Da Wei Chun

Chapter 347
The emperor's oral order: Before the conclusion of the queen's assassination is finalized, Hou Gang must not leave the prison for half a step!
Yuan Yong and Yu Zhong had no choice but to go into the dungeon for interrogation.

This is simply not a place for people to stay.

It was dark, and the damp was dull.Mosquitoes are rampant, and mice are as fat as cats.There is a green light in the two small eyes, and they are not afraid of living people, as if they are about to pounce on them and take a bite.

The stench inside the prison is familiar only to those who have fought in war: it is clearly the smell of corpses...

Yuan Yong's heart trembled in shock: Hou Gang was imprisoned in death row?
Don't say it takes a long time, even if it is closed for ten days and a half months, I'm afraid it will be useless...

The emperor is so cruel!

Hou Gang was leaning against the railing, his face was ferocious, his eyes were red, his teeth were gnashing, like a wild beast.

"It's all the fault of that little Li family... Hou Moumou must have torn your corpse into thousands of pieces..."

"You are taking the blame on yourself, what has it to do with Li Chengzhi?"

Yuan Yong covered his mouth and nose with a silk scarf, stared and scolded: "If you didn't hate His Majesty, how could you end up like this? It's really stupid..."

Yuan Yong felt that Hou Gang was simply stupid.

If you hate the Gao family, you hate the Gao family, but Gao Ying is always the respect of the queen.And with His Majesty on one side, how dare you play tricks?
You clearly see that Li Chengzhi will be favored by His Majesty and rob you of your favor, and you also know that he is close to the Gao family, so you hate the house and Wu...

As a leader of swords and swords, escorting is your duty. If you dare to take private revenge at such a juncture, it is already a violation of the emperor's taboo.If His Majesty does not treat you, who will you treat?

"The next official is right!"

Hou Gang pouted his neck and replied: "The assassin and Li's son were from Jingzhou, and both came from the Li family in Longxi, so at one time they were in a hurry and mistakenly thought that the two were accomplices..."

"Enough!" Yu Zhong stared at Hou Gang coldly, "Are you stupid or am I stupid, or do you think His Majesty will believe it?"

One lived in his ancestral home for a long time, and the other moved to Wuzhi. Except that they both belong to Jingzhou, they can't get a piece of eight hundred poles.In the battle of Jingzhou, the Wuzhi Li family was almost wiped out by Li Chengzhi. From this point of view, it is also known that the assassin's words were framed.

Besides, the assassin mentioned Yuan Yong before he died. According to what you said just now, King Yingchuan is the mastermind of the assassin?

How dare you say such foolish words in front of the emperor, not to mention forgiveness, I'm afraid Hou Gang might lose his life.

Forget it, after all, he is a confidant, so he can't bear to see him die like this?

Yu Zhong sighed, "After returning to the palace, I will beg Your Majesty to move you out of the death row first. But you must also remember, don't fool Your Majesty again... You know, ten of you Hougang are bound together. , is not half as wise as His Majesty..."

Hou Gang was taken aback.

Yu Zhong's intention is clearly to tell him the truth when he sees the emperor again...

Seeing that he still didn't seem to be enlightened, Yuan Yong couldn't hold back, and cursed bitterly: "Idiot...do you know why the leader (Yu Zhong) is more guilty than you, but the emperor allows him to treat the crime and make meritorious deeds? I really think everyone is guilty of it." Are you as careless as you, thinking that Gao Zhao is really kind?"

The "who" in King Yingchuan's mouth refers to His Majesty, right?
Hou Gang suddenly realized: it is possible to be exonerated because of his enmity with Gao Zhao?
It's really a success, and a failure...

He bowed deeply: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your suggestion!"

"Stop making noise!" Yuan Yong waved his hands impatiently, and urged Yu Zhong again, "Stay in this poor place for a few more days, I'm afraid I'll get sick? Hurry up and do serious business, find out the clues sooner, and you'll be fine." Let Your Majesty make a decision earlier. It is better to fish this guy out sooner..."

Hou Gang thanked him a thousand times, wishing he could kneel down for Yuan Yong.

Yu Zhong nodded in response, took out a small box from his arms, opened it and handed it to Hou Gang: "The escort came in at that time, did you ever put this thing inside?"

Hou Gang took a closer look, but it was a needle-like object.But it is extremely small, if you have bad eyesight, you may not be able to see clearly.

"It's so weak, why would the lower officials care?" Hou Gang shook his head, "I've never seen it before!"

Think so too.

I came here to try it just in case, but I was disappointed in the end?

It seems that I really can only ask Li Chengzhi.

Yu Zhong put away the small box, and told Hou Gang not to be impatient, saying that it would take three to five days, or one or two days, and he would be able to get him out of the dungeon.

The two left Tingweijian and went back to the palace.Sitting on the carriage, Yuan Yong said suspiciously: "If it is said that Li Chengzhi changed the needle, I don't believe it, because it doesn't make any sense. But why did Wang Xian and Xu Jian insist that the needle was non-toxic, but Li Chengzhi didn't believe it? And you said it was a poisonous needle?"

"Perhaps it's because everyone's medical theory is different, so there are errors!"

