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Ji Gang hurriedly bowed down and took it, read it carefully page by page, he also recognized the handwriting of the third prince Zhu Gaosui, the secret letters were extracted, what else could be said, besides, this is a case personally reviewed by the prince, the prince is the future emperor, he Ji Gang does not dare to find faults. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After reading it, Ji Gang returned the stack of paper to the prince with a smile and said, "Yes...... It was Weichen who was negligent in ...... and didn't see through Wang Sicai's conspiracy to frame Concubine Shun and Master Gu, hehe......"

With a few words, Ji Gang put the responsibility for this wrongful case on Wang Sicai, saying that it was a wrongful case caused by Wang Sicai's indiscriminate confession. Because torture was legal in the Ming Dynasty, and it was an important means to obtain confessions for Jinyiwei. It makes sense for him to put the blame on the dead Wang Sicai.

So Ming Chengzu nodded: "Since this matter was not done by Yang Aiqing, then ......"

When Ji Gang heard this, Ming Chengzu called Yang Qiuchi and said that it had been transformed into "Yang Aiqing", and secretly shouted that it was not good, and hurriedly rushed forward and said: "Your Majesty, although the murder of Concubine Xian Niangniang has nothing to do with him, however, when he opened the coffin of Concubine Xian Niangniang for an autopsy, he wantonly destroyed Niangniang's body, which is also a serious crime of disrespect, and it should be beheaded all over the house, even the nine clans!" ”

Yang Qiuchi had been listening to it from the sidelines, and when he heard Ji Gang's vicious words at this moment, he laughed, he was already in his chest at the moment, so he ignored his wild screams.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "It is true that the body of Concubine Xian was damaged, but it was not done by Yang Houye." ”

Ji Gang was shocked, and said to the prince without smiling: "Won't it?" After he left, the Jinyi guards sent by the minister to follow him immediately dug up the mausoleum and entered the tabernacle, opened the coffin for an autopsy, and found ......"

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi sneered: "Lord Ji, Marquis Yang has obtained the permission of his father to open the coffin of the tomb of Concubine Xian Niangniang for an autopsy, but I don't know that your Jinyi Wei dug up the tomb of Concubine Xian Niangniang for the so-called open coffin autopsy, so that the Holy Body of Niangniang was exposed to the eyes of these vulgar people, but who ordered it?" ”

Ji Gang was taken aback, according to the provisions of the "Da Ming Law", destroying the imperial mausoleum is a great rebellion, it is a heinous crime, and it is a felony to exterminate the nine clans, although the virtuous concubine is not the queen, her mausoleum is not the imperial mausoleum, but the virtuous concubine is no less than the queen in the mind of Ming Chengzu, and whether it is considered an imperial tomb is not a matter of Ming Chengzu's words.

Ji Gang was already in a cold sweat, he was just bent on overthrowing Yang Qiuchi at that time, so he authorized Jin Yiwei to find a way to destroy the body of Concubine Xian Niangniang to frame him, but he ignored this detail, now that he thinks about it carefully, this is not a trivial matter, if he doesn't get to Yang Qiuchi, he fell first. His head reacted very quickly, and as soon as his mind turned, he had an idea, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, it was Weichen who neglected to supervise, and Weichen only cared about the culprit of picketing and destroying Niangniang's body, and ignored the opening of the tomb by his subordinates without authorization." It's really a sin that deserves death, please give the emperor a sin! ”

Ming Chengzu glared at Ji Gang, frowned, waved his hand, and said to Zhu Gaochi: "You go on, who is it that destroyed the body of Concubine Xian?" ”

"Erchen entered the mausoleum and saw that the lid of the coffin was overturned, and the body of the virtuous concubine in the coffin had been cut beyond recognition."

A fierce light flashed in Ming Chengzu's eyes, and a murderous aura permeated the hall. Ji Gang felt this thick murderous aura, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Gaochi said: "Erchen conducted a careful investigation and found some clues, proving that the person who destroyed the body of Concubine Xian Niangniang could not be Yang Houye. ”

Ji Gang's smug smile froze suddenly. looked at the prince in a daze.

Ming Chengzu asked, "Why?" ”

"Because on the remains of Concubine Xian's mother, Erchen found at least three different kinds of knife wound marks!"

Ming Chengzu was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaochi: "Three different traces of knife wounds? ”

"Yes," the prince said: "The wounds on the remains of Concubine Xian Niangniang are all cut wounds, but due to the different widths of the blades, different cut marks have been left on the bones of Concubine Xian Niangniang who have not been cut off, and a careful comparison can find that there are three different cut marks!" ”

Of course, these were all pointed out to Song Yuner after analyzing the scars on Concubine Xian's body.

Ji Gang's body trembled: "Three different slash marks? This...... This is all obvious? ”

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi continued: "When the murderer cuts, if he can't cut the bones with a single knife, he will definitely leave a knife mark on the bones, so this prince only needs to look at the exposed bone sections on the body of Concubine Xian Niangniang to determine whether it was cut with the same knife." If the father didn't believe it, the son also sent someone to guard the tomb of the virtuous concubine. ”

Ming Chengzu nodded: "Gao Chi has always been cautious, what you have verified, of course my father believes it, don't look at it, go back and order them to rearrange the mausoleum and bury it, let Yixian send the people to watch the mausoleum, and no one is allowed to disturb it, give Concubine Xian a peace." ”

The prince bowed and agreed.

