Chapter 24 Gao Lishi interrogated in court
"The prince consort is back."
Yang Hui lowered his head and hurried into the main hall. The maid hurriedly went up to take off his outer robe for him. He shook the front of the mid laner wet with sweat, and exhaled, "Oh my god, I'm sweating all over."
He asked the maid casually while putting on his thin silk shirt, "Where is the princess?"
"The princess copied the South China Sutra in the Western Courtyard Palace."
"That's good," Yang Hui breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and said, "I ordered someone to clean up the Luotang in the East Cross Courtyard, open the Changxuan and ventilate it. I will be entertaining guests later."
He walked out of the hall, Luo Xingchang and the other three waited in the yard. Yang Hui looked as old as before and asked briefly: "How?"
Luo Xingchang bowed and replied: "It has been completely arranged. The three of them memorized the confession thoroughly and would never make any omissions."
"Very good. At this critical moment, don't make any mistakes. Wait for another moment, and your Majesty will send Gao Lishi to interrogate."
Luo Xingchang took the courage to step forward and asked, "Will the saint really believe this?"
"Why don't you believe it? Even if you don't believe it, you're just suspicious, it's enough for the prince to drink a pot." Yang Hui said, cheering up his clothes: "Since ancient times, those who promote the power with magical power have all been ulterior motives. The saints understand this principle better than us."
"Now we will wait in front of Luo Hall in the East Cross Courtyard. Zhang Hong took the three people to the hall room and stayed there, so that they would not make noise."
The prince-in-law Yang Hui arranged the matter in an orderly manner, with the door open and a special door waiting for notification. There are no idle people to do activities on the journey from the east to the gate.
Li Siye, Zhang Xiaojing, and Liu Gengsan were locked in the wing room with the windows and doors closed. From entering the Prince Consort's Mansion to now, they have never had the chance to contact Liu Gengsan. Even at this moment, they were locked in two different rooms.
Li Siye was anxious. Could it be that the prince consort and his gang guessed that they wanted to kill someone to silence the patient and were prepared for this?
Zhang Xiaojing opened his one-eye and stared at the light that was transmitted from the gaps in the doors and windows, murmured: "Don't worry, there is still a chance."
His voice was as vague as a mosquito, and only Li Siye could understand what he was saying. The two stood silently, beside them were two soldiers wearing cloth armor, and the horizontal sword in their waists swayed gently as their bodies swung.
The sun gradually turned westward, and Yang Hui and others knelt on the porch were also anxious. Luo Xing often looked up at the sky from time to time and muttered, "This is already sunrise, why haven't you come yet?"
Yang Hui said patiently, "Wait, I will definitely come today."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door shouted out from outside the gate of the mansion: "The General of the Right Supervisor, the Senior Supervisor of the Provincial Eunuch, has arrived!"
"Here you!" Yang Hui raised his arms and raised his sleeves, tidied up Guan Bie with a nervous expression, and said to Luo Xingchang, Zhao Mu and Zhang Hong: "You should avoid it first and listen to my call."
Yang Hui ran to the gate himself and saw a eunuch with white face and red lips, black veil and squid head, crimson purple court suit, rhinoceros leather boots, holding a whisk in his hand, gently putting his tail on his left sleeve.
This person is Gao Lishi, a close minister next to Li Longji. He was followed by six young officials in green, all of whom were looking down at his feet.
Yang Hui saw Gao Lishi from a distance and quickly trotted to meet him: "Master, I'm looking forward to you."
Gao Lishi smiled and saw that the corners of his eyes could kill flies. He said slowly: "We serve everyone in the palace and will not be able to leave the palace. If we had not had this opportunity today, we would not know when we would go to the prince-consort's mansion to pay homage to the palace."
Yang Hui bowed to greet him and said, "I have killed Yang Hui. Xianyi was still talking about you two days ago, saying when will Ah Weng be invited to the mansion to have a drink and have fun? Why not take this opportunity today and Yang Huizuo will accompany you to have a few more drinks."
"Not today." Gao Lishi said with a solemn expression: "Today I have been sent by everyone to interrogate the demon and the confessor. Isn't the prince-consort waiting in the mansion for this reason?"
"Yes, yes," Yang Hui subconsciously wiped his forehead and smiled: "How did I forget this?"
Gao Lishi looked at the prince-consort with a playful smile on his expression.
"Please, please."
"Please please!"
The two of them smiled at the same time and led the way from Yang Hui to the east across the courtyard along the stone path.
Gao Lishi and Yang Hui came to the East Cluster Courtyard. The two climbed the stone steps and stood under the eaves of Luotang. Gao Lishi turned his head and asked Yang Hui: "How many criminals are there in this case?"
Yang Hui replied: "When I say that, there were three people. When they arrested, they fought stubbornly, one person died and one person seriously injured. Only the demon Liu Gengsan could be interrogated."
Gao Lishi asked suspiciously: "These three people are just causing such a big deal?"
Yang Hui thought to himself that Gao Lishi was really not a good-looking lamp, but his face smiled unabated and replied: "These demons were originally in Liquan County, and only these three people escaped the pursuit and ran to Chang'an to cause trouble. There were two other bad thieves from Wannian County who saw and heard the demons' rhetoric. I have called them to prove it today."
Gao Lishi shouted and said with a strange smile: "The bad robbers used by Wannian County Party are all people with bad robbers and dogs. The prince-consorts should not believe the words of such people."
Yang Hui replied cleverly: "Yang Hui also knew that many of these arresting officials had bad records, but this case was very important and involved in the Eastern Palace. If you say something wrong, it would be a serious crime to lose your head. They would not dare to speak nonsense."
Hearing Yang Hui say the word "East Palace" in his mouth, Gao Lishi's ears twitched slightly. He put the whisk on his shoulders, put his hands into his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, bring both the demon and the witness."
Yang Hui took advantage of the situation and waved his hand to the supervisor: "Call them to bring people here."
The Yang Mansion Manager hurriedly ran to inform Luo Xingchang who was waiting at the gate of the cross-agency. Luo Xingchang ran to order the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion: "Hurry up, escort the person over!"
Li Siye stood in the dark room with his eyes down. When he heard the shouts outside, his heart beat faster, as if he had encountered a strong opponent standing in the fighting cage, giving him a huge sense of oppression.
The door of the wing opened, and four soldiers stood on their left and right to search. They took off the heads on him and Zhang Xiaojing's heads, pulled down the bamboo hairpins and copper hairpins on the heads, and ordered the two to tie the heads again.
"Go out and go!"
Zhang Xiaojing's one-eyed eyes twitched slightly. The copper hairpin was his only weapon. Without this object, he could not kill Liu Gengsan quietly.
The demon Liu Gengsan was also taken out and stood at the gate of the cross-yard. Luo Xingchang commanded the soldiers to arrange Li Siye and Zhang Xiaojing to stand on the left and right sides of Liu Gengsan, and gave them a final warning:
"Remember, I can only say confessions! Liu Gengsan, think about your son's life! Zhang Xiaojing, Li Siye, your future and life are in this cross-yard!"
Li Siye smiled bitterly and said rightly that his life was related to this short journey. If Liu Gengsan did not die before meeting the people sent by the court, their lives would be over.
Three soldiers escorted the three of them into the courtyard side by side, only a few dozen steps away from Luo Tang. Li Siye looked up and saw Yang Hui and the white-faced eunuch standing under the eaves with his hands hanging down. The eunuch carried the whisk on his shoulders, and his face was grim and angry. Yang Hui looked cold and handsome, with a deep look of hope.
Behind them were the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion who were carrying swords across their waists. If they were not careful, they would cause death.
Chapter completed!