Jun You Ji Fou

Chapter 14

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When the final memorial was submitted, Su Shiyu neither mentioned Chu Mingyun nor Mo Huainan King.

The King of Huainan is the most powerful among the various princes. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich. His extravagance and pomp in the Feng Dynasty are like the royal family. He is domineering and arrogant, and his soldiers are well-armed. Not to mention whether what Tan Jing said is true or false, even if it is true, Tan Jing's one-sided words alone cannot bring him down.

However, Li Yanzhen ordered Su Shiyu to be called to the imperial study during the next dynasty.

When he arrived, Chu Mingyun was actually there. He just handed over a roll of the map, and when he turned around and saw him, he smiled. Su Shiyu looked at him calmly and nodded in greeting.

"I have read the memorial, but is the treatment of Tan Jing too severe?" Li Yanzhen asked.

"According to the law, in addition to beheading and confiscating the family, relatives should also be seated together. The nine clans were demoted to commoners, and three generations were not allowed to enter the court as officials. The minister has already dealt with it as appropriate." Su Shiyu replied calmly.

"I have also heard about Tan Jing and his wife in the past few days. If you are so infatuated, it's better to be demoted and exiled and leave a life." Li Yanzhen said.

"Tan Jing committed a serious crime, how can a perfunctory treatment be enough to deter future generations?" Su Shiyu raised his eyes and looked at him.

"He is also a poor person after all." Li Yanzhen sighed.

"Which of the common people who died innocently under Tan Jing's hands is not a pitiful person?" Su Shiyu said calmly, "No matter how touching it is, it is still wrong. Now, how can we deter, and how can we keep our country safe?"

"...Su Aiqing is still so stubborn." Li Yanzhen said helplessly.

"Your Majesty," Su Shiyu said, "are you interceding for the court's repeat offender?"

"...The only thing I can't stand is that of you." Li Yanzhen turned her head and stopped looking at him, her eyes fell on Chu Mingyun who was standing by the side and always looked like she had nothing to do with herself, "That's right. Chu Aiqing , what do you think?"

Chu Mingyun bowed unhurriedly, ignoring Li Yanzhen's gestures, and said to himself, "I think what Master Su said is very true."

Su Shiyu looked at him unexpectedly.

Chu Mingyun continued lightly: "The dignity of the law lies in its execution."

There is no room for turning back on Tan Jing's case. The next day, they paraded through the streets to show the public, and the West City asked to be executed.

Tan Jing knelt in the execution ground and looked around, the light was just right, and everything was flourishing. He swept the angry faces of the people in the audience one by one, and his heart was unexpectedly calm. The surroundings were so noisy, and the sound of cursing swept past him in the wind, but he could not hear a single sound. When he set foot on the road of no return, he had already thought of this day.

He lowered his head, thinking of the cold window of ten years, the addition of official robes, the indulgent conversation with friends, the self-satisfied self, and the bright eyes of the woman by the lotus pond.

"Axiu," he unconsciously clenched his fists and whispered in a hoarse voice, "...don't be afraid."

Just leave you alone, don't be afraid.

You are so stupid now, you will be able to forget me soon.

Don't be afraid.

The maid led the lady who had been asleep for the past two days to a seat. The table was full of delicious food, and the maid put a bowl of soup in front of her, "Madam, let's eat."

A Xiu just stared at the vacant seat opposite, tilted her head to look at the maid, "A Jing?"

"Didn't I already tell you, the lord is not coming back, Madam can eat by herself." The maid said.

"A Jing..." A Xiu stared blankly at the empty seat.

The maid pushed the bowl of soup forward, looked at her and said, "If Madam wants to see the adults, just drink this as soon as possible."

She didn't hear it, and murmured to Ah Jing.

The maid looked out at the sky and estimated the time in her heart. She couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She turned to see the fool who was stubbornly unwilling to move. She simply put one hand on her shoulder and took the bowl with one hand.

"A-Jing, A-Jing..." The fool turned to look at her, and suddenly reached out and grabbed her sleeve. The maid was stunned when she saw the sadness in her eyes. Ah Xiu let go of her, clutched her chest tightly, and took two breaths. When she looked up again, her clear eyes filled with water, and tears gradually condensed down her cheeks, "A Jing..."

"...Ajing, Ajing!" Her voice was choked and broken, calling Tan Jing's name over and over again, getting more and more emotional.

