The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 119

After the fifteenth Lantern Festival, everything was back on track, and the streets in the capital, which had been deserted for a while due to the Chinese New Year, returned to their former bustling traffic.

There is a Sajin Alley in the east of the city. Early this morning, it suddenly became lively.

The crowd gathered in front of a medical clinic, watching a man who was kneeling and crying.

As the saying goes, a man does not shed tears lightly. A burly man howled for nearly half an hour on the busy street.

"Hey, don't cry, what happened to you?"

Someone asked curiously, and everyone agreed.

Seeing that the man stopped crying, he looked at the crowd with tears in his eyes. Seeing that there were enough people, he opened his mouth and choked up, "Everyone in the neighborhood commented, Zhang Hong's life is miserable!"

This sound was loud enough to attract more people.There were also people who had been onlookers who were amazed, this person has been howling for so long, and now his voice is not hoarse, what a miracle!

"Why is life so hard, you tell me, everyone will help you think about it!"

The man wiped his tears, "I have a younger brother named Zhang Zhi. Last year, the snow disaster in our hometown, we brothers fled to the capital, and we did some coolies to earn a living. We managed to save some money for the new year. My brother went to the Lantern Festival last year. After eating too much during the Lantern Festival, I was a bit stagnant, so I came to see Dr. Li from Huichun Hall and prescribed some medicine. Who knows... who knows that my brother is fine if he doesn't drink the medicine. Once he drank it, he died in half an hour... Poor one What a living person! He just died in front of my eyes..."

Before he finished speaking, the man howled again, "If you want me to say that this Rejuvenation Hall was opened by Lord Yan, what a doctor who saves the dying and heals the wounded, he clearly kills people without blinking an eye... Our two brothers have lost our parents since we were young, and we depend on each other for life. I'm left alone! Poor my brother, who just turned eighteen, didn't even get a wife for him..."

The man pointed at the closed door behind him again, and said angrily, "This Huichuntang is really hateful, it poisoned my brother to death, and now it doesn't even open the door!"

The public security in the capital has been good in recent years, and such disasters rarely occur. This time, the man burst into tears, which even moved the people around him who lived comfortably.Gradually, someone began to give him advice, "If someone dies, what's the use of howling here? If the doctor in the spring hall really died this time, he should sue the officials for justice!"

"That's right! Go and sue the officials. I heard that our Jingzhao Mansion Yin is a master of Qingtian, and he will definitely be able to make decisions for you."

"Yeah, go and sue the officer!"

The man stopped howling for a while, and asked the enthusiastic neighbors around him suspiciously, "Our brothers are from other places, so go and sue the officials, can the elders come to us?"

Immediately someone cheered him up, "No, no, this old man is upright and strict, and he never favors those rich and noble families. I heard that he is the elder brother of our empress! In a few days, he will go to the court to take up his post." , Hurry up and seek revenge before the person leaves!"

"Hey! Good, good! Thank you neighbors, thank you all, I'll go right away!" The man knocked his head around several times, and walked quickly to Jingzhao Mansion under the guidance of enthusiastic people.

Jingzhao government office.

The sound of ascension to the hall sounded, and Chu Jian sat in front of the hall.

He has been an official for more than ten years, but he has never solved such a muddled case today. The person who appealed for injustice was arranged by himself. The kneeling defendant, Li Gaofu, the doctor of "Rejuvenation Hall", is indeed not a good person.

"Li Gaofu" is a fake name, and this person is Liao Zhong, the poison doctor that the Chu family spent several years finding.

Under the protection of Pei Guo Gongfu, this person changed his name and surname, forged a new identity, opened a medical clinic in the capital, and has lived in seclusion for more than three years.It took them a lot of effort to find out the details of this person, and after some arrangements, there was a scene of "Zhang Hong" crying injustice in the street today.

Although he is an upright official, he seldom deceives people like this, but thinking that the person kneeling in the hall is a poisonous doctor who has repeatedly used insidious means to deceive others, Chu Jian no longer has any pity in his heart, and just asks the answer in a cold voice.

Because the "grievance" was arranged in advance, Liao Zhong, who had never done it at all, naturally refused to admit it and kowtowed repeatedly to call for grievances. However, Zhang Hong played his role as the sufferer to the fullest, and tearfully insisted that Liao Zhong did it.Both sides insisted on their views, and no one was willing to make concessions. On the surface, the case seemed to have reached a deadlock.

It is not for nothing that Mr. Qingtian, who can judge the case like a god, is not in vain. After listening to the statements of both parties, Chu Jian thought for a while, and said in the hall: First, order him to conduct an autopsy. come out.Second, before the truth comes out, the suspect "Li Gaofu" is temporarily detained. If the results are found to be innocent, justice will be returned to him.

