328, the real murderer
When Lin Yi and his entourage arrived at the guest house where the Nanyan delegation of Honglu Temple lived, they were busy inside, and when they saw Lin Yi, the people of the mission immediately informed Murong Han.
"I don't know what advice the Emperor Taishang has here?" Murong Han, dressed in a purple brocade robe, stood under the corridor, with a straight posture, looked directly at Lin Yi, and asked slowly.
Lin Yi said with a smile, "I heard that your envoy submitted a letter to return to China, so I came to see off the envoys on behalf of my emperor, if you need help, just mention it." ”
Murong Han smiled in his heart, he just wanted His Majesty the Emperor to agree to his proposal to Ah Xuan, did they agree?
His eyes moved slightly, with one hand behind his back, he looked at Jiang Xuan who was standing beside Lin Yi, she turned her face sideways and looked at Lin Yi, probably because of her filial piety, she was dressed very plainly, and her face was not powdered, but her skin was more moist and delicate than those women who had applied powder, and her skin was as bright as jade in the golden sun.
Every time we meet, I can find that she is more beautiful than the last time, and the person who makes her bloom is not him!
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Murong Han's lips, and he raised his hand towards Jiang Xuan and bowed, "Miss Jiang." ”
His tone was smooth and calm.
Jiang Xuan bent the corners of his mouth, "Young Master Murong." ”
Murong Han turned around and led Lin Yi and the others in.
No one saw the look on his face when he turned around.
Her gaze was sharp and open, and she should have felt uncomfortable, but he laughed, the tails of his eyes turned up, and his delicate eyes were full of light.
After everyone sat down as the guest of honor, Murong Hui also came out.
Seeing Murong Hui, Jiang Xuan's heart suddenly fell.
Originally, she said that she would go with the imperial doctor who diagnosed the pulse to see if it was really Murong Hui who was sick, but there was no news of her accompanying her.
She occasionally heard Jiang Yu say it, and it seemed that the emperor had used another method to confirm that it was indeed not Murong Hui who was sick.
The moment Murong appeared, Jiang Xuan's pores unconsciously stood up, and she remembered the strange and hoarse voice and said, "Caught it." ’
Her hands tightened unconsciously, and her body tightened.
A large, warm hand reached over and wrapped around her.
It was Lin Yi, I saw him smile at him, Jiang Xuan also smiled, shook his hand, and signaled that he was fine.
Murong Han on the other side lowered his eyes to cover the gloom.
Murong Hui's eyes swept over Jiang Xuan like a poisonous snake, "I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor has seen our excerpts, when can we set off?" ”
Lin Yi said, "Before your mission leaves, I still want to ask you to help me do something, can I?" ”
Murong Han smiled, "I don't know what it is, it's our honor to serve the Emperor Taishang." ”
Lin Yi raised his eyes and stared at him coldly,
"At the Xu family's horse party, the young master was present, and the assassin was too cunning, and after being hit by an arrow, he actually escaped."
Murong Hui showed a meaningless smile and said lightly, "...... Your courtiers don't ...... much."
Lin Yi didn't care, and also smiled, "Indeed, the assassin calculated too well, so he could only sigh and watch him run away." ”
"Now that the capital is under martial law, it has been searched everywhere, and there is still no assassin."
"Honglu Temple has not been searched yet, so I am here to see him off, and secondly, to come and check the suspicions of the people of the mission."
Murong Han's eyes were dark, saying that he was trying to investigate suspicions, but in fact, he had already determined that the assassin was in their mission.
But he was present at the time, and it was impossible to defend himself, and it was impossible for him to confront Lin Yi head-on.
At least for now, it's not the time.
Therefore, he could only raise his head, look at Jiang Xuan, and then said,
"I was indeed present that day, and I was happy to help the Emperor Taishang solve his problems. Well, my people were here at the time, how are you going to search? ”
He gestured to the group of people standing behind him.
He spoke, very slowly, and apparently unwillingly.
Also, who wants to be searched as a suspect by the Great Lalama?
Partial, he had to do this in order to get rid of suspicion.
Jiang Xuan looked at Murong Han coldly, if it was really someone around him who wanted to kill her, she would have nothing to be sad about.
They have long since fallen out of business.
Even if he knelt in front of him and kneeled to bleed, it could not reduce the hatred in her heart.
"It's useless for his subordinates to investigate our mission. Didn't your country send a brocade guard to keep a close watch on us?
Isn't it clear what we're moving towards? ”
Murong Hui's face was a little pale, leaning back in his chair, as if he was a person who had not recovered from a serious illness, and his cheeks were faintly red, looking very angry.
