After the drum beats, the sun does not completely set the horizon; The sunset in the west was crimson, like a large patch of blood that had just flowed out!

The light is already much weaker than before, and the surrounding scenery has a large contrast between light and dark. The left gate of Chang'an in the east is projected with the afterglow of the sunset, which is much brighter than the right gate of Chang'an in the west. The people on the stage left long shadows on the ground.

Perhaps it was Xue Yan's slight hesitation that made more people stare at him, and people almost held their breath.

Xue Yan finally spoke: "Xiaguan's case has not yet been investigated, and the facts that have been found are...... The first emperor collapsed in the East Palace! And because of the poison of the silver krait, it collapsed! ”

After an instant of dead silence, the crowd outside the Chengtian Gate was in an uproar. Countless people's faces changed, and people let out shocking sounds. Some people were talking to each other, and the scene of thousands of people was noisy for a while.

Xue Yan's words were like dropping a pig iron thunder in the water, shaking everyone. Looking at this reaction, it is obvious that the truth of the death of the first emperor was well concealed and kept secret; Until just now, he didn't know much!

Those who know about it, who are not high-spirited confidants, will either be silenced or locked up!

The cacophony continued. Yang Shiqi on the stage suddenly raised his head and sighed, his face full of helplessness and despair. The commander of Jinyiwei made the tendons on Tan Qing's head bulge, and his face was like being drunk...... The seven people who are being tried and sentenced are all people who know more about power struggle, and most of them have already understood the joints!

The eunuch Haitao stared at Xue Yan with a look of frustration and chagrin.

It is said that Xue Yan investigated the case of Emperor Xian's death, and it was a secret decree of Gao Chi. There are not many people who really know that he is investigating this case; Of course, those in the know include Tan Qing and Haitao.

Haitao and others may finally understand today: letting Xue Yan investigate the case is a huge loophole in that secret matter that is easy to ignore!

There were not many people who knew the truth about the death of the first emperor, and it was not a few; As long as Zhu Gaoxu invades the Beijing Division, he will definitely be able to extract the truth from those people's mouths...... This is also the reason why there is an informed Xue Yan, and it is easy for people to ignore it.

But the most critical loophole is: Xue Yan is not their henchman, somewhat retreated, and it is easy to betray the princelings; And once Xue Yan investigates the case, not only can he testify, but he also has evidence!

Before Gao Chi arranged for Xue Yan to investigate the case, there should be sufficient considerations and reasons; But everything often has side effects. It was precisely because of this incident that Zhu Gaoxu suddenly found a breakthrough!

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the remnant sun in the west, which was about to fall into the ground, and he turned his head to signal Wang Bin who was standing next to him.

Wang Bin took a few steps forward and shouted in a loud voice: "It's not early, be quiet!" We're going to continue the interrogation. ”

People gradually quieted down a little, but there were still quite a few people whispering quietly.

Zhu Gaoxu asked loudly, "Xue Siqing, do you have any evidence?" ”

Xue Yan hugged his fists and said: "When the incident happened the year before last, the lower officials did not participate; By the time the lower officials were ordered to investigate the case, many places had already been wrong. Many people were killed, such as the two imperial hospital medical officers who diagnosed the pulse of the first emperor. The subordinate officer had only four copies of the signed confession in his possession for reference. ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Which four?" ”

Xue Yan said: "Jinyi Wei commanded Tan Qing, the ceremonial eunuch Haitao, the former imperial kitchen eunuch Wang Gou'er, and the crown prince's second concubine Guo Fei. The lower officials were instructed to inquire about the case, and after these people stated the facts to the lower officials, they all had their signature and fingerprints. ”

As before, the evidence of the confession was sent to the civil and military sergeants on the left and right sides for circulation. They exchanged glances with each other to save time. It is mainly civil and military officials who are scrutinizing; Other people just look at it and have similar handwriting, and maybe there are still people who can't read.

Then the sergeant brought in some other evidence; It is an official document found from the celebrant and the brocade guard. There is Tan Qinghaitao's handwriting on the official document, and Zhu Gaoxu also asked the civil and military officials to check and check the signature handwriting of the confession!

At this time, Yang Rong stared at Haitao and Tan Qing with angry and distressed eyes. Yang Rong's eyes were already filled with blood, and he simply regarded those two as enemies!

Haitao and Tan Qing were scared and frustrated.

"Plop!" Suddenly, Tan Qing's legs were weak and he fell on the stage!

There was another uproar below.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that Tan Qing's brother Tan Yuan, who died in battle, was very fond of killing, and killed prisoners at every turn in the "Battle of Jingyan"; And this brocade-clothed guard Tan Yuan is also famous, and he is good at killing. Unexpectedly, the more ferocious and cruel people are, when the murder falls on their heads, they are even more timid than civilian officials! It's a bit of a shame.

The eunuch Haitao trembled and shouted, "Fake! Those are all fake! ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked coldly, "Which ones are fake?" ”

Haitao said in a trembling voice: "The handwriting of the official document, that is your forgery ......"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This is something that has just been searched out from the celebrant eunuch, and the eunuchs and eunuchs of the celebrant can all testify, how can you deny it?" Good! This king is benevolent and righteous, so that you are convinced. Come, pen and ink waiting! Call the eunuch Haitao and write in public! ”

After a while, the sergeants brought up pen and paper and brought a small table.

