"How?" Lu Qingfan looked at Yun Xi, who had a complicated expression, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's true." After Yun Xi finished speaking, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sat upright again, his noble and handsome face full of sarcasm.

So what if you have great martial arts skills? You still have to submit to the government.

"Can Mr. Lu be trusted?" Dun Er asked in a strange and angry tone, as if he wanted to see Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan slap each other in the face.

"I asked about the death of the five officials. I didn't ask about the situation of the remaining 140 people." Lu Qingfan emphasized a number lightly.

One hundred and forty.

But everyone present knew that the murderer killed 141 people.

How could the real criminals not know the exact number?

Yun Xi's eyes narrowed, she noticed it just after Dun Eryi finished speaking, and guessed that Dun Er was probably taking the blame.

But the inner strength cannot be faked, and it is indeed 99% similar to the scars on the corpse examined by Yun Xi.

Dun Er did not expect that Lu Qingfan would not act according to common sense. He had already exposed the previous case, and Lu Qingfan was still entangled in the death of those five people.

"I just didn't like it, so I killed him."

"When, where, and what was the motive for the murder?" Lu Qingfan slapped the wooden door hard and shouted in a cold voice: "Dun Er, I advise you not to evade the important and take the easy."

Dun Er's eyes darkened when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but sneer: "It seems that your lord is planning to uncover all of my past."

He was also unambiguous and spoke frankly about the circumstances of the attack that day.

Dai Liang is not the leader among the five, but Gu Bingsheng is. He is good at art and knows how to balance the accounts so that no one is aware of it. He is the best strategist among them.

"Nine years ago, the Holy Emperor promulgated the 'Iron Restriction Order', which reduced the output of various official iron smelting plants. The amount of iron supplied and exported for trade dropped sharply every year. Many surrounding vassal countries began to have their own ideas."

Many officials, including the prince, also knew what Dun Er said.

Lu Qingfan still remembers that due to the "iron restriction order" that year, the mainstay of many people's families lost their income, and famine broke out the next year.

Yun Xi looked at Dun Er. Master Ren had already explained to her in detail the tragic situation that year.

"Gu Bingsheng wanted to make a fortune, so he persuaded Dai Liang, Pang Shen who was in trouble at home, and Yao Chunyan who wanted to stay in the capital."

Shield Er looked at Lu Qingfan, complex eyes flashed across Yun Xi's face, "But they still lack someone who is good at fortification."

Finally, Gu Bingsheng discovered Lu Xiang through Feng San.

Now that everyone is here, everyone already knows what will happen next.

"When did the ironworks explosion happen?" Lu Qingfan asked.

"The iron smelting plant exploded in the third year after it was built." Dun Er's expression did not change at all when he talked about these things, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Many people died, but no one was held accountable by the government. Even those relatives who suffered persecution were imprisoned in a village, and they all died soon after."

The incident gradually faded into oblivion and no one even mentioned it.

After receiving the money, Gu Bingsheng and others started making iron again, and asked Feng San to continue to be sent to Beimang.

The iron smelting field was gone, so many lives were wasted, but the traitorous business of stealing iron continued.

At this moment, not to mention Lu Qingfan, several other officials were also shocked by this tragic truth and were speechless for a long time.

"Oh, I'm afraid you don't know that the person who helped Gu Bingsheng suppress this important case was the former Minister of Household Affairs, Mr. Yi Duo."

A sarcastic sneer emerged from the corners of Dun Er's lips again, "In order to pay tribute to those who died in vain, and to appease the few consciences who had ideas, he improved the canals and fields of the people in the villages on the outskirts of Beijing."

This is where the Ministry of Punishment found the bodies of Dai Liang and five others.

"This bastard..." His Highness the Crown Prince clenched his fists.

Lu Qingfan's dark eyes were as deep as the sea, and Dun Er concealed part of the truth.

Yun Xi finally understood what she didn't understand before, and connected all the weird details before and after the case.

Her clear eyes were full of regret, and she asked softly: "Second Master Lu... Master Lu was killed by you voluntarily, right?"

The little girl's voice seemed so abrupt in the solemn hall, but several officials there were still immersed in the shocking truth brought by Dun Er, and no one said anything to stop Yun Xi from speaking.

Dun Er was touched by the title of "Second Master Lu", and there was a flicker in his eyes: "Lu Xiang was involved in everything, and he was a good craftsman and an expert in iron-making. Shouldn't he die after such a big mistake?

