Tuoba Chen's expression became a little strange, and he said, "But the queen's matter—"

Lan Zhili suddenly preemptively said: "Your Majesty, this Weiyang Palace has not only produced a queen, besides, the minister has seen those corpses, because of the immersion of the river, he has long been unable to find any clues, why doesn't Your Majesty keep the face of the queen——"

Tuoba Chen's hand shook slightly, looked at Lan Zhili, his expression was complicated, and finally said, "I will think about it, you go down first." In addition, let Zhao Yancheng carefully check who the people around him were who did it. ”

Lan Zhili bowed his head, bowed down, and then withdrew.

Fuqing stood outside the door, the autumn wind was getting colder, his hands were out of temperature, but he still stood there stunned, as if he was a mud puppet, and after Lan Zhili left, Fuqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after a while, he heard Tuoba Chen say in the inner hall: "Fuqing——"

Fuqing took a deep breath, walked into the hall, stood at the bottom of the stairs with his eyes and nose, and said, "Your Majesty—"

Tuoba Chen looked at him, and said with a suspicious look in his eyes: "Fuqing, I remember, you have always helped me tidy up the imperial study." ”

Fuqing said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the slave has followed His Majesty since His Majesty was still a prince, and knows His Majesty's habits, and these things are never faked." ”

Tuoba Chen's expression froze slightly, and he slapped the case table suddenly, shaking the table, and the white jade cup with light patterns jingled and said: "Since you never fake your hands to others, you explain to me why you put that account book on my case?" ”

Fuqing's face was shocked, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know what account book is, the slave is wronged, and the slave doesn't know a single big word-slave-how can a slave take any account book——"

The cold sweat on Fuqing's forehead trickled down, and he seemed to be really excited, and he said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, the slave has been wronged, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate——"

Tuoba Chen was silent, staring at him fixedly, and said after a while: "Okay, get up, I am just testing you." ”

Fuqing's voice stopped abruptly, the cry was stiff in his throat, it looked a little funny, he looked at Tuoba Chen in disbelief, as if he didn't understand, why the emperor, who was still in anger, suddenly changed his words.

Tuoba Chen said: "What? What else do you have to say? ”

Fuqing hurriedly shook his head and said, "No-no-the minion just doesn't understand-"

Tuoba Chen sat on the soft chair, picked up the tea cup in his hand, took a sip and said: "Actually, I doubt you, but after so many years, I also know you, you are not stupid, if it is really you who did it, you can fake your hands, there is no need to dirty your hands." ”

Fuqing was silent, Tuoba Chen saw that he didn't react for a long time, and finally completely let go of his suspicions, yes, Fang Cai's words are still testing Fuqing, if Fuqing immediately clears up his relationship, or, if he continues to ask, he is suspicious, and it is precisely in this way that he can truly prove his innocence.

At this time, the reply of the little eunuch sounded outside the hall: "Your Majesty, Lord Wu of Dali Temple asks to see——"

Tuoba Chen raised his voice and said, "Transmission-"

Fuqing stood in a corner of the hall with interest, Dali Temple, in charge of the trial of the prison case, the matter of Weiyang Palace, because of several lives, had to be handed over to Dali Temple for trial.

Wu Mingkai strode into the hall, saw the emperor, bowed and saluted: "Minister Wu Mingkai to see Your Majesty." ”

Tuoba Chen straightened his face and said, "Lord Wu came here today, but there is a new development in the case?" ”

Wu Mingkai said: "Yes, the minister looked through the roster of the Internal Affairs Office and found that these people were all transferred to Weiyang Palace in the fourteenth year of Xinhe and later, and there were ten palace maids and two chamberlains who died tragically, a total of twelve people, all of whom drowned, but because the corpses were soaked in the pond all year round, they could no longer distinguish their identities. ”

Tuoba Chen hummed softly, and suddenly said: "Since you can't be sure of your identity, how can you know that these people are all transferred to Weiyang Palace in the fourteenth year?" ”

Wu Mingkai said: "The minister checked the personnel roster and found that the people who served the former queen back then were all sent to the criminal slave house after the death of the former queen, and around May this year, they were pardoned by His Majesty and released from the palace. ”

Tuoba Chen nodded, and tapped his fingers on the desk and said: "Having said that, but it also keeps setting the time, Lord Wu is cautious, and the judgment of the case is clear, when the father is here, he is the loyal minister that the father and the emperor rely on, I believe that Lord Wu will definitely be able to see the details——"

Wu Mingkai frowned slightly, he was not a stupid person, he naturally understood what the emperor meant, he wanted to let himself check the roster of the palace people when the first queen was there, but the time has been long, and there have been many changes in the middle, if you really check it, it is naturally very cumbersome, and many palace people have been released from the palace, and finding it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Wu Mingkai gritted his teeth and said: "The minister tried his best, there is another matter, the minister compared, the physical evidence in the Mu Wangfu case back then, that seal, is the seal on those letters back then, as well as the drawings, the minister also carefully compared, the paper used in the paper is tribute Fuyang paper, the paper is fine and soft, even if it is so many years, it is still well preserved, as for the pen and ink used, it is all good pine smoke ink, pine smoke ink is made of ash smoked from pine branches mixed with animal bone glue, with musk, borneol and other antiseptics, and in order to be waterproof, After the final drawings are made, they will be smoked with oil smoke to lock the pen and ink, as far as the minister knows, only the Ministry of Industry, for the preservation of the drawings, will use this method, so this drawing must be from the Ministry of Industry - and the note is from the hand of Lord Su. ”