Haitao looked at the pen and paper in front of him and didn't move for a long time.

The general Wang Bin walked up quietly, grabbed Haitao's hand, then picked up the brush and dipped it back and forth in the inkstone twice. Wang Bin stuffed the brush into Haitao's hand and shouted: "Write!" ”

Haitao trembled and almost didn't fall. Even the people who were still talking under the stage were taken aback, and suddenly quieted down a little.

The eunuch Haitao's hands trembled, and he wrote a few words crookedly on the paper, and he looked up at Wang Bin tremblingly. Wang Bin's black and rough round face, his eyes were round, and his eyes were full of cold murderous aura! Haitao continued to write.

Wang Bin snatched the paper from Haitao's hand, handed the paper with the ink not dried to the sergeant, and asked the civil and military officials on the platform to recheck the handwriting.

Of course, there is nothing strange about it, and the handwriting is consistent! When people are in a panic, they can't write different words.

Zhu Gaoxu got up from his chair and walked next to the seven people. Countless people below focused their eyes on Zhu Gaoxu again.

He faced the south and said loudly: "The assassination case of Emperor Xue Yan Chaxian is in the will of the prince, and the human and material evidence is all there, and the ironclad evidence is like a mountain!" If the first emperor died because of Ji Gangjin's offering of red pills, would the prince still need to check it later? The son slandered his father out of thin air, which is unheard of in ancient and modern times! The prince has lost great virtue, and the world can learn from it!

Xue Yan investigated the case, and he was in the mood of the prince, and he had nothing to do with the king! The death of the first emperor was the poison of the silver snake and collapsed in the East Palace! In the confession, there are the words of the prince's henchmen Haitao and Tan Qing; When they confessed the truth, the crown prince was still in charge of the capital, how could the two be coerced?

The king only entered the gate of the capital at noon today, and then entered the palace to talk to the prince, and when he came to the thousand-step corridor, it was already afternoon. In less than half a day, how could these confessions in Xue Yan's hands be made temporarily?

And this afternoon, Haitao, Tan Qing and others were all in their respective yamen, and no one touched them; The officers and men of the Crime Suppression Army have never entered the Jinyi Guard and the Master of Ceremonies. Anyone in the government office can testify! If this king is wrong, who will testify against these two yamen, and what outsiders Haitao Tan Qing has seen?

In this way, when can the handwriting of their confessions come from?

It can be seen from this that Xue Yanna's confession was said by his confidants when the prince was in charge, and it could never be a lie! In the confession, how the first emperor went to the East Palace and how he was stabbed by a poisonous needle are all clear! The truth cannot be questioned! ”

Standing in the square with thousands of people, there was no sound at this time, and it became a little lifeless, and it didn't look like a place where so many people gathered.

Zhu Gaoxu turned around, faced the seven sinners, and pointed at them angrily and said loudly: "You traitors and villains, insidious and vicious!" You Donggong cadres and others deceived hundreds of millions of subjects in the world, slandered the name of the first emperor, and killed the monarch's father! People and gods are angry, and heaven is intolerable! ”

Yang Rong's voice trembled: "Although the first emperor collapsed from the poisonous needle, it was not the work of the saints and his ministers. Otherwise, why would the Holy One want to find out the truth? ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sigh of "sigh". Zhu Gaoxu glanced sideways slightly, and saw that the person who sighed was Yang Shiqi...... Several people on the stage were frightened, and it seemed that only Yang Shiqi was the most sober; Yang Rong's words directly admitted in public the fact that the first emperor was poisoned in the East Palace, coupled with the highly credible evidence just now, there is really no doubt about it.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored the sighing person, and immediately pointed at Yang Rong's nose and scolded: "You are secretly discussing a coup in the East Palace, and you are planning to deceive the first emperor in the East Palace, and you want to detain the first emperor; Forced the first emperor to issue an edict to pass on the crown prince, and then kill the king! Unexpectedly, someone plotted to assassinate the emperor without authorization, causing the prince to deal with it in a hurry; The prince's puppet army has been defeated several times, and in anger, Fang wants to find out who the henchman who is arrogant is the assertion! ”

"King Han, you splashed dirty water on the official, how can the official ......afford it," Yang Rong's voice said.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he suddenly felt a little happy in his heart. He said in his heart: When you splashed Lao Tzu's dirty water, why didn't you expect to have today? I am just treating others the way they do!

Without waiting for Yang Rong to finish speaking, Zhu Gaoxu shouted with a loud voice: "The evidence is ironclad, the facts are conclusive!" Can you still open your mouth and talk nonsense now? Those articles and newspapers that framed the king of this book, didn't you dare to write them? Those who open their eyes and say nonsense, reverse black and white, and fabricate right and wrong, have the face to shout injustice! Shameless!

The first emperor was assassinated and died, and the East Palace controlled the palace, killed people, and kept it secret; Designed to trick the king into the palace with the intention of killing them together. All the officials of the government office have witnessed these things, and all people can prove it! ”

Yang Rong said: "The king of Han said that the secret discussion of politics is ......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't let Yang Rong speak at all, and immediately cried loudly: "Father, Emperor, ......" and then turned around and threw himself to the north and fell to the ground, crying so much that the earth was shaking.

Thousands of people were suddenly stunned by this huge cry!