Don't be clouded

Chapter 36

"Run away?!" Ji Bieyun's eyes widened immediately, and he hurried back to the room to change clothes.

Xu Yang followed in, and said anxiously: "Don't go to Dali Temple, too. This news spread quickly, and now the Holy Majesty called you to enter the palace."

Ji Bieyun's figure paused, the daze of just waking up finally passed, and he suddenly calmed down.

He turned his head and asked, "Who will deliver the message?"

"People in the palace, Wu Neishi." Xu Yang came over to help him pick up his coat, "I don't know why Dali Temple didn't inform you immediately, and your soldiers didn't come. This is good, everyone The trouble has come to the Holy Majesty... you don't just admit your mistakes later, you have to push the responsibility to Dali Temple, do you hear me?"

Ji Bieyun put on his coat, fastened his belt, and replied coldly: "I heard, did anyone come to the prime minister's residence last night?"

"That's not... how long do you still care about that?"

"It's not that I care, it's that things have already happened, and we can't mess with ourselves." He patted Xu Yang's arm, "At least other things must be under control, and you don't have to go to the prince to rescue soldiers, I'll go first gone."

Ji Bieyun rushed to the gate, and sure enough, he saw Wu Neishi waiting, and he was still smiling when he saw him coming, "General Zhonglang, please."

He was uneasy and couldn't pretend to laugh, but he controlled himself to look calm, nodded and got on the carriage.

It was still dark at this time, he followed the people in the palace all the way through the inner city, and stopped at the side gate of the imperial city.Afterwards, he followed Wu Neishi all the way on foot, but this time the destination was not the Dunhua Hall where the early dynasty was held.

They turned a few turns along the palace road, and hurried to a smaller palace, which looked like the place where the emperor usually dealt with political affairs.

Wu Neishi took him outside the gate of the hall and stopped, raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty is in Wenying Hall, General Zhonglang please."

Ji Bieyun vaguely heard a lot of movement outside the door. The moment he stepped over the threshold, something was thrown on the ground, and there was a sound of shattering.

He went through two doors in the house and finally saw what was going on inside.

There were several people standing or kneeling in the room, and they could be recognized as acquaintances just by looking at their backs.And Emperor Yuan Hui was pacing in front of the desk, looking very angry.

There were quite a few fragments of porcelain bottles scattered on the ground, and several of them should have been broken before he arrived.

After entering, Ji Bieyun stood at the end of the line, bent over and saluted, "Chen Jiyao, join your majesty."

Gan Cunyi, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple in front of him, knelt extremely standard, his head lay on the ground and he did not dare to lift it up.In front of them stood separately Yushi Zhongcheng Duan Wenfu and Xingbu Shilang, both bent slightly and bowed their heads.

Emperor Yuan Hui stopped and seemed to stare at him for a while.

"How many people did you send to guard the prison of Dali Temple last night?" His tone was low, but no one could hear much anger, not like someone who was so angry that he dropped something.

Ji Bieyun replied: "Your Majesty, there are 20 people in the dungeon and 40 people outside the Dali Temple."

Emperor Yuan Hui let out a soft oh, and when he spoke again, he was smiling, which just made people feel a little chilled.

"Can't 60 people guard a crippled man?"

Yes, Cai Han lost the ability to escape long ago due to torture, who helped him?accomplice?Or the internal response of the three divisions?

I don't know where that person has gone now, time is running out, and there is no delay.

He knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty, the prisoner must have run away, please investigate."

"Zuo Xiaowei is patrolling the inner city tonight, and they have already sent people to chase after them." Emperor Yuan Hui said, "Ji Qing, you can't trust them?"

There was a dead silence in the room, Ji Bieyun gritted his teeth and hesitated for a moment, before speaking out firmly.

"Yes, I don't believe it. Since the prisoner escaped from You Xiaowei's nose, then You Xiaowei must know more clues. I should be responsible, and I just hope to make up for it."

As soon as these words came out, the room became even quieter, as if everyone's breathing slowed down.

