Chapter 228 Forging the Royal Gift
"This is not my sword!" Yang Xiuji raised the sword in panic, not knowing how to hold it.

He is not a fool, how could he not guess that today is not a good day after so many things happened before.

Before he didn't stay, his heart kept beating wildly, lest those people would think of him.

In fact, he also wanted to slip away, but there were guards all around him, where was he going?
Now this imperial bestowed sword that suddenly appeared must not be a good thing!
"Prince, how does this king remember that Yang Xiuji was from your east palace before?" Ouyang Haoxuan pointed to Yang Xiuji, looked at the prince and asked, "Could it be that you brought this Mingxi sword from the Duke of Yuan's mansion as a reward?" His? It's just that the prince doesn't know that it's a gift from the emperor?"

"Yang Xiuji?" The prince has not recovered from the twists and turns just now, so he suddenly heard Ouyang Haoxuan asking himself, and he couldn't help but replied in a little confusion: "He stayed with me for a few days before. , and then disappeared, and I don’t know how he became the deputy general of Lao Wu’s side. As for this sword, I have never even heard of it, so how could I reward him?”

Ouyang Haoxuan nodded, and said clearly: "Father, Li Qiu and Li Jin of the Yun family were killed by this person, please also take this person into custody at the same time!"

"What?" As soon as Ouyang Haoxuan's voice fell, everyone remembered that Li Qiu and Li Jin had been killed on the way.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Of course, Yang Xiuji could not admit that he had killed someone, and immediately knelt on the ground and howled: "Your Majesty, the young general was just ordered to give a birthday gift, and he didn't know what the Mingxi Sword was. The young general brought it before. It’s not this sword! Your Majesty, please check it out!”

"Stealing the imperial gift, killing Li Qiu and Li Jin, with the intention of blaming the Duke of Yuan, so as to provoke the relationship between the Duke of Yuan and the Li family in Yunzhou." Ouyang Haoxuan analyzed slowly: "Yang Xiuji, This move of yours really hits the nail on the head.”

"His Royal Highness Xuan, you can't spout blood!" Because Yang Xiuji was too nervous, the hidden toxins in his body were awakened again, so that Yang Xiuji's whole state began to become arrogant again, "I have never been to Yuanguo's mansion, nor have I Having seen Li Qiu and Li Jin, King Xuan, why do you call me a murderer!"

"Come here, bring the only surviving guard here!" After Ouyang Haoxuan finished speaking, not long after, the guard who was locked up by Li Shi in another woodshed in the backyard was brought up.

"Look, is it this person who killed your master and young master of the Li family?" Ouyang Haoxuan pointed to Yang Xiuji to show the guard, and then asked, "What was the situation like at that time?"

"It's him!" Seeing Yang Xiuji, the guard stepped back several steps in fear, pointed at Yang Xiuji and said, "It was he who killed the master and the young master!"

It turned out that Li Qiu and Li Jin should have left Jing County three days ago, but they were used to enjoying themselves, so it was impossible for them to eat and sleep in the open, and they had some fun in Jing County, so the journey was delayed.

On this day, Li Qiu and Li Jin's carriage had just arrived at a mountain depression a hundred miles outside Jingxian County, but they were surrounded by people who appeared suddenly. They called themselves bandits and demanded that Li Qiu and Li Jin Jin handed over all the silver on his body.

Li Qiu and Li Jin loved money like their lives, so of course they refused to hand over the money, so the two sides had a conflict. Originally, one of the bandit leaders only said that they should be arrested and that they would blackmail the master's house when the time came. As a result, the bandit leader The people around said that these two people must die and cannot stay.

The bandit leader was a little dissatisfied, so the man stepped forward to do it himself, but Li Jin didn't want to die, so he tore off the man's black mask during the resistance, and recognized Yang Xiuji's identity at a glance.

Yang Xiuji, who was recognized, was even more unlikely to survive, so he killed Li Jin soon.

"Why did you kill everyone?" The bandit leader said with some displeasure: "The identities of these two people are not simple people. If the government pursues them, we will all be in trouble!"

"The master said, they can't be left alive." Yang Xiuji put away his sword, and then said to the bandit leader: "Throw the corpses to the back mountain to feed the wolves, who would know that they died here?"

"Master, why did you kill these two people?" The bandit leader obviously had cooperated with Yang Xiuji many times, and whispered strangely: "Be careful, don't lose yourself."

"Don't worry, the master said that he wanted to put the blame on Yun Yi and sow discord between the Yun family and the Li family." Yun Yi didn't take the bandit leader's words to heart, after all, in his eyes, the bandit leader was just a rough man , where do you know what conspiracy and tricks?
However, Yang Xiuji now understands that some things are not taken for granted.

Although the bandit leader spoke crudely, he was not rude. Because he had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, his perception of danger was often higher than that of ordinary people.

So he smelled the conspiracy first.

However, if Yang Xiuji didn't listen, he naturally wouldn't talk too much.

However, Yang Xiuji couldn't understand why the sword on his body turned into the Mingxi Sword, and he didn't even know that the Mingxi Sword was a gift from the emperor.

