Chapter 445 Confrontation
The prince nodded happily: "This method is similar to the immortal method, it is really magical! No wonder the Marquis solves the case as if he is a god!"
Song Yuner smiled, bent down, looked down at the inner wall of the coffin, then took out a stack of white paper from her arms, then took out a small bottle of paste, applied a thin layer on the paper, cooled for a while, and after it was half dry, it adhered to the handprints and extracted the handprints one by one.
Then, Song Yuner carefully checked the cut and cut wounds of the body of Concubine Xian, especially the incisions formed on the bones. The incisions were different. Song Yuner compared and analyzed the different incisions based on what Yang Qiuchi taught before, and explained them to the prince while observing. The prince nodded repeatedly and looked excited. Master Xing made detailed records.
After the investigation, the three of them left the tomb passage and ordered the Yulin Guard to close the entrance of the tomb passage. Then, they arrested several Jinyiwei and other left behind, and interrogated them.
After the interrogation, the prince assigned a team of Yulin vanguards to replace the Jinyiwei as the guardian of Xianfeiling. He then set off for the return of Beijing.
When he returned to the capital, the prince and Song Yuner went back to Yang's mansion directly and told Yang Qiuchi about the investigation. Yang Qiuchi immediately made further arrangements.
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Living room of Fusiyamen in Jinyiweibei Town.
Ji Gang sat in the middle of the living room with a pale face, staring at the senior officials of the Jinyiwei on both sides, listening to their reports.
An official said in a cold sweat on his forehead: "After the prince's Yulin vanguard took over the Marquis Yang's mansion, the ones arranged in the innermost are his confidants and guards. The people in the Yulin vanguard are not close to the border at all. So... so I don't know what the prince's actions are..."
Another official from the Jinyiwei said: "Yes, the prince was very cunning this time. When he went to the Tianzhuo execution ground to interrogate Wang Sicai and the others, he only left his confidants, and even the supervisors and the prisoners could not get close to them. Not to mention the spys we arranged in the Tianzhuo... So, I don't know what he asked, but later Wang Sicai was pardoned by the emperor and changed to the Hangli Decision. From this point of view, Wang Sicai must have said something, but I don't know the content."
Ji Gang snorted heavily, his face even more ugly.
Seeing Ji Gang's appearance, the officials knew that Ji Gang was extremely angry, but the report had to continue. An official said: "Leaving Tianzhu, the prince returned to Yang's mansion and set up a warning. Then he led a team of Yulin vanguards and his guards to Shandong. He first arrived at the Lincheng Post Station, but we couldn't get in, so he didn't know what they were doing inside. Then he went to the county Xianfeiling to conduct an investigation, and replaced our brothers stationed at Xianfeiling with a small team of Yulin vanguards, and arrested several brothers. It was said that the case was involved in the case and needed investigation..."
Ji Gang asked coldly: "Who did he leave behind?"
The official said the names of those people, Ji Gang's eyebrows almost locked together, and he said to himself: "Did... the prince notice something?"
The official nodded: "It is very possible that these people are all people who participated at that time..."
Ji Gang asked, "What else does this prince do?"
Several other officials looked at each other and said, "The prince entered the palace early this morning and arrived at the Emperor's Qianqing Palace. He has not come out yet."
"Where is the Yang family? Is there any movement?"
The official smiled awkwardly and said, "Our people have already withdrawn, so the news inside is unclear."
In fact, this was Ji Gang's fault. At that time, he thought that his fabrication and frame-up had already brought Yang Qiuchi into a situation of no return and could not turn over. In order to prevent Yang Qiuchi from using the guards to resist stubbornly, he ordered the withdrawal of all the 200 guards beside Yang Qiuchi. Therefore, except for Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping, more than ten best friends who were willing to live and die with Yang Qiuchi, the rest of the guards were all evacuated from Yang Qiuchi.
When the Ming Chengzu decided to appoint the prince to re-investigate the case, Ji Gang realized that he had made a mistake. He no longer had his own eyeliner in the Yang Mansion.
However, although Ji Gang was angry, he was not in a hurry. Wang Sicai, Concubine Shun and Gu Fuyin were all executed, and there was no evidence of death. It was a foregone conclusion that he had made a lie.
Ji Gang thought for a while and said, "I asked the brothers in the Yamen who participated in the Xianfeiling Operation to go out to hide first and come back after the matter is over. I said that I was sent to another province to perform official duties."
The official agreed and got up and went out. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the chaos in the Beizhen Fushiya. A large number of Yulin Foreward troops rushed in and guarded the intersections.
The official was shocked and didn't know what had happened.
Ji Gang hurried out to the entrance of the living room of the yamen and asked loudly: "Hey! What are you doing?"
The Yulin Guard ignored him, and after a while, he quickly and decisively controlled the entire yamen. He gathered all the Jinyiwei in the courtyard in front of the living room.
Ji Gang and several officials looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.
At this time, a team of large inner guards--Piao Tianwenxue--contained
He rushed in again and quickly controlled the living room of the yamen. This surprised Ji Gang and others even more.
