Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 105 Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
Luo Ge's arm was injured, bleeding profusely, and then he drew out the soft sword at his waist, reluctantly protecting Fang Fangyi and Li Mingda.
After Zhou Changhuai reacted, he jumped quickly and slashed at the back of Fang Liang's head. Cheng Chubi, who was guarding outside, also rushed into the door. Seeing that Fang Liang was about to hide, he slashed at Fang Liang from the other direction.Many other guards quickly surrounded Fang Liang and heavily protected Li Mingda, Fang Yizhi and others who were facing the front of the hall.
Fang Liang dodged two swords, bowed his waist and swept his legs, then rolled on the ground, got up and jumped onto the table.Zhou Changhuai and Cheng Chubi continued to attack with sabers, one chopped off the neck and the other cut the back.Fang Liang didn't choose to dodge quickly, but turned his head condescendingly to look at Princess Jinyang who was protected by the group of guards.
At this time, Li Mingda is sending someone to treat Luoge's wound.
"Your lord!" Cheng Chubi immediately sensed something was wrong, and at the same time as the knife fell, he shouted at Li Mingda.
But before he finished speaking, the second blade in Fang Liang's mouth flew towards Li Mingda.Fang Yizhi was standing next to Li Mingda, and when he saw this, he instinctively tilted his body and squeezed Li Mingda away in time, but the flying knife happened to be stuck in his chest.
On that side, Fang Liang was stabbed in two places on the neck and back, and blood spattered all around.Fang Liang grunted twice, and fell heavily from the table to get up.
After landing, Fang Liang twitched, blood spread all over the ground, and he died soon.Cheng Chubi rushed to check the situation of Princess Jinyang and Fang Shizi. Fang Yi was lying on the ground, his chest was blood red. Li Mingda was squatting beside him, holding his chest with his hand. The knife hadn't been pulled out yet, but the blood was gone Unable to stop, he shouted for a doctor quickly.
Cheng Chubi was stunned for a moment, "Fang Shizi—"
Cheng Chubi came to his senses, quickly squatted down, helped Fang Yizhi up, and moved Fang Yizhi to the couch together with Zhou Changhuai.Soon after, the doctor came in a hurry and began to treat the wound.Li Mingda and the others withdrew and waited outside the house.
After Zhou Changhuai asked the princess for instructions, he went to the lobby to check Fang Liang's body, and then sent someone to clean up the lobby.The handyman started to scrub the floor, and came out with basins of bloody water, which was very bright red, showing how much blood was left on the floor in the lobby.
Li Mingda's nose was full of bloody smell, looking at the closed door in front of him, his mind was a little buzzing.
At this moment, Tian Hanxi brought hot water, asking your lord to wash his hands.
Only then did Li Mingda realize that his hands were covered with blood.
Li Mingda didn't move, and was still listening to the situation in the house, until the doctor said that the bandage was finished, and when he said with emotion that he didn't hurt any vitals, Li Mingda heaved a sigh of relief and put his hand into the basin.Then she heard a very low voice, a voice that was all too familiar to her.
"I am fine."
Li Mingda hurriedly took his hand out of the water and hurried into the house.
Cheng Chubi, who was accompanying him in the house, was busy comforting Fang Yizhi not to speak, when he saw the princess coming in, he got up and saluted.
Li Mingda looked straight at Fang Yizhi on the bed, seeing that his complexion was not good, his lips were slightly pale, but he still smiled warmly at himself.Li Mingda also smiled at him, but it wasn't that she really wanted to laugh, but she felt that her smile was what Fang Yizhi wanted to see the most at this moment.
Sure enough, Fang Yizhi was comforted, and his complexion was a little rosier than before.
"I owe you my life." Li Mingda lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, she couldn't help but look at Fang Yizhi's freshly bandaged wound, her chest that should have been strong and healthy was wrapped in thick gauze at this moment, her chest There is a bright red everywhere.
Li Mingda hurriedly turned his head to urge people to cook the medicine quickly.
Fang Yizhi said again: "I'm fine."
Cheng Chubi, who was beside him, saw that Fang Yi was more energetic than before, he was relieved, and laughed too.
"It really scared me just now. The blade hit the vital point. Fortunately, the thing is relatively short and it didn't penetrate too deep." Cheng Chubi breathed a sigh of relief again, and told Fang Yizhi to take good care of his wound.
Fang Yi nodded his head, his eyelids gradually became heavy.
Li Mingda stared at him closely, at this moment he grabbed his hand and asked him if he felt unwell.
Fang Yizhi still smiled softly, "Aside from the pain in the wound, I just feel a little sleepy, your lord don't have to worry."
"If you lose too much blood, you will inevitably feel a little tired." Cheng Chubi also looked at Fang Yizhi with concern, but he didn't notice that the princess's hand was already grasping Fang Yizhi at this moment.
Li Mingda saw that Fang Yizhi gradually closed his eyelids, and looked at Cheng Chubi.
Cheng Chubi smiled and comforted Li Mingda, "I guess it's due to the exhaustion of the trial for several days, and the loss of blood, so I'm extremely tired."
Li Mingda felt something was wrong, he heard Fang Yizhi's heartbeat slow down.Li Mingda tugged Fang Yizhi's arm and called him a few times, but he didn't see any response, so he raised the volume, but there was still no response.
Li Mingda turned to look at Cheng Chubi, "This doesn't seem normal?"
Cheng Chubi was stunned, a little panicked, "Even if he lost too much blood, it wouldn't be like this."
At this time, the little official came back to report, telling Li Mingda that there was nothing wrong with Luoge, and fell asleep after bandaging the wound.
Li Mingda had a sullen face, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Gao here!"
Cheng Chubi also felt that the situation was wrong, so he went to Luoge himself.He yelled loudly to Luoge several times beside the bed, and even touched Luoge's wound, but he still couldn't wake up, but he was still breathing.
Cheng Chubi immediately rushed back to report to Li Mingda, with a vague premonition in his heart, "It seems that this blade has been tampered with."
"But he put it in his mouth, but nothing happened." Li Mingda came to his senses, and then asked someone to put Fang Liang's body into a clean wooden barrel and store it in ice.
"This is the princess?"
"If there is no antidote on Fang Liang's body, then the antidote must be in his body." Li Mingda's brows showed heroism.
At this time, the doctor who had just treated the wound came back, checked the situation of Fang Yizhi's master and servant, and knelt down in shock, unable to do anything about it.
"I have never heard of this symptom, and I have never seen it. If it is poisoning, the blood of the wound is bright red and not black. It is really incomprehensible."
"Not all poisons can make people's blood darken obviously. Moreover, if this Fang Liang is really from Tubo, the poison he used must have something to do with Tubo. Immediately go to Chang'an City to find a Tubo who knows medicine." Li Mingda immediately gave another order.
When Cheng Chubi saw that the princess was calm and thoughtful in times of danger, he admired her infinitely.
After Li Mingda calmed down for a while, he sent someone to inform Liang Guogong's mansion and Taiji Palace.Li Shimin ordered everyone in the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat Fang Yizhi at all costs.Fang Xuanling and Lu's couple then arrived, and after paying their respects to the princess, they went to see Fang Yizhi.
Fang Xuanling looked at his eldest son lying on the couch as if he was in a deep sleep and couldn't wake up, his face was inevitably heartbroken, and the voice that called him trembled slightly.
Li Mingda watched from the side, and said to Lu Shi and Fang Xuanling: "He is here to save me."
Compared with Fang Xuanling, Lu Shi was more forbearing. Although she felt uncomfortable seeing her son like this, she spoke forcefully and said to Li Mingda: "This is the duty he should fulfill as a subject. If he We will definitely not recognize him if we watch your lord get hurt and do nothing."
After saying that, Lu sat proudly beside Fang Yizhi, grabbed his arm, and told Fang Yizhi that she and his father were proud of him and must get well soon.
