As soon as Zhang Ying'er left the palace with a bunch of rewards, the news spread back to the Duke's Mansion.
Qin Zongliang ordered Xue Ren to send people to keep an eye on Zhang Ying'er and Yue Mingzhu, and asked Xue Ren to find an opportunity to make friends with Song Yi:
"Since you said that his skill is superior to yours, Chu Chengyao will definitely take advantage of him if he gets it. Don't use your identity as a guard of the Duke's Mansion to deal with him, and there is no need to check Chu Chengyao with him. Just rely on the kindness of rescuing him. Just become a close friend with him."
Xue Ren: "But Song Yi has already moved into Prince Jin's Mansion. Is it still useful for me to be friendly with him?"
Qin Zongliang had a hint of sneer on his face: "Although Chu Chengyao took advantage of the chaos, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Jianghu people have a sense of stupidity called righteousness. If he treats you sincerely, he will know Chu Chengyao one day." If Cheng Yao wants to take action against the Duke's Mansion, he will always remind you. Has the person who assassinated Song Yi that day been found?"
Xue Ren: "When we followed the traces and traced the place, the person had already run away. Although the person was not found, it was not the King of Jin who was responsible. Dr. Wu was invited into the Prince of Jin's Mansion to detoxify Song Yi's guard named Cao Xian. Meng Jie went with him and according to his message, the poison that Cao Xian received came from the Wanyuan Sect."
Qin Zongliang was silent and thoughtful for a moment, then slowly spoke again:
"Wanyuan Sect's action...can't mean that it has nothing to do with Chu Chengyao...Wanyuan Sect is in Xiangzhou, and Chu Chengyao's cheap uncle Cui Qizhi has been the prefect of Binzhou for many years. Xiangzhou and Binzhou are adjacent, so it's impossible to say that they are already working together. ."
Xue Ren said after careful consideration: "Wanyuan Sect has been chasing Song Yi for many years..."
Qin Zongliang leaned back on his chair and looked up at the roof:
"It's not that I'm a soldier, it's that my second brother was injured when Song Yi was attacked. What happened in Kyoto in recent days, Xiao Weizhong's son, Zhu Dianhua, the casino, Wanshengding, my second brother... all have the shadow of Jianghu people, Judging from the result, Chu Chengyao is the beneficiary, which is too coincidental. Send a few people to Binzhou and Xiangzhou to have a look. Although the power of the Jianghu is not as powerful as the temple, it should not be underestimated. "
Ministry of Punishment.
Quan Quan sent people to follow Xue Mo's testimony and found out that the shopkeeper of a shop in Guogong Mansion died suddenly and mysteriously two days after Chen Xiao's incident. An autopsy was performed and it was found that the shopkeeper died of poisoning. After careful inspection, the shopkeeper had no enemies. Following this line of investigation, we found a lot of supporting evidence that Xue Ren was involved in two cases, and the evidence was completely compiled into a list and passed to the palace.
Early morning.
It is the time for the case to be concluded, and the Ministry of Punishment and the City Guards will make the findings public.
Chen Xiao's leg injury was caused by Xue Ren, the close guard of Qin Zongliang, the eldest son of the Duke of Guo, who pretended to be a servant of Hong'an Bo. Xue Mo, a servant of the Duke's Mansion, and the shopkeeper saw it with their own eyes. To prevent the news from leaking out, the shopkeeper had been poisoned.
Zhu Dianhua's injury was also caused by Xue Ren, intending to blame the King of Qin.
Since both cases involved Qin Zongliang, the emperor announced that Qin Zongliang would bring Xue Ren into the palace.
Yesterday afternoon, Concubine Rou suddenly had a high fever, and Chu Chengyao went to the palace to attend to her illness. When he came out of the palace and learned the results of the investigation by the city guards, he felt that something was wrong, but by that time, all Zhezi had already entered the palace.
Listening again at this moment, Chu Chengyao was shocked to realize that he had been deceived. He glanced at the prince's calm face and was secretly worried. However, because he was in the court, he could do nothing. He could only stabilize his mind and cope with the changes.
Qin Zongliang and Xue Ren entered the palace and bowed respectfully. The emperor did not wake them up, and asked them to kneel down to listen to the results of the investigation. He asked in a calm tone:
"Can you plead guilty?"
Qin Zongliang was stunned after hearing this, with a face that was seven parts shocked, two parts panicked, and one part aggrieved:
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
(End of chapter)
