Chapter 31: Night Talk about the Thirteen Princes 3
Just want the emperor to spend his time to protect himself, then he must be of greater use. Evidence evidence, what the emperor wants is empirical evidence. Zi Ning suddenly thought of Gonggong Li, who fell into the water and died, Anda's friend, and said that he had found the rat medicine for Anda. It is rumored that it was Gonggong Li who was pushed into the water by Anda and died. "Your Majesty, the slave maid has something important to say."
"Say!"
"Your Majesty, the father-in-law Li who fell into the water, the slave maid was also by the lake on the day he died, and the slave maid saw it with his own eyes, and it was the corpse thrown by two people after death, not in the lake. This is also evidence. Zi Ning vaguely saw two people on the other side of the lake who might be more hurriedly evacuated, but Zi Ning was bent on saving people, but fortunately Anzi rescued him and hid it, otherwise there were two floating corpses in the lake that day.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, but she had met them all, but after thinking about it, she was suspicious of Zining. Is it too much of a coincidence. But he still lowered his voice: "You tell me in detail." ”
"Your Majesty, that day the slave maid was to go to the mixed hall to bathe, in order to save time, walked the path, walked to the road and heard the sound of heavy objects entering the water, so he quickly ran to the lake to see that it was a humanoid thing, and wanted to save people, at that time there were indeed a few people on the opposite bank who hurriedly retreated, I thought it was a person who heard the sound like me, after entering the water, the slave and maid thought about how if it was a living creature, there was no sound after entering the water, it was clear that it had been killed and thrown into the lake. So the slave and maid hid under the bridge for half a night before daring to go back. I have been seriously ill for a long time, and the emperor will know it as soon as I check it. "It's very suspicious to think of myself like this, although it's a coincidence, but there are too many coincidences, it's easy to suspect that it was me and Anda who killed that person and threw him into the lake." The emperor, although it is a coincidence, but the slave maid can also defend herself, the slave and maid were still a very shameless girl in the shadow hall at that time, and they were not allowed to take a step out of the palace on weekdays. It is impossible for the slave to conspire with Anda in advance. You can also check this clearly. ”
The emperor looked at Zi Ning, the matter of writing the child was not long in time, so she went from an unknown palace maid to Tong to agree to come out, just to face the saint today, although it was a coincidence, but she didn't know what to do, so why take this risk. The doubts in my heart have been dispelled by three points.
"Throw the body after death." The Shen Punishment Division returned but was pushed into the water and died in a closed quarter. Was it a miscalculation or was there a deliberate confusion? The Emperor "immediately investigated the corpse." Shadows, you go, don't let people find out. ”
"Yes." A black shadow leaps down from the beam. It is the emperor's secret guard, and he wears the same as the imperial guard, except that the imperial guard has a navy blue bottom, and the dark guard wears a dark red robe.
In less than a moment, an old gentleman in a gray cloth robe was gagged all the way, and his gray hair looked very thin, kneeling in front of the emperor. His frightened face turned pale, and he asked for peace tremblingly. The secret guard pulled out the strip of cloth from his mouth, and jumped onto the beam hidden without a trace.
Zi Ning opened his mouth and asked, "Old man, the corpse floating in the lake half a month ago in the palace, did you read it and write the charter?" ”
"It's the old man, the old man has been engaged in this industry for thirty-five years, but all the corpses of the people in the palace are the old people who read the charter." I was about to rest, but I didn't want to jump into the window, so I gagged myself away without saying anything, and I was so scared that my soul was scattered, thinking that my soul was going to be scattered here today. It turned out to be the emperor's secret edict, but the fright at this time was even higher, carefully recalling the appearance of the floating corpse that day.
"So you say he was drowned alive after entering the water? Is it possible that the corpse ran into the water after death? Zi Ning asked.
