The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

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"I...I didn't!" Under Ji Wuye's gaze, Zhang Kai felt immense pressure, but he still managed to steady himself and answer Ji Wuye.

Ji Wuye gave his reasons: "On the day I killed Tianze, the Fourth Prince proposed to the King that Princess Honglian be married to my son, but you and Sikou Hanfei strongly opposed it."

"After that, he did everything he could to obstruct the matter at every court assembly."

"Now that my son is about to return to the capital and his wedding to Princess Honglian is approaching, you have realized that you cannot stop it, so you have sent people to kill my son."

Ji Wuye then presented a well-reasoned and supported speculation.

The Fourth Prince Han Yu, the King of Han on the throne, and some court officials who had just heard of Ji Yihu's murder all looked at Zhang Kaidi after hearing Ji Wuye's words.

As Zhang Kai was being stared at, he realized that he had to speak up and defend himself. If he remained silent, these people would probably really think that he had done it.

So he quickly said to the King of Han, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

“Your humble servant has never done such a thing.”

Han Fei, standing next to Zhang Kaidi, also spoke up upon seeing this: "Investigating wrongful convictions is the duty of your son, the Minister of Justice. I beg you, Father, to entrust this case to me. I will certainly give the General a satisfactory answer and bring the mastermind to justice."

One of the methods Han Fei considered was to get the case under his own control and investigate it.

The premise is that Wei Zhuang didn't lie to him, and Ji Yihu's death really had nothing to do with Wei Zhuang.

Chapter 154 It's either me or him

Han Fei finally stepped forward, but in this way.

That's really surprising.

After hearing Han Fei's words, King Han hesitated.

He acknowledged Han Fei's abilities.

Admittedly, King Han did not particularly like his son Han Fei in the past, but with Han Fei's return to the country and his repeated solving of strange cases, King Han has gradually changed his opinion of Han Fei.

So, should we let Han Fei investigate this case?

The King of Han has not yet agreed to this matter.

Ji Wuye spoke first, launching an attack on Han Fei, "You sent me to investigate?"

"I'm afraid this matter will just be left unresolved in the end."

"Guards, take Han Fei and Zhang Kaidi into custody."

Ji Wuye gave the order.

The imperial guards waiting in the main hall reacted immediately, but ultimately did not act rashly by arresting Han Fei and Zhang Kaidi. After all, this was the royal palace, and even though Ji Wuye was a great general with a transcendent position in the army, this was not the place for them.

However, as imperial guards, their direct leader was the King of Han.

Upon hearing Ji Wuye's words, the King of Han immediately asked him with some confusion, "General, why is this the case?"

Although Ji Wuye had experienced the pain of losing his son, he could not suppress the anger in his heart whenever he thought about his son's death.

But before seeking revenge for his son, he still retained a sliver of reason.

“Your Majesty, I have reason to believe that Zhang Kaidi and Han Fei are the murderers who murdered my son. Since Your Majesty has given me the power to act first and report later, I have no reason to let any suspect go unpunished.”

"Your Majesty need not worry. I will not harm them until the truth is revealed. If they are truly innocent, they will be released naturally."

"But if they really did it..."

Before Ji Wuye could speak, the King of Han interjected, "The laws of the land are clear and will not wrong any good person, nor will they let any bad person go unpunished. General, please do as you see fit."

With that, he ordered the Imperial Guards to seize Zhang Kaidi and Han Fei on the spot.

Zhang Kaidi still tried to struggle a few times.

Han Fei, on the other hand, simply accepted his fate and didn't even bother to struggle.

Thus, the farce that unfolded in the imperial court came to an end.

The fourth young master, Han Yu, watched as Zhang Kaidi and Han Fei, who usually opposed him, were captured, but he felt no joy whatsoever.

Because of Ji Wuye's outburst of anger in court today, he saw many different things.

In the past, he thought that kings were high above and all-powerful.

