[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 27, the time of the Xu, the bath hall of the Daming Palace]

Shen Huan rode to the front of the Danfeng Gate, led the way by the inner attendant, crossed the long imperial road, and walked to the door of the Yude Palace. Gao Liangshi came out and told him that the Son of Heaven was bathing in the hot springs, and told him to wait first.

Shen Huan waited outside the hall for most of the hour, until six o'clock in the hour, and then was called into the Yude Hall by Gao Liangshi. I saw Emperor Li Chongsheng, who was only wearing a thin nightgown at this time, leaning lazily on the imperial couch.

Shen Huan hurriedly leaned over and knelt down, shouting: "Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty!"

"Get up!" the emperor's voice was calm and a little tired, and it was obvious that the emperor's hot spring bath was quite refreshing......

"Gao Liangshi, give Shen Qing a seat!"

Today, the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, and it was extremely rare to give Shen Huan a pestle to sit on.

As soon as Shen Huan sat down, he asked with concern:

"Your Majesty, it's cold today, Your Majesty is only wearing a nightgown, don't you want to freeze?"

"Don't get in the way!" Li Chongsheng waved his hand and said:

"What's the matter, Zuo'er's case has eyebrows?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has already found out that it was a top brand of Cuiyun Building that killed His Royal Highness King Han, called Mingyue!"

"Mingyue, why did she kill Zuo'er?" Li Chongsheng's face was a little surprised.

"This bright moon girl, who has been secretly in love with King Han for a long time, saw that she finally couldn't marry King Han, so she turned into hatred because of love, so she lured King Han to Cuiyun Building, both seducing and coercing, who knows, His Royal Highness King Han is upright and noble, and he is not moved at all. So, under the anger of this bright moon girl, she teamed up with the old bustard to brutally kill His Royal Highness in the embroidery room of Cuiyun Building......"

Shen Huan discussed with Yang Wenyuan, about the "cause and effect" of King Han's killing, and played it in detail in front of the emperor.

After listening to Shen Huan's performance, Li Chongsheng thought quietly for a while, and then asked:

"Did she confess all these charges herself......? No execution?"

Shen Huan hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, during the entire trial process, no torture tools were used against Mingyue, it was all her own initiative to confess, and Mingyue is still locked up in a separate cell, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to check it out immediately!"

"No need, I still believe what I say to you......" Li Chongsheng beckoned to Shen Huan, Shen Huan understood, and immediately took out the thick stack of confessions from his backpack and handed them to Gao Liangshi.

Li Chongsheng only took Mingyue's copy from the pile of confessions submitted by Gao Liangshi, glanced at it, and asked:

"That'...... Where is Zuo'er's body now?"

Shen Huan said: "His Royal Highness's body is still in Tsing Yi Wei at the moment"

Li Chongsheng asked, "You have seen Zuo'er's body, is the wound on his body consistent with Mingyue's confession?"

Shen Huan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the night that Weichen's subordinates found His Royal Highness King Han, they saw that His Royal Highness was already naked, and his body was covered with blood. After examining the body, His Highness had a total of seventy-three wounds all over his body, all of which were stabbed with sharp weapons such as iron hooks and sharp knives......"

"Seventy-three wounds?" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but get up from the imperial couch, he couldn't believe it.

Shen Huan then said: "Your Majesty, according to Yang Wenyuan's interrogation, that Mingyue girl has really been in love with His Royal Highness King Han for a long time, and she is extremely infatuated, the so-called 'deep love is hateful'! That night, she and the old bustard first drunk His Highness, and then the two of them dragged His Highness into the embroidery room, and used iron hooks, sharp knives, iron cables, and even bamboo sticks to tyrannize and brutalize His Highness! She tortured His Highness for nearly an hour, and then His Highness unfortunately died...... Moreover, after the death of His Royal Highness, this Mingyue also took out a piece of the jade pendant that His Royal Highness was carrying, and when she went back to her bedroom to sleep, she actually put the jade pendant next to her pillow, it can be seen that this Mingyue girl is really affectionate to His Royal Highness King Han, but it is a pity that one thought is wrong, and she actually fell into the devil's path......"