Fang Xuanling also bowed to Li Mingda at this time, feeling that what Lu said was true and what Fang Yizhi did was just doing his duty.
Seeing that Fang's father said this sincerely, Li Mingda felt even more uncomfortable.
"Fang Gong and Mrs. Lu, please don't worry, I will definitely try my best to find someone to detoxify him." Li Mingda said.
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi were busy thanking each other.
Immediately after doctor Gao took the pulse, he reported to the three people that it was indeed a sign of poisoning. It should be a chronic poison, and it is not common. It is to force poison and bloodletting. However, Fang Shizi is injured, so this method should not be overdone. I am afraid it will only have a little effect, and it will not last long. I will need to check the pulse many times to see if there is any way to find out the poison. As long as If you know what kind of poison you have, you can use medicine and needles."
Li Mingda told Imperial Physician Gao what happened at that time, "There may be clues in the dead Fang Liang."
"It's very likely that he took the antidote in advance." Imperial Physician Gao came to his senses and hurriedly asked Li Mingda to allow him to examine the corpse.
Li Mingda took Imperial Physician Gao with him.
As soon as Imperial Doctor Gao entered the mortuary room, he saw the corpse lying in a wooden bucket filled with ice cubes, and he sighed that your lord was so thoughtful.Imperial physician Gao checked Xia Liang's mouth, nose, eyes, etc. Imperial physician Gao thought about the corpse, and then said to Li Mingda: "If he had taken the antidote in advance, there might still be residues in his abdomen. If he had a laparotomy, it would be very easy There might be clues."
Li Mingda nodded, and then motioned for Wu to act, while Imperial Physician Gao was waiting beside him.Li Mingda turned his back to avoid looking, but she didn't leave.
Tian Hanshu also hurriedly turned his back to accompany the princess.He didn't understand why your lord stood here, he was obviously afraid of seeing him, but he still wanted to stay.
After half a stick of incense, Wu Zuo cut open Fang Liang's stomach.
Li Mingda smelled some complex smells and excluded some sour smells, so Li Mingda reminded Imperial Physician Gao: "Do you smell a bitter smell?"
"There is a piece of paper!" Wu Zuo shouted in surprise, and then found a ball of paper in his stomach.Li Mingda hurriedly asked someone to take it, and went to wipe off the viscous liquid on it.
Doctor Gao was worried that there was nothing in Fang Liang's stomach, when he heard your lord say something bitter just now, he hurriedly asked someone to fetch a blank paper, poured the contents of Fang Liang's stomach on it, and he could see it immediately On the snow-white rice paper, a yellow-green color appeared.
"This is?" Wu Zuo asked suspiciously.
"It tastes bitter, and this color should be bile." Imperial Physician Gao pondered carefully, what kind of poison could be detoxified with bile.
At this time, the guards led the Tubo doctor they found here.After the Tubo doctor heard about the situation, he quickly said that there is indeed a kind of snake in Tubo whose venom is detoxified by snake gall.The poisoning symptom caused by this snake venom is drowsiness, and then gradually the whole body becomes paralyzed and stops breathing.
"The name of this snake is Agkistromus viper. The gall of the snake can be used as medicine. It not only clears away heat, detoxifies and relieves asthma, but also is quite effective in curing insanity. It is a rare thing in Tubo. We also have a saying in Tubo that people who are lucky can get it." I was lucky enough to come across this snake."
When Li Mingda heard that it was a rare thing in Tubo, and then heard that he also knew this kind of snake, Li Mingda felt more at ease. She looked at Doctor Gao happily: "That is to say..."
Imperial Physician Gao saluted, "Exactly, there is this kind of snake gall in the palace, and it is included in the annual tribute of the Tubo Kingdom."
When Tian Hanshan heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, "My lord, that means Fang Shizi and Luo Ge are saved?"
Li Ming nodded with the corners of his mouth bent, and then sent someone back to the palace to get it, thinking that it would not be taken.The sage had given these precious medicinal materials to the sick Wei Zheng earlier.Li Mingda had no choice but to send someone to Zheng Guogong's mansion to borrow.Wei Zheng was terrified, so he hurriedly brought the rest of the Viper's guts to visit the Ministry of Punishment.
Immediately, Imperial Physician Gao ordered someone to take bile and mix it with wine, and feed it to Fang Yizhi and Luoge master and servant.
"The poison enters from the blood, so it goes faster. The medicine enters from the stomach, so it will be slower. If there is no accident, I will wake up tomorrow morning." Doctor Gao said.
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi were overjoyed and thanked Imperial Physician Gao.
Doctor Gao did not dare, "Thanks to your lord for discovering this matter in time, the gall of this Viper's snake is not easy to handle, if you want to thank you, you should thank your lord."
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi hurriedly said that it should be so, they both knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mingda, Li Mingda never dared to accept it.
"Fang Shizi had an accident because of saving me, how can I receive such thanks from you." Li Mingda helped the couple up with his own hands, and then thanked Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng didn't dare to take it seriously, "But don't be polite, it's a happy event that people are fine now, it's best for us to smile more."
Wei Shuyu came with Wei Zheng. After seeing Fang Xuanling, his wife and the princess, he went to visit Fang Yizhi.Turning to come out from the inner room, seeing Fang Xuanling and his wife talking so intimately with Li Mingda, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart unconsciously.But he didn't understand why he was so stingy, so he hurriedly suppressed the emotions he shouldn't have, and returned to stand beside Wei Zheng with a warm smile.
After Fang Yizhi's condition stabilized, Fang Xuanling and his wife picked him up and took him home to recuperate.Wei Zheng wanted to leave too, turned to call Wei Shuyu, but saw that he didn't move, and even saluted him.
"My son was ordered to assist the princess in handling the case. Since the case is not closed, my son wants to stay here and assist the princess in handling the case." Wei Shuyu said,
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Mingda, and nodded with a busy smile, "You should stay. The case can't be finished, and I don't feel bad even if you don't come back. Good luck, be loyal to your lord, protect her, and make sure you don't let me Your lord is in danger."
Wei Shuyu agreed, and after sending Wei Zheng away in person, he hurried to find Li Mingda.
Li Mingda was sitting in the side hall, looking at the note taken out of Fang Liang's stomach.The ink characters on it are not very clear, they are very blurred, but they can't escape Li Mingda's eyes.
The words on the note were not in Chinese. After Li Mingda described it again, he saw that it should be in Tubo dialect, so he asked Tian Hanshan to find someone to translate it.
Wei Shuyu hurriedly said, "Can your lord let me have a look?"
"You can speak Tubo?" Li Mingda asked in surprise.
Wei Shuyu: "Know a little bit. When reading was boring before, I learned some messy things."
"This is amazing." Li Mingda praised.
Wei Shuyu pursed his lips and smiled, then looked at the content on the paper very seriously, and then translated to Li Mingda: "Suddenly there is something blocking the way, and getting rid of it as soon as possible can be a great plan."
There was only this sentence on the note, but the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
This "兕" must be referring to her.
It's not a secret that Li Mingda has the baby name Sizi, as many nobles know it.It can only be said that the Tubo people should have investigated her on purpose, and thought she was in the way, and wanted to put her to death.So Fang Liang was arrested this time, it must have been done on purpose, the purpose was to assassinate him, of course he himself must have been prepared to die.This Dazan Gampo contacted the prince while helping each other to seek gold mines, which can be described as a two-pronged approach.Looking at what he did to help each other later, it should be that he is already about to force the prince to submit.No matter how well planned she was, it was ruined because of her action to solve the case.
It's rare that Shi Hongyu and Qi Fei were arrested and Fang Liang was caught in the old place after the mutual help was exposed. It turns out that Fang Liang was written for her.
