Chapter 833: Things get bigger and bigger

Wu Meiniang agreed and wanted to go out and ask someone to find Mi Xiaomiao. Li Zhi stood up and said, "I'll call someone, and I'll stand in the yard for a while. My chest is so stuffy now."

Wu Meiniang said, "Mei Niang is with you, let's go to the yard to enjoy the cool air."

Li Zhi nodded and took Wu Meiniang out of the hall. At this time, it was dark outside, there were no lights in the yard, and Gengyoutang was always secluded and there was no sound at all. But tonight it was very special. The moonlight in the sky was dim, and the night wind blew up, making the leaves rustling.

Wu Meiniang said, "This yard is cool, let's sit here for a while!" Seeing that Li Zhi was depressed, she wanted to accompany him to relax.

Li Zhi nodded, but instead of sitting down, he walked to the door, opened the door, and said to the little eunuch who was serving outside, "But find Mi Xiaomiao."

The little eunuch outside was dozing off. When he suddenly saw the emperor coming out, he was startled and quickly agreed and ran to find Mi Xiaomiao.

Li Zhi closed the door and went back to the yard. Then he sat down with Wu Meiniang. None of them could say anything, and they were thinking about their own thoughts.

Mi Xiaomiao was not asleep at this time. He was scared and could not sit outside all night. He could only go back to his house and think about it with all his strength. He always thought about who killed Concubine Xiao. After thinking about it, he felt that Shi Zhongchen was the most suspicious. He was an old man in the palace. Don’t think that Shi Zhongchen called him a child, he was actually not young anymore, but just had a baby face.

Mi Xiaomiao heard a little about the events in the palace in the early years. The incident of strangling concubines happened in the palace in the early years, but it was during the period of Emperor Gaozu. At that time, the late emperor had just seized power successfully, but he had not yet ascended the throne and was becoming the crown prince. In terms of time, the late emperor had been the crown prince very short, but some of the concubines of Emperor Gaozu in the palace were rumored and said bad things about the late emperor.

There were quite a few people who said this at the beginning, but not long after, they all disappeared. All the concubines who said bad things about the late emperor died strangely, and all of them committed suicide. The little eunuchs privately said that it seemed that it was the hands of General Shi Da, strangled them all to death, and then made them look like they were looking for a mistake!

But no one has really seen it with his own eyes, or the people he has seen have died, and no one has investigated it, and it was finally left alone. Many years ago, the little eunuchs in the palace have changed one after another, and few people remember this. If Mi Xiaomiao had not encountered what happened today, then he would not be able to remember it.

Mi Xiaomiao couldn't figure out anything. If it was really the one who took charge of General Shi Da, why did he do this? What benefits would it do? Even if Concubine Xiao Shu was executed, there was no need for such a way of execution. As long as the judiciary was clear, it would be fine. Why do you have to do this?

While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly came to him and said that the emperor was looking for him and asked him to go to the new Youtang immediately. Mi Xiaomiao was almost scared to death. It was so late and after another murder case occurred, why did the emperor look for him? Do you want to ask Concubine Xiao’s death? How can I answer it!

Mi Xiaomiao was full of bitterness, got up and put on her clothes, and followed the little eunuch out of the house. On the way, he asked, "What are the emperor doing now? Haven't you rest yet?"

The little eunuch who reported the news shook his head and said, "I don't know if the emperor has a rest. The young people are all serving outside the courtyard and have not entered the Gengyou Hall!"

Mi Xiaomiao whispered and said, "What's going on? Why don't you go in?"

The little eunuch said in embarrassment: "This...the Buddhist temple is a quiet place. The emperor does not allow the young people to come in and serve them. How dare the young people enter!"

Mi Xiaomiao nodded. He was not in the mood to think about whether there was a Buddhist temple or a Buddhist temple, but he was just worried about his own affairs. He asked the little eunuch again, but the little eunuch was all vague and could not answer it, so he stopped asking.

After a while, he came outside Gengyou Hall. Mi Xiaomiao knocked on the door. Li Zhi opened the door and asked him to go in. Seeing that it was the emperor who came to open the door in person, Mi Xiaomiao was even more confused, but he was even more scared, thinking that the emperor was going to ask questions alone, maybe he knew something!

Li Zhi sat on the stone pier in the yard, while Wu Meiniang disappeared into the woods, stood behind a tree, and listened to them.

Li Zhi looked at Mi Xiaomiao. The moonlight was dim and he couldn't see anything clearly. He didn't feel Mi Xiaomiao's fear. Anyway, when the eunuchs in the palace looked down and looked pleasing to the emperor, he had long been accustomed to it.

