Chapter 504: The Corpse Pit Leads to a Secret
Seriously, if it weren't for the way Li Xiao tried his best to kill himself before, Yun Yuexi would definitely think that Li Xiao might be crazy.
But looking at it now, Li Feng also looked at Li Xiao with a dull expression, obviously he didn't expect his father, who had always been steady, to say such a rebellious thing.
"Li Xiao, do you know what you're talking about now?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, obviously with murderous intent.
"Of course I do." Li Xiao opened his mouth lightly, and his afterglow seemed to sweep Yun Yuexi, and he immediately said with interest: "Miss Yun, don't you want to know why the emperor sent me to kill you?" ”
Yun Yuexi didn't speak, as if she didn't hear it.
And the Red Mansion, which was originally coming behind them, suddenly looked at Li Feng at this time and said, "Ouyang Lefeng, didn't you present the evidence to the emperor in the case of Mr. Chen's murder that you found out?" ”
"Evidence?" Li Ruoxian was slightly flustered in her heart, but seeing that everyone's mood was not very good now, she naturally didn't dare to say more, she was not stupid to touch the emperor's moldy head now, after all, the first thing she learned was to observe words and looks.
"It was made by the Yao family." Of course, the Red Chamber knew that the current Ouyang Lefeng was Li Feng, but it was the emperor who personally arranged for Ouyang Lefeng to investigate the murder of Chen Li, so now is the best time to speak out.
"The Yao family?" Li Ruoxian was slightly relieved when she heard Li Feng's words, in fact, she had met Yao Yuying a few times, but it was just a cooperative relationship, although she also contributed to Chen Li's matter at the time, but she was not the one who really killed Chen Li, but she didn't expect to have something to do with the Yao family.
Li Feng is naturally very grateful to the Red Mansion for diverting Li Xiao's topic, and hurriedly presented the evidence found one by one, and Gonggong Liu did not seem to be affected by Li Xiao's words, and walked to the emperor respectfully with a tray.
"On the night Mr. Chen was killed, Yao Yuying once entered the palace with Yao Fengchun's token, which the guards on duty at the time could testify, and the little eunuch next to Chen Li happened to be in Mr. Chen's room at the time, so when Yao Yuying appeared, he thought that he had bumped into Mr. Chen's private affairs, and he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, so he hid under the bed, and heard Yao Yuying threaten Mr. Chen with Yun Yuexi's life, and finally let the girl next to him kill Mr. Chen."
Li Feng actually just briefly said what happened, in fact, he is very strange now, because at that time, when Wen Guanyu first brought people in, he didn't find anything, no matter whether it was the evidence or the little eunuch, no one found it, but when he started to investigate, those evidences popped up one after another as if they had been discussed, which made people really confused, but fortunately, it was ......
Li Feng raised his head without a trace and glanced at Yun Yuexi, and it happened that the other party was also looking at him, so he quickly retracted his gaze and lowered his head without saying more.
But Yun Yuexi understood what Li Feng meant at that glance.
He now feels that he has cleared Wu Xue's grievances in front of the emperor, so he hopes that she can help Li Xiao get rid of his crimes.
But Yun Yuexi felt that Li Feng really overestimated her, and with her current appearance, what reason did she have to help Li Xiao get away with it?
Moreover, didn't Li Feng find out that Li Xiao was clearly bent on dying now?
"Your Majesty, since this matter was done by the Yao family, is it true that Neiko is already innocent?" Wen Guanyu was naturally more worried about Wu Xue, after all, it was the person he was hurting in the palm of his hand, and he didn't know if he had lost weight after staying in prison for so long, as for the rest...... He really didn't bother to care anymore.
The things in this palace are really more than less, and the more you know, the faster you will die.
"Wen Aiqing, don't worry." When the emperor heard Wen Guanyu say this, he couldn't help but say coldly: "Now that I have only found evidence that Yao Yuying may have killed someone, I can't listen to one side of the story, so ...... Someone came, Xuan Yao Fengchun and Yao Yuying entered the palace. ”
A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Xiao's mouth, you see, this is the emperor, he is selfish, and he will always find someone else to bear the charge for him.
While waiting, Li Xiao glanced up at Ouyang Lefeng, and that loving gaze made Yun Yuexi suddenly realize that Li Xiao seemed to have known that Ouyang Lefeng was Li Feng pretending, so why did Li Xiao do this?
Without waiting for Yun Yuexi to figure it out, Li Xiao suddenly spoke again: "Back then, the emperor and the prince competed for Ruan Qingyun, but the emperor poisoned the prince, and it was too late when Ruan Qingyun found out, after the prince was poisoned and died, Ruan Qingyun turned to the arms of the nine kings in order to take revenge on the emperor, and even did not hesitate to give birth to a child for him, when the emperor wanted to kill the child, but he didn't expect Ruan Qingyun to use the child of the ninth princess to divert the emperor's attention. ”
"Father-in-law Liu, plug Li Xiao's mouth and pull it down." The emperor looked at Li Xiao with the same gaze as a dead man at this moment, and it was obvious that he did not intend to leave the other party's life.
