Prison Dragon

Xu Kaiji was still wearing court clothes, so it looked like he came here in a hurry after leaving the court.

He didn't forget to carry a birdcage to cover up his purpose.

Xu Kaiji also only came here for one sentence, "Qian Lixuan is dead."

Yang You nodded, "Now it's spread all over the capital."

Xu Kaiji said that Taishi Qian had asked for leave for a few days in a row, and would not be going to court.

The most important thing is that there are only two men in the Qian family, Qian Taishi and Qian Lixuan, and they handle all the affairs.Qian Lixuan was even more in charge of Qian Pai's shady things.

Once Qian Lixuan died, it was like cutting off the left and right arms of Grand Master Qian.

Even if Grand Master Qian promoted his cronies again, the gap in power would be fatal.

It is foreseeable that all the dormant forces will attack in one fell swoop. As long as Grand Master Qian is tripped, the crown prince's position will be in jeopardy.

Yang You led him into the bedroom, and gave Xu Kaiji the ledger to check.

Xu Kaiji looked at it for a while, and the account book was clearly written, and he recognized it was indeed Qian Lixuan's handwriting.

But where did Yang You get such a confidential thing?

Xu Kaiji asked: "Where did you get the ledger?"

Yang You took out the painting in the ledger, "The young lady in Qingyuan offered it to me, and I don't know why he did it."

He told all about the two sides of his acquaintance with Qingli.

Xu Kaiji also thought about it at the beginning, whether someone set up a trick to lure Yang You into the urn, a young man in a brothel, what is he doing with the account book?

Besides, Qingli has been in the brothel for many years, and I am afraid that there are countless old acquaintances, why do you have to give it to Yang You who has met twice?

But the ledger is real.

This point is puzzling again.

If it is other forces, why not use it by themselves after getting the ledger, and transfer it to Yang You through the hands of a young man.

He looked at the ledger seriously again.

Qian Lixuan actually recorded all the transactions in detail in the ledger. He carefully recorded why these officials came to him, how much they paid, and what happened to these officials after the incident was successful...

There are still several pages of unfinished transactions on it. Only money was paid, and the Qian family has not done anything yet. At least Qian Lixuan has no follow-up records.

In the entire officialdom of the Qi State, [-]% of the officials are involved with Grand Master Qian!Not to mention blatantly poaching officials, even if someone was reported for having an affair with a foreign enemy, he could bribe Grand Master Qian to stop the reported documents.

The Taishi Mansion established an ant nest extending in all directions in the officialdom of Qi State, using money, power and the darkness that cannot see the sky to form its own party members.

This kind of account book is now, if it is used well, it is a sharp knife, which can directly stab the core of Qian Pai!

But how to use it is another big problem.

Xu Kaiji thought that he should discuss it with the teacher immediately, but Yang You did follow his analysis, repeatedly recalling Qingli's words and deeds that day, wondering why he suddenly asked for the account books of the Qian family.

Xu Kaiji was about to leave the palace to go to the Shangluo mansion, but Yang You stopped him, "Since you came to the palace with a bird, how could you go back so soon? You have to do a full set of acting."

Xu Kaiji tapped his head with the account book, "Look at me! Isn't this too exciting?"

Yang You shook his head, "The teacher often says that you don't care about the head and the tail, you know the big and don't know the small, so you have to pay attention."

After the two of them summed up, they still put the account book here with Yang You. Xu Kaiji has a vivid memory, and he will retell the contents to Shang Luo.

It's just that there is still a risk of being discovered. Yang You went to Qingli. Although there was no grandeur, there was no cover. If someone found out that the account was stolen and found Qingli, then it would be a matter of time to find Yang You. .

Cannot be hidden where it can be easily found.

Yang You put the ledger in a jar, piled a pile of gold, silver and jewels inside, and ran to the backyard with Xu Kaiji to bury it.

They buried the account book under the banana tree, and finally filled it with soil, and inserted a few camellia branches in that place.

Yang You saw that there was no one around, so he discussed with Xu Kaiji in a low voice: "You said, why did Qingli steal the account book? If you look at it from the perspective of human nature, although Grand Master Qian is raging in the capital, Qingli's life is not affected by it." Too much influence, I don't think he is a person who will stand up and sacrifice himself for righteousness, he is very smart and has his own ideas."

"It may not be related to him," Xu Kaiji said slowly, touching his chin, "Maybe it's his family? Friends?"

"Qingli only has one younger sister, but she died of a sudden illness..."

After Yang You finished speaking, he suddenly thought of a possibility. He looked up, and Xu Kaiji obviously thought of something with him.

Xu Kaiji said: "I heard that the person who was with Qian Lixuan yesterday was a prostitute..."

Yang You's heart skipped a beat.

