Chapter Eight hundred and twentieth Suicide [Also 21/23]
Yichun Hou Qiang cheered up and said, "That happened many years ago. I, I have forgotten it."
"You can't forget." King Huai glanced at him and said, "You will never forget these things in your life, and you won't dare to forget..."
The Marquis of Yichun said: "Your Highness..."
"I can protect your family from death." King Huai looked at him calmly and said, "You only have this chance."
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Another cell.
Zhao Guogong looked at Marquis Yongping opposite him and sneered: "Do you know who is in charge of this case? It's not Tang Ning, but His Highness Prince Huai!"
"You still want to drag me to die with you?" Zhao Guogong spat secretly and said: "I tell you, I am the uncle of King Huai. Do you think he will fall into your trap?"
"Conspirating to kill the prime minister, assassinating the prince, blaming the emperor's relatives, cutting off your head is an advantage to you, you should be executed by Lingchi..."
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No matter how loudly Duke Zhao shouted to eat, Marquis Yongping remained sullen and silent.
After a while, the Marquis of Yichun walked back slowly, his expression a little dazed, as if someone had taken away his soul.
Zhao Guogong looked at him and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you?"
Marquis Yichun shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing."
Zhao Guogong scratched his back and said, "Weren't you an imperial doctor before? My back hurts a little. Please help me find out what's wrong..."
The Marquis of Yichun leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and said: "I haven't seen anyone in more than twenty years, and I have forgotten my medical skills. After I go out, Zhao Guogong will see a doctor himself..."
"Stingy." Zhao Guogong glanced at him, lay down on the wooden bed, pulled the quilt, and fell asleep peacefully.
As time passed, the cell gradually became dark.
Duke Zhao was lying on the bed, snoring everywhere. Somewhere in the corner, leaning against the wall, the Marquis of Yichun, who had been silent for more than an hour, suddenly opened his eyes.
Inside the sky prison, there were two more dim lights.
Marquis Yichun stretched one hand into his arms and fumbled for a long time before he found a porcelain bottle. He opened the cork and poured out a pill from the bottle.
He held the pill in his hand, leaned against the wall, and sat there for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, he slowly raised his head and stuffed the pill into his mouth.
There was only a sigh in the cell.
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After receiving King Huai's assurance, Zhao Guogong finally felt relieved and had a sweet dream all night. When he opened his eyes, it was already bright.
He looked at the Marquis of Yichun sitting in the corner and asked in surprise: "You didn't sleep last night?"
The Marquis of Yichun leaned against the wall and did not answer.
Duke Zhao walked over, pushed him and said, "Hey, wake up..."
Plop.
Marquis Yichun fell to the ground, a line of blood spreading from the corner of his mouth.
Zhao Guogong seemed to have thought of something, and slowly squatted down, stretched out his index finger, and probed between his nose.
The next moment, his expression changed wildly, he took two steps back suddenly, and said loudly: "Here comes someone, he's dead!"
In the cell opposite, Marquis Yongping watched all this with a look of shock on his face.
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The Marquis of Yichun died. He committed suicide by taking poison in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. When he was found the next day, he was already a corpse.
The autopsy report of Wu Zuo also came out soon. He committed suicide by taking poison. He took a strong poison. After taking it, he would die in less than a cup of tea.
He used to be an imperial physician, and because of his great achievements, he was granted a title by Emperor Chen as an exception. It is not unusual for him to have such a method.
After ruling out the possibility of Yichun Hou committing suicide, Yichun Hou's death was determined to be suicide due to fear of crime.
As for Wei's crime, it is obvious that he had a hand in Yongpinghou's assassination of the right prime minister and King Huai.
In this way, several powerful families, including the Zhou family, cannot escape suspicion.
In anger, His Majesty expelled everyone, including Zhao Guogong, from their titles, and searched their property. Marquis Yongping and Marquis Yichun were designated as the main culprits, and their crimes were increased to one level. Marquis Yongping was sentenced to death, and Marquis Yichun was dead.
His family members could not escape the law and were executed.
However, King Huai interceded for the Yichun Marquis' family. The Yichun Marquis died unjustly, but the disaster did not affect his family. His parents, wife and children were innocent.
In this case, King Huai and Tang Ning were the victims. He and Tang Ning begged for mercy at the same time, and His Majesty did not insist, so he agreed to let them go and let the Marquis of Yichun's family go.
When King Huai walked out of the main hall and walked towards Shangshu Province, he cupped his hands to Tang Ning and said, "Thank you, Lord Tang, for what you just did."
"It's nothing." Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "The Marquis of Yichun is guilty, and the harm to his family was not meant to be in the first place."
After saying that, he looked suspicious and asked: "Is the Marquis of Yichun really committing suicide out of fear of crime?"
"The investigation result of the Ministry of Punishment is this." King Huai said: "As for whether it is true or not, only the deceased Marquis of Yichun knows."
Marquis Yichun's suicide was somewhat beyond Tang Ning's expectations.
If he was like Zhao Guogong and refused to admit it and persisted, the most serious result would be to expropriate his title and confiscate his family. This would at least save his life. Unexpectedly, he would choose this desperate path.
King Huai looked at him and said, "Master Tang, please go back to the Yamen first. I will urge them to search your house."
Tangning waved her hand and said, "Let's go..."
Inside the royal study.
Having just dealt with several major families, including his mother's family, Chen Huang was obviously not in a good mood. He had been reading a letter in his hand for a quarter of an hour.
After a while, he put down the memorial and said: "The Marquis of Yichun is still dead."
Wei Jian sighed and said, "I didn't expect that he would be so bold as to assassinate King Huai and Lord Tang..."
Chen Huang said: "It's not a bad thing if he dies."
To him, the Marquis of Yichun should have died more than twenty years ago, and the reason why he kept him was actually for fishing.
He wants to use the Marquis of Yichun as bait. Anyone who tries to use him to uncover the mystery of more than 20 years ago has already gone to where they should go.
Now that the Marquis of Yichun is dead, those things that should have been sealed in history will be sealed forever...
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In the Yichun Marquis Mansion, the clerks from the Ministry of Industry were moving things from inside to outside.
In the Marquis of Yichun's house, both master and servant stood timidly in the courtyard, not daring to breathe.
"What are you doing!" A young man stood in the crowd and wanted to rush out excitedly, but was held tightly by a woman.
The young man turned around and asked, "Mom, why are you stopping me?"
"Crack!"
The woman slapped him hard on the face and said angrily: "Do you want to go down and accompany your father?"
The young man was beaten so hard that he froze in place, covering his face and speechless.
A figure came over and asked, "Are you the family of the Marquis of Yichun?"
The woman looked at him and asked: "Are you..."
A small official from the Ministry of Revenue ran forward and bowed hurriedly: "See His Highness King Huai!"
When she heard King Huai's name, the woman was stunned, and immediately pulled the young man to kneel down, kowtowed a few times, and said gratefully: "My little woman, thank Your Highness for sparing the lives of the Bai family..."
King Huai personally bent down to help the woman up, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said: "Leave the capital, find a place to open a medical clinic, and honor your mother well from now on."
The young man lowered his head and said: "I, I don't know how to see a doctor, I can't open a medical clinic..."
King Huai looked at him and asked: "The Bai family has been practicing medicine for generations, why don't you know how to see a doctor?"
The young man said: "My father established a rule more than 20 years ago. The descendants of the Bai family will not study medicine or take the imperial examination. If they violate the rules, their legs will be broken and they will be kicked out of the family..."
