It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 649: Murder Trial at the Inn

Liu Yao wanted to ask one more question, but seeing Yang Xianrong's confident look, he thought that he would know it sooner or later, so why bother about it now. So he nodded, helped Yang Xianrong put her clothes in order, and then turned back to the palace.

Yang Xianrong was not idle either. She asked General Guo Jin to count the soldiers and called Yuan Jianshuo to stand beside her. Catching the murderer would be dangerous after all, not to mention that she was pregnant. After hearing about Li Xiuying's miscarriage, she was somewhat traumatized.

Cui Xi was worried and insisted on following him. Wang Po and others were even more determined to go. As a result, the number of people who followed him out was much larger than yesterday. Many people in Chang'an City avoided him, not knowing what had happened.

Yang Xianrong arrived faster, after all, Liu Cong was the emperor, and it took a lot of trouble to go out. When they arrived at Hongfu Inn, Yang Xianrong had already made Li Xiuying's family and the neighbors who had been questioned in the past few days kneel in the lobby of the inn. With the addition of the guards he brought with him, there was no room to stand. Many people crowded in the yard. There was really no place to stand, so they simply opened the door of the inn's guest room and stood inside.

When Liu Cong, Liu Yao and Jin Zhun followed behind, the scene naturally became much bigger. Even though Liu Yao repeatedly told Liu Cong to wear private clothes for the visit, Jin Zhun refused to listen and still called more than 200 people to follow, so there was no room for them.

Seeing Liu Cong and others coming, Yang Xianrong stood up and saluted. The others were already kneeling, and now they could only lower their bodies and lie on the ground.

"What's going on?" Liu Cong asked.

Yang Xianrong smiled and said, "The emperor is here, let's arrest him!"

"Who are you arresting?" Liu Cong looked at the crowd of people and was confused for a moment. He probably got up too early today and was still in a daze.

Jin Zhun stood behind him and whispered a few words, and Liu Cong finally reacted: "Yes, yes, so, Xie An is not the murderer, then who is?"

"Someone, come and arrest Li Xiuying's entire family!" Although Yang Xianrong's voice was not loud, it was very surprising.

Guo Jin acted quickly, and he had been following Yang Xianrong for the past few days, so he knew these people's faces very well. So, he first controlled Li Xiuying's father and brother, and the others held down Li Xiuying and her mother, as well as the innkeeper Shuanzhu.

The scene suddenly became very chaotic, and some people even started shouting in fear.

Yuan Jianshuo stood in front of Yang Xianrong, fearing that there would be some danger. Yang Xianrong was very calm, and turned to Liu Cong and said, "Your Majesty, the murderer is not Xie An, but Li Xiuying's family. Of course, we still need to re-examine who did it and how the murderer was killed."

"Okay, I will personally interrogate you." Liu Cong was very excited at this time, and asked his guards to immediately control the situation. When their long swords were drawn, no one dared to speak. Even Li Xiuying's family members wanted to howl a few times, but seeing the current situation, they dared not move at all.

When the scene quieted down, Yang Xianrong took two steps forward and Liu Yao immediately followed him.

"It's okay." Yang Xianrong also saw that these people were tied up tightly and would not cause any trouble. "They are all pitiful people, but why did they fall to the point of killing people?"

She was asking about Li Xiuying's mother, the woman who was always frowning.

She was in her fifties, very thin, and tied up tightly, looking very pitiful.

"You don't want to say it, right? It doesn't matter. If you don't say it, I will think that you all did it together, so just kill you all." Yang Xianrong's voice became sharp, revealing majesty.

Liu Cong, who was sitting in the back, peeked in and echoed her, "Kill."

Li Xiuying's mother was visibly trembling and glanced at her husband. At this time, Li Xiuying was shouting, "No, I did it, it was all me! It has nothing to do with them!"

With just one shout, the murder case was concluded. Everyone was cheered up, but Jin Zhun, who was standing behind Liu Cong, had a dark face.

"It's not Xiuying, it's me, I killed her!" Li Xiuying's mother has already shouted.

"Who did you kill?" Yang Xianrong asked again.

"I killed that bastard! He deserved it! He deserved to die!" Li's mother said viciously, "He caused my daughter to have a miscarriage, and she will never get pregnant again in her life! He even wanted to divorce her! Isn't this just killing my daughter! She has been married twice, and divorcing her again would mean she would die!"

Although this answer was expected, Yang Xianrong's heart sank and she looked at Bian Heng. Bian Heng shook his head, saying that he only treated external injuries and not gynecology.

"How did you kill him? Mou Huaizhong is an adult man, strong and healthy. How could you kill him?" Yang Xianrong had no choice but to continue asking.

"Get him drunk, then kill him." Li's mother stiffened her neck, "Kill me! I killed someone anyway, one life for another."

Li Xiuying burst into tears and shouted, "Mother, you didn't kill him! I killed him! It was me!"

This is truly a human tragedy.

The cries of two women echoed in the lobby of the inn.

But Yang Xianrong looked at Li Xiuying's father and brother, both of whom lowered their heads and said nothing. Although Li Xiuying's brother's expression could not be seen clearly, it could be seen that he was trembling all over and was extremely scared.

"The murderer must not be you, but your son." Yang Xianrong did not miss this opportunity and spoke loudly.

As expected, Li Xiuying and her mother were stunned for a moment, and then loudly denied it. But at this time, her brother had already raised his head, his face flushed, and his eyes were filled with tears. The file said that her brother, Li Xiuyan, was sixteen years old and unemployed.

"No, it's not him!" The mother and daughter shouted in unison.

"His figure looks..." Yang Xianrong deliberately did not finish her words, but just looked Li Xiuyan up and down, which frightened him so much that he trembled all over and dared not speak.

In fact, Li Xiuyan was very weak. If they really fought, she might not be able to beat Yang Xianrong. But she still said, "You killed Mou Huaizhong! You should pay with your life! Anyway, the emperor is here today, so let's execute him on the spot. Right, Your Majesty?"

Yang Xianrong was really rude, and spoke to Liu Cong in a very casual tone. But Liu Cong didn't care, and nodded in cooperation, saying, "Kill, kill them all."

"Do we still need Lord Jin to come and ask for a confession?" Yang Xianrong glanced at Jin Xi again.

Today's scene was big. Although Jin Xi's official position was enough to stand beside Emperor Liu Cong, he still didn't dare to do so, and even quietly stood on the edge. It was not until Yang Xianrong pointed out his name that he slowly walked out, "The general's wife has asked, so let's kill him."

"No!" Li Xiuying and her daughter cried loudly and struggled hard to get to Li Xiuyan's side. At this time, two men suddenly broke free from the guards and crawled to Li Xiuyan's side.

Yang Xianrong was still alive, but Liu Yao was terrified and kicked the man who crawled the fastest. Yuan Jianshuo then kicked the other man with more force, and one could hear the sound of his bones breaking.