Chapter 171: The law does not hold the people accountable

The second prince stood dumbfounded, sweating on his face.

To be honest, the prince's use of language is very clever.

He did not say that the second prince instructed Huang Gonggong, but said that Huang Gonggong was in the name of the second prince.

This can be understood as the second prince is the behind-the-scenes commander, and it can also be understood that Huang Gonggong is in the name of the second prince.

So whether the second prince is involved or not depends on the final evidence, and also on the attitude of Emperor Zhengwen on this matter.

Emperor Zhengwen no longer ignored the second prince, but said to the crown prince:

"Go on!"

The prince's face did not change, neither nervous nor happy, and still said steadily:

"Second, the city of Pingsha is densely populated with criminal organizations that have been established without permission, causing bloodshed everywhere and causing chaos in social order. ”

"The members of the Da Longshou organization have arrested some of the people who washed the heavens as witnesses, and are now in contact with the god arrest room for interrogation and extraction of confessions. ”

"Third, I colluded with the Second Yang Netherworld Sect, the Extraterritorial White Bone Sect and the Seven Evil Sects in an attempt to unite with the outside to subvert the guards of Pingsha and betray the great rivers and mountains of my Xuanlong Dynasty. ”

"There are people from the Netherworld Sect, the White Bone Gate, and the Seven Evil Sects who are all imprisoned in the Divine Capture Room, which is called a human witness. ”

"Fourth, he united with the White Bone Gate to assassinate his son, until his son was seriously injured, and he almost never saw his father again. ”

Later, he assassinated Yun Feng, intending to intercept Yun Feng and provide spiritual grass for his son, and wanted to further put his son to death. ”

"The above crimes alone are heinous, and I hope that my father will see it. ”

Emperor Zhengwen was silent for a moment, and the crimes cited by the crown prince could indeed kill the nine clans of Huang Gonggong.

But Huang Guifei is the sister of Huang Gonggong, and the second prince was born to Huang Guifei, how to calculate this account?

Even Emperor Zhengwen didn't expect that the prince would give him this hot potato, and he didn't need to use too much brain, what a good means!

Just the murder of the crown prince, the prince can borrow the emperor's hand to easily wipe out the second prince and Huang Guifei.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Zhengwen is worthy of being an old fox, and he also wants to know what kind of attitude the three carriages of the left minister, the right minister, and the Zhongzheng King have towards this matter?

Whether any of them were involved in the murder of the prince can be understood from the attitude.

Right Prime Minister Shi Wenbin was the first to speak, and he had to show his attitude first to avoid suspicion:

"Emperor Qiqi, the minister thinks that Gonggong Huang pretended to bewitch the Pingsha Cao family in the name of the second prince, colluded with the Ciyang people to invade our Xuanlong Dynasty, and assassinated His Royal Highness the crown prince. ”

Such wicked people should be punished with severity and speed, so that they can set an example. ”

"But we must not harm the innocent and cause my Xuanlong Dynasty to suffer the name of brutality. For example, Huang Guifei Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, etc., implore the emperor to consider it at his discretion. ”

The left-hand tube walker stood up, held the wat board in his hand and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

"Quasi-play!"

Emperor Zhengwen narrowed his eyes and looked at Zuo Xiang.

"The minister thinks that Huang Gonggong's crimes are too numerous to write, and he should punish the nine clans. ”

"If the second prince and Huang Guifei Niangniang did have empirical evidence to participate in the conspiracy to murder the crown prince, or the second prince was the mastermind at all, then the prince committed the same crime as the common people, and the second prince and Huang Guifei Niangniang should be dealt with according to the criminal law of my Xuanlong Dynasty. ”

"If you don't punish it severely, it will inevitably make some people with ill intentions intensify their efforts, murder the prince at any time, seize the position of the prince, and mess with the dynasty of our Xuanlong Continent. ”

Zuo Xiangguan Xingke is an upright person, and he is also the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he has long heard of the second prince and others coveting the position of the crown prince.

Now that he really saw that Gonggong Huang personally attempted to assassinate the crown prince, the anger in his chest was already raging, and not killing the second prince and others would definitely not be enough to calm the anger in his heart.

Emperor Zhengwen's red face was full of waves, and he turned to King Zhongzheng and asked:

"What about King Chungsho's opinion?"

The position of King Zhongzheng was specially set by Emperor Zhengwen in order to balance the power struggle between the left and right ministers.

