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Speaking of which, there are indeed such unused dry wells everywhere in this palace.Many wells were even excavated from the previous dynasty, and were used until the emperor Tai Chu ascended the throne.

The former dynasty fell that year, and it was rumored that the dead and the living were salvaged from many wells in the palace.

There are even former emperors and concubines.

Since Emperor Taizu entered the imperial city, many of these wells in the palace have been filled up one after another.The bones, whether male or female, were brought up from the well and buried.According to historical records, Emperor Taizu even invited famous monks in the capital at that time to save the bones.

Over the next few years, the wells slowly fell idle.The dry wells that have been buried are covered with heavy boulders to prevent people from accidentally falling, and secondly to fear that some unclean things are still lingering nearby.

And those wells that can still be used have been used by various palaces after disposal.

However, time flies, and the emperor of Da Chu has changed to the fifth term. The wells left by the previous dynasty are also dry and useless.

Most of the wells in use today are wells dug later.The dry well in the East Palace where the body was found has been dry for almost ten years.

If one is found, it can be explained that it is a newly dry well, unattended, and accidentally fell into the well and died.

But in this well, at least three skeletons were found.

The story of the discovery of the dead body in the dry well of the Eastern Palace was widely spread throughout the entire imperial palace, and even people outside the palace got the news.Everyone in the streets and alleys knows it instantly.

Xie Zhang was having tea with people outside the palace, but he hurried back to the East Palace after hearing about this incident, but the whole incident had already intensified and showed no sign of stopping.

Even though he disregarded Sun Xian's dissuasion, in front of all the court ladies, he killed the servant who was the first to discover the bones, and even broke the legs of the maid who was present later, he still couldn't arouse fear.The word that should be passed on is still spreading more and more.

However, after half a day, everyone in the capital would know that bones were found in the dry well of the East Palace.

Moreover, such rumors spread to the back, half-truths and half-false, mixed with more lies.

From the very beginning of "the dead body was found in the dry well of the East Palace" to "the maid who was killed by the prince was found in the dry well of the East Palace", and there is even something like "the prince of the East Palace has no place to bury the murderer, so he is thrown in the dry well in the palace, and the important person is not allowed to die." .

None of the officials of the East Palace who rushed into the palace to come up with ideas from outside the palace dared to tell the truth to Xie Zhang, they just kept the folk rumors that they had heard all one ear firmly in their hearts.

But the rumors spread too fast and too far, before Xie Zhang had time to find someone to suppress those words, Fengyi Palace sent someone over, saying that it was Queen Wang who invited His Highness to come over.

Xie Zhang was full of anger before he had time to suppress it, when he heard the message from the servant, he immediately urged someone to get some chariots, and opened his mouth to call for someone to change his clothes.

At this time, another servant came over to deliver a message.

The servant who came to pass the message was the person in front of Emperor Xihe, Xie Zhang had to suppress his mania.

The servant's face was calm, and he didn't seem to see the turmoil in the East Palace. He conveyed the order from Emperor Xihe according to the script: "Your Majesty's order, His Royal Highness, the crown prince, must not leave the East Palace until the truth about the bones of the dry well is revealed. The East Palace No one from above or below is allowed to approach the dry well where the incident happened, and if they disobey, they will be killed without mercy."

Xie Zhang had a bad premonition in his heart: "Father, what does this mean?"

The servant sneered: "His Royal Highness, don't worry. This matter really has a great impact. Now everyone in and outside the palace knows who doesn't know. In addition to what happened to His Royal Highness years ago, His Majesty's decree is also for His Highness's benefit. "

This person is the most capable servant around Xihe Emperor, and he has grown up with him since he was a child. No one in the palace will show his face except the Queen Mother.

