Catching Monsters

Chapter 194: You will definitely benefit from it!

"Brother Jiang, what happened at the palace banquet?"

The two men came to Jiang Yun anxiously. Jiang Yun gave them a look and then said, "Qi Da, Dong Qiaofeng, Zhu Zanyu, take the prisoner to the imperial prison first."

"Intensify the interrogation immediately."

At this moment, Yang Liunian saw Zhao Zhongyi being taken into custody. He was startled and asked hurriedly, "If I am not mistaken, isn't this Eunuch Zhao?"

"Old Zhou, am I dazzled? Did Jiang Yun capture Eunuch Zhao?"

Zhou Yi, who was standing next to him, was also somewhat stunned. He said in a deep voice, "Old Yang, the people captured by Captain Jiang are more powerful than the last..."

Zhao Zhongyi was the most powerful eunuch in the palace, except for Feng Yu. Normally, even Commander Li Wangxin had to be polite to him when he met him.

But Jiang Yun caught him back.

After his men took all the suspects to the Imperial Prison, Jiang Yun finally had some free time to look at the two captains.

"What happened?" Yang Liunian asked in a deep voice, "I just saw that the imperial guards began to block the city gates. Did something happen to His Majesty?"

"Yes." Jiang Yun nodded heavily and told the two captains what had just happened in Cuilin Palace.

After hearing this, the two of them had looks of disbelief on their faces.

Poisoning His Majesty?
This kind of thing is simply horrifying.

No wonder Jiang Yun dared to arrest Zhao Zhongyi.

"My two captains, what do you think? Should you try the case in person?" Jiang Yun looked at the two and asked.

If the real culprit of the poisoning is found out, it will be a great achievement, but of course, the risks are also great.

For example, if Eunuch Zhao was not the real murderer, or even had nothing to do with the matter, he would probably be punished to death.

After Yang Liunian and Zhou Yi exchanged a glance, Yang Liunian coughed and said, "A group of thieves appeared in the capital. I'm trying to catch them, but I'm afraid I don't have the time. Old Zhou, how about you try them yourself?"

Zhou Yi heard this and said, "My parents came to me in a dream yesterday, saying that they are short of money. I am just about to leave the city to burn some paper money for them to comfort their souls in heaven."

Yang Liunian reminded: "Old Zhou, the imperial guards have sealed off the city."

Zhou Yi: "My parents also have tablets at home, I have to go home quickly to pay my respects..."

These two are some of the most experienced people in the field, and they both know that if this case is tried well, everyone will be happy.

If it is not reviewed properly, it will cause a lot of trouble.

After all, when the Jinyiwei tried a case, they didn't sit down and chat with the prisoners and ask them to confess their crimes.

But you have to get on with the guy.

Looking at the two of them, Jiang Yun knew that he could no longer rely on them.

He saluted the two of them, then hurried to the imperial prison with Xu Xiaogang.

In the gloomy imperial prison, most of the cooks have been imprisoned.

Pang Junxin and Zhao Zhongyi were tied to two iron pillars.

The two men, one was a third-rank official in the imperial court, and the other was the emperor's personal eunuch.

Jiang Yun did not have much experience in executions, so he simply gave orders and let Qi Da, Dong Qiaofeng and Zhu Zanyu carry out their execution on their own.

Looking at the dazzling array of torture instruments in the prison, Pang Junxin turned pale and said hurriedly, "Captain Jiang, I have told you everything I know."

"When the wine and food leave our place, there will be absolutely no problem, and then Eunuch Zhao will take the food away personally."

Zhao Zhongyi, who was standing by, had a gloomy face and scolded, "Pang Junxin, please stop slandering me. Why would I want to harm His Majesty? It's you who got such an official position just because you are the younger brother of the Concubine Xian."

"If you ask me, I'm afraid..."

Watching the two arguing, Jiang Yun frowned and said, "Use torture."

There is always something wrong with one of these two people.

……

Inside the imperial palace and on top of the palace walls, there are imperial guards guarding it strictly.

Xiao Yuzheng was lying on the dragon bed in his bedroom, unconscious. Li Wangxin, commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and Zhang Yao, commander of the Imperial Guard, were also standing by his bed.

More than ten imperial doctors came over after receiving the news.

At this time, Xia Fengtai, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, was sitting beside the bed, checking Xiao Yuzheng's pulse.

Xia Fengtai has gray hair and is over 80 years old. In the Great Zhou Kingdom, he is known as a miracle doctor.

After checking Xiao Yuzheng's pulse, he withdrew his hand, then checked Xiao Yuzheng's tongue coating and pupils, and then asked: "Where is the poisoned wine that Your Majesty drank at that time?"

Li Wangxin hurried out of the bedroom and said, "Someone, bring the poisoned wine that His Majesty drank."

After the accident, Li Wangxin had someone keep the cup of poisoned wine, after all, it was an important piece of evidence.

Soon, a cup of clear poisoned wine was handed to Xia Fengtai.

Xia Fengtai sniffed it, then said in a deep voice: "This is a poison, colorless and tasteless, and extremely toxic. If an ordinary person drinks it, I'm afraid their internal organs will rot within half an hour."

"Fortunately, Your Majesty has magical powers, otherwise, I'm afraid you would have died long ago."

