Chapter 202: The Muppet
After seeing the true face of Lushan of the "witch Gu", Xiao Mu felt that he had to open his mouth to confirm some facts, so as not to cause unnecessary controversy in the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"You two went to the Raccoon Bureau to search?" Xiao Mu asked.
Gonggong Li and Gonggong Zhao, who had just been called, were still in a state of confusion at the moment, although they had all the good things to say on the way here, and they wanted to get something out of the two little eunuchs who summoned them with smiling faces, but the two little eunuchs never said a word of nonsense from beginning to end, and they didn't even ask for the silver that the two quietly handed over - it was obvious that the two little eunuchs in charge of the summons also knew that this Gonggong Li and Gonggong Zhao were probably not far from bad luck, At this time, of course, they don't want to have any possibility of being implicated.
Although it is not clear what the emperor's purpose is for calling him here, and the two of them also have a very bad premonition in their hearts, since the emperor has already opened his mouth to ask, of course they have to answer respectfully: "Back to the emperor, exactly." ”
"Then this thing is the witch 'witch Gu' you found?" Xiao Mu asked further.
Of course, the two eunuchs didn't dare to deny it, but they also nodded and said, "Back to the emperor, exactly." ”
"Are you sure you found it from under her bed?" Xiao Mu continued to ask, and the two eunuchs still nodded yes.
Xiao Mu's questions were all answered in the affirmative, so he stopped paying attention to the two searching eunuchs for the time being, and instead asked the palace maid Xiaohong, "Is this thing really yours?" ”
The palace maid Xiaohong also gave an affirmative answer: "Back to the emperor, exactly." ”
"Yes, I see."
All his questions have been answered, and Xiao Mu can rule out a lot of possibilities that are easy to cause controversy:
First of all, it can be determined that this "Shi Gu's utensils" was searched by the two eunuchs themselves, and it was not dropped halfway, but was brought here intact, and the words of the two eunuchs can prove this, in this way, if they want to retract their confessions for a while, no one will believe that if they say that the things have been exchanged.
In addition, Xiao Mu was also able to determine that this "witch Gu paraphernalia" was indeed the property of the palace maid Xiaohong, and it was not deliberately placed under her bed by the two searching eunuchs in order to blame her. This point has also been confirmed by the palace maid Xiaohong, in this way, after a while, she will no longer be able to retract her confession and say that this thing is not her own, and she was framed - of course, this is just a theoretical logical derivation, in fact, Xiaohong has no reason to retract her confession at all, because Xiao Mu and Lin Yi can clearly see that this so-called "witch Gu" is actually just a ragdoll-like puppet, if you have to say where you can really get along with "witch Gu", That's just a sewing needle stuck in the top of this puppet.
Although they had only seen "witch Gu" in TV series before, and had never seen the real thing, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi could both conclude with certainty that this puppet was definitely not a "witch Gu paraphernalia", after all, Xiao Mu and Lin Ye had never heard of a witch Gu being so beautiful and cute - it was completely different from the kind of eerie little paper figure that Xiao Mu and Lin Ye imagined that looked fierce and evil, and also had the eight characters of the victim's birthday written on it.
So after Xiao Mu and Lin Yi saw this puppet, the expressions on their faces were not very good-looking, as if they had been tricked - they obviously wanted to see the witch Gu, but in the end it turned out to be a rag doll, the two glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads.
If this can also be regarded as a "witch Gu", then every girl who has owned a doll in Xiao Mu's later generations is a demon who uses Gu to harm people's lives, and all the manufacturers that produce rag dolls are all black dens that make witch Gu, a killing tool.
In order to argue rigorously, Xiao Mu still asked the palace maid Xiaohong, "Since this thing is indeed your thing, then what can you tell me?" ”
"Go back to the emperor", the palace maid replied, "The slave maid has no father and mother since she was a child, and she has been dependent on her younger brother since she was a child, and later the slave's younger brother was seriously ill and went to ......."
The next story of the palace maid Xiaohong perfectly explains the origin of this puppet that was regarded as a "witch Gu", that is, in order to commemorate her dead brother, and then planned to sew a puppet herself as a younger brother, and took it to see and chat when she missed her brother as a comfort.
"The slave maid sewed this puppet in the spare time of washing clothes in the Huanyi Bureau, it has been ten days, but there are too many clothes that need to be washed in the past two days, so there is still the last bit left to sew ...... the last bit is not finished, the slave maid put her under her pillow, I don't want to be discovered by the two fathers-in-law, as a tool for using witch Gu, and I can't ask the slave and maid for a bribe, so I arrested the slave and maid, the slave and maid are really wronged, there is no lie, and the emperor is asked to it."
This palace maid Xiaohong's words were very clear, and it didn't sound like a lie, after all, she said a lot of details, such as "I've been sewing for more than ten days" and the like, as long as she went to the Huanyi Bureau to simply confirm with the palace maids who washed the clothes with her, she could prove the authenticity, so Xiao Mu naturally believed her statement - of course, the main reason why Xiao Mu was so convinced was that this "witch Gu" itself was a simple puppet no matter how you looked at it, it was too obvious.
And this puppet is indeed as Xiaohong said, it has not been sewn yet, the sewing needle inserted in the puppet is still wearing thread, and it can be clearly seen that the end of the thread is just at the end of the sewing, and it is almost finished.
"What else do you two have to say?" Xiao Mu turned his gaze to the two eunuchs who were searching in the Huanyi Bureau, and asked in a voice without any emotion.
"The slave is wronged!" The two eunuchs said in unison, this was actually what Xiao Mu expected, after all, under normal circumstances, no one would take the initiative to admit their guilt, I saw one of the eunuchs continue, Xiao Mu didn't know whether the person who spoke was surnamed Li or Zhao, anyway, in Xiao Mu's opinion, it didn't have any effect.
"Your Majesty, the two slaves and maids were ordered to go to the Huanyi Bureau yesterday to search for witch Gu, and they found this, this thing", the eunuch now doesn't dare to call this puppet a witch Gu, "The slave and maid didn't dare to hide it or not report it, so they decided to bring this person back for detailed questioning, and never asked her for any bribes during this, please let the emperor know it!" ”
After speaking, the two eunuchs kept kowtowing again, as if they had also been greatly wronged.