Rebirth of the Abandoned Concubine: The Poison Goddess Doctor

Chapter 274 Petrification Technique, Confronting the Emperor
After the morning court the next day, all relevant people were called into the palace.

After yesterday's heavy rain, today's temperature dropped sharply. When waiting outside the imperial study, everyone put on a big cloak.

Qi Changsheng strode up in front of Yingchu and Qi Changjin arrogantly, tsk-tsk said: "Brother and sister-in-law, look at the expressions of the two of you, one is more haggard than the other, also, the emperor didn't do well what he told him, instead he put himself How can you not be haggard and anxious when you get injured all over your body?"

Qi Changjin looked at him coldly.

Qi Changsheng said with a sly smile: "Brother, why are you looking at me like this? I helped you solve the big case, you should be grateful to me, otherwise not only you are unlucky, but our Duke Qi's mansion will also be implicated."

He intentionally said with a sudden understanding: "Oh, you blamed my people for stabbing my sister-in-law. I'm so sorry. Who let my sister-in-law get so close to the person who harbored the criminals? I have to kill my relatives righteously!"

Qi Changjin didn't want to pay attention to him just now, but when he heard him triumphantly talk about stabbing Yingchu, a strong murderous intent suddenly burst out in his eyes.

Qi Changsheng couldn't help taking a step back, and then he said angrily, "Qi Changjin, don't be so cruel in front of me. When I see the emperor, I'll see what you can say!"

Qi Changsheng walked back to Erye Qi and Zhou Kang, the three of them said something in a low voice, Erye Qi and Zhou Kang glanced this way, their eyes were cold.

Zhu Fengyu watched from the side, and it was rumored that the relationship between the two families of the Qi family was on fire, which seemed to be true.The two swords that the man in black stabbed Hua Yingchu last night really wanted her life.

So far he almost believed that this matter had nothing to do with Hua Yingchu, how did Qi Changsheng and the others know Huo Mu's secret?

Zhu Fengyu's expression was gloomy, and he had vaguely guessed in his heart that the most likely person who could find out the clue was Prime Minister Mu who came to the capital with them all the way from Zhu Liguo, and Prime Minister Mu and Qi Xiushen were relatives by marriage, and the two had been in close contact recently frequently……

The door of the imperial study room opened, and several elders came out from inside, greeted each other with the people outside, and then they all took their leave.

Chang Shun said impartially: "The emperor has passed on to all the adults to have an audience."

Everyone removed their cloaks, tidied up their court clothes, and walked into the imperial study one by one.

After the morning court and the discussion just now, Emperor Ming seemed to be in a bad mood. Looking at the people kneeling below, he said: "I heard that Zhou Aiqing led people into the posthouse last night and harvested a lot of lives. The man who has become an executioner!"

Zhou Kang's expression changed, and he hurriedly said: "The emperor forgives the crime! I have no choice but to do this in order to capture the imperial criminal. Fortunately, I caught the assassin and did not disgrace the emperor's reputation!"

Emperor Ming seemed not at all interested in the fact that he had captured the assassin, and said: "I will entrust this matter to Qi Aiqing and Mrs. Hua, who told you to meddle in other people's business!"

Zhou Kang was well aware of the emperor's mood swings, but he didn't expect that he would be reprimanded as soon as he came. Did not find the assassin, but was deceived by the Seventh Prince, so I couldn't help but take action. The humble minister is thinking about the overall situation, please learn from the emperor!"

There are only a handful of times Qi Changsheng has seen the emperor, and he usually takes a look at it from a distance. At this moment, he was so frightened by Longwei that his complexion turned pale, his head shrank, and he did not appear to be complacent at all.

After all, Qi Xiushen was a bit hot-tempered. After the initial panic, he gradually realized that the reason why the emperor reprimanded Zhou Kang the moment he opened his mouth was to shut Zhu Fengyu's mouth, so that Zhu Fengyu could not sue again.

Sure enough, after the emperor reprimanded him lightly, he didn't mention any punishment, and asked, "Did the assassin be caught from the posthouse? What's going on here?"

Zhou Kang still hadn't recovered, and Qi Xiushen said calmly, "Reporting to the emperor, the assassin is Huo Mu, the bodyguard next to the Seventh Prince. In fact, there is no such thing as missing the Buddha statue. That Buddha statue was disguised by Huo Mu!"

A look of surprise flashed in Emperor Ming's eyes: "What did you say?!"

"Nonsense!" Zhu Fengyu said angrily, "A Buddha statue is a Buddha statue, how could it be a disguise!"

He said to Emperor Ming: "Your Majesty, the Buddha statue is a sacred object of my Zhu Li Kingdom. Prime Minister Mu has seen it with his own eyes. There is no way it is fake! If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask Prime Minister Mu to come and confront him!"

Qi Xiushen said: "Of course what you showed the Prime Minister is the real Buddha statue, but it was not transported to Dayan, or it was dropped by you before entering the palace, and Huo Mu pretended to deceive the emperor!"

"Absurd!" Zhu Fengyu said, "I, Zhu Liguo, have always been loyal to Dayan, and I am even more in awe of the Holy One. I will never cheat! Besides, how can a living person pretend to be a Buddha statue? What do you want? You should find a convincing excuse to frame me!"

Qi Xiushen sneered: "Since I dare to say that, there is of course evidence! The world knows that there are eighteen bronze figures in Shaolin Temple, and the monks who practice the technique of bronze figures are all made of fine copper, invulnerable to swords and guns, very powerful. However But few people know that Shaolin Temple used to have another kind of petrification technique, which is similar to Tongren Gong."

Seeing that Zhu Fengyu's expression was difficult to maintain calm, Qi Xiushen knew that he had hit the mark, and his expression became more confident: "It's just that if you want to practice petrification to a great success, you need to hunt many stone monkeys to bathe in the blood, which will harm the peace of heaven, so this method It was sealed up by the Shaolin Temple, and monks were strictly prohibited from practicing it. Eleven years ago, there was a monk who practiced this skill secretly, and was almost abolished by his elders.

Emperor Ming raised his eyebrows: "You mean, Huo Mu is the Shaolin monk who absconded?"

"Your majesty is wise," Qi Xiu said cautiously, "Last night when Zhou Shilang led people into the posthouse, Huo Mu blocked the seventh prince's arrow, but he was not injured at all. He just used the petrification technique at that time."

Zhu Fengyu argued strongly: "He's just wearing a heart shield. I've never heard of the petrification technique! Huo Mu has been living in Zhu Liguo, and has nothing to do with the monk you mentioned!"

"It's useless for you to quibble," Qi Xiushen said, "Huo Mu has recruited them all!"

Zhu Fengyu tightened his pupils, he didn't believe that Huo Mu couldn't hold on to extorting a confession for one night, and he didn't believe that Huo Mu would betray him!

Yingchu said: "Uncle's words seem to make sense, but I don't understand one thing. Since Huo Mu entered the palace disguised as a Buddha statue, why didn't anyone find out that he suddenly appeared after the Buddha statue disappeared?"

"You're so smart that you can't even figure it out!" Qi Changsheng couldn't help but interjected at this moment, "Didn't you catch an assassin that night? That assassin is also a member of the Seventh Prince. Once he dies, Huo Mu will replace him." He took his place! There were so many people entering the palace that day, and the sky was dark, no one would carefully look at the faces of the guards, so naturally he got away with it!"

With the original expression on Yingchu's face, she said with a half-smile, "Second brother is still amazing, and he said it as if he saw it with his own eyes. I can't think of such an unbelievable thing."

(End of this chapter)