The death of this talented man caused the fear in the palace to spread at an even more frantic speed. Only dozens of concubines and a few of the palace servants they brought with them went to Jiaotai Hall to drink, and the rest who couldn't see it with their own eyes were guessing with their greatest imagination what terrible things happened that day, which could make Liu Cairen "frightened too much and his heart was broken".

At this time, Tuoba Hong was sitting in the imperial study of Jianzhang Palace with a cold face, kneeling in front of him the left and right prime ministers, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment.

He had been thoroughly inspecting the palace for five days, and nothing had been found—the concubines' meals were safe, and even the spices and furnishings were fine. He was silent for a long time as yesterday, and then asked the people below: "Have you found out?" The insect ...... on the concubine's body In the end, is it related to the Gu used by King Mu Wu ten years ago! ”

Different from the fear and panic of the concubines after seeing the violent death of the concubine, Tuoba Hong saw those beetles, and thought of Gu in his mind like lightning.

His idea is also good, only the evil art from the distant Miao Frontier - Gu can have the ability to make people full of worms, and finally die extremely terrifying.

What really threatened the emperor was not the death of Concubine Mao, nor the smashing of Emperor Changning's marriage, but the familiar scene, just like King Mu Wu's methods many years ago.

The elderly criminal department Shangshu kowtowed tremblingly, and only said the words "Weichen is incompetent" for a long time. It's not that he doesn't have the ability, but he really can't find out. He dragged the old subordinates of several Muwu kings who had been arrested a few months ago out of death row again, and exhausted the torture without any gain; pulled a few more imperial doctors to study the insects on the concubine, and compared them with the samples left by King Mu Wu back then, but it was still fruitless; In the end, he even spent a lot of money to hire a Miao Jiang head lowerer, but the person couldn't see anything.

Takubahiro lost his patience. He shouted, "You don't have to check it yet!" Hurry up and sweep this matter away, hand it over to the Tai Palace, and dismantle and rebuild it! In addition, the 'Yuzhao Palace', which I ordered to expand a few months ago, also took the opportunity to build it together, and then renovated all the dilapidated palaces in the palace. "It's not that he's willing to build a lot of buildings, but this thing is too scary. Poisonous eggs remain in the horns, and in a few years it will be a catastrophe.

Yuzhao Palace was to be expanded to Lin Yuan a long time ago, but due to the war, the work was stopped when Concubine Jing ordered "throttling". Later, Lin Yuan never mentioned this matter to the emperor, the front-line sergeants were still fighting, and the treasury was a little tight. Now the emperor has started to build it again regardless of financial resources, which is nothing more than to cover up the purpose of the rebuilding of the Jiaotai Palace.

The scourge of the "Gu" technique will definitely disturb people's hearts and cause panic when it spreads. And the grand palace has been tricked, in the hearts of the people, how can there be face.

Several courtiers kowtowed to receive orders, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was about to retire immediately, and the left prime minister did not want to drip into this terrifying muddy water again, but the right prime minister Xiao Zhen said: "Wait! Your Majesty, the minister has an idea. ”

The monarchs and ministers stared at him.

He smiled and said to the attendant inner warden: "Bring in a pot of those live insects that are not dead, and then go outside to find a few night cats and wild dogs." ”

The things were quickly prepared, and the monarchs and ministers naturally didn't dare to get the insects into the Jianzhang Palace, so they deliberately took the minions to the front yard of the Shen Criminal Division. The wooden basin contained the worms that had been taken down from the concubine that day, but those bugs were very strange, and in a few days they gave birth to eggs and hatched two or three times as much. The people in the hall all shrank behind the wall with a miserable face, not daring to look at the insects closely, only Xiao Zhen took an iron spoon and scooped a spoonful of live insects from the basin, and grabbed a dog's neck with the other hand, opened its mouth wide, and then poured the spoon into it.

The wild dog let out a miserable wail, and two warriors of the Royal Guards pressed its limbs, pinched its mouth, and poured a whole spoonful into it. Insects are not water, it is not so easy to get in, Xiao Zhen poured a spoonful and used the handle of the spoon to reach into the dog's mouth and poke it down, during which it was inevitable that insects would crawl into his hands, and he was not afraid, shaking it off and stepping on it to death.

It's just that in the end, two insects crawled on Xiao Zhen's face, and he didn't have time to shoot and was bitten. He groaned and rubbed his face, pinched a worm and said to the emperor: "Actually, this is nothing to be afraid of, the only thing that is powerful about this insect is its mouth, it has two big turtles, and its bite is like a knife cut, but it is not poisonous." ”

Tuoba Hong's eyes widened, and he hurriedly ordered the imperial doctor on the side to show Xiao Zhen, and said, "You are bold!" If it's really Gu, I'll see what you do! Then he commanded: "Don't do anything more, let the next man come!" ”

Several attendants stepped forward to take the spoon of the right prime minister and shook their hands to scoop the insects. Although they are afraid, they dare to try, and it is nothing if the prime minister in front of them has been bitten, maybe it is really not Gu.

At last the poor wild dog was poured three spoonfuls, and then let go, with two strips of cloth wrapped around his mouth to prevent him from spitting out. It rolled in the mud incessantly, whining and wailing, and its four claws scraped at the ground desperately, grinding its claws into a bloody blur, and refusing to stop even exposing its bones.

Looking at the wild dog's frantic way of digging dirt, Takubahiro's eyes narrowed slightly. Before the concubine died, she hit her head against the wall.

