Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Before Xiao Zuoming started to solve the problem, Xiao Zuochen had already started the "interrogation".

It turned out that on the night Xiao Zuochen returned, Xiao Zuoqing also rushed to the outskirts of Tai'an City. When Xiao Zuochen got the news, he was quite surprised at his pace.

"He ran pretty fast!"

On the way back to the city, they kept searching for Xiao Zuoqing, but for some reason he seemed to have disappeared. Fortunately, he had nowhere to go except back to Tai'an City, and Princess Qing was also in Tai'an City, so Yun Feng and others had already set up outside the city gate, waiting for Xiao Zuoqing to be captured.

In the cell inside the dim secret room, Xiao Zuoqing, who had been knocked unconscious, was lying on the ground. A basin of cold water poured on his face woke him up instantly.

Xiao Zuoqing, who was not yet fully awake, looked around and at the young guard he had never seen before, and asked.

"Where is this? Why am I here!?"

"Brother, are you still asleep? You don't even remember being arrested?"

Xiao Zuochen's voice came from outside. After hearing it, Xiao Zuoqing immediately got up from the ground, walked to the prison door, grabbed the cage with both hands, and stared in the direction where the voice came from.

"Is that you, Lao Liu? Why did you lock me up? Let me out now!"

Xiao Zuochen walked in slowly, accompanied by Chu Yao and others.

"Brother, long time no see~"

"What do you mean it's been a long time? We just met yesterday!"

Seeing his calm demeanor, Xiao Zuoqing became anxious. He couldn't figure out Old Six to begin with, and Xiao Zuochen's current expression made it even harder for Xiao Zuoqing to figure out his attitude.

"Brother, you are right. We did meet yesterday. But why were we together yesterday?"

Xiao Zuoqing was like a pitiful creature. When he saw that Xiao Zuochen was willing to talk to him, he immediately responded.

"Yesterday, I was returning to the palace with the Third Brother. We encountered bandits on the way and you came to rescue us! Have you forgotten? They, they can all prove it!"

Xiao Zuoqing pointed at Chu Yao and others, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and was still trying to help Xiao Zuochen recall.

The people around him couldn't help but laugh when they saw his reaction.

"Hahaha, you're not taking this seriously, are you? How could we suddenly lose our memories? I'm just kidding you~"

Chu Yao explained while laughing, but in Xiao Zuoqing's eyes, such behavior was a naked mockery of him.

"Enough!"

Xiao Zuoqing suddenly became angry.

"You're never going to stop laughing, are you? Are you happy to see me making fun of you?"

Xiao Zuoqing's anger did not make anyone stop to look at him, everyone was still laughing at their own things.

"You, you are going too far!"

Xiao Zuoqing didn't expect that these people had no respect for him at all. Even the sixth brother, who always knew how to respect the elders and love the young, did not say anything to stop them.

"Brother, I call you brother because I respect you. But as a brother, what you did is really disappointing."

"I, what did I do to disappoint you? Just because I ran away yesterday? I don't know martial arts, so isn't it right to run away when in danger? You know some Qinggong, so you can run faster. But what about me? I didn't even help the bandits run faster!"

Xiao Zuoqing defended himself. From his point of view, there was nothing wrong with what he did!

Xiao Zuochen smiled bitterly and sighed.

"Actually, there's nothing shameful about your running away yesterday. After all, you were right. If you didn't run, you would be waiting to die. How could I bear to see you die, big brother?

But what I don't understand is why you have to be so sneaky when you return to the city. Who are you trying to hide from?"

Xiao Zuochen's words made Xiao Zuoqing feel a little guilty.

"My king, my king is not trying to hide from anyone~"

At this time, two young guards brought two chairs from somewhere, and Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao sat down on them respectively.

"Since Big Brother doesn't want to talk about it, I will have a good chat with you today."

Xiao Zuoqing saw that he was going to have a long talk, and he didn't know what he would face next.

"Where should we start?"

Xiao Zuochen held his chin in his hand and thought, while Chu Yao said beside him.

"Why not, let's start from the nearest place~"

"it is good!"

The way the two sang in unison confused Xiao Zuoqing, and he shouted anxiously.

"What the hell do you want me to say!?"

Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao looked at each other, then leaned forward and looked at Xiao Zuoqing with scrutiny. Xiao Zuochen spoke first.

"Before, when you were in the enemy camp, did you ever work as a double agent?"

As soon as Xiao Zuochen finished speaking, Xiao Zuoqing was stunned. How did he know about the double agent? It was not because of his good acting skills that Xiao Zuochen would not find out. It was because he did not successfully infiltrate both sides, so he did not play a decisive role on either side. How could he be discovered?

"I, I didn't..."

Xiao Zuoqing spoke hesitantly, but before he could finish, Chu Yao had already asked the second question.

"When you were at Beiguan, did you deliberately buy the people's hearts? What was your intention?"

Buying people's hearts? He and Baili Qing did it, and he ended up with a lot of mess! They also knew about this? Did they have such a long eye?

"As a prince, there's nothing wrong with wanting to help ordinary people solve their life difficulties, right? I don't want anything~"

"Before that, when my mother was in power, you spent all day trying to please her in the palace. What was your purpose?"

Xiao Zuochen continued to ask.

"Since Concubine Yun is in power, of course I have to please her! Otherwise, if she wants to target me, what should I do? Don't you know your mother's methods? If the queen was in power at that time, I would also please her!"

Chu Yao scoffed at his answer.

"So you admit that you are a fence-sitter~"

Xiao Zuoqing glared at Chu Yao.

"I am different from you. If not, how could I survive until today?"

"Then why didn't you save Xiao Zuochen on the altar? Even the Third Prince took into consideration the brotherhood."

"That's what father wants to do to you, what can I do? The third brother went to save you, even if he angered father, he would have the queen to back him up. If I angered father, I'm afraid I would be the first one to be attacked!"

Xiao Zuoqing answered fluently according to the excuses he had prepared before.

"What about the time spent investigating the case?"

Xiao Zuochen asked.

"During the investigation, you acted like a brother to me because I promised not to compete with you for the throne, right?"

"So what? You took the initiative to give me the opportunity, shouldn't I take it?"

"Of course you can."

"So, you asked me so many questions, what exactly do you want me to say? I admit that I am afraid of death and cowardly, but no matter what I did, I never hurt you, right? Instead, it was the Third Brother who schemed against you more, right? Hehe~"

Perhaps because he had adapted to the environment here, Xiao Zuoqing actually began to laugh at Xiao Zuochen.

"Yes, you haven't done anything excessive in all these things, but that's exactly the problem~"

"what is the problem?"

Xiao Zuoqing was puzzled.

"You said that among so many ministers, some supported me because of my ability, and some supported the third brother because of his bloodline. But Emperor Mingren chose to take action against a capable person like me, and he delayed making the third brother, who has a noble bloodline, the crown prince. Instead, he made trouble for him everywhere. Why do you think he did that?"

"Why, why?"

Xiao Zuoqing was a little panicked. It couldn't be that Xiao Zuochen had noticed something, right?

"Heh, Emperor Mingren has three sons in total. Since he is targeting two of them, it can only mean that he wants to pass the throne to his third son. That is - you!"