Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3796 frame the blame
Fang Jun's face was solemn, and he realized that this was probably a plot to frame him, but he didn't know who was behind the scenes.

And the tricky thing is, how to deal with Chai Lingwu's body?
Cheng Wuting is the son of Xungui, who was quite knowledgeable about such situations since he was a child. Seeing Fang Jun was in a dilemma, he approached Fang Jun and said in a low voice, "Commander, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send the imperial physician to come for an autopsy."

Chai Lingwu was the prince's son-in-law, who died tragically. How could the prince send someone for an autopsy and then leave?There must be a proper settlement of the funeral affairs. There are some things that Fang Jun is inconvenient to do, and there is nothing wrong with how to do them, but the prince can dispose of them arbitrarily.

Fang Jun glanced at him appreciatively, nodded and said, "That's exactly what it should be."

Then he ordered Wang Fangyi to lead people to protect the scene, together with Chai Lingwu's servants and generals, to take care of it, and to deal with it as appropriate after he reported it to the prince.

Then he got on his horse and rushed to Xuanwu Gate with a heavy heart, entered the palace from Xuanwu Gate, arrived at the prince's residence at Neizhongmen, and met Li Chengqian.

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In the study, Li Chengqian was dressed in the prince's robe, sitting upright with a serious face, and Li Junxian stood on one side with his hands tied.

Fang Jun entered, first saluted Li Chengqian, and then looked at Li Junxian with a frown.

The latter lowered his eyebrows and did not look at him.

Li Chengqian asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation?"

Fang Jun sighed, and said depressedly: "Chai Lingwu went to the big tent to look for the humble minister, but when he went out, he was shot and killed by a hidden arrow, only a few miles away from the gate of the camp...The minister rushed to check in person, and died."

Li Chengqian asked again: "Why did Chai Lingwu seek you?"

Fang Jun glanced at Li Junxian, and repeated Chai Lingwu's purpose and words, not daring to hide anything.Although Chai Lingwu has no real power, his status as the consort of the court is real. Since the day when Guan Long raised his troops until now, no honorable person with such status has died. It is conceivable that this matter will definitely cause an uproar inside and outside Chang'an. The impact is extremely bad.

In particular, the murderer's method is obviously to plant blame on him, and there may be another trick, so he has to deal with it carefully, at least he must be unreserved in front of Li Chengqian, so as not to arouse Li Chengqian's doubts.

But as soon as the man over there died, he ordered the entire army to be martial law and the news was blocked. The prince here already knew, how did the news get here?

"Hundred Knights" naturally has this ability, but the time is too tight. It is almost equivalent to the death of Chai Lingwu. It would also take a certain amount of time for the undercover agent of the company, how could it be so fast?

Li Junxian still bowed his head in silence.

Fang Jun's heart sank, and he guessed a very bad possibility...

There was no need to hide it from Li Chengqian, and besides, he was innocent of the whole incident, and it was an innocent disaster, so he repeated the words of Chai Lingwu's going to the tent.

Li Chengqian looked at Fang Jun: "That's all?"

Rarely sharp eyes.

Fang Jun nodded: "I have absolutely nothing to hide. Last night, the minister and Princess Baling were innocent, but Chai Lingwu probably didn't believe it, so he came to the door, hoping to fulfill the promise of the minister, and make a big fuss. I thought about it." Although this matter has nothing to do with the minister, it was ugly after all, so he agreed to Chai Lingwu to intercede with His Highness, and Chai Lingwu also left, but he was killed by a sniper as soon as he walked out of the camp."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Junxian again.

Li Chengqian frowned tightly, very puzzled: "Who would assassinate Chai Lingwu to blame you?"

For Fang Jun, he naturally trusted Fang Jun very much. Since Fang Jun had never had an affair with Princess Baling last night, he naturally had no motive to kill Chai Lingwu.To take a step back, even if something happened between Fang Jun and Princess Baling, just because Chai Lingwu clamored to go to Zongzheng Temple to file a complaint, he sent someone to kill him, and he was outside his camp gate?
It doesn't make sense.

But who has the motive to kill Chai Lingwu and blame Fang Jun?In the absence of conclusive evidence, who can do anything to Fang Jun?If you want to use Chai Lingwu's death to move to Fang Jun, it's just whimsical.

So first of all rule out that it is the Guanlongmen faction. Although those people are ruthless, they will never do such useless work.

Apart from Guan Long, who else has such a deep hatred against Fang Jun, who would not hesitate to blame Fang Jun with the life of a son-in-law of an aristocratic family?
Confused.

