Chapter 39 The Injustice of Innocence

Sun Le immediately knelt on the ground and said, "My subordinates know their mistakes. ”

Liu Xiwei said coldly: "If you know your mistakes, let Benjun think about how to explain to his father." Benjun casually leads a monkey and kneels better than you! ”

Hearing a sneer coming from outside the hall, Liu Xixuan and Ling Yin both walked into the hall and said, "Brother Wang is so open-minded!" Seeing that the conspiracy was revealed, he still had the heart to laugh at his subordinates here. This prince is so admirable. ”

Liu Xiwei said: "It should be Xiwei who admires Brother Wang, and if he fails to usurp the throne, he wants to frame all the loyal and good people around his father step by step." I wonder who will be the next target when Xi Wei dies? ”

Ling Yin said: "Yingyangjun had better pay attention to the wording, framing the prince is not a small crime, and the precarious little monarch's mansion can't afford it." ”

Sun Le grabbed him by the collar and said, "Lord Ling Yin had better think about whether he can withstand this dying blow from his subordinates first!" ”

Liu Xiwei roared angrily: "Presumptuous! ”

Sun Le was stunned for a moment, and obediently gave his hand, causing Yin Yi to run behind Liu Xixuan, showing his head and saying, "What is the little family going to be proud of?" You're the first one to be killed! ”

Liu Xiwei said lightly: "My Yingyang Junfu is not so easy to be defeated. This kind of ominous words such as dying struggles will have to be mentioned again in the future! ”

Sun Le lowered his hand and said, "Obey." "Stand in the back.

The confessor appeared in the side hall and summoned the people. King Qi, who was teasing the cat, immediately sank his face when he saw Liu Xiwei, threw the cat into the arms of Fu Qijun, who was accompanying him, and threw his sleeves back to the throne. He was very surprised to see that Chen Jie and others, who were seriously injured, also followed, and there was a lot of blame in his words for Liu Xiwei not knowing how to sympathize with his subordinates.

Xiang Chonghua had another layer of affection for King Qi in his heart, but Liu Xiwei knelt down on his knees and said: "Erchen is known as a polite and virtuous corporal, how dare he ruin his reputation?" However, the grievances suffered by the retainers this time were really unbearable, and they could only summon all the guards present at the time to show their innocence. ”

Liu Xixuan sneered: "How to prove it? Will they admit to themselves that you are plotting against their father? ”

Liu Xiwei glared at him and said: "There is a god three feet above your head, Brother Wang must speak worthy of his conscience!" Stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Jie, who was covered in bandages, and said: "If Xi Wei really has the intention of rebellion, why let his subordinates be injured like this?" ”

Liu Xiqian, Fu Qijun, also said: "Big brother is too angry to say this. ”

Liu Xiqian ignored Liu Xiqian, looked at Liu Xiwei and said with a smile: "Who knows if this is your bitter trick!" What's more, these useless retainers are not your henchmen. Corporal Lixian to useful people, and discarding useless things is the second child's specialty. ”

Xiang Chonghua pointed at Liu Xiqiu angrily and said, "Who are you scolding for nothing?" If you don't have the title of prince, you're nothing! ”

Liu Xixuan waved his hand and opened his finger and smiled: "Why is Hua Zhuangshi so excited? Rest assured, before you are old and decrepit, our Yingyangjun is reluctant to throw you away. However, it would be difficult to say if there was a stronger samurai one day. ”

King Qi slapped the table and said angrily: "You still don't take the widow in your eyes!" Ling Yin, don't hurry up and bring things up! ”

Liu Xixuan and Liu Xiwei each snorted coldly and closed their mouths.

Ling Yin said to Liu Xiwei: "It's not that we don't believe in Yingyangjun. But the facts are in front of you, how does Yingyangjun explain? With a wave of his sleeves, the guard brought a tray covered with a red cloth, which was lifted to reveal a scimitar, a short sword, and a small piece of rag displayed side by side.

Ling Yin put the tray in front of Liu Xiwei, picked up the scimitar and said, "Xiaoyi doesn't care, but why is the weapon collected from the traitor exactly the same as that of Yingyang Junfu?" The size and materials of all the blades in my Qi country that are equipped with more than 1,000 troops are secret, and I am afraid it is not so simple for others to imitate them, right? If Yingyangjun has any doubts, he might as well take out the same blade on the spot to compare and see if the old minister has any lies? ”

Liu Xiqian couldn't help but look at Liu Xiwei, his eyes full of worry.

