Bright Moon and Breeze(32)

Of course, Li Xuanshi cannot be pulled down to make a fool of himself! Zhu Youxiao's words are like the drama on the stage. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were more shocked by the new emperor than the murder of the previous emperor.

The fourth master said to Zhu Youxiao, "Someone identified the slaves around the emperor brother. If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, how can we stop the world from talking about you? One hit and one kill will not solve the problem! Emperor brother, please be patient, who is it?

Who is wrong, who is black and who is white, who is pure and who is turbid, you can always distinguish clearly. Don’t be afraid of investigating things, don’t be afraid of arguing when reasoning, and don’t be impatient.”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded, "Yes! It's not me, what am I afraid of...check it! Check it." He said, comforting Wei Zhongxian, "You are good, I believe in you, don't be afraid."

The emperor sitting above could not see the sadness in the eyes of some of the old ministers! They were confused, then sad, and finally became helpless and numb.

Even though Chen Ji knew the new emperor's temperament clearly in his heart, he saw that only five months after the emperor left, it was the eldest grandson's turn to sit on the dragon chair, and he even acted like the emperor.

, how can you resist the sadness in your heart?

As soon as he waved, a man with a goatee was escorted outside the main hall, his hands and feet were tied, and he was thrown into the main hall.

Chen Ju turned his face and glanced, then said: "This person lives in the capital, and his name is Sun Damao. I think there are not many people in the hall who have heard of this person."

Zhu Youxiao frowned, not knowing what this person did.

Chen Ju looked at the ministers in the court and said, "This person specializes in making the elixirs needed for Fangzhongshu. He is very famous among the Jin gentry. There are many elixirs made by this person in the houses of high-ranking officials." After saying this, he took the elixirs from his sleeves.

He took out a box, opened it, and handed it to Li Xuanshi, "Look, is this the elixir used by the late emperor?"

Yes! There are twelve pills in a box, and twelve pills cost thirty-six gold! She turned her face away and whispered: "Many people have used this medicine, and no one has died from it!"

"Then may I ask how much medicine your emperor takes every day? How long does it take to take the second pill after taking it?"

Li Xuanshi did not dare to answer, and the sweat on his head fell drop by drop.

Chen Ju waved his hand again, and the person being escorted this time was a eunuch, "Do you admit your guilt for tampering with the Emperor's Daily Notes?"

The eunuch whined, "It's a slave... It's a slave... My son was taken away outside the palace. If I don't obey, my son will die!"

This eunuch came from the palace after getting married and having a son.

"Your son has been found..." Chen Ju shook out a small red rope with a lucky coin hanging on it, and threw it at the eunuch's feet. "Have a look, is it your son?"

Yes! The eunuch picked up the little red string and held it in his hand, "Slave...Although it was not recorded truthfully in the daily note, what happened on that day was still recorded in private. That booklet is in the palace...

…”

Tell someone to put it somewhere and ask someone to pick it up.

After getting the results, Chen Ji flipped through them and handed them to Fang Congzhe.

Fang Conzhe opened it from the beginning, and the more he looked at it, the more his hands were shaking. Except for not taking any medicine on the first day, he took a total of twenty-four pills in the remaining nine days! The most he took was four pills in one night... Serving the late emperor

Everyone said that the late emperor was a powerful man. He secretly took one pill until he was too sick to get up, but it had no effect.

Over there, Chen Ju asked the eunuch, "Who asked you to tamper with the daily notes?"

The eunuch pointed upward, "Wei Zhongxian, Eunuch Wei! He said that he asked someone to take my slave's son away. I dare not disobey!"

Chen Ju looked at Zhu Youxiao, "Your Majesty, do you still think Wei Zhongxian is innocent?"

Zhu Youxiao's face turned pale. Wei Zhongxian knelt beside him, pulling on his dragon robe and shaking it from time to time. He glanced at the fourth master eagerly and asked, "Is it definitely a problem with the medicine?"

Of course the root cause is not the medicine, but the person who takes the medicine! If the late emperor did not take the initiative to take it, then the medicine would be arsenic and wouldn't it reach his mouth?

But now you ask, what do you mean?

Wei Zhongxian's mind was spinning so fast. He opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, Li Xuan is serving at the side of the late Emperor. When she gave orders to the slaves, the slaves naturally thought that they were the orders of the late Emperor... How can one not do his best? But the slaves did not do this later.

I felt it was inappropriate, and I was afraid that the writing in the daily notes would damage the dignity of the late emperor, so I made this decision. This is definitely not the disloyalty of a slave, Your Majesty!"

Chen Ju asked, "So, Li Xuan was the one who falsely conveyed the imperial edict?"

Li Xuanshi refused to admit it. She directly sold Wei Zhongxian, "This slave is the most untruthful! Your Majesty, do you know why I don't move the palace? Wei Zhongxian was the one who found me. He said he was willing to send me a piece of paper to show me first.

...If not, how could I have remembered this..."

Wei Zhongxian wanted to speak, but Wang An finally found his voice and yelled at Wei Zhongxian, "You bold bitch! You are so ambitious that you got involved with Your Majesty for personal gain!" After saying that, Zhu Youxiao refused to speak.

Opportunity, he shouted to the person waiting next to him, "Come here, gag this piece of shit, pull it down, and hand it over to His Highness King Jian..."

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to stop the person who wanted to pull Wei Zhongxian, and blocked him behind him, "It's not his fault, he is just a slave, he is just following orders..."

Wang An almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are the only one who is willing to believe me! I promise that I really put my heart into the medicine I presented to you... This medicine... This medicine... I guarantee with my life that this medicine will be right if I take it."

People have interests and no harm, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao said: "Please ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look..."

