Jiang Qiming kept his mouth shut, looked at it with a strained face, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, the emperor cleared his throat and continued to ask, "Lu Li, if you can prove that the assassin is not your person, then I can forgive you today." ”

Lu Li thought for a long time when he heard this, and then shook his head in embarrassment: "The subordinates of the Lu Mansion do not have special signs, if he insists on saying that he is a minister, then the minister does not know how to justify." ”

"You assume that you sent the Assassins?"

Lu Li paused, and pulled out a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you know in your heart that the minister is a person, even if the minister is very dissatisfied with the eldest princess and the marquis, he will never do such a thing." There is another version of the story here, I don't know if the emperor wants to hear it. ”

Of course he wants to live, his wife and children at home are the driving force for him to live, he is no longer as impulsive as before at this time, he will not leave angrily when the emperor wrongs him, he still has such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he can't give up these.

"You say." The emperor nodded.

Lu Li cleared his throat when he heard this, and told the emperor what he saw and heard when he entered the courtyard of the eldest princess's mansion.

Including his suspicion of Hou Ye, his instructions to return to the Lu Mansion, his words when he met the maintenance eye, and even how he accidentally entered the dark room of Hou Ye's bedroom, these were all said. Of course, he also learned a completely different story from the emperor's rhetorical question.

Buying the maid didn't make it murderous, but instead of ending her life on the spot, he sent another person, Lu Li scoffed at the logic of this story.

"So, you really wanted to find someone to save this maid?" The emperor frowned: "Since you really wanted to rescue that maid, why didn't you send someone to the eldest princess's mansion later?" ”

Lu Li's expression was faint, and his eyes were calm: "After all, it is a descendant of the eldest princess's mansion, even if she says that she is treated harshly by the marquis, and the minister wants to save people, then she has to follow the rules." It's just a subordinate, and the minister can buy it from the eldest princess, so doesn't that also save her? Why take such a big risk to trespass into the princess's mansion? Besides, the emperor hadn't left at that time, wouldn't the minister be killing himself by doing this? ”

In the face of Lu Li's rebuttal, the emperor thought that there was some truth, but the assassin ......

"Lu Qing, if you can prove that you really don't know the assassin, then I can let you go now."

Lu Li smiled helplessly, his face became more and more pale, "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know the assassin, but the minister really can't come up with evidence." The subordinates and soldiers in the minister's mansion are all laid out on the surface, and there is no other person who can be sent, if the emperor does not believe it, the minister does not know how to justify. ”

Seeing that Lu Li seemed to be about to give up, Jiang Qiming, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't hold back again, he blinked at Lu Li restlessly, and made his eyes look at him, eager to let the other party immediately retract Fang Cai's self-defeating words.

"Lu Li, do you really think so?" The emperor was indifferent, "If I really sentenced you to death because of this, you have no complaints?" ”

Lu Li smiled bitterly, "How is it possible?" Your Majesty, there are still wives and children in the minister's family, and without the minister, they don't know how to live, but the minister won't admit what the minister hasn't done, let alone explain what he doesn't know how to explain. ”

The first time he encountered a "criminal" like Lu Li, the emperor had a headache.

On the one hand, he felt that Lu Li might be innocent, because he really didn't look like a person who could do this, and the evidence was insufficient, and there was no way to sentence him directly, but on the other hand, if Lu Li was wronged, then he must find out the person who framed him, but it all started from the eldest princess's mansion, and even the maid and assassin were ......

When he was struggling, a jailer suddenly ran out in a panic, and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, the assassin committed suicide by poisoning himself in prison." ”

"What?!" The emperor stood up suddenly, "How could he kill himself?!" How do you take care of it? ”

The jailer panicked and frightened, and intermittently said, "The assassin... The assassin hides poison between his teeth, listen... I heard that the emperor is coming and is interrogating Lord Lu, so the assassin is... Just bite the poison and kill yourself! ”

The emperor was stunned, and immediately sat down, and Jiang Qiming on the side rushed forward in a few steps, "That assassin didn't say anything, just died?" ”

"Yes." The jailer bowed his head and said in fear.

Seeing this, Jiang Qiming turned around and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, now that the assassin is dead, what do you plan to do with Lu Li?" Could it be that because you can't find evidence that Lu Li and this person are not familiar with each other, do you have to acquiesce to Lu Li's accusation of trespassing into the princess's mansion and killing people? As you heard just now, all these stories are about the maid, and I think we should still focus on this maid! ”

The emperor stared at the table and ignored Jiang Qiming.

Lu Li on the side was silent and did not speak, but his heart was not as scared and panicked as before.

The assassin hid the medicine between his teeth, which showed that he had long planned to sacrifice himself, and when he heard that he had suddenly committed suicide while being interrogated by the emperor, such an action would make anyone suspect that Lu Li had instructed the assassin to commit suicide in a critical moment, so as to prevent the emperor from asking for more information.

