Chapter 185: The Queen's Cause of Death

Late at night, there was a dead silence in the prison of Dali Temple. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

Suddenly, a cold gust of wind passed through the corridor of the cell, followed by the sound of thin footsteps

Chunhua, who was guarding Yu Ruyan's bedside, was shocked and wanted to wake up Yu Ruyan in her dream, but when she thought that she hadn't rested well for a long time, and didn't want to disturb her without permission, she had to wake up Qiu Yue, who was asleep on the table.

The two little girls listened to the footsteps in the prison in fear, and couldn't help but feel a creepy.

The cell was already very gloomy, not to mention that it was still in the middle of the night, and the sudden footsteps were very scary

Yu Ruyan was already sleeping lightly, although Chunhua didn't wake her up for fear of disturbing her, but the slight movements of the two maidservants still woke her up.

She didn't get up, but continued to lie on the bed with her eyes closed!

Since losing her sight, Yu Ruyan's hearing has been much sharper than before, and in this silent prison, she listened intently to the slight footsteps, but the sound came from the left side of the cell where she was, and the three of Yu Mingzhu were locked in the left cell after the long passage.

Yu Ruyan's heart was slightly cold, and her expression became solemn!

The next moment, the sound of swords colliding suddenly sounded in the silent prison, and it seemed that someone was fighting, and then there was a woman's exclamation, and when she heard the voice, she knew that it was the voice of Jade Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue

For a while, the quiet cell in the middle of the night was lively

Yu Ruyan couldn't lie down anymore and sat up from the bed. Chunhua and Qiuyue saw that she had woken up, so they hurriedly gathered around her, and said fearfully: "Master, it seems that there is a fight over there, what should we do?" ”

Yu Ruyan smiled indifferently and comforted the two maids: "Don't be afraid, it's not for us, and now that Dali Temple is under the control of Prince Yi, no one dares to do anything here!" ”

Sure enough, as she expected, in less than a moment, the sound of swords over there had been silenced, and only Yue Yu's cold voice was heard in the empty prison----

"Master Mu, at this hour, you don't want to rest in your prime minister's mansion, what are you doing in the prison of Dali Temple? Is it a prison robbery, or a murder ----! ”

Yue Yu's voice was cold and casual, but it made Mu Ziyang, who was wearing a black night suit and covered face, tremble.

He quietly bribed a familiar jailer to sneak in, and the journey was smooth, but he didn't expect to be discovered as soon as he entered the cell.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he looked at the bright-eyed and indifferent Prince Wing in front of him in disbelief, and then he realized that he had set up an ambush and waited for him to come in and catch turtles in the urn.

Moreover, he dressed up like this, and he saw through it at a glance!

I can't hide it. Mu Ziyang hated and scolded: "According to legend, Prince Yi is the most breezy and moony, but I didn't expect that he was such a treacherous person, and he deliberately relaxed the guards outside to let me in."

"No, I'm waiting for Mu Gongzi's arrival!" Yue Yu was not angry at Mu Ziyang's angry scolding, he easily cut off Mu Ziyang's words, and looked at Mu Ziyang in front of him with clear eyes.

"How do you know I'm coming"

Yue Yu smiled indifferently, took out the thing in his hand, and slowly unfolded it in front of Mu Ziyang, his eyes were slightly cold, and he said clearly: "This thing belongs to Mu Gongzi, I know that you will definitely come to find it back!" ”

Looking at the things in Yue Yu's hand, Mu Ziyang's whole body froze. There was panic and fear in his eyes, and the next moment, the long sword in his hand pointed at Yue Yu fiercely, and said viciously: "Why is this drawing in your hand?" Give it back to me! ”

Of course, Yue Yu would not hand over the things in his hand to him, and the next moment, Mu Ziyang, who was obviously already in the encirclement, still desperately threw himself at Yue Yu, looking at the posture, it was bound to take the things in his hand

Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu in the cell or Master Yiqing had already been awakened by the sound of fighting, and Mu Ziyue looked at the things in Yue Yu's hand, and her eyes were also cracked!

