Chapter 833: Things are getting bigger and bigger

Wu Meiniang agreed, and wanted to go out and ask someone to find Mi Xiaomiao. Li Zhi stood up and said, "I'll go call someone, and by the way, stand in the courtyard for a while, my chest is very tight now." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Meiniang will accompany you, let's go to the yard to enjoy the shade together." ”

Li Zhi hummed and took Wu Meiniang out of the hall together. At this time, it was dark outside, there were no lights in the courtyard, and the more secluded hall had always been secluded, and there was no sound at all, but tonight was very special, the moon was dim in the sky, but the night wind blew up in bursts, blowing the leaves rustling.

Wu Meiniang said: "It's cool in this courtyard, let's just sit here for a while!" She saw that Li Zhi was depressed, so she wanted to accompany him to relax.

Li Zhi hummed, he didn't sit down first, but walked to the door, opened the door, and said to the little eunuch who was waiting outside: "But I brought Mi Xiaomiao." ”

The little eunuch outside was dozing, and when he suddenly saw the emperor come out, he was startled, and hurriedly agreed, and ran to find Mi Xiaomiao.

Li Zhi closed the door and went back to the courtyard, then sat down with Wu Meiniang, neither of them could squeak, and they each thought about their hearts.

Mi Xiaomiao hadn't slept at this time, he was scared, and he couldn't sit outside all night, so he could only go back to his room, thinking about it with all his might, always thinking about who killed Concubine Xiao Shu, thinking about it, and feeling that Shi Zhongchen was the most suspicious. He is an old man in the palace, don't look at Shi Zhongchen calling him a child, in fact, he is not young, but he just has a baby face.

For the things in the palace in the early years, Mi Xiaomiao heard a little. Like strangulation of concubines, it happened in the palace in the early years, but it was in the period of Emperor Gaozu, when the first emperor had just succeeded in seizing power, but he had not yet ascended the throne, and was being the prince.

At first, there were a few people who said that, but it didn't take long for them to disappear all of a sudden. Those concubines who spoke ill of the emperor all died mysteriously, and all of them committed suicide. The little eunuchs spread it privately, saying that it seemed that it was the hand of the general manager Shi Da who strangled them all to death, and then made them look like they were committing suicide!

But no one really saw it with their own eyes, or everyone who saw it died, and no one traced it, and it was gone. Many years ago, the little eunuchs in the palace changed one after another, and few people remember it, if Mi Xiaomiao hadn't encountered today's events, then he wouldn't have remembered it.

Mi Xiaomiao couldn't figure out anything, if it was really Mr. Shi's hand, but why did he do it, and what good would it do him? Even if you want to execute Concubine Xiao Shu, you don't need such a death method, as long as you can't get the punishment, why bother?

Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly came to him, saying that the emperor was looking for him and asked him to go to a more secluded hall immediately. Mi Xiaomiao was almost scared to death, it was so late, and after the murder case happened, what was the emperor looking for himself? Do you want to ask the cause of Concubine Xiao's death? How can I answer myself!

Mi Xiaomiao's mouth was full of bitterness, got up and got dressed, and followed the little eunuch out of the house. Halfway through, he asked, "What is the emperor doing now?" Haven't you rested yet? ”

The little eunuch who reported the news shook his head and said, "The emperor has no rest, the little one doesn't know." The little ones were all waiting outside the courtyard, and they didn't go into the more secluded hall! ”

Mi Xiaomiao sighed and said, "What's the matter, why don't you go in?" ”

The little eunuch was embarrassed and said, "This ...... Buddha hall, a quiet place, the emperor doesn't let the little ones go in to serve, how dare the little ones go in! ”

Mi Xiaomiao snorted, he was not in the mood to think about anything about the Buddha Hall or not, he was just worried about his own affairs. He asked the little eunuch anything, but the little eunuch was vague and couldn't answer, so he didn't ask anymore.

After a while, when he came to the outside of the more secluded hall, Mi Xiaomiao knocked on the door, and Li Zhi opened the door and let him in. Seeing that it was the emperor who came to open the door in person, Mi Xiaomiao was even more confused, but she was even more scared in her heart, thinking that the emperor was going to ask alone, maybe she knew something!

Li Zhi sat on the stone pier in the courtyard, while Wu Meiniang hid into the woods, standing behind a tree, listening to them.

Li Zhi glanced at Mi Xiaomiao, the moonlight was dim, in fact, he couldn't see anything clearly, and he didn't feel Mi Xiaomiao's fear, anyway, when the eunuchs in the palace saw the emperor, they all looked low and pleasing to the eyes, and he had long been accustomed to it.

"When you were in the Temple of Manna, you didn't say something, did you? Now let's talk, I'm listening! Li Zhi said.

