When Yang Guang and Zhang Heng heard Yang Jian's words, they looked at each other for a while, and they were all stunned.

The crown prince Yang Yong turned around and said to the two with a solemn expression: "This palace recently inquired about the case of the illegal profiteer Pang Xun, and found out the truth about his collusion with Xinyi for corruption and private sharing of huge amounts of money and goods from Pang Xun's mouth. Xinyi was originally an old person around the palace, so after learning the news that she was killed, the palace suspected that there were officials of the East Palace involved, and immediately ordered people to strictly investigate the perpetrators in the East Palace, and it turned out that it was Cheng Mei in the palace who instructed her cousin Cheng Yi to commit the crime. Because the matter involves the subordinates of the East Palace and the old people, it is inconvenient for the palace to be good at it, so I entered the palace to explain the truth to my father...... You don't have to check anymore, the palace has now tied the pair of dog men and women to the forbidden army duty room at the palace gate, waiting for the fate of the father. ”

Dumbfounded, Yang Guang couldn't help but ask Yang Yong: "Big brother, can you be sure that Xinyi was killed by Cheng Yi?" ”

Yang Yong forced a smile on his face and replied: "Ah Zong don't be suspicious, the Cheng family and Cheng Yi brothers and sisters have confessed to killing Xinyi, and I have ordered someone to search Cheng Yi's residence to find the robe he was wearing when he committed the murder, which is stained with blood, which is enough to prove that he is the culprit who killed Xinyi." ”

"But ......" Yang Guang instinctively realized that there must be something strange in this matter, and just opened his mouth to speak, but he met the grim gaze that his father Yang Jian threw at him, and he was startled, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"The prince's righteous killing of his relatives is very comforting." Yang Jian praised Yang Yong as soon as he opened his mouth, "Now that the prince has found out that Xinyi is involved in Pang Xun's corruption case, and she was killed in the Chang'an territory, I will, the trial of the Cheng brothers and sisters is still presided over by the prince, and Ah Zong and Zhang Heng are jury together, and it is necessary to make the case of Pang Xun's embezzlement clear and clear in the shortest possible time, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Yang Yong immediately resigned: "The culprits who killed the favorite are all concubines and subordinates of the East Palace, and it seems that it is not appropriate for the sons and daughters to preside over the interrogation of the Cheng brothers and sisters, so it is better to ask the father and emperor to appoint someone else." ”

"Hey, the murderer was personally ordered by the prince to be arrested, how can I not trust you? There is no need to excuse myself, as for the place of interrogation, it will be set in the court of the Jingzhao Bureau. Yang Jian smiled disapprerovingly, and there was no negotiation in his tone.

At this point, Yang Guang and Zhang Heng, who were designated by Yang Jian to accompany the prince Yang Yong to interrogate the Cheng brothers and sisters, can see it clearly: from Xinyi's killing this morning to the prince's quick identification of the murderer and entering the palace to explain the case to Yang Jian, the whole incident is just a scene directed by the prince Yang Yong himself. The so-called murderous real murderer Cheng Yi and the mastermind behind the scenes, Cheng Meiren, are just a pair of substitute ghosts.

The only thing that Yang Guang couldn't understand was that with such an obvious plot, why did his father Yang Jian turn a blind eye and still insist on handing over the case of Pang Xun and Xinyi's collusion and embezzlement, as well as the murder case of Xinyi, to the crown prince Yang Yong to preside over the investigation.

The three of them were ordered to escort the two criminals out of the palace and came to the public court of the Jingzhao Bureau, and it didn't take much effort for Yang Yong to confess the motive for the murder and the process before and after, and the confessions of the two were highly consistent, even if a resourceful person like Zhang Heng could not find a flaw.

After ordering the officials of the government office to escort the Cheng brothers and sisters to the court and put them on death row, Yang Guang still couldn't help but ask Yang Yong: "According to the confession of the Cheng brothers and sisters, most of the tens of millions of stolen money that they have received through Pang Xun's hands have been hidden from his brothers and sisters by Xinyi. The younger brother couldn't understand what was the use of asking for so much money for a monk who was in his liking for a monk. ”

Yang Yong's face was uncertain, and he replied coldly: "Ah Zong's question is indeed reasonable. According to the palace speculation, the confessions of the Cheng brothers and sisters may not be true, but according to the fact that the two of them swore to death and refused to admit that the stolen money was obtained by his brother and sister, this case has become an unsolved case, and the only one who may know the whereabouts of the huge amount of stolen money has just been destroyed by Cheng Yi, and if he wants to recover the huge amount of stolen money, he is afraid that there is little hope. ”

Zhang Heng saw that Yang Guang knew that all this was just a scene planned by the crown prince Yang Yong, and he wanted to ask him about the whereabouts of the huge amount of stolen money, he secretly sweated for Yang Guang in his heart, lowered his head and thought about it, and took the initiative to play a round for Yang Guang and said: "The case of the murder of the heart, so far in the interrogation, the two criminals have confessed to the fact of murder, and the confessions of the two are not inconsistent. What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think? ”

Yang Yong smiled, did not answer, only stared at Yang Guang.

Yang Guang felt that today, including his father Yang Jian, together with himself and Zhang Heng, they were all like being played by his eldest brother Yang Yong as a monkey, and he was inevitably annoyed, but when he saw Zhang Heng sitting aside, he couldn't stop glaring at himself, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart, and said stupidly: "Everything is subject to the decision of the eldest brother." ”

"Zhang Beijia, killing and injuring people, greedy for huge amounts of money and goods, according to the "Kaihuang Law" promulgated by this dynasty, what punishment should be given?" Yang Yong heard that Yang Guang also agreed to Zhang Heng's proposal to close the case, and asked Zhang Heng knowingly.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the "Kaihuang Law" abolished various punishments such as Dabi, Che Split, Ling Chi, etc., and based on the crimes committed by the Cheng brothers and sisters, the lower officials thought that they should be beheaded." Zhang Heng also had to follow the trap laid by Yang Yong and answer truthfully according to the provisions of the "Kaihuang Law".

"Then there is Lao Zhang, don't drive according to this, and tomorrow the three of us will enter the palace together to pay tribute to our father. There are extremely vicious people like the Cheng brothers and sisters in the East Palace, and the palace has to take some responsibility, and they still have to go back to prepare a petition for guilt, and submit it to their father tomorrow, so they will accompany them. Yang Yong said, took the lead in getting up and saying goodbye to Yang Guang and Zhang Heng, and went back to the East Palace.

Yang Yongcai walked out of the court, Yang Guang was so angry that he picked up a tea bowl on the next few cases, and fell to the ground with a "snap".

Seeing this, Zhang Heng hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "The prince is angry, and the officials think that as soon as today's incident comes out, it will be a good thing for the prince." ”

"A good thing? Xinyi was killed, and seeing that the pair of substitute ghosts of the Cheng brothers and sisters were also going to be killed in a grand manner, but you said that this was a good thing? Let me ask you, how to explain Zhang Xutuo being falsely accused of peeping at Yun's bathing, and how capable of the Cheng brothers and sisters are to force Zhang Xutuo to escape from prison and mobilize many masters to hunt him down? Yang Guang's eyes widened and asked Zhang Heng angrily.

"Do you remember what the lower official said to the prince three days ago?" Zhang Heng looked directly at Yang Guang and asked him with a smile, "Since the crown prince couldn't withstand the pressure exerted on him by the emperor, he chose to quickly end Pang Xun's case through this extreme method, isn't it a good thing for you?" ”