slave like jade

Chapter 186
Yu Ruyan called Yue Yu who was about to leave, and said solemnly: "I still need Prince Yi to find out for me!"

Ever since Yue Yu confessed everything to her that day, not only when Mu Ling was there, but when the two of them were alone together, Yu Ruyan never called him 'big brother' again, and even followed Mu Lingzhi. I never called him 'Brother Yi', but I kept calling him 'Prince Yi'!
Such a title was heard in Yue Yu's heart, and his identity made him feel uncomfortable!

He knew that from the moment she knew his true identity, the relationship between them would never go back to the way it was before.

Taking a step back, Yue Yu described it plainly with a bit of guilt, the aura around him was no longer as sharp as that of facing Mu Ping. Ten years of national hatred and family hatred...

Clearing his throat, he looked at her tenderly, and asked gently: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Is it uncomfortable to live here? Don't worry, you will be released from prison immediately after the public trial tomorrow. Please be patient for a while..."

"I want to ask Prince Yi to help me with a case."

Yu Ruyan interrupted Yue Yu, and said slowly: "This case is about Chen Shiwei who died suddenly beside the prince, and the death of his daughter Chen Yanfei. I suspect that they also died after Mu Ziyue and Master Yi Qing too hands."

Yue Yu nodded seriously after hearing the words, and said, "I'll help you find out right away, don't worry..."

"There's no need to investigate, because I already have the evidence. Prince Yi only needs to bring this case up for public trial tomorrow!"

Yu Ruyan quietly opened her big empty eyes and looked at the direction of Yue Yu's voice. Although she couldn't see her eyes, her mind was extremely clear!

Before Yue Yu could speak, she spoke again——

Her voice was soft and indifferent, but mixed with the coldness of this prison cell, there was a bit more biting feeling for no reason!

"When Uncle Chen died, it was also very sudden. According to Chen Ma's description, he probably died under Yiqing's poisonous needle. So just open his coffin, find out the real cause of his death, and see the poison on his body. Is it the same as the poison quenched by the silver needles carried by Yiqing?"

After listening to the clue she gave, Yue Yu nodded seriously and wrote it down.

"As for Chen Yanfei—"

Speaking of this, Yu Ruyan stopped suddenly, and said to Chunhua and Qiuyue: "Go down and boil a pot of tea!"

What she meant was very clear, what she said next, even the trusted servant girl around her wanted to avoid it.

The two servant girls were slightly taken aback when they heard the words, and Yue Yu's complexion changed even more, showing a bit of nervousness in his expression.

After Chunhua and Qiuyue went down as promised, Yu Ruyan came straight to the point and said, "Uncle Chen's family died for no reason, all because Chen Yanfei handled a blueprint, and this blueprint was exactly what Mu Ziyang wanted to get when he ventured into the prison a few days ago. That blueprint of the route—presumably, the blueprint that was the only clue to the assassination of the crown prince three years ago is on Yixia's body right now!"

Yue Yu's mind was transparent, when he heard this, he thought of something in an instant, he could not help but clenched his hands tightly, his voice was weak, and he replied softly: "This is the only evidence that Mu Ziyang betrayed the prince, I must take it seriously keep it……"

"That's good!"

Yu Ruyan smiled very calmly, and said in a cool tone: "Prince Yi has such strong evidence in hand, is he trying to use this evidence to punish Mu Ziyang who betrayed the prince's itinerary three years ago? Find out the real murderer who really killed the prince?"

Hearing this, Yue Yu's breath was stagnant, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yu Ruyan, who was indifferent in disbelief, although she couldn't see her eyes, everything seemed so clear in front of her that it couldn't be concealed...

Although she couldn't see the description on Yue Yu's face, she already guessed his expression at the moment.

She continued to speak calmly and slowly: "Listen to Ling Zhi, the assassination three years ago was extremely tragic. The guards around the prince were all decapitated, and the prince's car was blown into pieces by gunpowder. Torn apart... Prince Yi thinks, who would have such a great hatred for the prince back then, who would have such a cruel hand against the young child?"

