Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Case of the Witch
Zhen Xi took out the Supreme Token and shook it in front of him, saying, "My lord, is this okay?" ”
"Mrs. Zhen, this ......" The little official looked at the supreme token and was a little embarrassed: "It's not allowed to be viewed, Mrs. Zhen must have thought of this case, so let's show it to you, if the top blames it, I don't care." ”
With that, he walked towards the cabinet.
Soon, a dusty box was taken out.
Come to think of it, the witch Gu case happened in the fifteenth year of Tianhe, and now it is the twenty-sixth year of Tianhe, and after eleven years, no one cares about it, and it is covered with dust.
It is said that the case was personally supervised and investigated by the emperor, otherwise, with the monstrous power of General Xiao, ordinary people may not be able to handle it, and once the case is closed, it is strictly forbidden for any relevant person to view the case file.
This related person refers to Chu Beili, right? Let's ask, after the witch Gu case, except for Chu Beili who was able to save his life because he was the prince, everyone else should be beheaded, except for Chu Beili, how can there be any related people?
There must be a reason why the emperor didn't show him.
Zhen Xi seemed to have forgotten that she hadn't eaten lunch or dinner at the moment, and she suddenly became interested in this witch Gu case, completely forgetting that she was not investigating this case.
She blew the thick dust on the box.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" caused her to cough incessantly due to the irritation of the dust.
She reached out and swept the dust in the air in front of her nose, and opened the long-dusty box, which was neatly stacked with various rolls of paper.
Zhen Xi picked up a holy decree placed on the top and unfolded it: Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, in the fifteenth year of Tianhe, the vicious Xiao clan stole the wizard's practice, made a witch villain, trapped the concubine in disregard of life and death, the plot was bad, the heart was vicious, and a glass of poisonous wine was given, and the order was taken immediately.
That concubine should be the current queen of the eldest grandson.
Zhen Xi opened another holy decree and opened it to check, this is a holy decree issued to General Xiao's mansion, which roughly means that he not only taught his daughter no way, but also instigated Xiao Guifei to do such a thing, and his crime should be punished by the whole clan!
It's just that Zhen Xi couldn't figure it out, Concubine Xiao was deeply favored at that time, and General Xiao's family was also powerful, this is already a supreme glory, why do you need to remove Concubine Shu? Why did you choose to use such vicious methods?
There are many ways to harm people, so why do you want to use this method that will punish the whole family?
Isn't it stupid? If you were stupid, you wouldn't be so good. Zhen Xi thought to himself.
Zhen Xi opened a roll of paper in the middle of the term, and a finger print was printed in the lower right corner, and the name of Xiao Guifei was written on the finger print.
This is a signed confession.
Zhen Xi took a closer look at the content above, and the scene of that year seemed to appear in front of him:
"You quacks, if you can't save the dragon womb, I'll take off your heads!" The Emperor roared in the Shulan Hall.
"The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry! This concubine has lost too much blood, and the dragon fetus has long been unable to be saved! Now it's the most important thing to keep the concubine! The doctors knelt down and begged.
"Rubbish!" The emperor shook his hand and threw the tea set on the table beside him to the ground.
Seeing the situation, the imperial doctors slammed their heads on the ground, even if they were bleeding, they still kept knocking, kowtowing their heads and saying, "Your Majesty, if you don't save Concubine Shu again, I'm afraid you'll ...... I'm afraid ......"
The emperor slapped his palm on the table and said angrily: "I'm afraid of what? Why don't you hurry up and save people? ”
He paced back and forth in the Shulan Palace, anxiety and anger filling his body.
"Come on, hurry up and call someone to find out, why Concubine Shu is like this." The emperor calmed down a little and commanded.
Soon, a father-in-law came running in a panic, still holding a puppet in his hand, and said, "The emperor...... Emperor...... This was found in Concubine Xiao's bedroom! His voice trembled slightly.
"This ......" After the emperor saw what it was, his heart that had just calmed down suddenly became angry again: "Drive the Rulan Palace." ”
Inside the Rulan Temple
Concubine Xiao Guifei knelt in front of the hall, and traces of tears could be vaguely seen on her face.
"Xiao Ruyin, you say, why are you so vicious?" The emperor threw the puppet in his hand angrily at Xiao Guifei.
Xiao Guifei's face was indeed calm at the moment, she sneered and said, "What is the trouble of wanting to add crimes? ”
"Xiao Ruyin, Xiao Ruyin, how did you become like this? Have you done such a wicked thing without repentance? The Emperor asked bitterly.
"What's wrong with a concubine? The concubine has never done anything! On the contrary, it was her concubine, who caused my Yu'er to fall into the pool but get away with it! Xiao Guifei said loudly.
"You have a grudge against you to murder Concubine Shu because of this? Do you have proof? ”
"Evidence? That's what I saw with my own eyes, and you still ask me for evidence? Concubine Xiao roared.
"How old is Li'er? There must be proof of everything! What can a six-year-old child say? The emperor asked rhetorically, he personally supervised the case of Yu'er falling into the water back then, and that time was an accident.
"Okay, Xiao Ruyin, because of this, you have adopted such vicious methods, cursing her not only to die, but also to live forever and never be reborn?" The emperor was furious, and his eyes were full of murderous anger: "But you killed my child!" Now, it is my child who will never be born forever! ”
"The concubine said, this is not what the concubine did! No! And Xiao Guifei's rebuttal at the moment seemed so pale and powerless!
"Put her in prison!" The emperor must be angry at this moment, he doesn't want to say a word to her, he is a little tired"!
Only then did Zhen Xi understand that it turned out that Concubine Xiao Guifei used witchcraft to make the eldest grandson queen live forever and not be able to live forever!
She suddenly felt that this ancient deception was too terrifying! If you can't move at every turn, you can't give birth or anything!
She continued to flip through the scrolls, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong, although the case seemed to be very clear, there were still suspicious points, why did she close the case hastily?
Is it because the emperor lost a child and was so angry that he wanted to execute Concubine Xiao immediately?
She sighed softly, as if she was holding grievances for Chu Beili, born in such an imperial family, with such a mother!
In fact, they seem to be born with a golden key, but in fact, they can't live in peace as others envy.
Zhen Xi continued to flip through the file, looking at the closed confessions on General Xiao's mansion page by page, which seemed to be impeccable, and at the same time sighed that they were able to bring back General Xiao's eldest son, wife and daughter who were stationed on the border between Riyao and Nanzhao to be executed in just a few dozen days!
When Zhen Xi turned to a certain page, she was puzzled because the page was blank. Who does this page belong to?
Zhen Xi repeatedly checked the list of General Xiao's Mansion and then compared the confession of the painting, and found that the missing page was originally for General Xiao's grandson, Xiao Guangxin, who was stationed at the Nanzhao border with his parents.
It seems that Xiao's still has orphans. Will he be the Iron Mask? This is unlikely, this Xiao Guangxin is similar in age to her, and Tie Mian is older than her. Perhaps, Iron Mask has something to do with those deceased concubines?
Zhen Xi put the roll paper page by page, put it back into the box, closed the lid, and locked it.