Reborn on the day of marriage! After the marriage exchange, the elder sister went crazy

It doesn't seem like a big deal if a whole family dies of tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is a terminal illness in this world, an infectious disease that cannot be cured.

The problem is the coffin.

This world values ​​lavish burials.

Li Jinglan had seen the coffin that Madam Cui was lying in, and it was not cheap.

It is written in "Jin Ping Mei" that in order to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, Shang Juren sold a peach blossom cave coffin to Ximen Qing for three hundred and twenty taels of silver.

Li Jinglan had also held a funeral in his previous life. The coffin in which Madam Cui was lying was worth more than two hundred taels.

In a family of seven, six died.

Six funerals.

I'm afraid even two or three thousand taels of silver won't be enough.

"There's something wrong with the Cui family!"

Li Jinglan turned around and called Zhao Zhengyi's family, "Bring Lu Sheng... No, call your family over."

Lu Sheng is too honest, so it is possible that we won’t be able to find out anything.

Zhao Zhengyi came over and received the order, then immediately went out to do the work.

The Jingzhao Prefecture was also wondering why Lu Xuande and his family disappeared for no reason.

After hearing what Zhao Zhengyi said, I suddenly realized.

Send people to dig the grave immediately.

But when Jingzhao Prefecture completed the procedures and arrived at the cemetery outside the city.

It's already too late...

"All six tombs of the Cui family were dug up, and there was nothing inside, and no stench of corpses. The coroner from Jingzhao Prefecture said that there had never been a dead person in these coffins." Zhao Zhengyi reported.

"I dare not neglect it and immediately ran to the alley where Lu Xuande was to ask the neighbors."

"Neighbors said that the Cui family had lived in the alley for 13 or 14 years, but they didn't interact with outsiders. And Old Cui's wife was a tough woman who had fought with many people in the alley."

“So the relationship is not very harmonious.”

Have you lived in the hutong for thirteen or fourteen years?

Li Jinglan took a breath of cold air.

It can make the Cui family, who have lived in the capital for thirteen or fourteen years, pretend to be dead or cooperate with certain people to die.

How much energy does this require?

Li Jinglan asked herself if she could achieve it with her current abilities.

Killing is easy!

But it's difficult to get a family of seven to cooperate with you.

Li Jinglan frowned: "Let Jingzhao Prefecture investigate the Cui family's interpersonal relationships and financial transactions, and their relationship with the dead scoundrel."

"A goose leaves traces when it passes by. We can always find out something."

It was completely dark.

Prefect Ouyang of Jingzhao Prefecture knocked on Yin Zhihai's door with today's files.

As Yin Zhihai's successor, Yin Zhihai also handed over a film to pay attention to this case.

Prefect Ouyang thought it necessary for him to share the case with Yin Zhihai.

After reading the file, Yin Zhihai's eyelids moved slightly.

Just as he was about to speak, a family member suddenly came in and said, "Eunuch Liu Quan is here to pass on the decree. His Majesty is summoning you to the palace to see him now."

It's already midnight, why would the emperor summon him now?

Yin Zhihai had a feeling that the emperor was probably concerned about Lu Bozhou's case.

He picked up the file and ordered his son to escort Magistrate Ouyang out.

Hurry into the palace.

The emperor was sitting in front of a chess game, thinking deeply. When he saw Yin Zhihai coming, he asked him to sit down and said, "Let's play the next game."

This game of chess was the one that Lord Zhao played with the emperor last time. Because the emperor said "slay the dragon", Lord Zhao moved the white chess piece to another place and admitted defeat.

The chessboard is full of dangers and the black pieces have no way to retreat.

Yin Zhihai pondered for a moment and picked up the black piece.

After this move was made, the black piece, which had been in danger just now, seemed to be coming back to life.

The emperor chuckled: "Zhi Hai's chess skills are better than those of Lord Zhao."

This is a double entendre, and I don't know whether the emperor was really praising him or saying it on purpose.

Yin Zhihai was filled with emotion, but his expression remained calm. "My chess skills are not as good as those of Lord Zhao, and even worse than those of Your Majesty."

The emperor placed a white piece and smiled faintly: "Why be so modest? When you took the imperial examination, if you were not the only young man in the first class, I would have chosen you as the top scorer."

