slave like jade

Chapter 185 The Queen's Cause of Death
Late at night, there was a dead silence in the prison of Dali Temple.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind passed through the aisle of the cell, and then I heard thin footsteps...

Chunhua, who was guarding Yu Ruyan's bed, was startled, and wanted to wake up Yu Ruyan who was sleeping, but when she thought that she hadn't had a good rest for a long time, and couldn't bear to disturb her, she had to wake her up while lying on the table. Qiuyue.

The two little girls heard the sudden sound of footsteps in the prison in fear, and couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.

The cell was already very dark, not to mention the sudden sound of footsteps in the middle of the night was very scary...

Yu Ruyan was a light sleeper, although Chunhua didn't wake her up for fear of disturbing her, but the slight movements of the two maidservants woke her up.

She didn't get up, but continued to lie on the bed with her eyes closed!

Ever since she lost her sight, Yu Ruyan's sense of hearing has become much sharper than before. In this quiet prison, she listened attentively to the slight footsteps, but felt that the sound came from the left side of her cell, and in the long It was the three of Yu Mingzhu who were imprisoned in the cell on the left of the passage.

Yu Ruyan felt a chill in her heart, and her expression became dignified!

The next moment, the golden sound of swords colliding suddenly sounded in the silent prison, as if someone was fighting, and then there was a woman's exclamation, one could tell it was the voice of Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue...

For a while, the quiet cell became lively...

Yu Ruyan couldn't lie down anymore, she sat up from the bed, Chunhua and Qiuyue saw that she had woken up, they quickly surrounded her, and said in fear: "Master, there seems to be a fight over there... what should we do?"

Yu Ruyan smiled calmly, and comforted the two maidservants, "Don't be afraid, they didn't come after us, and now that Dali Temple is under Prince Yi's control, no one dares to do anything wrong here!"

Sure enough, as she expected, in less than a moment, the sound of swords and swords had disappeared, only Yue Yu's cold voice sounded coldly in the empty prison——

"Master Mu, at this hour, why don't you rest in your prime minister's mansion and go to the prison in Dali Temple? Is it robbing the prison, or—killing people to silence you!"

Yue Yu's voice was cold and casual, but it made Mu Ziyang, who was wearing a black night suit covering his face, tremble with fear.

He secretly bribed a familiar jailer to sneak in, and the journey went smoothly, but he didn't expect to be discovered as soon as he entered the cell.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, looking incredulously at the bright-eyed and indifferent Prince Yi in front of him, he realized that he had set up an ambush for him to come in and catch the turtle.

Moreover, he dressed himself up like this, and he recognized him at a glance!
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Mu Ziyang cursed angrily: "It is said that Prince Yi is the most virtuous person, but I didn't expect to be such a treacherous person, he deliberately let the guards outside let me in..."

"No, I'm here to wait for Mr. Mu's arrival!" Yue Yu was not angry at Mu Ziyang's scolding, he cut off Mu Ziyang's words easily, his face changed drastically when he looked at him with clear eyes. Mu Ziyang.

"You...how did you know that I would come..."

Yue Yu smiled lightly, took out the things in his hands, and slowly unfolded them in front of Mu Ziyang, his eyes were slightly cold, and he said clearly: "This thing belongs to Mr. Mu, I know you will definitely come to find it back! "

Looking at the things in Yue Yu's hands, Mu Ziyang's whole body froze, panic and fear flashed in his eyes, the next moment, the long sword in his hand pointed at Yue Yu fiercely, and said in a vicious voice: "Why is this blueprint in your hands? ? Return it to me quickly!"

Of course, Yue Yu would not return the things in his hands to him. The next moment, Mu Ziyang, who was clearly surrounded, still struggled desperately and rushed towards Yue Yu. Judging by his posture, he was bound to snatch the things from him. thing……

In the cell, Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu or Mrs. Yiqing had already been awakened by the sound of fighting, Mu Ziyue looked at the things in Yue Yu's hands, and her eyes were tearing apart too!

