A few people left the inn, and Wan Ting was still waiting for Qu Nian outside the gate, and he didn't run around to spy on him, which made Qu Nian very satisfied.

When Qu Nian didn't leave Xianyang before, he was still young at that time and had been living in the palace, so he was not familiar with Xianyang, so he walked around a few streets casually, and he didn't see anyone selling houses. After all, Qu Nian has been running around for so many days in a row, and he is very tired, so he doesn't want to look for it anymore, and wants to go back to rest, so Cicada Xi said that he can let the people of the Thousand Nations Chamber of Commerce help find it, they are more familiar with Xianyang.

This was right in his heart, and Qu Nian agreed.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the princes and ministers of the Qin State began to go to the early court, and the time of the Qin state was earlier than that of several other countries.

Today, above the palace, the atmosphere is a little tense, and many people know that there are a lot of words in their stomachs when they look at their faces.

Da Liang Zao He Zaiye not only held back his words, but also with a look of indignation, then stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, now that Prince Qu Nian has returned to Xianyang, he is the culprit who killed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, doesn't the king plan to hold him responsible?"

Several ministers stood up later, and one of them echoed: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, even if the prince of Qu Nian is also the son of the king, he has no right to kill the prince without permission, this is tantamount to plotting rebellion and usurpation! If the king does not bring the murderer to justice, it will be a country without discipline, and the etiquette will be ruined!"

Later, a large group of ministers echoed it!

King Qin knew that the ministers who spoke were all the prince's henchmen, although he also knew that as long as Qu Nian returned to China, these henchmen would definitely not let him go, and he was already mentally prepared, but he still felt a headache, and then said coldly: "Are you the ones who mobilized the people to ask the widow for their crimes?"

A minister said: "Think twice, the king! As the prince of Qin, the prince of Qu Nian worked hard for the state of Qi and broke our Qin army outside the Luzon Pass, which is already a crime of treason! Now he has killed the prince without permission and shaken the foundation of the country, which is even more of a crime. What's more, fratricide, annihilation of human nature, and moral degradation have always been despised by the people of the world. The country cannot be ruled without its rule, and the people cannot stand without it. If the prince violates the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people, if the king ignores the righteousness of the country and only cares about the feelings of flesh and blood, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of the people of Qin!"

Another minister added: "At that time, the Shang monarch legislated and rectified the Qin dynasty, so that the law of the Qin State was strict and the national strength was thriving. If the king ignores the laws of the Qin State for his own selfish sake today, he will personally destroy the foundation of the Qin State, and the Qin State will be in danger!"

Since these Wenchen can stand on top of the court, they all have three-inch incorruptible tongues, and they usually rely on this tongue to eat, not to mention that it is not one tongue, but dozens. Although the King of Qin is the king of Qin, these ministers are not what he can kill if he wants, otherwise he will leave a reputation for cruelty to Zhongliang through the ages, after all, these people are sanctimonious, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, on the surface, people are indeed thinking about the Qin State.

If you were an ordinary person, you would really be forced to be anxious by these ministers who pretended to sacrifice their lives, but since King Qin can sit in the position of king, he is naturally not an ordinary person. At this time, he nodded and said: "Okay! You talk to the widow about the law, right? Today the widow will come to talk to you about the law! You said that Qu Nian betrayed the country and defected to the enemy, served the Qi country, and broke our Qin army outside the Luzon Pass, then good, since you talk about the law, then you take out the evidence, whether it is human or material evidence, as long as it can prove that Qu Nian is treasonous, the widow will not show favoritism, and now order Qu Nian to be taken down, beheaded and shown to the public, so as to correct the dynasty. ”

Everyone looked at each other and said in their hearts, isn't this a louse on the bald man's head, an obvious thing? Now who in the world doesn't know the glorious title of "one person can be worth a million troops"?

It is precisely because of this that they feel that this is a sure thing, but as for the evidence, they can't get any of it, first of all, there is no physical evidence, after all, what Qu Nian sells is the mind, and this thing can't be seen or touched. But this interrogation was the son of the Qin State, and even if the generals of the Qi State were willing to come over to testify, after all, they were the generals of the enemy country, and they had the intention of harming the Qin State, and even if what they said was true, they were suspected of sowing discord, so they could not be used as witnesses at all.

But it was they who took the initiative to ask for the gang to go online, since it was dealt with according to the Qin Law, there must be evidence, after all, this is not a wife stealing a man, as long as you hear rumors, you can pull it over and beat it.

So the dozens of ministers choked at once.

At this time, the King of Qin said: "Why don't you speak? Didn't you just say it quite fiercely? You don't plan to condemn the prince of Qin just because you heard the rumors released by the Qi State, right?"

After all, He Zaiye was the leading brother, and at this time he said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, although we had no evidence before, everyone in the world knows it. ”

King Qin said: "Can you represent the people of the world? You should know that Qin Qunian is cowardly and incompetent, and he is a person who can't support the wall in the mud, otherwise why would you suggest sending him to Qi Country as a hostage back then?"

