"Killing the king?" Ruxu smiled and shook his head, "There are thousands of ways to take revenge, and it's not just one to pay for your life. What's more, death is not the heaviest punishment for people. ”

Life is better than death.

"How do you think dozens of members of the Meng family in Minshan County died? Wasn't it slaughtered by Lu Gaoqiu's Red Shadow Guards? I saw it with my own eyes! The emperor has an inescapable responsibility for this matter, and there is no denying it at all. Our Emperor...... It's a selfish and cruel faint king! Ruxu clenched his hands into fists, suppressing the tremors in his voice.

Wang Duzhi, who was on the side, saw that her emotions were suppressed and excited, and he shook Ruxu's hand and said, "No matter what, this is a very risky thing." You have to think about it. ”

"The day I decided to enter the palace, I had already thought it out." Ruxu solemnly saluted a few people, "What Tiyun did is very dangerous, and it will inevitably involve many people in the future, please treat it as if you don't know me in front of outsiders." That will preserve you as well as me. ”

"How could we not know?" Wang Duzhi helped her up again, "Since you are our dearest, then we will not stand idly by in this matter." If you have anything you need in the future, we will help you. ”

With that, he looked at the time and Senior Sister, and the latter two nodded at him.

"It's just that I have other doubts." When did you frown and ask, "You just said that your mother asked you to come to check on Concubine Xiang's death and her second child?" What does this mean, didn't Concubine Xiang die of illness in the cold palace back then? ”

"Sick and dead in the cold palace?" If Xu didn't speak, Wang Duzhi answered, "I have been writing the verdict for so many years, but I have rarely heard that a concubine died of illness in the cold palace, and countless people were given death. ”

"Death? But what kind of grace was the emperor back then, how could he give her death? "I don't believe when.

"Whether Concubine Xiang was given death or died of illness is not yet certain, but I believe that there is something else hidden in this matter. As for Concubine Xiang's second child...... "Ruxu hesitated, "Actually, my mother's letter doesn't seem to be very confirmable, I heard that Concubine Xiangniang gave birth to a child in the cold palace that year, but whether the child died in the end or left the palace safely, these are unknown." ”

"You mean, Qianwu may have a brother or sister living in this world?" When did he look at Ruxu, "This matter is so big, does Qianwu know?" ”

"How can he know about this!" Ru Xu frowned, "Qianwu's current identity is the prince, how can he be a royal person." If it is related to this incident, if the East Window incident happens in the future, he will be the first person to be shot. ”

"This is where the contradiction lies, Qianwu should know about this, but if he knows, it will be bad for him." When is the Tao?

"The lesser of the two, the stakes of this matter are already clear to everyone, don't let the fifth person know." Ru Xu looked at a few people, and then shifted his gaze to Wang Duzhi, "Big brother, I really need your help with something right now." ”

Wang Duzhi straightened up and looked at her.

"Concubine Xiang died in the cold palace back then, for such a big event, there must be a verdict in the palace. I'd like to ask you to help me check the files from that year...... I want to know who diagnosed Concubine Xiang back then, and who sentenced her to death. If you can, tell me all the details. "As promised.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it." Wang Duzhi nodded.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want you to help with." "It's my mother's illness." I'm sure you've seen it, so I wanted to talk to you about it. ”

"I was about to tell you about it." When did he say, "Listening to Wataryuki, do you think Mrs. has taken cinnabar and been poisoned?" ”

"Yes, it should be said that it was 'mercury poisoning'." As he spoke.

Hearing the familiar term, Senior Sister suddenly raised her head and looked at her.

In ancient times, people did not realize that cinnabar contains mercury, so they have been using cinnabar unscrupulously and unscrupulously, and the emperors of previous dynasties used cinnabar to make alchemy, in order to achieve immortality, and the folk used it to use it as medicine, or to make pigments and paint.

However, as she and her sister know, cinnabar is not high in mercury, and it is difficult to cause mercury poisoning as severe as Rumo.

"What's that?" When is it time to ask.

"Cinnabar can be used in medicine, but it contains the harmful toxicity of 'mercury', which cannot be taken in large quantities or for a long time, otherwise it will have a counterproductive effect." Senior Sister added.

"But the toxicity of ordinary cinnabar is not very strong, so generally speaking, taking too much will only cause headaches, insomnia, fatigue, at most, body tremors, and occasional hallucinations." The senior sister seemed to know more details, and she explained it to the other two.

"Then how could my uncle be so serious?" Wang Duzhi was puzzled.