On the other side of the long passage, Yu Ruyan listened quietly to the conversation between the two, and when she heard the word 'drawing', her heart was shocked, and a light flickered in her dull eyes...

The fighting sound lasted for less than a moment and then stopped, this time, Yue Yu directly caught Mu Ziyang alive and put him in the prison.

At this critical moment, he dared to break into the prison without permission, no matter what the purpose was, it was a felony.

After this commotion, the colorless had already brightened up, and within an hour of Mu Ziyang being imprisoned, Mu Xiang had already rushed to Dali Temple with Mu Yunzhi to be an important person.

They came aggressively, but were stopped by Yue Yu at the door of the cell...

At that time, Mu Lingzhi had already come to the cell early to give Yu Ruyan the millet porridge that he made himself.With an unusually calm expression, he blew the porridge in the cooling spoon with his own hands, and then carefully fed it into her mouth.

Yu Ruyan couldn't see his description, but she guessed that he must know what happened in the prison last night. Thinking of the blueprint, her breathing became a little disordered, and she couldn't help but said to Mu Lingzhi: " Your Highness is here today, did Prince Yi say anything to you?"

Mu Lingzhi smiled and said, "I know even if he doesn't tell. Now everyone in Dongdu knows that Mr. Mu was robbed in the middle of the night."

As soon as he said the words, he couldn't help frowning and said suspiciously: "It stands to reason that what Mu Ziyue committed was not pursued by the emperor to Mufu, why is Mu Ziyang so anxious, and, He was imprisoned, and Mu Xiang came to the door. Mu Xiang, who is always treacherous and cunning, can't sit still this time, and he is confused, the whole thing is really weird."

Hearing what he said, Yu Ruyan felt relieved, knowing that Yue Yu did not let Mu Lingzhi know about the blueprint.But another doubt arose in my heart——

Why did Yue Yu hide from Mu Lingzhi that Mu Ziyang went to prison to take away the blueprint?
She was full of doubts in her heart, but on the surface she was calm and obediently drinking the porridge he fed.

After feeding her the porridge in the bowl, Mu Lingzhi finally said worriedly: "Mu Xiang and the first prince are both cunning and difficult to deal with. I will go out to help Brother Yi and let Chunhua and the others feed you another bowl. You have lost weight recently. Eat too much, eat as much as you can.”

Let's talk, let Chunhua and Qiuyue continue to serve Yu Ruyan and have breakfast.

Seeing that he was going to get involved in last night's affairs, Yu Ruyan felt cold, and wanted to ask him to stay, but she still struggled to swallow the words.

She knew that, until now, there were some things that she couldn't hide even if she wanted to...

Mu Lingzhi was really worried that Yue Yu would not be able to handle it alone, so he imprisoned Mu Ziyang without authorization, and put Mu Xiang and his sons and daughters in prison.

In the lobby ahead, Yue Yu was not wearing an official uniform, but a snow-white ordinary uniform, and he did not sit in the high hall, but sat leisurely opposite Mu Xiang, drinking the tea in his hand calmly, describing Unusually calm.

On the contrary, Mu Xiang and the First Prince wore majestic court clothes, with a fierce aura, and Mu Xiang glared at Yue Yu with fierce eyebrows, and said in a hateful voice: "What does Prince Yi mean? Why did you imprison the child? What did he commit? What crime?"

Facing Mu Xiang's exasperated questioning, Yue Yu smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Break into the prison of Dali Temple in the middle of the night, holding a sharp weapon, what does Mu Xiang think your son wants to do, and what crime is he committing?"

Mu Xiang was very scheming, he had already thought of a good excuse on the way here, and he couldn't help but said coldly: "He is just reluctant to part with his sister, afraid that she will suffer in prison, and wants to visit her secretly, there is no other meaning."

"So, what does Prime Minister Mu think is the best way to deal with it?" Yue Yu looked at Prime Minister Quan in front of him with clear eyes, and asked slowly.

