Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 97 Captured
In spring, it always rains continuously, and after only two days of work, it started to drip again, so that the rain moistens the things, and waters the original green vegetation to be more vigorous and green.

"Princess!!!"

There were bursts of hurried footsteps in the corridor, and Xia Zijin retracted her slender hand that was sticking out of the eaves to catch the rain. There was still a cold touch on her fingertips, and it penetrated moistly into every crease of her skin.

"Why are you in such a hurry, but someone has been caught?" Xia Zijin turned around and asked.

Xiao Huanzi panted heavily and patted his chest with his palms. After recovering from his breath, he nodded and shook his head again.

Xia Zijin was confused by this, and she quickly asked, "Did I catch it or didn't I catch it?"

In Li's residence, what she told Xiao Huanzi to do was to release the news overnight that the man who sold the test questions was still alive, so that the employer would definitely send another killer to silence him for peace of mind, just to be safe.During the introduction, please enter the urn, and when the employer sends someone, Xiao Huanzi arranges the imperial guards to encircle and suppress him in advance, and strives to capture him alive.

Although he didn't know who the employer was, Xia Zijin would not give up as long as he had a clue.

Xiao Huanzi put his face together, and said with some despondency: "Originally, people were caught. This time, five men in black clothes were caught. They rushed into the house of the man who sold the test questions, and saw the dying man lying on the bed. The man on the bed was about to commit murder, but he didn't know that the man on the bed was disguised by the imperial guards, together with the imperial guards outside the house, they cooperated inside and outside, and within a cup of tea, five men in black were counted and captured."

"Isn't this just a catch? Why are you so frustrated?" Xia Zijin asked suspiciously.

Xiao Huanzi groaned, patted his thigh with his palm, and swung Fuchen high, looking very annoyed.

"If that's the case, the servant must be happy to answer the princess! It's just..." Xiao Huanzi hesitated for a long time, then sighed, "It's just that the five men in black refused to speak no matter how the imperial army interrogated them. Then they escorted them back to the palace first, but who knew that there were poison bags hidden in their back molars, all five of them bit the poison bags and committed suicide..."

"Are they all dead..." Xia Zijin lowered his hands, feeling very disappointed.

I thought I could continue from the clue of the man in black, but who knew that this important line stopped here abruptly.

Xia Zijin bit her lower lip, a little stunned, if she couldn't take this step, what should she do, how could she fight back in such a difficult situation, and find a chance to save Xia Shengqing's life...

"By the way, princess..." Xiao Huanzi took something out of his sleeve pocket and held it in front of Xia Shengqing, "I found it from a man in black."

Xia Shengqing took a look, and saw that what Xiao Huanzi handed over was a waist plate-like ornament, made of black copper, cast into a rectangular thin slice, carved with tiger patterns, and half of the black copper was poured into the unknown. The liquid flows in the copper, and there is a sound of water flowing when it shakes lightly, and it flows through every gully of the tiger pattern, which is exquisite.

"This is……"

Xia Zijin frowned slightly. Such craftsmanship could never come from the folk.

Tiger stripes...

She always felt that this pattern seemed familiar, where did she see it?

"Princess, this thing seems to be owned by the palace!" Xiao Huanzi said, stretching out his finger to the engraving on the corner of the token.

Xia Zijin looked intently, and sure enough, following Xiao Huanzi's finger, he saw a small pattern with wheat ears as a picture on Huwen's pupil. Another article.

The Jinlai Dynasty was powerful and rich in wheat and rice. The output was so large that it could not only satisfy the food of the people all over the country, but also exported to other countries, becoming a powerful exporter.

Therefore, Jinlai's national totem is a pattern of ears of wheat, which is not only the representative of Jinlai, but also the exclusive pattern of Jinlai's royal family.

In other words, only members of the royal family of the Jinlai Dynasty can use the pattern, which is a symbol of power and status, and also a brand of identity.

"People from the royal family..."

Xia Zijin's brows became more and more frowned. It was no accident that the figure in black was found. Tiger stripes and ears of wheat, these two things appearing on the black copper token, do they represent those who have these two patterns in the palace? People, the employer who sent people to kill and silence, and the real mastermind behind the leak of the test questions?
The truth seemed to be right in front of her eyes, but there was a thick layer of fog floating around, which made Xia Zijin powerless and helpless. She kept telling herself, think about it, think about it again, tiger stripes, ears of wheat...

Who is it?

Suddenly, Xia Zijin stood up together with a clumsy sound, and hurriedly walked towards Mo Shengyuan's warehouse with a long skirt that dragged the floor.

"Princess! Princess!"

"Slow down!"

Xiao Huanzi and Xiaokui chased after her, screaming out of breath, Princess Pearl, who usually walks slowly, ran faster than them.

Xia Zijin ran to the warehouse with all her heart, ignoring the shouts behind her.

Pushing open the mahogany lacquered door, there was a smell of dust, Xia Zijin walked to a pile of high shelves, looked at the neatly arranged items on the wooden shelves, and began to search carefully.

