In the Tang Mansion, everyone knew what Tang Huai felt, and they didn't dare to say much, and after condolence, they said a word or two of comfort, and then left in a hurry.

The Tang family is a little different from other wealthy families in Jingshi, that is, the main line of the Tang family is not prosperous, among the three brothers, Tang Huai only has one son, Tang Qi only has one son, and Tang Jing's daughter is still picked up from outside.

Although this can ensure that there will be no cannibalism and power struggle, there is also one biggest disadvantage, that is, if the son-in-law dies, there will be a situation where the huge family will lose its heir.

Of course, it is not difficult to solve this problem, the head of the Tang family has only entered middle age, although he is no longer the dragon spirit and tiger of his youth, but he still has the ability to marry a few more concubines and have a few more sons before he leaves.

If you don't want to marry a concubine, and you think about the family, it is not without precedent to choose one of the side lines or the second room.

Obviously, today's Tang Shangshu, Tang Huai, the head of the Tang family, in addition to being immersed in the pain of losing a child, also has to consider this issue.

"Big brother." Tang Qi walked over, looked at Tang Huai, and spoke hoarsely.

The Tang family has suffered a great change, and the impact and loss are far greater than the party dispute with King Kang.

Tang Huai's eyes were blank and he said, "Let Zhao'er come back." ”

Tang Zhao went to Jiangnan a month ago, and if it went well, it was only a few days ago, but after Tang Jing's death, among the men of the Tang family, he was the only one who was the most qualified to inherit the family, so he naturally couldn't stay outside at this moment.

Tang Qi looked at Tang Huai and nodded for a long time before he nodded, "I'll send someone to bring him back." ”

Tang Huai was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Has the murderer been found?" ”

Tang Qi shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

Tang Huai patted his robe and said, "Let people prepare, I want to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

……

Two days have passed, Tang Jing's case has not yet had any clues, Emperor Chen has just reprimanded the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing, and not long after he sat back in his position angrily, a eunuch stepped forward to report, and Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see.

Hearing Tang Huai's name, Emperor Chen had a headache, but he calmed down and said, "Xuan him in." ”

After a while, Tang Huai walked into the hall, knelt down, and said, "The minister implores Your Majesty to give Jing'er justice!" ”

Chen Huang stood up, walked down, personally helped him up, and said, "Don't worry, even if it is not for your words, I will investigate this case to the bottom of the matter." ”

When he said this, his face was a little gloomy, the horse he had just selected was dead on the street in a few days, which was not only a provocation to the Tang family, but also a provocation to the majesty of his son of heaven.

No matter who killed Tang Huai, he had to find out who was behind it, and no matter who was behind it, he would uproot it and never tolerate it!

His face was gloomy, and a bright light suddenly crossed his mind, and he looked at a eunuch behind him and said, "Summoning Gongsun Ying to meet him." ”

After a while, a middle-aged woman walked into the main hall slowly, bowed down and said, "Gongsun Ying see Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Chen looked at her and asked, "Dali Temple has screened out more than a dozen of the most suspicious criminals, but they all flatly denied the crime, do you have any way to get them to tell the truth?" ”

Gongsun Ying raised his head and said, "Your subordinates can try it." ”

Half an hour later, more than a dozen prisoners with handcuffs and shackles were escorted into the palace from Dali Temple, after the Tang family was killed, the government arrested a lot of people from Beijing, among them, most of them are ruffians and hooligans with a criminal record, bullying men and women on weekdays, doing some things like stealing chickens and touching dogs, this time they are all unlucky, and they have suffered in Dali Temple.

Although there were many people arrested, none of them confessed, and no clues were found, so Dali Temple had to select more than a dozen people who were the most suspicious, and dealt with the problem first.

More than a dozen people were taken to a side hall, and soon one was taken out.

Somewhere in the hall, Gongsun Ying looked at the prisoner and said, "Untie his shackles." ”

The prisoner had already received many punishments in Dali Temple, and he was exhausted, although the woman in front of him did not look threatening, but her eyes made people shudder a little.

He subconsciously took a few steps back, but the woman opposite suddenly shook her hand, and a black light shot out from her sleeve, and then, he sensed that something seemed to be attached to his face and drilled into his nostrils.

He covered his face and said in horror, "What is this......"

The next moment, the sound that came out of his throat turned into a terrible scream, and he covered his head and rolled on the ground.

Gongsun Ying stepped forward and asked, "Say, did you kill the eldest young master of the Tang family?" ”

The man covered his face, and his voice came from between his fingers: "It's not me, it's not me, spare me, spare me!" ”

Gongsun Ying stood aside and looked at him coldly.

The man held his head and rolled around on the ground, screaming.

"It's not me, it's not my ......, I, I've killed people, but I didn't kill the eldest young master of the Tang family, I didn't do it, spare me......"

"Spare me, spare me ......"

"It's so uncomfortable, please, please kill me, kill me!"

"Kill me!"

……

The prisoner covered his head and rolled around on the ground, the amplitude became smaller and smaller, and his voice changed from the first scream to a suppressed roar, and after I don't know how long, his body twitched a few times, and then he straightened up, and there was no more sound.

Gongsun Ying leaned over and looked back, looked back at Emperor Chen, and said, "Your Majesty, he bit his tongue and committed suicide." ”

Tang Huai glanced at Gongsun Ying, and a trace of defense appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Emperor Chen glanced at the corpse on the ground expressionlessly, and said, "Next." ”

When the second prisoner was brought into the main hall, he walked to the door and saw the body of the previous person being carried in, his face turned pale, and he struggled: "I didn't kill the person, I won't go, I won't go......"

He was dragged in by two guards, and in a short time there were terrible screams from inside the hall.

In the side hall, more than a dozen criminals, seeing their companions being taken out one by one, but none of them returned, the fear in their hearts began to be infinitely amplified, and the atmosphere gradually became riotous, but they were suppressed by the guards.

In another temple.

One of them curled up, rolling back and forth on the ground, and kept saying, "I killed the man, I killed him, please, give me a good time!" ”

Gongsun Ying asked, "Since you killed it, where are the clothes and property you robbed?" ”

The man's voice trembled, "Silver, the silver is spent, and the clothes are burned......"

Gongsun Ying asked again, "What color clothes is he wearing?" ”

The man said, "Red, no, white, white, I killed people, please kill me......"

Gongsun Ying straightened up, looked at Emperor Chen, and shook his head.

Under the Gu punishment, although many of these people confessed to the crime, they could not bear this pain, and wanted to end it early, or simply begged for death, and they were not the real murderers.

In the process, they also asked about some of the big crimes they had done on weekdays, but they still had nothing to do with Tang Jing's case.

Emperor Chen's face was gloomy, he covered his mouth and nose, and walked straight out of the main hall.

Gongsun Ying glanced at the people on the ground who had stopped convulsions, and followed Tang Huai out, these people were incontinent because of extreme pain, and at this moment, there was a violent stench in the hall.

The two little eunuchs' faces were flushed, and they couldn't wait to go out and breathe in the fresh air.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chen took a bath, changed his clothes, felt better, sat above, looked at Tang Huai, and said: "You also saw it, these people are not murderers, think about it again, who else has such a motive, and who has such a deep hatred with the Tang family?" ”

Tang Huai thought for a while and said, "Back to Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being bold and outspoken, there are indeed two people who have such a deep hatred with the Tang family, and there are indeed two ......."

[PS: There are some things in the afternoon, and I will come back to write in the evening of the second shift, before eleven o'clock. 】