Chapter five hundred and fortieth second sudden death
Seeing what Ling Ruo said, Hongli had no choice but to wait with him until nearly noon. There was still no news from Qintian Prison. Hongli said coldly: "What is Ji Changming doing? He hasn't come to Qintian Prison yet."
Tian Jian is really undisciplined and undisciplined."
"Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to summon him at his home?" Faced with Hongzhou's suggestion, Hongli nodded in agreement and ordered Sixi to leave the palace immediately. Taking advantage of this moment, Hongli once again proposed to Lingruo that Yunzhong
Zi made a divination, but was still rejected, which made him very strange, "Empress Huang, why do you never agree to let Taoist Yunzhong do the divination first? Is there any problem?"
Ling Ruo saw that Hong Li had become suspicious, and repeated what Hong Zhou had said the day before, and then said: "Hong Zhou originally wanted to go to the Qintian Prison to check, but the Ai family was afraid that he would offend the enemy, so they thought of another way."
Hong Zhou took over the words and said: "The Queen Mother ordered her ministers to find a Taoist priest to come over, pretend to be proficient in divination, and confront Ji Changming about divination. If what Ji Changming said was a lie, there would still be questioning after the completely different divination results.
If you don’t do it, you will definitely be exposed.”
Hongli stared at him and said, "You have doubts about Ji Changming, why didn't you tell me?"
Hong Zhou heard the displeasure in Hong Li's words and quickly stood up and said: "My brother just has suspicions and there is no definite evidence, so I dare not report it to the emperor rashly to avoid unjustly accusing innocent people. Please forgive me."
crime."
Ling Ruo said from the side: "The Aijia originally wanted to wait until there was a result before telling the emperor. Unexpectedly, Ji Changming didn't show up for a long time. This matter was the Aijia's idea. The emperor should stop blaming Hong Zhou."
Hongli didn't really mean to blame Hongzhou, but he was a little unhappy when he heard that he was hiding something from him. He immediately nodded and said: "I know, son." Then he said to Hongzhou: "If you have any doubts in the future, please do not hesitate.
You have to tell me whether you are innocent or not and we can investigate further."
Hong Zhou quickly agreed: "Yes, my brother obeys the order."
After saying a few more words, the three of them moved to the side hall to have a meal. When they were almost done, Sixi walked in panting and called Qian'er and said: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, Ji Jianzheng is here.
Found it, but...but he is dead!"
Hearing this, the three of them were shocked. Hong Zhou even blurted out: "What did you say? Ji Changming is dead?"
"Yes, after the servant arrived at Ji's Mansion, he asked the servants in the manor. They said that Ji Jianzheng had gone out early in the morning and was not in the manor. He thought he would return without success. Unexpectedly, when the servant was about to come back, someone was sick.
They came running and said they found Ji Jianzheng's body. The servant followed them to look and found that it was indeed Ji Jianzheng. He died on the way to the palace. His body was covered with a layer of snow. He must have been dead for a while.
"
Hongli was silent for a moment and said, "Has Shuntian Mansion taken over this matter?"
Si Xi shook his head and said: "I am anxious to come back and report to the emperor. I don't know what will happen next, but someone died for no reason and he was an official of the imperial court. He must have reported to Shuntian Mansion."
"Do you know how he died?" Faced with Ling Ruo's inquiry, Sixi said: "I don't know, but judging from the appearance at that time, Ji Jianzheng had no scars on his body."
Hong Zhou said softly: "It's really strange. Just when we were about to confront Ji Changming, Ji Changming died."
Hongli thought for a while and said: "Empress, Ji Changming is dead and we can no longer confront him. This matter should be left to my subordinates."
Ling Ruo nodded and said: "Forget it, if there are results, remember to tell the Ai family."
After ordering people to take Yun Zhongzi out of the palace, Hongli and Hongzhou walked out of Cining Palace together. The former glanced at the tiny snowflakes floating down from the vast sky and said: "Hongzhou, what do you think of Ji Changming? Truthfully
To be honest, I don’t want you to hide anything anymore.”
"My brother understands." Hong Zhou bowed slightly and said: "Ji Changming died too soon. My brother suspects that someone knew that we were suspicious of Ji Changming, so he killed and silenced us."
Hongli nodded slightly and said, "So, do you think the whole thing was fabricated?"
Hong Zhou said truthfully: "I can't say for sure, but this possibility is undoubtedly higher."
"Okay, you follow me back to Yangxin Palace." After that, he said: "Sixi, you go and tell Shuntian Prefecture Yin to enter the palace. I want to know the cause of Ji Changming's death."
"Slave obeys the order!" On this day, Sixi could be said to have been running around. At the end of the day, Shuntian Prefecture Yin entered the palace according to the order. Because of Sixi's previous confession, he had ordered his wife to examine Ji Changming's body before entering the palace.
, and also interrogated the person who found the body at the time, and the result... was surprising.
"Your Majesty, Ji Changming has no injuries on his body, nor any signs of poisoning." Shuntian Prefecture Yin's answer made Hongli frown and said: "How could a person die suddenly without any signs? Was there no examination?
carefulness?"
Shuntian Prefecture Yin quickly said: "Returning to the emperor, it was Wei Chen who watched the examination with his own eyes. Eunuch Xi was also present at the time. He indeed examined Ji Changming's body from head to toe."
Si Xi followed the words and said: "Yes, I was there at that time. I even untied my hair and checked it. There is indeed no trace of injury. When the silver needle was inserted into the throat and abdomen, there was no sign of blackening."
Hong Li looked shocked, and after looking at Hong Zhou, he said, "Did anyone see how Ji Changming died?"
"Your Majesty, there are not many people on that road, and the weather is cold and early. By the time someone sees him, Ji Changming has already fallen there. As for how he died, no one knows." Yin of Shuntian Prefecture
He glanced at Hongli and said, "According to what I saw, he should have died violently."
Hong Zhou said categorically: "It's impossible. There can't be such a coincidence. He must have been harmed by someone."
Although Hong Zhou believed this to be the case, Ji Changming had no scars on his body and had never been poisoned. It was a bit reluctant to say that he had been harmed by someone.
After ordering Shuntian Prefecture Yin to go down, Hongli said: "Lao Wu, tell me honestly, apart from what Huang Eniang said, what else did you find on Ji Changming?"
After some nervous thinking, Hong Zhou said: "For your information, Your Majesty, after my younger brother became suspicious of Ji Changming, he sent someone to check him in detail and found that he had been engaged to someone in his early years, and this person was Concubine Yu.
"During the conversation, he had been careful to avoid Xianyue and not involve her in order to avoid Hongli's suspicion.
Hongli said in astonishment: "Concubine Yu? Are you sure?"
Hong Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, although it has been many years, there are still many people who knew what happened back then. They can prove that Ji Changming was engaged to Concubine Yu, but it was only because Concubine Yu was later
The late emperor gave it to the emperor, and this marriage is only done."