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[Chapter 180, Beacon in Troubled Times 28]

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou brought Qi Fenghua back to the Jiangzhou government office, while Ye Qi and Liu Qiao continued to track down the second prince.

Jiangzhou is located at the junction of Qi State and Zhao State. The second prince and the envoys rode fast horses late at night, and soon reached the border of the two countries. A group of people from Zhao State came to meet the second prince. Qi immediately reported what he saw and heard to Xiao Lou: "The second prince has already returned to Zhao, and there are a group of people to meet him, should Liu Qiao and I continue to follow?"

Xiao Lou thought for a while, and said: "You guys come back first, the time for the invisibility cloak is coming soon, if you are discovered, you two will be arrested by Zhao Guo, and it will be bad."

Ye Qi and Liu Qiao returned immediately obediently.

Yu Hanjiang interrogated Qi Fenghua overnight.

The young master was proud and arrogant, and his expression remained calm after being captured.

Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "Young master, on the fifteenth day of this month, on the day of the prince's birthday banquet, what do you want to do when you return to the palace pretending to be a guard?"

Qi Fenghua said coldly: "You have mistaken the person, I am not a young master, I am just a hunter on the mountain."

Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows, and stared sharply into his eyes: "You were in the backyard of the palace, and you happened to meet the young lady Qi Yiyao, she recognized you, and asked why you came back, you were worried that things would be revealed, so you cruelly gave your sister to me. Poisoned her to death, and hid her body, and hung her on a tree with white silk when there was no one in the backyard late at night, pretending to commit suicide, right?"

Qi Fenghua sullenly refused to answer.

Yu Hanjiang continued: "Lin Shaobo returned to the backyard of the palace. He wanted to explain to the eldest lady, but he happened to see the scene where you hung her on the tree. Lin Shaobo ran away in a hurry, and you immediately flew behind him and pinched her hard. Hold him, in the struggle, he tore off a piece of fabric from your sleeve, you pushed him into the pond, and then left the palace, right?"

Qi Fenghua's face became even more ugly, and he couldn't help but sneered when he heard this: "Master Yu can really make up stories, I don't know what you are talking about, all you said is just your speculation, is there any evidence? "

Yu Hanjiang said indifferently: "The sky net is well-established, sparse but not leaky. The eldest young master really thinks that the situation he made is seamless without leaving any clues?"

Qi Fenghua was startled, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he was wondering if he had left any physical evidence.

Yu Hanjiang did not continue the interrogation, and secretly detained Qi Fenghua in the prefect's backyard.

When he returned to the study, Xiao Lou was waiting anxiously. Looking at Yu Hanjiang's expression, he knew that the result of the interrogation was not ideal. He took a step forward and asked with concern, "Wouldn't Qi Fenghua want to recruit?"

Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice: "He refuses to say anything. But the evidence of his participation in the rebellion is now conclusive. Ye Qi and Liu Qiao saw him contact the second prince of Zhao State with their own eyes, and agreed with the second prince to 'share this prosperous world' , We have ready-made witnesses. Physical evidence, we found this medicine bottle from him, and along the clue of the medicine bottle, we may be able to dig out deeper secrets."

Deeper secret?

Xiao Lou immediately reacted: "You mean, my father solved the serial poisoning case back then?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded; "I remember my wife once said that your father discovered the medicine powder used by the poison murderer in the capital?"

"That's right. At that time, several people in the capital committed suicide suddenly. The government almost settled the case as 'suicide'. After careful autopsy and investigation of the scene, my father found that there was residual powder in their diet. After experimenting on animals, it was confirmed that this was the case. It is a colorless, odorless and highly poisonous poison mixed into food, so it is classified as a murder case." Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, and then said, "Later, after investigation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was found that the murderers were several masters of drug production. During the arrest process, the principal criminal escaped, and only two accomplices were caught. After the two were imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, they committed suicide that night in fear of crime, and nothing came out of the trial."

"Suicide in fear of crime, or be silenced?" Yu Hanjiang asked suddenly.

"This..." Xiao Lou was slightly startled, and he was not sure, but after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that the matter was not simple, "Could it be that the two accomplices knew some secrets, so they were silenced?"

