Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

The sky is bright.

The Minister of the Chancellery, the Secretary General, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Censor Peng, and the second son of the Earl of Rong'an, these five people died in the chaos at dawn.

The emperor was furious and all officials were terrified.

The entire capital city was under martial law, and soldiers were everywhere searching for the thief, but after two days, the thief had still not been captured.

Almost no officials paid attention to the death of Marquis Zhaoping. Compared with Marquis Zhaoping, who had become a thing of the past, the thief whose purpose and pattern of killing were completely unclear made all officials nervous and uneasy.

But what these officials never expected was that the thief had not been caught yet, and Marquis Zhaoping, who had been dead for some time, came back alive.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, all the officials stared in amazement as a figure limped in from outside the hall.

Although the figure was extremely disheveled and thin, it was undoubtedly Marquis Zhaoping.

The emperor watched Cheng Wan's face become clearer and clearer, and his hands on his knees slowly tightened uncontrollably.

A rare look of relief and joy appeared in Mu Yao's eyes.

Cheng Wan was not dead, so he finally didn't have to worry about how to tell someone about this.

This is... great!

Cheng Wan stood still, knelt on the ground with unsteady movements, and said in a dry and hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I, Cheng Wan, pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor!"

The officials came back to their senses.

Marquis Zhaoping is not dead, he is really not dead.

The emperor opened his hands on his knees, his brows calm and deep: "Cheng Wan."

"Wei Chen is here."

The emperor looked at Cheng Wan.

His face was pale, his lips were chapped, his cheeks were thin, and his clothes were thin and dirty. Except for a pair of eyes that still had a little light in them, he looked like he had been drained of all his vitality and strength. He was like two different people compared to the last time we met.

The emperor tightened his hands on his knees again, his Adam's apple moving slightly: "You are still alive..."

"Yes, the emperor's grace has saved half of my life."

After saying that, Cheng Wan pulled the corners of his lips, as if he wanted to smile, but the blood beads oozing out of the cracks on his lips made Cheng Wan stop smiling.

The emperor's eyes darkened: "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cheng Wan supported himself on the ground with his hands and stood up shakily.

No one had ever seen Guo Chengwan so embarrassed and weak.

What exactly did Cheng Wan go through?

How did Cheng Wan escape death?

These two questions linger in the minds of many people.

Mu Yao frowned slightly: "Father, should we send the imperial physician to accompany Marquis Zhaoping back to his mansion?"

Mu Yao was really worried that Cheng Wan had managed to save half his life, but in the end he would lose it.

"Imperial Physician Lian has a history with Marquis Zhaoping. I am sending Imperial Physician Lian to Marquis Zhaoping's mansion."

When in Liangzhou, Cheng Wan was seriously injured in order to deal with the assassins sent by the Minister of Revenue Tang Huairen and the Minister of Rites Shi Liangji. It was the Imperial Physician Lian who treated Cheng Wan at that time.

Cheng Wan quickly thanked the emperor: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. But I would like to ask you for one more thing."

"explain."

"Your Majesty, I am innocent and have suffered this great disaster. I feel wronged. I beg Your Majesty to help me!"

After saying that, Cheng Wan knelt down facing the emperor again, his eyes red and wet.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, one could hear a pin drop.

Some officials looked at their noses and their hearts, and couldn't help but become nervous.

"Your Majesty, although Marquis Zhaoping managed to survive, we have all seen with our own eyes how bad his physical condition is. Please, Your Majesty, make a decision for Marquis Zhaoping!"

Yan Mu was the first to come out and take a stand again.

Ying Changlin, Mao Yuanyi and other officials immediately followed up: "Your Majesty, please make a decision for Marquis Zhaoping!"

"It is of course a great thing that Marquis Zhaoping has returned alive, but the most important thing right now is to capture the thieves who killed Shang Shuling and others, so as to restore peace to the capital!"

Minister of Revenue Hao Chi glanced at Cheng Wan coldly and continued:

"After all, Marquis Zhaoping is still alive. You might as well put your grievance aside for now. The emperor has been very worried about the murder of Shangshu Ling and others in the past two days. How can Marquis Zhaoping bear to add more worries to the emperor?"

"Yes, Marquis Zhaoping is still..."

"Your Majesty, the Minister of Revenue Hao Chi sent someone to kill me and forced me to jump off a cliff to save my life. I beg Your Majesty to help me!"

!!!

Cheng Wan's words not only interrupted a certain official who was agreeing with Hao Chi, but also shocked all the officials and made them open their eyes wide.

Is it so direct?

Are you so bold?

"You...you..." Hao Chi pointed at Cheng Wan, his eyes bloodshot: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Cheng Wanli ignored Hao Chi and just looked up at the emperor with red eyes:

“Your Majesty, after I jumped off the cliff, I fell on a tree. The impact was cushioned before I landed, so I was lucky enough not to die.

I was worried that the masked men would go around to the bottom of the cliff to confirm whether I was dead, so I deliberately left some traces that would make the masked men think that I was dragged away by a wild beast.

I carefully hid at the bottom of the cliff, and my life hung by a thread several times. I was afraid that the masked men would come, but I was also afraid that they would not come.

If they hadn't come, I might have survived this disaster, but if they hadn't come, I would have no idea who was trying to harm me."

Cheng Wan wiped away her tears and continued in a calm voice:

“It was a cold and snowy day, and I was seriously injured, with my clothes and shoes torn. Looking back now, I don’t know how I managed to hold on.

Just when I was confused about whether I was alive or dead, several masked men appeared at the bottom of the cliff.

Thanks to the emperor's grace, those masked men did not discover my hiding place. I stabbed myself to wake myself up and followed them carefully.

Later, the masked men must have really thought that I was dragged away and eaten by wild beasts, so they relaxed their vigilance and started chatting.

I heard them say, "Marquis Zhaoping is dead, you can go back and report to your master." "Your master is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and Marquis Zhaoping is in the Ministry of Personnel. I don't know why your master wants Marquis Zhaoping to die."

Cheng Wan turned his head and looked at Hao Chi, his eyes full of resentment: "At that time, I really wanted to ask Lord Hao why Lord Hao wanted me to die?!"

"You! You...you!" Hao Chi's mouth opened and closed, his eyes were full of anger and panic, and his face turned purple and red: "Marquis Zhaoping! How dare you speak nonsense and slander your superiors in front of the Emperor and the Crown Prince? You, you deserve to be killed!"

"If Lord Hao has a clear conscience, why are you panicking?"

"Of course I have a clear conscience!" Hao Chi took a deep breath, facing the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I can understand that Marquis Zhaoping feels wronged, but I have nothing to do with the attack on Marquis Zhaoping. Marquis Zhaoping fabricated and slandered me. Please understand!"

The emperor looked at Hao Chi, then at Cheng Wan, and said in a flat voice: "Marquis Zhaoping, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, I was really puzzled at first as to why Lord Hao sent so many people to kill me, but later I figured it out."