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Chapter 369 There is a case in the case ([-])

The most important project of the imperial mausoleum is the underground palace. Although they are all underground, in terms of the scale of the building, they are much larger and more complicated than the various main halls and auxiliary halls on the surface. The facilities such as organs have not yet been built, but there are many corridors and palaces. Even if Hong Qing brought a lot of people this time, it is not easy to complete the investigation in a short time. Three days have passed, and the inspection work is only halfway through, and nothing suspicious has been found.

No news is the best news. Hong Qing didn't want Diling to have an accident, so she was happy to be the big shopkeeper. Except for asking about the results of the thorough investigation every day, she didn't intervene in other things. , let a group of people wait to toss enough, he himself is not idle, he leads Li Minxing and others around, seems to be serious about patrolling everywhere, but looking at the scenery seems to be more important than investigating the case Higher than anyone else, no one else, ever since she came to this dynasty, Hongqing seldom had free time, either busy with homework, or entangled in government affairs, it was rare to get such a picturesque place, so if she didn’t take a break, I am really sorry for myself.

"Report, report to Qing Baylor that something suspicious has been found in the underground palace, and Lu Tixing dare not act without authorization, so I will send a young man here to ask Qing Baylor to express his actions."

The happy days are always very short, no, Hong Qing happened to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the imperial mausoleum in his spare time, but saw a soldier from the Ministry of Punishment rushing over, a standard Daqian, and knelt down in front of Hong Qing, He reported out of breath.

Well, it's finally here!
Although Hongqing and others have been idle these few days, their heartstrings have never been relaxed, not for anything else, but because Hongqing knows that the case of the emperor's tomb is not that simple. Whether Chunhui and others can tell the truth If the truth is covered up, it is not very optimistic, probably because the people in the imperial mausoleum are complicated, God knows who the person who informed the prince is, with such an internal background, it is really too difficult to hide the truth, because Therefore, Hong Qing was not very surprised to hear that soldier's report.

"Understood, let Master Qi and Chunhui and the others be informed to gather at the scene, and Ben Baylor will go later."

Since the Ministry of Punishments found suspicious points, Hong Qing couldn't sit idly by, so she gave orders calmly and sent the soldier who came to report the news away, but Hong Qing herself did not leave in a hurry. Instead, after silently pondering on the spot for a while, he led Li Minxing and the others slowly towards the underground palace...

"Qing Baylor is here, I will ask Qing Baylor to make the decision!"

"Qing Baylor, the officials and others have discovered doubts, but Master Chun brazenly stopped the inspection. This is a treasonous act. Please ask Qing Baylor to make a clear decision!"

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When Hongqing arrived at the entrance of the underground palace, it was surrounded by officers and soldiers of the garrison battalion who had heard the news, and thousands of curious civilians gathered around the periphery, chattering endlessly. There was chaos at the scene, but Hong Qing ignored it, and led Li Minxing and others straight into the underground palace. Accompanied by a doctor from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, they followed the winding passage to the scene of the incident. Turning out from the corner, Chunhui and Qi Shiwu, who were confronting each other, had rushed up together, and they didn't even care about being polite, so they immediately sued each other.

"What's going on? Tell me one by one!"

Seeing that Qi and Chun quarreled together, Hong Qing frowned unhappily, pretended to be an imperial envoy, waved her hand, and scolded without explanation.

"Reporting to Qing Baylor, the matter is like this. During the investigation today, Lu Sicong, the criminal officer of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, found something suspicious on the wall here, so he planned to dig it out to reveal the truth. Interrupted, the lower officials rushed to hear the news, instead of reasoning, they were insulted by them, such acts of obstructing the investigation of the case are undoubtedly guilty, and the lower officials implore Qing Baylor to judge right from wrong."

Qi Shiwu thought that his status was much higher than Chunhui's, and he was taking advantage of the reason, so he opened his mouth without hesitation, and sued Chunhui unceremoniously.

"Oh? There is such a thing? Master Chun, please explain to Ben Belle what is going on, huh?"

Hong Qing didn't comment on Qi Shiwu's complaint, but looked at Chun Hui with a flushed face solemnly, and asked in a drawn-out tone.

"In Huiqing Baylor's words, this is one of the supporting points of the underground palace. It cannot be easily excavated. Otherwise, the structure may be damaged. Once it collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable. I dare not delay the construction period under the order to supervise the construction of the imperial mausoleum. , this point, I also ask Qing Baylor to learn from it."

Chunhui did not deny Qi Shiwu's accusation, but without showing any weakness, he pointed out the root cause of the inability to dig. His words were burning, but it did not seem to be false.

"It's extremely absurd. This is a guilty conscience, trying to hide it. If not..."

Hearing what Chunhui said, Hong Qing didn't express anything special, but Qi Shiwu was furious, pointing at Chunhui and roaring all over.

"That's enough, let's make a fuss, Ben Baylor has his own opinion!"

Hong Qing was already extremely displeased with Qi Shiwu's arrogance, but now seeing Qi Shiwu's arrogance before the truth was known, the disgust in his heart inevitably deepened, and he was not interested in listening to Qi Shiwu's nonsense, so he waved his hand and could not bear it. Distinctly interrupted Qi Shiwu's roar.