"When you were in Ganlu Palace, you didn't say something? Let's talk about it now, I'll listen!" Li Zhi said.

Mi Xiaomiao's mouth was even more bitter. He swallowed his saliva with difficulty and whispered: "Yes. Today, General Manager Shi ordered Xiao Nu to escort Empress Xiao to Ningxue Pavilion..."

Li Zhi interrupted him and said, "Why isn't Kiss Tower, but Ningxue Pavilion?" Wu Meiniang asked him just now, and he asked Mi Xiaomiao.

Mi Xiaomiao said: "When the emperor said, the little slave also asked General Shi Dashen. But General Shi Dashen said..." He paused and decided to tell the truth. He didn't want to hide anything from Shi Zhongchen. If he didn't hide it well, he would have too much trouble in the future.

He said: "General Shi Da suggests to the little slave, saying that he wants to let Empress Xiao go. If he goes to the Kiss Building, he has to follow the rules in the palace. However, General Shi Da is afraid that Empress Xiao will be wronged, so he wants to leave some room to throw her into the cold palace first. If there is really any grievance, there will be room for maneuver in the future."

What he said was both the truth and the responsibility he had completely pushed. No matter how this matter develops in the future, it had nothing to do with him!

Li Zhi said oh, turned his head to look under the big tree, and didn't see Wu Meiniang clearly, so he turned his head back and asked, "That's what the loyal minister wants to spare Xiao. So, what did the loyal minister ask when interrogating Ningxue Pavilion?"

Mi Xiaomiao hurriedly said, "I don't know what General Manager Shi Da asked. At that time, General Manager Shi Da sent all the young people away. Except for him, there was only Empress Xiao on Ningxue Pavilion, so Xiaonu didn't know how he interrogated him."

Li Zhi frowned, feeling that he could not continue to ask. He was not proficient in the criminal trial and thought that he had entered a dead end and could not ask any more. He turned his head and looked under the tree, but found that half of Wu Meiniang was exposed and waving to him.

Li Zhi immediately stood up, walked to the tree, and went to talk to Wu Meiniang. Mi Xiaomiao was shocked. Who is behind the tree? Is it? I guess it is a woman, but who is it? He didn't know about Wu Meiniang, and he didn't know about Likong's little nun. Of course, he would be surprised to see someone behind the tree.

A low voice came from the big tree, and it was indeed a woman. Mi Xiaomiao didn't dare to look over there anymore, turned her head to the other side, and was confused, but she could only pretend not to know.

After a moment, Li Zhi walked back and sat back on the stone pier. He asked Mi Xiaomiao, "Xiao's hanging beam, how high is that beam? How high is the stool she was stepping on?"

Mi Xiaomiao was stunned. He didn't expect the emperor to ask this. He found that Concubine Xiao was killed, not from this detail, but from the wound directly. How could the wound be strapped with a thin rope be the same as the belt? It was obviously two kinds of wounds, so he knew at a glance that Concubine Xiao was killed.

But he never thought about the beam, because such details are more tortuous and harder than the appearance of the wound!

But the case of injury test is quite ethereal to the emperor. The emperor will not go to see the body in person. Isn’t it just because the subordinates are talking nonsense? The subordinates can be confused. As long as no one exposes and question and verify... Of course, it may not be possible to misunderstand others, but the emperor can misunderstand them.

However, if you ask about the height of the beam and stool, you can't be confused. It's not easy to talk nonsense! The height of the beams in the palace are customized, and the height of the tables, chairs and stools is also standard. How tall is Xiao Shufei? Can the emperor know? These things are clear and cannot be confused!

Li Zhi didn't ask, but after asking this, Mi Xiaomiao was immediately reminded. There was indeed a problem. The chair that Concubine Xiao stepped on could not reach the beam of the house at all, and it was hanging a lot!

Seeing Mi Xiaomiao being stunned, Li Zhi thought to himself: "Mi Niang is indeed right. After I asked this, Mi Xiaomiao was not really stunned. This shows that Xiao was not a suspicion of his own, but was killed by someone else!"

Just now, Wu Meiniang told him to ask about Fangliang. If Mi Xiaomiao's expression changes, it means that something is strange. If you answer it directly, it proves that there is no problem, and there is no need to ask anything else.

When Li Zhi thought that Xiao might have been killed by someone else, instead of seeking a short-sighted view, he felt a little relaxed and his guilt weakened a little. Xiao Shufei did not commit suicide because of his blame, so he no longer had to blame himself. As long as he found the murderer who killed Xiao Shufei, even if he avenged her, he would be at ease.

