"Let me see it."
Qin Ying took the note.
The investigation of Cai Jingzhong's case has always been carried out secretly by Lao Huang, and now there is finally progress.
"Hongshan?"
Qin Ying opened the note and saw a name he didn't recognize.
Old Huang came over and explained in a low voice: "This Hongshan was a minor official in charge of transporting military equipment. The Cai family's affairs involved a wide range of people, from merchants supplying iron materials to minor officials transporting military equipment. All of them were beheaded, and Hongshan was one of them."
Hearing this, Qin Ying frowned and asked: "Since this is a dead man, what does it have to do with Cai Jingzhong's case..."
Speaking of this, Qin Ying's eyes suddenly condensed, and he thought of something, "You mean, Hongshan is not dead?"
Old Huang nodded, frowned and said: "Hongshan was on the list of people beheaded that year, and it was confirmed when the bodies were counted. But I asked my friends to check, but found that Hongshan was faking his death and now lives a stable life in a village in Huainan."
"A minor official doesn't have such a great ability to hide the truth."
Qin Ying frowned.
Hongshan is just a minor character, so minor that no one knows him.
How could he escape the emperor's butcher knife?
Old Huang nodded and continued: "Your Highness, I asked my friend to continue to investigate Hongshan's background. Guess what they found?"
"What?"
Qin Ying was a little impatient and hurriedly said: "Old Huang, don't keep me in suspense, tell me quickly."
Old Huang smiled and said: "It turned out to be the Wang family."
"Wang's clan?"
Qin Ying's eyes suddenly turned cold, and a sharp cold light shot out: "This matter is indeed the Wang family behind the scenes."
Old Huang said in a deep voice: "Although Hongshan has no ability, he is lucky. He has a beautiful sister named Hong Pingping. This Hong Pingping married Wang Teng, the eldest son of the Wang family. From then on, Hongshan also became rich because of his sister and got involved with the Wang family."
"So that's it, the clues are clear."
Qin Ying nodded.
According to the clues currently available, the Wang family is the most suspected behind the entire case of the Cai family.
First of all, the Wang family and the Cai family have always been in a competitive relationship, so they are most likely to do something dirty.
Now another faked death of Hong Shan has been uncovered, and he was the official in charge of transporting military equipment, and he happened to have the background of the Wang family.
As long as Hong Shan is caught and information is obtained from him, Cai Jingzhong's case can be overturned.
"Send someone to catch Hong Shan immediately, and be sure to keep it secret." Qin Ying immediately ordered.
Hearing this, Lao Huang smiled and said: "My friend is already keeping an eye on Hong Shan, just waiting for the order from His Highness."
Hearing this, Qin Ying raised his eyebrows, looked at Lao Huang in surprise and said: "Lao Huang, you are really a worm in my stomach, and your friend, I will reward you heavily after the matter is accomplished."
Although Lao Huang is taciturn, he has helped him a lot. Qin Ying can hardly imagine that if Lao Huang had not been helping him, it is likely that he would have difficulty in doing anything.
Hearing that Qin Ying was going to reward him, Old Huang hesitated for a moment, then said carefully: "Your Highness, if you really want to reward me, why not give me an opportunity?"
Qin Ying said, "What opportunity?"
Old Huang said: "This friend of mine is called Feng Lidao. Because he is good at snooping into other people's privacy, he doesn't have a good reputation in the martial arts world and has many enemies. This time I asked him for help, and he agreed without hesitation, but he hopes to get a chance to serve in the palace."
Hearing this, Qin Ying nodded.
In fact, most people in the martial arts world are willing to serve in the palace. After all, they have status and position, and they can get money. Who doesn't like it?
The other party just hopes to serve in the palace. This is not an excessive request, and Qin Ying agreed immediately.
"Let Feng Lidao enter the palace tomorrow."
Qin Ying looked up at the sky and said, "I'm going to go back and take a nap. I hope I can see Feng Lidao and Hongshan when I wake up tomorrow."
As he said that, Qin Ying walked towards Wutong Garden. After walking a few steps, he stopped and said, "Old Huang, come with me to Tianlao tomorrow to interrogate the assassin and take a look at Zhao Hu."
"Didn't you say that Zhao Hu is a useful talent? Let's try him tomorrow."
Old Huang nodded with a smile.
His Highness remembered what he said in his heart. He was a little moved, and his old eyes were wet unconsciously.
Qin Ying walked back to Wutong Garden. At this time, he would not disturb Liu Yunxian to rest.
He went to bed by himself, and fatigue soon came like a tide.
When his eyes were hazy.
Suddenly, a soft little hand gently took off his shoes for him, and went up all the way, gently massaging his tired muscles.
Qin Ying opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was a pale yellow palace maid's dress and the orchid-like fragrance of a girl.
Chun'er raised her head, her pretty face slightly red, "Your Highness, the lady asked me to serve you."
"Xian'er asked you to come?" Qin Ying was startled, and then his heart was warmed.
Xian'er was really considerate, warm and considerate. She was injured and inconvenient, but she was also thinking about him in this regard.
Qin Ying looked at her pretty face, which was white and tender without makeup, and was a little moved.
Chun'er's pretty face was flushed, and she said meekly, "Chun'er is a maidservant, and serving Your Highness is my job."
Chun'er's watery eyes were very lovable, especially her bright red and moist little mouth, which easily aroused Qin Ying's evil thoughts.
"Come here."
Qin Ying revealed his hungry wolf nature.
