Ancestor Jiuli said: "Since all doubts point to Elder Amitabha, in order not to let him make the same mistake again and again, endangering the Jiuli clan and making a big mistake that is irreparable, I will send people to arrest him now." .”
Elder Haoran hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said: "Your Majesty, please don't be so impatient. Doing so will only alert the enemy and make Prince Amitabha guard against us. What's more, we haven't collected all the evidence against Elder Amitabha yet, even if we arrest him We can't do anything to him even if he's in prison, but when the time comes, we will give him a handle, which will make it difficult for the prince to confide in him."
Patriarch Jiuli thought for a moment and said: "The elder is right. Elder Amitabha is an extremely stubborn person. He is a person who will not shed tears until he sees the coffin, and will not look back until he hits the south wall. If there is no real evidence, even if he is thrown into the sky prison , he will not subdue the law, and we will be passive when the time comes.
Two elders, the situation has developed to this point. If we don’t find out the evidence that Amitabha stole the scroll of "The Seven Evils' Blood Refining Art" and that he committed murder, once he has mastered the Seven Evils' Blood Refining Art, he will be dead. If we, the six elders, join forces, we may not be able to reverse the fate of the Jiuli clan's destruction. "
When Elder Guhe heard this, he felt very guilty in his heart. He did not share the worries of Patriarch Jiuli, but he created such a big trouble for Patriarch Jiuli. Chi You, who is now lying in the sky prison, does not know what happened to him.
An invisible pressure hit his heart like a huge boulder, making him breathless.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will do our best to find evidence of Elder Amitabha's crime as soon as possible and bring him to justice."
Elder Haoran said this, and the morning bell outside the main hall suddenly remembered, Jiuli Patriarch said: "The morning court time has come, this matter will be handled like this, I hope Hu Yi can invite Qin Shuanghua, the master of Yunding Immortal Palace, in time, I hope You can find the evidence of Amitabha’s crime in time.”
He looked at the brilliance of the rising sun coming in from the window and said meaningfully: "It seems that there will be huge waves in the morning today. Let's go up to the court and have a look. Now Chi You is in danger and his life hangs by a thread. Let's see how they react?"
Ancestor Jiuli came to the main hall. All the ministers had gathered. After they had paid homage to Ancestor Jiuli, Liangzi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness Chi You was assassinated last night. Now his life is hanging by a thread and he is in a coma. If you don’t wake up, your life or death will be uncertain?”
After hearing this, all the ministers were in an uproar. They all thought it was incredible that someone could easily enter and exit the heavily guarded Jiuli Prison, where felons were detained, to commit crimes.
Hearing this, Patriarch Jiuli pretended not to know, and said in surprise: "Oh, who has the courage to break into the prison privately and assassinate Jiuli again." After saying this, Patriarch Jiuli angrily said : "How do you manage the prison of the Ministry of Punishment? You can actually allow thieves to enter and exit the prison at will to commit crimes, as if they are in a deserted land. What crime should you do?"
Hearing this, Liang Ziyin quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. It's not that I didn't try my best, it's that the thief had a special identity and was too cunning, so that the prison guards failed to take precautions, which allowed his conspiracy to succeed."
Ancestor Jiuli told Liangzi to be suspicious and continued to ask: "So, the identity of this murderer must be very special. Have you captured him?"
Liang Ziyin replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, after the incident happened, the Yamen on duty responded immediately, arrested the murderer on the spot, and sent him to prison. After the minister got the news, he immediately went with Lord Yuzhi to deal with it. The murderer was interrogated and only then did he find out who was behind it.”
When Elder Haoran and Elder Furukawa heard this, it was not difficult to guess that after they left last night, someone tipped off Liang Ziyin about what happened in the prison, which led to what happened in front of them.
In fact, this was expected by Elder Haoran. After all, in the territory under Liang Ziyin's jurisdiction, there was paper that could contain the fire and airtight walls. Liang Ziyin knew that it would happen sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
Elder Haoran thought to himself that this time, Elder Furukawa would have to suffer a little before he could get over it.
Ancestor Jiuli pretended not to know and asked: "I heard from you that the murderer was ordered by someone else. Who is this murderer? Who is the mastermind of the queen mother?"
Yuzhi replied: "The perpetrator is Elder Furukawa's personal bodyguard, General Qinglin..."
At this point, everyone in the main hall was extremely surprised, "How is this possible? Elder Furukawa is a veteran of the Three Dynasties of Jiuli. How could he do such a thing? Could it be because of His Highness Chi You's unauthorized use of military supplies? An elder would do such an extreme thing?"
Liang Ziyin said: "When I entered the heavenly prison and saw General Qinglin, I, like everyone sitting here, was so surprised that I didn't dare to take his own eyes off him."