Yue Yu's whole body was icy cold, his lips moved with difficulty, and he was unable to utter a word...

The smile on Yu Ruyan's face showed a hint of understanding, "Before, Chen Yanfei deliberately told me in front of Xiaodao that the assassination three years ago was carried out by Ling Zhi. At that time, looking at her Taking out this blueprint with Ling Zhi's handwriting made me believe everything she defiled..."

"Presumably, Xiao Dao, who was hiding in the dark at the time, also believed in Chen Yanfei's slander, that's why he had a lot of resentment towards Ling Zhi later, and later the two brothers openly turned against each other, which almost caused a catastrophe..."

"Prince Yi, Ling Zhi has said about you more than once in front of me, saying that you are the person he admires the most in his life, and it is precisely because of this that he has not celebrated the Han Rui Festival in the past ten years, and it is also because he stabbed you at the beginning. That sword strike made him feel guilty towards you that could never be wiped away..."

"Because of the grievances and grievances of the previous generation ten years ago, he felt guilty about you for the rest of his life. And because of me, he felt guilty about the knife. And because of the arrow that shot at my luan sedan back then, and the thing that blinded me now, let him He is guilty of me again... He is guilty of everyone. He is the most affectionate and righteous person in the world, but he lives the most exhausting life... In fact, he is the most pitiful person..."

Speaking of Mu Lingzhi, Yu Ruyan's heart aches for him, and it is precisely because of her understanding of him that her heart aches for the cold-blooded and cruel Invincible God of War in the eyes of outsiders, but actually has a pain that outsiders don't know...

She understands him best, so she also loves him the most...

The cell fell into silence...

For a long time, Yu Ruyan didn't say a word, and Yue Yu didn't speak again. For a while, both of them fell into this terrible silence...

After a long time, Yue Yu's dry voice sounded again in the cell——

"I will naturally admit what I have done. Tomorrow, I will personally confess to King Liang, the Crown Prince and... Ling Zhi about the assassination three years ago... as long as the misunderstanding between the Crown Prince and Ling Zhi is resolved, The resentment between their brothers will be resolved..."

When Yue Yu finally admitted with his own mouth that he was responsible for the assassination three years ago, Yu Ruyan's face was calm and she was not shocked at all!

Seeing her clear expression, Yue Yu's heart was shocked, and he said in a trembling voice: "You...you already knew?"

Yu Ruyan let out a heavy breath from her chest, and said in a calm voice, "I didn't know it was you before, but when Mu Ziyang came to the prison late at night to look for blueprints, I suddenly realized that the assassination three years ago The one with the knife is you..."

"Because of this drawing, not many people in the world know about it. Apart from King Liang, Xiao Dao, Ling Zhi and Mu Ziyang who stole the drawing, there is one person who knows Xiao, and that is the assassin who finally got the drawing from Mu Ziyang... ..."

"That day, you not only recognized the blueprint at a glance, but also knew that the blueprint belonged to Mu Ziyang. You also concealed this matter from Ling Zhi. Therefore, it is not difficult to guess that you are the assassin who made a deal with him. But from Mu Ziyang's tone, he doesn't know that the assassin is you..."

"Prince Yi has done all of this flawlessly without leaving any evidence. Even if I know all of this now, I'm afraid I can't convince King Liang that you are the one who planned to kill Xiaodao three years ago, so..."

"So you're afraid that I won't admit it, right?" Yue Yu's face was pale, and he couldn't help laughing at himself bitterly.Looking at this extremely intelligent woman in front of him, he felt more and more guilty to the point of shame...

When more and more truths surfaced, Yue Yu felt that he no longer had any face to face Yu Ruyan, and he became more and more ashamed.

His face was gloomy, and he said bitterly: "Don't worry, I will definitely confess everything in front of King Liang and the Crown Prince, and return Ling Zhi's innocence..."

"No!" Yu Ruyan interrupted him, and said in a cold voice: "Maybe Ling Zhi already knew something, he is smarter than me, and he didn't say it because he cherishes you and King Liang. , and the relationship between him and him was finally settled..."

Hearing this, Yue Yu, whose heart was ashamed, was startled, and looked at Yu Ruyan in confusion.

