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Chapter 348 Fighting with reason (1)

"Your Highness, this, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding. The prince has always been loyal to his duty, so he should not do such a cruel thing. Please rest your anger for a while."

Cheng Denggao didn't understand what he was doing, but he knew the real cause of Cui Yuan's death very well. Seeing Li Xian's words were so sure, he couldn't help feeling a little panicked, but he didn't dare to believe it all. He was worried about Li Xian's death. This was bluffing. Seeing that Wang Bian was under the control of Li Xian, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the pressure. He really confessed, so he dared not neglect, so he rushed to Li Xian's side and persuaded him with a smile. .

"Devotion to duty? Ha, it's really a good joke. Hmph, Cheng Denggao, this king ordered you to take down Sun Sheng and the other three immediately, and go to face the saint with this king. If there is any negligence, please ask!"

Now that things were up to now, Li Xian would no longer save Cheng Denggao any face, so he gave the order unceremoniously.

"Ah, this, this..."

Hearing Li Xian's words, Cheng Denggao's heart immediately sank to the bottom of the valley, and instantly realized that the scars that Li Xian said earlier were probably true. Well, I deliberately procrastinated, but I couldn't find a reasonable excuse for a while, and I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely.

"Cheng Denggao, do you dare to disobey the order?"

Li Xian slipped Wang Bian with his left hand, raised his right hand, revealed the dragon pendant that Gao Zong gave him, and shouted loudly.

"The old slave dare not, the old slave obeys."

Facing fierce people like Li Xian, even if Cheng Denggao had some courage, he would not dare to say "no". promise.

"Your Highness, servant..."

Liu Liu was timidly leaning on Li Xian's side, but after Li Xian took down Wang Bian in a flash, Liu Liu had lost her support and was trembling with fear. When it came to me, I panicked immediately, and walked forward tremblingly, opening my mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say, so anxious that tears flowed down my face.

"Miss Liuliu, don't worry, Gu guarantees that you'll be fine, let's go, let's go face to face with Gu!"

Li Xian is very shrewd, so he knows what Liu Liu is worried about. He is just afraid that Li Xian will forget the previous promise. After all, at this time, she is worthless. Of course, this is just Liu Liu. It was just Liu's own thoughts, but Li Xian would not do such things as crossing rivers and tearing down bridges. It was not because of Liu Liu's beauty, but because of Li Xulun's feelings, Li Xian had to ensure Liu Liu's safety.

"Ah."

Upon hearing Li Xian's order, Liu Liu immediately felt relieved, wiped away a few tears in a panic, carefully leaned against Li Xian's side, followed Li Xian step by step out of the cell, and escorted Wang Bian and other eunuchs involved in the case He hurried all the way to the Qianyuan Hall... Although Li Xian had been away for nearly an hour, Gaozong and the others still did not leave, and they stayed in the palace for a while and did not. While chatting, everyone had their own thoughts, so naturally the conversation was not smooth. Generally speaking, Yue Wang Li Zhen was laughing and talking about the scenery in Hebei, until he saw Li Xian holding the limp Wang Bian When they are about to come in, everyone has survived the unbearable waiting.

"The sons and ministers see the father and the mother."

Li Xian didn't care about the surprised eyes of all the people, and threw Wang Bian, whose arms and mandibles had been removed, to the ground, and bowed to Gaozong and Empress Wu respectfully, meticulously He saluted and asked Ann.

"Excuse me, Xianer, you are..."

Gaozong looked suspiciously at Wang Bian, who was lying on the ground, and then at Liu Liu who was following Li Xian timidly. He didn't know which play Li Xian was singing, so he hesitated. Asked half of the words.

"Reporting to my father, my son is investigating the case by order, and I have obtained something. This girl is named Liu Liu, and she is a person who is trusted by my eighth brother. She is an important witness. Is this father-in-law a murderer? As one of the suspects, my servant is afraid that he will be silenced again, so I have to bring him to see the emperor himself." Gaozong opened his mouth, and Li Xian didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly explained.

"Oh? Well, let's talk about it, what happened in today's case?"

Gaozong had always trusted Li Xianzhi, if not, he would not have tried every means to make Li Xian the crown prince, but when he heard Li Xian's words so affirmatively, he immediately became interested and sat up straight from the couch , as if he was asking the question carefully, his originally pale face turned red because of it.

"I report to my father, according to my son's detailed investigation, early this morning, a maid named Cui Yuan in the eighth brother's room brought the lotus seed soup to the eighth brother. After the eighth brother drank it, he felt hot and hot. Went to bathe in the bathroom, and then it was this Cui Yuan who falsely passed on the eighth brother's order, and tricked all the maids in the prayer hall into the washroom, and while the eighth brother was a little confused, he tricked the girls into the water, Just now there was something dirty about it, I thought there must be something wrong in the lotus seed soup, but I was a step late, this evidence has been destroyed..."

