Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 314 Shadow Graphics
"It's Dan Fengyan."

"The overall appearance is quite delicate, and a little soft."

"About seven feet high."

In the back hall of the procuratorate, as the two imperial guards worked together to recall, Ma Zhou hurriedly moved with his wonderful pen, and after a while, a picture of the "inner courtier" was drawn.

It has to be said that Ma Zhou is a genius. Based on the empty description of the imperial army, he actually drew six or seven points of Xie Zhongju's appearance. However, several people thought that Xie Zhongju was a man, so the portraits in the picture also tended to be masculine. The eyebrows are quite different from real people.

Ma Zhou put down his wolf hair, picked up Huaying Graphics and asked the two guards, "Is that him?"

"Yes, yes. About seven or eight percent alike."

"Yes, it should be exactly the same in my opinion."

After the first imperial guard's voice fell, Ma Zhou nodded slightly, but when he heard the flattery of the second imperial guard, the face of the upright supervisory censor suddenly turned cold.

Ma Zhou was upright by nature, so he naturally dismissed the pawn's flattery, and after drinking the two of them back in a cold voice, he picked up the pen again and drew a few more copies according to the original picture, preparing to go to Daming Palace tomorrow to find someone according to the picture.

Just as Ma Zhou was engrossed in painting, the eldest Sun Wuji, who had made no progress in the interrogation in the lobby, rubbed his temples and walked into the back hall.

Seeing the arrival of grandson Wuji, Ma Zhou put down his brush, took out a picture and said, "Prime Minister, this is the portrait of the courtier who visited Xiao Rui last night."

"Oh?" Changsun Wuji took the portrait, and looked at it curiously. Seeing that the person in the painting was very strange, he didn't pay much attention to it. After folding it a few times, he put the paper into his sleeve.

Changsun Wuji sat at the teahouse, looked at Ma Zhou who was drawing pictures with a brush, and murmured: "Ma Yushi, this time Xiao Rui died in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Longyan Longyan is very angry."

Ma Zhou lowered his head and drew the portrait, and said in harmony: "Yes, Xiao Rui is Xiao Yu's eldest son and the royal consort. This time he died suddenly in prison in a muddle-headed way. If we don't find out the truth, how can we appease Xiao Yu?" Home? How to reassure other important ministers who marry the princess?"

As he said that, thinking of Changsun Chong who was seriously injured and unconscious, Ma Zhou asked pleasantly: "Master Changsun, I wonder how your son's injury is?"

It’s okay if Ma Zhou doesn’t mention it, when he mentions Chang Sun Chong who is sick in bed, Chang Sun Wuji will not get angry at all. What's more surprising is that he was laid off by the "deserter's son-in-law", and Fang Yiai is "He Zudao"'s sworn brother, and the resentment in Changsun Wuji's heart was transferred to "He Zudao" again.

"Hi! I've already asked Guan Mutong to look at Chong'er's injury. It's strange to say that Fang Jun is an ignorant idiot, how can he improve his martial arts so fast? Could it be that Qin Qiong really taught him everything? Or what? Is Zudao giving pointers secretly?"

When Ma Zhou saw what the elder Sun Wuji said, he stopped writing and thought for a while, and said, "I heard that He Bangshou went back to his hometown to visit relatives. Calculated that there are less than seven days left for the palace examination, he should be back soon, right?"

Stroking his long beard, Changsun Wuji asked, "Going home to visit relatives? Where is this baby's hometown?"

"I heard it's Changshan County, Hengzhou."

"He Zudao is Qin Shubao's nephew. Qin Qiong lives in Licheng County, Shandong. How could his sister marry to Hengzhou? And Qin Qiong has no sisters!"

Although the eldest grandson Wuji and Qin Qiong did not get along, they were old friends who had known each other for many years. Now that Qin Qiong was the top military officer, Sun Wuji, the eldest grandson, knew the details of his family. For the first time, I doubted the origin of "He Zudao".

"Maybe they are cousins ​​or cousins." Ma Zhou muttered, looking at the five painted images, he said thoughtfully: "Master Xiao is really angry this time, even Xiao Rui's dead body They were all disemboweled by Wu Zuo."

"That's right, among Xiao Yu's sons, Xiao Rui is outstanding in literary talent, but unexpectedly he died in prison this time." After speaking, Changsun Wuji stood up, seeing the sun rising, he was not working in the procuratorate at all. , Naturally, there is no place for lunch break or lunch, so after thinking about it, I decided to go home first, and wait until the news came from Wu Zuo in the afternoon, and then investigate the case.

Changsun Wuji bid farewell to Ma Zhou, and drove to the mansion leisurely in an eight-carried sedan chair, while Ma Zhou went to the lobby and looked through the records of the interrogation of the imperial army and jailers just now.

"Golden waist card with phoenix pattern?" Ma Zhou looked through the confessions of the imperial guards and jailers, and found out that the "inner courtier" had a flaw in the waist card. This deep palace has a strict hierarchy, only Long Live and the Queen's personal servants can use the gold-painted waist badge, and the phoenix pattern... Could it be that the two who visited the prison last night are the Queen's confidantes?"

