Xianggui

Chapter 635 A clever letter
Kong Jing had been hiding in Pan's house and was captured when she and Pan Baishou escaped from the secret passage.

Qiu Wangzhi asked the prisoner to be taken to Jinwu Guard, and he entered the palace directly.

In the side hall of Taiji Hall, the emperor was listening to Qiu Wangzhi's report with a serious face. Behind him stood the Good Eunuch, whose waist was bent even lower than usual.

Sun Yumu walked in, presented a pile of memorials and said, "Your Majesty, Gao Ming has confessed everything, and the evidence of the crime has also been seized. This is his personal letter to Your Majesty, and he has asked the ministers to deliver it to His Majesty. "

The emperor scolded, "That beast is so harmful to heaven and earth. He can do this to his own brother and his own son. I will not spare him lightly."

He thought that Gao Ming was afraid of death and begged for mercy, but did not want to read the letter.

But seeing that there were more than twenty pages of paper, I was a little curious, so I took it and looked at it.

The characters are in regular script, which has the beauty of softness without losing strength and vigor. Every word is full of agility and profound connotation, which made the emperor pay attention.

Not to mention the princes and grandsons, even among the officials, there are few people who can write this kind of calligraphy. The regular script of Xiangxiang is not as good as him.

Gao Ming can actually write with such handwriting. What else does this son not know?
It was a letter written in prison. In that environment, I was able to calm down and write such words. My character is very unparalleled.

The title at the beginning of the letter is "Father's knees", not "Father".

Then it is "Er Jing Kowtow to Jin An" instead of "Emperor's son".

This is a letter written by an ordinary son to an ordinary father.

The emperor's heart was caught, and he changed from holding the letter with two fingers to holding the letter with two hands.

The more he read, the more attentive he became, and his expression changed slightly according to the content of the letter, forgetting that there were two ministers standing in front of him.

Halfway through, the emperor's eyes turned red, and he actually shed tears after reading it.

The good father-in-law quickly presented a piece of Lopa. The emperor picked up the Lopa and wiped away his tears, lowered his head and thought.

Sun Yumu and Qiu Wangzhi looked at each other and lowered their heads expressionlessly.

In that letter, he wrote about the teachings that Mr. Su had given to Gao Ming with ulterior motives since he was sensible, the bullying, ridicule, exclusion, and injustice he had suffered like sharp knives piercing his heart, and the struggle when Eunuch Guo found him. and hesitation.

Especially when his Aunt Mu, who loved him the most, died of illness when he was seven years old, he felt so exhausted that he slept all night holding Aunt Mu's body. His tears dried up that night, and he would not shed tears no matter how big the setback was in the future.

He also said that when he was thirteen, Empress Dowager Su personally took him and the older princes Gao Feng, Gao Jie, and Gao Yun to the Royal Taoist Temple Qingyun Temple to offer incense. Because Queen Mother Su wanted to discuss Taoism with the abbot of the Taoist temple, several juniors went to the guest room to rest after finishing their fast.

When Gao Ming entered the guest room, he found a person crawling under the bed.

This is a Taoist priest. Gao Ming had seen him and heard others call him Taoist Mu. He also saw the eunuch serving Queen Mother Su talking to him.

At this time, there was a noise outside, as if someone was being arrested.

Someone patted Gao Ming's door and asked if there were any outsiders in the house.

When the serving eunuch came in, Gao Ming quickly sat on the bed and blocked Taoist Mu with his legs, saying, "There is no... person here."

The reason why he saved the Taoist priest was because the Taoist priest's surname was "Mu", which reminded him of Aunt Mu.

After the person left, he locked the door. Mu Taoist climbed out and said, "Thank you for saving your life, Your Highness. I was captured by the Su family, and they asked me to see which of the Highnesses had the appearance of the Ninety-Fifth. At that time, I did not dare to tell the truth. I only said that His Highness the Second Highness had the appearance of the Ninety-Five." Extremely prosperous...

"They wanted to take me to Su Mansion for their use. But I lied. His Highness is not extremely prosperous at all. He cannot be the emperor. How dare he go to Su Mansion. I wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but they found out..."

What Gao Ming hated most in his heart was Empress Dowager Su and Gao Feng. Of course he would be happy if Gao Feng could not become emperor.

Seeing that the Taoist priest was not tall, he went out and gave him a set of dirty clothes that the eunuch had changed into, "You hide here first, and you can find a way to get out after we leave."

Mu Taoist did not expect that the prince would dare to save him, and was extremely happy.

He added, "Thank you for your life-saving grace. Let me tell you the truth. Your Highness is 70% to 95% prosperous and 10% prosperous. Your Third Highness is also 50% to 95% prosperous, but there is still a trace of evil spirit."

"His Second Highness has a mediocre life. He will never be able to ascend to the Great Treasure, nor will he have a good life... If the Emperor only has a few princes like you, His Highness will have a better plan than the Third Highness."

Because of that adventure, Gao Ming believed that he was destined to be the emperor, and he did not want his children to suffer like him again, so he listened to Eunuch Guo regardless of everything...

He knew that his sins were serious and he was willing to punish the law, but he hoped that the emperor could let his three children go. They were not guilty...

Only then did the emperor know that his eldest son had come here like that when he was young.

He patted the dragon case and said, "No matter how humble his biological mother is, she is still my son. He actually lives such a life..."

He regretted it very much at this time. If he had even asked more questions, Gao Ming's life would have been easier and he would not have gone to the road of no return.

Sun Yumu added, "Your Majesty, I have inspected Prince Duan's body and found that his left and right upper arms and two thighs were almost completely covered with scars, which are layer upon layer, shocking."

The emperor asked, "He was cut by magic."

Sun Yumu said, "You can use needles to cast spells, and the damage is not that big. Those injuries are knife wounds, and most of them are old injuries, caused by clever self-inflicted wounds."

The emperor wondered, "Self-harm?"

Sun Yumu said, "I heard from King Duan that he had started to do this since the death of Aunt Mu. Whenever he had pain that he could not eliminate, he would secretly cut his flesh with a knife or a sharp object. When his body hurts, his heart would not hurt so much. "

"The servants didn't dare to tell anyone when they saw it. This matter has been concealed to this day. Because he received many blows when he was young, he often suffered from nightmares. If he had nightmares, he would also harm himself.

"Your Majesty, before we destroyed Jingci Temple, King Duan did not know that those medicines were made by Kong Jing with human blood. Moreover, he did not directly cause death. I am brave enough to intercede for King Duan. He is guilty, but not guilty. lethal.

"Of course, we must first ensure that he can no longer use 'Lian Xin San' to cast spells to harm others."

Qiu Wangzhi also clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I also believe that King Duan's crime will not lead to death."

After Qiu Wangzhi caught Kong Jing and Pan Shoubai for interrogation, he found out that they and Princess Duan had been hiding from Prince Duan that "Lian Xin San" was made with the blood of boys.

The emperor asked again, "Kong Jing doesn't know how to remove the 'Lian Xin San' from the human body?"

Qiu Wangzhi said, "I gave Kong Jing a severe punishment. She said there was no way to remove the 'Lian Xin Powder'. As long as the subject no longer casts spells, the condition of those who have cast spells before will not worsen, and those who have not cast spells will not get worse." Any discomfort."

The emperor was still worried. Except for Xiao Ba, his princes and grandsons all have that thing on them. What if someone casts the spell again?

He said weakly, "Bring Gao Ming to Zhonghe Hall tomorrow. I want to see him."