Hearing such an arrangement, Liao Zhong was dumbfounded at the time.At the beginning when the yamen servants brought him, he already had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He had never seen this man named Zhang Hong before, and he did not prescribe any medicine for him on the Shangyuan Festival. Now he was suddenly sued to the government Ya, naturally surprised and panicked.And now the old man is actually going to search his home, even if there are no physical witnesses, he is going to search, this old man is obviously partial to the side!

What's worse is that he knows that the elder's surname is Chu, and he is the current queen, that is, the elder brother of the side concubine in Hengwang's mansion in the past. He knows that he has helped Xu Jinhe do many evil things in the past, and even almost harmed him Infertility... Liao Zhong prayed very devoutly in his heart, don't let them discover something, and deliberately make trouble for him, and also, they must not find out any evidence, otherwise, he must die without a burial land.

However, how could Chu Jian easily let go of what had been planned long ago?Seeing that he will go to the Ministry of Officials to perform his duties next month, once he leaves Jingzhao Mansion, he will not be in charge of the small cases on the ground in the capital. It may be even more difficult to investigate this person, so this time, he must be let Spit out something useful.

Yufu Palace.

It was late at night, the emperor and the empress were having dinner, and in the hazy darkness outside the palace, Zhou Yu came hurriedly.

I wanted to pass it on to others, but when I first heard that a meal was being served, Zhou Yu had no choice but to give up.No matter how urgent the matter was, he had to wait for the masters to finish their meals. He suppressed his anxiety and waited quietly outside the hall.

Two quarters of an hour later, the empress stood up from the table, and Fu Gui hurriedly stepped forward to deliver a message, "I report to the emperor, empress, that General Manager Zhou is seeking an audience outside, saying that he has something important to do."

Having received the letter a few days ago, Chu Xue had some predictions in her heart, but Song Chen didn't know it, so she just said lightly: "Call him in."

"Yes." Fugui stepped back, and after a while, Zhou Yu was replaced by the person bowing in the hall.

Zhou Yu carefully glanced at the king who was still in a good mood, not daring to imagine whether the objects in his hands would arouse fury later, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, just now Master Yin Chu of Jingzhao Mansion came to report , claiming that a civil case was accepted earlier today, and after verification, it was found that the defendant’s name was forged, and his real identity was Liao Zhong, the doctor of the original Hengwang Mansion.”

At this point, the king suddenly looked up at him, as if interested.Chu Xue was calm, quietly waiting for his next news. After all, the matter had dragged on for too long, and there should be a result.

Zhou Yu continued: "It turned out that this mansion doctor changed his identity and name after leaving the palace, and opened a pharmacy in the capital to continue practicing medicine. Unexpectedly, he prescribed the wrong medicine a few days ago and killed someone by mistake. Now, the matter has come to light, but who knows, who knows, an important thing was found in this Liao Zhong's house." Zhou Yu said while presenting the medical records kept in his arms, saying: "This is a master's They used to have medical records when they were in the palace, but they are quite different from the ones that were handed over to the imperial hospital, this one may be a bit mysterious."

Chu Xue's eyebrows twitched slightly, she looked puzzled, and asked, "What do you mean by that? What's the mystery of this medical book?"

As expected, Song Chen beside him had gradually raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Yu further said: "The slave has already asked the imperial hospital to have a look, and Liao Zhong himself has confessed that all the records in it are that in the past, under the order of the abolished Xu family, he used poison and poison to assassinate several masters and the eldest princess. about..."

Chu Xue was startled, "What did you say?" Song Chen said coldly, "Go ahead."

"Yes." The lower head was even lower, and said: "Among them, when Concubine Rong was pregnant with the third prince, Xu secretly instructed Liao Zhong to add Bianmian powder to her anti-fetal medicine, that is, later the empress concubine was pregnant with the second princess. The kind of poison in the time caused the concubine Rong to have dystocia and blood collapse. Moreover, the medicine was used to delay the disease, so that the blood deficiency that could be recovered in two months was delayed to half a year. The concubine later gave birth to the eldest princess. The princess was weak when she was young, which is also related to Xu's instruction behind her back. And..."

"What else?"

Zhou Yu's voice was suddenly interrupted by the furious king's stern voice, and everyone in the hall was startled.

Song Chen said angrily: "What else, what else did she do?"

Zhou Yu lowered his head even deeper, sweating uncontrollably, "Also, the former concubine Xia Shi, who has not had children in the mansion for three years, is also related to Xu Shi."

"Immediately go to the cold palace, torture me, and ask me clearly, what else did this woman do!"

Song Chen's fury was like thunder, resounding through the dome.

That woman, the wife he once respected and valued, actually did such a thing. He thought she was just jealous of his doting on Xueer, but she had already done it when Jiaoyun first entered the mansion, and Ning Ning, the daughter he loves so much, she can let someone drug her small body, Xu Jinhe is so vicious!
"Your Majesty calm down, this servant will go now." Zhou Yu stepped back immediately.

The palace people lay down on the ground, and Chu Xue also had a shocked expression.

