Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 397
Why did so many innocent people die in a case of disgust?

The answer is brutal.

The case took place in the Tai Chi Palace, next to Li Zhi's couch. This is not a case that can be closed simply by killing a few chief offenders.

The so-called wrath of the emperor, laying down millions of corpses, this sentence is by no means an exaggeration.The emperor really has the strength to do it.

Once the incident happened, the palace people would be the first to bear the brunt.

Whether guilty or innocent, kill first.

First of all, those who have intersected with the principal criminal involved, those who know Guo and Fan, and those who have had friendship with the two, even if they just greeted each other politely, are considered accomplices.

It is so unreasonable. In a society ruled by man, there is no reason at all.

This is almost a brutal indiscriminate massacre with two purposes. One is that Li Zhi loses his sense of security and has to clear the king himself.

The second is to use the heads of these innocent people to frighten those who slipped through the net with malicious intentions, and let them know the power of the emperor's majesty and king's law, no matter how deep it is hidden, it is useless.

The 96 corpses were not yet cold, but Li Qinzai only felt a chill down his back.

In the ancient human-ruled environment, Li Qinzai could not say that Li Zhi did something wrong. After all, ancient and modern values ​​are different. The Son of Heaven is the god of the world. What is it if a god kills a few mortals?
"Uncle Li, can we get the result of the trial just now? I feel that we should close the case as soon as possible, otherwise more and more people will die, and hard-hearted people like Xiaguan can't bear to watch it anymore." Song Sen sighed bitterly. .

Li Qinzai shook his head vigorously, trying to clear his head.

"Just now I interrogated Fan Yunxian and Guo Xingzhen. As expected, neither of them pleaded guilty, insisting that they were wronged."

Song Sen sneered and said, "If you don't recognize the stubborn things, give them some powerful instruments of torture, you have to recognize them!"

Li Qinzai shook his head: "It's easy to ask them to plead guilty, but if they are tortured, the cause and effect will not be connected. If you hand two confessions full of loopholes to His Majesty, you and I will not only have no merit, but will be accused of deceiving the emperor."

Song Sen thought about it and thought it was true, but he still sighed quietly: "If the two of you die and don't plead guilty, the clues will be broken. Where should we start to investigate?"

Li Qinzai said: "From the expressions and eyes of the two of Guo and Fan just now, I intuitively think that they are not lying, maybe they really did not do it. There is another hidden story behind this case. I suspect that there is a fish that slipped through the net hidden in the palace."

Song Sen subconsciously asked, "Who?"

Li Qinzai glanced at him with caring eyes for the mentally retarded, and said: "'Fish that slipped through the net' means that this fish slipped through the net and disappeared. If I knew who he was, I would have been caught long ago. Did he 'fall through the cracks'?"

Song Sen smiled awkwardly.

A little embarrassing, but cheeky enough to overcome.

Li Qinzai patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "I don't expect you to read more books. If you have nothing to do, eat some pig brain walnuts or something to complement your body."

Song Sen smacked his lips, and said, "Mr. Li's words...why do you mean to be a bit sarcastic? Are you mocking me?"

Li Qinzai looked up at the sky, nodded after a while, and said with certainty: "Yes."

Song Sen murmured for a long time before he said earnestly: "Mr. Li is really...frank and selfless. If you make friends, you should make friends like Mr. Li. This life will not be in vain."

Li Qinzai laughed, Nima can force a detour to flatter him, Song Sen can definitely eat four dishes in his life.

"Speaking of business, Baiqisi also has people in the palace, right? Send someone to inquire. Do Fan Yunxian and Guo Xingzhen have enemies in the palace, big or small, as long as there are people and things related to hatred conflicts, let me find out. .”

"Li Xianbo suspects that they were framed by enemies in the palace? Whether it is the technique of disgusting victory, or the talisman paper puppets and magic weapons hidden in Fan Yunxian's residence, they were all quietly planted?"

Li Qinzai hummed, and said: "The two people are being interrogated today. Judging from their expressions, it seems that they have been wronged. Let's investigate further. What His Majesty needs is not to admit guilt, but to find out the real mastermind."

Song Sen bowed and clasped his fists: "Yes, I'll do it right away, and there will be results tomorrow."

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Tai Chi Palace, Chengxiang Palace.

The eunuchs and maids standing in the palace have been dismissed, leaving only Empress Wu and a court lady.

The palace lady just came back from the palace, and she was standing in front of Empress Wu with her head bowed to return to her life.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Li Yifu, asked his servants to report back to the Queen. This matter is extremely dangerous. Guo Xingzhen has a close relationship with the Queen, and there is no reason why he hates winning. The emperor must have doubts about the Queen..."

