Zhongzong raised his eyes and glanced at Pei Tan, who felt the emperor's coercion.

What does it mean to say that the corpse is not Zonghuo. It means that someone has violated Zhongzong, and Zhongzong's will has not been carried out, which means that Zhongzong's authority has been provoked.

Zhongzong said a little coldly: "Explain the things you want to say to me one by one. ”

Pei Tan came late at night, and there must have been enough to say, at least not as much as he said now.

Pei Tan simply gathered his clothes and knelt down slowly, "The minister went to attend the wedding of Su Shilang's son, and at the wedding banquet, a person who pretended to be a guest took advantage of the chaos to stuff a human skin, and the human skin was engraved with a tattoo. According to the clues, the minister then dug up the body of 'Zong Huo' from the cemetery in the palace and found it...... The tattoos on human skin come from the corpses. ”

Zhongzong said coldly: "Who is the person who pretends to be a guest?" How did you follow the clues to go to the cemetery and dig up Zong Huo's body? ”

Zhongzong's sharpness is what Pei Tan wants to explain, and Pei Tan also knelt on the ground and said for a long time: "The person who pretends to be a guest is slender and has a strange fragrance, but he is dressed as a woman. And her salute revealed that she was extremely familiar with the etiquette of the palace, so she was ...... The minister deduced that she was a palace maid who had escaped from the palace. ”

A case of human skin corpse not only led to the fake substitution of death, but also brought out the incident of escaping the palace maid in the palace, which shows that Zhongzong's face at this time is extremely unsightly.

But Pei Tan paused, and continued: "That palace maid has the corpse gas of being in the cemetery, and the minister took the risk to come and try it, and the soil on the corpse of 'Zong Huo' has been freshly turned, and after the minister ordered someone to dig it up, it was wearing the clothes of Shangshufu inside...... Fake corpses. ”

All of this is the result of Pei Tan's carefulness and reasoning that is difficult for others to achieve, so when Pei Tan said it to Zhongzong, Zhongzong stared at him for a while without saying anything.

"So Zong Chuke, really went against my will in order to save his son?" Zhongzong said extremely coldly.

Pei Tan has already understood that Zhongzong's intention to deal with Zong Huo is, in the final analysis, Zong Huo's fate has long been placed in Zhongzong's compass, and it has been doomed.

Zhongzong said to Pei Tan: "You get up." ”

This night is still very long, and what Zhongzong wants to say to Pei Tan is obviously only possible if Pei Tan stands up.

Zhongzong said gloomily, "What evidence do you have to make me believe you?" ”

No matter how poor Zong Chuke is, he is also a first-class scholar, and he is in charge of the military department. Before that, he was also the prime minister of Datang.

Even if Zhongzong wants to move him, he has to think about it.

Pei Tan stood up from the ground, stood tall and jade, looked at Zhongzong and said, "Your Majesty still knows how the corpses that were executed in the palace were handled?" ”

Zhongzong squinted at Pei Tan. Pei Tan can dig up all the fake corpses from the ground, and he naturally does more than that.

Pei Tan looked at Zhongzong: "The miscellaneous room in the palace has always dealt with miscellaneous matters, and the most important thing is that the location of the miscellaneous room is near Wenchang Gate. ”

There are eight doors in the palace, and Wenchang Gate is the most barren and far palace gate, and idlers are not willing to approach.

Outside the palace gate, there was a cemetery.

Therefore, the work of disposing of corpses naturally falls on the head of the handyman room for a long time.

Pei Tan said: "Your Majesty just made it clear to the minister that the Jing family's case that he wanted to retry, Jing Wan'er, the daughter of Jing Zheren, was fined and confiscated in the miscellaneous room after becoming an official slave. ”

Such a coincidence made Zhongzongdu's eyes flash.

"Jing Zheren's daughter?"

Pei Tan said: "Not bad. Five years ago, Jing Wan'er was ten years old, just enough to go to the age of a criminal slave in the palace. ”

Sin slaves under the age of ten will be sent to the homes of the major officials and gatekeepers first, and only those who meet the standard will be sent to the palace.

Zhongzong's expression became deeper and deeper: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Pei Tan had a dark eye: "The minister sent someone to the miscellaneous room to inquire, Jing Wan'er, she has been collecting corpses in the miscellaneous room for five years. ”

And only Jing Wan'er was doing it, and the other palace maids in the miscellaneous room didn't have a chance to touch the corpse.

At this point, Zhongzong still didn't understand anything, even this Ninety-Five Venerable had tasted the surprising coincidence in this incident, and he half-narrowed his eyes: "So you think that the one who is responsible for reining Zong Huo is Jing Wan'er." And Jing Wan'er, after discovering that the body was not Zong Huo, cut off a piece of human skin,...... Deliberately given to you? ”

Pei Tan Youyou and Zhongzong looked at each other, obviously acquiescing to this.

Zhongzong Liang sneered for a long time, stared at Pei Tan and said, "How do you think Jing Wan'er, a palace maid, can do all this with great powers, and even send the skin of a dead person to you outside the palace?" ”

If you want to convince Zhongzong, all this is far from being explained by coincidence.

Pei Tan also knew, so he looked at Zhongzong: "The minister just said that the person who passed the human skin to the minister, and the person who appeared at the wedding banquet that day, was dressed as a palace maid. This palace maid is likely to be Jing Wan'er's instructions. ”

"That's enough." Zhongzong said coldly, "Pei Tan, what do you think is the place in my palace, can a palace maid who has nothing escape from the strict palace?" Don't take me for a fool when you make up your stories. ”

Pei Tan was silent for a long time, then raised his eyes and said, "Since Your Majesty is hesitant, why don't you summon Jing Wan'er and let Jing Wan'er ...... to explain everything? ”

Zhongzong's eyes moved.

