Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 619 Is it a treason?
"You are good at natural craftsmanship, and you have helped your second brother to mount paintings and calligraphy. You are most familiar with various tools. Besides you, who can use those things with ease? Tell me, did you kill the father?" said the prince angrily.

"Third brother... Do you still want to deny it now? Why did you do these outrageous things?" The second prince, Xiyuan, stared at him with tears in his eyes and asked.

"I...I didn't! I didn't kill my father...My father died from a relapse of an old injury, not me!" The third prince shook his head desperately, and suddenly knelt down in front of King Silla's coffin, whining began to cry.

"What's going on?" Li Canghai asked, frowning slightly upon hearing the words.

"That night, my father called me to the imperial study and told me that he would leave the throne to the two princes and planned to send me to Datang as a hostage to thank Datang for sending troops to save me. I don't accept it! My father has so many sons, why do you want me to be a proton? I am not as good as the two brothers? In terms of intelligence, I am not inferior to the second brother, and in terms of martial arts, I am not inferior to the elder brother. Why can't I inherit the throne?" The third prince clenched his fists and roared in a low voice.

"Just because of this, you did such a rebellious thing and killed your father?" The eldest prince glared at him furiously and roared.

"I... I didn't kill my father. My father died from a relapse of an old injury... I just took advantage of my father's death..." The third prince gasped.

The eldest prince was very angry, he shouted: "Third son! What is going on with you, you unfilial son? Tell me clearly!"

The third prince smiled helplessly, and said to Li Canghai: "Uncle Wang, you are right. Except for killing my father, I did everything else. I thought that with the help of my father's death, I would be able to Inheriting the throne... Unexpectedly, I couldn't escape Uncle Wang's eyes. Everything was just as Uncle Wang said. I dragged the Buddha statue to the door with ice cubes and blocked the door. I thought that everyone would believe Father. The king died from the curse of the Golden Toad Sword. But Uncle Wang and the second brother always believed that the father was killed by someone, so in order to make everyone believe in the curse of the Golden Toad Sword, I pretended to be the big brother and burned down the side hall , and threw the carved ice tripod into the sea of ​​flames to give everyone the illusion of infinite power."

"It doesn't make sense! You are half a foot taller than the eldest prince, how did you pretend to be him?" Li Yu asked.

"Are these still important?" The third prince's face was pale, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Actually, I made a half-foot-high wooden frame and put it on my shoulders, and then put on the battle armor." , and then put the helmet with hair on the shelf, so that it was similar in height to the big brother. After throwing the ice tripod into the sea of ​​fire, I fled in the dark. On the surface, I was heading towards the strange stone garden Go, actually I fled to the snow bamboo forest on the side, and after I hid my armor and other things, I went to the strange stone garden."

"So, in order to make us believe in cursing and killing people, you don't hesitate to take the life of the eldest brother?" The second prince stared at him with wide-eyed anger.

"I... I didn't intend to kill Brother Wang...!" The third prince's voice became lower and lower.

Li Canghai sighed, and said: "He just wanted to take the opportunity to make Xitai lose his prestige, and he didn't intend to kill him. Although Xitai's wrist was cut, but the artery was not injured. If he really wanted to kill Xitai, he could do it." A sword took his life, there is no need to do that."

"Third brother...you have always been well-behaved and sensible, why did you suddenly become like this? Now that Silla is no longer a country, even if you inherit the throne, what can you do? How can you be so confused? Do such outrageous things? Ah!" The eldest prince Xitai said bitterly.

"My father always thought that I was inferior to you. He ruled the country with benevolence, but what happened? He was beaten to Jincheng by Dongying, and the people were killed and injured countless times! This is all caused by the decision of the father! I know that in your eyes, I have always been I am not a good-for-nothing waste, but I am not! I also know that the father will not pass on to me, but the elder brother is martial, and is easily impulsive. The second brother is proficient in writing, but he is indecisive. They all have their own shortcomings, and they are not suitable emperors. Candidates. In your eyes, I may be coveting the throne, but I don't! I can't just watch Silla destroy the country, I want Dongying to know the fate of invading Silla, and I want Silla to be lucky forever!" The third prince His tone of voice gradually increased, and his expression became even more excited.

Everyone fell into silence, no one spoke, only the impassioned words of the third prince echoed throughout Jingyang Palace.

"You are wrong." At this time, Li Canghai suddenly sighed with regret, looked at the third prince who seemed to be in a mad state, and said, "Xizhen, you are so sorry for your father's expectations! Do you know , why do I know this edict is fake? Because, the real edict, your father gave it to me early in the morning!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was another wave of ups and downs.

Li Canghai took out the slender brocade box given to him by the King of Silla from the table, and said deeply: "This is what your father asked me to keep. At first I didn't know what it was until I opened it. Knowing that this is his will. It is this will that makes me suspicious of you, so take it and see for yourself!"

With that said, Li Canghai took out the edict inside and handed it to him.

The third prince was slightly taken aback, and then reached out to take it. After unfolding it, he carefully looked at the will on it, but when he finished reading it, his hands suddenly trembled violently.

"This... This is impossible!" The third prince was short of breath, his face was ugly, and the will suddenly fell to the ground in his hand.

"What is impossible?" Li Yu picked up the edict curiously, and after reading it, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "The edict of King Silla actually says that the third prince Xizhen will inherit the throne?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar.

"Sir, isn't this edict also made up of fragments?" Li Yu asked in surprise.

"This edict was handed over to me by Brother Wang himself the night before his death. There is absolutely no falsehood." Li Canghai looked at the third prince who was stunned in place, and said seriously: "Xizhen, you are right, Xitai and Xiyuan It is true that each has its own shortcomings. You are different from them. At first, I also felt puzzled, why did Brother Wang hand over the throne to you? But now, I know that you are thoughtful and thoughtful, and are far beyond human reach. If you can make such Meticulous thoughtful use on the country and the country will definitely make Silla stronger."

"It turns out...my father has always attached great importance to me, he didn't despise me...but why did my father let me go to Datang as a proton?" The third prince said to himself with a bitter voice.

"When Brother Wang handed over this edict to me, he was worried that Silla would fall into chaos after his death. He asked you to go to Datang as a hostage, in fact, to protect you and let you live in the Tang Dynasty. Return to Silla when the time is right." Li Canghai glanced at him and said deeply.

(End of this chapter)