Leng Yi said: "It turns out that Niangniang doesn't know how many palace maids in your palace are?" ”

"So many people, who remembers." Da Ji said.

The whip maid stared at the palace maids and eunuchs, and her eyes were full of smirks: "Do you say it?" Slowly, he raised the whip high.

Leng Yi said: "Niangniang, when I finish checking, will you serve in the family law?" ”

The whip-wielding maid didn't seem to hear Leng Yi's words at all, and slammed the leather whip into the air with a crisp sound, and then, like a raging storm, it was whipped towards the heads, bodies, and faces of those palace maids and eunuchs.

Bang Bang Bang!

Blood flies, flesh and blood blur.

"Presumptuous! Defiant! - Take her whip away from me! Leng Yi said angrily.

The palace maids and eunuchs who followed looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth, hugged the palace maid, and snatched the long whip in her hand.

The whip-bearer roared, "Come, they are going to rebel, take the whip back, and kill them!" Fight to the death! - Do it! ”

There were only five or six palace maids and eunuchs who followed the whip-wielding maids, rushing up and shouting, while Leng Yi had ten, and the other palace maids and eunuchs were all beaten, and they took the whip in order to save them, so naturally they would not take revenge to help take back the whip and beat themselves. The ten palace maids and eunuchs who followed Leng Yi had already made a move, so they had to hold on to the end, and they also confronted each other and scolded.

Da Ji was so angry that she trembled, pointed at Leng Yi and said, "It's against you!" ――Which house are these people from? What's the name, say! Hongu wants to feed the dogs one by one! ”

Leng Yi said coldly: "They are my people, they are with me on the order to investigate the case, if the mother is still messing around like this and interfering with my investigation of the case, it means that it is your mother and mother who give people to the tiger in Hushan to eat, you are worried that the matter will be exposed, so you dare not let us investigate, I can only report to the official family like this." ”

"Sue!" The whip-wielding woman was very arrogant, and her fingers almost poked Leng Yi's head, "You dog official, if you have the ability, go and sue you!" Our mother is not afraid of you! ”

"Good! Since the mother has admitted it, she is in the good no, farewell! With that, Leng Yi turned around and left.

"Wait!" Da Ji said angrily, "Who admits to taking people to feed the tigers? Don't spew blood! ”

"Since she is not a mother, she is not afraid of shadows, why don't you dare to let Wechen continue to investigate?"

"You check! And no one won't let you check it! Da Ji said indignantly, "If you can't find out, you must give an explanation to this palace, otherwise, this palace will not be finished with you!" ”

Leng Yi ignored it, walked up to the palace maids and eunuchs who knelt on the ground, and said, "I continued to read the name, and the one who read it stood aside." ”

Leng Yi continued to put down his thoughts, and only after a few names, two more missing ones appeared, and at this moment, even Daji was surprised.

She slowly glanced at everyone: "What's the matter?" ”

Still no one answered.

Leng Yi continued to read, from time to time there were palace maids who were not there, until the end of the reading, there were a total of thirteen palace maids who were not there, which was exactly the number of dead in Tiger Mountain!

Leng Yi looked at Da Ji: "Niangniang, why are the few people in your palace just like the people who died in Tiger Mountain?" ”

The whip-wielding woman immediately roared, "What did you say? Do you want to accuse our mother? No way! ”

Leng Yi ignored her and looked at Da Ji: "Niangniang, what's going on?" I need a reasonable explanation from my mother. ”

Da Ji also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and glared angrily at those palace maids and eunuchs: "What the hell is going on? Where did they go? If you don't say anything, this palace will cut off your tongues one by one! ”

Finally, an old palace maid trembled and said: "Niangniang, they are just gone, and I don't know what's going on, the night before they ate and slept together, the next morning, they disappeared." It was as if it had disappeared into thin air. ”

"Why don't you report to the palace?"

The old palace maid was trembling and didn't dare to answer.

Leng Yi said: "Then do you still need to ask?" Naturally, you are too domineering, and they are afraid of you and dare not say it! Anyway, it's none of your business. ”

"Really—?" Daji dragged out.

The palace maids and eunuchs trembled one by one and didn't dare to talk.

The whip maid said to Da Ji: "Niangniang, these people rely on the support of this surname Leng and don't take you seriously, they must learn a good lesson, kill him a few first!" ”

"Good! Call me! ”

The whip in the hand of the whip-wielding woman had been snatched away, so she waved her hand and said to the palace maid and eunuch who followed: "Niangniang has an order, fight!" Fight to the death! Fight until they open their mouths! ”

The woman with the whip took the lead, and the five or six palace maids and eunuchs followed, punching and kicking the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, not avoiding any important points. None of those palace maids and eunuchs dared to hide from moaning. Just hold your head.

