Chapter 346
Xu Chu took the thing, took a look, and determined that the soil containing the poison of the crane top red that Aunt Chu said was taken from under the corpse of the female Dao Aunt. In other words, although the female Daogu also took Jinshi medicine, it was Hedinghong who killed her.
The top of the crane is red, and it is not a reed...... These two forbidden drugs in the palace have appeared in front of her many times.
And now, the Dong family is involved, as if everything has an eyebrow. After all, the Dong family was powerful back then, and it didn't seem difficult to get some palace banned drugs at that time.
She filled in the conclusion of Aunt Chu's examination into the autopsy list, and then looked up at the guards outside the autopsy room and asked, "Lord Wang and Lord Tang, can Lord Sikong come back?" ”
After a while, the guard replied: "If you go back to your lordship, the prince and Lord Tang have not come back yet." Lord Sikong has returned, and is now taking the couples who followed him from Jingzhao Mansion to the Criminal Department to identify the appearance of the dead girl. ”
Xu Chu nodded and said that he understood, although most of those girls were sold from human teeth, there was no guarantee that there would be traffickers who would take the opportunity to steal the children and resell them. If they can find their father and mother, it will be regarded as a merit, and it will naturally be the best.
When Xiao Qinglang returned to the Three Law Divisions again, he went directly into the room where Dong Ruiyang was asked. This room is said to be a place of inquiry, but it is better to say that it is a place of rest, not to mention that there are torture instruments in the prison of the Three Law Divisions, and even the terrifying guards have never had them.
Xiao Qinglang frowned slightly, and then entered the house without slowing down.
Dong Ruiyang heard the voice, looked up, and then raised his eyebrows and placed the white jade teacup in his hand in front of the seat opposite.
"I heard that the conditions in the Three Dharma Divisions are difficult, so when I came, I specially brought my own good red robe and white jade tea cup. If the prince doesn't dislike it, why don't you sit down and have a drink? ”
Xiao Qinglang did not feel emotionally fluctuating because of his actions and words, he sat opposite Dong Ruiyang casually, looking at the man opposite through the dense water vapor. After a moment, he sneered and took a sip of his teacup.
"Mellow, solid and sweet, with aroma and soup color at the bottom of the cup, it is really comparable to the tribute tea given by the emperor."
Xiao Qinglang's words were casual, but Dong Ruiyang, who was still calm and fearless, broke out in a fine and dense cold sweat on his forehead.
He quietly looked at Xiao Qinglang, but he couldn't see any clues from his face, so he felt even more shocked.
In fact, he never thought that Xiao Qinglang would drink the tea he poured without hesitation, let alone that he wanted to mock Xiao Qinglang with a rare and superb red robe, but it became a kind of handle.
It wasn't until Xiao Qinglang said the royal tribute tea coldly that he felt a little nervous and wary in his heart.
The tribute tea given by the emperor could not fall into his hands at all. In addition, the Dong family had forced the East Palace to abdicate, so if you don't pay attention, you may be suspected of misdeeds by the emperor again.
Although he has some resources in his hands, but in the current prosperous era, there are not many people to cheer for him, and the ministers who were attached to the old lady and aunt in the DPRK have long been eliminated. Therefore, he has no chance to stir up the storm with no money.
When he was a teenager at the beginning, he still relied on the residual power of the Dong family to make a fortune, but as he got older, he saw it more clearly. In this world, there is no time for the Dong family to recover.
Xiao Qinglang took a sip of tea, and gently placed the teacup on the table, the teacup and the lid of the cup made a crisp sound, which made Dong Ruiyang's heart chuckle.
Xiao Qinglang didn't embarrass him, and asked as if talking casually: "I heard that Master Dong believes in the Taoist Danding sect, and often asks Taoists to refine pills for you?" ”
Dong Ruiyang pursed his lips and looked at him, and then smiled for a while: "That's true, it's not surprising that the wealthy families of the Great Zhou are looking for more pills to strengthen their bodies." ”
Xiao Qinglang squinted at him, raised his eyebrows and said: "That's right, this king has also heard of a secret method of refining the elixir, which can reshape the male and the root, so that people can count the women at night without exhaustion." It's just that this secret method needs to be refined with the blood of the virgin as a medicine, and it is best to use the blood of a girl who is not more than ten years old to break the melon. ”
Dong Ruiyang's hand holding the white jade tea cup shook, and the hot tea splashed on the back of his hand. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Where did the prince hear the words in the book, Dong has never heard of it." ”
Xiao Qinglang leaned on the back of the chair unhurriedly and said indifferently: "Six years ago, you invited the Xuanyang Dao people of Qingfeng Guan to enter the mansion. Four years ago, he was a pure yang Taoist of Moyun Temple, last year he was a Taoist of Wanshan Temple, Yuqing Temple, and the so-called Lingxiao Taoist, Qingjingzi, Wuweizi and others who traveled all over the world and had no Taoist temple, all of whom had refined the elixir to restore the male and root for you. And the place of alchemy is the Dong family's Lushan Courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing......"