Then Zhou Changhuai came to ask for instructions to return to the palace, and then he left.
Cheng Chubi immediately responded to Zhou Changhuai's previous return, and lamented Fang Liang's skill.
"Kung Fu is not inferior to Zhou Changhuai and me. His moves are extremely fast, and his kung fu methods are different from our usual moves, and because he is only for assassination and has the will to die, the speed of surprise is even better."
"It's the same for dead soldiers. Who can fight against a desperate person." Li Mingda sighed.
Cheng Chubi nodded repeatedly, "Dazan Gampo is really willing to part with it. It's a pity that all his kung fu must have been learned and practiced hard since he was a child, but he died at such a young age."
Li Mingda sneered, "The former Zanpu's personal guards were left to him, he must be a master. In fact, if I hadn't met, I wouldn't believe it. In this peaceful and prosperous world, someone actually assassinated the princess so blatantly."
Cheng Chubi echoed, and there was no shortage of surprised exclamations in his words: "This subordinate did not expect that it was the subordinate's negligence of duty, and he was not vigilant against the prisoner brought up. This is because of the subordinate's negligence, which hurt the princess. Frightened, Fang Shizi and Luo Ge were seriously injured and unconscious. This subordinate deserves to die, I implore the princess to punish."
"Forget it, if you really think it's your fault, then you can make amends in the future." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he collected himself and thought about Shi Hongyu.
Wei Shuyu said at this time: "Yesterday when we left, brother Yuchi was still in prison trying to interrogate Shi Hongyu. Could it be that he was severely punished, so he died again?"
Li Mingda looked at Wei Shuyu, "Where did the 'again' come from? The last interrogation was that Ye Yi's identity was exposed, and he chose to bite his tongue to kill himself. It has nothing to do with him. As for Shi Hongyu now, it is not a pity to die. But since he promised yesterday that he would not It will make Shi Hongyu die, and the sentence will definitely not be too severe. If there is a reason for this, just ask carefully, but before that, no one should jump to judgment. It is an eventful time, and many people are staring at the Ministry of Punishment because of me. So it is also my responsibility to preserve your reputation. No matter who you are in the future, as long as you are suspicious, don't speak nonsense, and be careful in your words and deeds."
Wei Shuyu, Tian Hanshan and others hurriedly agreed and said yes.Immediately, Tian Hanshan passed on the princess's words just now, so that all the people in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs should remember that once there are people who spread rumors again, they will be severely punished.
Yuchi Baoqi came over with sweat profusely at this time, and hurriedly asked about Fang Yizhi's situation as soon as he entered the door.
"I just heard that something happened here in the punishment room. Someone assassinated the princess? Is there anything wrong?"
Yuchi Baoqi looked nervously at Li Mingda up and down, seeing that she was intact, he let out a sigh of relief, then remembered Fang Yizhi's injury, and asked about Fang Yizhi's condition.
Immediately after learning that Fang Yizhi also saved the day, Yuchi Baoqi patted his chest and sighed: "Fortunately, there is no danger."
Li Mingda also looked at Yuchi Baoqi, saw his eyes were black and blue, knew that he must have stayed up late last night and didn't make an agreement, so he asked him strangely: "What's the matter with Shi Hongyu, and why did you come out?"
Yuchi Baoqi: "I don't know what's going on. Actually, when the news came, I was sleeping. I went to the cell to check the situation immediately after I got the letter. I thought that your lord and brother Yizhi would definitely come after a while, but I waited for a long time and didn't see anyone coming, so I came out to look for someone, and only then did I know that such a big thing happened outside."
Li Mingda asked Yuchi Baoqi not to worry about these things, and just talked about Shi Hongyu's situation.
"I don't know how he died, but he was lying in the cell suddenly out of breath." Yuchi Baoqi immediately said that he had asked Wu Zuo to check for a long time, and found nothing particularly suspicious.
Considering the importance of Shi Hongyu and the fact that his death was so strange, Li Mingda decided to go and see for himself to be at ease.Immediately, he went to the mortuary together with Yuchi Baoqi and Wei Shuyu, but saw the orderly of the mortuary leaving with a corpse wrapped in grass.
Li Mingda glanced sideways and asked who it was.
The handyman hurriedly said: "It was an unknown corpse found on the roadside of Guiyifang six days ago. No one has come to claim it. The corpse has already started to stink. Carry it away and bury it anywhere."
"Open it and take a look." Li Mingda said.
The handyman promised to put down the corpse and open the straw mat.
Chi Sanlang came out of the mortuary room at this time, and hurriedly saluted to stop him, "Your lord, this corpse stinks. If you open it, the smell will be too strong. I'm afraid I'll offend your lord."
Tian Hanshu scolded: "What are you doing with so much nonsense, just do what your lord says, and let it go."
Chi Sanlang panicked, shrank his neck and knelt tremblingly, not daring to say anything.
After the straw mat was opened, it could be seen that the corpse was still wrapped in a layer of white cloth.The handyman opened the cloth again.A corpse in ragged clothes was exposed, with messy hair sticking to the face, and only a dark chin could be vaguely seen.
Tian Hanxi had already figured out what the princess was thinking, and ordered someone to quickly remove the hair from the corpse's face, and saw a face with rotten features and pus.
Tian Hanshan felt nauseated for a while, and hurriedly turned his head away.
Wei Shuyu couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and politely turned his head to avoid looking at the corpse.
Seeing this, Chi Sanlang smiled embarrassedly, "It's really so rotten that I can't recognize its face, so I asked someone to carry it out and bury it."
Li Mingda didn't look away, but instead squinted his eyes and walked back and forth on the corpse. "Take off your clothes and have a look."
The handymen were all taken aback, but Chi Sanlang was startled and hurriedly lowered his head.
The princess' order was about to be carried out, and the two handymen stretched out their hands to pick up the skirt of the corpse's chest. Immediately after a handyman's wrist touched the chest, he felt a little strange, but they didn't think much about it. After the two men pulled the skirt away, they found There was a layer of bamboo slices in front of the chest, the two of them pulled out the bamboo slices again, and peeled off the inner layer, and saw the crisp chest tightly wrapped in white cloth, the skin was snow-white, but it was a pity that there were densely packed small wounds on the skin, like Like being bitten by some kind of insect.
Li Mingda immediately grabbed the slightly trembling fingertips of the 'corpse', and said with a sneer, "At this point, you can't get up, and you are willing to wait until someone strips your clothes clean?"
When the 'corpse' heard this, he got up suddenly, and scratched off the rotten skin on his face with his hands, revealing a dirty but stunning delicate facial features, but the color was darker.
However, one can still tell at a glance that this person is Shi Hongyu.
Both Yuchi Baoqi and Wei Shuyu were extremely surprised, they didn't expect that this disfigured corpse would be her disguise.
At this time, Chi Sanlang, who was in charge of managing the mortuary, saw that the incident had been revealed, so he quietly got up and wanted to escape.He was caught by Cheng Chubi and others at that moment, and he felt that his actions were ridiculous.
"If you weren't stupid, how could you do such a thing, even dare to risk your life to transport Shi Hongyu out? Do you know the consequences of your doing so?" Yuchi Baoqi asked Chi Sanlang angrily, thanks to his previous contact with Chi Sanlang At that time, I still thought that this person was honest and honest, which was not bad.
Shi Hongyu wiped the remaining pus on her face with her sleeve in distaste, then smiled and said, "I think he is a hero who dares to do what others cannot."
When Chi Sanlang heard Shi Hongyu's words, he seemed to be filled with a lot of courage in an instant.There was light in his eyes, and his eyes were firm. Even kneeling on the ground at this moment, he was carrying a kind of honor.
Yuchi Baoqi shook his head helplessly, "How many men have been poisoned by Shi Hongyu?"
Hearing this, Shi Hongyu laughed wantonly.
