Placid Chang'an

Liu Yu was still talking, opening and closing his mouth, but Su Cen suddenly felt that those voices were far away from him. He tried his best, but couldn't understand.

Tian Pingzhi and Li Shi, one is an official who entered Beijing for the first time to take the exam, and the other is a prince who is far away, the sky and the earth, the difference between clouds and mud, how could they be related?

Li Shi had clearly told him that he didn't know Tian Pingzhi, and Li Shi would not lie to him, so whether it was just a coincidence or just the same day, it didn't necessarily mean anything.

"Brother Su, Brother Su, Su Cen!" Cui Hao yelled a few times before waking him up, and frowned slightly, "Are you still listening?"

Su Cen raised his head, stared at Liu Zhen and paused, "Is it the first emperor?"

As far as all the clues are concerned, the first emperor is the most suspicious.There was no definite evidence before, so he dared not say this, but the matter involved Li Shi, and he urgently needed Liu Zhen to give him an accurate statement, so as to remove Li Shi from this matter.

Liu Zhen pursed her lips and was silent for a moment, but just shook her head slightly.

"It's not him?" Su Cen frowned fiercely, "How could it not be him? The promotion he promised you has been fulfilled, who else could there be?"

"I don't know if it is."

"Then why should you be the champion?!"

"Su Cen!"

Cui Hao yelled, and Su Cen woke up suddenly. He was too eager for quick success, stabbing someone in the mouth with a gun and tongue, is it any different from extorting a confession by torture?

"I was in a hurry," Su Cen gave a deep bow after reflection, "Go on."

"I really don't know," Liu Yu lowered his eyes slightly, "I've been in a state of confusion since that day. I don't understand why Ruoheng couldn't come back when I obviously didn't take the fatal dose. I don’t understand why I was allowed to be the champion when I handed in a blank paper? I also wondered whether the person who wanted Ruoheng’s life was the late Emperor, but I hinted it many times, and the late Emperor never responded to me. Over the years, I myself have been charged with killing Ruoheng, but no one seems to remember that incident... Oh, there are two more people, one is Chen Guanglu from back then, and the other is you."

The best way to get rid of the crime is to let the truth be annihilated in the torrent of time.

Su Cen was silent for a moment, then stood up: "I will find out."

Cui Hao sat without moving, looked back at Su Cen and said, "Can you let me stay here with Zhong Pei? If you take me out, you have to find a place to hide me. Why don't you just let me hide in the prison? Make sure no one will find out."

Su Cen thought about it carefully, Cui Hao's presence is indeed a hidden danger, so this arrangement is a solution.Turning around to ask Liu Xie's opinion, he only heard someone scold "nonsense" in a low voice and didn't say anything else, so he nodded and said to Cui Hao: "Go to the next door, so as not to arouse suspicion."

Cui Hao willingly entered the empty cell next door to Zhang He after he moved out, his eyes were tightly attached to Liu Xie's body, and he couldn't get it off.

Just as Su Cen was about to leave, Liu Yu said again: "There is one more thing, I don't know if it will help you."

Su Cen turned around slightly, only to hear Liu Zhen say: "The person who sent me the news back then disappeared after the incident. I also tried to find him, but there was no result. But just a few days ago, I was in the palace again. saw him."

Su Cen turned around abruptly, "Are you sure you read it right?"

"It's not wrong," Liu Zhen said firmly, "I recognize him even when he is burned to ashes, and that person has another distinctive feature—his right hand has six fingers."

Coming out of Liu Yu, Su Cen immediately interrogated Zhang He.

Compared with the half-dead look he saw at Liu Zhen in the morning, Zhang He has obviously recovered. He didn't kneel when he saw Su Cen, but raised his head arrogantly, and said to Su Cen: "You have no right Catch me."

Su Cen replied coldly: "You killed someone, and as a lawsuit against Dali Temple, why can't I arrest you?"

"It's just a small Dali Temple," Zhang He sneered. After experiencing the incident in the morning, he obviously knew why Su Cen brought him back, and said unhurriedly: "I dealt with Tian Pingzhi back then, It is the imperial decree!"

Su Cen raised his eyebrows lightly, the speed of not calling himself saved him a lot of effort.

The gavel slapped the table heavily, "Kneel down!"

"You!" Zhang He obviously didn't expect Su Cen to be so fearless, even after he brought out the imperial decree, this person was still indifferent.

After a moment of daze, Su Cen became impatient, motioned to the left and right, and forced the person to the ground.

"Su Cen, you, you are bold!" Zhang He struggled to get up, and when he raised his head, he was stunned by Su Cen's sharp gaze.

