Flowers are expensive

Chapter 505 Sudden News 1
She raised her finger and pointed at Mo Xiang and the others beside her and shouted, "It's them! They are the Xie family! They are with Guan Changming! My lord, catch them quickly, or they will run away!"

"Nonsense!" Zhuang said in a panic.

"I'm not talking nonsense! Isn't Guan Changming the son of the Xie family? Isn't he a traitor? If he isn't, why is Yucheng Yamen wanting him?"

"Okay," Zuo Heng glanced at Moxiang and the others, then turned to Master Lin and said, "Master Lin, you must have received a report from the imperial court, and now the whole country is working together to hunt down the rebels from Qingyue Hall. Miss any of them. There are people related to Qingyue Hall in the area under your jurisdiction, don't you realize it at all?"

"This……"

"Yucheng's wanted list was reported to the imperial court earlier, and there is indeed a man named Guan Changming among them. It seems that Mr. Lin did not search carefully enough! How could such a thing be allowed to happen?"

Mr. Lin hurriedly said: "Perhaps it is because the lower officials did not investigate strictly!"

"Since someone has reported it, it must not be ignored! Master Lin, take the Xie family and others to trial one by one, don't miss this opportunity!"

Mr. Lin was a little embarrassed, because he had clearly heard from Xixi just now that the Xie family had some contacts with the palace.As soon as Zuo Heng came, he wanted to arrest the members of Xie's family, he didn't know whether he should arrest or not.

"What's the matter?" Zuo Heng glanced at Xixi who was sitting next to him and asked, "Master Lin, is there something difficult? Could it be that Master Lin has some scruples because Xie's family is involved with Prince You's Mansion?"

"Lord Zuo, it seems unreasonable to take down the Xie family just based on Xie Moxue's one-sided words?"

"There is a decree from the Holy Spirit that one person should not be missed, but if there is even a little clue, we must find out the truth! Qingyue Hall is currently rebelling in the northwest, if some spies sneak into the city, the consequences will be disastrous, and Lord Lin must not be able to afford it! Don't repeat, even if If there is any blame at Prince You's Mansion, I will bear it all! Hurry up and go!"

Master Lin still hesitated, after all, the wife of the city lord is still sitting there!But Xie's family members panicked, especially Zhuang's. When they heard that they would be arrested, their faces turned pale with fright. They grabbed Mo Xiang's arm and said, "What should we do? We are not traitors." ! Why are you arresting us?"

"You deserve it! You are traitors!" Mo Xiang pointed at Mrs. Zhuang with a gloating expression and shouted, "You and Guan Changming are in the same group! My lord, arrest them! Arrest them!"

Zuo Heng glanced at Mr. Lin and asked: "What's the matter? You still don't want to do anything? Are you willing to do anything until the official shows your official seal?"

Master Lin is helpless, who made himself three or four levels shorter than him?One level of official rank can crush people to death!So he had no choice but to wave and tell the Yacha: "Take Xie's family to the prison first, and don't take any of them down!"

Mrs. Zhuang was timid, so she burst into tears, and shouted at Xixi in a panic: "Mother! We are not rebels! You know, we are not rebels!"

Zuo Heng glanced at Xixi, and said in a cold tone: "Seeing that the empress is pregnant, it is time to go back to the palace to rest. This is an important place for the yamen, it is better for the empress to come here less in the future."

"Master Zuo, don't you feel that the kitchen is taking over?" Xi Xi asked, getting up slowly.

When Zuo Heng reported his name just now, Xixi realized that he should be from the Zuo family in the capital.I heard Bingcan talk about the Zuo family before, and Xixi knew that the Zuo family was a prominent family in the capital, and most of the children in the family were officials in the court, and their ranks were not low, so they didn't stop it immediately, but thought it out in their hearts Make up your mind and speak again.

These four words made Zuo Heng a little surprised, at least that's how the slightly startled expression on his face revealed it.He replied: "Your Majesty, I don't quite understand what you said. Why do you want Yue Chu to do it for you?"

