"The murderer behind the scenes is King Ping." Wei Shangshu's voice was loud.

The crowd outside exploded all at once, and the ministers who accompanied the emperor were stunned, and then they were of different shapes.

Mu Zhongcheng, as well as Ye Shenglin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the other courtiers who came later, were all silent, but their faces were complicated, and they didn't know if they were shocked or had already guessed the result.

"You, Wei Shangshu, what basis do you have? Wouldn't the Assassins have infiltrated in advance? ”

The emperor's face turned blue, and his voice became cold.

Wei Shangshu was not affected by the emperor's face, and his voice was calm.

"As mentioned before, the Assassin's body was not wet and his shoes and socks were not damp, which not only ruled out the possibility that the Assassin was swimming from the north and west, but also ruled out the possibility that the Assassin was hiding in the middle of the lotus pond.

On that day, the case-handling personnel of the Criminal Department did not find any traces of anyone coming up from the lotus pond.

There are two possibilities, one is that the Assassin knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come here, and ambushed and guarded here in advance, or pretended to be a tourist to admire the lotus flowers here, and the other possibility is that the Assassin came with him when he saw the Prince coming here.

Excluding the fact that the Assassins could not come from the heavily guarded east, they could only follow from the south, that is, from the direction of the annex of the Pingwangfu, and if they came from the direction of the Pingwangfu Annex, they would only be alerted.

According to the daughter of the Mu family, there was a maid from the Mu Mansion that day, telling her and another witness, Miss Mingyue from the Hou Mansion of Yong'an, that the scenery here was more beautiful.

So, the two of them were brought here.

Then Miss Mingyue was called away by the subordinates of King Ping's Mansion, saying that her brother was looking for her, of course, after Miss Mingyue saw her brother, she found that her brother was not looking for her.

Later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here, which was far away from the lotus pond of King Ping's Mansion, and King Ping could not be blamed for the accident, but King Ping did not expect that this place was surrounded by lakes on both sides, and the assassins could only come from the courtyard of King Ping's Mansion, or knew in advance that the Prince would be attracted here and waited in advance.

Whatever the possibility, it has to do with the King of Peace. ”

The emperor's bloated body trembled slightly, and he didn't know if it was because of anger or because he had stood for too long.

"Wei Shangshu, that day we told us that the maid with a more beautiful scenery here, and the person who called Miss Mingyue away, if they are still in the courtyard of the Pingwang Mansion, they can be called to testify, of course, if they ........."

Mu Yunyin's words didn't come out, but he didn't expect Ye Shenglin, the king of Shunan and the current secretary of the military department, to follow Mu Yunyin's words.

"If those two handmaidens are here, you can ask them why they are the handmaidens of King Ping's Mansion to lure people to the side of the assassins, if they are no longer there, it means that King Ping's speed of killing people is still fast."

Xiao Qiyi secretly thanked his father-in-law in his heart, even though his princess was gone, the family was still a family.

Xiao Qiyi felt that although the current king of Shunan, although he took off his uniform, his temperament was not inferior to that of the county guard back then.

Xiao Qiyi was like this, like an innocent and helpless victim, he was silent, letting the criminal department Shangshu judge the case there, only occasionally glancing at Mu Yunyin.

"Let's go to the courtyard of King Ping's Mansion to take a look, and see if the two maidservants are still there, they have been blocked by Yu Linwei and the prince's people."

Yushi Zhongcheng, who has been staying by his daughter's side and didn't say a word, said coldly.

The emperor was surrounded by a group of people and walked towards the courtyard of the Pingwang Mansion, and before the group arrived at the annex of the Pingwang Mansion, a pair of people and horses galloped over.

"Father, what's going on? Why was Erchen's annex locked down? ”

King Ping came sweating, puzzled.

In fact, Xiao Qijin, the king of Ping, already knew that the emperor was instigated by several courtiers to come to his lotus pond, and thinking that he would lose if he said too much, he pretended not to know that the emperor came to his other courtyard, so he did not come out to accompany him.

But later the guards came to report that the courtyard was sealed off and the people inside couldn't be transferred, so Xiao Qijin panicked.

Xiao Qijin hurried to his courtyard and found that the emperor's face was already quite ugly.

"Father, son, ........."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, please be the master of the people."

"Wei Shangshu, I have grievances to be avenged."

"Master Mu, we have to report King Ping for abducting and selling women and children."

Before Xiao Qijin's words were finished, they were covered by the sudden sound of voices in the crowd.

"King Ping abducts and sells young girls, and the emperor wants to make decisions for the people."

"King Ping forced Liang to become a prostitute and mutilated women."

"Those girls who were abducted and trafficked were locked up in the courtyard of King Ping's mansion."

"As long as His Majesty the Emperor orders a search of the annex of the Ping Palace, the truth will be revealed."

More and more people gathered, shouting loudly on all sides, asking the emperor to enter the courtyard of the Pingwang Mansion to search.

"Your Majesty, the courtyard of the Pingwang Mansion is in front of you, the voice of the people is in your ears, Wei Shangshu's subordinates are waiting for Your Majesty's will, Your Majesty, we can't let the people feel cold."

The voice of the king of Shunan was loud, and his upright body was as heroic as it was back then.

"My lord, someone pointed out that his sister was abducted and locked up in the courtyard of King Ping's mansion, and this is his complaint."

"Your Majesty, not only are we courtiers listening, but the people of Jiankang City are also watching, and the ministers are supervising the human trafficking case in the Pingwang Mansion as the Imperial History of the Imperial Observatory."

Emperor Daliang finally ordered Wei Linze, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, to order a search of the courtyard of the Ping Palace, and accompanied Assistant Yu Linwei to maintain the scene.

"Father, how dare the sons and daughters do those acts of abducting and selling young girls, these people are called attacking the sons and daughters, but they are actually challenging the emperor's authority, they ........."

King Ping knelt in front of the emperor, holding the emperor's feet, his face was pale, but before he finished speaking, he was kicked away by the emperor.

"You dare to assassinate even the crown prince, what else would you not dare? Come, bind this sinner to me. ”

King Ping regretted that he didn't transfer those girls in advance, but there was no news about those girls before, how could he suddenly find out about the assassination of the prince? King Ping was a little puzzled.

With the emperor's order, the prison officials of the criminal department who had been waiting on the side for a long time took down King Ping, tied up the flowers, and let people guard them, and the rest rushed into the courtyard to search.

The jailer who rushed into the courtyard found that someone had died of poisoning.

From the courtyard of King Ping's Mansion, many girls from ten to fifteen years old were searched.

These girls, dressed and behaved, did not look like the maidservants of the Ping Palace, all of them were as long as flowers and jade, but they all pursed their mouths tightly, and no one dared to say a word.

One of the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, when she saw a young man running desperately, finally burst into tears and called out to the young man for her brother.

That is Fukang's sister, the brother and sister hugged their heads and cried, this was the first time Mu Yunyin discovered that Fukang, who has always been cold, will also shed tears.

The crowd suddenly gathered around, and those who had lost their daughters carefully identified the rescued girl, hoping that their children were among them.

The emperor drove back to the palace, Liu Shangzhong kept his head down, looked at the emperor's feet, and walked into the pride with difficulty, and all the courtiers drove back.

These people came with a glorious face, and when they went, they bowed their heads and drooped their heads, and did not dare to say a word.

Others remained at the scene, and people from the Criminal Department had already arrived to support.

Xiao Qijin, the king of Ping, who had been favored all his life, was finally taken away.

The courtyard of the Pingwang Mansion of Xianhao has been empty since then, and it stands lonely.