Yu Ruyan continued: "I'm telling you this today, I don't want Prince Yi to be punished for the wrong things he did. After all, what King Liang did to your parents is more popular than you assassinating a knife. hatred……"

"The grievances and grievances between you and King Liang, and the entire Daliang royal family, you can no longer tell who is right and who is wrong. In the end, you are just a victim of the mutiny ten years ago."

"But now, you are willing to let go of your hatred, and King Liang is willing to let you go. This situation is exactly what Ling Zhi has always hoped to see. His wish for so many years is that you can forgive King Liang, forgive him, and forgive Daliang. The damage the royal family caused to you, I will become brothers with you again..."

"It is precisely because of this that what I want to say today is that I hope that Prince Yi will keep what happened three years ago in his heart and rot it in his heart, so that no one will say it. Don't let this double-edged sword hurt you. It also hurt the hard-won brotherhood between Ling Zhi and you..."

Hearing this, Yue Yu's heart was shocked. He stared blankly at Yu Ruyan's indifferent but stunningly beautiful face in the dark prison cell. Not only was he shocked, but he couldn't help feeling endless envy towards Mu Lingzhi——

In life, one knows that one has no regrets when one dies, but Mu Lingzhi being able to get Yu Ruyan is the greatest happiness.

Everyone in the world only saw that Mu Lingzhi abandoned the world, country and supreme power for Yu Ruyan, but they didn't know that compared with these dead things, this woman in front of him was the rarest treasure in the world!
After a long time, he said in a low voice, "I promise you!"

After all, he no longer had the face to face her, and fled in a hurry...

On the second day, Dali Temple officially tried Mu Ziyue and his party. King Liang, the crown prince, Xie Anhou and others heard that Dali Temple had found out the real cause of Empress Xie's death, so they all rushed to Dali Temple to participate in the public trial. Other ministers also came to watch, there were too many people, and the people of the entire Eastern Capital rushed to Dali Temple to watch after hearing the news.

In the end, seeing that there were too many people at the scene, the prince proposed to move the court to the vast school grounds at the main entrance of Dali Temple.

King Liang and all the princes and ministers sat on the high steps, and the empty ground below which was separated by the Habayashi Army was crowded with the people of the Eastern Capital.

The entire school grounds were packed with people, and everyone was impatiently waiting for the long-awaited and sensational case of Qin Xianglou and the murder of Empress Xie, looking forward to the final conclusion today.

Yue Yu sat in front of the hall, his cool eyes slowly swept across the crowd, and as the gavel fell from his hand, the noisy and lively scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone was silently waiting for the interrogation to begin.

Five criminals were escorted up, Yu Ruyan was also one of the criminals, and knelt in front of the hall together with the other four.

Mu Xiang and the first prince Mu Yunzhi were all present, and Mrs. Mu and the women from the back house of the first prince's mansion also quietly appeared in the crowd with their faces covered under the leadership of Yu Wan.

And Mu Ziyue's personal maid Die Xiang, and Zeng Yu Ruyan's dowry maid Xiao Qing also hid in the group in fear.

This public trial was also the biggest public trial since the founding of the Liang Dynasty.

It is not so much a public trial as it is a final verdict, because Yue Yu doesn't need Mu Ziyue and the others to confess their crimes or not, the evidence is solid, he just announced their crimes to the world.

With a serious expression, he read out the crimes of the four people one by one, starting from Mu Ziyue, Yu Mingyan and Yiqing who pretended to be a jade girl, to setting fire to the Qin Xianglou, and to sowing discord between the crown prince and the third prince. , slandering the third prince and killing the guards of the East Palace, the Chen family, and then when the matter of the jade girl was revealed, she laid a poisonous spell on the empress, murdered her, and then blamed Yu Ruyan...

And among these appalling crimes, there is also the crime of Mu Ziyang stealing the prince's travel plans and betraying the prince three years ago, causing the prince to be assassinated...

One after another, in the ears of King Liang and the people of the world, it is frantic and unbelievable.And every time Yue Yu mentioned one thing, he would ask people from Dali Temple to present evidence, and these evidences were corpses lying all over the floor...

