Wishful Things

Whether the fear of the little eunuch in front of him was out of panic or guilt - in Li Ji's view, it was more like the latter.

If it was just a casual deceit at the beginning, then it is really suspicious now...

Xiao Jiezi knelt there and didn't dare to raise his head, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw the person in the chair slowly getting up and walking towards him.

Seeing the pair of clean as new cloud shoes stop in front of him, Xiao Jiezi almost held his breath, and the bean-sized beads of sweat fell down his cheeks one by one.

"Then where did the blood on the corner of your robe come from?" Li Ji asked in a cool voice.

blood? !

Xiao Jiezi panicked immediately, and hurriedly looked at the corner of the robe that was pressed under his knees.

Li Ji sneered in his heart, and said, "Put it on, and interrogate it carefully!"

In an instant, Xiaojiezi was struck by five thunderbolts—there was no blood at all! How could the other party see the corner of his robe that was pressed under him!

This is simply leading him to reveal his flaws...!

But it was too late to realize at this time.

In other words, since he entered this room, no matter whether he is innocent or not, the result has mostly been settled.

He is afraid that he is destined not to be able to leave the Dark Court, or even here...

Xiaojiezi was dragged to the cubicle almost in a daze.

"Ji Gong, drink some tea... There are quite a few of them, I'm afraid it will take some time for interrogation." A young eunuch brought tea to Li Ji.

Li Ji sighed: "Why would I want to drink tea? My end is tied to the waist of my trousers..."

The emperor previously limited him to two hours to find the assassin, but now it takes ten hours. It is not an exaggeration to say that this head was pressed under the guillotine.

Li Ji went out of the dark room, squinted at the sunset, and sighed again.

Duke Zhen is going back to Beijing...

If Qiao Bing could not be found again, the situation would become more complicated and out of control.

Thinking of all the possible things that might happen, Li Ji suddenly felt that the head tied to the waistband of his trousers might not be able to be untied, and that sooner or later he would have to fall to the ground, just in different ways.

Hearing the screams coming from the compartment behind him, I somehow feel empathetic. In this deep palace, it is not easy for anyone, and no one's life can be decided by himself...

After nearly half an hour of interrogation, only then did the confidant inner eunuch come out of the compartment.

"Ji Gong, the little eunuch in the dark court confessed easily..." the eunuch whispered, but his face showed a trace of strangeness.

"..."

When Emperor Qingming returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Li Ji was already waiting in the hall.

"Have you found him?" Emperor Qingming asked as soon as he stepped into the hall.

But Li Ji knelt down before answering, and kowtowed to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, man... I am afraid that he has already left the palace at this time."

"What did you say—" Emperor Qingming's voice turned cold.

With so many people searching and guarding, they actually let people escape from the palace? !

And it's only a day's work!

What has become of his palace! Can a cripple come and go freely?!

"I have caught a little eunuch who was locked in the dark court. The little eunuch has confessed that he rescued Qiao Bing from the dark room last night and hid him in the dark court to avoid being searched..."

Li Ji bit the bullet and said: "This afternoon, a person was hidden in the porridge bucket and brought out of the dark court... After learning about it, I went to investigate immediately, and we know that after Qiao Bing was brought out of the dark court, he hid again into the swill bucket, and was transported out of the palace by a mule cart along with the swill miscellaneous from Xixiao Gate half an hour ago..."

"...Half an hour ago?!" Emperor Qingming's face was gloomy and anxious: "Why don't you send someone to chase you immediately!"

"I have ordered people to catch up!" Li Ji hurriedly said.

Emperor Qingming felt dizzy for a while, was supported by the little eunuch beside him and sat down in the chair, stared at Li Ji closely, tried his best to suppress his anger, and said with a sneer, "You are so capable... It can make people escape from the palace all the way under their noses!"

"This time is indeed the negligence of the slave..." Li Ji touched his forehead to the ground, not daring to make an excuse: "After this matter is settled, the slave must die to apologize!"

But he reckoned that this matter might not be settled...

"But who ordered you to recruit!" I don't know if it was because of his fierce anger and collision, Emperor Qingming only felt that he couldn't even breathe freely. The hands that transport the swill out of the palace... Not everyone can do such a series of tricks!

—Would it be his good queen?!

"Three people have been captured one after another. After that, the two of them knew very little about it. They just accepted the benefits and were responsible for sending Qiao Bing out of the palace... The young man who was captured in the dark court and helped Qiao Bing hide. The eunuch knew better, and before he passed out, he named him..." At this point, Li Ji's eyes were a little hesitant.

"explain!"

"..." Li Ji could only tell the name truthfully.

Emperor Qingming's expression froze on his face, and after a moment, there were waves in his eyes.

How can it be……

No...how is it impossible? !

Everyone has ambitions and calculations...

But there is one thing -

"What the eunuch said may not be entirely true..." Emperor Qingming clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were as cold as an abyss: "Apart from the one caught today, does he have any other companions?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there is one more." Li Ji turned his head slightly while speaking, and glanced behind him: "This person seems to have made a lot of effort in secret, so I haven't tried to startle the snake yet, and I just wait for His Majesty to make a decision..."

The process of Qiao Bingying's escape from the palace has been confirmed, whether or not to arrest this person is no longer the most important thing.

As far as the emperor is concerned, it is more important to find out who these people are working for——

"What happened in the dark court, first seal the news!" Emperor Qingming squeezed the corners of his mouth tightly for a moment, and looked at the outer hall: "Let's keep an eye on it secretly, a dog will always go to find its owner..."

Li Ji came down in response.

...

Coming out from the Xixiao side gate of the palace, the four mule carts transporting swill were already approaching Caishi Street.

It was getting late, there was a curfew in the city recently, although it was not yet time, but there were few people walking around, the men driving the car were discussing where to go for a drink later.

However, just at this time, when he was about to pass through an alley, a horse suddenly burst out of the alley, and the person sitting on it immediately pulled the rein with all his strength, but he still couldn't control the frightened horse. Shouting "Beware", the steed below him was already heading straight for them.

This situation happened so suddenly that the man driving the cart had no time to react. The horse went on a rampage and ignored it. The mule holding the cart was startled, and the slop bucket on it fell down when the cart tilted a few times. .

There were more than one frightened mule, and several mule carts were already close together. Under such a collision, the horses blew, the mules blew, and the pungent swill slipped under people's feet, and some people fell down. Stained all over and cursed at his mother, the situation became extremely noisy and chaotic.

The man in Tsing Yi who was on the horse seemed to have difficulty controlling the horse, so he hurriedly jumped off the horse and stepped forward to make amends one by one.

During the apology, he came to a young man who was helping to transport the swill. The young man stood at the back, his eyes met, and he nodded slightly to the man in Tsing Yi.

Thank you Qinghan, Ji Yuanbao, and yukihe for your rewards, and thank you for every precious monthly pass.

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