Liu Xixuan took the scimitar and looked at it carefully for a while, then handed the scimitar back and said: "This knife is indeed similar in appearance to the scimitar in my house, but there is a secret in my house blade that even the Gong Yin, who is in charge of the hundred crafts, does not know, that is, a thin nail is embedded in the center of all the handles. ”

Liu Xisui said with a smile: "It is worthy of being the second viper, and he is always guarding against others from framing him." The meticulousness of his mind really impressed his brother. ”

Liu Xiwei ignored him, knelt down to King Qi and said, "Please allow your father to allow your sons to inspect the handle of the knife in person, so as to return my innocence to the Yingyang Monarch's Mansion." ”

Ling Yin raised his eyebrows and said: "If there are thin nails in the handle of this knife, does it mean that Yingyangjun thinks that he is trying to kill the monarch in vain?" ”

Liu Xiwei looked at him coldly and said, "If there is no thin nail in the handle of the knife, it proves that someone usurped the throne and wants to pull me Yingyangjun as a substitute for the dead ghost." ”

Liu Xixuan said: "Then check it out in front of your father, and save you from thinking of any crooked ideas." ”

Sun Zhe took the scimitar from Liu Xiqiu's hand with both hands and tightened the handle, letting out a loud shout, and the hilt of the sword opened in response to the sound to reveal a thin long nail.

Liu Xiqiu said triumphantly: "How is it?" Do you have anything else to say, second child? ”

Liu Xiwei looked at the cracked hilt like a lightning strike, and fell to the ground with weak knees: "This, how is this possible?" ”

King Qi was angry and painful, and pointed at him and said, "You rebel! When did the widow treat you badly, and you dared to kill your father and kill the king? ”

Liu Xiqian sighed, don't look over it and can't bear to look at it again.

Liu Xiwei kneeled forward, kept kowtowing and said: "It's not the son, the son is wronged." ”

Xiang Chonghua rushed forward to bow down and said: "The king is angry, Yingyangjun is really wronged!" Besides, he is your own flesh and blood, and if you kill him because of a moment of anger, it will be too late to redeem it when the truth is revealed! Your Majesty, please think twice! ”

Liu Xiqian also knelt down to plead, and kept telling Liu Xiwei's deeds when he was young. King Qi looked at Liu Xiwei and recalled the time when he was a child, and his face was full of unbearable.

Liu Xixuan sneered: "Jun's grace is as deep as the sea, and the courtier's festival is as heavy as a mountain? Yingyang Jun disregarded his father's kindness, why did his father think about the love of flesh and blood? Let me ask you, on the day Tian Hunt returned, who volunteered to take charge of his father's safety? As a result, why did my father fall into danger alone? Tell me, what are you doing? ”

Liu Xiwei's face was pale, and beads of sweat flowed down his neck to the collar, but he couldn't say a word. Xiang Chonghua seemed to see himself who had been wronged by Xi Lihua at the beginning, and his grief and sympathy surged into his heart, and he pounced in front of Liu Xiwei and said: "This is the crime of the minister!" It's not about Yingyangjun! On that day, the king noticed that there was an abnormality around him, so he sent his ministers to take over the important task of protecting His Majesty, and went to the front to check in person, but the ministers were negligent and missed the big thing for a while. Please, the king, punish you! ”

The hall fell silent in an instant, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at King Qi in unison. Hearing only a crisp sound, Xiang Chonghua knelt in place, but there were five fingerprints of Liu Xiwei on his face. Liu Xiwei picked up the scimitar that was used as evidence, pointed at Xiang Chonghua's chest and said, "Useless thing!" Dare to hurt your father and almost lose his life, this king will kill you! "A knife slashed through.

King Qi suddenly said, "Stop!" ”

Liu Xiwei stopped firmly on Xiang Chonghua's chest with a knife, and the placket of his clothes had been cut open where the knife wind passed, and blood oozed out little by little.

King Qi sighed, covered his forehead and said, "Although Hua Zhong was negligent for a while, he finally saved the widow. Forget it! ”

Only then did Xiang Chonghua feel the hot pain that spread from his chest and face to his heart. Qin Fei only felt that cold sweat soaked his back, and his heart was cold.

