After returning from the Qianyuan Palace, the two palaces of the King of Xiangting County and the King of Ganzi County were extremely flustered.

The king of Xiangting County and the Marquis of Zuodu, Huo Jing, repeatedly deduced, but unfortunately they never had a clue. The people who sent out have all returned, and there is no new news.

The king of Ganzi and the Marquis of Zuodu, Gao Lan, were very angry, and the evidence was conclusive, but the king of Xiangting was blindly unreasonable and made a fuss about the two inconsequential missing chamberlains, which caused the case to be delayed.

When it was almost evening, Guanglu Qing and Luo Yuan each sent a tiger Ben Zhonglang general (1) to the Xiangting County Mansion and the Ganzi County Mansion respectively to report that Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo had been found. General Hu Ben Zhonglang said: The Nangong guards expanded the scope of the search to the surrounding places outside the holy capital, and found that the two chamberlains had escaped from the holy capital, but they encountered a wild wolf in the forest outside the holy capital, and the wild wolf bit off their throats and ate their heads and internal organs. Two bodies have been brought back. The heads of the two were no longer recognizable, but Zhongchang served Chuntuo personally inspected it, and from the details such as clothing, size, and jade pendants, it was confirmed that it was Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo. After confirming his identity, Tingwei Dugong immediately asked the Shaofu Cheng Guan to go and inspect all the clothes and bodies of Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo, but the result was that the Purple Star Roland's Honey was not found on the bodies and clothes of the two of them.

General Huben Zhonglang, who came to report, also brought a holy decree: "Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will enter the palace and continue to discuss the case of Lu Xun's murder." ”

After sending away the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, Changji, the king of Xiangting County, frowned and looked at Zuodu Hou Huo Jing, shook his head and said, "Ya'er seems to be unable to save it." This is a great crime of poisoning the clan, a heinous crime, and according to the law, it should be put to death. The so-called discussion is just a different way of dying. Ay. I'll have to fight for it tomorrow. ”

Huo Jing was speechless.

Chang Ji said again: "Hey! How can this kid be so reckless. I'm just afraid that Rongzhu will also eat and hang up for this. King Ganz is not a man who can give up. What's more, Your Majesty is still ...... "Chang Ji wants to speak and stops."

Huo Jing hung his head and said, "It's just that he looks down on the prince of Rongya, and he doesn't seem to be able to do such a thing anyway." ”

"Hey........."

The two of them were sighing, and the guards of the palace brought in a handsome servant in white clothes, white crowns and white furs, and at a glance, they knew that it was someone from the palace of Beiling County. The servant walked up to the king of Xiangting County, finished his salute in a dignified manner, and said, "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County said that he misses His Highness very much, and hopes to talk to His Highness today. However, during the mourning period, you can't drink and feast, and ask Your Royal Highness to go to the palace of Beiling County for tea after dinner. ”

The King of Xiangting County smiled bitterly: "Thank you for me, His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County." It's just that I'm not in a good mood today, and I really don't want to go to tea with your Beiling County King. When you go back, tell your Royal Highness that something big has happened in the palace of Xiangting County, and I really can't get out. In the future, I will go to the king of Beiling County to make amends in person. ”

The handsome servant smiled, did not leave, and said, "Your Highness, our Highness asked the little one to give you a short note. Please read the note before making a decision. As he spoke, he handed over a short note sealed with wax.

Chang Ji casually opened the note and glanced at it impatiently. At this glance, a light immediately flashed in his eyes, and then he handed the short note to Huo Jing, and Huo Jing's eyes also flashed with light.

Chang Ji said loudly: "Prepare a sedan chair and go to the palace of Beiling County." Except for Huo Jing, no one else has to follow. ”

The short note sent by the king of Beiling County, Tuxiu, read: "Autumn Tuo and Winter Tuo." ”

The Beiling County Palace, which is the most regulated county palace in the Holy Capital, is built in the northwest corner of the Holy Capital. And the palace of Xiangting County happened to be built in the southwest corner of the holy capital. By the time Chang Ji, the king of Xiangting County, crossed the entire holy capital diagonally and arrived at the palace of Beiling County, it was already completely dark. Chang Ji got off the sedan chair, took Huo Jing, and walked into the palace of Beiling County. It is strange that there is no light outside the gate of the Beiling County Palace, which has always been brilliantly lit.

Chang Ji and Huo Jing walked into the main gate, and found that there were no guards of honor and palace maids waiting in the door, only a guard in white armor and white robe stepped forward, and after saluting, he said: "Your Highness Lao, please go with your humble side." Our Highness is waiting in the back. ”

All this is very different from the consistent style of the king of Beiling County, who lived in luxury and tirelessly paid attention to red tape.

