Concubine

Chapter 451 Mahamudra in the coffin (added today)
Ji Gang hurriedly bowed to take it, and read it carefully page by page. He also recognized the handwriting of the third prince Zhu Gaosui, and the secret letter was extracted. What else can I say? That's the future emperor, and he, Ji Gang, doesn't dare to pick faults.

After reading it, Ji Gang returned the stack of papers to the crown prince with a smile on his face, and said, "Yes...it was my negligence.... I didn't see through Wang Sicai's plot to frame Concubine Shun and Master Gu, hehe..."

With a few words, Ji Gang shifted the responsibility for the wrongful case to Wang Sicai, saying that Wang Sicai's wrongful conviction was caused by his random confession.Because extorting confessions by torture was legal in the Ming Dynasty, and it was an important means for Jin Yiwei to obtain confessions.It made sense for him to shift the responsibility to the dead Wang Sicai.

So Ming Chengzu nodded: "Since Yang Aiqing did not do this, then..."

When Ji Gang heard that Ming Chengzu had called Yang Qiuchi "Yang Aiqing", he secretly called something wrong, and rushed to the front and said: "Your Majesty, although the case of murdering the concubine Xian has nothing to do with him, but he is opening the case for the concubine Xian." During the coffin autopsy, wanton damage to the body of the empress is also a heinous and felony crime of disrespect, and it should be executed by the whole family, and the nine clans will be imprisoned!"

Yang Qiuchi had been listening on the sidelines, but now he laughed when he heard Ji Gang's vicious words. He was already confident at the moment, so he ignored his screams.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "It is true that the body of the concubine Xian was destroyed, but it was not Yang Houye who did it."

Ji Gang was shocked, and said to the prince with a smirk: "No way? After he left, the Jin Yiwei sent by the minister to follow him immediately dug up the tomb and entered the tent room, opened the coffin for an autopsy, and found..."

The prince Zhu Gaochi sneered and said: "My lord, Yang Houye had the permission of his father to open the coffin for an autopsy on the tomb of the concubine Xianfei, but I don't know that your Jin Yiwei excavated the tomb of the concubine Xianfei to conduct the so-called exhumation of the concubine concubine, so that the concubine can be sanctified." Expose your body to the eyes of these vulgar people, but whose orders are you following?"

Ji Gang was taken aback. According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", destroying the imperial tomb was treason, a heinous crime, and a felony of exterminating nine clans. Although the concubine Xian was not a queen, her tomb was not an imperial tomb. In his mind, his status is no less than that of a queen, and whether it is considered an imperial mausoleum is not a matter of Ming Chengzu's words.

Ji Gang was already dripping with cold sweat. At that time, he just wanted to bring down Yang Qiuchi, so he authorized Jin Yiwei to find a way to destroy the body of the concubine Xian and frame her as a frame. Finally, it didn't get to Yang Qiuchi, so he fell down first.His head reacted very quickly, and when he thought about it, he came up with an idea, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, it was my humble minister who was negligent. This humble minister only cared about the culprit who damaged the mother's body, and ignored his subordinates who dug the mausoleum without permission. What a crime." Deserving of death, please forgive me!"

Ming Chengzu glared at Ji Gang, frowned, waved his hands, and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Go on and say, who is the one who destroyed the body of the concubine Xian?"

"My son entered the mausoleum and saw that the coffin lid was overturned on one side, and the body of the concubine Xian in the coffin had been hacked into pieces beyond recognition."

A fierce light flashed in Ming Chengzu's eyes, and a murderous aura permeated the hall.Ji Gang felt the strong murderous intent, and couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Gaochi said: "My son conducted a careful investigation and found some clues, proving that the person who damaged the body of the concubine Xian could not be Lord Yang Hou."

Ji Gang's proud smile suddenly froze.He stared blankly at the prince.

Ming Chengzu asked: "Why?"

"Because on the remains of Concubine Xian, I found at least three different types of knife wounds!"

Ming Chengzu was taken aback, and raised his head to look at Zhu Gaochi: "Three different marks of knife wounds?"

"Yes," the crown prince said, "The wounds on Concubine Xian's remains were all cuts, but due to the different widths of the blades, different cut marks were left on the bones of Concubine Xian who were not severed. After careful comparison, you can find that there are three different cut marks in total!"

Of course, these were all Song Yuner pointed out to him after analyzing the scars on Concubine Xian's body.

Ji Gang shuddered: "Three different cut marks? Are... all of these obvious?"

The prince Zhu Gaochi continued: "When the murderer cuts the bone, if he can't cut the bone with a single knife, he will definitely leave a knife mark on the bone. Therefore, the prince only needs to check the exposed bone section on the body of the concubine Xian to determine the truth. Was it cut off with the same knife? If the emperor doesn't believe it, the ministers will even send someone to guard the tomb of the concubine Xian, and you will know when you go there."

Ming Chengzu nodded: "Gao Chi has always been cautious. Of course, the emperor believes in the things you have verified. You don't need to look at it. He turned around and ordered them to rearrange the tomb for burial. Let Yi County send Min Zhuang to look at the tomb, and no one is allowed to disturb it." , give Concubine Xian some peace."

