Jing Niang came over from Xiao Sui and carefully checked Li Yueji's palace again, because they were all people from outside the Saiwai. Concubine Li Xian's palace was searched by a large number of people every day and asked all kinds of questions.

A group of eunuchs rummaged through the cabinets inside, eager to dig three feet into the ground!

Jing Niang said coldly: "Concubine Li Xian, if you did that, you should have already understood that you can't escape from this palace." After confessing happily, why pretend? ”

Li Yueji's face was haggard, she looked at her and shook her head and said, "Jing Niang, I am now the concubine of Daxu, and I used to be the lord of Pingxia. Gaomen's family, how could he teach his daughter to do such a sinister thing since she was a child? ”

Jing Niang was stunned when she heard this, and felt that there was some truth, such as Li Yueji, who is used to living a good life, there are many extravagant and lazy people, and few good conspirators.

…… The eunuch Yang Shiliang was in the Long Live Palace, leading a group of eunuchs from the inner factory to search for clues at the place of the incident. An official eunuch was holding the teacup that the emperor usually used to look at carefully, his eyes were almost on the cup, and he was still sniffing in front of his nose; Another eunuch examines an ivory comb. There was a group of eunuchs and palace maids standing tremblingly by the wall, all of whom were slaves and maids who were often on duty in the Long Live Palace.

Yang Shiliang was also looking around, he walked out of the dormitory, looked around in front of a case, picked up a copy of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" stacked in the corner of the case, and flipped it, he didn't find anything unusual, he was a little dazed, and picked up a thread-bound "Book of Changes" casually, and when he turned it, he suddenly saw a very faint fingerprint on the paper.

Yang Shiliang's eyes lit up!

He said in his heart: There are dozens of people on duty in the Long Live Hall at any time to serve the official family, and the official family will not do any work here, how can their hands be dirty? And this "Book of Changes" is one of the books that are difficult to read, except for the official family, I don't believe that there are slaves and maids who will turn it.

Yang Shiliang put his nose on the faint finger print and smelled it, and suddenly turned his head sharply without warning! His gaze quickly swept over the group of people standing by the wall, and suddenly he saw a palace maid hurriedly lower her head.

Yang Shiliang stared coldly at the person who was moving, he blushed and said nothing, and continued to look up and down the bookcase. His gaze was on a jasper-colored brush on the pen stand...... It is the "Han Tianzi pen", which looks similar to what Ye Shi describes, but it should be a fake.

Such a thing is placed in the Long Live Palace, and Yang Shiliang judged that it should be something that the official family likes to use. He took the pen and looked at the light from the window, sniffing as he stood, and smelled an indescribably faint smell, the same smell as on the page!

Yang Shiliang closed his eyes slightly, as if he saw a scene: the official sat alone in front of the desk, put the brush on the inkstone, and while reading the book intently, he put his finger on the tip of his tongue and dipped a little saliva, turning the pages; As a result, the poison applied to the barrel of the pen was stained on the tongue of the official and on the pages of the book at the same time, and the fingerprints accumulated on the pages.

Yang Shiliang carefully put the "Han Tianzi Pen" on the pen stand, turned around and walked to the crowd by the wall, and stood straight in front of the palace maid. The palace maid in front of him still had childishness on her face, I'm afraid she was only a teenager, if it weren't for Yang Shiliang's shrewdness, I'm afraid he wouldn't doubt this young lady.

The palace maid's whole body began to tremble, and it was a visible tremor in her eyes! She definitely didn't want to, but I'm afraid it would be difficult to control herself at this time.

Yang Shiliang grabbed her hands violently, looked at her fingers carefully for a while, and although he didn't find anything wrong, he glared at her quietly, and suddenly ordered: "Take it!" ”

The palace maid softened when she heard this, and she didn't say a word, only heard the sound of "clucking" teeth colliding. Yang Shiliang suddenly found that water stains were dripping from under her skirt, so he quietly took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and pressed it on his nose, "Dog is so daring, you dare to do such a thing, do you know how many people will die?!" Then he turned around and walked in front of Li Shanggong: "The palace maid here, are you in charge?" ”

Li Shanggong's face turned pale, and he fell to his knees: "It's none of my business!" I am loyal to the official family, and the official family is closer to ...... than my father."

Yang Shiliang sneered when he heard this.

Li Shanggong said hurriedly: "That slave maid is called Li Erniang, although her surname is Li, she has nothing to do with me!" That's right...... There is one thing, it was this who wanted to seduce the official family in the bath, I beat her, and I was about to rush to clean the toilet to make an example; Unexpectedly, the official family took the initiative to ask her, and out of pity, he personally ordered her to stay on duty in the Long Live Palace, who knew that this cheap maid was actually a person with a great calamity!

Yang Gonggong clearly investigated, if I was a member of the same party, how could I want to send her away? ”

Yang Shiliang said: "Your words, the miscellaneous family will verify it." ”

A eunuch next to him reminded: "Yang Gong, take someone to search the residence of this slave and maid, and you will definitely be able to get the stolen goods!" ”

"No!" Yang Shiliang said categorically, "What evidence do you need for such a big thing?" Beware of startling snakes. He observed the timidity of the little palace maid, and said in an affirmative tone, "There must be a comrade!" How can such a slave and maid be able to do anything? ”

Several eunuchs had already grabbed the little palace maid, gagged her mouth with a ball of cloth, and dragged her away without saying anything. Yang Shiliang followed, and then turned back and pointed to the rest of the people: "No one is allowed to leave!" ”

A group of people came to a room with a stack of honor guards in the Hall of Long Live with messy steps, and the weak little palace maid was immediately tied to a chair by a group of people. The people around him were all fierce and vicious.

