A knife in love

Chapter 427

While Situ Qiao was speaking, Li Qiufeng kept staring into his eyes.

Ever since Li Qiufeng arrived in the capital, he was recommended by a court elder who had become an official to serve as an errand in Jinyiwei, and he has been working in the Nanzhen Fusi under Jinyiwei.Jinyiwei is divided into two township divisions, the south and the north. Among them, the north township division is responsible for the investigation of cases ordered by the emperor himself.The three law divisions are the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate, which are in charge of punishment and supervision.In the Ming Dynasty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had great power. It could not only supervise the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, but also had the power to "make judgments on major matters and make decisions on minor matters".It's just that Beizhen Fusi is not under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Sanju Division.Although the world thinks that Jinyiwei is powerful and powerful, in fact, it is Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi who makes the court officials and the people change their expressions and fear them like snakes and scorpions.

Nanzhen Fusi is not in charge of investigation, arrest, torture, execution, etc., but is only responsible for the internal legal and military discipline of Jinyiwei, and is also responsible for the inspection and guarding of various palaces in the palace.In terms of power, the Nanzhen Fusi seems to be far inferior to the Beizhen Fusi. Although it is responsible for supervising the Beizhen Fusi, it is just that the Beizhen Fusi executes the cases ordered by the emperor himself, so the leader of the Nanzhen Fusi He never dared to point fingers at Beizhen Fusi's handling of the case.However, Li Qiufeng joined the Jinyiwei as an errand, shouldering a very secret mission, so he often went to the Beizhen Fusi with excuses, and was very familiar with the set of methods of detection, arrest, and interrogation of the Beizhen Fusi.Beizhen Fusi interrogated the suspect, in addition to extorting a confession through severe torture, he was also very skillful in observing words and demeanor.In many cases, it can be judged from the eyes whether the suspect is lying.

Li Qiufeng also learned these powerful interrogation techniques of Beizhen Fusi, so he kept staring into Situ Qiao's eyes, trying to judge whether he was lying.It's just that although this person was a little flustered when he spoke, there was no wavering in his eyes like when ordinary people tell lies.Li Qiufeng once saw the captured tomb robbers being tried in Beizhen Fusi, including Luo Sixi, the robber who robbed the grave of the Zhang family's ancestors in Hejian.Na Luo Sixi's tomb-robbing skills are unparalleled in the world. It is said that he can tell whether there is a large tomb underground just by smelling it with his nose.This person has high martial arts skills and is extremely cunning. People in the world call him 'slippery hands'.He was arrested and interrogated by the procuratorial envoys of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi successively, but he had to be acquitted because there was no evidence of his crime.Satisfied, Luo Sixi ran to the capital to commit a crime, and was targeted by the spies of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi. When he sneaked into Hejian Mansion to steal the Zhang family's ancestral grave, he was captured by the Beizhen Fusi's masters and taken to the capital for trial. .Although he denied it in every possible way, in the end he was caught by the Jin Yiwei Baihu who was prosecuting the case, so he had to plead guilty and submit to the law.At that time, Li Qiufeng was ordered by the head of Nanzhen Fusi to sit in the court to watch the trial, and benefited a lot.Therefore, at this time, he carefully observed Situ Qiao's words and deeds, and judged that this person was not lying or deceiving.

But I heard Situ Qiao say: "After I crashed into the stone coffin, I was afraid that those ghosts would catch up, so I threw the torch backward with my backhand. After I entered the stone coffin, I turned around quickly and leaned my back on the stone coffin. On the wooden coffin inside, he gasped heavily. Although the entrance of the stone coffin was built like a door, it was only much smaller than the door of ordinary people. If the entrance was guarded, no matter how high the martial arts skills of the enemy outside were, it would be extremely difficult. Difficult to enter. After I fled into the stone coffin, I just turned around and saw that the entrance was so small. I breathed a sigh of relief. I thought to myself that as long as I guard the entrance, it would not be a problem to resist for a few hours. But on second thought, the tomb chamber These people are all ghosts, and it is easy to get into the stone coffin. Thinking of this, I feel as if I have fallen into an ice cellar, and my body even trembles.

"After I threw the torch in my hand, it happened to land in front of Li Xianhui, Wu Yanji and the man in Chinese clothes, so I could see the situation in the tomb very clearly by the light of the torch. I saw more than a dozen gold armored men The samurai pressed his long sword and was about to approach the stone coffin. At this moment, the sound of horseshoes reached the door of the tomb. A moment later, there were flashing figures, and several horsemen and horses rushed into the tomb.

"I was stunned. I didn't know why there were knights in the Yongtai Princess Mausoleum. I was even more surprised when I saw the riders and horses clearly. I saw these horses dressed in red and green, brightly decorated, and immediately The knights were dressed in different clothes and tall hats with peacock feathers on the top of their hats. These knights had big beards, high noses and deep eyes, and they didn't look like people from the Central Plains.

"Looking at these people and horses, the more I looked at them, the more I felt that they were very strange, but for a while I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Just as I was wondering, I saw the knights jumping off their horses one after another, bowing down to Princess Yongtai and the other three. When these people were riding on the horses, they didn’t see any problems. After they jumped off the horses and compared them with Princess Yongtai and others, I immediately knew where the problems were. It turned out that these people were much smaller than normal people , they are not short, but small..."