He looked at Lin Yi indignantly and sneered.
Lin Yi turned to Murong Han and said lightly, "Since you feel innocent, why don't you let us search calmly, if we have wronged you, we will make amends to you at that time." ”
"Ha, it's easy to say, when the time comes, we will be wronged by you in vain, and make amends, how can you make amends?"
Murong Hui's face became more and more red, and his tone was sharp and poisonous.
"Uncle Wang......" Murong Han reprimanded, "If Uncle Wang is not well, then go back to the room to rest first." ”
Murong Hui's eyes clearly wrote his disdain for Dongli.
This Murong will be!
Was it intentional or unintentional?
If it is unintentional, it is fine, but if it is intentional, it is worth pondering if he mocks the emperor who has left the east.
Murong Han's face sank like water, and his cold eyes stared at Murong Hui tightly.
Murong Hui glanced at Murong Han with some annoyance, and said lightly, "I'm just worried about Miss Jiang, I almost died at the hands of assassins, and those officials are useless, and I can't even find a killer." ”
"That's what the prince said." Jiang Xuan took over the conversation with kindness, "In the heart of the prince, this girl has received it, in this case, why doesn't the prince call your people out calmly, and we can also solve it quickly."
People are doing it, the sky is dry, what is the prince to be afraid of? ”
Murong Hui leaned back in his chair and looked at Jiang Xuan deeply, if he didn't agree, it would be as if he was afraid.
With Lin Yi by her side, Jiang Xuan's originally beating heart also stabilized, and she looked up at Murong Hui with a clear gaze.
Murong Hui's eyes were all restricted, he looked at Jiang Xuan, looked at the servant behind him, and nodded.
When people came in, Biyun, who was standing behind Jiang Xuan, shook her head, indicating that none of the people present were the ones she saw.
Lin Yi swept his eyes and said lightly,
"I wonder if all the servants who followed Young Master Murong to the Jockey Club that day are here?"
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.
"You're really funny, you said you can't go out today, why do you have to go out?" It should be the people who serve in the guest house who are scolding.
There were people on the side who helped, "That is, you haven't gotten the pass permit yet, and you have said that you can't walk around, and the gate won't let you out, so you want to drill the dog hole, but I didn't expect that you people in Nanyan have such a hobby." ”
"Let's go and meet your leading young master, and let him discipline you people well......"
As he spoke, the people had already arrived at the door, and the people who followed Lin Yi had already stood silently by the door, and then they saw two people wearing Dongli official uniforms escorting an old servant in gray clothes over.
Jiang Xuan also saw the old servant at a glance, and Biyun behind her grabbed her sleeve, indicating that what she saw was this person.
It is said that he is an old servant, but he is not old, although his hair is gray, his back is not very straight, and he is rickety, but his lean face does not have so many wrinkles, and he looks like he is in his forties, and if he wants to say that he is fifty years away, it is okay.
I can't tell what it was like to see this person at the moment, but I saw that the old servant's back was stiff, as if he was old.
But the moment he saw everyone, his bent back was like a full bow, and the momentum was hidden.
These are enough to give everyone an answer.
"Traitor! It's you! Murong Hui's voice was hoarse and roared, and he immediately slapped Murong Han's head.
The crowd was stunned by this change.
Murong Hui's shout was clearly saying that the old servant was Murong Han's person.
When everyone was stunned, the old servant suddenly jumped up, kicked one by one, and kicked away the two servants of the guest house beside him.
He clearly made preparations in advance, which also proves that he is really weak-hearted.
Here, the guard standing by the door pounced and grabbed the old servant's left hand, he had no chance to escape, and was forced to fall into a hand-to-hand fight with the guards.
"Someone, catch him." Murong Hui roared angrily, and at the same time casually threw a flying knife over, and the flying knife hit the old servant's left shoulder.
The old servant, who had been preparing to run away for a long time, took this opportunity to quickly pull out his legs and run out before the guards could react.
The guards tried to catch him, but they only caught one of his sleeves, and with too much force, they pulled down the sleeve of his coat, revealing a white cloth wrapped around his arm.
"It's him, it's him, just now my subordinates felt that his arm was not very flexible, and it was really injured." One of them was the Jinyi Guard, who was chasing the assassin with Gu Shi'an, and he screamed excitedly when he saw the white cloth.
The situation has become clear at this point, but the people have escaped.
Lin Yi glanced at Uncle Murong and nephew meaningfully, and then a few fireworks scattered in the air, although it was daytime, and he couldn't see it clearly, but it was enough to wake up the people outside.