Xie Zhang didn't dare to be rude, but his heart was full of fire, he glanced at the servant beside him, and said politely: "Please also thank the emperor on behalf of Gu. It's just that this happened in Gu's palace after all, how can Gu not... "

"A word of advice, Your Highness." Before Xie Zhang could say anything, he was immediately interrupted by someone. The waiter was full of sarcasm, and he didn't know whether it was towards him or the little waiter who found the bones in the dry well and was killed with a stick without mercy. , "Your Highness, it's best not to ask too many questions. Your Majesty has personally ordered the three envoys to interrogate the case. It is fair, and the adults will naturally investigate clearly."

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Da Chu's three envoys do not refer to official positions, but refer to all major cases, with the consent of the emperor, to be tried by Dali Siqing, Minister of Criminal Affairs, Minister of Justice, and Yushi Zhongcheng.In this way, the joint trial of the three divisions will not easily lead to unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

The case of the bones in the dry well in the East Palace actually caused Emperor Xihe to come up with three envoys, which is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter.

That's right, the prince already has a criminal record in the case of adultery. Although he can't find the fault if he was washed, if he can't get rid of the dry well's bones, even if Emperor Xihe can suppress the matter again and again, it will be full. However, Chao Wenwu would never allow such a prince to sit firmly on the throne.

What's more, Xihedi was also angry.

When the East Palace fell into a passive situation, Sun Peng outside the palace had already been pacing back and forth in the courtyard for a long time.

The incident happened suddenly, and all the officials who held important positions in the palace were urgently summoned to the palace.After Sun Peng ordered Gouqi to send Yunyan away, he sent his servants to the city to inquire about the news. He heard the true and false rumors again and again.

This heart was in a state of ups and downs, and for a moment she didn't know whether to go to the palace to find sister, or go out of the city to find Xie Chen.

Sun Peng walked back and forth in the yard a few more times, and Goji Qi came running profusely with sweat and said, "The old man has already returned to the mansion. The master has not come back together. I heard that he has returned to Dali Temple. I am afraid that he will not return to the mansion tonight." .”

After Gou Qi finished speaking, Sun Peng stared at him, and without caring about anything else, he ran out at a fast pace, ordering Gou Qi to prepare the horse while running.

After a while, one man and one horse ran away from the gate of the Sun Mansion, walked through several long streets, and went straight to Dali Temple.

Dali Temple is adjacent to Weiwei Temple in the east and general prison in the north.When Sun Peng was young, he often went to Dali Temple. A few years ago, when he suddenly wanted to abandon literature and become a martial artist, and went to Hunhe Guard, all the government offices around Dali Temple knew that the Dali Temple Minister, who had always been calm and self-sufficient, almost seized him. After passing the whip, he jumped on the horse and ran home roaring to beat his son.

Since then, Sun Peng has never been to Dali Temple again, because he is afraid that he will lose all face here, so he is ashamed to come again.

But today he rushed all the way in front of Dali Temple, and met many faces that he said he was familiar with, but they all had nodding acquaintances.He didn't bother to say hello at all, he got off his horse, tied the horse himself, the horse tucked back, and walked straight into Dali Temple.

There was a step-by-step scene in Dali Temple. Several young masters passed by holding the files. When they heard the movement, they raised their eyes and subconsciously wanted to stop Sun Peng.The Cheng Cheng of Dali Temple who happened to be passing by walked over a few steps and greeted him, "Why is Qilang here?"

"Is Mr. Sun here?" Sun Peng stood still and looked around.

"My lord is here. It's just that I'm going to enter the palace again later. If Qilang has anything to say, it's better to wait until my lord has been busy for a while." Dali Temple Chancellor said that he was about to send Sun Peng away. I've also heard, let's talk about something later, I'm afraid you will be busy for a long time."

Sun Peng was silent, and with a single step, he walked around the door of Dali Temple and walked to the largest public house.Seeing that the chief bookkeepers were about to stop people again, Sun Junliang's voice came from the public room.

"Let him in."

Seeing the Dali Temple Minister's words, the young masters also backed away, and after Sun Peng walked in quickly and closed the door, they turned to look at the Dali Temple Minister, asking questions about everything.

"That's my lord's son, Sun Jiaqilang who is now working in the palace."

"The Sun Qilang who gave up literature and went to martial arts?"

