When the two of them entered the room, they saw two people who looked like little eunuchs, covered in blood and flesh, and next to them were soldiers from the Imperial City Division, whipping vigorously.

The two went in, Zhao Yuankan showed Liu Zhixin the emperor's handwritten letter, this is a holy decree, Liu Zhixin hurriedly saluted and said: "Obey the holy decree!" ”

Zhao Yuankan said: "This case was taken over by this king. ”

Liu Zhixin is unwilling, this case has finally found out some eyebrows, but now it is handed over to Zhao Yuankan for trial, it is obvious that this is a credit grab.

Although you Zhao Yuankan is the prince, you are also a prince, and you are also your elder, but you are so unsightly. I was about to make a few difficult words to vent the dissatisfaction in my heart.

Zhao Yuankan also realized that his attitude just now was a little tough, so he smiled hypocritically and said, "Why is General Liu so angry? This king is only following the will of his father, and there is nothing he can do. And according to the king's investigation, these two little eunuchs should not be suspicious! ”

Liu Zhixin was stunned for a moment, there should be no suspicion of anything, but seeing that Zhao Yuankan's attitude was much better, he was not good at meeting him in general, after all, he was an elder, even if he was a prince, but after all, he was a courtier, but he didn't dare not put the prince in his eyes, and this prince was still on an errand.

Liu Zhixin said with some disbelief: "Since the prince said that the case has nothing to do with these two little eunuchs, but the last general personally took a confession, this must have something to do with them, but no matter how they are tortured, these two little eunuchs always don't speak!" ”

At this time, Feng Manlou said: "According to this official, these two little eunuchs don't know anything at all. A person who has been whipped so many times and beaten to the point of a blur of flesh and blood, in such a situation, is still crying out for pain, which can only mean that he cannot withstand such a punishment at all. That's what can be recruited, so recruit all of them. ”

Liu Zhixin turned his head to look at Feng Manlou, and thought to himself, no wonder the official family would let him come to Zhao Yuankan as his deputy, it turned out that there were really two brushes, why didn't I think of these, it was just a strong fight.

Liu Zhixin asked, "Lord Feng, as you said, then these two little eunuchs really don't know?" ”

Feng Manlou said with certainty: "I'm not sure yet, I'll know when the official asks for a confession." It's just that, General Liu, if you fight again, these two little eunuchs will be killed! ”

Liu Zhixin heard this, and hurriedly shouted to the executioners: "Stop, stop, put it down, and if you beat it again, you will be killed!" "But I thought in my heart, look at how you ask for a confession like Feng Manlou. The official didn't believe it, what confession can you ask, thinking of this, he asked Feng Manlou and said: "Ben General has already asked for a confession, wait and see if Lord Feng can ask some confessions that others don't know!" ”

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "The general has asked for so long, he must have asked everything." How dare a subordinate compare with a general? ”

The executioner dragged the two little eunuchs down, and it could be seen that this was not the first time that the two little eunuchs had been tortured and interrogated.

Gao Qi gasped and was still screaming. Although Wang Si didn't scream, he was no better than him, and he couldn't stop trembling, as if this was the only way to alleviate some of the pain.

Feng Manlou also felt furious in his heart when he saw it, it was really cruel to put such a heavy hand on innocent people. Feng Manlou has always believed in the phrase cruelty and ruthlessness to the enemy. But this is not an enemy, but it is also not cruel.

This time, the confessions of the two were exactly the same as before, but when they saw the meaning of Feng Manlou, it seemed that they had a chance to get rid of their crimes, so they said it in more detail.

And Feng Manlou is very interested in the details of Gu Gonggong, who is in charge of the charcoal house. Feng Manlou asked Gao Qidao: "Who did you listen to say that this charcoal soaked in heavy snow is not easy to burn?" ”

Gao Qi said: "That's what Gu Gonggong said, Gu Gonggong said that the snow was too thick the night before, and the roof of the charcoal house was rarely repaired, so it was crushed by the heavy snow, so the upper layer of the charcoal was soaked in heavy snow**." When the villains went to take the charcoal, it was a little wet, so Gu Gonggong said that he asked the villains to take more dry charcoal, so that the wet charcoal would not have an impact. The villains wanted to take all the charcoal, but Grandpa Gu refused! ”

Feng Manlou thought about it, if he wanted to think about the conditions for the incomplete combustion of coal, the first thing was to take more charcoal in order to consume more oxygen. However, if there is more carbon, the fire will definitely get bigger and bigger, how can there be so much smoke.

The second condition is that there is not enough oxygen. But he was obviously in the main hall at that time, and the main hall was so big, but at that time, the charcoal had not been completely burned, and there was no shortage of oxygen at all. The reason for the poisoning of the officials was that the smoke of the charcoal did not spread completely.

Taken together, it is almost certain that there must be something wrong with this carbon! Feng Manlou asked Liu Zhixin: "General Liu, this official suspects that there is a problem with this carbon, did it be preserved at that time?" ”

Liu Zhixin said: "At that time, after the official family was poisoned, the queen asked people to extinguish the charcoal, and then kept the charcoal basin for inspection. Ben will take some back, and here it is now! ”

Liu Zhixin asked people to take out some charcoal, Feng Manlou looked at it, and asked Liu Zhixin again: "Confirm that this is charcoal, right?" ”

Liu Zhixin said: "Exactly, it is these carbons. At that time, the general suspected that it was poisonous, and invited a member of the criminal department to come to test it and confirm that it was not toxic! Therefore, Ben will remember it clearly! ”

Feng Manlou smiled, picked up the coals, and said, "It seems that we have to find that Gu Gonggong!" ”

"Oh? General Liu seems to be a careful person, has he gained something from looking for Gu's father-in-law? Feng Manlou asked.

Liu Zhixin said: "There is nothing to gain. Gu Gonggong said that these charcoals were indeed taken out of the charcoal house, and he also admitted that the little eunuchs Gao Qi and Wang Si were true. Therefore, Ben General suspected that these two little eunuchs had something to hide! ”

Feng Manlou said: "No, with these two little eunuchs, let them go!" It seems that let's go meet that Gu Gonggong for a while! ”

Zhao Yuankan is a righteous envoy after all, plus the wind is full of buildings, and a group of more than ten people are walking in the palace, which is also eye-catching. Fortunately, this charcoal room is not far from the imperial dining room, which belongs to the ** miscellaneous personnel, even so, it has been interrogated many times by the front division of the palace.

Finally, when everyone rushed to the outside of the charcoal house, they found that the door of the charcoal house was locked. According to the rules of the palace, the father-in-law Gu, who guards the charcoal house, will definitely be on duty here, but now the person is gone.

Feng Manlou noticed that the door was unlocked, and he stepped forward and pushed it gently, but saw that the door of the charcoal room was easily opened. Once inside, there is a small wing, which seems to be used for office use. On the left side of the wing, there is a small road, which leads directly to the charcoal house.

None of this is surprising, the most surprising thing is that a eunuch is lying on the desk, looking like he has died of anger. The guard stepped forward to test his pulse, then shook his head and said, "Dead! ”

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