When the King of Liang learned that Empress Xie had died under the Gu of the Underworld, he was so angry that he almost got up from the soft chariot, wishing to crush the three scorpion-hearted women in front of him. Without stopping, he kicked the three kneeling people to the ground one by one. If he didn't want them to die so happily, he would have drawn his sword and killed them one by one.

After several days of torture in the torture room of Dali Temple, Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue have lost the slightest human appearance, each of them is covered with scars and blood stains...

Because Mu Ziyue's broken left eye was not diagnosed and treated, it was eroded and pus-filled. The eyeball of the once full and beautiful pair of almond eyes was rotten, and thick yellow pus flowed out, as if it was about to burst from the eye socket. The way it fell out of the inside is really disgusting to see.

And her right wrist, which was broken by Mu Lingzhi, was twisted and weirdly exposed because she didn't connect it in time.His ten slender fingers were swollen and rotten like carrots that were about to rot, bleeding continuously, and his body was covered with scars, exuding a rotten stench, which was described as extremely terrifying.

Yu Mingzhu, who was kneeling next to her, was equally horrible——

That day, she was poured into the "white bone dry" by the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi whom she regarded as her beloved. Not only did she lose her hard-earned child, but she also scratched her cheeks to pieces when she was poisoned. Intact skin.

During these days in the cell, she had just had a miscarriage. She was sitting on the body of Xiaoyue, but she endured torture every day. Her whole body was rotten, not to mention bleeding and festering. She was already dying. body...

Mrs. Yiqing also suffered a lot after her veins were severed by a knife. She knew that she had too many lives in her hands, and the queen died directly in her hands. She already expected that her end would be the most miserable Yes, so I have tried to die in prison countless times——

Hit the wall, bite your tongue, go on a hunger strike, hang yourself...

But every time, the jailer found out and stopped her in time. In the end, the jailer directly hung her on the wall of the torture room day and night, handcuffed her hands and feet with barbed locks, and made her feel pain to the bone marrow when she moved. cork...

In fact, even if she didn't stuff her mouth, she couldn't kill herself by biting her tongue again, because the jailer had already broken her white teeth unceremoniously since the first time she bit her tongue to kill herself...

Mu Ziyang is not much better than the previous three women.

Before he was locked in the cell, the lower half of his body was beaten to pieces with [-] large boards. Later, when the confessions were extracted again and again, the jailers were merciless and threw him into a vat full of spirits.The stick wound on his lower body was already painful to the bone marrow, but it was even more heart-piercing when soaked in stimulating spirits. It was exactly the name of this punishment - Drunken Bone Crisp.

Even if he was a martial artist, he couldn't bear such a painful punishment, but he couldn't die...

Looking at his two sons and daughters, the proud son and daughter of the emperor in the past, the jewel in the palm of his hand, but now they are so neither human nor ghost, and listening to Yue Yu's more and more horrific crimes. Xiang's heart throbbed again, his face was as pale as death ashes, and he was about to faint, but there was an exclamation from beside him—Madam Mu couldn't bear the blow, and fainted before him...

Amid the anger of the crowd, King Liang personally sentenced Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu to be divided into five horses, while the murderous master Yiqing was executed with a thousand swords, and Mu Ziyang——

King Liang was about to open his mouth to execute him, but Mu Xiang couldn't bear it any longer and knelt down on the ground. He knelt forward and cried bitterly in front of King Liang, begging King Liang to forgive him and leave the last tree in Mu's family. Incense, stay Mu Ziyang's life!
The majestic prime minister of the two dynasties, the powerful prime minister with power over the world, usually even the king of Liang would give him three points of courtesy, but today he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the people of the entire Eastern Capital, kowtowing to the king of Liang and begging for mercy, crying so hard Tears, snot and tears...

He was so young, with only such a son under his knees, if Mu Ziyang died, their Mu family would really lose their incense.

However, Mu Xiang didn't know that Mu Ziyang's lower body was seriously injured, and he was soaked in strong wine, which had already hurt his roots.

