Chapter 574 Hell

The eunuch Haitao was the eunuch of the Sili Prison. As early as the current emperor was the prince of the prince, Haitao went to the prince's house, and most of the eunuchs in the palace knew him.

Haitao took the emperor's handwritten imperial edict and entered the door guarded by two eunuchs; Xue Yan, Haitao and Tan Qing all walked into a room and then saw Concubine Guo.

Wow... A sound of iron chain dragging came!When Concubine Guo heard someone coming in, she seemed to have taken two steps, and she actually wore shackles on her feet!

Xue Yan didn't expect that Concubine Guo, who gave birth to a prince, would be treated like this!Perhaps, with her identity, only if she is involved in murdering the late emperor, can she end up like this?

It can be seen that the emperor and those who know the inside story all very much suspect that Concubine Guo is the murderer; she is currently the most suspected person.

Concubine Guo must have seen Xue Yan on some occasions.

As early as when Wuding Marquis Guo Ying was alive, Xue Yan had a good relationship with the Guo family; later Xue Yan was a matchmaker for the Guo family and helped the Guo family marry the late emperor family, and often went in and out of the Guo family.

This is hell.Concubine Guo's eyes emerged from her messy hair, staring at Xue Yan alone.It seems that she does know Xue Yan, and she is not going crazy.

Xue Yan calmed down and bowed and said, "Sei Guan Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan pays homage to you."

Xue Yan neglected a detail in advance, and suddenly didn't know what to call her.Her husband is already the emperor, but she has not been given a title.

Haitao and Tan Qing also held their fists and politely.

I am wronged, why do you treat me like this?!Concubine Guo stared at Xue Yan and said.

Xue Yan said: If what you said is true, the subordinates are here to clear your grievances.

Concubine Guo suddenly sneered: Wash the wrongdoer?snort!I understand that from beginning to end, it was a frame-up and frame-up!They were preparing for it very early, how to wash it?Whose person are you?

After hearing this, Xue Yan thought for a while and replied: The lower official is the priest.The lower official was the minister of the Dali Temple in the Ming Dynasty. He only asked about the right and wrong in the world, not other matters.

Concubine Guo said: They are bold and reckless, and they dare to take action even the emperor's flesh and blood. First, they conspired to cause me to miscarriage!Later, I realized that I was resentful and found evidence. They silenced the palace maid Luo'er involved and threatened me, asking me not to consider myself, but to accumulate virtue for the sake of my life!

At first I thought they were going to attack Zhan'an again, but I didn't think so... I still underestimated their boldness.

Xue Yan smelled something useful, immediately took out a dense scroll and a brush from his arms, dipped it in his tongue a few times, and started writing.

Seeing this, eunuch Haitao said: General Tan is watching here, our family asks someone to find Mo for Xue Siqing.

'who are they?Xue Yan asked.

Concubine Guo sneered: Who else can it be?The man sitting on the throne of the queen now, and her fellow disciples!Isn’t the eunuch around Xue Siqing the same?Is there anyone who is called "General Tan" from the Tan family?His son Tan Yuan killed someone. Who saved his life?

Haitao and Tan Qing's faces suddenly turned dark.

Xue Yan wrote it down calmly and asked again: You just said that you are determined and prepared for a long time. What does this mean?

Concubine Guo sat down on a stool, thought for a while, and spoke: Didn’t the imperial doctor say that the late emperor died because he was stabbed by the poisonous needle of the silver ring snake?Before the incident, our Guo family was involved in the Silver Ring Snake!

At that time, Zhan Yi suffered from convulsions in children, but there was no prescription for the imperial doctor to prescribe a silver ring snake to make wine.

Humph!

It just so happened that my father met a priest of unknown origin and took the initiative to offer the silver ring snake medicinal wine, and then my father also sent it to the East Palace.

After soaking in wine, the silver ring snake is of course not poisonous. The imperial doctor also said that it can indeed cure convulsions in children. However, our Guo family has a silver ring snake, and the death of the late emperor is related to the venom of the silver ring snake. How can the Guo family explain it clearly?

I realized it later. It took a few days to wake up. How could it be so coincidental?This was all planned in advance!From the very beginning, they wanted to frame the Guo family!

But Xue Siqing thought about it, if I wanted to use the venom of the silver ring snake to murder the late emperor or Zhanji, I must be afraid of being involved in the silver ring snake, so how could I be unprepared?

It makes sense!

Although Xue Yan didn't say anything, he tapped his head lightly.Then he took the inkstone with ink, dipped it in the pen twice, and continued to write quickly on the dense scroll.

After asking what Concubine Guo knew, Xue Yan said goodbye.

Concubine Guo was still crying and scolding in the room, and was furious for a while, and was extremely guilty and muttering that she had harmed the entire Guo family.

After walking out of the yard, the eunuch Haitao immediately said: Xue Siqing cannot believe her nonsense, she is crazy!The Empress was already the Crown Princess and had the eldest son at that time, so how could she take the risk of doing that?What's more, the Empress has always been generous and kind...

Xue Yan said: Let’s investigate the big case. Even if the empress dowager is unparalleled in the world, I think there are some problems with Concubine Guo’s accusation.How did that poison needle be put in the mud?

