After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Ye Qinghuai looked at him with runny nose and tears and said, "Speak clearly."

He raised his head and looked at Ye Qinghuai and cried: "Your Majesty, I really didn't recognize Concubine Lan. If I want to know that it is Concubine Lan, I can't let you borrow ten of my heads."

They are attacking the empress!"

As he spoke, he knelt and turned to the coffin placed in the middle of the hall, kowtowed to Qin Baozhu's coffin and said: "I can swear to heaven in front of Concubine Lan's spirit!" As he said that, he raised his right hand and said, "I'm here.

The official really didn’t recognize the empress!”

As soon as he raised his hand, half of his sleeve fell down, revealing an arm covered with bruises and cuts, which was shocking.

Ye Qinghuai looked surprised.

Liu Chunming saw Ye Qinghuai's expression and quickly rolled up the sleeves of both arms, revealing two scarred arms.

"Your Majesty, General Chu wants Xianguan's life! He arrested several Xianguan and tortured them, trying to beat us into submission! Only Xianguan ran out, and Xianguan's colleagues are still being tortured in prison! Please have mercy, Your Majesty!

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After saying that, he kowtowed his head heavily again, making a dull sound on the bluestone brick surface.

Ye Qinghuai looked at him, her expression turning from frightened to angry. She then thought about it and frowned, thinking something bad.

"Where are you being held?" Ye Qinghuai asked anxiously.

Only then did Liu Chunming stop kowtowing. His forehead was already flushed. He seemed to be kowtowing too hard and was a little dizzy. He took a moment to calm down and then replied: "Shen Xing Division."

"Li Baoquan, take people to the Criminal Punishment Department immediately!" Ye Qinghuai turned around and ordered.

Li Baoquan heard the urgency of the situation from Ye Qinghuai's tone, and he called a group of guards at the palace gate to leave quickly with him.

Only Ye Qinghuai and Liu Chunming were left in the courtyard of Yichun Palace.

On a bright tomorrow, a group of dark clouds passed by, and the sky suddenly became overcast. The wind started blowing in the courtyard, and the white flags fluttered in the wind, like ghosts with teeth and claws. The gentle chanting sound echoed in the courtyard, but it could not calm Ye Qing.

pregnant mood.

She looked at Liu Chunming who was kneeling on the ground, her expression getting colder and colder.

"Why do you say General Chu wants your lives?"

When Chu Dingguo was mentioned, Liu Chunming's face immediately showed fear and he said: "Your Majesty, it's clear! General Chu locked up a few of us and ordered people to torture us. They did such a dirty trick to kill the officials."

ah!"

As he spoke, he pulled open the collar of his chest, revealing the deep and shallow wounds on his body.

He has been working as a clerk in the Criminal Punishment Department for so many years and has interrogated hundreds of people. Now it is like hunting geese all day long, only to be pecked by geese.

Ye Qinghuai looked at him and said, "Did Chu Dingguo send someone to deliver the order, or did he come to torture you personally?"

Liu Chunming was startled for a moment, and seemed to have noticed something strange. He murmured and replied: "It's the order from the Youya Guard."

Ye Qinghuai asked again: "Then have you seen him?"

"No……"

Ye Qinghuai's eyes darkened, and he thought so.

She was silent for a long time, and then said: "Then why did you shout that Chu Dingguo wanted to kill you as soon as you came in?"

Liu Chunming was frightened by the coercion in Ye Qinghuai's words. He suddenly realized that Chu Dingguo was the emperor's man, so he said in a panic: "Your Majesty, forgive me! I... I am really frightened."

.They, when they beat us, they kept saying that it was General Chu who wanted our lives. I... the official was in a panic..."

He looked really shocked.

"How did you escape?"

"Xiaguan said that the death of Concubine Lan had nothing to do with him. They didn't believe it, so he lied to them and said that there was evidence to prove that Commander Du did it. They asked him to go back to the house to get the evidence and said that they would report it to the police.

Listen. Where can I find any evidence? Xiaguan took advantage of them not paying attention, jumped out of the window and ran out from a small road."

Although he has lost some of his human form, he is still so eloquent and his descriptions are vivid.

Ye Qinghuai looked at him, feeling a little angry and funny.

She thought for a while and then asked: "You said that several of your colleagues were also imprisoned. Who are they?"

"Mr. Chen, there are a few attendants. They are the ones who were beaten with imperial sticks by His Majesty's order that day." He touched his thigh, and his face suddenly twisted in pain, "Your Majesty, we have already been slapped.

I know I made a mistake, and I will never do it again in the future, and I will never dare to neglect my duties again. Your Majesty, please spare our lives..."

After saying this, he started crying and wailing again.

Ye Qinghuai looked at him coldly and said, "If I wanted your lives, I would have killed you then. Why bother with so much trouble?"

He paused for a moment, rolled his eyes, and immediately kowtowed again: "I will bow down to express my gratitude to Tian'en! I will never dare to do so again after I am promoted to official position..."

Ye Qinghuai glanced at him and frowned slightly, fearing that even if he had the heart to "dare", he would never have the chance to "dare" again in the future.

She ignored Liu Chunming and walked slowly in the courtyard with a solemn expression, thinking in her mind.

This matter must be directed at Chu Dingguo. When the Ministry of Punishment took Du Zhengen away, she expected that the other party would have another move, so she was so anxious to summon He Qingchang yesterday.

I just didn't expect them to take action so quickly.

In the name of Chu Dingguo, the official of the Shenxing Department who was on duty that day was interrogated until death, and then a confession was obtained that the Shenxing Department abused lynching to kill Qin Baozhu. This way, on the one hand, he could shift the blame to the Shenxing Department.

By removing Du Zhengen from his body, he could also use it to impeach Chu Dingguo and force him to step down.

It's a good move that kills two birds with one stone.

This move was intended to save Du Zhengen, and for this reason, he even did not hesitate to kill so many officials of the Department of Punishment. To be able to do such a dirty trick under the emperor's nose was either the work of Gu Shihai or Du Jing.

But Ye Qinghuai felt it was more like Du Jing's doing.

The act was carried out in such a hurry, it can be seen that the person who ordered it was very important to Du Zhengen.

With Gu Shihai's arrogance, he probably wouldn't be so interested in a junior from the Du family.

Now that Du Zhengen has fallen into the hands of the Criminal Department, the situation is already passive. If even these witnesses from the Criminal Division are removed, it will be very difficult to bring Du Zhengen to justice.

Ye Qinghuai clenched her fists subconsciously, and anger flashed in her eyes.

At this time, scattered footsteps sounded outside the palace.

Li Baoquan came back with his people.

He also looked a little panicked. He left his guards behind and walked to Ye Qinghuai alone. He saluted her, leaned closer and whispered: "Your Majesty, the person was already dead when the minions arrived."

Ye Qinghuai felt a chill in his heart and said, "But those people who received the imperial stick?"

Li Baoquan looked at Ye Qinghuai, nodded, and said: "Yes. They are all here. No one is left alive. They are all dead. I caught a government guard on the spot who was executing, but he resisted arrest and committed suicide."

Ye Qinghuai frowned and asked: "Suicide on the spot? He didn't say anything?"

Li Baoquan paused and said with a pale face: "He shouted before he died that he deserved to die for General Chu."

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but sneer.

It seems that there is no proof. Except...

She slowly moved her gaze towards Liu Chunming, who had been kneeling.