Zhu Lan is dead

Everything seemed to be deliberately arranged by someone, and what happened at the banquet was widely circulated the next day.

The official kiln in Xinlefang has a long history. It has been customizing porcelain utensils for the royal family since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now this unknown fire has burned these porcelains, which is enough to punish those people for serious crimes, but...

The appearance of cast iron in the official kiln makes this matter even more unclear. Cast iron is mostly scarce now. Except for agricultural tools, it has been provided for the army's luggage. Now that the official kiln is burned, this incident of cast iron appears I don't know who will be dragged into the water.

"What else do you have to say?"

Zhou Lixiao looked at the person kneeling on the steps of His Highness.

"I have nothing to say!" Lin Fu knelt down obediently at the foot of the palace steps. Da Zhou's once high-ranking prime minister was surprisingly obedient today, like a lamb at the mercy of others.

From yesterday's change to now, although the matter is not yet clear, more than a dozen admonishing officials wrote to impeach Lin Fu early this morning. It is generally arranged deliberately.

All the people present were silent about this, but many who understood in their hearts remained silent. Although they were all nervous on the surface, who knew how many people were watching the drama behind their backs and taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

"Is that an admission?"

Lin Fu saluted politely, and straightened up again, saying: "The assassination of the dumb woman in the hall last night was due to my ignorance, and I am willing to accept the crime!"

"Convict?" Zhou Lixiao couldn't help laughing, "Lin Fu, the batch of "porcelain" captured in the capital the day before yesterday was not just as simple as pleading guilty. Now that there are all witnesses and physical evidence, what else do you have to say?"

Lin Fu's face remained unchanged and he said: "I don't know anything about this matter, someone must have deliberately falsely accused me, please Your Majesty thoroughly investigate this matter and return my innocence!"

What he said was powerful and resounding, if not many people present were well aware of this matter, they might have really thought that Lin Fu was innocent and slandered.

It's just that there are quite a few people who choose to keep silent. For this reason, no one agrees, so they can only stick to this matter. If Lin Fu denies the truth, Zhou Lixiao can't convict him. After all, his status is here, and there is not enough It is still not easy to easily overthrow a person with all the evidence.

And Zhou Lixiao seemed to have known that he would say this. After a while, he looked at Yu Changqi who was standing aside, and signaled. Leading a man in shackles to the steps of the palace, the man was dressed in shabby prison clothes, and his disheveled hair completely lost his previous aggressive posture.

"Who is Your Highness?" The people on the steps were high above, and their majestic voices echoed in the hall, as if a golden bell was ringing a tripod, and it was impossible to stare at it.

Quite a few eyes fell on the kneeling people in the center of the hallway, some of them stretched out their hands to prop themselves up on the ground, and only after a moment did they say dejectedly: "Zuoyi Zuoyi, I pay my respects to Your Majesty..."

"Hmph!" Zhou Lixiao stared coldly at the figure under the steps of the hall, "Zuo Yi, what crime do you know?"

"Criminal duties..." With a gradual hesitation hidden under the disheveled hair, Zuo Yi glanced at Lin Fu next to him calmly, and when he was about to speak out, Ji Yun, who had been watching coldly for a long time, suddenly walked out of the row .

"Your Majesty, I have something important to announce!"

Seeing that the atmosphere of this matter was stagnating, Ji He, who usually had to intervene in everything, suddenly stepped out of the queue, and the ministers present were not surprised by this. After all, Ji He was probably old, so what did he say Always put on an eye-catching appearance, as if to show that you still have a loyal heart of "I am still here, and I can continue".

As for Zhou Lixiao, when Ji He responded, his face obviously turned ugly. Ji He was always straight-minded, galloped on the battlefield all his life, and always loved to compete with others. Everyone in the three armies knew the general's competitive mentality. Even now, when speaking in court, he always likes to argue in a state of overwhelming others.

So far, the people who have been arguing the most in the court are the prime minister Lin Fu and the general Ji He, and now that Lin Fu is facing a catastrophe, it is in danger, so Ji He is out at this time, and everyone thinks that Lord Ji is afraid Fall into the stone and come out to give Lin Fu a kick.

