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At that time, the Song Dynasty forensic treatise "Records of Clearing Grievances" was already a household name, and almost every person and ordinary officials had a copy of it, as a guide for autopsy. Of course, Lu Huanji, www.biquge.info also knew that Chinese coroners would use silver hairpins to probe the throat when they inquired whether the body had been poisoned and killed.

Therefore, before the completion of Concubine Xian's mausoleum, Lu Huanji proposed to let Gou Jian take advantage of the opportunity of guarding the ice storage of Concubine Xian's body to put arsenic in a small bowl of noodle tea, and then use a bamboo tube to pour poisonous noodle tea into the throat of Concubine Xian's corpse. The poisoned body was buried in the mausoleum.

Subsequently, Lu Huanji let his two Korean maids walk around the news, saying that Concubine Xian's death was unknown, and maybe she was killed. These words finally reached the ears of the emperor Ming Chengzu, which caused Ming Chengzu's doubts, and finally decided to transfer Yang Qiuchi back to solve the case.

Coincidentally, Yang Qiuchi's corpse this time is the emperor's favorite concubine, he did not dare to follow the modern forensic autopsy routine for examination, and even did not dare to take off the clothes of the corpse of the virtuous concubine for body surface examination, and the result also used the drug testing method recorded in the "Record of Clearing Grievances", the silver hairpin probed the throat, because there was no swallowing action after the person died, so, this Xiaowan added arsenic noodle tea stayed at the throat of the corpse of the virtuous concubine, and the silver hairpin probed the throat really turned black. fell into Lu Huanji's calculations.

This inaccurate drug test result was reported to Ming Chengzu by Ji Gang, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, and Ming Chengzu was furious, and immediately assigned Ji Gang to torture the people involved in the case to extract confessions.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Lu Huanji asked the two Korean maids to spread rumors that Lu Yuanshan and Mei had quarreled with Concubine Xian and mocked the dead Empress Xu and Concubine Xian. He quietly reminded Ming Chengzu that Lian'er, the personal maid who served Concubine Xian, was the maid who served Lu Yuan's good beauty.

Ming Chengzu really fell into Lu Huanji's calculations, and immediately asked Ji Gang to arrest and torture the maids and eunuchs around Lu Yuanshan, and under torture, they all confessed according to this statement, admitting that they had heard that Lu Yuanshan and the beautiful people had ridiculed the virtuous concubine Niangniang and the dead Queen Xu.

Then, Ji Gang tortured the maid Lian'er to extract a confession, Lian'er was tortured, and confessed that she was instructed by Lu Yuan's good beauty, and that night she put arsenic in the tea of the virtuous concubine Niangniang, and this arsenic was bought by the palm print eunuch Jin Liang and the eunuch Jin De who were instructed by Lu Yuan's good beauty to find the silversmith Xu Si. Then he tortured Jin Liang, Jin De and the silversmith to extract confessions, and almost no one could resist the torture of Jin Yiwei, and of course they all confessed according to this statement.

After Ming Chengzu got Ji Gang's report, he was furious and went on a killing spree, killing hundreds of palace maids and eunuchs, and personally used a soldering iron to slowly burn Lu Yuan's good beauties for more than ten days, and burned them alive.

This time, after the case between Gou Jian and Lu Huanji was exposed, Ji Gang now understood that the case of Lu Yuanshan's beautiful woman poisoning Concubine Niangniang, which he was greedy for, was a complete unjust case!

Ji Gang was a little angry, and ordered Lu Huanji to be brought in.

After Lu Huanji came, Ji Gang asked Gou Jian and the two Korean maids to repeat the content of the confession. Lu Huanji knew that the general trend was gone, her face turned pale, and she collapsed on the ground.

Ji Gang said coldly: "Lu Huanji, you deceived the saint and framed Lu Yuan's good beauty, the crime is unforgivable, you don't confess, do you want to suffer your flesh and skin?" ”

Lu Huanji shook her head miserably: "If I don't harm her, she will hurt me too!" This woman is insidious and cunning, and his father's protector Lu Guizhen has framed my father before. Although she entered the palace this time, she has been plotting to harm me. It's just that let me get my hands first, otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be the one who will be burned to death by the soldering iron. I did it, I have nothing more to say, you can hand me over to the emperor to deal with......"

Yang Qiuchi looked at her big watery eyes that could talk, and her heart was a little gloomy, it turned out that these two Lu Meiren were not only competing for favor, but when they were in North Korea, the two families had a grudge, and this grudge continued to their generation.

The four of them have all confessed, and the next thing is to report to the palace.

Yang Qiuchi ran back to the living room first, took the package wrapped in the golden book and iron coupon from Feng Xiaoxue's hand, handed it to Liu Ruobing to hold, and then whispered to Liu Ruobing and Song Yun'er After telling the purpose of this trip, he took the two of them, Ji Gang and Li Gonggong with Jinyiwei, and escorted Lu Huanji and the other four prisoners into the palace.

After asking, I learned that Ming Chengzu was in the study of the Qianqing Palace.

Coming to the outside of the palace, Yang Qiuchi quietly took the wrapped gold medal from Liu Ruobing's hand and put it in his arms, let Liu Ruobing and Song Yun'er wait outside, and he and Ji Gang and Li Gonggong escorted Lu Huanji and others into the Qianqing Palace.

Ming Chengzu listened to Ji Gang's report, his face was as gloomy as the eve of a snowstorm, and after personally interrogating the four people, it was verified to be true.