Sure enough, the first sentence that King Zhongzheng stood up with a wat board in his hand made Emperor Zhengwen feel at ease.

"The minister thinks that the country implements strict government rather than harsh government, and enforces the law impartially instead of making a big injustice, and it is on this basis that my Xuanlong Dynasty has prospered for tens of thousands of years. ”

"Huang Gonggong's crime is heinous, and he should be beheaded, and all officials who directly participated in the murder of the crown prince, colluded with foreigners, and betrayed the country should also be beheaded. ”

"As for other people who belong to Huang Gonggong's faction but are not involved in the conspiracy, they can be dealt with as appropriate. ”

"Those who should be dismissed are dismissed, those who should be removed are dismissed, those who should be distributed, those who should be confiscated are confiscated, and those who should be sent to prison are imprisoned. ”

King Zhongzheng's words were very clear, the punishment of the Nine Clans of Zhulian was not applicable to the Xuanlong Dynasty, which was prosperous in the country, and should be based on the facts and the law as the criterion, and the sentence should be convicted.

Never wronged a good person, never let go of a bad person.

As for the second prince and Huang Guifei and others, of course, they must speak with evidence.

But as long as it is confirmed that the second prince and Huang Guifei participated in a series of conspiracies, the felony will inevitably not escape.

King Zhongzheng's words, Emperor Zhengwen was in the arms, in fact, he didn't want to see his sons fall into each other, let alone see his favorite concubine Huang Guifei in prison.

The left minister did not achieve his goal and is still arguing:

"Your Majesty, although King Zhongzheng is reasonable, the laws of my Xuanlong Dynasty stipulate that the crimes of murdering royal family personnel and betraying the country and seeking glory should be punished by the nine clans, do we want to go against the law?"

When King Zhongzheng heard this, he immediately shook his head and said:

As the old saying goes, in troubled times, we use heavy codes. ”

"However, my Xuanlong Dynasty is in a peaceful and prosperous era, the country is peaceful and prosperous, and it is not necessary to use heavy canons, but should adopt the policy of Huai Rou, and the law does not blame the people, so as to win the hearts of the people. ”

"Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!"

The right minister seized the opportunity and also played:

"The minister supports what King Zhongzheng said, it is best not to spread too much in this incident, otherwise it will affect all aspects of the Xuanlong Dynasty and bring immeasurable losses to the political, economic, military and people's livelihood of the Dynasty. ”

"But, the emperor ......"

Zuo Xiang was about to continue arguing with reason, but was stopped by Emperor Zhengwen:

"Guan Aiqing is a little restless, I think what King Zhongzheng and Shi Aiqing said is very true. ”

"The Divine Capture Room, the Dragon Court, the Golden Guard, and the Criminal Department listen to the order. ”

Ouyang Hualong, Wu Yanfeng, Meng Gujin, and Li Xingwen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, immediately held the wat board in their hands, stood up, and knelt on the ground:

"The minister takes the order!"

"You and others will jointly investigate and deal with the case of Huang Gonggong's assassination of the prince and treason for glory, and finally hand it over to Dali Temple for review. ”

Emperor Zhengwen acted vigorously and quickly issued an order, just wanting to close the case as soon as possible.

"Obey the order!"

Ouyang Hualong, Wu Yanfeng, Meng Gujin, and Li Xingwen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped aside.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has something unclear, and he needs to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Eighth Prince for verification. ”

Right Prime Minister Shi Wenbin wanted to take this opportunity to thoroughly find out the authenticity of Huang Gonggong and further determine the future action plan.

"Quasi-play!"

Emperor Zhengwen didn't know what else the right minister wanted to find out, so he agreed to the right minister's request.

