Chapter 157: The Key
The eldest princess of Huayang answered something that Xu Qinghuan hadn't thought of.
"How?" The eldest princess of Huayang smiled slightly, "Is it unexpected?" Don't think I don't know why you're here. ”
Without waiting for Xu Qinghuan to speak, the eldest princess of Huayang said: "The capital is a blessed land, and it is also a place of right and wrong, all kinds of things happen every day...... I just want to live a pure life. ”
Xu Qinghuan said: "Was the eldest princess watching the excitement more than ten years ago? ”
The eldest princess of Huayang frowned.
Xu Qing welcomed the sharp gaze of the eldest princess of Shanghuayang: "The yamen said that the widow escaped from the capital with Mrs. Nie, there are two points that are worth doubting, first, as a woman, how could the widow take such a great effort to rescue her, even if she and the child are rescued, what is the use?" Second, after saving people, the Wako should go east, so that they can leave by boat as soon as possible, why did they come to the west, can the eldest princess know the reason? ”
The eldest princess of Huayang thought about it carefully, and suddenly said sharply: "Bold, do you think I have something to do with this matter?" ”
Xu Qinghuan said: "I just think it's strange, so I want to get a lot of clues from the eldest princess." ”
The corner of the eldest princess of Huayang showed an unpredictable smile, after the Zhang family and the Anyi Hou Mansion were fighting for the death now, when they heard that Miss Xu was coming, she thought that she was coming to borrow from her.
Now it seems that it is not so simple.
Miss Xu's words were telling her that the Xu family was just investigating the case and had no other thoughts, and if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes back then, she would have really been interested in this matter.
The eldest princess of Huayang was about to speak, but she heard Xu Qinghuan say: "The eldest princess said that she saw Mrs. Nie and the widow were killed, it should have been night that day, did you see Mrs. Nie's body with your own eyes?" ”
The eldest princess of Huayang recalled the situation that night, when the house had not been repaired, she had been living in the princess's mansion in the city, and she was depressed after she had a miscarriage, and wanted to find a quiet place, so she moved here with a few nurses and subordinates.
This courtyard outside the city was given to her by her father, and there was a hot spring, which just nourished her body, and she soaked in the hot spring as usual, and she was feeling tired and wanted to go to bed to rest, when she heard someone tell her that something had happened in the city.
The steward immediately ordered all the guards in the courtyard to come out and inspect it, but she did not know that the situation would be so serious.
Perhaps because she was too young, or perhaps because she hadn't thought it through enough, she didn't immediately take someone back to the city, but prepared to rest in the house first.
When he was drowsy, he heard the steward come and say: "People from the yamen have come from outside the courtyard to arrest the widows and Nie Rong's family." ”
She was shocked and immediately sat up from the bed, why did the imperial court arrest Nie Rong's family?
What happened to Nie Rong?
A while ago, she lost the child in her womb, lying in bed all day without eating or drinking, Nie also came to persuade her, Nie is gentle and virtuous, looks very weak, but there is a bit of open-mindedness and strength in his eyes, and he teaches Nie Rong's child very well, the little child is really sensible, looking at the tears in the corners of her eyes and wiping her with a handkerchief and saying: "Don't be sad eldest princess, you take care of your body, and you will definitely have prosperous heirs in the future, my mother said that when you are sick, you should think more about good things, so that the disease can get better faster." ”
Nie also advised her: "Don't think about the past, it's important in the future." ”
Looking at Nie Shi, her mood was indeed much better.
People are like this, they are always more sad in the face of those who are better than their own lives, and when they see people who are not as good as themselves, the sadness in their hearts will be dissolved.
Nie was so accused, she can still live calmly, what hurdles can not be overcome for her, she is very grateful for Nie's help to her, took Nie's hand and said: "If there is anything in the future, you will find me." ”
Nie smiled and nodded.
Now that something happened to the Nie family, she naturally couldn't stand idly by, so she told the steward to go out to see the situation and then report to her.
Soon the steward came back and said: "Nie Rong's private transfer of troops has been corrected by the imperial court, and those widows who colluded with Nie Rong saw that the situation was not good enough to escort the Nie family's family members to abscond, but fortunately, the people sent by the yamen surrounded them here. ”
Of course, the eldest princess of Huayang knew that transferring troops without permission was a big crime of rebellion, Nie Rong died, and if Nie Rong's family resisted the government, they would inevitably be punished, and the law of the Great Zhou was like this.
She didn't want to stand idly by, so she ordered someone to change her clothes, and she wanted to go out and see for herself, but the stewards immediately stopped her, lest the widows would attack her, but not to see how she could be at ease.
In the end, the steward couldn't stop her, so he asked people to escort her, and before she got to where Nie's was, she saw the torches shaking not far away, and the people from the yamen came to say: "The Japanese people resisted, and they had no choice but to shoot everyone to death." ”
Her heart sank, and she asked the man, "What about Nie Rong's family?" ”
The man said, "All dead." ”
The housekeeper's mother heard that everyone was dead, for fear that she would not feel comfortable looking at it, so she immediately persuaded her to go back.
I saw that Yacha was inspecting the corpse on the ground, and the corpse was dragged aside, and then she saw Yacha flip the body of the female dependant on the ground over.
The woman held the child in her arms firmly, and the mother and daughter had been hit by a few arrows, and the blood had soaked their clothes.
Nie's face was still calm, as if there was no pain.
The eldest princess of Huayang said while reminiscing that it was an old thing more than ten years ago, but when she said this, she still couldn't bear it, she raised her head and looked at Xu Qinghuan: "This is all I saw that night." ”
Xu Qinghuan said: "What about those widows? Did the eldest princess see it all? How did the imperial court determine that they were Japanese people? ”
The eldest princess of Huayang raised her eyebrows slightly: "What is the difference between the Japanese and us, there is no difference on the surface, I naturally have such a question, at that time, the official who led the troops asked people to take off the shoes of the Japanese people, I let people go to see, the soles of those people's feet are all thick calluses, I heard that this is because they have to walk barefoot on the boat, they have calluses in the palms of their hands and tiger mouths, which are caused by pulling cables all year round, which is enough to prove their identity." ”
The eldest princess of Huayang said this: "These are nothing, the only thing that makes me strange is that the Japanese also have female dependents, it stands to reason that the Japanese people came to Dazhou at risk, and they should not bring female dependents, but some people say that those female dependents are to serve the Nie family...... At that time, the person was already dead, and Nie Rong's crime was decided, so there was no need to dwell on these trivial matters, and I didn't inquire again. ”
Xu Qinghuan looked at the expression of the eldest princess of Huayang, at least from her point of view, she didn't see any flaws, she was inclined to say the truth of what the eldest princess of Huayang.
If the Nie clan died here, then who was burned to death in the Taoist temple of Bishui River?
The identity of the person who was burned to death in the Taoist temple is the key to the whole case.
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