The prince's tone was playful, but Qiu Liu was a little nervous, after all, the prince in front of him was a poisonous snake that ate people and did not spit out bones.

Qiu Liu said with flattery in his tone: "It is the duty of a villain to share the worries of the prince. ”

"Oh, is it, really?" The prince asked angrily, as if he didn't believe Qiu Liu's words.

Qiu Liu said nervously: "Prince Qiyu, what his subordinates say is true. ”

The prince approached Qiu Liu and said, "In that case, then the palace can reward you well." ”

"The prince's words are serious, subordinates" Before he finished speaking, Qiu Liu felt a chill behind his back, and then fell to the ground, his eyes were round, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

The prince threw the dagger next to Qiu Liu's hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and then said in a strange tone, "As you said, it is your duty to share my worries, and now you have done your duty." With that, he walked out.

There were already people waiting there outside the door, and the prince said coldly: "Qiu Liu conspired against the intention to kill the master, and he has already subdued the law, you know how to deal with the rest of the matter."

Several samurai replied, "Please rest assured that your subordinates will not leave any trouble." ”

At night, there were a number of bloody cases in the capital, several teams of officers and soldiers dressed as people rampaged into several liquor shops, gambling houses and other places, after killing several people in a row, annihilated in the night, the next day the Governor's Mansion and the Criminal Division, the Ministry of War jointly verified, still could not find out the origin of these officers and soldiers, for a time rumors continued.

At this moment, a male corpse suddenly appeared outside the lobby of the Criminal Department, with a letter in his arms, and he looked carefully at Qiu Liu's surrender letter, and the corpse was also Qiu Liu's unmistakable content, and the content in his heart was roughly that a certain prince instructed him and his friends to assassinate General Huayuan's family, and afterwards the other party intended to kill him, and he found that his friends were killed, and he knew that it was difficult to preserve, so he turned himself in.

Looking at it this way, it seems that all kinds of rumors have been heard, it is obvious that someone is following Qiu Liu, and finally killed the killer, but he never thought that there would be a letter in Qiu Liu's arms, and the obscurity of the identity of the prince can also prove that this case may be true, for a while, all kinds of rumors are endless, and some people even hypothesize that it may be that the third prince and the fourth prince joined forces to commit the crime, and in the end they couldn't think of it but couldn't convince the public, so they had to do so.

Above the court, because the three princes, the four princes and others jointly govern, the original early dynasty has also become a court discussion. The process is generally proposed by the minister, you deliberate, and the two princes, King Yu and the prime minister jointly give the results of the discussion and approve it.

Early this morning, a large number of military attachés gathered outside the main hall, asking the two princes to give an explanation for General Huayuan's case, Wei Ting, who was originally far away from the capital, also suddenly returned to the court, and the situation was extremely chaotic for a while.

Just when there was chaos, the four princes suddenly appeared and shouted: "The court is heavy, what kind of system have you become like this!"

There has always been a strange phenomenon, although since the founding of the dynasty, it has always emphasized literature over military force, but in the hearts of this group of warriors from the military, those civil servants who play with power and art are very pedantic, but there is never anything worthy of their respect. Even the royal relatives actually have no status in their minds, otherwise there would not be a big trouble today.

However, unlike others, the four princes' initial favors were all their own hard work, and they used to be stubborn on the battlefield, eating and living with ordinary soldiers, so he has always been prestigious in the army, and at this moment he is one of the ministers, so his voice really shocked everyone present.

The four princes shouted, walked quickly to the palace, and when they passed by the prime minister, they pulled him in, if it was usual, the four princes did this, the prime minister must be very dissatisfied, and even felt that it was insulting, but now in this situation, the prime minister is only grateful in his heart.

After entering the hall, the fourth prince was sitting on his lap and asked Wei Ting, "General Wei, you are the leader of today's matter, right?"

Wei Ting is also a man, if it were someone else, he might have apologized or even knelt on the ground at this moment, but he said confidently: "It's a certain family!"

"Okay, since that's the case, then tell me your reasons! Otherwise, you should be punished immediately in this situation!" The fourth prince had a cold face, and there seemed to be no trace of affection, and the reputation of the cold-faced prince was really well-deserved.

Wei Ting snorted coldly and said: "Why does Your Highness knowingly ask, the case of General Hua Yuan has not been closed yet, and His Highness does not arrest the murderer, but here he intends to find out whether General Hua Yuan's greed for ink is true or false;

The generals behind Wei Ting also seemed to be very angry, and shouted at the four princes: "Such an act makes the martial arts of the world cold, I can't wait! Please give the general justice!"