After waiting a few more moments, the dog's movement gradually became smaller, and blood oozed from the strip of cloth wrapped around its mouth. However, in the next moment, the most horrific scene happened, several beetles squeezed out of the dog's ears and eyes, the skin was bitten, and the insects climbed out from under the flesh.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu leaned over and began to vomit, and Tuoba Hong couldn't stand it, so he ordered: "Don't pick it up quickly, it's burning!" Prime Minister Zuo snorted coldly, glanced at Prime Minister Right and said, "I heard that Lord Xiao grew up in the countryside since childhood, you must know this worm." ”

Xiao Zhen smiled: "Prime Minister Zuo doesn't need to mention his background. This is not actually a beetle, but an ant, which you don't know because of its size. He arched his hand at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you can see it clearly, right?" It's because we thought about complicating things before, but it's actually quite simple. This is a 'marching ant' from Dali, with extremely sharp mouthparts, and can eat everything, even the iron sheet can be bitten. Worms are poured into the stomach, and they will soon bite through the stomach and intestines, running around the body and finally biting through the flesh and flesh. Now just ask the servant to check the body of the concubine again, look at the stomach, and know whether the minister is right or not. ”

"Just do what the right prime minister said." Tuoba Hong made an order, thought for a moment and said: "Yao Fusheng, together with the officials of the Criminal Department, you will lead the people of the Criminal Department to thoroughly investigate the concubines who went to the Taidian Palace for a banquet that day. Also, the inner prison maids who had been to the Jiaotai Palace that day were all tied up to the Shen Penal Division for questioning. ”

"Then, can the Jiaotai Palace still be repaired?" Yao Fusheng leaned over and asked.

"Repair! Just in case. The emperor said heavily.

***

Tuoba Hong has a new love here, but the harem is still chaotic. Concubine Jing was ordered by the emperor to suppress the news, and the theory of "Gu" did not spread for the time being, but similar curses and diseases were recognized by most curious people.

And the emperor issued a decree to thoroughly investigate the death of the concubine, and interrogated several concubines' henchmen, which made everyone even more shocked.

No matter how chaotic it is, this day will have to be lived. With the rebuilding of the Yuzhao Palace, the name of Huigui's concubine has become more and more eye-catching. Changning's family affairs were blocked, and the Xiliang Wang and his wife also heard about the terrible things that happened that day, and vaguely thought that this marriage might be hindered by God and was not a good match. However, they still did not want to lose the emperor, and in early June, when the royal family went to Lishan Palace to escape the summer, they entered the palace again to meet the emperor.

At that time, the harem was already a little calm. Tuoba Hongjing is not very optimistic about the son-in-law of the prince of Xiliang after this incident. He said apologetically to King Xiliang: "It was a good thing, but I didn't want to mess up the situation, and now there are rumors in the capital that Changning and Shizi are not a good match." ”

The violent death of the concubine is really too unlucky. King Xiliang sighed and said, "But what Destiny says is illusory and can't be true." ”

"Is His Royal Highness the King of Xiliang saying that the prince can still marry the emperor?" Lin Yuan lightly covered the fan, and Ying Ying smiled.

Because it was in the palace, the rules were more casual, not only did Concubine Jing sit on the side instead of the queen, but Lin Yuan, who had been serving by the emperor's side all day, did not leave. However, Zhao Zhaoyi took advantage of Changning's recent summer fever and was bedridden and needed to be taken care of, so he was not present.

King Xiliang quickly glanced at this rumored stunning favorite concubine, then turned his head and said, "What your concubine said is good. This king thinks that this family business is still done. ”

"It's a pity that Changning has been bedridden recently and can't come to say hello to my little uncle." Tuoba Hongdao. His seven-year-old daughter is still sick, most likely because she was frightened by the chaos of family affairs, and then she was ridiculed and lost face, and she was not in danger. In this way, this family affair may really be inappropriate.

King Xiliang waved his hand and smiled lightly, but Lin Yuan said, "Huh? It stands to reason that the prince of Xiliang should also come to see the emperor! Why don't you see the Son today? ”

Tuoba Hong nodded and said, "Yes." Little uncle, you all live in Lishan, why don't you let the prince come and see you in a few days. Saying that, he was not in the mood, so he got up and went to the harem to visit Changning.

A few days later, it was the Queen Mother's birthday. The royal family held a feast in the Lishan Palace, and the King of Xiliang, as a royal family, naturally came over with his family. Taking advantage of this happy day, they mentioned the family affairs of Changning and the prince in front of the queen mother, hoping to choose another auspicious day to re-organize the wedding ceremony.

The Empress Dowager was even more depressed than the emperor on this matter, and she said to the Xiliang King and his wife: "Changning is the granddaughter of the mourning family, the second princess of the Great Qin Kingdom, and she deserves the best." Could it be that Changning wants to marry in the scorn of the people in the capital with an unfortunate name! ”

The wedding ceremony was disturbed and married, and the people knew about it, so they could only say that this emperor had no one to marry, and he had to marry if he grabbed a son.

The Xiliang Wang and his wife were embarrassed, but Tuoba Hong felt that the accident on the wedding ceremony was a mess in the harem, and the husband and wife should not be aggrieved. Then he stood up and said: "The queen mother is too doting on Changning. It's just that the queen mother said, the little uncle should also think about one or two, if the wedding ceremony is grander, it will be able to overpower the bad luck for a long time. ”

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