Chapter 59: Assassination in the Stone Prison (2)
Mistakes, what mistakes!
Originally, Xie An thought that the crown prince Li Wei was just setting up a treacherous scheme to blame Li Xian like last time, but he never thought that this time the prince Li Wei would have such a vicious trick.
first designed to frame the eighth prince Li Xian, created a lot of evidence that was difficult to overturn, and then sent assassins to assassinate him, creating the illusion of suicide......
Once Li Xian dies today, the people on the side of the crown prince Li Wei will immediately start to the court and the Son of Heaven, and the eighth prince Li Xian will commit suicide in the stone prison of the Great Prison Temple in fear of crime.
Thinking of this, the sweat on Xie An's forehead couldn't stop dripping.
I have to say, aside from the matter of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An's impression of Li Xian and Ji Hong's master and servant is still quite good, in Xie An's opinion, Li Xian really deserves his reputation as the king of the eight sages, gentle and elegant, and has a graceful demeanor, which can be called a rare gentle gentleman in the world, if such a gentleman dies under such a conspiracy, even Xie An will feel pity.
Therefore, Xie An made up his mind to protect His Royal Highness the prince this time, firstly, Li Xian's personality is really admirable, and secondly, Xie An also needs this Royal Highness to prove for him that it was he Xie An who won the bet on the eldest grandson Jing's mansion yesterday.
And what annoyed Xie An the most was that he had just promised his eldest grandson Xiangyu that he would definitely clear the charge of being framed for her childhood playmate, but when he turned around, there was such a thing.
Li Xian, you can't die now!
Holding the part of Li Xian's throat with both hands, Xie An shouted loudly in his heart.
The news of the death of the eighth prince Li Xian in the stone prison immediately spread throughout the Great Prison Temple, and not long after Su Xin and the others left, Liang Qiuwu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu and others had already hurried over.
"Ann, what's going on?" Step into the stone prison. Liang Qiuwu asked with a panicked expression.
Xie An was silent, who would have thought that Jin Ling'er would have the ability to enter the heavily guarded prison of the Great Prison Temple?
"What about the murderer?" Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked eagerly.
Xie An shook his head slightly, and beside him, the family general Fei Guo explained for Xie An, "Two master mothers, your lords...... When the Lord and the Admiral entered the stone prison, there was no one else in the prison, ......" and he told everyone what he had passed through.
As soon as the words fell. I heard Xu Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, say in a strange voice, "So, is the suspect committing suicide in fear of crime?" Speaking of this, he suddenly noticed the cold eyes of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and his face was stagnant. "Isn't it?" The stone prison was locked, and there was no one else in the prison except Li Xian, and the murder weapon was in Li Xian's hands...... Isn't this Li Xian's fear of his deeds being ruined, and he committed suicide in fear of sin? Or does Miss Eldest Sun have other opinions? ”
The eldest grandson Xiangyu's face became colder and colder, and he stared at Xu Zhi deeply for a while. said coldly, "Xu Zhi, you are stupid yourself, and you still say such a ridiculous guess." Are you insulting yourself, or are you insulting me, etc.? ”
"You ......" Seeing that the eldest Sun Xiangyu slammed it, Xu Zhi's face sank, and he said angrily. Eldest grandson Xiangyu, don't bully people too much! - Don't think that your husband is the presiding judge of this time. You can be unscrupulous, the official has already spared you once, if you insult the official again, don't blame the official for treating you for the crime of contempt for the court officials! ”
"Oh?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes became colder, a sneer rose on his lips, and he said lightly, "I really didn't expect that Xu Shangshu could still think of such a method, it's really not easy to ......."
"Eldest grandson Xiangyu!" Xu Zhi roared angrily, his finger chief Sun Xiangyu was speechless, and the entourage behind him seemed to stand up to support his master.
Seeing this, Fei Guo took a step forward, blocked in front of his own mother, Sun Xiangyu, looked at Xu Zhi coldly, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, please respect yourself!" ”
"You...... You ......" Xu Zhi became more and more angry, pointing at Fei Guo and eldest grandson Xiangyu, and scolded.
Originally, Xie An was annoyed that Li Xian was assassinated because of his own negligence, and when he glanced at Xu Zhi, he became even angrier in his heart, and scolded in a deep voice, "What are you doing here?" - All to the official out! ”
Although Xu Zhi knew that Xie An must be the woman who helped him, he never expected that Xie An would dare to scold him like this, and he was about to have a seizure, but when he saw Xie An's face was cold, he said word by word, "Fei Guo, please Son of Heaven Sword!" - Miscellaneous people, etc., all go out to the official! ”
As soon as he heard the three words of the Son of Heaven Sword, the entire stone prison was silent, Rao is Xu Zhi, who was the official of the imperial court, also showed a little panic, pointed at Xie An, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Xie Shaoqing, count you ruthless!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and walked out of the stone prison first.
