Chapter 263: Losing Conscience
Guo Ming slept soundly in the middle of the night, and he and his concubine had just been tossed up. The phoenix has been poured over. but was pulled out of the nest by the human being.
"Who are you two, disturbing people's dreams in the middle of the night, don't you want to live?" Guo Ming said aloud with sleepy eyes, his concubine wrapped herself in a quilt, sat at the foot of the bed and shivered. But she saw that the two people who grabbed Guo Ming were holding swords in their hands, and there was another person with blood dripping from his sword.
"Master Guo, come with us." Mingjue's cold voice sounded, Guo Ming would be sober.
"Dare to ask who the two strong men are, why did this official go with you." Guo Ming swallowed and said.
"Master Guo will know when he goes." Ying Jue didn't talk nonsense with Guo Ming, and directly grabbed Guo Ming's collar with one hand and went out.
Mingjue glanced at the person on the bed: "You also get dressed, come to the hall later." Mingjue walked out after speaking, and the naked concubine on the bed nodded busily.
When he arrived in the hall, Guo Ming saw a few people kneeling on the ground, and after seeing the looks of several people clearly, Guo Ming suddenly panicked, and then looked at the faces of Xiao Jingxuan and Xiao Jingyi on the seat, Guo Ming knew that something was wrong.
"The lower official visits the crown prince, the second prince." Guo Ming kowtowed.
"Guo Ming, what do you have to say?" Xiao Jingxuan's tone hid anger.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the lower officials don't know what you mean by this?" Guo Ming raised his head, his eyes rolled and said.
"I don't know what it means? Good one doesn't know what it means! Xiao Jingxuan was angry and slapped the table.
"Master Guo, now that it's over, you still want to pretend with us?" Xiao Jingyi said coldly, he helped Guo Ming speak before, because he thought that Guo Ming had not made any mistakes, and as the county seat of Huazhou, there was no harm in befriending him, and Huazhou was also an important checkpoint in Daqi, but he didn't expect Guo Ming to do such a thing. Xiao Jingyi looked at Guo Ming at this moment and hated it. Thinking of the fold he was the first to send back to the palace, Xiao Jingyi had another liver pain.
"Guo Ming, you are so bold! How dare you bury sick people alive! Your conscience has been eaten by dogs! Xiao Jingxuan stood up and walked to Guo Ming's side step by step, God knows, when Ming Jue Ying Jue came back to tell these things, how shocked he was when he heard it? In any case, the people are helpless, they are innocent, and there is such a big flood. Guo Ming didn't treat the disaster, even if he dared to ignore people's lives.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the lower officials have not, the lower officials have not done such a thing, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to investigate." Guo Ming gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground and said, now that the matter has been discovered, he can only grit his teeth and refuse to admit it, once he confesses his guilt, it will be really over.
"You didn't do it! You don't know? Xiao Jingxuan laughed angrily at Guo Ming's appearance, walked up to Guo Ming, disregarded his own image, and directly grabbed Guo Ming's collar and asked loudly.
"Xiaguan really doesn't know, Xiaguan is a county magistrate in Huazhou, how could he do such a hurtful thing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince clearly investigated, someone must have framed Xiaguan, even if he gave Xiaguan a bear heart and leopard guts, Xiaguan can't do such a thing. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also saw it today, in the disaster area outside the city, the lower officials did not say how perfect they were, but there was nothing bad, and the lower officials had no merit and hard work, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not slander the lower officials like this. Guo Ming's words were all over the place, if Xiao Jingxuan didn't really know the truth of the matter, he would have been deceived by Guo Ming's appearance, so sharp.
"Say it!" Xiao Jingxuan looked at the other officials who were kneeling and trembling on the side.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, let's ......" The old servant secretly glanced at Guo Ming, and found that Guo Ming lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Say!" Shadow Jue stepped forward and placed his sword on the old officer's neck.
"I said, I said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spares his life, we are all acting on orders, Lord Guo asked us to pull out all those patients and throw them away, we are just a small servant, and it has nothing to do with us." The youngest official couldn't hold back at first, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in a panic, kowtowing while saying.
"Guo Ming, what else do you have to say!" Xiao Jingyi pointed at Guo Ming, and his fingers trembled with anger.
"Wronged, His Royal Highness the Prince, the second prince, the lower officials will not do this kind of thing, it must be them, it is a few of them who are doing nonsense, and if they are caught, they will be detained on the head of the lower officials, His Royal Highness the Prince, the second prince will investigate clearly." No matter how the official identifies him, Guo Ming just doesn't admit his guilt, and he still looks like he is the victim.
"Guo Ming, people are doing it, the sky is watching, when you do these things, you should think of such a day, and now that the matter is exposed, how dare you do it." Xiao Jingxuan is not a fool, such an obvious thing, even if Guo Ming does not admit his guilt, he will definitely have nothing to do with Guo Ming, but he is not lightly angered by Guo Ming's scoundrel appearance.
"His Royal Highness the Prince. The minister has not done it, and the minister does not know. Guo Ming turned over and over again, and that's what he said. Those officials began to point out, but Guo Ming still looked calm.
"In that case, Master Guo will come with us!" Xiao Jingxuan gave Ming Jue a look, and Ming Jue stepped forward and pulled Guo Ming's clothes, dragged them outside, and walked outside.
As soon as I went out of the county mansion, it was raining heavily.
"Your Highness!" Ying Jue stood behind Xiao Jingxuan, held up an umbrella for Xiao Jingxuan, and threw another umbrella to an attendant, who also held up an umbrella for Xiao Jingyi.
