59. Painted skin
When a lonely man and a widow stay in the house for three quarters of an hour, normal people will think of things that are not good. Therefore, the second wife and several other concubines thought that the two had made a success, and waited to see the jokes of the big house.
When the Nine Emperor Princes came, they didn't know it, but later because of the ghost hitting the wall, a group of people walked around the courtyard for a long time, burning paper money and begging the Bodhisattva and knocking on the door wall with sticks. I thought that tomorrow, the news of Zhao Youshu's acceptance of the room would be passed into the ears of His Royal Highness Jiu, so that he could see the jokes of the big house, but he didn't expect His Highness to come down in such a timely manner, and he actually staged a show of catching rape in bed.
It's even more fun!
Mo said that each room sent people to inquire about the situation, and even the old lady and the old lady in the main courtyard paid close attention to the matter, and then received the appalling news one after another.
The second lady jumped up in shock and asked, "What did you just say?" I don't seem to hear clearly? β
Zhao Yusong also wrinkled his eyebrows and glared, his expression puzzled. They had clearly heard it, but they couldn't believe it.
The servant woman knelt down with a puff, "The fifth son, cut the peach alive, disemboweled, and the flesh and blood flew sideways!" The slave saw it with her own eyes! Recalling the bloody scene just now, she was still weak in her hands and feet, and she couldn't stand, otherwise she wouldn't have to bow down just to reply to the second wife.
"Scraped alive? How could he chop people up alive? Why did Peach recruit him and provoke him? The second wife still couldn't believe her ears. A stunning beauty like Pink, the old and young masters in each room are all staring, if you don't want to renovate the big house, it won't be cheap Zhao Youshu.
But now, the old woman said that Zhao Youshu didn't enjoy her, but disemboweled, is there something wrong with his brain? Is he still human? It was only at this time that she remembered that the housekeeper secretly told her yesterday that the fifth prince had entered Fanghua Garden, inspected the body of the Zou family, and then cut off the people's tongues.
At that time, the housekeeper told her to be careful of the fifth son, and also asserted that this son was not an ordinary person. What an extraordinary law, she finally understands it now.
"What is the reaction of the Ninth Highness?" The second wife barely managed to stabilize her mind and asked in a low voice. I also know that His Royal Highness the Ninth is also a murderer, as long as Zhao Youshu does not betray him physically, no matter how many hurtful things the other party does, he will not care, right?
The servant replied, "His Royal Highness the Ninth had an ordinary attitude, but he just walked in and locked the door, and he didn't hear the reprimands and noises. β
"Go, inquire again!" The second lady waved her sleeves.
The servant woman was very frightened and afraid, but she did not dare to disobey the order, and went slowly. I knew that the fifth prince was such an evil god, and she would not come to the big house on an errand if she said anything. Even a beauty like Peach is willing to kill, isn't it more dangerous for others? I never thought that the five princes would be wrapped in such a fierce beast under their well-behaved and docile skins.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she planned to finish this time and not deliver news to the other rooms in the future. Otherwise, the Wang family could spare themselves, and the fifth prince couldn't bear it.
Not only was the second room frightened, but the other rooms were also churning and bewildered. The old lady was especially angry, and he couldn't wait to bring his grandson to trial immediately. The Zhao family takes "loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety" as the family motto for the ages, and there is no reason to wantonly kill the servants, even if it is the only concubine of the big house, the harshest family law must be imposed.
But because His Royal Highness the Ninth was still there, he had to force himself, thinking that he would wait for His Highness to leave before escorting people to the ancestral hall and disposing of them secretly.
The old lady's thoughts, how Zhao Shilang couldn't guess it, he stayed beside his unconscious wife and sighed again and again. Now he is not in the mood to investigate why his son killed Peach, so he is thinking about how to make his son avoid family law. A hundred rods go down, where can the son's small body withstand it?
At this moment, Wang woke up slowly, looked at the top of the tent and then at Xianggong, and said in fear, "I had a nightmare just now!" β
"It's not a nightmare, it's real." Zhao Shilang helped her up and brutally pierced reality.
