Chapter 537: Favoritism and Maintenance

Zhou Tianzheng secretly glanced at Zhou Tianhong, his eyes full of inquiry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Zhou Tianhong's face did not change, and he looked at Mrs. Xiong in the hall lightly, as if everyone's speculation had nothing to do with him.

Mrs. Xiong continued: "The man in black handed the woman a bottle of poison and poured it all into the meal for General Ouyang. The woman refused at first, but the man in black really almost killed the woman, as evidenced by the wound on the woman's back. At that time, the man in black was afraid that the woman would be seen to have a wound on her back, so he gave the woman medicine for the injury. Later, the man in black said that the wound medicine contained severe poison, and if the woman did not do what she was told, she would not give the woman the antidote, and let the woman die of poison. ”

After a pause, Mrs. Xiong continued: "The woman had to do what she said, but the woman secretly blocked the mouth of the bottle with her fingers at that time, and only poured almost half of the amount, thinking that maybe the amount of medicine was insufficient, and General Ouyang would not die." ”

Wu Cheng nodded and asked, "What about the remaining half of the poison?"

Mrs. Xiong immediately replied: "The woman was afraid that the man in black would find that the poison was only half poured, so she quickly threw the medicine bottle into the stove. The man in black was angry at that time, and blamed the woman for making her own opinion, but the woman said that it was safer to throw it into the stove for fear of being discovered, so she didn't say anything more. ”

Wu Cheng immediately ordered the guards around him, "You go and find the evidence in the stove immediately, and don't make a noise." ”

The guard immediately bowed down to receive the order and quickly ran towards the Taishou Mansion.

Mrs. Xiong continued: "The man in black said that he would stare at the women to deliver food, and if the women played any tricks, they would definitely not spare the lives of the women, so the women could only do what she said." When the woman went to deliver the food, the dragon guard happened to have a conflict with Princess Ziyue, and she didn't have time to check the food sent by the woman, so the woman successfully delivered the food. ”

Hearing Mrs. Xiong mention Lan Ziyue, everyone couldn't help frowning secretly, according to Mrs. Xiong's confession, this Lan Ziyue seemed to have inadvertently helped Mrs. Xiong, but it was hard not to think that Lan Ziyue was the man in black?

No matter how everyone guessed, Mrs. Xiong still told what happened: "When the woman came out, she didn't see the man in black, and she didn't dare to look for her, so she secretly escaped from the Taishou Mansion and went to Master Mingshan of Fengming Temple to detoxify the woman." Later, the woman also secretly went down the mountain once, and found that someone was secretly looking for the woman, so she quietly hid back to Fengming Temple. ”

Although Wu Cheng also knew that Master Mingshan was a high-ranking monk of Fengming Temple, he didn't know that he knew how to heal, so he frowned and asked, "Can Master Mingshan cure the poison you have?"

Mrs. Xiong shook her head and said, "Master Mingshan said that the poison in the people's women came from South Vietnam, and he couldn't solve it. But the master was compassionate and didn't want to see the women die in front of him, so he spent most of his strength to help the women expel the poison and save the lives of the women. ”

Hearing Master Mingshan say that the poison in Mrs. Xiong also came from South Vietnam, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved. His eyes fell on Lin Wan, and he immediately no longer doubted this young man's previous judgment about the source of the poison.

Lin Wan lowered his head and looked expressionless, as if he had made up his mind and would never express any more opinions.

Xiong Pozi continued to narrate, saying: "The folk woman heard from the monks in the temple today that the imperial court sent Lord Qin to try the case, and the folk woman secretly went down the mountain, and only when it was dark did she dare to go to wait outside the Taishou Mansion. Thinking of waiting for Lord Xing or Lord Qincha to come out, the women went to stop the sedan chair and shouted grievances. But he didn't expect to be discovered by the dragon guards and bring the women here. ”

The dragon guard thought for a while, and said with a fist: "On the night that General Ouyang was poisoned, the last general sent his men to Fengming Temple to ask Master Mingshan to save people. But the people who were sent out came back, but it showed that Master Shan had suffered a very serious internal injury and was healing his injuries and could not come. Now it seems that it is exactly the right match with what Mrs. Xiong said. ”

Wu Cheng nodded slightly, patted the startled wood, and asked again: "Mrs. Xiong, think about it carefully, what other characteristics does that man in black have?

Mrs. Xiong thought for a while, and then said: "Although the man in black is speaking the official language of our Great Feudal Kingdom, his pronunciation is a little strange, and it seems to have the tone of Nanyue Kingdom. After a pause, he recalled for a moment, and then continued: "There is a faint red mark on the arm of the man in black, which seems to be a mark left by an injury a few months ago. ”

Hearing Mrs. Xiong talk about Nanyue again, everyone already had their own answers in their hearts. However, no one dared to say the suspect involved in this case.

Wu Cheng turned his head to look at Zhou Tianzheng, only to see Zhou Tianzheng carelessly fiddling with the tea bowl in his hand, and did not seem to intend to continue the trial. couldn't help but sigh secretly, thinking that this matter was too involved, and no one dared to act rashly except for reporting to the emperor for decision.

Zhou Tianhong frowned, and secretly said in his heart, this Xiong Pozi's confession is too complete, someone must have taught her to say this. However, if it is brought up by himself, it will inevitably be suspected of favoritism and protection of Lan Ziyue. So, he just picked up the tea bowl lightly and didn't say a word.

The hall fell silent again, and after a while, the voice of the guards came from outside the hall: "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates took people to search Zuo Teng's house, found some important clues, please take a look." ”

Before the words fell, another guard's voice sounded: "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have found the medicine bottle that Mrs. Xiong said in the stove of the kitchen, please take a look." ”

Wu Cheng nodded, patted the wood, and said in a deep voice: "Come in and talk back, and present the evidence." ”

Two guards entered at the same time and stood still in the hall. One of them held a wooden box in his hand, and the other wrapped a blackened porcelain vase in a handkerchief.

The guard holding the wooden box took a few steps forward, put the wooden box on the table in front of Wu Cheng with both hands, opened the lid of the box, and saw a stack of silver tickets and a token inside.

Then, another guard spread out his handkerchief and placed it on the table, and a porcelain vase with a green glow in black appeared in front of everyone. It is exactly the same as the fake evidence handed over by Hu Shi before, in terms of shape. And the faint green color makes it easy to imagine that if it has not been burned in the stove, even the color should be exactly the same.

Lin Wan couldn't help frowning secretly, Zhou Tianhong and Lan Ziyue asked Zuo Teng to bribe the Hu family to present false evidence in order to cover up the fact that the poison came from Nanyue Kingdom. I don't know if it was to make it realistic, or accidentally, I used the same porcelain vase. In this way, it just confirmed the connection between Zuo Teng and the man in black. But this doesn't look like Zhou Tianhong's style? Does Zhou Tianhong have any other tricks?

Wu Cheng slowly picked up a silver ticket in the wooden box, comparing it with the silver ticket presented by Wang Gang before. Not only are the two silver tickets from the capital bank, but even the date on them and the signature of the shopkeeper are exactly the same.