Concubine

Chapter 460 Two versions
This time, in addition to Ji Gang's eloquent tongue, and the important figure of the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, it is really a big deal.

Although Yang Qiuchi still doesn't know Zhu Gaoxu's position in Ming Chengzu's heart, he does know one thing, that is, Zhu Gaoxu is the emperor's son, and since the emperor handed over his famous Tiance Guard to him, he The relationship with the emperor is extraordinary.

Yang Qiuchi felt that the situation was not good. With the lessons learned from being framed last time, he felt that his strength might not be enough to fight against Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang, and he was so nervous that he began to sweat.This time, because of the pre-perception, it was even more frightening than last time.

After waiting for a long time, several Jinyi guards escorted the heavily bound Yun Leng out, pushing him outside.Ji Gang smiled and followed behind.Yun Leng struggled and shouted, "I'm wronged! I didn't kill anyone! Master Hou, Yunlu, save me!"

Yun Lu was shocked, rushed up and hugged Yun Leng, and said anxiously, "Brother! What's going on?"

Yun Leng was so terrified that his face was deformed, and hissed: "Ji Gang and the others...they said that I killed someone, and the emperor decreed that I should be pushed out of the Meridian Gate with a staff of one hundred, and Ji Gang will imprison me!"

Yang Qiuchi's heart sank. It's not a joke to have a court rod of one hundred, let alone Ji Gang's prison sentence. As long as this old boy turns his feet inward, Yun Leng will die. Even if Ming Chengzu ordered him to stay Ji Gang can also report that he will be punished but die, even if he is not beaten to death, if he is beaten to a super disabled or even a vegetative state, then he is finished.

Yun Lu was even more shocked, and hugged her brother tightly: "No! I won't! Wait a minute, I want to see the emperor, brother, you didn't kill someone! They framed you! I want to see the emperor!... Get out of here! Don't touch my brother! Otherwise, I'll kill you!" As he spoke, he kicked the escort guards.

The Jin Yiwei dared not fight the princess, they didn't even dare to dodge, let alone give in when the master wanted to hit someone.

Ji Gang said with a sinister smile: "Princess Yunlu, although Yun Leng killed someone, the emperor's grace is mighty, thinking that he is a royal family, and he is among the eight proposals, so he will not die once, and the court staff will be fine, it doesn't matter. Let them wait and fight carefully, don't worry."

"Bah!" Yun Lu spat at Ji Gang, "You beast-like dog thief, if you touch my brother, I'll kill you!"

Yunlu is the princess, but she is the master. Ji Gang didn't dare to offend, so he smiled awkwardly: "Princess please forgive me for acting on the holy order!" After waving their hands, those Jinyi guards came up again to make Yun stunned.

Yun Lu hugged Yun Leng, and while kicking those guards, she cried and said to Yang Qiuchi, "Brother Qiuchi, they are going to kill my brother! Please save my brother...!"

Yang Qiuchi rushed forward and said to Ji Gang: "The case of Yun Leng has not been clarified, so we can't just execute it like this, wait until I see the emperor!"

Ji Gang sneered and said, "Waiting for you? What are you? I am ordered to execute the sentence. Who dares to stop it? Take it away!"

Those Jin Yiwei rushed up again, Yang Qiuchi was out of breath, he raised his fist and hit them, knocking them down to the ground.

In fact, although these executioners are not first-class masters, their martial arts are not weak. If they really want to fight, Yang Qiuchi may not be the opponent, but now one side is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the other is the deputy commander and the princess. They didn't know what to do, and they were very clever. It happened that Yang Qiuchi made a move. First, they didn't have the guts to confront the deputy commander, and second, they just pretended to pass out to escape this hurdle.As a result, several people were beaten to the ground by Yang Qiuchi.

Ji Gang is not good at this kind of close combat, and he has just recovered from a serious injury, and his legs and feet are not flexible. He dared not step forward with a cane. He pointed at Yang Qiuchi and shouted: "You...you dare to kidnap a prisoner!"

"Aside from spitting blood, you bastard, do you know anything else?" Yang Qiuchi sneered.

At this moment, an eunuch came out of the room and shouted loudly: "The emperor ordered, Xuanzhen Yuanhou Yang Qiuchi, and Qingxi Princess Yunlu come to see you!"

Yun Lu wept and carried Yun Leng into the house, "Brother! Let's go see the emperor, we can't be bullied by them like this!"