Two other eunuchs brought up a board and placed a pack of spiky bamboo sticks on the board. Yang Shiliang looked at the little palace maid and said expressionlessly: "From ancient times to the present, there have been too many tortures. Let's start with the lightest, and the miscellaneous family guarantees that you won't die if you taste it all. ”

The surrounding eunuchs cooperated tacitly, pressed the palace maid's hands on the board, and first stabbed the bamboo stick into the five fingers of her left hand. After a while, she struggled hard, her legs tied together kicked on the floor, and several eunuchs struggled to hold on, but she didn't expect that the strength of a little lady was not small!

Yang Shiliang reached out and pinched her mouth, pulled out the cloth ball, and said coldly: "Who is the same party?" ”

"Spare your life! Spare ......" The little palace maid said repeatedly with tears on her face, her face was straightforward.

Yang Shiliang stopped talking, picked up the cloth ball and stretched it out to her mouth.

"I say! I ...... "The palace maid is in a hurry."

Yang Shiliang pulled out the cloth group again and asked, "Who is the same party?" ”

"Feng Xian of the Inner Government Bureau, his original surname was Li, and he is my elder brother......" The little palace maid cried when she said this, "My father was originally the commander of the forbidden army, but because he was implicated by Zhao Kuangyin, he was tortured to death by the current emperor!" ”

"Remember the confession, not a word is missed." Yang Shiliang turned his head and asked, "The palace has entered the people, and there are officials who have found out their origins, how can you get into the palace after you are anti-thieves?" Who helped you? ”

The little palace maid cried bitterly and said, "Xuzhou Zhao family." They told us to avenge our father and his brothers, and to obey the command, and if we did not answer, they would kill our whole house and all our relatives......"

"The people who are guarded by Zhao Kuangyin's family in Xuzhou?" Yang Shiliang asked.

The little palace maid nodded.

Yang Shiliang said: "In the future, you have to say yes or no!" The people of the Zhao family have someone to supervise, how can they contact the old department? Xuzhou officials were bought? Who bought it? ”

"I don't know, I really don't know......" The little palace maid shook her head desperately as if she hadn't washed her face.

Yang Shiliang asked again: "If the thief only arranged for the two of you, how do you know that you will definitely be able to get close to the official family?" There are other people in the palace! Who is it? ”

The little palace maid couldn't help but shake her head: "I don't know, I really don't know......"

Yang Shiliang said coldly: "You haven't tasted enough yet? ”

The little palace maid cried: "The slave and maid have even confessed their brother, why hide it from others......

When Yang Shiliang heard this, he immediately believed it.

At this time, a eunuch in the back picked up a piece of paper and blew carefully. Yang Shiliang beckoned, the eunuch took the paper and put it on the board, Yang Shiliang grabbed the left hand of the little palace maid, pulled out the bamboo stick of the index finger, and heard a scream of "Ah ......", and then grabbed the palace maid's hand and pressed a blood mark on the paper.

"Send Jin Xiangdian immediately and report to the eldest lady!" Yang Shiliang said.

…… Fu Jinzhan was in the study of the east hall, and after reading the confession with blood fingerprints, he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Pass the decree, let the inner temple direct command Du Chenggui come to see him immediately!" ”

"Slaves and maids obey the will."

Fu Jinzhan thought about it, and called Huang Binglian, the cabinet assistant outside the screen, to come in and show the confession to Huang Binglian.

Huang Binglian looked at it, hugged his fists and said: "The minister thinks that he should send someone to Xuzhou as soon as possible, and torture the officials there in Zhao Mansion on the spot. ”

Jinzhan said: "The palace has summoned Du Du envoy to take the forbidden soldiers and light horsemen to Xuzhou with you." ”

Huang Binglian said again: "In addition, please ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out when the prisoners in the palace entered the palace, and check the officials who were responsible for screening and selecting people back then." He immediately said without hesitation, "Those remaining remnants should be fully liquidated, and they must not be tolerated again!" ”

After hearing this, Jin Zhan nodded and said: "In this matter, Huang Fuzheng, Du Du, who is in charge of the criminal law, will transfer troops to assist, and Yang Shiliang will assist in investigating the news of the palace, and the three of you will have full authority to handle this matter." Investigate the thieves behind the scenes as soon as possible, and be sure to ask for the antidote! Don't miss a moment! ”

"Obey the order!" Huang Binglian bowed deeply.

Jin Zhan stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, remembering Wang Pu's speculation, the suspect was in the old party or the Liao State, and now it seems that Wang Pu's calculation is somewhat reasonable...... The old party of the former dynasty and the remnant party of the Zhao clan are two groups of people, and the foreign aid colluded by the remnant party of the Zhao clan may be the Liao State; Naturally, the poison also comes from the Liao country!

In this huge conspiracy, not only a large number of manpower but also some large officials must be bribed, which is bound to require huge wealth and backing. Only the Liao State has such strength.

She thought more deeply, from this point of view, the crisis facing the Great Xu Dynasty now may not only be internal...... If Liao Guo is behind the scenes, he may be ready at this time and will have some schemes.

The windows of the study in the east hall were blown by the wind and crackled. Marigold looked out from between the window lattices, and saw that the sky above the huge palace was full of dark clouds, making her seem to be unable to breathe! Now is not the time to be sad and afraid, she is sitting behind the royal case, and she can't bend down even when the sky falls.

Because, a greater storm hides behind this gale!