Looking into those eyes, he gradually had some impression.
At this time, I heard the other party say again: "Eighteen... no, nineteen years ago, Qiao had treated your mother's illness. I wonder if Jie Yushi still remembers this."
Nineteen years is too long for people outside, but he has been imprisoned in a dark room all day long. In order to keep himself awake as much as possible, the most important thing he does every day is to recall the past.
The four eyes looked at each other, and Jie Shoufu did not comment.
But he remembers.
Or rather, he remembered.
There was indeed a well-known imperial physician in the palace at that time. At that time, his mother was seriously ill and could not be cured. He heard that this imperial physician was good at treating stubborn diseases and miscellaneous diseases, so he went to the late emperor and asked this person to treat his mother.
sick.
His mother's life was saved by a pair of wonderful hands. He was grateful for this and naturally left an impression on this person.
But the key now is, if the person in front of me is really that imperial doctor...
"I remember that the doctor Qiao who treated my mother clearly went with the late emperor and is no longer alive -"
How could someone who had been dead for many years suddenly appear here?!
"Yes, Qiao did hang himself nineteen years ago, but that was just a fake death."
suspended animation?!
Jie Shoufu was half-convinced and had frequent guesses in his mind.
At this time, Qiao Bingying looked in the direction of Emperor Qingming, with no trace of fear in his eyes, and spoke clearly, telling the truth of the past——
"Nineteen years ago, the late Emperor suffered from an old illness. His Royal Highness, the current Emperor, used the excuse that our diagnosis and treatment was ineffective and delayed the late Emperor's illness. He no longer allowed me to wait near the late Emperor's side, but took it upon himself to do so.
So-called famous doctors were found outside the palace to diagnose and treat the late emperor...
I secretly felt that there was something fishy about this matter, so I tried to secretly investigate the medicines taken by the late emperor. As expected, those so-called secret prescriptions were actually all kinds of medicines. Although they had some effects at first, they were not enough at that time.
To the empty Emperor, it is no different than poison!"
"I discovered it too late after all. After verifying the matter, the late emperor's dragon body was no longer able to recover... Shortly after the late emperor left, I secretly searched for the whereabouts of the famous doctor, and found out that not long after he left the palace, he
On the way out of Beijing, I encountered a 'bandit' and died a violent death!"
Was it really the work of bandits?
At this point, there is no need to say more.
At this moment, there was a strange silence everywhere.
However, although there was no sound in the mouth, there were turbulent waves surging on everyone's face and in their eyes.
Qiao Bingying's words continued.
He admitted that what he just said was indeed not entirely true. He did not investigate to this extent back then. The fate of the doctor back then was also discovered by the Xu family girl afterwards -
But at this time, the more certain his words are, the more credible they will be.
If even his testimony is vague, how can it be convincing?
"And after that, the new emperor secretly threatened me and forced me to tamper with Princess Xianyan's food and drinks... It was all because of my confusion that I did something wrong that went against my conscience, which ultimately resulted in the death of my pregnant wife.
Princess Yan has one corpse and two lives...!"
At this point, Qiao Biying's eyes were slightly red, filled with guilt and self-deprecation.
"My retribution will come soon... In order to prevent the incident from happening, I had to silence myself, or because I was still somewhat useful, I was lucky enough to end up in a suspended animation... You can think about it carefully. When I was an imperial physician,
He hanged himself in the office, and all the funeral arrangements were taken care of by the palace. Who else could be behind this fake death!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and lifted the thin blanket covering him.
The thin blanket was lifted off, revealing the hem of the too-empty robe.
The faces of Jie Shoufu and Ji Dong who were closest to him couldn't help but change.
Under this robe, there are obviously no feet, and even no calves can be seen under the knees...
"After I faked my death in front of others, my legs were broken and I was imprisoned in the dark court of the palace all year round!"
"The emperor used the safety of my wife at home as a threat to force me to continue to use him... In the past few years, if anyone around you who has an interest in this emperor has died suddenly or passed away from a sudden and strange illness, I am afraid that it is probably because of you.
What a crime!" At this point, Qiao Bingying's voice trembled slightly and he closed his eyes.
"I made poisons from medicines in the basement, but I don't know where they went or what they were used for... If the only thing I know is that it was the strange poison I was ordered to make last year and was later used on Lord Zhen Guo!"
The people present heard the words and their hearts changed.
The Duke of Zhen Guo......
The mastermind behind the incident where Duke Zhen Guo was almost poisoned in Dongyuan City was finally determined to be Xia Tingzhen...
