Red apricots make spring

Chapter 219 Absurd Nonsense
The turn of this matter was too unexpected, those courtiers who didn't know the inside story were Shang Ke, but Xie Zhengrui stood there in a daze, not knowing how to deal with it.He suddenly found angrily that he might have jumped into a trap that Lu Ce had already set.If Lu Ce hadn't instigated those courtiers to post a bunch of impeachment posts, which angered him, he would have never thought of summoning Pei Jingxuan to the palace for interrogation in public. He would just send a random minister to investigate the matter and forgive Lu Ce. Or to punish Lu Ce, you can do whatever you want, but right now, all the courtiers are watching, and he is forced to come up with a result.

Xie Zhengrui squinted his eyes slightly, and tapped his fingers on his thighs. The only thing he can't figure out now is why Lu Ce went through such a lot of trouble, and set up such a trick to lure him into it?If you play tricks and tricks in front of him, aren't you afraid that you will really annoy him and affect your official career?Unless he doesn't care about official career at all, what he cares about is something else, what is it...

Seeing that Xie Zhengrui remained silent for a long time, the Ninth Prince quietly cast a wink at the courtier who questioned the pending trial of Lu Ce's case, and the courtier immediately knelt down again, kowtowed and said: "My lord, according to my opinion, there must be something inside this matter. You have to interrogate carefully, don't wrong the innocent people!"

Shi Lei couldn't help but replied: "Who is the innocent person? Before the interrogation is clear, you are complaining for Lu Ce? Could it be that I deliberately framed him? There is no complaint or enmity, why would I do this? "

The courtier glanced at him contemptuously, and snorted, "Do you need others to explain why Mr. Shi did this?"

Shi Lei's face flushed red when he heard the words, he was speechless for a while.

Seeing that the topic involved her own daughter, Shen Yuan was naturally annoyed, and was about to scold the courtier, when Xie Zhengrui said: "Look at your appearance! The matter of catching wind and shadow should be brought to the court to quarrel? How decent!"

The two lowered their heads, not daring to speak anymore, Pei Jingxuan was thrown aside, at a loss, when Xie Zhengrui said to Shi Lei again: "You caused this matter, you go ask him, I and Baiguan are here to listen Now, let’s figure out what’s right and what’s wrong!”

"I obey the order!" Shi Lei also sensed that something was wrong, but the emperor had to ask, so he had to ask Pei Jingxuan and said, "What is the official asking you, you'd better answer truthfully, if there is something vague to hide, then What you have committed is the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Pei Jingxuan nodded silently.

"Did you know a woman named Wen Xin in Yunzhou?"

Pei Jingxuan's heart skipped a beat, and he answered truthfully.

"Does this woman look exactly like Lu Ce's concubine?"

Pei Jingxuan hesitated for a while, then nodded again.

"Do you know all the family members who live with this woman?"

"Hmm." Pei Jingxuan said helplessly, "One of the youngsters is the one who learned the piano from Caomin in the Lu residence."

Shi Lei clapped his hands and said, "That's the end of it. The woman you met in Yunzhou is actually Lu Ce's concubine. She was originally surnamed Wen and named Rou, and she was given to Lu Ce as a concubine by the Holy Spirit. Who would have thought otherwise?" A few months later, Lu Ce reported that she died of illness, but you saw her again in Yunzhou. Naturally, it is impossible for a person to come back from the dead, so it must be that Lu Ce and her lied to the Holy Majesty. This crime of deceiving the emperor, But there is no escape!"

After finishing a series of words on his own, he hurriedly reported to Xie Zhengrui: "I have finished the interrogation, please make a clear judgment!"

Xie Zhengrui frowned, glanced at Pei Jingxuan, but saw him kowtow anxiously and said: "Master Shi's words are wrong, who said that people can't be resurrected after death? There is something else in this matter, please be patient with me."

"Say it." Xie Zhengrui suppressed his temper and signaled Pei Jingxuan to continue.

"Lord Lu's concubine died of smallpox, which is a highly contagious disease. After being coffined that night, early the next morning, Master Lu ordered the coffin to be parked in a nunnery outside the city for three days. The fire was incinerated." Speaking of this, Pei Jingxuan paused and said: "The grass people went to the nunnery, and that night Lord Lu himself kept the coffin, but he was too tired and injured, and he started to have a cold and fever when he watched it until midnight. Also a little confused, Mr. Lu's personal servant, Xi Zhu, was afraid that he would also contract smallpox, and tried his best to persuade him to take a rest. At this time, Cao Min was getting up at night, and when he saw this, he volunteered to watch for Mr. Lu at midnight. ..."

"Nonsense! Doesn't that little concubine of Lu Ce still have his own mother and younger brother? Even if someone else keeps the vigil, it won't be your turn for an outsider like you, but you are a man!" Shi Lei couldn't help interrupting Pei Jingxuan's words, Pick up a thorn.

