Li Jingye followed Li Jingxiao's gaze, with strong resentment in his eyes.
Although he hadn't pried open the assassin's mouth yet, he suspected that the murderer was Li Jingxing from the beginning. After all, he and Li Jingxing were each other's biggest competitors, and only Li Jingxing had the most reason to attack him.
Li Jingxing noticed the two people's scrutiny, and his eyes swept over Li Jingye and landed on Li Jingxiao, his expression indifferent.
Li Jingxiao was surprised by Li Jingxing's calmness and deliberately said loudly: "Second brother, if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing but yourself. It's not like you don't report that the time has not come."
Li Jingxing smiled instead of getting angry: "Fourth brother's words are reasonable. Gu Ye believes in the theory of retribution."
The officials around him wished they didn't have ears, and they all quickened their pace to leave the place of right and wrong.
"Then we'll see!" Li Jingxiao sneered and left after pretending to be vindicated.
After all, Li Jingye had not confirmed his suspicion, so he did not intend to break up with Li Jingxing immediately and left silently.
Li Jingxing walked slowly outside the palace. As soon as he reached the palace gate, he was summoned by Li Ze to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to meet the Holy Spirit. As soon as he stepped in, a teacup was dropped at his feet.
Li Jingxing was stunned for a moment, walked slowly into the hall, and naturally knelt on the ground.
"Father is still the same as before. He didn't even bother to investigate and just concluded that it was his son who did it."
His tone was full of self-deprecation and sadness. Li Zetian subconsciously wanted to speak sarcastically, but then he thought about what happened at Princess Anyang's birthday party last time and held it back.
What if I guess wrong again?
Then wait for confirmation before dealing with it.
"There is no need to go to court from tomorrow, just stay in the Prince's Mansion and reflect!"
"My son, I obey." Li Jingxing did not protest at all. He kowtowed and then left.
Li Zetian couldn't vent the anger in his heart, so he had to complain to Li Yu.
"Look at him, he is becoming more and more unscrupulous."
He sent someone to assassinate his brother and still looked confident. Wouldn't he be tempted to attack himself next time?
Li Yu didn't say an answer. Fortunately, Li Zetian didn't need his answer.
In the past, he could only understand the fourth prince, but now he can't even understand the prince.
After Li Jingxing returned to his residence, he immediately asked Du Qing to go to the eldest prince's residence.
Two hours later, Li Jingye followed Du Qing to the Prince's Mansion.
Li Jingye asked straight to the point: "Your servant said that an assassin accused me of sending someone to assassinate you?"
He confirmed from the assassin that the mastermind behind the scenes was Li Jingxing. He originally planned to go into the palace to complain, but was stopped by Du Qing as soon as he went out.
Du Qing insisted that the assassin confessed that the last attack on Li Jingxing was at his instigation, and insisted that he come to the Prince's Mansion to confront him. In order to find out what Li Jingxing wanted to do, he made this trip.
Li Jingxing raised his eyes, took out a piece of confession paper from the secret compartment and placed it on the desk.
"Brother, if you don't believe it, take a look for yourself."
Li Jingye was a little unsure of Li Jingxing's intentions, but he could be sure that he had not sent anyone to assassinate him.
Although he felt it was baffling, Li Jingye still stepped forward, picked up the paper, and read it carefully. After a while, he put the confession back on the desk and said seriously: "Whether you believe it or not, it's not me."
He didn't bother to do this.
Li Jingxing smiled and said: "I only said that someone confessed that my eldest brother assassinated me, but I didn't say that my eldest brother was the murderer."
Li Jingye was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"literal meaning."
Li Jingye thought for a moment and said in surprise: "Someone deliberately framed me?"
Li Jingxing nodded.
Du Qing said: "If His Highness hadn't been clever and managed to get the truth out of the assassin, I'm afraid His Highness would have taken the blame for the real murderer!"
Li Jingye still didn't understand Li Jingxing's intention, he just wanted to tell himself that the assassin in his hands was not telling the truth, but...
"I can't believe it based on your words."
Li Jingxing was not surprised and said calmly: "The assassin was still alive back then. If you don't mind, brother, you can come with me to see him."
Li Jingye hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll help my second brother."
After entering the execution chamber, Li Jingxing took Li Jingye directly to the cell where the secret guard was held last time.
After the truth of the matter came to light last time, Li Jingxing had been asking Du Qing to keep the person for emergencies, but he didn't expect that he would actually be useful one day.
The secret guard was sitting in the corner and taking a nap. When he saw someone coming, he opened his eyelids and then closed them again, looking like an old monk in a state of trance.
Li Jingye asked: "Is he the one who accused me of sending someone to assassinate you?"
Li Jingxing nodded: "Fortunately, I know that my eldest brother is a man of glory and glory, and he doesn't bother hurting people behind their backs. Otherwise, I would have been fooled by him in the first place."
He flattered himself without any psychological burden. Chiyang was his woman anyway, and what she guessed was equivalent to what he guessed.
Li Jingye was still doubtful and stared at the assassin for a while, then said: "Since he intends to frame me, he must be determined to die. How can he be afraid of death and reveal the truth?"
Li Jingxing smiled and said, "Who said I found out through torture?"
Seeing Li Jingxing's mysterious look, Li Jingye became curious: "What method is that?"
Li Jingxing asked Du Qing to explain in detail the last time he used a trick to expose the assassin.
Li Jingye was shocked after hearing this: "You mean, the fourth child is the real culprit behind your assassination?"
Li Jingxing sneered: "Otherwise, why do you think I'm going tit-for-tat with the Fourth Brother recently?"
Li Jingye recalled it, and it seemed that not long after the second child was attacked, there was obviously more friction with the fourth child. It turned out to be because of this incident.
It seems to make sense.
But he still couldn't believe that the fourth brother, who had always played with the world and wandered around flowers, turned out to be a ruthless character who pretended to be a pig and eat the tiger.
Li Jingxing's hesitation about Li Jingye was completely expected. In the eyes of his eldest brother, the fourth child was harmless, but he himself was a ruthless person who would do whatever it took.
"As the saying goes, it's harder to paint a person's skin than to paint their bones. If you don't believe it, just go back and give it a try."
Seeing Li Jingxing's very determined look, Li Jingye finally made his decision: "Okay! I'll go back and give it a try. If I really wronged you, I'll come and apologize in person another day!"
Li Jingye rushed home without stopping, found Yu Meng, the head guard in charge of the torture, and told Meng the method.
Yu Meng expressed doubts: "Your Highness, is this feasible?"
"You'll know if you give it a try, but you have to act more realistically and don't show off your flaws."
"My subordinates will remember it!"
Yu Meng returned to the execution chamber, glanced at the dying assassin on the ground, and then said to the others: "His Highness, this guy's confession was false, so he specially ordered me to interrogate him alone again. You all can go out."
The assassin opened his eyes and glanced at Yu Meng, then lowered his eyes.
Everyone was doubtful, but they didn't dare to question and walked out one after another.
