[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

Yin Qi was holding the pastry in his hand, sitting on the pony in the side, eating unsteadily, a eunuch came in, a maid came in, and now even Li Jinqing and Master Li walked over unsteadily.

"Master Li!" Yin Qi stood by the threshold and called out in a low voice.Li Jinqing stayed up all night without sleep yesterday, and when she left the palace, she was busy explaining the disaster prevention and relief to her subordinates. She lay in the Jingzhao Mansion and slept for less than an hour, and hurried back to report to the Long Live Lord that there was still a shortage of people. Another job short of money.

"Little elder brother, why are you here? Oh! Are you still eating?" Li Jinqing smiled and squatted down to be with Yinqi before talking to him.

At this moment, Yinqi didn't have the alienation and fear of being with Master Wang at all, and with a smile, he held the half-eaten milk pastry, struggled across the threshold, and then opened his mouth.

"Ama Khan asked me to come, Ama Khan seems not very happy today, and Niang Hui also came just now... she cried outside for a long time! Just say that the elder brother was wronged, woo..." said the words Half of Yinqi still didn't forget to bite a big mouthful of pastry, and it was not easy to speak with it stuffed in his mouth.

Li Jinqing waited patiently for him to finish eating before asking: "What about now..."

"Hmm...the maids and eunuchs are here again...um..." Yin Qi spoke vaguely, but Li Jinqing couldn't understand it.

Fortunately, Liang Jiugong came out at this time. Seeing the senior and junior hiding at the door and whispering, he hurried over and only pulled Li Jinqing up and said, "Master Li, you are here! I have to trouble you to wait a little longer. Here... Concubine Hui has just arrived, and now it's in chaos!"

Although Li Jinqing is busy all day long, he has heard many anecdotes about the elder brother. After all, it is not easy to invite the two adults, Mingzhu and Suo'etu, into the palace late at night. When I was waiting in front of the Meridian Gate, I was full of doubts when I saw the two adults, let alone being scolded for harming the innocent.

What Li Jinqing didn't expect was that there was still no conclusion on this matter. When he thought about it, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Didn't you say that the imperial physician had an autopsy last night? Why is this..."

When Liang Jiugong heard this, he stomped his feet excitedly, "Don't tell me it's true! Concubine Hui was really crying outside just now, and she invited the eunuchs and maids in the elder brother's palace to testify. It’s also saying that Big Brother is too young to do such a thing...There are many excuses, but there is no so-called ironclad evidence that can prove that this person is really not Big Brother...that’s what!"

What Liang Jiugong said was not clear, he just raised his hand and put it on his neck to make a gesture.

Li Jinqing folded his arms, subconsciously shook his head and said, "What's there to say? It's true that you can kill with a bow with the strength of a big brother, but didn't the little eunuch strangle to death?"

"Yes!" Liang Jiugong nodded in confusion.

"Yeah! What do you use? The left and right are just two hands. No matter how bad the little eunuch is, he is still a young man older than the elder brother. He was born in hard work. How could he have no strength? How could he easily let him go?" Someone strangled to death?" Li Jinqing raised his head, and pulled up the sleeves of his official uniform that covered his hands.

Just now he raised his gleaming hands, spread his palms in front of Liang Jiugong, slapped his hands and said, "Hands! This is a hand that uses a lot of strength, and big brother has a pair of thin skin and tender flesh ten fingers." How can there be no traces on hands that don't touch Yangchunshui? Nale's traces can't be easily removed. If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself! So tell me! Is the big brother the murderer? Go and see the big elder brother's hands and it will be very clear."

After Liang Jiugong heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses. He just waved the white whisk in his hand and said exaggeratedly: "No! You are still smart!"

"What's so clever about this? Didn't I always do this in the Huizhou county government when I was not promoted to the capital? That is to say, the Lord Long Live didn't invite any officials from the Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Criminal Justice to adjudicate the case in consideration of the royal family's face. What kind of thing is there!"