Gold bowls, jade ruyis, bamboo carvings, silks of various colors, hairpin jewelry...

On this shelf were the gifts from the people in the palace and the ministers when she first entered the palace and was conferred the title of Pearl Princess. She carefully looked at them one by one, and even every corner never fell.

"Princess, what are you looking for?"

Xiao Huanzi and Xiaokui rushed in panting, seeing Xia Zijin rummaging through a pile of presents, they were also slightly puzzled.

"Quickly, the two of you, together with me, look for things related to the tiger pattern, gift lists or objects among these things. Don't miss any of them." Xia Zijin ordered while carefully looking at the things in his hand.

The two nodded and immediately joined the search.

In Xia Zijin's mind, the outline of the tiger-striped object appeared more and more, and she almost remembered who it was, who it was...

"Princess, look!"

At this time, Xiao Kui suddenly screamed, and shook the ink-colored advice sheet vigorously towards Xia Zijin.

Xia Zijin hurriedly put down the things in his hands, looked over, and saw that the remonstrance sheet in Xiaokui's hand had textured lines, the ink color was the base, and the blue color was the marks, and the large space was hung with a tiger pattern drawn with thick ink, and the lines were different. Paint it again with gold lacquer, which is shiny and extravagant.

She stared intently at the remonstrance sheet, and then carefully compared it with the black copper token just now. Except for the different materials and strokes, the direction of the pattern, and even the small ear of wheat in the tiger-striped pupils were all the same.

"That's right...that's it..."

Xia Zijin looked at the remonstrance list with calm eyes, and saw the few words written in the simple and smooth strokes, each word reflected in her eyes.

"He Le Zijin, Yuxiu Shuhui, finally returned to the imperial family, with an extremely beautiful appearance, He Le Shunkang, brother, Xia Bin..."

Xia Zijin lowered his hand holding the remonstrance list, and all the memories in his mind flooded up like a mountain and an ocean.

That's right, the tiger pattern is the exclusive pattern of the emperor's eldest son Xia Bin.

After the Ming Shengdi in the previous life became seriously ill, the struggle for power between the eldest son Xia Bin, the crown prince Xia Qin, and the eldest grandson Xia Qixuan began evenly.The crown prince has concubine De to help him, and the eldest grandson of the emperor is the queen's own grandson. In this way, Xia Bin, the eldest son of the emperor, became the weakest party.

Ever since, Xia Bin, the eldest son of the previous emperor, led fifty thousand elite soldiers in his hands to force the palace into the south wall during the critical period when Emperor Ming Sheng was dying of illness. Atmospheric tiger stripes painted in gold paint.

"The eldest son of the emperor..." Xia Zijin frowned deeply, and under the thick black curled eyelashes were brown pupils as deep as the sea.

In the previous life, Xia Bin failed to force the palace, Ming Shengdi couldn't bear to kill his parents and children, and finally ended up being imprisoned for life and expelled from the royal family.

In this life, will the eldest son of the emperor, Xia Bin, repeat the same mistakes again, impatiently wanting to turn the world of Dalai into his world?

"Princess, what should I do now?" Xiao Huanzi also understood that this matter has risen to the point of being out of control, and it is related to the eldest son of the emperor. Even if Xia Zijin is a princess, how can he hold power and military power? The eldest son of the emperor to contend?

Xia Zijin lowered her eyes, and her eyes were turbulent. The only person she can rely on now, the only person who can be used to restrain the eldest son of the emperor, Xia Bin, is only one person.

Emperor Ming.

As the eldest son of the emperor, secretly buying and selling imperial examination questions, murdering people, and framing others, even if he is a prince, Ming Shengdi will never tolerate it. This is equivalent to provoking his authority as an emperor. Ask a suspicious emperor, What would he think if he knew that his son had already started to act secretly when he was over sixty but refused to let go of power?
Xia Zijin's thinking seemed to be active at this moment. Yes, what she has to do now is to collect all the evidence and then go to the Qianqing Palace.

"Little Huanzi, clean up the bodies of the five men in black without leaving any traces," Xia Zijin said firmly.

Now that the killer is dead, the eldest son of the emperor will definitely feel suspicious when he sees that no one has returned to his life for a long time. There is no way to avoid it. More time to save Xia Shengqing.

Xiao Huanzi nodded, and immediately went down to do it.

Xia Zijin held the ink-colored remonstrance sheet in her hand, and her mind gradually settled down. If it's too late, it will definitely be too late. As long as she doesn't give up, she must be saved!

In another place, in the home of the man who sold the test questions, five black-clothed corpses lay on the ground as if they had just fallen asleep in the night. has died.

"Lay out hay and burn it." Xiao Huanzi waved his whisk and said calmly.

"Yes, Duke Huan!"

The imperial guards quickly laid out hay, poured kerosene, covered the corpse, and lightly tossed the torch in their hands, and the raging fire spread in the darkness, burning more and more intensely.

No one noticed that what should have been five corpses was inexplicably lost during the burning process, leaving only four corpses, which were reduced to ashes in the fire.

(End of this chapter)