"..." Mu Xiang didn't expect Yue Yu's words to change so quickly, and he didn't know how to answer him all of a sudden.

"I feel that even if he trespasses in the prison, it is justifiable. At most, he will be punished with a few slaps, but Prince Yi put him in the prison. The punishment is a bit severe..."

Mu Yunzhi, who was sitting on the side, said coolly.

Now that Mu Xiangyi's family shares weal and woe with him, he certainly doesn't want to see another accident in Mu Fu.

He said it lightly, but Mu Xiang had a layer of cold sweat on his palms...

After the fact that Mu Ziyue teamed up with Yu Mingzhu and Mrs. Yiqing to pretend to be a jade girl was exposed yesterday, although Mu Xiang felt sad, but now, he has no choice but to abandon this daughter to keep the entire Mu family. Therefore, after Mrs. Mu and Mu Zi Under Yang's pleading, Mu Xiang was not only unwilling to come forward to save her, but he was even unwilling to go to see her in the prison.

Mu Xiang and Mu Yunzhi had the same thought, that is, Mu Ziyue's crime of deceiving the emperor was already a nail in the coffin, with a dead end. Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was, he would not offend Tian Wei at this time. Let the whole Mufu be buried with her...

Not only did Prime Minister Mu refuse to save Mu Ziyue again, he even issued a strict order in the mansion not to allow Mrs. Mu to visit Mu Ziyue in the cell, and to treat her as if she had never given birth to this daughter, and let her fend for herself.

This time, Mrs. Mu was also aware of the seriousness of the matter, although she was very sad, she just hid in the house and cried, and no longer insisted on saving Mu Ziyue.

On the contrary, Mu Ziyang was extremely anxious, pestering Mu Xiang, he must go to the prison to see Mu Ziyue.

I don't know the character and appearance of the son I gave birth to.In normal times, Mu Ziyue committed a capital crime, and because of Mu Ziyang's cold-blooded and ruthless character, he might be the first to disown her, but his current behavior is really abnormal.

Under Mu Xiang's questioning, Mu Ziyang finally couldn't resist the fear in his heart, and told him that he had stolen the travel route map that Mu Lingzhi made for the prince three years ago because of his greed for beauty, and leaked it to him. He told Mu Xiang that Mu Ziyue used Chen Yanfei's mouth to put the blame on Mu Lingzhi and told Mu Xiang about the fact that he killed the Chen family.

Hearing this, Mu Xiang was completely stunned——

He never expected that his two sons and daughters would do so many terrible things in private without telling him, and these things were involved in the terrible assassination of the crown prince three years ago. , and now he is still framing Mu Lingzhi, making the prince and the third prince brothers turn against each other, and even more so courageous enough to kill someone in the prince's east palace...

All of this, even if the heads of the entire Mu Mansion were chopped off, it would not be enough to appease the holy majesty's anger...

Mu Xiang was well aware of the seriousness of the matter, so he was so angry and anxious that he couldn't catch his breath, so he passed out...

When he woke up again, he immediately slapped the bloodless Mu Ziyang on the face, hating the two brothers and sisters for causing a terrible disaster for the Mu family.

But hate turns to hate, the wrong thing has been done, and it is impossible for Mu Xiang to watch the Mufu Yimen die, let alone the glory of the Mufu Yimen. Therefore, after thinking about it, only in Dali Temple Before the official trial, let those who know these things shut up and never say a word...

Therefore, the first person to be silenced is of course his own daughter Mu Ziyue, and Mrs. Yiqing who helped Mu Ziyue kill someone and Yu Mingzhu who was in collusion with them all have to die...

In order to find the blueprint smoothly, Mu Ziyang no longer trusted anyone, so he had to do it himself. He went to the prison to find the blueprint in desperation, and killed his own sister to silence him...

