Xiao Ruobai's words deeply shocked everyone present. Thinking of the officials who died in a fight for wealth at the gate of Luoyang Palace, Sima Ying's eyes tightened and her brows frowned.
Yang Xianrong stood up, walked to Xiao Ruobai, and sighed softly, "So, you just had such an idea?"
"Yes..." Xiao Ruobai was a little nervous, not knowing what Yang Xianrong meant by this.
Because just when Yang Xianrong came over, her two maids and Liu Yao were following him, and four of Sima Ying's personal followers also came forward and entered a state of alert.
Yang Xianrong sighed again and waved his hands towards everyone, "Okay, it doesn't have to be like this."
The personal attendant took a step back, but her two maidservants were still following her, never leaving. Liu Yao glanced at Yang Xianrong and stood half a step behind Xiao Ruobai.
"Xiao Ruobai, have you ever thought that you are poisoning?" Yang Xianrong looked at the thin man and suddenly wanted to laugh, "The problem is, this idea is so stupid, you can't go directly What's wrong? Now it's like this? Have you ever thought about how it will end?"
"I never thought about it." Xiao Ruobai lowered his head, "Actually, this method... I also found the method in the book, and then I tried it many times... It took me more than half a year to find it. A dose that gives the slightest diarrhea.”
Hearing this, Yang Xianrong couldn't help but laugh, "What book actually has such a method?"
"In "Eighty-one Difficulties of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic", one of the difficulties is how to detoxify and nourish the skin and make the skin good..."
"Let me read this book." Yang Xianrong laughed again. Sima Ying couldn't help coughing twice, and reminded in a low voice: "Empress."
"Oh? I know about this book, but I have never seen it. Since Magistrate Xiao found the poisoning method in this book, I must read it." Yang Xianrong turned back and looked at Sima Ying, He said it so confidently that Sima Ying didn't know what else to say.
Xiao Ruobai didn't get angry when he saw Yang Xianrong. Instead, he sounded more relaxed. He himself was slightly relieved, but he still knelt on the spot honestly, "I know that this is indeed a bad idea, but I know that this is a bad idea. In fact, it is also written in the book that such mild diarrhea does not do much harm to the body, and for those who are important in the palace, it can also change their body shape and make them healthy. People in humble positions really don't dare to act recklessly. "
"Aren't you being ridiculous? You were so ridiculous that the emperor even dragged him to the dragon bed." Yang Xianrong also laughed angrily, and opened his mouth to tell Sima Zhong everything that happened that day.
Sima Ying immediately coughed slightly and knocked on the table.
Xiao Ruobai smiled awkwardly, but immediately kowtowed, "Please Queen, please forgive me for being humble. I really have no choice."
"If I hadn't briefly inquired about your political achievements before going out, I would have found nothing wrong in the past year since I took office, so I wouldn't have been lenient with you." Yang Xianrong finally kept a straight face, " As early as in Luoyang, I have already noticed that the problem is with the 'silk toilet paper', but if you do this, it will be a crime of beheading."
"Spare your life!" Xiao Ruobai's mother, Huang, finally spoke up from the side. She cried, "My son only cares about the livelihood of the people. He keeps bringing silk toilet paper to the court every month every year. He said It sounds nice that it is the glory of Qingyang County, but in fact, the court does not provide sufficient funds to Qingyang County every year, but in order to complete the task, various embroidery shops can only chip in. This is really a bottomless pit."
Such a thing actually happened. Yang Xianrong glanced at Sima Ying. Sima Ying shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know anything about it.
"What does this mean? Is there anyone in the palace who is cheating?" Yang Xianrong asked.
"I don't know if I have made this tribute for nearly thirty years, but the payment is indeed not paid every year, and it is two years after one year. Qingyang County only received the money from the previous year a few days ago." Xiao Ruobai replied, "I My mother was the first embroiderer to make toilet paper. For thirty years, they had to rush to work. If they were one day late, they would be scolded and beaten, and even their monthly salary would be deducted... Once, because silkworms could not spin silk , almost beating her little sister to death..."
Sima Ying walked over and pondered for a moment, "I don't know about this matter. Now that you have spoken out, I want evidence so that I can go back and continue the investigation."
"Yes, yes, all the accounts are there. The former county magistrate also remembered them clearly, and I can give them to you." Xiao Ruobai kowtowed quickly again, "What I said is all the truth."
"I'm sorry you don't dare to talk nonsense." Sima Ying snorted lightly.
"I still have a question." Yang Xianrong looked at Xiao Ruobai and suddenly changed the topic and asked: "Do you know why the big tomb in Qingyangpo was so big? And do you know who it belongs to?" Tomb? With such a large scale of construction, no one came to report this matter?"
"Ah? I don't know about this because of my humble position." Xiao Ruobai looked confused.
"Do you know Xu Daming?" Yang Xianrong asked again, "This man is a native of Qingyang County. He was beheaded twenty years ago."
"...Well, I have to go read the county annals. It's been too long ago..." Xiao Ruobai hesitated, "These county annals are still in the warehouse, I haven't had time to read them yet."
"Oh." Yang Xianrong glanced at him.
Xiao Ruobai quickly said, "Although the people in Qingyang County are not rich, they still have some money. Perhaps, this person's descendants have made a fortune and want to build a cemetery for their ancestors."
"Oh." Yang Xianrong just looked at him. His mother, Huang, was kneeling on the ground and crying, her tears couldn't stop at all. "Ms. Huang, please tell me about the production process of this silk toilet paper."
"No, no, no, it wasn't my mother who did it, it was me." Xiao Ruobai said anxiously, "It's all my own doing..."
"Okay, do you really think that I am a fool?" Yang Xianrong was still unhappy, "I have found you, found silk, found croton powder, and looked at various embroidery shops on the street. Ready-made clothes, watching silk reeling and dyeing... tell me, am I really just wandering around?"
Xiao Ruobai lowered his head again, "The Queen is smart, but it is wrong to hold such a low position."
"Tell me about it." Yang Xianrong looked at Mr. Huang, "You are also a famous embroiderer in Qingyang County. You are a good hand at Shu embroidery. You must know the whole process of weaving and dyeing."
Huang trembled all over, and then said: "First, we need to select good silkworm chrysalises and feed them with the best quality mulberry leaves. Then we wait for the silkworms to spin silk, then select the best silk thread and reel it...Then we follow the records in medical books. , when dyeing silk thread, mix croton powder into it at least three times, then mix in spices to cover the smell, and after drying, sprinkle some more to float on the surface..."
"So, even after cleaning these silks, there will still be residues that can cause diarrhea to the user?" Yang Xianrong suddenly snorted again, "Did Xu Daming steal the best quality mulberry leaves?" ?”
