Hello Chang’an

Chapter 64 My suspicion is indeed high

The elephant slave knelt down in such panic that he could hardly speak clearly: "It was the slave who accidentally noticed... He didn't know that the elephant was injured!"

Cui Jing reported: "The elephant's injury was in a hidden part of the neck, and a steel needle penetrated the skin, so there is no eye-catching blood on the surface."

The medical officer immediately stepped forward. The cotton towel he held in his hand was holding the steel needle taken out from the body of the idol -

The hard and sharp steel needle was five inches long. The body of the needle was stained with blood, but it was black in color.

"Your Majesty, the surface of this needle is quenched with poison. Due to the huge body of the idol, the amount of poison is not fatal, but it is the root cause of the elephant's madness." The medical officer said.

It was strangely quiet all around.

Under the silence, everyone's eyes were filled with surprise.

Mingluo's eyes changed: "Your Majesty, according to this, someone secretly poisoned the sacred elephant and deliberately destroyed the blessing ceremony."

Looking at the steel needle, the Holy Book Emperor's eyes were extremely cold.

Deliberately destroying the blessing ceremony was directed at her, the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the person behind this matter has ulterior motives and must be found out as soon as possible!" Yao Yi said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Pei could hardly control a sneer from her lips.

Whether he is so eager to investigate this matter is for public or private reasons... He knows better than anyone else!

He just couldn't see that the little **** was about to get into trouble, so he was anxious to vent his anger for the little bitch...

His husband really loves his daughter very much!

"Is there still a need to check?" Mrs. Pei stepped forward, her steps and demeanor filled with the dignity and pride of a noble woman. She raised her hand, saluted the Holy Emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, I am at my wife's home. I have also been feeding elephants, so I am familiar with their habits, so I dare to add one more humble opinion—"

The Holy Emperor looked at her: "Mrs. Pei just said it doesn't matter."

Mr. Pei narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Since the divine elephant didn't have many manic reactions before, but it suddenly behaved strangely during the ceremony, it may not be that it happened to recognize the person who hurt it, so it took revenge."

Yao Yi looked at her and frowned almost imperceptibly.

There were noisy discussions everywhere, and everyone's eyes, including the Holy Book Emperor, focused on the girl again.

"Could Mrs. Pei mean that I am the one who hurt the elephant?" Chang Suining asked calmly.

Just when she got rid of the ominous talk, she was again charged with "retaliation from the elephant" - it must be said that the other party was indeed well prepared for using the elephant to hurt people this time. It would allow her to escape easily.

Hearing the girl's direct question, Mr. Pei didn't squint his eyes: "I didn't say that, but I just stated my knowledge and guesses to give my husband a heads-up on the case."

This was just for outsiders to hear. Yao Yi wouldn't believe a word of it - and Mr. Pei obviously didn't care whether he believed it or not.

In other words, she stood up now just to torture him.

"Of course, you can't just rely on speculation when handling a case, you still have to rely on evidence." Mrs. Pei raised her chin slightly and turned to look at Yao Yi: "It's just that the matter of finding evidence naturally has to be left to Governor Cui and my husband. Lord's."

Facing those eyes, Yao Yi inevitably had a strange suspicion in his heart.

But as Pei said, all speculation must rely on evidence -

He glanced at Mr. Pei and said, "Madam, please rest assured that I will live up to your majesty's trust and will get to the bottom of this matter."

If you want to find out who has secretly injured the elephant, you must first check who has been in contact with the elephant since yesterday. According to the medical officer, judging from the wound, the needle has stayed in the body of the idol for at least one night. as long as.

The elephant slave inevitably mentioned the incident of everyone watching the elephant in the temple yesterday: "...many young men and girls came at that time..."

Seeing that he wanted to look at her but didn't dare, Chang Sui Ning took the initiative and said, "I was there yesterday as well, not wanting to trouble others."

Only then did the elephant slave dare to nod: "Yes... I remember."

After all, this lady was so beautiful that it was difficult to ignore her with just one glance.

"And I have been close to this male elephant." Chang Suining added: "It barked at that time. Looking back now, it seems that it was indeed attacked by some sudden attack. The injury that the elephant suffered at that time - my The suspicion is indeed high.”

The elephant slave nodded tremblingly again, and even looked at the girl who confessed with some disbelief - these words almost felt like a direct confession!

Chang Sui Ning doesn't care - when handling a case, it is natural to speed up the process first.

Facing those frank eyes, both Yao Yi and Cui Jing were silent for a moment.

Chang Suining continued: "Maybe because of this, the idol remembered me and mistakenly thought that he was hurt by me at that time. When he saw me today, he took revenge."

Elephants are smart, but you can't expect them to be too smart.