"Qing Baylor, sir..."

Just as Hong Qing disliked Qi Shiwu, Qi Shiwu also felt extremely displeased with Hong Qing, and at the moment when he was on fire, when Hong Qing interrupted him, he couldn't hold back his anger, and opened his mouth to defend himself some.

"Um……"

Seeing that Qi Shiwu was so ungrateful, Hong Qing frowned immediately, and said coldly, filled with a frightening chill, which immediately made Qi Shiwu stunned, and said half-sentence. And so it stopped.

"Lu Sicong."

Hong Qing ignored Qi Shiwu, who was blushing, and looked around the crowd with a solemn expression, and finally fell on Lu Sicong, the procurator of the Ministry of Punishment, and named him expressionlessly.

"The subordinate is here!"

Hearing Hong Qing called his name, Lu Sicong didn't dare to be negligent, so he rushed to the front with a few steps, and responded with great respect.

"Let's talk about it, what's the doubt here?"

As early as when she received the order from the crown prince, Hong Qing had already worked hard to understand the details of the accompanying criminals and others, so she knew that although Lu Ti's official position in front of her was low, she was one of Qi Shiwu's confidantes. Senior, he was quite skeptical about his so-called discovery of doubts, but he didn't express it, but asked kindly.

"Returning to Qing Baylor, since I was ordered to conduct a thorough investigation of this area, the officer has been conscientious and has not dared to neglect in the slightest. It's just that nothing has been found in the past three days. Until this morning when the investigation came here, I finally got something. , Qingbaile, please look, this wall is quite new, in contrast with the surrounding area, it is undoubtedly a newly built thing, judging from its shape, there must be a corridor leading to other places inside, if it is not deliberately concealed, it is difficult to explain it. Because of this, the lower officials thought there must be something else wrong!"

Lu Sicong was obviously a courageous person, and his eloquence was quite good. Even in the face of the famous Hong Qing, he didn't have a trace of stage fright, and explained the incident in detail in a smooth and smooth manner.

Hmm, this guy has a problem!

When Lu Sicong opened his mouth to make a statement, although Hong Qing listened with a blank face, as if there was nothing to do, but her attention was already highly concentrated, and she noticed Lu Sicong's quick glance to Qi Shiwu for instructions I also found an interesting phenomenon, that is, Lu Sicong's eyeballs are always rolling unconsciously when he speaks. Obviously, he is not improvising, but memorizing the lines prepared in advance. In other words, Lu Sicong didn't find out what was wrong behind the wall here, but someone told him.

"Well, Master Chun, do you have any explanation for Lu Ti's words?"

Hong Qing didn't point out the doubts about Lu Sicong, nor commented on what he said, but just gave a soft noncommittal, and then turned her head to look at Chunhui, whose expression changed slightly, and asked calmly. One sentence.

"Qing Bei Le Mingjian, what Lu Tixing said is all nonsense. This is the key point of the underground palace structure. To ensure safety, it must be reinforced every year. Because of this, it looks a little different from the surrounding area. To tell you the truth, Qing Baylor, this place has only been repaired this autumn, and it is really inappropriate to move rashly at this time, otherwise, it will be difficult for the lower officials to guarantee the safety of the underground palace."

After all, Chunhui is a veteran of the officialdom, even though he was extremely flustered at this moment, he still bit the bullet and gave a seemingly reasonable explanation, biting to death that he couldn't dig in here.

"Well……"

When it comes to the ability to observe facial features, Hong Qing can be called a top expert. Just looking at Chunhui's forehead sweating profusely, he knows that what he said is false. There is no doubt that the wall Nine out of ten times out of ten is the place where the water seeps. If we really dig in here, the truth will probably be revealed to the world. Of course, this is obviously not a situation that Hongqing likes to see. The problem is to suppress Qi Shiwu and others The excavation request is not an easy task, even if Hongqing is the envoy, she must not do such an act of handing over others, otherwise, once the trouble comes to the court, Hongqing may be doomed, and she can't help feeling a little bit for a while. He hesitated.

"Come on, dig here!"

Even though she did not want the truth to be exposed in every possible way, Hong Qing could only be ruthless and made the final decision, even if she couldn't bear it any more than she could not cover up and put herself in a disadvantageous situation.

"Qing Bei Le, you can't do this, this is going to destroy the underground palace, you can't..."

Chunhui had pinned all her last hopes on Hong Qing, but she didn't expect that Hong Qing would finally decide to dig. She panicked and fell to her knees, begging bitterly.

"Qing Baylor, you can't dig it. If the underground palace is destroyed, what face do I have to go to see His Majesty!"

"Qing Baylor, this can't be the case, this is going to be a big mistake!"

"Qing Bei Le, you just hold your hand high, the next official kowtows to you!"

……

When Chunhui howled like this, Cui Biao and other supervising officials also panicked. They all knelt on the ground, begging endlessly, and the scene suddenly became a great chaos.

(End of this chapter)