"Minister Ji Gang, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince," Ji Gang said: "I have seen the Crown Princess." ”

"Master Ji, please get up. Gao Chi said: "You are presiding over the trial of the case of the second emperor and grandson, is there any progress?"

"It can only be said that it is difficult," Ji Gang said: "The minister can only do his best to return the truth to the emperor." ”

Zhang Zhaohua looked at him silently, she knew that Ji Gang came today, he must have come for the case, after all, the plate of osmanthus cake was taken from her, for Ji Gang to come to the East Palace today, Zhang Zhaohua admired his composure.

Sure enough, Ji Gang couldn't say a few words, so he asked about the matter: "Dare to ask Niangniang, is the plate of osmanthus cake that poisoned the second emperor's grandson that day made by Niangniang's small kitchen?"

"It's the pastries made by my small kitchen," Zhang Zhaohua said, "I don't like the pastries on the big stove." Not only osmanthus cake, but also 24 kinds of dim sum in my small kitchen that are different from the big stove, and adults can check them one by one. ”

Ji Gang nodded: "Niangniang shouldn't mind if the minister takes all the people in the small kitchen away for questioning." ”

"This is within the responsibility of an adult," Zhang Zhaohua said, "I don't dare to obstruct an adult's case." It's just that adults should also know that these cooks are also old people in the Qiandi, and I trust them. If there is any suspicion among them, I dare not cover it up, and if no one admits responsibility and is tortured in vain, Master Ji, I will not follow it. ”

"Yichen looks," Ji Gang said unhurriedly: "Niangniang should have nothing to do with this case." According to the people around Princess Han, both Niangniang and Princess Han had eaten the pastries on the plate, and they were all safe. This pastry was served to the Pavilion of the Kings before it was poisoned. ”

Zhang Zhaohua was stunned in his heart: "My lord knows everything, I have eaten pastries with Wei's Club, I ate one, she ate two, she thought it was delicious, and said that Brother Ping should like it, so I gave her this plate of pastries, and at the same time sent jujube cake and fish line halva." ”

"What Niangniang said is true," Ji Gang said: "These pastries were packed in a food box and taken away by Jinhua next to Princess Han, and then she served the second emperor and grandson to eat the pastries containing arsenic - the whole process, only Jinhua handled it, she was the most suspicious person, but now she hanged herself, the chain of evidence was broken, and it was impossible to find out who was behind her." ”

There is no doubt that the murderer is Jinhua, but how dare a small palace person poison the emperor and grandson, if she eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, no one will believe it. Everyone waited with bated breath for Ji Gang to find out the person behind Jinhua, he was the mastermind. However, according to Ji Gang, Jinhua's self-hanging death caused the chain of evidence to be interrupted.

"Is it true that Jinhua hanged herself?" Zhang Zhaohua didn't quite believe Ji Gang's words: "She doesn't have any family, no parents and brothers? Nothing has been found in her house? Who has she met these days? Where is the source of this arsenic poison?"

Ji Gang showed a rather meaningful look.

"Niangniang is really organized," Ji Gang said: "Our Jinyiwei case is nothing more than starting from these doubts. ”

"This Jinhua is the old man of Qiandi," Ji Gang said: "There is no father and no mother, my parents died early, and I have a brother, but I am far away in Beijing, and the minister has already sent someone to get someone, but I can't ask anything if I think about it." ”

"Jinhua has indeed had contact with a few people," Ji Gang said: "In addition to the silver flowers and lotus flowers around Princess Han, the minister also found a person with a special identity, but this person is really a little hindered." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Zhaohua saw Ji Gang's expression, and she felt slightly uneasy: "Who is it?"

"It's His Royal Highness the Prince's nursing mother, Yang. Ji Gang said.

Zhang Zhaohua and Ji Gang were taken aback, "Why did the Yang family have contact with Jinhua?"

The day before the Yang family was poisoned, he came to the Zhuwang Pavilion, Zhang Zhaohua suddenly remembered, indeed, the Yang family came to the Chunhe Palace first, she came to give her own shoes and socks, she made shoes and socks and tiger head hats for Shou Ge'er. However, she also went to Gao Xu's place and sent a few things to An Ge'er.

