[Red House] Harem Road in Spring

Yang Quan, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and Zhou Zheng, the deputy head, were brought in. Although the two men lowered their heads, their postures were unhurried, and there was no trace of panic, as if they had nothing to do with the murder of the concubine. like.

The two knelt down on the ground and said, "Slave please the emperor, and all the empresses."

The emperor frowned, as if dissatisfied with the two.

If there is a problem with the things sent by the internal office, isn't the person in charge of the internal office duty-bound?

Concubine De's eyes showed hatred, as if she wanted to jump up and beat the two of them, but she was persuaded by the maid beside her.

"Are the two of you convicted?" the emperor asked in a reproachful tone.

Yang Quan and Zhou Zheng hurriedly kowtowed, "I am guilty."

Everyone still thought that the two were going to plead guilty, but they didn't want the two to continue to say, "The emperor handed over the internal office to the slave, but there was a mistake in the errands of the internal office. The two slaves are duty-bound, and the slave accepts the punishment."

This is only admitting the crime of ineffective supervision, but not acknowledging the use of strong contraceptives to murder the concubines.

"Present the evidence." The emperor said.

"Yes" Director Li agreed and then went out of the hall to give instructions. A moment later, more than a dozen eunuchs walked into the hall with things in their hands.

I saw that the dozen or so eunuchs were holding not only silver chopsticks and scented candles found from Yingchun Changle Palace, but also bed nets, rouge, tea sets, jade wares, porcelain bowls, vases, etc. Much is rare.

If there is only one kind of harmful thing, for example, if all the palaces find silver chopsticks, then this matter may also be done by the little boss under the boss, but if there are so many kinds of stolen goods, and they are evenly distributed among the In the palace of all concubines, it is impossible to do it without the head of the internal office.

In this way, directly questioning the two chiefs is not wronging the two of them. Among the two of them, one of them must be the perpetrator of the conspiracy, and the other is either the co-assistant, or is aware of it. Pretend to be deaf and dumb, of course, there is the last possibility, one of them is the emperor's person.

"Need I ask Mr. Li to explain to you one by one?" The emperor said, pointing to the evidences in the hall.

Zhou Zheng, the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Office, sat slumped on the ground, sweating profusely, and his lips trembling.

The chief in charge, Yang Quan, was shocked when he saw the stolen goods, and then pointed at the deputy in charge Zhou Zhengdao angrily, "You, Zhou Zheng, you did a good job, when did you become so malicious and dare to murder all the empresses?"

When they were escorted over, they had already been told that the reason for the escort was to murder the concubine. Seeing these objects from the Internal Affairs Office, wouldn't it be the truth!

"I... I, I... No... No." Zhou Zheng stammered and couldn't speak clearly, but the sweat on his face became more ferocious.

"Okay, so it turns out that you are plotting against me." Concubine De was trembling with anger, perhaps because she had nowhere to vent her anger, Concubine De with red eyes grabbed a large green-glazed vase beside her hand and smashed it on on Zhou Zheng's head.

There was a "crack", the crisp sound of porcelain being smashed to the ground, and blood flowed profusely from Zhou Zheng's forehead instantly.

"Dare to murder Bengong?" Concubine De's bitter voice sounded, "If you don't tear your body into pieces, I won't be Concubine De."

Concubine De's movements were not very fast, but the eunuchs guarding Yang Quan and Zhou Zheng seemed to have not seen Concubine De's movements, and allowed Concubine De to beat people.

"I report to the emperor that the slave is in charge of the internal affairs office, but he failed to find out that Zhou Zhengxin was maliciously murdering all the empresses. Please forgive the emperor." Yang Quan pleaded guilty, kneeling on the ground in a posture of submission.

"Twenty sticks!" the emperor punished.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty, Your Majesty's grace, I will be loyal and do a good job for the Emperor." Yang Quan kowtowed with tears in his excited eyes.

Twenty sticks is indeed a very light punishment.

Generally speaking, after being reprimanded for [-] years and lying on the bed for two or three days, you will be able to do things again.

Zhang Du forty rested on his stomach for a week.

A staff of sixty is a heavy punishment. The person who is punished can recover from an injury in a month, or become disabled, but it is not a fatal punishment.

If you want someone's life out of your heart, if you beat the staff eighty times, you will definitely die.

Yang Quan's mistake made him lose his job in the internal office, and the sixty boards were all lightly punished. Such a light punishment made Yingchun suspect that Yang Quan was the emperor's man.

The emperor punished Yang Quan lightly, Yang Quan was very excited, maybe he was too excited, and he was too grateful to the emperor, Yang Quan surrendered to the emperor with tears in his eyes.

"My Majesty, I once saw Zhou Zheng playing with a wooden box quietly, and even hid it in a very secret place after handling the wooden box. I used to think it was money saved by Zhou Zheng, but now I think about it. I'm afraid it's pretending to be the stolen goods of Zhou Zheng, a thief who murdered all the empresses."

"Where are the stolen goods?" the emperor asked.

"There is a table in Zhou Zheng's room. I once saw Zhou Zheng tie the wooden box under the table." Yang Quan said.

Under the tabletop?Unless someone got under the table, looked up, or turned the table over, it was a good place to hide things.

The emperor nodded, very satisfied with Yang Quan's surrender.

