Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 924: Gagging
Feng Hao stepped forward at the right time and cooperated with Gu Chan.

"Your Majesty, it seems that what I said was right. Academician Lin, who secretly sold the exam questions, has been killed. And judging from the evaluation of him by the great academician, it is enough to prove that this person is not someone who would do such a heinous crime as selling the exam questions, which would be punishable by the death of nine generations of his clan. This makes the situation very clear."

"You mean, someone forced him to sell the test questions secretly?" Leng Yixiu asked.

"That's right, and Academician Lin has probably only sold the test questions to one person, and that person is Miss Guo." Feng Hao said in a deep voice.

As soon as he said this, all the officials in the Jinluan Hall began to talk among themselves.

If this matter is really as Feng Hao said, doesn't it prove that someone deliberately set a trap for Guo Yu, lured her into the trap, and then used her to murder Gu Chan and the other three?
Combined with the fact that Gu Chan had beaten up Gao Lin, that dandy boy, before, it was obvious who the real culprit behind this was.

Leng Yixue's eyebrows knitted together, and she began to realize that this matter was too complicated to be explained in a few words, so she made a quick decision, "Come here, temporarily put the top scholar and the second place scholar into the prison, and I will make a decision after I find out the truth."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Two palace guards responded and immediately walked into the hall and took Gu Chan and Feng Hao away.

Zhao Jian asked with a worried look on his face, "Your Majesty, what should we do with Academician Lin's body?"

"Send him to the charity cemetery for protection first. He cannot be buried until the matter is investigated. If it is found out later that he was indeed the one who secretly sold the test questions to make money, then all nine generations of his family will be killed." Leng Yixiu said cruelly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Jian said respectfully.

After saying this, he led his men to carry Academician Lin's body away and sent it to the charity cemetery for temporary protection.

Leng Yixue turned to look at Guo Pinchuan and Xu Zhenlin and said, "You all should stand up too! You are indeed unaware of this matter, but you are also responsible. I will fine you half a year's salary as a punishment."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Guo Pinchuan and Xu Zhenlin thanked him in unison.

Then they stood up from the ground, stood aside, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Huaiyun insisted, "Your Majesty, it is unreasonable to solve this matter so easily! If it gets out, won't it be hard to convince the public?"

"Okay, I know what I'm doing, and I still need you to teach me. Get out of here." Leng Yixiu shouted angrily.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Huaiyun didn't dare to say anything more. He could only respond with an unhappy look on his face and stood aside.

At this time, the only person still standing in the middle of the hall was Wu Zhengyuan.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him and he could have kept himself out of it. However, now that the top two scorers were both locked up in the Heavenly Prison, he was the only one left here, so the atmosphere was inevitably a little awkward.

Leng Yixiu was about to speak when Prince Leng suddenly walked in from outside the hall, panting.

When he arrived at the palace, he panted and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I am a step late because of my poor legs and feet."

"Uncle, you are not just a step late, you are too late." Leng Yixiu said helplessly.

After saying this, she ordered the eunuch to bring a chair and place it at the front left side of the hall for the emperor's uncle to sit on.

Prince Leng did not hesitate to say anything. He walked to the chair and sat down. Then he looked around and said, "Isn't today the palace examination for the top three? Why is there only the runner-up and no champion or third place?"

"Uncle, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?" Leng Yixiu said unhappily.

"Know what?" Prince Leng pretended to be dumb and said. Leng Yixue had no choice but to tell him everything that happened just now.

After listening to this, Prince Leng laughed and said, "What cheating? I have already seen the examination papers of the top and third place winners. With their talents, do they really need to cheat? This must be someone with ulterior motives, maliciously framing and slandering. That silly girl from the Guo family is just a tool used by others."

"Uncle, do you think so too?" Leng Yixiu asked with a smile.

"Of course, it's not like I don't know them. Never mind, I'm too lazy to say more. Your Majesty, you can take your time to investigate! Originally, I came here today to choose one of the three of them to reward with the red spider lily spiritual herb, but now that the top two candidates have been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, I'd better talk about it another day." Prince Leng said jokingly.

Wu Zhengyuan's face was frozen with anger and he was extremely speechless.

Originally, according to the current situation, the top scholar and the second place scholar were both in jail, so this priceless treasure should be awarded to him! However, the old man made a lot of excuses and suppressed the matter. It would be even more difficult for him to get the red spider lily spirit grass again in the future.

Leng Yixue ignored his words and waved his hand, saying, "That's enough for today. I'm tired, let's leave!"

"We respectfully bid farewell to Her Majesty the Queen." Everyone saluted in unison.

Leng Yixiu stood up and left with a stiff face.

All the civil and military officials in the court also took their leave.

Wu Zhengyuan was about to leave, but Prince Leng stopped him and said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave. Come with me to the Heavenly Prison to see the top scholar and the second place scholar."

"Yes, old prince." Wu Zhengyuan said respectfully.

"Lord Guo, Lord Xu, do you two want to follow me?" Prince Leng looked at Guo Pinchuan and Xu Zhenlin and said.

The two looked at each other and immediately understood the old fox's meaning.

After all, this matter is related to both of them. Taking this opportunity, they should go to the Tianlao and have a good discussion with Gu Chan and Feng Hao, so as to make adequate preparations for finding out the real culprit later.

Therefore, the two did not refuse and nodded in agreement immediately.

Afterwards, the four of them left the Jinluan Palace together and headed towards the Heavenly Prison.

On the other side, in the imperial study.

At this time, Leng Yixiu and Leng Yixuan were sitting together sipping fragrant tea.

After a moment of silence, Leng Yixuan said in a serious tone, "Royal sister, in my opinion, Gao Lin is closely related to this matter."

"What, do you have solid evidence?" Leng Yixiu asked.

"There is no conclusive evidence, but when rumors spread this morning, I secretly sent people to investigate. My people found out that the people who spread these rumors last night were Gao Lin's men. This means that all this was caused by Gao Lin." Leng Yixuan said with a sneer.

Leng Yixue clenched her fists in anger and said, "This damn Gao Lin, it's fine if he doesn't do his job normally, but he has to cause trouble for me at this time. Tomorrow, my sister and I have to take Xu to the other side of the mountain to help the gold-eating beast deal with its mortal enemy. Now, he's in prison, and I have to find a way to get him out. I'm so angry."

"This is not a bad thing. We can take this opportunity to investigate the matter thoroughly. Once it is confirmed that Gao Lin is the mastermind, we can not only get rid of him, but also completely eliminate the followers of the Duke of Zhenguo." Leng Yixiuan said shrewdly.

Leng Yixiu's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and a cruel sneer appeared on his face.