"Is your lord going to Jingyou City for business or private business?"

"I don't seem to need your mother to intervene in business or private matters." Zuo Heng spoke with a sense of pride from a son of a prominent family, with an attitude of superiority in everything.

Xixi nodded and said: "That's right, my lord has nothing to do with my side concubine whether it's business or private. But if your lord wants to intervene in the affairs of this city, don't you have to ask Lord Bingcan first?"

"Your Majesty's words are biased. I am following the emperor's order to hunt down all kinds of rebels and act according to the order. Even if there are some inappropriate things, Lord Bingcan must be able to understand a thing or two. My Majesty's words to stop, could it be that Youwang Palace and Xie's family Is it really inextricably linked?" Xixi went around the table, walked up to Zuo Heng, met his questioning gaze and smiled and said, "Is Master Zuo implying that this side concubine should separate herself from the Xie family? If so, wouldn’t this side concubine slap herself in front of so many people? Just now this side concubine admitted that Prince You’s Mansion had some contacts with Xie’s family. If you are eager to get rid of it, wouldn't it make adults more suspicious?"

Zuo Heng's eyes couldn't help flashing a gleam of clarity, he secretly felt that this woman was born with a very eloquent tongue, and she was unruffled in times of crisis.However, he did not let go because of this, and said: "Then, can you tell me, what is the relationship between Prince You's Mansion and Xie's family?"

Xixi replied with a smile: "I don't know what capacity my lord is asking this concubine? If you are chatting privately, it seems that my concubine can not answer your question; if you are asking as the so-called servant of the Ministry of Punishment, it seems that your identity has yet to be verified." .Even Lord Lin doesn’t recognize you, so shouldn’t you prove your integrity in advance?”

"Hehe," Zuo Heng chuckled twice, "Your Majesty is really quite eloquent! However, when I was listening to the audience just now, I heard Your Majesty say with my own ears that the Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, let alone a member of Prince You's Mansion." Relatives. The empress does not dare to admit the word relatives at this moment, but uses these ambiguous words to prevaricate, isn't it a bit of an attempt to cover up?"

Zuo Heng's words were obviously embarrassing.He was hiding in the crowd of onlookers just now, and he saw the whole process of the trial clearly. If Xixi wanted to quibble, it would be a bit self-confident.Master Lin was a little worried about this young concubine at the moment. After all, she was the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, so it was not easy to deal with.He hurriedly squinted his eyes and gave a glance to the teacher next to him. The teacher understood and secretly assigned a yamen messenger to report to Prince You's Mansion.

What Master Lin meant was to invite Bingcan here as soon as possible, so that Zuo Heng would not overly irritate Xixi and cause Xixi to be shocked.So, after he finished looking at him, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Madam, you see that you have been sitting for so long, why don't you go to the back hall to take a rest, and then invite you out when Lord Bingcan comes?"

These words are steps, and I want Xixi to follow them down.But Xixi didn't give up, and instead became extremely interested in this bickering, perhaps because of the rising fire of pregnancy.She waved her hand and said, "Thank you Lord Lin for your kindness. I don't need to trouble Lord Bingcan to answer this trivial matter for my side concubine."

Master Lin did everything he could, so he had no choice but to step aside and not speak.Xi Xi walked two steps back and forth with her round belly and said: "Even if my side concubine prevaricates you, it is understandable. There are so many wonders in the world, and some bold and reckless people like to pretend to be gods and ghosts, pretending to be children of aristocratic families, Court minister, how does this concubine know if you are the real Lord Zuo Heng? Is there anyone present who can testify for you?"

One of Zuo Heng's attendants came out and said: "My lord is indeed Zuo Heng, the servant of the Criminal Department of Central Beijing, the second young master of the Zuo family, as long as you ask Mr. Bingcan in your house, you will know the answer."

"I love to hear that!" Xixi smiled, pointing at the entourage, "Everything will not be known until Lord Bingcan arrives, so should your lord stand aside at this moment, and wait for Master Lin to conclude the case?" Let me talk about it again? Otherwise, I would be suspected of disturbing the court, wouldn't I, Master Lin?"

