Jing Niang came over from Xiao Chuo and carefully inspected Li Yueji's palace because they were all from outside the Great Wall. Concubine Li Xian's palace was searched by a large number of people every day and asked various questions. A group of eunuchs were rummaging through boxes and cabinets inside again, eager to dig deep! Jing Niang said coldly: "Concubine Li Xian, if you did that thing, you should have already known that you can't escape from this palace. Just explain it to me, why bother pretending?" Li Yueji looked haggard, looked at her and shook her head: "Jing Niang, I Now she is Princess Xu, and she used to be Princess Pingxia. How could she teach her daughter to do such sinister things since she was a child? " Jing Niang was stunned after hearing this, and thought it made some sense. It would be better for Li Yueji to live like this. There are many people who are extravagant and lazy, but few who are good at conspiracy. ¡The eunuch Yang Shiliang was in the Long Live Hall, leading a group of eunuchs from the inner factory to search for clues at the scene of the incident. One eunuch was taking a closer look at the teacup that the emperor usually used, his eyes were almost on the cup, and he was holding it in front of his nose to smell it; another eunuch was inspecting an ivory comb. A group of eunuchs and maidens stood tremblingly beside the wall. They were all slaves who were often on duty at the Long Live Hall. Yang Shiliang was also looking around. He walked out of the palace and looked around in front of a desk. He picked up a copy of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" stacked on the corner of the desk and flipped through it. He didn't find anything strange. He was a little confused and casually looked around. I picked up a thread-bound "Book of Changes" and when I was flipping through it, I suddenly saw very faint fingerprints on the paper. Yang Shiliang¡¯s eyes lit up! He thought to himself: There are dozens of people on duty at the Long Live Hall at any time to serve the officials. The officials will not do any work here, how can their hands be dirty? And this "Book of Changes" is one of the books that is difficult to read. Except for officials, I don't believe that any slaves can read it. Yang Shiliang put his nose to the faint fingerprints to smell it, and suddenly turned his head sharply without warning! His eyes quickly swept across the group of people standing by the wall, and suddenly he saw a palace maid hurriedly lowering her head. Yang Shiliang stared coldly at the man who made the move. He said nothing with a livid face and continued to look up and down on the desk. His gaze rested on a jasper-colored writing brush on the pen holder It was the "Brush of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty". It looked similar to what the unofficial historian described, but it was probably a fake. Such things were placed in the Long Live Hall. Yang Shiliang judged that they should be things that officials liked to use. He picked up the pen and looked at the light from the window carefully. He smelled it and smelled an indescribable light smell, which was the same as the smell on the page! Yang Shiliang closed his eyes slightly, as if he had seen a scene: the official sat alone in front of the case, put the brush on the inkstone, and read a book intently, put his finger on the tip of his tongue, dipped a little saliva, and turned the pages; then smeared on the pen The poison on the tube touched the official's tongue and the pages of the book at the same time, and fingerprints accumulated on the pages. Yang Shiliang carefully placed the "Han Emperor's Pen" on the pen holder, turned around and walked towards the crowd by the wall, standing directly in front of the palace maid. The face of the palace maid in front of her still had a childish look on her face, she was probably only a teenager. If Yang Shiliang hadn't been shrewd, he probably wouldn't have doubted this young lady. The palace maid began to tremble all over, the trembling was visible to the eyes! She definitely doesn't want to, but I'm afraid it's hard to control herself at this time. Yang Shiliang suddenly grabbed her hands and looked at her fingers carefully for a while. Although he didn't find anything strange, he glared at her calmly and suddenly ordered: "Take it off!" The palace maid softened when she heard this. No words were spoken, only the sound of teeth clashing was heard. Yang Shiliang suddenly noticed water stains dripping from under her skirt, so he calmly took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and pressed it to his nose, "How dare you do such a thing? Do you know how many people will die?! Then he turned around and walked up to Li Shanggong: "Are you in charge of the palace maid here?" Li Shanggong turned pale and fell to his knees: "It's none of my business! I am loyal to the official family, even more than my father." Dear" Yang Shiliang sneered when he heard this. Li Shanggong said anxiously: "That slave is called Li Erniang. Although her surname is Li, she has nothing to do with me! By the way there is one thing. Back then, this slave was trying to seduce the official in the bath, and I beat her up. She wanted to rush to clean the toilet as a warning. Unexpectedly, the officials took the initiative to ask about her, and out of pity, they personally ordered her to stay on duty in the Long Live Hall. Who knew that this wretched maid was actually someone with serious intentions? Yang Gongming! Check, if I were an accomplice, why would I want to send her away?" Yang Shiliang said, "The Za family will verify your words." A eunuch next to him reminded: "Mr. Yang, I brought this slave. If you search your residence, you will surely find something stolen!" "No!" Yang Shiliang said categorically, "What kind of evidence is needed for such a big thing? Be careful not to offend the enemy." He observed the timid behavior of the little palace lady and said in a positive tone. He said, "There must be allies! How can we accomplish anything with just such a servant?" Several eunuchs had grabbed the little palace maid, stuffed her mouth with a ball of cloth, and dragged her away without explanation. Yang Shiliang followed, then turned back and pointed at the remaining people and said: "No one is allowed to leave!" A group of people