"You're alarmist!"

"You're talking about confusion!"

"That's it!"

The King of the Northern War shouted, and everyone in the hall was silent.

The eyes of the King of the Northern War were sharp, staring at the person who spoke for Li Gong, and said solemnly: "I can take everything else as your straightforward expression and speak freely." However, what do you mean when you say that Lao Jiu is obscure?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately stammered: "King, king, the subordinate means ......." ”

"Make it clear. ”

"The subordinates are saying that when he returned nine times, he was short-lived, and he had already had trouble with the princes many times, it can't be someone else's fault every time, and he himself is not at fault at all, right?"

The King of Northern War said: "I only ask you, what do you mean when you say that he is obscure?"

"This ...... It's a subordinate's slip of the tongue. ”

"Slip of the tongue!?"

The King of the Northern War stood up suddenly: "Come on, drag him out and behead him!"

The crowd was shocked.

A person stood up and hurriedly said: "Wait!, the king, although this person has no words, but after all, he is an important minister of the northern kingdom, even if there is an offense between words, the crime will not lead to death, the king can be punished heavily, and the punishment of beheading is a bit too much, your majesty!"

The King of the Northern War said angrily: "I said, whoever dares to talk in vain, speculate and spread rumors about Jiuxia and his biological mother, I will never spare it! Knowing my attitude, I still dare to say that Lao Jiu is 'obscure', where is he obscure? Is it that my father is adulterated, or is my mother and mother watery? If you can't say it clearly, I will not forgive it today!"

The man was frightened, knowing that he had touched the scales of the Northern War King, and secretly cried out in his heart, he was just eager to fight for a way out for the eighth master, and he couldn't think of violating the king's taboo, what should I do?

At this time, the seventh master, Li Liang, stood up and knelt on one knee: "Father is angry." Uncle Lao is an important minister of the Northern Kingdom, and he can't be killed easily! For the sake of the meritorious service of Uncle Lao's assistant ministers, please ask my father to spare him for the death penalty!"

King Beizhan said: "Li Liang, King Gu gives you face, for the sake of what he taught you, I will spare him for the death penalty, but your companion can't be him anymore." Old and useless, Li Liang and Li Gong have recently caused many incidents, all of which were instigated by you, an old ghost, and you are really deaf and blind when I go to the small courtyard in the back mountain of the Li Martial Shrine to face the wall for ten years. ”

Uncle knows that he is finished. The small courtyard in the back mountain of the Li Martial Arts Temple is estimated to be the place where he is buried.

He trembled and knelt on the ground: "Thank you for the grace of not killing." Uncle Lao knew that he was old and faint, and he was too old to be used, and this time he faced the wall, thinking that he might never see the king and his ministers again for the rest of his life. At the time of parting, there were heartfelt words to tell the king. ”

Say. ”

Uncle Lao had tears in his eyes: "Uncle Lao knows that this time he broke into a catastrophe and almost caused irreparable consequences. But please ask the king to forgive the eighth master for the sake of the father and son being of the same heart and the bones of the family. Eight times he was born pure and upright, and it is inevitable that things will be a little abrupt, and this matter is ....... ”

"Uncle Lao!" the King of the Northern War interrupted: "You are too worried, he is my son, and he is also a subject of the Northern Warring States, he has a father and a king's law, and he can't be indebted to him." ”

“…… Yes, uncle...... This goes to the wall. Please take care of your health, and the uncle will pray for the king and the princes. ”

The king of the Northern War waved his hand, and someone escorted the old man out.

The King of the Northern War glanced at everyone: "Ministers, all the things of the Northern Warring States, you can speak freely,

Straightforward. I will be open to all my thoughts and try to be clear by listening. But, with the exception of the topic just now, understand?"

"The ministers understood. ”

"Li Huachen is the ninth son of Lonely, his appearance is not obscure at all, and he is not inferior to anyone, and there is no dissent or noise in this matter. ”

The ministers had no objection. ”

The king of the Northern War said: "Li Liang, you are always with Li Gong, do you have a share in this matter?"

Li Liang raised his head and said in surprise: "Father, it seems that this matter is definitely not a planned assassination, there must be a lot of coincidences before the eighth brother and the ninth brother fall out." Erchen didn't know anything about this matter, and he wouldn't even want to ask for the ninth brother's life! I had a lot of discord with the ninth brother before, but in the southern country, the ninth brother and I had many heart-to-heart talks in a hotel, and all the misunderstandings and prejudices had been resolved, and my heart had already been relieved. Even if there is something unpleasant, I will never dare to have the evil idea of killing my own brother! I don't expect that the eighth brother will definitely not be so confused, and he must be angry for a while, or maybe there is something else to hide. Father, please Father, Father!"

The King of the Northern War said: "I believe you for the time being." Once I find out, you also have a share, and you and Li Gong will be punished together!"

"Yes. ”

The king of the Northern War said: "Li Ya, Li Zhun, you can also talk about it, it is said that you have been close to Lao Jiu recently, how much can you know about the rumors?"

