Chapter 553: Something Happened
"What are you doing?" When Murong Xilang passed by the practice room, he found that Murong Xijun was practicing inside, his upper body was naked, and his forehead was also covered with beads of sweat, as if he had encountered something troublesome.
"Big brother!" Seeing Murong Xilang walk in, Murong Xijun stopped, put on his coat, and sat down on the chair next to him while wiping the sweat on his face with a towel.
"Did you encounter anything unhappy outside today?" Murong Xilang asked with concern.
Murong Xijun thought for a while, and said without concealment, "I met the third prince on the way back to Fuduo. ”
"You had an argument?" Murong Xilang knew that Murong Xijun's temper was relatively impatient, and he was worried that he would have a dispute with Xuanyuan Mo, and it would be Murong Xijun who would suffer at that time, after all, Xuanyuan Mo was the prince after all.
"Nope!" Murong Xijun shook his head and said with some unhappiness: "It's because I didn't quarrel with him that I'm in a bad mood, you didn't see his face today, it's really disgusting and I want to teach him a hard lesson." ”
Hearing that Murong Xijun did not have an argument with Xuanyuan Mo today, Murong Xilang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was not easy for him to endure it with Murong Xijun's personality.
"Now is a critical moment, endure it if you can, and don't spoil the big thing." Murong Xilang repeatedly told Murong Xijun, "In the future, when I see him, try to go around as far as possible." ”
"Got it!" Murong Xijun reluctantly agreed.
After meeting Xuanyuan Mo on the street that day, Murong Xijun never met him again except for the morning dynasty on weekdays, and after the next dynasty on this day, Murong Xijun did not go back to the house with Murong Xilang and them because of something.
Murong Xijun, who was finishing his errands, was about to return home, when he heard a woman's cry for help from inside when he passed through a dark village, Murong Xijun immediately rushed into the secret thought without thinking about it, and saw a man in black who wanted to kill a woman.
"Stop!" Murong Xijun shouted loudly, pulled out his long sword, pointed at the masked man in black, and asked sternly, "Who are you?" ”
"Hero, help me!" The woman who fell to the ground pleaded with Murong Xijun with a bitter face.
The man in black glanced at Murong Xijun, and before he could stop it, the man in black stabbed a sword into the woman's heart, and the woman vomited blood from her mouth at the beginning, and soon died.
"You murderer!" Murong Xijun saw a human life die in front of his eyes, and angrily raised his sword and rushed towards the man in black.
The man in black only dodged and did not attack, and Murong Xijun, who was in anger, did not notice the strangeness of the man in black, and wanted to catch him, but he never caught him, and at the moment when a sword stabbed at the man in black, it just stabbed the black man in the shoulder.
The man in black covered his bleeding arm and kicked Murong Xijun away, Murong Xijun, who did not stand firmly, immediately fell to the bamboo pole on the side, causing a sound, and soon Murong Xijun, who was standing firmly, was about to attack the man in black again, when suddenly a scream came from behind him.
"Ahh Kill! A middle-aged woman who entered the dark alley saw the woman dead on the ground, and saw Murong Xijun holding a blood-dripping sword in her hand, and screamed in fear.
"I-" Murong Xijun was a little stunned for a while, and wanted to tell the middle-aged woman that she didn't kill herself, but when he turned his head, there was no longer the voice of the man in black, and then Murong Xijun realized that something was wrong, but it was already too late.
It didn't take long for the people from the government to come, although they knew that Murong Xijun was from the General's Mansion, but the prince was guilty of the same crime as the common people, but not to mention that the minister's son was now suspected of killing someone, and the people in the official palace in the capital did not dare to cover up, after all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so Murong Xijun was arrested and put in prison.
"Dad, Hee-joon has an accident!" Murong Xijie hurriedly ran back from outside, and before he had time to catch his breath, he said eagerly: "I just got the news that Xijun killed someone and was taken away by the people of the government and put in prison. ”
"What?" Murong He stood up from his chair in shock, "What the hell is going on?" How could Hee-joon kill someone. ”
"No, although Hee-jun is usually a little irritable, he will never kill." Li Miaoxin on the side was so shocked by this incident that she almost didn't stand still, if it weren't for Zhou Xiaolan holding her on the side, I'm afraid she would have fallen long ago.
"Sister, don't worry, listen to Xijie explain things clearly." Zhou Xiaolan also said with a worried face.
"Someone saw Hee-jun holding a bloody sword in the dark alley, and there was a woman on the ground who was stabbed to death by a sword, and there was no one else at the scene at the time, so Hee-joon was arrested by the murderer on the spot." Murong Xijie told all the news he had gotten.
"Dad, I want to go to the prison and ask Hee-jun what happened at that time!" Although Murong Xilang was also surprised because of this incident, he regained his composure and immediately thought of a solution.
"Big brother, I'll go with you!" Murong Xijie blurted out.
"No, you stay at home with your parents." Murong Xilang opened his mouth to stop, "I think Xijun's murder must be inseparable from the third prince, it seems that the third prince has already begun to act against us." ”
"In that case, then you hurry up and figure things out." Li Miaoxin couldn't wait to say to Murong Xilang, hoping that this matter would be cleared up as soon as possible, and Murong Xijun could be acquitted as soon as possible.
Murong Xilang nodded, and immediately went to the prison to find Murong Xijun. I didn't hurry back until the evening.