Wang stiffened, and then cried in a low voice, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have forced my son to use the room, otherwise this wouldn't have happened." If he doesn't like it, just say it, what to do to make people, ...... people" The words fell and suddenly woke up, and said urgently, "Xianggong, how many people have seen this?" Hurry up, go and seal the yard, no one is allowed to enter or leave! This thing must not be spread, and in a few days, we will say that Pink has died of a violent illness! β
In the end, it was the instinct to defend her son that prevailed, and she began to think about more practical issues.
"It's late, when I saw you fainting, I was very anxious, and I was worried about my son and His Royal Highness the Nine, so I forgot to control my subordinates. Now, what should have been known has been known, and what should not have been known has been known. Whose mouth are we going to shut up? Zhao Shilang pointed to the main courtyard and said worriedly, "Our son is not a princess, the old lady will not protect him, for the sake of the Zhao family's reputation, and in order to show his fairness and benevolence, I am afraid that our son will be stabbed." β
"What's wrong with the princess? The princess and β‘β‘the concubine can be exempted from the crime, and the harm to people's lives will not be investigated, what kind of justice and benevolence are counted? Bah, a bunch of sanctimonious, famous-selling things! Our son is still the crown princess! In order to save his son's life, the Wang family couldn't care about anything, and opened his mouth to admit his relationship with His Royal Highness the Nine.
Zhao Shilang was not as big as his wife, but he was also secretly relieved. As long as His Royal Highness the Ninth is here, even if his son pierces a hole in the sky, he will be safe and sound. If the old lady wants to apply family law to his son, he has to see if His Royal Highness Jiu agrees.
Inside the house, Youshu, who was dizzy from being kissed, was slowly waking up, realizing that if she wanted to dispose of this corpse unconsciously, she was afraid that she couldn't. He originally planned very carefully, first slaughtered the monster, then burned it to ashes, and then used the talisman to make a puppet, and after a few days, let it walk out of the Zhao Mansion by itself, saying that it disappeared for no reason. There is also a magic talisman to change the memory of the dark guard on the beam.
But right now, inside and outside the hospital, there are many people who have seen the tragic condition of the corpses, and it may have been publicized, and it will be extremely difficult to deal with them. He scratched the back of his head, and touched the fire charm in his sleeve pocket, a little tangled.
The Nine Emperors also thought of this stubble and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you take this corpse and dispose of it." But you have to remember, be thoughtful and calm in the future, and don't worry about the end and make such a big flaw. β
If you hadn't broken in, it wouldn't have disrupted my plans. Of course, he didn't dare to say these words, so he had to nod obediently, and finally asked, "What are you going to do?" β
"Take it and burn it, of course." The Nine Emperors rubbed the young man's messy hair, and then opened the window and summoned a few secret guards in.
Able to survive for more than six hundred years as the shadow department of the Sect Holy Emperor, these secret guards are naturally well-trained and their hearts are as strong as iron, but even so, they were taken aback by the scene in the house. They gasped imperceptibly, and only then did they clean up the bloodstains, internal organs, corpses, and other objects under the orders of their masters.
As soon as the windows were opened, a breeze carried the stench out of the hospital, attracting many cats and dogs. They screamed around the room, and a few tried to get through the cracks in the windows and were pushed out again. Zhao Shilang and Wang ran to the door when they heard the movement, they wanted to push but didn't dare, and after a few hesitations, they heard a creak, the door opened from the inside, and the Nine Emperors walked out slowly with their son in their arms.
"Dad, mother, I'm ......" Youshu was in a worried mood, her eyes were red, and she hung her head down as soon as she said a word, as if she didn't dare to see anyone.
Wang pulled him over, slapped him twice, and scolded, "You dead boy, how can you rashly do it at home and let people look at it?" Are you stupid or not, do you say you're stupid? β
What do you mean by that? Is it okay to co-authorship at home, but can it be outside? If you don't let people see it, you can't make it if you let people see it? Do you teach children like that? No wonder such an evil god was raised! The servants who were placed in each room invariably slandered each other, but they were also even more afraid of the big house.
Zhao Zhizhou had something to say, and was about to open his mouth, but he heard His Royal Highness Nine say slowly, "Mrs. Zhao, you will have to train the servants in the family well in the future." Some people are very unruly, either chewing their tongues behind their masters' backs, or deliberately alarmist in front of you, or ventilating other people to report to their masters for profit. There are even some servant girls whose hearts are higher than the sky, and they actually hit the king with their ideas and tried to murder the king. No, this king has already disposed of one for you, which can be regarded as an example of killing chickens and monkeys. β
He pointed behind him, and Wang and Zhao Shilang realized that four guards had appeared in the room at some point, carrying a corpse covered with a black cloth.
