Chapter 37: Suicide by Poisoning

Glancing at Emperor Chongzhen gently, Empress Zhou didn't say anything, and directly told Emperor Chongzhen the news sent by Yuan Guifei, and Empress Zhou still trusted Yuan Guifei very much. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, a sneer pulled out from the corner of his mouth, sure enough, these people are really not giving up.

Discrete meter? provoke the relationship between himself and the soldiers and nobles, and it is estimated that the hat of the faint monarch will be worn by himself, right? Or if you can't wear it, it's a tyrant, like Emperor Yongzheng in history, he doesn't have a good reputation anyway, after all, he does the same thing as Yongzheng.

Now it's just a Shuntianfu, and it hasn't been implemented nationwide, and once it is implemented nationwide, it will definitely cause an uproar, and the news hasn't spread yet.

It's just a Shuntianfu, it's already like this, and the resistance to the whole country can be imagined, it will definitely not work if you don't kill people, and your tyrant's hat will definitely be worn when the time comes. Maybe there will be a bit of a wild history, what did you hurt your eldest brother, or you weren't born by the emperor or something.

Thinking about the criticism suffered by Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to see his future.

"Okay, you go back to Kunning Palace! You don't have to worry about these things, if I can do it well, you can have a good baby, and then give me a big fat boy! Emperor Chongzhen looked at Empress Zhou and said with a calm face.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's expression, Empress Zhou nodded slightly, didn't say anything, turned around and walked outside.

When she came to the door, Queen Zhou saw Yuan Guifei and nodded lightly at her: "If you want to intercede with Uncle Yuan, don't do it yet, the emperor is in a very bad mood now, and it is easy to backfire, and when the emperor is discouraged, you are coming to the emperor!" ”

"Sister, no, I'm not here to ask the emperor for intercession, I'm looking for the emperor to have something to say!" Yuan Guifei smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I got new news from my brother, I believe the emperor will be useful." ”

Without saying anything, Empress Zhou walked away, and Concubine Yuan Guifei walked into the warm pavilion with steps.

Seeing Yuan Guifei walking in, Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "What are you doing? What do you have to do? This is not a harem, what are you doing here? ”

When Yuan Guifei saw Emperor Chongzhen's gloomy face, she suddenly felt a burst of grievance, and tears flowed down her face: "Your Majesty, the concubine's family has committed an accident, and the concubine will not come to intercede, the concubine has something to say to the emperor!" ”

Glancing at Yuan Guifei, seeing that she was biting her lip and looking stubborn, Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Okay, let's say it!" ”

"The concubine asked my brother in detail, Bin'er went to Shuntianfu to make trouble, it was instigated by a person named Liang Zhongkun, he is Bin'er's teacher." Yuan Guifei wiped a handful of tears and said softly: "The concubine suspects that there is something wrong with this person, and she has already asked her brother to go back to the house to suppress the person!" ”

Liang Zhongkun? Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought about it, could it really be that something went wrong?

With a sigh of relief, Emperor Chongzhen found that he was actually impatient, as if he had lost his normal heart.

It seems that he is still an ordinary person, and he is still far from the prosperous king who collapsed in front of Mount Tai and his color remained unchanged, when did he start to lose his normal heart? It was when he was assassinated, Emperor Chongzhen was like being poured a basin of cold water on his head at this moment, and he instantly sobered up and calmed down.

"Okay, I know, you can go back!" Emperor Chongzhen raised his head, and there was no irritability in his gaze at Yuan Guifei, but it was like an ancient well, but there was a faint coldness in it: "After this matter passes, I will come to see you!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine will retire!" At this time, Yuan Guifei didn't dare to make trouble, so she turned around and left.

Emperor Chongzhen got off the dragon chair and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brain constantly spinning, trying to analyze the whole thing.

Spreading rumors, instigating relationships, and taking a two-pronged approach is really a good means, but even so, you can't stop yourself from clearing your land! What power can Uncle Yuan Guo have, if he wants to use Uncle Yuan Guo to turn the situation back, then he is too underestimating himself, right?

Are you being underestimated? Emperor Chongzhen shook his head, the other party obviously wouldn't make such a mistake, that was to force himself to take Uncle Yuan Guo under the knife? To vent your anger? Obviously, it won't be so simple, gambling that you don't dare to deal with Uncle Yuan? It's impossible, there's always a difference in this, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't figure it out.