Mi Xiaomiao's mouth was even more bitter, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and whispered, "Yes." Today, Chief Manager Shi instructed the little slave to escort Xiao Niangniang to Ning Xue Pavilion......"

Li Zhi interrupted him and said, "Why is it not the Qinqin Building, but the Ning Xue Pavilion?" This question, Wu Meiniang asked him just now, and he asked Mi Xiaomiao.

Mi Xiaomiao said: "If you go back to the emperor, the little slave also asked Manager Shi at that time. But Manager Shi said...... "He paused, and decided to tell the truth, Shi Zhongchen has something to do, he doesn't want to hide it, if he doesn't hide it, then he will be in trouble in the future."

He said: "Mr. Shi hinted at the little slave and said that he wanted to let Xiao Niangniang go. If you go to the Qinqin Building, you have to do things according to the rules of the palace, but Manager Shi is afraid that he will wronged Xiao Niangniang, so he wants to leave some leeway, and put her in the cold palace first, if there is really any grievance, there will be room for maneuver in the future. ”

What he said was not only the truth, but also pushed his own responsibility cleanly, no matter how this matter develops in the future, it has nothing to do with him!

Li Zhi sighed, turned his head to look under the big tree, and didn't see Wu Meiniang clearly, so he turned his head back again and asked, "So the loyal minister wants to spare the Xiao family." So, during the interrogation in the Ning Xue Pavilion, what did the loyal minister ask? ”

Mi Xiaomiao hurriedly said: "The little slave doesn't know what General Manager Shi asked. At that time, Manager Shi sent all the little ones away, and Xiao Niangniang was the only one in Ning Xue Pavilion besides him, so how he interrogated him, the little slave didn't know. ”

Li Zhi's brows furrowed, feeling a little unable to ask, and he was not proficient in criminal trial, thinking that he had entered a dead end now and could not ask any more. He turned his head again and looked under the big tree, but found that half of Wu Meiniang's body was exposed, waving at him.

Li Zhi immediately got up, walked under the tree, and went to talk to Wu Meiniang. Mi Xiaomiao was taken aback, there was someone behind the tree? Who is it? I guess it's a woman, but who is it? He didn't know about Wu Meiniang, and he didn't know about the empty little nun, so he was of course surprised to see someone behind the tree at this time.

There was a low voice from the tree, and it was a woman. Mi Xiaomiao didn't dare to look over there anymore, turned her head to the other side, and wondered in her heart, but she could only pretend not to know.

After a while, Li Zhi walked back and sat back on the stone pier. He asked Mi Xiaomiao: "Xiao's hanging beam, how high is that beam?" How tall is the stool she's stepping on? ”

Mi Xiaomiao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the emperor to ask this, he found that Concubine Xiao Shufei was killed by someone, not from this kind of detail, but directly from the wound. How could the wound strangled with a string be the same as the wound strangled by the belt, it was obviously two wounds, so he knew at a glance that Concubine Xiao Shufei had been killed.

But he never thought about the beam, because this kind of detail is more tortuous and difficult to think about than the appearance of the wound!

But this kind of thing is more ethereal for the emperor, and the emperor will not go to see the corpse in person, isn't it based on the casual nonsense of the people below, the people below can be confused, as long as no one goes to expose it, to question and verify...... Of course, others may not be able to be blinded, but the emperor is ten likely to be able to be blinded.

However, if you ask about the height of the beams and stools, you can't cover it, and it's not good to talk nonsense! The high bottoms of the beams in the palace are customized, and the heights of tables, chairs and benches are also standard, how tall Concubine Xiao Shu is, can the emperor not know, these things are clear, and they can't be confused!

Li Zhi didn't ask, as soon as he asked, Mi Xiaomiao was immediately reminded, sure enough, there was a problem, the chair that Concubine Xiao Shufei was stepping on couldn't reach the beam at all, and it was going to hang a lot in the air!

Seeing that Mi Xiaomiao was stunned, Li Zhi thought to himself: "Mei Niang is really right, when I ask this, this Mi Xiaomiao is not really stunned, which shows that Xiao Shi is not a short-sighted suicide, but was killed by others!" ”

Just now behind the tree, Wu Meiniang said to him, go and ask about Fang Liang, if Mi Xiaomiao's expression changes, it means that there is something strange about the matter, if you answer it directly, then it proves that there is no problem, and there is no need to ask anything else.

Li Zhi thought that Xiao Shi might have been killed by others, not his own short-sightedness, on the contrary, he felt a little relaxed, and his guilt weakened, Xiao Shufei didn't commit suicide because of his blame, so he didn't have to blame himself anymore, as long as he found out the murderer of Xiao Shufei, even if he avenged her, he could rest assured.

Without waiting for Mi Xiaomiao to answer, Li Zhi said again: "Seeing that you look strange, you must have discovered the strangeness of the cause of Xiao's death, right?" He bit the word "also" very hard, indicating that he had already understood what was going on.