Upon hearing this, Li Wangxin asked anxiously, "Doctor Xia, do you have any solution?" Xia Fengtai took out a box of silver needles, raised his hand and used the silver needles to prick each of Xiao Yuzheng's acupuncture points one by one.

More than thirty silver needles were inserted in a row.

The last one pierced into Xiao Yuzheng's forehead and turned lightly.

Suddenly, a faint white toxin oozed out of all the acupuncture points pierced by the silver needles.

Xia Fengtai quickly wiped off the toxins with a handkerchief.

After removing the silver needle, Xia Fengtai held Xiao Yuzheng's wrist and injected gentle magic power into Xiao Yuzheng's body.

The magic power continued to flow through Xiao Yuzheng's body.

Finally, the paleness on Xiao Yuzheng's face gradually disappeared and he opened his eyes.

Xiao Yuzheng slowly sat up and looked at everyone in the room: "How long have I been unconscious?"

"Your Majesty, it's been nearly an hour and a half." Li Wangxin stepped forward and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, how do you feel?"

Xiao Yuzheng took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and asked thoughtfully: "Has the murderer been caught?"

"We are still investigating. All the Hu people and the people in the imperial kitchen, including Eunuch Zhao, have been arrested by my men and are being interrogated."

Xiao Yuzheng turned his head to look at Li Wangxin and asked slowly: "Zhao Zhongyi?"

"Yes." Li Wangxin nodded and whispered, "Yang Liunian from the East Pacification Office sent someone to inform me, claiming that Eunuch Zhao was also suspected of poisoning, and Jiang Yun had already taken him back to the East Pacification Office."

After listening to the report, Xiao Yuzheng slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "Let them go out first. No one is allowed to leave the palace."

"Yes."

Soon, all the doctors in the room left.

Only Li Wangxin and the commander of the imperial guards, Zhang Yao, were left. Xiao Yuzheng looked at Li Wangxin and said, "Send someone to notify the eldest prince, the fourth prince, the sixth prince, and the eighth prince privately. Tell them that I can no longer bear it and will soon pass away."

"And when you summon them, tell them that I intend to make them the crown princes and see how they react."

Although Xiao Yuzheng is over fifty years old, he is in good health. He has also practiced martial arts and has magical powers, so it is not a problem for him to live another twenty or thirty years.

Therefore, there was no need to rush to appoint a crown prince.

In the early years, many ministers advised that the country could not be without a crown prince for a day.

Later, Xiao Yuzheng became ruthless and dismissed anyone who dared to advise on the establishment of a crown prince. As time went by, no one dared to advise anymore.

Hearing Xiao Yuzheng's words, Li Wangxin's pupils shrank slightly. Could it be that His Majesty suspected that...

"Your Majesty, those barbarians..."

Xiao Yuzheng said in a deep voice: "Lock it first."

"Yes."

In the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, vassal kings were established. But later, the problem of the vassal kings' self-reliance in holding their own troops was gradually discovered. Subsequently, ways were found to deprive the vassal kings of their military power.

He even asked all the princes to stay in the capital. Unless Xiao Yuzheng nodded, no prince could leave the capital easily.

Moreover, he was not allowed to meet with civil and military officials in private.

Whether in the previous dynasty or before Xiao Yuzheng, there had been many ministers who surrounded the various princes, fighting for power and forming factions.

This is something Xiao Yuzheng hates and cannot tolerate.

The Sixth Prince Xiao Jingqi was in the house, reading the Taoist scripture in his hand, but he was not in a good mood recently.

He felt that his father had been disappointed in him in recent days, even though Tuoba Anyi had approached him and hinted that he could help him get what he wanted.

But Xiao Jingqi remained unmoved and colluded with the Hu people. Once discovered, he would be guilty of a capital crime in the Zhou Dynasty.

What's more, Xiao Jingqi believed that with his talents, he would be valued by his father sooner or later.

Suddenly, the servant in the mansion hurried to his study and knocked on his door.

"Your Highness, the Sixth Prince, there is a eunuch in the palace."

"Hmm?" Xiao Jingqi heard this and quickly stood up with a smile on his face: "Please come in?"

The eunuch who came was a little fat, but Xiao Jingqi knew him: "Eunuch Lin, is there anything you need from me?"

Eunuch Lin’s name is Lin Xi. He is considered to be Feng Yu’s disciple and is about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old.

He said slowly with a gloomy face: "Your Highness the Sixth Prince, something happened in the palace today. Do you know?"

"What happened?" Xiao Jingqi was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Xi in confusion.

Lin Xi said slowly, "His Majesty was poisoned at the banquet today and I'm afraid he will soon die. His Majesty asked me to come and tell Your Highness that he wants to make you the crown prince. I want to hear your opinion?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jingqi trembled slightly, and looked at Lin Xi in disbelief: "Eunuch, you can't say this casually."

Lin Xi smiled helplessly: "Your Highness, do I look like someone who would dare to joke with you about this?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jingqi swallowed his saliva, his whole body felt a little hot, and his hands and feet were slightly numb. He took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, eunuch. If I become the crown prince and ascend the throne to become the emperor, I will definitely benefit from you!"

(End of this chapter)