Chang Ji glanced at Huo Jing, then turned his face and nodded at the white-armored and white-robed guard. Follow this guard, go around the main hall of the palace, through a long verandah, and come to the back garden. Along a winding river in the back garden, through a large bamboo forest and a long dragon cypress passage, and over a rockery, Chang Ji's eyes showed a large lake, and a small jade white dragon boat was parked by the lake, and there were four guards in the same white armor and white robes standing on the dragon boat. The four guards stood with their oars in their hands, like four gods.

The guard who led the king of Xiangting in pointed to the dragon boat and said, "Your Highness, our Highness is waiting for Your Highness at the Wuxin dock in the middle of the lake. His Royal Highness Lao and Lord Zuo Duhou boarded the boat. The humble post sent His Royal Highness and Lord Zuo Duhou here. ”

Huo Jing said: "I'm tired." Then he helped the king of Xiangting to board the dragon boat. The dragon boat is not large, and there is a small hall with cornices in the middle. There is only one table and four chairs in the small hall. There was an incense burner on the table, and inside the incense burner was a nice smell of incense that could not be named.

After Chang Ji and Huo Jing entered the small hall and sat down, four white-armored and white-robed guards exerted their forces from the four corners of the dragon boat at the same time, and the dragon boat began to glide on the lake smoothly and quickly.

There was a thick fog rising from the surface of the lake, and nothing could be seen around it. The dragon boat walks through these fogs, like walking through the clouds, which makes people feel that the fairy spirit is born on its own. After a while, the dragon boat slowly slowed down and finally stopped.

The guard standing in the left corner of the dragon boat entered the small hall, saluted, and said, "Your Highness, Wuxinwu has arrived." Let His Royal Highness Lao and Lord Zuo Duhou get off the boat. ”

Huo Jing helped Chang Ji out of the small hall and stepped off the dragon boat. Connected to the dragon boat is a small plank road, on both sides of the plank road stood guards, white armor and white robes, these guards all held silver-white halberds in their hands, wearing white helmets on their heads, and the white feathers and white tassels on the white helmets fluttered in the wind. Where the small dragon boat and the plank road are connected, there is a tall and handsome white-armored and white-robed guard.

The guard stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, the humble position is Hou Huifang, the left capital of the king of Beiling County, and His Royal Highness has assigned the humble position to wait for His Highness here." There is His Royal Highness Lao. ”

Chang Ji nodded and followed Hun Fang forward.

Walking down the plank road, I saw a small palace with a bright dome hidden in the middle of a forest in front of me. The small palace is surrounded by plants and flowers, and the surrounding area is lit with lights, illuminating the whole island as if it were daytime, but the surrounding area is empty. Skirting a large field of dense and colorful plants, we reached the entrance of the small palace. The door of the small palace was tightly closed.

Hunfang said: "Your Highness, our Highness is inside, please Your Highness." Our Highness and His Highness have important matters to discuss in secret. There was General Lao Huojing and his humble duty guarding outside the door. Offended, Zuo Duhou. ”

Chang Ji nodded to Huo Jing, Huo Jing paused, turned to Hunfang and said, "You're welcome, Zuo Duhou." ”

Tsuneki turned and pushed the door in.

Behind the door, next to it is a large screen. On the screen is a picture of the fairy garden dyed with light ink.

Bypassing the big screen, Chang Ji's eyes were pierced by a bright light, and he couldn't help but close his eyes, and when he slowly opened his eyes, he saw a round hall as bright as day, and there was a small circle on the ground in the middle of the round hall, and in the circle stood the immortal-like Beiling County King Tuxiu. Xiao Tuxiu did not wear a crown, but tied his hair with a dragon-shaped white hosta. A white robe dragged to the ground. Under the light of the light, the whole person of Tuxiu shines, which is more refined and elegant than the immortals painted on the picture of the fairy garden.

Xiao Tuxiu walked out of the small circle, took a few steps forward, hugged his hands, and said, "There is Brother Lao." It is inconvenient to welcome from afar, and I also look at Brother Wang Haihan. Then he took Chang Ji's hand with his right hand and said as he walked, "Come, Brother Wang, please take a seat." ”

Chang Ji looked at Xiao Tuxiu and said with a wry smile: "Immortals, you are getting happier and happier the more you live, alas." I envy you. Alas......"

Tsuneki sat down. There was no one else in the hall. Xiao Tuxiu actually boiled water and made tea by himself. Chang Ji looked at him with some confusion on his face. Xiao Tuxiu raised his hand and said, "Brother Wang can sit down." They don't need to serve them today. As he spoke, he poured a cup of tea for the king of Xiangtingjun. The tea cup is a white jade cup dedicated to the king of Beiling County, but it is not a coiled dragon white jade cup, but a Pegasus white jade cup. The horse's head is raised high, forming a handle. The four galloping legs of the horse cleverly form the four legs.

Chang Ji took the Pegasus white jade cup with both hands and said, "There is a labor immortal." Then he stared at the white jade cup of the flying horse, and said with blank eyes: "White jade bowl, white jade cup." Hi yo...... O gods, the short note you handed me said......"

