Chapter 673: The Emperor is seriously ill(1/2)
Xiu'er shook her head, "Zhou Heng and the prince rushed back as fast as possible. Of course, I'm fine. I just caught the two men in black who had committed suicide. It looked so scary!"
Liu Renli looked sideways and looked at Zhou Heng.
"Do you know who these are?"
Liu Xiuer and Zhou Heng were shaking their heads almost at the same time, with their eyes firm.
"Xiu'er was frightened. I don't have time to see the bodies. Let the coroner deal with it."
Liu Renli suddenly felt that Zhou Heng was right, so he nodded and turned to grab the door handle.
"I'm right, I'll let Zhou Yian's apprentice deal with it."
Just as the door was about to open, Zhou Heng stopped him.
"Brother Liu, I think this matter seems to have something to do with the matter of Prince Ning's Mansion. Otherwise, if the autopsy is performed, it is better to report the matter back to the capital. Tongzhou has opened the Huichun Hall semi-colon, built roads, and harvested autumn. If these people are targeting Tongzhou, this intention is really hard to say!"
Liu Renli paused and his face suddenly became more serious. According to Zhou Heng, these things are all key projects in Tongzhou. There are many people in the autumn harvest, and almost the whole city is dispatched. The road construction is built by the capital.
Both sides are not easy to deal with. If the weakest one is Huichun Hall, if Zhou Heng had not kept Xiao Bo foresight, he would not know what else would happen.
"I understand, just be here with peace of mind. Just don't go out. I will immediately ask Zhang Huaiyuan to go to the capital in person to find Lord Zhang Fuling and hand over the note. They made such a big noise and didn't dare to do anything in a short period of time. I asked the people from the government office to stay here to guard them. I will go back first after that."
Liu Renli was very happy. After saying that, he patted Zhou Heng on the shoulder and continued.
"Don't leave people here. I'd better build the Tongzhou Branch of the Royal Institute of Technology opposite. With so many people, no one dares to think about it."
Zhou Heng thought for a while, then nodded. This was not a big deal, just pulling out a group of people. The materials were prepared long ago. It was autumn and there was no rain, and the construction progress was quite good.
"Finish, I'll arrange it here. The Tongzhou Branch opposite tomorrow will start construction. The foundation has been completed, the wiring has been completed, and the materials have been entered. If you want to start construction, you can do it at any time."
Liu Renli finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll go back and write the memorial first. As for the corpses of these two killers, let's take them away. I'll let you have someone transport them away directly by refrigeration."
Xiu'er shivered, and Zhou Heng quickly patted Xiu'er on the shoulder.
"You sit here and I'll explain it. I'd better take a look at the body."
Xiu'er had no objection. Zhou Heng followed Liu Renli out of the office and went straight to the second floor. The bodies of the two killers were still here. Zhou Yi'an's apprentice Zhang Sheng was checking. When he saw Zhou Heng, he hurried over and signaled Zhou Heng to follow him.
"Uncle Master, I saw something."
As he said that, Zhang Sheng spread the killer's palm. Sure enough, the right palms of the two corpses had a scalding scar. One of them had a very light scar on the palm of his palm. He saw the black lines vaguely. Zhou Heng approached and subconsciously raised his hand to rub the scar.
With Zhou Heng's action, a piece of flesh-colored thing was rubbed. Zhou Heng shivered. He didn't do anything heavy. Why did he rub a piece of flesh? Just when he was stunned, Zhang Sheng had already picked up the falling thing.
He raised it up and looked at it, pinched it and then put it under his nose and smelled it. Zhang Sheng smiled instantly.
"This is the face!"
Zhou Heng quickly spread the man's hand again. Sure enough, something seemed to be stuck to the scar. After continuous rubbing, the dough sticking on it and some glue were all cleaned up. A black golden crow appeared in front of Zhou Heng.
This pattern is obviously very similar to the ones drawn in the previous medical books. The texture is clear and the flames around it are carefully depicted. Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand to pull off the man's face towel.
This is a man with ordinary facial features, who looks like he is in his thirties. Zhou Heng has never seen this person before. Obviously, this person is afraid of pain, so he has been using face and glue to make scars on his palms to cover his eyes and ears.
"With a mark, at least there will be more words to send to the capital."
As soon as Zhou Heng finished speaking, Zhang Sheng, who was staring at the corpse, made a puzzled voice.
"This person is a little familiar, but I don't know when I saw it, it seems to be in the portrait."