"It seems that your punishment yesterday was not severe enough." Li Mingda swept towards Yuchi Baoqi.
Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly saluted and repented, expressing that she might have acted too lightly because she was afraid of tossing people to death.
"Is this too light?" Shi Hongyu readily peeled off the clothes on her shoulders, revealing densely packed small wounds, "This is all from the torture you tortured me last night, the blood on my body was almost sucked by those disgusting things Done!"
Li Mingda looked at Shi Hongyu's lips again, no wonder she felt that Shi Hongyu's lips seemed to have become lighter just now, it turned out to be due to blood loss.
Yuchi Baoqi gave her a disgusted look, "I regret not killing you."
Wei Shuyu squinted his eyes to look at Shi Hongyu, but felt that his eyes were dirty, and didn't bother to take a second look, so he hurriedly glanced elsewhere coldly.
Shi Hongyu didn't care about Yuchi Baoqi's frank disgust, after all, he interrogated himself too many times, and it's normal for him to be bored by being tortured by himself.On the contrary, this handsome and beautiful Wei Shizi used to treat her with disgust, which made Shi Hongyu very upset.So much so that the good impression his appearance gave him at the beginning, all disappeared.
"You are just like that Fang Shizi. You don't know how to be interesting, and you don't know what medicine you took wrongly. Ah, I see. Could it be that your place is not good and you don't like women? I have seen a beautiful man like you before, but I don't know. Why, I don’t like being on top, I only like being on the bottom.”
"This woman is disgusting, Shuyu implores your lord to execute her as soon as possible." Wei Shuyu was not annoyed by Shi Hongyu's aggression.
Shi Hongyu became angry because of this.
Li Mingda also had enough of her, but still told Shi Hongyu that Fang Liang, a Tubo man arrested today, claimed to be her master.
Shi Hongyu sneered, straightened her hair, and then glanced away easily, "There are many men who are my masters. Your lord doesn't think that Qi Fei is the only one, does he? The princess is an inexperienced So I don’t understand their men’s thoughts. Then I’ll tell your lord with all my heart. They are the only men who like to make decisions. Be coquettish and call them a so-called master, and they’ll be happy with whatever It seems that I can do whatever you want. This is my experience, please remember it, your lord, it will be really beneficial to your future life!"
Tian Hanshu scolded Shi Hongyu for being shameless, and asked the guard to give her a slap in the face.Immediately after Shi Hongyu was beaten until both sides of her face were swollen, she knelt down silently without saying a word.No matter what you ask, don't say anything.She knew very well that many key things fell on her, and how important her explanation was to the princess.So she was not afraid, and when she was beaten, she put on airs and smiled carefreely.
"At noon tomorrow, behead Shi Hongyu." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he walked away, leaving a gust of wind to hit Shi Hongyu's face.
Shi Hongyu was startled, and looked at Li Mingda's back in panic, "Don't you want to know the relationship between me and Fang Liang, I'm helping each other—"
"Do not care."
Li Mingda put this sentence in his eyes and went.She knew that Shi Hongyu's words were just repeating the old tricks, trying to delay time in vain.She won't give anything useful.It's too dangerous to keep this woman, it's better to die cleanly.
Wei Shuyu sneered and said to Shi Hongyu: "Seeing that you are going to be executed, I am in a good mood. Let me tell you one more thing. There is no need for you to explain these things now. We have already found out about your real master Dazan Gampo. Die well, there is no need to die." Nostalgia for the world. If you go to hell, don’t come out, you are not welcome in the world.”
Shi Hongyu was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and looked at Wei Shuyu who was leaving, and suddenly shouted, but was immediately gagged by the guards and brought to death row.
In view of the recent escape of Shi Hongyu, Li Mingda ordered eight guards to guard Shi Hongyu and not allow anything to happen before his execution.
After Li Mingda returned to the side hall, he saw Chi Sanlang, who was brought in, kneeling on the ground obediently waiting for questioning.Li Mingda was too lazy to interrogate himself, so he sent Wei Shuyu.She held a teacup and watched coldly.Sure enough, as he expected, this Chi Saburo didn't know what was important, he was just a little guy who helped each other, and he didn't know what was wrong. He admired Shi Hongyu very much, and always felt that being able to save Shi Hongyu was a very heroic and worthwhile thing. proud thing.
Even Wei Shuyu, who is well-versed in poetry and books, tried to reason with him again and again to provoke him, but Chi Sanlang still insisted on Shi Hongyu, as if all the meaning of his existence lay in this woman.
"Since I was a child, no one has looked down on me, especially after I became a corpse watcher of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Many people regard me as a bad luck and hide me far away. Even the women at home look disgusted and don't want to let my hands Touch her and the child. Only Shi Hongyu really understands me, understands my heart, and thinks highly of me. She said that there is no man in the world who is more honest and honest than me, which makes people feel distressed. She said that I should have a better life, no I should be too accommodating to others, but let myself sacrifice too much, and live too uselessly. This time I have the courage to live for her, it's worth it, this life is worth it!" After Chi Sanlang explained, his face Still showing a very satisfied smile.
Wei Shuyu frowned, then waved the person away, and then said to Li Mingda: "Why do people who have been in contact with Shi Hongyu all look crazy?"
"This is her strength. She can see through the desires of many men, follow the temptation, and make them willingly embark on the road of no return." Li Mingda concluded,
Wei Shuyu sneered, "This woman is really disgusting, she should die."
Wei Shuyu was silent for a while, then looked at Li Mingda worriedly several times, hesitant to speak.
"What's the matter?" Li Mingda put down the testimony in his hand and looked at Wei Shuyu.
"I heard that your lord was played by six censors from Yushitai yesterday. It's not easy to mess with one censor. All six of them are going to play the princess. I'm afraid it's a serious matter. Regarding the attitude of all civil and military officials above, although the sage has not yet approved this, I am worried..."
"I'm worried that the sage won't be able to bear it, and I will eventually leave the Department of Criminal Justice?" Li Mingda smiled and asked back.
Wei Shuyu nodded in a bad mood, while worrying about Li Mingda, he scolded the six censors for nothing.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, staring at Wei Shuyu.
"what happened?"
"I didn't expect you to be like your father, you are a soft-hearted person, even when you scold others." Li Mingda laughed and sighed.
"Isn't the princess angry? I, a bystander, became so angry when I saw it."
"I just thought about it, and I feel that I am anxious about this matter. Since ancient times, how can my thoughts be changed immediately. It is more acceptable to take it step by step. It is like spring rain, moistening things silently. .” Li Mingda explained.
Wei Shuyu nodded, sighing that the realm of the princess is still high.
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Tai Chi Palace.
After Li Shimin learned that Li Mingda had been assassinated, he became furious and severely punished Zhou Changhuai, the chief guard, for the crime of negligence, and demoted Cheng Chubi from the third rank to the sixth rank.
After Li Mingda came back, Li Shimin immediately ordered her not to leave the palace for half a step from now on, and she was not allowed to take risks in the Ministry of Punishment.Li Mingda wanted to argue, but Li Shimin sternly stopped him.
"It's nothing else, just the last step of punishment. I've finished writing, Aye, take a look?" Li Mingda obediently presented what she had written before returning to the palace.Li Shimin's anger was expected by her, but she still hoped that the case would go from beginning to end, and because she was afraid that others would be negligent in handling it, she sorted out the list.
Li Shimin took it, and immediately said to Li Mingda: "Don't say any more, just go back to the room and stay."
Li Mingda agreed and went down with his head down.
Fang Qirui played the scripture he just got, "The scripture to propose to Princess Jinyang is here again."
Li Shimin put down what Li Mingda had just given in his hand, and took what Fang Qirui handed over, frowning fiercely, "Did I really say that I want him to give up my son?"
Fang Qirui looked at Li Shimin's expression, and nodded slowly, "The saint... said it before, but he didn't expect that he would dare to propose it."
