A group of masked men came fiercely towards the carriage of the Minister of Dali Temple.
The Minister of Dali Temple panicked and shouted from the carriage: "Do you know who I am? I am the Minister of Dali Temple!"
It was still the masked man who took the lead, laughing loudly and saying: "That's right, the one you grandpas want to kill is the Minister of Dali Temple!"
The Minister of Dali Temple quickly asked: "Who sent you?"
These masked men are not professional killers, they just improvise to kill people. Naturally, they are not too strict in their manners.
The Minister of Dali Temple is already a mortal person in their eyes. Even if they tell him everything at this time, what will happen?
At that time, they went back to report that the mission was completed, received the money, patted their sleeves and left Kyoto, having a good time.
The masked man said proudly: "You are going to die anyway, so it's okay to tell you. Marquis Wenru ordered me to kill you."
At this time, the Minister of Dali Temple was no longer anxious, but continued to persuade: "I have no enmity or enmity with Marquis Wenru, why did he want to kill me?"
"Who else wants to kill me besides him?"
The masked man was a little confused by the question.
He just took money to do things. Who knows why he wanted to kill people.
At this time, another masked man in the team interjected: "There is also Commander Yuan!"
This masked man has a somewhat different background. He happens to be from the Wude camp managed by Yuan Zuo, but he is just a pawn. He is not among the most elite in the Wude camp. He can only be regarded as one of the most elite. He is a marginal figure. Naturally, he applied to fight this time in order to leave a good impression in front of Yuan Zuo.
The Minister of Dali Temple looked like he suddenly understood, turned his head to look into the carriage, and said with a smile: "Did you two hear clearly?"
In the carriage, the hearty laughter of a young man could be heard.
"It really sounds true."
The masked man was suddenly shocked, why was there an ambush, and immediately became alert.
The masked man closest to the Minister of Dali Temple quickly took action and struck towards the Minister of Dali Temple with a single blow.
The Minister of Dali Temple exclaimed. He was a civil servant and was not proficient in martial arts. Suddenly he felt a force coming from behind him, so he pulled back, and then he saw a sword coming from behind him. Passed by.
Then, there was a scream from the masked man.
At the same time, all the masked people rushed forward.
Gu Xiaotian just smiled softly. The level of these masked men was much worse than the killers last night, so it would be easy to solve them.
A masked man who didn't know the depth had arrived in front of Gu Xiaotian. Just when he thought he was proud of his victory, Gu Xiaotian just turned sideways and dodged his full blow.
Immediately, Gu Xiaotian punched the masked man's chest. There was only a click sound, and the masked man's chest sank in quickly, like a kite with a broken string, and flew backwards. , until he fell to the ground and became motionless.
All the masked men were stunned by what happened at that moment.
They just take money to do things, not to die.
These masked men also knew how much they weighed, and immediately wanted to turn around and run away.
However, the idea is beautiful.
The reality is very cruel.
The masked man behind found that he couldn't beat him, so he turned around and ran away without anyone reminding him. But halfway through, he felt a flow of energy in front of him, but when he saw it clearly, a figure was already standing in front of him. in front of.
The masked man looked up and saw that it was Sun Gusheng with cold eyes.
Immediately, Sun Gusheng pushed the masked man back into the crowd with a single push.
Surrounded by front and rear, this group of masked men didn't last long before they surrendered one by one.
A simple assassination, and it didn't take long for it to have results.
Gu Xiaotian looked at the group of masked men and asked, "Who is the leader?"
The masked men lowered their heads and remained silent.
At this time, no one wants to be the first person, because they may not know what will happen next.
Gu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and asked strangely: "No one admits it?"
Then he gave an evil smile.
This is the smile of someone who is ready to do bad things.
Gu Xiaotian walked towards a masked man, pulled off his mask, and said with a sly smile: "You don't look like a leader."
The masked man thought that because Gu Xiaotian said these words, he must be fine, so he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, I am not the leader."
Gu Xiaotian clicked his tongue twice, made a regretful expression and said: "Since he is not the leader, he probably doesn't know anything, so there is no use keeping him."
As soon as these words came out, the masked man immediately panicked, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, please spare me, I can give you all the money."
In order to save his life, the masked man immediately pointed toward the crowd and shouted: "It's him, it's him, he's the leader!"
Gu Xiaotian came to the crowd and quickly picked out the leader.
The leading masked man looked indignant and glared at the man who betrayed him. Then he turned his head and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Kill if you want, don't talk nonsense."
Gu Xiaotian laughed and praised: "You are worthy of being a leader. You are different from them and you are still a tough guy."
"It's just that you can't die now. You are our most critical evidence."
Without waiting for the leader's masked man to reply, Gu Xiaotian directly raised his foot and stepped hard on the leader's ankle.
There was a crisp sound of bone cracking, and the leading masked man wailed loudly in pain.
Wails echoed throughout the alley.
The leading masked man gritted his teeth, tears were streaming from the corners of his eyes from the pain, and he still said harshly: "You are also a martial artist. If you are able, kill me and give me pleasure!" 33
Gu Xiaotian shook his head and tutted: "That won't work. If I kill you, you will really die without any evidence."
Then, he raised his foot again and stepped on the other ankle.
The leading masked man had already fainted from the pain and fell to the ground without saying a word.
