Xiao Yan didn't seem to notice the hypocrisy in An Di's words, and only showed anger.
"Wei Chen also said the same. Although Your Majesty has concerns about asking me to be forbearing on some matters, you will never order Wei Chen's execution. Besides, Wei Chen's life is your Majesty's. If Your Majesty really wants to execute Wei Chen, you can just give in." How could one resort to such despicable means if someone takes it?"
"Yue Fengcheng bit His Majesty for no reason. He must have wanted to drive a wedge between Wei Chen and Your Majesty. Wei Chen directly tortured him, chopped off his arms and legs, and then pried out the person behind the scenes from his mouth."
An Di said coldly: "Who is it?"
Xiao Yan: "Lu Chongyuan!"
An Di suddenly raised his eyes, and Cui Lin and the others also looked shocked.
Xiao Yan's brows and eyes were filled with violence, and his body was full of killing intent.
"Yue Fengcheng said that it was Lu Chongyuan who came to him, and promised him a lot of money to lead someone to deal with the minister tonight. He also said that Lu Chongyuan personally promised him that he would find a way to transfer the black-armored guards left in the minister's mansion before he took action. There is absolutely no one on the Privy Council side who can help.”
"Lu Chongyuan said that there will be chaos in the capital tonight, and no one will notice the killing in Jiuyun Lane. Let them kill the ministers quickly and then retreat directly. Someone will clean up all their tails for them, and there will be nothing afterwards. People will know whose hand it was.”
Emperor An's face turned livid after hearing Xiao Yan's words.
How could Lu Chongyuan ensure that there was chaos in the capital and that the black-armored guards could not help him? If something happened in the palace and he was assassinated, the black-armored guards would enter the palace immediately to protect him.
There are also those who died. Those who entered the palace to assassinate them immediately committed suicide after they failed. They were not even able to be interrogated, and even the people who set the fire disappeared without a trace.
Besides the Lu family, who else could have such powerful means? !
Xiao Yan continued: "Weichen was afraid that Yue Fengcheng was deliberately framed, so he also interrogated several other captured dead men. Those people were intercepted and killed in the same way as when Weichen returned to Beijing after thoroughly investigating the grain case. Weichen It took some tricks to pry open their mouths, but they are indeed dead soldiers raised by the Lu family."
The quiet sound in the palace could be heard as needles dropped, and Emperor An's face became more and more angry.
"Lu Chongyuan, he is so brave!!"
Cui Lin vaguely felt that something was wrong. Lu Chongyuan was not a lunatic. Although the Lu family had a grudge against Xiao Yan, they were definitely not so stupid as to send someone to kill him, let alone burn the Forbidden Palace and use it as a raft to assassinate Emperor An.
Does Lu Chongyuan want the entire Lu family to die?
Cui Lin tentatively spoke: "Master Xiao, although you and the Lu family have grudges, Lu Chongyuan has always been cautious. He has never been so confused and hurt the Holy Master before. I don't know why he is today..."
Xiao Yan said coldly: "Probably because I asked Lu Yin to go to Jingzhao Mansion."
Cui Lin was stunned for a moment.
Cao Dejiang's eyebrows jumped.
Grand Master Liang next to him vaguely guessed something. He looked at his eyes, his nose and his heart.
Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at Emperor An: "Your Majesty has been lenient to the Lu family many times before. Because the Lu family was willing to help you in the early years and was unwilling to punish him severely, I know that your Majesty does not want to embarrass you, so I have been hiding in the mansion on the pretext of being seriously injured."
"Later, the fourth prince and the others plotted against Tang Ning at Lingyun Temple, trying to destroy her innocence and force her to become a concubine. Wei Chen was angry that Queen Lu got involved, and because her relationship with the Lu family could not be investigated in detail, he could only deliberately let it go, thinking We need to teach the fourth prince a lesson, but who would have thought that the Lu family broke up with the queen and her son on the surface, but secretly colluded with the Zhao family to kill the fourth prince’s concubine and blame the ministers, in order to save the fourth prince.”
"That day, Wei Chen was really angry with the Lu family for not knowing what was good and bad, so he sent Lu Yin to Jingzhao Mansion to warn the Lu family, but he stepped on the Lu family's foot."
An Di frowned: "You mean, Lu Chongyuan will kill you just because of this?"
Xiao Yan stared calmly: "Weichen also finds it strange, but apart from this incident, Weichen has never offended the Lu family again recently."