However, what Mu Ziyang and Mu Xiang never expected was that the jailer searched Mu Ziyue for the drawing from her body the first time she was locked in the cell, and presented it to Yue Yu.The moment Yue Yu saw the blueprint, he frowned tightly and hastened, already expecting that the Mufu would send people to the cell, so he was ready to wait in the cell for the people from the Mufu to throw themselves into the trap.

Mu Ziyang's personal appearance was within his expectation.

Because, Yue Yu knew the importance of this blueprint to Mu Ziyang...

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Hearing Mu Yunzhi's words, Yue Yu was not in a hurry or angry, but nodded in agreement, and said: "Then, as the eldest prince said, small punishments and big punishments, let's beat Mr. Mu thirty times!"

It was said that a big stone in Mu Xiang's heart was finally let go. Although the thirty boards were heavy, they were insignificant compared to the fate of the entire Mufu people.

When Mu Lingzhi rushed over, he happened to hear Yue Yu's words. Although he was puzzled, he was in charge of everything in Dali Temple now, so it was not easy for him to stop him.

After only two hours in the prison, Mu Ziyang's face was pale, and he was dragged to the execution room of Dali Temple, where he was beaten with [-] boards, his skin was torn apart, and his teeth were bleeding from biting... …

Mu Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked his servants to lift the bloody lower body of Mu Ziyang, who was about to return to the mansion, but Yue Yu gave the order, but the people from Dali Temple formally arrested Mu Ziyang, and the charges were serious. It is a serious crime to frame the prince!

Mu Xiang completely collapsed, he didn't expect that Yue Yu already knew everything Mu Ziyang did, but these thirty boards were for nothing...

Feeling that he had been fooled and deceived, Mu Xiang looked at the handsome and harmless Yue Yu in front of him, his eyes were tearing with hatred, he could no longer care about politeness and restraint, and said angrily: "Why do you slander the dog without any evidence? For such a serious crime, His Majesty only asked you to accept the case of Qin Xianglou and the Empress, what qualifications do you have..."

"As long as anyone and anything related to these two cases, I will not let go!" Yue Yu ignored Mu Xiang's rage, and said coldly to the people around him: "Starting from today, the criminal interrogation will be officially conducted, and the rest of the idlers will be interrogated." Wait until we see you, see you off!"

Mu Xiang was kicked out of Dali Temple unceremoniously, spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and fell down at the gate of Dali Temple in a hurry...

After he woke up, he sued Yue Yu in front of King Liang with a pleading paper, but King Liang rejected his pleading in person, and let Yue Yu take this opportunity to investigate the assassination of the crown prince three years ago.

And from that day onwards, the case-handling officer of Dali Temple began to interrogate Mu Ziyue and the others, and those three people, including Mu Ziyang, all refused to admit the crime, and only admitted the matter of pretending to be a jade girl. Ken admits.

Because in the hearts of Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu, they were already destined to die, but before they died, they desperately wanted to drag Yu Ruyan to die together, so, only the 27 lives of Qin Xianglou, And if Yu Ruyan's affairs are pushed to her, she will surely die...

The queen's funeral is only a few days away, but the king of Liang strictly ordered Dali Temple to find out the cause of death before the queen's funeral, and avenge the queen's injustice!

So time was running out, and the case-handling officials of Dali Temple were busy trying Mu Ziyue and the others every day, while looking for clues to solve the case with Yueyu Mu Lingzhi, all of them were extremely busy.

Under such circumstances, the officials of Dali Temple hated Mu Ziyue and the others for their hard-spoken words. Naturally, they would not show mercy. Their screams could be heard in the torture room every day, and they never stopped day and night...

Every time she heard these screams coming from not far away, Yu Ruyan's heart became more and more calm. She believed that all things must come to light, and the truth would come to light one day.

On the evening of the fifth day, Yue Yu came back from the palace, to be precise, he came back from looking for clues in the queen's mourning hall.

Although he knew that Yu Ruyan didn't want to see him, but thinking about what he confirmed today, he finally stepped into Yu Ruyan's cell again.