Xiao Tuxiu gently pressed Chang Ji's forearm with his hand and said, "Brother Wang, don't worry. Tea first. ”

"Immortals, I am ......"

"Don't be impatient, Brother Wang. Wait a minute. We'll wait for one more person to arrive. ”

Chang Ji was slightly startled and asked, "There is another person?" ”

"Exactly, exactly. Brother Wang, taste tea. ”

Chang Ji had no choice but to take care of the host, he took the white jade cup of the flying horse, took a small sip carelessly, and tasted a fragrance and smoothness that he had never tasted before. Chang Ji couldn't help but say, "Ah. Sure enough, it's good tea. Immortals, where did you get this? I've never drunk it. ”

"Haha. This is my own picking, home-made tea. ”

"Beiling County is located in the north of the Holy Capital, and the ground atmosphere is much colder than the Holy Capital, so you can still grow tea? Immortals, don't lie to me, are you a rough person who bullies me? ”

"Where can I grow tea in Beiling County? This tea is not produced from ordinary tea trees, but a kind of Yunding snow chrysanthemum that is a specialty of the Yunding Snow Mountain on the border between the eastern part of Beiling County and Shanggu County, and I call it 'Snow Rui'. In a year, I can only make less than one or two of this snow here. ”

When Chang Ji heard the word "stamen", he immediately thought of the stamen of Purple Star Roland, and said, "What kind of stamen is it!" Hey, fairy look......"

"Alas. Brother Wang, you are here again. Don't be impatient, don't be impatient. This sherry tea is the most pure-hearted. We're all getting older, and we're the most impatient. ”

Chang Ji had to shake his head and smile bitterly.

The two of them were tasting Xuerui, and suddenly they heard a sound of footsteps outside. After that, the door opened. The king of Xiangting County and the king of Beiling County both stood up. A man slowly paced around the screen, immediately covered his eyes with one hand, and said, "What a bright lamp!" ”

It turned out to be the king of Ganzi County, Xiao Shihuan!

Chang Ji turned his eyes to look at Xiao Tuxiu. Tuxiu gently patted Chang Ji's arm with his hand.

Xiao Shihuan said: "Brother Fairy, what kind of lamp are you lighting here, why is it so bright?" While speaking, he slowly put down the hand covering his eyes, a pair of eyes narrowed carefully, and then slowly opened, first glanced at the king of Beiling County, and was about to speak, when he suddenly found that there was still Changji, the king of Xiangting County, standing next to him, and exclaimed: "...... Xiang?!" Why, this ......"

The King of Beiling County stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold the hand of the King of Ganzi County, and said, "Shihuan, come." Then, Xiao Tuxiu also invited Xiao Shihuan to sit down, and also poured him a snow rui held in a white jade cup of Pegasus. The king of Xiangting and the king of Ganzi were quite embarrassed, and they didn't say a word to each other, but just took the white jade cup of the horse, wanting to hide their embarrassment by drinking tea.

When Xiao Shihuan saw the white jade cup, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he muttered in his mouth: "White jade cup, alas, ......" There was a look on his face that wanted to say something.

"Shihuan. When you arrive, let's get to the bottom of it. ”

Tuxiu sat down on his seat, looked at the king of Ganzi County and said, "Shihuan, Xun'er died young, I already know. I already know how he died. You mourn first. ”

Xiao Shihuan's old tears flowed down all of a sudden. Chang Ji felt very guilty in his heart. This is the evil done by his grandson, which caused the king of Ganzi to lose his grandson in old age and be so sad. However, the king of Xiangting was extremely bad at dealing with such situations, so he could only drink tea frequently to cover up his guilt. While he was thinking about how to comfort the king of Ganzi and apologize, he heard Tuxiu say again:

"However, Shihuan, you insist on severely punishing Rongya, but it is seriously inappropriate."

Chang Ji seized the opportunity of these words, stood up, bowed to the king of Ganzi County, and said, "This is all the evil done by that little beast in Rongya, and he deserves it. The little beast who melted the cliff, but with the fall of the king of Ganzi County, the old man would never tolerate it, and he had no objections. Killing for life is the right thing to do. The old man taught his grandson no way, and he was willing to be punished by the king of Ganzi County. After speaking, his face was already swollen and red.

Seeing this, Xiao Shihuan didn't say anything, just hid his face with one hand and wept, and waved his hand again and again.

