Chapter 35 Purse and Arrow Wei Nanxu's eyes collided with Jiang He's. After a brief shock, she quickly lowered her head.
Her expression was a mixture of confusion, horror and shame, which was completely different from Jiang He's calm and composed appearance.
But at this time, the Queen Mother's face was ashen, and she looked solemnly at what Su Yu, the commander of the Weiwei Army, had brought, and the corners of her lips trembled slightly while suppressing anger.
Everyone is already dead, what else do you want? Is it possible to fabricate some evidence and then pour dirty water on the Ai family?
Her chest heaved violently, and she asked coldly: "What is it? It is worthy of Commander Su coming to the palace to deliver it!"
Su Yu showed no fear on his face and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, at first glance, this arrow looks just like an ordinary crossbow arrow. But if you look closely, you will find that its arrowhead is triangular, with the same shape on each side." The curvature of the arrow. Its arrow shaft is made of eucalyptus wood, which is hard and not easy to break. Its tail is engraved with the name of the craftsman and the assigned military name: 'Lang Zhongling'."
These are the arrows of the doctor's commanding army, and the arrows of the monarch's personal bodyguard.
How could the monarch's personal guard lose his bow and arrow in the Chang'an palace? Could it be that Zhao Zheng had done something to Lord Chang'an?
The Queen Mother's mood gradually calmed down. She thoughtfully picked up the tea cup and sipped it gently. She raised her phoenix eyes slightly and said in a clear voice: "Have you checked?"
"Reporting to the Queen Mother," Su Yu said, "Chang Baiqing, the captured guard of Lord Chang'an's Mansion, told me that a few days ago, most of the killers kept by Lord Chang'an outside the city were eradicated, and the other party used such crossbow arrows. Because of this incident , Chang'an Jun was in a panic, fearing that your majesty would punish him, so he finally took the risk."
It turned out to be the case.
The Queen Mother knew about that guard.
It was he who put poison in the wine vessel when Zhao Zheng hosted a banquet for the envoys. He was caught by Su Yu and implicated in Chang'an Jun's rebellion.
Chang Baiqing is indeed Zhao Jiao's confidant.
The Queen Mother's expression changed and she looked at Zhao Zheng.
Although the crime of raising a killer is not small, it is far from the level of execution.
"Mr. Lang Zhongjun?" Faced with the increasingly angry look on the Queen Mother's face, Zhao Zheng said in a slow voice, "If I knew that Zhao Jiao was raising killers as private soldiers, the first thing I would do would be to search for them with great fanfare, and then he would Zhao Jiao was arrested and sentenced to death, so how could he help silence him?"
After all, for Zhao Jiao, all the private soldiers needed to be killed was to be raised if the information is in Zhao Zheng's hands, using it casually would be a serious crime of treason. How could it be wiped out for him?
Then the purpose of those who killed Zhao Jiao's private soldiers was very clear: to intimidate Zhao Jiao and make him resent Zhao Zheng.
The Queen Mother suddenly nodded, vaguely realizing that there seemed to be something fishy about Chang'an Jun's rebellion.
How could her son, who was so smart and whom she warned repeatedly not to disobey his brother, be so stupid as to lead an army to rebel?
There must be a reason for everything, it must be caused by being forced.
Most of the haggardness in the Queen Mother's expression disappeared.
She sat upright by pressing the search for the truth and the desire to clear her son of his grievances lifted the spirits of the Queen Mother Yong.
"Have you gone to count the crossbows of the Commander-in-Chief?" the Queen Mother asked in a cold voice.
Su Yu nodded and said: "There are quotas for the distribution and use of arrows, and after inspection, there are no errors or omissions. But this arrow is indeed the standard of the doctor, so the minister found it strange, so he presented it."
Yong Guo's management of arrows was very strict.
All receipts and uses are recorded. In order to prevent the art of making arrowheads from being secretly learned by enemy countries, as long as they are not on the battlefield, even arrows shot into people are required to be pulled back and handed over for disposal.
Under this kind of management, it is absolutely impossible for someone to steal hundreds of arrows and kill Chang'an Jun's private soldiers.