Cui Jing looked at her: "What Mrs. Chang means is that someone secretly attacked the sacred elephant when you were close to it, and deliberately misled the sacred elephant -"

"Yes, animals' reactions don't lie, but people can make false impressions to deceive them." Chang Suining: "I think that if you are a person with good kung fu, you don't need to get too close to **** the steel needle." Entering the body of the divine elephant, right Governor Cui?”

Facing her eyes that didn't mean much questioning, Cui Jing still nodded along with her words: "Yes."

He is a military commander, and if he wants to convince everyone at this juncture, he needs to nod his head.

The young man's cooperation at this time fell into the eyes of Mingluo on the altar, which made him feel particularly dazzling, and the unspeakable uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded.

"Although it doesn't sound wrong, in the final analysis, these are just Mrs. Chang's guesses. As the saying goes, how can people believe it if they are empty words?" asked Pei in a faint tone.

"I can vouch for Sister Chang!"

Yao Xia's voice suddenly sounded.

The girl seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage and walked forward with the belief "But Sister Chang's family really needs me so much". She stood beside Chang Suining and faced the saint: "Your Majesty, when I was observing the phenomenon yesterday, , My daughter never left Mrs. Chang’s side from the beginning to the end. Even Mrs. Chang went to observe the elephant and was invited by her. My daughter can prove that Mrs. Chang is not the one who harmed the elephant!”

She finished speaking in one breath, her hands shaking nervously.

But for Sister Chang's sake, she had to stand up no matter how scared she was!

She is sincere to Sister Chang!

Yao Xia looked at Chang Sui Ning beside her with burning eyes, trying to give her encouragement and confidence.

Chang Suining nodded slightly towards her.

It's not necessary at all...but thank you anyway.

Yao Yi looked at his niece and said objectively: "A-Xia's words can be used as evidence, but they cannot be decisive testimony."

And since decisive evidence is lacking, it needs to be found.

At this time, Cui Jing said: "Maybe you can go to the elephant feeding place in the temple to check it out."

Yao Yi nodded, and was about to invite himself and Cui Jing to go explore for clues, but a voice sounded one step ahead of him: "Your Majesty, this poor monk accidentally found a suspicious person!"

It was a very loud sound.

Everyone looked at the sound. Chang Suining also looked back.

The person who came was none other than Master Wujue, who was wearing cassock and was supposed to be presiding over the sacrificial affairs in the Tiannv Pagoda.

Also coming with me was Chang Sui'an.

The young man was tall and wearing a neat indigo narrow-sleeved round-neck robe. There were several scratches and bruises on his resolute face. It was obvious that he had just had a close fight with someone.

There were two other monks with him, escorting a strong man dressed as an ordinary servant.

Master Wujue's eyes first caught Chang Sui Ning's position. He had obviously heard the outline of what happened on the way here. At this time, he walked quickly with an extremely sympathetic expression: "Oh, this unlucky kid is so pitiful... It's really Amitabha, Buddha bless you! Are you scared? You must be scared! I will go back and recite the meditation mantra to you later!

Originally, if I didn’t do well, I might have to seek salvation!

Chang Suining: "..."

As an eminent monk, his image should not be too approachable.

Wujue sighed heavily and said to the Holy Emperor: "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for this poor baby!"

As he said that, he pointed to the servant who was being escorted by the monk: "Look, the evidence is all here!"

The Holy Emperor had long been accustomed to his appearance, and at this moment he only said: "Let me tell you the whole story in detail first."

Wu Jue immediately said: "Your Majesty, this person is sneaking around and intends to sneak into the monastery where the young lady of the Chang family lives. Fortunately, he was discovered in time by the husband of the Chang family who happened to be passing by. He wanted to expel him, but unexpectedly discovered that this person actually had martial arts. It took the combined efforts of several people to capture it!”

The valet turned away with a sullen face - bah, what a ghost of "accidental passing" and "accidental discovery"!

That's not an ordinary monastery, it's clearly a trap of hell!

What he was staring at in the dark was not only the husband of the Chang family, but even the ordinary-looking monk who was sweeping the house. He was actually very skilled. He lost his broom and said Amitabha and started punching him!

Not to mention how painful the beating was!

"This man's whereabouts are strange, and we found this thing on his body, which is very suspicious!" Chang Sui'an presented a porcelain vase.

The Holy Emperor frowned slightly and motioned for the medical officer to come forward and check.

After the medical officer examined it, he looked slightly shocked: "Your Majesty, the poison in this porcelain bottle is exactly the same kind as the poison that hurt the elephants!"

Yao Xia covered her mouth and exclaimed: "I understand, I understand completely! This person is carrying poison and wants to sneak into Sister Chang's Zen courtyard when no one is around during the ceremony. He clearly wants to frame the idol! It must be him!"

