Princess Huayang's answer was something Xu Qinghuan had never thought of.
"What?" Princess Huayang smiled slightly, "Are you surprised? Don't think that I don't know why you came."
Before Xu Qinghuan could speak, the eldest princess of Huayang said: "The capital is a blessed place, and it is also a place of right and wrong. All kinds of things happen every day. In the past, I used to take it for granted. But these years... I just want to think about it."
A pure day.”
Xu Qinghuan asked: "Was the eldest princess watching the fun more than ten years ago?"
Princess Huayang frowned.
Xu Qing welcomed the sharp gaze of Princess Huayang: "The Yamen said that the Japanese pirates fled the capital with Mrs. Nie. There are two points that are worthy of doubt. First, as Mrs. Nie is a woman, how could the Japanese pirates go to such trouble to rescue her?
She, what's the use of rescuing her and the child? Secondly, after the Japanese pirates rescued people, they should go east so that they can leave by boat as soon as possible. Why did they come to the west? Does the eldest princess know the reason? "
Princess Huayang thought carefully and suddenly said sternly: "Bold, do you think I am related to this matter?"
Xu Qinghuan said: "I just feel strange, so I want to get a lot of clues from the eldest princess."
There was an unpredictable smile on Princess Huayang's lips. Now that the Zhang family and the Anyi Houfu were fighting to the death, when she heard that Miss Xu was coming, she thought she was looking for help from her.
Now it seems that it is not that simple.
Miss Xu's words were telling her that the Xu family was just investigating the case and had no other thoughts. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would really be interested in this matter.
Princess Huayang was about to speak when she heard Xu Qinghuan say: "The eldest princess said that she saw Mrs. Nie and the Japanese pirates being killed with her own eyes. It must have been night that day. Did you see Mrs. Nie's body with your own eyes?"
Princess Huayang recalled what happened that night. At that time, the house had not been repaired yet, and she had been living in the princess's mansion in the city. At that time, she was depressed after having a miscarriage and wanted to find some peace and quiet, so she took several nursing homes with her.
Moved here with my servants.
The courtyard outside the city was gifted to her by her father. There was a hot spring that nourished her body. She took a bath in the hot spring as usual. She was feeling tired and wanted to go to bed to rest.
It's over.
The steward immediately ordered all the nurses in the courtyard to come out for inspection. At that time, she did not know that the situation would be so serious.
Perhaps because she was too young, or perhaps she did not think carefully enough, she did not take the people back to the city immediately, but planned to rest in the house first.
Just when I was falling asleep, I heard the steward come to report: "People from the Yamen came outside the courtyard to arrest the Japanese and Nie Rong's family members."
She was shocked and immediately sat up from the bed. Why did the court want to arrest Nie Rong's family?
What happened to Nie Rong?
Not long ago, she lost her baby in her belly, and she lay in bed all day without eating or drinking. Nie came to persuade her. Nie was gentle and virtuous, and seemed to be very weak, but her eyes showed a bit of open-mindedness and strength.
He taught Nie Rong's child well. The little child was really sensible. He saw tears welling up in the corners of her eyes and wiped her with a handkerchief and said: "Elder Princess, don't be sad. Take good care of yourself and you will be sure to do well in the future."
May your children be prosperous. My mother said that when you are sick, you should think more about good things, so that you can recover faster."
Nie also advised her: "Don't think about the past, only the future will be important."
She did feel much better when she looked at Mr. Nie.
This is how people are, they always feel more sad when facing those who have a better life than themselves. Only when they see people who are not as good as themselves, the sadness in their hearts will be somewhat relieved.
Nie was accused like this, but she could still live calmly. What obstacles were there for her to overcome? She was very grateful for Nie's help. She took Nie's hand and said, "If you have anything to do in the future, come to me."
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Nie smiled and nodded.
Now that something happened to Mr. Nie, she naturally couldn't stand by and watch, so she asked the steward to go out and see the situation before reporting to her.
Soon the steward came back and said: "Nie Rong's private deployment of troops has been punished by the court. The Japanese who colluded with Nie Rong saw that the situation was not good and escorted the Nie family members to escape. Fortunately, people sent by the Yamen surrounded them here."
Princess Huayang certainly knew that mobilizing troops privately was a serious crime of treason. Nie Rong was dead. If Nie Rong's family members resisted the government, they would definitely be executed. This is the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
She didn't want to sit back and watch, so she ordered someone to change her clothes. She wanted to go out and see with her own eyes, but the stewards immediately stopped her, fearing that the Japanese would attack her, but how could she feel at ease if she didn't go and see.
In the end, the steward couldn't stop her, so he asked someone to escort her forward. Before she reached Nie's place, she saw torches swaying not far away. People from the Yamen came to report: "The Japanese resisted, and they had no choice but to shoot everyone."
kill."
Her heart sank and she asked the man, "Where are Nie Rong's family members?"
The man said: "They are all dead."
The mother in charge heard that everyone was dead, and was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable after seeing it, so she immediately persuaded her to go back. Since she had come here, she was not willing to give up, so she calmed down and took people to see it.
She saw the Yamen inspecting the corpses on the ground. The corpses were dragged aside, and then she saw the Yamen turning the bodies of the female family members on the ground over.
The female family member held the child tightly in her arms. The mother and daughter were hit by countless arrows, and their clothes were soaked with blood.
Nie's face was still calm, as if she didn't feel any pain at all.
Princess Huayang said while recalling that it was an old incident more than ten years ago, but when she said this, she still couldn't bear it. She raised her head and looked at Xu Qinghuan: "This is all I saw that night."
Xu Qinghuan said: "Where are those Japanese people? Did the eldest princess see them? How did the court determine that they were Japanese people?"
Princess Huayang raised her eyebrows slightly: "What are the differences between the Japanese and us? On the surface, there is no difference. Naturally, I also have such doubts. The officer who led the troops at that time asked people to take off the Japanese people's shoes. I asked people to take off the Japanese people's shoes.
I saw that the soles of those people's feet were all covered with thick calluses. I heard that this was because they had to walk barefoot on the ship. They also had calluses on their palms and mouths, which were caused by pulling on the ropes all the time. These are enough to prove their identities."
Princess Huayang said this: "These are nothing. The only thing that makes me strange is that the Japanese also have female dependents. It stands to reason that the Japanese risked their lives to come to Dazhou and should not bring female dependents with them. However, some people say that those female dependents are there to serve.
Mr. Nie... was already dead at that time, and Nie Rong's crime was settled, so there was no need to dwell on such trivial matters, and I didn't ask any more questions."
Xu Qinghuan looked at Princess Huayang's expression. At least from her perspective, she could see no flaws. She was inclined to believe that what Princess Huayang said was the truth.
If Mr. Nie died here, then who was burned to death in the Taoist temple in Bishui River?
The identity of the person who was burned to death in the Taoist temple is the key to the entire case.
