Chapter 802: The Object of Suspicion
Soon, what happened at the door of Lu's house spread all over Yejing City, and everyone talked about it, and there were pity for Princess Dejun who lost her son, and there were also those who were unhappy for the Lu family, but more, they still held a neutral attitude, and did not judge who was right and who was wrong in this matter.
This is understandable, it is something that has nothing to do with them, and it has nothing to do with it, who will really offend people and do thankless things for the sake of other people's affairs.
The most famous families in Beijing are the best at judging the situation.
An Sheng also knew about the outside world, but she didn't rush to go out, she just asked Zheng's mother to send a message to Su Yuan, asking him to help spread some news.
At any time, you can't ignore the power of public opinion, An Sheng didn't want to let yesterday's events ferment more, but now she has changed her mind.
Xiao Liang died, he died so suddenly, and it was obviously killed by him, and now the head of the capital is like the princess of Dejun, who thinks that Lu Zheng is the murderer, but there are a lot of people who are afraid.
Maybe it's not accurate enough to say this, to be precise, there are people who want to think like this, not too few, or even more is the best, and it is best to have more than enough to affect the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to handle the case, and finally confirm Lu Zheng's crime, that is their ultimate goal.
And who this person is, An Sheng has long had a plan in her heart, and she thinks that there should be many people who think like her.
They are all smart people, and they don't say something, but it doesn't mean that they don't understand it in their hearts.
In fact, she even suspected that the person who killed Xiao Liang was the same person who wanted to bring down Lu Zheng, but she had no evidence, and this kind of thing couldn't be said nonsense now, but she thought, if she could think of this, Lu Zheng and they would definitely be able to think of it.
There are no stupid people in the prince's faction, and they shouldn't be unthinkable of such a simple thing.
What he didn't understand was that if this matter was really sent by the eldest prince to do it, then wouldn't the eldest prince be afraid that King Dejun would turn against him? After all, he was the only concubine of King Dejun.
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East Palace.
The right minister and the Weiguo Mansion came one after another to exchange news with the prince, talking about the murder of Xiao Liang this morning.
Early this morning, before the time of the early dynasty, King Dejun hurriedly entered the palace and asked to see the emperor and said that his son-in-law Xiao Liang was killed.
Approaching the end of the year, there was a murder case, and the death was a royal relative, the emperor was very angry, and immediately ordered the criminal department to investigate the case thoroughly with Dali Temple, and it was necessary to solve the case before the year.
The Criminal Department and Dali Temple received this order before the court, and immediately prepared to send someone to the Dejun Mansion to check Xiao Liang's body, but at this time, they suddenly heard that the Dejun princess carried Xiao Liang's body to the Huguo Mansion, everyone was stunned, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
It was King Dejun who reacted quickly, talked to the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and then hurried to the Protector's Mansion.
Halfway through, King Dejun met with Lu Zheng and Lu Wen, who were hurrying back to the house, and the two sides did not greet each other, so Lu Zheng and Lu Wen rode away, and the sedan chair made by King Dejun was naturally not as fast as the two of them.
Then, it was the scene that Fang had just seen in the Protector's Mansion, King Dejun asked someone to take away Princess Dejun, and reluctantly apologized to the old lady of the Protector's Mansion, Wei, and then took people away.
It's no longer a matter of time.
The Lu family was found so unlucky early in the morning, but it was hard to say anything, it was useless to say less, and it was too much, as if it was really as Princess Dejun said, it was the Lu family who was bullying their mother and son.
This kind of thing, the Lu family disdains to do.
Anyway, Xiao Liang's death is true, this is an unchangeable fact, at this juncture, the Lu family really has no way to attack the Dejun Wang couple, they just died of their son, they can't be too harsh, it's another saliva lawsuit when it goes out.
However, the Lu family has also written down this feud today, and if they don't report it now, when Xiao Liang's matter is settled, they are bound to let the Dejun Mansion give them an explanation.
Princess Dejun's indiscriminate slander and accusations are not what the Lu family should have endured!
After the prince heard the news, he immediately sent someone down to investigate, and they all had a common suspicion in their hearts, but without evidence, everything is empty talk, not to mention whether anyone believes what they say, even if someone believes it, the emperor will not be able to pass the pass.
To identify the prince as a murderer, there must be ironclad evidence that can be obtained.
If there is no evidence, it will be the same as Princess Dejun slandering Lu Zheng, it is not tenable at all, but it is very likely to be beaten upside down.
But this case is really not easy to investigate.
Xiao Liang went out to drink flower wine last night, and according to several of his companions and the people around them, Xiao Liang left from Hualou at that time.
He was drunk and didn't want to go back, but because he was afraid that King Dejun would find out that he was not at home early in the morning and beat him again, he thought about it and went back.
Because of the cold weather these days, there are very few pedestrians on the street at night, especially in the middle of the night, there are only guards and patrols on the street, Xiao Liang was found in an alley early the next morning, and the people who followed him were all dead, all of them were killed with a knife, and the means were very neat, and there was almost no trace of struggle.
The one who does it must be a master, there are not many people in Beijing who have this kind of skill, and Lu Zheng happens to be one.
To say that these children of the family, Lu Zheng's kung fu is definitely the best, he played martial arts, worshipped a serious master, and grew up in the military camp since he was a child, his skills are definitely not ordinary, plus he and Xiao Liang have long had a discord, so Princess Dejun was the first to suspect him.
But after all, this is only Princess Dejun's own suspicions, people who believe in Lu Zheng as a person don't believe that Lu Zheng can kill people at all, besides, it can't be said that people were killed by Lu Zheng, and it can't be ruled out that it was a professional killer invited by someone or a secret guard raised by someone's family.
Although the emperor explicitly prohibits the private maintenance of secret guards, the sentence that there are policies and countermeasures has never been false, if the emperor says that the people below will really follow it completely, then there will not be so many disputes in the court.
What the prince and others suspect is naturally the eldest prince, and with their understanding of the eldest prince, it is very reasonable to say that the eldest prince sent someone to kill Xiao Liang and then framed Lu Zheng.
But there is no evidence.
If there is no evidence, then everything is empty talk, besides, they can't tell the people of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, they suspect that the Great Prince sent someone to do this, let people know, and think that they deliberately framed the Great Prince!
But no matter how you look at it, this matter is inseparable from the eldest prince, because Xiao Liang passed on the false news, the eldest prince has always been haunted by it, if Xiao Liang's death can be exchanged for the fall of Lu Zheng, he probably has nothing to be unwilling to.