Bright Spring

Haitao took a deep breath and said with a frown, "That happened last summer, our family... the late emperor should be in this position; the emperor (Zhu Gaochi) and his servants are in the north, because the emperor is I came here in a hurry from the north. It should be right!"

Xue Yan nodded, and asked Haitao to stand at "the approximate position of the late emperor", and Tan Qing to stand a little to the north.

Then Xue Yan walked down the collapsed gap, and he found a brick near the ice surface. Standing there, he found that this was the only place where he could squat down and reach the water's edge.Then Xue Yan squatted on the rock, touched the ice surface with his hand, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and stuffed it into his bosom again.

After Xue Yan made some trivial movements, he returned to the shore and asked, "Do you know what I did just now?"

Both Hai Tao and Tan Qing shook their heads and looked at Xue Yan with confusion.

Xue Yan said calmly, "I took out a jade pendant from my pocket..." He observed the expressions of the two, and there was no doubt about it.

"Eunuch Hai, are you sure that the late emperor and others are where you stand?" Xue Yan asked.

Hai Tao frowned and said, "It's been too long, our family thinks that I remember it correctly."

Xue Yan thought for a while: "Is there anyone relying on Chishui Station?"

Haitao shook his head without hesitation and said: "Our family can be sure, no! At that time, the late emperor and the emperor were by the pool, and we are slaves, so we should not be extremely careful at such a time? Beware of someone accidentally falling into the water!"

At this time Tan Qing asked: "Xue Siqing thinks that Wang Gou'er moved his hands and feet while digging?"

"It's possible." Xue Yan said, "The release of poisonous needles must have been premeditated, and someone has to do it. But it doesn't have to be Wang Gongluer, or someone else put it in advance. Didn't you say that it was a big accident at that time?" The prince often squeezes mud to play here?"

Both Tan Qing and Hai Tao nodded in agreement.

"Concubine Guo is in Chunhe Palace? Can I see her?" Xue Yan asked.

Haitao said: "Our family will take Xue Siqing there."

So the group of three left the pool, Xue Yan walked for a while, and looked back at the scene by the pool again. .

Chapter 574 Hell

The eunuch Haitao is the eunuch who supervises the ceremonies. As early as when the current emperor was the son of King Yan, Haitao was in the Shizi's mansion, and most of the eunuchs in the palace knew him.

Haitao took the imperial edict written by the emperor and entered two doors guarded by eunuchs; Xue Yan, Haitao, and Tan Qing all entered a room, and only then did they meet Concubine Guo.

"Wow..." There was a sound of iron chains being dragged!Concubine Guo heard someone coming in and seemed to have taken two steps, but she was actually wearing shackles on her feet!

Xue Yan also did not expect that Concubine Guo, who gave birth to the prince, would be treated like this!Perhaps, with her status, only when she was involved in the murder of the late emperor could she end up in such a fate?

It can be seen that the Holy Majesty and those who know the inside story are very suspicious of Concubine Guo as the murderer; she is currently the most suspected person.

Concubine Guo should have met Xue Yan on some occasions.As early as when Wuding Marquis Guo Ying was alive, Xue Yan had a good friendship with the Guo family. Later, Xue Yan acted as a matchmaker for the Guo family, matching the marriage between the Guo family and the first emperor's family, and often came and went in and out of the Guo mansion.

"This is hell." Concubine Guo's eyes peeked out from her messy hair, only staring at Xue Yan.It seemed that she did know Xue Yan, and she wasn't crazy.

Xue Yan held his breath, cupped his hands and said, "I will pay my respects to Xue Yan, Minister of Dali Temple."

At that time, Xue Yan neglected a detail, and suddenly didn't know what to call her.Her husband is already the emperor, but he didn't give her a title.

Haitao and Tan Qing also clasped their fists and saluted one after another.

"I was wronged, why did you treat me like this?!" Concubine Guo stared at Xue Yan and said.

Xue Yan said: "If what you said is true, the next official is here to clear up your grievances."

Concubine Guo suddenly sneered: "Cleaning up? Hmph! I finally understand, that matter was deliberately framed from the beginning to the end! They have been preparing for a long time, how to cleanse? Whose person are you? "

Xue Yan thought for a while after hearing this, and replied: "The lower official is a man of the Holy One. The lower official is the Minister of Dali Temple in the Ming Dynasty. He only asks about right and wrong in the world, and does not ask about other things."

