Tang riddles

It was night, Ming Gui was lying in front of the case in his study, looking at the four confessions on the case, frowned and pondered for a long time.He was thinking about the consequences of submitting these four confessions, and he was wondering whether he should cover up the truth.If the truth is revealed like this, will it bring about huge disturbances in the government.

These four confessions are from the four suspects involved in the case of Concubine Wu Hui—Niwaqi, Dongling, the chef’s servant, and Luo Huaidong, the gatekeeper of the Jinwu Guard who claimed to have seen the princess of Jin entering the palace at night.After Minggui carefully studied the four confessions, he was surprised to find that the four confessions all pointed to one person in the end.

After Niwaqi was arrested, he quickly confessed everything he knew.According to what he said, he probably received an order to be a prisoner in April this year, asking him to participate in the renovation of the palace this year.Right after that, someone soon found him.This person claimed to be surnamed He, so he should be a servant. Although he didn't declare his identity, but looking at his appearance with a white face, a beardless face and a delicate demeanor.Niwaqi participated in many palace repairs, including the construction of Xingqing Palace.During the construction of Xingqing Palace, he had dirty hands and feet, and secretly concealed a lot of valuable wood and glazed tiles fired by official kilns in the palace, and exchanged them for a lot of money.I thought that what I did was impeccable and no one would know about it, but how could I let this servant in the crane know about it, and it became a way to blackmail him.Under coercion, he had no choice but to follow the steps He Neishi told him to complete the matter of placing an oiled paper bag on the wooden rafters under the tiles in the bedroom of the Pearl Mirror Hall, and according to the requirements, leave a gap when putting the tiles back. make rainwater permeable.Afterwards, he knew something was wrong, and immediately ran away with his family, but he was still arrested.

The waiter in charge of the kitchen confessed that at the instigation of another waiter, he specially chose that batch of sea prawns for Concubine Wu Hui to eat.The other servant he called was named Songhe, who was a servant in Concubine Liu Hua's palace.According to him, Songhe told him that his mother also had asthma, but after taking a new batch of sea prawns from the palace, her symptoms improved a lot.The chef's servant should not have intended to murder Concubine Hui.It's just that Taifu Temple is allocating the material ration of Shangshi Bureau, so this matter should have something to do with Taifu Temple.

As for Dong Ling's line, the interrogation was quite difficult, and the result really surprised Ming Gui.Dong Ling was reluctant to say it at first, but under the torture methods of Dali Temple, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, and confessed that she was instructed by others, and exchanged a new batch of makeup powder for Concubine Wu Hui to use.The person who instigated her was Wang Shi, the permanent servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Wang Shi, if Shen Sui was here, would definitely recognize the high-ranking servant who was in charge of guarding all the maids in the Pearl Mirror Palace after the incident, and also the high-ranking servant who led her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to interrogate Xia Qi.This person is Gao Lishi's right-hand man, in charge of the distribution of rewards in various palaces and palaces.Wang Shi did not know where to find Dong Ling, including Xia Qi's family situation, and threatened their family members to force them to replace Concubine Wu Hui's makeup powder and use a new batch of makeup powder.This makeup powder is said to be a pearl powder tribute from South Vietnam, which can make the skin fairer after application.Concubine Wu Hui really loved this makeup powder, and after using it in large quantities, it caused the accumulation of toxins in the body.

In the end, Luo Huaidong's testimony once again led to the servant named Songhe.It turned out that Luo Huaidong actually had a long-yang relationship with this servant, and they often met privately in the secret place of the palace, like glue like paint.Later, he was blown away by the servant, and in a moment of confusion, he gave a false testimony, accusing the princess of Jin State of entering the palace on the night of Concubine Wu Hui's death.

The four testimonies brought out two people, Song He and Wang Shi.Dali Temple immediately dispatched together with the Forbidden Army and arrested the two men.The arrest process was very secretive, but Ming Gui knew that he couldn't hide it from the saint, because the Ministry of Internal Affairs couldn't hide it from Gao Lishi.Wang Shi and Songhe were arrested, will Saint and Gao Lishi guess the person behind them from these two?Ming Gui was not sure.

Wang Shi and Songhe are very difficult to interrogate. Wang Shi is cunning and knows this well. No matter how much you torture him, he can pull a thousand catties without saying a word.And Songhe was obviously already broken, and even killed him without opening his mouth.However, Niwa Qi has identified that Songhe is the crane servant who threatened and persecuted him.The interrogation is currently in trouble, and Ming Gui has also conducted investigations from other angles.Especially from the early experiences of Wang Shi and Songhe.