Lord Lin echoed with him: "Yes...it is indeed..."

"Then it's over?" Xixi looked at Zuo Heng frankly and smiled, "Please ask this Master Zuo to move forward and step back beyond the yellow line. After a while, Lord Bingcan will come and show you to him." It's not too late to give orders when you're upright, please!"

Zuo Heng said disapprovingly: "I have an official seal on my body. If you don't believe me, you can take my official seal to verify. The matter of Qingyuetang's rebellion against thieves is of great importance. I cannot let go of any clue. If we let Xie's family go like this If you leave, I'm afraid you will lose important clues, so please don't stop me again and again, otherwise you will be suspected of covering up! Come, get the official seal!"

Zuo Heng's entourage took out a brown-yellow brocade pouch from the bundle, held it up to Xixi with both hands and said, "If you don't believe me, you can verify the authenticity of this official seal."

Xixi doesn't know what kind of official seal to verify, after all, isn't it just a piece of brass with a few words engraved on it?Who can tell the truth?Seeing Zuo Heng's aggressiveness and his attitude of not giving up until he took down the Xie family, she also felt a little anxious.The Xie family had an inexplicable relationship with Qingyue Hall, if they were taken down by a servant of the criminal department like Zuo Heng, forced confession would be enough.Once the Xie family surrenders, Zuo Heng will definitely involve Prince You's Mansion, and it will be troublesome then!
While Xixi was deliberating, Lord Lin had already rubbed the copper seal on the white paper, then raised his head and said to Xixi: "Your Majesty, it's the real seal!"

"Since it is the real seal, then the identity of the official is clear! Master Lin," Zuo Heng ordered confidently, "I order you as the servant of the Ministry of punishment, quickly take down the Xie family and don't miss it. Lose one, and the judge will start the trial immediately!"

"Wait!"

Zuo Heng glanced at Xixi and asked, "Your Majesty, what questions do you have? You have repeatedly prevented me from taking down Xie's family. Is there something ulterior in this?"

Xixi chuckled lightly and said: "My lord's words are really mysterious. When others heard it, they thought that our Prince You's Mansion was colluding with the rebels secretly! I'm afraid the lord thinks so in his heart, right? It's just that he didn't say it! No Wrong, the official seal is real, but whether your lord is real or not is yet to be verified!"

"Your Majesty, are you deliberately finding fault?"

"If this side concubine is unreasonable, my lord can just refute, and my side concubine will accept the move one by one! If my lord can achieve a third-rank official position like a servant of the Ministry of punishment, she must be a Jinshi or Tanhualang, and definitely not relying on the Zuo family. An official position mixed with Zu Yin's merits and virtues? Well, let me tell you, my lord. You and I don't know each other. Just rely on a real official seal to determine your identity. Why? If you are a bold gangster, isn't this concubine? What do you think? It’s going to be a joke.”

Zuo Heng was secretly surprised, he didn't expect Xixi to be so difficult.Not only is he eloquent, but his mind is also very fast.He wholeheartedly wanted to win Xie's family for trial, but now he had to spend some energy to deal with Xixi.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xixi said to Master Lin: "Master Lin, go ahead! Where were you just now? Oh, by the way, Xie Moxue was imprisoned, right?"

Master Lin saw that Xixi overwhelmed Zuo Heng in momentum, nodded immediately and said: "Yes, yes, it's time to put Xie Moxue in jail! Someone, take the prisoner to jail!"

Namo Xueyuan thought that Zuo Heng was a ruthless character, and he could get some benefits, but who knows that he would still go to prison, so he immediately shouted at Zuo Heng in a panic: "My lord! They are really traitors! Women can testify! They are all Rebel!"

After Zuo Heng frowned and remained silent for a moment, he clenched his gums, as if he was making a decision.He raised his hand to tell the Yacha to stop first, then turned around and said to Xixi: "It's reasonable for the lady to have doubts. The lady doesn't recognize this official, well, the lady should recognize such things!"

(End of this chapter)