"......" originally planned to come to see the lively crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng, but when they saw that Xie An was going to sacrifice the sword of the Son of Heaven, they were also quite jealous in their hearts, sneered, and left one after another, so that in the stone prison, only Xun Zheng, Ruan Shaozhou, Meng Rang, Changsun Jing and other people who tried to protect Li Xian were left.
It is worth mentioning that Wen Qin originally planned to avoid suspicion and leave, but Xie An let him stay, which made Wen Qin a little puzzled.
"Xu Zhi, you wait for your aunt!" Looking at Xu Zhi's departing back with cold eyes, the eldest grandson Xiangyu walked to Xie An's side in a few steps, squatted down, and asked eagerly, "An, how is the crybaby?" ”
"......" Xie An didn't say a word, and looked at her with a bit of blame.
Seeing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu showed a little shame in his eyes, and said timidly, "It's that guy's words are too annoying, it's not that the slave family deliberately caused trouble...... Okay, Brother An, people know it's wrong......"
Facing this ghostly wife, Xie An really had nothing to do, shook his head, sighed and said, "His Royal Highness Li Xian had his throat cut and couldn't breathe, I tried my best to cover his wounds...... Speaking of this, he glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, frowned and said, "Then Xu Zhi is a first-class master, and you are only white, if he really wants to cure you, I and the eldest grandson will not be able to protect you, is it possible that you still want to taste the taste of the board?" - Later, don't talk anymore, you know? ”
"Oh......" Seeing that Eldest Sun Xiangyu had a serious tone, Eldest Sun Xiangyu nodded obediently, after all, Xie An was afraid that she would be hurt, thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sweet in her heart.
Not far away, Changsun Jing rubbed his eyes a little dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe it. The one who speaks so well-behaved will be his daughter who usually points fingers at her father and verbally collides.
Really...... Does one thing descend from another?
glanced at Xie An, and then at his daughter eldest grandson Xiangyu, eldest grandson Jing touched his short beard, recalled in his mind what his father Yingong had said to him, and nodded thoughtfully.
Liang Qiuwu naturally didn't know the mood of the eldest grandson Xiangyu at the moment, and seeing Xie An speaking so seriously, he glanced at him with a slight reproach, and asked separately. "An, I just wanted to ask, what are you doing pressing His Royal Highness Li Xian's neck? - In this way, isn't His Royal Highness Li Xian even more breathless? ”
Everyone in the stone prison nodded in unison, although they didn't think that Xie An would harm Li Xian. But Xie An's actions really made them a little incomprehensible.
"Well...... Xie An thought about it, and didn't know how to explain this matter, just as he was thinking, Su Xin had already hurriedly ran in with a wooden plate, panting and said, "Big ...... My lord. The Admiral is back...... Everything the adults want is here......"
Everyone in the stone prison stretched their necks to take a look, looking at each other, not understanding why Xie An asked Su Xin to bring gauze, honey, rice milk and other things.
Xie An at this moment. Obviously, he didn't care about explaining it to everyone, looking back at Liangqiu Dance and the eldest grandson Xiangyu's second daughter, he said, "Dance, Xiangyu." You mix the honey with the rice milk and stir it well. Then apply evenly on the gauze ......"
Liang Qiuwu and Eldest Sun Xiangyu nodded, and immediately did as Xie An said, I have to say that after the honey and rice milk were smeared on the gauze, they looked really sticky and disgusting.
Seeing this, Xie An turned his head, looked at Li Xian, who was already in a semi-comatose state, and said loudly in his ear, "Your Highness, the lower official will bandage you briefly first, if you hear it, try to hold your breath ......" As he spoke, he looked back at Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu and said, "Wait for me to let go of my hand, and you two will wrap this gauze around His Royal Highness Li Xian's neck, wrap it a few more times, understand?" ”
Liang Qiu Wu and eldest grandson Xiangyu nodded.
"Fei Guo, slowly lift His Highness's head, slow down......"
"Yes!" Fei Guo apologized for accepting the order, walked over, and slowly held up Li Xian's head under Xie An's signal.