Liu Renli glanced at him. He was anxious. After all, he had to go back to write a memorial, and the examination of these corpses was just sent back to Shuntian Mansion.
"Okay, don't waste time. Hurry up and send the body back to the yamen. Zhang Sheng, you have two things. First, find Bing and coffin to preserve the body. Then, you and Master Zhang go to the capital to send it. Second, you will paint the golden crow mark in the palm of this person and put it in the memorial."
Zhang Sheng quickly stood up, "It's an adult, the younger one starts drawing it now, and asks someone to find the ice and the coffin."
Liu Renli did not delay any more and left alone quickly. Xiu'er glanced at Zhou Heng. She glanced upwards. Zhou Heng nodded. Xiu'er quickly asked someone to go up and take care of Bai Qingyun.
Zhang Sheng got the true teachings of Zhou Yi'an, and started drawing with a pen. Pang Xiao approached Zhou Heng.
"It seems that the initial guess was good. These people cut off the flesh in their palms and burned them in order to hide the marks in their palms. This guy probably was afraid of pain, so he didn't clean it up."
Zhou Heng nodded and glanced at Zhu Yunmo beside him.
"The prince still has to go there. Although the road construction site does not need to be there for a long time, it also has to be exposed every once in a while. It seems that we attach importance to the personnel of each group of construction teams. After all, we share the joys and sorrows with them. Why don't the prince go there again?"
Zhu Yunmo waved his hand, "Stop being polite to me. I can't help here anyway, so I'll go!"
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It was dark, and a few fast horses and a carriage appeared at the East City Gate. There was no carriage on the carriage, and something was wrapped in a huge piece of cloth.
When the soldiers guarding the city were seen, the leader quickly showed the pass sign of the Prince's Mansion. The soldiers guarding the city were not embarrassed. When they checked, they saw that there was a coffin hidden in the carriage, and they all had no intention of stopping them.
"Let's go, hurry up and go in, the city gate is about to be closed!"
Zhang Huaiyuan waved his hand, and everyone followed his horse, galloped quickly towards Shuntian Mansion, and came to the door, Zhang Sheng followed closely behind.
The people in front of the door stopped a few people, and Zhang Huaiyuan quickly dismounted and bowed to salute.
"Brother, we came from Tongzhou on the order of Lord Liu Renli. There is an urgent note that Lord Zhang needs to hand it into the palace. In addition, there are two assassins' bodies here, and Zhou Sizhi needs to check it out. I wonder if they are all there?"
When the yamen runner heard the names of Liu Renli and Zhou Yian, he immediately knew that the situation was serious and quickly said:
"Mr. Zhang just left, and I'm afraid he has returned to the mansion at this time. As for Zhou Sizhi, he is inside. You can wait for me to call someone, so that you can know where to send the body."
Zhang Huaiyuan quickly hugged his fists and thanked him, and then said:
"Then I'll be lucky, brother. I'll go to Lord Zhang's mansion first. It's important to report it myself!"
When the man saw Zhang Huaiyuan know where Zhang Fuling’s mansion was, he was obviously not the first time he came to the capital. The intimacy on his face was even more intense. While saying yes, he told people to go and find Zhou Yi'an.
Before Zhang Huaiyuan could wait, he got on his horse and walked towards Zhang Fuling's mansion.
Although he had never been in, he heard Liu Renli talk about the location. After turning two streets, he saw a small house with the words Zhang Mansion written on it. Before he got out of the horse, he saw a sedan chair slowly coming.
Zhang Huaiyuan quickly tied the horse and stood on one side. Zhang Fuling seemed to hear the reply from the person beside him. He picked up the curtain and looked outside. When he saw that it was Zhang Huaiyuan, he quickly ordered the sedan chair to fall, and the person immediately stepped down.
"Zhang Huaiyuan, why are you here?"
Zhang Huaiyuan made a gesture to show his respects, and Zhang Fuling quickly waved his sleeves. At this time, he came over. It was obvious that there was something urgent. Zhang Fuling attached great importance to it on his face.
"Mr. Zhang, my master wrote a memorial, hoping that you can hand it over to His Majesty. In addition, at noon today, two assassins were arrested in the Tongzhou branch of Huichun Hall, and more than a dozen people escaped. At this moment, the bodies had arrived in Shuntian Prefecture. I also hope that Zhou Sizhi could check one or two."
