Tibetan beads

Chapter 473 Debunking
"Ah!" Concubine Liu yelled, and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground.

Princess Zhao and Xie Shi were also taken aback.

The servants and servants in the palace were even more panic-stricken.

Yan Cheng frowned, before he could reprimand, Du Ming was already quick to press the lid back and ordered the guards to lift it down.

Seeing the rattan basket sent out, the people in the palace were relieved.

Du Ming turned to Yan Cheng and asked, "Your Majesty, can you see clearly? Is it exactly the same as the snake that bit you that day?"

Yan Cheng recalled it for a while, then nodded, his heart was filled with turbulent waves.

Was this snake artificially released?Didn't someone keep staring at him?Has his behavior in front of Liu's tomb been known for a long time?
Princess Zhao stroked her chest, her face still pale, and she asked, "A Yin, what's going on? Someone wants to kill A Cheng?"

Xu Yin nodded: "Mother will know after listening."

Receiving her wink, Du Ming pressed the saber on the man's neck, and asked, "Say! Who is the one who ordered you?"

The snake hunter couldn't help but look up, his lips moved, but he didn't speak.

Concubine Liu's heart hung up.

"You don't think about yourself, you also think about your family." Du Ming said coldly, "Isn't it just to let them live a good life?"

With anticipation in the eyes of the snake hunter, he asked in a murmur, "Will you do what the official promised?"

Du Ming nodded: "In front of the princess and the prince, I can say it again, as long as you invite me honestly, you don't have to involve your family in this matter."

"That's right." Xu Yin added, "Your accusation depends on the inside story. First, do you know that he is the prince? Second, do you have the intention of harming others by letting the snake go? Only by clarifying these two points can you be convicted. But if you are dishonest, you will be convicted of murdering your son!"

The snake hunter hurriedly said, "I said, I said!"

Du Ming moved his sword away, and the man poured beans out of the bamboo tube, and it was clean: "Caomin is a wanderer, usually catches snakes and raises snakes, sells them to those who like to eat game, or does acrobatics to earn some hard money A few days ago, Caomin was doing acrobatics under the overpass. Someone came over and said that he wanted to ask Caomin to help with something. If he succeeded, he would give Caomin a large sum of money, enough to fly away..."

"You do what he says? Aren't you afraid that your snake will kill someone?" Du Ming asked.

The snake hunter hurriedly said: "The snake raised by Caomin himself is well known. It looks scary, but it is not poisonous enough to find the doctor. Moreover, the man didn't say to kill people, otherwise Caomin would never agree." He was righteous and strict, as if to prove that he was a good citizen.

Du Ming didn't want to talk about irrelevant matters with him, so he raised his chin: "Continue."

The snake hunter hurriedly continued: "He said that his master had formed an enmity with someone who drank and fought with prostitutes, and wanted to scare the other party out of his anger. Then he told the grass people the date and asked the grass people to wait on the mountain..."

Having said that, things are clear.

Xu Yin glanced at the faces of everyone.Concubine Zhao and Yan Cheng were both shocked and angry, Mrs. Xie looked in disbelief, Concubine Xie tightened the handkerchief in her hand, not knowing what she was thinking.

Du Ming asked again: "What does that person look like?"

"A man in his forties, with a long face, thin, with the corners of his eyes turned up, looking fierce..."

Xu Yin winked, and the guards outside escorted a tightly bound and gagged man back in.

"is it him?"

The snake hunter saw it and nodded again and again: "Yes! It's him! Caomin remembers that he still has a scar on the palm of his right hand."

Du Ming forcibly pulled out the man's hand and opened it, there was indeed a scar.

Xu Yin shifted his gaze to Concubine Liu, and asked unhurriedly: "Who is this person, Empress Dowager, don't I need to say more?"

Yan Cheng's complexion has changed, and he stood up in a gaffe: "Your Majesty!"

Of course he recognized that this was Concubine Liu's driver, the driver who followed her all the way to Tongyang last year!
Concubine Zhao and Mrs. Xie had never seen each other before, so she looked blank at this moment.