After Zhou Changhuai reacted, he jumped quickly and slashed at the back of Fang Liang's head. Cheng Chubi, who was guarding outside, also rushed into the door. Seeing that Fang Liang was about to hide, he slashed at Fang Liang from the other direction.Many other guards quickly surrounded Fang Liang and heavily protected Li Mingda, Fang Yizhi and others who were facing the front of the hall.
Fang Liang dodged two swords, bowed his waist and swept his legs, then rolled on the ground, got up and jumped onto the table.Zhou Changhuai and Cheng Chubi continued to attack with sabers, one chopped off the neck and the other cut the back.Fang Liang didn't choose to dodge quickly, but turned his head condescendingly to look at Princess Jinyang who was protected by the group of guards.
At this time, Li Mingda is sending someone to treat Luoge's wound.
"Your lord!" Cheng Chubi immediately sensed something was wrong, and at the same time as the knife fell, he shouted at Li Mingda.
But before he finished speaking, the second blade in Fang Liang's mouth flew towards Li Mingda.Fang Yizhi was standing next to Li Mingda, and when he saw this, he instinctively tilted his body and squeezed Li Mingda away in time, but the flying knife happened to be stuck in his chest.
On that side, Fang Liang was stabbed in two places on the neck and back, and blood spattered all around.Fang Liang grunted twice, and fell heavily from the table to get up.
After landing, Fang Liang twitched, blood spread all over the ground, and he died soon.Cheng Chubi rushed to check the situation of Princess Jinyang and Fang Shizi. Fang Yi was lying on the ground, his chest was blood red. Li Mingda was squatting beside him, holding his chest with his hand. The knife hadn't been pulled out yet, but the blood was gone Unable to stop, he shouted for a doctor quickly.
Cheng Chubi was stunned for a moment, "Fang Shizi—"
Cheng Chubi came to his senses, quickly squatted down, helped Fang Yizhi up, and moved Fang Yizhi to the couch together with Zhou Changhuai.Soon after, the doctor came in a hurry and began to treat the wound.Li Mingda and the others withdrew and waited outside the house.
After Zhou Changhuai asked the princess for instructions, he went to the lobby to check Fang Liang's body, and then sent someone to clean up the lobby.The handyman started to scrub the floor, and came out with basins of bloody water, which was very bright red, showing how much blood was left on the floor in the lobby.
Li Mingda's nose was full of bloody smell, looking at the closed door in front of him, his mind was a little buzzing.
At this moment, Tian Hanxi brought hot water, asking your lord to wash his hands.
Only then did Li Mingda realize that his hands were covered with blood.
Li Mingda didn't move, and was still listening to the situation in the house, until the doctor said that the bandage was finished, and when he said with emotion that he didn't hurt any vitals, Li Mingda heaved a sigh of relief and put his hand into the basin.Then she heard a very low voice, a voice that was all too familiar to her.
"I am fine."
Li Mingda hurriedly took his hand out of the water and hurried into the house.
Cheng Chubi, who was accompanying him in the house, was busy comforting Fang Yizhi not to speak, when he saw the princess coming in, he got up and saluted.
Li Mingda looked straight at Fang Yizhi on the bed, seeing that his complexion was not good, his lips were slightly pale, but he still smiled warmly at himself.Li Mingda also smiled at him, but it wasn't that she really wanted to laugh, but she felt that her smile was what Fang Yizhi wanted to see the most at this moment.
Sure enough, Fang Yizhi was comforted, and his complexion was a little rosier than before.
"I owe you my life." Li Mingda lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, she couldn't help but look at Fang Yizhi's freshly bandaged wound, her chest that should have been strong and healthy was wrapped in thick gauze at this moment, her chest There is a bright red everywhere.
Li Mingda hurriedly turned his head to urge people to cook the medicine quickly.
Fang Yizhi said again: "I'm fine."
Cheng Chubi, who was beside him, saw that Fang Yi was more energetic than before, he was relieved, and laughed too.
"It really scared me just now. The blade hit the vital point. Fortunately, the thing is relatively short and it didn't penetrate too deep." Cheng Chubi breathed a sigh of relief again, and told Fang Yizhi to take good care of his wound.
Fang Yi nodded his head, his eyelids gradually became heavy.
Li Mingda stared at him closely, at this moment he grabbed his hand and asked him if he felt unwell.
Fang Yizhi still smiled softly, "Aside from the pain in the wound, I just feel a little sleepy, your lord don't have to worry."
"If you lose too much blood, you will inevitably feel a little tired." Cheng Chubi also looked at Fang Yizhi with concern, but he didn't notice that the princess's hand was already grasping Fang Yizhi at this moment.
Li Mingda saw that Fang Yizhi gradually closed his eyelids, and looked at Cheng Chubi.
Cheng Chubi smiled and comforted Li Mingda, "I guess it's due to the exhaustion of the trial for several days, and the loss of blood, so I'm extremely tired."
Li Mingda felt something was wrong, he heard Fang Yizhi's heartbeat slow down.Li Mingda tugged Fang Yizhi's arm and called him a few times, but he didn't see any response, so he raised the volume, but there was still no response.
Li Mingda turned to look at Cheng Chubi, "This doesn't seem normal?"
Cheng Chubi was stunned, a little panicked, "Even if he lost too much blood, it wouldn't be like this."
At this time, the little official came back to report, telling Li Mingda that there was nothing wrong with Luoge, and fell asleep after bandaging the wound.
Li Mingda had a sullen face, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Gao here!"
Cheng Chubi also felt that the situation was wrong, so he went to Luoge himself.He yelled loudly to Luoge several times beside the bed, and even touched Luoge's wound, but he still couldn't wake up, but he was still breathing.
Cheng Chubi immediately rushed back to report to Li Mingda, with a vague premonition in his heart, "It seems that this blade has been tampered with."
"But he put it in his mouth, but nothing happened." Li Mingda came to his senses, and then asked someone to put Fang Liang's body into a clean wooden barrel and store it in ice.
"This is the princess?"
"If there is no antidote on Fang Liang's body, then the antidote must be in his body." Li Mingda's brows showed heroism.
At this time, the doctor who had just treated the wound came back, checked the situation of Fang Yizhi's master and servant, and knelt down in shock, unable to do anything about it.
"I have never heard of this symptom, and I have never seen it. If it is poisoning, the blood of the wound is bright red and not black. It is really incomprehensible."
"Not all poisons can make people's blood darken obviously. Moreover, if this Fang Liang is really from Tubo, the poison he used must have something to do with Tubo. Immediately go to Chang'an City to find a Tubo who knows medicine." Li Mingda immediately gave another order.
When Cheng Chubi saw that the princess was calm and thoughtful in times of danger, he admired her infinitely.
After Li Mingda calmed down for a while, he sent someone to inform Liang Guogong's mansion and Taiji Palace.Li Shimin ordered everyone in the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat Fang Yizhi at all costs.Fang Xuanling and Lu's couple then arrived, and after paying their respects to the princess, they went to see Fang Yizhi.
Fang Xuanling looked at his eldest son lying on the couch as if he was in a deep sleep and couldn't wake up, his face was inevitably heartbroken, and the voice that called him trembled slightly.
Li Mingda watched from the side, and said to Lu Shi and Fang Xuanling: "He is here to save me."
Compared with Fang Xuanling, Lu Shi was more forbearing. Although she felt uncomfortable seeing her son like this, she spoke forcefully and said to Li Mingda: "This is the duty he should fulfill as a subject. If he We will definitely not recognize him if we watch your lord get hurt and do nothing."
After saying that, Lu sat proudly beside Fang Yizhi, grabbed his arm, and told Fang Yizhi that she and his father were proud of him and must get well soon.
