Before dawn, the hundred officials were already wearing neat court clothes, under the leadership of Prime Minister Du Luohuo, according to the rank of the main hall, although they looked the same as usual, but their eyes kept glancing at the crown prince and prince standing in front, there were strange and doubtful on their faces. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to the absence of the third prince who was still unable to arrive at the edge of the Hengjiang River, the eldest prince, the second prince and the princess also stood in front of the stage, and the three of them were very far away from each other, but the fire of mutual hatred filled the entire hall.

Looking at the prince again, they were also standing on both sides with heavy faces, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they didn't even talk to each other. If you look closely at the bodies of many people, there are still scars, and there is even blood oozing out.

The most eye-catching is King Zhuang, who is dressed in sackcloth, and his eyes and nose are red. He clenched his fists tightly and stared at the figure of the eldest prince.

The officials who did not know what was going on inquired about each other, and then a well-informed whisper said: "I heard that there were assassins everywhere yesterday, all the crown princes except the eldest prince were attacked, and many princes were stabbed, but the most injured was King Zhuang, his son who was called a prodigy, was stabbed dozens of times by the assassins, and it was not the same night." ”

It dawned on those officials that it was no wonder that last night the curfew was all open, the whole city was over, and the light of torches and the trampling of horses' hooves were all outside. Some officials heard the voice-over: "This big prince has not been assassinated, but it is a little strange." ”

The well-informed man stiffened his nose and said mysteriously, "It's not just strange! Many of the assassins captured by the prince were carefully tortured by the yamen, but those who couldn't stand it were recruited by the great prince! ”

"It's... This... This! But there's no way to see it! I also said that this great prince seems to be full of poetry and books on weekdays, and he is quite polite and respectful to us. Now it seems that he knows the face but does not know the heart! I did such a crazy thing! How could Your Majesty allow such fanatics to stand in the Great Hall of Qiankun! The listener was indignant.

On the other side, he shook his head: "Your Majesty has long known about this, but how can the Sacred Heart be speculated by us?" When His Majesty arrives on the mat, he will administer justice! ”

The officials were just about to continue to express their opinions, but suddenly they heard a noise in front of the hall, and they were busy taking their places and no longer speaking.

It turned out that it was the Imperial History of Correction who began to picket those officials who were untidy, had incomplete etiquette, closed their eyes and recuperated and chatted with each other. looked like it, but King Xingwu was about to go to court.

Sure enough, after a while, there were eunuchs who set up a guard of honor, the Department of Teaching and Workshop displayed great music, and the Department of Etiquette displayed documents, congratulatory tables, and tributes from the rear.

When the hour came, King Xingwu walked out from behind the screen, he rose to the seat with a gloomy face, and after the drums sounded in unison, the hundred officials knelt down to congratulate and salute. After the ceremony, the group shouted long live, long live, long live!

The princes and officials knelt, but they didn't hear King Xingwu's sound of being exempted, but no one dared to get up, so they had to continue to crawl on the ground with the current. But I know in my heart that Your Majesty is probably going to be angry!

"I didn't expect that someone would be so bold and reckless! In order to commit this dangerous evil of murdering the prince and assassinating him in broad daylight! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the king of Zhuang suddenly crying and shouting, and his voice was hoarse: "Your Majesty! Brother Huang! You have to be the master of your ministers! The minister is such a full-fledged child, but now he wants the white-haired man to send the black-haired man! The voice was tragic.

King Xingwu was interrupted, and his heart was extremely unhappy, but seeing that King Zhuang was crying so fiercely, he couldn't be angry with him anymore, so he had to say calmly: "Brother King Zhuang, people can't be resurrected after death, but they must take care of their bodies." Sit down, and I'll give you justice! If you catch the real culprit, you will be severely punished."

After finishing speaking, King Xingwu stood up, swept his eyes and swept the trembling prince below, shook his head and asked, "King Qing, don't you want to explain two sentences?" ”

The eldest prince Zhu Qing trembled, his eyes were red, and he cried in a dumb voice: "The son is wronged!" The retainers are wronged! How dare the retainers do such an evil thing that destroys heaven and earth! Erchen has been studying with Prime Minister Du Shi these days, how can he arrange such a big battle to kill his relatives! ”

King Xingwu threw the jade and three peaches on the table in front of the eldest prince suddenly, and smashed it to pieces! Those ceramic fragments collapsed the eldest prince's face, and immediately blood flowed, and the eldest prince did not dare to wipe it, but just fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

King Xingwu scolded: "It's really useless! But he didn't even have some responsibility! I know it's not you! If you have so much power! I don't have to worry about it all day! It's just that the spearhead of this matter is all pointed at you, and it is obvious that someone is trying to frame you! You can only cry and cry at me here! ”

When the eldest prince heard this, he realized that his father was helping him speak, and he hurriedly followed: "Thank you for your father's innocence!" Erchen asked to personally supervise the case! We must find out the real culprit and give justice to the royal family! ”

He turned around and walked to King Zhuang and cried: "Uncle Huang's Day mourns! But it was the nephew who killed the emperor's brother! The nephew will investigate this matter thoroughly and avenge the emperor's brother! ”

King Zhuang flicked his sleeves, pushed the eldest prince away, and only said to King Xingwu: "Your Majesty! The minister's guards arrested the murderer afterwards and interrogated him carefully, but they all said that it was sent by Zhu Qing over and over again! The same is true for the injured royal brothers. Even the old torturer in the Imperial City Division said so under careful questioning. There are many murderers, and there will always be mistakes, but the caliber does not change, no matter how the interrogation is done, there is no change or error, if it has nothing to do with Zhu Qing, the minister would rather die than believe it! ”

King Xingwu frowned and shouted: "The imperial brother is too sad, but he is confused!" It is precisely because the caliber is so unified that it is the biggest loophole! These assassins are either misguided or brainwashed! But Zhu Qing was framed with him, but it was because of him. I ordered him to thoroughly investigate this case and make meritorious contributions! After the incident, he will make amends with you! ”

King Zhuang's pain of losing his son, how can he still listen to this? He is quite familiar with the methods of his guards, there are no righteous soldiers under the punishment, and to his ears, it is the King of Xingwu protecting the murderer Zhu Qing! He knew that if he continued like this, he would not get a good result. He decided that even if he scattered his family wealth, he would also make Zhu Qing pay the price!

He suddenly remembered that his guards had told him about the nameless building in the weaving bureau outside the city, but they were on various commissions. Although it is a matter of life and death for the prince, he believes that if he scatters a lot of money, he will definitely get the result he wants!

Thinking of a solution, he was reluctant to be in the same room with the murderer, he said to King Xingwu: "The courtiers are too grieved, and they collide with Your Majesty, and they deserve death!" The minister is now feeling deeply unwell, please allow the minister to retire first! ”

When he got the permission, he staggered back, but his eyes were full of endless killing intent.