Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

When I came to the imperial prison again, the guards at the door said that Ling Hengyuan was not here at the moment. I thought about it and asked them to let me in first.

Stepping here again, I was still a little scared. There was still that sticky feeling under my feet, and I could hear howls and curses in my ears.

I gathered up my robe and felt eerie.

The guards brought me to the palace maid. The palace maid was named Zhufeng. She was tied tightly on the shelf. The interrogator beside me explained: "This palace maid has great martial arts skills and should not be underestimated. However, His Majesty ordered someone to select someone." If one of her bones is broken, she will probably be unable to use her martial arts skills."

Zhufeng was still in a coma, with injuries all over her body. Because I couldn't see clearly, I took a closer look. Her face was very familiar, as if I had seen her somewhere before. When the interrogating officer saw that I had something to ask, a bucket of cold water poured down on Zhu Feng's head, which was even more miserable.

Zhufeng was awakened by the water, her eyes were fierce, but when she touched me, she was obviously stunned: "Chen Chen?"

Eh? This sound...

"Are you the maid who led me before?" I asked.

Zhufeng pursed his lips and said nothing, very stubborn.

The questioner said: "This palace lady is very strict with her mouth and won't reveal anything. Your Majesty, you can put the little one on the torture device and give her some pain."

Me: "...No need."

I still can't accept something so cruel.

I asked her: "Did you pass that drawing to Beiyin?"

Zhufeng snorted coldly and said it was not her.

The interrogator next to him said anxiously: "There are only a handful of maids around His Majesty. She is the only one who can get close to His Majesty and has the strength to do so. It is obvious that she is her."

The interrogator was aggressive, as if she would fight to the end if she refused to admit it.

I ignored her and continued to talk to Zhufeng: "Xiao Dezi found the letters between you and Beiyin from your room, don't you admit it?"

Zhufeng opened his eyes slightly: "Impossible... I have burned that letter long ago, how could you possibly find it..."

Seeing my half-smiling expression, she knew she had been tricked by me.

I wanted to continue asking, but then I heard footsteps in the distance and knew Ling Hengyuan was coming.

Ling Hengyuan looked irritated. It was obvious that he had been annoyed by this matter in the past few days. Seeing me here, he was not surprised and just said to me: "It's cold here, you should go back first."

I smiled and said, "I am accompanying your majesty. Maybe I can help your majesty with any questions."

Seeing me like this, Ling Hengyuan stopped persuading him. He asked Xiao Dezi behind him to bring the things up. I took a closer look, and it looked like...a few pieces of paper.

Ling Hengyuan: "Ai Qing is really a prophet. Just now Xiao Dezi found these two notes in her room. The evidence of her dealings with Beiyin is conclusive."

I, the unpredictable person: "..."

When Zhufeng over there saw Ling Hengyuan coming, the hatred in her eyes deepened. I highly suspected that she had a personal grudge with Ling Hengyuan. Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he said, "Were you the one who assassinated His Majesty that night during the winter hunt?"

Perhaps because he felt that he could not escape death, Zhufeng said directly: "It's me! I only regret that I didn't kill him directly that night!"

Ling Hengyuan's expression was very calm, as if he had known for a long time.

I asked him quietly: "Your Majesty has already guessed it?"

Ling Hengyuan nodded: "She already guessed it the moment she made the move." After that, he showed the two notes in front of me: "This note is not about the drawings, but about me."

I asked: "Why would Beiyin ignore the friendship between the two countries and send people to assassinate His Majesty?"

Ling Hengyuan: "The relationship between Nanyang and Beiyin is acrimonious."

Oh, that's true. The two countries have been fighting for the world for a long time. However, the visit of the envoy from Beiyin made me think that the relationship between the two countries is not actually very stalemate. Now it seems that I was wrong.

Xiao Dezi received Ling Hengyuan's look and stepped forward to continue questioning: "Tell me! Who ordered you to assassinate His Majesty?"

Seeing that Zhufeng didn't answer, the interrogators began to put on the torture tools and put a splint on each hand.

I couldn't bear to look any further, so I hid behind Ling Hengyuan. Ling Hengyuan glanced at me and didn't say anything, but silently blocked my sight.

It felt like the entire prison could hear Zhufeng's scream: "No one ordered me! Emperor Dog, you might as well kill me with one sword!"

Ling Hengyuan had no emotion: "It's too easy to finish it off with one sword, so I have to torture you slowly."

Xiao Dezi continued to ask: "Tell me! Who ordered it!"

Zhufeng still didn't say anything. The interrogator over there changed another set of torture instruments, and Zhufeng screamed even more miserably.