Mi Xiaomiao was already scared in his heart, and was deceived by the emperor like this, and suddenly felt weak and numb all over his body, he knelt on the ground with a plop, and said: "Your Majesty, the little slave feels that this matter is strange, but I don't know the reason!" ”

Li Zhi stood up with a sigh, sure enough, there was something strange, Xiao Shi was really killed, he turned to look under the big tree, and saw that Wu Meiniang had exposed most of her body from behind the tree, I guess she was also surprised!

Li Zhi pointed at Mi Xiaomiao and shouted: "What crime should you be guilty of concealing the facts?" Quickly, tell everything you see, otherwise you will prove that you are the murderer! ”

This sentence was also taught to him by Wu Meiniang just now. The people below have always dragged their work, the so-called things are not about themselves, hang high, as long as they don't do their business, they will desperately push out. Wu Meiniang's words were very accurate, as soon as Li Zhi was frightened, Mi Xiaomiao immediately wanted to clear himself, saying that he didn't know anything! But Wu Meiniang also taught Li Zhi the art of coping, if you want Mi Xiaomiao to tell the truth, then say that he is a murderer, and ensure that he can say whatever he wants in order to prove that he is not a murderer, without a trace of concealment!

Mi Xiaomiao was frightened, and thought: "Who did I recruit to provoke whom, others committed crimes, how did I become a murderer, I have the courage to harm the concubines in the palace, then I will not be Shi Zhongchen...... I'm so far from him! ”

Mi Xiaomiao couldn't help but be frightened, and immediately told everything she saw, and said the wound on Xiao Shufei's neck in great detail, and also said that there were blood stains on Xiao Shufei's clothes, but it didn't seem to be the blood flowing from Xiao Shufei's neck, it should be the blood of the murderer, it may be that when she was strangled to death, her hand was strangled by a rope, so she was bleeding.

After Li Zhi listened, he was silent for a long time, he turned his head to look under the tree, and saw Wu Meiniang waving at him again, so he went to the tree again. Wu Meiniang whispered: "Listen to what Mi Xiaomiao said, then this case is not difficult to solve, as long as you check whose hand in the palace is broken, won't it be done!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, that's right." But who is to blame for this? He vaguely felt that Shi Zhongchen was a little unreliable, so he asked.

Similarly, Wu Meiniang also felt that Shi Zhongchen was untrustworthy, although she couldn't find evidence, but experience told her that Shi Zhongchen was by no means a kind person, ruthless, and her intuition was also telling her that this matter might have something to do with Shi Zhongchen. However, from Shi Zhongchen's mouth, nothing will be asked.

No matter how smart Wu Meiniang was, she couldn't have imagined that Shi Zhongchen would do it himself, and now that she has an injury on her hand, she thought that even if it was related to Shi Zhongchen, it was Concubine Xiao Shufei who he sent someone to harm, and she wouldn't do it herself.

Wu Meiniang thought for a while and said: "This is a big deal, it happened in the palace, so the people in the palace are afraid that they can't be trusted, so it's better to instruct the ministers of the court to do it!" ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Let no disease do it?" ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Okay, let Meiniang's uncle do it, he will definitely do it!" ”

Li Zhi hummed, walked to the door, and beckoned: "You go out of the palace now, go to find Wuxi, and instruct him to handle this matter, so that he can solve the case as soon as possible." ”

Mi Xiaomiao grinned, my God, I and Wang Ping'an just finished talking about this matter, this is a lot of effort, now I have to run to tell Wang Ping'an, saying that he is responsible for this case, then Wang Ping'an must not think that he is "recommended" by me, and he must not turn his face with me!

But the emperor had orders, and he didn't dare not listen to them, so he could only agree repeatedly, trotted to the door, opened the door out, and then shut himself out.

Li Zhi latched the door, and Wu Meiniang had walked out from behind the tree. Suddenly, a cool breeze blew, and the two of them were cold everywhere, as if there were unjust souls in this courtyard, and the two of them were scared together, and entered the main hall together, and went to sleep under the covers!

Mi Xiaomiao left the more secluded hall miserably, walked out of the palace from the Yeting Palace, and rushed to Wang Ping'an's Guogong Mansion. Halfway through, he sat in the carriage and thought to himself: "It's over, it's over, this time I'm going to offend people, Wang Ping'an has to misunderstand me!" ”

When I arrived at Wang Ping'an's Guogong Mansion, it was already the second half of the night, Mi Xiaomiao got out of the carriage, knocked on the door personally, and waited for the doorkeeper to open, he said, "Our family is here...... No, no, it's the holy decree, you go and tell your family that the king has a decree, just say that the emperor has a decree, let him get up quickly and accept the decree! ”