"It's very likely to be the case." Yu Hanjiang said, "The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is closely guarded. It is very difficult for prisoners to commit suicide in the prison. They will also be searched before being locked up in the prison. The possibility of hiding drugs on their bodies is almost zero. Suicide in fear of crime. It’s just on the surface, but in fact, there may be spies in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and they were silenced the night the murderer was caught.”

"That makes sense. Back then, when my father and the others arrested criminals, why did they let the main criminal escape? Maybe it was someone from the Ministry of Punishment who tipped off the news!" Xiao Lou felt a sudden enlightenment in his heart. The case that my father participated in back then was not simple. The main criminal escaped, and the two accomplices "suicide in fear of crime" as soon as they were imprisoned in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. In the end, it became an unsolved case, and even the father was murdered!

"What is the connection between these dead people in the capital?" Yu Hanjiang put his thumb to his chin, thoughtful. After a while, he suddenly asked, "What year did your father investigate this case?"

"It seems to be thirteen years ago." Xiao Lou recalled for a moment, and said with certainty, "I fled with my mother for thirteen years."

"Thirteen years ago?" Yu Hanjiang carefully searched the events of this year in his memory. When he was a child, he was the accompanying reader for His Royal Highness for a period of time. Thinking carefully, it was exactly thirteen years ago!

At that time, the first emperor had just appointed the emperor's grandson as the prince, and the young prince was only ten years old. Not long ago, the queen and concubine Shu suddenly "died of illness" in the palace, all of which happened in the same year

Things, will it be too coincidental?

Perhaps, Xiao Lou's father was inadvertently involved in the capital poisoning case, which also involved court secrets, so it was suppressed?

Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately became vigilant, looked at Xiao Lou and said, "Do you remember how your father died back then?"

Xiao Lou carefully recalled the memory fragments in his mind, and said: "That day, my mother happened to take me out, and when I came home, I saw my father lying on the floor of the study room. My mother immediately checked my father's body and found that my father died of poisoning. She guessed that the murderer came back for revenge, so she packed her luggage that day and took my brother and me to flee the capital overnight."

Although it was just a memory imposed on him by the gatekeepers, those past events were too clear in his mind. Thinking of the scene of his father's death, Xiao Lou still felt anxious.

"The scene at that time, is there any trace of being turned over?" Yu Hanjiang asked.

"It seems to be there." Xiao Lou frowned slightly, and then said firmly; "The desk was turned into a mess, and the books in the bookcase were also thrown on the ground. It looks like someone entered the house to steal."

"That person should be searching for the clues collected by your father and destroying the evidence," Yu Hanjiang said.

"Well, I thought so too. The case my father participated in was very weird. The two accomplices committed suicide in fear of crime, and the principal escaped. The family members of the deceased also strangely stopped pursuing the case. The Ministry of Criminal Justice also gave up the investigation and closed the case directly. " Xiao Lou looked up at Yu Hanjiang, and asked softly, "Have you thought of anything?"

"I have a guess that this case may be related to the death of the prince and queen." Yu Hanjiang said in a deep voice.

"The prince and the queen?" Xiao Lou opened his eyes slightly. He was only ten years old back then, and he knew nothing about the court and the palace. He learned medical skills from his mother and autopsy knowledge from his father every day. to so many secrets.

"The secret room with 8 hearts is actually three cases." Only now did Yu Hanjiang finally straighten out the structure of the secret room in troubled times.

——The Jiangzhou Assassin Case, the Murder Case of the Palace, the serial poisoning case in the capital and the internal struggles in the palace that may be involved behind it. When Qi Fenghua was arrested and the colorless and odorless medicinal powder reappeared in the rivers and lakes, the mystery of this past thirteen years ago was finally unveiled.

"Thirteen years ago, many things happened in the capital." Yu Hanjiang took out a notebook and wrote while saying, "This spring, when His Royal Highness went hunting, he was injured by a poisoned arrow from a masked man and died on the spot. The emperor was furious and ordered the criminal department to investigate immediately, after the investigation, the criminal department found that the third prince's subordinates did it, so the former emperor simply gave the third prince a glass of poisoned wine."

"..." Seeing Yu Hanjiang seriously drawing the timeline in his notebook, Xiao Lou also walked over and stood by his side to watch.

