On the day of the sacrifice ceremony, the incident of King Han being poisoned in the heavenly prison can be described as appalling, and the news quickly spread, the whole country was shocked, and the Son of Heaven was furious

Prime Minister Yang Guan blocked the prison, no one was allowed to enter or leave, and the emperor and Yiwang Yawang and other ministers soon returned to Chang'an, ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and vowed to find the murderer to avenge his seventh son, King Han

Above the Xuanzheng Palace, the emperor was violent, Long Yan was furious, and the ministers of His Royal Highness were all in danger, one by one, they lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to speak, in the center of the ceremony, the warden and the royal forest commander who guarded the prison knelt on the ground in fear, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably

"The Heavenly Prison is my forbidden land of the Tang Dynasty, how could this kind of place be attacked by assassins, it's not that you are incompetent and gave the assassins a chance, how could King Han be killed, you tell me, what's the use of the imperial court raising you waste" The emperor looked at the two of them and reprimanded in a deep voice, with anger burning in his eyes

The ministers clearly felt the anger of the Son of Heaven, the pain of losing a child, shocking, the prison encountered assassins, King Han was poisoned, as the head of the prison and the commander of the guard responsible for protecting the King of Han is naturally to blame

"The villain should die, Your Majesty atonements, Your Majesty atonements" Seeing that the emperor was angry, the commander of the guard hurriedly confessed, his head banged on the hard stone slab, and he explained tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the villain received an order from the prime minister and was ordered to guard the prison, during this period, he was conscientious and did not dare to have the slightest slackness, no one except Princess Chenxi was close to the prison during the guard, and the prime minister checked the body, His Royal Highness King Han was killed the night before the sacrifice ceremony, and the villain went to the prison on the day of the sacrifice, Your Majesty, What the villain said is true, please let Your Majesty know it."

The commander of the royal forest explained in a panic, and after speaking, he kowtowed again

Hearing this, the emperor's face changed slightly, and he looked at Yang Pavilion and asked with some surprise, "Prime Minister, what he said is true, King Han was killed the night before the ceremony?" “

Yang Guan's face was heavy, and he looked at the emperor and said respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, it is true, on the day that King Han was killed, the old minister ordered someone to seal the prison, and asked the imperial doctor to inspect the body of King Han, and after the imperial doctor checked, His Royal Highness the King of Han was poisoned by a very evil sect, and it was indeed killed the night before the sacrificial ceremony."

The emperor's eyes were cold, and after listening to the prime minister's words, he snorted coldly and looked at the warden and asked in a deep voice, "In this way, this should be your dereliction of duty, what else do you have to say" The emperor's words were not good, and there was murderous intent in his eyes

The warden felt a thrill in his heart, and the cold sweat on his back couldn't stop breaking out, but he still pretended to be calm, because he was the murderer who poisoned King Han, and once he panicked and revealed his handle at this moment, then he would wait to punish the nine clans

The warden froze, looked at the emperor and pretended to be calm and said, "Back to Your Majesty, when King Han was imprisoned, His Royal Highnesses King Yi and King En, gave a death order to the prison, ordering us to protect the safety of King Han, the little one knows that the prison is locked up by the prince of the dynasty, how dare there be the slightest neglect, after King Han was imprisoned, the prison has strengthened its vigilance, except for the royal family, no one is allowed to enter, every meal of King Han is also responsible for a special person, and after it is done, the chef will take turns to test the poison, and there has been no problem during this period, Your Majesty, It's not that the small one is not doing things well, but the assassination of King Han was too sudden, and the small one can't be prevented," the warden explained with a crying voice, who would have thought that he was the murderer who poisoned King Han

"Hmph, let's talk about it, King Han's assassination was not caused by your dereliction of duty, if you don't kill you, it's hard to solve the hatred in my heart, come on, drag him out and behead him" The emperor reprimanded in a deep voice, he had just experienced the pain of losing his son, where could he listen to these words, no matter what, King Han was killed, as the supreme governor of the prison, he had an unshirkable responsibility, and on this basis, the emperor could take his life

"Father and the emperor is slow" watched the emperor want to kill the warden, King Yi stood up first to stop him, he looked at the emperor and hugged his fists and said, "Father, the seventh emperor brother was killed, the assassin escaped, although the warden is guilty of dereliction of duty, but it is useless to kill him now, as the warden, no one knows the situation of the prison better than him, keep him to assist us in investigating the assassination of the imperial brother, maybe we can find any clues, and find the murderer along the vine"

King Yi pleaded, he couldn't watch the warden have an accident, after all, he was the mastermind behind the murder of King Han, once the warden died, maybe he would be the next to suffer, and his and Yawang's next plan was to kill people and blame the blame on Ling Cang, the son of Win Wuxian, and this link was indispensable to the warden's push

It's just that the emperor was furious at the moment, and King Yi's plea didn't have much effect, he snorted coldly, looked at the warden and said angrily, "He is familiar with the situation of the prison, and he can also let the forbidden land of the Tang Dynasty encounter assassins."

"King Yi, if I'm not mistaken, he's the person you were the one to promote," the emperor clearly looked at King Yi when he said this, with a little dissatisfaction in his eyes

King Yi lowered his head when he heard this, the emperor was so angry, he really didn't have the courage to say anything more, at this time, Prime Minister Yang Guan stood up and looked at the emperor and admonished, "Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness King Yi said is not unreasonable, although the warden has committed the crime of dereliction of duty, but before finding the murderer, it is better to spare his life and let him make up for it."