Seeing this, Xie An glanced at Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and suddenly let go of his hand, and the second daughter immediately took the gauze and wrapped it around Li Xian's neck layer after layer, only wrapping Li Xian's neck as thick as a thigh.
"Enough is enough...... Seeing that it was almost over, Xie An raised his hand to stop the second daughter, and then stretched out
When he probed Li Xian's snort, he was relieved to see that although his breathing was weak, it had stabilized.
From beginning to end, Xun Zheng, Wen Qin, Ruan Shaozhou, Meng Rang, and Changsun Jing watched from the sidelines, and were amazed to see that Xie An had a way to stabilize Li Xian's injuries.
After all, in their impression, once a person's throat is cut, it is already over, and where is there still a chance to live.
"Brother, His Royal Highness Li Xian ...... Out of the way? Looking at Li Xianliang for a long time, Xun Zheng asked tentatively.
"There should be no problem for the time being," Xie An stood up, moved his sore shoulders, and said with a sigh, "Next, it's up to the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital...... In short, His Royal Highness Li Xian is a fateful ...... this time."
Hearing this, Changsun Jing was stunned and asked, "How will this be said?" ”
For some reason, the eldest grandson Xiangyu seemed to be very keen to refute his father's face, and when he saw his father asking, he pouted and said, "Don't you understand?" - Ann means that the murderer assassinated the crybaby by cutting his throat this time, which is considered a big life of the crybaby, if the murderer stabs the crybaby in the heart, then even the ghost can't save it! ”
This dead girl with her arms and hands turned out!
Seeing that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was so well-behaved when he spoke to Xie An just now, and he was so unkind to himself as a father at this time, the eldest grandson Jing was angry in his heart, glared at his daughter unhappily, and then frowned and asked, "Virtuous nephew, do you think His Royal Highness Li Xian was murdered?" - But according to what your general said, when you enter this stone prison, there will be no one else in the prison......"
Xie An looked at Changsun Jing stupidly when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he realized that the voice of the virtuous nephew in Changsun Jing's mouth turned out to be himself, and he was flattered, and hurriedly said, "That's the case, uncle, just now I took a closer look at the wound of His Royal Highness Li Xian, the wound on the left side is obviously deeper than the wound on the right, if I am not mistaken, the murderer should have subdued His Royal Highness Li Xian, from behind him, covering Li Xian's mouth with one hand, and holding the dagger with the other." Pull from left to right...... If it is a normal self-killing, shouldn't the right hand holding the dagger be on the right side of the neck and pulled to the left? In this case, the wound on the right side should be deeper than the wound on the left! - And the wound of His Royal Highness Li Xian is just the opposite, so the little nephew concluded that this was his killing, not suicide! ”
Not to mention that Changsun Jing was shocked when he heard this, even Ruan Shaozhou, Meng Rang and other outstanding heroes in the DPRK were also amazed. The stunned gaze when they looked at Xie An made Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu secretly happy in their hearts.
Who is, what woman wouldn't want to see her husband have such an opportunity?
"I see......" As if listening to Xie An's inference, Wen Qin nodded in relief, and then asked in surprise. There was no one in the stone prison except Li Xian, how could Xie Shaoqing explain? - As for the murder weapon, the government can also guess that the murderer stuffed it into Li Xian's hands afterwards, but the problem is ...... This stone prison is impermeable, could it be that the murderer can still get out through the wall? ”
"Well...... this," Xie An frowned and thought when he heard this.
In his opinion, it should be Jin Ling'er who wants to kill the eighth prince Li Xian this time. After all, only Jin Ling'er had such strength, and he unknowingly infiltrated the heavily guarded Great Prison Temple.
The question is, how did she do it?
Under the surprised gaze of everyone in the stone prison. Xie An slowly retreated to the outside of the stone prison, and said while gesturing, "The jailer who was guarding outside the prison just now said. Someone pretended to be my order to deliver food to His Royal Highness Li Xian...... The murderer walked here. Let the jailer outside the stone prison open the iron door, and then walk in, and put the food on this small table......" As he spoke, Xie An pointed to the small table that had fallen to the ground at Li Xian's feet, and next to the small table, several porcelain bowls full of food smashed to the ground.
"At that time, His Royal Highness Li Xian should have stood here, with his back to the iron gate, staring at this wall...... His Royal Highness should still be recalling what happened to General Wendong's mansion, and when he heard that someone brought food, he casually asked someone to put it on that small table...... He probably didn't expect that in my heavily guarded prison temple, someone would want to take his life, and he was caught off guard, and the murderer covered his mouth and nose and slit his throat with a dagger......"
