Seeing that the man with a broken arm was in so much pain that he could not speak, Lu Yuncheng just sneered.
Then, with everyone's almost horrified eyes, he stepped on the man's hand with his black gold-embroidered boots.
The sound of bones being crushed resounded quietly in the tent, and the sound was eerie enough.
Some people have strong bones, while others are greedy for life and afraid of death.
After seeing Lu Yuncheng's cruelty with his own eyes, one of the guards was almost frightened to tears.
"Your Highness, spare your life! The little one says it! The little one says it all!"
"It was Master Shangshu who asked us to follow you all the way to the hunting ground!"
"On the day the hunting started, Master Shangshu asked the younger ones to wait in the hunting ground. Not long after, he asked the younger ones to drag out a few corpses in the forest and bury them."
"Master Shangshu has repeatedly emphasized that we should be careful and don't let anyone see it."
"But we never expected that the little guard would see us burying the body."
"He is asking us for money, otherwise he will let this matter go out."
"We didn't dare to let Lord Shangshu know about this, and we couldn't raise the money that the little guard wanted, so..."
"So you just beat him to death and then finish it off?"
There was always a faint smile on Lu Yuncheng's lips.
In Jiang Shangshu's opinion, that smile was a weapon that could kill people invisible.
He snorted coldly and kowtowed heavily towards Emperor Ming.
"Your Majesty! How can you believe such nonsense?"
Jiang Shangshu was so indignant that he burst into tears.
"Not to mention, I have no reason to kill His Highness Prince An at all. Even if I send people to kill His Highness Prince An, I can just let the killers bury those people. Why bother to find the guards in the house?"
"Besides, even if these guards want to kill people and silence them, they should find a relatively uninhabited place to do it. How could they just be discovered by the Qi Concubine?"
"Your Majesty! In this matter, I am really unjust! Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
Jiang Shangshu was kneeling on the ground, as if he would not be able to kneel for a long time in order to get his "innocence".
And Emperor Ming finally heard something was wrong in the words of these people.
He calmed down his thoughts for a moment, and quickly focused on Qi Bin, the fuse.
Emperor Ming's tone was no longer as gentle as before, but full of suspicion.
"Qi Bin, where on earth did you see these people kill that little guard?"
Qi Bi stood up from Emperor Ming's side in a panic, quickly knelt on the ground, and said with tears in her eyes:
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to hide anything from you, but I'm worried that you won't believe me after I tell the truth, so I can only find an excuse at random."
Qi Bi said as if she was risking her life: "I... I was actually led to the entrance of the forest by someone, so I saw the scene where the little guard was quietly beaten to death."
Emperor Ming already had a guess in his mind, but when his eyes fell on those people one by one, he still asked:
"Who lured you to Linzikou?"
Qi Bin bit her lower lip, as if it was difficult to speak. After hesitating several times, he finally couldn't resist the pressure from the emperor and finally told the truth.
"Concubine... I saw a figure who looked exactly like Li Shuren from the back, so I chased her out..."
"Your Majesty! I just care too much about you. I am afraid that you will love her again because of Li Shuren's weakness, and then forget about me. That's why I am so nervous..."
The strange concubine was full of tears, and her pitiful appearance did not arouse any softness in Emperor Ming's heart.
He helped the strange concubine up with his own hands, but said coldly: "I will investigate what happened today."
"For now, you go back to your tent. If you have nothing to do, don't come out again."
Where is this pity for beauty?
Emperor Ming clearly suspected Qi Concubine as well, so he tactfully banned her.
Qi Bin opened her innocent eyes wide: "Your Majesty..."
"Go ahead."
Looking at Qi Bin's back turning her head three times, Emperor Ming's eyes were dim and unreadable.
At this point, if he didn't know that this was Lu Yuncheng's method, then he would have been the emperor for nothing for so many years.
It was only at this time that he realized that King An's matter had no ending at all, but a beginning.
"What Jiang Shangshu said makes some sense. There are many doubts about this matter. After returning to Beijing, we will let Dali Temple have full authority to investigate."
"As for these people..."
If possible, Emperor Ming would like to kill these people now.
But now that so many people are watching, people must not be able to be killed.
Unexpectedly, before he could figure out how to deal with these people, the one with the broken hand immediately said loudly:
"Your Majesty! If I tell the truth, your Majesty, please keep my family safe!"
Emperor Ming gritted his teeth and said, "You tell me."
"Master Shangshu said that he asked us to bury the body because he was worried that the princes would find out that the killers had come to the hunting ground, so he asked them to quickly retreat after finishing their work and let us finish the work."
"As for the reason why Lord Shangshu killed His Highness Prince An..."
The man paused and seemed to be determined to die: "Sir, Lord Shangshu will naturally not tell our subordinates such an important matter. But I overheard it when I was delivering the news to Lord Shangshu."
In the eyes of everyone who was extremely shocked, the guard said word by word:
"Master Shangshu and his staff have said that the current situation is tense and the three His Highnesses must not be allowed to continue to be entangled like this."
"As long as one of them is killed and blamed on the other, the alliance between the three Highnesses will naturally be destroyed."
"Bold traitor! What nonsense!"
Jiang Shangshu, who has always been emotionally stable, couldn't help but get excited in this situation.
"Why do I want to cause discord between the three Your Highnesses? This matter is really ridiculous!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is completely nonsense! This thief must have been bribed to frame the minister!"
Lu Yuncheng's eyes were sharp: "Jiang Shangshu can't see the three of us brothers uniting, naturally because he can't let the cause of the death of the eldest brother be made public!"
Jiang Shangshu sneered: "Why can't I let the cause of the eldest prince's death be made public?"
"Your Highness, please don't forget that the eldest prince was implicated by your highness and died in the battle at the border. It was I who personally welcomed the eldest prince back!"
"It is precisely because Lord Shangshu has the power to confuse right and wrong that he has the opportunity to confuse right and wrong! That is why you have the opportunity to kill the eldest brother and let so many soldiers die in vain on the border!"
"Jiang Shuifu, now that things have happened, do you still want to hide the heinous crimes you have committed?!"
Lu Yuncheng, who had always been calm and calm, could not calm down at all when the eldest prince was mentioned.
He has been waiting for this day for a long time.
His eldest brother and the soldiers who died in vain have been waiting for a full six years!