From Ji Bieyun's peripheral vision, a glass bottle suddenly flew over and hit him right at his feet, the shards burst apart, and one of them scratched his left forehead.After a sharp pain, warm liquid soon flowed down.

"You should be responsible, and Shi Rui should also be responsible. These are good soldiers brought out by him!" Emperor Yuan Hui finally couldn't control his anger, and raised his voice, "Call me Shi Rui too!"

"Your Majesty..." Ji Bieyun wanted to speak, but was suddenly interrupted by Duan Wenfu.

"Your Majesty, with one more team, the criminal can be brought to justice earlier. Why not just follow what General Ji Zhonglang said and let him lead someone to track it down. It's good if you catch it. If you can't catch it, it's just a crime." That's all."

Emperor Yuan Hui sneered, "The life lawsuit in Chongzhou, you three judges have tried for the past few days but have made no progress. Everyone in the world is waiting. Why, let them see a joke about the court?"

"Don't dare." Duan Wenfu replied respectfully.

"You don't dare, but someone dares!"

The emperor started to walk back and forth again. After a while, he seemed to have made a decision, and his tone eased a lot.

"You must block the news about this matter. I will give you one day. No matter what method you use, you must bring that person back, life or death."

Live or die?

Ji Bieyun's heart tightened, what does Emperor Yuan Hui mean by this?How can there be an interrogation after death? Even if the interrogation fails, do you have to make up a pretext so that you can give an explanation to the people of the world?

"If that person is really allowed to escape, the peace of mind that Daliang finally gained will be like the wound on Ji Qing's forehead. A scar is left on a good face, wouldn't it always remind everyone of what happened? , making people focus on that scar all the time.”

Having said that, the blood on Ji Bieyun's forehead finally slipped over his temples and flowed to the side of his neck.

Emperor Yuan Hui waved his hand after returning to the case, "Okay, let's go."

Ji Bieyun stood up, stepped aside, and waited for the three members of the third division to leave before leaving.

The blood had already lost its temperature, and was chilled by the cold wind outside the door.He didn't have a handkerchief on his body, so it was difficult to wipe off the blood, so he had to bear it first.

Unexpectedly, before he took two steps, he was suddenly stopped by someone, Wu Neishi chased after him with something in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty specially gave this to General Ji, so the old servant must hand it over to you."

Ji Bieyun looked down, but found that it was a small porcelain bottle.

He said in a hoarse voice: "Medicine?"

Wu Neishi smiled and nodded, "This medicine is very good, it won't leave scars after using it."

He took the porcelain bottle and held it in his hand, and found that he couldn't understand the Emperor Yuanhui.

The sage is even more elusive than the virtuous prince, with the majesty in his body, every word and deed represent deep meaning.Is it true to indulge in pleasure, or is it true to care about people's livelihood, or are these two faces disguised by Emperor Yuan Hui?

"Please thank Your Majesty, Minister Wu, for me."

Ji Bieyun turned his head and hurried out of the palace.

When he left the palace, he dragged Gan Cunyi straight to Dali Temple.Gan Shaoqing didn't have the heart to blame anyone, so he explained to him what happened last night.

Last night, most of the people from the Third Division, including Dali Temple, had returned home to rest, leaving only a few people, and almost all of them were guarded by You Xiaowei inside and out.Dai Fengmao led 20 people to guard in the prison. In the middle of the night, Cai Han suddenly made a fuss, saying that he would confess the matter immediately.But the chief officials of the Sanju Department were not there, and Dai Fengmao couldn't decide what to do, so he brought a pen and paper and asked Cai Han to write it down.

However, before I started writing, the water went out.

Dai Fengmao led most of the people to fight the fire, leaving two people behind. Unexpectedly, there was only a little spark in the upper hall, it was just a false alarm.When they returned to the prison, Cai Han had disappeared.

Ji Bieyun also had a headache when he heard it, and tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his clothes to wipe the blood, but he didn't take out the bottle of medicine given by the Holy Majesty in front of Gan Cunyi.