When Zhang Fuling heard this, something big was absolutely wrong, so he waved his hand quickly.
"Come, let's go back to Shuntian Mansion."
As soon as he gave an order, the sedan chairkeeper moved and Sa ran towards Shuntian Mansion. When Zhang Huaiyuan saw it, he quickly got on the horse and chased after him.
After a while, I arrived at Shuntian Mansion. The carriage that pulled the coffin in front of the door was empty, and it was obvious that all the bodies were placed.
Zhang Fuling quickly stepped in, Zhang Huaiyuan followed closely behind and walked directly towards the mortar room.
As soon as he pushed the door in, the two bodies were placed on the table. Zhou Yian stood beside him and looked at Zhang Sheng. There was no one in the room. When he saw Zhang Fuling coming in, he quickly bowed.
"grown ups!"
Zhang Fuling waved his hand and walked closer, holding the memorial in his hand. He obviously had read it once.
"There is no outsider, Master Zhang just said what's going on."
Zhang Huaiyuan organized the language a little and said what happened today. Of course, it was the kind of rhetoric that Zhou Heng wanted to express. The more he heard Zhang Fuling's brows became tighter.
"What can you discover in Yi'an?"
Zhou Yian had removed all the clothes of the two corpses at this time. Zhang Sheng was afraid of affecting his judgment before, so he did not check it carefully. He just checked his palms and mouth and did not dare to move anything else. He removed them now and saw some differences.
"Sir, please see, these two people are between the ages of thirty and thirty-five, and they have many scars on their bodies. These scars are not caused at one time. The longest one is even the old wounds twenty years ago. Even the old generals on the battlefield cannot reach such a dense scar, so their identity is self-evident.
In addition, the height of these two people is lower than that of ordinary men. The face is round and there are no too many edges and corners. The single eyelid skin is whiter and delicate than that of ordinary men. The limbs are shorter, and the thin lips and nose bridges are collapsed. In terms of appearance, these two people are not from northern China, but from southern Sichuan.
I extracted some poisons mixed in my teeth, and I could tell by smelling them. This is also called blood-sealing throat. As long as one drop, even a cow can instantly paralyze the heart and fall to the ground and die.
Furthermore, this poisonous tree is almost impossible to see north of the Yangtze River and is mostly produced in Yunnan and Guizhou. Of course, it is also found in southern Sichuan. I have seen this medicine in my uncle's laboratory. The seeds of this poisonous tree can cure dysentery and are also an extremely effective drug.”
Zhang Fuling lowered his head slightly. Zhou Yian's inspection was too critical. Since it was poisonous, it was not very meaningful to break the belly.
But Zhang Fuling was quite surprised by the characteristics of these two people. He grabbed the note in his hand and looked at Zhang Huaiyuan and the others.
"The body is here for the time being. I will enter the palace now. You must report this matter to Your Majesty."
Zhang Huaiyuan naturally had no objection. When he arrived here, he had to follow Zhang Fuling's arrangements. He was the only one who could enter the palace.
"Assuming the arrangements of Lord Zhang!"
Zhang Fuling went straight into the palace without stopping. At this time, the sky was completely dark. After waiting at the palace gate for a long time, Fang Jizhong came out.
When Zhang Fuling saw it, he was stunned for a moment, and then the two of them quickly walked to one side.
Fang Jizhong lowered his voice and said:
"Your Majesty was very unwell in the evening and called the envoy of Liu Yuan to come for treatment. Then he took the medicine and went to bed directly. I wonder what is important to Lord Zhang."
Fang Jizhong held Liu Renli's note, paused for a moment, and handed it to Fang Jizhong. Then he said the whole thing and the results of the body inspection. Fang Jizhong narrowed his eyes.
"The medicines taken by Your Majesty have hypnotic ingredients. Even if you call me, you can't wake me up. When the envoy Liu left, he specifically told me that if Your Majesty did not wake up tomorrow morning, he would be exempted from the morning court for the first day, and Your Majesty has agreed."
Zhang Fuling was stunned. Since he became an official, there was no old emperor who did not attend court for a day. It seemed that he was very ill this time. Thinking of this, Zhang Fuling was full of worry.
"Your Majesty's Body..."
Fang Jizhong sighed, "Your Majesty is old, so there is naturally a problem. You have to hide this matter from it. As for what you said, why don't you send the body to the factory guard first? As for Tongzhou, I will send someone to protect it first. If you fail just now, there will be no action for the time being."
To be continued...