It's just that everyone's guesses were completely extinguished by Ji Yun's words at the next moment.

"What do you want to play?" After Zhou Lixiao finished speaking, Ji He stepped forward and said, "Is there something that I can prove that there is someone behind this matter, not the Prime Minister himself?"

"..."

Almost subconsciously, everyone gasped at the same time, including Zhou Lixiao, who almost showed a look of surprise, except Guo Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground and couldn't see his expression clearly, remained calm.

"I have evidence to prove that someone else is the one who privately hid the military supplies!" After finishing speaking, he took out a memorial that he had already prepared from his sleeve, and handed it to the guard at the side. Next, after Zhou Lixiao scanned carefully, for about half a stick of incense, Zhou Lixiao just stared at the memorial quietly and did not make a sound, but everyone below had a common belief that His Majesty's face was obviously darker. .

Before Zhou Lixiao could say anything, Ji Yun couldn't help breaking the silence again and said: "This is the evidence I have searched in the past few days, and it details the location of this transaction and all the accounts, including the assassination last night. For it!"

"How do you say that?" Zhou Lixiao looked away from the memorial with a dark face.

Ji He said: "Last night when the official kiln in Xinlefang in the capital was on fire, the youngest son of the minister, Ji Fengzhu, happened to be there. Cast iron hidden in the official kiln!"

"What's the connection between the two?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the woman in red?" Ji He continued: "I heard that Wei Yihou and the Prime Minister have always been close friends. The woman is actually a noble person!"

"What proof do you have that the woman knew Wang Lu?"

But Ji He didn't speak, clapped his hands, and immediately two guards appeared in the hall, and dragged the half-dead woman up.

Everyone looked at the scarred woman who was barely clothed and felt a lot of regret in their hearts, but here Ji He took out a crime and handed it over to the guard.

"This is the result of the overnight interrogation at Dali Temple last night. This woman has already surrendered."

Everyone was amazed by this dramatic change. After all, no one expected that Ji He would come here suddenly, but the evidence is solid now, not to mention that Lin Fu and Wang Lu have been close friends for many years, and it is absolutely impossible for him to be framed. Even if there was a possibility of blaming him, Ji He and Lin Fu were in conflict with each other in this court, so did he need to speak for Lin Fu?

Yu Changqi hangs his sleeves in line, watching all this silently. In fact, he knew what Zhou Lixiao wanted to do as early as when he was ordered to capture Zuo Yi. This man is ambitious. Heaped up into hills, stained with blood and accumulated into rivers, no matter what he did, he was decisive and merciless. Now that he has been in power for so many years, although he has not fully inherited the style of the late emperor, he still knows how to play tricks intimidating.

It's just that when Zhou Lixiao knew all this, according to his past personality, he decided to solve all these things without any explanation, and wiped out those people, but he never thought that the procrastination so far now would make people take advantage of the loophole.

Looking downcastly at the woman who was almost lying on the ground as thin as gossamer, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

*

Half of the wall is deep, and the dim candlelight illuminates a corner. The shadows on the wall are torn apart and shattered. In the cold air, there is an insoluble bloody smell like ice and snow. It is frozen here all the year round. Disgusting taste.

The cold wind at night was swept into the prison with dimly lit butter lamps silently along with a gust of pushing. Chaba, who was still squatting at the side and drowsy, groaned a little impatiently after feeling the coolness. , When the dazed vision touched the sliver of ocher red, the thought of taking a nap suddenly disappeared with the wind of the cold night.

"King, lord..."

After hearing the sound, Yu Changqi glanced at Chaba slightly, waved his hand as a signal, and walked into the prison.

When Chaba saw this, he looked stunned and obviously couldn't react. After a while, he tiptoed cautiously and said: "My lord, what's the matter with your lord's late-night visit?"

Yu Changqi didn't look at him, but said in a low voice, "Where is that girl locked up now?"

"This, this... She has just finished her punishment, so I'm afraid she will dirty the prince..."

Yu Changqi didn't speak, but the steps that had been walking forward suddenly stopped, his back was facing the candlelight, his expression was dark and he couldn't see clearly, but his eyes were on the tattered red clothes in the cell, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and pushed it away. Opened the closed prison door.