Before Mi Xiaomiao could answer, Li Zhi said again: "Looking at your strange expression, I guess you discovered the strangeness of Xiao's death, right?" He took the word "Ye" very seriously, indicating that he had already understood what was going on.

Mi Xiaomiao was already scared. After being deceived by the emperor, she felt soft and numb all over her body. He thumped and fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that this is strange, but I don't know the reason!"

Li Zhi stood up, and there was indeed something strange. Xiao was indeed killed. He turned around and looked under the big tree. Seeing that Wu Meiniang had already exposed most of her body from behind the tree, she probably was surprised too!

Li Zhi pointed at Mi Xiaomiao and shouted loudly: "What should you blame for hiding the facts? Quickly, tell me everything you see, otherwise it will prove that you are the murderer!"

This sentence was also what Wu Meiniang taught him just now. The people below have always been procrastinating in their work. The so-called matter is not about themselves, and they are stubborn. As long as they don’t have the matter, they will push them out desperately. Wu Meiniang said it very accurately. When Li Zhi scared him, Mi Xiaomiao immediately wanted to leave him alone and say he didn’t know anything! But Wu Meiniang also taught Li Zhi’s response skills. If you want Mi Xiaomiao to tell the truth, then say he is the murderer. Make sure that he will say whatever he has to prove that he is not the murderer, without any concealment!

Mi Xiaomiao was frightened and thought to herself: "Who am I provoking whom? If someone else commits a crime, how can I become the murderer? If I have the courage to harm the concubines in the palace, then I will not become Shi Zhongmin... I am far from him!"

Mi Xiaomiao couldn't help but be scared and immediately told everything she saw, saying the wound on Xiao Shufei's neck very detailed. She also said that there was blood on Xiao Shufei's clothes, but it was not like the blood from Xiao Shufei's neck. It should be the blood of the murderer. Maybe when she strangled her, her hand was strangled by a rope, so it was bleeding.

After hearing this, Li Zhi was silent for a long time. He turned to look at the tree. Seeing Wu Meiniang waved to him again, he went to the tree again. Wu Meiniang whispered: "Listen to what Mi Xiaomiao said, then this case is not difficult to solve. As long as you check who has broken the hand in the palace, it will be done!"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. But who should do this?" He vaguely felt that Shi Zhongchen was a little unreliable, so he asked this question.

Similarly, Wu Meiniang felt that Shi Zhongchen was untrustworthy. Although she could not find evidence, her experience told her that Shi Zhongchen was definitely not a kind person, cruel and ruthless, and her intuition also told her that this matter might have something to do with Shi Zhongchen. However, from Shi Zhongchen's mouth, she would not ask anything.

No matter how smart Wu Meiniang was, she never thought that Shi Zhongchen would do it himself, and now she was injured. She thought that even if it was related to Shi Zhongchen, Xiao Shufei, whom he sent someone to harm, would not do it himself.

Wu Meiniang thought for a while and said, "This is a big deal. It happened in the palace, so the people in the palace are probably unreliable. Why not instruct the ministers in the court to do it!"

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Let Wujian go and do it?"

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Okay, let Meiniang's uncle do it, he will do it!"

Li Zhi nodded, walked to the door, waved, "You go out of the palace now, go find Wujian, and ask him to handle this matter and let him solve the case as soon as possible."

Mi Xiaomiao grinned, "Oh my God, Wang Ping'an and I have finished talking about this. What a great deal. Now we have to go and tell Wang Ping'an that he is responsible for the case. Then Wang Ping'an should not think that he was "recommended" him and he should not turn against me!"

But the emperor gave the order, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only agree repeatedly, trot to the door, opened the door, and then locked himself outside the door.

Li Zhi locked the door, and Wu Meiniang had already walked out from behind the tree. Suddenly, a cool breeze blew, and the two of them were cold everywhere, as if there were unjust souls in the yard. They both became scared at the same time, and went into the hall together, drifting into the quilt to sleep!

Mi Xiaomiao left Gengyoutang miserably, left the palace from Yeting Palace, and rushed to Wang Ping'an's Duke's Mansion. Halfway through, he was sitting in a carriage and thought to himself: "It's over, it's over, this time I will offend people. Wang Ping'an must misunderstand me!"

When he arrived at Wang Ping'an's Duke's Mansion, it was already midnight. Mi Xiaomiao got off the carriage and knocked on the door himself. When the doorman opened the door, he said, "Our family is here... No, it's the imperial edict. Go and tell your prince, just say that the emperor has an edict, let him get up quickly to accept the edict!"
Chapter completed!