I silently grabbed Ling Hengyuan's sleeve. He seemed to notice that something was wrong with my mood, so he stopped his hand and asked me: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Go out first."

I shook my head and motioned for him to let me try it.

Ling Hengyuan: "Only by being cruel can we find out the whole story."

Seeing my persistence, he asked the others to stop and go out first, leaving me and him alone.

Zhufeng's body was already covered in blood and flesh. When he saw me approaching, he asked, "If you are generous, please give me a sword."

I said: "I am incompetent, why don't you tell me some things, maybe I can intercede and let your majesty give you a pleasure."

Zhufeng: "What's the matter?"

I said: "You just said that no one ordered you, then you are a member of the world?"

Zhufeng ignored me.

Ling Hengyuan was still looking at me. I was a little embarrassed, so I coughed lightly and said: "Your martial arts are all martial arts, and the current situation in Beiyin is turbulent. It is obvious that you have no intention of focusing on Nanyang. In addition, those two The note was kept very well, and ordinary assassins would not keep the note. So you are not doing anything for Bei Yin, you are just trying to sow discord between Nan Yang and Bei Yin."

I admired myself for reasoning so much. I turned to look at Ling Hengyuan, expecting his surprised expression, but I didn't expect that this guy had a "I knew it already" look on his face.

I gave it up and felt no sense of accomplishment.

Zhufeng: "Sir, you are very smart. I am indeed just a man in the world."

I wondered: "Why did you do this?"

Zhufeng: "I really feel unworthy for you."

I:"?"

Zhufeng: "Working under this dog emperor is obviously a narrow escape. After all, a life in his hands means nothing."

I agreed in my heart, but I was very angry on the outside: "Don't say that to Your Majesty. Although His Majesty is prone to anger, he kills those who deserve to be killed!"

Zhufeng: "Really? Then does he still remember the palace maid he killed casually?"

I looked confused and turned to look at Ling Hengyuan. He also had a puzzled face, as if he was thinking about what she was talking about.

Me: "..." There were too many killed, and I can't even remember them now, right?

Zhufeng sneered: "Look, of course he doesn't remember, but I remember that the palace maid is my best friend. She could have lived an ordinary life, but why did she fall in love with this dog emperor? In order to meet the dog emperor , she did not hesitate to enter the palace to do this job of serving people, and she was satisfied just to meet her once. But that day, she just entered the Kunning Palace by mistake, and was labeled as a woman who wanted to be the mother of the country. When I went down, the body was separated, and even when I went to see her, I couldn't even find her body anywhere..."

She finished the second half in tears. I looked at Ling Hengyuan, and it was obvious that he had already remembered this matter.

Zhufeng: "Why don't you listen to her more? Why are you so cruel?"

I said: "So you are taking revenge for your good sister?"

Zhufeng: "Yes! I also want him to taste the feeling of corpse separation. If I kill the Dog Emperor, I will kill a generation of tyrants. I will also be praised by others, but it's a pity that it's just a little bit worse."

I saw that Ling Hengyuan was getting irritable, so I quickly went to comfort him: "Your Majesty, these are evil words, don't listen to them."

Zhufeng saw the two of us acting like this and said, "It seems that your Excellency is already collaborating with this tyrant. I suddenly no longer feel guilty for what I did to you before."

Me: "?" What did you do to me?

Zhufeng: "I'm afraid you don't know why the horse lost control that day."

I was surprised: "That's you too?"

Zhufeng: "Yes, it's me too. I was originally running towards the Dog Emperor, but I never thought that the horse suddenly turned around and hit you, sir. The horse doesn't have eyes, so it avoided the person who should have hit it the most." "

I have experienced life and death: "..." Thank you.

Ling Hengyuan: "I thought you were a noble person, but you were also a villain who cheated behind the scenes. You and your good sister are both."

Zhufeng: "You are not allowed to talk about her!"

Ling Hengyuan sneered at Zhufeng: "Do you think your good sister really just wandered in by mistake?"

Zhufeng: "What do you mean?"

Ling Hengyuan: "She was disheveled, seducing me, and playing tricks on me. I gave her a chance to leave, but she didn't leave. My patience is limited and I don't have the time to spend time with her, so I ended it with one blow."

Zhufeng was very excited: "You are talking nonsense! She would not be like this! It must be you...you are lying..."

Ling Hengyuan's patience was now at its peak, and he said: "I won't pursue your assassination of me for now. I just want to ask if you were the one who sent the blueprint?"

Maybe it was because Ling Hengyuan's aura was so intimidating, Zhu Feng gritted his teeth and said, "I can't wait to spread the word... ah!"

