Chapter Eighty-Five: Shocking the Outer Dynasty
Chen Yin arched his hand and told all the stories of how he had verified, "After the assassination and poisoning, Wei Chen was ordered by the king to track down the people behind the scenes, and then we drew all the portraits of the two hundred assassins, and offered a reward between the major city gates and the market, so that the people who had seen it could provide clues or their relatives and friends come to claim it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 One of the children happened to see the portrait of his father Tian hanging on the city wall, so he asked his mother, 'Mother, why is the portrait of my father hanging on the wall? So Da Yan immediately detained all five members of their family, and after several tortures, You Shi told the whole story of the matter, and told the assassin that his husband Tian had returned home the day before the assassination, and entrusted Wu Hou with this operation to tell her that she knew, and asked You Shi to see that he had not returned within ten days, so he quickly left Chu with the bounty and several children to take refuge. ”
So Weichen speculated that this matter was related to Wuhou, and if the eldest princess and the king both had an accident, the biggest beneficiary would be the third princess. Chen Yin speculated.
When an old minister with white eyebrows heard this, he said indignantly, "King, such a large-scale assassination of a person from the royal family is the first time since the founding of my Great Chu, and we must severely punish the Wuhou family, otherwise how can I be the wind of Great Chu!"
"My lord, the minister thinks that what Lord Li said is very true, and Weichen heard yesterday that the third princess openly led the forbidden army to besiege and kill Her Royal Highness the princess in the palace, and her audacity can be seen! If it is said that this assassination and poisoning has nothing to do with the third princess, it is really unbelievable!" A young Xianyin (that is, the counselor of later generations) stood up and said bluntly.
The other ministers looked at the young man's eyes, and they couldn't help but shake their heads lightly with disdain and pity.
It is said that a few days ago, Li Yin's youngest daughter died inexplicably in the palace, fed the snake demon, I am afraid that it will not have anything to do with the three princesses, so many acts, the king of Chu is not to blame, it can be seen that the situation is a little different, the assassination of the eldest princess is obviously related to the poisoning of the king of Chu.
Although all the ministers are like mirrors in their hearts, none of them take the lead, and the meaning of shaking their heads is obvious: the gun shoots the first bird!
Whoever does it, who is stupid!
But it's okay, just from this posterity, try the king's bottom line.
Sure enough, when the King of Chu heard this, his face became even more gloomy and terrifying, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he kept looking at the person who said the words, and he was already showing seven points of coldness.
But I don't know if this chill is for Xianyin or Wuhou?
"The king, Weichen thought that the third princess was deeply treated by the king Long's kindness, and did not think of reciprocation, but boldly acted recklessly, first instigated Wu Hou to assassinate the princess and the king, and then openly assassinated in the palace, it can be seen that the heart of rebellion was born early, and his crimes were ruthless and unjust, lawless, and it was not a pity to die! ”
As soon as the young Xianyin Zhao Ziwu's voice fell, another minister jumped out, but the spearhead was pointed at Wu Hou's sister-in-law Wu Yue, "What Zhao Hou said just now about Wu Hou's travel and transgression of the etiquette system is indeed true, his son Wu Yue has an alias in Yingdu City, Wu people dare to cross, it can be seen that the Wu family relies on the trust of the king and the favor of the princess, and the domineering is not a day, and the people are afraid of it!"
The accused Wu Hou, who was in his fifties, was already trembling with fear, but when he heard that his only son was mentioned, he still mustered up the courage to shout, "Wang, Xiaohou has something to report to him, Weichen's son was kidnapped a few days ago, how could it be that my Wu family did this." Xiaohou has been visiting this only son for many days, and he wanted to ask for help from the king today, but he didn't expect someone to falsely accuse me. ”
"King Mingjian!" Wu Hou shouted and bowed to the ground repeatedly, and his forehead, which was immediately properly maintained, was bleeding.
But the king of Chu was indifferent when he saw this, and his eyes were dark.