He Zaiye was dumbfounded.

A minister on the side said at this time: "Your Majesty, even if we can't find evidence for the time being in the matter of Luzon Pass, the murder of the prince by Prince Qu Nian is already a capital crime." ”

King Qin shouted at this time: "Xie Changhong!"

Xie Changhong stood up and saluted: "The minister is here!"

King Qin said: "You were at the scene at that time. Did Qin Qunian kill the crown prince?"

Xie Changhong replied: "At that time, the prince of Qu Nian didn't do it!"

These princelings were already holding back their anger because they were not as big as King Qin's mouth, but they didn't dare to be angry with King Qin, but they dared to be angry at Xie Changhong, this is a minister who pointed at Xie Changhong and said angrily: "You fart! Xie Changhong, you are so bold, you dare to reverse black and white above the court and confuse the public, more than 100,000 people saw it at that time, and you were not the only one who had the final say." ”

Xie Changhong was still neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "It is precisely because more than 100,000 people have seen it that I don't dare to believe it, if you don't believe it, you can inquire yourself, at that time, Qu Nian Gongzi did not do it, and at that time, our cultivation was suppressed, even if Qu Nian Gongzi did it himself, he did not have the ability to kill the prince." ”

He Zaiye heard that he was secretly changing his concept, and then said: "I know that it was not the hand of the prince of Qu Nian, it was he who ordered others to do it, right?"

Since Xie Changhong had already helped Qu Nian speak in the letter last time, there was only one way to go dark, no matter what he said today, he would either offend the king or Da Liangzao, and he was indeed not the prince's henchman, so he could only help the king speak. At this time, he said: "The word 'order' is inappropriate, because the person who killed the prince is a member of the demon clan, and the person of the demon clan is not a subordinate of the prince. Besides, at that time, the demon clan was slaughtering us, including Qu Nian Gongzi, so Qu Nian Gongzi had no right to order him. ”

He Zaiye was a little annoyed, but now is the time to be reasonable, and it is useless to be angry, so he endured his temper and said coldly: "General Xie, you are lying! At that time, so many people saw it, it was obviously the order of the prince of Qu Nian, and the people of the demon clan would do it, could it be that the people of the demon clan took the initiative to do it?"

Xie Changhong said: "Da Liangzao may not know if he is not at the scene, the people of the demon clan were indeed taking the initiative to slaughter us at that time, and when the prince of Qu Nian appeared, we had already been slaughtered by tens of thousands of people, so it is not surprising." And that person from the demon clan is not a subordinate of the prince of Qu Nian, and later the son of Qu Nian pulled out the sword of the scorched soul and led us to kill the person of the demon clan, and he has already avenged the prince. ”

King Qin said at this time: "Already revenged?"

Xie Changhong said: "Yes! I have already avenged the crown prince! This matter has been seen by more than 100,000 people, and the king can investigate." ”

King Qin let out a long sigh and said, "Since Qu Nian has already helped his brother avenge him, then this matter can be regarded as settled. Since Qu Nian didn't kill the prince, and it wasn't his subordinates who killed the prince, but his enemies who killed the prince, not to mention that he had already helped the prince avenge him, why should you have trouble with Qu Nian?"

Since there are the prince's henchmen here, there must also be henchmen who are not the prince, and at this time a minister said: "That is, since it was the people of the demon clan who killed the prince, then this matter has nothing to do with the prince of Qu Nian! At that time, the people of the demon clan had already killed tens of thousands of people, should this account be counted on the head of the prince of Qu Nian?" After all, everyone understands the situation later, Qu Nian Gongzi led more than 100,000 horses, killed countless people of the demon clan, and broke out of the Lechuan River Valley, which shows that Qu Nian Gongzi and the people of the demon clan are not in the same group, and even because Qu Nian Gongzi made a quick decision, was brave and strategic, and saved my 20,000 Qin army, this should be regarded as a merit!"

He Zaiye was so angry that his face turned green, but King Qin was obviously partial to Qu Nian, and the eyewitnesses were also biased in favor of Qu Nian, the most important thing is that Qu Nian did not kill the prince himself, and the person who killed the prince was still from the demon clan, and the people of the demon clan also wanted to kill Qu Nian at that time, so it is indeed a bit far-fetched to insist that Qu Nian ordered the people of the demon clan. Of course, it's just a bit far-fetched logically, but in reality, everyone knows that it was Qu Nian who instigated others to kill the crown prince! That's right, even if they say it now, or if they go to find other eyewitnesses, they can at most pick out the word "instigation," but the crime of instigating others is not big! Even if Qu Nian is convicted for this, it is estimated that at most it will be a reduction and demotion of the knight, not to mention that Qu Nian has no title and no position, that is, a proton who returns to China, is clean and slippery, and is not afraid to wear shoes barefoot.