Xiao Tuxiu sat down on the desk with one hand, first helped the king of Xiangting County to sit down, and then brought a hot towel for the king of Ganzi County, then returned to the seat and sat down, and said slowly: "You two, things are not as simple as you think. ”

Xiao Tuxiu turned to the king of Xiangting County and asked, "Brother Wang, you also participated in the court meeting in the Qianyuan Palace, and the court commander Du Gong has passed the case, don't you have any doubts?" ”

Because the king of Xiangting County already knew everything before and after, and the only loophole, the two missing chamberlains, had also been found, he said: "Immortal, this is indeed the sin committed by the old man's grandson Rongya. Thank you for your kind kind service. This is his own sin, he deserves it, and the old man will not favor him. ”

Xiao Tuxiu turned to the king of Ganzi County again and asked, "Shihuan, then don't you have any questions?" ”

The king of Ganzi wiped the tears on his face with a hot towel, first hugged the king of Beiling with both hands to show his gratitude, and then turned his face to the king of Xiangting and said: "Brother Wang's righteous annihilation, Shihuan really admires it." Rongya is Brother Wang's grandson, Shihuan should have opened the net, but Rongya is too vicious, how can he poison my grandson, he is a child. Yes, fundamentally speaking, it was me who was wrong, but he should also come to me, why poisoned my grandson? How could he be so ruthless? ”

Xiao Tu stroked his long hair and said, "Shihuan, don't be so excited. ”

Xiao Tuxiu drank a cup of tea, got up and poured tea for the two county kings and himself, and then said to the king of Xiangting: "Brother Wang, you really don't have any questions? ”

"Immortal, the old man really has no doubts. The evidence is conclusive, and the argument is irrefutable. ”

"Hahaha. Brother Wang. Then you were in the Qianyuan Palace, didn't you express doubts about something? ”

"At that time, there were two chamberlains who were present at the time of the crime and they were missing, and they have never been found. At that time, the old man was quite puzzled about this. But today the bodies of these two chamberlains have been found outside the Holy Capital, and they fled outside the Holy City, where they were killed by wolves in the woods. ”

"Are you sure it's them?"

"Chun Tuo has confirmed that it is indeed those two chamberlains."

"Have you checked your appearance?"

"They were eaten by wild wolves with their heads and viscera, and their appearance is no longer recognizable, but Chuntuo has confirmed it from the details such as their size, it is them."

Xiao Tuxiu did not answer immediately, but raised a jade pestle on the case and knocked on a pure white copper chime on the case. The copper chime made a melodious sound.

I only heard the voice of Hou Huifang of Zuodu sound outside the door: "Your Highness! ”

"Bring them in."

The door opened, and three figures came out from behind the screen, one was Hunfang, and the other two were two chamberlains. As soon as the two chamberlains entered, they immediately knelt down and lay on the ground shivering.

Xiao Tuxiu glanced at the king of Xiangting County and the king of Ganzi County, and asked, "Brother Wang, Shihuan, do you know who these two slaves are?" ”

Chang Ji shook his head, and Xiao Shihuan stared at the white-faced waiter for a while, and said, "This one seems to be a little familiar." ”

Xiao Tuxiu glanced at the two attendants and asked coldly, "You two say it yourself, who are you?" ”

The white-faced chamberlain opened his mouth first and said, "The slave maid is Qiu Tuo." ”

Another attendant followed, saying, "The slave is Dong Tuo. ”

"Huh?!" Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan both cried out in surprise. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Chang Ji asked, "Aren't they already ......?" What's going on? ”

Xiao Tuxiu raised his hand, asked the king of Xiangting County and the king of Ganzi County to calm down for a while, and then said to Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo: "You two can say it yourself." ”

Dong Tuo lay on the ground and did not move, Qiu Tuo knelt and straightened up and said, "The slave deserves death." Here's the thing: Chun Tuo ordered us to pick the flowers of the Purple Star Roland from the Yulin Garden, pick out the stamens, and smear the stamen into the Panlong White Jade Cup dedicated to His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County, and store this Panlong White Jade Cup in the Xinuan Pavilion Tea Room of Taimiao. Chuntuo ordered us that when His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County went to Xinuan Pavilion to drink sacrificial tea after the memorial service in the Taimiao, His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County was asked to drink tea with a white jade cup smeared with Purple Star Roland Honey to ensure that the King of Beiling County drank it. Who knows, the little prince of His Royal Highness the King of Ganzi County came out halfway, saying that he liked the Panlong white jade cup, and begged His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County to allow him to use the Panlong white jade cup to drink tea, and the King of Beiling County readily agreed to the plea of the little prince. After drinking the tea with the Panlong white jade cup, Xiao Shizi also asked the king of Beiling County for the white jade cup, and the king of Beiling County immediately agreed. When the slave maid and Dong Tuo saw that things had changed so much, they were worried that they would be punished by Chun Tuo, so they ran away. Several highnesses may not know that this Chuntuo's methods are very ruthless, and the slaves and maids will definitely be beaten to death if they do not do a good job. That's the way it is. The slaves and maidservants committed a great sin and were willing to be punished by His Highness. ”

"Brother Wang, Shihuan, do you two still have any questions?"