The prince bowed and agreed.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, Ji Gang bit the bullet and asked. "Just based on the three different cut marks, can we be sure that it wasn't Yang Qiuchi's cut?"

The prince said: "If Lord Yang did it, is it necessary for him to chop with three different knives? Besides, the prince asked the magistrate of Yi County and Min Zhuang who participated in the second coffin autopsy at that time. When Lord Hou entered the curtain road, he was bare-handed, without a knife at all!"

"Then...then who knows where he hid the knife?" Ji Gang saw that this was the last chance to knock Yang Qiuchi down. Although these words were very rude to the prince, he couldn't care less.He added: "Furthermore, based on these alone, we cannot be sure that he did not do it."

"Maybe not yet," the prince was a little angry, and sneered, "However, with the handprints of Jin Yiwei in the coffin of the concubine Xian, it should be able to prove it."

Ji Gang was taken aback: "Handprint? What kind of handprint? Jin Yiwei's?"

Prince Zhu Gaochi ignored him, and said to Ming Chengzu: "Father, I learned a very interesting trick not long ago, and I will show it to you. Please press your palms on the table, and I can press you just now. The handprints on the table are revealed."

Ming Chengzu was a little surprised, stretched out his hand according to the words, pressed on the square table next to him, and then looked at Zhu Gaochi with great interest.

Zhu Gaochi didn't rush, took out a tube of magnetic fingerprint brush from his arms, and gently swiped it on the place where Ming Chengzu had pressed his fingerprint just now, it was amazing!At that position on the table, a complete handprint appeared!

Of course, this magnetic fingerprint brush was lent to him by Song Yuner.

Ming Chengzu was very curious, and looked down for a long time: "Huh? How did this appear?" After thinking for a while, he pressed his left hand next to him, signaling Prince Zhu Gaochi to appear again.Of course, after a while, the handprint next to it also appeared!
Ming Chengzu was even more surprised. He looked at the fingerprint brush in Zhu Gaochi's hand: "What is this? It's really amazing!"

The prince said: "This is what Yang Hou Ye gave me to investigate the case, and it can show fingerprints."

Ji Gang sneered: "What Yang Qiuchi gave was not just a trick to get rid of the crime."

The prince said coldly: "Commander Ji, what you said is wrong, how about this, I can't explain it clearly, let's try it, you first press a fingerprint on the table, then rub a fingerprint with ink, and compare, See if it’s the same one, and you’ll know if it’s a trick.”

Hearing the prince's unkind words, Ji Gang's heart skipped a beat. The prince can't be offended. He is the future emperor. Unless Ji Gang is going to be buried by Ming Chengzu, he will not serve the new emperor in the future.So, he smiled awkwardly: "This...hehe, there is no need for that..., what the prince said is definitely true!"

Although the prince Zhu Gaochi is easy-going by nature, he is not a person who can be laughed at by his courtiers.With a gloomy face, he took a step forward, grabbed Ji Gang's hand, pulled it over and pressed it on the table.

Ji Gang was born in martial arts, if he really wanted to do something, the crown prince would not be able to hold him back, but even if he had great abilities at this moment, he didn't dare to show the slightest bit.

After pressing the fingerprints, the prince used a fingerprint brush to reveal the fingerprints, and then asked the eunuch to bring ink to apply to Ji Gang, rub the fingerprints with a thin tissue paper, and then cover the fingerprints on the fingerprints that appeared on the table, without any trace. Difference!

Prince Zhu Gaochi stared at Ji Gang: "Commander Ji, what else do you have to say now?"

Ji Gang was very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Yes...hehe, this thing...hehe, it's really not wrong at all...hehe..., it's interesting..."

The crown prince ignored Ji Gang, turned to Ming Chengzu and said, "Father, when I inspected the tomb of the concubine Xianfei, not only did I find at least three different marks of knife wounds on the bones of the concubine Xianfei, but also the inner wall of the concubine Xianfei's coffin, etc. It is full of fingerprints. After Erchen extracted the fingerprints with this method, he found that there are several fingerprints on the inner wall of the coffin of the Concubine Xian, which are very characteristic, the fingerprints are very large, and there is a crack in the middle."

Hearing this, Ji Gang shivered, sweating profusely.

Ming Chengzu snorted and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this cracked handprint?"

"Isn't that right?" the prince said, and took out a piece of white paper from his arms. On it was a big handprint made of silver powder. The prince pointed to the handprint and said, "Mr. Please see, there is a crack in the middle of this handprint, indicating that the owner of the handprint should be someone whose palm was injured!"

Ji Gang was even more terrified, and stole a glance at the senior Jinyiwei official who was in charge of opening the coffin and entering the mausoleum to forge the scene, but he was also looking at Ji Gang in disbelief.Ji Gang looked at his eyes and knew that both of them had lost their minds.

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PS: Are there still concubines?Is there still a monthly ticket?

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