This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 396 Trial
midnight.

There are many sword lights hidden in Dayong's capital.

As the sky gradually became brighter, a voice suddenly penetrated the silent palace.

"Visiting my father as ordered!!"

There was urgency in the prince's voice. He stood under the city wall, holding up the golden edict in his hand, and shouted to the city wall.

Behind him was a group of Wuyangyang people.

"who?!!"

The eyes of the general guarding the palace became extremely alert.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s late at night!”

The prince shouted at the wall.

"Shh!"

The general's eyes were stunned.

He didn't hear clearly.

But there was no need for him to hear clearly. The next moment, his head suddenly flew out of his body...

"Open the door!!"

The deputy general next to him had a murderous look on his face, glaring at the soldiers beside him and shouting.

"But...this is against the rules..."

"Shhh!!"

Another blow, and the soldier's head rose into the sky.

"Open the door!"

The deputy general's eyes were still cold.

The remaining people looked at each other.

"Open the door! The prince is here to visit His Majesty. He is here with an order. There is an imperial edict in the prince's hand!"

"I heard it too!"

"Then... let's drive!"

"Squeak~"

There was an unpleasant sound of rough wood, and the palace door slowly opened.

When the prince saw the palace door being opened, he became extremely excited.

Uncle Wang really didn’t lie to me! !
it is good! !

Without hesitation, he waved his hand:
"Enter!"

"Choke!"

The action of drawing the sword is uniform.

Just by lighting the torch, one could vaguely see a group of armored men following behind the prince. The thin white ribbons on their arms were reflected in the cold shadow of the sword.

Every soldier has a thin band on his right arm.

"Walk!!"

Without any hesitation, everyone followed behind the prince.

After filing into the palace gate, the prince's goal was extremely clear.

"Everyone follow me!"

The prince gave an order and everyone moved in the same direction.

Any palace maid or eunuch encountered on the road would be killed with a knife.

Walking into the palace, the lights gradually became brighter.

Only then could it be seen clearly that the group of people following the prince had at least seven or eight hundred people.

"Bold!! Who dares to break into the palace??!"

A very high-pitched voice sounded.

After seeing the prince's menacing men and horses, the old eunuch's eyes widened.

"According to the order, I came to visit my father."

The prince raised the imperial edict in his hand, his eyes dark and cold.

"Ok?"

Hearing the prince's words, the old eunuch was at a loss for a moment, and finally seemed to think of something. He looked at the prince with splitting eyes:

"Your Highness, you are not taking a good rest in the East Palace. Are you bringing so many people...to see the emperor's body, or to see your own chair?"

The old eunuch's voice was extremely cold.

The prince obviously had no patience to tell him so much, his eyes were gloomy, and he pulled out the sword from his waist with a "snap" sound.

"Step aside!!"

The prince looked at the old eunuch intently.

"Prince, you are someone the Zajia family has seen since childhood. What you did tonight is obviously the fault of a traitor. The Zajia family cannot bear to see you go astray. Listen to the Zajia family's advice. Go back now and come back tomorrow to admit your mistake. There is still a way to turn back."

The old eunuch's voice had a hint of coldness.

"There's no way back!"

The prince's eyes gradually turned red, and he looked at the eunuch in front of him:
"I have been sick since childhood and my health is not good. I don't know if I can live long enough to find a way out. Don't say so much. Make way for me today. When I succeed, you will still be you!"

The prince had been pampered by the old eunuch since he was a child, so naturally he would not kill him. He just looked at the old eunuch with extremely cold eyes.

"Ugh."

The old eunuch sighed lightly, slowly turned around and saluted in the direction of the imperial study:
"Your Majesty, I have persuaded you."

……

After saying this, there was obviously silence in the imperial study room.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh:
"Let him in."

"Yes."

The old eunuch glanced at the prince again, with a trace of regret in his eyes, sighed slowly, and stepped away.

Seeing the old eunuch get out of the way, the prince waved his hand without even thinking, and everyone followed him and poured into the huge royal study.

The imperial study room, which used to be extremely empty, suddenly became extremely crowded.

The prince took a deep breath and looked at Jianhong, who was sitting in front of him with a somewhat pale face.

"Father."

He called out coldly.

