novelaction Chapter 601 Past Events
Chapter 601 Past Events
Princess Mingzhu looked at her daughter with a gentle expression: "Nothing."
She just thought of bad things.
At the beginning, she plotted against Chen Zijun for the sake of the emperor and the royal family.
The Chen family hated her to the core. Chen Zijun's elder sister, her elder sister-in-law, Chen Zixi, poisoned her in revenge.
She was pregnant at the time, and she almost lost the baby because of the poisoning.
The Imperial Hospital was helpless, and it was Old Zhou who helped her preserve the fetus.
Although it caused some damage to her body, she was already very satisfied that she was able to give birth safely.
Even if she only has one daughter, Yiyang, in this life, it is enough.
The Chen family's actions were discovered, and the emperor intended to execute the entire Chen family.
It was at her request that only a few key figures were killed and the others were exiled.
Chen Zixi was still laughing before he died: "Brother is blind to fall in love with a vicious woman like you. My Chen family will not let you go. My brother and I are waiting for you downstairs."
Princess Mingzhu is not afraid of the Chen family's revenge.
Did Chen Zijun really hate her to the core? Maybe.
But she was first a princess of the royal family, and then Chen Zijun's wife.
The capital was in turmoil, and from that day on, the prison was under martial law, and no one was allowed to visit unless they had an imperial edict from the emperor.
People from the general's mansion and the Zhou family were stopped outside and could not enter.
The couple in prison knew nothing about it.
Their life is pretty good, with someone delivering food and water three times a day.
Qian Fengping was bored and mended Fang Tong's pants, but she didn't know when they were torn.
Fortunately, Mr. Wu brought a roll of needle and thread when he delivered the things.
Fang Tong couldn't find anything to do, so he imitated the meow of a cat in the cell and fought a battle of wits with the mice.
It’s a pity that Mr. Wu didn’t deliver the mosquito repellent kit made by his daughter, otherwise he wouldn’t have to go through so much trouble.
The man in black sat opposite them with his arms folded across his chest, staring at them.
It seemed as if one wrong glance would lead to something bad happening to the two of them.
The jailers passed by several times, shook their heads and left, thinking that the three men were mentally ill.
Morgue.
Because of Zhang Si's objection, the coroner could only perform the autopsy without damaging the body.
Ceng Gong stared at him expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.
After the coroner finished his work, he said helplessly, "Your Excellency, at present we can only speculate that the deceased died of heart palpitations."
But there are many different types of heart palpitations.
When people get older, being frightened to death is a kind of
Palpitations may also occur if you take medicines or eat foods that make you excited or uneasy.
Or suddenly being hit in a certain part.
To determine which type it is, it is necessary to perform an autopsy and examine the stomach of the deceased.
But the family of the deceased disagreed, and with the pressure from General An's Mansion, they couldn't force their way through.
Ceng Gong nodded.
"Have you seen that horse?"
Human corpses cannot be destroyed, but horse corpses can be treated as such.
The coroner bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, we have found the horse-drunken grass. Horses will go crazy after eating it."
Cen Gong was not too surprised.
His men are already investigating who tampered with the horse's fodder.
But there was a strange thing, the coachman died.
His death was ostensibly an attempt to cover up the fact that the horse went mad on its own, rather than being whipped by the driver.
But it wasn't really necessary. He could get the evidence just by examining the horse's corpse.
The driver died in a strange way.
Unless, unless he knows some other secrets?
Ceng Gong stood up and went out, instructing his men, "Go to the Wu family again and ask the Wu family to bring the servants who are close to the driver and his family to come to the government office."
"Yes." The bailiff took the order and left.
Ceng Gong thought about it, asked someone to prepare horses, and went to General An's mansion.
Since General An is not in the capital, the young general is the one who makes the decision.
Anfu.
General An sent someone to pick up the Zhang brothers. It was their first time in such a mansion and they seemed very reserved.
Even though their father is General An's godfather, his father does not allow them to have any relationship with the general at will.
He said he was afraid of ruining the good impression his elder brother had left with his life.
"My two sworn brothers, don't be nervous. From today on, you will stay at my house for a while." General An was very friendly.
"Oh, this is for your safety. It's too chaotic outside, and I'm afraid someone will do something desperate."
He explained carefully.
A look of joy appeared on Zhang Si's face as he bowed, "Thank you, General An, thank you, General An."
Zhang Wu followed suit by thanking them, but hesitated before saying, "General An, the families of the common people..."
"Don't worry, someone has been sent to pick him up." General An was very thoughtful.
He asked the housekeeper to take the person away and settle him down.
I wrote a letter to my father. What had happened had to be told to him.
Ugh.
He didn't take good care of the people.
Just when I was halfway through writing, a servant reported: "Master, Lord Cen is here. I will be staying in the front hall."
General An frowned. Why didn't Lord Cen step up the investigation at this time and come to him?
Even though I think so, I still have to meet with people.
"General An, I have something I would like to seek your advice on."
Cen Gong got straight to the point, and no one knew what they talked about in the end. The two of them didn't part on bad terms, but they didn't have a very pleasant conversation either.
Lord Cen was in a pretty good mood when he left.
General An frowned, went back to look at the letter he had written earlier, and added a few more sentences.
When Lord Cen returned to Jingzhao Prefecture, he talked with Wu Dongjia and interrogated several people.
The next day, he opened the court again.
It was found out that the horse went crazy after eating the Drunken Horse Grass, and Fang Tong was cleared of suspicion.
But the Zhang brothers insisted that even if their father was not killed by the horse, he died of fright, and they deserved an explanation.
In fact, you can settle it privately at this time.
But the Zhang brothers refused and insisted on finding out who was behind the scenes.
As for what Lord Cen was thinking, he continued to detain Fang Tong and his wife in prison.
There was no room for refusal for a ninth-rank official like him, so he just had to be locked up obediently.
Meng Lan secretly mobilized families that had connections with the Meng family. Some responded, while others ignored him.
This is enough.
At the morning court session that day, the court officials inexplicably began to impeach each other.
Among them, the Earl of Changping suffered the most.
As a good-for-nothing with a title but no talent, Lord Changping has a clear understanding of himself.
He attended court diligently every day, and only occasionally engaged in trivial activities such as eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, which were harmless.
He never expressed his opinions in the court, and today is no exception.
He was just watching the fun, watching the Eighth Prince fight against five people alone, scolding the officials who advocated a strict investigation of the Ning Palace, but he couldn't even say a word.
Somehow the fire got on him.
"Prince Ning is loyal and talented in both civil and military matters, but there's no guarantee he won't be able to educate his son."
"Just like the Earl of Changping, he failed to educate his daughter properly, allowing her to indulge in beauty, disregarding human ethics and being cruel and ruthless."
With just two sentences, he was brought to the forefront.
The Earl of Changping stepped forward subconsciously: "Master Jiang, why do you say that?"
Even if he is a bit timid, no, he doesn't like to fight with others and is humble, but it doesn't mean that he has no temper and will allow others to slander him, right?
He was, after all, an uncle with a noble title. What was a Jiang? Coming from a humble family, it must have taken a lot for him to gain a foothold in the officialdom.