Chapter 130: Catch the culprit in the act
The emperor laughed dumbly: "Good fellow, you woke me up and fell asleep."
He said this, but he personally covered Su Xiaoxiao with a blanket, and ordered the palace servants to keep a good lookout for her. He also sent someone to the prince's palace to inform the prince that Xiaoxiao was in the Qinzheng Palace.
As for why Su Xiaoxiao lived in the prince's palace, it was because the emperor had a long-term plan and wanted to train Su Xiaoxiao to be the crown princess.
If she really couldn't be the crown princess, it would be good to be a princess. In short, Su Xiaoxiao, this treasure, couldn't fall into the hands of others.
Gu Huaiyu took care of Su Xiaoxiao in every possible way, and even Zhao Wanyue, his biological mother, was almost outdone by him.
Su Xiaoxiao was also a likable person. When he came, the little princes in the palace all ran to the prince's palace to have fun, and the prince became a doll-headed person.
The queen thought that the emperor was too utilitarian, but seeing that the prince got along well with several other princes, she stopped saying anything. What the palace lacked most was brotherhood, and she was happy to see them having fun together. After
receiving Su Xiaoxiao's advice, the emperor left the palace in a simple carriage and went straight to the death row of the Dali Temple.
The jailer at the door blocked them outside the door without any hesitation, as if he treated them all equally.
The commander of the Yulin Army took out the Emperor's badge, and the jailer had no choice but to open the door, but he looked obviously flustered and shouted, "I will lead the way, sir."
Lin Feng pressed the scabbard against his neck and said, "Who are you reminding? If you want to live, just take us to see Gong Bufan. If you dare to make trouble, you will lose your life."
The jailer dared not say anything else and immediately covered his mouth.
Lin Feng led the way, and the jailer led the Emperor and his party into the prison.
A foul smell was everywhere, and the prisoners in the cell cried and cursed when they saw someone coming.
The Emperor pulled the cloak tightly and walked forward with big strides.
After passing through the dark cell and the damp and pungent passage, he finally saw a faint light flashing in front of him, and heard a faint voice.
He continued to move forward, and the voice became clearer and clearer. He only heard Gong Bufan say: "Sir, you must save me. If this goes on, I'm afraid I can't stand it."
The man in front of Gong Bufan, with his back to the emperor and his entourage, was also wearing a black cloak, and only his back could be seen.
He said in a deep voice: "Bufan, I know you can't bear it any longer, so I came to save you!"
Then he slowly walked towards Gong Bufan. Gong Bufan's expectant face suddenly changed color, and his expression was painful: "Are you here to kill me?"
"Bufan, I'm sorry, only dead people are the most reliable."
The man said, and put more force on his hand. Gong Bufan groaned in pain: "You cross the river and destroy the bridge, you will not die well!"
Lin Feng walked over and stopped the man from taking further action.
The man obviously didn't expect that a Cheng Yaojin would kill him halfway. He turned around in horror and saw the frosty-faced Emperor Xiaode.
"Your Majesty?" Impossible, how could the emperor raid the death row in the middle of the night? The man was afraid that he was dazzled and rubbed his eyes vigorously.
"Shen Tianyou, you are doing very well!" The emperor's tone was full of majesty, without a trace of emotion.
"Your Majesty, I am just..." Shen Tianyou felt that he could not defend himself.
"Lin Feng, throw Shen Tianyou to the residence of the Dali Temple and ask him how he manages the prison!" After the emperor finished speaking, he angrily turned away.
He suddenly felt that he, the emperor, was a joke. The court officials were respectful and submissive on the surface, but they were all playing tricks on him behind his back.
Do they think that I can be manipulated by them at will? How can a mere Su Bowen be worth him extending his hands to the southern border thousands of miles away? That's hundreds of lives!
The jailer who led the way was so frightened when he heard that he was the emperor that he stood still and dared not move. This was a disaster of the world.
Eunuch Yang glared at Shen Tianyou and chased after him.
Lin Feng checked Gong Bufan who was lying in a pool of blood and found that he was already dead. He bowed and said, "Sir Shen, I'm sorry."
Shen Tianyou knew that it was too late to save the situation, so he was taken away by Lin Feng in a daze.
It took a long time for the jailer to come to his senses and crawl to find the jailer.
Xu Mo, the Minister of the Dali Temple, was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the urgent knock on the door by the housekeeper: "Sir, something terrible has happened. Lin Feng, the commander of the Yulin Army, is waiting outside with Lord Shen?"
Xu Mo asked vaguely: "Which Lord Shen?"
"It's the Minister of War, Lord Shen Tianyou!" The housekeeper was almost crying. Lin Feng kept saying that he was following the emperor's will. What on earth could have happened that forced the Minister of War to come to your house in the middle of the night?
Xu Mo woke up from his sleep when he heard this. What could have happened that could make the emperor throw Shen Tianyou to him in the middle of the night?
He rolled over and got up without even bothering to put on his shoes, and ran out in his undershirt: "Where is the person?"
The housekeeper replied: "He is still waiting at the door. This is a serious matter, and I dare not act on my own!"
"You are confused. Who is the other party? Why don't you invite him in!" Xu Mo said, and went out to greet him.
"Lord Shen, Lord Lin, what brings you here?"
Lin Feng's eyes were sharp: "Lord Xu, the emperor wanted to interrogate Gong Bufan, but when he arrived in the prison, he saw Lord Shen killing people to silence them. The emperor was furious and ordered me to hand Lord Shen over to Lord Xu.
The emperor also asked me to ask Lord Xu, how did you guard the prison?"
Xu Mo stayed where he was. What was going on? Why did the emperor want to interrogate Gong Bufan in the middle of the night? What was even more bizarre was why Lord Shen went to the Dali Temple prison and killed Gong Bufan.
"Brother Lin, what are you kidding? Lord Shen is such a person, how could he break the law? Besides, the Dali Temple Prison is heavily guarded, not everyone can get in." Although he said this with a smile, his expression was uglier than crying.
Lin Feng looked like he had nothing to do with it: "You have to ask Lord Xu and Lord Shen about this."
Seeing Lin Feng's serious expression, Xu Mo did not dare to be careless, so he said: "Housekeeper, take Lord Shen away first."
Seeing Shen Tianyou left, Xu Mo grabbed Lin Feng: "Brother Lin, what's going on? Let me die with a clear mind!"
Seeing that there were no outsiders, Lin Feng stopped being pretentious. He asked: "Isn't your Dali Temple Prison known as a copper wall and iron wall? How did you let Shen Tianyou in? Now that he has been caught by the emperor, there is no possibility of turning over. You can take care of yourself!"
Xu Mo looked helpless: "Don't you know me? Not to mention Lord Shen, even if you want to go in, you need the emperor's approval! Lord Shen killed Gong Bufan, could it be that Shen Tianyou was the mastermind behind the massacre?"