Concubine

Chapter 430 The Unexplainable Case
Ming Chengzu nodded and walked back to his seat.Ji Gang brought in a basin of ice water from outside the door. There were still some icicles floating on the water, and he threw it at Lu Yuanshan who was covering his face with long hair.

Lu Yuanshan trembled all over, groaned in pain, slowly raised his head, and looked at them blankly.

Ming Chengzu continued with a sneer: "After I received Ji Aiqing's report, I was still skeptical at first, and I personally interrogated the maid Lian Er. As expected, when I arrested this bitch Lu for interrogation and tortured her, she still refused to admit it. After Ji Aiqing tortured her servants, all of them confessed. Only then did I know that this bitch had planned to attack Concubine Xian a long time ago!"

Ming Chengzu hated him so much, he spoke too hastily, he was a little out of breath, and said to Ji Gang, "Go on and tell Yang Aiqing about this case." He remembered the tragic death of his concubine, and was very annoyed, so he picked up a red-hot soldering iron, Stop and scald Lu Yuanshan's body.After Lu Yuanshan was woken up by the cold water, the pain recovered a lot, and he screamed and screamed after being burned, which was extremely desolate. After a while, he passed out again.

Ji Gang said with a smile as if nothing had happened: "Brother Yang, the emperor personally interrogated Lu Yuanshan's maids and servants (eunuchs) around him, and found out that Lu Yuanshan had once contemptuously mocked the concubine Xian. The imperial concubine is in charge of the inner palace. Since Lu Yuanshan uttered such rebellious words, he mocked Empress Xu and the concubine Xian, saying: "The empress who has children and grandchildren is also dead. You have managed it for a few months, so rude!" Brother Yang, You want to see, is this Lu's language still human?"

Of course, Yang Qiuchi can understand this kind of battle between palaces, but listening to Lu Yuanshan's words, it seems too arrogant, which makes people a little unbelievable.

Ji Gang seemed to see Yang Qiuchi's doubts, and said: "Many of Lu Yuanshan's servants and servants have heard these words, as have the servants of the Concubine Xian. The evidence is beyond doubt. However, just these few sentences In other words, the emperor thought that she was a foreigner, and she was not far away. She came from North Korea to serve the emperor in the holy dynasty, and she didn't intend to care about it. Unexpectedly, after further interrogation, it was found out that Lu Yuanshan had a heart like a snake and a scorpion in order to win favor. Concubine Xian has committed a murder."

Ji Gang glanced at Lu Yuanshan who was burned to death on the wooden frame by Ming Chengzu, and continued: "The eunuch Jin Liang and the eunuch Jin Liang, who were accompanied by Lu's collusion, came from a man named Xu Si in Lincheng. The silversmith bought arsenic, ground it into powder, and poured it into the bowl of noodle tea that the concubine Xianfei drank before going to bed. The emperor left the palace because he read the emergency memorial. The son closed the doors and windows tightly to prevent the voice of the empress from coming out, resulting in the tragic death of the empress."

Yang Qiuchi felt chills in his heart, he once asked the maid Lian Er, if there was such a conspiracy, why didn't he notice it at all?Now that this has been investigated, Lu Yuanshan is probably doomed.

At this time, Ming Chengzu had already thrown away the soldering iron, and after returning to the Dragon Case, a few guards in Jin Yi ran out to fetch ice water, and started pouring Lu Yuanshan again.The maid on the other wooden frame had already passed out, and the two Jinyi guards also poured ice water on her to wake her up, and continued to whip her.

Ji Gangdao: "If you treat this kind of snake and scorpion woman lightly, how can you be worthy of the tragic death of the concubine Xianfei? Therefore, the emperor was so angry that he punished Lu Yuanshan and wrote a letter asking North Korea to arrest Lu Yuanshan's family. The maid Lian'er, the eunuch Jin Liang, the eunuch Jin De, and the silversmith Xu Si were all killed. The emperor ordered Ling Chi to execute the heinous crimes. Those maids and servants of Lu Yuanshan did not report their knowledge, resulting in the murder of the concubine Xian. Physician Ai did not find out that the death of the empress was murdered, and the royal cook who accompanied the army were all unforgivable crimes, so they beheaded all of them."

Yang Qiuchi understood now, Ji Gang said it so easily, but put it outside, it was the bloody storm he saw when he came back, hundreds of court ladies and eunuchs were imprisoned and executed, even Lu Yuanshan's family in North Korea were not spared , this is nothing more than a piece of cake for Ming Chengzu and Ji Gang.

Judging from what Ji Gang said, there are many loopholes in this case. Although the confession is consistent, if Jin Yiwei tortures and extracts a confession, then what kind of confession cannot be obtained? How could the maids and eunuchs under his command know about such a confidential matter? Now they are all confessing in this way. It is obvious that Ji Gang induced the confession on the basis of torture in order to claim credit.However, I can only think about it in my own mind, Ji Gang is now so popular in front of Ming Chengzu, I can't afford to offend him.

At this time, a guard in Jinyi stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Report to the emperor, Mrs. Lu seems... seems to be dead..."

Ming Chengzu and Ji Gang were not surprised, Ming Chengzu said to Yang Qiuchi: "Yang Aiqing, go and check, whether this bitch is really dead or fake death."

