When Liu Yunzhu heard that her sister was dead, she cried and wanted to rush down, but she was stopped by Zhu Yao.
"That's my sister. Let go of me, let go of me …"
"Yunzhu, you can't go down now."
"No!"
"We're not sure if that person is your sister. Just sit here obediently and wait until we figure it out, okay?"
Liu Yunzhu cried non-stop, but she obeyed and did not go down.
Lord Huang of the Supreme Court and Lord Mao of the Ministry of Justice ordered people to surround the Immortal's Contest Building.
No one was allowed to enter or leave.
The officials and nobles on the second floor cooperated, but the nouveau riches on the third floor were not so easy to deal with.
Especially the people from Jiangbin!
They began to shout at the first floor, "What's the meaning of this? We didn't kill her. Why can't we go out? "
"Yeah! Someone died and we're all detained here. How unlucky! "
"Are we not allowed to leave until we figure it out?"
…
It was noisy.
However, no one dared to question Minister Zhu in person.
Compared to those people, Li Shiyan and Luo Yang were much calmer. They had drunk a lot of wine and were in a daze!
As Li Shiyan listened to the clamor of the people around him, his head started to ache!
He picked up a wine pot and smashed it on the ground.
"Bang!"
The noise around him suddenly stopped. He pointed at the group of people from Jiangbin and yelled, "What's with all the noise? Could it be that waiting here for a while would cost you your lives? Do you believe that I won't sew your mouths right now? If you continue to make noise, I'll get the people from the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice to put you all in prison.
Put them in prison, and I'll reward you with some prison meals. "
Luo Yang grabbed his clothes and smiled foolishly, "Prince, my good brother, you need a needle and thread to sew their mouths."
"Yes, I need a needle and thread." Li Shiyan looked around, and his gaze finally locked onto a tassel hanging from his waist. He stretched out his hand and pulled down the silk threads one by one. He even laughed and said, "Look, isn't there a thread now!"
Luo Yang did not stay idle either. He helped him pull it off!
The two drunkards were having a great time.
Xiao Luzi hurriedly ran over, intending to take his Crown Prince away from the scene to avoid being seen by Marquis Kangding on the second floor.
But what would come would come. There was no escaping it!
With Li Shiyan and Luo Yang making such a big commotion, the Marquis of Kangding, who had already come out of the warm room, raised his head from the second floor and saw his disappointing son!
He was so angry that his face turned red. He felt that he had lost all his face! Secretly clenching his fists, he immediately called for his men and ordered, "Quickly bring the Crown Prince to the warm room, don't embarrass yourself here!"
"Yes!"
The Marquis of Kangding's men hurriedly pulled the drunk Li Shiyan and Luo Yang into the warm room at the back.
After the farce ended, Lord Huang of the Supreme Court arranged for someone to examine the corpse.
The old turtle carefully removed the red veil covering the woman's face. He saw that the woman's seven apertures were bleeding and her face was covered in rashes. It was a terrifying sight.
Minister Zhu took a look and was surprised. "This lady is not Huazheng!"
Every Top Beauty Selection was hosted by the Ministry of Rites, so Minister Zhu naturally recognized Huazheng.
The officials looked at each other.
Huang Dali frowned and asked, "Then who is this woman?"
Minister Zhu shook his head and told the old turtle, "First, find out the cause of death."
The old turtle then began to examine the corpse carefully.
Minister Zhu called for a lowly official and ordered, "Quickly go and find out what happened."
"Yes."
The lowly official went to investigate.
Soon, the old turtle came back with a result.
"Reporting to the Lords, the cause of death has been found. She died of poisoning."
"What kind of poison?"
"Arsenic."
Ah!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Arsenic was a deadly poison. Just a little bit of it would cause death.
Huang Dali asked, "Why was the victim poisoned with arsenic?"
"According to this lowly official's examination, the arsenic was added to the wine. It was ingested by the victim half an hour ago."
"Wine?" Huang Dali thought for a while and immediately ordered, "Men, go and search for the wine the victim drank before she died. Bring the wine flask and wine glasses here."
The elite soldiers of the Supreme Court immediately went to search.
At the same time, a lowly official from the Ministry of Rites hurried over and reported to Minister Zhu, "Lord, according to Miss Huazheng's registration record, it was the Hong Niang who brought her here."
"Where is Hong Niang?"
Just as they were asking, Hong Niang had already rushed over while crying. With a 'putong' sound, she knelt in front of the several lords and kowtowed repeatedly. She cried, "This commoner woman has sinned. I hope that the lords will forgive me."
Huang Dali frowned, "Did you kill her?" "No, no, no, I didn't kill her." Hong Niang waved her hands and looked at the victim. She quickly looked away and said fearfully, "The reason why this commoner woman is guilty is because this commoner woman lied to the Lords. Miss Huazheng was ill in bed and couldn't come here.
In order to be able to come here, I used a crooked brain and found a woman who looked similar to Hua Zheng to impersonate her. However, I was definitely not the one who killed her with arsenic. I didn't know about it either. Please investigate this matter, Your Excellency! "
After saying that, he kowtowed once more.
Huang Dali asked solemnly, "Who is the victim?"
"This commoner woman only knows that her name is Liu Yunyan. I don't know anything else."
"Tell me the truth!"
"The Heavens can see, this commoner woman really doesn't know. Besides, her death doesn't benefit me." Hong Niang put on an innocent face, afraid that the Ministry of Rites would hold her responsible.
Huang Dali was about to interrogate her again when a soldier from the Supreme Court hurried over with a tray in his hand. On it was a jug of wine and a cup.
The wine jug was different from the ones in the Immortal's Contest Tower. The body of the jug was exquisite, silvery and glossy. There were several exquisite red-crowned cranes carved on it. It was obviously not an ordinary object.
The soldier said, "My Lord, this is the wine the victim drank before she died."
"Bring it to the coroner."
"Yes!"
The old coroner examined the jug of wine and the cup inside out. With a grave expression, he said, "My Lord, this jug of wine has indeed been laced with arsenic."
The crowd was in an uproar.
They didn't expect that someone would dare to poison people in the Immortal's Contest Tower.
However, when Old General Wen heard that there was arsenic in the jug of wine, his expression suddenly changed.
He immediately looked at the warm room where Su Ziluo was.
His expression darkened.
Huang Dali immediately reprimanded, "Who served this wine?"
A manservant came out from the crowd. His back drooped as he stammered, "It's … this lowly one."
Everyone's gazes fell on him.
"Are you the one who laced the wine with arsenic?"
"This lowly one is innocent. This lowly one wouldn't dare to poison someone even if he had the guts of the heavens!"
"The evidence is conclusive, and you still want to deny it?"
The manservant was frightened, his forehead beaded with sweat. After trembling for a while, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly said, "My Lord, this wine … this wine was actually … General Su wanted this lowly one to deliver to Old General Wen."
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