This layer of doubts did not last long, and soon Dali Temple sent someone to ask Yang You for questioning.

He and the people from Dali Temple rushed to the official office together in a carriage, Xu Kaiji was worried and followed.

Along the way, the Dali Temple official said that Taishi Qian had already reported the murder case in the mansion. Last night Qian Lixuan was killed by a man, and that man also committed suicide immediately. Both bodies were sent to the Ministry of Punishment. Wu Zuo is still doing an autopsy.

An official recognized him. The man was from Qingyuan, and he was a young lady.

Yang You's heart sank completely. To find him and go to Dali Temple has confirmed his identity as a young lady.

Qingli... how many stories do you have?

In Dali Temple, the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple were all very busy. The office of Dali Temple was very spacious and decorated in black, solemn and deep.

Grand Master Qian sat on the first seat, his already old body seemed to be drained of nourishment, and it seemed that he was about to collapse. His shrewd and cunning eyes were now covered with muddy bloodshot eyes.

Seeing Yang You coming in, he raised his heavy eyelids and looked at Yang You vigorously with his cloudy eyes.

Yang You stepped forward to salute, no matter how domineering Grand Master Qian is, he is just an old man who has lost his child at the moment, Yang You felt pity for him, and comforted him, "Grand Master is sad, death cannot be resurrected."

Grand Master Qian didn't speak, just stared at him, and then muttered after a while: "Please trouble me, my lord."

Not only was the voice hoarse, but there was only a little breath left to support it, and it was almost inaudible.

The people from Dali Temple led him to the place where the corpse was parked. In order to prevent Yang You from being polluted by the filth of the corpse, they did not go in, but asked the corpse to be carried out.

The corpse was covered by a white cloth, only revealing a little undulating curve of the human body. The people from Dali Temple said: "My lord, this is the person who assassinated Mr. Qian yesterday. I heard that he is a young man from Qingyuan named Qingli. He has been recruited today. The old bustard and others have come to see it, and it is undoubtedly Qingli. I heard that the prince and this Qingli have a dewy relationship, so I dare to ask the prince to identify him, is this person Qingli?"

The guards lifted the white cloth, revealing Qingli's face.

Xu Kaiji only took one look and couldn't bear to look any further, and turned his back.

Yang You felt sick for a while, but still held on, looking at Qingli masochistically.

His face could no longer be called a face, it was covered with black and dark red blood scabs all over it, the place where the right eye was was already bloody and bloody, even the eyeball was gone, only a black hollow of flesh and blood.There were tears at the corners of the mouth, and the center of the nose was pierced, and a silver ring was attached to it, and a long iron chain was attached to the silver ring, which was arranged and placed next to his ear.Looking at the style, it looks like a nose ring that a farmer puts on a cow, of course it is much more refined.Both ears are missing meat, looking at the edges, it seems to be bitten off.There are scorched marks on the hair, and the scalp on the forehead is completely bald.

Resisting the urge of nausea, Yang You squatted down/body up, trying to lift the white cloth on Qingli's body, but the Dali Temple officials stopped him, shaking his head with a complicated expression, "My lord, don't look at the following."

This face is not Qingli's face at all, it can't be seen at all.

He has a pair of cold eyes and an expression of looking down on anyone, and sometimes reveals a skilled charm.

This is not Qingli...not...

"My lord?" the officer asked.

Yang You looked at him, then nodded slowly in pain.

He stepped forward and covered Qingli's face with a white cloth.The guards carried Qingli into the morgue.Yang You didn't even dare to look any further, and said to the officials, "According to the rules, what should be done with this person's corpse?"

The official said: "If there are family members, they should come to claim it. If there are no family members, they can only be sent to Yi Zhuang. But Yi Zhuang is full of random buried people, you know that."

Yang You nodded, and said: "At any rate, it was a fate of dew. This king pities him. After the trial of the case is over, I asked the people in the house to come and collect the bones."

The official praised: "The prince has a kind heart."

After identifying the bones, they returned to the hall.

Grand Master Qian was still here, when he saw Yang You came back, he barely sat up straight.

Dali Temple Chancellor Pei Xiucheng sat at the bottom, they asked Yang You to stand in the hall, saying that they had something to question, Xu Kaiji stepped aside and waited.

The two greeted each other, Pei Xiucheng said: "My lord, that person is Qingli, do you know?"

"know."

"Qingli assassinated Mr. Qian yesterday at Haishi, did you know?"

"I just found out after listening to people talking about it this morning, but I only know that something happened to Mr. Qian, I don't know that Qingli did it."

"Someone said that before Qing left the Qian Mansion last night, the last person he saw was you, the prince. Can the prince admit it?"

Yang You knew that a fatal plan was coming, if he didn't answer well, he might be accused of sending someone to assassinate Mr. Qian.

