Concubine

Chapter 428 The Death of Concubine Xian
Remove the tombstone, open the tomb door, and there is a long tomb passage.

After waiting for more than half an hour, after the filthy atmosphere inside had dissipated, I found a dog and tied it with a rope and sent it deep into the tomb passage. After a while, I pulled it out. The dog was fine. Lantern, into the tomb.

The path of the tomb went down obliquely. It was already cold winter, but it was so deep underground that it was even more chilly.

Mr. Li, a member of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of the construction of the mausoleum, led the way in front, and carefully disarmed the anti-theft mechanisms on both sides of the tomb passage, and finally came to the deepest place, the main tomb of Concubine Chen Fangxian's coffin.

The main tomb chamber was not big, and in the center stood a huge white marble coffin that was as tall as a person.There are jade, spices and blue and white plum vases around the coffin.

Under the command of Li Yuanwailang, the villagers carefully opened the lid of the sarcophagus and lifted it aside, and then set up wooden ladders on both sides of the coffin, which is as tall as a person.

Afterwards, Yang Qiuchi asked all the minzhuang to retreat outside the mausoleum.Let Nan Gongxiong and other six guards stand guard at the entrance of the tomb, and only the eunuch Jin Liang, Li Yuanwailang, Wang Zhixian, and himself and Song Yuner were left in the main tomb.

More than a dozen lanterns were inserted on the shelves on both sides of the main tomb, illuminating the main tomb like daytime.The palm print eunuch Jin Liang and Wang Zhixian watched from a distance beside the tomb passage.

Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er both put on gloves, each took a lantern, climbed up the wooden ladder from both sides, and looked into the coffin with suspicion.

Seeing that the topmost layer of the coffin was a satin quilt, he carefully took out the satin back, but unexpectedly there was still a satin back underneath, and he untied nine layers, only to reveal the body of the Concubine Xian.He wears a pointed brown hat with black gauze on his head, with gold hairpins and gold hairpins on his head, a yellow silk jacket embroidered with dragons on his upper body, yellow satin trousers wrapped around lotus branches, a long skirt embroidered with cloud and dragon patterns on his waist, and yellow satin on his feet. shoe.

On both sides of the body are burial bundles of brocade, clothes, gold and silver utensils, and several sets of dresses, pressed on both sides with gold and silver utensils.

After Concubine Xian's death, the embalming work was carried out in a timely manner, and she was immediately buried in a cool place. Therefore, the body was only slightly decomposed, but still looked as if it was alive, and it was indeed very beautiful.

This made Yang Qiuchi very embarrassed. If the corpse was already highly decomposed, it would be easy to handle, and the corresponding organs could be directly extracted for inspection, but now the body is intact and the complexion is lifelike, what should we do?

This is the Xianfei Empress, the most beloved concubine of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. She even brought it with her when she went to Mobei, and she is not a tomb robber. Although she was ordered to open the coffin for autopsy, the ancient autopsy was also limited to physical examination , also cannot be dissected.

If he had performed an autopsy without authorization, Ming Chengzu would have known that he would have stripped his most beloved concubine’s clothes, disemboweled her belly, removed her heart and lungs, sliced ​​it for inspection, and opened and sawed his beloved concubine’s skull to take out the white brain Shaking and moving around, vomiting blood on the spot is also smoke from the seven orifices. As for the consequences, if he doesn't kill his own ten clans, he will also kill nine clans. I'm afraid he won't understand his hatred for not being late twice.

Of course, it can be sutured after dissection, but even if it is sutured after dissection, it will inevitably leave traces. Once the coffin is opened for other reasons, the stuff will be exposed immediately.Therefore, even if he borrowed ten or eight more guts, he would not dare to act recklessly.I can't find out what's the big deal. The emperor thinks that he is incapable and won't do anything to him, but if he knows that he is disrespectful to the corpse of the concubine Xian, then the whole family will be ruined.He didn't want to take the risk.

However, how can we find out the cause of death without an autopsy.what to do?
This problem has been circling in Yang Qiuchi's head since he decided to open the coffin for autopsy. The greatest hope is that after the switch is made, the corpse is already highly corrupted, so that the corresponding organs can be directly extracted for on-site inspection, and then put in again.That way no one else can see it.

But now, the corpse is still far from being highly corrupted, and it is the twelfth lunar month of winter. From this point of view, it takes about half a year for the corpse to enter the stage of high corruption.

Of course, there is another way, which is to increase the temperature in the tomb, so that the corpse can be highly corrupted within a few days.

But this is obviously not feasible, because the ancients already knew the important influence of temperature on the decay of corpses, so the cemetery went deep into the ground to use low temperature to slow down the decay of corpses.If he wants to light a torch in the tomb to increase the heat, then Li Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Industry will obviously not accompany him to go crazy, he will definitely report the situation to him, and he will also be finished.

Therefore, it is obviously not feasible to wait for the corpse to rot before extracting the internal organs for inspection.

Therefore, on the way, Yang Qiuchi weighed it over and over again. In this case, he could only do one thing, and that was to probe his throat with a silver hairpin.

It is recorded in "Washing Injustice Records": "Anyone who examines poisoned dead bodies, if they have taken poison for a long time and cannot be tested after it has accumulated in the body, they must first use silver or copper hairpins to penetrate the throat of the dead, and then use hot vinegar to get it down. Washing, gradually upwards, must make the air breathable, the poisonous gas is fumigated, and the black color will appear." Therefore, the silver hairpin probe throat is recorded in "Washing Injustice Records", which is a legal autopsy method.

