked at Song Zhaoye coldly. At this moment, the child in Lin Xiangwan's arms suddenly burst into tears. Xiang Wan was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, Princess Suyang asked, "Is Xiaobao hungry?"

These words reminded Lin Xiangwan, he glanced timidly at Song Qingtong, Song Qingtong said: "Young Madam, let's breastfeed the child first when you go back to the room."

Lin Xiangwan was very grateful, and trotted all the way back to the room with the crying child in his arms.

The yard became quiet, and suddenly heard the melodious flute sound floating in the air, Song Qingtong was surprised, who has leisure and elegance at such a late hour?Everyone looked up, and saw a snow-white "kite" flying in the air, flying lower and lower, and only when they got closer did they realize what kind of kite it was, it was an open sedan chair wrapped in white gauze!Carried by four bearers, a man in white clothes and silver face was sitting in the sedan chair, playing the flute. The sedan chair fluttered down on the eaves of the west wing.

(End of this chapter)