Chapter 138: Prison Visit
The prison of Dali Temple is obscure and damp, as soon as you enter the prison door, you will be greeted by a wall, then enter a narrow corridor with four right angles and four doors, and then there is an alley about one meter wide, and on both sides of the alley are low cells, which are used to hold ordinary miscellaneous criminals. After turning another corner, they arrived at the place where the felons were held, and Yin Zhao Ziyi of Shuntian Mansion was locked up here.
Mrs. Zhao diligently took Gu Zhirong, who was dressed in a black cloak, and her maid Huan Mingyue to a separate cell in the corner, pointed inside, and said in a low voice: "Miss Gu Wu, he is inside." ”
Gu Zhirong glanced at the jailer next to him.
The jailer had just received their money for the accommodation, and at this time he came forward very actively, took out the key and opened the door of the cell, and did not forget to advise: "You should be faster, the visiting time should not exceed half an hour, otherwise the little one will not be able to afford it." ”
Gu Zhirong nodded, and the jailer retreated.
"Mingyue, you accompany Mrs. Zhao to wait for me outside, I'll go in and say a few words to Lord Zhao, and I'll come out soon. Gu Zhirong commanded.
Mingyue responded, and Mrs. Zhao glanced at Gu Zhirong with some concern, and Gu Zhirong quickly turned around and went in.
The light in the cell on the corner became more and more dim, Gu Zhirong looked at a small window open in the upper right corner of the front of his head, and adjusted to the light inside, only then did he see that there was a person sitting in the corner.
This person is wearing a cloak of hair, sitting on top of the haystack, his eyes are dull, his expression is in a trance, where is there still the majestic appearance of Shuntianfu Yin?
"Are you ......" Shuntian Mansion Yin Zhao Ziyi raised his head sluggishly, rolled his stunned eyes and glanced at the person who came in. After all, the prison is not a bazaar. Who wants to come in?
"Lord Zhao, I am Miss Gu Wu of the Yuanning Hou Mansion. I'll come and see you. Gu Zhirong reported to his home, and soon saw Zhao Ziyi obviously shocked, "Yuanning Houfu Gu, Miss Gu Wu?"
Gu Zhirong nodded and said, "Yes, I am the fifth miss of Gu Fu who was almost framed to death by your precious ninth daughter, and I am also the sister of Miss Gu Fu Qi who died last year." ”
"Gu. Miss Gu Qi?" Zhao Ziyi's face changed again.
Gu Zhirong folded his hands in front of his chest and looked at Zhao Ziyi condescendingly: "Didn't Lord Zhao forget? In the midsummer of last year, Miss Gu Qi and Dong Xiucai at the entrance of Yuzi Lane in the east of the city hit it off at first sight. Later, the Dong family came to propose marriage, but the Yuanning Hou Mansion did not allow it, but they wanted to marry Miss Seven to other provinces. Miss Seven was unwilling and planned to escape at night. I didn't think about it. Leaked the news. The seventh lady was confined to the mansion, and Dong Lang, who was waiting at the bridgehead in the east of the city, was beaten to death by the officials you sent in the name of robbers. That's not all, you dragged the body to the suburbs, faked the scene, disguised as Dong Lang to abduct Miss Seven, absconded with a huge amount of money, and the money was leaked on the way. The illusion of being killed by bandits for money. Later, you pretended to receive a report and sent officials to the suburbs. It was determined to be the first scene of the murder, and then, he made a fake autopsy and submitted an official document, which confirmed the cause of Dong Xiucai's death in black and white, and died in an accident. ”
Speaking of this, Gu Zhirong paused and stared at Zhao Ziyi deeply: "Lord Zhao, it's not wrong for me to say this, right?"
Zhao Ziyi looked at Gu Zhirong in a daze, although it was late autumn, cold sweat dripped down the corners of his forehead. The situation at that time was exactly the same as what Miss Gu Wu said in front of her. His lips twitched for a moment before he uttered a complete sentence: "You, how do you know so clearly?"
