This time, Lu Yuan didn't answer for a while.

Emperor Zhaofeng raised his eyebrows knowingly and said, "Just say it." ”

The irrelevant eunuch palace maid was retired by Liu Fuping as early as the moment Lu Yuan came in.

Now there is a prince in the palace, and he is the one who personally ordered to take over the matter.

The other great master is the one who sent this chapter to him for disposal—he has to let someone hear the 'truth', right?

Lu Yuan thought the same way.

As for Fang Cai's silence and hesitation, it still has to be done, after all, it is not good to be too good at asserting in front of the emperor.

At this time, when he got the emperor's permission, he solemnly whispered: "According to this person's personal confession, his identity before he became a monk is...... The fourth son of the Bai family. ”

When Ji Xiao heard this, his eyes had a brief thought.

After a while, I was shocked in the bottom of my heart.

He looked at the prince almost instantly, but saw that there was a fleeting look of surprise on the young man's face.

"The fourth son of the Bai family?" Hearing this at first glance, Emperor Zhaofeng asked a little dazed for a while: "Which Bai family?" ”

After asking, his expression gradually tensed.

Sure enough, the next moment, I heard Lu Yuan reply: "...... Back to the emperor, it was the Bai family who was exterminated by the nine clans many years ago because they had a rebellious heart and secretly transported weapons privately. ”

"Fourth Prince-" Emperor Zhaofeng looked at Lu Yuan and asked, "Who is his father, and which line of the Bai family is it?" ”

Lu Yuan's expression became more and more solemn: "According to his confession, his father is Bai Zhang, the former squire of the military department, this person is Bai Zhang's fourth son, and he is the son-in-law born to Bai Zhang and his stepfamily. ”

Emperor Zhaofeng was messy and silent.

Bai Family...... Bai Zhang's own son.

Okay, such a big fish that slipped through the net, the official in charge of this matter in the imperial court back then was blind?

And one blind and a group of blind, is this reasonable?

Therefore, I couldn't help but ask in a skeptical tone: "Then how did he escape back then?" And how to hide the identity-"

Lu Yuan's gaze fell on Ji Xiao without a trace.

"He claimed that he was secretly rescued by the great teacher, and found the body of a young man of similar age to cover up the past on the grounds that he was sick and died."

Ji Xiao was slightly shocked in his heart, and his eyes were cold.

"National Teacher—can there be such a thing?" Emperor Zhaofeng looked at him and asked in an unpredictable tone.

"Your Majesty, there is no such thing. Obviously, this is just slander. The monk was very calm: "If the poor monk really did such a thing, how could he hand this person over to the emperor for disposal?" Wouldn't that be tantamount to exposing one's own mistakes—"

This is also one of the reasons why he dared to hand over Zhang Fu without scruples.

But he never thought that the other party did not identify him for other crimes, but had something to do with the old Bai family in the past, and specifically picked out a crime that had nothing to do with him-

This is an old case that the emperor is extremely taboo.

However, there is no evidence, and the other party tells such a big lie, where does it come from?

Thinking of a possibility, Jixiao's eyes finally rose and fell a little.

Don't...... Is it really the remnants of the Bai family?

"That's right, I naturally believe in the national teacher."

Emperor Zhaofeng couldn't hear too much emotion in his tone, so he only ordered Lu Yuan directly: "Bring this person to the Heart Cultivation Palace, I want to see him." ”

Everyone in the hall was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Lu Yuan said: "This person has been sent to the edict for nearly two months...... Entering the palace at this time, I am afraid that I will collide with His Majesty. ”

People who have been in prison for two months can't even be called human beings anymore to some extent.

"As long as I can speak, bring it for me to see." Emperor Zhaofeng's tone sounded casual, but in fact it had a meaning that could not be ignored.

Lu Yuan had no choice but to respond and go as ordered.

"Don't go, take a look with me." Emperor Zhaofeng leaned on the Luohan bed and said casually: "Give the national teacher a seat." ”

The prince was already sitting, and it was strange to ask the national teacher to stand and wait by himself.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ji Xiao did not refuse, and sat down on the drum stool handed by Liu Fu.

But he knew better than anyone else in his heart that the emperor intended to confront him and Zhang Fu face to face.

About two quarters of an hour passed, and Lu Yuan helped one person into the Heart Nourishing Palace.

The man was draped in a large black cloak, tightly wrapped from head to toe, revealing only half of his pale face, and his gait was labored and sluggish.

And everywhere you go, there seems to be a bloody atmosphere of mixing the old and the new.

The inner wardens guarding the outer hall all hung their heads and held their breath, not daring to look up for more than half a glance.

Lu Yuan helped the person into the inner hall, and then let the person go and saluted.

But the man in the black cloak stood in place, his body supported with difficulty, like a dead leaf on a branch, swaying and trembling.

However, he obviously had no intention of bowing or kneeling, and a pair of eyes under the hood were bloodshot red, which looked a little chilling.

"Why don't you kneel when you see me?" Emperor Zhaofeng looked at him and asked.

"It was Your Majesty who wronged the Bai family...... Therefore, I am not a servant of His Majesty, nor am I a righteous citizen, and I don't know in what capacity I want to kneel to Your Majesty. The voice was weak and hoarse, but it was full of indescribable sarcasm.

Emperor Zhaofeng was not angry, but laughed.

"Are you acting well, or are you really a remnant of the Bai family? In other words, what evidence and who can prove your identity for you? ”

Zhang Fu's eyes were full of sadness and sneered, "It's just me and my master who can prove it." ”

"Amitabha. Zhang Fu, you don't have to see that there is no way to live, so you intend to slander and take revenge on me. Jixiao clasped his hands together and looked compassionate: "Who are you doing, you have your own karma, why are you obsessed with it, and you still don't know how to repent." ”

"Karma?" Zhang Fu's tone was low and cold: "I really hope that this thing exists in this world. ”

At this point, his body could no longer support him, and he knelt heavily on his left knee.

He subconsciously stretched out his hands to support them on the ground, revealing two bloodstained hands with all ten fingernails stripped away.

Zhu Youzhu stood up calmly.

"Father, not only do you still need to ask, but you still need to leave a little strength for the other party."

Zhang Fuyan's eyes trembled slightly, and he straightened his white chapped lips.

Ji Xiao looked at the young man who stood up in surprise—the prince couldn't bear it, and he couldn't hold his breath in front of such a meaningless thing?

Aren't you afraid of arousing Your Majesty's suspicion?

He only felt that this scene was ridiculous, even stupid and incomprehensible.

Emperor Zhaofeng glanced at Zhu Youjiao, and said, "Liu Fu, ask someone to carry a chair over." ”

Liu Fu should get down, and Lu Yuan bent down to help Zhang Fu up and make him sit down in the chair.

"I will let you be a descendant of the Bai family. However, your claim that you were rescued by the national teacher back then is really absurd, and without mentioning evidence, I only ask you, why did the national teacher take the risk to save you? ”

"Naturally, it won't be well-intentioned." Zhang Fu replied word by word: "...... He is trying to do the secret art of divination in my house...... Back then, this person made a statement to the emperor, vainly saying that there was a dragon vein under the ancestral house of my Bai family, so as to ruin the future of my Bai family, in addition to making a name for himself, it was to covet the secret technique in the hands of my mother! ”