"I heard that Qin Shaoqing wants to interrogate my people?"
Qin Shaoqing bowed to Princess Yuehua and said, "I am also following the rules. Please cooperate with me, Your Highness."
"I have a clear conscience and will definitely cooperate." Princess Yuehua looked at her chief secretary, who was also a subordinate under her skirt, and said, "Chief Secretary Hou, call everyone in the mansion, no one can be left out, I want to let Qin Shaoqing interrogate me until he is satisfied."
"promise."
Hou Changshi responded and went down to gather people. Within half a minute, everyone in the princess's mansion gathered in front of Qin Shi.
Men and women stood in neat rows on each side, while the guards stood in another row.
Princess Yuehua raised her hand to signal the people in front of her, "Qin Shaoqing, all the palace people are here."
Qin Shi glanced at them and said, "As far as I know, His Highness still has a thousand personal soldiers."
"No hurry, Qin Shaoqing, interrogate these people first, and I will take you to the barracks to continue the interrogation."
Qin Shi nodded, "Thank you for your cooperation, Your Highness."
As soon as he finished speaking, the first maid in the first row walked up tremblingly at Qin Shi's signal.
"Don't be afraid. I just want to ask a few simple questions." Qin Shi comforted the maid before asking, "What are you responsible for in the princess's mansion?"
"I...I am a servant girl, mainly responsible for sweeping the garden."
Qin Shi asked again: "Have you seen the person that Her Royal Highness the Princess brought back before?"
“No… I haven’t seen it.”
"What kind of person do you think Her Royal Highness is?"
Hearing this question, the maid subconsciously glanced at Princess Yuehua, but quickly retracted her gaze and lowered her head to answer: "I am of humble status and rarely see Her Royal Highness the Princess.
But His Highness is very kind to us servants. During every festival, His Highness will give us double silver and festival gifts. "
Qin Shi nodded, "You can leave now."
Then, the second maid came up, and Qin Shi asked her what job she did in the mansion.
The maid replied: "I am responsible for doing odd jobs in the kitchen, such as lighting the fire and washing vegetables."
"Then you must have seen the man that His Highness brought back from outside. Come, describe that man to me."
There was a hint of panic in the maid's eyes. She had never seen that before, because the man was not locked up in the woodshed, but in a secret room.
"No...I haven't...never seen it."
"How could that be?" Qin Shi pretended to be puzzled. "That person was locked in the woodshed. How could you, as a fire-burning girl, not have seen him?"
The servant girl swallowed nervously, sweat beading steadily on her forehead.
Just when the maid didn't know how to answer, Lady Wen'an said, "There is more than one firewood room in the princess's mansion. Is it strange that they haven't seen it? Besides, they wouldn't go there to get firewood if they were imprisoned there."
"The county lady is right." Qin Shi curled his lips but did not refute her.
Qin Shi then asked, "Does Your Highness usually entertain guests in the mansion?"
After thinking quickly, the maid replied "yes".
"Which guests did Your Highness entertain?"
"I don't know. I only know that there are guests in the mansion."
“…”
At this time, on the other side, Constable Wang and Cui Yuan successfully met up.
While watching the four men outside the cabin who were roasting rabbits and pheasants, they whispered about how to rescue the man inside the cabin.
Constable Wang whispered, "Six against four, we can just go for it."
"Are you sure?" Cui Yuan asked.
Detective Wang nodded confidently.
Cui Yuan hesitated for a moment and then said, "None of the four people can be let go."
Then, the six people tiptoed towards the four people.
When he got near the four people, Constable Wang picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at the blazing fire, causing a burst of sparks.
At the same time, Constable Wang drew his sword and rushed forward.
The four men were burned by the sparks, but they reacted quickly, drawing their swords and fighting with Constable Wang and his men.
In the small house, Liu Yan heard the sound of fighting, and hurriedly got up and walked to the door, wanting to see what was happening outside.
But the length of the chain on his feet prevented him from reaching the door, and he could not see what was happening outside.
"Who are you and why are you attacking us for no reason?"
"Stop talking nonsense, either surrender or die!" It was the voice of Constable Wang.
"Arrogant! Do you know who we belong to?"
"I don't care who you belong to, give me your life!"
The fighting became more intense, and the sound of swords clashing was endless.
Liu Yan felt a little uneasy. He didn't know whether those who fought with County Lady Wen'an's guards were friends or enemies.
He had been having a casual affair with Princess Wen'an and had endured humiliation to barely survive. Was he going to die here?
He is unwilling to accept it!
Just when he felt that God was treating him unfairly, the fighting outside stopped.
Then, the sound of footsteps came closer and closer.
Liu Yan slowly took two steps back and stared at the door nervously.
Then, the wooden door was gently opened. Cui Yuan stood at the door holding a sword, which was stained with blood.
"Don't kill me." Liu Yan said this helplessly.
Cui Yuan quickly put away his sword when he saw this. "Don't be afraid. We are government officials."
Liu Yan didn't believe it, "The officers and soldiers of Yizhou government are used to using swords."
Hearing this, Cui Yuan looked down at the sword in his hand, then smiled and explained: "I didn't make it clear. We are not officials from Yizhou, we are officials from the Dali Temple."
"An official from the Dali Temple?" Liu Yan still looked alert.
Cui Yuan nodded, and then took out the Dali Temple token and showed it to him, "Do you believe it now?"
The moment he saw the token, Liu Yan's eyes instantly turned red, "Are you here to investigate Princess Yuehua?"
After hearing what Princess Yuehua said to him yesterday, he had a premonition that something was going to happen.
That night, when Lady Wen'an came over with poisoned wine, he knew his premonition was right.
Princess Yuehua was so anxious to kill them, it must be that someone from above was sent to investigate!
He knew that Su Yuan must have successfully filed a complaint to the emperor, and it was worth it for him to ask the maid to pass the message to her.
She really did it!
"Yes, the Dali Temple has been ordered to investigate the case of Princess Yuehua's disregard for human life."
Liu Yan excitedly stepped forward and grabbed Cui Yuan's hand, "I know, I know everything that woman did, I can testify against her."
Cui Yuan immediately drew his sword, which frightened Liu Yan so much that he stepped back repeatedly.
"Don't be afraid!" Cui Yuan explained quickly, "I just want to help you cut the chain."
Hearing this, Liu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With a clang, the chain was cut.
Liu Yan followed Cui Yuan out of the house and saw at a glance that two of the four people guarding him were dead, and the other two were still alive.
At this time, the remaining two people had swords at their necks by Constable Wang and his men, and they were unable to move.
Liu Yan half-closed his eyes and looked up at the sky, "The sky...is finally bright."
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