Chapter 220: Strange Faces
"I'm inconvenient to show up later, can you?"
"Yes, no matter what, in front of the public, they don't have the determination to leave a stench for 10,000 years."
"I will protect you in the shadows, and retreat at any time if there is danger."
"You'd better not show up, a prince and god of war of the Mao country, appearing at such a sensitive time will cause misunderstanding between the two countries."
"Well, I'll take care to hide my identity."
The two stopped talking, quietly watching the confrontation in front of the Temple of Heaven, and the people stretched out their heads in their respective homes to look around, and the final battle of the new emperor was about to begin.
"Fifth Emperor Brother, you and the Second Emperor Brother calculated together against the three of our brothers, falsely passed on the holy decree, faked the jade seal, and now you have to resist stubbornly, can you be guilty?!" At any time, it is very important to have a justifiable excuse, especially in front of everyone, and naturally you can't say anything about competing for the throne.
"I don't understand what the Third Emperor Brother said, when did the Second Emperor Brother and I fake the Holy Decree and forge the jade seal? Brother Sanhuang, please don't spew blood. ”
"Hmph, you really know it in your own heart."
"The holy decree is the seven-colored holy decree of the father, this is the highest standard, we all know it, and no one can fake it."
"In front of the evidence, you can't defend yourself, come here, invite Mr. Qian up."
Rong Chu frowned, Mr. Qian? Where did Mr. Money come from?
After a while, the prince's people pressed up a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, with a thin figure, Rong Chu remembered, the royal decree, Yi decree, etc., all need to be specially made to prevent counterfeiting, and this Mr. Qian is specially managed for this.
"Mr. Qian, tell me, the last holy decree of my father, that is the colorful one, who asked you to make it?"
"If you go back to the crown prince, it is the second prince, since the first emperor is seriously ill, these things are all the second prince's."
"Then you said that the father emperor used the Seven Colored Decree a total of how many times?"
"Back to the prince's words, the holy decree is divided into five kinds, the simplest is monochrome, and then in turn is three colors, five colors, seven colors, nine colors, since the first emperor succeeded to the throne for forty years, most of them use three colors or five colors, nine colors have been used three times, canonized the queen once, prime minister once, beheaded the general once, seven colors have been used twenty-one times, each time is a major event, so Wei Chen remembers it clearly."
"How many times did the second prince order you to make colorful colors?"
"Three times."
"What kind of herald do you use each time?"
"The Emperor's Decree."
"What about this time?"
"Verbal."
"Don't you know the importance of the Divine Decree?"
"Weichen knows, but the former emperor was already bedridden at that time, and there are extenuating circumstances, and we are all acting according to orders, and we have no right to refuse."
"Then now that these two princes are falsely preaching the holy decree, are you guilty?"
"Weichen doesn't know, and no one knows if the second prince is really falsely preaching the holy decree."
"Humph! When he died, he was still hard-mouthed, and he said that the colorful holy decree given to us by the second prince was a family letter written by the emperor himself, but he told you that the emperor was bedridden and couldn't write an edict, isn't it a contradiction? ”
"Wechen has no right to ask."
Rong Zhe knows this Mr. Qian, he is simply pedantic to hateful, he only obeys his own orders, and everything is based on the emperor's holy decree, but now it seems that he is also pedantic and cute.
Rong Chu didn't know, he only knew this Mr. Qian, knew who he was, and thought that he was bought by the prince, and now it seems that the prince can't tame this stubborn donkey at all.
"You... Licentious! The prince was a little angry, he didn't expect this Mr. Qian to be so ignorant.
The prince no longer cares about that Mr. Qian, and now this information is enough.
"Fifth Emperor Brother, but did you hear clearly?"
"What?"
"Don't pretend to be crazy and stupid, the last colorful decree is to get the second emperor's brother, my father has reigned for more than 40 years, but I used a few colorful times, why use the complex colorful color to write a family letter this time? Isn't it because of the absurd order of the second emperor brother to canonize the regent? ”
"The three emperor brothers laughed, the canonization of the queen, the prime minister used nine colors, and later the prime minister's beheading also used seven colors, and now the canonization of a regent is wronged with seven colors."
"Strong words, and there is no edict from the emperor at all, it was forged by the second emperor's brother, in order to put you on the throne, the two of you conspire to the throne, are we really stupid? Fifth Emperor Brother, are you doing this right? ”
"What do you mean by that? Third Emperor Brother, you are really strange today, the Second Emperor Brother's bones are not cold now, and they are still placed there, and they are not buried in the ground, what is your intention to slander his innocence like this? ”
"Oh, slander, whether I slander or not, you know it in your own heart."
"Well, in that case, let's check again, who is the murderer of the second emperor brother!"
"This naturally has to be investigated, and it must be strictly investigated, it is related to the majesty of the royal family, so we have to be cautious, but now, the most important thing is to find out that you are pretending to be Shengyu and forging the jade seal!"
Li Sui remembered the fake jade seal in the Fulai Inn again, could it be that Rong Zhe and Rong Chu were looking for someone to forge it? Li Sui glanced at Rong Zhe beside him, and the other party was not unusual, so he had to turn his head again.
"When did we forge the jade seal? The Third Emperor Brother is particularly fond of slandering people today. "168 Library
"Don't admit it yet, Fifth Emperor Brother, if you admit it honestly, for the sake of our brothers, we can spare you from dying."
"Admit what?"
