When I am connected with the prince of the same life

The pastry melts in the mouth, soft and sweet, but also a little greasy.

Cheng Muqing took a sip of tea and continued to listen to the voices in the hall.

There are heavy footsteps coming from far and near. Listen, there should be four or five people.

"Grassmen see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" Several people knelt down and said in unison.

"Your Majesty, these people are soldiers under King Wen Xiao." Liu Shangshu said loudly, with a serious expression, "After King Wen Xiao died, his soldiers were brought back to the capital by Zhao Duofu. Exiled into the army. Later, they were pardoned because of the birth of the empress dowager, some of them stayed in the capital, and some returned to their hometowns to make a living."

"In order to prevent these soldiers from colluding with confessions, I specially went to various places to find these three people." Liu Shangshu turned sideways and exposed the three people, "These three people have always been ordinary people under King Wen Xiao. After the pardon, they went back to their hometown directly. According to the investigation, it is basically certain that they have never had contact with anyone since they were pardoned."

Lin Heng nodded slightly, motioning for him to continue.

"I'm asking you guys." Liu Shangshu looked at the three people, "At that time, King Wen Xiao, the former crown prince, what happened on the way to the north?"

All three were wearing coarse linen clothes, with dark skin, a pair of eyes scanning back and forth, looking at each other, but no one spoke.

"What? Don't you dare to say it in front of His Majesty?" Liu Shangshu frowned, "Just tell the truth what the facts are. A man, why bother to shrink back? Now, I also have your own oral testimony..."

"No..." The first man A quickly waved his hands, looking quite panicked.

"Then you can start talking." Liu Shangshu said bluntly.

Man A swallowed his saliva, obviously very nervous.He said, "His Royal Highness took us to the northern border that day. At the beginning, everything went smoothly. The road was fast, and we arrived in the northern border in less than half a month. All of us thought that we would go to the battlefield next. We didn't even have the last words. Explain it to your family."

Speaking of this, it is inexplicably a little sad.

Fighting on the battlefield, when will you return?Can I return?

"But on the day we arrived at the northern border, a man rushed over. Then the crown prince issued an order for us to stay where we are. I heard that the crown prince is debating whether to return to Beijing." Man A continued, " I don't want to die in battle, so I really hope that His Highness can return to Beijing. But His Highness did not go back, but continued to take us deep into the northern border. Later, we passed through a canyon, and suddenly we were attacked..."

What happened next is well known.The prince died, and the rest of the subordinates were punished for being unfit for escort.

"Who is that man? What does he look like? What did he say to His Highness the Crown Prince?" Liu Shangshu asked.

"It's a man who looks like a woman." It was Man B who answered him, "That man is really old and beautiful!"

Just when he was talking excitedly, Zhao Duofu who was standing on the other side suddenly spoke——

"It's the eunuch."

He said in a deep tone, "He is a eunuch from the palace. He came here on horseback just to inform His Highness that there was chaos in the capital and the late emperor died. Please return to Beijing to ascend the throne. Because of the incident in the northern border, we cannot leave, so His Highness I thought of a way to get the best of both worlds - divide the troops into two groups. I followed His Highness and continued forward, while the other side sent people to the capital..."

Counting the time, the late emperor was still there at that time, and bystanders could tell at a glance that this was a trap.

Cheng Muqing looked at her pink nails with erratic eyes.

But Lin Yan, who had been away from Beijing for many days at that time, didn't know about it. After learning the news, he even parted ways with suspicion.He fell into a trap when he unexpectedly returned to Beijing, but the other party did the opposite.

The cunning fox fell into the trap because of his own suspicion and died.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Duofu suddenly knelt down with his fists folded, and kowtowed his head to the ground, "The eunuch who delivered the imperial decree was the eunuch in the palace. At that time, the late emperor had not yet passed away, so this must be a conspiracy!"

"However, King Wen Xiao didn't receive the decree, so how do you judge it to be a conspiracy?" Lin Heng asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, although King Wen Xiao did not return to Beijing, he sent a team to return to Beijing on his behalf." Zhao Duofu hurriedly replied, "It's because of the lack of that one!"

"But when King Wen Xiao went out to fight, he took away fifty thousand elite soldiers." In the middle of the court, a courtier said cautiously, "It's just that one is missing, so it shouldn't affect anything..."

Lin Heng didn't speak, and his expression told everyone that he agreed.

"Your Majesty! Why did the eunuch falsely deliver the imperial decree?" Zhao Duofu said, "This eunuch must be caught!"

"Your Majesty." Liu Shangshu cupped his hands, "If that person is really a eunuch, who did he get orders from?" He raised his eyelids lightly, "In this palace, the only person who can command those eunuchs is probably only one person."

Li Lanyi, who was standing next to Lin Heng with his head down, rolled his eyes and looked at him with a smile.

There was silence in the hall, and some people even held their breath.

Liu Shangshu stared at Li Lanyi, his lips pursed tightly.

In this eerie silence, a voice came from among the officials——

"Being able to drive an eunuch to report the letter seems to be more suspicious of Li's palm print."

When everyone looked at it, they couldn't help being surprised, it was actually Cao Da who said this.