"After the crown prince suffered misfortune, the late emperor began to choose another heir among several princes. The mother of the fifth prince was Concubine Shu, and the mother of the sixth prince was Concubine Ming. There was a conspiracy in the harem. The emperor's careful investigation found that the queen was probably poisoned by concubine Shu; Concubine Shu also "died of illness", and the investigation found that she was poisoned by concubine Ming - this is also mentioned in the gossip that the nine princesses told Qu Wanyue things. The deaths of the Empress and Concubine Shu all happened in Xia Tian.”

"Well, I remember this part." Xiao Lou recalled the gossip about the harem that Qu Wanyue mentioned, and analyzed, "Concubine Shu and Concubine Ming both participated in the harem struggle, and the former emperor would be very disappointed with the fifth and sixth princes, so I just The eighth prince was able to be appointed as the crown prince, but unexpectedly the eighth prince took the initiative to submit a memorial, suggesting that the late emperor should establish the eldest son and the first-line grandson, so the late emperor finally made the emperor's grandson the crown prince?"

"That's right, the first emperor changed the crown prince, and it happened in autumn. In that autumn, I entered the palace as the prince's companion, and I also heard some rumors that the empress and concubine Shu died of illness. The late emperor investigated in the harem, but there was no evidence, so in the end I could only Let's settle the case with 'died of illness'."

"I remember the case my father participated in very clearly. It was winter." Xiao Lou frowned thoughtfully.

The capital city has been in chaos all year.

On spring day, at the royal hunting ground outside the capital, His Royal Highness was shot to death by a poisonous arrow while hunting.

In the summer, the queen and concubine Shu were poisoned one after another, and in the end because no evidence could be found, it can only be said that they "died of illness" to the outside world.

In autumn, the eight princes wrote a letter to the first emperor, hoping that the first emperor would make a rule that only the eldest son and grandson would be passed on. So the first emperor listened to the youngest son's suggestion and formally made the emperor's grandson the new prince. It was Yu Hanjiang who was a child, who was called into the palace to accompany the prince to read.

In winter, serial murders suddenly appeared in the capital, and Xiao Lou's father accidentally got involved and was murdered by the murderer. This serial poisoning case was finally fooled by the Criminal Ministry and became an unsolved case.

Looking at the timeline clearly marked by Yu Hanjiang in the notebook, Xiao Lou was shocked: "From the chronological order, the serial poisoning case happened at the end, it seems that someone is doing the aftermath, killing a group of people to silence them? Kill all those who know a certain secret?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Moreover, all the cases involve a common factor - poison."

The crown prince was poisoned with poisoned arrows, the queen was poisoned, the concubine Shu was poisoned, the serial murders in the capital also used poison, and Xiao Lou’s father was still poisoned to death. All seemingly unrelated cases actually have a core - the same tool for committing crimes , All are "poison" killing!

It is very possible that all the people who died in the accident were poisoned by the same poison, and it was the poison that Qi Fenghua gave to the second prince of Zhao Guo - it looks like rock sugar powder, and it will be colorless and tasteless after adding it to food , People were poisoned to death without anyone noticing.

The more Xiao Lou thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong: "If you analyze this matter carefully, there are many doubts. The prince died, and the murderer was found to be the third prince;

The emperor doubted the concubine Ming...the suspicion was too wide, how could so many people get the rare poison at the same time? The harem system is strict, and the third prince, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Ming are all poisoned. This is impossible! "

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said: "Ma'am is right. In the harem, it is impossible for so many murderers to use the same method to kill people. Poison should be a forbidden product, and it is not so easy to bring it into the palace. Third Prince, Concubine Shu Concubine Ming, they don't all have poison in their hands. Then, it's more likely that...they were framed!"

Hearing this, Xiao Lou couldn't help feeling chills down his spine: "In other words, the real murderer has been lurking in the harem?"

If this is the case, then the murderer's scheming is terrifyingly deep!