Sure enough, what she guessed was correct, Xu Jinhe really did not let anyone go.She frowned and cried to Song Chen: "I thought she was just jealous of my concubine, but sister Yun, and Ning Ning, what happened to her? And Qi'er, if sister Yun had any accidents at that time, Isn't it one dead body and two lives?"

Song Chen frowned tightly, his face was extremely pale, but fortunately he was sober and did not get angry again, because he knew that the one who was with him now was the most innocent, and he no longer wanted to be the real culprit. Bye now.

The sound of hurried footsteps cut through the long night of the cold palace, and several eunuchs came to the former queen Xu Jinhe.

In fact, Ding Xiang was the only person left around her, and the rest were all killed with a rod as early as the day after the abolition. Therefore, only Ding Xiang, who had lived with her in the cold palace for ten months, was the only one who could be tortured by the inner court supervisor. .

Regret?
If someone asked her, she would definitely say no, if she had the chance to do it all over again, she would definitely kill that bitch early, and never let her have a chance to spoil and have a child, or even frame herself .

However, there is no possibility or opportunity, and the eunuch who came didn't even say a word, and was about to take Ding Xiang away.She was terrified and stopped, and roared: "What are you going to do?"

However, the eunuchs who came here by order ignored her at all, and only smiled coldly at her irascibility, and took Ding Xiang away forcefully.She cursed and reprimanded hoarsely, Ding Xiang also cried for help, but nothing could be stopped at all, those things that should come, the retribution that should come.

After more than an hour, Zhou Yu rushed back to Yufu Palace with a fresh statement.

Perhaps it was because she had seen Qiugui's fate with her own eyes, or because she knew that there was no way out, and she just wanted to beg for death. Ding Xiang didn't let the inner court prisoner spend too much time, and as soon as she entered the torture room, she did all the tricks she could.So at this time Song Chen knew many things again.

For example, when Xueer first arrived in Yanzhou, she was given sterilization soup by her; for example, the fire in Sheng'an Temple in the past was actually arranged by Xu Jinhe and then instigated by Xia Wanyin; It was the same method as her assassination of Jiaoyun in the past. For another example, he finally knew clearly how Xu Jinhe planned step by step to get rid of Xue'er and the child in her womb.

When Zhou Yu finished reporting one by one, Song Chen calmed down unexpectedly, because he was more self-deprecating than he was angry.

Laughing at myself for seeing the wrong person.He originally thought that Xu Jinhe became bad step by step because of jealousy and hatred, but he didn't know until today that this woman was born with such a nature.

That's right, her father and brother were known for being violent on the battlefield, how could she be any better?

It's a waste of myself, I have spent so many years with such a vicious woman, I wasted my children, calling her mother and queen for so many years.

After all, it is good to be calm. Song Chen did not forget another important thing, and told Liangxi, "Tomorrow, I will inform the Ministry of Punishment that a living person can easily change his identity in the capital. Let's see who made the mistake. Please tell me. Find out."

Liangxi bowed and said yes.

There was a long silence in the hall, and he heard Chu Xue's sobbing faintly.

Noticing that he was looking over, and aware of his self-blame, she only said: "Your Majesty..." Tears fell down.

There is no need to say anything more, now there is no reason to keep that woman alive in this world, right?Although nowadays, letting her die is just an easy thing to do.

But if he is not dead, how can he vent his hatred?

Xu Jinhe, the deposed empress in the cold palace, could not wait for the day when her son ascended the throne and she saw the light of day again.

She never even saw the dawn of the next day.When Xing Feng came to her with a few guards carrying poisoned wine, perhaps she had expected such an ending in her heart, she didn't get excited and cursed, but couldn't help laughing, the piercing laughter cut through The usual dead silence in the cold palace made the eunuchs outside the door who were waiting to collect her body frowned tightly.

She said: "Want me to die? He is really ruthless! If he dares to kill me, isn't he afraid that his two sons will turn against him in the future?"

After all, Xing Feng was more patient than the eunuchs. He persuaded the former mistress coldly, "Your Majesty, you are too serious. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince are both sensible people. You deserve what you deserve today. How could they both do it because of you?" Hate the emperor because of your own fault?"

"You deserve it?" Xu Jinhe squinted at him, suddenly an idea came to his mind, he immediately took his words and said: "Okay, okay, even if I deserved it, I will admit it, anyway, no one in the world can defy him... After all, he and I are husband and wife, and at this point, I still have something to say to him, can you bring it for me?"

She knew that since it was Xing Feng who came instead of the eunuch, this matter had a chance of success. If the eunuchs listened to her, they might think she was crazy, but Xing Feng was different. He was Song Chen's loyal guard. , will definitely pass on her words.

Sure enough, although Xing Feng was still expressionless, he gave her an affirmative answer, Xing Feng said: "You can say it."

But she smiled strangely, "These words are extremely important, they are related to the emperor's safety, you must bring them..."

In the early morning of the second day, the news of the deposed queen's death spread throughout the palace.

(End of this chapter)