Although Yun Yuexi lowered her head, she still felt Li Feng's gaze on her, and she didn't know what she thought, Yun Yuexi suddenly stepped forward and stopped the guards who were holding Li Xiao.
"Yun Yuexi, what do you want to do!" The emperor was annoyed, even if Li Xiao said so many old things just now, but in the end, the people here are smart people, even if they hear it, they will pretend not to hear it, but now Yun Yuexi actually stopped people, is it clear that he wants to go against himself?
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At this moment, Ouyang Haoxuan didn't know what was happening on the palace hall, and after investigating around with Ouyang Qing for a long time, he had no other gains, so he could only return to the place where Fang Cai was.
"How?" Ouyang Haoxuan saw that Ouyang Yunhua had already checked it, so he leaned over and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”
"These people are ordinary people, not dead soldiers." Ouyang Yunhua's face was not very good, maybe it was because the ** of the corpse was too serious, so it made her feel a little uncomfortable, but she still said with a strong spirit: "And it's a village." ”
"A village?" Ouyang Qing swept around and said in disbelief: "Are you mistaken, so many people have died in this village, all of them are men in the prime of life, and there are no two old and weak women and children?" ”
"I said that they came from a village, not that they killed people from a village!" Ouyang Yunhua rolled his eyes, he couldn't pay attention to Ouyang Qing, he simply turned his head and pointed at the corpse and said, "Although there are calluses on my hands, it can be seen that they are caused by perennial labor, not because of the use of a sword." ”
"Lin Xi, what did you find?" It turned out that when Ouyang Yunhua was inspecting the body, Ouyang Haoxuan had already sent Lin Xi to take someone nearby to investigate the details, so it seemed that Ouyang Qing was useless.
But Ouyang Qing is not a person who is hit so easily.
For him, this is not his place, and naturally he will not be unable to get along with himself because of these things, let alone feel that he is useless because the other party thinks of him in front of him, speaking of which, he just can't get used to Ouyang Haoxuan, that's all.
However, didn't Ouyang Qing think about it, was it really good to look down on Ouyang Haoxuan like this?
After all, his name was also Ouyang Haoxuan, wasn't it?
It's just that Ouyang Qing, who came here, has already taken on his own identity, because it is natural for Yun Yuexi to look down on Ouyang Haoxuan.
"There are seven nearby villages, one of which is Yaojia Village, most of the villagers are surnamed Yao, but now only the old people and children are left, and I heard those old people say that the prime of life in the village is invited to work in the mountains, and they will give two taels of silver every month, but they have not seen anyone for two months, and they have not been given any silver money."
"It seems that these people are from Yaojia Village?" Ouyang Yunhua raised his eyebrows and asked with some surprise, "What about the women in the village?" ”
"It is said that he walked with a man, originally to cook, but now his whereabouts are unknown." Lin Xi was also very helpless, those old people were not young, it was already good to be able to ask so much news, as for the children...... I guess there are not many children left.
"There seems to be something else going on here." Ouyang Yunhua saw that Ouyang Qing and Ouyang Haoxuan didn't speak, and couldn't help blinking his eyes and asked, "Why don't you two speak?" Did you think of something? ”
"During the previous famine, the treasury was empty, if it weren't for Li Xiao taking two pieces of silver at that time, it is estimated that the emperor would not have been able to come up with money for disaster relief, so think about it, what about silver?" Ouyang Haoxuan looked at the corpse in the pit and said thoughtfully: "And the Yao family has only Yao Fengchun himself in the capital from beginning to end, which family have you ever seen like this?" ”
"Although the Yao family is not a family, it is also a big family, if you think so, then Yao Fengchun selects more powerful descendants from these clans every year to return to Beijing, so where are these clans?" It was rare for Ouyang Qing not to quarrel with Ouyang Haoxuan, but said seriously: "Maybe this Yao family village is one of the branches of the Yao family. ”
"The treasury is empty, where did the silver go, the emperor never gave an answer, and when I led the troops to the battle, all the military salaries came from the Li family or the people spontaneously donated silver taels, so what did the emperor do with the silver all these years?" Ouyang Haoxuan touched his chin, nodded and said: "The Yao family has been silently obeying the emperor's dispatch all these years, and when several major families were in front, no one noticed the Yao family at all, so ......"
"Therefore, it is very likely that the emperor asked Yao Fengchun to do something that no one knows about, and all the silver taels are placed in this matter, or rather, these people are warriors selected by the Yao family." Ouyang Qing took Ouyang Haoxuan's words, and for the first time there was something called tacit understanding between the two of them.
"Warriors?" Ouyang Yunhua was also confused by this incident, so she didn't notice the change between Ouyang Qing and Ouyang Haoxuan, she just lowered her head and thought: "Let's assume that they are digging a secret passage, and then in order not to reveal the secret, everyone involved in this matter is killed, so what is the emperor hiding?" Or rather...... What is he looking for? ”