Jianhong's hair had turned white at this time, and he looked calmly at the prince holding the sword in front of him.

There was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

But he quickly disappeared. After taking a deep look at the prince, he slowly said:

"This position was actually supposed to be yours."

Hearing Jianhong's words, the prince gritted his teeth and his eyes were extremely cold:

"Father, please move over and respect your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please move over! Respect the Emperor!!"

The eight hundred armored men behind the prince had fanatical eyes and shouted in unison.

Hearing this, Jianhong knew that things had reached a point of no return.

He smiled lightly and looked at the prince as if he were a fool.

"You don't look like me!"

"The personality is so different!"

After Jianhong finished speaking, his body couldn't help shaking and he coughed loudly.

"Your Majesty, please move to the palace, don't get cold again."

The uncle stood quietly beside Jianhong, looking at the prince with a touch of pity. He gently lowered his head and comforted Jianhong.

"Ah."

Jianhong glanced at the still dazed prince with great disappointment, stood up slowly with the help of his uncle, and walked slowly towards the back.

Seeing this, the prince's eyes suddenly flashed coldly:
"superior!!!"

There was no need to say anything more. After hearing the prince's words, everyone rushed forward.

It's just that Jianhong didn't even tremble in response to this battle. He just coughed lightly, without even turning his head, and said in a calm voice:

"Kill them all except the prince."

"Yes!"

"Bang!!!"

"Bang!!"

In an instant, four figures came out from four directions.

"This……"

Seeing these four figures, those following the prince all trembled.

"What??!!"

The prince was also confused.

He looked at the two leaders, Ju Lei and Ju Qing, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly dilated:
"Didn't Uncle Wang transfer you guys away??!"

Ju Leizhi just looked at the prince indifferently, without saying a word, and looked at the group of people behind the prince with murderous eyes:

“You are all going to die.”…

The screams echoed throughout the entire Tai Chi Hall that night.

When the last man falls.

Only the lonely figure of the prince remained.

"This is impossible……"

"How can this be……"

The prince was trembling, watching the figures in front of him all fall down, and their eyes became dull.

"Prince, let's go with the Za family."

I don't know when, a warm palm gently fell on the prince's body.

The prince trembled suddenly and turned to look at the old eunuch.

"Why... why is this..."

The prince's voice was still trembling.

"Ugh."

The old eunuch did not answer the prince's question, but sighed inaudibly.

……

on the main hall.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at the shackled prince kneeling on the ground with pity.

At this time, the prince looked haggard and was pushed up amid the discussions of the officials.

"My beloved sirs, what's the point of discussing this matter?"

Jianhong looked at the officials coldly and cast his gaze on Prince Qing among the crowd.

At this time, King Qing looked at his nose with his eyes, and his nose with his heart, without any fluctuation.

He glanced at the prince kneeling on the ground, as if he was looking at a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

No one dared to speak out.

Whoever speaks out at this time is a fool.

This is all the Tian family's business and has nothing to do with me. Don't be unable to do anything and still get into trouble.

"Say it! Don't you usually like to talk? Why doesn't anyone stand up today?!"

Jianhong looked at the silence of all the officials, his voice was extremely cold.

But after he finished speaking, he coughed a few more times.

It was obvious that during this time, his body was not as good as before.

say what?
All the officials wanted to sink their heads to their feet.

Who dares to say? ?

Who dares to find trouble for himself at this time?

"Minister of the Ministry of Punishment!!!"

Jianhong started to call the names directly.

"Chen is here!"

Shangshu Xingbu groaned secretly when his name was called, but he had no choice but to stand up expressionlessly and wait respectfully.

"As the leader of the Ministry of Punishment, please tell me, how should we judge this matter?"

There was no emotion or anger in Jianhong's voice.

"This……"

He hesitated for a moment:
"According to the law, there must be no death, but the prince is your majesty's biological flesh and blood after all... This is a family matter, and in my opinion, this matter should be discussed by the Minister of Rites."

As soon as these words fell.

The uncle in the crowd immediately shook his body, and in his heart he had already greeted all the eighteen generations of the ancestors named Sun.

"Oh?"

Jianhong glanced coldly at the Minister of Justice.

Obviously very dissatisfied with his answer of kicking the ball.