Gu Xiaotian sat down on him, looked at the group of masked men, and said with a smile: "I'll give you a choice. If you are willing to go out to testify tomorrow, I will have a way to make you suffer less. If you If you refuse, I think you all should know what will happen."
The masked man from Wude Camp mustered up his courage in the crowd and asked, "Can you keep my mother safe?"
Gu Xiaotian smiled helplessly, he really didn't expect that this was a filial son.
However, he quickly nodded and replied: "Of course."
"Then I do."
With him taking the lead, the remaining masked men followed suit.
After all, at times like this, life was more important than anything else. They were just killers hired by Marquis Wenru, and they didn't have any loyalty at all.
Gu Xiaotian came to the side of Dali Temple Minister, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The next step is all left to the Master of the Temple. At the meeting tomorrow, the Lord of the Temple should know what to do."
The Qing of Dali Temple, who had just experienced an assassination, was very determined at this time. He had no grudge against Wenru Hou, but he almost lost his life because he was responsible for investigating the case. Fortunately, His Highness the Prince and Gu Xiaotian He came out at this moment to save his life, otherwise he would have been really miserable.
The Minister of Dali Temple immediately raised his hands and said, "I understand."
Gu Xiaotian nodded and left the alley with Sun Gusheng.
The Minister of Dali Temple ordered the groom: "Go to Dali Temple and call everyone here."
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The next day.
Zhang Xi was the first to arrive outside the palace again. Unlike yesterday's fatigue, today he was in high spirits.
Yuan Zuo also arrived not long after and stood beside Wen Ruhou. He did not speak, but exchanged a look with him and stood beside him quietly.
The two met briefly yesterday and immediately reached a consensus.
The court meeting was held as scheduled, and a group of officials walked into the hall.
After these officials entered the hall, they couldn't help but look around, naturally looking for a few key figures who would appear today.
Guan Jing also slowly came to the court meeting. This was the first time in his history that he went to court for two consecutive days.
Guan Jing walked straight to Li Xiang and whispered: "My people reported last night that something happened in a certain alley in Kyoto."
Li Xiang smiled and said nothing.
Guan Jing did not continue, but walked away quietly, waiting for the court meeting to begin.
The court meeting soon became quiet. The old emperor came slowly with the support of Zheng Dehai, sat on the dragon chair, looked down, and asked: "Is the Minister of Dali Temple here?"
No one responded for a long time.
The old emperor asked again, but still no one answered.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Yuan Zuo was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Dali Temple must have found out yesterday's case, but he refused to show up for a long time. I guess there is no need to explain the reason."
The old emperor gave a confused sound and asked: "According to what Yuan Aiqing said, Yuan Aiqing must have his own opinion on this matter?"
Yuan Zuo nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have conducted a private investigation. Although Lord Zhennanhou died from a fist, many of the guards in his mansion died from a sword. And the sword wound was unique. I am afraid that now There is only one person in the entire Bahuang who carries that sword."
"This person is the young master of the Gu family, Gu Xiaotian!"
Hearing this name, all the officials present were shocked. How could they not have heard of this name?
However, some officials knew very little and really didn't understand what grudges Gu Xiaotian and Zhennan Hou could have.
Zhang Xi took advantage of the situation and stood up, interjecting: "Your Majesty, I also learned yesterday that Gu Xiaotian had been to Zhennan Hou's residence two nights ago."
The old emperor straightened his body for a moment and asked, "Do you two have any evidence?"
Zhang Xi smiled and said: "Of course there is. This is the confession collected by the veteran. If your Majesty still has doubts, the veteran can order witnesses to be brought to the court to testify."
After that, Zhang Xi took out the memorial he had prepared long ago and presented it.
The old emperor opened the memorial. The first half contained oral confessions, but the second half was a bit mysterious. The old emperor couldn't help frowning and asked: "Zhang Aiqing, what you want at the end of this memorial is to remove the prince." position?"
Zhang Xi immediately knelt on the ground, "I deserve death for my crime, but the prince returned to Kyoto with Gu Xiaotian. The relationship between the two must be needless to say. The prince has not returned to the palace to rest recently, but has been living in the Gu family. In the courtyard under my name, there is no need to say clearly who the person who killed Zhennan Marquis is."
The old emperor's expression changed slightly, "According to Zhang Aiqing, do you suspect that my son killed the Marquis of Zhennan?"
Zhang Xi immediately kowtowed his head to the ground, "I am not doubtful, but convinced. If Your Majesty is angry, you can punish me no matter what. But I just want to seek justice for the Marquis of Zhennan. It cannot be because he is Your Majesty's son." , you can turn a blind eye to it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Wenruhou family and the Zhennanhou family came out of the crowd one after another, knelt down together and said: "I beg your majesty to give justice to Zhennanhou!"
At the court meeting, those officials who didn't know much about the matter were shocked. It was the returning Crown Prince who killed the Marquis of Zhennan?
This is obviously beyond their comprehension.
In the audience, Prime Minister Li smiled indifferently. At this time, as the Prime Minister, he should actually stand up and say a few words, but he did not do so.
Guan Jing was not in a hurry, he just crossed his arms and quietly watched how the situation would develop.
The old emperor remained silent.
There was silence at the court meeting.
Suddenly, a voice outside the door broke the silence.
"The Minister of Dali Temple has arrived!"
Some people died, but not completely...
