Chapter 467
Yang Qiuchi bowed and said: "The crown prince is the heir apparent of the country, and the future son of heaven, of course, under the protection of all gods, he will surely turn bad luck into good fortune, and bring good luck in death."

"Hmph! As for his consumptive body and bones, he looks like a fart-oh~! I know, you are worried that once I become the prince, your life will be difficult, hahaha, don't worry, although I I said that I will destroy your nine clans, but I will keep your two beautiful concubines, and I will personally take care of them for you, and take good care of them..." Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang glanced at each other. Laugh out loud.

Yang Qiuchi felt that the anger in his heart was about to burn to the top of his head, and he had an urge to draw his gun, gave each of these two bastards a peanut, and knocked their sand jars.

At this moment, the concierge who went inside to report came back, and said to Yang Qiuchi: "Master Hou, His Royal Highness, please come in."

Yang Qiuchi turned around and left the living room, and the two men's complacent smiles came from behind him.

Song Yun'er was waiting outside with Nan Gongxiong and the others just now, not knowing what was going on in the living room. Seeing Yang Qiuchi rushing out in anger, she hurriedly asked, "Brother, what's the matter? What happened?"

Yang Qiuchi gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "These two thieves bully people too much, which one can be tolerated!"

Song Yun'er wanted to ask again, but Yang Qiuchi waved her hand and dragged her into the prince's inner palace.

The prince's mansion was not much smaller than the inner courtyard of the palace. Under the leadership of the guards, they walked through pavilions, pavilions, nine-curved corridors, and walked around for a long time before arriving at the prince's bedroom.

The prince was reclining on the bed, his face was pale, his eyes were tightly closed, his right hand was covering his heart, and he was breathing hard.

A ten-year-old child was sitting beside the bed, holding Prince Zhu Gaochi's left hand, and looking at the prince worriedly.Two imperial physicians were sitting on the stool beside the bed, one of them was giving the prince the pulse, Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er didn't dare to disturb, they stood quietly aside.

The maid stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Lord Yang has come to see you."

Hearing this, the prince opened his eyes slightly, saw Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er, nodded, then closed his eyes in pain, and tightened his robe around his heart.

Seeing his painful appearance, Yang Qiuchi didn't dare to provoke him to talk, but just waited quietly.

After the imperial physician took the pulse, another imperial physician took the pulse, and after waiting for a while, the two imperial physicians muttered something in a low voice.Then a prescription was issued, and the accompanying drug boy who was carrying a big medicine box took the medicine according to the prescription and suffered.

During this period, the prince kept panting, closed his eyes tightly, covered his heart with his hands, and looked very painful.

Seeing this scene, Yang Qiuchi guessed that the prince had a disease of the cardiovascular system, and he couldn't tell exactly what kind of heart disease it was without a diagnosis.

At this moment, a maid rushed in and said, "His Royal Highness, the emperor is here to see you."

Immediately, footsteps were heard, and several eunuchs and maids entered the door, standing sideways on both sides, and a eunuch sang loudly: "The holy driver is here~! Kneel to welcome!"

Yang Qiuchi and others hurriedly knelt down, and the child sitting on the edge of the bed also knelt down.For a moment, Ming Chengzu entered the room with a gloomy face.

Ming Chengzu waved his hands, let them lie down, walked up to the child, and helped him up himself.The child burst into tears: "Grandpa Huang, my father... woo woo woo"

Ming Chengzu stroked the child's head affectionately: "Ji'er, don't worry, with Grandpa Huang here, your father will be fine."

Only then did Yang Qiuchi realize that this child was Zhu Zhanji, the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Seeing this, Ming Chengzu loved his grandson very much.

Ming Chengzu nodded to Yang Qiuchi, as a greeting, and then walked to the bed, Zhu Gaochi already knew that his father was coming, and was struggling to get up, Ming Chengzu pressed his shoulders, motioned for him to lie down, and whispered Asked: "Gao Chi, how do you feel?"

Zhu Gaochi covered his heart, and said with difficulty: "Thank you, Father, for your concern. My son feels angina in his chest, so uncomfortable."

Ming Chengzu nodded, waved to the two imperial physicians, called them aside, and asked in a low voice, "How is the prince's condition?"