Chang Ji stood up, faced Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo, and said first: "The white jade cup was prepared by the two of you, and the envoy who poisoned the king of Beiling County was also handed over to the two of you by Chun Tuo, so how did the white jade cup get into the hands of Rongya?" ”

Qiu Tuo said: "Your Highness, the white jade cup was originally held by the slave maid, but at that time, the king of Beiling County did not drink it immediately, and planned to drink it later. Later, Xiao Shizi also got the white jade cup from the son of Rongya. ”

Chang Ji nodded and asked again, "That's not right." Since the poison was given by you, and you already knew that the mission had not been done well at the time of the incident, and something had happened, didn't you think that Chuntuo was going to poison you at that time, and why did you wait until the second day when the king of Ganzi County entered the palace to report to His Majesty before escaping, do you still have luck? ”

Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo looked at each other, and Qiu Tuo said with some doubts: "Your Highness, the slave and Dong Tuo did not escape. Soon after His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County and His Royal Highness the King of Ganzi County left the Taimiao, the slaves and maids were called out of the Taimiao Temple, and then they were taken captive. I don't know what happened in the palace after that? ”

"Huh?! When were you taken captive? Tsuneki was even more puzzled.

"It's noon that day."

Xiao Tuxiu also stood up at this time and said: "After drinking the tea of the white jade cup, I found that these two slaves and maids looked inexplicably panicked, and Dong Tuo's legs trembled so much that he could barely stand. I thought it was strange, but I wasn't going to do anything. After leaving the Taimiao and getting into the sedan chair, I told my Zuodu Hou Huifang about the incident. Hun Fang felt that these two slaves and maids were afraid that there was something extraordinary, I recalled the situation in the Taimiao, this Qiutuo was urging me to drink the white jade cup of tea, which was indeed much beyond common sense, but I didn't care about it when I was in Xinuan Pavilion. So, I ordered Hunfang to lead people to lure these two slaves out of the temple and take them captive. It's late noon. ”

"Indeed, it is the end of noon." Hou Hui, the left capital of the king of Beiling County, responded to the road.

"Huh?" Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan were surprised at the same time.

Zuodu Hou Huifang continued: "These two slaves and maids are full of soft goods, as soon as I captured them, they confessed, saying that they originally planned to poison our Highness, but they didn't expect to be drunk by Xiao Shizi first." ”

Xiao Tuxiu continued: "At that time, I actually didn't believe the nonsense that these two slaves said, and I originally planned to kill them both. But Hunfang persuaded me that in order to save everything, I would better temporarily detain me and take a look. On the second day, the news came that his grandson had died. Then I believed what the two slaves said. It's just that the matter is really treacherous, and the situation is obscure, so I decided not to inform Shihuan for the time being, and let Hunfang send someone to pay close attention to the movement, and then wait to move. Unexpectedly, things became more and more complicated, and it actually involved the melting cliff. The most curious thing is that the evidence of the Melting Cliff poisoning is inexplicably so sufficient, and all of them can be cohesive. Fortunately, Brother Wang came forward to question in front of the emperor and pointed out the loopholes and questions, so he did not make a decision on the spot. I wanted to wait a little longer to see if there was a turnaround. However, this evening, the news of Qiu Tuo's death and disfigurement suddenly came from the palace. I think that things can no longer be hidden, and I can't help but tell the two of you the truth. Otherwise, the two of you will have an inexplicable grudge, and it will become a feud from now on, and you will also unjustly kill Rongya for no reason. ”

Chang Ji suddenly remembered what Chun Tuo and Yu Yuan had said about the time of Qiu Tuo's disappearance, so he asked: "Obviously, they disappeared at noon on the day of the crime, but why did Luo Yuan and Chun Tuo testify together that they disappeared the next morning, and Your Majesty also ......?"

Xiao Tuxiu interrupted him and said, "Brother Wang, don't worry, I know what you want to ask. Shihuan should ask this question as well. I will come back to you later. Brother Wang, you should have questions for these two slaves, right? You finish asking first, and then we'll talk about something else. ”

Chang Ji thought for a while, and said to Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo: "Did Chun Tuo tell you why he poisoned the king of Beiling County?" ”

Qiu Tuo said: "Chun Tuo never said it. ”

Chang Ji frowned tightly and didn't ask any more questions.

Tuxiu turned his face and asked the king of Ganzi: "Shihuan, do you still have questions?" ”

"I, I, I, let me think about it again, I can't think of anything to ask for a while."

"That's fine. Hunfang, you take the two of them down first, so that they can be taken care of. ”

"Whoa!" Hunfang turned around and walked away with them.

Xiao Tuxiu looked at the King of Xiangting County and the King of Ganzi County, and asked, "Brother Wang, Shihuan, I will let these two slaves go down first, and let's talk about ourselves first." Xiao Tuxiu paced a few steps, arranged a tea set, and then said slowly: "You just asked, why did Chun Tuo and Luo Yuan testify that these two slaves and maids fled the next day, right?" ”

Both nodded. Chang Ji added: "I remember, at that time, Chun Tuo said that these two slaves and maids served His Majesty together with him when they got up the next morning. Moreover, His Majesty did not deny it at the time......"

After being reminded by the King of Xiangting, Xiao Shihuan was also surprised by this and nodded lightly.