"Wei Chen only knows that Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Guan, is indeed not the one who colluded with Prince Cheng. She kept shouting that she was wronged on the day she died. However, the fourth prince and the Lu family did not give her a chance to defend herself. Instead, they forced her to She committed suicide on the spot, without even giving Wei Chen time to ask a question."
"Afterwards, Wei Chen felt that something was wrong, so he continued to investigate the matter, but he only found out that Guan had no contact with Prince Cheng before he got married, and the Lu family's attitude towards Lu Yin was too strange, and he could not find out the details of his biological parents. According to the news, the Lu family seems to be deliberately hiding something."
"Weichen originally wanted to investigate the matter in depth, but it happened that Lu Zhao was questioning the crime at that time. After His Majesty's explanation, Weichen had no choice but to give up. If Lu Chongyuan hadn't colluded with the Zhao family to frame Weichen this time, Weichen would not have let Lu do it in a fit of anger. Yin went to Jingzhao Mansion to sue the Lu family."
Emperor An was a suspicious person, and Xiao Yan had already given him so many "clues" and mentioned several times that the Lu family seemed to be afraid that the Prince Cheng incident would be stirred up again.
But since the Guan family had already pleaded guilty and the Lu family's reputation had been ruined, even if it were other people in the Lu family, it wouldn't be much worse. Why would Lu Chongyuan bother?
unless……
The person who really colluded with King Cheng to make peace must not be mentioned. Even if this person is exposed, it will bring disaster to the Lu family. That's why Lu Chongyuan "willingly" sacrificed his eldest daughter-in-law Guan to take the blame for that person. , even if the Lu family's reputation was humiliated, they didn't mention it at all, and even asked them to help cover it up.
But the entire Lu family, with such power, could make Lu Chongyuan take risks even if he had a vague feeling that he was going to be exposed, even if he didn't hesitate to kill the people Xiao Yan had silenced...
A figure flashed across An Di's mind, and veins popped up on his forehead the next moment.
Xiao Yan didn't seem to see Emperor An's livid and murderous face, he only frowned and said in a deep voice:
"Wei Chen thinks that he has not killed all the Lu family, but Lu Chongyuan suddenly wants my life. He even burns the forbidden palace and leads away the black armor guards to put me to death regardless of His Majesty's safety. That must be because Wei Chen stepped on it. It hurts their feet."
"Before entering the palace, Wei Chen led people to surround the Lu family and took Lu Chongyuan into custody. If your Majesty wants to know the reason, you might as well bring people into the palace and let Wei Chen interrogate him. Wei Chen will surely be able to pry him open. Mouth, give your Majesty an explanation..."
When Emperor An saw Xiao Yan's attitude of not giving up until he was found out, his face became even more ugly.
Lu Chongyuan burned Fengxi Palace not only to lure away the black armored guards, but also to silence them.
If the person who colluded with King Cheng is really the person he thought, then Lu Chongyuan must not enter the palace, and this matter must not be known to anyone.
Otherwise, where would he put his face?
Where does the royal family's face lie? !
Emperor An said with a frosty look on his face: "Of course, this matter needs to be investigated. The Lu family raises dead soldiers. Lu Chongyuan burned down the forbidden palace and caused havoc in the capital for his own selfishness. The crime is unpardonable. Lu Chongyuan and everyone in the Lu family will be removed from official positions and they will all be jailed and tried. "
He looked at Xiao Yan:
"Since tonight's matter is related to you, you will be responsible for investigating the assassination in the palace and the Lu family's affairs, and no one else will be allowed to interfere."
Xiao Yan frowned: "Your Majesty, why don't you let others investigate the Lu family's affairs..."
Emperor An suddenly interrupted: "I told you to come and investigate, but you want to resist?"
"I don't dare, but if I investigate, I will get to the bottom of it. When the time comes, the Lu family..."
Xiao Yan obviously didn't want to get involved in this matter, fearing that Emperor An would settle the matter in the end.
Emperor An saw through his thoughts and said in a cold voice: "I indulged the Lu family before because I missed the love they had for many years as rulers and ministers. However, the Lu family did not know how to restrain themselves and repeatedly brought disaster to the capital. Now they even dare to have the Forbidden Palace set on fire to assassinate me... "
Emperor An has always preferred me to betray the world, and the world cannot betray him in the slightest. What the Lu family has done has stepped on his bottom line.
"This time, I won't show mercy. Just go and investigate and find out clearly for me. No one related to tonight's incident will be spared."
"The Lu family's case is not allowed to pass through other people's hands. You only need to report it to me. If anyone dares to interfere and embarrass you, they will be guilty of the same crime as the Lu family!"
