Unparalleled Fortune in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 290 Interrogation
Tong Cheng'er felt that it was too troublesome, and refused: "Forget it, I'm not very hungry, so don't bother."

Yinzhen disagrees, if the world is too big, don't go to Xiaofujin to have a big meal, if you don't eat, you can't do it.

"I was eating when the palace banquet was assassinated. I haven't eaten yet. You can eat some more with me."

Now Tong Cheng'er has no reason to refuse.

The meals were prepared in a hurry, but within a quarter of an hour, a lot of talents were added one after another, because it was cold, most of them were hot pots, and the meals were all hot.

As Yinzhen ate, Tong Cheng'er also felt hungry, and ate a lot.

After dinner, Yinzhen had no intention of watching the year, and fell asleep with his arms around Xiao Fujin.

The two slept soundly all night, as if the assassination in the palace never happened.

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, in previous years it was fine for Yinzhen to stay at home, but this year was different. Kangxi summoned him to Qianqing Palace.

When Yinzhen arrived, the prince was already in the imperial study.

When Kangxi saw him coming, he said directly: "The matter of the assassination last night was examined by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the crown prince will investigate together."

Kangxi said, Yinzhen naturally had no objection.

The prince has no objection either.

The two received the decree, and then left the Imperial Study Room together.

After he came out, the prince said: "Fourth brother thinks where should we start the investigation."

Yinzhen: "Let's start with the identities of those dancing girls. What do you think?"

The prince nodded: "Then listen to the fourth brother."

The conversation between the two was very polite.

Then Yinzhen left, he was going to the Ministry of Punishment to see those people who were assassinated yesterday in person.

Seeing that he was so straightforward, the prince didn't know what was going on, and felt extremely uncomfortable.

When Yinzhen went to the Ministry of Punishment, someone came over immediately and said flatteringly, "I've seen Prince Yong."

Yinzhen said calmly: "Get up, how is the interrogation of the person sent yesterday?"

The man replied: "It was tortured, but the mouth was very rigid and I didn't say anything."

Yinzhen was not surprised. It is impossible for a person who has the courage to assassinate the emperor to extract a confession from the person behind the scenes with torture.

"Take me to see."

He wants to interrogate himself.

The punishment room was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the furnishings in the punishment room were simple, with a few crosses for the gang, various instruments of torture, and a table and a chair.

After Yinzhen entered, he frowned slightly upon smelling the smell in the execution room, but returned to his indifference for a while.

He looked up at the women who were tied to the cross. Their faces were haggard, their hair was disheveled, and there were marks of severe torture on their bodies. It was not easy to see how many people were there this night.

When Yinzhen came, he moved a chair and sat in front of them, without mentioning torture, he said, "It's not easy to survive this."

As soon as Yinzhen said this, one of the women said, "Bah, you bastard, kill me if you have the ability."

Yinzhen looked at the person who spoke: "It's easy to ask for death, just tell the person who instructed you behind the scenes, as long as you say it, I will make you very angry."

"You are dreaming."

Yinzhen didn't expect to be able to ask the question right away.

But you have to ask.

"I asked, you have only been in the palace for more than a year. According to your seniority, you should have no chance to dance at the annual banquet. It is said that you danced in the dance workshop before entering the palace. You only entered the palace because you danced well. But I have had someone check it out. You have only been in the dance studio where you entered the palace not long ago. Let me guess your identities. Being able to do this kind of thing means that you have no worries. The people behind you must be He was the one who raised you up, am I right?"

The dancers were taken aback when they heard this.

Looking at them, Yinzhen knew he was right.

In fact, Yinzhen had some thoughts in his mind.

"I once met rich daughters who were abducted by kidnappers on my business trip. What are you kidnappers going to do when you kidnap these rich daughters?"

Yinzhen asked himself and answered: "The daughter of the rich family looks good. The kidnapper abducted them when they were young, and then taught them carefully, telling them wrong etiquette, integrity, and shame every day, and then taught them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. When they grow up, he will teach them They are sent to powerful families as concubines to make a profit."

"These abducted wealthy daughters are instilled with wrong ideas since they were young. They are grateful to the abductors. You must know that these women should have grown up carefree. When they grow up, they will marry a man of the right family and be the head of the family The mistress, rather than being a concubine for others, depends on people's faces."

As soon as Yinzhen said this, several people looked unhappy, obviously they were hit by something.

Yinzhen's guess was right, some of these people were indeed abducted by kidnappers, and the kidnappers brought people here, they ate delicious food and were served by others, and over time they went to their own origins.

Seeing this, Yinzhen continued: "You might as well think about it carefully, you can still die happily if you tell the people behind the scenes now, but if you don't tell, your origins are difficult to find out, but you can always find them out. I can’t give you a happy time.”

After saying that, Yinzhen left.

After leaving the gate of the punishment room, Yinzhen ordered: "Send someone to watch carefully, and don't use torture for the time being."

"Yes."

After coming out of the Ministry of Punishment, Yin Zhen smelled a faint smell of blood on his body, which made him very uncomfortable.

He wanted to go back and change his clothes now, but Su Peisheng came over at this time: "Master, the prince please go over."

Yinzhen: "Second brother of the prince? Has he left the palace?"

Su Peisheng nodded: "Well, the prince said that I would like you to go to the restaurant to talk about it."

Yinzhen nodded: "Then let's go!"

As for the clothes, of course they can't be changed, so the blood should be bloody.

Yinzhen got into the carriage and went to the restaurant.

The restaurant that the prince invited is also good, but not Yinzhen's Wangyuelou.

Entering the private room of the restaurant, Yinzhen blessed himself and said, "I have seen the second brother of the prince."

"Fourth brother is polite, sit down and let's talk while eating."

Although Yinzhen had no appetite, he still nodded: "Okay."

Not a while after Yinzhen sat down, someone came in with food.

The prince greeted Yinzhen to eat, and Yinzhen reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls.

The prince asked, "Have you found anything during the interrogation?"

Yinzhen shook his head: "No one has spoken yet."

Prince: "Assassination is not a trivial matter, it is the fourth brother who puts his heart into it."

The prince's words made people feel uncomfortable.

"What the prince's second brother said is that it's about Huang Ama's safety, so naturally you have to be careful."

"Fourth brother has become more and more courageous in recent years!"

The prince sighed speciously.

Yinzhen: "The second brother of the prince is serious, and the younger brother has never changed."

Prince: "Why, Huang Ama always said that the fourth brother is courageous, so don't belittle the fourth brother."

Yinzhen smiled politely when he heard the words, and didn't answer any more.

Immediately afterwards, the prince talked to him a lot, chatting here and there, feeling that there was no purpose, but Yinzhen felt a little tired.

"The second brother of the prince would not talk about these things when he came to me today!"

He felt that it was inappropriate for him to chat with the crown prince about family matters, because of what the crown prince did back then, it was impossible for Yinzhen to be the same as the crown prince in the past.

The prince was taken aback when he heard the words. In fact, he just wanted to have a casual chat with Yinzhen today. Recently, the elder brother has been a little aggressive. He doesn't have a helper around him, so he can't bear it.

(End of this chapter)