Yuzhi continued: "I was no less surprised than you all at that time. Immediately Lord Liang and I interrogated General Qinglin, and he confessed to the facts of his crime. He said, His Highness Chi You knew the law and violated the law, and tampered with the military supplies of Yinshan Pass without authorization, which violated the law. The unforgivable law of Jiuli, however, the king took care of the relationship between father and son and could not bear to punish Chi You and ordered His Highness to commit suicide. In order to relieve the king's worries and maintain the majesty of Jiuli's law, the elder came up with this strategy and sent General Qinglin as his identity. Then, enter the heavenly prison and assassinate His Highness Chi You."
Hearing this, Elder Guhe said angrily: "That's nonsense. General Qinglin was clearly under the influence of witchcraft to do such a rebellious thing. Never did I send Qinglin to assassinate His Highness Chi You. Sir, you framed me like this." You were framed by me, are you also involved in this matter?"
Yuzhi ignored Elder Furukawa. Yuzhi took out a confession and went up to Patriarch Cheng Jiuli and said, "Facts speak louder than words, Your Majesty. This is the confession signed by General Qinglin."
Ancestor Jiuli took the confession from General Qinglin that Song Yunhe presented from Yuzhi. As expected, it had General Qinglin's handwriting and fingerprints on it.
Ancestor Jiuli snapped at the case and said angrily: "Furuhe, the evidence is conclusive, what else can you say?"
Facing the very unfavorable evidence of crime in front of him, Elder Furukawa could only say solemnly: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. I can only say that if you want to incriminate yourself, there is no excuse. Please ask the Majesty to judge. Don't let those villains Blinded.”
After hearing what Yuzhi and Elder Furukawa said, the ministers in Elder Furukawa's camp all felt that the assassination of Chi You was probably arranged by Elder Furukawa. They all pleaded with Patriarch Jiuli and Elder Furukawa in unison, saying: "Please calm down and forgive me. Elder Furukawa’s sin, after all, the elder had no choice but to do such an extreme thing for the sake of the king and to maintain the dignity of Jiuli’s law. Please forgive Elder Furukawa’s sin.”
Under the leadership of Yuzhi, people in Yuzhi camp also begged Elder Furukawa for mercy. There was a feeling that Chiyou died with the intention of being unjust.
Seeing everything in front of him, Patriarch Jiuli was shocked. He did not expect that the situation in the court had become so complicated. He had never seen the civil and military forces of the court so united to deal with one person. He felt scared deep in his heart. , in order to get rid of Chi You, the man behind the scenes actually came up with this poisonous plan and asked the civil and military officials of the court to put pressure on him, hoping to force him to submit and execute Chi You.
The ancestor of Jiuli sighed deep in his heart: "It seems that the cold winter of Jiuli has arrived."
Looking at the ministers who sincerely pleaded for him, Elder Furukawa said anxiously: "Don't plead for me, everyone. I didn't do this and it has nothing to do with me. Don't be fooled by those with ulterior motives."
But those ministers couldn't listen at all, and they all believed that Elder Furukawa was responsible for this matter. They knew that except him, no one could send his personal bodyguard, General Qinglin.
Elder Furukawa's dissuasion was ineffective, so he could only turn around and ask for help from Elder Haoran, who was standing aside without saying a word: "Elder, you should just talk..."
Elder Haoran said calmly: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can I say? Let's make peace with it now. We can only trust the king now."
After hearing what Elder Haoran said, Elder Furukawa seemed very helpless and could only stand there silently and watch what happened.
At this time, Yuzhi stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, now that the matter has come to this, I think His Highness Chi You is dying. Rather than letting him die in such a meaningless funeral, it is better to let him die a worthy death..."
Patriarch Jiuli knew the connotation of foolish wisdom, so he asked: "I wonder what Yu Qing's words mean?"
Yuzhi hesitated and said: "Weichen means...yes...Weichen means..."
Ancestor Jiuli said: "What do you have to say? My dear, just say it, why are you hesitating?"
Yuzhi glanced at Amitabha and plucked up the courage to say: "What I want to say is that since His Highness Chi You is bound to die, it is better for the king to issue an order now to convict His Highness Chi You of tampering with Yinshan Pass military supplies. In this way, His Highness will die before his death." He can still do something more for Jiuli and use his life to uphold the dignity of Jiuli's law."
Hearing this, Elder Guhe and others dissuaded Patriarch Jiuli and said: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, Your Majesty cannot just hastily judge His Highness Chi You's crime. We believe that His Highness Chi You will be a good person." With the help of heaven, His Highness will surely overcome this difficulty."
At this time, Amitabha stood up and said angrily: "Elder, please stop being pretentious here. The cat cries over the mouse. You were not the cause of all this. If you hadn't sent someone to assassinate the prince, would things have reached this point? Elder, I think you want to be a bitch and also want to build a memorial for yourself."
In the face of conclusive evidence, Yuzhi was speechless and could only complain: "Amitabha, please stop spitting on me here. We know who is raping and who is evil."
Just as Yuzhi was about to step forward to help, Jiuli Patriarch suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Shut up, everyone, this is Jiuli Hall, not a vegetable market."
After hearing the thundering words of Patriarch Jiuli, all the ministers in the main hall did not even dare to breathe, and the whole hall suddenly became silent.
