My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 217 Race Against Time ([-])

In the bloody and dirty prison, Qin He wiped the bloody dagger clean and inserted it back into his boots.

In front of him hung several corpses that had just died.

After repeated torture, those assassins were already dying, and Qin He's arrival was the straw that broke the camel's back.

After getting the information he wanted, Qin Heben also planned to kill people and silence him, and the secret of mind reading could not be exposed.

Along the dark and damp corridor, Qin He strode out of the prison. Outside the gate, Wu Yixiao, the deputy commander of the Xiaoyi Guards, was spinning anxiously like a top.

Seeing Qin He come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Qin Dutong, how is it?"

"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life." Qin He smiled.

"Ah?" Wu Yixiao was surprised and happy, "How did Qin Dutong do it?"

Qin He calmly changed the topic, "I will discuss this matter in detail with Mr. Wu later when I have time. The first priority is to rescue people."

Thinking that the other party's wife was in danger, Wu Yixiao secretly cursed himself for being stupid and hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, we have to save people quickly. Qin Jiaotong asked about the origins of those assassins and their hiding places. ?”

"Well!" Qin He nodded slightly, "Let's go and report to His Majesty first."

Wu Yixiao was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the Qin Prince, at such a young age, could actually dig out secrets from the mouth of a dead soldier with a iron mouth. It seemed that he would really have to ask him for advice if he had the chance.

Qin He secretly said, "That is never possible. Mr. Wu, just give up on this idea."

The two quickly returned to the imperial study, where Emperor Qianyuan and Wei Chen had been waiting for about half an hour.

"Zhong Ning, tell me." Emperor Qianyuan, with a sullen look on his face, ignored Wu Yixiao and looked at Qin Hedao.

"Back to Your Majesty, after interrogation by Wei Chen and Master Wu, we have found out the origins of these assassins. They are all rebels of the Qingtian Sect. The purpose of assassinating Your Majesty this time is to make Your Majesty lose face and prestige in front of envoys from other countries. . As for the robbery of Chen’s wife Shen, it was actually to blackmail Wei Chen and get the secret recipe for thunderbolts from Wei Chen.”

After a pause, Qin He turned his gaze to Wei Chen, who was sitting silently aside, "The princess of the county suffered an unreasonable disaster and was implicated by the wife of the minister. Prince of Changning, I will apologize first."

Qin He gave a solemn salute to Wei Chen.

"Prince Qin, there is no need to be polite. The most important thing now is to save people. I wonder if you and Mr. Wu asked about other things?"

After hearing this, Wei Chen suddenly realized that this was the case.

It seems that His Majesty knew the plan of the rebels a long time ago, so he took advantage of it. Shen's arrest was also a part of the plot. Jianjia was kidnapped by the way because he angered the rebels because he saved people.

Qin He stared deeply at Wei Chen and marveled sincerely: "The Prince of Changning County is really thoughtful, but he can get the whole story out of just a few words."

He nodded slightly and looked at Emperor Qianyuan, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen and Lord Wu did ask about the hiding place of those rebels, but that place..."

Qin He hesitated to speak, as if he was stumped. "But there's something wrong with that place? Zhong Ning just said it's okay." Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand to indicate that he didn't have to worry.

Qin He lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, those assassins are currently hiding in a manor five miles away from the capital. If nothing unexpected happens, my wife and the princess should also be imprisoned here. I just asked someone to check. After that, that manor was originally the property of Prince Yu's palace, but now it is the dowry of the Lord Dunjing County."

Wu Yixiao's brain exploded and his whole body started to tremble.

"Oh my God, Prince Qin, do you know what you are talking about? He is almost scared to death, okay?"

The rebels who assassinated Your Majesty were hiding in the dowry manor of the Lord of Dunjing County. Doesn't this mean that the people in Prince Yu's palace colluded with the rebels to assassinate Your Majesty?This is a serious crime of rebellion!

Wu Yixiao was in a state of shock and trance. The secrets he heard today were so shocking that he couldn't bear it.

Even Wei Chen was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that the matter would involve another prince of the current dynasty.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Qianyuan. His Majesty still looked calm. He didn't know whether he had known about this matter for a long time and followed the trend, or whether he had heard about it for the first time like himself.

The huge imperial study fell into silence for a moment, and only the shallow or deep breathing of a few people could be heard.

No one dared to speculate on the holy intention at this moment, nor did they know how angry His Majesty would be.

In the dead silence, there was a knock on the door and a message from the chamberlain's father-in-law: "Your Majesty, another carrier pigeon has come to report the news."

"Send it in." Emperor Qianyuan was very calm, but everyone became more and more cautious.

"Wu Yixiao, come and read it, what is written on it."

"The minister obeys the order."

Wu Yixiao took the carrier pigeon, took off the note tied to its leg, took a closer look, his eyes widened in shock, and couldn't help but glance in Qin He's direction.

"Your Majesty, the secret guards have come to report that the escaped assassins took Mrs. Qin and the Princess of Changning County and hid in a manor five miles away from the capital. No one has come out yet. That manor is in Dunjing County The Lord’s dowry property, the secret guard asked Your Majesty to indicate what the next step should be.”

There was no mistake this time. The secret guard tracking the assassin was exactly what Qin Shizi said. Regardless of whether he participated in the rebellion or not, it seemed that Prince Yu's family was indeed to blame for this matter.

Qin He raised his eyebrows secretly. He did not expect Wei Qionghua to be so bold and hide the person right under her nose.

Although bold, he is also very smart.

Who would have thought that the rebels who assassinated the emperor would collude with the current county chief?Who would have thought that the assassin who was thought to have escaped long ago would be hiding in a manor no more than five miles away from Beijing?

If he and His Majesty had not discovered Wei Qionghua's true identity earlier, they would have been deceived by him.

(End of this chapter)