Chen Ju snorted softly, "I don't need the imperial doctor. Didn't I say that this medicine is harmless? The slaves have already prepared it. Four people on death row of various ages have been prepared outside the main hall. Please ask the emperor to lift the cage.

Come in, don’t take twenty-four pills today, just follow what is written in this booklet, four pills every four hours, and see what happens after you take it, is it possible?”

On-site drug testing? Wang An hurriedly said: "It should be!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youxiao with a particularly stern look!

Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to speak anymore, he lowered his head with tears welling up in his eyes.

Four iron cages were brought in from the main hall, and Chen Ju said: "Don't be bitter, these four people are all people who deserve to be killed. Your Majesty, you know, the evil nature of these many elixirs, and the things used to make elixirs are even more sinister. Useful children.

The facial features include those using the bones of children, and those who roll out five-month-old fetuses from the belly of pregnant women to make elixirs... There are also those who capture boys and girls and raise them to make elixir materials... What these people do is abduction and theft.

The deeds of boys and girls have killed countless children...death by a thousand cuts is not an exaggeration!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to speak. He felt that the palace was full of people from Dongchang. Didn't he see that all the ministers in the palace were silent?

After looking around, he looked at Fourth Master again, "Brother Jian Wang..."

The fourth master waved his hand, "Brother, don't worry, I have a miracle doctor beside me. He is Mr. Li Shizhen's disciple and grandson..."

"Why do we need a miracle doctor around us?" Zhu Youxiao really didn't know.

"It's not nourishment, it's just someone who was temporarily invited to nurse me back to health. If the emperor is worried, he will call the miracle doctor..."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded, "Of course! Of course! Of course we have to be summoned!" Chen Ji couldn't say what it was, of course he had to supervise him! Now besides King Jian who can protect him, he doesn't know who else can protect him.

!

If Wang An doesn't favor him, Wei Zhongxian can't protect himself, and the wet nurse can't come forward. The only one who can be trusted is his younger brother.

So, Tongtong was called into the palace!

She had put on makeup, and no one thought about Princess Jian.

But it was Wang Anduo who asked: "Your Majesty, does he have the doctor with him?" How could he come as soon as he was summoned?

This was a challenge to the fourth master's ambition. The fourth master only smiled and said nothing.

But Li Xuan, the waiter over there, sneered, "Of course he has to take the doctor with him! Back in the East Palace, why did King Jian's good health come to be celebrated? Wang An, are you pretending not to know or really not knowing? Our eldest grandson

You are surrounded by loyal people who want to clear the way for your eldest grandson! No wonder the emperor wants to protect you minions now, you are so pretending! This murder of my brother must not have been done by the emperor, and he is a loyal slave.

It’s done, right?”

The courtiers looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn’t know where to start complaining!

Chen Ju clapped his hands, and a few more people were escorted outside. "The emperor said that Wei Zhongxian was loyal, and I really have to believe it! When I was investigating the late emperor's affairs, I accidentally found out something..." As he said that, he pointed to the people who were brought in.

Several eunuchs, "These people, under the instructions of Hakka and Wei Zhongxian, replaced the medicine given to King Jian... and almost killed King Jian... The reason why King Jian was not damaged is that he was already conscious."

, and later on, they never took any more medicine from the palace, and they were lucky enough to save their lives. Otherwise, with their methods, even a few lives would not be enough to survive. The witnesses and physical evidence are all there, and the residue of the medicine has been preserved.

Excellent, Your Majesty, your slave is so loyal! So loyal that she first attacked King Jian, and then the late Emperor..."

Zhu Youxiao was stunned. He looked at Wei Zhongxian in disbelief, "You...you want to harm King Jian? Why?"

Fourth Master immediately made plans, "Don't mention the past!" He said, handing the elixir to Tongtong, "Please ask the miracle doctor to test the medicine."

Tongtong took it and asked someone to get some water to break the medicine. "Most people take pills and swallow the smaller ones in one gulp. The larger ones are divided into small pieces and taken with water... This pill is of such a size that it is difficult to swallow."

If it is difficult to swallow, break it into small pieces when taking it, and add a small piece from time to time..."

yes!

"If I had broken it with water and taken it in a silver bowl, maybe everything would have been fine." As he said that, he passed the silver bowl containing the medicinal soup forward, "Look, is it black?"

Even though Chen Ju knew that there was a big problem with the medicine, he didn't expect that when it was dissolved in water, the silver bowl turned black.

Li Xuanshi's teeth chattered, "It's impossible...how is it possible?"

Wang An took the bowl and asked Zhu Youxiao to look at it. Zhu Youxiao collapsed on the dragon chair and couldn't stop trembling. Wei Zhongxian swallowed hard, and big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He couldn't stop it.

He kowtowed, "I don't know, I have been deceived... That alchemist who makes medicine, check him! Find out why he plotted to kill the late emperor!"

This person was also frightened, "It's impossible...how could it be possible? There's no way my elixir is poisonous!"

Tongtong handed the medicine over, "This is exactly the same as the medicine in your store. There is no alchemist in the world who can make the medicine into the size of a plum... This is your medicine, right?"

right!

Lin Yutong raised his hand to untie the other party, "Your own medicine, the water that is readily available in the palace, and the silver bowl used in the palace, come here... come and try to open a pill..."

The man's trembling hand took the box from Lin Yutong's hand. Lin Yutong stepped away, "No one has touched your medicine... This is all in public, you break it!"

Okay! The bowl was a silver bowl, shiny. The medicine was made by himself. He put it in the bowl, and then added the freshly dug well water. Before using the water, he even took a sip of water to make sure the water was

There is no problem at all, then add water, and then use silver chopsticks to stir continuously... Not only the silver bowl is black, but the silver chopsticks are also black!
To be continued...