"grown ups!"
Liu Feng, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, glanced at Bai Zhou.
Listening to the noise, Bai Zhou waved his hand.
In an instant, flames broke out around the Qin Mansion.
The lurking officers and soldiers approached immediately and surrounded the Qin Mansion tightly.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
"Open the door!"
The Qin family servants were startled awake by the sound of knocking on the door.
The two gatekeepers looked at each other and quickly got up from the gatehouse.
"The Dali Temple is under orders to perform its duties. Those who disobey will be charged with treason!"
The door had barely opened a crack when it was suddenly pushed open.
Before the Qin family servants could react, a man who looked like a commander of the guards had already led a group of people straight to the backyard.
"Oh no! Quick, inform the master!"
A servant was about to leave when he was stopped by the guards who followed behind.
The other one was also caught when he was trying to escape.
By the time Qin Chuan found out, Bai Zhou had already led his men to surround Qingshan Courtyard.
But the gate of Qingshan Courtyard was locked.
"Master Bai, you brought people to break into my Qin Mansion in the middle of the night. What are you trying to do?"
After all, he was the left prime minister of the current dynasty. The Dali Temple actually dared to rush in directly, which was simply like stepping on his face.
"Sir Qin, I am also following orders. I hope you can cooperate."
"Cooperate?" Qin Chuan swung his long sleeves. "Humph, I, Qin Chuan, am loyal to the court and the emperor. I don't know what crime I have committed to make Lord Bai mobilize such a large force!"
"Bang!"
As he was speaking, the door of Qingshan Courtyard was knocked open.
"stop!"
When Liu Feng led his men to rush in, the man in front of him was leading others to dig soil with iron shovels and pour it into an iron bucket beside him, as if he was burying something.
When he was caught, the fire in the iron barrel had already gone out.
Qin Ji showed a sneer on his face, fortunately he was prepared.
"Sir, look!"
As soon as he entered the yard, Liu Feng smelled an unpleasant smell, as if something was burnt, and the fishy smell revealed a greasy and disgusting taste.
When he went forward to dig the iron bucket, the soil inside had already covered the things underneath tightly. Liu Feng covered his nose and turned it over with a shovel beside him, but there was nothing there, only wet soil and ash, a mixture of filth.
"Master Bai, you must give me an explanation today!"
Qin Chuan followed Bai Zhou in, and after exchanging a glance with Qin Ji, he looked at Bai Zhou viciously.
He looked around again and found that among the people Bai Zhou brought, there was not a single one of his people. No wonder he didn't receive the news in advance.
It seems that he came prepared.
"Master Qin, there's no need to be so anxious. I'd like to ask you first, Master Qin, why are you burning something in the courtyard with the door locked and not sleeping in the middle of the night?"
Bai Zhou said coldly.
Qin Ji was now just thankful that the patrol servant saw Bai Zhou and his men breaking into the gate and rushed to tell him immediately, otherwise there would be no time to cover up the tracks.
"Master Bai, I simply dreamed of our ancestor in the middle of the night. He told me, a junior, to go burn some incense and candles. As for locking the gate, it's because I'm worried about disturbing my father. If he knew the ancestor had come to me in a dream, he would definitely open the ancestral hall to burn incense and paper. It's so late at night, and it would be bad if it disturbed his rest and delayed the morning court tomorrow. What? Is this illegal?"
Bai Zhou chuckled and said, "Young Master Qin is truly a filial son and grandson."
Walking over to the iron barrel, Bai Zhou picked up a fingertip of mud from it and put it to his nose to smell it. "Since Master Qin said that it was just incense and candles burning here, I have to send someone to take it back for a thorough inspection."
Fortunately, before coming, Princess Jingling sent someone to tell her that if they were not caught in the act, they should try to get some traces back and she would have her own way to check it out.
This dirty mud was quite difficult for the coroner to examine. Since the princess said there was a way, he would believe her this time.
Seeing Bai Zhou looking at him calmly, Qin Ji felt a little flustered.
However, since the person has turned into corpse water, even the most skilled coroner will not be able to find any bones.
Thinking of this, Qin Ji said: "If Lord Bai is suspicious, take him back for examination."
After saying that, Qin Chuan added, "Master Bai, you have come to my Qin Mansion with such a large force. If you don't find out the truth in the end, I will go to the Emperor to file a complaint. Master Bai, you must think carefully about how to give me an explanation when the time comes!"
Bai Zhou ignored him and just glanced at Liu Feng, "Take all these things away!"
"yes!"
Walking up to Qin Chuan, Bai Zhou said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, Sir Qin, I will definitely conduct a thorough investigation and get to the bottom of everything!"
"snort!"
Wait until everyone has finished leaving.
Qin Chuan then walked up to Qin Ji and slapped him in the face.
"Come with me to the study!"
After closing the study door, Qin Ji breathed a sigh of relief and slumped in his chair.
It was really close tonight.
"Who do you think leaked this information?" Qin Chuan sat right above him and looked at Qin Ji with a dark face.
Using living people to make corpse oil is a serious offense. If people find out, the Qin family will be finished.
Originally, he did not agree to do this, but Qin Ji said that after the capital was in complete chaos, they would create a divine monk to take out the antidote to save the world. At that time, they could frame Jiang Li in the name of a witch who harmed people.
By then, both Prince Jingling and the General's Mansion will be implicated.
However, refining corpse oil takes time. First, a living person must be burned with poison, and then refined with a high fire. The reason it was placed in the Qin Mansion was that Qingshan Courtyard was close to the back mountain. Even if there was any movement, it would not be easily discovered by outsiders.
Secondly, the servants of the Qin family are all family-born children, and they are very tight-lipped, so there is no need to worry about any news leaking out.
But I didn’t expect that Bai Zhou would actually bring people to my door today.
He came prepared, it seems he heard something.
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Qin Ji's eyes, "Son, I haven't figured out who it is yet, but..."
Since someone dares to eat the Qin family's food and do things that betray the Qin family, don't blame him for being cruel and ruthless.
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"Princess, I brought back these things."
The next morning, Jiang Li received Bai Zhou's news and rushed to the Dali Temple.
Jiang Li walked forward and saw two large buckets of mud.
It seems that it is still a step too late.
"When we went there, the things in here had just been extinguished, so..."
Bai Zhou frowned, feeling a little guilty.
If we had rushed in with our men earlier, we might have caught him in the act.
"Master Bai, you've done a great job this time! These are exactly what I want."
Bai Zhou was stunned when he heard this, and did not understand what Princess Jingling meant.
"But this soil alone is not enough to..." use this to judge the Qin family's crimes.
Before Bai Zhou finished speaking, Jiang Li smiled and said, "This is enough."
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