"So, I guess what Ru Xu means is that someone wants to harm the prime minister's wife." The senior sister looked at the two of them, "Someone extracted the toxicity of ordinary cinnabar and made it into cinnabar with purer toxicity." After taking it many times, it is possible for the lady to produce such severe symptoms. ”

The two looked at Ruxu again, and Ruxu nodded and said, "Senior sister is right." I think that someone should have mastered the technology of cinnabar purification, and discovered the toxicity of cinnabar, and someone used this way to poison my mother. ”

"In ancient times, it was possible to purify cinnabar, but it was still difficult to purify it to the point where it could cause mercury poisoning." Senior Sister looked at Ruxu.

"There are no wonders in the world, and everything needs to be further explored." Ruxu said.

"Now I will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Watari and carefully inspect the objects that my wife uses every day, as well as the medicines that I import on weekdays." The conversation was over, when did he get up with Wang Duzhi, "Since you mentioned cinnabar, I will definitely pay attention to the inspection." ”

"I'll go with you." Senior Sister also got up.

If Xu had no friendship with the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would be suspicious of going to and from the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he had to go back to the palace first and wait for the results of a few people.

The three of them returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Wang Duzhi had already ordered someone to sort out the things like ink, and when they had arrived, they picked them up one by one and looked at them. The senior sister followed behind him and checked again.

One of the sachets caught the idea of the elder sister because the material was a bright red color. She picked it up and smelled it, and the smell of sandalwood filled her nose, and the irritability and anger in her heart dissipated in a moment. The senior sister shook her head, feeling that she was thinking too much, put the sachet down, and then looked at the next thing.

In the end, when the time came, they checked the medicinal herbs, and even the pills that Rumo usually ate, but they found nothing.

"It's impossible not to find clues, we must have missed some important details." Senior Sister and Shi washed her hands in the copper basin on the side.

When I picked up the objects on the table one by one, I carefully checked them again, "It seems to be really ......"

"Wait a minute!" The senior sister suddenly noticed that his fingers seemed to be stained with a little red, and when she turned over his hand, she saw that this was the red color of cinnabar.

Immediately after, Senior Sister and Shi Shi looked at the bright red sachet at the same time. The senior sister picked it up, opened the mouth of the sachet, and poured out a small bag of cinnabar powder and a few pieces of sandalwood from it.

In order to prevent the cinnabar powder from leaking out, several layers of silk were sewn inside, and even wrapped in a small piece of tarpaulin.

"Cinnabar powder is odorless and tasteless, and when put together with sandalwood, the taste is quickly masked. Moreover, inhaling cinnabar powder and taking cinnabar can also lead to poisoning...... "The senior sister was annoyed. It's been nearly ten years, and she has really forgotten all the professional knowledge in college.

"So it's ...... here," looked at Wang Duzhi beside him, "Now you can ask these girls where this sachet came from." ”

Wang Duzhi called all the girls around Rumo, and everyone stood in line with their heads bowed, all of them very nervous.

"Where did this red sachet come from?" Wang Duzhi picked up the sachet and asked.

Everyone looked at each other, and at this time Ripple stood up, "This is the sachet of Tianxiang Pavilion, I went to buy it with my wife before." ”

"Let's go to Tianxiang Pavilion now!" The senior sister went out with a while, and was about to say something when it was time, but she hesitated and didn't say anything.

Wang Duzhi picked up the sachet and went with him.

A few people arrived at the Tianxiang Pavilion in Changle Fang, but found that the door of the Tianxiang Pavilion was closed, and the surroundings were lifeless, as if the building had been emptied. The street was covered with a layer of fallen leaves, which rolled up when the wind blew and slapped the bodies of several people.

"What's going on?" Senior Sister asked.

"I was just going to say that." After a pause, "People have been poisoned, and they know that they may be discovered, how can they stay here and wait to be killed?" Of course it's already gone. ”

"What are you guys and ladies doing here? This is not the place for you! Suddenly, an old man appeared behind him, sweeping the leaves with a broom.

"Old man, why is this street so desolate? What happened to Tianxiang Pavilion today? Wang Duzhi asked respectfully.

The old man looked at him, sighed, and said, "Earlier, it was about seven or eight days." It was at night that the surrounding neighbors suddenly heard the sound of screams coming from the Tianxiang Pavilion, and everyone quickly got up and leaned over to look. ”

"As soon as I arrived at the gate of Tianxiang Pavilion, I saw several people rushing out from inside...... Ouch, that face, hands and body are rotten! Wow wow screams in pain! It didn't take long for him to die...... There is no living mouth in the entire Tianxiang Pavilion. The old man's voice was hoarse, and it made people feel a little scared when he said it, and the wind behind him rose again, and the senior sister had goosebumps.

"Everyone thought it was evil, and they all moved one after another, and within a few days the whole street was empty." The old man shook his head and continued to sweep the floor, "Oh, what a sin......"

"It's sulfuric acid......" the senior sister muttered, "Could it be that someone else has crossed over?" You can make these chemical weapons and use them with ease...... It's horrible. ”