Concubine Guo said: "They acted recklessly and without any scruples. They even dared to attack the flesh and blood of the Holy Majesty. First, they conspired to cause me to have a miscarriage! Later, I realized that I harbored resentment, and they found witnesses; they silenced the court lady Luo'er involved. , and threatened me, telling me not to think about myself, but to accumulate virtue for the future!

At first, I thought that they were going to attack Zhan Kai again, but I never expected... I still underestimated their boldness. "

Xue Yan smelled something useful, and immediately took out a compact scroll and a brush from his pocket, dipped his tongue a few times, and started writing.

Seeing this, the eunuch Haitao said: "General Tan is here to watch, our family asked someone to find ink for Xue Siqing."

"Who are 'they'?" Xue Yan asked.

Concubine Guo sneered and said, "Who else could it be? The person sitting on the queen's throne now, and her party members! The eunuch next to Xue Siqing, isn't it the same? There is also this one called 'General Tan', who is Tan Family members? His son Tan Yuan killed someone, who saved his life?"

Hai Tao and Tan Qing's faces darkened immediately.

Xue Yan wrote it down calmly, and then asked: "You said just now that you have planned carefully and prepared in advance. What do you mean by that?"

Concubine Guo sat down on a stool, thought for a while, and then began to speak: "Didn't the imperial doctor say that the first emperor died because of being stabbed by the poisonous needle of the silver-ringed snake? Before the incident happened, our Guo family had a relationship with Yinhuan Snakes are involved!

At that time, Zhan Kai was suffering from convulsions in children, but there was no imperial doctor to prescribe the silver ring snake infused wine.Humph!It just so happened that my father met an unknown alchemist, who offered to offer silver ring snake medicine wine, and then my father even sent it to the East Palace.

After the silver ring snake is soaked in wine, of course it is not poisonous, and the imperial doctor also said that it can cure convulsions in children; but our Guo family has a silver ring snake, and the death of the first emperor is related to the poison of the silver ring snake, how can the Guo family know for sure?

I was an afterthought, and it took a few days to wake up. How could it be such a coincidence?This was all planned in advance!From the very beginning, they wanted to plant the disaster on the Guo family!

But Xue Siqing thinks about it, if I want to use the silver ring snake poison to murder the late emperor or Zhan Ji, I must be afraid of getting involved with the silver ring snake, how can I be defenseless? "

Makes sense!

Although Xue Yan didn't say anything, he nodded his head slightly.At this time, the inkstone filled with ink was brought over, he dipped the tip of the pen twice, and continued to write quickly on the dense scroll.

After asking Concubine Guo what she knew, Xue Yan left.

Concubine Guo was still crying and cursing in the room, furious for a while, and guilty for a while, chanting that she had harmed the Guo family.

Walking out of the courtyard, the eunuch Haitao immediately said: "Xue Siqing can't just believe her casual words, she is crazy! The empress was already the crown prince concubine and had the eldest son, how could she take such a risk to do such a thing?" What's more, the empress has always been generous and kind..."

Xue Yan said: "Let's investigate the big case. Even if we ignore the benevolence and virtue of the empress's mother, I think there is something wrong with Guo Fei's accusation. How did the poisonous needle be put in the mud?"

Hai Tao was stunned for a moment.

Xue Yan glanced at Haitao, and then said: "At present, it seems that there are only two ways to put the poisonous needle in the mud: either put it in advance, or Wang Gou'er did it.

If, let's just assume, this is the queen's instigation.First, put it away in advance; the eldest prince often plays there, isn't the empress afraid not to hurt the eldest prince?Second, Wang Gouer let go; then Wang Gouer should be the Queen's confidant. "

Haitao hurriedly said: "When the late emperor was still in the Yan Palace, Wang Gou'er was the eunuch who was close to the late emperor. How could he have anything to do with the current empress? Before the late emperor passed away, Wang Gou'er was in charge of the imperial cook. How can you use the empress's people to control the royal chef?"

Xue Yan said calmly: "Therefore, things cannot be easily concluded."

... A group of people walked out of the palace, out of the Chengtian Gate, and to the Outer Five Dragon Bridge.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the rapid sound of "da da da..." horseshoes, followed by a loud "boom" of falling.Xue Yan looked sideways, and saw a knight fell beside the right gate of Chang'an, the horse fell on the ground and twitched, and the knight was screaming in pain.

Horse racing in the imperial city must be a serious and urgent matter.

The knight shouted to the guard at the right gate of Chang'an: "Hurry up at eight hundred miles! Help me, brother, I'm going to the General Secretary."

Xue Yan looked around for a while, then turned to the people around him and said, "I'm afraid there is news of rebels on the front line."