Pei Tan's eyes were long: "The minister can already conclude that the corpse can only be touched by the person who collects the corpse in the palace, and he will cut off the tattoo from everyone." All this can only be done by Jing Wan'er in the palace. ”

As for how Jing Wan'er was able to find another palace maid and successfully deliver the human skin to Pei Tan's hands with the help of this palace maid, naturally only Jing Wan'er, who did all this, could explain.

It can be seen that Zhongzong did not fully believe Pei Tan's words, but he can't refute Pei Tan. In particular, Pei Tan did not shy away from pointing out Jing Wan'er's identity.

After a while, a palace man came to Zhongzong's side, and Zhongzong said to him: "You go and check for me, where is the Jing family, whose daughter Jing Wan'er, who was exiled five years ago, now." ”

When the palace people heard this, they retreated, and Pei Tan and Zhongzong were silent in the hall.

After a long time, the palace people returned and whispered a few words to Zhongzong, and Zhongzong's expression sank.

The results of the palace people's investigation have proved that what Pei Tan said is true, Jing Wan'er, the daughter of the Jing family, is indeed the palace maid in the palace at this time.

"Pei Tan, even if Zong Chuke deceived me, the daughter of the Jing family cutting off the human skin is also a capital crime." Zhongzong said coldly with a calm face.

Not to mention, the daughter of this criminal minister also has the means to reach the sky and can transmit news from outside the palace.

Pei Tan looked at Zhongzong, and when he said Jing Wan'er's identity, he obviously didn't want Zhongzong to deal with Jing Wan'er.

"Your Majesty, if the daughter of the Jing family finds out that not only is it not Zong Huo, the son of Shangshu, who has taken the funeral, but the deceased is even a servant who used to be a slave in the Jing family, how does Your Majesty think that the daughter of the Jing family should react?"

was a slave in the palace for five years, but one day he found that the corpse he collected with his own hands was his own Jing family. As the daughter of Jing Zheren, she used to protect the daughter of the mansion in most of the capital, but if there is still blood in her blood, she has to use all her methods to avenge her grievances.

And this method naturally does not include cutting off a tattoo representing the slave of the Jing family, and finding a way to give it to Pei Tan, who holds the position of the secretary of the Dali Temple.

All the thoughts of the daughter of the Jing clan, Pei Tan could predict from them.

Because at that moment, he had already put himself in the position of the descendant of the Jing family and looked at the whole case.

Zhongzong was silent for a long time, and said, "What you say tonight, no one but me can hear it. ”

Pei Tan said: "The minister came at night precisely because of the same reason as His Majesty. ”

If this matter is true, it can't even be rumored that this Zichen Hall tonight is a major event that is enough to subvert the dynasty.

Zhongzong ascended the throne for the second time, and the foundation was not stable, and the Zong's rebellion was even more implicated in a former Sanpin descendant.

Zhongzong and Pei Tan both understood, "If I am not mistaken, it was Zong Chuke himself who wanted to exile the Jing clan back then. ”

Pei Tan had gloomy eyes: "Who said that Jing Wan'er's move was not to avenge the revenge of the year?" ”

It was precisely because of this grudge that Jing Wan'er saw that the son of the enemy might still be alive, and she added to her desire to find out about this matter.

And she did.

After the young Jing family, she has now become a silent fanged palace maid in this palace.

When Pei Tan finally left from Zichen Palace, he already had the secret decree of Zhongzong in his arms:

Pei Qing, I order you to investigate this matter, find out where the real Zong Huo is, and find out how the daughter of the Jing family hid from the world and contributed to this matter.

For the majesty of the emperor, whether it is a courtier's back to his own yang and yin, or a long-footed palace maid stealing the sky, it is an act of provoking authority.

So for Zhongzong, the two can go hand in hand.

For Pei Tan, Jing Wan'er can do these things as a palace maid, and for her, how can she know about the personnel changes outside the palace, and clearly know that the current Dali Temple Qing is he Pei Tan?

At this time, Jing Wan'er was quietly getting off the bed, and in the corner of the room, a stick of incense was slowly burning.

A smile crossed the corner of the girl's mouth.

This group of palace maids didn't know that they hated the smell of Jing Wan'er's corpse, and deliberately ordered spices every day, but they just let themselves fall for Jing Wan'er's drugging tricks.

Jing Wan'er cautiously came to the window, and in the night sky, a snow-white pigeon flew over.

Jing Wan'er immediately raised her hand to catch it and untied the letter she needed from the pigeon's feet.

She opened the paper scroll, and it was the letter that the palace maid who had escaped had privately passed to her: The prince of the Pei family had dug up the body, and the identity of the fake Zonghuo was not guaranteed.

Pei's son-in-law refers to Pei Tan, and before that, Pei's son's name had already made Pei Tan famous in Chang'an.

Even, long before Jing Wan'er entered the palace.

Jing Wan'er looked at the words on the note, and the corners of her mouth hooked, not surprised. He had already raised his hand to the candle and burned it clean.

She released the carrier pigeon again, and the news in this palace was endless, and this little carrier pigeon blended into it, and no one noticed.

Jing Wan'er collected the corpses for five years, and countless palace maids were rescued, and these palace maids gathered into a big net outside the palace, becoming Jing Wan'er's eyes and ears.