The case finally made progress today. Mingyu found out that Songhe had been a servant of the Hongnong Yang family in the early years, because Songhe was born handsome, with red lips and white teeth, a delicate body, male and female looks, and seemed to be with the Hongnong Yang family at that time. Yang Shenjin, the elder Sanlang, had some unclear relationship, and was later sent directly to the palace by the Hongnong County Government and became a servant.To put it bluntly, he was kicked out.But after that, Yang Shenjin would still help him secretly. During the period after he was castrated, he gave Songhe a large amount of expensive decoctions, and specially asked the old servant in the palace to take good care of him. After that, he also helped him many times. In the end, he also helped him successfully enter the palace of Concubine Liu Hua, and became a celebrity in front of Concubine Hua.Songhe obviously also has admiration and gratitude for Yang Shenjin, and it is very likely that he was instigated by Yang Shenjin.

As for Wang Shi, because he is in charge of the ceremonial distribution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he often has contacts with Taifu Temple.Taifu Temple is under the rule of Yang Shenjin. Yang Shenjin has shown extraordinary talent in this area since he replaced the Helan family as the manager of more than a dozen large treasuries such as Taicang and Hanjiacang five years ago.In just five years, the national treasury has been tripled.All kinds of offering treasures are efficiently classified and managed in an orderly manner.In addition, he is also the right-hand man of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Today, when land mergers are becoming more and more serious, the royal family’s expenses are becoming more and more wasteful, and the land equalization system is gradually collapsing, he can control the financial lifeline of the entire country, fulfill his duties, and plan carefully. It is an inexhaustible genius to make the national treasury balance and the currency flow stable.Wang Shi has close contacts with Taifu Temple, in other words, he must have a close relationship with Yang Shenjin in private, and may have a lot of interests involved.If it was Yang Shenjin who ordered him to do this, then everything would make sense.

The four testimonies, put together, point to one person——Yang Shenjin, Sanlang Jun of Hongnong County.But the ruling and opposition parties all know well that Hongnong Yang's family is originally the mother's family of His Excellency Zhongwang, and has a close relationship with His Excellency Zhongwang.His Excellency King Zhong's mother, Yang Guipin, is Yang Shenjin's biological aunt.In the 17th year of Kaiyuan, Yang Guipin passed away and was buried in Xiliuyuan.At that time, the noble concubine's death was directly related to Concubine Wu Hui.It was all because Concubine Wu Hui teamed up with a foreign cult to frame the prince, King Guang, and King E at that time, and put a highly poisonous monster called red-tailed lizard in the waterway near Luoyang Palace City.In Yang Guipin's bedroom in Luoyang, there is a spring that belongs to her. She likes to use the spring water from that spring to make tea, which is exclusive to her.Unexpectedly, the toxin of the red-tailed lizard penetrated into the spring. Although it was only a small amount, after taking it for several days, it caused irreversible results. Not long after the prince case broke out, she also died of illness .Perhaps, what happened to Concubine Wu Hui this time was directly related to the death of the noble concubine.And Zhong Wang must not be able to get rid of his relationship with the case.

Taking advantage of Concubine Wu Hui's serious illness, King Zhong instigated Yang Shenjin to conspire to poison Concubine Hui, creating the illusion that Concubine Hui died of illness.The results of this investigation were too appalling to tell. Ming Gui only felt the pressure suddenly increase. The four testimonies were heavy in his hands, and it was difficult to hand them over.Whether to hand over or not, his decision may affect the future political situation.

After thinking about it for most of the night, he watched the sky turn white, he let out a long sigh, and thought to himself, after all, he is just a pusher, and his duty is to find out the truth.As for the consequences of the truth, it is not within his control.What's more, the four testimonies are not direct evidence. There is no conclusive evidence on whether Yang Shenjin did these things.This case has been investigated to the end, how to deal with it is the business of the saint, he Minggui can't control that much.

He summoned his servants, washed and changed his clothes, carried four testimonies, and in the steamy morning, got into a carriage and headed for the Daming Palace.

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Time went back three hours, and it was midnight.In Daozhengfang Guilaiju, Shen Sui and his party met the boss of Guilaiju, Mr. Mo, the contemporary moment.

This is a middle-aged man with a gentle face and ordinary appearance. He has a long beard and dark skin. He is wearing a linen gown. The cloth boots on his feet are frayed, and the belt around his waist is full of cracks. Look It feels a bit poor.

Mr. Mo didn't talk much, after a few simple greetings, he went straight to the topic.

"Bo Zhao, I received the letter you sent me a few days ago. It was about buying a large amount of musk. I asked a former friend to check. The buyer was in the name of a shop named Yanyun Xiangfang in West Market. The musk they bought. They wrapped the musk in oiled paper and hoarded it all in the warehouse. They haven’t sold it yet. And this Yanyun Xiangfang is a new shop that has never opened and has no shop. It’s just that there is a warehouse in West City, and the door is always locked with a big lock, so no one can come in and out. That friend met the buyers directly and gave them all the musk in his hand at once. Said it was Two ordinary-looking men who don't have any distinctive features, and forget it when they see each other. Sorry Bozhao, that's all I can find."