Jiang Xuan's eyebrows skipped a beat, she didn't expect that the person was really from Murong Han's side.
After a while, I saw Gu Shi'an escorting the old servant in, with rags stuffed in his mouth, but a pair of vultures looked calmly at the people sitting in the hall.
"Good." Lin Yi got up and looked at his hands, "Take it back." ”
Presumably to make sure, the strip of cloth wrapped around the old servant's hand had been torn apart, revealing the wound inside.
Before the person is stabbed, he should be prepared for possible injuries and prepare medicine in advance.
So his wound smelled black and smelly, and he didn't look bad.
But there is nothing wrong with recognizing that it was an arrow wound.
This is also the reason why there is no doctor in the pharmacies and clinics in the city who has injured his left arm.
Who would have thought that there would be such a hand?
The old servant was still struggling, constantly calling for help to Murong Han, "Young master, my subordinates have wronged ......"
……
The old servant and Murong Han were interrogated in the guest courtyard of Honglu Temple.
Lin Yi did not let Murong Han avoid it.
Although Murong Hui has been shouting from the sidelines, Murong Han is the young master of the Southern Yan Kingdom and cannot be treated like this.
No one paid any attention to him.
The old servant's mouth is very hard, assassinating the future Queen Mother, even if there is no clear decree, everyone knows that Jiang Xuan is already the future Queen Mother.
This is a big case. Jinyiwei's people didn't dare to give him a heavy punishment, for fear that they would accidentally kill him for a while and cut off the clue.
Therefore, the punishment was very careful, although it looked very careful, but it only hurt the inside, not the flesh, and the pain was on the prisoner's own body.
Finally, the old servant couldn't stand it anymore.
"It's the young master, it's the young master who asked me to do this." When Gu Shi'an caught him and found that he was inclined to commit suicide, the old servant's teeth were removed and his teeth were knocked out.
He spoke indistinctly, but the crowd could still hear what he was saying.
All the eyes of everyone were focused on Murong Han.
Murong Han chuckled, "You are an old servant who has been accumulating years by your father's side, when you first went on an envoy, it was because your father said that you are steady and old, and asked you to come to me to help me."
Is that what you can help with? Slandering the young master? ”
The old servant opened his mouth and looked at Murong Han with grief and indignation, "Young master, I belong to a pariah, it's not a pity to die, but I don't want to die."
It was you who said that Miss Jiang had abandoned you from beginning to end, and you didn't want to see her marry another man, so you let your subordinates kill her. ”
"That way, she'll be yours forever."
Murong Han laughed when he heard this, it will always belong to him? She could never belong to him anymore.
Even if you kill it, what if you kill it?
He turned his head to look at Jiang Xuan, "Ah Xuan, do you also believe his words?" Did I tell him to kill you? ”
"What about believing? What if you don't believe it? Jiang Xuan turned his face away and said softly.
Murong Han and Jiang Xuan have been together for five years, so naturally they knew that she answered like this, so they didn't doubt him.
If she directly said that she believed it, then maybe he would be troubled.
Lin Yi looked at him lightly and instructed Gu Shi'an to continue the trial.
The old servant's answer to the next question was full of errors and omissions, and it was very unsmooth.
asked him who instructed him again, and he insisted that it was Murong Han.
Lin Yi looked at Murong Han and said, "Young Master Murong, it seems that I want to wronged you to stay in my Jinyi Guard's prison." ”
Murong Han stood there, looking attentive and respectful.
"Lin Yi, since I entered Beijing, you probably had the intention of killing me, and today it fell into your hands, if you can come up with evidence, I Murong Han will admit it, if you want to kill or chop, whatever you want."
"If you can't produce evidence, just rely on a few words, these speculations, you don't want to move me at all."
"I'll go to prison with you, not because I'm afraid of you, but because I'm ......" He glanced at Jiang Xuan, then retracted his gaze and looked like he was arrested.
Murong will stand in front of Murong Han, "Emperor Tai, this is not good, we are not from Dongli, you don't want to take the initiative against us." ”
"The two countries have diplomatic relations, don't kill them, besides, even if he really sent someone to kill Miss Jiang, wouldn't it be done?
Miss Jiang stood there dignifiedly, nothing at all.
Moreover, they used to be lovers, and my nephew was the most affectionate, and it was impossible for him to send someone to kill her under any circumstances. ”
He kicked the old servant's body, and with a 'bang', he drew the straddle knife of a guard on the side, and was about to slash at the old servant.
Before the knife fell, he was stopped by Gu Shi'an, "King Qi, please show mercy to your subordinates, whether it is slander or not, just interrogate."