Yu Zhong replied, and said decisively, "But now that everything that needs to be investigated has been investigated, there are doubts, and there is only the origin of this poisonous needle. I can only work hard on this..."

That's the truth.

"Then go straight to Li Chengzhi!"

Yuan Yong nodded, and confessed, "Although we belong to the Yuan family (Xianbei) like Hou Gang, Li Chengzhi is indeed close to the Gao family. But if it goes deep into the matter, Hou Gang is reckless in this matter.

But Li's son became famous at a young age, full of frivolity and arrogance, even if he married Gao, he might not necessarily follow Gao Zhao's lead.So if Sixian sees him later, it's better not to make things difficult..."

Yuan Yong was afraid that Yu Zhong hated Li Chengzhi for harming Hou Gang, so he felt resentful towards Li Chengzhi and turned against him.

If this is the case, Li Chengzhi really has only one way left to cling to Gao Zhao.

Yuan Yong felt that it was better not to fall into Gao Zhao's hands with such a talent.Otherwise, wouldn't it be the same as sending a knife to the enemy?

Yu Zhong let out a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Your Highness, someone knows!"

Hou Gang is Hou Gang, and Yu Zhong is Yu Zhong, how can they be generalized?

Even from the point that Li Chengzhi saw through the assassin, as the leading general, Yu Zhong should also be grateful to him.

Just imagine, if the assassin escapes this time, what if he murders the emperor next time?
He is afraid that all the nine clans of Yu Zhong will be wiped out...

Furthermore, Yu Zhong always felt that the emperor's gesture of raising him high and putting it down gently had a lot to do with Li Chengzhi yesterday.

It seemed that Li Chengzhi secretly glanced at Gao Zhao meaningfully, and happened to be noticed by the emperor, so he suddenly changed his mind.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that I should be grateful to Li Chengzhi, right?
……

Li Chengzhi sat on his knees in the side room, with his arms exposed, and asked Gao Wenjun to change the medicine.

Across the door is the queen's resting place.

The queen was only half cured, so it was impossible to leave it alone.After being interrogated by the emperor and instructing the female medical officer to cut open the queen's wound to drain the pus and apply the medicine, it was nightfall.

Only then did Li Chengzhi know that there was a curfew in the harem?

There are thousands of imperial guards guarding just one Zhaoyang Palace.

It's not just as simple as being on duty, but except for the emperor's edict, no concubine, internal official, eunuch, imperial guard, palace maid, etc. are allowed to leave the palace.

It means that the emperor not only banned the inside and outside, but also cut off the divisions, prisons, halls, and palaces in the inner palace.

After all, there was an assassin in the palace, and the queen almost died, so it is not surprising that she is so on guard.

What Li Chengzhi finds strange is: what is the matter with the emperor imprisoning him, a foreign minister, in the palace, and it is still in the queen's palace?

If the assassination case cannot be found out, the palace ban will definitely not be opened, which means he will have to stay in Zhaoyang Palace for several days?
Isn't the emperor afraid that some people will talk too much, and it will eventually become a gossip?

With so many guards, female officials, palace maids, etc., even if Li Chengzhi has the ability of Monkey King, he will definitely not be able to do anything.

Li Chengzhi just felt that the emperor's behavior was too strange, as if he was deliberately locked in the palace...

Suspicious for a while, Gao Wenjun changed his medicine.Li Chengzhi said as usual: "Excuse me!"

As usual, with the tacit understanding of the two respecting each other as guests, Gao Wenjun would definitely reply "Your gentleman is polite", but what was waiting for him today was a cold snort and a big roll of his eyes.

No, it seems that after the assassination of the queen yesterday, Gao Wenjun suddenly changed his attitude.

Every time he snorted coldly, the expression of reluctance to talk, resentment, resentment, shame and annoyance was clearly due to jealousy for some reason, and he wanted to bite Li Chengzhi.

Li Chengzhi was at a loss: what did I do?

It feels like a big step closer to the relationship suddenly.That is to say, in the palace, the place is not suitable, but Li Chengzhi might make a move if he changed the place...

A woman's heart, a needle under the sea!
Slandering in his heart, Li Chengzhi also followed Gao Wenjun out of the side room, ready to take another look at the Queen's room.

Tetanus is not so easy to treat. In addition to preventing persistent infection, the symptoms of cramping can last for a considerable period of time.

Fortunately, there are Datura flowers, which have a wonderful stabilizing effect.Whenever an illness occurs, just give it a sip, and even if the queen's body is as tense as iron, she will be able to relax in at least one minute.

It's just that the side effects are a bit serious, and the queen endures it very hard every time.On two occasions, Li Chengzhi even heard the queen moan vaguely...

What a sin!

Just after leaving the side room, another female official came to call him, saying that it was the king of Yingchuan who had called.Li Chengzhi explained a few words to Gao Wenjun and asked her to look at it first.Then he reported to the imperial guards before leaving Zhaoyang Palace.

The palace ban is like this: without the emperor's decree, every palace, every palace, outsiders are not allowed to enter, and insiders are not allowed to leave.

