When the envoy of Xiliang shouted like this, everyone in the palace was shocked.

Long Shaoyang was even more shocked and panicked, and blurted out, "What did you say?"

Naxi Liang's envoy trembled to himself, hid behind the loyal marquis, grabbed his sleeve, and shouted: "Hou Ye save me, Hou Ye save me, this person is the one who wants to take my life that night!"

The Loyal Marquis pretended to be solemn and said: "Your Excellency, this matter is not trivial, you look carefully, you must not recognize the wrong person." ”

The envoy of Na Xiliang said: "I can see it clearly, this dress, this ordinary figure, is no different, how can there be a mistake? ”

As soon as he said this, the people in the temple immediately commotioned. Emperor Qi looked surprised, stretched his neck, and stared. Zhu Lark and Jing Si exchanged glances, but their faces were not obvious. The crown prince Xiao Minglong and Xiao Di both widened their eyes and were terrified. However, the corners of Wei Guifei, who was sitting at the head of Emperor Qi, hung up the corners of her mouth, picked up a cup of tea in front of the case, pretended to drink tea, and hid that smile.

Long Shaoyang subconsciously glanced at the new clothes on his body, it was the summer season, but he felt a chill immediately hit his whole body, as if the whole person had fallen into the ice cellar, and said secretly: "I think the murderer is wearing exactly the same clothes as me, and his body shape is similar to mine, so he blames me." In order to hide people's eyes and ears, the murderer must cover his face with a scarf, and the envoy of Xiliang could not see his true face, and in his panic, he only recognized the murderer's clothes and figure, so he mistook me for the murderer. ”

When I thought of the clothes, I felt cold to the bone: "Why did the murderer wear the same clothes as me? My clothes were given by Mrs. Xiao...... Yes, Mrs. Xiao is the daughter of Zhu Yunque, is it ...... But she has always been chaste and virtuous, and she worships the Buddha and is good, how could she do such a bad thing?" Raising his eyes to look at Zhu Yunque, he saw that his expression was calm, and he did not see joy or sorrow, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with it.

In this mess, the Loyal Marquis stepped forward, blocked the envoy of Na Xiliang, and said coldly: "Long Shaoyang, now that the matter is now, the human and material evidence is there, what else do you have to say?" He called him by name at this time and deliberately erased his official position, obviously believing that Long Shaoyang was the murderer.

Wei Guifei also followed: "Your Majesty, now that the evidence is conclusive, if you don't immediately order this thief to be taken down, I'm afraid that he is strong in martial arts, once he escapes today, it will be difficult to capture him in the future!

Before Emperor Qi could reply, the Marquis of Zhongxin had already raised his voice and said, "Where are the guards outside the palace?" As soon as the words fell, he heard the sound of soldiers' armor, and dozens of heavily armed guards armed with swords and swords poured into the hall and scattered in all directions. There were two rows standing in front of Emperor Qi alone, and the meaning of the guard was obvious. Looking at this formation, as long as Emperor Qi gave an order, he would step forward to take people.

After a pause, Emperor Qi actually showed a painful look on his face, and said slowly in a deep voice: "Long Wei rate, I will ask you again, are you a murderer?"

The hall was suddenly silent, and everyone's eyes brushed the ground and threw themselves at Long Shaoyang.

In the midst of his gaze, Long Shaoyang bowed to the ground and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, the minister has a secret matter, which is very related to this case, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it, but at this time, there are many people in the palace, and I am afraid that there will be many inconveniences." ”

Emperor Qi looked at Long Shaoyang suspiciously, and then at the faithful Hou Wujun, apparently asking for his opinion. The Loyal Marquis heard that Long Shaoyang had a secret matter to play, he was surprised and surprised, and when he saw Emperor Qi's gaze, he was thinking about it, only to hear the prince Xiao Minglong lying on the ground and saying: "Father, whether to be convicted or not is not between this morning and evening, the son of the minister implores his father to listen to the secret performance of Brother Long, and then make a decision." ”

The Marquis of Zhongxin was unwilling to refute the prince's face in person, so he nodded to Emperor Qi at the moment, followed an arrow and jumped in front of the imperial case, blocking between Emperor Qi and Long Shaoyang, preventing Long Shaoyang from taking the opportunity to defraud and hold Emperor Qi hostage.

