Xiao Mubai and Xia Chu ruled out the possibility that Raven himself was in danger, and deduced that Raven most likely returned to the mausoleum gate, so they put his matters aside for the time being. Maybe he would be back in a few days. .
The top priority right now is to solve the two issues of corpse burning and poisoning.
Xiao Mubai relayed the conversation between the Marquis and the Emperor. After listening to it, Xia Chu understood why the Emperor did not comment on the matter of burning corpses and his reaction was not too big.
It turned out that when General Zhao returned to Beijing, he asked a favor for a doctor named Yi Dao early in the morning.
"Since the emperor knows in his heart and has promised grandpa, why did he arrest me for interrogation? I confessed in front of him in the afternoon." Xia Chu held his chin with his left hand, knocked on the stone table with his right hand, and looked at Xiao Mubai sideways. An expression that says what on earth are you thinking
"My father promised General Zhao that he would not pursue the doctor named Yi Dao. How did he know that Yi Dao was you at that time? What's more, the matter is so big now. Do you think you admitted it openly? Father If the emperor just forgives you for your innocence, can this matter be revealed? How can you stop the mouth of Youyou in this world?" Xiao Mubai was dumbfounded by his simple thoughts.
"Why block it? Just tell them the truth. You can understand it. The Emperor can understand it. Why don't you try to make the people understand it?" Xia Chu looked confused.
"Why didn't General Zhao let you do it? What he was afraid of was that people in the world wouldn't understand you. Most people don't have broad knowledge. They won't believe things that have never happened or seen with their own eyes. Even if you lay out the pros and cons in front of them in detail, as long as it never really happens, in their eyes, it will be false, but the burned corpse is real." Xiao Mubai sighed slightly.
"But if we don't tell them, how do we know they can't understand?" Xia Chu frowned, not quite agreeing with his idea.
Xiao Mubai held his head against the pain, knowing that he didn't listen at all to what he just said.
"The Xiao Kingdom has valued etiquette and filial piety since ancient times. Parents cannot destroy the body, hair, and skin. If you tell them the truth and tell them that those corpses may, maybe, probably, produce plague, it's not that they can't understand, but They can't understand." Xiao Mubai paused here.
He pursed his lips, held her hand, patted it gently, raised his head and stared into her eyes and said: "Achu, you can't let them stand at the same level as you and understand things, because you see Experience situations they have never seen before.”
Xia Chu drank a glass of wine and felt a little aggrieved: "Then you can't blame me for this..."
Xiao Mubai smiled softly, his eyes full of tenderness. He touched Xia Chu's cheek and rubbed it lovingly twice: "Of course I don't blame you, but I can't blame the people either. It's not that they don't want to understand, but The traditional etiquette education restrained their thoughts and prevented them from understanding. If we want to blame, we can only blame the malicious instigators behind the scenes, who took advantage of the people's ignorant and fearless filial piety to instigate this conquest."
Xia Chu looked sad and drank another drink: "What should I do? This won't work, and that won't work either."
Xiao Mubai refilled another glass for him and handed it to him: "Young Master, please stay here for a few days. I will handle this matter."
Xia Chu took the wine glass from him and said: "Father's debt must be repaid. The emperor, that big liar, promised grandpa that he had given me a favor but was still doing it illegally, so it's up to you to repay it."
Xiao Mubai shook his head helplessly: "If my father hadn't shown mercy, do you think you could stay in this Dali Temple so comfortably?"
Xia Chu curled his lips: "Well, I just feel that the emperor is still wise. At least he also noticed something fishy about the poisoning. This is not something ordinary people can react to quickly."
However, Xiao Mubai's face turned calm: "Speaking of your entry into Dali Temple, I have come to report the news. This time, it was Xiao Yanjun's last suggestion, and the emperor pushed for the smooth flow of the situation and sent you in."
Xia Chu almost choked on the wine in his mouth, with a look of disbelief on his face: "He? Did he take the wrong medicine? Shouldn't he try to force me to go to the imperial doctor and find an opportunity to assassinate me, saying that I committed suicide out of fear of crime? Is it his style?"
Xiao Mubai pinched his eyebrows: "I'm also surprised by this. He seems to be sure of victory in this matter and is not worried about your counterattack at all. I always feel that we have missed something."
Xia Chu reached out to touch his eyebrows, smoothed out his deep wrinkles, and smiled: "Don't think about it so much. In fact, I'm very curious. If I was shameless and refused to admit it, what evidence would they have?" Prove that Yi Dao is me?"
As we all know, the young Marquis of Xiahou Mansion had been weak since he was a child and had been recuperating in the mountains. When the corpse-burning incident occurred in Hanyang, the young Marquis requested an order and returned to the mountains.
When Xia Chu went to Hanyang, he was always in disguise and never showed his true face to anyone. Even General Zhao didn't know his true appearance at that time.
"Aren't you curious about what their evidence is?" Xia Chu said with interest on his face.
"You want to see it?" Xiao Mubai raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, this is like cutting into the opponent's camp in chess and making a tentative move. I want to know what his trump card is." Xia Chu turned the wine glass thoughtfully.
"Then just throw the question to them. It doesn't matter if we take a look." Xiao Mubai pondered for a while: "Whether I admit it or not, I have thought about the matter of burning the corpse, but the matter of poisoning, if it is really Lan Yu Ying's blood is poisonous, are you going to... tell your father?"
Xia Chu lowered his head, his long eyelashes drooping slightly, covering up the extremely bright light in his eyes. He shook his head slightly: "If Meng'an is really a member of the royal family of the Western Regions, if I tell the emperor about this, I'm afraid that more people will be born." trouble."
Xiao Mubai looked worried: "If you don't tell me, how can you prove your innocence? This... is not a trivial matter after all."
Xia Chu suddenly raised his head, his starry eyes shining brightly: "The pill I gave to the Emperor is indeed an antidote. It is just poison to others, but to the Emperor, it is an antidote that fights poison with poison."
Xiao Mubai pinched his eyebrows: "So what, who can prove it?"
"I can." Xia Chu took his hand and said, "Let's find out the person behind the poison. If the emperor doesn't believe me when the time comes, I can ask the person who poisoned Ji Xin to take it, and then I can refine it." Make two antidotes and take them first in front of the emperor. Your father should believe this, right?"
Xiao Mubai does not doubt his medical skills. He can also take Jixin for Xia Chu by then, but...
Xiao Mubai asked worriedly: "What if that person refuses to hand over Ji Xin?"
Xia Chu snorted and didn't take it seriously: "Whether I give you love or not, the worst thing I can do is practice poison myself, but the raw materials are more troublesome..."
(End of chapter)