Time passed silently.

When the first snowflakes fell, news finally came from Suyang's side.

In the court.

When the guards presented the jade pendant, the pot exploded in the middle of the circle.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has sent someone to look back and forth along the Fuyi River no less than ten times or still did not find King Yan, this jade pendant is an old fishing widower took it to the pawnshop pawn and found it, according to the widower's confession, this jade pendant is a corpse he fished up, he found on the corpse. Fearing that people would find out, he took the jade pendant, tied stones to the corpse, and sank the corpse into the water. The subordinates took the widower and finally found the corpse in the place he pointed out, but the corpse had been soaked beyond recognition by the river, but after an autopsy, plus the clothes on the deceased's body, and this jade pendant, the subordinates guessed that the corpse should be ...... His Royal Highness King Yan. ”

"Guess? That's how you do things, and you just say that my Seventh Emperor Brother is dead based on a guess. Chu Muzhi stared at the guard who spoke, his gaze as sharp as an ice edge.

"Eighth Emperor Brother, is it the Seventh Emperor Brother, let's wait until you see the corpse with your own eyes before drawing conclusions." Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi sideways, and a trace of sarcasm crossed his eyes.

"Don't even make any noise." The emperor scolded the two of them with a calm face. Finally, he turned to the guard and said, "The corpse...... Where is it now? ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the corpse is outside the palace." The guard replied.

The Emperor took a deep breath and looked out of the hall, "Then bring it in." ”

"Yes." The guard hurriedly answered.

Soon, a corpse covered in a white cloth was carried up.

Even though it was winter and there was a lot of ice around the corpse, the hall could still smell a faint smell of corpses as soon as it was brought in. Everyone covered their noses and held their breath.

The emperor wrinkled his eyebrows, tremblingly stood up on the dragon chair, "Come on, lift the ...... Lift it open for me to see. ”

Chu Muzhi raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor lightly, and a subtle sneer crossed the corner of his lips.

If he hadn't known that his most beloved son was Chu Yanzhi early on, he would really have been confused by his mask.

Isn't that what he wants to see the most?

From the crown prince, the Seven Emperor Brothers, Drunken Zhi, and him, in his eyes, these people are just pawns paving the way for Chu Yanzhi's accession to the throne, don't you think it's ridiculous to pretend to be like this!

The white cloth was slowly lifted.

The corpse under the white cloth gradually became naked in front of the person.

As the guard had said, the corpse had been soaked beyond recognition by the river, and with careful care along the way, the corpse had begun to fester.

The emperor's body trembled twice, and then he sat down on the dragon chair, his eyes stared blankly at the rotten body, and slowly spit out two words in his mouth, "Sorry for the ......"

As soon as these two words came out, they were waiting to admit that this corpse was King Yan.

"Father, there is no autopsy yet, so it is too hasty to think that this corpse is the Seventh Emperor Brother." Chu Muzhi raised his hand and looked at the emperor with his eyes like lightning.

"Eighth Emperor Brother, you and Seventh Emperor Brother have been good since childhood, I know that you can't accept his death as soon as you enter the room, but the facts are in your eyes, you still ......" Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi, his mouth was saying comforting words, but there was a faint hint of provocation in his eyes.

Sure enough, when Chu Muyi saw Chu Yanzhi's expression, he immediately couldn't hold his breath.

"Why does the Fourth Emperor Brother think so much that the Seventh Emperor Brother dies?"

"What do you mean by this? The death of the seventh emperor brother is also very sad, but the deceased is gone, and it is better to enter the earth as soon as possible. Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi, and a trace of injury flashed in his eyes.

Chu Muzhi didn't look at him, and said directly to the emperor, "Father, please send someone to Suyang again, I believe that the Seventh Emperor Brother must still be alive." ”

"Eighth Emperor Brother." Chu Yanzhi suddenly frowned and interrupted Chu Muzhi's words loudly.

Chu Muzhi turned his face and looked at him coldly.

"It's sad enough for my father to suffer the loss of his son right now, why do you have to sprinkle salt on his wounds? People are already in front of you, why don't you believe it? Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi sadly.

Chu Muzhi smiled coldly, stretched out his hand and pointed at the rotting corpse, "Just by a corpse whose face you can't see clearly, you can identify him as the Seventh Emperor Brother?" Then I'll just find a corpse and put on your clothes, wear your jade pendant, and scratch his face, will I be able to identify that corpse as the Fourth Emperor Brother......"

"Presumptuous!" The Emperor suddenly slapped the table and roared.

Chu Yanzhi and Chu Muzhi were stunned at the same time, and they both turned around and lowered their heads at the same time.

The emperor propped up the edge of the table, pointed at the hands of the two and trembled, and stared at the two with a pale face, "You guys...... You ......" Suddenly, his hand fell sharply, and the whole man fell on the dragon chair behind him.

"Father's ......"

"The Emperor's ......"

Soon, the emperor will help him back to the apse. The ministers also retreated in turn, and in the hall, only Chu Yanzhi and Chu Muzhi were left.