"My lord..." Chaba behind him said hesitantly, his expression seemed to be worried.

"You go out now, the king has something to interrogate her."

Yu Changqi waved his hand, then pushed the door and walked in, leaning slightly before the red dress.

This woman had already been subjected to capital punishment. After all, she committed an assassination at the palace banquet. It was a great gift for Zhou Lixiao not to kill her. However, this capital punishment is something that few people can bear. Yu Changqi was a little surprised that the woman was still alive so far.

Just when he stretched out his fingers to check if the woman's breath was still there, the eyes covered by the disheveled hair suddenly opened, Yu Changqi paused, and then withdrew his hand again.

There was a sound of iron chains dragging during the movement, the red dress in front of her sat up, the frayed sleeves exposed a thin arm that was bound by the shackles, the woman sat up slowly, stretched out her hand to lift her forehead A few strands of black hair.

"Nayin?" Yu Changqi looked at her calmly.

Although the woman was covered with bruises, she nodded calmly.

"Are you from Xinlefang?"

Nayin nodded again.

"Are you from the Western Regions?" Yu Changqi asked without changing his face.

"..." The woman obviously paused, then nodded as before.

The air was silent for a moment, and then Yu Changqi stood up, but just as he was about to go out, the person behind him who had been silent for a long time suddenly spoke.

Although the voice was hoarse, but the words were clear and round.

"My lord, don't you plan to continue asking?"

Yu Changqi stopped, and turned around as expected, "You are a mere weak woman with great concentration. You have suffered so much and failed to make you speak. Why are you willing to speak now?"

Nayin forced a smile, "Little girl sees the prince as a sensible person."

"So you've made it this far just to see me alone?" Yu Changqi didn't take it seriously. Long before the accident happened that night, he guessed that since this woman was so bold and daring to be presumptuous at the banquet, she must have a very deep history. not simple.

And after he learned about the origin of this woman's life experience, everything became more clear and certain.

"It seems that I'm not in vain to gamble my life like this." Nayin smiled, but his blood-stained face was still shockingly beautiful.

"..." Yu Changqi looked at her calmly.

Na Yin continued: "I have two pieces of news to tell the lord, one is good and the other is bad. I don't know which one the lord wants to hear?"

Yu Changqi raised his eyebrows, "How do you know that I will definitely listen, not to mention what good news and bad news do I benefit from?"

Nayin smiled calmly, "Then I might as well tell you the good news first. If the prince hears it, he will be interested in knowing the next one..."

Before Yu Changqi could make a statement, Nayin blurted out: "It's not a secret that the Lin family hid military supplies, and the person who has been doing business with them is the man named Liang Ke, and the assassination this time is indeed true." It was the Lin family who asked me to do it, with the purpose of framing Wei Yihou."

"To get rid of the crime and make Wang Lu a scapegoat?" As expected, Yu Changqi looked at her and said slowly: "I have expected this for a long time, so it is not good news."

"Then is the prince still interested in hearing the second bad news?" Nayin said calmly.

"..."

Looking at Yu Changqi's silent appearance, Nayin naturally understood that what she said obviously aroused Yu Changqi's curiosity, if he just told the whole story...

"I'm not interested in knowing about you." After a while, Yu Changqi glanced at her and was about to walk out of the cell without looking back.

"My lord!" Nayin suddenly called out to him, "This second piece of news endangers the lives of those around you..."

Sure enough, Yu Changqi stopped in his tracks again before he finished speaking. It was obvious that the woman had no time to think and react to what she said, but subconsciously, that familiar smiling face appeared in his mind.

Yu Changqi turned around slowly, looked at Nayin's words and said, "What exactly do you want to come to me?"

"I want my lord to do me a favor!" Nayin looked at him and smiled inexplicably, "Someone promised me this favor before, but I didn't believe him, but the person who can do this now is Only you, my lord..."

"Why do you think this king is trustworthy?"

"Although Nayin doesn't know the prince's personality, he has heard about the prince's life story. In comparison... compared to the cunning and fickle guy, a real gentleman like the prince is more reliable."

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