He couldn't refute, because the time when he saw Qingli was too close to the time when Qian Lixuan had an accident.

It cannot be said that he and Qingli did nothing.

Going to the brothel and ordering a young lady without doing anything, wouldn't it make people feel that they have ulterior motives?

After all, Yang You still believed that Qingli didn't intentionally want to blame him.Maybe it was just a coincidence of timing.

If a person has to endure such a lot of pain to complete one thing, if it is just to put the blame on Yang You, it is really not worth it.

Yang You said with a smile: "You are not clear about this question. I went to Qingyuan in Youshi, and returned to Wangfu a little later in Wushi. People in Wangfu and the street can testify to this. I also gave a flower seller The girl bought flowers. But when did Qing leave the Qian Mansion? It was obviously a long time after I left. If he wants to go to the Qian Mansion, he must obtain the consent of the old bustard and ask the servants of the Qian Mansion to bring him in. An outsider entered the Qian Mansion. The door of Young Master's room must be seen by Mr. Qian's maid and the manager, no matter what he says, I will not be the last person he sees."

Pei Xiucheng thought about it, and it was true.

He turned to ask: "Then what did the prince and Qingli do during the day?"

Yang You even laughed out loud, "What can you do in a brothel? If you insist on saying this, I can only say that I went to paint for him."

Pei Xiucheng said, "Where is the painting? Just painting?"

Yang Youdao: "The painting is in my house, besides painting, I may have done something else."

Before Pei Xiucheng could ask a question, Grand Master Qian impatiently leaned forward: "What else did you do?"

Yang You raised his eyebrows meaningfully and did not answer.

You are all smart people here, and you will understand immediately.

Going to a brothel is not a big deal, and doing something in a brothel is not a shameful thing.

Like Yang You, they still have to praise a young man for being romantic!

Even if this question is overturned, according to Grand Master Qian, Yang You is the most likely person who instigated Qingli to kill Qian Lixuan. I hope Pei Xiucheng can ask something anyway.

Pei Xiucheng is not stupid, he is a rare neutral in the court, and his principle is to stay away from both sides.

He can't afford to offend Grand Master Qian now, and neither can Yang You.

It's not easy to offend, and it's not easy to ask, you can't ask him directly if he instructed Qingli to kill someone...

Pei Xiucheng is not crazy enough to provoke a prince, not to mention Grand Master Qian's status might change a lot, who knows what will happen in the future?

It is essential to be wise and protect yourself.

Xu Kaiji watched from the side, seeing the silence of the crowd, got up and said: "My lord, I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

Pei Xiucheng had no choice but to say: "Chairman of Taichang Temple, please tell me!"

"We've all seen the injuries on Qingli's body. Ordinary people would have passed out long ago with such severe injuries. How did he kill Mr. Qian? Could it be that he killed Mr. Qian first?"

Xu Kaiji hissed, pretending to be puzzled: "But if he killed Mr. Qian first, where did the injury come from?"

Grand Master Qian's face was very ugly, he probably never thought that the things that he had kept secret for most of his life would be exposed to the sun like this.

Pei Xiucheng said that Mr. Qian's injury had already been experienced, and he died from someone biting his throat.

Yang You clenched his fist, that means Qingli bit Qian Lixuan's throat forcibly after suffering such a serious injury...

Yang You couldn't imagine how much pain he had to endure to accomplish this feat.

Xu Kaiji said again: "Could it be that he could not bear the humiliation of Mr. Qian and rose up to resist? I wonder if your lord has asked his family?"

Of course not, Qingli obviously has his own plan, he even stole the account book of the Qian family!

Pei Xiucheng said: "Qingli has no family."

"This is strange," Yang You continued Xu Kaiji's words, "I once heard that Qingli has a younger sister who seems to be in Qingyuan."

Pei Xiucheng immediately asked someone to investigate.

After a while, the person who went to investigate came back, and he brought back Chu Ge.

It happened that Chu Ge entered Qingyuan three years ago.

She only came here to testify. Qingli's younger sister is Qingyue. Three years ago, she took over the business from the Qian Mansion and went to the Qian Mansion. After returning, she got sick and never went out again. She was released by the bustard alone. In a courtyard, no one is allowed to approach, saying that it will be contagious.

Even their close sisters are not allowed to meet.

Within a few days, Qingyue died.

Since Qingyue's death, Qingli seems to be a different person. He used to be very noble and almost refused to accept business.But after Qingyue died, he could accept business from any dignitaries, no matter what they wanted Qingli to do, he even accepted business from senior officials' housekeepers and servants, sometimes he would accept more than a dozen customers a day.

Chu Ge also brought Qingli's pick-up list for nearly a year.

In the past month, the servants of the Qian family had appeared the most frequently, and one of them was Qian Fu, a steward next to Qian Lixuan.