Leng Yi said angrily: "Niangniang, stop!" I want to investigate the case, if the mother kills them, how can I investigate the case? ”

Da Ji said lightly: "This official disciplines his minions, it's not your turn to teach a lesson!" ”

The whip-wielding woman rubbed her wrist and giggled: "I'm so tired of fighting, mother, let's let the dogs bite them, this is fun!" ”

"Good!" The smile in Daji's eyes became even more cruel, and she said slowly, "Let the dog go!" ”

The sturdy eunuch of the fifth brother let go of the iron chain in his hand. Five sturdy fierce dog arrows rushed out and pounced on those eunuchs and palace maids.

The ten palace maids and eunuchs who followed Leng Yi were so frightened that they turned around and wanted to run, but when they saw Leng Yilai standing there calmly, they came back with the courage to come back and tremble on Leng Yi's body.

Fortunately, these five fierce dogs only bit these palace maids and eunuchs, and specifically bit them to the places with a lot of flesh on their bodies, avoiding the head and neck and vital parts and places with large blood vessels, so biting these palace maids and eunuchs to the point of blood will not hurt their surnames.

Da Ji watched those fierce dogs bite the palace maids and eunuchs, her face showed irrepressible excitement, and her eyes were bright.

Leng Yi shouted angrily: "Okay! Empress! You are really the real murderer who threw thirteen palace maids into Tiger Mountain for the tiger to eat! I still want to kill people now! Wechen has no choice but to go to the official's house immediately! "Let's just turn around and go!

"Stop!" Da Ji shouted, and with a wave of her hand, the sturdy eunuchs stepped forward and took back the five fierce dogs. Those palace maids and eunuchs had been bitten all over their bodies, and they were drenched in blood.

Da Ji slowly turned around and stared at Leng Yi: "If Emperor Taizu is still there, he will spew blood at you and frame the palace, and you can be executed Ling Chi and beheaded all over the house!" ”

Leng Yi said blatantly: "If Emperor Taizu is here, his old man will definitely not tolerate you to torture your servants like this, and even use your servants to raise tigers for fun!" ”

Da Ji snorted and said, "So, have you made up your mind to frame this palace?" ”

"Isn't it? -- You take pleasure in torturing others, and you have five fierce dogs for the pleasure of biting others. And thirteen palace maids died tragically in Hushan, and there happened to be thirteen palace maids missing in your palace, what else do you have to say? ”

Da Ji smiled faintly: "Then why don't you go to report to the official's house and take down the palace to punish the crime?" ”

"The investigation of the case has not yet been completed, and after the investigation is completed, I will naturally report it to the official family, and as for how to deal with it, the official family will make a decision. - Now I want to investigate the case, if the mother still blindly obstructs and does not obey the order, I can only report to the official's family. ”

Da Ji snorted twice: "You don't use the official family to scare the palace!" If you want to check, just check! However, whoever wants to buckle the basin and urine jar on the head of the palace can't! With that, he turned and walked away.

The whip-wielding woman glared at Leng Yi with hatred and hatred, and said, "You dog official, you wait!" It will make you want to live, not to die! With that, a mouthful of thick phlegm spit out to Leng Yi.

Leng Yi dodged sideways and looked at her with a sneer.

When they entered, Leng Yi said to the eunuch and palace maid behind him: "Who is this vicious maid?" ”

An old eunuch said: "Her name is Xue E, because she is vicious and vicious, and she likes to see blood the most, so she is called Xue'e in private." ”

"Hmm!" Leng Yi nodded, "You guys hurry up and ask the imperial doctor to heal them, hurry up!" ”

The two palace maids agreed and left in a hurry.

Leng Yi asked the rest of the palace maids and eunuchs to supervise them not to talk, and then called a palace maid who was relatively lightly injured to a room for questioning. In order to avoid suspicion, he also specially called two accompanying palace maids to accompany him for interrogation.

Leng Yi briefly asked the other party's name and other basic information, and then asked, "These thirteen missing palace maids, do you know when they disappeared?" ”

"I started missing about half a year ago, one after another."

"When did the last one go missing?"

"Three days ago, it was the one named Cui Yan. She's in charge of the front yard, just like me. We have a good relationship. ”

"So many people are missing, why don't you report to your mother? Or the Inner Servant? ”

The palace maid bowed her head gloomily and was silent.