The maid couldn't bear it, she gritted her teeth or softened her voice: "Does the madam want to see the adults?"

Axiu's body couldn't help trembling, she stared at the maid, and the maid handed the bowl to her: "Drink it, drink it, and you can see him."

Axiu slowly shifted her gaze to the bowl she was holding, and with a click, tears fell into the soup.

"It's noon!" The prison officer shouted, "Execution!"

Waving the order, the bright guillotine fell, the corpse fell heavily on the ground, the red blood spread over the brown wooden board, and the dust rolled down.

Su Shiyu retracted his gaze towards the sky and turned to look at Du Yue who was running over.

Du Yue stopped in front of him and panted, "Cousin... Are you looking for me for something?"

"Well," Su Shiyu said, lifted the curtain and got on the carriage. After watching Du Yue get in, he continued: "There is a patient who needs to find you. Today, you can go with me to Tan Jing's mansion to check the situation first, and then come to my mansion. Go to the doctor."

"Tan Jing?" Du Yue thought hard for a while, "The one who was executed today?"

"Exactly."

"Cousin, you even went to search the house in person?" Du Yue looked at Su Shiyu with admiration, "No wonder Qin Zhao said that you were busy all day and didn't let me play with you."

"I just happened to have some free time today." Su Shiyu thought for a while, and then said, "It's not very busy on weekdays, you can come anytime you want, you don't have to listen to him."

The carriage arrived at the place in a short time, and the officers and soldiers had already surrounded the place. As soon as Su Shiyu got out of the car, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment in charge of raiding the house hurriedly greeted him.

"What's wrong?"

"This..." The official wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Tan Jing's wife is dead."

There was no one in the room, the woman was leaning over the table, a tinge of red blood oozes from her lips, and the body was already cold.

Su Shiyu's face was slightly condensed, and he looked at the room without saying a word.

Du Yue frowned and turned around, his eyes finally landed on the empty bowl beside Axiu. He stepped forward and dipped a bit of the residual soup with his fingertips and smelled it. He suddenly realized that he was about to call Su Shiyu, and his eyes swept over inadvertently. Ah Xiu's face suddenly stopped. Du Yue leaned closer and observed it carefully.

Her face was pale and withered, faintly gloomy, and the hands on the table were so thin that the bones were thin.

"Cousin." Du Yue leaned over.

"She was poisoned?" Su Shiyu asked.

Du Yue nodded and said again: "Cousin, can you ask where the medicine she usually takes is kept, I want to go and see."

The small cabinet was full of porcelain bottles, but they were all empty. Du Yue opened them one by one and looked at them over and over again. Finally, a little black powder was poured out of the small bottle in the corner. He studied it carefully for a while, and his face gradually changed. Dignified color.

"Is there a problem with this medicine?" Su Shiyu asked.

Du Yue glanced at him with a tangled face, Su Shiyu turned around and ordered all the people behind him to retreat, and then continued: "Just say something straight."

"This thing... is also considered medicine, but if the bottle is full of this, it is poisonous according to the amount."

"..." Su Shiyu tried to understand his words.

"Hey, it's actually poppy. We have very few here. I've only seen it at the master's a few times. I heard that it's very expensive!" Du Yue said, "It's a bit like Wu Shi San, and taking too much will make people more spiritual. It's trance-like, and it's addictive, the kind that will make you go crazy if you don't eat it. You mentioned to me a few words on the way that this lady was sick. It's probably not because of some serious illness, but because of this. "

Su Shiyu's eyes narrowed, and he said slowly, "You mean that she doesn't have any serious illness, but someone borrowed her stupidity and couldn't express it, and called the poison a medicine, so as to control Tan Jing?"

"Ah?" Du Yue scratched his head, "I didn't think about it that much, but if you say so, cousin, it must be like this."

"Can the poppy you mentioned survive in Huainan?" Su Shiyu asked.

"There are many poisons in the south. This thing is basically there."

Hearing this, Su Shiyu was silent for a long time, remembering how Tan Jing mentioned his wife in prison, he suddenly laughed softly and sighed softly:

"Impossible."

The author has something to say: You may see poppy and you are going to play... But in fact, there have been poppy products since the Qin Dynasty, and there is a long history of poisoning (Hello.

Wu Shi San was especially popular during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and literati liked it, similar to methamphetamine.

Hmm... Happy eating =v=

…sorry I was stupid enough to forget the timing QAQ no wonder it didn’t post.