The two of them immediately reacted, His Royal Highness the Ninth took the murder on his head. He said that the maid intended to murder him, and even if others knew the truth, how could they dare to refute it? Is it for the sake of an insignificant subordinate to offend the high-ranking prince? Even the old lady couldn't say anything.
The two of them were overjoyed, and thanked His Highness Nine again and again, saying that what he had taught him was that he would strictly control his subordinates in the future.
At this time, the old lady came to meet him with the support of several sons. Since His Royal Highness the Ninth appeared with such fanfare, they couldn't pretend not to know, it was His Highness's business whether they could see it or not, but it was their attitude to come or not. The first few times His Highness the Nine was directly picking people up, and this time I think it's the same.
A few people originally planned to kneel, meaning that they would go back and wait for His Highness to return to the palace later, and then call Youshu to interrogate and deal with it, but His Highness actually sent someone to call them in, pointing to the corpse covered with a black cloth and saying that the maid intended to murder him, and had been killed by the guards, and ordered them to clean up the family style, so as not to make more trouble.
This is to clean up the big house, and buckle the basin to the heads of the other houses. The old lady dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but the second old man was extremely angry, and was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but he saw a family member running in and shouting, "The old lady is not good, a corpse with skin peeled and heart-digging was found in the dry well in Nanyuan!" β
As soon as he finished speaking, several black cats suddenly burst out and pounced on the four secret guards. The guard reflexively dodged, but accidentally touched the corpse, and the black cloth covering it was half lifted.
"What's, what is this?" The old lady almost fainted after just one look, not to mention a few old men. In the horror, several black cats rushed to the corpse to feast on it, and one of them grabbed half of its broken heart and quickly burrowed into the bushes.
Youshu's intuition is not good, and when she wants to chase after the black cat, she has to press the matter. He pinched the corner of his master's clothes and said in a low voice, "Go to Nanyuan and have a look." β
That's what the Nine Emperors mean. Recently, strange things have happened frequently in the Zhao Mansion, first the Zou family who exploded inexplicably, and then the ghost hit the wall, and then this skinned corpse, could it be that Shu killed Peach and related to these things? But what will be the connection? He secretly guessed, and then led the young man to take the lead to Nanyuan.
A few people who turned their backs and didn't dare to look at Peach's corpse came back to their senses and hurriedly followed. It is said that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but now it is really a coincidence, and they can't hide it if they want to.
Nanyuan is an abandoned courtyard, overgrown with weeds, dilapidated eaves, and few people come on weekdays. Today, for some reason, many cats and dogs suddenly ran into the yard, whining around a dry well, as if they were coveting, which attracted a servant to check it, and then frightened and incontinent on the spot.
At present, the cats and dogs have been driven away, and the corpses have been carried out, and the housekeeper led a few bold family members to guard not far away, and when he saw that His Royal Highness Nine had come down, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him.
The Nine Emperor Princes ignored them, and went straight to the black cloth to check the corpse, Mo said that he showed a shocked look, and he didn't even frown. Youshu also had a flat expression, picked up a branch to pick up the corpse, and said slowly, "The female corpse, age fifteen, five feet three inches tall, was still alive when she was skinned and dug out of her heart, and the time of death was no more than two hours. Judging by this, this corpse is the peach red who was killed by the monster.
"How did you know she was still alive when she was skinned and her heart gouged out?" The Nine Emperors asked curiously.
Youshu pointed to the blood hole in his chest and explained, "If a person is still alive, the skin will be elastic, and if the heart is taken out, the flesh around the wound will naturally roll, just like this." He tapped a bloody wound with a twig, and as for the true identity of the corpse, he knew it in his heart, but he could not say it, for no one would believe that there were two rosΓ©s in the world, and that the latter had killed the former, and had taken her skin for himself, and had eaten her heart alive.
The Nine Emperor Princes praised their heads, "There are Shu good students in my family who are well-informed. β
It's because you've killed too many people, so you have this kind of knowledge, right? Then the old lady and others who came with him slandered in their hearts, and only glanced at the corpse hurriedly and turned their backs, their stomachs pantothenic.
