The maid was very frightened and said tremblingly, "Princess, you need the emperor's permission to leave the palace, otherwise you will be punished by the palace rules!"

Princess Changle didn't take it seriously, "Brother Huang loves me so much, he won't punish me, let's go."

The maids still refused, the emperor would not punish the princesses, but they should be punished at all, if the princesses were allowed to go out of the palace, they would probably be beaten to death.

She was so frightened that she knelt down and cried, "Princess, please don't leave the palace for the sake of serving me carefully!"

Princess Changle ran out of patience, raised her eyebrows, and shouted impatiently, "Are you going?"

The maid begged, "Princess, let's ask the emperor first, and wait for the emperor's consent before leaving the palace, okay?"

Princess Changle immediately became upset, "Are you from the emperor or from this princess?"

The palace maid said quickly, "The slave is the princess's servant."

But following the princess is really miserable, because the princess has acted recklessly, and seven or eight court ladies have already died.

Princess Changle fiercely raised the maid's chin, and threatened, "Since you belong to this princess, then listen carefully to what I say, otherwise this princess will not make you feel better!"

The palace maid trembled with fear, and quickly responded, "My servant will help the princess change immediately."

After a change of clothes, the princess changed out of her princess attire and put on the maid's attire worn by the maids, and then led the maids towards the cold palace.

The cold palace is next to the palace wall, and you can go out from there.

Princess Changle knew martial arts, she held a whip in her hand, flicked it, and the whip wrapped around a raised masonry on the palace wall, she pulled it, and after making sure it was stable, she pulled the maid and flew out of the wall.

The maid was so frightened that she fell to the ground with limp legs after landing.

Seeing this, Princess Changle cursed, "Useless stuff!"

The maid was very wronged, she didn't know martial arts, and the palace walls were so high, it might be normal, but the princess never thought of others, she could only suffer in silence.

Princess Changle didn't care about the maid at all, she whipped the maid, "Let's go."

The maid flinched from the pain, and tears came out immediately, but she didn't dare to cry, otherwise she would be whipped, so she quickly got up and followed the princess' pace.

...

Dali Temple.

A secret guard handed some letter paper to Tang Jinghong, "General, this is evidence that Liu Jingxian violated the law."

Liu Jingxian was Si Yingzong's former boss, who replaced him with Si Yingzong's achievements, but made Si Yingzong take the blame when something happened.

Tang Jinghong looked at the letter paper, secretly thought, after many days of investigation, finally collected enough evidence, "Find someone to expose him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and let his head fall within three days."

The hidden guard cupped his hands, "Yes, General."

Tang Jinghong stood in front of the window, staring at a white daisy outside the window, thought for a while, left the room, and went to the room where Shaoqing of Dali Temple handled the case.

Dali Temple Shaoqing... Ren Buqing looked up at Tang Jinghong and threatened, "The general is here?"

Tang Jinghong himself was not familiar with Ren Buqing, but he became acquainted with Ren Buqing after handling the case together these few days, "Have you found "Cloud" in the investigation?"

Ren Buqing immediately frowned, looking very worried, "No, it's too mysterious and hidden too deeply."

Tang Jinghong asked again, "Has the anonymous sender been investigated?"

The case of buying and selling official posts by the Minister of the Ministry of War was not noticed at all. Someone sent a letter to Dr. Yu Shi at night, and it was exposed.

Doctor Yushi is very pedantic and stubborn, but he is absolutely dedicated to his duties and is absolutely loyal to Da Ling. As soon as he read the letter, he immediately presented it to the emperor at the court meeting the next day.

That's why the Minister of the Ministry of War was sent to prison.

Ren Buqing felt that it was hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, "General, the handwriting is very strange, and I can't match anyone in the capital, and the minister of the Ministry of War has not spoken, so the case has basically not progressed."

Tang Jinghong frowned and thought for a moment, "I'll go to the prison to have a chat with Master Shangshu."

Ren Buqing got up quickly, "General, I will go with you."

Tang Jinghong nodded, and then the two walked towards the prison together.

...

dungeon.

The sky prison was dark and gloomy, filled with damp and decaying atmosphere, and also had an unpleasant smell.

In a prison deep in the sky prison, a middle-aged man in a prison uniform sat cross-legged on the hay, with his eyes closed, the only light from the skylight fell on him.

The bright light dispelled the darkness on his body, and the dust rolled in his messy hair, revealing his never-before-seen embarrassment.

Suddenly, the sound of keys and chains sounded, and the door of the dungeon opened.

Tang Jinghong and Ren Buqing walked in one after the other.

Tang Jinghong lowered his eyes and stared at the middle-aged man for a while, then said calmly, "Master Shangshu, are you still unwilling to say a word?"

Shi Rongping opened his eyes. His eyes were dazzled by the light. He quickly covered them with his palms, "General Tang, buying and selling official positions. The evidence is solid. I also plead guilty. What else do you want me to say?"

Tang Jinghong said, "As far as I know, Mrs. Shangshu's wife is a good businessman. Over the years, her business has been doing well. I don't think Mr. Shangshu will take such a risk for a mere tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Shi Rongping closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Tang Jinghong pondered for a while, "Master Shangshu, you can't solve the problem by avoiding it like this..."

Shi Rongping made up his mind to ignore Tang Jinghong, no matter what Tang Jinghong said, he remained silent.

Tang Jinghong frowned. What is Shi Rongping hiding?

"Master Shangshu, what does "cloud" mean?"

Shi Rongping still kept silent, but his eyes rolled, obviously he knew something.

Seeing that Shi Rongping didn't speak, Tang Jinghong took Ren Buqing out of the sky prison, turned a corner, and came to another cell.

The official buyer Fu Qingsheng was locked up here, and he was also silent, saying nothing.

But this time Tang Jinghong didn't come to question him. When he told Chu Qingzhi about the case yesterday, he got a hint, and now he came to verify it.

Tang Jinghong ordered the jailer, "Go and take off his clothes to see if there are tattoos of rice ears."

The jailer took the order, "Yes, General."

After hearing Tang Jinghong's words, Fu Qingsheng glanced at Tang Jinghong unexpectedly. How did he know about the rice ear tattoo?

The surprise in his eyes did not miss Tang Jinghong's eyes, and Tang Jinghong became more and more sure that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

The jailer stripped Fu Qingsheng of all his clothes, and saw a rice ear tattoo on his arm.

Tang Jinghong stared at the rice ear tattoo, which was also on the bodies of the few merchants who died in Shuiyun County. It can be seen that these people are all from the same power.

"Take people out and interrogate what happened to the rice ear tattoo."

"Yes, General."

A flash of panic flashed through Fu Qingsheng's heart. Tang Jinghong obviously had some kind of clue, otherwise he wouldn't have found the tattoo. Where was it exposed?

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