The two imperial physicians glanced at each other, and one of them bowed: "Reporting to the emperor, the crown prince's illness is 'heart paralysis', which is the same as the previous attacks. The evil of heat, dampness and heat invades the blood vessels from the outside of the fur, and the spleen is unable to transport and transform water and dampness, and the water qi hits the heart and shoots the lungs, resulting in chest tightness, palpitation, asthma, and edema of the lower limbs..."

Another imperial doctor also bowed and said: "That's right, the prince's disease must nourish the heart and spleen, transform qi and promote water, drive wind, activate blood and dredge collaterals. I have already used angelica, white peony root, osmanthus twig, salvia miltiorrhiza, Qianghuo, Duhuo, Fu god……"

"Okay, okay, don't go into so much detail, just talk about whether the prince's illness is serious or not."

"After taking the medicine, your life should be fine. However, the prince's illness is sudden. Compared with the previous few times, the symptoms are getting worse. Although the ministers have prescribed the right medicine to relieve the pain, it's just..."

Ming Chengzu frowned: "Just what?"

"I don't dare!" The two imperial physicians knelt down and kowtowed in fear.

"Forgive your innocence, just get up and speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two imperial physicians stood up. One of the imperial physicians looked at the other imperial physician and saw the other nodded, and then said: "Reporting to the emperor, the crown prince has suffered from heartaches no less than a dozen times over the years. It was more serious than once. There were no symptoms before the onset. The sudden onset made people unpredictable and unpredictable. Over the years, all the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital have consulted many times about how to diagnose and treat the prince's illness, but they couldn't find any effective way to completely cure it. Cut off the root. Therefore, the ministers are worried that one day in the future, the prince's condition will eventually deteriorate, and at that time..."

Ming Chengzu said solemnly: "According to your diagnosis, how much time does the crown prince have?"

"It's hard to judge. It could be as long as three to five years, or as little as three to five months. Of course, it is not ruled out that a miracle will happen, and the prince will live a thousand years..."

Ming Chengzu hoped for a miracle, but the cruel political struggle told him that he should not pin his hopes on a miracle that fell from the sky.You have to be prepared.Nodding his head, he returned to the bedside thoughtfully.

Ming Chengzu and the imperial physician spoke lightly, but although they were far away from the crown prince, they were relatively close to Yang Qiuchi.In addition, he practiced martial arts hard with Liu Ruobing during this period of time, and his ear strength gradually improved.Although the voice was low, he could still barely hear it, and he couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words of the two imperial physicians.

The crown prince's condition is serious, and the position of the crown prince may have to be changed. Judging from Ming Chengzu's love for the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, the position of the crown prince will probably be passed on to the second prince, and he will be in trouble.It seems that my official position has come to an end, and I am worried all day long. It is boring to be an official, so I should think about the way forward as soon as possible, and before the second prince succeeds to the throne, when I can't do anything to myself, I should quickly think about it. slip away.

After leaving the Prince's Mansion and returning home, Yang Qiuchi called all the girls together, talked about it, and shared his worries.

All the girls were also heartbroken. Seeing that the battle between Yang Qiuchi and Ji Gang began to gain the upper hand, the crown prince became seriously ill. If they really want to change the crown prince, they should replace it with the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, unless the Yang family Rebellion, otherwise, the only way is to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

The girls discussed for a while, and the final idea was that, judging from this posture, the emperor might make some moves in the near future to make a new decision on the crown prince. Once the emperor decides to transfer the crown prince to the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, there is no need to discuss with Ji Gang and the others. After fighting, he immediately started to prepare to sell his property and secretly flee overseas to live a happy life.

Once you have an idea, you will feel at ease.

The next morning, before dawn, Yang Qiuchi came to the Jiuqing room of the palace on schedule, waiting for the court.In ancient times, there were very few recreational activities at night, so they used to go to bed early and get up early, and usually went to bed at the first watch, but the so-called midnight and third watch, in fact, was twelve o'clock, for the ancients, they had already slept. Many of us modern people are still walking in style.

