The hall was really lively. The emperor hadn't arrived yet, but the prince and other princes were there, but the atmosphere in the whole hall was particularly strange.
The Underworld Secretary and Dali Temple each stood on one side, expressionless.
In addition to them, some other officials were also present, such as Guo Zhongshu Ling, Liu Bu Shangshu and others, and of course, Luo Jibei.
Jiang You saw Luo Jibei as soon as she came in. She quickly walked to Luo Jibei and whispered: "Dad."
Luo Jibei looked at Jiang You and felt relieved after making sure that she was fine.
As for what happened, it was no longer within the scope of Luo Jibei's consideration. As long as his precious daughter was fine, nothing else mattered.
The prince's eyes fell on Jiang You and asked: "Miss Luo, where did you go before? Why did you go back to Luo Mansion alone despite being with Miss Qi San?"
After the prince came back, of course he thought a lot. Many things were too coincidental. To say that Jiang You was picked so cleanly, he couldn't have no doubts in his heart.
Jiang You looked at the prince in confusion and said: "Your Highness's question is really strange. Is there any problem if I go back to Luofu alone? I waited for Miss Qi San in the back mountain for a long time, but she didn't come back. I
When I returned to the Tingyue Corridor, I found that all of you were gone. It was so strange, so of course I had to rush home. Who knows who was causing trouble? Do you still want me to stay as a scapegoat?"
What Jiang You said was so straightforward that she wanted to slap the prince in the face.
What qualifications does the prince have to ask such a question?
Hongye Mountain was still the prince's territory. The prince and others disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, and Jiang You hadn't asked them for an explanation yet!
Luo Jibei nodded and said: "Prince, I also want to ask, why did you all leave Hongye Mountain, but left my daughter there alone, without even a servant to deliver the message? Why is this?"
Prince: "..."
Speechless.
Standing next to the Underworld Secretary were Sang Rou and Jing Yu. Sang Rou said, "Your Highness, how many servants are there in Shuanghan Xiaozhu?"
"Six people." The prince responded.
Sang Rou nodded: "Seven corpses were found at the scene, six of them were killed by a sword piercing the heart, and the sword wounds matched the blade of the sword in the hand of another deceased. And the last deceased had fought with others before his death.
He also died of a sword wound."
Jing Yu continued: "The identity of the seventh deceased has been determined. He is known as the 'Crazy Sword' by people in the world. Five years ago, he was wanted for killing the family of Cui Jiudao, an official of the imperial court. He was arrested three years ago and was thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
The sentence is to be executed. So, this person died three years ago, how come he shows up to kill people now? We, the Underworld Department, don’t understand this matter. I wonder if the Minister of Punishment can give an explanation?"
The Minister of Punishment was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat. He was frightened to death when he was suddenly called out.
He had already recognized the deceased when he was in Hongye Mountain. He was even more panicked at the time. He just hoped that others would not know about it.
Unexpectedly, the Hell Division had already found out.
Luo Jibei raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't the Minister of Punishment not aware of this matter?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was called by Luo Jibei, and he could no longer pretend to be ignorant. He stepped out and said: "This... I don't know much about this matter. Maybe that person just looks like him, and the Gale Wind Sword has long been
He was beheaded in public, and many people saw this."
The Minister of Punishment can confirm that he has no knowledge of this matter. If the death row prisoner was really changed, it is definitely not something he can control.
Jing Yu sneered: "You said they look alike, maybe. But they look like swordsmen, and even the features on the palms are exactly the same. Master Shangshu can't explain it just by saying they look alike, right?"
The Minister of Punishment was already covered in cold sweat.
When a prisoner on death row was released, he, the minister, knew nothing about it. This was a big mistake!
While they were discussing here, they heard a high-pitched voice shouting: "The Emperor has arrived!"
Everyone immediately stood up straight, waiting for the emperor to enter.
The emperor walked to the dragon chair and sat down. Everyone saluted the emperor. The emperor glanced at it and raised his hand and said: "Excuse me. It is indeed an emergency to call you all here today. Prince, come here."
Say it!"
The prince immediately stepped forward and said: "Back to my father, today I led all the royal brothers to visit Hongye Mountain, and accidentally discovered that fifty or sixty thousand weapons were stored in the back of Hongye Mountain. After verification, it was found that none of these weapons were included in the register.
They belong to private soldiers. Preliminary investigation shows that these weapons all have the mark of the fourth brother on them, and they must belong to the fourth brother."
"Fourth!" The emperor looked at the fourth prince Murong Di coldly and said, "What do you have to say?"
Murong Di knelt in the middle and cried out: "Father, I have learned clearly that I definitely dare not do such a treasonous and unethical thing. I heard in the back mountain that there were private soldiers hiding on Hongye Mountain, and I was afraid that someone would frame the crown prince and brother.
Then I secretly followed him to find out what was going on. But who would have thought that I would be caught as soon as I entered? Someone was clearly framing me!"
"Why are you staying at the back of Hongye Mountain?" the emperor asked.
Murong Di was silent, not knowing how to explain for a moment.
"What? You have nothing to say?" The emperor said with a cold face, "Fourth, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation."
The emperor had also seen the weapons and had heard the specific details reported. Of course, the emperor would not think that Murong Di would be stupid enough to lead his own people to carry out the weapons pool he had built privately.
Murong Di then said to the emperor: "Father, I will go to the back mountain because of Miss Qi San..."
"oh?"
"My son has fallen in love with Miss Qi San a long time ago. We originally agreed that during the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, my son would win over her to be his concubine, but she broke her promise. I just couldn't accept it, so I made an appointment.
I asked Miss Qi San to go to the back mountain to discuss the matter. The conversation between Erchen and Miss Qi San was not pleasant... But when I heard someone talking about the back mountain of Hongye Mountain, I heard it together with her. Please pay attention to it." Murong Di
Now he can only tell all the truth. After all, he has no way out.
The emperor looked at Murong Di and then asked: "Where is Miss Qi San? Go and invite her over."
When Murong Di heard what the emperor said, he could only hope that Qi Yuyun could look at the past relationship and tell the truth so that nothing would happen again.
If Qi Yuyun tells the truth, then there is still room for change in this matter, and we can continue to conduct in-depth investigations to find out who is framing him.
However.
Qi Yuyun is here.
She knelt down in the main hall expressionlessly and said to the emperor: "Back to the emperor, what the Fourth Highness said was that I didn't know about it. It was His Highness who kidnapped the girl and went to the cave where the weapons were hidden. The Fourth Highness held a grudge against the girl.
I take pleasure in torturing my daughter, so I ask the emperor to make the decision!"