"Don't dare to say anything, don't dare to say anything, I've been doing this for a long time. I don't dare to lie for Your Majesty, the corpses floating in the lake, the belly is full of water, and there is mud and sand, and he struggled violently before he died, and his right hand is tightly composed of an ornament, and the mud by the lake is the footprints of two people, and the traces of sliding into the lake have been reported. These signs are people who are pushed into the water and drowned. The old man, the furrows on his face trembled with the change of his mood, and he said it with great certainty.
Zi Ning's heart turned back and forth, no matter how perfect it was, but Zi Ning still believed in his eyes, struggling violently, there was water and sand in his abdomen, what kind of death would have these! It's obviously water after death, and it's impossible for me to be mistaken. Thinking backwards, what would I do if I were trying to make people look like they were drowned. Zi Ning asked again, "Old man, if you fill water and sand after death, can it also lead to this?" ”
The old gentleman was silent, "Theoretically, it is possible. I also thought that when I was examining the corpse, I saw that there was water in the ears and nose of the floating corpse, so it was concluded that he died of flooding, but it was true that only the water in the abdomen was muddy and sandy, but the ears and nose were clear water. I just thought it was a little strange and didn't think much about it, and what this little girl said was not possible. Frightened, he hurriedly confessed, "Your Majesty, there is water in the ears and nose of the floating corpse on that day, but it is clear water." But the floating corpses did die in the flood. ”
Zi Ning felt a groaning in his heart, right and right, "Your Majesty, then it is possible that he drowned in the clear water and then poured into the sediment, which led to a miscalculation, if you want more empirical evidence, you only need to break his lungs and see if there is sediment in the degree of stagnant water." And what's going on in the brain. A corpse can bring a lot of evidence. ”
"No, the dead are great, if there is a deficiency in the body, it will die restless and cannot be reincarnated. You can't do this kind of immoral thing. The old man's head shook like a rattle.
"Why not, only in this way can we find out clearly. If this corpse has been manipulated, then Anda's body may also have been moved, and it must be dissected and examined. That's the evidence. Anda, only then can I keep your family, you won't blame me.
"Those who will be damned, those who will be punished." The old gentleman had a bitter look on his face, but he was very persistent about it, and it seemed that he really minded the things of ghosts and gods.
"Rather than suffering an injustice and dying in vain, that is the only way to rest in peace, and the truth can comfort the soul of the deceased." Turned around and faced the emperor, "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of retribution, the old gentleman doesn't dare to do it, I'll come, but I'm not good at it, so I need the old gentleman's guidance to do it." If it is punished by God, I am willing to bear it with all my might, and I implore the emperor for permission. "Just like the imminent finding of a piece of driftwood, Anda's corpse and the corpse in the lake are Zining's only hope today. So Zining must not let himself go.
"The little girl is young, and her tone is not small, so it's your turn to do it. The royal brother and the younger brother are willing to do it for him. What Zi Ning saw was the tail of the white satin embroidered gold thread, floating by, blocking Zi Ning's vision tightly. However, this retribution will not be borne by the king, you should bear it. ”
"Why are you here? You don't want to die! There was a moment of surprise on the emperor's immovable face. He snapped, "Don't go down yet." I'll see you later! ”
"Yes. But ~ the emperor's brother doesn't believe the nonsense that the corpse is incomplete and the soul is uneasy, will you believe it? Laughing and walking away to the right.
After Zi Ning hurriedly glanced at it, he was very frightened in his heart, this person looks very similar to Anzi, in other words, it is clearly Anzi when he grows up, under the peerless face, handsome and aggressive, and the corners of his mouth always have a mockery. There is no pure and quiet feeling of Anzi.
He was dressed in white ribbons and gold stripes, but both the belt and the headband were white. This kind of dress is not like a handsome son, but it is more like keeping filial piety for others.
A strong uneasiness rose in Zi Ning's heart, he was the emperor's younger brother, and the emperor's attitude towards him was extremely strange, and he could visit the palace at night, this point palace had obviously fallen into the key, and An Zichang was so similar, one was the prince, and the other was a eunuch. Why! How can it not have the slightest relationship with such a similarity?