Chapter 3 Queen Poisoning(1/2)
"Long live my emperor."
After the court officials crossed the mountain and shouted great gifts, Lin Mo stood up and looked up at the jade steps, and saw two people standing on the left and right of Emperor Dagan.
On the right is an old man who is nearly 60 years old, with a pale face. He is the confidant eunuch of Emperor Dagan and the eunuch in the palace, named Gao Yue.
On the left is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, with a strong figure, tall and strong body, and a very masculine spirit. He has bright black eyes and a vigorous and restrained breath.
This middle-aged man was the confidant general of Emperor Dagan, and the commander of the 80,000 imperial guards, Gai Chen, who was also a great swordsman.
After the court officials stood still, the Emperor Dagan on the dragon throne fell on Lin Mo, standing in front of the left, with a faint smile on his face.
For Emperor Dagan, no one in this court except Lin Mo was available.
After smiling, Emperor Dagan hints Gao Yue with his eyes, and Gao Yue has followed Emperor Dagan for decades and understands it, so he opened his throat and shouted: "If you have a preaching, you will leave the court without a preaching."
"Return to Your Majesty, Master Dali Temple, Zhuo Ping, I have a copy." As soon as Gao Yue finished speaking, he took off an official from the court officials behind King Rong, holding a memorial in his hand.
Seeing this, Gao Yue hurriedly went up and down to hold Zhuo Ping's memorial onto the jade stairs and presented it to Emperor Dagan.
Just as Emperor Dagan was reading the memorial, Zhuo Ping said: "Your Majesty, half a month later will be a grand ceremony for the officials of major localities and princes to pay homage to each other. Now some officials have entered the imperial capital."
"But two murders occurred in the Changle Inn where the officials lived. I was incompetent. I asked Your Majesty to send someone else to quickly find out the real murderer to calm the hearts of all the ministers."
A murder occurred? Lin Mo, who was standing below, was interested. Changle Inn is the official Inn, and the dead person is also an official?
Although Lin Mo was interested in this, he also sighed in his heart: It seems that these officials really don’t take this great emperor seriously.
When a murder occurred, Zhuo Ping, as the Dali Temple Minister who specializes in investigating the case, said that he was incompetent and directly became a hand-off manager and asked the emperor to send someone else to investigate.
What a crazy guy.
Listening to Zhuo Ping's words and reading the memorial, Emperor Dagan said unhappily: "Well, as an official inn, Changle Inn, it is indeed necessary to quickly find out the real murder in a murder case."
As he said that, Emperor Dagan looked at the court officials and asked, "I wonder which family of Qing is willing to take on this important task? If the real culprit is found, I will definitely have a heavy reward."
After Emperor Dagan finished speaking, the court officials started to discuss, but Lin Mo looked around and didn't recognize him, so he didn't speak, but just stood quietly.
However, Lin Mo's eyes noticed a middle-aged man next to him who was talking to the officials behind him. Because he was like Lin Mo, he was wearing a Shangqing crown uniform and also stood in front of the left.
The court officials discussed it, but none of them stood up. Emperor Dagan became even more displeased. He looked at a middle-aged man on the right and shouted: "Meng Yan, as a doctor of the Ministry of Justice, are you willing to take over this case?"
The doctor of the Ministry of Justice on the Zhongzhou mainland is equivalent to the Minister of Justice. He is in charge of the judicial and criminal prisons of the Dagan Empire. He is a second-rank doctor, second only to the first-rank Shangqing doctor.
Meng Yan stroked his white goatee, escaped from the queue, and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am almost sixty years old, I am old and have no brains to investigate such a major case of life."
After saying that, he stood back to his original position without waiting for the Emperor Dagan to respond.
Seeing Meng Yan so rude, the emperor's face turned cold, but he could not lose his temper, because he had been undermined and had no real power. Even if he lost his temper, it would not have much effect.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to take on this important task of investigating the case." When Emperor Dagan was in a dilemma, Lin Mo stood out and saluted Emperor Dagan, and said seriously.
Hearing Lin Mo's voice, Emperor Dagan was delighted: Yes, I am not alone now, I am now helping the unparalleled leader of the Mo Sect."
Seeing Lin Mo coming forward to rescue the siege, the Emperor Dagan immediately said happily: "Then I will entrust this matter to Lin Qing. Then I will ask Lin Qing to pay more attention to help me relieve my worries."
"My minister, follow the order!"
Looking at the Emperor Dagan who was very pleased, Lin Mo couldn't smile bitterly: It seems that what the Emperor Ji Ning did is really hard, and no one in this huge court can share his worries.
The investigation of the case was explained clearly, and the Emperor Dagan asked happily: "Do you have any matters to report?"
"Brother, I have a copy." King Rong took a few steps, bowed behind him, and took out a post from his sleeve.