When Xue Lu saw Yang Qiuchi, he was very affectionate. He took his hand and the two sat down to chat. Yang Qiuchi made a big fuss in Beizhen Fusi, Fachang and Meridian Gate in the past few days. The unjust murder case has spread all over the capital.At that time, unlike now, there was too much news for him to pay attention to, so the news spread quickly and caused a great shock.Many officials also knew about it, and the honest officials who admired Yang Qiuchi all came to greet and chat with Yang Qiuchi one after another, and the gutless but admired officials who didn't dare to provoke Ji Gang also smiled at Yang Qiuchi from a distance.And Ji Gang's buddies watched with a sullen face, to see who dared to fight against Ji Gang who were not afraid of death.

Dudu Xue has already agreed with Yang Qiuchi to advance and retreat together. In the past two days, he also knew that Yang Qiuchi had gradually gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Ji Gang, and he was full of confidence in Yang Qiuchi, so he was talking and laughing with Yang Qiuchi at this moment.

At this moment, Ji Gangzhu walked in with a cane, and all the bureaucrats avoided him one after another.Ji Gang saw Dudu Xue and Yang Qiuchi talking and laughing, his face sank, and he snorted heavily in his nostrils.Dudu Xue's face was slightly embarrassed, he stood up, and cupped his hands to Ji Gang: "Master Ji, good morning!"

Xue Dudu is cautious by nature, cares too much, and dare not fight with Ji Gang. In fact, as the governor of the Five Armies, a super-rank lord, he also holds a heavy soldier, and is also an important minister of Ming Chengzu. If he really wants to fight Ji Gang, who will win? maybe.However, although he made up his mind to advance and retreat with Yang Qiuchi, he still dared not offend Ji Gang openly.Therefore, it is still polite to greet Ji Gang.

But Ji Gang didn't seem to see him, walked up to Yang Qiuchi, smiled sinisterly, and cupped his hands: "Master Yang, how's your morning?"

Yang Qiuchi returned a salute: "Morning Ji!" He said nothing more.

Ji Gang cast a sideways glance at Dudu Xue beside him, and continued: "Master Yang, Lin Yuan, my former guard, raped and killed Dudu Xue's concubine and two maids. The emperor ordered you to execute him. When are you going to execute him? I'm still waiting." Let's collect his body."

Dudu Xue was surprised and delighted, and asked: "Master Yang, it turns out that this case has been solved. That's great. Why didn't I hear you mention it just now?"

Yang Qiuchi didn't know what to say for a while, he couldn't say that he had released Lin Yuan without guilt, lest he startled the snake, which not only caused Ji Gang to chase and kill Lin Yuan who hadn't escaped, but also aroused his vigilance. That would be wrong.

Yang Qiuchi said: "The emperor does have a sacred order, but there is no limit on when I will execute the sentence. Moreover, this is my business, so I don't need to worry about Mr. Ji."

Ji Gang frowned: "Lord Yang, although the emperor has not set a time limit for your execution, after all, Lord Xue is still waiting to avenge his concubine." He turned to Governor Xue and said, "Is what I said right? grown ups."

Dudu Xue said with a smile: "Yes, if the real culprit is found out, I certainly hope that the real culprit will be brought to justice as soon as possible, and I will comfort the spirit of my beloved concubine."

Yang Qiuchi had no choice but to say to Xue Lu: "Master Xue, there are still some details of this case that have not been clarified, so I didn't tell you. When the whole case comes to light, I will report it to Master Xue."

Ji Gang sneered: "Master Yang, don't give us a sloppy eye here. In fact, you have released Lin Yuan privately. Is what I said correct?"

Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, Ji Gang's news was really well-informed. When Lin Yuan was released, only Song Yun'er, Nan Gongxiong, Xu Shiling, and Shi Qiujian were present. He trusted these four people, and it was impossible to leak the news.It must be that Lin Yuan was taken out of the prison, but he has not been sent back, and there is no news of being transferred to another prison, so he informed Ji Gang of the news, and Ji Gang immediately guessed that Lin Yuan was released by himself.

It seems that there is still Ji Gang's eyeliner in Nanzhen Fusi Prison or somewhere else.It's no wonder that Ji Gang has been in charge of Jinyiwei for many years. Although he has vigorously reformed the Nanzhen Fusi, he still has not eradicated all of Ji Gang's eyeliners. Instead, act as a commander yourself.

Ji Gang smiled coldly and said nothing more.

Yang Qiuchi immediately knew that Ji Gang might make trouble for him in the morning.Thinking about how to deal with it.