After finding a breakthrough from the waist card, Ma Zhou thought about the relationship between Changsun Wuji and Empress Changsun, and closed the case without any thought. Afterwards, he didn't even have time for lunch, so he rushed to Daming Palace to investigate.

Changsun Wuji returned to the mansion, saw that the family members were waiting for him to eat, he couldn't help smiling, and then walked into the second hall with his hands behind his back as if he was the head of the family.

When Changsun Jin and others saw their father coming back, they were curious about the cause of Xiao Rui's death, and asked casually, "Father, how did Xiao Rui die?"

"I just investigated the case thoroughly today, and the clues have not yet been developed. Where can I find any clues?"

As he said that, Changsun Wuji suddenly thought of the drawing picture that Ma Zhou had given him before, sneered, took out the paper from his bosom, and said: "This matter has something to do with the courtiers in the palace. I'm afraid Xiao Rui's death has something else to do with it." Strange, maybe a certain concubine or prince in the palace will be involved."

Changsun Run is the youngest and the most curious among the brothers. He unfolded the picture in twos and threes. After seeing the portrait on it, he felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it .

Looking at the portrait for a moment, Changsun Run, Changsun Dan, and Changsun Jin said almost at the same time: "He Zudao's companion book boy!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was taken aback by the unanimous words of the three sons, took the picture of the picture, and said in surprise: "Do you recognize him?"

The three of them stared carefully at the portrait in their father's hands for a while, and said in unison again: "I recognize him, this man is nothing but a schoolboy."

Among the three, the one who is most familiar with Xie Zhongju's appearance is Changsun Dan. He used to play chess with Xie Zhongju on the same stage in the Guozijian, and it was inevitable to look up at the opponent's expression during the period. In addition, Changsun Run once said that this little book boy has "the habit of Longyang ", so this gas tank was particularly impressed with Xie Zhongju.

The eldest grandson Wuji was worried that he would not be able to catch the handle of "He Zudao". Now, the three sons said that the courtier who visited Xiao Rui last night was actually He Zudao's school boy. Seeing that this matter is related to He Zudao, this Uncle Wei Guo was overjoyed, his eyes widened and he asked, "How do you say it?"

After careful confirmation, Changsunjin and the three of them replied in unison with the same thoughts as their father: "This person is absolutely He Zudao's companion school boy!"

Changsun Wuji repeatedly confirmed the identity of the person in the painting from his son. Seeing that this person was "He Zudao's" school boy, thinking that he was about to get revenge, he couldn't help laughing: "He Zudao's school boy" , so that he pretended to be a courtier and entered the prison to kill Xiao Rui? Then who is the person who is traveling with the little book boy?"

"Could it be He Zudao? Thinking about it carefully, He Zudao should have come back in the past two days. Before Xiao Rui went to the Qin Manor to belittle Qin Jingniang, it must be He Zudao who held a grudge, so he joined his confidant Shutong to go to the prison to kill Xiao Rui sharp!"

"With such insufficient medical skills, it's so easy to poison a powerless cripple! That's right!"

Just when Changsun Wuji figured out the ins and outs of "He Zudao poisoned Xiao Rui", the cautious Changsun Jin touched his chin, lowered his head and said thoughtfully, "Daddy, the person in the painting is indeed He Zudao's book boy. But how did he pretend to be a courtier? It shouldn’t be so easy to get the official clothes and badges of the courtiers in the palace, right?”

"Hmph, thinking that He Zudao often traveled in the palace before, it shouldn't be difficult to quickly order the size and style of official clothes according to his talent. As for the waist badge, He Zudao and Princess Changle."

Speaking of Li Lizhi, Changsun Wuji felt the pain of being robbed again, and said with a cold light in his eyes: "It's not difficult for He Zudao to coax a waist card from the eldest princess with sweet words!"

Changsun Run was repeatedly beaten by "He Zudao" before, and now he wished that he was the murderer who poisoned Xiao Rui, so he responded repeatedly: "Yes, maybe He Zudao stole it from the eldest princess!"

After thinking for a while, Changsun Wuji put away the picture and graphics, thinking day and night for days and nights that he finally caught the handle of "He Zudao", how could he have time to eat, and walked towards the door, talking to himself while walking: "What kind of little book boy? As long as you are held tightly in the procuratorate, 24 tortures will be added to your body, and you will have to reveal any secrets to me!"

As he spoke, Changsun Wuji had already walked to the gate of the mansion, beckoned to the bearer who was waiting by the side, and then got into the sedan chair, "Go to Chang'an Mansion!"

Putting down the sedan chair curtain, a smug sneer appeared on the corner of Changsun Wuji's mouth, and he murmured: "There are too few yamen servants in the procuratorate, if you want to go to Qin Qiong's mansion to arrest people, you have to use the soldiers in the yamen!"

"What's the point, it doesn't matter whether you participated in this matter or not. Just wait for the tattooed face to serve as an army! If Chong'er can't get it, don't even think about it!"

(End of this chapter)