Xiao Tuxiu sneered and said, "Hmph! This is the strangest joint of the whole event......"

King Ganzi was surprised: "Brother Wang is talking about ......, but how can he ......?" ”

Xiao Tuxiu shook his head and said with a lonely expression: "What kind of grudge can I have with that Chun Tuo?" How could he have set up such a strange scheme for no reason, and deliberately poisoned me in secret? ”

Xiao Tuxiu slowly stood up, paced slowly, and said: "Think about it, why did Luo Yuanji and Chuntuo make up that these two slaves and maids escaped after you went to report to Your Majesty on the second day?" Then he turned to the king of Xiangtingjun and said: "Brother Wang, you said in front of the emperor that these two slaves and maids could not be found and could not be determined, and after that, the Nangong guards found the 'stand-ins' of these two slaves and maids outside the holy capital on the same day, and Chun Tuo also came out to confirm that the two inner servants who were bitten to death and disfigured by wild wolves in the forest outside the holy capital were Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo?" Why is Chuntuo talking about all this panic? Why do you want to be so panicked? And why did Your Majesty indulge them? ”

Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan were thoughtful and gained, but neither of them spoke.

Xiao Tuxiu added some tea to them, and said with a wry smile: "The reason is actually very simple. Because the person they really want to poison is me. In order to poison me secretly, they laid out what a very careful plan. The whole set of layouts before and after is not something that ordinary people can imagine, let alone ordinary people. With that purple star Roland strange poison, it can be said to be extremely clever. Shi Huan, if it weren't for the fact that Shaofu Cheng Guan Xuan happened to be deeply versed in medical science and happened to be using Purple Star Roland recently, who would have been able to tell that Xun'er had been poisoned by Purple Star Roland? If it weren't for Xun'er's young and ignorant, who would have asked me for the white jade cup? If it wasn't for Xun'er who accidentally appeared and drank the tea of the white jade cup, but I drank the tea of the white jade cup myself, then the white jade cup would have stayed in the temple, don't say that I am old, and it is not a strange thing to die in the middle of the night, even if someone happens to find out that I died of the poison of the purple star Roland, where can I find out that I am poisoned in the temple? I heard that the poison of the purple star Roland is strangely poisonous, and it will not be poisonous at midnight at the end of the moon and the beginning of the month when the sky is full of stars, and the thirtieth day of the great funeral is exactly the beginning of the month, and we, the county kings and clansmen, will definitely go to the Taimiao Temple to pay tribute and drink tea. Purple Star Roland happened to be the medicinal material necessary for Shaofu Cheng Guan Xuan to prepare secret medicine for His Majesty, and this medicinal material happened to be secretly sent to Yulin Yuan at the end of the month. This step by step, ring by link, the design is flawless, the connection is natural, even if some links go wrong, no one will find out the truth. It's just that no one thought that Xiao Xun appeared and drank the white jade cup by mistake. I didn't expect the melting cliff to be inexplicably mixed in. What's even more coincidental is that what Rongya did was also perfectly matched with the case step by step. The most coincidental thing is that the melting cliff happens to have a dislike with Shihuan. So the cliff was used by them as their scapegoat. And Xun'er also suffered this unjustified disaster for me by mistake. ”

Xiao Shihuan stood up, stomped hard, and said loudly: "Hey! Oh my poor grandson...... Besides, I almost killed the Melting Cliff, hey......"

Tuxiu motioned for King Ganzi to sit down, and then said, "The matter has happened, and it is useless for us to regret it. Today, I invited you over and explained these joints to you clearly, one is so that you don't have a suspicion in vain and kill the melting cliff by mistake. ”

Xiao Shihuan didn't wait for Xiao Tuxiu to finish speaking, got up and clasped his fists with his hands to Chang Ji and said: "Brother Wang, it was Shihuan who was reckless and almost killed Rongya." I'm here to make amends. Early tomorrow morning, I will go to His Majesty to explain the reason, and quickly let go of the melting cliff. As for the Rongzhu side, I'll apologize. ”

Chang Ji smiled, but didn't answer, but turned his face and said to Xiao Tuxiu: "Immortals, you should have other words, right?" ”

Xiao Tuxiu sat down again, drank a cup of tea, and said slowly: "Shihuan, do you want to go to Your Majesty to explain the reason?" You're so confused, Shihuan! Don't forget, Your Majesty made a fake ...... for Qiu Tuo and Dong Tuo together with Yu Yuanji and Chun Tuo."

Chang Ji and Ganzi County King Xiao Shihuan were silent again.

He said, "Since you don't dare to say it, then I'll say it for you." In fact, poisoning me was originally agreed by His Majesty. ”

Xiao Shihuan's face was flushed, he had a stomach full of things to say, but he didn't dare to say them. Chang Ji is not a member of the Xiao clan, and he does not dare to comment easily.