Seeing that the King of Chu had a calm face and didn't say a word, and then one after another ministers jumped out, gossiping, talking about all kinds of evil deeds of the Wu family, and among all the critical voices, there was an opposing voice, Cheng Daxin, who was the eldest son of Cheng Zuo Yin, stood up and said unhurriedly, "Wang, Weichen has a question, whether what Lord Chen Yin said about the testimony is true, and it needs to be confirmed after Si Shi and Tingli are severely interrogated!" Otherwise, it would not be a sin to make the Wuhou family, the princess, and the third princess suffer great grievances and kill good people in vain on the basis of the words of one person! Take a step back, even if the evidence of the assassination is conclusive, and the poisoning was not committed by the same person, it still needs to be verified, and it must never be let go! ”
"My lord, the history of growth is very true. Hearing this, Chen Yin spoke again, stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Wei Chen thinks that it is better to take the Wuhou clan and all the suspect witnesses into prison first, and let the court manager and Si Luo and Ling Yin and other adults meet at the same time to distinguish the twists and turns in the middle. ”
"Well, what do you think?" King Chu groaned when he heard this, and looked at Ling Yin, who had only listened to it all the time.
After all, Princess Wuhou is a relative of the king, and this matter has a great stake, and the princess's heart cannot be hurt because of this. Zi stroked the green beard and finished with a word, but the old scheming eyes glanced at the young long history that was rarely said in the hall, "But before that, Weichen has a suggestion, which is related to the safety of the king, and Weichen suggests that the king shilling the princess hand over the phoenix seal of the harem and let the other ladies take care of it, so as not to appear again There will be a public assassination in the palace, endangering the safety of the king and the princess, and at the same time putting all the suspects in prison for interrogation." ”
On the jade throne, the King of Chu had a gloomy face, knocked on his crooked fingers, and finally said, "What Zi Pan said is extremely true. As a princess and the future prince, Huang'er has been repeatedly assassinated, and her rebellious wolf ambitions. No matter who it is, whether it is a prince or a relative, the widow must thoroughly investigate this matter, and once it is found, he will be killed!"
"Let this matter be left to Zi Bang, I'd rather be in vain than indulge!" said this, which already represented the determination of the king of Chu.
"Yes, my lord!" Ling Yin Ziyan heard the words and bowed down to receive the order with the jade plate in his hand.
"Alright, let's disperse. The King of Chu waved his hand, helped Zhao Changsi to get up and leave slightly, but where no one could see it, a pair of old and dizzy eyes implied a glimmer of light.
The King of Chu, who returned to the dormitory exhausted, saw Princess Wu and Mi Zhao kneeling in the square from a distance, and did not step forward but ordered Zhao Changsi, "Take a detour and go to Mrs. Xian's side!"
"Yes, the king!" Zhao Changsi looked at Princess Wu and the third princess who were kneeling on the ground with an expressionless face, and swept the dust in his hand and preached, "Drive the Yuchen Palace!"
The mighty jade turned around, and didn't seem to see the mother and daughter kneeling in the square.
Seeing that the King of Chu did not show his face, Princess Wu held the phoenix seal high with both hands, dressed in plain clothes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to ask for guilt, and said loudly, "The concubine has the love of the king, and the goddaughter has no way, yesterday she actually openly offended Her Royal Highness the princess, and begged the king to take back the phoenix seal, and remove all the titles of the concubine, and degrade them to commoners." ”
"After Zhao'er returned to the palace yesterday, the queen mother blamed her son, and after thinking about it, she came to ask her father for guilt. Mi Zhao knelt behind Princess Wu, also dressed in plain clothes, took off her old clothes, and knelt down to plead guilty.
The King of Chu, who was sitting high on the jade bowl, looked impartial, as if he had not seen or heard anything, and left without stopping.
It wasn't until Yu Yu walked far away that Mi Zhao raised his head and asked in a panic, "Queen Mother, what should we do, will my father kill us......
"Say nothing, but kneel for me until your father's heart relents. "Princess Wu just heard the wind in the front hall and knew that something was wrong, as Cheng Jia speculated, the worst happened.
Now they have no way but to gamble on the king's heart.