"Although you are the third place, you are the undisputed leader of your subject. Now looking back, the first and second place winners of your subject have become ordinary people."

"I know what Zhihai is capable of."

The emperor raised his hand, "It's your turn."

Yin Zhihai made another mistake.

After this move was made, the black chess piece, which had just shown signs of survival, fell into danger again.

"Your Majesty, I lose." Yin Zhihai smiled bitterly.

"Let's go for a walk." The emperor stood up and walked in front with his hands behind his back.

The night wind blew the emperor's white hair.

The emperor sighed softly: "I am old."

"Your Majesty is in your prime." Yin Zhihai bowed.

The emperor did not look back, but walked forward slowly. "My father handed the country to me, and more than 20 years have passed in a flash."

"The King of Jin was young at that time, and he followed me every day, asking where his father had gone."

"In my eyes, the Prince of Jin is like a son or a brother."

Having said that, the emperor changed the subject.

"Eighteen years ago, a big event happened in the capital. Do you remember it?"

The emperor turned and looked at Yin Zhihai.

Yin Zhihai's fingers trembled slightly as he whispered, "I wonder what important event Your Majesty is talking about?"

"On a snowy night eighteen years ago, rebels attacked the imperial city." The emperor stared at Yin Zhihai closely, "The prince of Jin was abducted by the rebels and disappeared."

"In order to defend the imperial city, five members of the Xu family died, including Earl Fenyong."

"I summoned you to the palace late at night so that you could find out what happened eighteen years ago! Find the criminal hiding in the dark."

The emperor took out a token from his sleeve and said: "Let's start with the Investigation Office."

Yin Zhihai stretched out his trembling fingers and took the token in his hand.

I felt my heart pounding in my chest, as if it was about to jump out.

He looked up at the emperor with a bit of despair.

The emperor looked down at him with a faint smile on his lips.

When coming out of the palace, Yin Zhihai tripped over the threshold.

Suddenly, he remembered what he had said to Lord Zhao that day.

"It's not easy to pass this threshold."

Where did the flaw appear?

How would the emperor know that he knew?

Yin Zhihai turned his head and looked towards the East Palace.

So, the emperor has confirmed Lu Bozhou's identity?

Check this.

He is about to become the enemy of the prince.

He had to risk his life to send Lu Bozhou back to the palace.

The emperor only left him one way, Lu Bozhou.

Yin Zhihai put the token into his sleeve and walked out of the imperial city.

The emperor stood under the tall roof, quietly looking at Yin Zhihai's back.

It was not until Yin Zhihai's figure disappeared at the vermilion gate that the emperor turned around and looked at the hall.

Before my eyes, a raging fire that had been burning for eighteen years was ignited.

The palace maids and eunuchs fell in the fire, and the blood under their bodies gathered into a river.

The queen cried out in the fire.

King Jin rushed into the sea of ​​fire to save people...

The emperor closed his eyes, and the fire in front of him disappeared.

The hall in front of you, which was built seventeen years ago, is still magnificent.

He turned his sleeves and walked towards the study.

The lights behind me went out one by one.

But it lit up the full moon in the sky.

The full moon shines through the lights of thousands of homes, like twinkling stars.

The emperor sat in his study and picked up the memorial.

The queen walked into the study and took out a bowl of porridge from the food box: "Your Majesty, have a bowl of Qibao vegetarian porridge."

"Zi Tong is here." The emperor put down the memorial, took the porridge from the queen's hand with a smile, and blew a few mouthfuls of it. "Is the prince asleep?"

"The prince has been coughing all day, and he finally fell asleep just now." The queen looked at the emperor's temples, where white hair was gradually spreading.

She lowered her eyelids and said, "Tomorrow, August 15th, there will be a small court meeting. Your Majesty should go to bed early."

The emperor tapped the spoon in his hand against the edge of the bowl and said, "Hmm."

His eyes passed over the bowl and fell to the edge of the queen's skirt.

A rattle hung from the edge of the queen's skirt.

The rattle is old and the skin is cracked.

The string hanging from the drum had turned black, probably because the queen played with it every day.

The emperor smiled at the queen and said, "It's getting late, Zi Tong, go to bed."

Seeing the queen leave, the emperor put the bowl on the table and supported his forehead with his left hand.

like a statue.