But he also knew that this kind of thing could not be forced. His eyes fell on the uncle in the crowd:

"Hai Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Uh... Your Majesty, in my opinion... this matter should be handled properly."

After hesitating for a long time, the uncle said this tremblingly.

"Properly handled? How can it be regarded as properly handled?"

Jianhong's eyes were cold.

"Uh...this...this..."

The uncle was stuck. He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly his eyes rolled:
"Your Majesty, you are a member of the Heavenly Family, and you speak your mind with golden words. Naturally, it is best for you to judge this matter in person. No matter how you judge, we all support it!"

After hearing what he said, everyone's eyes lit up.

yes! Why didn’t we think of such a good statement?
"I second the proposal!"

At this time, the officials headed by the uncle all lowered their heads and their voices were very uniform.

"I second the proposal."

For fear that Jianhong would find him, all the remaining faction officials lowered their heads.

"Second the motion!!! What a bunch of rubbish!!"

Jianhong kept coughing angrily.

After a long time, Jianhong looked straight at the prince who was on the ground with his eyes blank:
"Prince, please tell me clearly, who ordered you to do this?"

Being asked such a question out of the blue, the prince knew that even if he could survive, he probably wouldn't survive the rest of his life, so he simply took the risk and gritted his teeth:

"Father, it's all done by King Qing."

As soon as these words came out, everyone shuddered.

Everyone felt that what the prince did was really awesome.

"Oh?"

Jianhong looked directly at Prince Qing, who had his eyebrows lowered in the crowd.

Feeling Jianhong's gaze, Prince Qing stood up calmly, first bowed to Jianhong, and then looked at the prince on the ground with a faint voice:
"Your Highness, you must speak with evidence. If Your Highness can produce evidence, I will drink my sword and kill myself on the spot. But if there is no evidence, please don't ruin the reputation of a loyal minister by making nonsense."

"Yes, brother Huang, you must have evidence."

Suddenly a voice came from outside the hall.

Hearing this voice, everyone's faces showed surprise, and they all looked outside the hall in disbelief.

I saw the second prince holding his head high and walking slowly towards the palace.

First, he bowed to Jianhong: "My son, I have met my father."

"Ah."

Jianhong slowly raised his hand to express his disdain and asked:
"If you're not out having fun, what are you doing here in my palace?"

"My son, I heard about the shocking incident in my father's palace last night, and I was very worried. Today I specially made an appointment with Mingyan, the oiran of the Jiaofang, to see my father's body."

The second prince explained seriously.

……

Hearing his words, everyone's lips twitched.

"I'm fine!"

Jianhong glanced at him angrily, his eyes full of coldness.

"It's okay."

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief and stood obediently under Jianhong's seat.

"There is evidence! I...I have evidence!!"

The prince quickly knelt in front of Jianhong and said:

"I went to Prince Qing's mansion a few days ago. Prince Qing said that my father has been in poor health recently..."

The prince was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, telling him and Prince Qing's conspiracy in detail.

But as soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at him as if he were a fool.

Again, you just said that you two were conspiring.

But...what about the evidence? ?
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't be convicted based on the prince's words alone, right?"

Prince Qing even had a smile on his face.

Jianhong's face was expressionless. He took a deep look at Prince Qing:
"What Prince Qing said is true. Prince, he has said so much. Is there any witness?"

"..."

The prince pursed his lips, witness? Where are the witnesses?

But as if he thought of something, he raised his face and looked at Jianhong and said:
"Father! The day before yesterday, King Qing gave me a body measuring standard! Let me take it to see my father! I entrusted someone to return the body measuring standard! The body measuring standard is definitely still in Prince Qing's palace!! "

The prince seemed to have thought of something and said again:
"And the deputy general guarding the palace gate is also a member of King Qing!!"

Jianhong's eyes were cold. He looked at Prince Qing without saying a word, quietly waiting for what Prince Qing would say.

Prince Qing took a slow breath, took a step forward, saluted and said:
"Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, I was invited by the second prince and stayed in the Jiaofang Department for a day. I have not heard of any body measurement standards. I would like to ask your Majesty to take a closer look. As for the deputy general, I have never heard of it."

"Yes, I can testify to this. Uncle Wang Qing did stay with his son the day before yesterday."

The second prince's voice sounded slowly.

(End of this chapter)