While Li Jinqing was talking, he leaned against the door frame and sighed, while Liang Jiugong, who was still in high spirits just now, changed his sad face at this moment.

"Then... it really wasn't Big Brother who did this?" Liang Jiugong sighed softly: "I saw Big Brother with my own eyes last night, let alone no strangle marks on his hands. Not even redness, swelling or anything like that!

Yinqi was ignorant, but still interjected: "Brother is innocent! Then why did Ama Khan get so angry yesterday? Why did he hide again?"

A child speaks without restraint, he just wants to say something, even if he was confused yesterday, he will not understand it very well today.But there is nothing wrong with this statement, since the person didn't kill him, why should he hide?Since he didn't kill the person, where did the strangle marks on his neck come from?

Liang Jiugong shook his head and said, "That's not right! The autopsy papers delivered by Imperial Doctor Li just this morning, it was written in black and white that he was strangled to death. The marks of strangulation and the marks of hanging are not in the same place. Why?"

Li Jinqing poked her head slightly, glanced at Concubine Hui who was crying inside with snot and tears, and said to herself: "It's not easy to say that Concubine Hui is telling lies, isn't it? ?”

"Then it's up to you...how should we investigate this matter?" Liang Jiugong really had no idea, so he had no choice but to continue to ask Mr. Li for help.

Mr. Li raised his hands against Liang Jiugong's face, not a few inches away, and Liang Jiugong finally realized it.

Don't you still have hands!The thief who strangled the thick rope will always leave something on his hands. In this way, there are too many people with two legs, and it is difficult to find people who have two legs and hurt their hands at the same time. Still much easier to find.

Liang Jiugong slapped his head, nodded straightly, and said, "It still has to be you! Cheng Chengcheng, I'll go and report to the Long Live Lord right away, so as to save Concubine Hui, the beloved son, from crying and fainting."

As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but he turned around and shouted after walking a few steps, "Master Li, please come in with you and fifth elder brother!"

Yinqi reluctantly gave up the last half of the milk pastry, before wiping off the crumbs from his mouth, he respectfully walked forward with Master Li.Although he didn't care, Master Li felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it, and directly took out his royal blue handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it over.

But before he had time to wipe it, Liang Jiugong, who had advanced into the room, had already told the direction and truth of Li Jinqing's guess to Lord Long Live on the soft couch.

When the emperor heard this, he also felt that it made sense. After all, all the servants and servants who were serving in the elder brother's hall were kneeling in the ground. Not all believe it.

After all, these palace people are all from Yinzhen's palace, and it is understandable for a slave to take the blame for his master, and it is even easier to make a false testimony and make up a lie.Coupled with Concubine Hui who is eager to protect her son, it is very possible that everything said is completely fabricated.

"If that's the case, then according to Master Li's intentions, we should investigate carefully, and don't let others say that I have shielded or wronged my son for no reason." The emperor didn't forget to glance at the rest of Hui who was kneeling. Concubines, eunuchs, and maids of honor.

The emperor sighed slightly, and only said: "Go back! Don't mess around here again. Is it Yinti who did it? I can't just listen to your unreliable words... What Yinti got angry and went out Going for a walk outside, I just came back and saw that the little eunuch was hanging on the roof beams. Dr. Li clearly stated in black and white that the little eunuch did not commit suicide but was strangled to death. You still don’t know anything about him. How did he die, and when did he die.

Ask, just say that during the period of his death, there was no one in the whole hall, and they all went out for a walk with Yinti.You really take the time to go out for a walk!In the room lay a man who had been beaten half to death! "

The people were beaten to death in the palace, no one dared to take care of them, and they all went out to take a walk with the culprit... Isn't this just unreasonable?

It's no wonder that the emperor didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. He saw through Concubine Hui's tricks from the very beginning, and he could only suppress his anger to listen to their nonsense.

Liang Jiugong also echoed: "Lord Li is right, let's see! It's a coincidence that all the big brothers are here, so they all stretch out their hands to me to see. Since they are here, they will all prove themselves Innocent, let me take a look!"