"

Yun Xi shook her head: "Second Young Master Lu has never stated the motive for the murder. You are the second shopkeeper of Wuji Tower, and besides the owner of the building, you are the one."

Those who hold great power and hold the world's intelligence will surely have a secure future, so why should they feel injustice for those whom they have never met?

"Beheading these five people, and using such a provocative and roundabout way to let the Yamen discover the bodies, is it all to alarm the Criminal Department and make the old incident reappear?"

Yun Xi murmured: "Or...among these drafted craftsmen and common people, there are also two elders of the Lu family?"

He clenched his hands subconsciously, and his brother's smile of relief before his death appeared in his mind.

His parents were killed in a bombing, but Lu Xiang escaped unexpectedly and lived in the torment of self-blame for several years.

He even asked himself more than once why the person who died was not him?!

Lu Huan finally found his blood relatives, but before he could appreciate the warmth of his family, he watched his brother beg for suicide in endless pain...

Dun Er couldn't bear to close his eyes.

How can the dead know the pain of the living?

"Dun Er, why didn't you answer? But Yun Wuzuo was right?" Lu Qingfan knew that a breakthrough was coming, so he pursued him fiercely.

The officials of the three departments and two departments were all looking forward to it, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not restrain his thirst for knowledge and quietly leaned forward.

"I like it very much when Yun Wuzuo calls me like this." Dun Er suddenly said: "'Master Lu Er,' once upon a time, someone also called me like this."

What Dun Er said has nothing to do with what Lu Qingfan asked.

He looked at Yun Xi, and it seemed as if he was not looking at her, but seeing through her the simple village, the kind neighbors, and... the fireworks in the world that he had never experienced but were enough to warm him for the rest of his life.

Those happy and beautiful scenes are like gorgeous fireworks that bloom suddenly and then dissipate so unexpectedly.

"How do you know that my brother is willing to die?" Dun Er lowered his eyebrows and asked: "The corpse can't speak?"

"Yes." Yun Xi said firmly: "Lu Xiang's body is somewhat different from others."

The appearance of blood and meridians will be slightly different between a person's nervous state before death and the state of peace and death.

At that time, Yun Xi speculated that it would have made a difference if Lu Xiang was caught off guard and was killed, or if he turned his back to the criminal and did not know that he was about to die. After thinking about it, the criminal could cut other people into pieces in a blink of an eye, but Lu Xiang was different.

It's really a bit weird.

Now it can be explained clearly. People who are willing to die are naturally fearless.

Ironically, it turned out that Feng San also provided some clues because of Lu Xiang's differences.

Dun Er smiled slightly: "If my brother, Quan Xia, knew that any clues he left had not been missed by Yun Zuo, he would rest in peace."

Just as Yun Xi said, Lu Xiang and Dun Er discussed everything before they decided to kill the last five people.

Throw the body parts near the ditch in the village on the outskirts of Beijing. As long as the government is willing, they will naturally discover the existence of the iron smelting yard upstream.

Unfortunately, these people have been waiting for this justice for too long.

"If according to what you said, Lu Xiang is a man of justice, wouldn't he have had a chance to report to the government after all these years?" Lu Shangshu's question expressed the feelings of Chao Zhong, Zong Yi and others.

Dun Er glanced at His Highness the Crown Prince, who was sitting in a high position, with unclear meaning: "Then I have to ask His Highness the Crown Prince."

Taking advantage of the reputation of His Highness the Good King, who was also the prince who was most likely to establish a heir, as a confidant of the Good King, Yi Duo, who would dare to touch him without permission?

His Royal Highness's face suddenly turned ugly.

"It's because I don't know people well and misappointed Yi Duo, which led to many tragedies."

"His Royal Highness is so righteous!" As Lu Shangshu said this, other officials couldn't help but compliment him.

Everyone in the world may apologize and feel guilty, but the royal family will never admit their mistakes easily for the sake of dignity.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be called "high righteousness".

Those who died in vain, Lu Xiang, who would rather use his own efforts to expose years of conspiracy, are they willing to accept an apology from His Highness the Crown Prince?

not necessarily.

Dun Er found it ridiculous, stared at Lu Qingfan and said calmly: "This is the court you are loyal to, and a simple apology can wipe out so many wasted lives!"
Chapter completed!