Tuoba Chen nodded and said: "The notes can be counterfeited, but the process is not, it seems that the source of the drawings is really the Ministry of Engineering, okay, I know, you can go down." ”

A few days later, Wu Mingkai found the craftsman who worked in the Ministry of Industry that year and got a testimony, but the testimony only said that he had been bribed by someone to make a seal privately, Su Bingren did not know about it, and the handwriting on it was also imitated by someone himself.

Su Bingren knelt outside the imperial study for several days to prove his innocence.

Everyone in the court felt that Su Bingren had been wronged, and they wrote to admonish His Majesty, but Wu Mingkai could no longer find evidence that could correct Su Bingren's connection with this matter.

In the end, Tuoba Chen sentenced the craftsman to death, and Su Bingren was fined three years for the crime of laxity under the emperor.

When the matter reached He Xi's ears, she was playing against Tuoba Yue, the weather was still rainy and continuous, the autumn rain was cold and cold, Tuoba Yue seemed to have gotten used to it in recent days, and came to He Xi's yard to drink tea when she had nothing to do.

The two of them are like old friends, and even their days seem quiet and comfortable.

He Xi became more and more afraid of the cold, she shrunk under the thick cloak, holding the stove in her hand, but Tuoba Yue was only wearing a single coat, and couldn't help but quip: "Why didn't you think you were so afraid of the cold a few years ago, but you had a leg disease?" ”

He Xi shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, when Mr. Gao left, he had already been diagnosed, saying that his leg disease was gradually getting better, and there was no big problem, maybe it was the cold autumn in Kyoto, and he couldn't stand it." ”

Tuoba Yue said: "If it is cold, southern Xinjiang can be regarded as a bitter cold place, maybe your heart is cold." There is news in Beijing that Su Bingren has been fined for three years, and the queen's affairs will be investigated from the time you enter the Weiyang Palace, and you have no clue for a while. ”

The corners of He Xi's lips cooled, and he picked up one in his hand, and lightly landed on the chessboard and said: "If you can't find it, I'm afraid that you will find the queen mother, so he protects her like this, and even a dead man's body has to be splashed with dirty water." ”

Tuoba Yue looked at He Xi's expression carefully, and suddenly said, "He Xi—are you—"

He Xi raised his head from the chessboard and said, "Is it anything?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Yuewei quietly falling into the courtyard and said, "Lord, the lady is coming this way." ”

Tuoba Yuesheng swallowed those words, he got up, and said: "I'll go first, Su Bingren's affairs, I will arrange it, I will return to Beijing in the next few days, you are here by yourself, be careful in everything." ”

He Xi nodded, very well-behaved and sensible, it is rare for them to get along so calmly, He Xi sometimes feels that this is the most comfortable day she has lived in these years, the old case of Mu Wangfu is surfacing little by little, as if hope is in front of her, and he walked out of such a cage, breathing the humid and quiet air in the mountain forest, he couldn't help but close his eyes, He Xi breathed slowly, as if he wanted to merge himself with this drizzle, and Ruyi opened the curtain out, Seeing He Xi half-lying on the soft collapse, he said, "Little master, are you sleepy?" ”

He Xi looked a little tired and said: "Maybe it's cold, I always like to be sleepy, help me up." ”

As he was talking, he saw Xu Qing'er holding the hand of the pothos and hurriedly came, Xu Qing'er's expression was different from the previous Hewan, the pothos was holding an umbrella in one hand, Rao is like this, Xu Qing'er was in a hurry to go, half of her body was also wet with the fine rain, He Xi got up and stood under the corridor, welcomed Xu Qing'er in and said: "The concubine saw the concubine Niangniang, I don't know what happened to the concubine, I actually came in the rain." ”

Green pothos looked at Xu Qing'er's expression a little unbearable, Xu Qing'er helped He Xi up, her big eyes were swollen and full of tears, she saw that there was no one around only Ruyi to serve on her side, and she didn't sell Guanzi, and said directly: "Sister He Xi, have you heard about things in Jingzhong recently?" ”

He Xi frowned slightly and said, "Why did Concubine Niangniang suddenly ask like this?" ”

Xu Qing'er said: "Sister He Xi, I heard that Su Bingren, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, was involved in the Mu family's old case recently, but it was also because the emperor was not strict, why was he only fined for three years?" ”

Her eyes were full of unwillingness, and she didn't care about the half-wet clothes on her body, He Xi couldn't bear it in her heart, took her hand and said, "Ruyi, take a dry dress to change into Concubine Shu." ”