After saying that, she was shocked at first - she didn't know where her quick wit came from!

Seeing that the uncle and others looked at her in disbelief, they must have been completely awakened by her enlightening words!

Yao Yi: "..."

If his niece didn't tell him, he, the Minister of Dali Temple, would really be kept in the dark for the rest of his life.

Yao Xia was inexplicably inspired by herself, and now she asked the rude servant: "First, you misled the idol to take revenge on Chang's sister, and then you framed her, saying, who was instructing you!"

There was a reason why Yao Yi didn't stop his niece from speaking.

This kind of firm suspicion would seem too early to come out of his mouth, but it is just right to come out of a child's mouth, and it is very conducive to exaggerating and promoting the atmosphere.

Sure enough, as the development of the situation became more and more unexpected, the discussion everywhere gradually became noisy.

Mrs. Pei silently clenched her fingers under her sleeves and looked at the rough servant intently.

"I was indeed the one who injured the idol." The servant opened his mouth, straightened his lips for a moment, and then looked at Chang Kuo and his daughter: "The one who ordered me was none other than General Chang. But when he saw what happened was exposed, he thought Just push me out to block all charges."

"Joke!" Chang Kuo laughed instead of getting angry: "Why did I instruct you to hurt the sacred elephant? What is my purpose? I can use my daughter's life as bait! With such ridiculous words, Do you really think you can confuse things and get away with it?”

"I was just following orders." The servant looked strangely calm: "I was just telling the truth about what I knew. As for why General Chang Da tried so hard to ruin this blessing ceremony, I don't know."

"You say you don't know, but you have already accused my father of deliberately sabotaging the prayer ceremony. It involves party disputes. If we are involved, we will be doomed -" Chang Suining looked at him with some admiration: "You He is not an ordinary person who only sells his strength, but it is a pity that he has the wrong master. "

"Why do you, father and daughter, keep shouting about thief and making a show here?" The rough servant sneered and insisted: "Everything I said is true!"

After finishing speaking, he straightened the corners of his mouth, and when his jaw moved slightly, he was knocked off the cheek by the sudden long sword.

"puff-"

The long sword was not unsheathed, but it was extremely powerful. The rough servant turned his head and spat out a **** tooth that had been knocked out, as well as the poison that was hidden in his mouth and was about to be bitten.

Cui Jing sheathed her sword: "You will not die until you confess truthfully."

The valet gritted his teeth and spat out another mouthful of blood: "I told the truth, but I just don't want to be tortured before I die!"

"Take him down and interrogate him strictly." Cui Jing told Yuan Xiang: "Also bring out the list of servants carried by each government this time and verify them one by one. Be sure to find out the identity of this person."

"yes!"

At the instruction of Emperor Shengce, Yu Zeng also told a subordinate of Si Gongtai to accompany Yuan Xiang to investigate the matter.

"Wait, I remembered... I have seen this person before!" Suddenly a young man's voice sounded.

Yao Yi looked over and saw his nephew Yao Gui standing up.

Why are the people standing up today only from his Yao family?

Cui Jing looked at the young man: "Do you recognize this person?"

"I don't think I recognize him, but I have seen him before!" Yao Gui said: "When I observed the phenomenon yesterday, this person was indeed present!"

At that time, he felt that he vaguely saw someone, but he just took a quick glance and couldn't see clearly - he didn't remember until he stared at this person for a long time!

What I also remembered was: "I had seen Aunt Ye next to my eldest aunt at the back door of my home before and talked to this person!"

As the young man spoke, he looked at Mrs. Pei and the servant girl beside him.

Yao Yi suddenly frowned.

Mr. Pei's expression changed and he said coldly: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Why are they just idiots who are causing trouble for her!

She and the Yao family may not be destined to be at odds!

"Nephew...nephew has indeed seen it." Facing those always intimidating eyes, Yao Gui bravely said: "Nephew just wants to ask Aunt Ye if she knows the origin of this person..."

But why was the eldest aunt’s reaction so great?

"My servant does not recognize this person and has never seen him before." The dowry woman beside Pei looked at him and said firmly: "I'm afraid your eyes are dazzled."

"It shouldn't be..." Yao Gui's voice trailed off, his heart filled with strange uncertainty.

What he was unsure about was not what he said, but...did he touch something he shouldn't have touched?

And the next moment, his seemingly unrealistic guess was confirmed.

"Captain Cui, don't bother to check. I recognize this person—"

What sounded this time was the girl's slightly trembling voice.

Ah, today’s four thousand words are also finished~

One thing I'm hesitating about is that I haven't washed my hair for a long time... I heard that you can't wash your hair after being exposed to the sun, so I haven't dared to try it. Now my whole head is no longer oily, but in a moist state... ...I want to ask, have you washed it?

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