The fourth prince snorted coldly, suddenly got up, and asked a group of military generals: "Do you think that we are biased, do you think that we look down on martial artists? You should understand in your hearts that whether General Hua Yuan is dead or not, the case of greedy ink will have to be investigated sooner or later, but now that he is dead, and it is not clear, what is this, this is my contempt for the law of the country! I want to bring the murderer to justice more than all of you, and sacrifice the law of the country! But you must understand that the person with the most motive for killing is the person who is related to the corruption of ink, and if you don't investigate the corruption of ink, you sue me, what should be used as the starting point, and what should be the starting point for investigation!"

In the face of the incomparably firm tone of the four princes, the generals below looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while, Wei Ting on the side still wanted to defend himself, and said loudly: "General Huayuan can't be greedy for ink, and a certain family uses a head as a guarantee." ”

"Do you think your head is so heavy? The law says it clearly, and the same clan cannot be sure. Besides, with such a big case, how can you say that you will be fine if you are a guarantor?" the fourth prince said coldly.

"This. Wei Ting didn't know what to say for a while, and it took a long time to spit out this word.

At this moment, the three princes outside the hall suddenly walked in, their steps were extremely fast, Wei Ting saw the three princes as if he saw a life-saving straw, and said to the three princes: "Third Highness, a certain family is here, please ask Your Highness to be the master of a certain family!"

The third prince was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"Didn't Your Highness send a person named Qiu Liu to my camp and say that he wanted me to come here to complain?" Wei Ting asked with a confused expression.

As soon as Wei Ting's words came out, everyone was talking about it, and some people even thought that the third prince was secretly calculating the fourth prince, so he made such a move.

The third prince's face turned pale, and he grabbed Wei Ting and asked, "Who did you say came to find you?"

"Qiu Liu, he said he was your guard. Wei Ting replied.

The third prince said: "When did I have this guard, you immediately follow me to the Criminal Department and recognize the next person with me!"

"Something happened to the Criminal Department?" The fourth prince, who had been watching the conversation between the third prince and Wei Ting, asked, his tone was still cold, and he couldn't judge whether he believed Wei Ting's words, but there was always a kind of perseverance in his eyes.

The third prince nodded and said, "I'm afraid things are getting more and more complicated, you see!" said and handed the fourth prince a copy of the recital.

After looking at it for a while, the fourth prince said: "It's a little interesting, I went to see Wei Ting yesterday, and today I am all dead, and I left a letter." With that, he threw the letter to Wei Ting.

After Wei Ting read the letter in disbelief, he said to the third prince: "Could it be that a certain family has been deceived?"

The fourth prince nodded and said, "It's not clear yet, but there shouldn't be any other possibilities." You go to the Punishment Department with the Third Highness first!"

Everyone in the hall was surprised, and suddenly someone spoke, "Wait! Just now, the third prince and Wei Ting had an ambiguous attitude, if they were allowed to go together, I am afraid it would be inappropriate, and I thought that they should be sent with another person." ”

The fourth prince glanced at the man, and then said, "Since you say so, then good, let's go together!"

As soon as these words came out, the court shook again, after all, so many people went to the Criminal Department, it was unprecedented, and the purpose was actually to see the corpse and supervise the three princes.

Not long after, the mighty official sedan chair and horses arrived at the Criminal Department, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was unable to go to the court today because of this kind of case.

The fourth prince said: "No need, we are here to identify the corpse!"

The decision of the four princes to kill has always been very simple, so Shangshu didn't say anything more, led everyone to the place of the mortuary, and said to the four princes: "This is Qiu Liu." ”

The fourth prince asked, "Wei Ting, but this person?"

Wei Ting took a few steps forward, looked at the corpse carefully, and said, "This person is correct." When he spoke, his eyes were still staring at the four princes like fire, and it seemed that he had misunderstood something, so he was also full of dissatisfaction with the four princes at the moment.

As if he hadn't seen it, the fourth prince asked everyone, "You all come and see if anyone knows the details of this person!"

After everyone took a look, but no one said they knew, the four princes had no choice but to order the portrait to be hung, go to the city gate to post a notice, investigate the identity of this person, and promised that once there were clues, once the investigation was carried out strictly.

Wei Ting was just about to leave, when suddenly a military department chief said, "General Wei stays!"

Wei Ting was a little surprised, so he turned around and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"This case has a lot to do with you, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!" said the principal.

A few bleak gloomy clouds in the sky seemed to be deliberately setting off the turbulent situation at the moment. The yamen of the Criminal Department, which is rarely visited on weekdays, has been forced to arrange seats for this group of court officials in the courtyard due to the large number of people accompanying them.