Who knows, Cao Da never offends others, and never takes the initiative to make friends with anyone.How do you take the initiative to break this relationship now?This is clearly to offend Li Lanyi!
But immediately after, Cao Da said: "It's just, is this so-called 'eunuch' really a eunuch?"

"That's right." Immediately, someone agreed, and the person who agreed was the general surnamed Huang, "We must pay attention to witnesses and physical evidence in the case. Now there are only people, so what about things?"

"Is the edict left by that eunuch still there?" Cao Da asked.

"Yes." Liu Shangshu asked someone to bring it up, "This thing was found from Princess Wen Xiao, and it was sent back by his subordinates after King Wen Xiao passed away."

A servant came holding a roll of gold,
Liu Shangshu took it and opened it.

The silk slipped off in an instant, revealing the words.

With sharp eyes, I have already seen the words on it.

"What is written on it is indeed that the late emperor is about to pass away, calling the late crown prince back to Beijing." Liu Shangshu read ten lines at a glance, "Moreover, there is also the signature of the late emperor on it."

The servant took back the imperial decree and passed it on to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng took it and took a few glances.

"Your Majesty, this imperial decree was definitely fabricated on purpose!" Zhao Duofu said hastily, "The only one who can write down a false imperial decree and make it signed by the former emperor is Li Lanyi!"

It's a bit strange... Lin Heng squeezed the imperial decree in his hand, his jaw tensed.

He looked at the group of people who were arguing endlessly in front of him, and the strangeness in his heart almost overflowed his chest.

"Your Majesty, don't you think it's strange? Why did this imperial decree appear here?" Li Lan said together, "Wen Xiaowang's body was not left, but this imperial decree stayed with the army?"

The imperial decree will be passed on to me, and I will cherish it very much, and will not hand it over to others easily.

"A few days ago, our family also heard that Mr. Liu wanted to investigate this case, so we decided on our own initiative and sent someone to investigate." Li Lan smiled softly, "Your Majesty, our family has found the person who delivered the imperial edict of Princess Wenxiao. .”

Not only Lin Heng, but also Cheng Muqing behind the screen was taken aback. She frowned and turned her head slightly.

Just as he was talking, two servants came with a man.

The man was dressed in ragged clothes, his fluffy and messy hair almost covered half of his face, and there was a layer of dead skin on his pale lips.

"This person is the one who delivered the imperial decree to Princess Wenxiao." Li Lanyi said lightly.

"This?" Baiguan looked at me and I looked at you, and both of them could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

"How is it possible? It is impossible for King Wen Xiao's subordinates to be reduced to such a state!" Zhao Duofu exclaimed. He took a closer look and said, "This person is not from His Highness!"

The man looked at him suddenly with a look of disbelief, but he lowered his head in an instant.

"If it's not from Lin Yan, why would he hold the imperial decree?" Lin Heng asked with a frown.

"It must be that His Highness is not dead yet!" Zhao Duofu's eyes lit up, "Really?" He walked up to the man, "Is this edict given to you by an adult? Did you send it to Princess Wenxiao?"

Everyone lowered their heads knowingly.

In front of the Holy Majesty, said that King Wen Xiao, who should be enthroned, should still be alive?What does it mean?I know, when he is sincere, he only thinks of the master.I don't know... what do you think?

Support King Wen Xiao and push Emperor Jin Shun to step down?

Maybe he also realized that his words were ambiguous, so Zhao Duofu quickly changed the subject, "I just want to confirm whether this imperial decree was delivered by King Wen Xiao."

"Tell me, who gave you the edict?" Liu Shangshu asked the man.

The man shook his head and glanced at Zhao Duofu from time to time.

"Brother, why have you been staring at General Zhao?" Cao Da raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I... I, I, I didn't!" The man waved his hands quickly, and took two steps back.

"You have." Cao Da came out and approached him suddenly, "What are you panicking about?"

"I do not……"

"What is your relationship with General Zhao?" Cao Da looked him up and down, then turned his head and said, "Do you know King Wen Xiao?"

"It's okay, I don't know you either."

"I don't know, why is your skin very good even though it's dirty?"

"Naturally..."

"Then how do you send the imperial decree to Princess Wenxiao?" Cao Da asked, "Princess Wenxiao claimed to pray for the deceased King Wenxiao, but she never said where she went to pray."

"The capital city is not very big... I just wandered around, and I got there..." He said so, but he could hear a bit of evasion in his words.

"It's time to walk around, and with your appearance, I'll let you in?"

"I... I just entered anyway..." The man became more and more panicked as he spoke.

"Your Majesty is here, so you don't have to tell lies." Cao Da squinted his eyes, "Otherwise you will be deceiving the emperor, and the crime is not small."

The man flinched.

"Tell the truth!" Zhao Duofu slapped Cao Da away and looked at the man, "Tell the truth, don't care what Jia Ze says! Whatever happens, I will bear it!"

The man looked at her and bit his lip.

"Don't ink!" Zhao Duofu shouted.

"Yes!" The man suddenly shouted, "It's the imperial decree brought by General Zhao! Tell me to hand it over to Princess Wenxiao!"