Therefore, after the death of the crown prince, he desperately wanted to become the crown prince again, just to ascend to the throne.

However, today, he suddenly realized it.

The so-called king is nothing more than that. A king is not as powerful as imagined and is still subject to many things.

For example... powerful ministers.

Ji Wuye is currently only a Grand General, but when he gets really angry, his father has no choice but to give in to him and obey him in every way. First, he gave Ji Wuye the power to act first and report later. This time, he even directly helped Ji Wuye to have the current Prime Minister Zhang Kaidi detain his son Han Fei.

Without a doubt, this was what his father feared.

In order to quell Ji Wuye's anger and with the intention of settling things peacefully, he did this.

If I were to become the crown prince or the king, would I truly be able to suppress Ji Wuye?

Should the position of Grand Master of Ceremonies be given to Ji Wuye?

Han Yu hesitated.

In the past, he believed he could control everything. In order to obtain the position of crown prince, he took the initiative to find Ji Wuye, hoping to use Ji Wuye's power to help him ascend to the throne.

Now he realizes that Ji Wuye may not be someone he can control.

……

The turmoil in the imperial court has temporarily come to an end with the detention of the two suspects, Zhang Kaidi and Han Fei.

But the unrest among the people did not end there.

Soon, news spread that Zhang Kaidi and Han Fei had been arrested by Ji Wuye as the masterminds behind the murder of Ji Yihu.

Zhang Liang, who was in the Prime Minister's residence, learned of this news.

He was immediately extremely anxious.

Because Han Fei was his beloved elder brother, and Zhang Kaidi was his grandfather.

He never imagined that Ji Wuye would be so audacious.

This undoubtedly broke through his understanding of Ji Wuye.

In the past, although Ji Wuye wielded immense power, there was something he still feared: the power of the king...

It was precisely for this reason that Han Fei was able to swindle the 100,000 taels of gold military pay from Ji Wuye. Now it seems that they had all greatly underestimated Ji Wuye's madness.

But that's not surprising, since Ji Yihu is dead.

It's understandable that Ji Wuye is now recklessly disregarding the law and trampling on the laws of Han in order to avenge Ji Yihu.

However, being able to understand does not mean that Zhang Liang could sit idly by and watch Han Fei be arrested.

Earlier, Han Fei left the manor in the south city because he was worried about causing trouble for Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu.

Now that he has learned that Han Fei and Zhang Kaidi have been arrested, Zhang Liang has to go there again.

He carefully avoided the many city defense troops.

Ji Wuye has imposed a city-wide lockdown and is searching the entire city for Wei Zhuang's whereabouts. Sure enough, Wei Zhuang has appeared after the battle at Broken Soul Valley and has been identified by Ji Wuye as the murderer of Ji Yihu.

Although Wei Zhuang disguised himself, the disguise was incomplete, and his identity has already been exposed.

When Zhang Liang arrived at the manor.

Both Zi Nu and Wei Zhuang looked solemn.

Zhang Liang didn't hide anything and directly revealed the bad news, "Brother Han Fei and my grandfather have both been captured by Ji Wuye."

"As expected, Ji Wuye has gone mad." Upon hearing this news, Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu were not too surprised, as if they had long anticipated that Ji Wuye would do such a thing.

Then, Zhang Liang learned another 0.5 thing from the two of them.

That is, Ji Wuye has completely concluded that Ji Yihu's death is related to them.

They began a massive search for the whereabouts of the people from Zilan Pavilion.

Although Zilan Pavilion was burned down by fire, the people inside had already been evacuated by Zi Nu.

Some of them live outside the city, while others are scattered within the city, helping Zi Nu gather intelligence.

Now, someone has gone missing; they've been captured by Ji Wuye's men.

This means that their conflict with Ji Wuye has become public.

It has reached a point where it's all or nothing else.

……

In the courtyard.

A chessboard was placed in front of Jiang Chuan. He picked up a chess piece and placed it on the board, and couldn't help but think of quicksand.

"What should you do next?"