But whether it is true or not, they have their own guesses in their minds.
What Qiao Bingying said at that moment was equivalent to completely dispersing the last fog before the truth.
And if all these words are true...
First kill the king, then kill his brother's wife, and then poison the hero...
Since ancient times, the evil of human nature can be seen everywhere, and there are also emperors who are ruthless. But when these ruthlessness are exposed in the open, how can it not be shocking, and how can people be pretended to be deaf?
dumb!
The world needs rules and order, and so do the emperors and officials.
If order openly breaks down, and the ruler of a country loses all his virtues, and everything he does violates the most basic bottom line of being a human being, there will be no talk of establishing the world, no talk of governing the country, no talk of peace and stability!
"You want to put all the blame for this crime on my head just because of a useless person with no known origins?"
For some reason, Emperor Qingming seemed to have calmed down a lot at this time. After coughing and wheezing for a while, his face turned pale. At this moment, his eyes swept over Qiao Bingying, Jie Shoufu and others, and asked with a sneer: "The prince's arrangement."
How long will it take to complete this scene before you give up?"
"Even now, does the emperor still refuse to admit it?"
Princess Jingrong's voice sounded.
Emperor Qingming turned his head to look with some difficulty, his cold eyes filled with bottomless murderous intent.
The eldest princess looked at him, with no sign of flinching on her face, and her voice was slow and clear: "Brother Huang claimed that he had nothing to do with the death of my father, but if this throne is really legitimate, why would brother treat me like a non-threatening person?"
My sister committed this murder? Just because my father summoned me alone before he passed away, my brother suspected that my father might have left another edict!"
"They planted spies in my house. After many years of testing and undercover investigation, but to no avail. Seeing that my second brother was about to return to Beijing, in order to eliminate hidden dangers, he decided to kill me and silence me!"
"It's a pity that my life was too tough. I was lucky enough to be saved by a noble person." Princess Jingrong asked slowly: "When I was suffering from amnesia, the emperor finally got the edict as he wished - after the edict was obtained
, Brother Huang, do you feel at ease?"
Her tone was not serious, but her words seemed to have the power to shake mountains and seas.
There was great uproar everywhere!
Based on this, is there really a so-called edict?!
Jie Shoufu looked at Princess Jingrong in disbelief.
Even Taifu Jiang, who was always knocking the wooden fish invisible, had a look of surprise in his eyes.
The prince also looked at his aunt beside him in great surprise.
"No, the emperor is still not at ease! The emperor can never be at ease!" Princess Jingrong looked at Emperor Qingming steadily: "Even if I get the imperial edict, I will still attack the second brother and General Xu! The emperor has always been greedy,
And every move over the years has been an effort to explain what it means to be a thief with a guilty conscience! A thief is a thief, and he knows that no matter how much he steals, he cannot turn it into his own!"
"..."
Emperor Qingming's eyes were scarlet, but he suddenly burst into laughter.
There seemed to be a hint of madness in this laughter.
"Jingrong, you have always been the most timid. I really didn't expect you to say these words..." He laughed so hard that tears almost came out, but he said in a sad tone: "What is the prince's promise?"
What kind of benefits have you received from your aunt, so that you dare to come forward and give such perjury? Jingrong, behind you is the memorial tablet of your father, the emperor, and your mother... Brother Huang would like to ask you, are you really comfortable telling these lies?"
After saying that, he looked at the officials and asked funnyly: "My dear friends, do you really believe these ridiculous words and such clumsy means?"
The officials' expressions were complicated and uncertain.
If we call it clumsy, it seems that the emperor's appearance at this time is more worthy of this word.
In the corridor, Xu Mingyi felt something. He silently took two steps away from the prison guard standing in front of him, looked down the stone steps, and suddenly frowned.
Where is Wang Tong?
I searched the surroundings, but still could not see the figure of the police commander.
Looking at the emperor who seemed calm and no longer yelling about killing, Xu Mingyi had a bad premonition in his heart.
And just an inch after this premonition emerged, I heard the voice of Emperor Qingming saying quietly: "Well, since you have been unkind to me, even if I only care about the stability of Daqing's country, there is no reason to be merciful... Today, I will thank you.
On behalf of the Daqing court, we will eradicate all these cancers that are causing harm to the country."
He looked in the direction of the divine case with a sarcastic look in his eyes: "The ancestors and ancestors are alive in heaven, and they will probably agree with my decision... I will send you down now to apologize to the late emperor in person."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the prince, eldest princess and others with a relaxed and chilling smile on his face.
When everyone was feeling strange, a military official looked around keenly.