Everyone in the stone prison looked at each other, after all, Xie An's inference was roughly the same as the traces left at the scene.
"I have also seen the wound of His Royal Highness Li Xian, the throat incision is quite flat, it should be just a knife! - The one who attacked His Royal Highness Li Xian is an experienced veteran......" Liang Qiuwu said with a frown.
Xie An smiled bitterly when he heard this, and sighed secretly in his heart.
The head of the dignified Jinling Dangerous Building, [Thousand-Faced Ghost Queen] Jin Ling'er, is not a veteran!
"The question is, how did the murderer get out? - According to the elder brother's general, the murderer and the elder brother can be described as a front foot and a back foot...... There shouldn't be time to escape! ”
"Hmm......" Xie An frowned and thought, for some reason, he always felt that something was not quite right, closed his eyes, and recalled everything that had just come in his mind.
Overturned small ......
Broken porcelain bowl......
At that time, the iron door of this stone prison should have been open, how could the jailers guarding the outside not hear the sound of things breaking inside?
However, the jailer who opened the lock for himself and the others didn't know it......
Huh? Wait a minute
How could it be that the jailer alone here?
…… I see!
The jailer who opened the iron door for himself and others was none other than Sister Jin!
Negligence, I was so negligent!
Thinking of this, Xie An suddenly opened his eyes, looked back at Fei Guo, and said in a deep voice, "Fei Guo, the jailer who opened the lock for me just now, do you remember your appearance?" ”
Fei Guo nodded and asked puzzledly, "Remember!" - What's the matter, my lord? ”
"Go and see, if you're still here...... Take! ”
“…… Be! Slightly stunned, Fei Guo hugged his fists, turned around and walked out of the stone prison.
The eldest Sun Xiangyu next to him listened to the truth, his face was slightly shocked when he heard the words, and he said in surprise, "An, you mean, that murderer pretended to be a jailer and opened the lock for you?" ”
"It should be like this...... Xie An sighed, shook his head and said, "It should be after I started, I heard that I was waiting for me to enter outside, and when I saw that I couldn't escape, I pretended to be a prison guard and opened the door for me...... If I'm not bad, the real jailer should be around here......"
Su Xin and the others glanced at each other when they heard this, turned around and left the stone prison to verify Xie An's inference, and after a short time, they returned to the stone prison again, clasped their fists and said, "As expected, there are four jailers who are locked up in an empty cell not far away......
"Are you still alive?"
"This ......" Su Xin hesitated, shook his head and said, "All were killed, and their throats were cut to death......
Xie An let out a long sigh when he heard this, secretly annoyed that he cared so much about Li Xian in the stone prison that he didn't notice the jailer Jin Ling'er was playing.
Not long after, the imperial doctor of Tai Hospital hurriedly came and carried Li Xian to Tai Hospital for treatment, because to prevent Jin Ling'er from assassinating Li Xian again, Xie An asked Liang Qiuwu to take the four generals of the Eastern Army to Tai Hospital to escort him.
In his opinion, Jin Ling'er looked at his face many times and never hurt the people who had a relationship with him, so when she noticed Liang Qiuwu and the four generals of the Eastern Army guarding Li Xian, she would probably stop there.
Moreover, Liang Qiu Dance is not easy to mess with, in terms of strength alone, she has to be above Jin Ling'er.
The only consolation was that due to the assassination of Li Xian, the second trial in the afternoon was postponed until Li Xian was able to speak.
Watching the Tai Hospital and the others carry Li Xian away, Xie An stood aside and sighed secretly.
Almost......
almost blocked Sister Jin in this prison temple......
Damn it!
Xie An clasped his fists in annoyance.
First the wine lady of Baihualou, and now she is the jailer in my Great Prison Temple......
Sister Kim, what's wrong with you?
Why kill so many innocent people?
Didn't you always kill only mission targets in the past?
Do you know what you're doing?
Murder of the prince of the dynasty, this ...... How do you tell me to protect you?
[Thief ......]
Faintly, Xie An's ears seemed to ring the crisp laughter of Jin Ling'er when he was laughing with him.
Find her as soon as possible, before things get out of hand!
Thinking of this, Xie An frowned deeply.
And at this moment, Zhou Yi, the Zuo Cheng of the Great Prison Temple, hurriedly walked in from outside the stone prison, and said a few words to Xie An with his ear, only to hear Xie An's face change slightly.
What the? Xiao Li came to see?
Xiao Li, the assassin of Jinling's dangerous building?