Chapter 131: Rumors Spread
Two days later, Zhu Yun really arrived in Jiankang, and after he checked with Concubine Hui, he learned that the letter sent by Concubine Hui that day had been tampered with, and the letter said just as Liu Yan expected, saying that King Xu died of a violent illness, and asked him to rush to Jiankang. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When the emperor heard this, he was very shocked, and in this way, this turmoil of careless medication became a premeditated murder case, and the emperor Long Yan was furious and ordered the criminal department and the division of the temple to find out the truth within seven days.
At the same time, a decree was issued that caught everyone in the palace off guard, thoroughly investigated the three palaces and six courts, and once suspicious people were found, they were immediately seized.
Under such a strict will, it is indispensable for someone to declare a personal vendetta, and it is indispensable to dig out other secrets in the deep palace, and this will, the emperor handed over to Liu Yan.
Liu Yan said that this was a great opportunity, but Chu Shenxia didn't care, but reminded him many times, asking him to pay more attention, so as not to be exploited by others and charged with using power for personal gain by the minister.
Liu Yan did not disappoint Chu Shenxia, and on the day of the order, he found a very suspicious person, that is, Mingyu, a little palace maid who specially decocted medicine for King Xu.
Liu Yan didn't ask a few words, and saw that she looked so nervous that her face turned pale, and she didn't care at first, but thought that it was normal for her to be young and afraid. But gradually, he found that this little palace maid spoke upside down, and the bull's head was not in the horse's mouth, which was very strange.
Just a little intimidated her, she was so frightened that the whole person trembled, and her eyes kept looking at the father-in-law beside Liu Yan, as if she was very afraid of them.
Those old men are the old men in the palace of Concubine Hui, relying on their old age and experience, they often bully and call the little palace maids, and the little palace maids are even more afraid of them than the emperor.
Liu Yan waved his hand back from the others, motioned for her to stand up, and asked softly: "If you have anything to say, just say it, I will keep you safe, if you are really not at ease, then I will ask my father to transfer you to the East Palace." ”
Ming Yu responded very gratefully, and was about to kneel down and kowtow in thanks, but was stopped by Liu Yan raising his hand, and then stabilized his voice and said: "Since I entered the palace, I have to decoct medicine for His Royal Highness King Xu every day, and I am very familiar with the taste of the medicine, even I can smell the sweetness and bitterness in it, and others call me a dog's nose." ”
Speaking of this, for fear that Liu Yan would not believe it, he secretly glanced at Liu Yan and met his soft gaze, Ming Yu then continued with great confidence: "Later, Dr. Sun came, she just added a few herbs to the original prescription, and the smell was no different from before, but on the day His Royal Highness King Xu had an accident, I felt that the smell of the medicine was different from before." ”
"What's the difference?" Liu Yan grasped the key point and asked.
"There was a faint aroma in the medicine, I thought it was strange at the time, but I didn't think much about it, and then King Xu really had an accident, and I was afraid that Concubine Hui would punish me, so I covered it up. But I haven't slept well these days, and I always dream that His Royal Highness King Xu came down to me to ask for my life. As Ming Yu spoke, he actually cried, and his face was almost distorted, as if he was resisting the urge to cry.
Liu Yan's eyes flashed, and he comforted her: "If what you said is true, it means that someone is deliberately harming King Xu, what does it have to do with you, you don't have to be so afraid, the person who King Xu wants to kill will never be you." ”
She nodded very obediently, blinked her eyes, and lowered her head, Liu Yan waved her hand to signal her to go out, and suddenly stopped her again, and admonished: "Remember, what you just said to me, you must not mention it to the second person, if someone asks you and me what you and I said here......"
"I just said I don't know." Ming Yu scrambled to speak.
Liu Yan looked at her with a smile, shook his head and said, "How can you say that you don't know, you just tell them that I have deduced the murderer, and I will have someone to take you out of the palace in a while, understand?" ”
Although Ming Yu didn't understand, he nodded very obediently and said seriously: "Ming Yu remembers." ”
Rumors and rumors, rumors and remarks, spread faster than Liu Yan imagined, not only the palace, but also the East Palace and the mansions of major officials.
Chu Shenxia and Liu Yan each sat on the side of the couch, and the two of them were silent, only caring about flipping through the thick booklets on the table, which recorded the entry and exit of all the imperial doctors and the use of medicinal materials in the Tai Hospital this month.
The truth may be hidden under these calm words, but it is inevitably a little difficult to find it like this, and after looking at it for a few hours in a row, Chu Shenxia's eyes are a little unbearable.
Everywhere he looked, there were double shadows, he had to rub his eyes several times when he looked at a page of records, Liu Yan saw that he was so difficult, and couldn't help but persuade: "Forget it, your process is not half of mine, let me see." ”
Chu Shenxia naturally didn't listen to persuasion, but the more he got later, the more the words became more and more flowers, and no matter how many times he rubbed them, he couldn't see them clearly, so he had to give up.
"As far as I can see, the most diligent person in and out of the hospital is Xu Zhicai, and the other is Xu Changru, these two people, one is the judge of the right court, and the other is the old imperial doctor who has experienced two dynasties." Chu Shenxia changed his comfortable posture and looked at Liu Yandao.
Liu Yan didn't raise his head when he heard the voice, and continued to look at it, and said: "I looked down here, and found that the new herbs of Banrong are not commonly used, which can be seen to be rare, except for Banrong's prescription this month, I haven't seen anyone else use it." ”
"There should be no problem with the half-rong prescription, the important thing is that the aroma that the palace maid said, it is obviously something that has been added, maybe this matter has nothing to do with the Tai Hospital, but those who have the opportunity to contact the medicinal materials of King Xu are very suspicious." Chu Shenxia opened and closed his eyes, repeating the cycle, trying to see the things in front of him clearly.
