Chapter 435: Gaining the upper hand
"Desire to add sin?"
After listening to Li Kezhuo's weak defense, Li Hongyu sneered, glared at him with a cold expression and said, "Whether it is the 'crime of wanting to add' or the 'crime of killing the king', the official will find out clearly, don't think that you can get away with saying some strange and confusing words with your incorruptible tongue, this official will peel off the cocoon and expose your lies step by step!" ”
Li Kezhuo saw that Li Hongyu's eyes were sharp, like two sharp swords plunging straight into his heart, a frightened look suddenly appeared on his face, and he felt an ominous premonition in his heart, and cold sweat involuntarily ooped out of his forehead. Tian Lai Xiao said
As Li Hongyu said, Li Kezhuo is now insisting that the pill he offered is the "elixir" given by the immortals, which is completely a family statement, and there is no evidence to support it at all, which undoubtedly gives Li Hongyu a lot of opportunities.
Although Li Kezhuo didn't know how Li Hongyu would deal with him, Li Hongyu, who was born in the top ranks, could become the auxiliary minister selected by Emperor Wanli and Emperor Taichang in less than two years, so he was naturally not an idle person, and he didn't know Li Hongyu, so he was extremely worried.
"This official wants to see how Scholar Li peels off the cocoon!" However, although Li Kezhuo felt frightened in his heart, he did not show weakness at all, and pretended to look at Li Hongyu calmly, but unfortunately his eyes flickered a little, showing the panic in his heart.
"Ladies and gentlemen, many adults were present during the test of the medicine that day, if this official is not mistaken, the inner servant who died after taking the red pill offered by Li Kezhuo was bleeding, his lips were purple, and his face was black, I wonder if this official can be mistaken?"
Li Hongyu noticed Li Kezhuo's flickering eyes, and a subtle smile suddenly flashed at the corner of his mouth, knowing that Li Kezhuo was panicking now, so he quietly looked at the two sides of the lobby with the British Minister Zhang Weixian and the cabinet assistant Congzhe as the assistant minister.
When the ministers present heard this, they suddenly made a commotion, and they talked to each other about what Li Hongyu said, nodding their heads from time to time during the conversation, and they all agreed with Li Hongyu's statement, and their expressions became serious.
The magnates who were able to go to the trial hall of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town today were the core personnel of Emperor Taichang's Tuogu Auxiliary Minister, accounting for more than half of the number.
During the drug test, Li Hongyu stood behind those Tuogu auxiliary ministers, since he clearly witnessed the tragic death of the servant who took the red pill, then Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and others in front of him had a full view of the scene at that time.
"Master Li, you're right, when that chamberlain died, he was indeed bleeding, his lips were purple, and his face was a little dark." After some whispered discussion, Zhang Weixian turned to look at Li Hongyu, nodded to him and said in a deep voice.
At that time, the attention of the Tuogu auxiliary ministers was not on the dead chamberlain, they were confused and attracted by the red pill offered by Li Kezhuo, and now they feel that the death of the chamberlain is indeed a bit abnormal when Li Hongyu reminds them like this.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this official has checked that the blood vomited by the dead waiter is black, so I have invited several imperial doctors from the Tai Hospital."
After listening to Zhang Weixian's words, Li Hongyu first glanced around at the ministers present, and then shouted outside the hall in a deep voice, "Please invite the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital." ”
"I've met Scholar Li and my lords." Under the gaze of everyone in the lobby, Yang Hao, the envoy of the Tai Hospital, led several imperial doctors into the lobby quickly, and bowed to Li Hongyu, Zhang Weixian and others.
Seeing this situation, Li Kezhuo's face was a little green, the sweat on his forehead was more, and he looked more nervous than before, he naturally knew what Li Hongyu was going to do, but he still had a trace of fantasy in his heart, thinking that even if Li Hongyu found out something, he couldn't help him.
"Envoy Yang, have you checked the chamberlain who died after testing the medicine, but do you have any results?" Li Hongyu looked at Yang Hao and asked in a deep voice.
"Back to Scholar Li, after careful inspection by the official and others, the chamberlain who died after testing the medicine was poisoned and died." Yang Hao bowed to Li Hongyu and replied loudly.
Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and the others couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, the expression on their faces was extremely serious, Yang Hao was different from the previous four servants, he was a dignified official of the imperial court, a leader in the medical field of the Ming Dynasty, and the weight of his words was naturally much heavier than that of the four servants.
Li Kezhuo couldn't help clenching his fists, his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and his breathing became a little short, Li Hongyu did not dwell on the authenticity of the elixir he offered, but started from the dead waiter, so that he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, after all, the poisoning of the waiter was objective, and he couldn't deny it.
"Do you know what kind of poison you have?" Li Hongyu glanced at Li Kezhuo, who was pale, and asked Yang Hao quietly.
