Chapter 377 The Rats Are Coming Out
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A cold wind blew past, and the white candles in the mourning hall were extinguished instantly.
The paper money in the brazier was blown away by the cold wind like a fire dragon, causing sporadic sparks.
"ah!"
The lights in the mourning hall went out, plunging the entire hall into darkness. Screams of fear were heard all around, and those people were almost frightened to death.
"Xiao Jin was so brutal and reckless that he murdered the king. I will die with my eyes open!" A gloomy voice sounded from the direction of the coffin, and every word was filled with resentment.
Su Ying stood there without moving, but her eyes were quickly observing the movements in the dark.
"Playing tricks."
Su Ying suddenly raised the flashlight in her hand and shone it towards the roof beam.
The person hiding there didn't expect Su Ying to find him and was so scared that he turned around and ran away.
Su Ying sneered, "If you want to run, it's not that easy."
The man in black quickly jumped out of the window behind the mourning hall, and Su Ying followed closely behind him.
This man in black must be very familiar with the terrain of the palace, and his escape route seemed to have been planned long ago. His movements were fast and efficient.
Su Ying followed him closely, took out the light gun in her hand and aimed at his calf.
With a "hiss".
The man in black was hit in the calf and fell to the ground with his body tilted.
"Well!"
The man in black gritted his teeth and got up from the ground and tried to continue running away, but as soon as he stood up, Su Ying punched him in the face.
The man in black was beaten so hard that his mind was dazed. Su Ying clamped his jaw and removed his chin to prevent him from biting himself with poison.
“Hmm!”
The man in black was hit in the stomach by a punch and fell to the ground, curled up in pain.
Su Ying's eyes were fierce and she lifted him up from the ground by his collar and uncovered the veil on his face. It was a strange face, she did not know this person.
Su Ying brought the people back to the mourning hall directly. Xiao Jin had rushed back to the mourning hall after receiving the news. The candles in the mourning hall were lit again, but Emperor Kangze and the Queen Mother were still sitting upright in the coffins. It looked weird and scary no matter how you looked at it.
The concubines and ministers were so frightened that they dared not go in, and Prince Jiangning was so frightened that he knelt down outside the mourning hall.
"Royal brother, oh royal brother, please rest in peace soon, no matter what resentment you have, it's time to return to dust. Amitabha Amitabha..."
Xiao Jin stood between the two coffins and found a silk thread as thin as a hair on Emperor Kangze's body, passing through their armpits.
He reached out and pulled the silk thread down, but even with a little force from both hands he was unable to break the thread.
"Put the Emperor and the Queen Mother in a good place."
"yes."
When Su Ying came back with the man in black, Xiao Jin had already tidied up the mourning hall.
"Look carefully, all the weird things just now were caused by this kid. Don't act like an ignorant person and follow the lead of others."
Su Ying threw the man in black to the ground, allowing everyone to see his appearance clearly.
Xiao Jin frowned slightly as he looked at the man in black, then his eyes softened as he looked at Su Ying, "Are you okay?"
Su Ying shook her head. "It's okay. When I found him just now, he was hiding on the beam. The reason why the corpse sat up from the coffin must be his doing."
Xiao Jin raised the white thread in his hand and said, "This person used the thread to pass through the emperor and the queen mother's armpits and lifted them up. There is no such thing as a corpse or ghost."
Everyone looked at the white line in Xiao Jin's hand with doubt, but when they saw the man in black being caught, they felt a little more at ease.
Xiao Jin asked Jiang Yang to take the man away for interrogation.
Although there was a reasonable explanation for the matter, the concubines in the harem were so scared that they dared not approach the coffin again.
Only Xiao Jin and Su Ying were staying by the coffin, which gave them a good opportunity to talk.
"Do you recognize that person?" Su Ying asked in a low voice.
"I have seen him. He is the leader of the emperor's secret guards."
"Are you here to avenge your master?"
Xiao Jin frowned slightly. It was true that the secret guards were loyal to their master, but Emperor Kangze was already dead. What good would it do them to take revenge on the future monarch?
Xiao Jin felt that things might not be that simple.
"You haven't even ascended the throne yet, and the evil spirits hiding in the gutter are already trying to come out. How interesting."
"My nephew, is this, is this sure to be okay?"
As the two were talking, Prince Jiangning's face, which was almost as big as a basin, suddenly came over.
As soon as Su Ying raised her hand, Xiao Jin pushed it back. He raised his hand and pushed King Jiangning away.
"Uncle Wang, we are not deaf, so we don't need to get so close."
The fat on Prince Jiangning's face trembled, and he looked helpless, fat, and pitiful.
"Uncle Wang is scared!"
"What is Uncle Wang afraid of?"
Prince Jiangning pointed in the direction of the coffin, "What if..."
"Uncle Wang has done nothing wrong. Are you afraid that the Emperor will come looking for you?" Xiao Jin's eyes were deep.
When Prince Jiangning heard this, his eyes almost popped out of his head. "No, it's impossible. It's absolutely not true! I'll go burn incense for my mother and the emperor."
He knelt in front of the brazier with his fat body trembling, muttering something, and the fear on his face was truly undisguised.
When he leaned over just now, Su Ying could still smell a strong scent of rouge and powder on him.
No matter how you look at this image, he is a waste who is addicted to alcohol and sex.
After offering incense, Prince Jiangning ran away without looking back.
A ray of golden light pierced the sky, dispelling the darkness of the night.
It's dawn.
Su Ying yawned, went to the side hall, lay down, and fell asleep while holding the two babies who were still sleeping soundly.
Nothing happened in the next few days, and the funeral and burial in the imperial tomb went exceptionally smoothly.
"Your Highness, the ladies in the harem... I wonder how Your Highness will deal with them?" Emperor Kangze died suddenly, and the State of Chu did not have the custom of requiring concubines to be buried alive with the emperor. The decision on how to arrange these people fell on Xiao Jin's shoulders.
"Those with children will stay, those without children will be sent out of the palace, and those who have nowhere to go will be resettled somewhere."
"Yes, I will do it right away."
Emperor Kangze has been buried, and the next step is to prepare for Xiao Jin's ascension to the throne.
As the Crown Princess and the future Queen, Su Ying has a lot to do.
"Crown Princess, please take a look at these books and etiquette. When you become queen, things will be different from now on."
Mother Zhao came in with a pile of booklets, opened them one by one, and patiently explained them to Su Ying.
Su Ying felt a headache as she looked at the books piled higher than her.
"On the day of the coronation, Crown Princess, you have to..." Mother Zhao's mouth became dry from talking, and the next moment she saw Su Ying sleeping soundly on a chair.
Mother Zhao: “…”
Mother Zhao slowly closed the book in her hand and pulled the quilt over to cover Su Ying.
Somehow, she suddenly felt a little excited. She was looking forward to what kind of changes such a queen and such an emperor would bring to the State of Chu.
(End of this chapter)
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