On the other side of the long passage, Yu Ruyan quietly listened to the conversation between the two, and when she heard the word 'drawing', her heart was shocked, and her eyes flashed brightly

The sound of fighting stopped after less than a moment, but this time, Yue Yu directly grabbed Mu Ziyang alive and put him in prison.

At this critical moment, he dared to break into the prison privately, no matter what the purpose, it was a felony.

In this trouble, the colorless has been brightened, and Mu Ziyang has been locked in the cell for less than an hour, and Mu Xiang has already rushed to Dali Temple with Mu Yunzhi to become an important person.

They came aggressively, but they were stopped by Yue Yu at the door of the cell

At that time, Mu Lingzhi had already come to the cell early to give Yu Ruyan the millet porridge he had made himself. With an unusually calm expression, he blew the porridge in the cold spoon with his own hands, and then carefully fed it into her mouth.

Yu Ruyan couldn't see his description, but guessed what happened in the prison last night that he must have known. Thinking of that drawing, she had a few breathing disorders, and finally couldn't help but say to Mu Ling: "Your Highness came over today, does Prince Yi have anything to say to you?" ”

Mu Lingzhi said with a smile: "I also know if he doesn't say it, and now the people in the entire Eastern Capital know that Master Mu robbed the prison late at night." ”

As soon as the words came out, he couldn't help frowning and said with a slight suspicion: "It stands to reason that what Mu Ziyue committed, my father did not pursue Mu Fu, why is Mu Ziyang so anxious, and besides, he can be imprisoned, so Mu Xiang came to the door." Mu Xiang, who has always been treacherous and slippery, also couldn't sit still this time, and he messed up, and the whole thing was really weird. ”

Hearing what he said, Yu Ruyan was relieved in her heart, knowing that Yue Yu did not let Mu Lingzhi know about the drawing. But another doubt arose in my heart----

Why did Yue Yu hide it from Mu Lingzhi, Mu Ziyang came to take the drawings when he went to prison?

was puzzled in her heart, but on her face, she quietly drank the porridge he had fed obediently.

After feeding her the porridge in the bowl, Mu Lingzhi finally said uneasily: "Mu Xiang and the eldest prince are both cunning and difficult, I will go out to help Brother Yi, and let Chunhua feed you another bowl." You've lost too much weight lately, try to eat as much as you can. ”

Let's say, let Chunhua and Qiuyue continue to serve Yu Ruyan and have breakfast.

Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, and she wanted to open her mouth to keep him, but the words were still difficult to swallow, and she also knew that so far, there are some things that she can't hide if she wants to

Mu Lingzhi was indeed worried that Yue Yu would not be able to cope with it alone, he locked up Mu Ziyang without authorization, and put Mu Xiang and his children in prison, it is strange that Mu Xiang is not in a hurry, but he is afraid that he will fight with him.

In the lobby in front, Yue Yu was not wearing an official uniform, but a snow-white ordinary uniform, and he did not sit in the high hall, but sat leisurely opposite Mu Xiang, drinking the tea in his hand indifferently, describing himself as unusually calm.

On the contrary, Mu Xiang and the eldest prince were in majestic court clothes, and they were imposing, and Mu Xiang glared at Yue Yu with fierce eyebrows, and said hatefully: "What does Prince Yi mean?" Why are dogs locked in? What crime did he commit? ”

Facing Mu Xiang's angry questioning, Yue Yu smiled lightly and said slowly: "Breaking into the prison of Dali Temple in the middle of the night, holding a sharp weapon, Mu Xiang thinks what your son wants to do, and what crime did he commit?" ”

Mu Xiang was scheming, and he had already thought of a good rhetoric on the way here, so he couldn't help but say coldly: "It's not that he is reluctant to give up his sister, he is afraid that she will suffer in prison." I wanted to sneak a peek at her, but I didn't mean anything else. ”

"So, what does Mu Xiang think is good to deal with?" Yue Yu's clear eyes looked at the power in front of him and asked slowly.