Then there is only one possibility...
The Queen Mother slowly turned her head to Wei Zhangde, the Prime Minister of Great Yong who was sitting with the Korean monarch.
"Wei Xiangguo," her voice was lowered, but she did not hide the suspicion in her tone, "you supervise the manufacture of Dayong weapons, whether it is swords, guns, swords, halberds, or arrowhead clusters, you are responsible for the production, inspection, transportation and issuance. Take responsibility. Can Wei Xiangguo explain where the arrows used to eradicate the Chang'an Lord's private soldiers came from?"
The production of Dayong weapons requires "the name of the craftsman". The weapons not only have the name of the craftsman who made the weapons, but also the name of Wei Zhangde.
This is to trace the source. As long as there is a problem with the weapon, no one from top to bottom will be exempted.
Now that this has happened, it is absolutely impossible for Wei Zhangde to escape responsibility.
Hearing the Queen Mother's inquiry, Wei Zhangde, who had already prepared his words, lowered his head and said: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the minister was detained in the palace by Your Majesty half a month ago. I heard that a box of crossbow arrows was lost in the warehouse in the south of the city. The warehouse guard has reported it to Your Majesty. He must be a thief. Use these."
After Wei Zhangde finished his reply, he sat upright with a solemn expression, looking up and down.
The Queen Mother's eyes seemed to want to dig out the flesh on Wei Zhangde's body, but Wei Zhangde's answer was perfect. She could only turn her head with a dull expression and asked Su Yu: "There is another thing that the Ai family is very familiar with."
Su Yu also held a purse in his hand.
The dark-colored purse was about the size of a fist, with the auspicious animal Qilin embroidered on the outside. It was bulging inside, and I didn't know what it contained.
The Queen Mother nodded to the chamberlain, who then took the purse from Su Yu's hand and brought it to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked around for a moment, then raised her head and said, "The Ai family has remembered that this purse was a gift from Nan Xu when Chang'an Jun tied his hair at the age of 15."
Su Yu lowered his head and said: "Queen Mother, I think there is something wrong with this purse. It's because when I went to search Chang'an Jun's mansion, the maid who helped Chang'an Jun to change hanged herself. Wei Chen found this purse in her residence, I heard from people in Chang'an Jun's house that this purse is hung on Chang'an Jun's bedside every day, but for some reason the maid took it down."
Because Jiang He wanted Su Yu to pay attention to spices and other items, Su Yu took the purse back.
Now when the Queen Mother asked, he told her everything. In fact, Su Yu didn't know what was wrong with the purse.
The maid who helped Chang'an Jun hang himself? The Queen Mother frowned in thought.
Little maidservant, the master made a mistake and at most he would have been sent to another place as a slave. Why did he die? Are you covering up something?
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother did not hesitate and ordered: "The imperial doctor is here!" After saying this, she added: "The imperial doctor who knows spices."
The doctor arrived soon.
He cut open the purse, put the spices inside on a small silver plate, smelled it carefully, and finally reported: "Tell the queen, most of the spices used here are sandalwood and dipterocarp, which are the spices commonly used by Lord Chang'an. "
how come? Jiang He looked up at Wei Nanxu and saw that her initial panic had passed. She was now sipping tea and looking at Jiang He with a slight smile, a hint of pride in the corner of her turns out it was wiped clean.
This maid must be the key, but she is dead and there is no evidence of her used spices have also been taken away and disposed of by Wei Nanxu.
So I was panicked when I first saw my wallet, but I felt calm the next moment.
Jiang He slowly made a plan in his mind.
"Sister," Jiang Ben's voice came from the side, "Zhenji still wants to eat barbecue."
"Wait a minute." Jiang He said.
She smiled and said to the Queen Mother: "I heard that dipterocarp comes from the South China Sea and is expensive and rare. I wonder if my mother can let me take a closer look."
The Queen Mother was frustrated and unhappy because she couldn't find anything in the spices. When she heard Jiang He's appeal, she simply waved her hand.