The Chancellor of Dali Temple nodded and knocked: "You are new here, so you don't know him. If he comes again in the future, don't stop him, just send someone to report."

After he finished, he stopped talking, and walked towards the public house at the other end, his eyes full of irritability because he was going to the Criminal Department and Yushitai to interrogate the Donggong Dry Well case.

In the public room, Sun Junliang was standing in front of the multi-treasure stand, holding a stack of files in his hands, with a heavy expression, and when he heard the sound of closing the door, he raised his eyelids and glanced at his son standing inside the door.

"Why did you come to Dali Temple suddenly? Something happened at home?"

Human voices can be heard talking far outside the door, and every voice sounds so calm.Sun Peng stood at the door for a while, then suddenly stepped forward. Under Sun Junliang's gaze, he lifted his clothes and knelt down.

"I beg Father to take my son to see the few bones that were fished out of the dry well in the East Palace."

In the public room, for a while, there was no other sound except Geng Leak.The voices in the distance became clearer through the door.

Sun Jun stood in front of the multi-treasure stand for a long time, turned a page of the file in his hand, and finally opened his mouth: "Why?"

Sun Peng told about Yin's servant again, seeing that Sun Junliang was silent, worried that he would not agree, and continued: "I want to go and have a look, after all, if it is really the person Yin's servant is looking for, I can go back and be with him." Talk about it, so that he can bury the person so that he won't miss it all the time."

Having said that, Sun Peng actually had other ideas in his heart.

He didn't expect to find the bones in the East Palace in such a huge palace.Leaving aside the fact that he still doesn't know whether the bones belong to Chun Ying and Xiao Gou Zi, the location where they were found is extremely unfavorable to Xie Zhang.

What is bad for Xie Zhang is good for him.

He wanted to see what happened, maybe he could take the opportunity to beat Xie Zhang again.

Sun Junliang naturally knew that he didn't tell the whole truth. The file in his hand was very important, and he must not show it to outsiders in Dali Temple. He put away the file and looked down at Sun Peng: "The body has turned into bones, but the clothes on his body can still be seen." One or two can be identified, not to mention one of them is wearing a waist card."

Sun Peng suddenly widened his eyes.

Sun Junliang said: "That waist card is used by the maids of the imperial dining room. There are two characters written on it, it is Chunying."

Sun Peng was still kneeling on the ground, when he heard Chunying's name, his heart became extremely complicated for a moment.

The bones found in the dry well of the East Palace, he was worried that they were not Chunying and Xiaogouzi, but also worried that they were.When Sun Xian ordered the maid to pass the message, it was obvious that the bones had just been discovered and salvaged. As for the identity of the deceased, it must have not been checked at that time, so Yunyan said "it seems to have been found".

Now that it has been confirmed, Sun Peng is somewhat expected.

However, how could Chunying, a court lady in the imperial dining room, die in the East Palace?

He knelt, a certain possibility flashed across his mind for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed.

"What did you think of?" Sun Junliang asked.

Sun Peng raised his head: "Father...the maid of the imperial dining room, died in the East Palace...the prince..."

Sun Junliang looked at him silently, and sighed: "Our prince really shouldn't be sitting in this position." After saying that, he suddenly threw a waist card at him and said, "Go, change clothes , follow me after entering the palace, don't draw the attention of others."

Just as Sun Peng changed into his clothes, he sat in a carriage and followed everyone from Dali Temple to the direction of Miyagi.Another carriage was staggering into the city.

A corner of the car curtain was lifted from the inside, revealing half of a round head.

"Chen Yi, don't mess around."

There was a deep voice yelling softly, the car curtain was lowered, and the little novice sat upright: "Okay, Master."

After he finished speaking, he secretly raised his eyes to look at the young man sitting next to the old monk with white beard. Seeing him looking up, he quickly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in meditation.

Listening to the noise outside the car, Xie Chen sighed deeply, and slowly closed his eyes.Outside the car, there was a choking voice from the accompanying servants: "Grandmasters, you are about to enter the palace!"