"Director Li, take someone to search Zhou Zheng's house." The emperor ordered.

"Yes" Director Li agreed and stepped back. Before leaving, Director Li also signaled the eunuchs to push Zhou Zheng down, so that the bloody Zhou Zheng would not block the eyes of the masters.

"Director Zhang." The emperor called out.

"The slave is here." Manager Zhang took a step forward.

"You take Yang Quan down to receive the punishment." The emperor ordered.

"The slave takes orders." Manager Zhang.

"Thank you Majesty Long En." After Yang Quan kowtowed, he followed Manager Zhang and retreated.

Everyone who was supposed to go left, and some eunuchs and court ladies quickly and quietly stepped forward to clean up the broken vases and the blood on the ground.

In the silence, everyone was waiting for the wooden box that the eunuchs found from Zhou Zhengfang's house. Maybe there was something in it that could prove the murderer behind the scenes.

After a while, Manager Zhang walked in with his head down.

"Report to the emperor, Yang Quan couldn't bear the [-] sticks and died."

"Dead?" The emperor's tone was full of doubts, as if he couldn't figure out why Yang Quan died with only a light [-]-stick reprimand.

"Yes." Manager Zhang replied affirmatively and calmly.

"Why did he die?" The emperor said in confusion.

"It's probably because I'm used to being pampered and pampered on weekdays, so I can't bear even a little bit of pain!" Manager Zhang said calmly.

Why?The regret on the face of the emperor's master is "sincere", and Mr. Zhang, the emperor's confidant, is also full of nonsense without blushing and heartbeat, without blinking an eye.

Would a strong eunuch not be able to withstand twenty sticks?

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It is indeed easy to survive the ordinary [-] sticks, but if someone hits a black hand and has the skill to hit it, let alone [-], just one strike can kill someone.

The standard of stick responsibility mentioned above is just the usual stick responsibility, and does not include the black hands.

Acting, acting, and continuing to act, Yingchun didn't believe that the emperor didn't know that Yang Quan would die, Manager Zhang's calm expression had already betrayed the emperor, [-]% of it was hinted by the emperor.

Yang Quan was killed by the staff, it can be said that he was killed by the emperor's staff, then she can be sure that Yang Quan is definitely involved in the murder of the concubine.

Thinking about Yang Quan's performance just now, could it be that he abandoned the car to protect the handsome man, and put all the charges on Zhou Zheng to protect himself.

Of course, there is the last possibility. Zhou Zheng was plotted against by Yang Quan, and then he blamed Zhou Zheng for the crime. You must know Zhou Zheng's performance just now, his face was full of panic, and he was slumped on the ground in fright, as if the incident had been revealed. , but it is also possible that Zhou Zheng himself was timid, and he was frightened after knowing that there was such a big mistake in the internal affairs office. Just now, Zhou Zhengke didn't say a word!

A few minutes ago, Manager Zhang brought the grateful Yang Quan to the open space in front of Qianqing Palace. After Manager Zhang signaled, someone came forward with a staff.

Yang Quan also said to Mr. Zhang with a flattering face and gratitude, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

"It should be." Manager Zhang still had that dead face, without blinking.

Two eunuchs stepped forward and tied Yang Quan's hands behind his back, and covered his mouth with a cloth.

Yang Quan, who was lying on the ground, looked a little relaxed, and his heart was filled with pride.

The sound of "Pa!" was the sound of the torture rod being hit on the body, and the severe pain came, and Yang Quan groaned in his throat, only feeling that his mouth was fishy and sweet, and he vomited blood.

Yang Quan is also a man of knowledge, this is not a stick, but his life.

His eyes were wide open, and he began to struggle in a panic, only to find that his legs had been broken and he could no longer use his strength, and his hands tied behind his back could not be freed, and he was helpless except to wriggle in place.

Two times, three times, Yang Quan stopped struggling without making a sound.

Before he died, the thought that came to his mind was that both he and his master were cheated by the emperor!Those who are gentle, charitable and benevolent are all deceitful.The emperor's cruelty is worse than that of the Taishanghuang, master, master, I'm afraid it will be worse!

In the Qianqing Palace, for about a quarter of an hour, Director Li who went to search came back with someone.

"Reporting to the emperor, when I led people to search Zhou Zheng's house, I mistook Yang Quan's room for Zhou Zheng's house. I didn't want to find out a total of 2 taels of silver notes and silver in Yang Quan's house, and more than ten antiques. The tribute is two East Pearls." Director Li said.

This is another person who is talking nonsense with his eyes open. He obviously searched Zhou Zheng's house, and he could mistakenly enter Yang Quan's house. If he could make a mistake, he would not be the manager.

"After hearing this clearly, Nuda went to Zhou Zheng's room. Sure enough, he found a bound box under the table. After opening it, he found banknotes and silver totaling 3000 taels, and a piece of jewelry. Because the jewelry worn by the woman was found in the palace. As a result, I looked through the brochure deliberately, and found that this piece of jewelry is registered in the concubine Xian's register." Manager Li continued.

Concubine Xian's jewelry appeared in Zhou Zheng's stuff.

Could it be that Concubine Xian also had a hand in it?Or Concubine Xian was framed?

For a while, everyone guessed in every possible way.