"Back to Mr. Li, according to our investigation, we all agree that he was hit by Heding Red and died." Yang Hao bowed to Li Hongyu again and replied solemnly.
"Crane top red!"
Hearing this, there was a sudden commotion in the hall, Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and others talked one after another, many of them had seen people who died after taking Hedinghong, and now they think about it The symptoms are the same as that of the waiter who died after trying medicine.
Hedinghong is a highly toxic poison, popularly speaking, it is a kind of arsenic, and arsenic is the most commonly used poison in ancient times, but Hedinghong is the most advanced kind of arsenic, the purity is very high, and the arsenic used by the folk is some inferior products, and the purity is relatively low.
But then again, no matter whether the purity of arsenic is high or low, the condition of the deceased at the time of death is the same, so as long as you have seen people who died of taking arsenic, then you can know the consequences of taking Hedinghong.
"This is a frame-up, someone poured Hedinghong into the mouth of the chamberlain afterwards, and wanted to murder the official."
Li Kezhuo saw that all the ministers on the jury believed that the chamberlain who died after testing the medicine was killed by the crane top red, and his heart suddenly became anxious, and he hurriedly shouted to everyone in the hall.
"Envoy Yang, did that chamberlain take poison before death or was poisoned after death?" Li Hongyu couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and asked Yang Hao in a loud voice.
"Back to Mr. Li, after careful examination by this official and colleagues, the deceased's internal organs and blood have Hedinghong toxins, so they took poison before death, and the blood stops after death, even if the poison is fed afterwards, the toxin can only be sent into the throat and stomach at most, and cannot enter the internal organs and blood."
Yang Hao had already prepared and replied in an orderly manner, "Therefore, this official and all his colleagues unanimously believe that it is poison before death!" ”
"Li Kezhuo, what do you have to say?" After listening to Yang Hao's reply, Li Hongyu looked at Li Kezhuo with a cold expression, it was already an irrefutable thing that the waiter who tested the medicine died of poisoning.
"The power of heaven is unpredictable, maybe God wants to punish him, so let him be poisoned to death."
Li Kezhuo's face turned blue and white for a while, and he replied gloomily, he could no longer justify the poisoning of the dead chamberlain, so he played a scoundrel and put the responsibility on the heavens.
Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and the others frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Du Li Kezhuo's answer, thinking that his answer was too empty.
If that chamberlain really suffered from heaven's punishment, Yang Hao and the others would not be able to find out the cause of the chamberlain's death at all, or the heavens would directly use lightning to kill the chamberlain, wouldn't this be more deterrent.
Therefore, Li Kezhuo's explanation seems pale and weak, and it can't stand scrutiny at all, you must know that God's punishment is also in people's eyes, how can it casually send down God's punishment to punish the world?
In this way, the death of poisoning is not like a curse, but more like Li Kezhuo's sophistry.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if the lower officials poisoned the elixir, why did one person die tragically while the other was unharmed?"
Seeing that everyone began to doubt what he said, Li Kezhuo was secretly anxious in his heart, and shouted at Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and others in a hurry.
The ministers who were discussing there suddenly quieted down when they heard this, and their faces showed puzzled looks, Li Kezhuo was right, if there was poison in the elixir, why did the other chamberlain and the later Emperor Taichang be safe and sound after taking it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Xia Guan was also puzzled at first, thinking that there was some special poison in that red pill, and people would poison it according to different physiques after taking it."
Li Hongyu sneered when he heard this, looked at the ministers under the hall and said loudly, "But later, Xia Guan knew that Xia Guan was wrong, Li Kezhuo was refining the red pills according to the recipe that Jia Jing Ye took the pill, and he didn't dare to take risks on Emperor Daxing, so those red pills should be non-toxic." ”
Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and the others couldn't help but glance at each other suspiciously when they heard this, and they didn't understand the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, since it was non-toxic, why did the chamberlain who tested the medicine die on the spot, and Emperor Taichang also died suddenly later.
The red pill must be poisonous, but it is some chronic poisonous substances, and it can only be poisoned unless it is consumed for a long time, and Li Hongyu can't explain this to the outside world at all.
In addition, Emperor Jiajing had taken the pills refined by Taoist priests for many years, and it would be disrespectful to Emperor Jiajing if Li Hongyu said that those pills contained chronic toxic substances.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Hongyu just said that the red pill is non-toxic, anyway, this is not the point of his truth.
"Since the red pill is non-poisonous, then why did that chamberlain die, is it a curse?"
Finally, Wu Guogong couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu's previous words made him a little confused, and he didn't know whether the red pill offered by Li Kezhuo was poisonous, which was also what everyone here was puzzled about.
Li Kezhuo was also puzzled at this time, feeling that Li Hongyu's words were inconsistent, and it sounded as if he was defending him, but he knew that Li Hongyu could not speak for him, so he didn't dare to be careless, and looked at Li Hongyu intently, wondering what Li Hongyu would do next.
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