The Nine Emperor Princes pulled Youshu to his feet and said, "Do you want to investigate this murder case yourself or report it to the official?" If you investigate it yourself, the king will not interfere, but if you report it to the official, the king will personally investigate. Concerned about the Venerable Master's safety, he naturally attached great importance to this matter, saying that he would not interfere, but in fact he changed from an open investigation to a secret investigation, and it was cheaper to do it. It has been two hours since he died, and he is still peeling his skin and digging his heart before his death, and the movement must be very large, but none of the secret guards he sent have noticed it, how unusual this thing is. These people in the Zhao Mansion couldn't find out anything if they wanted to.
The old lady also had her own thoughts, and hurriedly refused. Recently, there have been frequent deaths in the house, and there was also adultery between Zhao Yusong and the Zou family before, if you really let the Nine Highnesses, who bow down to everything and watch the fire, come down to investigate, and don't pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and turn out all those ugly things? Fortunately, for the sake of Youshu's face, His Royal Highness Jiu did not intend to forcibly intervene, and he could remedy it! Therefore, he said that he could not report anything to the officials.
Seeing that the second and third masters looked at their sweethearts with suspicious eyes from time to time, and their faces were extremely unkind, the Nine Emperor Princes added, "If you are not at ease, this king will send a servant to conduct an autopsy." He was very tight-mouthed and would not publicize it. Without waiting for the old lady to refuse, he sent a guard beside him away.
The secret guard who came with him immediately fled into the night, and after a moment turned around, carrying a middle-aged man in obscene clothes and pants with his hair scattered. Everyone looked at it, and it was Dali Siqing himself. The world knows that he is iron-faced and selfless, and he can discern the cause of death at a glance from ordinary corpses, and will never disregard justice and justice in order to curry favor with the powerful. He also pointed at the nose of the Nine Emperor Princes several times and insulted him, saying that he was violent and unworthy of being the prince.
He came to conduct an autopsy, and even the old lady did not dare to question the truth of his words.
Dali Siqing listened to the before and after, quite stupid-stupid-desire-moved, but the national law has a saying: In a case like this, unless someone reports to the official, the yamen is not allowed to interfere without authorization, which is a respect for the patriarchal law. Although the national law is higher than the patriarchal law, it cannot be suppressed uniformly. When he performed the autopsy, the secret guard had already left the Zhao Mansion with another broken corpse, found a barren land and burned it to ashes, and then buried it.
"This is a female corpse, aged between 15 and 18, 5 feet 3 inches tall, who died no more than two hours ago, and the cause of death was live skinning and digging out her heart." His judgment is no different from Youshu's.
Peel alive, dig out the heart, what kind of cruel and ruthless person can do such a ruthless hand? Everyone looked at Youshu in unison.
Youshu didn't have time to argue, and the Nine Emperors had already spoken, "Youshu was on an errand in the palace today, and he didn't return until three o'clock in the morning, and he went directly into the house after dinner, and never came out." And this woman died two hours ago, and she still died in Nanyuan, Zhaofu, how can you count Shu and not kill someone. This suspect candidate should first eliminate Youshu, and then look for it in the Zhao Mansion. And before that, shouldn't you check the identity of the deceased? β
Dali Siqing nodded again and again, "His Royal Highness Nine said very well. Or leave this matter to the contemptible people? β
The old lady immediately dispelled her suspicions about her grandson and flatly refused. Dali Siqing wanted to persuade again, but was forcibly carried away by the secret guard. The Nine Emperors pinched the soft palm of his sweetheart and said, "I know best how Shu's temperament is, don't say killing, even ants don't dare to step on it, and the heart is very soft." You check and investigate, but you can't frame it, otherwise this king will not give the Zhao family face. Don't think that this king stays in the palace every day, so I think that this king is blind, what ugly thing did Zhao Yusong do last night, you know in your hearts, this king is also clear, but he is too lazy to care. β
The old lady was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in fear. The second master was even more frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty.
Youshu thinks that she is not a good person, and when her master says this, her face is blushing, and she feels very uncomfortable, but she is also inexplicably sweet. Is this the master protecting me unconditionally and believing in me without any reason? Thinking like this, he grabbed his master's fingertips and shook them slightly.