Mu Xiang cried miserably, but no one sympathized with him, Xiaodao stepped forward to kiss him coldly, and said coldly: "Mu Xiang is reluctant to part with your son, but have you ever thought that if it wasn't for the fate of my son three years ago? , has already been killed by him, such a serious crime, it is a great kindness for the father not to let your whole family be punished, and dare to ask the father to spare his dog's life!"

Xie Anhou was even more annoyed, and also knelt down in front of King Liang, saying: "Your Majesty, the appearance of wood can be regarded as a model for all the officials, but the pair of sons and daughters you have taught have no conscience. To frame the prince, Muting the empress, doing all kinds of bad things, according to the criminal law of Daliang, one family of Mufu should be sentenced to punish the nine clans! Your majesty, please punish the villain severely to avenge the blood of the empress!"

Hearing Xie Anhou's words, Mu Xiang's whole body trembled like a broken leaf in the wind, and he was too trembling to say a word.In desperation, she involuntarily turned her head to look at the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi who had been keeping his eyelids closed all the time, and gave him a desperate wink to ask him to come forward and speak for him.

Now that such a big event happened on Mujiatan, it seemed that they were about to be punished by the nine clans.Mu Yunzhi is still willing to speak for Muxiang again.

But then he thought about the shady things he and Mu Xiang had done together. If he did too badly and angered Mu Xiang and asked him to expose their deeds, he might not be able to bear it. and left.

Not to mention anything else, just the 20 taels of silver from the disaster-stricken areas in the south, and the lives of the imperial envoys. If the emperor knows about it, he will die...

Thinking of this, Mu Yunzhi gritted his teeth and stiffened his neck and pleaded for Mu Xiang: "Father, the wrong things Mu Ziyue and Mu Ziyang did, I think Mu Xiang must not know about it. He is a talented minister of the two dynasties. , but also the minister of our big beam, although he is responsible for negligence, but the crime is not enough to kill the nine clans, please think twice!"

Looking at the people kneeling below, Liang Wang frowned tightly, looking at the white-haired wooden face in embarrassment, he was really hard to make up his mind.

Involuntarily, he looked at Yue Yu, who was standing quietly beside him, and asked, "What suggestion does my nephew have?"

Looking at Mu Xiang and the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi in front of him, Yue Yu's heart was cold, but before she could speak, Yu Ruyan, who had been supported to stand up and remove the chains from her body, suddenly spoke out coldly.

Her eyes can't see all kinds of beings, but everyone's face is very clearly presented one by one in her heart——

With a cold smile, she said coldly: "Ruyan still remembers that when the eldest prince was beheading Ruyan before, he kept saying that the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, and even the third prince had to die to make amends for robbing the court, Mu Zi A few people killed so many lives in just a few months, and there were only 27 people in the Qin Xianglou, and the corpses were placed halfway across the street. Isn't this kind of evil deed enough for the father, Muxiang, to take the blame and punish him? Donggong killed people, framed the crown prince, and even the empress would not let go, such cruelty and boldness, how dare Prime Minister Mu dare to beg for mercy to spare your son!?"

Yu Ruyan didn't want the lives of other members of the Mu family, but she decided to decide the lives of Mu Ziyue and Mu Ziyang!

Asking Mu Ziyue to pay for her life was not only to vent her grievances, but also for Chen Ma's last entrustment.

But Mu Ziyang's life was to avenge An Ge, to avenge his teasing and abandonment back then, and for causing An Ge to lose his right to be a mother.

Yu Ruyan's few short words completely aroused the indignation of the people, and they demanded that King Liang execute Mu Ziyang.

And Yue Yu also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, among so many incidents, the one who suffered the most wronged and suffered the most was the fifth princess Yu Ruyan. Before, all these crimes were tainted on her, and she In vain blinded a pair of eyes, and suffered endless accusations and infamy, and several people almost lost their lives. Now, all the truth is revealed. As the victim, the fifth princess should also seek an explanation for the innocent injustice she suffered gone."

Xiao Dao also interjected: "Prince Yi is right. My sister was hurt badly by them, she has the most right to speak."

