Chapter 16: The Truth
Li Xian took the token from Li Hong's hand in a daze, and it seemed that he had already been stupid by this scene.
"This ...... This is my ......."
Hearing Li Hong's question, Li Xian seemed to be still in a sluggish situation, and halfway through his mouth, his face suddenly turned pale, as if he remembered something, he stopped talking vividly, and threw away the token in his hand as if he had caught a coal.
The lobby had already been cleared, only the "woo" sound of Helan Minzhi after he was gagged, and the crisp sound of the bronze token falling on the ground was particularly harsh.
Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and then spoke hurriedly.
"Prince...... Brother Prince, little brother wronged, wronged! ”
"Oh? Seems to have met? Then explain to the fifth brother the origin of this thing! ”
Each token of the palace is cast with a special secret mark and serial number, and each serial number corresponds to a person, which is also the reason why Li Hong is sure to be able to find out who is behind the scenes.
And looking at Li Xian's appearance, he obviously knew the origin of this token, so he was able to recognize it at a glance.
"This ...... This ......"
Li Xian was speechless.
"What is this? Sixth brother, the fifth brother has always treated you well, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing, which really makes the fifth brother sad! ”
Li Hong suddenly looked excited, pointed at Li Xian and said.
"Fifth brother, it's not like this, the assassination really has nothing to do with the younger brother!"
Li Xian explained anxiously.
"Did Lone say you had something to do with the assassination?"
Li Hong showed a smile in his eyes, but he raised his voice, flicked his sleeve robe, and then scolded.
"Don't tell the story as it is!"
"This, the prince's brother Rong Yu ......"
Li Xian collapsed in decadence and said slowly.
"This token is indeed from the little brother's house, but it is borrowed from the little brother's eight guts, and the little brother does not dare to do this big rebellion, in fact, a month ago, the little brother's house inexplicably disappeared a guard, and the little brother didn't care at that time, anyway, it was a mere guard, and if it was lost, it would be lost, and there was a Chang'an order to take care of this matter!"
Li Xian looked at Li Hong and said with a look of grievance.
"But a few days ago, the younger brother unexpectedly heard that the prince's brother was assassinated in Chengtianmen, and also injured his sister-in-law, the younger brother wanted to go to the East Palace to visit the next day, but he didn't expect the cousin to rush to the younger brother's mansion and said that he had found the token of the Yongwang Mansion on the assassin!"
"Now the little brother is full of mouths and can't tell clearly, so he has been hiding from the prince's brother for the past few days, but these tokens are all recorded, the prince's brother can go to the palace to check, what the little brother said is true, don't dare to deceive at all!"
"So, this has nothing to do with you, does it?"
Li Hong asked playfully.
"The younger brother swears that the assassination of the prince's brother in the imperial city this time was definitely not instigated by the younger brother, otherwise the younger brother would die without a place to be buried!"
Seeing that Li Hong didn't seem to believe it, Li Xian swore with a sworn face.
Seeing that Li Xian's swear tricks were all used, Li Hong gradually let go of his suspicions, turned to look at Helan Minzhi, and said this, today is really unexpected.
Although Li Hong has always been at odds with Helan Minzhi, he has never suspected him before, but according to what Li Xian said, on the second day of his assassination, Helan Minzhi rushed to Yongwang's Mansion to tell Li Xian the truth.
This has to arouse suspicion, at that time, the news did not spread, and the outside world knew at most that there was an assassination in the imperial city, how did Helan Minzhi know that the assassin was carrying the token of Yongwangfu, and rushed to Yongwangfu to warn Li Xian.
"Untie his mouth!"
Li Hong wants to see how Helan Minzhi feels about this matter.
"Phew, Li Hong, you slut, borrowed your dog guts......"
"Smack!"
That Helan Minzhi's mouth was foul language, which made Li Hong quite angry, he was not a short-tempered person, but in the face of this Helan Minzhi, he always couldn't bear the irritability in his heart, could it be that the original owner's resentment towards Helan Minzhi was affecting him?
Another slap was slapped on Helan Minzhi's face, and the jade crown of Helan Minzhi's hair was knocked off at once, and his handsome little white face was swollen into a bun, looking extremely embarrassed, and a pair of small eyes were shining with devouring light.
Li Hong had no doubt that if Cheng Wu hadn't been holding Helan Minzhi at this moment, he would definitely dare to rush up and really assassinate the prince.
"Keep your mouth clean, what do you ask, what do you answer!"
I don't know where to find a handkerchief, well, it seems that the little girl gave it to him, Li Hong wiped his hands and said calmly.
Others are afraid of him Helan Minzhi, but to be honest, Li Hong is not afraid of him, anyway, Dai Zhide also told him that the prince is now in the limelight, so it is good to make a few small mistakes, even if it goes to the emperor, one is a nephew, the other is a son, the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and he is not injured, Li Hong will be reprimanded at most, and he will not lose a piece of meat.
What's more, his festival with Helan Minzhi is not clear to others, but Empress Wu and Li Zhi are clear, he doesn't believe that Empress Wu will abolish him as a prince for this little thing, hehe, he can take revenge, and he can reduce his threat in the heart of the emperor, where to find this kind of good thing.
The more Li Hong looked at it, the more he felt that He Lan Minzhi was really an excellent punching bag, he had no real power, he couldn't beat himself, and he had a grudge against him, he really didn't fight in vain, as soon as he thought of this, Li Hong wanted to slap a few more times, but looking at He Lan Minzhi's pitiful appearance at the moment, he suppressed this impulse.
I really don't know how the original owner, a dignified prince, could be bullied like that by this kind of goods, Li Hong pursed his lips and despised the original owner in his heart.
"Li Hong, you ...... You're in private court! ”
Helan Minzhi, who was slapped again, finally came to his senses, and now that there are many people, his own people are under the eaves, so he has to bow his head.
I thought to myself again, this madman wouldn't want to kill him here, with his previous holiday with him, it's not impossible.
This had to be put in the past, Helan Minzhi would not have this idea at all, without him, Li Hong's old-fashioned and cowardly temperament in the past, at most reprimanded him a few words, how dare he fight indiscriminately like today.
But today Helan Minzhi has no bottom in his heart, he even dares to fight like this, he is simply crazy, a madman can't do anything!
As soon as he thought of this, Helan Minzhi's tone was a little more frightened, and his body began to tremble, muttering that Li Hong had set up a private court, but as soon as he saw Li Hong's sharp gaze, the burning pain on his cheeks overshadowed the anger, and his voice couldn't help but be lowered.
"You don't have to worry, I ask you, how did you know that the assassin had the token of the Yongwang Mansion in his hand?"
Li Hong glanced at Helan Minzhi, who was trembling all over, and his eyes became more and more disdainful.
"Hahaha, do you want to know? Ben Gongzi tells you that the assassin was sent by me, and you have the ability to sue me in front of your aunt! ”
Unexpectedly, when the assassination was mentioned, Helan Minzhi seemed to be stimulated by something, laughed a few times wildly, and said arrogantly.
"Li Hong, you slut, let me tell you, I will definitely double the humiliation of today."
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door, as if a large number of people were rushing over.
"Minister An ordered Cui Jingwen to participate in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"