readsfreenovel Chapter 283: Ling Chi
Chapter 283: Ling Chi
Bai Wei was slightly startled, and stared at Li in front of her with wide eyes. After a moment, she said, "Bai Wei was taken away by someone. Was it you who did it?"
Today is just a game.
A trap she set up after investigating Li Yuan.
She ordered someone to draw a portrait of Li and gave it to Li Yuan to see, asking him if he had seen her the last time he treated Xiao Ning.
Finally, she got a positive answer, so she set her sights on Li and set up today's situation.
The haunting was done by her using high technology, but Li's current state was caused by her using a hallucinogenic poison. When Jianying, disguised as a female ghost, floated to his side on a balance bike, she secretly poisoned her.
In order to remind her of the situation when she murdered Xiao Ning, she specially put on her body a powder bag with a similar taste to the herbs prepared by Li Yuan.
As she approached Li, she crushed the powder bag and let the smell guide her back to that day.
Among human memories, olfactory memory is the oldest, most delicate, and most lasting.
Olfactory memory is more likely to evoke emotional responses than memories of other senses. At that time, Li Yuan was making medicine for Xiao Ning in the kitchen, so there would naturally be a strong smell of medicine. This smell would be deeply buried in Li's mind along with the memory.
Today, she awakened her memory of that day and took some hallucinogenic drugs, allowing her memory to cover reality, making it impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.
Her intention was to determine whether Li had really poisoned Xiao Ning. After all, it was a long time ago and the witness testimonies were vague, so it was almost impossible to convict her.
Now, her goal has indeed been achieved.
But I didn't expect that this was not the only evil thing she had done.
It was actually her fault that the original people had been stranded away from home for more than ten years!
The reason why Xiao Ning was bedridden and had to take medicine every day was because his daughter was missing. Therefore, from beginning to end, it was all done by Li. She hurt Xiao Ning and the real Bai Wei, and finally killed Xiao Ning and the real Bai Wei!
Li snorted coldly, "That's right. Although she's just a daughter, I don't need to do this, but who made you noble? As long as she's here, Bai Qian has to give her the best, no matter if it's for face or the reputation of the King of Zhennan. Only by selling that little bastard you gave birth to, the child I give birth to will become the only direct descendant of the Shangshu Mansion."
After saying this, Bai Wei could no longer control herself and whipped Li hard on the head until she passed out.
Xiao Minglou also went crazy. He didn't even care about the wound on Xiao Mingyu's arm. He started to struggle desperately: "Ah, ah, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you now!"
In the end, it was Xiao Ling who punched him hard in the face, which finally calmed him down: "Are you crazy enough?"
Xiao Minglou was a little stunned after being beaten, but he calmed down. He could no longer control himself and tears fell.
Xiao Ling only felt a severe pain in his heart, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth slightly.
Today, this Li must die!
Just as he was about to kill Li himself, Bai Wei dropped the whip and knelt in front of Ouyang Ming: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for An Ning."
After hearing this, Ouyang Ming was stunned, and recalled the past. He had lived in the Zhennan Palace before, and although he and Xiao Ning were not childhood sweethearts, they grew up together. He used to treat her as a sister, so Xiao Ning always called herself An Ning in front of him. It was only after she married Bai Qian that she began to call him Your Majesty to avoid suspicion.
So, the person in front of me is really not Bai Wei, but Xiao Ning?
"Aning..." He murmured subconsciously.
Xiao Ling knelt directly on the ground, kneeling beside Bai Wei: "I also ask the emperor to severely punish Li and avenge my son!"
Ouyang Ming was also shocked by the scene just now. It was not until Xiao Ling knelt on the ground and asked for his permission that he came back to his senses: "General Xiao, don't worry. Since Ningning trusts me, I will naturally not let her down."
After saying that, he looked at Li, whose arms were still bound by the imperial guards not far away, and said, "Come here, take Li away, give him eighty strokes of the cane, and execute him in three days!"