Emperor Gaozong asked, Li Xian naturally had to answer, so he bowed, and reported the findings of the investigation one by one in a gurgling manner, but after Li Xian finished speaking, Empress Wu had already interjected: "This Nai Yuqian, Xian'er should stop talking nonsense, there is no evidence, how can you tell the truth!"

Hehe, the old villain is in a hurry, she is too pretentious!Li Xian scorned Empress Wu fiercely in his heart, but his face was full of respect and humility, and he replied: "The empress mother taught me the truth, and my ministers were not sure about it. Even with Miss Liu Liu There are witnesses, but there is no physical evidence, but it is difficult to explain the root cause, but what was found out later made Erchen affirm the strangeness of the bowl of lotus seed soup."

"Oh? What is it? Xian'er tell me quickly!"

At this time, Gaozong's curiosity was aroused, and he was very dissatisfied with Empress Wu's intrusion, and did not give Empress Wu a chance to speak again, and some of them couldn't wait to ask questions.

"Returning to the words of the father, the matter is like this. The minister knew that Cui Yuan was the key to the matter, so he wanted to find out the truth from her mouth, but unexpectedly, Cheng Gonggong told her that the woman had been supervised by the inner court. Zhongtouyuan committed suicide, my son was surprised, and wanted to check the truth, so he brought people to the inner court prison, carefully examined Cui Yuan's body, and found something strange, but my son did not He did not point it out, but invited all the people who were the first to discover Cui Yuan's suicide, and inquired carefully about the process of the matter. After this questioning, the minister was shocked to realize that Cui Yuan's death was actually caused by someone who was born. Murdered, and this Wang Bian and Wang Gonggong are one of the murder suspects, so I captured him and asked my father to investigate carefully!" Li Xian was very eloquent, and his report was eloquent, but he did not He did not directly explain how he discovered the flaw.

"Huh? How did Xian'er know that Wang Bian is the real murderer?"

Li Xian dug a hole, Gaozong immediately jumped in, and Li Xian led him away before he knew it.

"So that the royal father can know that because of the repeated judgments of the case, the minister has dealt with Wu Zuo and others a lot. I was lucky enough to learn some tricks. It was originally out of interest, but I don't want it to come in handy today. Royal father , do you know the difference between hanging yourself to death and hanging up after being beaten unconscious by others?"

Seeing that Gao Zong was hooked, Li Xian dared not neglect, and further lured Gao Zong further.

"This... I don't know, is there really a difference? Xian'er is going to be tricky, hurry up, tell me quickly."

Gao Zong was stunned for a moment, then frowned, thought for a while, but still didn't understand the difference between the two, so his heart felt a little tighter.

"Yes, my son complies with the order. Father, as far as I know, if a person is alive and throws a ball, his neck will be messy due to struggle. In this way, if it is hung up after being knocked out, the strangle marks on the neck will be neat, without side marks and chaotic lines. This is the experience of the old master of Dali Temple, and it must be true. As for Cui Yuan's death, seeing that the strangle marks on her neck are neat, it is known that she was hung up after being knocked out. What happened to the corpse, and the response between him and his ministers are as follows..." Li Xian told everything about how he tricked Wang Bian into taking the bait, and at the end, he concluded in a passionate tone: "Therefore, my ministers believe that Cui Yuan's death He died of murder for the purpose of silence. Even if Wang Bian was not the main culprit, he must be an insider. After a thorough investigation, the truth should be revealed. From this we can see that the reason why the eighth brother behaved so abnormally It was all caused by being framed by others, the fact is so, I implore my father to issue an edict to thoroughly investigate this matter, and return my eighth brother's innocence!"

"I'm so pissed that this happened, come, come!"

Gaozong always doted on Li Xulun, the youngest son, when he heard that someone dared to frame him under his nose, he immediately got angry, threw off the brocade quilt, jumped off the bed, and started yelling in anger.

"The servant is here!"

Cheng Denggao was waiting outside the palace door restlessly, when he heard Gao Zong's wild shout, his heart was in a panic, but since Gao Zong had opened his mouth, he couldn't tolerate him not to enter the door, he could only force it He rushed in with a scalp, and promised loudly.

"Cheng Denggao, I ordered you to arrest all the suspects immediately, search, search the whole palace, if you can't find the mastermind, I will cut off your dog's head!"

Gaozong was annoyed, he didn't think about who was standing behind this matter, he just gave the order to die angrily, and he was completely in the posture of not finding out the truth and not being finished.

"Ah, yes, the servant obeys the order"

Hearing Gaozong's order, Cheng Denggao burst into cold sweat, but he dared not refuse. Seeing that the matter was on the verge of collapse, he was so anxious that he hanged himself immediately, and his eyes were slyly aimed at After entering Wu, it was full of undisguised cries for help and pleas.

(End of this chapter)