Ji Gang saw that the form was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, and asked stubbornly. "Just by three different slash marks, can you be sure that it wasn't Yang Qiuchi who cut it?"

The prince said: "If it was done by Marquis Yang, is it necessary for him to use three different knives to cut it?" Besides, this prince asked the magistrate of Yi County and the people who participated in the second coffin autopsy at that time, when Yang Houye entered the curtain road, he was bare-handed, and he didn't have a knife on his body at all! ”

"That'...... So who knows where he hid the knife? Ji Gang saw that this was the last chance to overthrow Yang Qiuchi, although this was very rude to the prince, but he couldn't care about it. He added: "Besides, based on these, it is not certain that he did not do it." ”

"Maybe not," the prince sneered, a little angry, "However, with the handprint of the brocade guard in the coffin of Concubine Xian, it should be proven." ”

Ji Gang was taken aback: "Handprints? What mudras? Jinyiwei's? ”

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi ignored him and said to Ming Chengzu: "Father, my son learned a very interesting trick not long ago, show it to you." Please press your palm on the table so that you can see the handprint you just pressed on the table. ”

Ming Chengzu was a little surprised, Yiyan stretched out his hand, pressed it on the square table next to him, and then looked at Zhu Gaochi with great interest.

Zhu Gaochi was not in a hurry, took out a tube of magnetic fingerprint brush from his arms, and gently brushed it at the place where Ming Chengzu had pressed his handprint just now, which was very magical! In that place on the table, a complete handprint appeared!

Of course, this magnetic surname fingerprint brush was lent to him by Song Yuner.

Ming Chengzu was very curious, and lowered his head and looked at it for a long time: "Huh? How did this manifest itself? After thinking about it, he pressed it with his left hand next to him, signaling the prince Zhu Gaochi to reappear. Of course, in a moment, the handprint next to it also appeared!

Ming Chengzu was even more surprised, and looked at the fingerprint brush in Zhu Gaochi's hand: "What is this?" It's amazing! ”

The prince said: "This is what Marquis Yang used for me to investigate the case, and it can show handprints." ”

Ji Gang sneered: "What Yang Qiuchi gave is not a trick to try to get away with cunning. ”

The prince said coldly: "Commander Ji, what you said is not right, so let's not say clearly, let's try it, you first press a handprint on the table, and then use ink to extend a handprint, compare it, see if it is the same, and you will know if it is a trick to deceive." ”

Listening to the prince's words was very unkind, Ji Gang sighed in his heart, he can't afford to provoke the prince, that is the future emperor, unless he Ji Gang is ready to give Ming Chengzu a funeral, and will not serve the new emperor in the future. So, a little embarrassed and laughed: "This ...... Hehe, that's not necessary...... what the prince said is absolutely right! ”

Although the crown prince Zhu Gaochi was born with an easy-going surname, he is not a person who can be ridiculed by his courtiers. He took a step forward with a gloomy face, grabbed Ji Gang's hand, pulled it over and pressed it on the table.

Ji Gang was born in martial arts, and if he really wanted to do it, the prince couldn't hold him, but even if he had great skills at this moment, he didn't dare to show it.

After pressing the handprint, the prince used a fingerprint brush to show the fingerprints, and then asked the eunuch to bring ink to Ji Gang to coat, use a thin silk paper to extend the handprint, and then cover the handprint in the handprint that appeared on the table, which is exactly the same!

Prince Zhu Gaochi stared at Ji Gang: "Commander Ji, now, what else do you have to say?" ”

Ji Gang was very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Yes...... Hehe, this thing...... Hehe, that's not wrong at all...... Hehe...... it's kind of interesting......"

The prince no longer paid attention to Ji Gang, turned his head to Ming Chengzu and said: "Father, when the sons and sons visited the tomb of Concubine Xian Niangniang, they not only found that there were at least three different traces of knife wounds on the bones of Concubine Xianniang, but also that the inner wall of Concubine Xian's coffin was covered with handprints. After Erchen extracted the handprints in this way, he found that there were several handprints on the inner wall of the coffin of Concubine Xian Niangniang, which were very distinctive, and the handprints were very large, and there was a crack in the middle. ”

Hearing this, Ji Gang was clever and broke out in a cold sweat.

Ming Chengzu sighed and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this cracked handprint?" ”

"That's not right," the prince said, and took out a piece of white paper from his arms, on which there was a big handprint of silver powder, and the prince pointed to the handprint and said: "Yang Houye's palm is far from being so big, father, please see, there is a crack in the middle of this handprint, indicating that the owner of the handprint should be a person whose palm has been injured!" ”

Ji Gang was even more frightened, and peeked at the high-ranking official of the Jinyi Guard who was in charge of opening the coffin and entering the mausoleum to forge the scene next to him, but he was also looking at Ji Gang without a master. Ji Gang knew when he looked at his eyes that both of them had lost their minds.

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(To be continued)