The prime minister pleaded, the emperor's attitude only improved slightly, he snorted coldly, looked at the warden and said angrily, "For the sake of the prime minister's face, I will spare you for the time being, this time, you assist the prime minister to track down the assassin together, if you don't do anything this time, just wait for the punishment of several crimes, and apologize for the crime with death" The emperor relieved his mouth and temporarily bypassed the warden's life, although he was angry, but he was wise, the warden is the highest commander of the prison, no one knows the recent situation of the prison better than him, leaving him will still have a role in arresting the assassins

Seeing that the killing intent in the emperor's eyes receded, the warden also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he looked at the emperor and thanked Dai De and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, the little one must live up to his mission, catch the assassin as soon as possible, and avenge His Royal Highness King Han" The warden's eyes were full of excitement, and he didn't forget to look at the Prime Minister Yang Guan, and there was a burst of gratitude, "Thank you for the Prime Minister's intercession, the small one will definitely not let you down" The warden was full of sincerity, who would have thought that he was the murderer who poisoned King Han

In the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty, the warden was just guilty of dereliction of duty, and at this moment he must be eager to find the assassin to make meritorious contributions, and even the emperor was blinded by his acting skills, ignoring that he was the one with the best chance to kill the king of Han

The emperor did not continue to pursue the crime of dereliction of duty by the warden, but turned his head to look at Prime Minister Yang Guan, and asked the latter, "Lord Yang, among the people present today, you were the first to discover the assassination of King Han, and you also conducted an investigation into this matter, did you find anything?"

Yang Guan's face was heavy, and after thinking for a while, he looked at the emperor and said respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, after being checked by the imperial doctor, His Royal Highness King Han died of poisoning, this is the most strange place in the whole incident, after His Royal Highness King Han was imprisoned, the old minister personally inspected the prison to protect King Han, and the guards were not strict, during the period when King Han was imprisoned, no one was allowed to enter the prison except for members of the royal family, let alone approach King Han, so it was almost impossible for assassins to come from outside the prison."

The emperor's eyes were cold when he heard this, and he looked at Yang Pavilion and said sharply, "In this way, it was the people inside the prison who poisoned King Han", the emperor showed murderous intent, and the warden knelt on the ground and could clearly feel the emperor's anger, especially when the emperor said that sentence, his body couldn't stop trembling, and his eyes were full of panic

Fortunately, the atmosphere in the court was heavy, and the depression filled the hearts of every minister, and naturally no one noticed the warden's strange expression

Yang Guan frowned, looked at the emperor and shook his head helplessly, and replied with a light sigh, "Back to Your Majesty, there is not the slightest clue found inside the prison."

The emperor snorted coldly when he heard this, and said a little irritablely, "The assassin is neither an outsider nor a person inside the prison, but he kills people invisibly, comes and goes without a trace, can it be that it falls from the sky", the emperor was furious, so that he spoke coldly to the prime minister, which had never appeared before, but it can also be seen how irritable the emperor assassin was

Yang Guan's face was heavy, and he looked at the emperor and patiently explained, "Back to Your Majesty, when the imperial doctor checked the body of His Royal Highness King Han, he found that his stomach had ulcerated and this poison was so strange that several imperial doctors could not judge what the poison was, but it was certain that His Royal Highness King Han died of food poisoning" Yang Guan paused when he said this, and continued randomly, "The old minister has investigated the kitchen of the prison, and there is a special person in the kitchen to cook for King Han every day, and after it is done, the cooks take turns to test the poison, according to common sense, The person who poisoned King Han should have been born in the Heavenly Prison Kitchen, but a situation in the Heavenly Prison Kitchen ruled out this possibility."

Yang Guan frowned, thought for a moment and continued, "The cooks take turns to test the poison of King Han every day, if the poisoned person is among these cooks, at least one person will be poisoned before the king of Han, but now His Royal Highness the king of Han has been poisoned, and all the cooks who have tried the poison are unscathed, which means that the person who poisoned is not among them, and His Royal Highness the king of Han has two meals a day, and has not eaten anything else, and His Royal Highness the king of Han will only pass through the hands of one person after the poison test, that is, the head chef of the kitchen, Lao Chen and the Criminal Department have already tortured this person, and now the possibility of his poisoning has almost been ruled out, so Lao Chen has searched all over the inside of the prison, and he has not found anything suspicious, and inside the prison, it is not like there has been an assassin" The prime minister patiently analyzed, with a trace of guilt in his eyes, he still found nothing after investigating the assassination of King Han for so long, and the prime minister's heart was somewhat unhappy

Hearing this, the emperor thought for a moment, looked at Yang Pavilion and said with some doubts, "Why did Lord Yang rule out the possibility of those cooks poisoning by testing the poison, they are very likely to have poisoned themselves and then given themselves the antidote, so doesn't it make sense" The emperor's tone was much better, and he was no longer as irritable as he was at the beginning, perhaps it was the prime minister's analysis that calmed him down

The prime minister let out a long sigh, looked at the emperor and shook his head slowly

Seeing the Prime Minister's reaction, the emperor subconsciously asked, "What does the Prime Minister mean?"

Yang Guan's expression was serious, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the emperor with a heavy face and said, "This poison has no solution."

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