After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

When everyone saw Prince Rong, they came forward to pay tribute.

"I heard that the Marquis of Linjiang committed suicide out of fear of crime?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment came over and asked Mr. Wen.

Master Wen sighed slightly and handed the blood confession written by Linjiang Marquis to the Minister of Punishment.

The Minister of Punishment took the blood book, took a look at it, and gave it to the imperial censor.

The minister of Dali Temple, the Minister of Punishment, and the imperial censor took turns reading the blood book. Gu Jianxing was thinking, as they gathered in the prison, was this going to be a joint trial of the three divisions?

If that's the case, then their actions were too fast, right?

However, this was easy to understand, but what made him curious was what did the elders come here for, especially Mr. Tang?

Gu Jianxing looked at Mr. Tang Ge. Mr. Tang Ge noticed the probing gaze of Prince Rong and ducked his eyes.

"Prince Rongjun, I and the imperial censor are investigating the matter of Changxing Bo selling his official position. They happened to hear the guards coming to report that the Marquis of Linjiang committed suicide out of fear of crime and wrote a confession, so I also came over to take a look. .”

Mr. Tang Ge explained.

"There is such a thing, let's go in and take a look." Mr. Yang Ge and Mr. Ling Ge walked up to Gu Jianxing at the same time and said.

"Prince Rong, colleagues, please lead the way, be careful where you step."

Master Wen walked up to him and took everyone to the cell where Linjiang Marquis was imprisoned.

In the cell, Marquis Linjiang lay on his back on the ground. The hairpin he was holding tightly in his hand was inserted into his neck, and a thick pool of blood flowed from his neck.

Gu Jianxing stared at Linjiang Hou who was lying there with a calm face. He couldn't believe that he would choose to commit suicide in this way and at this time. He turned around and looked at the cell opposite.

Opposite the cell where Linjiang Hou was imprisoned was the cell where Chang Xingbo was imprisoned. At this time, there was only Chang Xingbo in the cell opposite. Chang Xingbo was also looking at everyone, he pursed his lips and remained silent.

It seems that the two of them are being held separately here.

When the few people who walked into the cell saw this scene, they were all trying to accept this unbelievable fact, because the Marquis of Linjiang had just been put into the cell, and he didn't even have time to change into the prison uniform, let alone He had been tortured but not tortured, so it was impossible for him to commit suicide out of fear of crime so quickly.

"Uncle Changxing, have you seen the whole process of Marquis Linjiang writing the blood letter and committing suicide?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked the opposite person, Uncle Changxing.

Chang Xingbo just nodded and remained silent.

"Uncle Changxing, did you see Linjiang Marquis before he committed suicide? Has anyone been here to see him?" the imperial censor asked again.

This time, Chang Xingbo spoke, his voice a little hoarse: "No, no one came to see us after I and Linjiang Hou were brought in. You see, I didn't change my clothes. I didn’t even take a sip of water.”

After hearing this, the censor doctor turned his head to the side and found that they were imprisoned in the innermost part of the cell. There was no one in the cells next to theirs and they were all empty.

This is interesting. The only witness to Linjiang Hou's suicide in fear of crime was Chang Xingbo, and Chang Xingbo was also locked in a cell and could not get out.

Obviously, it was not Linjiang Hou who was killed by Changxing Bo.

"Did Linjiang Marquis say anything to you before he committed suicide?" Lord Wen asked Chang Xingbo.

Chang Xingbo shook his head and sighed slightly, "No, I have nothing to say to him."

"Come here." Gu Jianxing shouted towards the other side of the cell.

Not long after, the cell leader ran over, and a bunch of keys hanging on his waist jingled as he ran.

"Your Majesty, I am here to serve you." The cell leader knelt on one knee in front of Gu Jianxing with a very respectful expression.

"Who first discovered that Marquis Linjiang had committed suicide?" Gu Jianxing asked him.

The cell leader replied: "Back to the prince, it's Chang Xingbo. After he saw Linjiang Hou committing suicide, he shouted loudly. He brought people here because of his humble position. When he opened the cell door, he found that Linjiang Hou had died and there were people beside him. With the blood letter written by him, I humbly ordered someone to invite Lord Wen."