Right Prime Minister Shi Wenbin immediately asked the Eighth Prince:

"May I ask the Eighth Prince, according to what the crown prince said, Huang Gonggong has been shot dead in Pingsha, but why is there still a Huang Gonggong who has been escorted into the imperial city? ”

The eighth prince knew that the right minister was knowingly asking, and the purpose was to find out the truth, so he no longer concealed it and explained the situation straightforwardly:

"This is very simple, Huang Gonggong was indeed killed by the power that protected Yunfeng in Pingsha City. ”

"The 'Huang Gonggong' who has entered the imperial city now is actually pretended by Huang Gonggong's senior brother, the old man Yin Feng, in order to lure out Huang Gonggong's collaborators and the masterminds hidden behind it. ”

"The emperor lived up to his hard work, and this plan really worked, attracting two groups of killers who tried to assassinate the fake Huang Gonggong and destroy the witness. ”

"It's a pity that the people who came to assassinate the fake Huang Gonggong were all masters of the Extraterritorial White Bone Sect, the Seven Evil Sects, and the Netherworld Sect of the Second Yang Continent, but they didn't find out who the mastermind was. ”

"However, I believe that in time, the mastermind behind Huang Gonggong will be found out and brought to justice. ”

The right minister let out a breath and said:

"Sure enough, the eighth prince is really scheming, and he admires him so much. ”

"Well said!"

The eighth prince was awe-inspiring, but he said in his heart, you old fox, there will always be a time when the fox's tail is exposed!

The explanation of the eighth prince relieved the right minister Shi Wenbin and the second prince.

Although the decree promulgated by Emperor Zhengwen made the right minister and the second prince uneasy, he finally knew that there was no conclusive evidence to prove that the second prince, Huang Guifei, right minister and others were involved in the conspiracy activities of Huang Gonggong.

However, just when the right minister and the second prince thought that they had a chance to clear their suspicions, Emperor Zhengwen said directly to the second prince:

"From now on, the second son of the emperor is not allowed to go out in the Sanyuan Palace, and he will be grounded until the case is solved. ”

The second prince understood that Emperor Zhengwen had not relaxed his vigilance and suspicion of himself.

If the evidence is really found, Emperor Zhengwen will definitely punish him for his crimes, and will never tolerate adultery.

Although Emperor Zhengwen cherished his children very much and did not want any of them to be harmed, there were really people who dared to break the law and discipline, and they still couldn't bear his anger.

However, it was said that the martial arts arena of the Pingsha Zhulu Branch was crowded with people, and the flags were displayed, so it was not lively.

Because the conditions for this year's God of War draft have been relaxed, the martial artists who may be selected have come to the martial arts arena of the Zhulu Branch.

Although the martial arts arena was overcrowded, under the organization of the teachers of the Zhulu Branch, it was still orderly.

First of all, the martial artists who had not signed up before were eliminated, causing some people who came from afar to get the news very frustrated.

The second is that the families that have signed up are only allowed to enter the team leader and participants, and other servants, family members and miscellaneous people are all excluded from the branch and cannot even enter the school gate.

And this move just limited the plan that Elder Liu of the Seven Evil Sect had arranged before, so that he had to give notice, temporarily change the plan, and act at the opportunity.

Of course, these are all things that Yunfeng doesn't know.

This year's God of War draft is divided into two major categories, the first is a test and the second is a competition.

The test items are divided into eight items: realm, physique, bloodline, endurance, speed, strength, understanding, and divine sense.

The realm test is relatively simple, mainly based on the realm provided at the time of registration for further confirmation, to avoid false reporting, false reporting and concealment.

On the realm test bench, there are ten teachers lined up, and each teacher is equipped with two trainees from the Zhulu Branch, all of whom are senior students from the Zhulu Academy in Leichuan Prefecture.

Teaching and learning are supervised, and one person is responsible for recording and one person is responsible for testing.

Next to each teacher stood a realm test stone.

This kind of test stone is made by the array mage using special materials to carve complex formations, and there are realm scales carved on it, ranging from the first small peak of the Gathering Spirit Realm to the ninefold peak of the Breaking Void Realm.

All the subject needs to do is place their hand on the test stone, and the scale of the real realm will be revealed.

The various families lined up in an orderly manner for testing, and there was no confusion in the scene.

It's just that when the test results of Yunfeng appeared, it instantly caused a sensation in the entire martial arts arena.

Breaking through the void realm, the realm of Yunfeng broke the highest record in the history of the Zhulu Academy.

The original record was created by Yun Lu, Yun Feng's ancestor, and Yun Lu's realm when he was fifteen years old was a peak of the Divine Realm, and it was even a big realm lower than Yun Feng.

As soon as such a result spread, it not only made Dean Zhen's face glow, but also made the old head of the Yun family, Yun Shaoyang and his wife who were waiting outside the hospital extremely happy.

Although they had long known that Yun Feng was a cultivator who had broken through the Void Realm, they were still excited for a while after being confirmed by the test stone.