Yang Qiuchi responded, walked to the wooden frame, lifted up Lu Yuanshan's long hair, looked up, and saw that she was not the same Lu Mei who was on the Lantern Festival. Jumping, opened her eyelids, saw that the pupils were dilated and fixed, found a piece of paper, lit it on the fire, and shook it in front of Lu Yuanshan's eyes, the pupils had no reaction to the light.

Yang Qiuchi shook his head: "She is already dead." Obviously, Lu Yuanshan died of reflex central nervous system dysfunction and primary shock due to continuous severe pain. It can cause her body's red blood cells to be destroyed and release large amounts of potassium, causing hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest.However, the cause of her death is no longer important.

Ming Chengzu snorted: "It's cheap, this bitch!"

Ji Gang also said: "That's right, this femme fatale was burnt for more than ten days before she died. This is really a fate."

After Lu Yuanshan died, there was no point in torturing her maidservant. Ming Chengzu ordered the tortured maidservant to be taken out and beheaded.

Yang Qiuchi was a little sad. The case was closed like this, which surprised him. He wrote that letter just to ask Ji Gang to monitor these people and investigate further after he came back.Unexpectedly, Ji Gang tortured these people to extract confessions, found out the so-called truth full of loopholes, and when he rushed back to the capital, he would kill everyone who deserved to be killed.So what are you investigating.

Ming Chengzu was quite satisfied, feeling that he had finally avenged his concubine.He said to Yang Qiuchi: "Yang Aiqing, if you hadn't discovered that Concubine Xian had died of arsenic poisoning, this case would not have been solved. Concubine Xian would not be able to avenge her. You are very good, very good, I will reward you heavily, let's say it ,what do you want?"

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is all a matter of humble ministers, and I dare not accept the reward..." After a little hesitation, he decided to speak out what he was worried about, so as not to cause problems in time, and he didn't say it beforehand. , but it is also a crime of deceiving the king.Then he continued: "Your Majesty, I feel that there are still some problems in this case that have not been clarified."

Ming Chengzu was slightly taken aback: "Didn't check it out? Well, tell me, what else hasn't been found out?"

Now that I have spoken, I am about to finish this sentence, Yang Qiuchi bit the bullet and continued: "I don't dare to be sure that Concubine Xian died of arsenic poisoning..."

Ming Chengzu said: "Didn't you probe your throat with a silver hairpin and find that the silver hairpin turned black?"

"indeed so……"

"That's right, what is it if it's not arsenic poisoning?" Ming Chengzu said.

Yang Qiuchi didn't dare to give the emperor a forensic medicine class, explaining that there were other possibilities for the silver hairpin to turn black, let alone that he would conduct an autopsy on the concubine Xian.After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the silver hairpin only reached the throat of the empress, and could not reach the stomach. Even if there is poison in the empress's body, it can only be said that the poison is in the throat, but it cannot be deduced from this that there is poison in the empress's body. Arsenic poisoning, in other words, it can only be said that there may be arsenic in the empress's throat, but it cannot be confirmed that the empress was poisoned to death by arsenic."

These words are very rigorous from the perspective of forensic medicine, but Ming Chengzu's ears were heard in a cloud of fog, as if he was twisting his tongue.Frowning, she asked, "Yang Aiqing, please speak more simply."

"Simpler?" Yang Qiuchi felt that he had already said it very simply, and he couldn't explain it clearly. He turned his head and said, "What Weichen means is that the arsenic substance in your mother's throat is not necessarily the result of taking food. There are other possibilities, such as...for example..." Yang Qiuchi remembered the plot in Zhou Xingchi's "Nine Pins of Sesame Officials", and said casually: "For example, the concubine Xian After the empress died, she was poured into it."

What?Both Ming Chengzu and Ji Gang were taken aback.Ming Chengzu said: "Yang Aiqing, is there any basis for your statement?"

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly bowed and said: "No, this is just my guess, so I originally wanted to ask Mr. Ji to monitor the maid Lian Er and the royal chef who accompanied the army, and wait for this minister to come back..."

Commander Ji Gang was on the side, and interjected in a lukewarm way: "So, Mr. Yang thinks that the emperor and I, Ji Gang, are busy?"

Yang Qiuchi was shocked, and hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt in front of Ming Chengzu: "This minister never dares to have such rebellious thoughts, this minister just wants to thoroughly investigate this case..."

Ming Chengzu's tone was also a little displeased: "Forget it, the case has come to light. Yang Aiqing has worked hard and made great achievements. Let's go back and rest first."

Yang Qiuchi didn't dare to say any more, agreed, kowtowed, stood up, bowed and walked back to the door, then turned around and left the room.

Several stoves in the room were burning vigorously, but only then did Yang Qiuchi realize that his forehead was already covered in cold sweat.He thought to himself, since this case was tried by the emperor, if he finds fault and finds out by himself, it will be to correct the emperor's wrong case. It is better not to do such a thankless thing, let's stop here.

Yang Qiuchi left the Concubine Xian's Palace with a depressed face, Song Yun'er came up to meet her and asked, "Brother, how are you?"

Yang Qiuchi shook his head and sighed: "Go, let's go home."

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PS: The situation of the Concubine Corps is very bad. Not only did they not regain the lost ground, but they even lost some of the last beachhead, alas~!

Wood continued to move forward step by step, no matter what the result was, Wood had already worked hard. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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