After getting off the carriage, Yun Shang smelled a faint smell of tung oil in the air. The smell of tung oil should have dissipated very quickly, but more than two hours had passed, but there was still such a smell. I was afraid that the tung oil was used
It must be quite a lot.
The Minister of Dali Temple knelt in front of the carriage to greet him. After Emperor Ning asked him to stand up, Yun Shang said, "The smell of tung oil has not dissipated for so long. The person who set the fire must have poured a lot of it. The smell of tung oil is strong, why is there no smell at all?"
What if one person discovered it?"
The Minister of Dali Temple raised his eyes and looked at Yun Shang. He was stunned for a moment. He seemed not to have expected that Yun Shang would come with Emperor Ning. He was silent for a moment and then said quickly, "The person who set the fire was very skilled in martial arts. Last night he actually
He calmly stunned everyone in the prison, and no one noticed."
Strong in martial arts? Yun Shang frowned. This prison was originally built by a well-known craftsman. Because all important prisoners are imprisoned, there are many mechanisms in the prison. If you are strong in martial arts, you can easily break in.
Come, I'm afraid it's useless to bring the Tianlao. Today Qianyin sent secret guards but they couldn't find out the news. It can be seen that even if it was burned down, this Tianlao is not that easy to enter. Who can be bluffed by this sentence of martial arts?
Woolen cloth?
"What's wrong with Princess Huajing?" Yun Shang's eyes fell on the Dali Temple minister and asked.
The Minister of Dali Temple lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, but Yun Shang saw his hand in front of him, and his little finger trembled slightly, "Return to the princess, when the guards of the Tianlao were cleaning up, they found Hua Jing being imprisoned.
In the princess's cell, there was a burnt female corpse. It was beyond recognition and it was no longer possible to identify who it was. Weichen had just come from the palace and had not seen it yet. He only heard from the guards that the female corpse was as tall as Huajing.
She’s almost a princess, and she’s holding Princess Hua Jing’s jade pendant in her hand.”
Yun Shang frowned, it was burnt beyond recognition, so it was difficult to confirm whether it was Hua Jing or not. It was probably impossible to tell whether it was Hua Jing based on his stature and jade pendant alone. I am afraid that the Minister of Dali Temple was well aware of this truth, so he did not draw a conclusion.
Emperor Ning then spoke calmly, "How many people were killed or injured in total?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, the guards have just finished counting. Thirty-two people are dead, eighteen prisoners, and fourteen jailors." The minister of Dali Temple hurriedly bent down and responded.
There are eighteen prisoners. Yun Shang's fingers curled slightly. The prisoners in the sky jail of Dali Temple are all serious criminals, and at least they all have official positions. Some of them are members of the royal family. Eighteen people
This number may not sound like a large number, but the implications are very significant.
"Go and make a list of the eighteen prisoners." Emperor Ning said calmly.
The Minister of Dali Temple responded quickly and ordered the guards beside him to tell the Young Minister of Dali Temple that he would stand aside and wait for Emperor Ning's instructions.
"Go and have a look in the Heavenly Prison." Emperor Ning whispered and walked inside.
King Jing and Yun Shang followed closely behind him. The smell of tung oil in the sky prison was stronger. Yun Shang frowned, not liking the smell. The sky prison was different from other ordinary cells. It was made of hard marble.
It is much stronger.
Because they are separated from Dali Temple by iron pillars, even if there was a fire, not much was damaged in the prison, but everything was blackened by the fire. The minister of Dali Temple knew that Emperor Ning cared about him
He led Emperor Ning to the door of a cell. In the cell was a bedding that was almost burned to ashes. On top of the bedding was a charred female corpse.
Yun Shang frowned and looked at it for a long time. She was indeed about the same height as Hua Jing.
Yun Shang paused at the door, then walked directly in. He circled around the female corpse and found nothing wrong, so he knelt down and looked carefully.
"Let Wu Zuo do it." Emperor Ning frowned and said softly to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang shook her head. She didn't believe others. She carefully examined the face and body of the female corpse, but found nothing. Whether she was dead before the fire or burned to death after the fire, I'm afraid only the widower will come to test. Yun Shang
Chang was about to stand up, but his attention was suddenly attracted by the female corpse's hand.
Emperor Ning saw that Yun Shang's expression was different, and he followed Yun Shang's gaze, but didn't see anything, "What's wrong?"
Yun Shang laughed coldly, "This body is not that of the imperial sister."
"Huh?" Emperor Ning was a little surprised, "Why do you say that?"
Yun Shang raised the hand of the female corpse. There was nothing wrong with the hand, but it was scorched black by the fire, and even the nails were blackened.
"Yesterday when I was in the palace, Chang'er saw the emperor's sister's fingernails painted with bright red kodan. At that time, because she knew that the emperor's sister was pregnant, she was still thinking that applying kodan would be bad for the unborn child, and the emperor's sister would also
I was a little confused, so I paid attention and found that although the nails on this hand were blackened, they were not painted with cinnabar."
Emperor Ning pondered for a moment, recalling Hua Jing's appearance last night, but finally couldn't remember it. He frowned and didn't respond.
The Minister of Dali Temple was a little surprised, "The locks of this cell are all intact. No one should be able to take Princess Hua Jing away from the cell like this..."
Yun Shang also fell silent after hearing this, "This matter needs to be investigated, but this person is definitely not Hua Jing."
Just as he was talking, he saw someone rushing over. It was Emperor Ning's chamberlain. Emperor Ning frowned and looked at the chamberlain, "What's wrong?"
The chamberlain quickly said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, Xia Huanyu, would like to see you."
This report made everyone present change their expressions. They had all forgotten a more important thing, that is, Xia Houjing, the crown prince of Xia Kingdom, was also imprisoned in the sky prison for stabbing Prince Jing.
The Emperor of Xia had never mentioned this matter before, so everyone subconsciously forgot about it, but now they suddenly thought about it, but they were very shocked.
"Where is Xia Houjing?" Emperor Ning asked hurriedly.
The Minister of Dali Temple trembled suddenly and said hurriedly, "Reporting to the Emperor, Prince Xia is being imprisoned in the cell over there. No prisoner in this prison is alive."
Emperor Ning's brows furrowed tightly when he heard this, and his face was a little unhappy, "You didn't report such an important thing until now, what crime should you deserve!"
The minister of Dali Temple suddenly fell to his knees and begged for mercy again and again, "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare my life. It's the humble minister who was negligent."
"Negligence, how can this matter be solved with just one negligence?" Emperor Ning took a deep breath. He didn't care about Ning Huajing's death, but Xia Houjing's death was very difficult. No matter what, it was Xia Guo's death.
The crown prince of Xia Kingdom died in the prison of Ning State. I'm afraid it would be troublesome to solve it.
"Bring His Majesty Xia here." Emperor Ning suppressed the anger in his heart and said.
The chamberlain quickly retreated, and Emperor Ning looked at the minister of Dali Temple bitterly, "Why don't you lead the way to the cell where Prince Xia is being held?" (To be continued)