Dudu Xue looked at Yang Qiuchi very puzzled: "Master Yang, why did you release the real murderer?"

Ji Gang is very cunning, trying to use this incident to divide his alliance with Governor Xue. Now, Yang Qiuchi can only tell the truth to Xue Lu, otherwise he will lose Xue Lu, an important ally.Besides, I can't hide it now, and Ji Gang will definitely make a fuss about it when he goes to court, and he will explain the reason at that time, so it's better to say it now.

After thinking about it, Yang Qiuchi pulled Xue Lu to a distance, and then said in a low voice: "Master Xue, Lin Yuan is not the real culprit, there must be someone else, and I am continuing to investigate. Ji Gang wants to use this matter to Come to divide us, we can't be fooled by him."

Xue Lu must have realized suddenly: "So that's the case, what I mean is, if Master Yang, you find the real culprit, there is no need to hide it from me."

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "The emperor ordered me to kill Lin Yuan, and I will give you an explanation, but Lin Yuan is not the real murderer, I can't kill innocent people, after a while, Ji Gang will definitely use this matter to embarrass me."

Xue Lu was startled: "Then what should I do?"

"Don't worry, I've already figured out a countermeasure, but I'm afraid I'll need Dudu Xue to give me some kind words after a while."

Xue Lu bowed and saluted: "Master Yang was framed by Ji Gang for the matter of Xue, and Xue was quite guilty. Don't worry, Lord Yang, when he goes to court in a while, Xue will definitely fight with reason to prevent Ji Gang from doing this. You succeed."

While talking, when the morning time came, all the bureaucrats lined up into Jinshen Hall according to their rank and rank, knelt down to welcome the emperor, came out and took a seat on the dragon throne.

The eunuch in charge of ceremonies sang loudly: "Play if there is something to do, and retreat to the court if there is nothing to do~!"

Ji Gang stepped out of the line, bowed and said, "Long live, this minister was originally subordinate to Lin Yuan, who raped and murdered Dudu Xue's concubine and two maidservants, and beheaded by the Holy Order. Although Lin Yuan is a subordinate of this minister, he and this minister are like brothers , Hearing this sad news, I was heartbroken, but I missed my brother, and wanted to collect his body for a proper burial, but I don’t know when to cut it off, so I specially wrote to the emperor, and implored Long En to set a date for his death, so that I can collect the body.”

Ming Chengzu nodded slightly: "Ji Aiqing's generosity and benevolence to his subordinates is commendable." Turning his head to look at Yang Qiuchi: "Yang Aiqing, then Lin Yuan will be executed tomorrow, and Ji Aiqing will be notified before he is executed so that he can send someone to kill him." Collect the corpse."

Yang Qiuchi's heart began to beat wildly, he stepped forward boldly, bowed and said, "Long live, Lin Yuan can't be killed."

Ming Chengzu frowned: "Why?"

"Wei Chen has already found out that Lin Yuan is not the real culprit who raped and murdered Governor Xue's concubine, he is innocent, so he cannot be beheaded."

"Who is the real culprit then?"

"Weichen is investigating further, and the case has not yet been solved."

Ming Chengzu snorted heavily: "You said last time that Lin Yuan was the real murderer, but now you say no, what's the reason?"

"Last time, I only said that Lin Yuan was suspected of major crimes, but it is not uncommon for criminal cases to have three or five major criminal suspects. What the ministers need to do is to exclude innocent people who have been wronged from these major criminal suspects. Find the real culprit."

"Since this Lin Yuan is no longer the real culprit, do you have any clues to the real culprit, and how will this case be resolved?"

Yang Qiuchi bowed deeply: "Although the real culprit has not been found, the Skynet is well-established, and it is not missing. One day, I will be caught. I will do my best to solve this case."

"What if the real culprit can't be found?"

"I think that even if the real culprit can't be found, the innocent can't be convicted in vain!"

"Bold!" Ji Gang shouted, "Master Yang, you dare to accuse the emperor of killing innocent people in court, what should you do?"

"I am the governor of the Yingtian Mansion. I will not ask about the name of the sentence. I will only ask the case according to the "Daming Law" imperially established by the Taizu. , I can’t afford it either!”