The imperial doctor presented the spices and the purse to Jiang He, but Jiang He pushed the spices away and picked up the purse with a cut.
"Sadakichi," she ordered, "bring some charcoal to my sister."
Jiang Ben responded immediately, but asked doubtfully: "Where to get it?"
Zhao Zheng looked at the charcoal stove for barbecue in the middle of the hall: "There."
Is this trying to draw charcoal from the fire?
Jiang Ben stood up with a grin on his face, moved closer to the charcoal stove uneasily, carefully picked up some charcoal ash that had cooled under the stove, and returned it to the table.
This action shocked everyone and everyone looked over. The Korean monarch was so small that he couldn't help but get up and take a closer look.
Jiang He had already put the charcoal ash into his purse, held the gap with a fine cloth, and shook it.
"I wonder what Her Majesty the Queen means?" the imperial doctor couldn't help but ask, and the Queen Mother also squinted her eyes to look at it.
"I saw that the imperial doctor only looked at the spices in the purse and did not explore the purse, so I did this." Jiang He said, "There are too many spices inside the purse, and the charcoal ash absorbs the smell. Shake it like this, and then remove the charcoal ash. Pour it out and you can smell what's on the outside of the bag. If you have passed through your hands, there will be traces of the spices."
Jiang He poured out the charcoal ash as he spoke, picked up the purse, looked at it carefully, and smelled it again.
There are many smells in the temple.
Although she does not use spices, most royal families like to use sachets, and there are barbecues in the palace.
After carefully distinguishing it, after excluding Duheng, Gansong, Heluo, Lilac, and Wuchen, it is...
It's a slightly fishy, sticky, thick and hidden smell that makes people's blood rush and the six gods are confused. It makes people want to laugh wildly and want...
South China Sea rotten wood.
Jiang He was a little distracted for a moment.
With a "pop" sound, someone knocked the purse from her hand, pulling her back from her chaotic thoughts.
Jiang He's consciousness immediately returned to its original position, but the spiritual platform was still turbid.
too frightening.
The smell on the outside of the purse was probably because the maid had used spices and rubbed the purse repeatedly.
But just this little bit has almost put Jiang He, who usually doesn't use spices, into trouble.
Zhao Zheng had already pressed her hand, locked her hands and pulled her into his arms, and said to the imperial doctor: "Go and smell it."
The imperial doctor nervously took the purse in his hand.
He had already seen Jiang He's reaction just now, which was that he was temporarily confused by the imperial doctor was wary and sniffed carefully.
After a while, the imperial doctor put down the purse, took a few steps away from the table, knelt in front of the Queen Mother, and reported: "The texture of the purse is contaminated with a spice, which is rotten wood from the South China Sea."
"What are the properties of the medicine?" the Queen Mother stood up slightly and asked.
The imperial doctor pinched his thigh with his hand and managed to regain his consciousness, and reported: "The medicine has hot properties, can disturb the liver and spleen, invade the three souls, confuse the mind and the mind, and is dangerous and unpredictable! If used in small amounts, it will be like a drug of love, but in large amounts, it will make people lose their mind and spirit." chaos."
The Queen Mother sat back in shock.
"Wei-Wei..."
She murmured, stood up and shouted loudly: "Wei Nanxu! Wei Nanxu!" It seemed that just shouting this name had exhausted the Queen Mother's anger and strength.
Pingji was pushed down in front of her, and the bottles and jars on it fell to the ground.
Wei Nanxu, who was sitting on his knees, turned pale when the imperial doctor mentioned the rotten wood of the South China Sea.
The complacency she held up calmly disappeared, and the look of imminent disaster made everyone in the palace no longer suspect that she had done something to Lord Chang'an.
At this time, Zhao Zheng did not look at the focus of everyone's eyes.
He was looking down at Jiang He.
He frowned slightly, with confusion and worry on his face.
Jiang He's cheeks were flushed, and the hand locked in his arms was pulling away his belt.
The movement was so smooth and smooth yet seemed to be tangled and collapsed.
"Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng," her voice was low and urgent, "I'm poisoned, stop me."
(End of this chapter)