Rong Changan didn't want Lin Hai to see his injured finger again, cut his hand behind his back, and asked with concern: "How are you doing with Du Keming's body?"
Lin Haidao: "I smashed the arrow sores with a knife. Most people can't tell that he was shot to death by an arrow, but they will think that he was killed by a wild animal. After his death, I smashed his head on the tree trunk, It caused the illusion that it was frightened by wild animals and hit the tree trunk."
"Very good!" Rong Chang'an smiled slightly, "Those ministers are very suspicious of me. Knowing that Du Keming died strangely while hunting, they will definitely ask for an autopsy. If they find that it was an arrow wound, Then we won't be able to do it."
Lin Haidao: "The hands and feet I did on the corpse will definitely not be seen."
Rong Chang'an remembered Yan Li's words, and Liu Mei became a little sad: "Triggering on the corpse doesn't mean it's safe. Send someone you can trust to go to the scene of Du Keming's death, and spray it in the direction where the so-called wild beasts are escaping. Some blood drops, some bloodstains, people will not suspect that Du Keming was frightened by wild animals and crashed into a tree to death."
Lin Hai suddenly realized, and slapped himself on the head with a bang: "How did I forget this matter! There is no blood, if a shrewd minister in the court sees it, he must be suspicious. Sigh, I was too negligent!"
"It's not too late to make amends." Rong Changan said, "Fortunately, no ministers have come to inspect the death scene. It's still too late for you to arrange it."
Fortunately, only Yan Li saw it, otherwise the matter would have been exposed.
Lin Hai clasped his fists and said, "I'm going to arrange it now, and there must be no omissions!"
Lin Hai was about to leave the side hall in a hurry, but was stopped by Rong Changan: "Wait!"
Lin Hai turned back and asked, "What other orders does the Queen have?"
Now that Du Keming is dead, the mysterious person hiding in the Du Mansion should also be aware of the crisis, and he must know that it is not safe to stay in the Du Mansion any longer. Rong Chang'an planned to kill Du Keming, just wanting to scare the snake away and let that mysterious figure escape from Du's mansion.
"In the past few days when the Du family is holding a funeral, you personally send people to visit around the Du mansion. If any mysterious and suspicious person comes out of the Du mansion, immediately arrest him! Bring him directly to see me."
Lin Hai wondered, "How could there be a mysterious figure in the Du Mansion?"
Rong Changan said: "You don't need to ask too much about this, just follow what I tell you."
"Okay, I'll do it now!"
However, it was unnecessary for Rong Changan to order Lin Hai to go to the scene of Du Keming's death to arrange bloodstains, because there was a drizzle that night, and even if there were bloodstains, they would be washed away by the rain.
Yan Li learned that the members of the Du family had transported Du Keming's body back to the Du mansion, so at dusk, he took the concubines from the harem to the Du mansion to give condolences.
Yan Li knew that just "Du Keming bumped into the tree trunk because of the abruptness of the wild beast" was not enough to satisfy the Du family, they would definitely make trouble, and it would be very violent. Maybe it will also put pressure on Yan Li to punish Rong Changan. If Rong Chang'an hadn't dragged Du Keming to hunt, Du Keming wouldn't have died.
Despite these pressures, Yan Li must go to offer condolences. First, even if the condolences cannot completely calm down, at least some of the anger of the Du family can be calmed; second, he needs to explain to the Du family that they understand that the responsibility does not lie with Changan, and that they believe that this is just an accident accident.
Zi Yan had long heard that Rong Changan was in the early court and asked Du Keming to go hunting together, she guessed that Rong Changan must not just go hunting. Now Du Keming is dead, confirming her guess.
Du Keming and Ziyan had been in close contact recently, and his sudden death, which was strange, made Ziyan uneasy. Could this be a signal from Rong Chang'an that Rong Chang'an was going to cleanse her and the ministers who were in contact with her? After purging those ministers who were disloyal to Rong Changan and Yan Li, next, is Rong Changan going to attack her
On the way to Du's Mansion, a question has been lingering in Ziyan's heart: Did Rong Changan know her secret
Then, how should she fight back against Rong Changan
When she came to the Du mansion and saw the elders of the Du family kneeling beside Du Keming's coffin and crying, she finally thought of a way to fight back against Rong Chang'an.
The emperor Fajia stopped outside the Du mansion. Seeing the white flags covering the sky in Du Mansion, which stood out so prominently in the hazy night, Yan Li felt more and more stressed.
The eunuch went into the mansion and reported: "The emperor has come to Du's mansion to express his condolences to the Du family. Please go out and greet him!"
Hearing that the emperor was coming, Du Keming's main wife, Mrs. Song, led Du Keming's old mother, and other members of the Du family, went outside together and knelt down to welcome Yan Li.
"The emperor is here to express his condolences, the villain is so honored and grateful!"
The voice is full of sadness and sorrow.
Yan Li glanced over, and saw that Du Keming's old mother was pale, weak, and in tears. It can be seen how much Du Keming's death had hit her.
As for Du Keming's main wife, Song, her eyes were red, swollen, and confused. The pillar of the family was dead, and the children were not yet old enough to start a family. The entire Du family needed her to support them.
In addition to Du Keming's main wife, he also had six concubines, all of whom were crying, but mostly howling dryly. Looking at their eyes and turning around, they must be thinking about how to divide up the property of the Du family.
Du Keming has seven sons and five daughters. The oldest is twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest is still in his infancy. He still doesn't know what his father's death means to their future.
A trace of pain appeared in the corner of Yan Li's eyes.
"All of you, please stand up! I am extremely shocked and saddened by Shangshu's death of Lord Du. Lord Du devoted himself to the country and is a pillar of the country. His departure is my loss, and it is even more the loss of Dajing Kingdom!"
Then, Yan Li asked the eunuch to read out his will, rewarding everyone in the Du family, from Du Keming's old mother to Du Keming's youngest son.
And these rewards seemed to calm the suspicion and anger of the Du family to a certain extent. When Yan Li took Mrs. Du's hand into the main hall and offered incense to Du Keming, the members of the Du family did not have much speech. It's just that Mrs. Du Song raised a few questions to Yan Li:
"The concubine has never heard that her husband is going hunting today. Was the emperor's impromptu decision on this matter of hunting?"
Yan Li had already prepared his answer on the way here: "I was playful for a while, and when I thought of hunting, I called Mrs. Du. I didn't want this accident to happen, and it really made me heartbroken!"
"The concubine's husband is a well-mannered literati with no strength to restrain a chicken. How could he shoot his prey with a bow and arrow alone? What kind of beast frightened him to the ground and killed him?"
Yan Li replied: "Among the people who hunted together, only Master Du did not catch prey. I felt it was a pity, so I gave him the bow and arrow, and asked him to go to the forest with Commander Lin Hai to shoot some prey back. What kind of prey will Du Your Excellency was frightened, but I didn’t know. Commander Lin Hai said that when he found Lord Du’s body, the beast was no longer there.”