Mr. Old Tang stared at him and asked after a while: "Who does Gu Eunuch think is the best person in the palace to investigate?"
"Of course it's the Empress." Gu Zhong said without hesitation: "The Empress is the master of the harem, is there anyone more suitable than her?"
Mr. Old Tang nodded slightly, turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned back to look at Gu Zhong, "Do you have anything else to say, Eunuch Gu?"
Gu Zhong paused and then said: "Our family will serve His Majesty all our lives, and we only care about His Majesty in our hearts. I don't know if I can walk out of Dali Temple alive, but I still want to know the good news about Your Majesty."
"If Mr. Tang is kind to you, please ask our apprentice to take a look at His Majesty and come back to learn from me, so that our family can rest assured."
Mr. Old Tang thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."
So Gu Cai, who was locked in another cell, was released. When he was dragged to the torture room to see Gu Zhong, he was completely frightened, "Godfather, Godfather, what's wrong with you..."
Gu Zhong looked at him and said, "Why are you panicking? We are in the palace, so we haven't seen any big storms or waves?"
He said: "This is the first time I have been away from Your Majesty for such a long time. Go back and take a look to see if Mr. Zhou has revived Your Majesty. Regardless of whether he has revived His Majesty or not, you should come and give me a message so that I can know what I am doing."
Now that I'm gone, I feel more at ease."
Gu Cai cried and agreed and was dragged out.
As soon as Gu Cai left, Jia Qi came out from another place, turned to look at Gu Zhong in the execution room, and sneered: "Isn't Mr. Tang afraid of letting the little devil into the mortal world and muddying the water outside?"
Mr. Old Tang said without changing his expression: "If you want to find out the facts quickly, torture alone will not do it. Fishing in troubled waters depends on the skill of catching fish. There are so many officials in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and they will not be fooled."
People can be deceived casually, right?”
"Does Mr. Tang really believe that he was wronged?"
Mr. Old Tang turned around and walked away, clasping his hands behind his back, "I don't believe it. I doubt everyone, including you."
He said: "I also believe everyone, including you...so I only look at the evidence."
The existing evidence is obviously very unfavorable to Gu Zhong, but Mr. Tang is a master of criminal cases. He also sees that a lot of evidence can be faked, and some things appear too fast, and they get too much.
It went smoothly.
Jia Qi said nothing and followed Mr. Old Tang to the front hall, waiting for the adults from various ministries to come and interrogate the prisoners together.
Gu Cai was sent back to the palace.
It was late at night when he returned to the palace, and the palace doors had long been locked. However, because the emperor was seriously ill, the queen now had to keep in touch with the front palace at all times, so an emergency passage was opened for people to enter and exit.
Unfortunately, Gu Cai's status was not high enough to walk through this passage, so he spent the middle of the night leaning against the palace gate. When the morning bell rang and the palace door was unlocked, he straightened his clothes and hurried through before opening the door.
Go to the Tai Chi Palace through the palace gate.
As soon as the bell rang, Zhou Man woke up. She turned her stiff neck, rubbed her arms and looked at the emperor on the bed. Seeing that he was still sleeping peacefully, she reached out and felt his pulse, and then checked the same pulse.
Xiao Yuanzheng, who woke up and walked this way, shook his head.
Xiao Yuanzheng did not believe in evil, so he stepped forward and called softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to get up."
The emperor didn't even frown.
Xiao Yuanzheng: "It will be too late if we don't go to court."
Zhou Man immediately sat up straight on the couch and lay on the bed to look carefully, "Look, did he frown a little?"
Xiao Yuan was looking at it carefully and was equally surprised, "It seems to be true."
The two men immediately kept up their efforts, and one of them said: "Your Majesty, listen, the morning bell has rung. If you don't wake up, you really won't be able to make it in time to go to court."
One said: "All the officials are waiting for you, and there are a lot of things piled up on the case."
The emperor's brows tightened. Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng looked excited. They said excitedly: "It's useful, continue, continue."
But no matter what they said next, the emperor just frowned and didn't wake up. Even his brows slowly relaxed, which was not as strong as the initial reaction.
Zhou Man and Xiao Yuan stopped slowly and looked at him with regret, "Forget it, let him sleep for a while."
There was a sound outside, and a palace maid walked in quickly, bowed and said: "Master Zhou, Mr. Xiao Yuanzheng, Mr. Xiao Gu is here, do you want to ask him to come in?"
Xiao Yuanzheng was puzzled, "What is he doing here?" And why should he report it?
"Sir Daigu came to see His Majesty."
Zhou Man then said: "Please invite him in quickly."
Gu Cai came in with his head lowered. He went back to his room to change into clean clothes and combed his hair again. He looked energetic now. He walked to the dragon bed in small steps, knelt down and spoke to Xiao Yuan Zhengzhou.
Full of kowtows, he said in a low voice: "The Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty sent his servant into the palace to take a look at His Majesty for Lord Gu."
Xiao Yuan was frowning.
Zhou Man already stepped aside and said, "Just take a look."
Xiao Yuanzheng and Gu Cai:...
Gu Cai paused and then raised his head, his eyes quickly swept across the bed, and he did not dare to look directly at Sheng Yan. His eyes mainly fell on Zhou Man, but he only glanced at it and then lowered his head, "Please let me know, Mr. Zhou."
His Majesty's condition is so good that I can go back and give you a reply so that Master Gu can feel at ease."
Zhou Man sighed and said: "Not much has changed, I'm still unconscious."
Gu Cai was a little anxious, "Can't your Excellency be able to save His Majesty?"
Zhou Man and Xiao Yuan were looking at each other, but they were.
Not only did she have it, Xiao Yuanzheng also had it. She really wanted to wake up the sleeping person. As long as the other party was not a living dead, it would be possible.
But the price of forcing people to wake up is also high, and it is not a matter of life and death. If the emperor is not awakened, the entire dynasty will be destroyed. How can they make such a bet with the emperor's life?
The acupuncture method that can wake people up but send them away is called life-and-death acupuncture. Once the needle is inserted, the person wakes up and is pulled out, and he will die soon after.
This is also one of the unspeakable rules of Taiyuan Hospital. Life-or-death injections are not administered unless absolutely necessary.
So Zhou Man shook his head directly, "There is no good solution for the time being."
Gu Cai wiped her tears and began to cry. Zhou Man saw the blood stains on the back of his hands. She frowned slightly and simply stood up, "Your Majesty is still sleeping. You should go first."
After that, he walked out.
Gu Cai remembered the purpose of his trip and quickly got up and followed him out.
When they arrived outside, Gu Cai looked around nervously, and Zhou Man said speechlessly: "Don't look around. This is not your first time working in the palace. You are more familiar with this Tai Chi Palace than I am. The empress is in charge of this place now. Can you avoid it?"
Where to go? Just tell me what you want."
If you really hide, it will only arouse more suspicion.
Gu Cai then knelt on the ground with a thump and said, "Please Lord Zhou, please save my godfather. He is really unjust."
He wiped away tears and said: "My godfather and I did accept Liu Meiren's favor, but we only allowed her to see His Majesty. Apart from that, we did nothing else."
Zhou Man was still confused and asked: "Who is Beauty Liu? Your Majesty has been ill during this period, and I have been keeping watch. I have not seen any beautiful women."
In addition to the Queen, a few high-ranking concubines came to see the Emperor from time to time, but she was there most of the time, just sitting and chatting, talking about the children, and reminiscing about the past, and nothing happened.
It happens.
"It didn't happen recently, it happened five years ago."
? ? ? There were some errors in the timeline last night. I looked back and saw that I skipped it, so it should be five years.