Even if there is an edict, no matter where he goes, there will be guards guarding him with the Yellow Gate, so as to prevent internal and external connections.

Just like this, Yuan Yong and Yu Zhong, as long as they enter the palace, no matter who they meet, three or four people will follow behind them.And every word and every word spoken with people will be recorded.

It feels like the emperor is like a frightened bird, and everyone looks like an assassin...

"Has this needle been changed?"

Holding the needle, Li Chengzhi looked at Yuan Yong suspiciously, "Is it possible that your highness suspects that it was replaced by a lower official?"

After it was taken out of the queen's wound, only he and Gao Wenjun had handled it.When Yuan Yong asked this, his meaning was so straightforward that it couldn't be more straightforward.

Yuan Yong didn't deny it either, and said with a sneer, "Even Gu is suspicious, let alone you? Don't be so wordy, I'll ask you: Wang Xian and Xu Jian both said that this needle is non-toxic, and you are the only one, why do you call it that?" Poison needle?"

It turned out that he wanted to use this needle to investigate the origin of the assassin.

But before the investigation, it must be confirmed whether this is the one taken out of the Queen's body...

Needless to say, it is indeed an idea.

The carving is so delicate, the needle obviously cannot be made in a day or two.And that female official has been on duty in Zhaoyang Palace, and there are female officials of the same value by her side day and night, so she must not have such skills.

If you check when she has been out of the palace near her, or who has been in contact with anyone in the palace, you can naturally lock in the approximate area.

Thinking in his heart, Li Chengzhi replied casually: "This needle is indeed not soaked in poison!"

Yuan Yong stared: "Then how did His Highness get poisoned?"

"It's rust! Rust seems to be non-toxic, but when it enters the blood, it is extremely poisonous, just like the arrows used in the military, sometimes soaked in gold juice.

If the golden juice enters through the mouth, it will be diarrhea for a few days at most.But if it is immersed in flesh and blood, it will be a narrow escape... the same is true for rust..."

Both of these two have led the army to fight, so they know what golden juice is and what the consequences will be if it is immersed in the body.At this time, they all looked astonished: "It's so, but why don't all the attendants (emperor physicians) know this?"

"There is a specialization in surgery. The doctors in the imperial court are all delicate and expensive people. How can there be a disease of gold juice and rust entering the flesh? Your Highness should go to the army to ask the low-level doctors... including this needle! "

Li Chengzhi pointed to the barb on it and murmured, "Don't you guys think that if this needle is magnified dozens of times, wouldn't it be a wolf tongue arrow with the effect of piercing armor..."

"You keep silent..."

Yuan Yong's hair was about to stand on end, and he wanted to cover his mouth.

Li Chengzhi clearly said: Nine times out of ten, this needle came from the hands of those who are capable of recruiting and fighting in the army.

The crime of being framed by the assassin and the crime of ineffective supervision of the forbidden army have not been cleared up, so this is involved in the army again?

As long as the emperor finds out about this news, he, the Taiwei, is afraid that he will end up as a captain.

Seeing Yuan Yong's frightened face turn pale, Li Chengzhi was a little speechless, and reminded him implicitly: "This thing is so unique, let alone the leader, even ordinary people can think of it on the arrow after a little thought..."

It means that you don't want to fool the emperor as a fool, even if you don't think of it at this time, you will think of it sooner or later.

One by one, why are they all so clever, why not be a little stupid?

Yuan Yong scolded his mother in his heart, but he didn't know whether he was scolding Li Chengzhi or the emperor.

He asked bitterly: "What else?"

"It was Your Highness who was assassinated, and the assassin came from the palace. If the incident fails, it will definitely be a felony for the Yi Nine Clan, so they will not do it to others. Nine out of ten who carved this needle is also one of the masterminds.

Not surprisingly, those who know that rust is poisonous must be those who are good at fighting, and they should be on the front line all year round, otherwise this needle would not be so delicate and insidious... The lower official feels that since the female official usually contacts people, she is close Discrimination among generations should be able to detect suspicious people..."

After a short pause, Li Chengzhi said again: "The assassin came from the Li clan of Wuzhi, and he had a deep blood feud with the lower official, so he would falsely accuse the lower official at the end of his life.

But why did she slander His Highness, and called 'Mr. Yang', presumably referring to Yang Shizhong (Yang Bo), Yang Cishi (Yang Chun) and others.

The next official thought, the assassin's deathbed rebellion was probably not a temporary idea.Even if the female official has no enmity with His Highness and the Hongnong Yang family, it should be the person behind it who has enmity with her..."

Yu Zhongting's eyes lit up.

It's really a word to wake up the dreamer!

How could they not have thought of checking out the people who could have frequent contact with the female official?

But the imperial palace is so big, there are three or four thousand concubines, internal officials, eunuchs, maids, etc. alone.Indirect transfer to two or three people, it is estimated that all of them can get in touch with the assassin.

But if it is said that it is related to the army, and has enmity with King Yingchuan and Hongnong Yang's family, there may be less than one in a hundred.

Li Chengzhi was supposed to be interrogated as a suspect, but he didn't want to solve such a big problem with just a few words?

Really living up to the name of a wizard...

(End of this chapter)