Haitao was stunned for a moment.

Xue Yan glanced at Haitao and said: At present, there are only two ways to put poison needles in the mud: either put them in advance, or Wang Gou'er did it.

If we just assume that this is the commander of the queen.First, let it go in advance; the eldest prince often plays there, isn’t the queen afraid of not hurting the eldest prince?Secondly, Wang Gou'er is released; then Wang Gou'er should be the queen's confidant.

Haitao hurriedly said: When the late emperor was still in the palace of the Yàn, Wang Gou'er was the confidant eunuch around the late emperor. How could it be related to the current empress?Before the death of the late emperor, Wang Gou'er was in charge of the imperial chef. The late emperor was wise and powerful, so how could he use the Empress's men to control the imperial chef?

Xue Yan said calmly: Therefore, things cannot be easily concluded.

...The group walked out of the palace, out of Chengtian Gate, and to the Wulong Bridge.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, and then there was a loud bang of falling.

Xue Yan turned his head and saw a knight falling next to the right gate of Chang'an. The horse fell to the ground and twitched. The knight was screaming in pain.

There is a serious urgent matter to run a horse in the imperial city.

The knight shouted to the defenders at the right gate of Chang'an: Eight hundred miles to speed up!Brothers help me, I want to go to Tongzhengsi.

Xue Yan looked around for a while, turned to the people around him and said: I'm afraid there is a rebel on the front line.

Haitao and Tan Qing both nodded.

The three of them were in a heavy mood. They silently crossed the Wulong Bridge, then walked to the left gate of Chang'an, went east, and went to the Imperial Hospital.

Xue Yan greeted the officials on duty in the Imperial Hospital, and then walked straight into a study room inside and invited the Medical Officer Li he knew to meet.

Xue Yan took out the secret scroll and prepared the cost of the study.When Medical Officer Li came to salute, Xue Yan said nothing more than that, and then he folded his fists and said directly: Please talk about the venom of the silver ring snake.

Medical Officer Li bowed carefully and said: The silver ring snake venom is highly venomous. The extremely small amount of venom, even the eyes cannot see, can kill people!

Those who are bitten by the silver ring snake first have symptoms of paralysis, such as drowsy, diffuse pupils, difficulty speaking, or vomiting and nausea; their pulse is exhausted, and it is difficult to exhale and inhale until they die.

There is no cure for those who are poisoned!He soon fell into a coma and pretended to die. After being bitten by a snake for several hours, he might have completely died.

Xue Yan nodded while writing hard.

Medical Officer Li continued: Although the silver ring snake is poisonous, its life is mostly bitten by living snakes; and the silver ring snake is more docile and will not bite people on its own initiative, so it is not common for the silver ring snake to kill people.

It is because the venom of the silver ring snake is extremely restricted. First, the oral administration is ineffective and blood must be used to cause poisoning.Secondly, after the snake venom is removed from the snake's mouth, the toxicity is extremely easy to decay until it is non-toxic.

The poisoning of the late emperor was caused by poisonous needles, and of course it was not bitten by a live snake.Therefore, Xue Yan asked: How long can it be stored after taking out Shekou?

Medical Official Li said: One day and one night... However, the Imperial Hospital has conducted an experiment. If the silver ring snake venom is taken out of the snake's mouth and stored in ice, it can remain toxic for up to half a month.

Xue Yan nodded gently and held the pen and thought for a while.Based on Medical Officer Li’s description, he made a hypothetical speculation...

There are no silver ring snakes in the capital city.

The mastermind must first catch live snakes in Zhili, Zhejiang or other provinces, raise them and try to transport them into the capital city; then take venom outside the imperial city, store ice in the ice cellar, and then try to send them into the palace.

Because the searches for entering and leaving the palace are very strict, it is impossible for a live snake to enter the palace!

The amount of venom is small, and even if the population tastes it, it will definitely not be found out that it is venom... So Xue Yan's speculation is that it is more likely to directly transport venom into the uterus.

The venom hidden in the palace is maintained for fifteen days. If the murderer does not find a chance, he will transport venom from outside to the palace; or he will transport snake venom every ten days, so that he can ensure that the murderer in the palace always has venom!

According to many people who witnessed the poisonous needle, the poisonous needle was rusted.

The iron needle rusts, of course, are not rusted because they are buried beside the pond; snake venom cannot be preserved in the mud for so long.

There is only one possibility. The iron needle is originally a rust needle; because the rust absorbs water, and after soaking in the venom, more venom can be stained on it, making it easier for the strodding to succeed!

The wet mud that can be made into clay is of course not a mud, it should be relatively dry, and it is difficult to dilute the venom; so it is impossible to rule out that the poison needle has been put in advance and a few hours have passed.

Xue Yan now judged that it is possible for the murderer to kill the regicide with the silver ring snake venom!

Medical Officer Li was in trouble.Xue Yan put down his brush and bowed to him.

Medical Officer Li hurriedly bowed and said: This is the duty of the lower-ranking officials, and the lower-ranking officials say goodbye.

After saying that, Medical Officer Li glanced at the eunuch of the Silijian and the commander of the Jinyiwei, and left without asking for a second without asking any extra words.