"It's your hands and feet." Chu Muzhi stared at Chu Yanzhi, and a suppressed anger faintly danced in his dark eyes.

Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, his narrow eyes overflowing with a smile, "What does Eighth Emperor Brother mean by this, why can't I understand it?" ”

Chu Muzhimi's eyes were raised, and his lips were pursed into a straight line, "There is no one here, do you still want to pretend to me?" You found that corpse! ”

Chu Yanzhi smiled, he lowered his head and stretched out his hand to turn the gemstone ring in his hand, "Gender, age, place of falling into the water, clothes on the body, jade pendants, are all consistent with King Yan, why don't the Eight Emperors just refuse to believe it......" Speaking of this, Chu Yanzhi raised his head and looked at Chu Muzhi again, the smile in his eyes was even worse, "Is it because the Eighth Emperor Brother knows that King Yan didn't actually fall into the water in Suyang?" ”

The corners of Chu Muzhi's mouth moved unconsciously, and a trace of panic flashed through his originally cold eyes, although it was only for a moment, but it was still captured by Chu Yanzhi unquickly.

Really.

"It's a pity! He sang no less than Zhuge Liang in this empty city plan. Chu Yanzhi stretched out his hand and clapped his palms and said with a smile, "Let this king guess, he must have controlled Cui Zhihe, and then installed a stand-in in Suyang, and he sneaked out of Suyang...... Wucheng? Chu Zuizhi's trip to the Northern Desert and his relatives is also from his handwriting. It's just that no matter how good and precise his calculations are, he finally let Lu Haiyang escape, for fear of being suspected, so he immediately let people release the news of his disappearance in Suyang to clear his suspicions, but it's a pity...... After all, it still can't escape my eyes. ”

The corners of Chu Mu's lips moved, "All this is just your guess. ”

Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi and shook his head with a smile, "Mu Zhi, what are you still doing at this time?" Didn't you just say that there is no one else here, so you don't need to pretend anymore! ”

Chu Muzhi stared at Chu Yanzhi tightly, and after a while, he took a deep breath and said, "Since you know that person is not the Seventh Emperor Brother, then you still ......."

"Just allow him to cherish the empty city plan again, and Li Dai Tao's stiff, don't you allow me to plan it?" Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi, and the corners of his mouth swept upwards with a smug arc.

Chu Muzhi looked at Chu Yanzhi, and the corners of his lips suddenly lifted a cold smile, "Then look forward to what Your Royal Highness King Shen will do next." After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but as soon as he took a few steps, behind him, Chu Yanzhi's voice sounded.

"Are you planning to wait for the burial of 'King Yan' and when the news of his death is released, you, together with Xiao Xiyang in Wucheng, thought that I deliberately impersonated him with a fake corpse in order to compete for the throne, and asked my father to make me the prince after confirming his death. You must have been waiting for me to make this move for a long time, right? ”

As expected, the footsteps behind him stopped.

The corners of Chu Yanzhi's mouth raised a smug smile, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little. He turned around and raised his eyes to look at Chu Muzhi's stiff back, "You say, since I have insight into your and Chu Xizhi's thoughts, do you think I will have no way to deal with it?" ”

Chu Muzhi turned around and raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Yanzhi, "Since His Royal Highness King Shen is so confident, why do you have to take this step?" ”

Chu Yanzhi raised his head and laughed, "Mu Zhi, at this moment, can't you still guess it?" Your Seventh Emperor Brother, our clever His Royal Highness King Yan is really going to die. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about." Chu Muzhi stared at Chu Yanzhi's eyes, although his face was quite calm, but his hand clenched into a fist betrayed him.

"You don't believe it?" Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Muzhi with a smile.

Chu Muzhi's lips were pursed, and he stared at Chu Yanzhi coldly without speaking.

"It's okay, I believe that soon, someone over there in Wucheng will hand you the news." Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi and said with a smile.

Chu Muzhi stared at Chu Yanzhi for a long time, and he suddenly smiled, "Okay, then I'll wait." With that, he took two steps back and walked towards the door again.

"Do you think the eyeliner I sent to Wucheng is Lin Yushi? Actually, what is Lin Yushi, except that she is more beautiful, but this beautiful appearance is not liked by Xiao Xiyang, and her wit is not comparable to Princess Yan, not even martial arts, such a person, how can I give her such an important task with peace of mind. Chu Xizhi looked at Chu Muzhi's departing back and said word by word with a smile.

This time, Chu Muzhi did not stop when he heard his words, on the contrary, he quickened his pace, and stepped out of the temple gate after a short while.

Chu Yanzhi looked at Chu Muzhi's figure, the corners of his lips curled, and he sneered, with endless mocking smiles floating in his eyes.

He really wanted to know how Chu Muzhi would react when he knew that Chu Xizhi was really dead? Is it to avenge him? Still is...... Turn around and beg him?

Actually, he would have preferred him to choose the first option.

Because, Chu Xizhi died, and in this world, he has no opponents.

Although Chu Muzhi was a little stupid, at least, with him, he wouldn't be so boring.