"I'm really brave." Su Cen looked down at the person, "So you admit that you buried Tian Pingzhi alive on purpose, and you were ordered by others."

Zhang He poked his neck unconvinced: "I said it, I did it according to the order."

"Okay," Su Cen raised her lips, "Then let me ask you, whose decree did you serve, who made the decree, and where is the decree now?"

Zhang He was taken aback, "That's a secret decree, it will be burned after reading it, the imperial decree has already been turned into ashes, where can I find it for you."

Su Cen slapped the gavel again, resounding throughout the cell, "I'll ask again, whose will it is?!"

"Yes... yes..." Zhang He thought back for a moment, froze in place, and suddenly understood the meaning of the secret order.

The person who announced the decree never said who made the decree from the beginning to the end!

A secret murder decree that burns after reading, the purpose is to get rid of the people behind the scenes, even if everyone knows it well, but there is no evidence!

Whether it is the first emperor or Emperor Taizong, even if it is a fake

The imperial eunuch, he can't produce any evidence to identify him right now.

Zhang He's haughty demeanor collapsed visibly to the naked eye, and he panicked: "Yes... I didn't lie... Yes, there is really such a secret letter... I remember the contents, if you don't believe me, I will recite it to you. You listen—"Liuzhou official Tian Ping's arrogance and contempt for the emperor's prestige are really a disgrace to scholars all over the world. As the chief examiner of the imperial examination, Zhang Qing shoulders the responsibility of assisting the sage to eliminate evils. Such a black sheep should be eliminated!" You see, Look, there really are!"

Su Cen pursed his lips lightly, he had actually expected such a result when he came out from Liu Zhen.There is not a title in this secret decree, and there is no place that can indicate the identity. It can be said to be flawless. Even if the secret decree was not burned at the beginning, holding such a thing would not be able to testify against anyone.

Then why did Zhang He believe in such a secret decree without any defense in the first place?

There was only one reason - he knew the person who declared the decree.

People are often used to speculate upwards based on the affiliation relationship, an object, a habit, a servant...it is easy to think of the person wearing the object, the subject of the habit, the master of the servant...but these things are singled out, But it can't explain anything.

Who can guarantee that this object will not be lost, habits will not be changed, and servants will not change hands?

That's why Zhang He hesitated, hesitated, compared to all the known and established in the world, talent is the biggest variable.He knew that it would be of no benefit to him if that person spoke out, and the effect was not even as good as that secret decree that had been burned.

"Who announced the decree?" Su Cen asked.

Zhang He struggled again, before saying, "It's...Little Six."

"Who is Little Six?"

"Little Liuzi...Little Liuzi was the servant who served the late Emperor when he was still the prince." Zhang He had completely given up struggling, and replied truthfully: "He has six fingers on one hand, so everyone in the palace has six fingers. Call him Little Six. But no one has seen him since the first emperor came to the throne, maybe he ran away, or maybe... was silenced."

Su Cen frowned, and it was that six-finger again.

Now it seems that this little six played a vital role in Tian Pingzhi's matter, like a bridge, connecting from one end to this end, with this bridge, it becomes a whole. There is no contact anymore.

Su Cen frowned, but what he couldn't understand was that the bridge had sunk under the water with all its secrets, why did it choose to surface at this time?

"I, I didn't know that Tian Pingzhi wasn't dead when I took the test," Zhang He was still defending, "I really thought he was dead so I buried him..."

"What if he wasn't unconscious at the time?" Su Cen asked coldly.

Zhang He froze in place.

Liu Yu is the dagger of indecision, and Zhang He is the knife that was added after him, and it is foolproof but foolproof.Tian Pingzhi will definitely die, and the person who watched the fire from the other side only needs to tear down the bridge afterwards, and he can remove himself completely.

After a long while, Su Cen came back to his senses, and said to the scribe beside him, "Let him make a pledge."

The clerk sent the court trial record to Zhang He, watched the person sign the calligraphy and painting before taking it back, and nodded to Su Cen.

Regardless of whether the person behind the scenes can be caught or not, Zhang He's deliberate murder is already a fact, and he cannot escape the responsibility.

Before being taken away, Zhang He was still wailing: "I was wronged, I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him... I didn't know he was still alive at that time... I really didn't know..."

The clerk handed over the incriminated evidence to Su Cen, and asked cautiously, "My lord, do you still want to investigate?"

"Investigate, of course we must investigate." Su Cen reviewed the record and closed it, and stood up from his seat, "Whoever wants to enter the palace with me will meet that little six."