As he spoke, Shen Huan took out the jade plate engraved with the word "Zuo" from his arms and handed it to Gao Liangshi.

Li Chongsheng touched this piece of Li Zuo's close-fitting jade pendant, saw things and thought about people, couldn't help but have slightly moist eyes, he sat down on the imperial couch dejectedly, as if talking to himself:

"A good person, how to say that if it's gone, it's gone......"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly bowed forward, handed over a white square scarf, and whispered: No. 5

"Long live the lord, please mourn, don't hurt the dragon body!"

Shen Huan also got up busily, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty mourns, take care of the dragon body!"

Li Chongsheng wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a square towel, and said with a little choked up:

"The case has been solved...... Shen Qing, early tomorrow morning, you will send someone to take Zuo'er's body...... Send it back to King Han's mansion, I ...... I'm going to have a grand funeral for Zuo'er!"

Shen Huan immediately arched his hand and said: "Wechen will personally send His Highness's coffin back to King Han's Mansion early tomorrow morning!"

Li Chongsheng sighed and said:

"I heard Gao Liangshi say, you sent someone to surround the Han Palace?"

"Your Majesty......!"

Shen Huan's heart sank, he thought to himself that he had known that this case could be handled so smoothly, why should I bother to embarrass Nangong who was silent? It's good now, this stone still fell on his feet...... At that moment, he was in a hurry, and was about to put on a surprised expression, and said blankly: "Weichen doesn't know about this, Weichen will go back and check it carefully, and see which thing that is not long-eyed, dares to be so bold......"

Unexpectedly, the emperor waved his hand at Shen Huan and said warmly:

"You did a good job! Zuo'er died suddenly, once the news reached the palace, the orphans and widows in his family would be panicked, if some lawless people took the opportunity to enter and rob, if they hurt Zuo'er's children, then I ...... But I'm really sorry for the souls under Zuo'er Spring!"

After a pause, Li Chongsheng said again: "I heard that the person in charge of protecting the Han Wangfu is your Bei'an Pingsi. After you go back, you will give me a few words of encouragement to Nangong, he is young, he can take care of the entire Bei'an Pingsi in an orderly manner, and he has done a good job of protecting the Han Wangfu!

Shen Huan didn't feel good when he heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen congratulates His Majesty for the holy grace of Nangong Qianhu!"

"You did a good job in this case! You were able to solve the case in just one day, and you did this...... It can be regarded as a consolation to Zuo'er's spirit in the sky!" Li Chongsheng glanced at Shen Huan and added meaningfully.

"Your Majesty's false praise, Weichen is ashamed and dare not be, it is the duty of Weichen to relieve His Majesty's worries!"

At this time, Li Chongsheng stood up from the imperial couch again, his face gradually turned cold, and the gaze in his eyes became majestic and cold again, only to see the emperor walk a few steps around the imperial couch, and said in a deep voice:

"As for this Mingyue! Because of love and hatred, because of madness, cruel killing, vicious methods, really hateful! Three days later, she will be escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market and executed by Ling Chi!"

"Obey the order!"

"And that accomplice Lao Bustard, who was also escorted to the execution ground with Mingyue and sentenced to beheading!"

"Obey the order!"

"As for the more than 100 women in the Qinglou, as well as the miscellaneous servants in the 50 Cuiyun Towers, they were also beheaded for public display! The remaining 40 or so prostitutes were all exiled to the border!"

"Wechen obeys!"

"Okay, I'm tired, you can retreat!" Li Chongsheng returned to the royal couch and leaned down, waved his hand at Shen Huan, and said.

"Weichen retires!" Shen Huan bowed, and then retreated in small steps.

"Shen Qing!" Shen Huan had just retreated to the gate of the palace, but he heard Li Chongsheng call from afar.

Shen Huan hurriedly turned around again, walked to the imperial couch in small steps, and leaned over to serve.

I only heard the emperor sigh leisurely and said:

"Those Qinglou women are also pitiful, so give them a piece of white silk to kill themselves! When they die, you order someone to restrain them and bury them properly! cough...... These people were already unclean when they were born, so let them go clean when they die!"

Your Majesty is merciful, the grace of heaven is vast, and Weichen is inexplicably admired!"

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