11. Suspicion

Empress Dowager Zhang's voice was not loud, but Ding Si felt deafening in his ears when he heard it, he looked at the screen, the yellow yarn was still unmoving, and he didn't know what kind of expression the Empress Dowager Zhang was behind him.

Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to use a lot of strength to control her emotions, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "The year the emperor died, you shouldn't be in the capital, right?" ”

Ding Si hurriedly steadied himself, nodded and said: "I went to Qiongzhou at that time, and when I returned to the capital, the emperor had already been buried in Tailing. As he said this, the past came back to his mind clearly. He remembered that when he knew the news of Zhu Youji, it was already late May#, he went all the way non-stop, rushed from Qiongzhou to the capital, and after coming back, Zhu Youzhu had been buried, at this time it was several months since the day of his death, Ding Si was very sad, and went straight to Tailing, and cried solidly.

Empress Dowager Zhang's voice rose like a wisp of smoke: "Ding Zhukuai, have you heard about the cause of the death of the former emperor?" ”

After a while, Ding Si's voice sounded with regret: "I heard that I had typhoid fever, and the hospital # diagnosed the wrong symptom and prescribed the wrong medicine, but the timing was delayed, so I returned to heaven." ”

As soon as his words fell, Empress Dowager Zhang sneered: "Misdiagnosis, the top doctor in the Tai Hospital, the best medicinal materials, will actually kill people?" Ding Zhukuai, you have been in the yamen for many years, how many cases have you seen such things? Maybe something like this will happen if the poor man Buyi hires a quack doctor, but typhoid fever is not a serious disease, which dignitary will be misdiagnosed and killed due to typhoid fever? By the end of her speech, she had already gritted her teeth.

Ding Si lowered his head and thought about it, and asked hesitantly: "In this case, why didn't the Queen Mother find out back then?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's voice was full of decadence and helplessness: "That's what I thought back then, when I learned of the death of the emperor, I was saddened, so I thought that someone was secretly doing it, and I just fought for my life to find out this person." She said this suddenly, and after a while, she said astringently: "But at that time, Zhao'er was less than fifteen years old, and the first emperor died suddenly, so I want to support the first emperor to be buried and let Zhao'er ascend the throne." Wait for the two years to do a good job, I am ready to try the case, but Zhao'er was coaxed, told me to ask the case himself, I wanted Zhao'er to just ascend the throne, but also to stand up for power, so I wanted to let him trial, I did it in secret, but not a few days later, I don't have a clue, Zhao'er has come to tell me that he has been found out, yes # These two people opened the wrong party, they also confessed, I thought at that time, forgive him The two little imperial doctors did not dare to have the courage to harm the emperor, there must be someone secretly instigated, But Zhao'er tried his best to make a statement, repeatedly assured that no one instructed him, it was already clear, and hugged me and cried bitterly, telling me not to be too sad and make a fuss, I was so sad that I was going to faint, and I thought that he had just ascended the throne, everything was unknown, and I couldn't bear to force him, and after thinking about it, I accepted this result, I also thought at that time, maybe the first emperor was born in the cold palace, hurt his vitality, and hid in Tibet since he was a child, so his body was slightly weaker, if it was # These two bastards are really a momentary mistake, it is not impossible. So I reluctantly believed this statement, but I always had a thorn in my heart, which made me restless day and night. She said this in a hurry and quickly, obviously accumulated in her heart for many years, Ding Si was shocked when she heard it, opened her mouth to say something but wanted to say it and stopped, and finally heard the voice of the Empress Dowager Zhang: "Back then, I forced myself to believe this statement, thinking that as long as these two quacks were punished, it would be regarded as a breath of air in my heart, and Zhao'er also agreed with me at that time, I always thought that he did it according to my method, but ......" Her voice suddenly rose, almost screaming and said: "I only knew a few **** days ago, These two people did not lose their lives at all, but they were sentenced to Rongbian at that time. She suppressed her anger so that she didn't shoot the case, and said word by word with gritted teeth: "Ding Zhukuai, you say, the person behind this bewitching the emperor and trying his best to prevent him from finding out about this matter is not the murderer who killed the emperor?" Her voice was cold, stubborn and hateful.

Ding Si had already ignored the loss of etiquette, his eyes were only staring at the yellow gauze screen, and the expression on his face seemed to be incredulous, and it seemed that he was in a state of confusion. He thought for a while, and finally opened his mouth hesitantly, and said bitterly: "Queen Mother......"

Behind the screen, Empress Dowager Zhang was emotional, she didn't hear Ding Si speak, she just said to herself: "This matter is unknown, even if I see the emperor a hundred years later, what kind of face do I have?" After a pause, she said very seriously: "Ding Zhukuai, you are a close friend of the former emperor, and you are jealous and hateful, should you not let the murderer go unpunished?" Without waiting for Ding Si to answer, he said: "I have already told the emperor that I will secretly investigate this case again, when the emperor personally inquired about this case, he should know best who misled him, Ding Si, are you willing to come forward to find out the ruthless person and make him kill people to pay for his life?" ”

Ding Si's face was cloudy, he just opened his mouth to look at the screen, and the words just now were blocked in his mouth like a thousand pounds, and he couldn't say anything.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him behind the screen, thinking that he had concerns, and said loudly: "Don't worry, the emperor's side, I have explained it clearly, as long as you want to find him to understand the case, with my token, you can directly ask to see the emperor." ”

Ding Si's heart beat faster again when he heard this, and after a little consideration, he said aloud: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, even if I am full of heart, I will give an explanation to the emperor." ”

"Good, good, good." Empress Dowager Zhang was extremely excited, and said several "good" words in a row, and then said: "Ding Zhu, you still haven't changed, the emperor didn't see the wrong person back then." Then he instructed to the left and right: "Someone, give this piece of jade to Ding Zhukuai, and I will give another order, just say that Ding Si is acting for the mourning family, and no one can stop it." ”

At this time, the spring rain outside the house is gradually getting bigger, and the original rustling sound is connected into a murky sound, and the Forbidden City is shrouded in a thousand purples and thousands of reds shrouded in the spring rain as thin as smoke, which actually looks hazy, making people like falling clouds.