The deputy came forward to check Gao Hengzhong's body, felt his breath, and checked his pulse. He cautiously said to Xu Jingzhen, who was sitting on the chair in the main hall of the Gao family: "Associate Manager, he is dead. "
Xu Jingzhen nodded, and the deputy continued to add: "She must have taken the poison earlier, and it was just now that the poison took hold. The poison hit her heart and she vomited blood and died. "
"Restrain yourself. After all, you are an old minister who has served your country loyally."
"Yes."
Xu Jingzhen stood up and walked to the door, looking at the rain outside that had become lighter, feeling in his heart The rain has stopped, but the wind is about to pick up.
In the yard outside the main hall, the black scale guards were still holding the Gao family's family members with knives. Xu Jingzhen saw the female family member holding a three-year-old child, turned to his deputy and ordered: "Seal all the Gao family's things and bring them back. The dead people in the yard should be restrained, and the living ones, especially the women and children, should be polite to the soldiers. They will be interrogated by the Criminal Department later. "
"Yes, Assistant Manager"
The Black Scale Guards moved quickly, but it took only two hours and it was not yet noon. Except for the seal on the main entrance of the Gao family, it seemed that nothing had happened here.
Only those from the neighboring households of the Gao family can still smell a hint of the bloody smell wafting from the Gao family in their own courtyards.
Everyone knows that the Black Scale Guards are Emperor Wu’s private army. This time, the Black Scale Guards surrounded the Gao family in the middle of the night and rushed into the Gao family near dawn. After dawn, they also carried out more than ten weapons covered with white cloth. The corpse thing is really scary.
You know, the last time the Black Scale Guards appeared, dozens of people were beheaded on the high platform of Zhuque Street in Chang'an City.
People who have lived in Chang'an for a long time are smart and know what can and cannot be said.
Let everyone discuss the romantic affairs of the nobles in Chang'an City, they are all treasures;
But such a major private matter, when the facts are in front of us, not many people Will tell others.
The black scale guards surrounded the Gao family in the middle of the night. It was not until Xu Jingzhen presented the memorial at the court meeting five days later that everyone pretended to know about it in the court hall.
Of course, the high-ranking red-robed officials had known about it for a long time. After all, Emperor Wu had been angry with them alone during the Xiaochao meeting.
"That's it. I think that such traitors should be severely punished according to the law and to uphold the laws of the country."
Xu Jingzhen concluded with a solemn expression. Such cold-heartedness and aloofness made people unhappy. The young master officers all started talking quietly with others in their seats.
It’s just that the people talking in the hall are all the officials in red robes. How can the officials in red robes not know that Emperor Wu is acting together with Xu Jingzhen?
Sure enough, after seeing that the discussion in the court had fermented enough, a man named Lang Guan, who had been in conflict with Gao Hengzhong's political views in the past, stepped forward.
The long and eloquent speech, with its gorgeous rhetoric, can be used as a model for people to recite the entire text. In fact, in summary, what Lang Guan said is: "Rebellion is an unpardonable sin, but seeing that Gao Hengzhong has been through two dynasties, he was also a For the sake of serving the country and the people, leave a bloodline for others."
Finally, Emperor Wu issued an order confirming Gao Hengzhong's crime of treason, but he also agreed to leave a bloodline for the Gao family.
Three groups of criminals, delinquents and guardsmen all interrogated the Gao family in the prison. They faced the female family members and children who obviously knew nothing. It was just a symbolic question. When asked, he can only survive on one meal of gruel a day.
On the other hand, the two legitimate sons and the common son of the Gao family were severely tortured. The bad guys had more tricks, and they actually found out something.
As for the two legitimate daughters and one concubine of the Gao family who were married, except for the concubine who was married in Jiangnan East Road, the other two legitimate daughters were all married in Chang'an.
The Ministry of Punishments sent an official to the house for routine questioning and then gently let the two married daughters go.
But one of the two legitimate daughters had serious intentions and spent a lot of money to find connections, hoping to go to prison to visit her relatives.
According to legal rules, no one should be allowed to visit the prison, but because the criminals and the Ministry of Punishment deliberately let them go, they wanted to use this as bait to see if they could catch anyone. .
So, Gao Huizhen, the legitimate daughter of the Gao family, actually wore a black cloak under the night and entered the women's prison where the female members of the Gao family were imprisoned. Gao Huizhen, who had spent a lot of dowry money to get such an opportunity, hid herself under her hood, followed the female jailer, and walked quickly into the depths of the dungeon.
When they arrived at the place, Gao Huizhen looked at Mrs. Gao half-lying inside the iron fence, and her heart ached.
"Mother!"
"Your Majesty, it is better to speak in a lower voice. For a quarter of an hour, your Majesty will remember something."
The female jailer left a dim light After lighting the oil lamp, he left the prison in the dark, leaving time for Gao Huizhen.
Mrs. Gao was half lying on the haystack. After staying in this dark prison for several days, she felt as if she was hallucinating and heard the voice of her married eldest daughter.
"Mother!
Aniang, Aniang, Aniang, are you okay?
My son is here, my son."
The first person to react was Gao. The eldest daughter-in-law, she huddled in the corner, raised her head and saw Gao Huizhen's face with her hood off through the moonlight coming in through the small window above the cell.
“Huizhen!”
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family rushed over from the corner with a "swish" and grabbed Gao Huizhen's hand that reached out from the fence, "Huizhen!
Huizhen, help me, help me, I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family immediately changed her words and said, “No, save us, save us! >
How do we, the female relatives, know anything about what my father-in-law did?
Huizhen, Huizhen”
Before the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family finished speaking, she was grabbed by Mrs. Gao who reacted. Even in prison, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family was still afraid of the majesty of her mother-in-law.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family shrank down and closed her mouth, even letting go of the hand she had grabbed on to Gao Huizhen in desperation.
In turn, Mrs. Gao held Gao Huizhen's hand, "Huizhen!
Why are you here?
What are you doing here?
Go quickly! "
"Aniang, Aniang! Gao Huizhen, who had already burst into tears after calling her mother twice, was really heartbroken. Mrs. Gao, who had always appeared decently in front of others, was now unkempt and her bun was crooked. It was so unseemly. How could she look like the third-grade lady who was envied earlier?
How could Mrs. Gao, who usually cared most about her appearance, care about her appearance and manners now?
"Sage?" You are magnanimous and have spared Sanlang's child's life. That child is your nephew. It would be great if you can take over Lange's son and raise him when we wait for him in the future.
It is enough to leave a bloodline to the Gao family. ”
Without waiting for Gao Huizhen to retort, Mrs. Gao urged her to leave. Just then, the footsteps of the female jailer came from a distance.
Finally, amidst the urging of the jailer, Gao Huizhen took one last look at Mrs. Gao, knelt down and kowtowed to Mrs. Gao, put on her hood with tears on her face and followed the female jailer away.
The bad spies hiding in the darkness of the prison followed Gao Huizhen and the female jailer and ran out, but they took a secret passage.
The bad man had a sharp eye and saw that when Gao Huizhen and Mrs. Gao were holding hands across the iron fence, Mrs. Gao had stuffed something into them. (End of this chapter)