Yu Hanjiang carefully analyzed: "Assuming that our speculation is reasonable, the real murderer first sent someone to shoot the prince with a poisoned arrow and plant it on the third prince, which caused the late emperor to kill the third prince by mistake. Then he secretly poisoned the queen and planted it on Concubine Shu, causing The first emperor was terribly disappointed with Concubine Shu’s son, the fifth prince. She poisoned Concubine Shu and planted it on Concubine Ming, and the first emperor couldn’t like Concubine Ming’s son, the sixth prince. The first emperor had only five sons in total, the crown prince and the third prince were dead. The fifth prince and the sixth prince fell out of favor in the heart of the late emperor—who would be the most beneficial?"

Xiao Lou: "..."

Then there is only the Eighth Prince, who is now the Eighth Prince.

Except for those perverted murderers who are anti-social, most murderers have motives for committing crimes. According to Yu Hanjiang's analysis, this real murderer killed the prince, the third prince, the empress, concubine Shu, and concubine Ming almost in one go. A large group of forces, all the sons of the first emperor were pulled down, only the eighth prince was not affected.

Who is the one?

It can be seen that the Eighth Prince does not love power. After the emperor brothers died one by one and fell out of favor, the first emperor wanted to pass the throne to him, but he actually made a memorial to let the first emperor make the emperor's grandson the prince, which is equivalent to giving up on his own initiative. throne.

If he hadn't voluntarily given up, he would have been the logical crown prince back then.

Who is going to plan for him to this extent?

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and said at the same time, "The mother and concubine of the Eighth Prince?"

*****

[Chapter 181, Beacon in Troubled Times 29]

In the late emperor's harem, there were many concubines, and the empress was the first wife of the late emperor, and also the most beloved woman of the late emperor.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Ming are both from powerful families. Concubine Shu is the daughter of a general, and Concubine Ming also has a group of ministers behind her. Relatively speaking, the presence of the eighth prince’s concubine in the harem is frighteningly low. Like a transparent person.

Neither of them even knew her name and title until now.

Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice: "The Eighth Prince's mother and concubine... I remember, Grandpa seems to have mentioned that his mother and concubine did not participate in the harem battles, she seems to be a woman who has nothing to do with the world."

Peace of mind?

In the turbulent harem, is it really possible to "stand aloof from the world"?

Xiao Lou frowned and said: "If our deduction is correct, the mother and concubine of the Eighth Prince should not be a woman who stands aloof from the world, but a scheming and top-notch female middle school Zhuge. She kills four birds with one stone and makes the prince The three princes died one after another, and the fifth and sixth princes fell out of favor one after another. Among the princes of the late emperor, only the eighth prince is left to pass on the throne. This scheme is really cruel and poisonous!"

Yu Hanjiang thought for a while, and said: "As soon as the sun rises tomorrow morning, we will go to see the Ninth Princess. She should know what kind of person the Eighth Prince's concubine is!"

Xiao Lou nodded: "Okay, we have to hurry up."

**

Early the next morning, Long Sen returned to Jiangzhou City, and secretly came to the prefect's backyard to report.

Long Sen looked very tired, with thick dark circles under his eyelids, probably because he hadn't rested for two days and nights, and rushed back non-stop.

Seeing that he was going to be paralyzed from exhaustion, Xiao Lou immediately poured him a glass of water, and said softly, "Thanks for your hard work."

Long Sen drank all the water in one gulp, wiped his mouth and said, "I changed three fast horses halfway, and I didn't dare to rest for a moment. Finally, I arrived in time. It's really dangerous. There are two days left before the draft for Your Majesty! If we don't deliver the letter in time, His Majesty might be assassinated!"

Xiao Lou was stunned, and said: "It seems that once our reasoning speed is too slow, by the time we figure out the origin of the Yan State Assassin Group, His Majesty in the capital may have died unexpectedly."

What a false alarm.

Fortunately, Xiao Lou remembered his younger brother who was on the front line in time, and led him out to investigate, otherwise, they would never have known that His Majesty would also be assassinated. Focus on investigating the case of the palace, if His Majesty dies, the whole secret room will fail!

Yu Hanjiang glanced at Xiao Lou appreciatively, and said, "Fortunately, it's in time."

Xiao Lou nodded and said, "Well, after reading the secret letter, what's your reaction?"

As the shadow guard arranged by His Majesty, Long Sen can contact the shadow guard in the capital and ask him to recommend him directly. This is why Yu Hanjiang asked Long Sen to deliver the letter himself. There must be no mistake in this letter.

