Chapter 269: A Huge Steamer
Everyone was completely stunned by Xiao Yan's words, the officials behind Qin Jinyan didn't expect that the Eighth Prince, who had spent all day long and was always smiling, could actually do such a shocking thing!
All the young ladies were also scared, fortunately they didn't find out about the eighth prince's habit yesterday, otherwise they would be the ones who were afraid of being eaten.
Thinking of this, everyone had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.
"Xiao Yan! I respect your father, so I call you a little general! How dare you be so open-mouthed, do you know what it is to slander the people of the royal family? β
The eighth prince's face was flushed, and he burst into tears, obviously because he couldn't stand Xiao Yan's slander against him.
"You don't deserve to mention my father!" Xiao Yan looked at the Eighth Prince with cold eyes, more disgust and disdain, "Yes or no, you can know it with a search!" β
Xiao Yan knew that the Eighth Prince was in a hurry to dispose of the corpse just after letting them go, and Xiao Yan had to hurry up all the time now to find out before the evidence was destroyed.
The eighth prince secretly clenched the hand hidden in his sleeve, and he guessed that it was Xiao Yan last night!
"Your Majesty, the evidence will be destroyed, and please agree to Weichen to search the palace!" Xiao Yan said to Qin Jinyan.
"Good! I'm right! Qin Jinyan responded to Xiao Yan's request before turning his head and saying to the Eighth Prince: "Uncle Huang, eating human flesh is not a trivial matter, and this will have a very bad impact on our Beiqin!" Let the little general search it, and if you are wronged, you can prove your innocence. β
But all the civil and military officials understood that what Xiao Yan said was conclusive, and the emperor appeared here with them early in the morning, and it is estimated that this matter is inseparable.
"Good! As long as you can prove the innocence of this king, search for it! It's just that if this king is really innocent, please ask the emperor to give this king justice, no matter how idle this king is, he is also the prince of Beiqin, and he can't tolerate a military general to slander! β
The righteousness that the eighth prince said was so righteous that he even buried a big hole for Xiao Yan.
He had already ordered someone to dispose of those corpses, and he didn't believe that Xiao Yan could find them.
Xiao Yan got Qin Jinyan's approval and walked directly to the palace with a team of people, and the civil and military officials also followed Qin Jinyan hard, and today they are here to witness all this.
"Please also prove the innocence of this king!" Knowing that he couldn't stop everyone, the eighth prince invited everyone in.
Qin Jinyan walked past Li Mumu's side and slowed down, "Were you okay yesterday?" β
The softness of his tone made Li Mumu, who wanted to hide behind everyone quietly, only take a step behind and follow Qin Jinyan's side.
"Thank you for your concern, the folk girl is very good!"
Li Mumu said stubbornly, compared to losing Qin Jinyan's face, Li Mumu could only choose to become the focus of attention.
"Don't worry, I'm here!" Followed by a large number of officials, Qin Jinyan couldn't talk to Li Mumu too much.
But these two sentences made everyone see the difference between Qin Jinyan and Li Mumu.
This merchant's daughter is really in the eyes of the emperor, not only did he marry her to the little general, but even his attitude towards her was so different.
During this period of Qin Jinyan's ascension to the throne, he was decisive and acted resolutely, which made a group of officials very curious about Qin Jinyan's current attitude.
After asking the children around him, I learned that it was actually the little general's fiancΓ©e standing next to the emperor, and all his thoughts were lively.
Xiao Yan led people to search the courtyard of the county lord of Mingyu, and last night's Renti feast was discovered by them here, Xiao Yan didn't believe that there were no clues here!
"Bastard! This is the boudoir of the county lord of Mingyu, how can you wait for chaos! Seeing that Xiao Yan was really so careless, the Eighth Prince was really angry, and he didn't care about Qin Jinyan's presence, and his tyrannical aura leaked out.
"Don't worry, the prince will only search in the courtyard and will not break into the room of the county lord of Ming Yu!" Xiao Yan stared carefully at the searching people, refusing to let go of any corner.
"Report to the little general! Didn't find it in the front yard! "The guard who searched the front yard came to report.
"Report to the little general, and the backyard didn't find it!" The guards who searched the backyard also returned.
Li Mumu stood beside Qin Jinyan and frowned slightly, did he really let the Eighth Prince dispose of the corpse or something?
Wrong! The eighth prince was in such a hurry to let everyone go, obviously he didn't deal with this matter well, so where would the corpse be hidden?
Every time the eighth prince eats human flesh, he is with the lord of Ming Yu, so for convenience, the temperature and taste of the food must be ensured...... Li Mumu thought about this problem from the perspective of the eighth prince.
Li Mumu raised his head, wanting to remind Xiao Yan to search the small kitchen and the courtyard next to the county lord!
Li Mumu remembered clearly last night, the county lord of Mingyu was a little resistant to the taste of human flesh, if the small kitchen in the courtyard of the county lord of Mingyu was not in use, then there would definitely be clues in the courtyard next door!
"Xiao ......" Li Mumu just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Qin Jinyan gently raising his hand, and Li Mumu remembered the people behind him.
"You, go to the kitchenette and search! You! Take a bunch of people and search that yard! Xiao Yan pointed to the courtyard to the west of the courtyard of the Lord of Mingyu County.
The eighth prince glanced at the housekeeper calmly, the housekeeper nodded almost invisibly, and the eighth prince was relieved.
Li Mumu heard Xiao Yan's order and stopped talking, it seemed that the two of them had thought of one thing.
"Little General!" The guards who searched the small kitchen were the first to return, "There is nothing abnormal in the small kitchen, just a huge cage drawer!" β
The guards themselves felt that it was nothing, but when they thought that they were going to investigate the matter of the Eighth Prince's cannibalism, the guards felt that it was still necessary to report it, after all, it was no problem for the cage to go to the person!
"Go and two people carry it out!" Xiao Yan pointed to two more people and went back with the guard.
After a while, a huge cage appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Li Mumu saw that it was the cage drawer that held the maid yesterday! Li Mumu felt her stomach churn for a while.
"Is there anything you want to say about the Eighth Prince?" Of course, Xiao Yan also recognized this cage drawer.
"It's just a cage, what's so strange about that!" The eighth prince said disappreciably.
"There's nothing in the cage, but this one is a little too big! It seems that they can all fit a ...... Human! Xiao Yan deliberately paused and said to the eighth prince.
If this had been a different person, in the face of Xiao Yan's pressure, he would have been a thief with a weak heart.
But who is the eighth prince, if he didn't have some acting skills, how could he pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger for so many years!
"This king likes to eat pork, and likes to steam the whole one, so naturally he uses such a large cage drawer, why? Little General, is this also a crime? β
The Eighth Prince felt that it was simply easy to explain this, so he didn't let his subordinates deal with this matter deliberately.
A cage drawer really doesn't mean anything, let alone a cleaned cage drawer, and not even a single shredded meat can be found.
"Little General, look for the lid of the cage drawer." Li Mumu suggested to Xiao Yan.
The eighth prince sneered when he heard Li Mumu's words, even if he moved the stove, it was useless.
"Go and find it." Xiao Yan knew that Li Mumu would not say anything without basis, so he didn't even ask the reason, and directly ordered someone to do it.
Miss Zhao stood behind the people and saw that Xiao Yan trusted Li Mumu so much, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be wrenched.
"Little General!" The head of the guards who searched the courtyard next door also returned, "The dirt under the wall of the east courtyard next door has just been turned over, and there is something buried under the small suspicion. β