The three of them entered the house, and Ji Gang limped after him.He raised his head and shouted: "Your Majesty, they kidnapped Yun Leng!"

Yang Qiuchi saw Ming Chengzu's gloomy and cold face at a glance, his heart skipped a beat, and he cried out inwardly.This look is too familiar. When he was framed by Ji Gang last time, Ming Chengzu looked at him with this look. Could it be that he was finally forced to use a pistol this time?
Yang Qiuchi knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have something to say about Yun Leng's murder case."

Yun Lu still hugged her elder brother Yun Leng, fearing that others would snatch him away, she cried and said, "Father! My brother was wronged! You can't just kill him like this!"

Ming Chengzu said: "Luer, the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Your elder brother killed someone. There are many people who have proved it. The victim's body is still there, which can be used as evidence. This evidence is indeed sufficient. What do you ask the father to do? Father According to the Eight Proposals, he has been spared the death penalty, and the imperial rod is one hundred..."

"No~! With a staff of one hundred, he's dead!" Yunlu cried, "My brother didn't kill anyone! They wronged him!"

Ming Chengzu frowned slightly: "Lu'er~! You go back first, the emperor will come to your Jiadi tomorrow to see you! Okay?" Ming Chengzu turned to Li Gonggong and said: "Let the maid in the palace send Lu'er back first."

Eunuch Li bowed and agreed, and was about to go out to greet the female officer.

Yun Lu hugged Yun Leng tightly, and hissed, "No! I won't go back! Father, you can't kill my brother! My brother was wronged...!"

Yun Leng's face turned pale with fright, and he murmured, "I'm wronged...I'm wronged..." Apart from this sentence, I don't know what to say.

Yang Qiuchi kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the case of Yun Leng's murder has not yet been clarified, so severe punishment cannot be imposed so hastily!"

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu sneered and sneered: "What are you? How dare you explain the case that my father personally interrogated! What a treason!"

Yang Qiuchi knew that just now these two people were sure that you had said what you said to me, and they had already settled the case. Of these two people, one is the second prince who Ming Chengzu wholeheartedly wanted to support as his successor, and the other is always favored and trusted. The most trusted minister, there is nothing else to say.Since this case was ordered by the emperor, the only way to turn it around is to use a strange trick.

Yang Qiuchi said loudly: "Your Majesty, even if Yun Leng killed someone, there was a reason for it. It was Ji Gang who first sent someone to kill the concubine of Governor Xue Lu, and when Yun Leng was investigating and arresting the suspect, he was attacked by bandits. accidental injury!"

Yang Qiuchi affirmed the emperor's verdict first, so as not to make him feel conflicted. At the same time, he brought out the murder of Xue Lu's concubine. Xue Lu was also a trusted minister of Ming Chengzu. Only in this way would Ming Chengzu pay attention.

Sure enough, Ming Chengzu let out a groan, stared at Yang Qiuchi for a long while, and then raised his hand to signal for him to flatten.Then he said with displeasure on his face: "Yang Aiqing, you instigated Luer to attack Beizhen Fusi in an attempt to hijack the imperial prison. I haven't asked you for your crime yet, and you are talking nonsense about the murder of Dudu Xue's concubine. What Ji Aiqing ordered? What are you trying to do by turning black and white and confusing the public and the public?"

Although Ming Chengzu's words were quite bad, Yang Qiuchi's heart was still a little relieved. At least this time Ming Chengzu let himself stand up and talk instead of letting himself kneel like last time. Maybe the emperor didn't know how much he said to Ji Gang and the others. I have some doubts, and it may be that Ming Chengzu's intention to support himself played a role.

Yang Qiuchi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is a long story, and the Yun Leng murder case also started from this. Can the Emperor listen to the humble ministers one by one?"

Before Ming Chengzu could speak, the second prince Zhu Gaoxu had already said: "Cut! Father has so many important military affairs to deal with, how can I have time to listen to your nagging!"

Ji Gang also chimed in: "That's right, how can you make irresponsible remarks about the case that the emperor personally tried? It's really a life-and-death thing!"

Yang Qiuchi saw that Ming Chengzu frowned and his face was displeased, he didn't care about arguing with them, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Yun Leng is the son of King Miao, even if he committed a serious crime of murder, if you don't ask clearly, you will be hasty." I'm afraid King Miao won't accept the harsh punishment!"