If you kill him like this, you won't be able to ask anything. ”
Gu Shi'an's eyes were full of deep meaning when he looked at Murong Hui.
Murong Hui slowly showed a sneer, "King Su, what do you mean by this?" Do you think I'm going to kill him to kill him? ”
"You can't help but underestimate our Nanyan people, one person does things and one person does it, even if it is really done by the young master, I believe he will not carry it."
He glanced at Murong Han, who was still standing there straight, as if he was out of the way, and squinted.
……
From the moment Murong Han was taken out of the guest courtyard of Honglu Temple, the capital was like a hornet's nest.
Murong Han has become the focus of everyone's attention.
Who would have thought that the young master of a country would come to the capital to kill people!
Everyone was shocked, but in private, those who had a relationship on weekdays all began to talk about one thing.
As early as when Murong Han first went to the east, he asked the emperor to marry Jiang Xuan, and after being rejected for the first time, he asked to marry again, but Jiang Chong refused to the current dynasty.
Now Murong Han asked people to kill Jiang Xuan, this is obviously because of love and hatred!
Everyone never expected that such an unexpected thing would happen.
Sure enough, if it is a small people, there is no stumbling when someone proposes marriage, if you want to be like Murong Han, then the capital will be chaotic, and the blood will flow like a river!
Murong Hui finally begged Xiao Yue and wanted to see Murong Han, after all, the young master of a country was imprisoned like this.
Over there, Xiao Yue's agreement to the return of Nanyan's envoys to China was also approved, and they were allowed to leave on the same day.
But Nanyan's people, where do you dare to go? The young master is still in their prison.
You can't go on an envoy and lose the young master, right?
Nanyan's inheritance of the throne is not just anyone.
Only those with purple eyes can inherit the throne, and now, among the new generation of princes and daughters of Nanyan, only Murong Han has purple eyes.
Once Murong Han can't return to the country, who should inherit Nanyan's throne?
There was no need for Murong to say anything, the ministers of the Nanyan envoy group couldn't help it, and urged Murong Hui to intercede with Xiao Yue and let Murong Han go.
No matter what you want Nanyan to do, as long as you can keep the young master, you will always stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood.
I don't know what Murong Hui said to Xiao Yue, Xiao Yue agreed that Murong Hui would go to see Murong Han.
The jailer led the way respectfully, and finally, with the key, opened a cell door.
Murong would walk through the damp, dark, foul-smelling passage and step into the prison door.
He covered his mouth and nose tightly with a handkerchief, trying to keep out the stench.
Although Murong Han has become a prisoner, he can't see the slightest bit of what he should look like after being imprisoned.
He was neatly dressed, his hands were heavily shackled, his legs were crossed, he was sitting on a messy mass of straw, his eyes closed.
look, but calm abnormal.
It seems that he is not trapped in a cage, as if he is in a cloud platform, and the realm is wonderful.
On top of a male and female face, there is something that is indistinguishable.
Hearing the footsteps of Murong Hui coming in, he didn't hear it, and he still sat upright like that, motionless, as if he was in a state of flux.
Murong Hui stared at him for a moment, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said,
"Why did you let people assassinate Miss Jiang, that day, you were still angry with me, it turns out that you are a thief shouting to catch a thief.
It's really an eye-opener, and it actually made Dongli's Jinyi Wei find out.
Why, it's not good to be skinned in front of your sweetheart, right? ”
"His Majesty the Emperor just told me that if you confess your guilt, we people can come back safely and not hold us accountable."
Murong Han slowly opened his eyes, stared at Murong Hui for a moment, and smiled slightly,
"Uncle Wang, you must be very unwilling to defeat my father in the past and fail to sit on the throne of the lord of Nanyan, right?"
"For so many years, you seem to be an idle prince, walking around in private, it's a pity that Nanyan's inheritance has made you frustrated everywhere."
"Just because you don't have purple eyes."
"No matter what you do, no one will support you to sit on the throne of the country."
"Whether I sent someone to kill Ah Xuan, you and I know it."
When he finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.
Murong Hui nodded, "Good, good, good!" You don't know what to do.
I only know that your attendants are pointing to you, and I am not the only one who has heard this.
I only regret why I listened to those people and went to His Majesty the Emperor Dongli to intercede for you.
I shouldn't have come here!
Don't worry, your father can still be reborn, maybe a little doll with purple eyes will come out.
In case, if he can't give birth, then there are other brothers of yours, no matter how bad they are, there are also Uncle Wang and me. ”
Murong Han looked at him, suddenly smiled, and lowered his eyes to look at the chains that locked his hands.