What is the difference, Emperor Chongzhen already has an eyebrow, that is, to force himself to stop clearing the land, stop the apportionment into the mu, and stop the gentry from paying taxes as one!

The last assassination was obvious, instigating the prisoners of the country's prison, and then waiting for an opportunity to assassinate himself, just as the so-called people die and birds are facing the sky, everything is over, and the new policy proposed by himself is no play. As for whether there will be chaos after his death, not at all.

There are many cases of the violent death of the Ming monarch, and the ministers have enough experience to deal with this matter, and there are not two princes in the capital, just welcome them, and there is no difficulty at all. But what about this time? Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand it, was it just to block himself?

"Your Majesty, Lord Wen Zhen and Lord Meng Wen are asking to see you outside!" Emperor Chongzhen hadn't figured it out yet, and Wang Chengen had already spoken out.

Wen Zhenmeng is here again? Emperor Chongzhen's heart sank, something must have happened, without the slightest hesitation, he flicked his sleeves and said directly: "Let him in!" He walked directly to the dragon chair and waited for Wen Zhenmeng to see him.

"Chen Wen Zhenmeng see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Wen Zhenmeng hurriedly knelt on the ground, and without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak, Wen Zhenmeng said what Emperor Chongzhen expected: "Your Majesty, something happened!" ”

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, looked at Wen Zhenmeng and said, "Aiqing, say it!" What happened? ”

Wen Zhenmeng was stunned, how could he listen to the emperor's tone as if he had expected it a long time ago? didn't have time to think about it, Wen Zhenmeng said directly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Bin, the son of Uncle Yuan, is dead, he died in the prison of Shuntian Mansion, he was poisoned!" ”

"What? Yuan Bin is dead? Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise randomly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Yuan Bin is dead, just now the minister and Lord Xu went to the prison of Shuntian Mansion together, ready to see Yuan Bin, who would have thought that when he just got there, he found that Yuan Bin was dead, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and he had been dead for a long time!" Wen Zhenmeng didn't dare to hide it, and said directly.

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, no wonder he couldn't figure it out, it turned out that it was not aimed at himself, but Wen Zhenmeng.

Yuan Bin died in the prison of Shuntian Mansion, Wen Zhenmeng couldn't get out of it, and forced his uncle's son to death, this is a big crime! No matter what the reason is, now that Yuan Bin is dead, Wen Zhenmeng is all over his mouth, and he can't say it clearly.

Slammed the table hard, ruthlessly, really ruthless, Emperor Chongzhen also understood in his heart that this matter was premeditated in advance.

"Go back, let Xu Xianchun investigate this case, and find out to me, I want to know who did it!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it, and said directly through gritted teeth.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen remembered a person, and this person's name was Liang Zhongkun.

Just now Yuan Guifei mentioned this person, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care very much, and now it seems that this person is a very key person. Glancing at Wang Chengen beside him, Emperor Chongzhen said directly: "You go to Uncle Yuan's mansion immediately, on the one hand, to report the funeral of Uncle Yuan, and on the other hand, to show me a person named Liang Zhongkun, you can't have the slightest mistake, understand?" ”

"Slave understands!" Wang Chengen nodded, turned around and strode outside.

"Your Majesty, this matter involves Weichen and Lord Xu, and it is very inappropriate for Lord Xu to investigate this case!" Although Wen Zhenmeng didn't know what Emperor Chongzhen was doing when he detained this Liang Zhongkun, now was not the time to care about this, so he said: "Chen and Xu Aiqing need to avoid suspicion!" ”

After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongzhen nodded: "I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, but I also need to calm down the discussion, so let Tian Ergeng of Jinyiwei investigate, anyway, the last palace gate incident was handed over to him." ”

"Your Majesty, please ask the Emperor to allow the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to participate in the adjustment of this case, and there are many masters among the six doors!" Wen Zhenmeng thought for a moment and added.

Glancing at Wen Zhenmeng, Emperor Chongzhen once again felt that Wen Zhenmeng was of great use, and there was no chaos at all at this time. It is true that Dali Temple and the Criminal Department should be involved, otherwise there will still be a quarrel, so he simply nodded and said: "No problem, I'm ready!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree can be issued, so that the Criminal Department can mobilize the elite of the six doors to investigate the murder of Yuan Guo's uncle and son together with Dali Temple and Jinyiwei.

When Tian Ergeng received this holy decree, he was a little dazed in his heart, but he reacted instantly, and rushed directly to the prison of Shuntian Mansion with people. When he arrived, the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple also arrived.

