Chapter 859: Witchcraft Case

Yulang found a puppet inside a small Buddha statue. The puppet's body was covered with needles, and Gu Nanxi's birth date was written on the back.

Yulang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his teeth were chattering.

There were only two children left in their family, herself and Gu Nanxi, and yet someone dared to perform witchcraft on her!

"Check! Keep checking!"

The puppet was discovered, and the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple closed his eyes and spun the rosary in his hand rapidly.

Every witchcraft case involving the royal family would involve a wide range of people and result in rivers of blood.

In the later years of Emperor Wu of Han, nearly 400,000 people were killed due to the witchcraft scandal of Crown Prince Liu Ju.

This time, I just hope that Duke Yun will not take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. The people of the world can no longer withstand the violence.

"Amitabha."

The Jinyiwei dug three feet deep in the hall.

The enshrined Buddha statues were smashed and scattered all over the ground.

The summer wind made the doors and windows bang. The largest Buddha statue lowered its eyes, watching the scene with compassion.

The monks who came after hearing the news stood at the door, not knowing whether they should stop them.

But when his eyes swept over the paulownia puppet and the murderous face of the commander, his words of dissuasion turned into one sentence: "Amitabha."

After a night of searching, they finally found a small wooden puppet with Su Xuanming's birth date written on the back.

The abbot of Daxiangguo Temple sighed in his heart, the wind was about to blow in Kyoto again.

Inside the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, the air was almost frozen.

"Is it me and Dalang?" Gu Nanxi picked up the puppet. The birth date and time were bright red. It was unknown what animal's blood was used to write them.

Long needles were inserted into the puppet's head, chest, neck, abdomen and other vital parts.

I think those who practice witchcraft will hate themselves.

Lu Mei pointed at the puppet, her whole body trembling: "He has lost his conscience, he really has lost his conscience!"

The master is so kind, how dare someone practice witchcraft and persecute the master? !

Cases of witchcraft are not uncommon among the people.

In ordinary small families, there are people who secretly make voodoo dolls, step on voodoo dolls, or cut paper dolls, but the impact is not great and the consequences are not serious.

Most of them are just quarrels among villagers, and at most they just stop communicating with each other until they die.

But when this happens in the royal family, the meaning is completely different.

"Master, let's go and ask a senior monk to come and resolve the situation." Lumei's heart was beating fast.

The master has had a poor appetite these past few days. Could it be that he is affected by it?

Gu Nanxi closed her eyes. She herself didn’t believe these things, but when it came to Dalang, she would rather believe it than not.

"Go and ask the monk to help. Also, let Yulang find out who did it as soon as possible."

If it only involves personal grudges, then only the person involved will be punished. If it involves the court...

Gu Nanxi's eyes darkened, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

If anyone dares to mistake his kindness for weakness, then it's time to let them see what drastic measures are!

Yulang moved very quickly.

To be precise, the person behind the scenes acted carelessly and actually sent a relative of the housekeeper to do this.

Yulang locked the man up in the Jinyiwei prison, and without questioning him, he whipped him with a whip dipped in salt water.

After thirty lashes, he cried and shouted to confess: "Someone gave me 100 taels of silver and asked me to worship the Buddha statue. I have no idea what is inside!"

Who would have thought that there could be a Paulownia puppet hidden inside a Buddha statue?

If he knew about this thing, he would never dare to do it no matter what!

Yulang followed the clues and found his way all the way to Su Mansion.

"Sir, that's the Su Mansion. Are we going to arrest people like this?"

Yulang said nothing, but stared coldly at the gate of the Su Mansion. His eyes were deep, as if a storm was brewing under the surface, which made people tremble with fear.

"Remember, we only have one master! Surround the Su Mansion first."

Yulang asked for a meeting late at night, and Gu Nanxi guessed that there must be a result in the witchcraft case.

She was wearing a simple outer robe, and her stunning face looked even more cold and arrogant under the moonlight.

"The Su family did this?"

"Yes." Yulang briefly recounted the investigation process.

Gu Nanxi said with a "oh" and said decisively: "Capture them, and send someone else to control all the members of the Su family."

Yulang's eyes lit up, he knew that Duke Yun was not a indecisive person!

If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences.

"Yes, sir!"

That night, every household in Kyoto stayed indoors.

The Imperial Guards were dispatched to surround the Su Mansion and other mansions that were very close to the Su Mansion, including but not limited to the Chengguo Mansion, the Jiguo Mansion, and the former head of the Changping Division in Kyoto...

When Uncle Su and his family were thrown into prison, they had no idea what they had done.

"Yulang, you are so brave. Do you know who I am? I am Su Dalang's uncle! Why don't you let me out?"

"Someone, come quickly! You are so bold that you even dare to arrest me."

Uncle Su almost shouted until his throat was broken, but not even a single person came.

Instead, I saw more and more familiar faces being thrown into jail.

His heart was in turmoil. Could it be that the matter had been discovered?

The prince of Chengguo hugged the fence with both hands, his face pale: "I have a title, how can you put me in jail without a joint trial by the three judges?!"

Duke Ji looked at him with disgust and said weakly, "Wake up, Gu Nanxi has not recognized your title."

He was old, and after such a scare, his heart was beating so fast that he almost couldn't breathe.

The two grandchildren hurried over to help him, their eyes full of panic: "Grandpa, what should we do?"

Duke Ji patted their hands and comforted them, "Don't be afraid. Your elder brother is working in Yunzhou, and your mother is also a palace lady. If they find out that we are imprisoned, they will definitely find a way to rescue us."

A stepmother is still a mother. With Dalang around, it is impossible for her to truly draw a clear line between herself and the Chengguo Mansion.

Even for Dalang's future, Shuyin has to try her best to save him!

The Prince of Chengguo, who was originally in a panic, gradually calmed down after hearing this and thinking of his son and Mingzhen.

Duke Ji is right. For the sake of the child, Mingzhen cannot ignore herself!

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The ruthlessness and decisiveness of the Jinyiwei exceeded many people's imagination.

Many upright people found Su Xuanming and gave him impassioned speeches.

"Da Lang, throughout the dynasties, every witchcraft case was a process of eliminating dissidents. Especially this time, if we don't go through the judicial process and use the Royal Guards, I'm afraid there will be many more unjust, false and wrong cases!"

"Da Lang, a gentleman should do what he should do and what he shouldn't do. Duke Yun shouldn't use this incident to retaliate against those who are unwilling to submit to her. This is not what a wise ruler should do!"

"Da Lang, if this matter spreads to the south, it will only cause Duke Yun to be raped more!"

They didn't say it explicitly, and many people suspected that this was a self-directed act by Duke Yun, with the purpose of cutting off the roots and eliminating the Su family, and then having his children change their surnames and make the country's surname Gu.

However, her methods are so brutal that she may not be able to stop the world from talking about her.