Wang Zhongzheng was stunned when he heard this, he had not been used in such a tone for a long time, especially Han Gang, who had always had a good relationship, and he had never seen him with such an attitude.

Han Gang looked very impatient, and his eyebrows were raised, "Do you really want to listen?!" ”

Wang Zhongzheng shook his head in a panic, of course he didn't want to hear it.

Song Yongchen and Liu Weijian also didn't want to hear it. None of the chamberlains or palace maids present wanted to hear it.

The secret in your hand is not necessarily a handle, and sometimes it is a talisman.

They are such slaves of the Son of Heaven, when they hear things that they shouldn't hear, and they know things that they shouldn't know about the Tao and don't know about the Tao, no matter how high their status is, there is only one way to die.

Especially when Han Gang asked over and over again for most of the day, when mentioning the little emperor, there was always a little abrupt interruption, and those who reacted faster knew that there was a problem with the Dao.

Thinking of that possibility that people didn't want to think about, Wang Zhongzheng, who once held an army of 100,000 and had the first position as an internal servant, couldn't wait to escape from the palace, not to mention the other palace people.

Although Han Gang's attitude at this time was poor, it was equivalent to letting them live.

"It's out of the way. This is where it goes. Wang Zhongzheng nodded again and again, "I will be optimistic about them." ”

Seeing that he hadn't yet received the consent of Empress Taishang, he rushed out of the inner servants and palace maids of Funing Palace, and Cai really wanted to follow him.

He was hating himself now for coming over so late; For what reason, he didn't plant down on the royal street and returned home injured; For what didn't you get a cold and flu earlier, I was sick for ten days and half a month.

Han Gang's toughness is very abnormal, and it should not be even more undesirable to go past Empress Taishang to instruct the palace people.

When he was only in his early twenties, he was regarded as the future prime minister, Han Gang has always been known for his calmness, and thousands of troops and horses failed to shake him, but tonight he was surprisingly out of shape.

Seeing the current Han Gang, anyone knows that Lu Dao's matter is serious, and it is by no means ordinarily serious.

Cai is indeed an official who only thinks about longevity, but he doesn't want to be involved in such a severed business.

Knowing that Han Gang is mostly holding the mentality of dying and everyone dying together, Cai Cheng can't find any reason to get out now.

There are no more nearly 100 chamberlains, palace maids. Only Empress Xiang, Wang Anshi, Han Gang and eight governors of the two mansions were left, a total of eleven people were in the palace, and the huge Funing Hall suddenly seemed extremely empty and cold. Even if the stoves on both sides were blazing, they couldn't dispel the chill in everyone's hearts.

Empress Xiang and Zai Fu were waiting for Han Gang's speech, but Han Gang stood in the hall and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Xuanhui." Empress Xiang couldn't help but urge.

"It was an accident!"

Han Gang's opening remarks denied the possibility of Zhao Ji's murder, but at the same time, it also confirmed that the Emperor Taishang Long Yu Bintian was not a natural illness, but from an accident.

Where there are accidents, there are causes.

"Xuanhui can clearly say, what is going on?" Xiang asked the queen nervously.

"Back to Your Highness, it's the poison of smoke."

"Impossible!"

Wang Anshi and Han Jiang shouted at the same time.

Han Jiang was furious: "The smoke stinks [Note 1], there are so many people in the dormitory, who wouldn't notice?" Han Gang, didn't you see the stove used by the emperor, and the smoke was filled with water? The smell of filth, after washing with water, will be clean! Which glass candle holder and glass oil lamp are not designed like this? If there is still poison gas, how many people will still be alive. ”

"That's true, that's right. But only the poison of fire can cause the corpse to have blood on its face, as if it were sleeping. Moreover, the three people in the tent died violently at the same time, and the remains were the same as those of the emperor. Could there be any other reason? This must have been caused by the stove that was placed in the tent, otherwise where would the poisonous gas come from? ”

The gas after charcoal fire is poisonous, and even this era is not a secret. Especially when the combustion is not sufficient, there is a lot of smoke in the air, which is the so-called stench, which will kill people. Although there are not many such cases, it is not without officials who have encountered them when they were in their places of office.

However, the world's understanding of carbon monoxide poisoning is inseparable from the smoke produced by insufficient combustion. After passing through the water, the smoke disappears and the toxicity is washed away, and the heater in Zhao's tent was designed with this understanding in mind.

Even if Han Gang is reasonable, it is not without other possibilities, and it is still difficult to convince people to push the problem on the stove.

Su Song came out of the class to help Han Gang, "Your Highness Mingjian." The skin of the deceased who was poisoned by charcoal gas was ruddy, as if before death. It's completely different from ordinary sick people or corpses that have died of poisoning. In the old year of Kaifeng Mansion, the minister encountered two cases of charcoal poisoning. Although the minister did not personally inspect it, according to the report of the magistrate and the servant that day, the deceased were all the same characteristics. The files of the two cases are preserved in Kaifeng Mansion, and His Royal Highness can send someone to check them. ”

Su Song originally had experience, when he was in Kaifeng, he dealt with two related cases, one of which was a case of destroying the door, and Zhang Dian mentioned it when he heard Han Gang chatting. That's why they were so shocked when they saw Zhao Xu's body before, and then heard Zhao Xu move the stove.