The person from the Criminal Department is Huo Zhen, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and this time there is a big incident, and the Criminal Department does not dare to slack off. The head catcher of the six doors followed by four, and at a glance he knew that he was a veteran of the prison. Dali Temple is the young Qing Qin Wuwu, who is not very old, but his eyes are very sharp, and he is not easy to fool.

The group entered the prison of Shuntianfu, and after learning that no one had touched the body, they were relieved.

"Everyone, since we are all here to find out the truth, let's conduct an autopsy first!" Tian Ergeng's gaze swept over the faces of the people from Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and said expressionlessly: "Bring the people you brought to Dudaishan, and start the autopsy each!" ”

The captain of Jinyiwei carried out Yuan Bin's body and began to perform an autopsy, Jinyiwei's manpower and the people of the six doors were relatively good, and the people of Dali Temple were a little worse. Since the Great Song Dynasty produced a Song Ci and wrote a book of "Clearing Grievances", it has become the official configuration of the Ming Yamen.

Even a small county town has a work, but the level is uneven, but the people of the six doors and the brocade guard are naturally masters.

"My lord, the corpse has been examined!" The people of Jinyi came to Tian Ergeng's side and spoke.

Seeing that the people from the Six Gates and the people from Dali Temple were looking at him, Tian Ergeng glared at his subordinates fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Say it!" ”

"Yes, my lord, after a preliminary examination, the deceased died of poison, the deceased's lips were chapped, there were blue-black blood stains on the corners of his mouth, his eye sockets were deep-set, his fingers were blue and black, and there were faint blood stains in his nostrils and ears. The silver needle probes the throat, the silver needle turns black, the silver needle probes the stomach, and the silver needle turns black, and it can be concluded that the deceased died of poisoning, and the poison taken was arsenic. ”

Tian Ergeng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, the moment he saw the corpse, he also concluded that it was poisoning, but now it is really confirmed.

Huo Zhen, the waiter of the Criminal Department, glanced at his own deeds, and saw that he nodded to himself, so he didn't say anything.

"A porcelain vase was found on the body of the deceased, which contained an unknown pill, which at first glance looked like Fushou ointment. The humble duty scraped open the Fushou ointment and found that it was arsenic inside, but it was wrapped in a layer of Fushou ointment. ”

"It can be concluded that the deceased died by taking the arsenic in the porcelain vase!"

Tian Ergeng frowned: "Once you finish speaking, don't hide it, you can't say anything to others!" ”

"My lord, I have questioned the jailers, and no one has had any contact with the deceased during the time that the deceased was in prison." One of the hundred households of the Jinyi Guard stepped forward and said, "There are four jailers in the cell, and at least two are left. ”

"The jailer could see the cell of the deceased from where he was, and if someone was in contact with the deceased, they could see it. The cells on both sides of the deceased were empty, and the deceased lived alone, although the jailer may have lied in order to shirk his responsibility, but combined with the porcelain bottle pill found, the deceased probably died by suicide! ”

Tian Ergeng raised his head fiercely and said loudly: "Suicide? Are you saying he committed suicide? ”

This time Tian Ergeng was really angry, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said: "The son of the dignified uncle, he committed suicide in the prison of Shuntian Mansion, you better think about it!" ”

"Lord Tian!" On the side, Qin Wuwu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, suddenly spoke: "The emperor asked us to find out the truth, as for other things, it has nothing to do with us, and now the evidence points to suicide." If Uncle Yuan's son is threatened or persecuted in prison, it is still very possible to commit suicide! ”

"Of course, there is another possibility, someone forced Uncle Yuan's son to death, and then gave An a charge of suicide."

The atmosphere of the scene suddenly became mysterious, and everyone's eyes drifted to Wen Zhenmeng, things were too similar to that. Wen Zhenmeng was humiliated by Yuan Bin and took Yuan Bin back to the yamen of Shuntianfu and put him in prison.

The latter thing can be imagined, suicide caused by persecution, or simply murder to vent anger, no matter which one it is, Wen Zhenmeng is in trouble.

Tian Ergeng had a feeling of numbness in his scalp, although he had just returned to the capital, but there was a staff full of wisdom by his side, who analyzed the situation for him, Tian Ergeng knew that at this time, Wen Zhenmeng must not have an accident, just this time everything pointed to Wen Zhenmeng, which was simply fatal.

Before everyone could react, there was a sudden cry outside, everyone knew that Uncle Yuan was here! (To be continued.) )