Ruo Hanshuang behind Wu, said coldly: "Li Yi's mansion is talking nonsense, don't you know if it's dangerous or not? What I want is for him to go to Dali Temple immediately, meet Guo Xingzhen and Fan Yunxian in person, ask the truth, and deal with this matter in private. It's over, how can I plant the blame on me for what I haven't done!"

The palace lady knelt down in fear, and said: "Yes, this servant has conveyed the queen's order to Li Shangshu verbatim. Today evening, Li Shangshu has entered the Dali Temple and met Guo Xingzhen and Fan Yunxian."

Empress Wu couldn't help sitting up straight, and said, "Did they ever confess? Did they bite Ben Gong?"

The maid shook her head and said, "The two insisted that they were wronged. Today Xu Youxiang personally interrogated the two, and later Weinan County Bo Li Qinzai also ordered the two to be interrogated. Guo Fan did not confess and refused to plead guilty."

Empress Wu frowned: "Could it be that Guo Fan was wronged? Who dares to be so bold in the palace, to curse His Majesty with the technique of disgusting victory, and die?"

The maid paused for a moment, and then said: "Li Shangshu also said that no matter what the truth is, the most troublesome thing right now is that even if they are wronged, with Xu Youxiang's ability, I am afraid that sooner or later they will be tortured. If you go to the queen, you will be in big trouble."

A trace of panic flashed across Empress Wu's eyes.

If this is the case, then Li Zhi will be abolished as empress, without the position of empress, how can she and the mother, daughter and sisters of the Wu family survive?
She knew better than anyone how the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu died.

In the palace where the battles are extremely cruel, those who lose power don't just lose power, but also lose their lives.

Forced to suppress the fear in her heart, Empress Wu tried her best to calm down and said: "Does Li Yifu have any countermeasures?"

The palace lady said: "Li Shangshu said, before the two of Guo and Fan confessed, why don't we start first, let the two make up their confessions, and bite the mastermind of the art of disgusting victory on others. If the two have the same tone, the case Even if it's over."

Empress Wu's expression turned pale, and she said, "That's right, as expected of Li Shangshu, who is scheming and calculating, who can bring disaster to the east."

Then Empress Wu murmured again: "Then, who should we pin this matter on? This person must live in the palace, and must also have resentment towards His Majesty. In this way, it is reasonable to curse His Majesty by using the technique of disgusting victory..."

The maid said again: "Li Shangshu suggested that the queen might as well look for it in Yeting Palace, maybe there is a suitable candidate..."

"Yeting Palace?" Empress Wu frowned more and more deeply: "There are servants and maids who have committed crimes in Yeting Palace, they are just lowly people. If I hand over a few servants to this Palace, it is impossible for Your Majesty to accept such a small amount of weight." Believe it."

Then Empress Wu's phoenix eyes suddenly brightened, she couldn't help standing up, and said in a voiceless voice: "By the way, after the death of Concubine Xiao Shu, did the two princesses remain and were sent to Yeting? Are they still alive?"

The maid lowered her head and said: "Yes, they are Princess Yi'an and Princess Xuancheng. They have been exiled to Yeting for about three years. They do the chores of servants every day, and they are living well."

Empress Wu's eyes flickered, and after a while, she suddenly smiled.

"If it wasn't for what happened today, I would have really forgotten about these two princesses. God really helped me."

Empress Wu suddenly stopped laughing, and her face turned cold instantly.

"You go out of the palace again and tell Li Yifu to tell him that Guo Fan and their parents and relatives will be treated kindly by the Palace. Tomorrow Xu Jingzong will interrogate them and ask them to confess freely, saying that they were bewitched by the two princesses. , just now did this treasonous thing."

The maid stepped back respectfully.

Empress Wu sat alone in the hall, her phoenix eyes staring at the candlelight on the low table, her expression full of exhaustion.

After one country, the mother will be in the world, so will she really be able to sit back and relax?

For example, what happened today almost made her fall into the abyss again.

Therefore, even if you sit on the position of queen, you still can't relax for a moment, otherwise, if you are not careful, you will end up in eternal doom.

Thinking of this, Empress Wu couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, her eyes filled with fear again.

She must not fall into the abyss again. In her life, she was dispatched to Yeting, she also had her hair shaved to become a nun, and she almost died several times under the cooperation of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.

After bloodshed and fighting all the way, he finally reached this position, and he must never lose again!

(End of this chapter)