Mu Xiang didn't expect Yue Yu's words to change so quickly, and he didn't know how to answer him all of a sudden.

"This palace thinks that even if he trespasses into the prison, it is excusable, and it is a big deal to beat a few boards to show punishment, but Prince Yi put him in the prison is really a heavier punishment."

Mu Yunzhi, who was sitting on the side, said with a cool mouth.

Mu Xiang's family is now sharing honor and disgrace with him, and of course he doesn't want to see Mu Fu have another accident.

He said it lightly, but Mu Xiang was in a layer of cold sweat on his palms

Yesterday, after Mu Ziyue united with Jade Mingzhu and Yiqing Shitai to pretend to be a jade girl, although Mu Xiang was sad and sad, but the matter has come to this. He had to give up this daughter to keep the entire Mufu family, so under the pleas of Mrs. Mu and Mu Ziyang, not only was he unwilling to come forward to save her, but he was even unwilling to go to the prison to see her.

Mu Xiang and Mu Yunzhi have the same idea, that is, the crime of bullying the monarch committed by Mu Ziyue is already an ironclad nail and a dead end, so even if he is reluctant in his heart, he will not anger Tianwei at this time and let the entire Mu Mansion bury her

Mu Xiang not only refused to save Mu Ziyue anymore, but also gave a strict order in the house. Mrs. Mu was not allowed to visit Mu Ziyue in the cell, so she was left to fend for herself as if she had never given birth to this daughter.

However, this time, Mrs. Mu also knew the seriousness of the matter, although she was very reluctant, she just hid in the house and cried, no longer insisting on saving Mu Ziyue, but Mu Ziyang was very anxious, pestering Mu Xiang, and she must go to the prison to see Mu Ziyue.

What kind of character is the son he gave birth to, and it is not clear how the wood looks. In normal times, Mu Ziyue committed a capital crime, relying on Mu Ziyang's cold-blooded and ruthless character. I'm afraid that the first one will have to break off the relationship with her, but now it's really abnormal.

Under Mu Xiang's questioning, Mu Ziyang finally couldn't resist the fear in his heart, and told Mu Xiang about the fact that he stole the travel route map made by Mu Lingzhi for the prince three years ago because of his greed for beauty, and told Mu Xiang about the fact that Mu Ziyue had previously blamed Mu Lingzhi for the matter and killed the Chen family because of his greed for beauty, and also told Mu Xiang about the fact that Mu Ziyue had blamed Mu Lingzhi for the matter and killed the Chen family.

Hearing this, Mu Xiang was completely stunned----

He never expected that his sons and daughters would hide from themselves and do so many terrible things in private, and these things were actually related to the terrible assassination of the prince three years ago, which was already a matter of the Nine Clans, and now he also framed Mu Lingzhi, making the prince and the three princes and brothers turn against each other, and even killing people in the prince's East Palace

All of this, even if the heads of the entire Mufu were chopped off, was not enough to calm the wrath of the saints

Mu Xiang knew the seriousness of the matter, he was so angry and anxious that he couldn't get up in one breath, and he fainted

When he woke up again, he slapped Mu Ziyang in the face with a bloodless face as soon as possible, hating the two brothers and sisters for causing a monstrous disaster for Mu Fu.

But hate to hate, the wrong thing has been done, it is impossible for Mu Xiang to watch Mufu Yimen die, and he does not want the glory of Mufu Yimen to decline here, so after thinking about it, only before the Dali Temple has not officially opened the trial, let the people who know these things shut up and never say a word again

Therefore, the first person to kill is of course his own daughter Mu Ziyue, and Master Yiqing, who helped Mu Ziyue kill people, and Yu Mingzhu, who is in cahoots with them, must die

In order to successfully find the drawing, Mu Ziyang no longer trusted anyone, so he had to do it himself, he took the risk and went to the prison to find the drawing in person, killing his own sister

However, what Mu Ziyang and Mu Xiang never expected was that as soon as Mu Ziyue was put in the cell, the jailer searched for the drawing from her body and presented it to Yue Yu. The moment Yue Yu saw the drawings, his brows tightened tightly, he had expected that Mufu would send someone to the cell, so he was ready to wait in the cell for the people of Mufu to throw themselves into the net.

