Return of the Swallow

Li Qitian looked down suspiciously at the people in front of him. He knew that these people were likely to shirk their responsibilities, so he was talking nonsense.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, the spies were afraid and eagerly complemented each other.

"Holy Master, I will never dare to deceive the Holy Master, this is absolutely true! At that time, the group of people were not weak, but they were not wearing weapons."

"Exactly. I can see that those people are secretly protecting Princess Zhongshun, but they are not familiar with each other."

"Yichen suspects that the other party is most likely arranged by the other party. Xu is those who know Prince Zhongshun!"

They all knew that the emperor was the most suspicious. As long as he mentioned who Pang Xiao might collude with, and who might secretly spy on the throne, the emperor would definitely not pay attention to them.

Sure enough, Li Qitian lowered his eyes and thought, and he was surprised and uncertain.

In the current dynasty, who would go with Pang Xiao?

Thinking about it this way, didn't all those generals privately call Pang Xiao the "God of War"?Their worship of Pang Xiao is almost blind.It was not once or twice that the court quarreled about things related to Pang Xiao. Why did he ignore it?

What if these people are secretly colluding with Pang Xiao, but what if they are bewitched by Pang Xiao and join forces to make a fight?

Now that the external and internal troubles have just been initially determined, if Pang Xiao is helped by these people, wouldn't he take the opportunity to do a "big event"?

Li Qitian asked, "Where are the people in the Pang family now?"

"Returning to the Sage, I have already followed your previous instructions and sent people to the prison of the Ministry of Justice."

"Think about it carefully, what are the characteristics of the people you mentioned just now?"

Everyone's hearts were raised again.

They talked about this to attract Li Qitian's attention, so that he should not always pay attention to the uproar caused by their return to Beijing. Whoever thought it would cause him another trouble.

The spies were afraid that they would be punished by the emperor with two crimes if they could not answer, and immediately racked their brains to echo the situation at that time.

In this way, it really reminds them a little bit.

"That's right! Holy, those people's clothes are for the civilians of the Zhou Dynasty to serve, but they seem to wear Tartar boots!"

Reminded by this, several of those who had fought with the group of people that day remembered some details and nodded with certainty: "Yes, saint, those people did wear Tarzi's cowhide and cotton boots. That kind of cowhide is not a big Zhou It can be, but it is a specialty of the Tartar grassland. They must have sneaked in by Tartar!"

Li Qitian's eyes sank, and he said every word: "Ta, Ta?!"

"Yes!" everyone lowered their heads and replied in a deep voice.

Li Qitian paced with his hands in his hand, and laughed for a moment, "It's really funny. I am still a prince of Zhongshun, and I am so committed to fighting against the Tartar, even at the expense of the decree. I didn't expect that he was so polite, and on the surface he was a tatar Hero, secretly colluded with the Tatars!"

Everyone was a little flustered when they heard the words, because they knew the consequences of allowing Li Qitian to cause such a misunderstanding.

It's just an indisputable fact that those people are indeed wearing cowhide boots with unique styles and materials from Tatar.Although the spies are loyal to Li Qitian, they admire Pan Xiao in their hearts. Now that Pan Xiao colluded with the Tatars, wouldn't the country be subjugated?

"Come here! I am preaching the imperial decree, urgently summoning Prince Zhongshun to return to Beijing to report on his duties!"

"According to the purpose!" Everyone saluted.

The spies breathed a sigh of relief, and just about to retreat, Li Qitian said: "Besides, I'll take good care of the Qin family. Bring Pang Zhixi's children out alone. I will go back and ask in person if they are secretly with Tartar. What deal was made!"

"Yes!" Everyone saluted again.

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The dungeon in the twelfth lunar month is even more gloomy than before.There was a rotten and musty smell in the air. A small bucket window flashed at the end of the corridor, and there was not much light in it. The thick wooden fence separated Qin Yining from the rest.

Bingtang, Jiyun, and Ziyuan were all locked up with the nursing mother and the children, while the guards were trapped as rice dumplings and locked away at the farthest position opposite to them, only a vaguely personal shadow was visible.

The nursing mother hugged brother Xuan and sister Yun were coaxing them softly, and it was so easy to coax the children to sleep.

Qin Yining leaned weakly against the wall, his hands tied behind him, long hair scattered, his cheeks dirty, the corners of his lips stained with blood, and a pair of bright eyes watching the children fall asleep, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief. A bit tired.

"Wang Concubine, how are you?" Bingtang held Muzha with both hands, craned his neck and looked towards Qin Yining who was separated by a cell.

Qin Yining shook his head, leaning on the moldy straw behind his back, and said weakly: "It's okay, I'm okay. You guys take good care of the children."

Jiyun and Bingtang nodded.

The nurse also hugged the little son and the young lady tightly in her arms, "Don’t worry, the princess, you saved the life of the slave and the maid’s family. ."