Xiang was skeptical, "Why haven't you heard how many people died from the poison of charcoal gas in the past?" The charcoal has been used in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, and the heater is newly built. ”

"Only small families can have accidents. Ordinary rich and noble families, the houses are tall, and the poisonous gas is easy to disperse. Poor households cannot afford to burn fuel for heating. With the size of the sleeping palace, the emperor would have been fine, but he changed the bed, and the poisonous gas gathered in the tent and did not emit it. ”

Zeng Bu still didn't believe it: "Could it be that the stove is broken?" But if the stove is broken, there will be smoke, and none of the people in the temple will find it? ”

Han Gang didn't speak, and Zhang Dian pointed to the east, "Coal field." ”

It dawned on everyone.

Because the smell is covered.

Usually the heater is broken, and it will never be found, but today's charcoal field fire, smoke is pervasive. It was the imperial couch of the Son of Heaven, and the big bed, which was like a room, was lowered by the curtain, and there was already smoke from the charcoal field in it, so I didn't notice that the stove was leaking.

No wonder Han Gang said it was an accident!

Looking at the sudden appearance of the Zaifu, Han Gang gave up explaining to everyone that colorless and odorless is the most terrifying place for the poison of charcoal gas, that is, carbon monoxide.

Han Gang's current attitude towards Qi Science is to hope that others will point out his mistakes, surpass himself, and continue to move forward.

Although he will not deliberately leave flaws, he has not deliberately corrected some wrong understandings, and he hopes that someone can find out by himself. This includes carbon monoxide poisoning.

That's why he didn't take the initiative to publish this common sense, but hoped that someone would be able to find out the problem and give a reasonable explanation. Even when I talked to Su Shi and Zhang Dian, I didn't explain it clearly.

Moreover, when Han Gang asked the Emperor Sheng'an, he had seen the stove and the big eight-step bed, but he didn't expect to find carbon monoxide poisoning, and the people in the dormitory were in and out, and it was impossible not to notice something. There are so many people in the Funing Palace.

But now that something really happened, Han Gang couldn't say to the outside world that he had noticed, but he was careless.

That's why Han Gang said it was an accident, otherwise he would be in trouble.

No one has any doubts about the cause of Zhao's death.

Knowing the cause of death, the case has been solved.

But the rest of the problem is even more terrifying.

Because the murderer ...... To say a light is to be the perpetrator.

It is the current emperor, the flesh and blood of the emperor.

It's the killing of kings. It is also a patricide.

It wasn't his will, but it turned out to be so, and the motives didn't change the sad facts.

"Xuanhui...... What should I do? Xiang asked Empress Han Gang in a trembling voice.

Her husband died violently, and the cause of death was found, but it was impossible for no one to guess the problem, either blaming Zhao Xu or Empress Xiang.

Tiger poison does not eat children, as long as it is not a woman like the emperor of heaven, many times she will bear the responsibility for her children. But Zhao Xu was not born to the empress herself, how difficult is it for her to choose between her own reputation and the reputation of the little emperor?

And once there are these charges, when Zhao Xu is in power, he will definitely be busy with the charges, not to mention Queen Xiang herself, even the Xiang family may not be able to escape. Maybe before that time, the Zhu family, who is eyeing her, will use the help of her son to seize the position of queen mother.

It's just that can she put the blame on Zhao Xu, who is only six years old?

Han Gang shook his head, "The minister can't make up his mind for a while, why doesn't Your Highness ask the princes of the palace first?" ”

There was no one to speak, and even Wang Anshi didn't know what to say.

Only Xue Xiang said boldly: "Your Highness." There is an old story, and this is not a sin. ”

Xiang Queen's spirits perked up: "Xue Qing's family, please speak clearly!" ”

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Xu Guoguo mourned the serious illness of the prince, and the prince stopped taking the decoction to mourn the prince, and the mourning prince drank the medicine and died immediately. This matter is based on his heart and his father's illness, so Dong Zi said that the gentleman has the original heart and forgiveness but not punishment. ”

This incident is almost no different from the fault of today's little emperor.

Xu Zhi entered the decoction, and he gave it to his sovereign father to drink without tasting it first. However, Zhao Xu did not consult the experts, so he ordered the stove to be moved and the tent was sealed.

These were all great mistakes, resulting in the death of their biological father and king. The best intentions were the worst.

Dong Zhongshu, a great Confucian in the Western Han Dynasty, used the law of the Spring and Autumn Period to discuss the crime of Xu Zhi - Xu stopped his father's illness and took medicine to his father's death, and the gentleman was original and forgave but not punished - he could be pardoned, and his crime should not be judged.

This is a verdict as defined in the Spring and Autumn Ram.

Which Jinshi in the temple didn't know the allusion of Lu Dao? But what do they not say? But let Xue Xiang take the lead? Because in the original text of "Spring and Autumn", there are only two words for Xu Zhi's practice - killing the king.

To kill is to kill.

In any case, Zhao Xu's murder of his father is an ironclad case that cannot be washed away.

Note 1: Song Ci of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded the symptoms and causes of carbon monoxide poisoning in the "Collection of Records of Clearing Grievances": "Those who leak fire and stink in the soil pit are fumigated and do not feel that they kill themselves, and the corpse is soft and undamaged. This is probably the earliest record of carbon monoxide poisoning in Chinese history. According to the use of coal in the Northern Song Dynasty, there should also be an understanding of this.