"Brother, this is the letter of state submitted by the King of the Western Regions. He said that he had sent a marriage delegation to escort the princess to my imperial capital. He wanted to pick out a young talent from my Dakan Empire during the grand dynasty meeting and practice harmony with the princess."
Gao Yue took the letter of the Western Regions from King Rong and presented it to Emperor Dagan. After Emperor Dagan read it, he said in a low mood: "It's a good thing to marry the Western Regions. I don't know when this marriage delegation will arrive in the imperial capital?"
"The day before the Grand Court meeting."
A quarter of an hour later, the discussion on the marriage with the Western Regions was completed, and Lin Mo's time limit for solving the case was agreed, before the marriage delegation from the Western Regions arrived in the imperial capital.
After the two matters were discussed, under the hint of Emperor Dagan, Gao Yue asked the court officials if there was any matter to report. Seeing that the court officials did not respond, he immediately announced his retreat.
Lin Mo turned around and came out of the Tai Chi Temple, meeting with Xifeng and Qiu Yun who were waiting outside the hall. Just as he was about to leave, he saw King Rong and the Shangqing beside him walking towards him.
At this moment, Gao Yue suddenly rushed to Lin Mo before King Rong and the Shangqing, and said respectfully: "Sir, Your Majesty wants to summon you, please come with your servant."
As he said that, Gao Yue said to Xifeng and Qiu Yun behind Lin Mo: "Your Majesty has told you that the two great sword masters who are accompanying the guards can come together."
Emperor Dagan wanted to summon him, but Lin Mo did not delay. After smiling at King Rong and the Shangqing, he led Xifeng and Qiu Yun and left behind Gao Yue.
Seeing Lin Mo leaving with Gao Yue, the wealthy Shangqing looked at each other and smiled at King Rong without saying a word, so he led the court officials behind him to leave.
Following Gao Yue, passing through several doors and corridors, and walking through several paper-shaped corridors, Lin Mo found that more and more palace maids were passing by, and occasionally there were beautiful concubines dressed in nobleness and passing by.
When the palace maids and concubines saw a man coming in, their eyebrows frowned slightly. When they saw Lin Mo with a beautiful face and elegant temperament, they were all excited. Some palace maids and concubines stopped directly and looked at Lin Mo.
I'm entering the legendary harem? Lin Mo muttered in his heart and asked quickly: "Dadfather-in-law, why did we enter the inner courtyard of the palace? Is it appropriate for us to come in this place?"
"There is nothing wrong. This is what Your Majesty ordered me to bring you and two great sword masters in." Gao Yue smiled slightly and said.
After walking a few steps, Gao Yue whispered: "Your Majesty has told you, if you and the two great sword masters have a fancy to any palace maid and concubine, your Majesty will promise her to you and the two great sword masters."
"Your Majesty has never touched the concubines in this palace. They are innocent." At the end, Gao Yue added,
Emperor Dagan never encountered any concubines, and Lin Mo also knew the reason. First, because most of these concubines were the eyes of the Rong Party and the Hou Party, and second, the harem beauties were 3,000, and Emperor Dagan only loved his queen.
After Gao Yue's words came, Xifeng and Qiu Yun were not interested at all, because they only had their own sword in their eyes, but Lin Mo was different. He was so excited that he looked at the various palace maids and the passing concubines.
You should know that Lin Mo's ideal is the legendary three wives and four concubines.
Looking at the beautiful concubines and palace maids along the way, Lin Mo's interest suddenly disappeared, replacing sadness. He felt sad for these women who were seventeen or eighteen years old and like flowers, especially those concubines.
Why? Because these palace maids can still leave the palace to get married after they are over 20 years old, but the concubines are in trouble.
The Emperor Dagan didn't want to pay attention to them. In the future, they could only wait in this deep palace, slowly, lonely for their faces to grow old, and finally turned into a handful of loess.
Lin Mo suddenly felt that he should do something to help these poor women.
About a quarter of an hour later, Gao Yue and Lin Mo and the other two walked to a warm hall in the snow. Lin Mo waved his hand and asked Xifeng and Qiu Yun to stay at the gate of the hall, handed the snow quilt and cloak to the two of them, and followed Gao Yue into the hall alone.
When he entered the warm hall, his body became warm in an instant. Lin Mo saw that Emperor Dagan was sitting in front of the desk and was angry. The commander of the imperial guard Gai Chen stood behind his back with a sword.
Gao Yue stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, Lin Mo Shangqing has arrived."
The angry Emperor Dagan suddenly became happy. He raised his head and saw Lin Mo wanting to salute. He hurriedly stood up and supported Lin Mo: "Lin Qing, don't be too polite."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Mo smiled slightly and said respectfully: "I see Your Majesty showing anger above his long face, but for the rude behavior of Zhuo Ping, Meng Yan and others just now?"