Mu Lingzhi had just left the cell not long ago, so hearing the footsteps, Yu Ruyan had already guessed that it was him!

Compared with the resentment towards him a few days ago, Yu Ruyan's state of mind is much clearer now than before, she beckoned him to sit down, and asked Chunhua to pour tea for him.

Thinking of the results of today's investigation, and also to make her feel completely at ease, Yue Yu said with a trace of excitement in his voice: "I have found the real cause of the Queen's death. In this way, the suspicion on you can be completely cleared. "

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was slightly taken aback, her expression froze, she couldn't believe it——

The queen's death, apart from the fall on the back of the head, neither the imperial physician nor Wu Zuo found out the second cause of death, so Liang Wang and everyone agreed that Yu Ruyan was the murderer who killed the queen.

Her heart was excited, her voice trembled with excitement, and she asked urgently: "How did the queen die?"

Thinking of the cause of the Queen's death, Yue Yu's heart couldn't help trembling. He sighed and said in a deep voice: "I once went to the south of Miaojiang with my master, and I learned from the king of Miaojiang that there is a land in Miaojiang. The most insidious Corpse Gu, also called Huangquan Gu..."

"Yellow Spring Gu, as the name suggests, has already set foot on the road to the Yellow Spring, because the life and death of the victim is completely controlled by the person who cast the Gu."

"...The Gu user used his blood essence to raise a pair of extremely rare twin Gu worms, just like human twins. After the Gu user planted one Gu worm on the Gu victim, the other Gu worm was still alive. Keep it by your side, and this Gu worm is the key to the life and death of the victim. Because, as long as this Gu worm dies, the Gu worms planted on the victim's body will also die immediately, and as long as the Gu worms in the victim's body die , the person who has been infected by the Gu will die immediately, and die quietly..."

Even though there was a warm charcoal basin burning in the prison cell, Yu Ruyan still felt the endless chill all over her body, she curled up tightly, her lips trembling and said: "You mean...you mean, the Empress died from the Underworld Gu? Then who put the Gu on her, could it be..."

Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed across the light——

Thinking about it now, before the empress fell from the throne that night, her expression froze suddenly, her body stiffened and she fell straight forward...

That description, when I think about it now, it's as if my body stiffened and collapsed after death, rather than someone who died after being sucked to the back of the head...

His forehead and whole body were drenched in cold sweat. Thinking of the moment when the queen fell down, Yu Mingzhu, Mu Ziyue, and Mrs. Yiqing just pushed the door in. The queen who fell...

"Yes, it was Yiqing who did it, and she is a grass hag from Miaojiang who is good at making Gu and using poison..."

After receiving Yue Yu's affirmative answer, Yu Ruyan's whole body felt cold, she dared not say anything: "You...how did you find out...discover all of this..."

Yue Yu said coldly: "The reason why Huangquan Gu is considered the most vicious Gu is because as long as one Gu worm dies, the victim will die immediately, and there are no traces found on the body of the deceased. But—— "

He paused, and said firmly: "After more than seven days, the corpse of the deceased will rot quickly, from the inside to the outside, but it will not emit a disgusting and unpleasant smell like ordinary corpses, but will emit a very bad smell. The very faint fragrance is called 'the soul of the other shore flower'...and I happened to be lucky enough to see a corpse that died from the Netherworld Gu in Miaojiang..."

"The day before yesterday, I went to the mourning hall of Queen Xie. Although the smell of burning paper and incense was everywhere in the mourning hall, when I got close to her coffin, I could still smell the faint fragrance. When the coffin was reopened later, this The smell is stronger, and the coffin is just as I guessed, in such a cold winter day, even though the corpse of Empress Xie was smeared with anti-rot herbs, it was already highly rotten..."

"In order to further confirm the guess in my heart, when I went again today, I deliberately folded a bundle of plum blossoms and brought them into the mourning hall. I placed the plum blossoms next to the coffin, and within a quarter of an hour, the bundle of fresh plum blossom petals all withered quickly fall..."