Fang Xuanling also bowed to Li Mingda at this time, feeling that what Lu said was true and what Fang Yizhi did was just doing his duty.
Seeing that Fang's father said this sincerely, Li Mingda felt even more uncomfortable.
"Fang Gong and Mrs. Lu, please don't worry, I will definitely try my best to find someone to detoxify him." Li Mingda said.
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi were busy thanking each other.
Immediately after doctor Gao took the pulse, he reported to the three people that it was indeed a sign of poisoning. It should be a chronic poison, and it is not common. It is to force poison and bloodletting. However, Fang Shizi is injured, so this method should not be overdone. I am afraid it will only have a little effect, and it will not last long. I will need to check the pulse many times to see if there is any way to find out the poison. As long as If you know what kind of poison you have, you can use medicine and needles."
Li Mingda told Imperial Physician Gao what happened at that time, "There may be clues in the dead Fang Liang."
"It's very likely that he took the antidote in advance." Imperial Physician Gao came to his senses and hurriedly asked Li Mingda to allow him to examine the corpse.
Li Mingda took Imperial Physician Gao with him.
As soon as Imperial Doctor Gao entered the mortuary room, he saw the corpse lying in a wooden bucket filled with ice cubes, and he sighed that your lord was so thoughtful.Imperial physician Gao checked Xia Liang's mouth, nose, eyes, etc. Imperial physician Gao thought about the corpse, and then said to Li Mingda: "If he had taken the antidote in advance, there might still be residues in his abdomen. If he had a laparotomy, it would be very easy There might be clues."
Li Mingda nodded, and then motioned for Wu to act, while Imperial Physician Gao was waiting beside him.Li Mingda turned his back to avoid looking, but she didn't leave.
Tian Hanshu also hurriedly turned his back to accompany the princess.He didn't understand why your lord stood here, he was obviously afraid of seeing him, but he still wanted to stay.
After half a stick of incense, Wu Zuo cut open Fang Liang's stomach.
Li Mingda smelled some complex smells and excluded some sour smells, so Li Mingda reminded Imperial Physician Gao: "Do you smell a bitter smell?"
"There is a piece of paper!" Wu Zuo shouted in surprise, and then found a ball of paper in his stomach.Li Mingda hurriedly asked someone to take it, and went to wipe off the viscous liquid on it.
Doctor Gao was worried that there was nothing in Fang Liang's stomach, when he heard your lord say something bitter just now, he hurriedly asked someone to fetch a blank paper, poured the contents of Fang Liang's stomach on it, and he could see it immediately On the snow-white rice paper, a yellow-green color appeared.
"This is?" Wu Zuo asked suspiciously.
"It tastes bitter, and this color should be bile." Imperial Physician Gao pondered carefully, what kind of poison could be detoxified with bile.
At this time, the guards led the Tubo doctor they found here.After the Tubo doctor heard about the situation, he quickly said that there is indeed a kind of snake in Tubo whose venom is detoxified by snake gall.The poisoning symptom caused by this snake venom is drowsiness, and then gradually the whole body becomes paralyzed and stops breathing.
"The name of this snake is Agkistromus viper. The gall of the snake can be used as medicine. It not only clears away heat, detoxifies and relieves asthma, but also is quite effective in curing insanity. It is a rare thing in Tubo. We also have a saying in Tubo that people who are lucky can get it." I was lucky enough to come across this snake."
When Li Mingda heard that it was a rare thing in Tubo, and then heard that he also knew this kind of snake, Li Mingda felt more at ease. She looked at Doctor Gao happily: "That is to say..."
Imperial Physician Gao saluted, "Exactly, there is this kind of snake gall in the palace, and it is included in the annual tribute of the Tubo Kingdom."
When Tian Hanshan heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, "My lord, that means Fang Shizi and Luo Ge are saved?"
Li Ming nodded with the corners of his mouth bent, and then sent someone back to the palace to get it, thinking that it would not be taken.The sage had given these precious medicinal materials to the sick Wei Zheng earlier.Li Mingda had no choice but to send someone to Zheng Guogong's mansion to borrow.Wei Zheng was terrified, so he hurriedly brought the rest of the Viper's guts to visit the Ministry of Punishment.
Immediately, Imperial Physician Gao ordered someone to take bile and mix it with wine, and feed it to Fang Yizhi and Luoge master and servant.
"The poison enters from the blood, so it goes faster. The medicine enters from the stomach, so it will be slower. If there is no accident, I will wake up tomorrow morning." Doctor Gao said.
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi were overjoyed and thanked Imperial Physician Gao.
Doctor Gao did not dare, "Thanks to your lord for discovering this matter in time, the gall of this Viper's snake is not easy to handle, if you want to thank you, you should thank your lord."
Fang Xuanling and Lu Shi hurriedly said that it should be so, they both knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mingda, Li Mingda never dared to accept it.
"Fang Shizi had an accident because of saving me, how can I receive such thanks from you." Li Mingda helped the couple up with his own hands, and then thanked Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng didn't dare to take it seriously, "But don't be polite, it's a happy event that people are fine now, it's best for us to smile more."
Wei Shuyu came with Wei Zheng. After seeing Fang Xuanling, his wife and the princess, he went to visit Fang Yizhi.Turning to come out from the inner room, seeing Fang Xuanling and his wife talking so intimately with Li Mingda, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart unconsciously.But he didn't understand why he was so stingy, so he hurriedly suppressed the emotions he shouldn't have, and returned to stand beside Wei Zheng with a warm smile.
After Fang Yizhi's condition stabilized, Fang Xuanling and his wife picked him up and took him home to recuperate.Wei Zheng wanted to leave too, turned to call Wei Shuyu, but saw that he didn't move, and even saluted him.
"My son was ordered to assist the princess in handling the case. Since the case is not closed, my son wants to stay here and assist the princess in handling the case." Wei Shuyu said,
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Mingda, and nodded with a busy smile, "You should stay. The case can't be finished, and I don't feel bad even if you don't come back. Good luck, be loyal to your lord, protect her, and make sure you don't let me Your lord is in danger."
Wei Shuyu agreed, and after sending Wei Zheng away in person, he hurried to find Li Mingda.
Li Mingda was sitting in the side hall, looking at the note taken out of Fang Liang's stomach.The ink characters on it are not very clear, they are very blurred, but they can't escape Li Mingda's eyes.
The words on the note were not in Chinese. After Li Mingda described it again, he saw that it should be in Tubo dialect, so he asked Tian Hanshan to find someone to translate it.
Wei Shuyu hurriedly said, "Can your lord let me have a look?"
"You can speak Tubo?" Li Mingda asked in surprise.
Wei Shuyu: "Know a little bit. When reading was boring before, I learned some messy things."
"This is amazing." Li Mingda praised.
Wei Shuyu pursed his lips and smiled, then looked at the content on the paper very seriously, and then translated to Li Mingda: "Suddenly there is something blocking the way, and getting rid of it as soon as possible can be a great plan."
There was only this sentence on the note, but the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
This "兕" must be referring to her.
It's not a secret that Li Mingda has the baby name Sizi, as many nobles know it.It can only be said that the Tubo people should have investigated her on purpose, and thought she was in the way, and wanted to put her to death.So Fang Liang was arrested this time, it must have been done on purpose, the purpose was to assassinate him, of course he himself must have been prepared to die.This Dazan Gampo contacted the prince while helping each other to seek gold mines, which can be described as a two-pronged approach.Looking at what he did to help each other later, it should be that he is already about to force the prince to submit.No matter how well planned she was, it was ruined because of her action to solve the case.
It's rare that Shi Hongyu and Qi Fei were arrested and Fang Liang was caught in the old place after the mutual help was exposed. It turns out that Fang Liang was written for her.
Then Zhou Changhuai came to ask for instructions to return to the palace, and then he left.