As the emperor, he was calculated by one of his concubines, and he also brought himself a green hat, which made Ming Chengzu furious, and asked Lu Huanji in a cold voice: "Why do you want to fornicate with the guards?" ”

Lu Huanji knew that the end was coming, and there was no escape, so she smiled sadly: "Your own family is declining, but there are so many women, how many palace maids and concubines have to 'eat' with the eunuchs, and do some fake upside down, it's not all because of loneliness, what's the crime?" ”

"Shameless!" Ming Chengzu was so angry that he ordered Lu Huanji, the two Korean maids, and the guard Gou Jian, who was annihilated by Lu Huanji, to be escorted out and immediately executed. and all the palace maids and hundreds of eunuchs in Lu Huanji's palace were executed.

It was another bloody massacre, and Yang Qiuchi really felt Ming Chengzu's cruelty and ruthlessness.

Of course, Ming Chengzu also ordered to rehabilitate Zhaoxue and others who died unjustly, re-bury Lu Yuanshan with a concubine ceremony, and give generous compensation to the family of North Korean Lu Yuanshan who was killed by Zhulian.

After the deployment, Ming Chengzu looked at Yang Qiuchi coldly, and after a while, he said: "Yang Aiqing, I asked you to investigate the murder case of Concubine Xian, is this the result you gave?" ”

Yang Qiuchi knew that in the face of a tyrant like Ming Chengzu, begging for mercy could only lead to death, so it was better to reason with him, Ming Chengzu had clear rewards and punishments, and he could change his mistakes, so he didn't seem to be an unreasonable person.

Yang Qiuchi bowed and said: "Weichen Yinchai probed his throat and determined that Concubine Xian might have been poisoned, but he did not assert that Weichen wanted to continue the investigation after he came back, but ...... But the maid Lian'er, the palm print eunuch Jin Liang, the eunuch Jin De, the silversmith, and the two imperial doctors were all executed, and Weichen ...... Wechen has no way to check. ”

Ming Chengzu was slightly stunned, remembering that Yang Qiuchi had indeed mentioned that there were many loopholes in this case, and he could not conclude that he was poisoned from the poisonous throat of Concubine Xian, and it was possible that he was poisoned after death, but he believed the confession obtained by torture, and he didn't wait for Yang Qiuchi to come back, and he killed so many witnesses, and he thought that it had come to light, so he didn't let him continue to investigate. In the end, it's really no wonder that Yang Qiuchi.

Ming Chengzu's words softened a little, and said: "Okay, although this case is implicated in the case of Lu Huanji framing Lu Yuanshan, there is still no answer to my satisfaction as to how my virtuous concubine died. Yang Aiqing, I want you to continue to investigate this case, as long as it is necessary to investigate the case, you can judge it as you like until the truth is revealed! ”

Yang Qiuchi knelt down and kowtowed: "Weichen leads the order." With the emperor's words, Yang Qiuchi was much bolder. I made up my mind that this time I must find out and then report to Ming Chengzu in person, and never let Ji Gang, a pig's head, interfere again, lest he be innocent again.

After Ming Chengzu flattened Yang Qiuchi, he sighed and said: "I didn't expect the beauty I gave you to be such a femme fatale, I wronged you, fortunately, I haven't officially included it in the room, so let's choose a North Korean woman for you again, let me think about it, who is more suitable among the North Korean show girls who entered the palace last time......"

Yang Qiuchi was taken aback, this North Korean beauty is her own lucky star, and it was only done by mistake, and if there is another one, it will not be so lucky, this matter has to be stopped, if the emperor opens his golden mouth, and the king has no jokes, then it will be difficult to cook raw rice and mature rice. Hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen...... Weichen can't take concubines anymore, please forgive the emperor! ”

Ming Chengzu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Can't you take a concubine?" Why not? ”

"Wechen once told the concubines that if they helped Wechen give birth to a son, Wechen would no longer accept concubines. Ministers can't be untrustworthy, Your Majesty. ”

"That's not right, of course, taking a concubine is to give birth to a son, but this concubine is not just for giving birth to a son. Like what...... For example...... "Ming Chengzu thought for a long time, and always felt that it was detrimental to his dignity to say those purposes, so he said vaguely: "For example, more women are more fun." ”

Yang Qiuchi said with a bitter face: "It may be fun for others, but for Weichen, I'm afraid it's just uncomfortable." ”

"Uncomfortable? Is it still uncomfortable for the beautiful concubine to sleep? Hahaha. ”

"It's not...... It was the beautiful concubine who entered the house, and the faces of the previous wives and concubines were not good-looking, and besides, there were one or two people with strong surnames who would run away from home! ”

"Oh? What does this kind of want her to do, just take a letter of resignation and rest! ”

Yang Qiuchi shook his head: "I can't repair it, they share hardships with me, and they are among the 'three no-go', besides, they gave birth to a son for me." ”

The emperor's eyes narrowed: "Are you talking about your fourth concubine Liu?" ”

"Yes, besides, Weichen already has six or seven beautiful concubines......"

"Yes, yes, your Liu clan is indeed as beautiful as a flower, even if I ask the three thousand beauties of the harem to call her alone, I am willing to ......" Ming Chengzu said a little forgetful, and suddenly saw Yang Qiuchi's face change color, so he added with some embarrassment: "I ...... I'm just using an analogy...... Hehe, Aiqing doesn't have to mind, the so-called gentleman doesn't take people's favor! I will not break up your family. Hey, hey, hey."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Qiuchi bowed and said.

Ming Chengzu said with a smile: "Miss Hongya and your four concubines Liu's family are both national colors and heavenly fragrances, and you have paid tribute to me with Hongyan, and I am already very satisfied." Hehe, since you can't take a concubine Aiqing, I won't be reluctant, but if you offer me this beautiful woman like a fairy, I have to compensate you......"

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(To be continued)