Pei Jingxuan smiled bitterly and said: "Master Shi said yes, but the mother of Master Lu's concubine lost her beloved daughter suddenly, and she fainted from crying a long time ago. Her son was busy taking care of her, and he didn't close his eyes for two days and one night. Do you have the energy to take care of it? Although Cao Min is an outsider, in that situation, he has no choice but to follow the authority."

"Is there no servant in the Lu family?" Shi Lei was still reluctant.

Pei Jingxuan shook his head and said, "The servants of the Lu family will prepare to receive relatives and friends the next day, and besides, two of the master's family fell ill all of a sudden, how can they spare?"

"That's also..." Shi Lei waited to say more, but was stopped by Xie Zhengrui, he told Pei Jingxuan: "Go on."

"Caomin guarded Lord Lu for a while, and was about to sleep in a daze, but suddenly heard a slight noise in the coffin..." Pei Jingxuan paused and continued: "Caomin was terrified at the time, he just thought he was trying to cheat the corpse, I wanted to run out to call someone, but suddenly remembered that when I was a child, the old man at home said that some deceased people were not really dead, but they were holding their breath because they were congested in their chests. Others didn’t know, they just thought he was If you are really dead, you will wrap it up and put it in the coffin, but when you are buried, the coffin will inevitably vibrate and shake when you carry it all the way. If you just happen to shake out the stale air in the chest of the fake dead person, you will be able to revive..."

"Nonsense, extremely absurd!" Shi Lei couldn't help shouting.

"Shut up!" Xie Zhengrui was interrupted when he heard the ecstasy, and couldn't help shouting at Shi Lei angrily, "Is he talking nonsense, I decide for myself, what do you want? Say one more word, and you will Get out of here!"

Shi Lei made the emperor furious, so he could only stand there with his head bowed in panic, not daring to say anything more.

"Go ahead!" Xie Zhengrui urged.

"Yes." Pei Jingxuan lowered his head and continued: "Thinking of this, the grass people are afraid that Master Lu's concubine will also come back from the dead. If they don't rescue them as soon as possible, they may delay a life. The concubine didn't come back to life, but caused people to complain and curse, so after thinking about it, Cao Min bravely tried to pry the lid of the coffin quietly. Fortunately, the coffin nails were not sealed, and the lid could still be pushed open with some strength. Yes... Cao Min saw the life-like face of the person inside the coffin by the candlelight, and when he probed her nose, he breathed a little, and hurriedly carried her out of the coffin to rescue her..."

Having said that, Pei Jingxuan fell silent again.

"Why don't you continue?" Xie Zhengrui urged again.

"Caomin..." Pei Jingxuan wondered, "Caomin was anxious to save others at the time, and saw Master Lu's concubine was not breathing well, so before he could think about it, he..."

"That's it?" Xie Zhengrui said anxiously: "You said it! How dare you play tricks in front of me?"

"Caomin dare not! Caomin is just hard to say..." Pei Jingxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Caomin remembered that the old man at home said that if a newly dead person is lucky enough to come back to life, he needs a breath of yang energy from a living person before he can wake up, so Caomin So I took the breath out for... for her..."

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers who had been holding back for a long time became agitated again, but they had seen Shi Lei being scolded before, and they were afraid of repeating the same mistakes, so no one dared to speak out.

Pei Jingxuan said with a bitter face: "When Master Lu's little concubine came to her senses and saw what Cao Min did to her, she slapped Cao Min on the spot, struggled to get up and slammed her head against the pillar..."

Everyone in the hall gasped, and even Xie Zhengrui frowned.

"Fortunately, she had been ill for a long time, and came back to life after death. She had no strength in her body. The bump bruised her forehead, but she was not seriously injured. Cao Min was afraid that she would lose her mind, and hurriedly hugged her. She couldn't break free, so she whimpered. I started to cry." Pei Jingxuan hesitated for a while and said: "The Caomin was panicked and confused at the time, and she just wanted to call someone, but she said that her chastity had been ruined by the Caomin, and she would have no face to see Mr. Lu again. Going to call people, she immediately committed suicide, and at the end, she begged Caomin to protect her reputation. She would rather die innocently than live in a dishonest way... I was extremely ashamed and remorseful, and seeing her crying miserably, seemed to be holding her breath, moved my heart of compassion, and promised her not to call anyone..."

Pei Jingxuan thought for a while and then said: "That night Caomin persuaded her for a long time, and finally dispelled her idea of ​​seeking death, but after all she refused to see Master Lu again, and asked Caomin to hide it for her, so Caomin had to find some branches and trunks, and use her Wrapped her outer clothes, put them in the coffin, and sealed the coffin lid again... Later, Cao Min avoided the eyes and ears of others and let her live in his own house. After recovering, Caomin hired a car for her to go to Yunzhou when her strength recovered a little bit. After the empty coffin was left on fire for three days, Caomin found another opportunity and quietly told her mother about it Know with my younger brother, let them go to Yunzhou to find her..."

Speaking of this, Pei Jingxuan kowtowed again and again, "These things were done by the grass-roots daringly to hide Lord Lu, and he didn't know about it. The grass-roots dare not do the thing of framing, accuse Lord Lu of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, please The Holy One is clear."
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(End of this chapter)