Although His Majesty is young, he is very resourceful. He had secretly trained a large number of shadow guards before taking the throne.

Long Sen said: "Your Majesty let me take a secret passage. I was blindfolded and brought me to a strange place. I saw Your Majesty dressed as a young man. I gave him the secret letter. After reading it, he frowned and said , I didn’t expect these assassins to be so arrogant and dare to come to the palace to assassinate!”

Long Sen imitated His Majesty's words vividly: "Go back and tell Master Yu that I will handle the draft carefully. The draft will be two days later, and everything will go on as usual, just in time to capture all the assassins lurking in the capital and the spies who are collaborating with the enemy and treason in the court. come out!"

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "Does he want to put himself in danger and lure the snake out of the hole?"

Long Sen said: "Your Majesty does mean that. The Ministry of Rites has been planning the draft for a long time. There are many young women of the right age who are already on their way to the capital. It's hard to explain if you cancel it hastily. I'm afraid it will cause people to speculate wildly. Your Majesty Said, he will make arrangements in advance, staring at the more beautiful girls, looking for assassins mixed in, he reassured Lord Yu."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Since His Majesty will make arrangements, I think that with his city and strategy, he won't be afraid of a few assassins. This line of assassins in Yan Kingdom should be able to come to a perfect conclusion."

His Majesty will be responsible for catching assassins and checking spies from the Ministry of Rites. The next thing Yu Hanjiang has to do is to clarify the line of poisoning and murder.

At present, there are still some secrets that need to be revealed in this line of the poisoning case.

Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang brought Xiao Lou and Lao Mo to the palace together.

Yu Hanjiang personally reported the investigation results of the assassin organization to the Eighth Prince, and told the prince that it was a force from the Yan Kingdom, which was formed by the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom himself. He also said that the Yan Kingdom was planning to send assassins to assassinate His Majesty, and he had already sent a letter overnight to inform the emperor .

The prince suddenly realized: "It turned out that it was the people of the Yan Kingdom who dared to assassinate His Majesty, what an idiot!" The prince slapped the table and almost knocked it over.

Yu Hanjiang said calmly: "The assassins have all been captured. According to what the prince has seen, how should these assassins be dealt with?"

The prince thought about it carefully, and said: "Assassination of His Majesty is a capital crime. You don't have to show mercy, just charge them with a crime and execute them to death. In addition, since Tianxianglou is the stronghold of the intelligence organization, this place cannot be left alive."

Yu Hanjiang said: "There are still four girls left in the Tianxiang Building. I have carefully checked that these four people are indeed innocent, and they have no knowledge of what Aunt Qing and the others are doing. It is not good for us to kill innocent people indiscriminately. It is better to let these The four of them figured out their own way out?"

The prince frowned: "Are you sure these four are okay?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Weichen has already searched the list of organizations from Aunt Qing, which does not include these four people. Moreover, Weichen has personally interrogated and investigated them. These four people really don't know anything about it."

We must not execute all the girls in Tianxianglou, after all, Ye Qi is also in Tianxianglou.

The prince said: "Okay, what to do with these four people, you are the prefect of Jiangzhou, so you can decide." The prince touched his chin, and said: "By the way, the two murders in the palace are not the same. Something to do with these assassins?"

Of course, Yu Hanjiang couldn't just say "Your daughter was probably killed by your son", but made up an excuse and said: "The assassin did not admit to killing Miss. The case between Miss and Young Master Lin is still pending." Check, found some clues, Lord Rong will give you a few more days, and I will definitely catch the murderer as soon as possible."

The prince nodded and said, "Then there will be Lord Lao Yu."

Yu Hanjiang said: "I still have some details, and I want to ask Princess Nine. I wonder if Princess Nine is still in the palace?"

The prince couldn't help laughing: "Of course I still do. My sister is always self-willed. She was almost stabbed in the back by an assassin that day. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to go anywhere after she came back. She stayed in the palace for the past two days. Resting."

He waved to a maid and said, "Go to the backyard and call Princess Nine. Master Yu has something to ask her."

After a while, Princess Nine brought Qu Wanyue to the side hall of the front yard.

The two have changed back into women's clothes.

Qu Wanyue's women's clothing is simply a gentle and beautiful ancient Jiangnan woman, Long Sen's eyes can't help but brighten up.