Mu Ziyang's personal appearance was as he expected.

Because, Yue Yu knew the importance of this drawing to Mu Ziyang

After listening to Mu Yunzhi's words, Yue Yu was not in a hurry or angry, but nodded approvingly, and said: "Then as the eldest prince said, small punishment and big precepts, and beat Mu Gongzi for thirty boards!" ”

Hearing this, a big stone in Mu Xiang's heart was finally put down, although the thirty boards were heavy. But compared to the fate of the entire Mufu people, it is really insignificant.

When Mu Lingzhi rushed over, he happened to hear Yue Yu's words, although he had doubts in his heart, but now that he was in charge of everything in Dali Temple, he didn't want to stop him much.

Kankan was locked up in the prison for only two hours, Mu Ziyang was already bloodless, and was dragged to the torture room of Dali Temple, where he was beaten with 30 boards, until his skin was open, and his teeth were bleeding

Mu Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and let his subordinates carry Mu Ziyang, who was drenched in blood on his lower body, and was about to return home, but he didn't expect Yue Yu to give an order, but it was the people of Dali Temple who officially arrested Mu Ziyang, and the crime was the big crime of framing the prince!

Mu Xiang completely collapsed, he didn't expect that Yue Yu had already known everything Mu Ziyang had done, but these thirty boards were in vain

Feeling that he had been fooled and deceived, Mu Xiang looked at Yue Yu in front of him with a handsome and harmless face, and his eyes were so hateful that he couldn't care about being polite and reserved anymore, and said angrily: "You have no basis for slandering such a big crime as a dog, Your Majesty just asked you to accept the case of Qin Xianglou and the queen, what qualifications do you have?"

"I will not let go of anyone or anything related to these two cases!" Yue Yu ignored Mu Xiang's violent thunder, and coldly said to the people around him: "Starting today, the prisoner will be formally interrogated, and the rest of the idle people will not be seen, and the guests will be sent off!" ”

Mu Xiang was unceremoniously kicked out of Dali Temple, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he fell at the door of Dali Temple in a hurry

When he woke up, a piece of paper sued Yue Yu in front of King Liang, but King Liang rejected his pleadings in person, and instead let Yue Yu take advantage of this to investigate the assassination of the prince three years ago.

From that day on, the case-handling officials of Dali Temple began to interrogate Mu Ziyue and several people, and the three people, including Mu Ziyang, all did not admit the crime, only admitted the fake jade girl, and all the rest were willing to admit it.

Because in the hearts of Mu Ziyue and Yu Ruyan, they are already mortal people, but before they die, they desperately want to pull Yu Ruyan to die together, so only by pushing Qin Xianglou's twenty-seven lives and the queen's affairs on Yu Ruyan's body, she will definitely die

There are no days left in the queen's funeral, but King Liang strictly ordered Dali Temple to find out the cause of death before the queen's funeral and avenge the queen!

Therefore, the time is pressing, and the case-handling officials of Dali Temple are busy trying Mu Ziyue and a few people every day, and at the same time, they are looking for clues to solve the case with Yue Yu Mu Lingzhi, and they are all very busy.

In this case. The officials of Dali Temple hated Mu Ziyue and others very much, and their screams would be heard from the torture room every day, day and night

Listening to these screams not far away, Yu Ruyan's heart is becoming calmer and calmer, she believes that everything will come out and the truth will be revealed.

On the evening of the fifth day, Yue Yu came back from the palace, to be precise, from the queen's mourning hall to find clues.

Although he knew that Yu Ruyan didn't want to see him, thinking about what he had confirmed today, he finally stepped into the cell where Yu Ruyan was again.

Mu Lingzhi had just left the cell, so listening to the footsteps, Yu Ruyan had already guessed that it was him!