When questioning Wang Sicai, the two imperial physicians and maid Lian Er, they all mentioned a plot, that is, Concubine Xian was lying on her side at that time, and there was a puddle of vomit on the bed beside her mouth.Although the vomit was burned along with the bed sheet, since Concubine Xian vomited before she died, it is very likely that there is still unvomited stomach contents in the throat and esophagus.If it can be extracted, it can also be tested for poisoning.

Since the ancient poison was mainly arsenic, and the ancient production technology was backward, the arsenic was almost always accompanied by a small amount of impurities, mainly sulfur or sulfide, and sulfur and silver could react chemically to turn into black silver sulfide, so, use silver Probing the throat with the needle, if there is arsenic in the throat and esophagus, the silver needle will turn black due to the reaction of silver sulfide.In this way, it can be determined that it is poisonous.

Yang Qiuchi took out a silver hairpin prepared in advance from his bosom, bent down, carefully supported the chin of Concubine Xian's corpse, then inserted the silver hairpin deep into the throat of Concubine Xian's corpse, stopped for a cup of tea, and slowly After taking it back, the two of them took a closer look and were both taken aback.

I saw that the front part of the bright silver hairpin had turned gray-black!This shows that Concubine Xian was poisoned to death with arsenic!

According to Lian Er's testimony, the concubine Xian only drank porridge that day and noodle tea before going to bed, both of which do not contain sulfur. Therefore, the food itself cannot make the silver hairpin black, it should be that someone has dropped it into the food. Arsenic, arsenic poisoning will cause gastrointestinal reactions, so the concubine Xian vomited, but there were residual stomach contents in the throat and esophagus that did not vomit, and the silver hairpin probed the throat, so it turned black.

From this point of view, the person who was in charge of Concubine Xian's diet that day is a serious suspect!

Yang Qiuchi and Song Yuner's faces changed color. Although they had predicted this result and were mentally prepared, they were still surprised.

Yang Qiuchi handed the silver hairpin to Song Yuner, Song Yuner took out a handkerchief from her bosom, carefully wrapped the silver hairpin and put it in her bosom.

Since they couldn't do an autopsy, and they didn't even dare to untie the Concubine Xian's clothes for a full-body examination, there was only so much they could do.

Afterwards, Yang Qiuchi put back the satin quilt covering the corpse, and the two went down the stairs.When Eunuch Jin, Li Yuanwailang and Wang Zhixian saw Yang Qiuchi and the others coming out, they rushed up to greet him. Eunuch Jin asked, "Master Yang, what's the matter? Did you find anything?"

Yang Qiuchi was amused, which onion are you?Even if I find something, I won't tell you.Smiling slightly, he turned to Li Yuanwailang and told Li Yuanwailang that the inspection had been completed and the coffin could be covered and backfilled the tomb passage.Then he walked out of the tomb.

After watching Li Yuanwailang arrange the minzhuang to restore the tomb of the concubine Xianfei to its original state, Yang Qiuchi and the others returned to the county government.

It was getting late, and they checked into the Yixian Post Station.Yang Qiuchi immediately wrote a secret letter to Commander Ji Gang, telling him what he found, and asking him to immediately control the relevant personnel who were in charge of food and beverages on the day before the death of Concubine Xian, as well as personal maid Lian Er, eunuch Jin Liang and others. After I come back, I will investigate further.And attached the silver hairpin that was stained black by poison.After sealing the secret with wax paint, Nan Gongxiong sent two guards to send it back to Beizhen Fusi and hand it over to Ji Gang.

Early the next morning, Yang Qiuchi and his party got up and returned.

This is Song Yuner's first long trip since she became Yang Qiuchi's concubine.In the past, the two of them were joking and joking, which was more of family affection, but now they are cuddling and lingering, which is more of tenderness.

It was a warm journey and returned to the capital after more than ten days.

As soon as I entered the city, I felt a bloody wind. The street was deserted, and there were hardly any pedestrians. Occasionally, flying riders galloped by, and they were all Jinyiwei wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on their waists.

Yang Qiuchi was very surprised. Did something serious happen in the capital?
Just after returning to Yang's mansion, the whole family of Yang's mansion came to the living room after being notified.

Qin Zhihui, Song Qing, and Bai Sumei's mother and daughter have already arrived in the capital. Feng Xiaoxue arranged to buy an exquisite small courtyard for Bai Sumei and her daughter, and they are cleaning it up, so Bai Sumei and her daughter are temporarily staying in Yang's Mansion.

Yang Qiuchi greeted Yang's mother first, and after speaking a few words with Feng Xiaoxue, he saw Bai Sumei and Mrs. Bai who were looking at him happily, and was very happy. Mrs. Bai saw the ceremony, sat down and took Bai Sumei's hand: "Sumei, you are here, you have worked hard all this way!"

Bai Sumei giggled, and glanced at him: "Brother Qiuchi, I heard that you have been promoted again, and my mother and I are very happy."

Yang Qiuchi was a little embarrassed: "Hey, it's nothing, I just wanted you to come, now that you are here, our family is reunited, so happy!"

Bai Sumei's hand held by Yang Qiuchi trembled slightly, her tender pupils looked at Yang Qiuchi, and said in a low voice, "Brother Qiuchi, Sumei is also very happy..."

Yang Qiuchi looked at her delicate cheeks, and remembered the first time he kissed her red lips during artificial respiration in the mortuary. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, besides his wife Feng Xiaoxue, the first time he kissed was her red lips. A woman is Bai Sumei. Although it is not consensual, Yang Qiuchi will never forget that kind of tenderness.

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PS: On the first day, the concubine army suffered a disastrous defeat!

Increased the gap of three hundred monthly tickets!Where is the Legion of Concubines?

Mu Mu doesn't know, but Mu Mu won't give up, Ning Yuan will die standing up, never live on his knees!
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