Emperor Qi said: "Concubine Wei, the crown prince and the prince Zhan Shi, the prime minister's father and son, and the loyal marquis will stay in the palace, and the rest of the people will temporarily retreat to the side of the palace and wait for the will." With that, they raised their hands, and everyone bowed down.

After the group left, Emperor Qi said: "Long Wei, there are no outsiders here, what do you want to do?—— get up and speak." ”

Long Shaoyang saluted again, stood up, closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and sighed, his face showed pain, and suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the face and reputation of the ancestors, and it should be kept secret. Who knew that by mistake, there were people with ulterior motives who framed the ministers as spies of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Now the minister is helpless, but he can only take out one thing to prove his innocence-I hope that the ancestors are in the spirit of heaven, and sympathize with my heart!" said as he slowly took out a small object from his sleeve, wrapped in a white cloth, and couldn't see what it was. He slowly removed the white cloth, unfolded the object, held it in his hands, held it high above the top, and said, "Your Majesty, this thing is enough to prove the innocence of the minister!"

Everyone cranes stretched their necks and looked at the object in Long Shaoyang's hand, only to see that it was about three or four inches long, black all over, faintly shiny, like a piece of beautiful jade carved out, just because it was far away, it was not clear to see, and they couldn't help muttering.

In a low voice, an attendant came over and took the object, turned around and was about to present it to Emperor Qi, when suddenly a majestic voice said: "Wait, let Lao Chen take a look first." The one who said this was the prime minister of the dynasty wishing the lark.

He walked up quickly, took the object in the hand of the waiter, the tentacles were warm and firm, very weighty, only to see that it was as black as ink, the color was heavy and greasy, and there was a turtle like a turtle under the round bulge, and the small head on it was like a snake, like a snake not a snake, like a turtle not a turtle, but a turtle and snake as a whole, and his face changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "Ah, is it really Moyu Xuanwu?" hurriedly turned over the object, and turned the bottom up, only to see that it was written impressively: "Dingbei Zhu Guoda General Seal" eight seal characters, the line of the pen is round, the lines are even, although there is a slight mud broken, the glyph is clearly recognizable.

Zhu Yunque couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and was suddenly startled, and turned to Emperor Qi and said: "Your Majesty, if the old minister sees it well, this thing is the long-missing Dingbei Zhuguo General Yin-Moyu Xuanwu." ”

"Moyu Xuanwu?" Emperor Qi opened his eyes, "What the old prime minister said was the seal of the Great General of the Pillar State back then? ”

The words of Wei Guifei and the crown prince Xiao Minglong were quietly thinking into the clouds. The Marquis of Faithfulness's eyes widened in surprise. Xiao Di lowered his head and looked calm.

Emperor Qi took the jade seal, looked left and right in his hand for a while, and sighed: "Oh, this piece is really black jade Xuanwu." I remember that the four jade seals of the generals of the Pillar Kingdom were still operated by the order of the first emperor, in order to gather the four kinds of jade materials of Qingbai Zhu Xuan, I searched all over the world back then, and it took a lot of twists and turns......"

He muttered to himself, turned his head to the side and said: "Guifei, you are young, you don't know, in order to reward the meritorious ministers of the founding of the country, in addition to personally sealing the generals of the four pillars, he also specially ordered the craftsman to make four general seals with peerless jade to show the supremacy of Longen, which is one of them." Glancing at Zhu Yunque, he smiled at Wei Guifei and said, "The old prime minister also has a piece on him." ”

Wei Guifei had already seen this scene just now, she had always been smart and clever, and she vaguely felt that things were not good, and she couldn't help but feel worried in her heart. was staring and watching, and when he saw Emperor Qi talking to him, he came back to his senses and said with an embarrassed smile: "Although the concubines of the four pillars of the generals did not have the opportunity to see it in person, they are also familiar with it, and they yearn for it. Today, I am fortunate to see the things of the generals of the four pillar countries, and my heart is really overjoyed. ”

The rest of the hall only then realized that the thing in Long Shaoyang's hand was actually the jade seal of the Dingbei Zhuguo General - Moyu Xuanwu, and they were all shocked.

