Chapter 40: Matches
Before going out of Beijing to arrest Xi Meiren, Concubine Xiao had an argument with him, arguing that she was only to review the case before she used Xi Meiren to execute her, and the Xi Beauty was very stubborn and refused to confess, so she had no choice but to use the criminal law, and the eldest prince has always seen that the emperor likes this Bai family's eldest lady for the sake of the emperor, and has not punished Xiao Fei for the time being, but that Xiao Concubine seems to be uninteresting.
After Wei Tianyue returned to the palace in the capital, he took Yue'er and Qing'er to Wei Tianyue on the pretext of visiting the eldest prince.
On the wide road in front of the Chang'an Palace, there were some guards on both sides who stood with expressions on both sides, Wei Tianyue and Chi Yuan were hurriedly walking inside, and Shang Xuan was still waiting for them inside.
"Your Highness, you're back!" Concubine Xiao came out halfway, and seemed to have been waiting here for a long time, because Wei Tianyue hadn't looked at her at all since he came back, since he didn't go to see her, then she would take this step first!
"......" Wei Tianyue glanced at her gloomily and ignored her.
That Concubine Xiao kept following him, she knew that with so many people outside, Wei Tianyue didn't dare to blatantly lose her weight, so she said, "You can catch that Xi beauty running away?" ”
He replied impatiently, "Kill!" Then he hurried towards the gate, not wanting to leave any eyes on Bai Qianqian's body.
"Your Highness is wise!" She raised her head and smiled slightly, and the step stopped, Yue'er and Qing'er, who were following him, also stopped, looking at Wei Tianyue's back, thinking that Ximei had been killed, and the trouble in her heart was removed, and she smiled more brightly.
"Was that Shiobi killed?" Xiaoqing asked cautiously.
"Yes, this is self-inflicted!" Concubine Xiao was in a good mood at this time, and replied leisurely.
"Yes, she should have died a long time ago, and I don't know how his father gave birth to a daughter like her, water-based poplars seduced everywhere, and really lost the face of the family." That Yue'er echoed casually.
"She is just a beauty, what family can she speak of. It's just that the pheasant that crawled up in the gutter wanted to be a phoenix. ”
"That's it, she has always been against you, relying on the eldest prince's love for her, and has been bullying you! Now it's finally retribution. Then Yue'er looked at Xiaoqing and asked with a little reproach: "Why haven't you spoken, don't you agree?" ”
Xiaoqing didn't say a word along the way, and silently thought in her heart, did Xi Meiren die like this? That day, she also whipped the tide beauty three times in the cage, and died like this? Xi Meiren was covered in blood in the cage, and half of her face was dripping with flesh and blood, and she still appeared in her heart, and she was a little shocked, even if she was such a hateful person, there would be no unjust soul to find her after death... It is better not to know the rights and wrongs of the deceased, after all, death is also a kind of apology. Just thinking of this, he suddenly heard Yue'er ask, and quickly came back to his senses: "The slave just thinks that it is not good to talk about the rights and wrongs of people in the past..."
"That's right, since she's dead, then we don't have to say much, so as not to get upset." Concubine Xiao was reminded by Xiaoqing like this, as if she also felt that since everyone was dead, she would not pose any threat to herself, and she counted her sins like this, which seemed to be too calculating and narrow-minded.
But she suddenly thought of something, she remembered that she had met a strange-looking old man in the northwest a long time ago, that person was Chuan Hezi, the old man had a lot of strange things, including what demons and monsters Shinto Buddha and Immortal weapons, although she never believed in these, to one of them there was a small bottle of body-devouring poison Bai Qian Qian fell in love with it, and there was no money to buy it at that time. The old man said that he wouldn't give anything, but she finally got this vial of body devouring poison, and it was not easy to get a thing, but it was a bit of a pity, there was only one bottle of body devouring poison left in the world to be used on Canglan, a dying person, and it was a waste to not see the effect.
In the Chang'an Palace, Shang Xuan had been waiting here for a long time, and he smiled with relief when he saw the eldest prince come back.
"Great Prince! You're here! ”
"Hmmm! Did you find anything new? ”
Instantly and quietly followed behind Wei Tianyue without saying a word.
"There was a discovery, the minister found Lord Guanqing, who was in charge of the Bai family fire case back then, and he also found a half-burned matchstick at that time, but there was actually more than one. It's just that Lord Guanqing has been afraid to say it for some reason, so he kept this physical evidence. I asked him again and again before I answered. He also told me not to tell me about it, and not to say that he said it. ”
"Did you bring it?"
"Hmm!" He took out a small square copper locket, about the same size as the rouge gouache used by ordinary girls, and it seemed to be very well preserved.