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu shouted: "Bold! Dare to use King Miao to threaten my father, what is King Miao? I will lead a team of troops to level his Miao territory some other day, and bring his head back and hang it on the city gate!"

Ming Chengzu snorted heavily, turned to Zhu Gaoxu with displeasure on his face, "Gaoxu, you have to remember that the Miao people have been disobedient to Wang Hua for a long time, and they have been conquered and suppressed many times in the past dynasties. , if you can use comforting words, you must not use weapons rashly. Do you understand?"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood that Ming Chengzu was telling himself the key to governing the country, and the meaning was already very clear. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes! My son, remember father's teachings!"

Ming Chengzu nodded and said: "Yang Aiqing's words are also reasonable, no matter what, Yang Aiqing is in charge of Nanzhen Fusi, picketing Jinyiwei's laws and regulations, this Yun is Jinyiwei, he broke the law, naturally he should be interrogated by Yang Aiqing first, although I have tried However, it’s okay to listen to Yang Aiqing’s opinion, so I can have a discussion with King Miao in the future.”

Ming Chengzu's words just now made Zhu Gaoxu very happy, so he didn't pay much attention to Ming Chengzu's words, so he didn't make trouble anymore.Since he didn't speak, and Ming Chengzu's attitude was very clear, Ji Gang had nothing to do.

When Yang Qiuchi heard the emperor's words, he was overjoyed, bowed and said: "This matter starts with the murder of Xue Lu's concubine. After the court this morning, Master Xue Luxue of the Governor's Mansion invited the humble official to his house as a guest. The report said that his concubine Xu Lingzi was killed in the room, and two other maids in the same room were killed at the same time. Before that, Mr. Gu, the governor of the Gu family, personally investigated and dealt with it. But the real culprit could not be arrested. Xue Lu asked the minister Investigate the case..."

Ming Chengzu frowned slightly: "Xue Lu's concubine was killed...? What's going on?"

Yang Qiuchi squinted and saw Ji Gang's complexion changed slightly, his heart brightened immediately, he lowered his head and said, "Master Xue Dudu has newly married a concubine, and this concubine turned out to be a Taoist nun named Xu Lingzi, as beautiful as a flower , Mr. Ji seems to have taken a fancy to this nun too..."

"Nonsense! No such thing...!" Ji Gang said hastily.

Ming Chengzu snorted and gave Ji Gang a sideways glance, Ji Gang shut up hastily.

Yang Qiuchi's heart widened again. It seemed that Ming Chengzu didn't believe in what Ji Gang said this time as before. As long as he could speak for himself, there would be nothing unclear.

Yang Qiuchi continued: "Master Ji entrusted someone to ask Mr. Xue Dudu for this beauty, but Mr. Xue refused. Not long after that, this beauty was raped and killed at home! Two other maids were also killed. , the head was almost severed."

Ming Chengzu let out a sigh: "Is this really the case?"

"I dare to guarantee my life!" Yang Qiuchi bowed, "At noon, I was invited by Dudu Xue to open the coffin for an autopsy, and found that Dudu Xue's concubine, Xu Lingzi, had died with a knife in his heart. The two maidservants died after their necks were chopped off."

Ming Chengzu had no doubts about Yang Qiuchi's ability to investigate murder cases.Hearing this, she nodded and said, "Why didn't I hear Xue Aiqing say this?"

"Dudu Xue is very cautious. The emperor has a lot of things to do every day. How can he have the leisure to take care of such trivial matters? Therefore, Dudu Xue only reported the case in the yamen of Yingtian Mansion and did not alarm the emperor. What's more, this is not the same as Dudu Xue suffered from Mr. Ji's other embarrassment. It’s just a drop in the ocean.”

Ming Chengzu frowned slightly: "How do you say that?"

Yang Qiuchi glanced at Ji Gang sideways, seeing that he looked a little flustered, since Xue Lu had already said that he was conspiring to advance and retreat, if he didn't talk about this matter now, there would be no such good opportunity again, he bowed his heart and said : "Your Majesty, was Dudu Xue unable to go to court for nearly a month last year?"

Ming Chengzu thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, it seems that he is sick." He turned to look at Eunuch Li, "Old Li, is that so?"

Eunuch Li leaned forward and said, "Yes..., Lord Xue reported it like this at the time."