Yu Hanjiang first used some harem gossip as a foreshadowing to confirm the old things that the nine princesses told Qu Wanyue: "Back then, I was a companion to the prince in the palace for a period of time, and I heard some rumors... Concubine Shu is poisonous. Killing the Empress, Concubine Ming poisoned Concubine Shu, the Ninth Princess grew up in the harem, is it true?"

The Ninth Princess said: "This is all rumors, there is no real evidence. My father did not put Concubine Ming into the cold palace back then, but only made a decree that all the concubines in the harem should be buried for him."

Yu Hanjiang said: "What about the mother and concubine of the Eighth Prince? Can the princess understand how she behaves?"

Princess Nine thought for a while, and said: "Brother Eighth Emperor's mother concubine is Concubine Xian. It is said that Concubine Xian is a folk girl rescued by Emperor Father when he went to Jiangzhou. She has no relatives at home. She is the oldest concubine among all the concubines in the harem. The most beautiful one, with a clean and elegant temperament, after her father brought her into the palace, she chose to live in the most secluded "Qingxin Garden" in the harem. Tea and chanting to Buddha."

Yu Hanjiang said: "How did the late emperor treat the concubine Xian?"

Princess Jiu said: "Father loves her very much. Her personality is very quiet and gentle. Father often goes to her to drink tea. He said that drinking tea from Concubine Xian can calm the mind and refresh the mind. When I was young, I often Go and play with Concubine Xian. There are so many concubines in the harem. Concubine Xian is my favorite. She is really gentle and always smells like tea. By the way, she knows some medical skills. She showed me when I was a child I was sick, and gave me some herbal tea to take care of my body."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other.

Concubine Xian, the biological mother of the Eighth Prince, was a woman brought back to the palace by the late emperor from the people.

On the surface, this woman looks gentle and virtuous, aloof from the world, and usually lives in the most secluded corner, making tea and praying to Buddha. Perhaps, she is the most terrifying Boss in the harem.

She loves to make tea, maybe she can put poison into the tea, poison the queen and concubine Shu to death quietly, and then plant it on others!

Yu Hanjiang followed up and asked: "The late emperor left a decree to let all the concubines be buried, so what about the virtuous concubines? Did they also die?"

Unexpectedly, the nine princesses

She shook her head and said, "Concubine Xian is still alive!"

Everyone: "........."

Everyone's hairs are about to stand on end!

When Xiao Lou heard this, his heart constricted for a while, as if his neck was being targeted by a poisonous snake.

This hidden boss is still alive?

Yu Hanjiang immediately asked: "How could this be? Didn't the late emperor let all his concubines be buried? Didn't the virtuous concubine obey the late emperor's will?"

The Ninth Princess sighed softly, and said: "More than ten years ago, my father established the current emperor as the crown prince, and the Eighth Emperor brother was named the King of Zhenjiang. My father built him a magnificent Zhenjiang Palace in Jiangzhou. The Eighth Emperor Brother likes to be an idle prince very much, so he brought a few wives back to Jiangzhou to settle down. He travels around the mountains and rivers all day long, and is happy and carefree. When the concubine Xian knew about it, she told her father that she wanted to go to Qingshan Temple to pray for her father. ..."

——Qingshan Temple is the temple outside Jiangzhou City!

The nine princesses admired and said: "Concubine Xian really sees through the world of mortals and her heart is like still water. The late emperor found her eating fast and reciting Buddha in the palace all day, so he let her go. So Concubine Xian escaped into Buddhism and came to Qingshan Temple. A female cultivator in the Qingshan Temple. The late emperor ordered all the concubines in the harem to be buried for him, but the concubine Xian does not belong to the harem anymore, so of course there is no need to be buried."

Ye Qi and Liu Qiao, following Zhao Guo's envoy last night, happened to catch up to Qingshan Temple, where they found Qi Fenghua and the second prince of Zhao Guo secretly talking.

The entire Jiangzhou is so big, and there are so many places suitable for chatting in the small forests in the suburbs, why is it Qingshan Temple?

I see!

Concubine Xian is still in Qingshan Temple!

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou and met his bright eyes.

The case finally came to light.