The Royal Guards also felt their blood boiling after seeing this scene: "Yes!"
Xiao Ling refused and knelt down in front of Ouyang Ming. He said with a cold look in his eyes, "Your Majesty, I hope to sentence Li to death by slicing!"
After hearing this, Ouyang Ming frowned slightly: "This..."
Generally, people who have committed extremely heinous crimes and brought disaster to the country and the people will be sentenced to death by slicing. Although Li was abominable, the sentence of slicing by slicing was indeed a severe one.
Just as he was hesitating, Xiao Minglou also knelt down hurriedly: "I second the motion!"
Xiao Mingcheng: "I second the motion!"
Xiao Mingyu: "I second the motion!"
Even the fourth prince Ouyang Ming said before he went up to greet him, "Father, this Li family is really abominable. She poisoned a baby in swaddling clothes, causing General Bai to wander for more than ten years and almost unable to reunite with his family. She poisoned Xiao Ning, causing the Prince of Zhennan to lose his son. Both the Prince of Zhennan and General Bai are important officials in the court and have made great military achievements. This move is simply endangering our Dongqin!"
When Ouyang Ming heard this, he looked at Ouyang Yu with a hint of relief in his eyes.
The fourth child has indeed grown up.
Ouyang Ming nodded and said majestically, "Okay, I agree. Come, take Li away and execute her by lingchi at noon tomorrow!"
The main reason was that today was the Taiping Banquet, which was supposed to entertain Fenglin and express the peace between the two countries. It was not appropriate. Moreover, it was already dark, which was indeed not suitable for the execution.
Royal Guards: “Yes!”
The onlookers also exclaimed: "That's great, this is also considered as good is rewarded with good, and evil is punished with evil."
"Yes, it's really satisfying!"
"Honestly, karma goes round and round, and retribution will come. If it weren't for this Li who wanted to frame General Bai and hadn't teamed up with that Qinglian Zhenren to kill people in the palace, causing the Yin Qi to be too heavy, Xiao Ning wouldn't have had the opportunity to use this Yin Qi to come back and avenge himself."
"Yes, that's right. It's called stealing a chicken but losing the rice, or shooting oneself in the foot!"
"It sounds so ugly. This should be called the law of justice, where there is no loophole!"
"It is truly a great achievement that Xiao Ning was able to seek justice for himself by using his Yin Qi to return to the living. This is mainly due to the wisdom of our emperor!"
"that's right!"
"..."
Soon, the discussions in the palace turned into a large-scale "dragon fart patting" scene.
Ouyang Ming was very pleased and looked at Bai Wei and said, "An Ning, are you satisfied with my treatment?"
After all, this was his first time to seek justice for a ghost, so he subconsciously wanted to ask the other party whether he was satisfied. If possible, he even wanted to ask about what would happen a hundred years later.
However, before Bai Wei, who was kneeling on the ground, could speak, Xiao Minglou, who was kneeling not far away, said directly: "Your Majesty, I think there is another person who must be punished!"
Ouyang Ming frowned. In fact, he really felt very tired today.
Although today's incident would surely become a legend and a good story if it were spread, he hoped that the torture and conviction would stop here. But Xiao Minglou's temper was such that he would not listen even if he was told not to. He could only say, "Who does Minglou want to talk about?"
Xiao Minglou bowed to Ouyang Ming again and said, "Minister of Rites, Bai Qian!"
Ouyang Ming frowned: "But Li didn't say that Bai Qian was also involved in the murder."
Bai Qian is different from Li.
Li is just a woman, while Bai Qian is a fifth-rank minister of Dongqin. If you want to touch him, you need more evidence.
Xiao Minglou stiffened his neck and said, "If he hadn't been unfaithful to Aunt, how could there be Li? If he hadn't deliberately instigated and condoned, how could Li have attacked Aunt? Therefore, the Emperor should torture him too!"