Leng Yi said: "You don't have to worry, I won't tell you what you said." ”

The palace maid looked at him gratefully and said in a low voice: "We don't dare to say it, because the mother's methods are very vicious, and she doesn't ask indiscriminately." Especially the Xue'e, the one who took the whip just now, she is even more vicious, always on the side, if someone makes a mistake, she will transfer Niangniang to punish the person who made the report together, saying that the person who reported the report did not look favorably on the person who made the mistake, and should be punished together with the person who reported it. And the favorite punishment of Niangniang and Na Xue'e is to let the dog bite it, although it will not bite to death, but it will bite people to death. It's more painful than dead. Therefore, she is going to be punished anyway, instead of telling her and being punished on the spot, it is better for her to know that she will be punished together in the future. In this way, everyone has a share, and it may be better than being punished individually. ”

"Then if you don't report it, won't you be punished more severely?"

"There is no more severe punishment, there is no severity of the punishment of the mother, it is all about letting the dog bite, she and Na Xue'e like to watch people being bitten by dogs the most, and they are very happy to watch it every time, so even if it is not wrong, sometimes she has to find a reason to punish us. All of us, except for a few of her personal maids who have not been punished, almost all of us have been punished by her like this. ”

After that, the palace maid rolled up her sleeves for Leng Yi to see, only to see that the marks on her arms were shocking and sad, and some of them had just scabbed. Apparently a new bite.

Leng Yi said: "Niangniang's hobby is really disgusting. ”

Although the palace maid was bullied very badly, she still didn't dare to evaluate Da Ji Niangniang casually. Hearing Leng Yi say this, he just bowed his head and said nothing.

Leng Yi asked: "That Cui Yan, what dress was she wearing at that time?" ”

The palace maid thought for a while and said, "It should be a light blue threaded skirt, with a peony flower silk jacket on the outside." Inside is a crimson wrap on the chest. ”

Leng Yi nodded, the time of disappearance of Cui Yan mentioned by this palace maid was exactly the same as the time of death of the corpse in Hushan, and at the same time, the clothes were the same. It can be confirmed that the corpse is this palace maid named Cuiyan. However, for the sake of prudence, Leng Yi still decided to organize an identification.

He asked the palace maids who followed him to investigate the case to bring nine sets of dresses of various colors and put them on the ground, one of which was extracted from the palace maid who died tragically in Hushan. Let the palace maid identify it, and the dress that the palace maid identified Cui Yan was the one extracted from the deceased in Hushan. Further proof that the deceased is Cui Yan!

Leng Yi then asked, "Three days ago, did your mother go to Tiger Mountain?" ”

"I've been there, Niangniang has always liked tigers, she is very jealous of the flower stamen concubine, envy her for raising so many obedient tigers, and say that it would be good if she had this luck, not more, only two or three of them. Watching a tiger eat a man is more enjoyable than watching a dog eat a man. Therefore, she often goes to Tiger Mountain to watch tigers. The most recent one was three days ago. ”

"Then when you go to Tiger Mountain, is Cuiyan still there?"

"In!" The palace maid said with great certainty, "At that time, Cuiyan and I were together, but after we arrived in Hushan, we separated. ”

"Why?"

"When Niangniang watched the tiger, Xue'e drove the others away, so we couldn't go forward, just waited under the wall from a distance."

"What about the green smoke?"

"As soon as she entered the courtyard of Hushan, Cui Yan was called away by Xue'e, I really don't know where she went. I didn't dare to ask more. It's just that after that, I haven't seen her again. We had a premonition that something was wrong. However, none of us said. Don't dare to say either. ”

Leng Yi inquired one by one, and the results were almost the same as the first palace maid. Those who are familiar with Cui Yan have recognized Cui Yan's clothes. There are also quite a few palace maids who finally saw Hushan three days ago, Cuiyan was called by Xue'e, and what happened after that, all the palace maids didn't know, and they didn't hear any screams or anything like that.

And the other missing palace maids all disappeared after Niangniang went to Tiger Mountain to see the tiger. Moreover, they all disappeared after being called away by their mothers. However, how exactly he disappeared, no one knows.

After the imperial doctor read the injuries to these palace maids, Leng Yi almost finished asking. The results were not much different.

It seems that the only way to find out what happened is to directly ask the people around Da Ji Niangniang and even herself.

Leng Yi asked the palace maid to report it, saying that when it came to the case, there were some questions that needed to be asked to the mother.

After a long time, Da Ji Niangniang finally let him in to speak.

(To be continued)