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Chapter 14 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (14)

Zhao'an Prefecture, County Magistrate's Office, inside Xuanyang Pavilion.

County Magistrate Zhai Hongxia, who had also just taken office, was alone in the pavilion, gazing at the moon and drinking. As a newcomer, he was not very happy even though he had been promoted.

I'm drinking to drown my sorrows!
Because the culprit who caused the previous county magistrate to be confiscated and his family to be exterminated is still there, he is like a landmine.

It could explode at any time and implicate him.

That’s right, I’m talking about King Lu.

Because of the incident involving Prince Lu, at least half of the core officials of the entire Zhao'an Prefecture were replaced, and most of them died a miserable death. This caused many officials to avoid being officials here, and they would rather go to a remote place to be a minor official than come here to be an official!
After all, no one knows what evil Prince Zhu Qin of Lu will do or what kind of trouble he will cause in the future. It is impossible for Prince Lu to be in trouble, but they either help to conceal it or expose it directly.

I feel like there's no good ending for either.

The censor who directly exposed the truth had his entire family burned to death. Those who helped to conceal the truth were guilty of dereliction of duty and other crimes, and they would undoubtedly not have a good ending in the end.

Therefore, many people think that Emperor Tianwu’s meaning is quite clear, that is, no matter what evil his son has done, he must help cover it up. He can secretly report it, but he must never expose it.

Influence, or damage to the royal reputation.

At the same time, it was precisely because he understood this that Zhai Hongxia was only depressed and dissatisfied, rather than worried and afraid. The point of depression and dissatisfaction was that he knew that if he wanted to live a stable life in the future, he would have to protect Prince Lu and prevent others from exposing the matter.

Only in this way can you protect yourself.

But doing so would undoubtedly go against his conscience.

Therefore, they will feel depressed and dissatisfied, and will drink to relieve their sorrow.

At three minutes past midnight, around the first watch, Zhou Hui, a close confidant brought by Zhai Hongxia, hurried over. Seeing that Zhai Hongxia was already slightly tipsy, but the things he had inquired about were too serious, he could only whisper in his ear:
"County Magistrate, something happened in Prince Lu's Mansion!"

Is he a confidant, or can he manipulate his master in a minute? When these words came out, the slightly drunk Zhai Hongxia was immediately frightened and sobered up in an instant:

"What's going on? What happened?"

Just kidding, when he took office, he had already tacitly agreed, or realized, that the biggest danger of this trip was that Prince Lu Zhu Qin would cause trouble. He had just been drinking because he was worried about this. Now when he heard his confidant say that something had happened in Prince Lu's mansion, let alone that he was only slightly tipsy.

Even if you are drunk, you can be scared awake!
Fortunately, the bench in the pavilion was wide, otherwise he would have performed a bench-falling performance on the spot. Although the bench did not fall, cold sweats broke out on his back, his heart beat faster, he was extremely nervous, and his hands were shaking as he asked.

"Prince Lu seems to be possessed by evil spirits!"

Zhou Hui spoke directly and concisely.

"Possessed? Are you kidding me or are you joking with me? A gentleman does not speak of strange things. There is no such thing as witchcraft in this world. You have been following me for a long time. You have solved many cases in the Dali Temple in the past few years.

Everyone is playing tricks!"

Although he didn't believe it at all, Zhai Hongxia did not relax because even if it was a fake possession, it meant that something really happened to Prince Lu. The symptoms were similar to those of being possessed by a demon. If he died or was disabled, he would not be able to rest in peace.

But soon, Zhai Hongxia noticed something was wrong from Zhou Hui's expression. He clearly didn't look like he was joking, but rather seemed very sure about the matter:
"Could it be that you've already confirmed it? Do you have evidence?" "County Governor, you know me well. If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't dare tell you this. When I first arrived, you told me to keep a close eye on Prince Lu's Mansion. So, not only did I send people to keep an eye on the people coming in and out of Prince Lu's Mansion, I also bribed several servants there to verify the authenticity of the information.

Two hours ago, martial law was suddenly imposed inside Prince Lu's Mansion. Immediately afterwards, several people came out of the Mansion and went to several Taoist temples and Buddhist temples with relatively strong incense in the local area, and took away their masters and abbots.

They were forcibly tied up and taken away.

Then, about two incense sticks later, four eunuchs carrying imperial decrees, disguised as messengers, emerged from a dog hole at the back of the Prince Lu's mansion, where swill and manure were temporarily stored and regularly transported out. They then bought four donkeys and hurried away. This further confirmed that something must have happened within the Prince Lu's mansion; after all, if nothing had happened, they wouldn't have needed to leave so stealthily.

Then, an hour ago, someone vaguely heard a huge roar in Prince Lu's Mansion, as if the earth was shaking and rocks were falling, but the movement was not loud. If he did not have good hearing, he might not have heard it clearly.

This is the news heard outside the palace.

The other thing is the news spread by people in the mansion."

Zhou Hui was quite cautious. In fact, he had received the news that Prince Lu was possessed by evil spirits an hour ago. However, like Zhai Hongxia, he did not really believe in such things, so he made a special effort to conduct an in-depth investigation.

Collect more information and try to find out the truth.

Then inform Zhai Hongxia.

And it was undoubtedly confirmed at this time. After talking about the news he had heard from the outside, he quickly talked about the information he had heard from inside the Prince Lu's Mansion. Although the information was not particularly detailed, the general situation was described quite specifically.

For example, blue, purple, and black spots appeared on the King of Lu's body, his tongue enlarged, blocking his mouth, making it difficult to breathe and eat, and his hands and feet turned into pig's trotters. Hundreds of corpses buried beneath the garden suddenly disappeared, eventually causing the entire garden to collapse.

Too many people saw these things. Even though the Prince Lu's Mansion was temporarily closed, the relevant information was difficult to spread quickly, but there were definitely many people inside who knew about it.

Under collusion between internal and external forces.

It wasn't too difficult to spread the news.

"Are you sure your hands and feet have turned into pig's trotters?" After all, Zhai Hongxia had been in the Dali Temple, so he quickly asked the key point. Spots of various colors growing on the body could be a sign of illness, and an enlarged tongue could also be a sign of illness. He had seen patients with similar tongue abnormalities.

Only the hands and feet turned into pig's trotters, which could not be explained by illness, so this was the key to whether one was possessed by evil spirits or not.

"Sure, all the informants say so!"

"Besides, there's an imperial physician in the palace. If it's just an illness, there's no reason why the imperial physician can't diagnose it."

Even though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, so many people said so. At the same time, many abnormal things had indeed happened in Prince Lu's Mansion. Zhou Hui had to believe it even if he didn't want to!

"Trouble!" Zhai Hongxia was also nervous. He had been on high alert, fearing that Prince Lu would commit a crime. Now that he was no longer committing a crime and had become a victim, he was in no small trouble. After all, Prince Lu had been possessed by an evil spirit on his territory. How could he possibly be indifferent, even though he had only been here a short time?

What if this is true.

Isn't this another witchcraft disaster?
(End of this chapter)