Immediately, Eunuch Li walked in with a group of eunuchs and palace maids, and separated the roads on both sides. Then, Eunuch Li whispered: "The emperor is here, welcome him~!"
When Ji Gang and others heard that the emperor was coming, they were even more shocked and sweated in cold sweat. They hurriedly lifted their clothes and knelt down.
After a moment, Ming Chengzu walked in in a square step, made a gesture to the kneeling senior officials of Ji Gang and others of the Jinyiwei, and then stepped into the living room.
Ji Gang stood up and then realized that besides Eunuch Li, there were two others following Ming Chengzu, one was the chubby Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, and the other was Yang Qiuchi!
Ji Gang was sweating coldly. He followed him in and stood aside.
Ming Chengzu sat down and said, "Ji Aiqing, in the past ten days, the prince's case of Yang Qiuchi and Concubine Shun and others murdering the Xianfei Concubine has almost been investigated. Some things need to be investigated in your Jinyiwei Yamen. You were responsible for this case before, so I decided to go to your Beizhen Fushi Office to investigate this case." Turning to look at the prince Zhu Gaochi: "Gaochi, tell me what you have found out."
Zhu Gaochi bowed and agreed, coughed, and said, "My son was ordered to investigate the case again, and interrogated the accomplice Wang Sicai, Gu Cabinet Scholar and Concubine Shun. The three of them said that this was under the torture of the Jinyiwei, and the Jinyiwei's confession, and according to the Jinyiwei's land, they said that Yang Qiuchi and his friends colluded to murder the Xianfei Queen, which was a false matter..."
Ji Gang was anxious and said, "This... it is common for a criminal to re-examine his confession on the grounds that he was betrayed... "
Ming Chengzu glanced at Ji Gang: "Don't worry, Ji Aiqing, after the prince will find out the situation, you and Yang Qiuchi will talk about your opinion."
Ji Gang quickly bowed and agreed, not daring to say more.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi then said to Ming Chengzu: "The son minister didn't dare to believe it at first. After hearing Wang Sicai tell the real murderer behind the scenes, the son minister realized that something might be strange in this case. According to Wang Sicai's confession, the son minister arrested the eunuch Mi Xian, and without torture, Mi Xian confessed. It matched Wang Sicai's confession."
Ji Gang was a little curious. He was thinking about using this matter to curse Yang Qiuchi, so he did not seriously investigate Wang Sicai. At the beginning of interrogation of Wang Sicai, Wang Sicai did not admit it at first, and Ji Gang also thought that Wang Sicai must have been a concubine who instructed Wang Sicai to murder the fairy. Since Wang Sicai was arrested in Shunfei's palace, although the two confessed that Shunfei asked Wang Sicai to send Caisan, Ji Gang determined that the concubine who instructed Wang Sicai was the fairy, so he tortured and induced Concubine Shun, who had no background, and pulled Yang Qiuchi in, thus making the case. So Wang Sicai did not induce the real instructor, but instead confessed according to Ji Gang and others' inducement.
After hearing the inside story of Wang Sicai's poisonous murder of Xianfei, Ji Gang was a little stunned. He was just because he was too eager to solve the case and was thinking about how to deal with Yang Qiuchi. Now he understood that no matter who the real instructor was, once it was verified, it would prove that the case he decided was a wrong case.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi continued: "According to the confessions of the two, the one who really instructed Wang Sicai to murder was not Shun Fei, Yang Qiuchi and the others, but the third emperor's brother Zhu Gaosui."
Ji Gang was shocked. After hearing the name, he immediately figured out everything. He was extremely sensitive to politics. He remembered the attempted coup of the third emperor Zhu Gaosui in August last year. It was obvious that together with that coup, it was a series of usurpation operations launched by Zhu Gaosui. He regretted that he did not interrogate Wang Sicai in detail at that time. If he could find out this conspiracy, it would be a great achievement.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi then said to Ming Chengzu: "The assassination of Concubine Xian is not their real purpose. Their real purpose is to assassinate you, the father. The emperor is blessed by the gods. An urgent memorial came at that time and he was dealing with the memorial all night long, so only Concubine Xian was poisoned to death at that time."
Ming Chengzu slapped heavily on the table: "Gao Sui, a rebellious son! I was going to chop his head last time, it was all your kindness to your wife, and I beg me for mercy. If this rebellious son is not killed, you will suffer in the future!"
Zhu Gaochi smiled honestly, but did not answer the words, and continued: "After reporting to his father, he rushed to Lincheng, Shandong day and night. According to Wang Sicai's confession, he collected the secret letter from her third emperor Gao Sui who was hidden under the tiles on the roof of the station. At this point, the case assigned by the father was successfully solved."
After saying that, Zhu Gaochi took out a stack of paper with words from his arms and bowed to Ming Chengzu: "This is the confession of Concubine Shun, Gu Cabinet Scholar, Wang Sicai and eunuch Mi Xian, and the letter written by the third emperor's brother Gao Sui to Wang Sicai. Since the third emperor's brother was injured in the head by Princess Yunlu last time, he was confused and could not interrogate him, so the son minister did not interrogate the third emperor's brother."
Chapter completed!