If it had been placed before, Lu Li would definitely have thought the same, but now looking at the emperor's attitude, it seems that he is not in a hurry to convict himself.

Could it be that the emperor is beginning to doubt the authenticity of this assassin?

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to interrogate that maid quickly!" Jiang Qiming repeated again, very anxious: "In case this maid also dies, then this case will not be able to continue to investigate!" ”

The emperor still sat in that position and remained silent.

The silence in the prison was terrifying, a needle could be heard, the jailers looked at each other, Jiang Qiming looked at the emperor anxiously, Lu Li lowered his head, and he didn't mean to argue for himself.

I don't know how long it has been, and the emperor slowly spoke: "Lu Li, you go back first, as for Qiming, you go with me to the Eldest Princess's Mansion." ”

"Your Majesty, ......" Jiang Qiming was stunned, not knowing what to say.

At this time, the emperor got up, "Lu Qing, I have wronged you, you go back first, don't worry about the martial arts field for now, and cultivate in the mansion with peace of mind during this time." ”

After speaking, the emperor raised his feet and left. The jailers were busy untying Lu Li's shackles and chains, while Jiang Qiming gave Lu Li an encouraging look, and immediately followed the emperor quickly, all the way to the eldest princess's mansion.

Lu Li, who was released, straightened up his clothes and hair, frowned slightly, and walked out of the dungeon under the guidance of the jailer.

Others may wonder why the emperor suddenly let him go, but Lu Li knows very well, he knows that when the jailer reported that the assassin had committed suicide, the emperor was already suspicious.

When the Assassin committed suicide, others may think that it was because the Assassin felt that Lu Li was being interrogated and that his time was running out, so he died in discouragement. But the emperor was suspicious, and now when the assassin committed suicide, he must have wondered if the assassin was weak-minded, and he was afraid that he would be involved in the person who really instructed him, so he committed suicide in despair.

Jiang Qiming asked the emperor to interrogate Lu Li first, which is indeed reasonable.

Thinking about the things in prison all the way, Lu Li arrived at the door of the Lu Mansion unconsciously.

The little guy who had been waiting at the door for a long time shouted when he arrived: "Grandpa Guo is back!" Grandpa Guo is back! The little girl shouted as he ran to the inner courtyard, his joy and excitement overflowing.

Not long after, when Lu Li walked to the outer courtyard, Xiaoman and the others also happened to come out. Seeing the injury on Lu Li's face and his slightly decadent appearance, Xiao Man's tears were dripping down, and he couldn't help but pounce on him anymore, hugging Lu Li and sobbing lowly.

"Lu Li, you're fine, it's really good." Xiao Man hugged the man tightly and couldn't cry.

During this time, Lu Fu experienced too many things, Xiaoman accidentally fainted during childbirth, and then the child was lost for no reason, and then Lu Li was arrested inexplicably, Xiaoman, who originally wanted to return to Bishui Village after Wangshu became an adult, was anxious, and felt that he might not be able to continue living in Shangjing.

The man also hugged Xiaoman tightly, as if he wanted to rub the other party into his body.

Su Qi, the Wei couple and Aunt Yang were all watching from the side, Xia Wanrou also shed a few tears unconsciously, Su Qi's eyes were red, and Aunt Yang turned around and secretly wiped her tears.

Why do such a good couple always encounter so many things?

"Okay, it's windy outside, let's go inside and say." Wei Xiuyuan reminded loudly.

Lu Li responded, immediately patted Xiaoman's back, and said softly: "Xiaoman, let's go into the house, okay?" ”

Xiao Man made a "hmm" with his head and obediently followed everyone into the house.

After entering the house, General Lu Li explained in detail what happened in the prison, and then expressed his suspicions and speculations: "I think it is very likely that the emperor is beginning to suspect the eldest princess or the marquis, otherwise he would not have taken Lord Jiang to the eldest princess's mansion in a hurry, and also released me." ”

After speaking, he sighed: "But the assassin is dead, and now there is no proof of death, and there is no way to interrogate, and now I can only hope that the maid who identified me will not die, otherwise there will really be no way to continue to investigate this matter." ”

As soon as the words fell, a small group suddenly ran in outside, knelt down after entering the house, and said in a rough manner: "Grandpa Guo, news has just come from the eldest princess's mansion, and the maid who identified you before hanged herself and disappeared!" ”

"What?" Wei Xiu got up from afar and asked in disbelief, "Disappeared for no reason?" That's a coincidence! ”

The little guy easily gasped for breath and said, "This... The slave only knew that when the emperor arrived, the maid didn't know where to go, and just now he transferred Fu Yin to handle the case, whether he left by himself or was hidden, and the slave didn't know. ”

Lu Li's expression was grim, and his eyebrows were twisted into the word "Sichuan".

This thing is too coincidental, the two key people are dead, not only may they not be able to clear up their grievances, but even the person behind the scenes can't find out.