Ling Yin said with a smile: "The minister is also willing to believe that this matter has nothing to do with the warriors who are desperately defending His Majesty. So I just want to ask Yingyangjun to give an explanation. ”

Qin Fei suddenly burst out laughing, and fell to his knees while laughing. King Qi couldn't help but wonder: "Is it Mr. Qin Fei who is kneeling in the hall?" Why is the gentleman laughing? ”

Qin Fei said: "The minister remembered something and couldn't help laughing, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

King Qi said: "What's so funny, you might as well talk about it." ”

Qin Fei said: "When he was young, there was a neighbor who worked as an errand in the local rich family, but for some reason he was suspected by the housekeeper of stealing the rich family's jewelry. He was not good at explaining, so he had to work more conscientiously, which not only cleared the suspicion but also won everyone's praise. But this person was arrested by the government a year later, and the king did not know why? ”

King Qi said curiously: "Could it be that he finally couldn't resist the temptation and stole money and treasures?" ”

Qin Fei said with a smile: "It's just because he stole the little young master's belly pocket." ”

King Qi couldn't help laughing and said, "It's ridiculous that the reputation that I earned so hard was ruined by my belly pocket." ”

Qin Fei kowtowed, and said with a straight face: "Since the king also thinks it is ridiculous, why do you think that Yingyangjun will do something more ridiculous than the neighbors of the minister?" Chen Dou dared to ask everyone, once Yingyang Jun really killed the king, what could he get? Yingyang Jun has no more than 2,000 soldiers, 1,000 is used for the guards of the field hunting ceremony, and if the remaining 1,000 is used to sneak attack His Majesty, what strength is there to compete with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses defending the royal family's Qi Palace? ”

Everyone nodded their heads, all of them feeling reasonable.

Qin Fei looked at Liu Xiqiu and said word by word: "Once the mountain collapses (that is, the king dies), the only person who can profit the most may be the crown prince." Yingyangjun ruined his reputation and lost his soldiers and horses, but he ended up cheapening others, isn't this more ridiculous than his neighbors? ”

King Qi touched his chin and pondered for a while, and said, "It makes sense. ”

Qin Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Ling Yin sneered and said, "Mr. Qin's words are indeed very convincing, but what about these swords? Yingyangjun himself admitted that the blades in his mansion were unique and could not be imitated. ”

Qin Fei saluted again and said, "Please give the minister a month, within a month, the minister will definitely give everyone an explanation." ”

Everyone looked at King Qi again, and King Qi slowly stood up and said, "Okay." The widow will grant you a month. After a month, if you can't satisfy the widow, you and the people of Yingyang Junfu will go to the heavenly prison to reflect! Yan Bi left the temple accompanied by everyone.

Yingyangjun deliberately sat in Qin Fei and the others' car and said, "Sir, don't you already have a clue?" ”

Qin Fei let out a long sigh and said, "The subordinates also have no clue, so they can only delay the army first and then think about it in the long run." Could the secret of the hilt of the sword in the king's mansion be leaked out? ”

Liu Xiwei said with certainty: "Absolutely not." This thin nail seems simple, but it uses a unique mold made by Mr. Bamboo, and others can't learn it if they want to. ”

Qin Fei sighed and said, "Fortunately, we still have time. ”

Liu Xiwei apologized to Xiang Chonghua and said: "The matter was urgent just now, and I was offended, so please bear with Hua Zhuangshi." If it weren't for Hua Zhuangshi to take the blame for Benjun, Benjun would really be speechless. ”

Xiang Chonghua waved his hand tiredly and said, "As a courtier, you should be like this." The subordinates were a little tired and retired first. He went back to his room.

Qin Fei said to Xiang Chonghua: "If Liu Xiwei is finished, none of us will want to live, and you will take the blame for him, with King Qi's temperament, it will not hurt you, and you will get Liu Xiwei's attention and gratitude." Although you have been wronged, you can also get it. ”

Xiang Chonghua lay on his back on the couch and said: "I didn't think about it so much at the time, but I just seemed to see myself who was wronged by Xi Lihua that day." When Liu Xiwei's slap came, I was completely stunned, and even thought that he would really kill me with a knife. Liu Xixuan was right, his corporal Lixian was not sincere at all. He could sacrifice anyone for as long as he needed. ”

Qin Fei's face showed a hint of sadness, and he said, "Being a king has always been like this. ”

Xiang Chonghua turned over and sat up, and said, "But I am all sincere to my subordinates." He sighed and said, "I really doubt that I can hold on." ”

Wei Qianxue knocked on the door and came in, and said to Xiang Chonghua: "Brother Hua, someone in Jiang Guoxing Pavilion asks to see you." ”