Du Ming looked at the snake hunter again: "Do you know where we found him? It's just outside your house! He didn't intend to pay you at all, but wanted to kill you!"

After speaking, he took out a dagger and threw it on the ground.

The snake hunter turned pale with shock: "Ah!"

A man of the rivers and lakes like him can't avoid doing things that wander in the gray area, but he almost lost his life this time.

Xu Yin laughed, and said to the coachman: "You must have learned the lesson from last time, right? The previous one was from a rich family, so it's not easy to silence him. This time, he's a busker. It's easy to deal with, isn't it?"

Already tied up like this, the coachman still looked stern, showing no sign of repentance.

"Ayin, who is this person?" Princess Zhao asked, "What happened last time?"

Xu Yin replied: "This man is a dead man raised by the empress dowager. He was born in the imperial army. He was imprisoned for committing a crime. The empress rescued him when she was still a concubine. He has been raised outside to work for her. As for the last time, Does mother still remember the playboy who molested Miss Liu at the Lantern Festival on New Year's Eve?"

"what?"

Xu Yin signaled that the young master was also pulled in.He had been taught a lesson long ago, and honestly told him about collecting money and pretending to molest Liu Xi'er.

Concubine Zhao only felt her head buzzing and looked towards Concubine Liu.

"Wu Niang, did you really do this?"

Concubine Liu lowered her eyes and did not speak.

The coachman was a fierce one, he suddenly bumped away the guards who were escorting him, spat out the cloth in his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's none of your mother's business, I did it! Your mother doesn't know!"

"Oh?" Xu Yin was not in a hurry, and smiled, "What reason do you have to do these things?"

The coachman first pointed to the rich man, and said: "The false emperor usurped the throne, and the empress finally escaped with her life, so she could only hide in the alley and live a difficult life. I came up with this method in order to repay the empress' kindness, and asked the empress to return to the palace. In the palace."

Xu Yin nodded: "It's really touching the relationship between master and servant, and it's not a bad thing to say, no wonder you didn't take the risk of silence."

The coachman continued to point at the man who released the snake: "As for him, I saw that Miss Xi'er fell in love with the crown prince, but the crown prince refused to marry him. Seeing that Miss Xi'er was going to be forced to marry, I found someone to scare the crown prince in order to vent my anger."

Xu Yin couldn't help clapping his hands: "What a loyal servant! You don't even need to speak to the master, and you are anxious about what the master is anxious about."

The driver suddenly knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Concubine Liu: "Madam, it's all my fault, you can't argue with it, this subordinate has owed you kindness, I hope to repay you in the next life!"

As he spoke, he was about to hit the post.

It's a pity that Du Ming was already prepared and stopped him, causing him to fall to the ground.The coachman went to grab the dagger again, Du Ming kicked it away, twisted the man up with his backhand, and quickly blocked his mouth, so that he couldn't even bite his tongue.

"If you want to get away with death, it's a dream!" He said coldly.

"Woooo..." The coachman's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Concubine Liu mournfully.

Concubine Liu covered her face and wept bitterly: "Old Peng, why are you doing this! You share weal and woe with us, family members are better than family members, so what if I continue to live a hard life? Now this is the way to gouge my heart!"

It is a touching scene where the master is kind and the servant is righteous.

Xu Yin laughed again: "Mrs. Concubine, I really have to admire you. You can still act as if nothing happened in this field."

Concubine Liu looked like she was about to faint, and said weakly: "Princess Yong'an, I offended you so much when you were in Beijing earlier, please forgive me. I don't want to be a concubine, and I can admit my crimes. I just ask you to let Lao Peng live."

Her eyes shifted to Yan Cheng, and her tears gathered again: "You don't know, I am determined not to hurt your son."

Princess Zhao and Yan Cheng's eyes flickered, but they didn't speak.

But Xu Yin said calmly: "Does the concubine think that this is the case, and I have nothing to do with you? It's a pity, I still have a witness in my hand."

Concubine Liu's tears were suspended.

Then I saw that Liu Xi'er, who had been lowering her head, slowly stood up and knelt down in front of Princess Zhao: "Princess, forgive me..."

(End of this chapter)