Ling Hengyuan suddenly pulled out the dagger and stabbed her arm. I quickly stepped back, but the blood still splashed on me.

Ling Hengyuan: "Xiao Dezi!"

Xiao Dezi walked in quickly from outside: "Your Majesty."

Ling Hengyuan: "Leave it to you."

Xiao Dezi: "Yes."

The dagger in Ling Hengyuan's hand was still stained with blood. He glanced at me and pulled me out with his other hand.

After leaving the prison, the light outside hit me, and I realized what was happening. I looked at Ling Hengyuan, and thought about how many people inside had just called him a dog emperor. I wonder if his mentality is very dark now... Okay. , he is already dark enough.

I said slowly: "How does Your Majesty plan to deal with her?"

Ling Hengyuan was obviously not in the mood to think about this issue: "Just kill him."

I said: "Your Majesty is still thinking about the leakage of the drawings."

Ling Hengyuan: "Yes. The place where I placed the blueprint is very hidden. No one should know it, and there is no trace of it being tampered with."

Me: "Your Majesty believes that the drawings are indeed not done by Zhufeng."

Ling Hengyuan: "Don't make any hasty decisions. Let's check again."

He looked at me, the smell of blood on both of them was very strong, and said: "Go back first, you can clean up properly."

I bowed and said, "That humble minister is here to send you off to Your Majesty."

Ling Hengyuan nodded, turned and left.

I looked at his back, thinking that I could finally take the next step in my plan.

In the morning of the next day, the courtiers knew that the person who leaked the drawings had not been caught, which caused a commotion.

They are all discussing who it is below, and it is not in vain that there are some bold people.

A certain minister whispered: "Your Majesty only has one copy of this blueprint in Nanyang. Who else would know about it?"

A certain bold minister said: "But didn't this drawing also pass through Master Chen's hands?"

The voice was small but powerful, and as soon as the words came out, there was silence.

Everyone looked at the minister, wanting to see who was so bold. I also looked sideways at that person. He was really good at talking, but he almost didn't directly say that I was the one who leaked the information.

Ling Hengyuan kept tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously, and no one in the courtroom dared to say a word. Maybe he didn't know what Ling Hengyuan was thinking, or maybe he acquiesced to what the minister said...

Ling Hengyuan: "Chen Aiqing, what do you think?"

I was about to speak, but Qin Che behind me had already stood up impatiently: "Your Majesty! It's definitely not Ah Ji..."

I quickly covered his mouth and didn't even look at the timing when I spoke. Is now the time to say this?

I was afraid that Ling Hengyuan would be blamed, so I hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. General, he is very sincere."

Ling Hengyuan didn't pay attention to this episode. He was just worried about the drawings and asked me: "What do you think?"

Seeing that Qin Che had no intention of continuing to speak, I let go of Temari and said, "Your Majesty has made his own decision. I don't dare to speculate on the holy will."

Ling Hengyuan's fingers tapped on the table even more urgently. Seeing this, Xiao Dezi immediately announced his withdrawal from the court and summoned me to Qinzheng Hall.

When we arrived at Qinzheng Hall, we were still speechless for a while.

Ling Hengyuan spoke first: "Aren't you going to defend yourself?"

I said: "If Your Majesty believes it, Wei Chen will say nothing and will not doubt it. If Your Majesty does not believe it, Wei Chen's excuse will be fruitless."

Ling Hengyuan looked at me quietly: "Is that so? Or have you already...acquiesced?"

I knelt down and said: "Your Majesty..."

Ling Hengyuan: "This matter is indeed what he said. Only you and I know the full blueprint. If you don't defend yourself, then I will definitely investigate."

I said: "Your Majesty has already suspected it, so why bother?"

Ling Hengyuan shouted: "Chen Yueji, I have indulged you too much recently, haven't I?"

He had lost his patience and said: "Xiao Dezi!"

Xiao Dezi came in from outside and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty."

Ling Hengyuan: "Check it for me!"

Xiao Dezi glanced at me and followed the order tremblingly.

Ling Hengyuan: "Go back to your home. If you are innocent, you will not be found out. If you are not, you know the consequences of betraying me."

I said calmly: "Yes, I will retire."

I stood up and prepared to leave the Qinzheng Hall. Ling Hengyuan stopped me behind me and asked, "You really don't want to lie to me."

Me: "Whatever your Majesty finds out, that's what it is. Nothing the minister says will work."

Ling Hengyuan: "You...that's all, step back."

Ling Hengyuan was extremely tolerant of me. If it had been anyone else, I would have been sitting in jail waiting for the result.