Emperor Dagan did not answer and gave Gao Yue and Gai Chen a look. After they both retreated, Emperor Dagan said angrily: "These two traitors, with their backs against King Rong, do not take me seriously at all. Lin Qing, do you know who the two people died in the inn?"
"It's just a woman from two local officials. As the minister of Dali Temple, Zhuo Ping dared to report to me directly and ask me to send someone to deal with it. Meng Yan is arrogant and powerless. I will deal with them sooner or later."
"Why do you need your Majesty to deal with these people? You need to take action yourself? It's enough to have a minister." Lin Mo suddenly smiled mysteriously, and a faint evil look appeared on the corner of his mouth.
However, Lin Mo felt very pitiful in his heart that this great emperor was bullied and looked down upon by officials as an emperor. He was probably the first person in ancient and modern times. I don’t know how he ascended the throne.
Looking at the mysterious smile on Lin Mo's face, the Emperor Dagan was happy and said, "Lin Qing has thought of a good idea to help me deal with those traitors?"
"Your Majesty asked me to go down the mountain, isn't it just for this?" Lin Mo smiled faintly and comforted the Emperor Dagan and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have prepared a great gift for the King Rong and the Queen Mother, and will hit them on the head soon."
"Then I rely on Lin Qing." Seeing Lin Mo full of confidence, the Emperor Da Gan breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately his face felt worried again.
Seeing that the king was worried, Lin Mo, as a minister, wanted to help him solve his problems, so he said, "What are your worries about you? If it is appropriate, I am willing to help you."
The Emperor Dagan first lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, Lin Qing, my queen has been ill for eight years, but in the hands of the waste in the imperial hospital, there is no improvement at all, but it is a tendency to aggravate. I heard that Lin Qing's medical skills are the best in the entire Zhongzhou continent. Can you help me?"
Listening to Emperor Dagan's almost request, Lin Mo hurriedly said respectfully: "This is the duty of being a minister. Your Majesty must not speak of the word "help". That is a traitor. I will definitely do my best to treat the Empress."
"Then I will thank Lin Qing first."
After saying that, Emperor Dagan took Lin Mo to the outside of Nuan Palace. After meeting with the four people waiting outside the hall, Gao Yue led the way, and the few went straight to Queen Dagan's palace and Fengyi Palace.
About two quarters of an hour later, under Gao Yue's guidance, several people came to a magnificent palace with three golden words "Fengyi Palace" hanging on it.
Xifeng Qiuyun and the Imperial Commander Gai Chen guarded the gate of the hall and did not enter the hall.
In Fengyi Palace, which is as warm as spring, Emperor Dagan led Lin Mo and came to the soft couch. Lin Mo saw a beautiful woman with no blood on her face and black lips lying on it. She was Queen Dagan.
"Your Majesty, you are here."
Seeing that Emperor Dagan arrived, Empress Dagan was holding her weak body and was about to stand up and salute. Emperor Dagan took a few steps forward and helped Empress Dagan lie down. He said gently: "Lan'er, don't get up, you are weak, lie down quickly."
The Queen of Dagan was named Changsun Yunshan and the boudoir was Lan'er. Lin Mo knew that when he saw that Emperor Dagan called him not the Queen, but the boudoir name, Lin Mo knew that what the world and intelligence said was true that these two people were very loving.
After talking to Emperor Dagan, Queen Dagan, who was lying on the couch, looked at Lin Mo standing in front of her. Seeing that she was wearing Shangqing's crown robe, she asked softly: "Who is this Qing family?"
"minister……"
Lin Mo was about to speak, but Emperor Dagan said first: "He is the leader of Mo Sect who secretly went to Moyun Mountain three times and asked me to go down the mountain to help me, Lin Mo Lin Ziyong."
"See the Empress." Lin Mo respectfully bowed to Queen Dagan.
"So it's you." Queen Dagan dragged her sick body, forced a smile on her face, and coughed a few times, "Your Majesty has been bullied since she took office, and she has never had a truly happy life."
"This time, Your Majesty sent all his private treasury to ask Lin Qing to go down the mountain. I also asked Lin Qing to sincerely help Your Majesty. Your Majesty is a good man, and I believe that he will definitely be a good emperor."
After saying that, the Queen of Dafu coughed a few times, a trace of blood flowed out of the corner of her mouth, and then she fainted.
"Lin Qing, this..." Emperor Dagan said anxiously.
"If you have me, please don't worry, your Majesty."
Lin Mo hurried forward, took out a small jade bottle from his arms, poured out a white pill, fed it to the Queen, and explained: "Your Majesty, this heart-protecting pill can protect the Queen's heart."
To be continued...