Amidst a low rustling sound, figures appeared very quickly behind the attic fence of the mausoleum, holding crossbows in their hands!
Not only the attic, but the red walls on the left and right sides were also densely lined with security guards!
Looking behind me, the entrance to the mausoleum was already tightly guarded by layers of security guards and forbidden troops. The door of the large hall was blocked tightly by these figures, and no one could see anything outside the mausoleum!
Seeing this, the atmosphere changed drastically.
What is this for?
In the attic and on the high wall, all the crossbows were equipped with sharp arrows that shone with cold light, all pointing in the direction of the divine case!
Is this actually going to kill the prince, the eldest princess, the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty, and even Jie Shoufu and others... all with arrows here?!
Not to mention that these people are extremely capable of killing, but in this situation, who can guarantee that other officials will not be accidentally injured!
Or is it that the emperor doesn't care about anyone's life or death at all, and even... the more people die, the easier it will be to cover up what happened today?
The emperor is crazy!
Really crazy!
If I had only believed 35% of the emperor’s regicide just now, now I already believe 80%!
Not only is this a guilty conscience, but he is also eager to kill people and silence them, leaving no trace of cover left!
When a group of police guards retreated to one side while protecting Emperor Qingming, countless arrows rained down from all over.
The sound of panic everywhere was deafening, the ministers, palace maids and the inner prison were running for cover in a panic, some people fell and were trampled, some people knocked over sacrificial utensils, and the noise was mixed.
Many of them had thought that there might be trouble during this trip to worship their ancestors, but they never thought that such a change would happen!
The emperor shot the prince, the eldest princess and all the ministers in the imperial mausoleum!
How ridiculous and terrifying!
"Quickly, hide in the mausoleum!"
Xu Mingyi stepped forward quickly and grabbed the arm of Princess Yufeng who rushed forward to protect the eldest princess.
Also protecting the eldest princess was the Censor of the Ming Dynasty, and she had already been hit by an arrow in her left shoulder!
Under the rain of arrows, Xu Mingyi protected the three people and walked around the divine case, pushing them into the hall with all his strength.
She turned back, got under the magic table, and stretched out a hand to try to catch the boy who fell to the ground.
At this moment, a long arrow, carrying the sound of cold wind, struck only half an inch from the edge of her palm!
At the same moment, a palace lady screamed and fell down next to the boy.
The boy was trembling all over. With his hands on his sides, he suddenly felt a force grabbing his right arm. The force was so strong that he was pulled under the magic case.
The sacred table was covered with a piece of silk embroidered with scriptures, which hung down enough to block the outside view. However, the screams and the sound of long arrows falling to the ground were still very close to the ears.
The boy was trembling, but trying to climb out again - Master Jie Shoufu Jiang and the others still didn't know what was going on!
Xu Mingyi grabbed him and said, "Don't move, you can't help. Everything will be fine outside soon."
This was an unexpected incident. Even though Wu Chao and the others had already made arrangements, after all, it was not their own territory, and not all the military power and manpower were in the hands of Ji Xiu. It would take time to deal with it.
But there will definitely be a response!
Hearing this voice, the Crown Prince, who was covered in cold sweat, looked at the "eunuch" in front of him and his eyes widened in disbelief: "Xu...Sister Xu?"
Xu Mingyi nodded lightly to him: "It's me, don't be afraid."
The prince was astonished and was about to say something else when he saw her raising her index finger to her mouth to signal him to be silent.
Xu Mingyi listened intently to what was going on around him.
It seemed that many people were accidentally injured and fell to the ground, and the screams became more and more tragic.
But soon, in this restless chaos, something different finally seemed to happen——
"thump!"
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground sounded not far away, as if someone had fallen from the attic of the mausoleum.
Xu Mingyi blocked the boy behind him, slightly opened the corner of the case, and looked out.
From here, she could only see people running away in a hurry, and the entrance to the mausoleum was blocked by the altar.
But she heard it.
I heard the sound of fighting...
There are more and more solemn footsteps and the sound of armor, approaching here!
She looked at the high walls on the left and right sides. More and more security guards disappeared from the wall tiles, or were shot by arrows, or were killed by soldiers attacking from behind.
The crossbowmen all around were defending themselves, and the rain of arrows gradually stopped.
Due to this sudden reversal of the situation, the panic became more and more mixed.
In the midst of this panic, a group of soldiers in black armor walked quickly forward with swords and crossbows to clear the way. Immediately, two people crossed the red lacquer threshold at the entrance of the mausoleum.