"If I'm not mistaken, then the Xuanyang Dao people should be the most important to you. Because he was in the late period of the first emperor, he secretly alchemized for the first emperor, and he was the so-called master of the Tao. So you obeyed him, and even secretly stole the Dan furnace used for alchemy when the first emperor was in power, as well as the things that accompanied your aunt's funeral......"
Xiao Qinglang's fingertips touched the warm white jade teacup slightly, and he didn't give Dong Ruiyang time to refute, and said with obvious sneer: "It's just that Xuanyang Dao people want to refine the pill with the blood of a virgin, so that you have to look for a girl who is not more than ten years old from various channels." In the capital, from the people in the market, to some shady ways, or the girls who were coerced and lured, do you really think that no one knows? ”
The more he spoke, the more indifferent his expression became, but the more cold his tone became, so much so that bursts of coercion forced Dong Ruiyang's cold sweat into beads of sweat like rain.
Compared with Dong Ruiyang's surprise, Xiao Qinglang's eyes revealed an undoubted majesty, as well as a sharpness that could not be avoided.
When Dong Ruiyang spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse, and he said with an obvious wheezing voice: "So what? After all, they are all slaves and maids bought by me with real money, and I pamper them carefully on weekdays, and even let them enjoy them with a thousand golden stone medicines, only taking some of their broken melon blood, what's the problem? Moreover, their accidental deaths, and I, as the head of the family, casually threw them into the dark room, which is not a big deal. ”
Xiao Qinglang calmly looked at Dong Ruiyang, who was arguing a little hysterically, moved his eyebrows, and asked, "So, what this king said is not wrong?" ”
Dong Ruiyang was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and under his own vigilance, he still let Xiao Qinglang say so much. But for him, that didn't get in the way.
"How is it?"
Xiao Qinglang sneered, looked at the hidden wooden door of the room and said, "Has the scribe ever recorded the confession of the eldest master of the Dong family clearly?" ”
The wooden door opened in response, and I saw the scribe in the official uniform of the yamen put away the pen in his hand, and quickly entered the door to present the confession written by hard writing.
"The small ones have been recorded clearly, just waiting for Master Dong to sign and draw them."
Dong Ruiyang's face was very bad at the moment, but it was much more relaxed than when he was deceived by Xiao Qinglang just now, and he sneered nonchalantly: "What about the painting?" I've never heard of the lord paying for the lives of a few girls. ”
"Then ask Master Dong to sign and draw the charge first, and then talk about the rest." Xiao Qinglang said unhurriedly, as if the previous fierce expression and compelling coercion were just an illusion.
After Dong Ruiyang signed and drew the pledge, the scribe placed the confession on the table in front of Xiao Qinglang again.
Xiao Qinglang flipped through it with one hand, and finally nodded at Dong Ruiyang's name and closed the confession.
"Since this is the case, Master Dong will be taken into custody at present, and he will be punished according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty after the case is concluded."
So saying, he got up and went out. And the officials outside the door arrested quickly, and without hesitation, they took the shackles and detained Dong Ruiyang.
In this way, Dong Ruiyang, who had just come to his senses and breathed a sigh of relief, shouted, "King Jing'an, you dare to go against the will of the first emperor!" ”
Xiao Qinglang really stopped when he heard his shouting for this method, he turned around and stood on the inside of the threshold with his hands, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask what the first emperor had in mind?" ”
"Naturally, I want to ensure the stability of my Dong family's bloodline!" Dong Ruiyang was a little angry, if he hadn't been escorted, he was afraid that he would have overturned the table at this time.
I think that although his family was defeated, because of the management of his predecessors and his inexhaustible wealth, he has suffered any humiliation in his life. Unexpectedly, at this time, he was held down by a few unknown inferior officials, which was really unbearable.
Xiao Qinglang raised his hand to signal everyone to pause, stared at him without shifting his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "This king has never wanted to execute you." Regardless of how much responsibility you have for mutilating innocent girls and humiliating corpses, or how many people want to sue you, just saying that the bloodline of the Dong family is not necessarily only you, I heard that the old lady of the Dong family was famous back then, and she often stayed at the house at night when she was strong......"
When he said this, Dong Ruiyang couldn't help but be stunned, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. It's like, if you can't leave the Three Dharma Divisions today, I'm afraid that I will never have the day of freedom.
Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but tremble fiercely, and even the strength of the shouting was much weaker.
"Lord Wang, those girls are just maids I bought, and they belong to private property, and the yamen is afraid that they can't care if they died unexpectedly."
Dong Ruiyang's words made the officials who were holding him look at each other, and they all looked at Xiao Qinglang who was not far away.
Xiao Qinglang sneered, "Although you gave out the money, you also bought their deed of sale." But I probably didn't know that the deed of sale of four of them was fake, and they were abducted and sold to the Dong family by human traffickers......"
Upon hearing this, Dong Ruiyang was completely dumbfounded, and the whole person fell into a kind of dazed and panicked. Although he was not well versed in the laws of the penal prison, he also knew that if the deed of sale was false, then it would ...... Then, those four girls are the daughters of a good family, and he must not take blood for alchemy at will.