"Hee-rang, how's Hee-joon? Is there suffering? Li Miaoxin saw Murong Xilang return to the mansion, and immediately rushed over and asked worriedly.
"Mother, Hee-joon is fine, you don't have to worry!" Murong Xilang helped Li Miaoxin back into the hall, and Murong He also waited with a worried face.
"Hee-rang, have you asked about Hee-joon? What's going on? Zhou Xiaolan helped Li Miaoxin from Murong Xilang's hand and asked with concern.
Murong Xilang nodded, looked at Murong He, and said with a serious face: "Dad, I can be sure from the incident described by Xijun that someone must have framed him in this matter, and I can't think of anyone else except the third prince. ”
Hearing Murong Xilang say this, Murong He slapped the table next to him angrily, stood up and said, "This third prince is too blind, and he actually kills people and frames others in broad daylight. ”
"Since it is framed by the third prince, as long as the real murderer is found, then Hee-jun can be released?" Zhou Xiaolan said optimistically.
"Mother, it's not that simple." Murong Xijie also explained with a solemn face, "Since the third prince deliberately framed Xijun, how could he easily leave a handle for people to discover?" In addition, according to some information I know, when it was discovered, there were only Hee-joon and the deceased at the scene, so it was very difficult to find the real murderer. ”
"Even so, you can't let Hee-jun be wronged in vain." Zhou Xiaolan said angrily, "I didn't expect this third prince to be so insidious and cunning, and without the support of the master, he actually framed us in turn." ”
"What now? Master, you must rescue Hee-joon. Li Miaoxin pinned all his hopes on Murong He, hoping that his status as a general would make Murong Xijun suffer less.
Murong He sighed heavily, although he was also very anxious now, but he didn't have any good way for a while.
"Mother, don't worry, we'll figure it out." Seeing Murong He's heavy mood, he immediately spoke to comfort Li Miaoxin, "I have already greeted the people from the Yamen, although Xijun is locked inside, he will not suffer any grievances." ”
Although Murong Xilang said this, Li Miaoxin was still worried, but seeing that everyone was worried about Murong Xijun's matter, it no longer made everyone even more worried.
The matter of Murong Xijun's murder soon spread in the imperial court, even if Murong He wanted to use his own power to settle this matter, but because of the intervention of the three princes, this matter was much more difficult than imagined.
The matter of Murong Xijun here has not been resolved, and Murong Xijie has also had accidents over there, I don't know who found out a defeat that Murong Xijie fought in the early years. Originally, marching and fighting, victory and defeat were a common thing for soldiers, but someone actually found the correspondence between Murong Xijie and the enemy generals, and decided that Murong Xijie was a rebel and treason, and was deprived of the title of deputy general and put in prison.
Murong Xijie and Murong Xijun had accidents one after another, which made the atmosphere in the General's Mansion a lot heavier all of a sudden, and Murong He also aged a lot because of these things, and the two ladies in the mansion also fell down one after another.
"Daddy!" Murong Xilang walked into the study, saw Murong He sitting on the desk with a heavy face, and walked over, a little speechless.
Murong He pointed to the chair next to him and asked him to sit down before he spoke: "Your two younger brothers have had an accident, I think the next person the third prince wants from each other is you and me, are you mentally prepared?" ”
Murong Xilang nodded firmly and said, "No matter what tricks the third prince wants to deal with me, I will not bow to him." ”
Murong He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Dad believes it, and I also believe in Xijie and Xijun, your three brothers were trained by your father himself, and Dad still believes in you." But this time, the third prince is determined to put our general's mansion to death, my father is not afraid of anything, he is afraid that something will happen to me and you, and it will be very hard for your mother and your second mother to support this family. ”
"Dad, don't forget that there are also the Nine Emperor Princes and Xuanji." Murong Xilang said calmly: "I believe that the Nine Emperor Princes and Xuanji will definitely come back to help after they know that something happened to the General's Mansion." ”
Murong He nodded, took a heavy breath and said, "You go back and rest, and have a good fight with the third prince." ”
"My son is retiring." Murong Xilang glanced at Murong He worriedly, wanting to say some words of comfort, but at this time, any words of comfort seemed so redundant.
Just when everyone thought that after Murong Xijun and Murong Xi's outstanding affairs, the next person who would have an accident was Murong Xilang, but they didn't expect it to be Murong He. Someone handed a fold to the emperor, pointing out that Murong He embezzled the soldiers' salaries in the previous war and used the war to falsely report the grain and grass to the imperial court.
When the emperor saw it, he immediately ordered someone to investigate, and within a day, all the evidence against Murong He was placed in front of the emperor.
"What else do you have to say?" The emperor threw all the evidence in front of Murong He and questioned him angrily.
Murong He knelt on the ground, looked at the scattered folds in front of him, and said very calmly: "The old minister has nothing to say. Murong He knows that there is no excuse for the crime he wants to add, as long as it is something he has not done, he has a clear conscience, and now the third prince is clearly targeting himself, even if he denies it, he is not convincing at all, it is better to take advantage of the situation and see what other means Xuanyuan Mo can play later.
The emperor originally thought that Murong He would argue a few words for himself, but seeing that he didn't explain anything, he felt that his trust in him over the years had been betrayed, and the emperor was even more angry and disappointed in him than Murong He's corruption.
"Someone came, removed the title of General Murong He, and demoted him to a cloth cloth to disturb the prison." In his rage, the emperor blurted out the punishment for Murong He.