The three of them were silent, the atmosphere was heavy, footsteps could be heard outside the door, and the servant came in to report: "Your Highness, Song Guogong, Cen Zhongshu, Liu Shizhong, and Jiangxia County King are here to see you."

Li Chengqian frowned more and more. Not long after Yuwen Shiji left, these people came together, obviously not for peace talks...

"Xuan."

"Here."

The servants withdrew, and not long after, several ministers of civil and military affairs filed in, stepped forward and bowed to salute.

After the ceremony, Li Chengqian nodded and said: "My dear friends, please take a seat... I don't know, but what's the matter?"

The four of them looked at each other, then glanced at Fang Jun, Liu Jie said: "Your Highness, just now, I suddenly learned that there are rumors inside and outside the palace that Chai's son-in-law was killed by the Duke of Yue. Rumors are spreading and words are burning. , I don’t know the authenticity, ordered not to spread it, and then specially reported it to His Highness, asking for instructions on how to deal with it.”

Li Chengqian stood there in a daze. How long has it been since the news spread inside and outside the palace?
How can it be?

Fang Jun kept looking at Li Junxian without saying a word.

Li Junxian still lowered his head, but the muscles on his cheeks squirmed, and sweat was faintly visible on his forehead. Although Fang Jun didn't say a word at the moment, he was too imposing and under too much pressure. Then he suddenly mobilized and chopped him down...

This matter was hidden from the prince, because the prince didn't know the details and couldn't figure out the stakes, but Fang Jun couldn't guess the reason behind it, he must be very angry, and he might become a punching bag.

With Fang Jun's force value, he doesn't have the confidence to go through three moves...

Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to the eye contact between the two, and said with a frown: "It is true that Concubine Chai was killed outside the Youtunwei camp, but the murderer was not the Duke of Yue. Gu has already sent someone to conduct an autopsy, and he will come back later." There are results presented."

Liu Jie and the others were startled at first, obviously they didn't expect that Chai Lingwu was really dead, then they pondered for a while and shook their heads and said: "I also believe that the Duke of Yue did not do it, but at the moment it is rumored outside that it is said that It was Fang Jun who used the title of "Duke Qiao" to force him to rape Princess Baling. Chai Lingwu was not angry and came to ask for an explanation, but was murdered by Duke Yue...Three people became tigers, and everyone talked about gold. Handle with care."

It doesn't matter whether Chai Lingwu was killed by Fang Jun or not. In fact, Liu Ji doesn't believe that Fang Jun would do such a crazy thing, but there are some things that no one needs to believe, or even the truth.

The essence of the matter is that it is impossible to have conclusive evidence to identify Fang Jun as the murderer, but the matter has already happened, Fang Jun's suspicion cannot be escaped, and that is enough.

For ordinary people, "the five punishments are subject to amnesty, and the five punishments are subject to amnesty, and the trial restrains them." For suspected crimes, the principle of pardoning nothing is adopted. This is the essence of justice that has been handed down since ancient times. In the "Xia Shu", there is a law that "it is better to be wronged than to kill the innocent".

But for people like Fang Jun who are about to reach the pinnacle of being a minister, such suspicion is a fatal flaw. With suspicion, it is inevitable that someone will frame and attack, which means that the moral aspect is not perfect, and it is difficult to become a prime minister. The head and leader of hundreds of officials.

This is the situation that the Eastern Palace civil service system is most willing to see...

Xiao Yu didn't wait for others to refute, and said at the right time: "Chai Lingwu will be the son-in-law of the court in time, and he is also a man of meritorious service. Rebirth somethin'."

Don't mention the matter of thoroughly investigating the murderer and clarifying the rumors...

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "That's right. Later, I will let the imperial guards escort Chai Lingwu's body back to Chang'an mansion, and let Changle, Jinyang and other princesses go first to comfort Baling and prevent him from being too sad. Then I will inform you. Zongzheng Temple, I implore King Han to preside over Chai Lingwu's funeral."

Then he said to Fang Jun: "Guzi will send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly, and give Duke Yue a justice. Don't worry too much about it."

Fang Jun nodded, that was all he could do.

Whether a rumor can be widely circulated does not depend on whether it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false, but whether it caters to the public's mentality. Once the rumor is popular with the public, the public will be willing to believe its authenticity, otherwise it will naturally fail.

Right now, this rumor has very limited damage to Fang Jun himself. He has a very good reputation among the people, and not many people will believe it, but the rumor itself has caused him to be questioned in a certain class. Wanting to climb to the top of the people and ministers, this is a huge thunder, which may explode at any time.

He looked at Li Junxian again, with deep eyes...

(End of this chapter)