"It wasn't until this moment that I was really sure that Empress Xie died from the Netherworld Gu, because for those who died from the Netherworld Gu, the 'Bianhuasoul' exuded from the body after death is the nemesis of all flowers, and it will wither when you encounter it..."

Even the warm teacup couldn't warm Yu Ruyan's cold hands, her whole body trembled slightly——

Having dealt with Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu countless times, she knew that these two women were very vicious in their minds, but she never thought that they were so vicious and bold that even Empress Xie dared to murder at will. Human teeth tremble with fear!
Yue Yu took a sip of tea and continued: "There are very few people who know the Gu technique in Daliang, and it is even more difficult to find someone who knows the most powerful insidious Gu technique in this kind of Gu technique. There are not many Huangquan Gu, because this Gu is too insidious, and the king of Miaojiang forbids people to practice this Gu. Even those who secretly practice this Gu have a lot of requirements, not only must the Gu skill be good, but also the twins Gu worms are also extremely hard to find..."

"When Mrs. Yiqing was in Miaojiang, she was already the most famous grass hag in the area..."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's heart became clear, she suppressed the panic in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "On the day Qinxianglou caught fire, I was going to meet Qinxianglou's old bustard, Qiu's mother, at the inn, but someone I passed out after being pierced with a silver needle at the halo point, and when I woke up, I found a bloody gash on my wrist... Before, I couldn’t figure out what the bloody gash was for until I realized that I was Only then did the real jade girl realize that after that poisonous woman Yiqing stabbed me unconscious that day, she cut my wrist and took the blood from my body, and made a pill to detoxify the queen..."

"And those Gu worms must have been planted into the Queen's body when they pretended to be the Jade Maiden to detoxify the Empress, just to prevent the Queen from discovering the truth about the Jade Maiden one day, and they want to kill the Queen to silence her..."

When the truth of the queen's death finally came to light, Yu Ruyan also wanted to understand many things in her heart——

For example, she already knew that the bowl of Crane Crown Red that the Empress gave her that night was not a fake medicine to test her as the Empress said, but a genuine bowl of gut-piercing poison.

However, not only did she not know that she was a jade girl who was not afraid of all kinds of poisons, but even the queen did not expect anything wrong after drinking the bowl of crane crimson. A general description.

From the moment she was not poisoned to death by Hedinghong, the queen must have thought that she was the real jade girl, so she changed her attitude towards her later, and she was willing to spare her life and agreed to send her She quietly left the palace, and immediately called the Jade Pearls to confront them about the Jade Girl...

Presumably, Empress Xie personally took the Hedinghong to the East Palace to find out about herself. Yu Mingzhu and the others knew about it, and they also knew in their hearts that as long as she drank the bowl of Hedinghong, the Queen would definitely find out about the jade girl. Hearing the queen's summons, they acted first, killing one Gu worm, causing the other Gu worm in the queen's body to die, and thus taking the queen's life...

Although the mystery of the Queen's death has been solved, Yu Ruyan's mood is extremely sad. She is shocking how she can be so sinister and vicious...

And Yue Yu went on to say: "Although Qiu's mother, the only witness in the Qin Xianglou case, fell off the cliff and could not come out to testify against Yu Mingzhu, the poison found on Dongcao's body and the five secret guards of the palace is exactly the same as before. The poison on the silver needle carried by Mrs. Qing is exactly the same, so this alone is enough to prove that they did the Qin Xianglou incident. In this way, all the grievances on your body will be completely cleared!"

After saying this sentence, Yue Yu sighed silently in his heart. Now that the case has been successfully solved and her grievances cleared, it can offset the guilt he feels towards her.

After hearing Yue Yu's words, Chunhua and Qiuyue around were very excited, but Yu Ruyan said to Yue Yu with a solemn expression: "I still need Prince Yi to help me find out!"

After Yue Yu heard her words, his expression was startled, and a bad premonition floated in his heart!

(End of this chapter)