The crown prince Li Zhun hesitated for a moment and took the lead in standing up: "Father, this information is all coming from the outside, how the eighth and ninth children met, how they had contradictions, and how they fought together, no one can say clearly so far. Erchen thought that it would be more appropriate to wait for the third brother to come back with them, listen to the testimony of many parties, and then determine the merits and discuss rewards and punishments. ”

"Isn't this nonsense?" said the King of the Northern War: "I want to listen to your opinion, not your nonsense." ”

Of course, Li Zhun knew that he was talking nonsense. But he knows very well that at this time, it is best to talk less and express his position less, in case this group of people comes back to give him a god reversal, and he will be unlucky at that time.

The matter between Li Huachen and Lao Qi and Lao Qi and Lao Ba is that a dog eats a dog's hair, who has the heart to care about them? Whether it is the accident of Lao Jiu or the fall of Lao Qi, it has nothing to do with me. It's okay to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, you don't have to wade into muddy waters.

"Li Ya, in the northern country, someone dares to assassinate the son of King Gu, you are the person in charge of the bad bureau in the northern country, you can talk about it. ”

Li Ya took a step forward: "Father, Li Ya has been managing the bad bureau for many years, and similar cases, it can be said that after hearing a few news, you can roughly deduce the specific process." However, even if the evidence is complete, there is no guarantee that the calculation is completely correct, and there are times when there are mistakes. At this time, it is related to the face of my Northern Warring States and the relationship between many princes and brothers, Li Ya can deduce, but he does not dare to make judgments. ”

Li Ya is still more shrewd than Li Zhun in this matter, and he is worthy of being the eldest prince who has been in the bad game for many years.

Is the King of the Northern War a fool? Can't he see the general outline of what happened? Not to mention him, in fact, everyone is pretending to be confused, and they can almost conclude that Li Gong has been planning for a long time, just to secretly kill Li Huachen outside, there is no other possibility.

But this matter involves the core members of the royal family, and everyone does not dare to express their position easily. This is not a simple case solving or a referee, but a great shock to the royal court. The King of the Northern War didn't want to hear them tell the truth

, but want to see everyone's reactions and attitudes.

The prince can fish in troubled waters, but he can't. I am the director of the bad bureau, and after so many years of work, I can't judge it myself, so don't you tell my father that I am a waste coward?

The King of Northern War nodded: "You say, since it is an inference, there is naturally a certain probability that it is correct and a certain probability that it is wrong." ”

"Yes. ”

The eldest prince Li Ya began his performance: "Father, all the ministers. Judging from Li Ya's experience in working as an errand in the bad bureau for more than 20 years, Li Gong has been planning for a long time, with plans, steps, foreign aid, and motives, and I can almost conclude that he wants to assassinate Lao Jiu. ”

Everyone exploded in an instant, and they all whispered.

Li Ya had a straight face and was fearless: "Lao Jiu's life has always been secretive, and his father secretly arranged for him to live in seclusion in the National Development Bank, but Li Gong and his eighth brother quarreled and fled, but he just appeared in the National Development Bank, is it really a coincidence? Do the Song family and the Ninth Brother have such a great hatred? If there were no instructions or even threats from someone at the prince level, would they have the courage to do so? If not, Li Gong and the people of the Song family appeared at the scene at the same time, is this a coincidence? Wen Cheng said that the Ninth Brother had already gone crazy at that time, and in order to avenge his companions, he was crazy to hunt down and kill Li Gong, if it weren't for Li Gong's aggressiveness, how could the Ninth Brother be so crazy? Based on your understanding of Li Huachen, is he a person who is mad and holds grudges and waits for revenge?

Everyone felt a chill.

Where did Li Ya deduce one or two? He almost nailed Li Gong to the gallows!

The King of the Northern War grimaced: "Go on." ”

Li Ya said: "I personally think that unless there is evidence that can achieve an earth-shattering reversal, I am afraid that the eighth brother's crime of killing his brother this time will not be able to overturn the case." Especially the people at the scene, Wen Cheng and Cen Yin are not very close friends, and there are many people at the scene, and the truth cannot be concealed. I say this in line with my duty as a bad bureau, to use evidence and reasonable inferences to tell things, not to be selfish, but to seek justice. But then, I'm going to say something selfish. ”

"Hmm. ”

Li Ya breathed a sigh of relief: "Father, although ...... It can almost be concluded that the eighth brother has committed an unforgivable crime, but after all, we are brothers, and we still hope that our father will set things right and sort out the truth. Give the ninth brother a comfort, too...... Let's also give the eighth brother a chance to mend his ways. After all, blood is thicker than water. ”

At this time, a person outside shouted loudly: "Fly! Fly!"

"Come in!"

The man rushed in a few steps, and knelt down on one knee with a dry voice: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Bai family requests to meet the king!"

"Hmph. The King of the Northern War smiled bitterly as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis: "Look at it, Li Huachen's backer is here, if you don't give an explanation, I'm afraid that the people of the Bai family won't even give me face." ”

"The people of the Bai family may just be making a gesture. Li Huachen had an accident, they didn't care, and they didn't look good. As long as the father is kind and appeased, the Bai family will not dare to make a mistake. ”

"Fly!

The King of Northern War said angrily: "What's the matter!?"

Jiuxia was kidnapped on the way back, Wen Cheng, Cen Yin and others were defeated in a bloody battle, Jiuxia's life and death are unknown, and the rest are unharmed. ”

"Ah——!h