The two of them left together, you sent me to the gate of the palace, and I sent you back, and it took a full hour for each of them to turn around. At this time, the old lady had sent someone to secretly count in the house, and no one was missing, and no one heard the suspicious noise.
was skinned alive and dug out of the heart, who can not resist? Who can not cry out? There is no reason for a huge Zhao Mansion, but no one has seen it, and no one has heard of it, right? The more the old lady thought about it, the more strange she felt, and then remembered that the Zou family who died suddenly violently, and she actually felt that her hair stood on end. Zhao Fumo is not contaminated with some evil worship, right?
Thinking of this, he rushed to Zhenguo Temple overnight to ask the monks to come back to practice, but he forgot about the fact that he had a good job, and those in the know were even more afraid of his ruthless methods, so he kept his mouth shut and stayed away.
Youshu worried all night, and when she got up the next day, she found that her parents treated her as before, so she was happy.
As the days passed, the murderer was never caught, and the identity of the female corpse could not be found, so in the end it had to be stopped. Fortunately, nothing strange happened to the Zhao family, and the Nine Emperors did not tell Princess Mingzhu about Zhao Yusong's adultery with his brother-in-law, and their marriage was finally saved.
When the Zhao family was busy preparing for the wedding, an earth-shattering event also happened in the court. The other four countries did not know when they joined forces to garrison the northwest border, saying that the Nine Emperors of Xia Qiguo was a demon star descended into the world, and would cause chaos to the living beings, and asked Emperor Zhongkang to kill him and set up another prince, otherwise he would send troops to fight against him.
The total number of coalition troops is less than one million, and the garrison on the northwest border is only 300,000. The danger of national demise is imminent.
Before Emperor Zhong Kang could express his position, many courtiers stood up and begged him to hand over the Nine Emperor Princes for the sake of the Li people, but some courtiers bluntly said that the will of several countries was not in the Nine Emperor Princes, even if he died, the coalition army would still send troops, so it was better to fight with all his might!
Emperor Zhong Kangdi seemed to be considering, but in fact, he had already made up his mind for a long time. Jiu'er can't be handed over, he will fight if he wants to, and he will not surrender. But what made him feel even more chilled was that all the princes, together with the queen, stood up and moved with emotion and reason, and bitterly persuaded him to give death to the Nine Emperors immediately.
Emperor Zhong Kangdi was so angry that his fingertips were trembling, he nodded at the six princes, and then at the princess Mingzhu, and finally looked at the queen and asked sharply, "It's okay for others, one of you is his brother-in-law, one is his sister-in-law, and the other is his own mother, do you even care about his life?" β
"Then have you ever cared for the people of Limin? Caring for the world? The queen asked rhetorically.
When the emperor and queen quarreled endlessly, the Nine Emperors and Youshu were practicing calligraphy in the study. The secret guards came over frequently, revealing the movements of the DPRK and the reactions of everyone one by one.
The Nine Emperor Princes wrote down the word "Minzhi" and said with a smile, "Youshu, this is my name, you remember it." Fu wrote the word "Long Night" again, and sighed, "This is my word, because my father decided that I was the reincarnation of the Holy Emperor, and he was afraid of colliding with his name, so he took this word for me." The entire Xia Qiguo, only you and your father know. β
These words were quite a farewell, which made Youshu's heart tremble, and he hurriedly pulled his master's arm and persuaded, "Master, don't listen to their nonsense, they won't truce if you die, but they will fight against the president-drive-straight-in, and divide Xia Qi." There is no absolute interest, the four countries will not abandon their previous suspicions and cooperate closely, and this interest is undoubtedly Xia Qi's great rivers and mountains and rich land. Let's go to the northwest and fight, and I'll help you kill all the million troops. I said I could do anything for you, and sooner or later, even the stars in the sky would be plucked for you. β
The Nine Emperor Princes didn't intend to be killed. What he wanted was the promise of the young man who would never give up, and his face was suddenly sad, and he laughed loudly, "Okay, go to the northwest and go to war." The Holy Emperor can travel all over Kyushu, and I can also dominate the storm. "Even if there are thousands of obstacles, swords and fires, with you with me, I have no fear.