I only heard Murong Han shout, and a person walked in outside, walked behind Murong Han, and drew his knife.
The blade rested on Murong Han's neck, and the cold light flashed on the side of his face.
The skin is like jade, the sword light is white, and the two compartments are shining, and there is a strange beauty.
"Murong Han, I gave you a chance, why did you assassinate the future Empress Dowager of Dongli?"
Murong Han didn't even move his eyelids as if he hadn't heard it.
Murong Han's eyes were deep, and the murderous intent flashed, "Kill him." ”
His voice was cold.
The retinue he brought, the blade was about to swing down, and there was a commotion outside, and the movement became louder and louder.
Murong Hui slowly turned around, and a lot of people poured in outside, and he saw Gu Shi'an stepping inside.
"Uncle Wang, it's too late for you to stop now." Murong Han looked at Murong Hui slowly.
Murong Hui said coldly, "Stop? Why should I stop? If you are killed, all the people in the mission can return to the country, and if you are killed, everyone will be satisfied, why should you stop? ”
"Are you really for the people of the Mission? Isn't it because of your selfishness? ”
Murong Han laughed loudly.
The two looked at each other for a moment.
In the cramped cell, the air suddenly became extremely heavy.
"If you want to kill me, after returning home, no one can stop you, whether you support my brother or you yourself to become the lord of the country."
"Isn't it?"
Murong Hui's face changed drastically, he pulled the knife in the guard's hand, and walked towards Murong Han, his prestige was too heavy, even if he was imprisoned in Dongli, maybe he would be overturned by him that day, so he had to die.
The lord of Nanyan is now old, and he doesn't have much time to live, without Murong Han, who else can he be?
Even if he is not purple-eyed, for the sake of Nanyan's stability, those people can only support him on the throne.
Murong would tell himself this over and over again in his mind, his steps getting faster and faster, and the light of the sword shone, reflecting his excited and resolute eyes.
Murong Han, who was sitting there, just watched Murong Hui approach step by step, his eyes firmly fixed on his every move.
Inside the cell, there was only the sound of crackling footsteps.
Suddenly there was a scream, and the sound of swords colliding with iron came to mind one after another.
Murong Hui's face changed drastically, and he glared at Murong Han in disbelief, "You ......"
Murong Han's hands, which had been shackled, were now hanging by his side, and the shackles fell to his feet.
A dagger was stuck in Murong Han's stomach.
"I gave you a chance to stop." Murong Han looked at him lightly, and his gaze crossed him again, looking at Gu Shi'an at the door of the old house.
Murong Hui pulled out the dagger in his abdomen, his eyes were red, and the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, "It's fake that you're locked inside, and those rumors outside are also fake?" ”
"If not, where can you push your ambitions? Uncle Wang! ”
The corners of Murong Hui's mouth curled up to smile or not.
"What's the flaw?" Murong would prop up one hand on the wall and cover his abdomen, which was constantly bleeding blood.
"From the beginning, we didn't doubt Young Master Murong." Gu Shi'an leaned leisurely on the pillar at the door of the cell, his hands around his chest, and explained his doubts to Murong Hui.
"You probably don't know that the girl Jiang who was assassinated by you has regained her memory, and she happened to see you on the official road with the guards into a path."
"But at that time, you should have been seriously ill in bed."
"So, we're focusing on you. It just so happened that the Assassin's way down the mountain was at the end of the path where the ginger girl saw you. ”
"Who else but you?"
"We and Young Master Murong will plan the plan, but I didn't expect you to really take the bait."
When he said that he was seriously ill in bed, Gu Shi'an's face changed, and he suddenly flew up and grabbed the injured Murong Hui.
Then he kicked him away and shouted, "Come on, surround the guest courtyard of Honglu Temple, don't let one person run away, and at the same time, close the city gate!" ”
The 'Murong Hui' who was kicked away suddenly laughed, "The prince has already left, don't try to catch him!" ”
Murong Han walked in front of the fake Murong Hui, "I was pecked all day long, and said, where did Uncle Wang go?" ”
Blood gushed from the corners of the fake Murong Hui's mouth, "Of course he went back to Nanyan, go back and be the lord of his Nanyan country......"
Murong Han didn't say a word, and sure enough, Murong would design all this, which was to delay time and prevent him from returning to China.
But he actually fell into the trap.
The fake Murong would smile hoistfully, "The prince still asked me to tell you...... Don't be afraid that he doesn't have a purple-eyed child, because he has already found the two children he had with Dongli woman......"
When they go back, they will be reunited! ”
I see.