Compared with the resentment against him a few days ago, Yu Ruyan's current state of mind is much more figured out than before, she beckoned him to sit down, and asked Chunhua to pour him tea.

Thinking of the results of today's investigation, and also to make her completely relaxed, Yue Yu said with a hint of excitement in her voice: "I have found the real cause of the queen's death. In this way, your suspicion can be completely cleared. ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was slightly stunned, her expression froze, and she looked a little incredulous----

The queen's death, except for the fall on the back of the head, the imperial doctor and the servant did not find out the second cause of death, so King Liang and everyone unanimously determined that Yu Ruyan was the murderer who killed the queen.

She was excited in her heart, and her voice trembled with excitement, and she asked urgently, "How did the queen die?" ”

Thinking of the cause of the queen's death, Yue Yu's heart couldn't help but tremble, he sighed and said in a deep voice: "I once went to the land of Miaojiang in the south with my master, and learned from the king of Miaojiang that there is one of the most vicious corpse Gu in Miaojiang, also called Huangquan Gu."

"Huangquan Gu, as the name suggests, is that he has already set foot on the Huangquan Road, just because the life and death of the Gu person is completely in the hands of the person who casts the Gu."

"The Gu Maker used his own essence blood to raise a pair of extremely rare twin Gu worms, just like the twins of humans. After the Gu caster planted a Gu worm in the Gu Maker's body, the other Gu worm was still kept by his side, and this Gu worm was the key to deciding the life and death of the Gu Maker. Because, as long as this Gu worm dies. The Gu worms planted on the body of the Zhong Gu will also die immediately, and as long as the Gu worms in the body of the Zhong Gu person die, the Gu Zhong will die immediately, and die quietly."

Obviously, there was a warm charcoal basin burning in the cell, but Yu Ruyan still felt an endless chill all over her body, she curled up tightly, and her lips trembled: "What do you mean, what do you mean, the queen mother died from Huangquan Gu?" Then who gave her the Gu, isn't it?"

Jade Ruyan's eyes crossed the bright light----

Now that I think about it, before the queen fell from the main seat that night, her expression suddenly froze, and her body stiffened and fell straight forward

That description, now I think about it. It was like a stiff body that fell down after death, not a snort to the back of the head and then died

His forehead and whole body were soaked with cold sweat, thinking of the moment when the queen fell, Yu Mingzhu, Mu Ziyue and Yiqing Shitai happened to push the door in, and the timing was just right, just enough for everyone to see with their own eyes that it was the queen she pushed down

"Yes, it was Yiqing who did it, and she is a grass ghost woman from Miao Jiang, who is good at making Gu and using poison"

After getting Yue Yu's affirmative answer, Yu Ruyan's whole body was cold for a while, and she couldn't believe it: "How did you find out all this?"

Yue Yu said coldly: "The reason why Huangquan Gu is considered to be the most vicious Gu is because as long as one Gu worm dies, the person who is in the Gu will also die immediately, and no traces can be found on the corpse of the deceased. But ----"

He paused for a moment, and said in a firm voice: "After more than seven days, the corpse of the deceased will quickly decay, rotting from the inside out, but it will not decompose like ordinary corpses and emit a disgusting and unpleasant smell, but will emit an extremely faint fragrance, called 'the soul of the flower on the other side', and I happened to be fortunate to see the corpse of the Huangquan Gu who died in Miao Jiang before."

"The day before yesterday, I went to Empress Xie's mourning hall, and although the mourning hall was full of the smell of burnt paper and incense wax, when I approached her coffin, I still smelled the faint fragrance. Later, the coffin was reopened. The smell was even stronger, and the inside of the coffin was as I had guessed, and in such a cold winter day, Empress Xie's body was already highly decomposed, even if it was smeared with herbs to prevent decay."

"In order to further confirm the speculation in my heart, when I went again today, I deliberately folded a bundle of plum blossoms and brought them into the mourning hall. I placed the plum blossoms next to the coffin, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the bundle of fresh plum blossom petals withered and fell quickly."