Cheng Chubi immediately responded to Zhou Changhuai's previous return, and lamented Fang Liang's skill.
"Kung Fu is not inferior to Zhou Changhuai and me. His moves are extremely fast, and his kung fu methods are different from our usual moves, and because he is only for assassination and has the will to die, the speed of surprise is even better."
"It's the same for dead soldiers. Who can fight against a desperate person." Li Mingda sighed.
Cheng Chubi nodded repeatedly, "Dazan Gampo is really willing to part with it. It's a pity that all his kung fu must have been learned and practiced hard since he was a child, but he died at such a young age."
Li Mingda sneered, "The former Zanpu's personal guards were left to him, he must be a master. In fact, if I hadn't met, I wouldn't believe it. In this peaceful and prosperous world, someone actually assassinated the princess so blatantly."
Cheng Chubi echoed, and there was no shortage of surprised exclamations in his words: "This subordinate did not expect that it was the subordinate's negligence of duty, and he was not vigilant against the prisoner brought up. This is because of the subordinate's negligence, which hurt the princess. Frightened, Fang Shizi and Luo Ge were seriously injured and unconscious. This subordinate deserves to die, I implore the princess to punish."
"Forget it, if you really think it's your fault, then you can make amends in the future." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he collected himself and thought about Shi Hongyu.
Wei Shuyu said at this time: "Yesterday when we left, brother Yuchi was still in prison trying to interrogate Shi Hongyu. Could it be that he was severely punished, so he died again?"
Li Mingda looked at Wei Shuyu, "Where did the 'again' come from? The last interrogation was that Ye Yi's identity was exposed, and he chose to bite his tongue to kill himself. It has nothing to do with him. As for Shi Hongyu now, it is not a pity to die. But since he promised yesterday that he would not It will make Shi Hongyu die, and the sentence will definitely not be too severe. If there is a reason for this, just ask carefully, but before that, no one should jump to judgment. It is an eventful time, and many people are staring at the Ministry of Punishment because of me. So it is also my responsibility to preserve your reputation. No matter who you are in the future, as long as you are suspicious, don't speak nonsense, and be careful in your words and deeds."
Wei Shuyu, Tian Hanshan and others hurriedly agreed and said yes.Immediately, Tian Hanshan passed on the princess's words just now, so that all the people in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs should remember that once there are people who spread rumors again, they will be severely punished.
Yuchi Baoqi came over with sweat profusely at this time, and hurriedly asked about Fang Yizhi's situation as soon as he entered the door.
"I just heard that something happened here in the punishment room. Someone assassinated the princess? Is there anything wrong?"
Yuchi Baoqi looked nervously at Li Mingda up and down, seeing that she was intact, he let out a sigh of relief, then remembered Fang Yizhi's injury, and asked about Fang Yizhi's condition.
Immediately after learning that Fang Yizhi also saved the day, Yuchi Baoqi patted his chest and sighed: "Fortunately, there is no danger."
Li Mingda also looked at Yuchi Baoqi, saw his eyes were black and blue, knew that he must have stayed up late last night and didn't make an agreement, so he asked him strangely: "What's the matter with Shi Hongyu, and why did you come out?"
Yuchi Baoqi: "I don't know what's going on. Actually, when the news came, I was sleeping. I went to the cell to check the situation immediately after I got the letter. I thought that your lord and brother Yizhi would definitely come after a while, but I waited for a long time and didn't see anyone coming, so I came out to look for someone, and only then did I know that such a big thing happened outside."
Li Mingda asked Yuchi Baoqi not to worry about these things, and just talked about Shi Hongyu's situation.
"I don't know how he died, but he was lying in the cell suddenly out of breath." Yuchi Baoqi immediately said that he had asked Wu Zuo to check for a long time, and found nothing particularly suspicious.
Considering the importance of Shi Hongyu and the fact that his death was so strange, Li Mingda decided to go and see for himself to be at ease.Immediately, he went to the mortuary together with Yuchi Baoqi and Wei Shuyu, but saw the orderly of the mortuary leaving with a corpse wrapped in grass.
Li Mingda glanced sideways and asked who it was.
The handyman hurriedly said: "It was an unknown corpse found on the roadside of Guiyifang six days ago. No one has come to claim it. The corpse has already started to stink. Carry it away and bury it anywhere."
"Open it and take a look." Li Mingda said.
The handyman promised to put down the corpse and open the straw mat.
Chi Sanlang came out of the mortuary room at this time, and hurriedly saluted to stop him, "Your lord, this corpse stinks. If you open it, the smell will be too strong. I'm afraid I'll offend your lord."
Tian Hanshu scolded: "What are you doing with so much nonsense, just do what your lord says, and let it go."
Chi Sanlang panicked, shrank his neck and knelt tremblingly, not daring to say anything.
After the straw mat was opened, it could be seen that the corpse was still wrapped in a layer of white cloth.The handyman opened the cloth again.A corpse in ragged clothes was exposed, with messy hair sticking to the face, and only a dark chin could be vaguely seen.
Tian Hanxi had already figured out what the princess was thinking, and ordered someone to quickly remove the hair from the corpse's face, and saw a face with rotten features and pus.
Tian Hanshan felt nauseated for a while, and hurriedly turned his head away.
Wei Shuyu couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and politely turned his head to avoid looking at the corpse.
Seeing this, Chi Sanlang smiled embarrassedly, "It's really so rotten that I can't recognize its face, so I asked someone to carry it out and bury it."
Li Mingda didn't look away, but instead squinted his eyes and walked back and forth on the corpse. "Take off your clothes and have a look."
The handymen were all taken aback, but Chi Sanlang was startled and hurriedly lowered his head.
The princess' order was about to be carried out, and the two handymen stretched out their hands to pick up the skirt of the corpse's chest. Immediately after a handyman's wrist touched the chest, he felt a little strange, but they didn't think much about it. After the two men pulled the skirt away, they found There was a layer of bamboo slices in front of the chest, the two of them pulled out the bamboo slices again, and peeled off the inner layer, and saw the crisp chest tightly wrapped in white cloth, the skin was snow-white, but it was a pity that there were densely packed small wounds on the skin, like Like being bitten by some kind of insect.
Li Mingda immediately grabbed the slightly trembling fingertips of the 'corpse', and said with a sneer, "At this point, you can't get up, and you are willing to wait until someone strips your clothes clean?"
When the 'corpse' heard this, he got up suddenly, and scratched off the rotten skin on his face with his hands, revealing a dirty but stunning delicate facial features, but the color was darker.
However, one can still tell at a glance that this person is Shi Hongyu.
Both Yuchi Baoqi and Wei Shuyu were extremely surprised, they didn't expect that this disfigured corpse would be her disguise.
At this time, Chi Sanlang, who was in charge of managing the mortuary, saw that the incident had been revealed, so he quietly got up and wanted to escape.He was caught by Cheng Chubi and others at that moment, and he felt that his actions were ridiculous.
"If you weren't stupid, how could you do such a thing, even dare to risk your life to transport Shi Hongyu out? Do you know the consequences of your doing so?" Yuchi Baoqi asked Chi Sanlang angrily, thanks to his previous contact with Chi Sanlang At that time, I still thought that this person was honest and honest, which was not bad.
Shi Hongyu wiped the remaining pus on her face with her sleeve in distaste, then smiled and said, "I think he is a hero who dares to do what others cannot."
When Chi Sanlang heard Shi Hongyu's words, he seemed to be filled with a lot of courage in an instant.There was light in his eyes, and his eyes were firm. Even kneeling on the ground at this moment, he was carrying a kind of honor.
Yuchi Baoqi shook his head helplessly, "How many men have been poisoned by Shi Hongyu?"
Hearing this, Shi Hongyu laughed wantonly.
"It seems that your punishment yesterday was not severe enough." Li Mingda swept towards Yuchi Baoqi.
Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly saluted and repented, expressing that she might have acted too lightly because she was afraid of tossing people to death.
"Is this too light?" Shi Hongyu readily peeled off the clothes on her shoulders, revealing densely packed small wounds, "This is all from the torture you tortured me last night, the blood on my body was almost sucked by those disgusting things Done!"
Li Mingda looked at Shi Hongyu's lips again, no wonder she felt that Shi Hongyu's lips seemed to have become lighter just now, it turned out to be due to blood loss.
Yuchi Baoqi gave her a disgusted look, "I regret not killing you."
Wei Shuyu squinted his eyes to look at Shi Hongyu, but felt that his eyes were dirty, and didn't bother to take a second look, so he hurriedly glanced elsewhere coldly.
Shi Hongyu didn't care about Yuchi Baoqi's frank disgust, after all, he interrogated himself too many times, and it's normal for him to be bored by being tortured by himself.On the contrary, this handsome and beautiful Wei Shizi used to treat her with disgust, which made Shi Hongyu very upset.So much so that the good impression his appearance gave him at the beginning, all disappeared.
"You are just like that Fang Shizi. You don't know how to be interesting, and you don't know what medicine you took wrongly. Ah, I see. Could it be that your place is not good and you don't like women? I have seen a beautiful man like you before, but I don't know. Why, I don’t like being on top, I only like being on the bottom.”
"This woman is disgusting, Shuyu implores your lord to execute her as soon as possible." Wei Shuyu was not annoyed by Shi Hongyu's aggression.
Shi Hongyu became angry because of this.
Li Mingda also had enough of her, but still told Shi Hongyu that Fang Liang, a Tubo man arrested today, claimed to be her master.
Shi Hongyu sneered, straightened her hair, and then glanced away easily, "There are many men who are my masters. Your lord doesn't think that Qi Fei is the only one, does he? The princess is an inexperienced So I don’t understand their men’s thoughts. Then I’ll tell your lord with all my heart. They are the only men who like to make decisions. Be coquettish and call them a so-called master, and they’ll be happy with whatever It seems that I can do whatever you want. This is my experience, please remember it, your lord, it will be really beneficial to your future life!"
Tian Hanshu scolded Shi Hongyu for being shameless, and asked the guard to give her a slap in the face.Immediately after Shi Hongyu was beaten until both sides of her face were swollen, she knelt down silently without saying a word.No matter what you ask, don't say anything.She knew very well that many key things fell on her, and how important her explanation was to the princess.So she was not afraid, and when she was beaten, she put on airs and smiled carefreely.
"At noon tomorrow, behead Shi Hongyu." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he walked away, leaving a gust of wind to hit Shi Hongyu's face.
Shi Hongyu was startled, and looked at Li Mingda's back in panic, "Don't you want to know the relationship between me and Fang Liang, I'm helping each other—"
"Do not care."
Li Mingda put this sentence in his eyes and went.She knew that Shi Hongyu's words were just repeating the old tricks, trying to delay time in vain.She won't give anything useful.It's too dangerous to keep this woman, it's better to die cleanly.
Wei Shuyu sneered and said to Shi Hongyu: "Seeing that you are going to be executed, I am in a good mood. Let me tell you one more thing. There is no need for you to explain these things now. We have already found out about your real master Dazan Gampo. Die well, there is no need to die." Nostalgia for the world. If you go to hell, don’t come out, you are not welcome in the world.”
Shi Hongyu was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and looked at Wei Shuyu who was leaving, and suddenly shouted, but was immediately gagged by the guards and brought to death row.
In view of the recent escape of Shi Hongyu, Li Mingda ordered eight guards to guard Shi Hongyu and not allow anything to happen before his execution.
After Li Mingda returned to the side hall, he saw Chi Sanlang, who was brought in, kneeling on the ground obediently waiting for questioning.Li Mingda was too lazy to interrogate himself, so he sent Wei Shuyu.She held a teacup and watched coldly.Sure enough, as he expected, this Chi Saburo didn't know what was important, he was just a little guy who helped each other, and he didn't know what was wrong. He admired Shi Hongyu very much, and always felt that being able to save Shi Hongyu was a very heroic and worthwhile thing. proud thing.
Even Wei Shuyu, who is well-versed in poetry and books, tried to reason with him again and again to provoke him, but Chi Sanlang still insisted on Shi Hongyu, as if all the meaning of his existence lay in this woman.
"Since I was a child, no one has looked down on me, especially after I became a corpse watcher of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Many people regard me as a bad luck and hide me far away. Even the women at home look disgusted and don't want to let my hands Touch her and the child. Only Shi Hongyu really understands me, understands my heart, and thinks highly of me. She said that there is no man in the world who is more honest and honest than me, which makes people feel distressed. She said that I should have a better life, no I should be too accommodating to others, but let myself sacrifice too much, and live too uselessly. This time I have the courage to live for her, it's worth it, this life is worth it!" After Chi Sanlang explained, his face Still showing a very satisfied smile.
Wei Shuyu frowned, then waved the person away, and then said to Li Mingda: "Why do people who have been in contact with Shi Hongyu all look crazy?"
"This is her strength. She can see through the desires of many men, follow the temptation, and make them willingly embark on the road of no return." Li Mingda concluded,
Wei Shuyu sneered, "This woman is really disgusting, she should die."
Wei Shuyu was silent for a while, then looked at Li Mingda worriedly several times, hesitant to speak.
"What's the matter?" Li Mingda put down the testimony in his hand and looked at Wei Shuyu.
"I heard that your lord was played by six censors from Yushitai yesterday. It's not easy to mess with one censor. All six of them are going to play the princess. I'm afraid it's a serious matter. Regarding the attitude of all civil and military officials above, although the sage has not yet approved this, I am worried..."
"I'm worried that the sage won't be able to bear it, and I will eventually leave the Department of Criminal Justice?" Li Mingda smiled and asked back.
Wei Shuyu nodded in a bad mood, while worrying about Li Mingda, he scolded the six censors for nothing.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, staring at Wei Shuyu.
"what happened?"
"I didn't expect you to be like your father, you are a soft-hearted person, even when you scold others." Li Mingda laughed and sighed.
"Isn't the princess angry? I, a bystander, became so angry when I saw it."
"I just thought about it, and I feel that I am anxious about this matter. Since ancient times, how can my thoughts be changed immediately. It is more acceptable to take it step by step. It is like spring rain, moistening things silently. .” Li Mingda explained.
Wei Shuyu nodded, sighing that the realm of the princess is still high.
……
Tai Chi Palace.
After Li Shimin learned that Li Mingda had been assassinated, he became furious and severely punished Zhou Changhuai, the chief guard, for the crime of negligence, and demoted Cheng Chubi from the third rank to the sixth rank.
After Li Mingda came back, Li Shimin immediately ordered her not to leave the palace for half a step from now on, and she was not allowed to take risks in the Ministry of Punishment.Li Mingda wanted to argue, but Li Shimin sternly stopped him.
"It's nothing else, just the last step of punishment. I've finished writing, Aye, take a look?" Li Mingda obediently presented what she had written before returning to the palace.Li Shimin's anger was expected by her, but she still hoped that the case would go from beginning to end, and because she was afraid that others would be negligent in handling it, she sorted out the list.
Li Shimin took it, and immediately said to Li Mingda: "Don't say any more, just go back to the room and stay."
Li Mingda agreed and went down with his head down.
Fang Qirui played the scripture he just got, "The scripture to propose to Princess Jinyang is here again."
Li Shimin put down what Li Mingda had just given in his hand, and took what Fang Qirui handed over, frowning fiercely, "Did I really say that I want him to give up my son?"
Fang Qirui looked at Li Shimin's expression, and nodded slowly, "The saint... said it before, but he didn't expect that he would dare to propose it."
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