Xiao Tuxiu continued: "As for why Your Majesty poisoned me, let's not talk about it for the time being. Whatever I say, you all have doubts in your hearts. Wait a few more days. As far as I can guess, before the end of the mourning, His Majesty will formulate a policy of restraining the princes. When the time comes, it's not too late for us to discuss this matter again. ”

Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan nodded.

Xiao Tuxiu said: "The top priority now is how to convict Rongya when His Majesty summons him tomorrow. Although the cliff melt is not guilty, it was wronged and used. However, if you come up with solid evidence to prove that Rongya is not guilty, it will prove that Your Majesty is a fraud, and you have exposed Your Majesty's conspiracy to poison me together with Luo Yuanji and Chuntuo. In this way, not only will the life of the melting cliff not be saved, but even you yourself may not be able to escape the fate of being killed. ”

Chang Ji nodded first and said, "That's true." ”

Xiao Shihuan thought for a while, and then said: "It is indeed as Brother Wang said. How's that to be? ”

Tuxiu said: "I mean, you can only pretend to be confused, and you will be wrong!" There are two purposes, one is to save the life of Rongya. Second, don't arouse your majesty's suspicions. I have an idea, you can see if it works. According to the law, if you kill the clan, you should be punished with Ling Chi, even if you are a noble, you can't avoid death, no matter how great your grace is, it is to give yourself to commit suicide. However, there are exceptions, and if the victim's family does not pursue the case or intends to be pardoned, then it can be a different matter. However, this exception, you can't use it. Why? Because Xun'er is the flesh of your heart. This is something that everyone in the clan knows. In the past few days, your determination to avenge Xun'er and put the cliff to death is also well known. If you suddenly completely change your attitude, not to mention His Majesty and Luo Yuan, even the other people in the clan and the court commander Du Gong, you will inevitably be suspicious. Therefore, Rongya has to suffer some grievances, and the sin still has to bear a little. It's just that it can't be a capital offense, it can't be a prison sentence, it's better to be exiled. In this way, we can do something on the road, and the cliff will be fine. You say, but that's the truth? ”

Chang Ji thought that things could only be done like this, so he said: "This is indeed the reason. ”

Xiao Shihuan already knew that Rongya was not guilty, so naturally he would not bite Rongya again, so he said: "Indeed." ”

Xiao Tuxiu continued: "Since Brother Wang and Shi Huan approve of my foolish opinion, then, tomorrow, Brother Wang, you will bite Shi Huan's great disrespect is the cause of all the incidents, and insist that Rong Ya is just an excesse, not a deliberate murder, and the crime will not lead to death." Shihuan, what about you, take the initiative to admit your guilt, after all, it was a public molestation during the funeral, and you insulted the Rongya family in public, if you really want to investigate it carefully, your crime will not be light, so you can take advantage of the situation to agree to Brother Wang's request, agree not to execute Rongya, but exile. You see, that's good. ”

Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan thought for a while, and both said: "So far, that's the only way to go." ”

Tuxiu stood up and said, "That's good." Tomorrow's business, you will go to the palace to deal with it yourself. Tonight, I'm going to send someone to meet the Melting Cliffs. ”

"Oh? What do you do when you see the cliff? Chang Ji asked.

"Brother Wang, according to the law, before the verdict, the suspect must confess his guilt and be detained. Rongya didn't know anything about the front and back joints of these things, and was suddenly asked to confess, how could he accept the painting? When the time comes, once the cliff melts and screams, it will be troublesome again. ”

Chang Ji nodded and said, "It's still the gods who are thoughtful." That's exactly how it should be. ”

Xiao Tuxiu said: "If you go to Ruolu Zhao Prison to see Rongya, it is not suitable for both of you to go, and there is no way. I'll take care of it. However, Brother Wang, I need a token from you to make Rongya believe me at first sight, otherwise how would Rongya believe me as an outsider? ”

Chang Ji thought for a while, what the king of Beiling County said was indeed true, if he went to Rongya to confess his guilt inexplicably, Rongya would never agree. So he took off the dragon jade pendant around his waist, and said: "This is the dragon jade pendant that I carry with me, and I can't leave it, Ya'er loved it very much when he was a child by my side, and played with it every day, calling this jade pendant 'Dabai', when he left the holy capital to go to Canaan, I also specially gave him an identical dragon jade pendant, and he named it 'Xiaobai'." If you take this 'big white', he will naturally understand. In addition, dare to ask the immortals, who will go to see Ya'er in Ruolu Zhao Prison? ”

"My Zuo Duhou, Hunfang."

"Can I borrow a pen and paper?"

"This way, please."

The paper and pen in the round hall were ready-made, Chang Ji walked over and wrote: "Ya'er, you are deeply involved in a strange case, which is very important and has a lot to do, and I can't describe it all for the time being." Just listen to what Hui Fang said, confess your guilt and draw a sentence, don't say much. Take your own measures. It is destroyed after reading. ”

Xiao Tuxiu took a look at it and said, "That's all right." Brother Wang, Shihuan, let's go our separate ways. It's not too early, and I won't keep you any longer. Finally, I have one more sentence to say to Brother Wang and Shi Huan. The storm is suddenly rising in the holy capital, so we must all be cautious. Before the end of the funeral, Your Majesty will inevitably hold a court meeting to discuss the new policy measures, and then we will know what our Majesty is going to do. Precious, precious! ”

"Precious, cherished!" Chang Ji and Xiao Shihuan left in a hurry.