Zhu Yunque raised his eyebrows and said: "Long Wei rate, as far as I know, nineteen years ago, General Hou Wu fell for the treachery of the Northern Wei Dynasty and unfortunately died in the battle of Suoguiba, and since then the general Yin Moyu Xuanwu has disappeared, and no one knows its whereabouts. As he spoke, he turned to Xiao Di and asked, "Virtuous son-in-law, I remember that you were on an errand in General Hou Wu's army at that time, and you know this matter best. ”

Xiao Di's eyebrows jumped imperceptibly, and he walked out of the train on crutches, his face was full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Not bad." That battle was extremely tragic, both sides suffered great damage, and the corpses were all over the field, and the heavens and the earth changed color, where are there any living people to find what relics?"

Zhu Yunque nodded slowly, turned to Long Shaoyang and said, "Long Weishu, I want to ask for advice, why did such an important thing suddenly appear in your hands today?"

Long Shaoyang smiled faintly and said, "Don't hide it, Xiangye, this thing is a gift from my father before his death." ”

He spoke unhurriedly, every word was loud, but it pierced everyone's hearts like arrows.

General Hou Wu's heirs were not prosperous, he had several children in his early years, but he died before he reached adulthood, and then there was no news of his wife and concubines, and then the general died in battle, and the old lady Hou sent a domestic servant under grief, and left the capital alone with an old servant, and returned to the land of the old general Sangzi, and retired alone. It is a well-known fact that the general has no heirs, but how could a child who has grown up suddenly appear out of thin air? Everyone was surprised.

Zhu Yunque was more like seeing a ghost, opened his mouth wide, stared at Long Shaoyang in surprise, and after a while, he smiled strangely, and said: "Long Weishu, you are really joking! General Hou Wu will not continue his blood, and his heirs will not succeed, this is a matter known to both the government and the public. How can there be such a son as Long Weilu for no reason?" Turning to the Loyal Marquis, he asked, "Master Hou, you are well-informed, I don't know what you think about this matter?"

The Loyal Marquis had recovered from his surprise at this time, and said coldly: "Benhou Rongma has been in the army for more than 20 years, and I have never heard that General Hou has a son. Long Shaoyang, dare to ask how old you are now?"

"Back to Master Hou, Shaoyang has just been weakly crowned this year, exactly twenty. ”

Zhongxin Hou snorted and sneered: "So, you were born and landed a year before General Hou died in battle. If you have a son, with his old man's temper and character, how can he be so silent! It is clear that you got this general's relic from nowhere, and you used such a means of grafting flowers and trees, fabricating lies, in order to protect yourself, yes and no?

Long Shaoyang said: "My father didn't tell me about it because he didn't know about it - my mother didn't tell my father about me in order to protect my father's reputation. ”

When everyone heard what he said, they all thought in their hearts: "Maintain his reputation? Could it be that he is the illegitimate son of General Hou?"

"Nonsense, it's really nonsense!" After the Zhongxin Marquis finished speaking, he turned around and bowed to Emperor Qi, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Long Shaoyang is clearly talking nonsense, and he can't believe it. Please give an order to your majesty and order your ministers to capture Long Shaoyang on the spot!"

Emperor Qi opened his lips, but he didn't speak, and hesitated for a moment.

At this moment, there was a sudden "squeak", the door of the palace opened, and a chamberlain hurriedly entered the hall, walked to Emperor Qi's side, and whispered a word in his ear.

Emperor Qi's face changed color, he looked outside the hall, turned his head to the chamberlain and said, "Quick, please!"