"Thank you, Juzi, these are enough. I knew it would be more efficient for you to check it directly than going back and forth at Qianyumen." Shen Sui laughed.

Mr. Mo nodded with a smile, and then said: "I already know the purpose of your visit tonight, come with me, and be gentle. Today, three foreigners who came to Daozhengfang to visit relatives stayed on the second floor. Our people are full, and they have no place to live, so I took them in. Don't disturb them, so as not to cause trouble." He said, leading them to the backyard.After hearing this, everyone tensed their nerves and became cautious.

Shen Sui walked in the forefront, his heart beat faster and faster, and he felt a little nervous that he was out of breath.Behind her, Huang'er was drowsily asleep in the arms of her mother, and Zhang Ruohan was protecting the child.Qin Nu led Qianhe and followed behind. She also held a long box for storing calligraphy and painting in her arms. The box was made of black wood. There was an engraving of a bunch of crabapple blooms on the box surface. The wood was oily and had been touched for a long time. Vibrant shine.

Because he didn't go upstairs, Qianhe realized that Qin Lian didn't live in the third-floor attic, but in the backyard.It seems that the third floor should be Juzi's current workshop.Thinking about her going to the third floor that day, she was blocked by two Qianyumen brothers at the stairs, thinking that they were guarding there, but thinking about it now, it seems that they were just sitting there chatting.She was completely bewildered.

Not long after, Mr. Mo took them to the door of the most spacious room in the backyard, turned around and said: "At this moment, she is still awake, and she is used to writing some notes at this time. Xiao Yuan always accompany me at this time." Look at her and do some needlework. I have already sent someone to inform you in advance, you can talk slowly, we will be outside, don't bother me."

Shen Sui nodded in thanks, her heartbeat was already so fast that she could hear the sound, if Zhang Ruohan hadn't been holding her arm, she even had the urge to turn back now.

Mr. Mo left, Shen Sui froze at the door for a moment, everyone behind him was waiting for her to knock on the door, no one urged her.She finally raised her hand, knocked three times, and heard a gentle and pleasant female voice from inside the door:

"The door is not locked, please come in."

Shen Sui slowly pushed the door open, and at that moment she was in a trance, feeling like she was out of her body.When he took a step into the house, his ankles were weak.

The light inside the door was as dim as beans, and there were two figures sitting behind the tall desk, watching them quietly under the dim light.The room is filled with a faint bitter medicinal smell, mixed with the elegance of incense, inexplicably making people peaceful.Of the two people behind the case, one was sitting on a wheelchair and the other was sitting on a short pier.The person in the wheelchair writes the pen and writes the book, and the short man threads the needle. The quiet scene is like a secluded figure painting.This figure painting stopped at the moment Shen Sui entered.

As if relying on inertia, Shen Sui took two steps forward, then stopped as if time had frozen, and stood motionless on the spot.Behind her, the other four entered the room, and the last one, Shen Jin, quietly closed the door.After that, they all stood behind Shen Sui without saying a word.

For a long while, the two sides just stared at each other quietly.After an unknown amount of time, the person in the wheelchair slowly put down the pen in his hand.She said softly:

"You child, after all, you still came to see me." When she said this, her gentle and quiet voice made waves, trembling and wrapping around Shen Sui's heart.

Shen Sui took a deep breath like panting, and then took a few steps forward, the backlight finally illuminated the woman's face.She simply tied her hair in a bun, her hair was almost all silvery white, her complexion was pale, and her face was already old.It's just that all of these are no match for her own beauty.She is beautiful no matter what, as clear and elegant as a crabapple flower, Qionghua Yushu is not enough to compare her charm.Even though her hair is silver and white, and the corners of her lips and eyes are wrinkled, she is still so dignified and soft, captivating.Her body was haggard due to years of pain and suffering, and the thin arms exposed outside the sleeves were shocking.Perhaps her previous appearance was even more terrifying. Under the careful conditioning of Juzi these years, her body has actually improved a lot, at least according to Juzi, she is much better than when she first saw her in Shu.

She looked at Shen Sui with tears in her eyes, Shen Sui's eyes were too familiar, it was the look of a mother when she looked at her child.Shen Sui's jaw shook involuntarily, and tears welled up in his eyes.She suddenly strode up to her, knelt down with a plop, hugged her ankles with both hands, kowtowed on the back of her feet, and called out in a trembling voice:

"mother……"

This call spanned a full 30 years, and everyone in the house burst into tears.

Once conceived my body, suffered adversity, nurtured it all, and hoped for my beauty.Once away from mourning, half a lifetime is hard to find, the law of heaven is clear, and the relatives are thousands of miles away.The son is standing, the mother's hair is gray, and the mother and mother are wet with tears.

The author has something to say: oh...

In the first half of this chapter, many foreshadowings have been strung together.The murderer of Concubine Wu Hui's case has actually surfaced, and he is not the same as the murderer of the serial murder case.