Since it was the good intention of the first wife, he would be disrespectful to refuse it.
Chun'er was extremely shy, but she stretched out her hand expectantly, and nervously untied Qin Ying's belt.
Qin Ying knew that it was her first time and she was very shy, so she took the initiative to blow out the candlelight.
…
The next morning, the sun was high in the sky.
The warm sunlight shone through the window and fell on Qin Ying's face, which was warm and comfortable.
He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, only to see a blooming red flower on the bed sheet. Chun'er was gone. The girl should have gotten up early and went back to serve Xian'er, the first wife.
"I overslept without paying attention." Qin Ying stretched his body and felt very refreshed.
A night of indulgence in the land of tenderness, even heroes lingered.
"Your Highness, are you awake?"
Outside the door, Lao Huang's voice came.
Qin Ying looked at the time, Lao Huang should have been waiting for a long time.
"Come in." He put on his clothes and shouted to the outside of the door.
Squeak~
The door was pushed open.
Old Huang walked in, followed by three people.
A mysterious man in a black robe and cloak, a young girl who seemed to be curious about everything, and a middle-aged man with a panicked face and trembling even when walking.
Old Huang
Cheered and bowed slightly, "Your Highness, the person you want to see is here."
After Old Huang's voice fell, the man in the black robe and cloak behind him took three steps forward, took off his hood, knelt down and bowed, and said in a slightly excited voice:
"I am Feng Lidao, and I pay my respects to the Ninth Prince."
Qin Ying said, "Raise your head."
Feng Lidao raised his head, revealing a thin and somewhat dark red face, deep eye sockets, a tuft of beard on the tip of his chin, and a grin, showing four big words - shifty eyebrows and rat eyes.
"You are Feng Lidao, I heard that you like to pry into other people's privacy?" Qin Ying looked at him with a smile.
Feng Lidao heard some irony in these words, trembled all over, and hurriedly explained, "I am a person who makes a living by selling intelligence in the Jianghu, so it is inevitable that I will inquire about some..."
"Okay, I don't want to blame you." Qin Ying waved his hand and said indifferently: "I don't care what you did before. When you work under me, you do whatever I tell you to do, and you are not allowed to do anything I don't allow you to do. Violating the rules will have serious consequences, do you understand?"
The voice was flat and indifferent, but full of majesty.
Feng Lidao kowtowed quickly, "I understand that from today on, I am the eyes of the Ninth Prince. I will only see what you let me see, and I am a blind man if you don't let me see it."
People like him who specialize in snooping on others' privacy and selling intelligence are very annoying.
Feng Lidao knew that Qin Ying said this to warn him.
In the future, when you follow him, it is best not to be curious and ask around.
"Yeah."
Qin Ying was very satisfied with Feng Lidao's attitude. The next moment, he changed the subject and asked, "Who is Hong Shan?"
As soon as he said that.
The middle-aged man who had been uneasy since he entered the door quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, his voice trembling, "I am Hongshan, please spare my life, Your Highness."
At this time, the little girl stared at Qin Ying curiously and said crisply: "Big brother, why are they all kneeling to you? Are you the emperor?"
Qin Ying smiled slightly, "I am not the emperor, I am the emperor's son."
The little girl screamed and said in surprise, "Then you are the prince, oh... Grandpa said that ordinary people have to kneel when they see the prince, Xiaolan'er will also kneel to you."
As she said, the little girl pretended to kneel down, Qin Ying stepped forward to support her, seeing her so innocent, Qin Ying smiled and asked, "Little girl, is your name Xiaolan'er? What are you doing here?"
Xiaolan'er smiled sweetly, "Uncle Fenglidao told me that I can see my father when I enter the palace."
Dad?
When Qin Ying was confused, Feng Lidao came over and whispered, "The assassin imprisoned in the prison is her father."
Qin Ying was startled at first, then overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, Feng Lidao brought him another surprise in addition to Hongshan.
The assassin imprisoned in the prison is the key to testifying that Qin Dang is the mastermind, but this assassin has been strictly trained and has a hard mouth.
Qin Ying has not yet pried open his mouth.
Feng Lidao's meaning is very clear, that is, to start with this little girl. Even a cold-blooded killer will be weak somewhere deep in his heart.
There is no father in the world who does not love his children.
Lao Huang looked at this pure and lovely little girl, feeling a little bit reluctant, and also a little bit blaming Feng Lidao.
Maybe, next, the little girl will be abused inhumanely, but he does not intend to stop it.
In Lao Huang's heart, Qin Ying will always be the first.
"Xiao Lan'er, do you know what your father does?" Qin Ying squatted down with a smile and touched the little girl's face.
"I don't know, I've never seen him." Xiao Lan'er flattened her mouth and whispered: "My mother died early, and I was raised by a doctor grandfather. I thought I was an orphan."
"It was Uncle Feng Lidao who said I had a father and said he was in the palace. Xiao Lan'er wanted to see what my father looked like, so I followed him."
The little girl's voice was childish, and her eyes were clear and bright. It was obvious that she just regarded this as an ordinary meeting.
She also maintained a beautiful fantasy about her father whom she had never met.
"Feng Lidao, is she really the daughter of the assassin?" Qin Ying pulled Feng Lidao aside and confirmed again and again.
Fenglidao nodded and said affirmatively, "I am absolutely sure. The assassin's name is Lu Asan, and Xiaolan'er was born to him and a prostitute. Lu Asan is a man who lives on the edge of a knife, so he dared not recognize her, fearing that his daughter would be retaliated against."