Chapter 185: After the Fact (Part II)
"Elder Ming, tell the officials about your experience last night! If you have any questions, you can ask questions at any time. "The Emperor of the Snowy Night
"Yes, Your Majesty," Ming Lao turned around and said to the ministers: "I am the person in charge of the Imperial Treasure Vault, and I have an unshirkable responsibility for the theft of the Treasure Vault this time, and it stands to reason that I should be punished directly, and I am not qualified to stand on top of this hall, but I am also the only party involved, Your Majesty allowed me to participate in the discussion of this matter, and I will tell you what happened last night."
Last night, I checked all the contents of the treasure vault as usual, but near the end of my first inspection, I felt as if someone had entered the treasure vault, it was late at night, I had never seen anyone come at such a late hour in my twenty years of tending to the treasure vault, and I immediately thought that a thief was coming, so I went there.
But when I met the man, I had doubts, because he was calm and relaxed, and the clothes he was wearing were even more difficult to move, and when I asked him about his identity, he said that he had been sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he had taken out the Prince's gold medal. ”
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone in the hall focused on Mo Lin (Xue Qinghe), and Mo Lin also showed an "incredible" expression, but Ming Lao did not stop stating, and Mo Lin maintained the "aristocratic etiquette" without interrupting and continued to listen.
"After that, he clarified the reason for coming, because the prince had come to the treasure hall half a year ago to take away a drug, its main effect is to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan, make people concentrate, and there are no side effects, this time I sent someone to ask, I didn't think there was anything wrong at the time, maybe the prince was in urgent need, I didn't suspect it, let him go back, and after that, when I checked the treasure vault again, I found that the treasure vault was stolen."
At this time, an official stood up and asked Elder Ming:
"According to your words, the theft of the treasure vault this time is related to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was lying just now? ”
Ming Lao shook his head:
"No, if it is just as I said just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed very suspicious, but when I left the treasure vault to report this matter to His Majesty, I suddenly found that the eight guards closest to the gate of the treasure vault, the six soul masters on the roof of the treasure vault who were responsible for monitoring the front, had all been poisoned and died, and all fourteen of them were stiff and maintained the action of standing before death."
As soon as these words came out, the officials in the main hall all had a feeling of fear in their hearts, it was really strange that six soul masters and eight royal guards were actually poisoned in front of everyone without being discovered.
And Merlin's heart is unwavering, because that's what he did! Merlin was not idle before entering the treasure vault with the Great Luo Cave View, and he still remembered one of his soul bone skills on his left leg soul bone, Soul Chasing Poison. Remote release, never die.
After receiving Ying Long's inheritance, the effect of this soul bone technique has also been enhanced, as long as the soul power and toxin infused before the move are based on the strength of the opponent, anyone who is hit by this trick will die instantly within a thousandth of a second, because there is no time to react at all, the corpse will stiffen and maintain the posture before death, and it is difficult to be found to have died.
This is also why Mo Ning can sneak in and leave the treasure vault so easily, because the people who are most likely to find him are all disposed of by Mo Lin, even if Ming Lao sends Mo Ning to the gate, because the nearest guard is dead, no one will realize that something is wrong in a short time, Mo Ning still has plenty of time to escape.
The Snowy Night Emperor tapped his scepter to keep everyone's attention focused, and then said:
"Now the situation is very clear, someone poisoned the guards and soul masters who protected the treasure vault, and then pretended to be my Heaven Dou Empire Prince's subordinates to avoid the sight of the remaining guards and enter the treasure vault to attract the attention of the elder, and then sent someone to enter the treasure vault by means we don't know at the moment to carry out theft, do you have any thoughts on this?"
Merlin pretended to think for a while, and suddenly took out a crown prince gold medal and asked Elder Ming:
"Elder Ming, is the sign that person took out the same as this one?"
After Ming Lao took the sign, he suddenly found something wrong, and quickly turned his head to the Snow Night Emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, there is a difference between the prince's gold medal I saw last night and the block that the prince gave me now, and there are eight notches on the left side of the prince's piece."
The Snow Night Emperor frowned, he had seen Xue Qinghe's crown prince's gold medal before, and there were no eight notches on the left side of the gold medal at that time:
"Qinghe, what's going on?"
Merlin didn't say a word, and knelt directly on one knee and lowered his head:
"Father, this time the treasure vault was stolen, and the sons and daughters are also responsible!"
Mo Lin's words made everyone present unexpected, obviously Ming Lao had already taken the responsibility for this matter from Xue Qinghe (Mo Lin) just now, why did Xue Qinghe pull it back by himself?
"Qinghe, you get up first," the Snowy Night Emperor didn't know why, but he always had to ask clearly: "You just said that you are also responsible, but it has something to do with your gold medal?" If you know something, speak slowly. ”
Merlin stood up and replied:
"Yes, Father. In fact, Erchen's gold medal was lost two months ago, but at that time, Erchen thought that this gold medal only represented me, and he could only see Erchen when he came to the palace, so he thought that he would solve it himself, so he first engraved the gold medal in his hand with eight nicks to make a certain difference, and instructed some people to pay attention to whether anyone was holding Erchen's gold medal.
But a few days later, the token was found in the prince's palace, and Erchen felt that he might have lost it somewhere because he was too tired one day, so he gradually forgot about it, but now it seems that someone should have stolen it and rebuilt Erchen's gold medal, and then returned it.
Therefore, if the retainers had taken this matter seriously, then the theft of the treasure vault would not have happened, and the fourteen loyal men of my empire would not have died because of it.
And...... ”
Originally, everyone present thought that Merlin had finished speaking, but when the word "and" came out, everyone's attention was pulled back again, and the Snowy Night Emperor hurriedly asked:
"And what?"
Merlin swallowed, looking very nervous:
"And the son's fault may be more than that."
Everyone present didn't know what to say, and they all felt that the prince had said so many related things, it should be impossible to trace any longer reasons.
"I wonder if you think that stealing and returning it is similar to someone's approach?"
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