Bright Spring

Xue Yan finally opened his mouth and said: "The case of the lower official has not been investigated yet, but the fact that has been found out is... the late emperor collapsed in the East Palace! And he collapsed due to the poison of the Coral Snake!"

After a moment of dead silence, the crowd outside the Chengtian Gate was in an uproar.Countless people's faces changed, and people made shocking sounds.Some people were whispering, and the scene of thousands of people was noisy for a while.

Xue Yan's words were like dropping a pig iron thunder into the water, shocking everyone.Judging from this reaction, it is obvious that the truth about the late emperor's death was well kept secret; until just now, he didn't know much about it!

Those in the know, who are not Gao Chi's confidantes, must either be silenced or locked up!

The loud noise continued.Yang Shiqi on the stage immediately raised his head and let out a long sigh, his face full of helplessness and despair.The commander of Jin Yiwei made the tendons on Tan Qing's forehead bulge, and his face looked like he was drunk... The seven people who are being tried are all people who understand power struggles, and most of them have already understood the joints !

The eunuch Haitao stared at Xue Yan with a dejected look.

It is said that Xue Yan's investigation into the death of the late emperor was based on Gao Chi's secret decree.There are not many people who really know that he is investigating the case; of course, Tan Qing and Hai Tao are among those who know.

Hai Tao and the others may have finally understood: asking Xue Yan to investigate the case was a huge loophole in that secret matter that was easily overlooked!

At the beginning, there were not many people who knew the truth about the death of the late emperor, and not too few; as long as Zhu Gaoxu invaded the capital, he would be able to extract the truth from those people... This is also because there is an extra Xue Yan who knows, and it is easy to be ignored by people reason.

But the most critical loophole is: Xue Yan is not their henchman, and he is somewhat retreating, and it is easy to betray the prince's henchman; and once Xue Yan investigates the case, not only can he prove it verbally, but he also has evidence!

Before Gao Chi arranged for Xue Yan to investigate the case, he should have had sufficient consideration and reasons; but everything often has side effects.Because of this incident, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly found a breakthrough!

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the setting sun in the west, which was about to fall into the ground soon, and he turned his head to signal to Wang Bin who was standing next to him.

Wang Bin took a few steps forward and shouted loudly, "It's getting late, be quiet! We're going to continue the interrogation."

People gradually became a little quieter, but there were still many people whispering quietly.

Zhu Gaoxu asked loudly: "Xue Siqing, do you have evidence?"

Xue Yan clasped his fists and said: "When the incident happened the year before last, the subordinate officials did not participate; and when the subordinate officials were ordered to investigate this case, many places had already changed. A medical officer from the imperial hospital. The subordinate officials only have four confessions with signatures for reference."

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Which four copies?"

Xue Yan said: "The Commander of Jinyiwei Tan Qing, the Eunuch Haitao, the Supervisor of Rites, Wang Gou'er, the former Imperial Kitchen Eunuch, and Guo Concubine, the second concubine of the Crown Prince. The lower officials were ordered to inquire about the case. After these people stated the facts to the lower officials, they all signed their fingerprints. .”

Still the same as before, the confession evidence was circulated to the civil and military sergeants on the left and right.They looked at each other to save time.It is mainly civil and military officials who are looking closely; other people just take a rough look and forget that the handwriting is similar, and there may be some people who are illiterate.

Then, the sergeant sent another piece of evidence; it was official documents from the Supervisor of Rites and Jin Yiwei.There was Tan Qinghaitao's handwriting on the official documents, and Zhu Gaoxu asked the civil and military officials to compare and check the signatures of the confessions!

At this time, Yang Rong stared at Hai Tao and Tan Qing with angry and distressed eyes.Yang Rong's eye sockets were already full of blood, and he regarded those two as enemies!

Hai Tao and Tan Qing were both scared and frustrated.

"Plop!" Suddenly Tan Qing's legs gave way and she fell onto the table!

There was another uproar below.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that Tan Qing's older brother, Tan Yuan, who died in the battle, was very bloodthirsty, and frequently killed prisoners during the "Battle of Jingnan"; and this Jinyi Guard, Tan Yuan, was also well-known for his murderous nature.Unexpectedly, the more vicious | cruel person, when the murder fell on him, he was even more timid than a civil servant!It's a bit embarrassing.

The eunuch Haitao was trembling all over, and hissed, "Fake! Those are all fake!"

Zhu Gaoxu asked coldly: "Which ones are fake?"

Haitao tremblingly said: "The handwriting on the official document is forged by you..."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This is something that was just searched out from the Supervisor of Rituals. The eunuchs and eunuchs of the Supervisor of Rituals can all testify. How can you deny it? Alright! I will do my best to convince you. Come, I will serve you with pen and ink! Eunuch Haitao, write in public!"

After a while, the sergeants brought up the pens and paper, as well as a small table.

Haitao looked at the pen and paper in front of him, and did not move for a long time.

General Wang Bin walked up calmly, grabbed Haitao's hand, picked up the brush, and quickly dipped it back and forth in the inkstone twice.Wang Bin stuffed the brush into Haitao's hand and shouted loudly: "Write!"

Haitao trembled all over and almost fell down.Even the people who were still discussing under the table were taken aback, and suddenly became quiet again.

Eunuch Haitao's hands trembled, and he wrote a few words crookedly on the paper. He looked up at Wang Bin tremblingly.On Wang Bin's black|rough round face, his eyes are wide open, and his eyes are full of cold murderous intent!Haitao continued to write.

Wang Bin snatched the paper from Haitao's hands, handed the paper with wet ink to the sergeant, and asked the civil and military officials on the platform to check the handwriting again.

