Chapter 67 Blood Vengeance

The chief was so frightened by Ye Qinghuai's expression that he quickly said: "Yes...yes, it's Du Zhengen, the commander of the Forbidden Army's Youya Prefecture!"

"You said he was under orders from Dali Temple. Where is the official document?"

"Official document... Mr. Du said that the matter was urgent, and the official document will be supplemented later..." The principal's voice weakened again.

"Who is being executed?"

"Yes... yes... he is Si Li's executioner."

"There is no official document, no edict, just a word from Du Zhengen, how can you let your people do this?"

"Your Majesty, these... these people can't be said to be subordinates of the lower official. The lower official is just the chief officer, and there are also the doctor and the wailang. The lower official is also under orders to do things."

"You were ordered to do something? Whose order was it? Who gave you the order to kill him!" Ye Qinghuai got angry, grabbed his hair and threw him out.

After being thrown away, the chief hurriedly crawled back, kowtowed at Ye Qinghuai's feet and said: "Your Majesty, it is clear! The officials and the people in the department did not kill the people, it was the people of the Imperial Army who did the killings!"

Ye Qinghuai frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "What is going on? What did Lan Guiren go through here today? Please tell me clearly! If you miss a word, you will

Try the Shen Xing Division’s methods for yourself.”

No one knows the methods of the Shenxing Division better than him.

The chief quickly kowtowed, knelt straight, and replied: "At noon today, when the official was going to have dinner, Commander Du suddenly led a team of people to escort a... escorting Lan Guiren to the Shenxing Department. Exit

The official had never seen Guiren Lan. He saw that she was dressed like a cook, so he thought she was from the imperial kitchen and didn't ask any questions. Commander Du said that Dali Temple had discovered that there were spies in the harem and wanted to interrogate her here, so the official sent two

An executioner helped Commander Du. They entered a torture chamber, the one on the left hand side at the end, and then closed the door. The entrance to the dungeon was guarded by the Imperial Guards, and the lower officials could not get close."

He paused and looked at Ye Qinghuai. Seeing the emperor staring at him with red eyes, he lowered his head and continued: "The maids and eunuchs who come to our place are usually recruited as soon as they come in, and even those who talk hard can't survive for an hour.

But Commander Du went in and didn't come out for more than two hours, so Xiaguan was a little puzzled. So he made a pot of hot tea and wanted to bring it to them and see what was going on inside. But Xiaguan's tea hadn't been brewed yet.

A guard from the imperial army came in at the door and said in a hurry that he was looking for Commander Du."

"Not long after he went down to the dungeon, Commander Du followed him out. Seeing that Commander Du was about to leave in a hurry, the subordinate hurried up to ask about the situation. He said that he was a trained hard man.

, it will take some time to get the results of the trial, and I asked the lower officer to bring some dinner to the brothers in the imperial army. When the lower officer saw that the trial was going to last until midnight, he went down to greet them to come up and eat first."

"When I went down, they had stopped interrogating me. I looked in at the door of the house. Although Lan Guiren didn't look well, his life was fine." After saying that, he raised his head and glanced at Ye Qinghuai.

He added, "Later, when it was just getting dark, Commander Du came back with his people. He went down once and soon brought everyone up. He asked his subordinates to clean up and said that Dali Temple

The documents will be delivered in a few days, and then he will leave. When I go down again, it will be... that's already the case."

After saying that, he kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, you must be clear! I didn't say anything false. The blood on Lan Guiren's face was cleaned up by me! It's really none of my business..."

Ye Qinghuai ignored him.

She was lost in thought.

According to what the principal said, the Youya guards originally wanted to execute him to extract a confession and find out the whereabouts of Yuxi, but later Du Zhengen left for a trip and killed Qin Baozhu when he came back.

Apparently he was ordered by someone.

His boss Xu Liang was killed by Lu Yanchen at Donglinmen, and his immediate boss Luo Zichang was dismissed by Ye Qinghuai. Now the only people who can order him are He Qingchang, the Minister of War, and Gu Shihai, the second assistant.

He Qingchang has not shown up all day today. It is self-evident who ordered him to kill Qin Baozhu.

Gu Shihai must have had an impromptu idea.

If Ye Qinghuai hadn't made his daughter his queen, Qin Baozhu would have been no threat to him at all.

On the contrary, the emperor indulged in women and ignored government affairs, which was exactly what he wanted to see.

But now that Ye Qinghuai has appointed Gu's daughter as queen, everything is completely different.

Gu Shihai wanted to clear all obstacles for his daughter before she entered the palace to ensure that his grandson could inherit the throne.

But Ye Qinghuai never expected that he would do it so quickly.

As soon as he received the imperial decree from the rear, he ordered people to kill Qin Baozhu.

If what the principal said is true, Qin Baozhu's death should have been at the time when Ye Qinghuai was carried back to Jingshou Palace.

She clenched her fists, her heart filled with regret, which made her chest feel tight.

It was her negligence.

If she had thought of it at that time and came to look for Qin Baozhu immediately, she might have been able to save her life.

While she was feeling depressed, her boss kept begging for mercy at her feet.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I have been serving as a prisoner for ten years from Dali Temple to the Criminal Punishment Department. I have worked conscientiously and devotedly to my duties. I have been dragged into the water..."

Hearing this, Ye Qinghuai said angrily: "What's wrong? No matter who is responsible for the murder, the Division of Punishment dares to impose such severe punishment without documents. Do you still remember that you are eating the royal food from the imperial court? Yours

The master's surname is neither Du nor Gu! This is the Shenxing Department in the palace city, not the backyard of Gu Shihai's family!"

After saying that, she calmed down a little and said: "Li Baoquan, please inform the palace on my behalf that the Criminal Punishment Department has neglected its duties and used lynching. All members of the Criminal Punishment Department will be demoted one level and fined three months' salary."

, Each person on duty today will receive twenty imperial rods, and they will be executed in front of the Xuanqing Gate. They will be beaten tonight, and you will watch them in person, and let all the servants and guards in the palace watch."

"This slave accepts the order." Li Baoquan bowed and said.

Then he ordered the people behind him: "Take him down. You guys, go check the records of today's duty and pick up the person according to the list."

The principal was dragged down while shouting "Your Majesty, spare your life" all the way.

Only three people, Ye Qinghuai, Qin Yang and Li Baoquan, were left in the room.

"I will deal with the matter of the right yamen guard tomorrow." After Ye Qinghuai finished speaking, he looked back at Qin Baozhu's body and Qin Yang, who was still kneeling beside the stone bed.

He was still crying silently, his broad back shrugging.

Ye Qinghuai took off his cloak and covered Qin Baozhu.

"Li Baoquan, Lord Lan has been promoted to Concubine Lan. Let the inner court place her in the imperial mausoleum." Ye Qinghuai's voice was silent, echoing in the empty morgue.

She reached out and slowly put her hand on Qin Yang's shoulder.

After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't protect her well."

Qin Yang wiped his eyes and shook his head. He choked and said: "Your Majesty, I have a request at the end."

"you say."

"I want to kill that man named Du Zhengen with my own hands." Deep hatred flashed in Qin Yang's eyes.

Ye Qinghuai hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I promise you that I will leave him to your disposal after I bring him to justice."

Qin Yang nodded and stood up.

He looked at Qin Baozhu's cheek, which was still full of sorrow.

Suddenly, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned back to look at Ye Qinghuai.

"Your Majesty, have you met the young master's family?"
Chapter completed!