Because the Yang family also took care of Gao Xu, although her main responsibility was on Gao Chi, but Gao Xu also got her care, because she was in charge of all the nurses and nannies at that time, so she sent things to Gao Xu, just like she was here in Gao Chi.

"Nurse Yang, come to the Pavilion of the Kings," Ji Gang stared at Zhang Zhaohua and said: "Princess Han went to the Heavenly Realm Temple, and she didn't come back until a moment." So Yang didn't see the princess of Han, but saw the golden flowers and silver flowers around the princess - and she sat alone with the golden flowers for half an hour before leaving. ”

The situation is even more strange, and the Yang family is inexplicably involved.

"Has the adult already interrogated Mother Yang?" Gao Chi asked, "She should know nothing, she loves the children Brother Chun'er and Brother Ping'er very much, it is impossible to attack them, and there is no reason to attack them." ”

"Your Highness," Ji Gang bowed slightly, "The minister is in charge of the punishment, in the sixth year of Yongle alone, among the files received by Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu, there are 74 cases of mother-killing and 110 files accusing parents and children of homicide. They are all close relatives, and between close relatives, they can still be like this, let alone outsiders?"

"So what do you mean by that," Zhang Zhaohua said, "Do you want to make this case a murder case for your relatives?" I believe that your lordship's ability should be effortless. ”

Ji Gang could only grit his teeth and kneel down and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't mean this, and the minister doesn't have the courage and means to distort a case where human life is at stake." It's just that the nursing mother Yang does have a deep relationship with this case, and the minister can only say that Yang is now the most suspicious person, and she can't have appeared the day before Jinhua was poisoned for no reason. ”

Zhang Zhaohua was about to refute, but he heard Ji Gang say: "Even if the minister believes it, the emperor will not believe that this is a simple coincidence." ”

The Yang family is designated to be interrogated, but Ji Gang has one more thing: "The minister checked the arsenic from the Tai Hospital, and only the palace eunuch and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must use it here." The overseer on duty used arsenic to kill insects and rats, but it had been two and a half months since the last time he received arsenic. And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here, the last time he used arsenic, it seems to be ten years ago. ”

Zhang Zhaohua had already prepared for this, she took out the recipe for the high-blazing foot bath, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a foot disease, which is also a well-known thing. Arsenic has always been in the medicine of the foot bath, and this recipe was given by Young Master Yao and has been used for many years. ”

After Ji Gang left, Zhang Zhaohua sat on the chair for a long time and didn't come back to her senses, because she had an ominous premonition, the driving force behind this was coming to the East Palace, and a big net had been prepared, she could feel the approach of this big net, but she couldn't see anything clearly in the fog.

And Ji Gang returned to Beizhen Fusi, and his party disciples Zhuang Jing and Li Chun quickly came over: "Dudu, this is a godsend, the nurse Yang has confessed, and it was the prince who instructed her to poison." ”

"How many punishments have you used?" Ji Gang didn't have the slightest joy on his face: "Didn't I say, don't use torture for the time being!"

"Dudu," Li Chun was puzzled, "Now all the evidence points to the East Palace, the osmanthus cake was given by the crown princess, the arsenic is only available to the prince, and the prince's nurse Yang has the only and conspicuous contact with the prisoner - these three ironclad evidences, can't they still convict the prince?"

"None of these three can stand up to scrutiny. Ji Gang said: "The crown princess and the princess of Han have both eaten osmanthus cakes, arsenic is not only available to the prince, not only to the hospital, and the palace ban can be brought in." The rest of the Yang family, she is bent into a trick - how many times have she said that this person is an important criminal, even if she confesses, the emperor, the crown prince and the king of Han will see her in person and ask why. When she saw that the emperor suddenly retracted his confession, you and I just couldn't eat and walked away. ”

If he really died, the emperor would not only feel that Ji Gang was incompetent, but would also suspect that he was involved with the mastermind behind the scenes - so Ji Gang even had to ensure the safety of Yang, and he couldn't do anything about Yang.

This can give Ji Gang a problem, he wants to use this case to pull the prince down, even if he can't pull it down, he will be covered in mud, which is probably also the idea of the people behind the scenes.

Ji Gang groaned, rubbing and rubbing the powder box in his hand, this box was the box of arsenic in Jinhua, he played with it for a long time, and slowly made up his mind.