Chapter 245: The Art of Witchcraft
"Do you think it's the ghost of the woman who died that is still alive?"
"I don't think so, but if it's not human......"
Li Tao said categorically: "Many things are beyond the reach of manpower, but it will never be the one in front of you." Ghosts ask for fate, but as for blame, it is not a matter of the netherworld. ”
"What do you mean......"
"This is it."
Li Tao pinched the villain into two sections with a "snap", revealing a piece of yellow silk from it. He pulled out the yellow silk and glanced at the word "Li Xian" written on it.
The county lord of Yuzhen suddenly turned pale, and the person was also shaky: "This ...... It's ......"
Li Tao made a gesture of silence, Yu Zhen bit his lower lip slightly, and his face changed from initial fear to horror, to anger, and finally to calm.
"What a poisonous heart! If I hadn't happened to find out, it would have been ...... after someone reported it."
Li Tao intercepted her words: "Nothing has appeared in the Xiangwang Mansion, and you and I have seen nothing today, understand?" ”
Yu Zhen Bingxue is smart, and she was born in the emperor's family since she was a child, so she didn't understand the stakes in it, so she immediately stopped talking and nodded.
……
"The county lord is gone?" Li Tao asked subconsciously.
"Yes, Lantian King!" Li Bai said crampedly.
"Looks like you're going to have peach blossom luck!" Li Tao said lightly.
"Lantian King...... No...... Not what you think! Li Bai felt that there was no place to put his hands and feet.
"You go and call Uncle Yue, I have something urgent!" Li Tao knew that now was not the time to joke.
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The tenth day of the third month, the day of the great pilgrimage. In the past, Li Tao would have tried to dodge, but today he appeared in the court. Today, Li Tao had to come. The civil and military officials all stared at the Lantian King with complicated eyes, and today he will be officially canonized as the emperor's grandson, that is to say, after today, Li Tao will be the rightful heir to the Tang Dynasty.
After a set of cumbersome procedures, Li Tao officially became the emperor's grandson. It stands to reason that Li Tao should be full of ambition. But all the while, he was dragged through all the steps like a puppet.
After the canonization ceremony, Zhongzong was about to announce the dissolution of the dynasty, but saw a person come out of the ranks: "Your Majesty." Wechen has something important to start! ”
It was the Imperial Shi Qian Song, the servant of the Imperial Historical Observatory from the Sixth Grade, who spoke.
"Oh?" Li Xian's face was a little displeased, this Qian Song is really not long-sighted, how can he choose such a day to do something.
However, Li Xian did not get angry. just said lightly: "What is the matter, just play!" ”
"Someone reported that King Xiang and Princess Taiping practiced witchcraft in the mansion and cursed Your Majesty!"
Qian Song's words just fell. The Manchu civil and military forces were in an uproar.
The so-called witch Gu is that people make wooden figures, engrave the names of their enemies on them, and then put them on the ground or in the house, and curse them day and night. If you curse in this way, you can make the other party suffer and you will be blessed. Since ancient times, no matter who it is. As long as he is charged with "cursing the emperor", he will not be able to live. The most famous is the witch curse of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Tens of thousands of people were implicated and killed because of witchcraft, and even the queen and the crown prince were not spared.
Li Tao, who seemed to be drowsy, instantly brightened up, the time to come has finally come, and today's words of Qian Song seem to be about to make big waves.
Sure enough, Li Xian was stunned at first, and then angry: "Qian Song, you are just a bunch of nonsense, King Xiang and Taiping are lonely brothers and sisters, how can you do such a ridiculous thing, what crime should you be guilty of provoking our brother and sister relationship?" ”
Who knew that Qian Song was uncompromising, he said: "Weichen just told the truth, and he had no intention of provoking His Majesty, King Xiang, and Princess Taiping." ”
At this time, Zong Chuke came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial, in order to correct the names of King Xiang and Princess Taiping, I still send someone to check it, so as not to confuse anyone!" ”
"This ......" Li Xian hesitated.
Zong Chuke looked at King Xiang and Princess Taiping again: "I don't know what King Xiang and Princess Taiping think?" ”
King Xiang said lightly: "It should be so!" ”
Although Princess Taiping is a little angry, she can't refuse, doesn't that make people think that she is weak-hearted?
Li Xian nodded, and Li Xian finally made up his mind: "Okay then!" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, together with Dali Temple, went to the Xiangwang Mansion and the Taiping Princess Mansion to investigate, and the lonely family and the ministers are here, waiting for your news! ”
Liu Xuan took the order and left, and the ministers waited quietly above the main hall.
Li Xian asked Liu Xuan to investigate this matter, although Liu Xuan's criminal department was recommended by Empress Wei, but the ministers of the court and the central government all knew that Liu Xuan was the person of Li Tao, the king of Lantian, Li Tao had not been in the court for a long time, and there was no intertwined relationship, so it was most appropriate for his people to investigate this matter.
King Xiang's face was calm, as if what he said in the court just now was something that had nothing to do with him.
Princess Taiping's face showed anger, and she looked at the bead curtain behind Zhongzong from time to time, in her opinion, this kind of framing thing can only be done by that Empress Wei.
Li Tao was also thinking about it carefully, and after the county lord of Yuzhen looked for him that day, he knew that this matter was not simple. Li Tao knew that since the other party had done this, he must have put the king and the princess Taiping to death, and he had made full preparations in advance. He thought of everything he should have thought of, the only thing he didn't expect the other party to make a move today. Could it really be that Queen Wei did it, but I faintly felt that it was wrong.
Finally, under the anxious waiting of everyone, Liu Xuan came to restore his life.
"Your Majesty, it is true that witch Gu things have been found in the Prime Minister's Mansion and Princess Taiping's Mansion!"
After that, Liu Xuan ordered someone to hand over the searched and peach carved villain.
Li Xian broke the villain open, and his name was really written on the yellow silk. His hands were trembling, and after a long time he asked sadly: "King Xiang, Taiping, what do you say?" ”
Li Xian usually called Li Dan and Taiping the emperor's younger brothers and sisters, but at this time, he called them knighthoods, and it seems that he was not lightly angry.
King Xiang shook his head and said, "I have nothing to say!" ”
Princess Taiping said loudly: "Your Majesty, we are brothers and sisters, how can we do such a thing?" ”
"And how can this be explained?" Li Xian asked, pointing to the wooden figure.
"Someone must have framed it!" Princess Taiping hissed.
Zong Chuke stepped forward and said: "I hope that Your Majesty will deal with this matter fairly, otherwise everyone will follow suit in the future, and the consequences will be ......."
"Zong Chuke, you thief!" Princess Taiping was anxious.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" At this moment, someone spoke up.
The hundred officials followed the prestige, and it was Li Tao, who had just been canonized as the emperor's grandson.
As soon as Li Xian saw that it was Li Tao who spoke, his voice slowed down slightly: "Tao'er, say it!" ”
"Your Majesty is rich all over the world, and you are the Son of Heaven, can't you tolerate a younger brother and a younger sister? In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty insisted on going his own way, and finally ended up regretting it on the Sizi platform. (To be continued......)