Wei Tianyue took it and opened the copper box, but he didn't expect that in the copper box, a match with only half of it was left lying quietly in the middle, neither damp nor corroded, and he thought that the preservation of this match was also very thoughtful. Wei Tianyue picked up the match gently, this match looked no different from the match used by ordinary people, but when he took the match, he thought of which part of the match should he pay attention to.
Sure enough, the match was kept on this side, that is, it was not burned, and there were traces of a special fine seal on the bottom of the thin stick. ”
"Where are the matches used in the palace made?"
"Huzhou's Trench Workshop"
"Is this the only place?"
"Yes, all the supplies of matches in the palace are produced by the Trench Workshop!"
"Quickly ask the person in charge of the trench workshop to bring the seal."
"Minister, let's go!" Shang Xuan left quickly.
"In an instant, you go to the Imperial Palace Inventory Department to check the records of matches in each palace last year. Let's check the abnormal use of each prince. Be sure to turn over the records within three years"
The use of these matches is valid for one year, so on the eve of the Baifu fire, the person who wants to murder the Bai family must use a lot of matches, so the supply of matches will also increase in a certain period of time, because the Baifu fire, which covers an area of more than 500 acres, cannot be ignited by the sparks, it must be a fire in many places at the same time, and most of the houses around the Baifu are also affected, the use of matches must not be a small amount, and the use of matches by the princes of each palace is usually maintained within a certain number. If there is a sudden explosion of time, then there must be suspicion, he just wants to determine whether this suspicion is not the third prince, otherwise the evidence of the waist card alone is not enough and convincing, but the most afraid is to take a little every month, and collect enough matches unknowingly.
"Yes! Subordinates, let's go! ”
After everyone left, the hall was empty except for Wei Tianyue, but suddenly remembered the shocking iron mark on Xi Meiren's face.
Originally, Canglan was injured before, but now Su Suxuan was also hit by a sword, and the blood in his chest did not stop, but Su Suxuan held on, and he really couldn't see the slightest injury from that expression, as if the wound was not a big problem for him, and they stopped at the foot of a mountain after walking for a while.
"Shall we take a break?" Canglan asked worriedly, she really didn't know what to do now, so she kept thinking about it in her mind, and the shadow of the vial of callus flashed in a trance, and then she suddenly remembered that she hadn't used up the bottle yet, and there should be a little left.
"Okay" He looked down at Canglan, still covering half of his face with black veil, and replied softly, Canglan wanted to help him, but he blocked Canglan with his hand.
"It's just a small injury, yours is more serious!"
"Su Suxuan... You don't have to be like this..."Canglan only felt full of guilt, and didn't know what to say.
"I still like the last two words you call me by name." Su Suxuan sat down, then leaned against the wall and raised his head and looked at Canglan with a smile, that smile was not frivolous, but very precious.
Canglan was stunned for a moment, remembering that Fang Cai only called him "Su Xuan" in a hurry. immediately defended, "I was in too much of a hurry, and somehow I called the wrong ......"
"Is it a mistake?" Su Suxuan asked rhetorically.
"Hmm..."This conversation can't go on, if it's not surprising that he is a man who calls him Su Xuan or Brother Su Xuan, she thought he didn't hear it, and now he actually took the initiative to bring it up, and immediately taught Canglan to find a hole to drill into, after all, isn't this kind of name a bit intimate... Finish... So Canglan hurriedly changed the topic.
"By the way, I haven't used up the callus you gave me, so you should be able to use your wounds, right?" Because she didn't know much about medical skills, she felt that since it was called callus ointment, it should have a healing effect on all injuries, so she sat down, and kept a little distance from Su Suxuan when she sat over, and took it out of her clothes pocket and wanted to hand it to Su Suxuan, but Su Suxuan raised her hand and refused.
"You keep it, I have it!" He took out a small bottle from his arms and showed it to Canglan, but it looked a little different from Canglan's.
"What kind of medicine is this?"
"Those who specialize in treating sword wounds are called Blood Transformation Pills"
"Is this any different from the callus you gave me?"
"Callus ointment to relieve pain and swelling, used to treat skin trauma, the wound healing place is the same as the original skin, Huaxue Pill is mainly used to treat deep wounds and knife wounds, prevent internal wound infection and remove blood stasis." Fortunately, Su Suxuan really explained Canglan in detail.
"Oh, that's it..."Canglan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally moved the topic away.
Su Suxuan poured the mouth of the medicine bottle against his wound, his eyebrows tightened slightly, as if he was suffering the pain caused by the drug-stimulated wound, such pain is most familiar now.
Canglan's gaze had always fallen on Su Suxuan's injured chest, and he was very concerned, but he didn't know when he noticed that it was not good for him to keep looking at Su Suxuan.
Su Suxuan happened to finish taking the medicine, and as soon as he raised his head, he met Shang Canglan's concerned gaze, and that expression seemed to ask, "What are you looking at?" ”
On the contrary, Canglan took the lead and asked Su Suxuan, "How long will your wound be healed?" ”