Waiting for Hou Huifang of Zuodu to send away the two county kings back to the hall, Xiao Tuxiu said: "Hunfang, you take the dragon jade pendant 'big white' and this note of the king of Xiangting County, and then take my royal seal, go to Ruolu Imperial Prison to see Rongya, and tell him a few things." First, tell him in detail about the past few days so that he can have a good idea of what happened in the past few days. Second, tell him that this case involves the court situation and is very complicated, please ask him to admit the crime first, and I will discuss it with his grandfather, King Xiangtingjun, to protect his life, and after the case is concluded, we will settle him down, and we will explain to him in detail when the time comes; The third, most crucial, you tell him that when he guided me in the Taimiao that day, he reminded me that someone poisoned me under the white jade cup and killed me, and this verse, you must not tell anyone, otherwise,...... Otherwise, both his parents and his maternal grandfather would have died. ”

"Whoa." Hun Fang took the dragon jade pendant, the short note and the king seal of the king of Beiling County.

Xiao Tuxiu walked out of the big house, walked to the edge of the plank road, looked at the misty lake, and stared blankly for a long, long time......

Hou Huifang of Zuodu had his own secret channels and eyeliner in Ruolu Zhao Prison, and through the arrangement of these channels and eyeliner, Hunfang successfully entered Ruolu Zhao Prison and met Rongya in a cell.

Hou Huifang of Zuodu first explained his intentions. Rongya was suspicious at first, but Hunfang immediately showed the dragon jade pendant of the king of Xiangting County, the short note of his own letter and the king seal of the king of Beiling County. Molten Cliff was shocked. He knew the dragon jade pendant, the king of Xiangting County once said that this jade pendant was a talisman given to him by the mother of the king of Xiangting, the king of Xiangting County has always carried it with him, never shown to outsiders, Rongya often accompanied the king of Xiangting when he was a child, he played with it every day, loved it, and called it "Da Bai", so he was very familiar. This is okay, the most solemn is the king seal of the king of Beiling County, the king seal is the symbol of the king of Beiling County and the seal of exercising all power, holding this seal can do whatever you want in Beiling County, including the transfer of troops, and even killing, the king of Beiling County can send someone to bring the king seal, which shows its sincerity. Of course, there is also a short note written by the king of Xiangtingjun himself. All of this made Rongya have to fully trust this Zuodu Hou Huifang.

According to the will of the king of Beiling County, Hunfang explained to Rongya one by one. Rongya only then understood why he was sent to Ruolu Prison. On the one hand, he lamented the complexity of the situation in the Holy Capital and the sinister nature of people's hearts, and on the other hand, he was glad that Yun Ji and his private relationship was not exposed, so that Yun Ji would never be in danger.

Rongya happily agreed to Hunfang's suggestion, and agreed to confess his guilt and draw a prisoner in accordance with the policy agreed upon by the king of Beiling County and the king of Xiangting County.

After the king of Xiangting returned to the palace, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was relieved to know that Molten Cliff was innocent; Rongya was able to save his life, and he felt lucky. But at the same time, he was very tired and worried about the situation in the Holy Capital, the political leanings of Emperor Chongjing, and the intertwined relationship between the princes and kings. He and Huo Jing, the Marquis of Zuodu, carefully agreed on the words of the court meeting on the second day, and fell asleep depressed.

The king of Gands was very sad. His favorite grandson died a tragic death on behalf of others for no apparent reason, and this revenge cannot be avenged. The two murderers who directly poisoned themselves could not be executed, and this was okay, the person behind the poisoning connived or instructed the person to be the Chongjing Emperor who risked the lives of his whole family to support him. Moreover, the message revealed in the words of the king of Beiling County is even more terrifying, this Prince Yongcheng and Emperor Chongjing, who has always shown his generosity and benevolence, when poisoning his half-brother, the careful layout, the superb means, and the viciousness of the intentions are chilling. If it is said that Emperor Chongjing's poisoning of Emperor Longwu was forced by the situation and was suspected of being coerced by the king of the county, then this time the design to poison the king of Beiling County was a conspiracy of Emperor Chongjing's own small circle. Why Emperor Chongjing's move came made the king of Ganzi puzzled. As the king of Beiling County said, "The storm has risen in the holy capital", as the most favored founding meritorious county king, how can he deal with himself, and what risks will he have? King Ganzi's heart was chilled. He sat in front of the small coffin and pondered all night.

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1. General Hu Ben Zhonglang: official name. A high-ranking official in Guangluxun. is Guang Luqing's subordinate.