Although the kneeling young eunuchs and maids didn't understand what it meant, they naturally had to listen to what the chief executive said.

Liang Jiugong patrolled around with a sullen face. He inspected all the eunuchs and strong maids with strong arms one by one, but he didn't see any traces of the rope being strangled.Could it be...it really wasn't someone from Big Elder Brother's Palace who did it?

Just when Liang Jiugong was about to turn around and tell Long Live, he saw the little palace lady who was hiding the last was trembling and trembling with fright. He thought she was just afraid, but when he looked at it carefully, there was clearly a little something on the back of the little palace lady's hand. red marks

Could it be her?Was it Big Brother who instigated her?

But it seems that this is really too thin?

The little palace lady looked only a few years older than the elder brother, and she was so thin that she was so weak, she didn't look like she could kill anyone!But Liang Jiugong could see her frightened appearance. No matter where she looked at it, Liang Jiugong felt that the little maid was hiding something.

"You! Stretch out your hand!" Liang Jiugong came around from the side, first questioned sharply, and saw that the little palace lady still didn't say a word, and immediately pulled him up.

Looking at it closely, the scar is even more serious. The skin on the back of the hand is not to mention red and swollen.

"Speak! How did you do this?" Liang Jiugong pulled her left hand, and his sharp voice almost pierced the eardrum, which shocked the little maid, and she knelt down again in an instant, panicking. Said: "It's not me! It's not me! I... I really don't know anything, I just..."

Before the little palace lady could finish her sentence, Concubine Hui, who was kneeling beside her, suddenly interrupted, "What's the use of Mr. Liang grabbing a little girl? Could it be that she still has the strength to strangle that tall man?" The elder eunuch, the younger Sier?"

In the already tense atmosphere, being interrupted by Concubine Hui made people feel a little weird, as if Concubine Hui interrupted Liang Jiugong's questioning on purpose.The emperor tilted his head, his eyes were sleepy and slack, but after listening to Concubine Hui's words, he gathered them up in an instant. He looked straight at Concubine Hui, and said lightly:

"I didn't ask you. If you don't feel guilty, you don't need to talk too much! Do you dare to stop me in front of me?"

Concubine Hui was suppressed by the emperor's blank and emotionless tone, but she still maintained a decent smile on her face, always trying to put on a motherly appearance, but the panic in her eyes was He had already sold her out.

"Why don't you say yes? If you don't want to say it, send it directly to the Punishment Department, come on..." Liang Jiugong protracted the end of the sound, and as expected, the little girl kowtowed in fright and said, "I didn't! I didn't do it." Yes, I'm just a messenger, I just accidentally scratched my hand, it's really not me!"

Li Jinqing took the handkerchief from his fifth elder brother after wiping his mouth, and suddenly raised his head curiously and asked, "Send the letter? Who are you sending the letter to, and why are you here?"

When the little palace maid heard this, she was stunned immediately, and then she looked panicked and confused like crazy.

She changed her tone and immediately said: "No! No! I'm just serving the pen and ink in the elder brother's study, not a messenger. You must have heard it wrong, you must have heard it wrong!"

Is this trying to make amends for what I said wrong?But here, one of them is a well-known smart person. Ever since the little maid started crying, even though they only heard the beginning, they knew that something was wrong.

It's just that the emperor was not surprised, instead he sat upright without any surprise, holding the teacup slightly, he only drank the good Jin Junmei in the cup, and then said: "Speaking of sending letters, there should be a legend Believe it! Otherwise, why would Mingzhu and Suo'etu desperately want to squeeze into the palace after I finish scolding the crown prince?

Obviously, there should be one or two key figures in the palace of Eldest Elder Brother or Concubine Hui who are able to pass the news from the palace to outside the palace.

Facing the inside and the outside, inside and outside the palace, and the front of the harem, it is a wall full of holes that has already been exposed.

But could it be... is it really her?