Hearing what the two said, the King of Liang also felt guilty towards Yu Ruyan, and he couldn't help saying: "This vicious master gave her Ling Chi to die, and Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue were divided into five horses, only Mu Ziyang, you It's up to you to decide how to punish!"

As soon as King Liang's words fell, the audience was silent, everyone looked at Yu Ruyan, to see how she would deal with Mu Ziyang?
Everyone's eyes fell on her, even Mu Ziyang and Mu Ziyue, who were kneeling on the ground already looking dead, looked at her eagerly.

After waking up, Mrs. Mu saw that the power of life and death of her son was actually in Yu Ruyan's hands. Even though she knew that the chance of letting her let her son go was only one in ten thousand, she still couldn't help rushing. He knelt down in front of Yu Ruyan, kowtowed heavily towards her, and pleaded bitterly, "Fifth princess, living Bodhisattva, please let the little one go, my lord. Fate... I am over half a hundred years old, and I only have such a son under my knees. I beg the Bodhisattva to let the boy go. As long as I can let him live, the princess will let me do whatever I want. what……"

Mrs. Mu's sobbing and begging made people cry, but it couldn't affect Yu Ruyan's firm heart.

After hearing her keep saying that their Mu family would be broken, Yu Ruyan felt more hatred in her heart, coldness flashed in her empty eyes, and she suddenly said coldly: "Madam Mu, do you still remember Brother An?!"

Her abrupt words stunned Mrs. Mu who was crying bitterly.She raised her broken and bleeding forehead and looked at Yu Ruyan in confusion, feeling that the name she said was familiar but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"Heh." Before she remembered who An Ge was, Yu Ruyan snorted coldly: "A year ago, my close girl, An Ge, was deceived by your good son in order to find me, but After you became pregnant with the flesh and blood of your Mu family, you sold him into Qin Xianglou. The child in your belly was tortured to death in Brother An's stomach... Mrs. Mu, you killed your grandson with your own hands, but now Don't you think it's ridiculous to keep begging me for the incense of your Mu family?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Mu was completely stunned, her body limply fell to the ground, unable to utter a word.

Seeing her mother bowing her knees in front of Yu Ruyan and begging for mercy, Mu Ziyue's heart felt as if a knife had been twisted. She herself could not escape death anyway, but she couldn't see her elderly parents suffering here because of her. Humiliated, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and sternly said to Yu Ruyan: "Yu Ruyan, I, Mu Ziyue, was the one who harmed you from the beginning to the end, and now I am convinced that I have lost to you, but my brother and my parents I didn't harm you, if you have a conscience, you shouldn't implicate the innocent..."

"Are they innocent?"

After hearing Mu Ziyue's words, Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing, she said firmly, "That day when the crown prince gave the seal, when the altar collapsed, but your good brother hurt my foot with a stone , looking forward to me being smashed to death by the altar, and your father colluded with the supervisor Tianqin to slander me as a malevolent star in troubled times, which one thing they did was not a vicious thing to kill me?!"

As for Yu Ruyan's aggressive questioning, Mu Ziyue's face turned pale, and Mu Xiang and Mu Ziyang's faces turned ashen.

"And your mother is even more ruthless, and she can't let go of pregnant women. Your Mu family deserves to have no children or grandchildren!"

As soon as Yu Ruyan said this, Mrs. Mu was completely desperate. She couldn't help crying heartbreakingly anymore, and cried to the petrified Mu Xiang beside her: "Master, save Yang'er, he is our The only son of the Mu family."

The majestic and majestic face of the wooden figure was already filled with grief and panic, but at this moment, he couldn't say a word anymore, and he collapsed on the ground blankly, his face ashen ashes...

Yu Ruyan said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the law states that murdering the heir of the emperor is a death penalty. Think about the suffering the crown prince suffered before, think about the pain of thinking about the son of your majesty and the empress, so, Mu Ziyang—crime Damn it!"

As soon as this remark came out, the dust settled!

Since noon yesterday, Mu Lingzhi has been so busy that no one is seen. Until now, he has not been seen in the public trial. No one knows where he went...

(End of this chapter)