SWDnovel Chapter 385 Old 2, you are really good at pretending
Chapter 385 Old 2, you are really good at pretending
Mu Yun slept deeply. Before dawn the next day, Zhuo Lingchu had already put on his clothes. He put a luminous pearl on the bedside into the crooked embroiderer's purse that Mu Yun gave him, and then put it in The pair of jade pendants, the bamboo flute that Mu Yun gave him and other personal belongings were put away. They kissed Mu Yun's forehead, and then kissed her swollen belly through the quilt. The farewell ceremony was all completed, and he Then he quietly left the village.
Zhuo Lingchu deliberately made a circle and entered Xijing City from the East City Gate to avoid anyone discovering his whereabouts in the other village.
As soon as he entered Xijing, he rushed to Xingming Palace without stopping.
In less than half an hour, everyone in Xijing City who was paying attention to the situation in the DPRK knew that their Crown Prince had returned to the capital.
The court hall on the second day was unusual. The atmosphere at the scene was surprisingly strange, because the courtiers knew in their hearts that they were about to witness a Shura scene where the princes were fighting against each other.
Not only did His Highness the Crown Prince rarely attend the court, Emperor Rui also announced that the fifth prince Zhuo Chengyi would enter the court.
Zhuo Chengyi stepped into the hall. The moment he saw Zhuo Lingchu standing at the forefront of the courtiers, he felt bad in his heart, but he still nodded humbly on his face, just like an ordinary young man meeting his elder brother.
Zhuo Chengyi raised his eyes again to look for Ye Mingzhi, who was among the civil servants, and his eyes immediately collided.
Ye Mingzhi's face was as pale as a vegetable, and he shook his head slightly towards Zhuo Chengyi.
Zhuo Chengyi's heart skipped a beat.
What does the uncle mean when he shakes his head? Do you want him to refuse to admit it?
King Zhuo Taining of Qi was devolved to a fiefdom and could not return to the capital without an edict. However, he presented the documents to Emperor Rui one after another. The specific contents are self-evident.
Emperor Rui originally wanted to resolve the matter between the three brothers privately, but the prince came to the court early in the morning and publicized the assassination incident in Shansui Mansion in front of all the civil and military officials, forcing Emperor Rui to do something for him. To seek justice for his "Crown Princess".
Emperor Rui could only bite the bullet and declare Zhuo Chengyi to appear in court.
"Father, your prince's concubine was already pregnant. The assassin was so frightened that your grandson almost lost his life!" Zhuo Lingchu's handsome and extraordinary face showed an expression of unbearable sadness, " Father! You have to ask your eldest brother and fifth brother to give me an explanation!"
"Why did the two of them hurt Gu's wife and children when they were fighting? Father, you must uphold justice for your sons and ministers!" Zhuo Ling first knelt down to Emperor Rui, who was sitting high on the dragon chair.
Emperor Rui's beard trembled. It's just a woman, just an heir. If it were another person, it would still be a son. Does that matter?
Second brother, you are really good at pretending. When you had a private conversation with me in Huiguang Hall before, I didn't see you being so respectful. Now in the court, you are thinking of my face.
I guess you are interesting.
"Second brother, you get up first, fifth brother, come here." Rui Emperor's expression was very cold and solemn.
When Zhuo Chengyi came forward tremblingly, Emperor Rui threw all the coupons Zhuo Taining had given him in front of Zhuo Chengyi.
"Lao Wu, what do you have to say? Did you do the woman who assassinated the prince?"
Emperor Rui didn't want to recognize that woman as the 'Crown Princess', so he had to call her 'the Crown Prince's woman'.
Zhuo Chengyi immediately knelt down and his voice trembled when he replied, "Father, I am wronged. I have always looked up to my second brother, so how could I do something to hurt his woman?"
Zhuo Chengyi was very good at guessing the emperor's heart, and he also called Mu Yun 'the second brother's woman'.
"Then take a look," Emperor Rui pointed to the several folds in front of Zhuo Chengyi, "It's clearly written in the folds. Where have you been wronged?"
Among the several brochures, one was published by Zhuo Lingchu, and the rest were published by Zhuo Taining. Because the name of the person who submitted the book was on the cover of the brochure, Zhuo Chengyi could easily identify it, so he opened Zhuo Lingchu first. The first one.
Zhuo Lingchu's book expounded in detail what happened in Shansui Mansion, including how many assassins were captured, how many weapons were seized, and even when he took an arrowhead engraved with a chrysanthemum symbol, he went to He wrote down the confrontation between Qingyang City and Zhuo Taining in detail.
When Zhuo Lingchu arrived in Qingyang City, Zhuo Taining was of course angered by this unprovoked accusation. Under the witness of Zhuo Lingchu, he immediately investigated all the arms warehouses in Qingyang City, in order to This proves your innocence.
As a result, a small arms warehouse guarded by Qingyang City did catch fire not long ago, but the sergeant who managed the warehouse at that time did not check the number of weapon remains in the ruins, and no one noticed the missing arrowheads.
Zhuo Taining was so angry that he almost chopped off the head of the city guard leader, but Zhuo Lingchu stepped forward at the right time.
The material of the arrowhead will have a layer of black powder on the surface after being burned. Although it will look brand new after polishing, the deep ravines in the pattern will still have some traces of black powder. Zhuo Lingchu therefore determined that the assassin used it on The arrowheads of Shansui Mansion came from the small arms warehouse guarded by Qingyang City.
In order not to damage the carvings of the arrowheads, the polishing of the arrowheads could only be superficial, so Zhuo Lingchu used this easily overlooked clue to clear Zhuo Taining's grievances.
Zhuo Lingchu's story ends here. Seeing that the content of the book did not involve him, Zhuo Chengyi held his breath, then opened a booklet by Zhuo Taining and read through the ten lines at a glance.
Zhuo Taining's narrative ability was obviously not as strong as Zhuo Lingchu's. He first vented his emotions, complained and cried to Emperor Rui about how he was framed by others, how he was inexplicably questioned by Zhuo Lingchu, and how he was wronged. Wait, a lot of nonsense, not a few key points.
After closing the fold, Zhuo Chengyi's heart did not feel relaxed, but became heavier and heavier.
There is no mention of him in these two excerpts, so why did the emperor announce his entry into the palace?
Emperor Rui had no patience and asked Zhuo Chengyi to read each book one by one. He then started to highlight the key points and said: "Lao Wu, King Qi has found out that the person who set the warehouse on fire was under your instructions. It can be deduced from this that the person who picked up the rubble was The arrowheads used to carry out the assassination in Shansui Mansion were all done by you, do you admit it or not?"
The tension in Zhuo Chengyi's heart finally relaxed.
It's just such a witness, he just refuses to admit it.
"Father, my son has been wronged!" Zhuo Chengyi puffed out his chest and defended himself, "Father, you can't just believe other people's words. The person who set the fire must have done it to frame my son and help... ...In short, I have never done that thing! I have no reason to assassinate my second brother’s woman, my father!”
Although Zhuo Chengyi did not say a complete sentence just now, the people present could all guess that what Zhuo Chengyi wanted to say was: to help King Zhuo Taining of Qi get away with his crime.