The more people listened, the more bizarre they became, their eyes widened and they stared at Situ Qiao closely.But I heard Situ Qiao say: "I just found out why I felt something was wrong after these knights entered the tomb. It turned out that before I entered the back tomb, I had carefully inspected the eight ear chambers on the left and right. See you in the ear chambers." There are many figurines of men and women riding horses, figurines of horses, warriors, tomb beasts and various animal figurines. The figurines of horses rushed into the tomb. These figurines of horses are much smaller than ordinary people, so they can ride horses in the tomb passage I didn’t expect these figurines to come back to life. I thought I was dreaming, so I bit the tip of my tongue hastily. I felt a sharp pain in my tongue and a salty taste in my mouth. I still clearly saw those barbarians Kneeling down to Princess Yongtai, I knew that this was definitely not a dream. It was just that the situation in front of me was too weird, and I was even more flustered.

"I saw those golden armored warriors drawing their long swords and slowly approaching the stone coffin, knowing that the situation was not good. In a hurry, I turned my body sideways and crawled inside along the gap between the stone coffin and the wooden coffin Go in. The stone coffin is built according to the shape of the living room. Although it is extremely narrow, it can be drilled in. To make everyone laugh, I was like a lost dog at that time, and like a fish slipping through the net. Can I care about other things? I drilled deeper and deeper, and even reached the end of the wooden coffin.

"I thought to myself, that Princess Yongtai in the tomb must not be alive. If she is a ghost, I don't know if there is her body in this wooden coffin. I often hear people say that if a ghost haunts the body, it will destroy the body. If the ghost loses its body, its soul will fly away. Now that I am in a deadly situation, I might as well fight to the death and open the wooden coffin. If there is a corpse of Princess Yongtai and his wife, I will destroy the corpse. Maybe there will be a glimmer of life. Thinking of this , I inserted a steel claw into the gap in the wooden coffin, and lifted it hard, only to hear a loud 'click', and the coffin lid had been pried open by me.

"At this moment, I suddenly heard a very mournful cry from outside the stone coffin. Although the voice was not very loud, it was just that the voice was sad, angry, and shrill. When I heard it, I felt heartbroken. I knew the situation was not good. , I bit the tip of my tongue hard, and under the severe pain, my mind became clear for a moment. I swung the steel grip with my right hand vigorously, and the coffin lid was pushed aside, and it hit the stone coffin with a loud noise. I put my head on the coffin, and by the firelight from the entrance, I saw two corpses lying side by side in the coffin. The two corpses were covered with brocade quilts, but the muscles on their faces were rotten and dry It was clean, only two skulls were left. Four gloomy eye holes stared at me blankly, so frightened that my legs gave way and I almost fell into the coffin.

"At this time, the shrill shouting outside the stone coffin had stopped, but a very subtle singing came in. It was a woman who sang, and her voice was full of sorrow. She sang: '...Princess Fayao The light of the platform, the fragrance of the tree with pearls... Clear and bright... Playing the sound of the jade flute, entering the colorful clouds and never returning, alas... When will the long live forever?'

"With this song, I just felt like falling into an ice cellar, and my body slowly became stiff. I knew that if I procrastinated, I would definitely get the hands of these ghosts. So I turned my heart and stretched out the steel claw of my right hand suddenly. into the coffin, it was inserted into the throat of the corpse on the left, and with a strong pull, a human head was immediately lifted up from the coffin. I threw the head out of the coffin, and then threw another The head was hooked out and thrown to the other side of the coffin.

"After the two heads were taken out, the tomb suddenly trembled. I crawled and crawled to the entrance of the stone coffin, but I saw the torch lying in the middle of the tomb, but there were no shadows of Princess Yongtai and others. My heart Overjoyed, he hurriedly got out of the stone coffin, stepped to the center of the tomb, grabbed the torch on the ground, but saw that there were several piles of colorful sand on the ground. My heart trembled, and I remembered that this place was exactly where the tomb was. The place where the Huren knights stood, unexpectedly these figurines turned into sand.

"At this time, the tomb trembled more rapidly, as if the entire mausoleum was about to collapse. I originally wanted to take down the round stone on the top of the tomb, but it happened suddenly, and I was no longer allowed to stay at this time. So I fled to the outside of the tomb, and even glanced at the stone wall in my busy schedule. I saw Princess Yongtai in the mural looking at me with resentment. My legs were so frightened that I almost fell on the ground again. on the ground.

"When I woke up, I was already standing outside the mausoleum. The moon and stars were sparse in the night sky, and crows' hoarse cries were heard from time to time. Thinking of what happened in the mausoleum, it was like a big dream. Looking at the tomb again At the door, there was no trace of opening. I stood in front of the tomb, carefully recalling the situation in the tomb, and for a moment I didn’t know whether I had really entered this tomb. The wind whimpered, and there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes watching me in the grass. I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I left Yongtai Princess Mausoleum in a hurry, and found a farmhouse outside Xianyang City to spend the night. Prepare to visit Princess Yongtai's Mausoleum again, unexpectedly I couldn't even get out of bed the next morning. I knew I was seriously ill, so I had to take out money to ask the farmer to go to the doctor. The illness lasted for more than half a month, almost I lost my life in Xianyang. Until my condition improved, I didn’t dare to stay any longer, and hurried back to the capital. In the following years, when I mentioned Wu Zetian’s mausoleum, I felt terrified..."

When Situ Qiao said this, Xu Chenghe said: "If it is according to what Mr. Situ said, if we destroy Yao Guangxiao's body, will we be able to release the mechanism in this hall?"

As soon as Xu Chenghe finished speaking, everyone involuntarily looked at the huge ebony coffin.At this moment, everyone suddenly felt a flash of lightning above their heads, followed by a thunderclap, and the whole hall seemed to tremble slightly.

(End of this chapter)