"People from Chuan Yuan's mansion come here." The emperor motioned for Eunuch Liu to bring up the Mingxi sword, and said in a deep voice.

The Mingxi Sword was given to a woman in the Duke of Yuan's mansion by his father, the first emperor.

Although that woman is only a concubine, she has a bright personality and a gentle temper, and is very popular with the ladies of the family.

When the first emperor met this woman, neither of them knew the identity of the other, but they got along very easily.

And the Mingxi Sword is the saber that the late emperor always carried with him.

Later, the first emperor won the opportunity in the battle for the heir, and finally secured his position.

As for the first emperor who became the emperor, the first thing he did was to marry the woman as his concubine with the Mingxi sword as the betrothal gift.

It's a pity that a conspiracy took away the woman's life, and also took away all the hopes of the late emperor.

From then on, the women around the late emperor always looked a bit like her who had passed away.

And the Mingxi Sword was left in Yuanguo's mansion like this, and the late emperor never took it back, as if the other party was still waiting to marry him and had never left.

It's just that few people know about this past, so no one knows the meaning of Mingxi Sword.

Just when the emperor was fascinated by the Mingxi sword, Li Yuangang was brought back to Yun Mansion again, this time, she was Yuan Guogong's mansion.

When Li Yuan just walked in, his eyes swept over Yun Yuexi's face calmly. In fact, he had been waiting at the door the whole time. When he saw the little father-in-law coming to invite someone, he stopped him directly.

And that little father-in-law also recognized Li Yuangang, and if there was anything that happened in Yuanguo's mansion, it was mostly Li Yuangang who came forward, so there was no delay, and he immediately brought her to Yunfu.

"See the emperor!" Li Yuan just bowed to the emperor, and when he saw the Mingxi sword in his hand, he couldn't help saying with some doubts: "Your majesty, this Mingxi sword has been enshrined in the ancestral hall of the Duke of Yuan, how could it be here?" here?"

"Since you know the Mingxi Sword, come and tell me, do you know that person over there?" The emperor was naturally talking about Yang Xiuji.

"I don't know." Li Yuangang answered decisively, then thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if there is a Mingxi Sword in the ancestral hall of the Duke of Yuan, then this one may be forged!"

"Forgery?" Hearing what Li Yuangang said, the emperor was stunned for a moment, took out the Mingxi sword again, looked at it carefully, and suddenly threw the sword on the ground and said: "This Mingxi sword is fake!"

"Father, this shows that what Cai Erchen said just now is true." Ouyang Haoxuan said immediately: "Yang Xiuji must have been instigated by others to frame the Duke of Yuan with the Sword of Darkness, and he just faked it." For the crime of bestowing sacred objects, I think Yang Xiuji should be taken into custody!"

"Haoxuan's words are reasonable, take him away first, and interrogate him!" The emperor seemed to be tired, he waved his hand, and the imperial guards didn't give Yang Xiuji a chance to argue, so they just covered their mouths and pressed down.

"Duke Zhen, about Liu Qi, I will ask Haoxuan to interrogate him carefully, and I will definitely give Duke Zhen an explanation." Actually, the emperor didn't need to talk to Liu Yuancheng like this, but Nian Zhen Guogong just lost his beloved son. For his sake, the emperor gave him enough face.

"My minister, thank the emperor for his kindness!" Liu Yuancheng also knew that the dead cannot be brought back to life, so after hearing what the emperor said, he naturally couldn't continue to entangle this matter.

At this point, the matter has basically been settled, and the rest has to wait for the results of the interrogation before making a decision.

The emperor took Eunuch Liu back to the palace. On the way, the emperor who was sitting on Long Yu suddenly opened his mouth to Eunuch Liu, saying: "The old five is getting more and more courageous now, how dare he lay such a big game to frame Yun?" Yue Xi and Lao Qi, if not for the cleverness of those two children, I am afraid that they would be unable to argue with each other now."

"Your Majesty, do we still need to investigate this matter?" Eunuch Liu asked tentatively.

"Go and tell Lao Qi, just find out about Yun Mingyan and that deputy general." The emperor pinched his brows, and said in a tired voice, "Let's stop here."

"Slave understands." Eunuch Liu quickly responded, as if thinking of something, and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhen..."

"Regardless of the truth about Liu Qi, Lord Zhen has no son, but no matter what, the Yun family is innocent, and choosing a day to behead him can be regarded as an explanation to Duke Zhen." After the emperor finished speaking, he waved his hand, Close your eyes and stop talking.

Eunuch Liu respectfully followed Long Huo. Although there was no reaction on the surface, he was a little disappointed in his heart. The emperor still refused to attack the fifth prince. It seemed that the young master had to find another way.

But at this time, the atmosphere in Yun Mansion became more tense. ,

Yun Yi sat at the top of the flower hall with a dark face, Yun Fusheng and Wu Shi sat on his left, while the others sat or stood, and no one spoke.

"Mingsi, come and tell me what's going on today!" Yun Yi stared at Yun Mingsi, and said in a deep voice, "For so many years, my father has always believed in you, and it turned out that the statement was right under your nose Did these tricks under the hood! Don't you, the big brother, not notice it at all?"

(End of this chapter)

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