Of course there is nothing strange, the handwriting is the same!When a person is in a panic, it is even more impossible to write different two-handed characters.

Zhu Gaoxu stood up from the chair and walked to the side of the seven people.Countless people below focused their attention on Zhu Gaoxu again.

Facing the south, he said loudly: "Xue Yan investigated the assassination case of the late emperor, and it was the crown prince's intention. There are all witnesses and material evidence, and the evidence is as strong as a mountain! If the late emperor died, it was because of Ji Gang's offering of red pills, and later the crown prince also used it." Check it? The son smeared|slandered his father out of thin air, which is unheard of in ancient and modern times! The prince lost his great virtue, and the world can learn from it!

Xue Yan investigated the case with the intention of the prince, and has nothing to do with this king!The first emperor died because of the poison of the silver krait and died in the East Palace!The confession contained the words of the prince's confidants Hai Tao and Tan Qing; when they confessed the truth, the prince was still in charge of the capital, how could they be coerced?

The king only entered the gate of the capital city at noon today, and then entered the palace to talk to the crown prince, and it was already afternoon when he arrived at the Thousand Steps Corridor.In less than half a day, how can these confessions in Xue Yan's hands be made temporarily?

And this afternoon, Haitao, Tan Qing, etc. are all in their respective yamen, and no one has touched them; the soldiers of the crusade army have never entered Jinyiwei and Sili Supervisor.Everyone in the government office can testify!If the king is wrong, who will testify from these two yamen, and who outsiders Haitao and Tan Qing have seen?

In this way, when can the handwriting of their confessions and signatures only come from?

It can be seen from this that Xue Yan's confession is what the prince's confidantes said when he was in power, and it can never be a lie!In the confession, how the first emperor went to the East Palace and how he was stabbed by a poisonous needle is all clear!The truth cannot be questioned! "

Standing on the square with thousands of people, there was no sound at this time, and it became a little lifeless. It didn't seem like a place where so many people gathered.

Zhu Gaoxu turned around, faced the seven sinners, pointed at them angrily and said loudly: "You treacherous villains, you are sinister|venomous! You people in the East Palace are deceiving billions of subjects in the world and slandering the name of the late emperor. Killing the king and father! Man and God share the anger, and the laws of heaven cannot tolerate it!"

Yang Rong's voice trembled and said: "Although the first emperor collapsed from a poisonous needle, it was not caused by the Holy Majesty and his ministers. Otherwise, why did the Holy Majesty want to find out the truth?"

At this moment, there was a sigh of "ah".Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways slightly, and saw that the sighing person was Yang Shiqi... Several people on the stage were frightened, and it seemed that only Yang Shiqi was the most sober; Yang Rong's words directly admitted in public the fact that the late emperor was poisoned in the East Palace. There is really no doubt about the high degree of evidence.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored those who were sighing, and immediately pointed at Yang Rong's nose and cursed: "You are discussing the political change secretly in the East Palace, planning to lure|deceive the late emperor in the East Palace, intending to detain the late emperor; Killing the king! Unexpectedly, someone plotted to assassinate the first emperor without authorization, causing the prince to respond hastily; the prince's puppet army was defeated several times, and in anger, Fang wanted to find out who the confidant who made the assertion was!"

"King of Han, how can you afford to pour dirty water on the lower officials..." Yang Rong said in a voice.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a little happy in his heart.He thought to himself: When you poured dirty water on me, why didn't you expect today?I am nothing more than using the way of others to treat others!

Before Yang Rong could finish speaking, Zhu Gaoxu shouted in a high-pitched voice: "The evidence is as solid as a mountain, and the facts are conclusive! You can still talk nonsense now? Those articles and newspapers that framed | You guys who open your eyes and tell lies, turn black and white, and fabricate right and wrong, have the face to cry for injustice! How shameless!

The first emperor died after being assassinated, and the East Palace controlled the palace, killed people and silenced them, and kept the funeral secret; designed to trick the king into entering the palace, intending to kill him at the same time.All the officials of the government office have witnessed these things, and thousands of people can prove them! "

Yang Rongdao: "The king of Han said that he will secretly discuss the political change..."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't let Yang Rong speak at all, and immediately cried loudly: "Father..." Then he turned and threw himself to the north, crying so loudly.

Thousands of people were suddenly stunned by the loud cry!

Chapter 592 Crying Skill

A long time ago, when the little daughter-in-law in the countryside cried for her in-laws, she cried like this while reciting words.Zhu Gaoxu learned it very early, but he was puzzled: Didn't it mean that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a poor relationship, why are they so sad, and so many young daughters-in-law are heartbroken for their mother-in-law?

Today he finally understood that they were not pretending, but maintaining a rule of order and asserting their status.Now Zhu Gaoxu cried even louder and louder, it was deafening!

Zhu Gaoxu snotted his nose and burst into tears, crying and shouting: "I am not filial, I have made great contributions from the Annan Kingdom, and I am happy to return to Beijing to offer captives. I want to comfort my father who has worked so hard on state affairs; It's my son's fault to let my father attract people's resentment and schemes!"

He was heartbroken, cried a few times, and continued to cry: "Father held the hands of his children and ministers and said: Gao Xu is like me, Erjing is in a difficult battle, guarding Yunnan, and conquering Annan. I like Gao Xu, who can protect my great Ming country and society; only because the ministers form a party and cannot be controlled, after I rectify the court and let them all understand the duties of ministers, I will change to the crown prince. It's hard to let go, but I don't want to say goodbye forever!"