Guo Ming was pressed by Mingjue, several officials had been tied up, and everyone walked towards the big pit discovered by Mingjue Yingjue before.
The four people rescued and the three people in the car were all alive, and Ming Jue Yingjue came back and immediately found a doctor to treat a few people.
When he arrived at the big pit, Ming Jue looked down and saw that there was nothing in the big pit.
None of the corpses I saw before were gone.
"What's going on?" Hearing Mingjue's voice, Xiao Jingxuan motioned for Yingjue to step forward and take a look. Ying Jue nodded, and when he stepped forward, the pit was still empty.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is nothing in the pit." The attendant came back to say goodbye, and Xiao Jingxuan was also full of surprise.
"Impossible, Your Highness, this is impossible, I and Mingjue saw it clearly before......" Yingjue knelt on the ground, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out. Why did he work for so long, the corpses in the pit were gone, and he turned his head to look at Guo Ming, only to find that there was no trace of panic on Guo Ming's face, and his face was fearless.
"Your Highness, I'll go down and take a look!"
Ying Jue gritted his teeth and said, he didn't believe that there was nothing under the pit, he was not the only one just now, Ming Jue also saw it, it was impossible to be wrong, besides, the four people rescued from the pit couldn't be fake, those people were still lying alive in the hospital hall now.
"Go, stay safe." Xiao Jingxuan nodded, today's matter, he naturally believes in Ming Jue and Ying Jue, the two have followed him for so many years, besides, these officials came out in the middle of the night and said that there is no one who believes it, but Xiao Jingxuan did not expect that Guo Ming would have such a great ability to destroy evidence in such a short time.
This time, Shadow Jue didn't dare to take risks, so he found a rope and slid into the pit along the rope, moving forward step by step, but there was nothing in the big pit, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, go and hide under the tree, it's raining too much." An attendant beside Xiao Jingxuan suggested.
"Nothing." Xiao Jingxuan shook his head.
"Shadow Jue, how's it going?" After waiting for a long time and still not waiting for the news of the shadow formula, Xiao Jingxuan was a little anxious, walked to the side of the pit and shouted loudly, because the rain was too heavy, everyone could hardly see the movement in the big pit.
"Your Highness, don't be impatient, I'll go and see it too." Mingjue also flew into a big pit.
Xiao Jingxuan walked in front of Guo Ming in three steps and two steps.
"Lord Guo is really a good means." Xiao Jingxuan said with a sneer.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has won the award." Guo Ming said two words without being salty.
"Master Guo, I still say the same thing, people are watching the sky, so they can do it themselves." After Xiao Jingxuan finished speaking, he walked to the edge of the big pit and continued to wait.
"Big brother, don't be too anxious, don't be angry with the villain." Xiao Jingyi patted Xiao Jingxuan's back, but Xiao Jingxuan did not respond. Originally, the relationship between Xiao Jingyi and Xiao Jingxuan was average, not very good, nor too bad, after all, Xiao Jingyi is a strong contender for the heir to the throne, Xiao Jingxuan naturally will not be very close to Xiao Jingyi, but his brother has always been exquisite, left and right, Xiao Jingxuan has never blushed with him, this time he did not expect that Emperor Changping would send the two of them to Huazhou to deal with the disaster.
"Your Highness! Be careful! ”
Mingjue's frightened scream came from below, Xiao Jingxuan didn't react yet, he only felt that a force behind him pushed him forward, and Xiao Jingxuan fell into the big pit.
"Big brother!" Xiao Jingyi's frightened voice came, and he was still reaching out to grab Xiao Jingxuan, but Xiao Jingxuan had already fallen in.
"Quick, save people, save people!" Xiao Jingyi was so anxious that he kicked away the attendant next to him and roared loudly.
"Second prince, look!" One of the attendants beside him widened his eyes in horror, and on the opposite side of the pit, a flood that came from nowhere spread overwhelmingly.
"Second prince, retreat, retreat." The attendants dragged Xiao Jingyi and Guo Ming back again and again, and the flood water directly poured into the big pit, and before everyone could react, the big pit had been filled with floods, and the flood still had the meaning of spreading.
"Second prince, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so let's evacuate quickly." The attendants surrounded Xiao Jingyi and said loudly, the rain was too heavy, and the voices were a little blurred.
"Withdraw what, big brother, save the prince? Save people, save people know it! Xiao Jingyi grabbed the collar of the people around him and scolded loudly, and everyone was silent.
In such a scene just now, how could it be possible to rescue people, not to mention whether Xiao Jingxuan slipped into the pit or not, the overwhelming flood had filled the pit, in such a situation, how could people survive, everyone knew this situation.
"Second prince, let's go back first and then think about it in the long run." The squire said. Xiao Jingyi looked at the big pit not far away and was silent.
At this time, a thunderclap flashed in the sky, and in the capital, Emperor Changping, who was correcting the folds in the Qinzheng Palace, was shocked.
"Father-in-law Li, what time is it?" Emperor Changping asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, it's already time."
"You say, when will Jing Xuan Yi'er come back?" Emperor Changping asked.
"The two princes have outstanding abilities, and they must be able to handle the affairs of Huazhou soon, and they will return to Beijing on the same day." Gonggong Li bowed his head and replied, not understanding why Emperor Changping suddenly asked this question.
"Fu Zhen go back and rest." Emperor Changping put down the fold in his hand and said, Gonggong Li hurriedly stepped forward to support Emperor Changping and walked towards the back.