His body was covered with scars from the whipping, his clothes were torn, revealing his fleshy skin, and blood had clotted to the wounds, and some of the wounds had suppurated because they had been stained with water.

The most terrible thing was his shoulder blades, which were pierced through the lute bone by two crooks as thick as one finger, piercing through the shoulder, and the blood trickled down the iron hook and dripped into the pool of blood on the ground.

"Say, you sneakily overheard the conversation between this king and the princess, what do you mean?" Qi Jingyun lifted his robe and sat on the chair of the interrogation of the little eunuch, and Qiao Mingyue realized that the little eunuch's breathing was uneven, and he should not be unconscious, but awake.

Sure enough, Qi Jingyun asked, the little eunuch actually raised his head and opened his eyes, his eyes were full of hatred, "The slave is just passing by and curious, His Royal Highness King Jin is so heavy-handed, although the slave is at fault, he is not guilty to death!" ”

The little eunuch quibbled, only saying that he was passing by and listening to two sentences curiously, not on purpose, and even more so that he was killed.

Qiao Mingyue sneered, "Ordinary little eunuchs need guards to lock the pipa bone with a hook?" An ordinary little eunuch was hit by the prince, can he turn around and escape? You can not say it, we are naturally not in a hurry, but after a long time, you will not die, but I am afraid that your master will not be able to hold his breath. ”

If he dies, the person behind him may breathe a sigh of relief, but if he lives for a long time, the people behind him are afraid that they will worry a lot and become more and more uneasy, and when they don't do it, the people behind him will also try their best to get rid of him.

In the final analysis, from the moment he was found, this little eunuch was already an outcast, and since he was an outcast, it was naturally better to be dead than alive.

Knowing what Qiao Mingyue meant, the little eunuch smiled miserably, "Why bother with words, princess, I said it, I don't know anything." ”

After he said that, he lowered his head again, and let Qiao Mingyue say nothing and no longer answer, Qiao Mingyue frowned, turned to Qi Jingyun and said, "I will have to bother the prince to tell the guards here for a while, don't let people die here." ”

"Good!" Qi Jingyun nodded dotingly, pulled her to sit beside him, and after a while, he heard a sound of footsteps, and the prince Tuoba Yu hurried over.

Looking at the injured little eunuch, Tuoba Yu was also stunned, and after a while, he squeezed out a few words from his throat, "This person, will it have anything to do with the assassination?" ”

Shaking her head, Qiao Mingyue didn't think that this little eunuch had anything to do with the assassination of the emperor, after all, if it was to assassinate the emperor, there was no need to arrange it in the palace.

Since it was arranged in the palace, there must be other things that he needed to do.

Qiao Mingyue asked Tuoba Yu to arrange for someone to search the little eunuch's residence, Tuoba Yu nodded, and ordered his subordinates to hurry up, and after a while, his subordinates came to report that the place where the little eunuch lived before had been turned over, and no important physical evidence was found.

The three of them stood outside the cell, Qiao Mingyue hooked the corners of her lips when she heard this, and only raised her voice: "Since you have found something, then take it and hand it over to Your Majesty, by the way, let's go and check if he has any family members, such a big crime of the Nine Clans, you can't let him suffer it alone." ”

The guard was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react for a while, and when he saw Tuoba Yu's eyes, he said yes and turned to leave.

Back in the cell, Qiao Mingyue looked at the little eunuch, the person who was still drooping his head just now, but he had already raised his head at this moment, his face was pale and frightening, and his breathing was a little heavy.

"One person does things and one person does it, this matter has nothing to do with my family!" With a hint of hoarseness in her weak voice, Qiao Mingyue looked at the little eunuch and knew that her trick had worked!

Turning around and sitting on the chair, she raised her head and said funny: "Nanzhao Criminal Law already has the punishment of sitting together, you are rebellious and implicate your family, at this time, you know that one person does things and one person is responsible?" It's a pity that it's late! ”

Hearing this, the little eunuch was shocked, his heart was churning, and his eyes were full of struggle, and after a long time, he lowered his head, "I take the initiative to explain, can you let my family go?" ”

Listening to the words of the little eunuch, Qiao Mingyue's eyes were happy, and she glanced at Qi Jingyun, who was also full of joy in her eyes.

Not in a hurry to reply to the little eunuch, Qiao Mingyue just looked at the crown prince Tuoba Yu on the side, and respectfully said whether he could spare his family or not, it depended on His Royal Highness the prince.

Xiao Taifei looked at Tuoba Yu with hopeful eyes, Tuoba Yu held the shelf, and only said that if he explained well, he would definitely spare the lives of his family.

The little eunuch nodded and coughed twice, "This matter ......"

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be here, I heard that an assassin was caught, and this prince came to recognize it to see if it was one of the assassins who assassinated his father at the Hua Dynasty Festival." The voice of the Sixth Prince's Tuoba Gong came from outside, with a feeling of weakness that was seriously ill.

But it was such a weak voice, but the pupils of the little eunuch tied to the wooden shelf were shocked, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he coughed in panic.

Tuoba Gong turned through the iron door of the cell and entered the cell, he had been seriously injured for only two days, his health was not well, and he looked extremely weak at the moment.

The dim light of the oil lamp shone on Tuoba Gong's face, which was not even bloody, and looked as weak as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

Seeing Tuoba Gong, Tuoba Yu was obviously a little displeased, snorted coldly, and said angrily: "The sixth prince has a meritorious role in saving the driver, he should obediently rest in the palace at this moment, and he shouldn't run out to worry his father." ”

Sitting on the chair, Tuoba Yu's eyes were full of anger, but Tuoba Gong didn't care at all, just smiled weakly, and his words were full of sincerity.

As soon as he heard that he had caught an assassin, he didn't dare to delay, and he didn't care about his body, so he hurried over, after all, in addition to the guards, he was the only one present, and only he could recognize whether the person in front of him was an assassin at that time.

The words were sincere, like the appearance of a dutiful son who wants to find the murderer of his father, and hastily identifies the murderer regardless of his illness.

If he didn't know what kind of person Tuoba Gong was, Qiao Mingyue would almost believe his words!

"Your Highness is wrong, there was still me who was there at the time! Identifying the murderer, Your Highness can leave it to me. Qiao Mingyue looked at Tuoba Gong and reminded softly that he was not the only one who was on the scene at that time.

Tuoba Gong didn't care either, he only said that he was the one who was protecting the emperor at that time, and Qiao Mingyue was far away from the emperor, so he might not be able to see the assassin completely.

Seeing that he insisted that Qiao Mingyue didn't say anything anymore, he only turned his head to look at the little eunuch and asked him to continue, but the little eunuch lowered his head, his body trembled slightly, and he shook his head and said that he didn't know anything.