Ji Gang pointed at Yang Qiuchi and said with a smile: "Haha, you can't afford the crime of trespassing on purpose, then you have to commit the crime of resisting the decree and deceiving the emperor!"

"Lord Ji's words are wrong!" Xue Dudu stepped out and bowed to Ming Chengzu: "My minister's concubine was killed, of course I hope to bring the real murderer to justice and avenge my concubine, but if I abuse others to convict me, To settle this case is not what I hoped for."

Ji Gang said: "You... how do you know that the emperor has abused others to take the blame? This case was ordered by the emperor. If you say that, you are clearly contemptuous of the emperor! It is a great treason!"

Yang Qiuchi smiled coldly: "We are rebellious? Some people know that Lin Yuan is not the real culprit in this case and he is innocent, but they want to send him to be beheaded by the official. Is this considered righteous?"

Ji Gang's expression changed: "What did you say? How dare you slander me?"

"I didn't name you. How do you know I'm talking about you? You're obviously guilty of a crime. There's no silver 300 taels here, hahaha."

Ji Gang's face was even more ugly, and he pointed at Yang Qiuchi: "You...you resisted the order and did not obey the order, released the prisoner privately, and dare to speak hard..."

"Okay!" Ming Chengzu on the Dragon Throne yelled, "I have already warned you two, if you want to fight in the nest, you will stand up again after talking about it? Do you really want to force me to treat you two?" Do you use a court staff?"

Ji Gang and Yang Qiuchi hurriedly fell to their knees and kowtowed, saying that they didn't dare.

Ming Chengzu snorted heavily, paused for a while, and said to Yang Qiuchi: "Yang Aiqing, did you really release Lin Yuan?"

Yang Qiuchi said: "Wei Chen has ruled out the suspicion that he was the real culprit who raped and murdered Governor Xue's concubine. Now there is no evidence to prove that he is guilty, so he is released."

Yang Qiuchi was a little worried that Ming Chengzu would ask himself what evidence he used to prove his innocence. This evidence involved the modern problem of blood typing, which would be troublesome.Fortunately, what Yang Qiuchi said in the two post-mortem examinations at the Meridian Gate last time had already confused Ming Chengzu in a cloud. He knew that it was useless to ask, but it was nothing more than an incomprehensible speech, so he simply didn't ask.

Ming Chengzu stared at Yang Qiuchi and thought to himself, there are really such naive people in this world. This case is obviously very difficult. He gave him a step to let him go down, but he didn't go down. He resisted the order and let the criminal go. I don't know how to be flexible at all. If the so-called impartial law enforcement is so so-called, how can I hang out in the officialdom.

Ming Chengzu sighed helplessly, and said: "Yang Aiqing, this is the way to be an official, you...do you really or falsely don't understand?"

Yang Qiuchi kowtowed and said: "Long live what you value is the ability of the minister to solve the case and investigate the real murderer's mastermind, not the ability to frame the innocent out of nothing. Thanks to the Holy Grace, the minister is in charge of the post of Yin Tianfu, and he should be impartial. In law enforcement, neither condone a criminal nor wrong an innocent person. This is why I understand the holy will, so I do this."

Ming Chengzu nodded, sighed again, and said to Xue Dudu: "Xue Aiqing is right, revenge must find the real culprit, if you can't drag one person to count, then it is not revenge." Turning to Yang Qiuchi, said: "Okay, Yang Aiqing, you are the one who is solving this case. Since you don't think Lin Yuan is the real murderer, you really shouldn't be beheaded. I allow you to continue to investigate the case and bring the real murderer to justice as soon as possible."

Yang Qiuchi kowtowed and said: "My minister leads the decree, thank you Lord Longen!" He squinted at Ji Gang, only to see that he looked a little frustrated, and he was quite proud. He won this round again. As the emperor got to know him better, Yang Qiuchi Qiu Chi is getting more and more confident in this fight.

Ming Chengzu said: "Yang Aiqing, Ji Aiqing, Xue Aiqing and other governors of the five armies, the six ministers, Dali Temple, the Secretary of General Administration, Jiuqing of the Inspectorate, Hu Guang, the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi, the cabinet bachelors, will come with me. Discuss matters in Wenyuan Pavilion. Retire!" After finishing speaking, he got up and left.

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