Chapter 157 Concentric Knot
After a long while, Jing and Di Youyou sighed: "Forget it, it's better not to harm the good girl."
Jing and Di were very angry at this time. Since he became the emperor, it has been a long time since he was so angry.
He knew about Feng Lisheng imprisoning Su Qing in the dungeon of King Su's Mansion today. It should be said that Feng Lisheng let him know on purpose.
He guessed that Su Qing must have something to do with Shen Mingjiao's disappearance. And it was able to make Shen Mingjiao kidnapped under the noses of everyone, and she disappeared for so long without being found, which shows her ability.
Jing and Di were suspicious, so they asked the hidden guards to investigate Su Qing carefully, including this matter.
Once the emperor wants to investigate something, as long as there are traces, there is basically nothing that cannot be found.
In less than half a day, the matter of Su Qing and the Second Prince of Beidi capturing Shen Mingjiao and colluding with some officials of various state capitals was clearly placed on his desk.
Jing and Di smashed a set of his favorite blue and white porcelain bowls angrily after watching it.
What he was angry with wasn't Su Qingxin's vicious design to frame Shen Mingjiao. To him, this was just a fight between women, and it wasn't worth his anger.
What he was really angry about was that Su Qing, or the Su family behind it, had so much influence in the court!
For an emperor, this has already touched his reverse scale.
He knocked on the table with his downcast eyes. Su Xiang has stayed in this position for long enough. Next year will be the Spring Festival once every three years. Maybe the situation in the court should be changed!
And this is not what made him the most angry, Feng Wu just came over. In addition to asking for a few blank imperial edicts for Feng Lisheng, he also sent over a copy of all the confessions that Su Qing had previously confessed,
After reading these confessions, I learned that the prince almost invited all the imperial physicians in the palace to see Su Qing's wounds after he returned to the East Palace. His anger reached its peak.
Jing and Di regretted that his son had too few children at this time, and now he has only such a son, even if he wants to abolish the prince.
If it wasn’t for the empress’s dystocia when she gave birth to the crown prince and hurt her body, he really wanted to go back to the harem immediately and create another villain.
It's really, really bad!
Being so easily manipulated by a woman, how could he rest assured to hand over Daxia's country to the prince.
But he is not willing to let him choose someone from the clan,
It's a pity that Xiaoliu has foreign blood, otherwise he would be the most suitable candidate.
Jing and the emperor have secretly decided that it is impossible, and then find an innocent girl to send to the prince's bed, and after giving birth to the child, bring him over and raise him personally.
As for the prince, heh! How about love!
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Feng Lisheng and his team rushed to Hedong County, and it had been five days since he came to Hedong County last time.
Feng Lisheng reined in the horse. When he learned that Shen Mingjiao was trapped in Hedong County, he had sent the Qingzhou garrison to seal the city gates in advance.
A middle-aged man with a resolute face greeted him, and saluted Feng Lisheng with his fists cupped. He is the governor of Qingzhou, and he received a secret order from His Majesty yesterday, asking him to lead troops to control Hedong County and follow King Su's instructions.
Feng Lisheng asked: "How is the investigation going? Is there any news about the princess?"
The governor of Qingzhou lowered his head in shame: "The lower officials are incompetent, the princess has already left Hedong County."
Feng Lisheng tightened his fingers and asked, "What's going on?"
While talking, he rode his horse into the city.
"Your majesty followed His Majesty's orders and led people to seal the city gate, surrounded the sheriff's mansion, and interrogated the guards of the sheriff's mansion who followed and assassinated the princess..."
Having said that, he hesitated to speak and looked at Feng Lisheng.
Feng Lisheng glanced at him, "Say it!"
Facing the expressionless face of King Shangsu, the governor of Qingzhou gritted his teeth:
"No matter how torture is used, the group of guards insisted that the princess is dead, and one of the guards even directly admitted that he killed the princess."
"But our people searched that inn, and couldn't find the body of the princess..."
Feng Lisheng's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly thought of Shen Mingjiao's strange hypnosis.
Half an hour later, Feng Lisheng came to the inn,
Because something like that happened, the inn was directly blocked, so the scene was kept intact.
The lobby was in a mess, and there were dried bloodstains from the fighting on the ground.
Feng Lisheng asked the trembling shopkeeper to take him to the wing where Shen Mingjiao lived before. Looking at the messy mattress, his eyes froze.
The governor of Qingzhou, who came in behind, lowered his head in embarrassment, and thought to himself, looking at his posture, King Su has an extra hat on his head!
Feng Lisheng didn't know what the governor of Qingzhou was thinking, it should be said that he never thought that the person lying on this bed before was Shen Mingjiao.
Although my princess is not a chaste woman with extreme thoughts, it is absolutely impossible to do this kind of thing with others casually.
He just wondered what happened that night?
Xiaoxue in his arms squeaked twice, struggling to get down.
Feng Lisheng let go, Xiao Xuetuan walked around the room, and finally stopped by the low table beside the bed,
Feng Lisheng walked over, and at a glance, he saw a few red threads and a half-tie net on it.
Feng Lisheng picked it up and looked at it. It was not the lantern style given to the old bustard of Hualou, but a concentric knot.
He paused between his fingers. Thinking of his previous life, he didn't know whether it was on a whim or something, when he passed by the garden, he saw Shen Mingjiao was racking her brains to straighten the silk thread in her hand facing a figure.
He walked over, grabbed a handful of red strings on the table, dexterously flipped his fingers, and tied a knot in the shape of a concentric knot in a short time.
Then he stretched out his hand as if casually,
Shen Mingjiao was obviously stunned for a while, then waved her hands repeatedly to refuse, she said:
"The concentric knot is a symbol of love, and it cannot be given away casually, but only to someone you like."
Hearing this, he felt a little strange at the time, and it was only because he didn't think about it at all...
Withdrawing his thoughts, he stared at the half-woven concentric knot in his palm, his heart trembling slightly.
However, the current situation does not allow him to think about these things.
He carefully put the sympathetic knot into his sleeve, and came to the inn lobby with a cold expression.
All the people have been brought in, and after listening to the on-site restoration and retelling by the Chief of the Guard of the Sheriff's Mansion and Mr. Hu.
Feng Lisheng came to the small door in the backyard of the inn.
That is to say, within two quarters of an hour after Shen Mingjiao left, Cheng Geer also followed this road to escape.
With Cheng Geer's physical strength, it is very likely that Shen Mingjiao will be caught up.
He asked the governor of Qingzhou: "Can you find the trace of Cheng Geer?"
"On the second day after the incident, someone went to the county government to report that his horse had been robbed. According to the person's description, it should be Cheng Geer who robbed the horse."
Feng Lisheng heaved a sigh of relief, at least Cheng Geer didn't catch Shen Mingjiao that night.
He narrowed his eyes and pondered, how did Shen Mingjiao escape Cheng Geer, it was a main road, and there was no place to hide his figure on both sides.
Then you can only leave by car, and this car must be able to avoid the inspection at the gate of the city.
"Did any strange people come to the state government recently to surrender?"
The governor of Qingzhou looked at Master Hu, whose head was bowed and his hands and feet were bound.
Master Hu racked his brains for a while in order to survive, and said:
"Two days ago, a man and a woman came to surrender, saying that they were human traffickers. Before the interrogation started, they explained clearly all their crimes over the years."
Feng Lisheng's eyes moved slightly: "Bring those two people here."
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Shen Mingjiao, who was missed by everyone, was drifting on the sea at this time, following the wind and waves.
(end of this chapter)