This concubine who seized the right time to "escape into Buddhism" was probably very angry with her son. She planned for so long and killed all the enemies, but in the end she was tricked by her own son. Who would have thought that the Eighth Prince had no interest in power, but at the last moment, when the late Emperor was about to pass on the throne to him, he would take the initiative to submit a memorial to push the throne away? !

In the eyes of the Eighth Prince, touring the mountains and rivers, with beautiful women in his arms, is the greatest joy in life.

Sitting on the dragon chair is too troublesome, he would rather be an idle prince.

Concubine Xian's plan failed, so she had to kill a group of people in the capital to silence them. It is likely that this is the reason for the serial poisoning case in Beijing that year. After all, Concubine Xian must not be able to do so many things by herself. Combined with some officials of the imperial court, including those from the Ministry of Punishment.

Since the plan failed, of course these people couldn't stay, so she poisoned a group of people, implicating Xiao Lou's father, maybe his father was also silenced after finding out about the queen and prince.

After doing a good job in the aftermath, Concubine Xian pretended to see through the world and wanted to escape into Buddhism.

The late emperor was already old at that time, and the empress and prince had accidents one after another. The old man must be very tired. Nian she was always gentle and virtuous, and worried that she would be murdered if she stayed in the harem. Therefore, the late emperor agreed to release her from the palace and let her stay in the temple. Enjoy your old age.

The first emperor probably never expected that the most gentle and peaceful concubine in his eyes was the real murderer hiding behind the scenes.

She hides so deep!

Xiao Lou couldn't help admiring her scheming. If women in this world could be called emperors, concubine Xian might be able to become a female emperor. She played around with the entire harem of the former emperor. In the end, all the women in the harem were buried, and she was the only one who survived.

The son didn't live up to expectations and wasted her planning.

So, she turned her attention to her grandson—began to assist Qi Fenghua in plotting a rebellion?

*****

[Chapter 182, Beacon in Troubled Times 30]

After learning that Concubine Xian lived in Qingshan Temple outside Jiangzhou City, Yu Hanjiang immediately summoned the shadow guards and directly surrounded Qingshan Temple.

At noon, the scorching sun hangs in the sky, and the sunlight is particularly glaring.

Qingshan Temple has a quiet environment, surrounded by green bamboos, and there is a clear spring flowing. The sound of the stream flowing past the ears, and the regular sound of knocking wooden fish came from the temple, like a place that is indifferent to the world. paradise.

Who would have thought that there lived a woman with a deep scheming mind and a murderous streak.

Yu Hanjiang waved his hand, and all the shadow guards immediately flew into the temple with ease.

In the frontmost temple, a woman wearing a plain green shirt and a nun's hat is kneeling in front of the Buddhist hall, holding a scripture in one hand, and gently tapping a wooden fish with the other.

The footsteps coming from behind and the rustling wind around her didn't seem to affect her at all.

She was still concentrating, reciting the scriptures gently, until a low and cold voice came from behind: "Concubine Xian, when you recited scriptures to the Buddha statue, did you ever think about whether the souls of those people who were poisoned to death by you are still alive?" Can you really rest in peace?"

The woman suddenly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were as clear as water, as if they really saw through the world of mortals.

Even though she doesn't wear makeup on her face now, and only wears a coarse green dress, it is still difficult to conceal her elegant and refined temperament. No wonder the late emperor was fascinated by her, and regardless of her background, he directly brought her back to the palace and made her a concubine.

The woman knelt in front of the Buddha statue, without turning her head, she said: "Amitabha, the poor nun has already escaped into Buddhism. Donor, please be careful. Worldly affairs should not disturb the purity of this Buddhist gate."

Yu Hanjiang sneered: "Really? The Concubine Xian has already become a nun. There are no witnesses or physical evidence for what happened 13 years ago, so naturally there is no way to pursue it. It is a pity that the Concubine Xian fell short 13 years ago, and it is still a failure today." .”

He waved his hand and said lightly: "Bring Qi Fenghua up."

The shadow guards immediately escorted Qi Fenghua over, and Long Sen personally escorted him.

Qi Fenghua's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Concubine Xian, who was always calm, finally changed her face at this moment. She stood up slowly, and turned around to look at Qi Fenghua in disbelief.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Mrs. Xianfei, do you know your grandson?"