Qin Yining smiled bitterly, tears where the corners of his lips were broken, and a trace of blood dripped, "What did I do? The prince and I went to disaster relief to do what we should have done, but now it is tired of you. If you don't choose You come to the mansion to be nurses, and you will not become prisoners today. After all, I am tired of you."

"Wang Hao, don't say that!"

"Yes, the princess! If we didn't come to the palace to be a nursing mother that day, we would not be able to live at home! The princess saved our family's lives and gave us errands, so that we have the money to support the young and old. We are grateful that the princess is too late The princess is kind, and never treats people harshly. We followed the princess to eat and dress well. When there is no reason to enjoy the blessing, we shy face and then, now we are troubled and blame you for being involved, then we will become someone!

The other nurse was the dumbest, but she nodded in agreement.

These two young women in the florid life have suffered more from life, and both look like they are almost forty years old, but the sincere smiles on their faces make them look more gentle and beautiful.

Qin Yining felt relieved a lot, and smiled: "It is a blessing for me and the prince to have your help. If I can escape my life in the future, I will thank you again."

Everyone shook their heads, "Don’t worry, Wang Hao, you and the prince will be fine."

But even though it was said, everyone felt uncomfortable.

Because they saw with their own eyes how the emperor treated the family members of the heroes along the way, and they also knew how the emperor summoned the prince back to Beijing after Tanzi was expelled.

These things are linked together, but anyone with a little bit of mind can understand what the cause and effect are.

Not the emperor's jealous hero?

They didn't have much contact with the prince, but since they followed the princess and looked after the little prince and the little lady, they have often taken care of the princess. Such a good woman has been dragged down by such things.

Men are fighting outside, born to defend their homes and defending the country, but women and children are arrested in prison, and the road ahead is unpredictable. What irony is this?

Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly and wanted to sleep for a while while he was fine.

At this moment, the sound of opening and the sliding of chains came from the end of the corridor.

Immediately after the iron gate was pushed open with a "creak", a jumble of footsteps came in, echoing on the long and dark corridor.

A group of people walked quickly across the corridor, towards the innermost side.

Xie Yue and the others couldn't help but stand up and looked inside one by one. However, they were jailed, and they couldn't help it with strength, so they had to stay together, crane their necks and try their best to look in Qin Yining's direction.

Under the leadership of the jailer, the spy quickly came to Qin Yining's cage and stood still. When the jailer opened Qin Yining's cell, he waved his hands at random to the jailer.

The jailer stepped back and stood in the corner.

Qin Yining squinted, looking at the person in front of him through the broken hair, and recognized that this was the person who was in charge when they came back from arresting them. Even the arrogant Gyeonggi Guards respected this person a bit, thinking that he was Li Qitian. Confidant.

Qin Yining didn't speak before the other party spoke, sitting quietly and waiting.

The secret agent laughed, "It is said that the prince of Zhongshun, the Qin family, was born in a famous family, and she is the daughter of Zhi Pan An, who is the most beautiful in the capital. Now it seems to be true."

His voice was not high, but the space in the prison was so big, and the prison was still empty, and the surrounding walls caused a lot of echoes. These frivolous words were immediately heard clearly by everyone.

"Presumptuous! Do not be rude to the princess!"

"Dog thief, you have the ability to come to us!"

Xie Yue and the others were furious, but they were tightly tied up and couldn't do anything at all, they could only stare and roar here in a hurry.

Qin Yining was very calm, still looking at the visitors neither humble nor humble.

The spy smiled and said, "I have never seen a woman like you. She is obviously a weak female stream, but she has a tough body. The whips and clubs on this way have not convinced you."

He pushed the door into the cell, squatted down in front of Qin Yining, lifted up her messy long hair with one hand, and looked at the star-filled eyes and the delicate and beautiful face even though it was dirty.

"If you are willing to make good use of this face of life, why would you suffer so much along the way?" His fingers stretched out to a weal mark on Qin Yining's neck.

Qin Yining turned his head away from his hand, "You are here by decree? What is the command of the sage?"

One sentence caused the spy's hand to stop in the air and slowly dropped.

He shook his head and sneered: "You are really disappointed. Yes, I came here by decree. You shouldn't want to know the order of the Holy Spirit."

Qin Yining pursed her pale lips. There was still no blood on her lips, and the bloodshots at the corners of her lips made her cheeks extremely pale.

The spy sighed: "The Holy Lord asked me to take away your two children. If you agree to my request and let me kiss Fangze, I will treat your two children in good health. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee Will they live to see the Lord. Huh?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand again and leaned closer to Qin Yining.

Qin Yining's beautiful eyes are round, gritted his teeth.

I am a fish and a knife. Since she was caught, she knew that sister Yun and brother Xuan would definitely be taken away. If she were taken hostage, Li Qitian would definitely think her weight was not as good as the two children.

But this moment has really come, how can she be willing!