The wound on his forehead was not serious, and there was not much blood dripping down. He wiped it in a daze, and asked, "Dai Fengmao told you this?"

Gan Shaoqing nodded, "As soon as I received the news, I rushed over and asked Dai Fengmao and the other three divisions separately. The ins and outs of what they said were similar."

He looked down at the blood stains on the fabric, and asked again, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Gan Cunyi was stunned for a moment, and said awkwardly after a while: "Originally, I wanted someone to send you news, but the servant of the Ministry of Punishment was quick to talk and passed the matter to the palace before anyone came... I guess he thought it was a big deal. Big body, don't dare to hide it."

Qu Xingwen, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, did not like to stand out during the joint trial of the three divisions, and more often just watched from the sidelines.This person looks like a middle-of-the-road person who dare not take responsibility and does not seek credit. He took the initiative to inform the emperor of Cai Han's escape for a while. Does this move have any ulterior motives?

Ji Bieyun didn't speak any more, the carriage galloped all the way, and before it stopped at the gate of Dali Temple, he turned over and jumped out of the carriage.

At this moment, no one was shut up in the dungeon, and all the people from You Xiaowei stood in a large open space after entering the door, and the deputy lieutenant who was the leader stood upright and upright.

As soon as Ji Bieyun stepped through the door, he shouted: "Dai Fengmao!"

Deputy Captain Dai seemed to have expected this scene, so he answered without a pause, his voice loud and clear.

He walked past this man and said coldly, "Follow me and go to the dungeon."

After hearing the steady footsteps following behind him, Ji Bieyun asked, "Have you found any clues?"

"The man who yelled to get out of the water first took advantage of the chaos and fled, but some of us saw him running east."

"The scope is too large."

Ji Bieyun's face darkened, and after going down the stairs, he ran to the cell where Cai Han was originally held.He thought for a while, and then asked: "Didn't you give Cai Han a pen and paper, did he write anything down, show it to me."

Dai Fengmao didn't speak for a while, he turned around strangely, but found that this person was a little embarrassed.

"... General Zuo Xiaowei took it away, but it was indeed a blank piece of paper. They didn't believe that there was nothing on it, so they took it away by force."

"Zuo Xiaowei has been here?" Ji Bieyun frowned, "What else did they do?"

"General Zhang ordered all of us to stay here and not to leave without permission."

Dai Fengmao looked humiliated, and Ji Bieyun didn't feel very good looking at it.

When they hadn't entered the Right Xiaowei before, they were robbed of their credit.Although Zuo Xiaowei didn't do it that time, the incident broke out and had a big impact on them.Now even Zuo Xiaowei is playing around with the wind, and he almost didn't say the words "take credit".

Ji Bieyun pursed his lips tightly and held the handle of the knife in silence for a moment.

Dai Fengmao gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "General Zhang is the head of the guard, we can't disobey the order, but I can't help people run away, so I have to tell them the clues to escape to the east. Next See you again Zuo Xiaowei, I will definitely kill those..."

"There is nothing wrong with what you did, and the purpose of sharing the clues is to catch them back as soon as possible." Ji Bieyun interrupted, "Just don't say anything about killing people, and think about whether there are any clues. Since someone robbed the prison , must have been planned long ago. They may hide their whereabouts after escaping, and Zuo Xiaowei only needs a blank sheet of paper and a general direction, so it is not easy to find someone."

He pushed open the cell door, and the broken iron chain swayed. After walking inside, his eyes fell on the quilt involuntarily.

Cai Han lay here most of the time, motionless like a dead body.

This person suddenly wanted to confess all the truth in the middle of the night, could it be that he couldn't wait until dawn?

Ji Bieyun squatted down, and stretched out his hand as if feeling something.The mattress was moldy, stained with a lot of blood, and had a foul smell.

There was a layer of dry grass next to the quilt, and he tried to push it away. There were a few messy blood characters painted on the rough ground, which were already difficult to recognize after being trampled on.

Ji Bieyun turned his head to look carefully, and recognized it with difficulty.

"Top, sin, destroy, mouth."