came to a room where honor guards were piled in the Long Live Hall with chaotic steps. The weak little palace maid was immediately tied up by a group of people. on a chair. The people around are all vicious. Another two eunuchs brought up a chopping board and placed a pack of pointed bamboo sticks on the chopping board. Yang Shiliang looked at the little palace maid and said expressionlessly: "There have been too many tortures from ancient times to the present. Let's start with the lightest ones. I promise that you will taste them all and you won't die." Press it on the chopping board and first insert the bamboo stick into the gaps between the five fingers of her left hand. After a while, she struggled hard, her legs tied together kicking on the floor, and several eunuchs struggled to hold her down. Unexpectedly, this young lady was very strong! Yang Shiliang reached out and pinched her mouth, pulled out the cloth, and said coldly: "Who is the accomplice?" "Spare your life! Spare your life" The little palace lady said repeatedly with tears on her face and a straight face. Yang Shiliang stopped talking, picked up the cloth and stretched it towards her mouth. "I said! I" The palace maid was in a hurry. Yang Shiliang pulled off the cloth again and asked: "Who is the accomplice?" "Feng Xian from the Internal Affairs Bureau, his surname is Li, he is my brother" The little maid burst into tears when she said this, "Father, He was originally the commander of the Forbidden Army, but he was tortured to death by the current emperor because of his involvement with Zhao Kuangyin! ""Remember the confession, every word of it." Yang Shiliang turned around and asked, "When someone enters the palace, there are officials who check their origins. How can you sneak into the palace after being a traitor? "The little palace maid burst into tears and said: "The Zhao family of Xuzhou asked us to avenge our late father and his brothers. If we don't, we will. If you agree, we will kill our entire family and all our relatives" "The people of Zhao Kuangyin's family who are being guarded in Xuzhou?" Yang Shiliang asked. The little palace maid nodded. Yang Shiliang said: "In the future, you have to say yes or no! The Zhao family has special personnel to supervise them, how can they contact the old department? Xuzhou officials were bribed? Who bribed them?" "I don't know, I really don't know " The little palace maid looked like she had washed her face without wiping it, and shook her head desperately. Yang Shiliang asked again: "If the thief only arranged for you two, how do you know that you will be able to get close to the official's house? There is someone else in the palace! Who is it?" The little palace maid couldn't help shaking her head: "I don't know, I really don't know. " Yang Shiliang said coldly: "Have you not tasted enough?" The little palace maid cried: "I even confessed my brother, why should I hide it from others" When Yang Shiliang heard it, he immediately believed it. At this time, a eunuch behind picked up a piece of paper and blew on it carefully. Yang Shiliang waved, and the eunuch came over with the paper and put it on the chopping board. Yang Shiliang grabbed the little palace maid's left hand and pulled out the bamboo stick on the index finger. He heard a scream of "Ah" and then grabbed the palace maid's hand. He pressed a blood seal on the paper. "Send to Jinxiang Palace immediately and report to the eldest lady!" Yang Shiliang said. Fu Jinzhan was in the study room of the east hall. After reading the confession with bloody fingerprints, he suppressed his anger and said: "Pass the order to the commander of the inner hall, Du Chenggui, to come and see you immediately!" ." Fu Jinzhan thought deeply and then called Huang Binglian, the assistant cabinet minister outside the screen, to come in and show Huang Binglian the confession. After looking at it, Huang Binglian clasped his fists and said, "I think we should send people to Xuzhou as soon as possible to torture the officials there on the spot in the Zhao Mansion. Follow the clues and do it quickly!" Jinzhan said: "I have summoned envoy Du Du and brought him with me. The Imperial Guards and Qingqi will follow you to Xuzhou. "Huang Binglian said again: "In addition, please ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out the year and month when the prisoner entered the palace, and find out the official who was responsible for the selection." He immediately said. He expressed his position without hesitation, "Those remaining evildoers should be liquidated and must not be tolerated any longer!" After hearing this, Jinzhan nodded and said: "In this matter, Huang Fuzheng, the person in charge of the punishment law, Du Dushi mobilized troops to assist, and Yang Shiliang investigated the palace news. Please help, the three of you have full authority to handle this matter. Find out the culprit as soon as possible and ask for the antidote without delay!" "I obey!" Huang Binglian bowed deeply. Jinzhan stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, recalling Wang Pu's speculation that the suspect was the former party or the Liao Kingdom. Now it seems that Wang Pu's calculation is somewhat reasonablethe former party and the remnant party of the Zhao family are two groups of people. , the foreign aid colluded with the remnants of the Zhao family may be from the Liao Kingdom; the poison naturally comes from the Liao Kingdom! This huge conspiracy not only requires a lot of manpower, but also bribes many officials, which will inevitably require huge wealth and backing. Only the Liao Kingdom has such strength. ? ??Thinking more deeply, from this point of view, the crisis facing the Xu Dynasty now may not only be internal If the Liao Kingdom is the mastermind behind it, it may be ready at this time and have a plot. The windows of the study room in the East Hall were blown by the wind and made a crackling sound. Jinzhan looked out from between the window lattice and saw that the sky above the huge palace was covered with dark clouds, making her feel like she couldn't breathe! Now is not the time to be sad and scared. She is sitting behind the imperial desk, unable to bend down even if the sky falls. Because, the bigger storm is hidden behind this strong wind! Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotia.net