Liu Yan stopped turning the book, got up and turned his head to stretch his muscles, and exhaled: "No matter which one it is, I have to check carefully, now I have deduced that the rumors of the murderer are spreading, presumably the murderer has been restless, or maybe he is lucky, and wants to respond to all changes with the same, no matter what, he will always show a trace of horseshoe." ”
After Liu Yan finished speaking, seeing that Chu Shenxia only blinked and did not respond, he said with a little amusement: "Shen Xia, what are you doing?" Lately, I've always felt like you're out of your body and can't hear me. ”
Seeing that he still didn't hear himself speak, Liu Yan walked towards him helplessly, and before he could walk in front of him, he had already turned his head and said with a smile: "What His Highness just said, I didn't hear it clearly." ”
"I said, I want you to go to the Punishment Temple, Banrong there, you go and ask in person, maybe you can ask a little clue, the rumors have spread, if I can't find the murderer, I think my father will blame me." Liu Yan put his hand on the saber, looking like he was about to go out.
"Okay." Chu Shenxia agreed very happily this time, took the cane in front of the table, and also got up and said, "Your Highness should pay more attention to the people in the palace, especially those restless little people, these people often stir the bottom of the sea in a mess where we can't see. ”
Liu Yan nodded slightly, agreed with his words, his eyes suddenly flashed, a great thought flashed in his heart, and he asked hesitantly: "My father entrusted me with such a great responsibility, that is, I trust me, why don't I take the opportunity to get rid of some villains in the palace for my father, so as not to threaten my father." ”
"No." Chu Shenxia vetoed it, his face sank, and he explained, "The emperor handed over the great task to His Highness because he believed in His Highness's ability, but in the palace, there are dangers, what kind of people are disguised under their faces, how much does Your Highness want to check and check?" Not to mention the Imperial Palace, it is the East Palace, and His Royal Highness can't even find those spies who have mixed in from these people. Besides, if His Royal Highness takes this opportunity to get rid of some people, what will those ministers and princes behind the eyeliner do? What will the emperor think? ”
"They will only say that His Highness uses his power to get rid of those who are not good for him, and tries to control the palace in his own hands, if the Emperor listens to the rumors of others and feels that His Highness's desire to sit on the throne is becoming more and more anxious, what will he think? The emperor chose His Royal Highness, which is not only to trust His Highness, but also to have a hint of temptation, although His Royal Highness has great power, but what he says and does must be under the control of the emperor, so this move is absolutely impossible. ”
Chu Shenxia was angry because of his tone, his face was flushed with a hint of warmth, and he almost pointed at the country with the cane in his hand, Liu Yan looked at him in surprise, this surprise did not come from his words.
He was still looking depressed, and he was so angry at the moment, thinking about the abnormalities of these ****, Liu Yan always felt weird, but he didn't say it at the moment, he responded lightly, and turned around and went out.
Seeing that he reacted indifferently, Chu Shenxia felt a little irritable, sat down at the table again, flipped up the booklet that he had just seen halfway, and the hand holding the booklet suddenly shook violently, and the booklet slid directly from his hand to his knees.
His eyes widened in surprise, if Fang Cai's hand trembling was a physical reaction, then when he shook his hand to take the booklet at this moment, it was because he was afraid in his heart.
Feeling the weight of the booklet again, Chu Shenxia breathed a sigh of relief, in the past few days, not only could he not see the things in front of him clearly, but he could not hear the voices of others occasionally, and now he couldn't even hold things in his hands.
His gaze slid from his hand all the way to the crutches, Chu Shenxia was almost nervous and couldn't breathe, even though he was able to walk again, but the toxin had invaded his body, making him panic all day long.
The dungeon of the Sixing Temple was dark and cold, but it was very familiar to Chu Shenxia, he was a frequent visitor here, because the matter had become serious, so the emperor did not allow anyone to visit the prison.
This room is not big or small, there are bloodstained torture instruments everywhere in front of him, and the air exudes an extremely unpleasant smell, which is disgusting, but Chen Que's face is as usual, obviously he has long been used to it.
Chu Shenxia was able to see Banrong this time, so he naturally followed Chen Que in, and when the two were talking, Chen Que also had to be on the side to be a monitor.
After waiting for a while, Banrong dragged his long steps and was escorted here by the jailer, and after not seeing him for many days, Banrong lost a lot of weight, his face was extremely pale and terrifying, and his eyes were not as bright as before.
When she saw Chu Shenxia, she couldn't lift her head at all, she just tried her best to smile at him, Chu Shenxia's heart was sour, and she almost got up and walked to him.
Fortunately, the inconvenience of his legs and feet successfully made him come to his senses, and Chen Que saw that he moved uneasily a few times, for fear that he would do something out of the ordinary, so he stared at him closely.
Chu Shenxia clenched and loosened his fist, and after repeating it several times, he finally asked, "Didn't Lord Chen say that there is no need to be punished?" I think she can't hold on? ”
"It's really useless." Chen Que was also very puzzled, and said suspiciously, "Maybe she is weak and can't stand it, and she loses weight day by day, and I specially ordered the jailer to prepare good food for her, for fear that she won't be able to hold it and fall, but ...... I can't help it. ”
Chu Shenxia's gaze wandered over her and asked, "Do you think there's anything abnormal?" Is it poisoned? Or is it really too weak to bear it, you yourself are a doctor, you should be separated. ”
Banrong smiled bitterly, wanted to speak, but didn't have the strength to speak, and gasped with difficulty: "I...... It's ......"
(To be continued.) )