Yang Qiuchi said: "That's not the case! Lord Xue was not sick, but was beaten on the head by Ji Gang with iron rods in the palace, his head was almost broken, and he lay at home for more than a month before he could get up. Many people have seen this matter, but dare not speak out..."

"Nonsense!" Ji Gang roared, "Master Yang, what is your intention to frame this official?"

"Haha, so you are also afraid of being framed by others? It's just that I, Yang Qiuchi, never like to frame others. Unlike some people, I have nothing but false accusations out of nothing!" Yang Qiuchi sneered, turned to Ming Chengzu and said: "The emperor If you don’t believe me, call Dudu Xue to find out! Or ask all the bureaucrats in the palace at that time, there must be an upright person!”

Ming Chengzu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this matter, you can continue what you said just now."

Yang Qiuchi was a little strange, this matter involved whether Ji Gang, the emperor's most trusted minister, was framed, how could the emperor let it go lightly?Wei Yi pondered, and immediately understood, this incident happened in the palace, so many people saw it at the time, how could the emperor have been kept in the dark?The emperor must have known about it, but since Xue Lu didn't mention it, he would do one more thing rather than one less thing, conniving at Ji Gang's evil deeds.

Yang Qiuchi went on to continue: "After inspecting the body, I found that the murderer who raped and murdered Xue Dudu's concubine Xu Lingzi was suffering from Hualiu disease. At the same time, there was a gap in the murder weapon he used. Based on these two clues, the suspect The person was locked on the person named Lin Yuan in Ji Gang's guard team, Yun Leng was the governor in charge of picketing the law and discipline of the Jinyi Guards, and the minister immediately assigned Yun Leng to lead the picket team to Liuhua Hutong to arrest Lin Yuan and bring him to justice."

Hearing this, Ji Gang showed an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, which was caught by Yang Qiuchi keenly, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback. Why is Ji Gang smiling so proudly?Could it be that Lin Yuan is not the murderer at all, so he is so relieved?
Thinking about this question flawlessly at this moment, Yang Qiuchi continued: "Wei Chen asked Jin Yiwei who was present at the time and learned that after they captured Lin Yuan, they were suddenly attacked by a group of unknown people. Yun Leng was seriously injured and fell to the ground. A corpse was found with Yun Leng's Xiuchun knife stuck in it. Immediately afterwards, Ji Gang's people came, and without finding out the facts, they framed Yun Leng for murder, beat him violently, and then took him away. "

"Yang Aiqing, what you said is different from what you verified." Ming Chengzu had a cold face, and picked up a stack of testimonies on the table: "These are the testimony of the old bustard of Mianchunlou brothel, several tortoises, and witnesses who were present. The testimonies proved that Yun Leng was indeed misbehaving. He wore a flying fish suit and took his guards to the brothel to search for women. He died on the spot. Ji Aiqing sent people to rush after receiving the report, but Yun Leng still wanted to continue to attack with weapons, so Ji Aiqing's people had no choice but to arrest him." Ming Chengzu patted the stack of testimony on the table again: "These are The testimony of Jin Yiwei who went to arrest him. The evidence is convincing, why is it still framed?"

Yun Leng hissed: "Your Majesty, those were all framed by Ji Gang, it's not true! I didn't kill anyone. I was ordered by Deputy Commander Yang to arrest criminals..."

Ji Gang yelled: "Shut up! You stayed in Fireworks and Willow Alley, you were jealous with your client, and you hacked a client to death. The evidence for this matter is conclusive, and you still want to quibble?" Looking sideways at Yang Qiuchi, he smiled complacently. Said: "Yun Leng, I would like to remind you that when you reincarnate in your next life, you must find a good master, and don't find those who are soft and worthless and always think they are great as masters, making it difficult for you to die. have no idea!"

Yang Qiuchi turned a deaf ear to Ji Gang's sarcasm, and he was nervously thinking about what to do.

The situation is very difficult now. Ji Gang’s framing is really not normal. Those old bustards and tortoises who dare to say no under his despicable power, of course, obediently state according to his words. As for those so-called witnesses, maybe It was the person Ji Gang arranged for.

Purely from the point of view of evidence, this case was proved by many witnesses, and Yun Leng's Xiuchun knife was inserted into the body of the deceased. Such evidence, even if it is obtained now, can be regarded as relatively sufficient.Ming Chengzu wanted to decide the case based on this, and it was reasonable to question Yun Leng against the court staff.

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