"It wasn't until this moment that I was truly sure that Empress Xie died from Huangquan Gu, because the person who died from Huangquan Gu, the 'soul of the flower on the other side' emanating from the corpse after death is the nemesis of the hundred flowers. If you encounter it, you will wither"

The warm teacup couldn't warm Yu Ruyan's cold hands, and her whole body trembled slightly----

She has had countless dealings with Mu Ziyue and Jade Mingzhu, and she knows that these two women are very vicious, but she never thought that they were so vicious and bold that even Queen Xie dared to murder at will, which is really terrifying!

Yue Yu took a sip of tea and continued: "There are very few people who can practice Gu in Daliang, and the most beneficial Yin Poison Gu in this kind of Gu Technique is even more difficult to find, but I am afraid that in the entire Miao Territory, there will not be a few people who can know this kind of Huangquan Gu, because this Gu is too vicious, and the King of Miao Jiang has forbidden people to practice this Gu." Even those who secretly practice this Gu are asking for a lot. Not only must you be skilled in Gu art, but at the same time, twin Gu worms are also extremely difficult to find."

"And when Master Yiqing was in Miaojiang, she was already the most prestigious grass ghost woman in the local area."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's heart was already clear, she suppressed the panic in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "On the day of the fire in Qin Xianglou, I was about to meet Qin Xianglou's old bustard Qiu's mother at the inn, but I was pierced with a silver needle and fainted, and when I woke up and found that someone had cut a bloody wound on my wrist, I couldn't understand what this bloody mouth was doing, until I knew that I was the real jade girl, I didn't understand." On that day, after the poisonous woman in Yiqing stabbed me, she cut my wrist and took the blood from my body, and made it into a pill for the queen to detoxify the poison."

"And that Gu worm, presumably when they pretended to be a jade girl to detoxify the queen, they were planted in the queen's body, just to prevent the truth of the jade girl from being discovered by the queen one day, and they wanted to kill the queen."

When the truth of the queen's death was finally revealed, Yu Ruyan also figured out a lot of things in her heart----

For example, she already knew that the bowl of Heding Red that the queen gave her that night was not a fake medicine to test her, as the queen said, but a bowl of real intestinal poison.

It's just that not only did she not know that she was a jade girl who was not afraid of all kinds of poisons. It was nothing to drink the bowl of crane top red, and even the queen didn't expect it, so the queen showed an incredible, even ghostly description at that time.

From the moment she was not poisoned by Hedinghong, the queen must have thought that she was the real jade girl, so she changed her attitude towards her later, was willing to spare her life, promised to send her out of the palace quietly, and immediately called the jade pearls to find them to confront the jade girl face to face

Presumably, Queen Xie personally took Hedinghong to the East Palace to find her own business, Yumingzhu They knew about it, and they also knew in their hearts that as long as the bowl of Hedinghong was drunk by her. The matter of the Jade Girl will inevitably be discovered by the queen, so as soon as they heard the queen's summons, they have already taken the first step, killing one Gu worm, so that the other Gu worm in the queen's body will also die, thus also taking the queen's life

Although the mystery of the queen's death was solved, Yu Ruyan's mood was unusually sad, and she was shocked why she was so insidious and vicious

And Yue Yu continued: "Although the only witness in Qin Xianglou's case, Mother Qiu, fell off the cliff and couldn't come out to testify against Jade Mingzhu, but the poison found on the corpse of Dongcao and the corpses of the five secret guards in the palace was exactly the same as the poison on the silver needle carried by Master Yiqing before, so this alone. It is enough to prove that Qin Xianglou was done by them. In this way, all the grievances on your body will be completely cleared! ”

After saying this, Yue Yu sighed silently in his heart, now that the case has been successfully solved and the grievances on her body have been cleared, it can also offset the guilt he felt for her in his heart.

After listening to Yue Yu's words, the spring flowers and autumn moon around her were excited, but Yu Ruyan said to Yue Yu with a solemn expression: "I still have something that Prince Yi needs to help me find out!" ”

Yue Yu listened to her words, her expression was stunned, and she had a bad premonition in her heart!