Gu Zhirong snorted coldly: "People were beaten to death by random sticks, bleeding under the skin, after a night, according to the degree of blood coagulation, as well as the stiffness of the body, and then the corpse spots that appeared on the body, it is completely possible to accurately judge the time of death, which is the general common sense of resentment." But you, on the other hand, deliberately delayed the time of death for a few hours, and said that a fatal knife can cause a large area of irregular subcutaneous bleeding throughout the body? If you don't have bad intentions, what is that?"
Zhao Ziyi's eyes widened and he looked at Miss Gu Wu in front of him in disbelief. He remembered that at that time, he ordered the officials to drag the body back from the suburbs, and in order to make the "autopsy results" public, he specially ordered the autopsy to be conducted at the entrance of the county government to show justice. At that time, the onlookers surrounded three circles inside and three times outside, but he didn't expect that the Miss Gu Wu in front of him was actually in the crowd, and she looked at it so carefully.
The public autopsy is to cover up the truth, and by the way, to give an explanation to the Dong family who wants to make trouble. He thought he was doing it perfectly, so as to deceive the ignorant people, and he never thought that when he met a master, it would be self-defeating.
"How do you know this?" Zhao Ziyi looked at the young Miss Gu Wu in front of him in great surprise. A young lady in the boudoir, in the middle of a deep house, didn't she only learn red embroidery and the like? How could she be so clear about the death symptoms, time of death, and time limit of the corpse? If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he really couldn't believe that the little girl in front of him, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, could actually say such a profound technical term for examining the corpse.
In addition to being surprised, he couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in his heart, and there was a little more jealousy in his eyes when he looked at Gu Zhirong.
"You don't care how I know so much. Gu Zhirong stared at him coldly and said, "As the so-called Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, you are in danger with your life, and now you are in prison, and you are on this death row, it can be regarded as a ...... of God."
Zhao Ziyi quickly fell into decay, his face was like ashes, he lowered his head and meditated for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Miss Gu Wu, the old man deserves this matter, but the old man is not the main culprit in the whole matter, the old man was coerced by others and forced to do so." ”
Gu Zhirong looked at him with some amusement: "Lord Zhao, what are you talking about, aren't you an official of the imperial court? Who can coerce you? There is some disharmony between the rooms of our Yuanning Marquis Mansion, but does the eldest lady have the ability to coerce you, the official of the imperial court?"
Zhao Ziyi smiled bitterly: "Mrs. Gu can't, but her brother, Zhenyuan General Chen Bing, can." ”
"General Zhenyuan?" Gu Zhirong was suddenly shocked: "What did you say?"
Zhao Ziyi thought that since he had offended the future "crown princess" in front of him, he was a dying person anyway. So she no longer concealed it: "Miss Gu Wu thinks that the old man is such a stupid person, he needs to send out the servants in his yamen to kill people? As long as there is silver, it is not easy to buy murder? And it is better to be able to completely clear up the relationship?"
Gu Zhirong frowned tightly and was silent.
Zhao Ziyi continued: "The old man took this order, but after all, the old man is an official of the imperial court, and he always has a little conscience, and the old man will never do this murderous thing." Therefore, the old man just promised you the Yuanning Hou Mansion to help you make the illusion that Dong Xiucai died unexpectedly, when Dong Xiucai died, tell the old man the location of the body, and the old man will immediately send someone to transport it back, and it will be done seamlessly. But ......"
When he said this, he stopped and glanced at Gu Zhirong deeply: "What the old man didn't expect was that when he missed, he was still planted in the hands of a little girl. However, after seeing Miss Gu Wu today and listening to what Miss Gu Wu said just now, the old man was completely convinced. As for asking the old man to die, the old man has no complaints. ”
Gu Zhirong gritted his teeth secretly. Zhenguo General Chen Bing, your hand is really long. Five years ago, you helped the big house push me down the pond in a vain attempt to take away the rich land of our third house. And last year, I helped clear the obstacles for the eldest lady and killed Miss Seven, this account, I will settle this account with you sooner or later!
Turning around, Gu Zhirong looked at Zhao Ziyi with blazing eyes: "Lord Zhao, you are not guilty to death, but you must help me do something." (To be continued......)