"When death is dying, are you still hard-mouthed? When you took out the jade seal, we didn't look closely, and then we remembered that the jade seal had no traces of use at all, and how could it be that the things that had been passed down for hundreds of years were still as new? Because it's a replica of yours, and it's realistic, but it's not real! ”
Li Sui frowned, it shouldn't be, the jade seal I saw at the Fulai Inn at the beginning was exactly the same as the real thing, whether it was a scratch or a seal clay that had been used for a long time, since it was professional, such an obvious flaw, shouldn't it, could it be that the jade seal was not made by Rong Chu Rongzhe at all? But someone else?
Except for the three tribes in the Seven Kingdoms, the jade seals are all the same, but the inscriptions at the bottom are different, and it is really difficult to distinguish, that day at the Fulai Inn, Li Sui did not see the words at the bottom, so many suspicions, if it is not from the Mao country, it is not from the Rong country, Yin and Qi countries, who are they?
Li Sui wanted to ask Rong Zhe if it was true or not, but it was obvious that Rong Zhe only cared about the development on the field now.
"Isn't it that the third emperor brother disagrees with my younger brother and I sit in this seat and want to fight?" The prince wants face and the hearts of the people, but Rong Chu is not as good as he wants.
"A bunch of nonsense," the prince looked distressed, "I am the prince of the main palace, the lineage is orthodox, at that time the second emperor brother said that the throne was given to the fifth emperor brother, you did find the jade seal, I didn't say anything, now I find out that this is fake, you have deceived us, and also deceived the people of the world, what is the intention!" Isn't it the Fifth Emperor Brother that you want this throne with ill intentions? ”
"Whatever the imperial brother says, facts speak louder than words."
"What facts?" The prince is a little confused, the second child is dead, who else can help the fifth? What other facts?
"Second Emperor Brother, have you seen enough of the excitement? Come out and catch up with the Three Emperor Brothers, right? Rong Chu stared at the prince and said, the prince was stared at and his scalp was numb, and he felt a little uneasy.
"Don't pretend to be a ghost, the second emperor brother is dead, and now he is still waiting to solve the case in the criminal department."
"This case can already be solved."
Rong Zhe kicked the roof under his feet, jumped a few times, landed in the middle of the confrontation between the two sides, and looked at the prince coldly, the prince was so pale, that he almost fell off his horse. Long before Rong Zhe left, Li Sui went to the house, which was eye-catching.
"You... You... Are you a human or a ghost?! "The crown prince watched the body of "Rong Zhe" being transported in with his own eyes, and his head and body were separated at that time, how could he be resurrected? And it was precisely because he knew that Rong Zhe was dead and Rong Chu had no backing, that he dared to put a hat on Rong Chu's head openly and unscrupulously pull the army to the imperial city.
"My good brother, what do you say?"
"How is it possible, how is it possible?"
"I can't get my grievances cleared, and my soul can't rest in peace, so I can only seek justice myself." The gloomy tone completely frightened the prince, in fact, the prince has always felt that Rong Zhe's death seems to be too simple, and he is always restless, coupled with the extreme mental tension in the past few days, he can't tell whether Rong Zhe is a human or a ghost, and his mind is a mess.
"That's not right!" The crown prince shouted, "You are a fake, the second emperor brother is now lying in the morgue of the Ministry of Punishment, who are you?" Dare to pretend to be royal, the crime deserves death! ”
"Why is the second prince lying in the morgue?"
"How do I know?! It's none of my business! The prince was stimulated by Rong Zhe's sudden appearance, and reflexively wanted to clean up the responsibility with himself, but instead leaked out.
"I only asked how the second prince died, and I didn't say that this matter has anything to do with you, why are you so nervous?"
"Where do I have?" The crown prince calmed himself down, "The second emperor brother was killed by a traitor and died, and I am also very sad about this, so I want to quickly bring the murderer to justice, why are you pretending to be the second emperor brother, is it that the death of the second emperor brother has something to do with you?" ”
"When did I admit that I pretended to be the second prince."
"It's not impersonating, you still can't make it?"
"Why can't I be true, Third Emperor Brother, is it a thief with a weak heart, so I don't want to see the Imperial Brother?"
"You talk nonsense! I saw with my own eyes that the second emperor brother was pushed into the morgue, and it is still there, I don't believe we can go and see it together. ”
"You don't need to look at it, I brought your second emperor brother here."
"What?!"
"Someone."
Two men from the Punishment Department came over with a long stretcher and placed it on the ground.
"Third Emperor Brother, isn't this your Second Emperor Brother? You come and have a look. ”
The prince was suddenly a little timid, and he sat on his horse and did not dare to step forward.
"What's wrong? Third Emperor Brother, could it be that the death of the Second Emperor Brother has something to do with you? Rong Zhe had such a face on his head and said such a thing, which was extremely awkward.
"You don't want to spew blood, I naturally want to go over and take a look, and when the authenticity is verified, you can wait for death."
The prince forced his composure, stepped forward, lifted the white cloth covering the corpse, fixed his head, and placed it on his neck, one standing and the other lying, and his appearance was indeed exactly the same, and everyone was shocked.
"See! This is the second emperor brother of this palace, what kind of thing are you. ”
"Why are you only willing to recognize a corpse, when your second emperor brother, I am standing here, but you don't want to admit it."
"You are definitely a fake, and now the corpse of the second emperor brother is already here. What else do you have to say? ”
"Okay, I'll let you see what your second emperor brother is?"
With that, Rong Zhe leaned over the corpse's head and reached out to take a mask from the corpse's face.
"Do you see clearly?" Rong Zhe pointed to this stranger, "Is this your second imperial brother?" ”
"This! How can it be? What the hell is going on? The prince looked at the unfamiliar faces on the ground in disbelief, "Did you dump the corpse, what do you want to do?" ”