There are no flaws in the prison boss's narrative, but there are flaws everywhere.

Gu Jianxing frowned in thought.

The Minister of Punishment listened to the whole process and looked very serious.

The cell fell into silence, and everyone looked ugly.

At this moment, a guard came over with his head lowered, and he knelt directly in front of Prince Rong, because Gu Jianxing had the highest status among these people.

"Your Majesty, my lord, I have something to report for my humble duty."

"Say it." Gu Jianxing said, staring at the guard kneeling in front of him.

"Reporting to the prince, Sang Yanni, the legitimate daughter of the Sang family, also committed suicide in the cell."

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, secretly thinking that today was really evil.

Thinking that his granddaughter Sang Yanni was the princess he arranged for General Zhenguo, Chang Xingbo stood up in shock, held the cell door with both hands, and asked the guard sternly: "How did Yanni die? How is it possible?"

The guard did not reply to Chang Xingbo's words, but looked at Prince Rong.

Gu Jianxing glanced at Chang Xingbo, whose pained expression didn't look like he was faking it. He turned back to the guard and said again, "Go ahead."

Guard: "Reporting to the prince, Sang Yanni was knocked to death in the cell. The female family members of the Sang family who were imprisoned with her said that Sang Yanni could not stand being put in the cell and could not stand the filth and mess in the cell. The scurrying mouse didn't want to live anymore, so it hit itself to death."

Sang Yanni is too squeamish, can't she stand it? He hasn't been tortured yet.

This is everyone's unanimous opinion about Sang Yanni, who has never met her.

After hearing this, Chang Xingbo's expression turned gloomy. Suddenly, a flash of light suddenly appeared in his mind. Then his eyes bulged with a horrifying expression. He asked: "Yanni is with my wife, several daughters-in-law, and several other granddaughters." Locked up in an old cell, right?”

"Yes." The guard replied very simply.

After hearing the guard's reply, Chang Xingbo suddenly recovered from the frightened expression on his face, and his expression returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

After everyone heard this, they felt that it was impossible for Sang Yanni to be a homicide. If it was a homicide, it would have been done by the Sang family members who were locked in the same cell with her.

In order to verify this conjecture, a group of people followed the guards who came to report to the place where the female family members were detained.

Because there are so many female relatives in the Changxing House and the Sang family, there are four cells. These four cells are connected together. Together with the female relatives of Linjiang Marquis and the Cui family, the cells for female relatives occupy an entire row. , crowded with people.

It was impossible for the murderer to kill in the presence of so many people. Sang Yanni either really committed suicide or was killed by someone from the Sang family.

Three days later.

royal palace.

Because the Marquis of Linjiang suddenly committed suicide out of fear of guilt, which disrupted the pace of the trial, the trial of the three divisions was held directly in the imperial study room, with the emperor personally sitting in charge.

After some searches and interrogations, the Changxing Bo Mansion and the Sang family, the Linjiang Marquis Mansion and the Cui family all interrogated each other, but there was no progress at all. They did not find out who changed the eldest prince, nor did they know the real eldest prince. Where now.

At the same time, the guards and cell leaders in the prison were also interrogated, and no suspicious characters were found to have entered the prison that day.

Today is mainly the interrogation of Chang Xingbo, because Linjiang Marquis committed suicide out of fear of guilt, and Chang Xingbo was an eyewitness.

"Uncle Changxing, what did Marquis Linjiang do before he committed suicide?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked Uncle Changxing.

Changxingbo said with a bitter look on his face: "I don't know, I don't know that Linjiang Marquis will commit suicide in fear of crime. In addition, it was already dark at that time, the light in the cell was not good, and I had bad eyesight, so I didn't care at all."

Chang Xingbo's words did not sound like lies.

"Then how did you know that Marquis Linjiang was dead?"

This time Lord Wen asked Chang Xingbo.

In the joint trial of the three divisions, the chiefs of the three divisions all have the power of trial and can directly participate in the trial of the case, but they have no decision-making power. The decision-making power lies in the hands of the emperor, who makes the final ruling based on the process and results of the trial.