Concubine Xian and Qi Fenghua were relatively silent.

Yu Hanjiang said: "You want to form an alliance with Zhao Guo to help your grandson ascend the throne and become emperor. If I guess correctly, your real identity may be from Zhao Guo, and after you are a famous doctor, you will extract materials from plants to make this Colorless, odorless and highly poisonous, am I right?"

Concubine Xian was silent for a long time, then suddenly burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, it's a failure, what a failure!"

That laughter was sharp and piercing, how could there be a "gentle and virtuous" appearance?

A gust of wind blew by, blowing off her hat——she had been cultivating with her hair all along, and her long hair was blown messily by the wind, making her entire face look a bit hideous, and her facial features were even slightly distorted.

After a long time, she stopped smiling and looked at Qi Fenghua with sharp eyes: "Not enough successes, more than failures!"

Qi Fenghua lowered his head angrily.

Concubine Xian said coldly: "As early as when you sneaked back to the palace to look for that bottle of medicine, I guessed that you would mess up this matter! You stupid thing, not even half as good as your father! He Although you have no ambitions, you are at least smart enough, how about you? Idiot!"

Qi Fenghua's face was pale, his whole body was trembling, and he didn't dare to refute a word.

Concubine Xian laughed loudly and said: "I was originally a nobleman of Zhao State, but I was exiled to Daqi, and was forcibly brought back to the palace by the dog emperor. I became his concubine, and I couldn't leave the palace even a single step! I planned such a plan in Qi State. For many years, my son was supposed to ascend the throne, and I was supposed to be the Empress Dowager respected by everyone in Daqi! It’s a pity that every time I fail... I fail! How can I be convinced?!”

She looked crazy, and her eyes were bloodshot. Obviously, Qi Fenghua's arrest had hit her hard.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other, and immediately ordered someone to take her down.

The shadow guards quickly brought her under control.

Concubine Xian didn't struggle, her face was pale, obviously her heart was ashamed.

Up to now, all the cases in the secret room of 8 Hearts have finally been solved.

The assassin route is actually not difficult, as long as you hurry up and lure Xiao Lou brother out, it will be easy to solve the case.

The poisoning case was very complicated, involving two cases.

Thirteen years ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was shot to death by a poisonous arrow, and the Empress and Concubine Shu were "died of illness" successively. In fact, it was the eighth prince's mother, who was originally a virtuous concubine from Zhao, who planned it all by herself.

However, she had tried all the tricks, but she missed her own son.

She thinks that all men pursue power, especially princes, who wouldn't want to sit on the supreme dragon chair? She planned everything for her son, wouldn't his son be grateful to her, and after becoming the throne, he would be more filial to her and respect her as the empress dowager?

However, her son slapped her in the face severely when the incident happened, voluntarily gave up the right of inheritance, and pushed the throne to the little prince.

She couldn't control this son who pursued pleasure and didn't want to be an emperor at all.

After she came to Jiangzhou, she decided to train her eldest grandson Qi Fenghua, and wanted her grandson to unite with Zhao Guo to usurp the throne.

It's a pity that in the end, the success came short—Qi Fenghua accidentally left a bottle of medicine at the palace's house, and wanted to bring it out, but met his younger sister Qi Yiyao and Lin Shaobo, the young master of the Lin family, and killed two of them in a row. Lots of things.

That's why he has two bottles of medicine in his arms - one bottle was given to the second prince, and the other bottle was taken out of the palace by him.

Qi Fenghua is indeed not smart and cautious enough, and the Eighth Prince has no intention of being an emperor at all.

The greatest tragedy of Concubine Xian is that she pays too much attention to power, thinking all day about how to kill the prince and the queen... She is a woman with a strong desire to control, she doesn't know her son at all, and she has never asked his son's heart idea.

The Eighth Prince is a man of temperament, not a puppet that she can control at will.

Qi Fenghua was unable to support the wall with mud.

She is a powerful strategist, but a failed mother.

...

A melodious bell rang in Qingshan Temple, Concubine Xian stared blankly at the quiet temple. Her hair was messy, her eyes were blood red, and she looked crazy. Twice in a row, she fell short, and she lost all hope, as if she had aged several years in an instant.

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