The interrogation was temporarily suspended because no one dared to continue questioning.
The person identified by the assassins was none other than someone else.
It was none other than the current prince Li Xian!
The prince of the East Palace sent assassins to murder the Queen Mother of the West Palace. This kind of thing is simply appalling.
It should be said that it is unheard of.
So should we report it directly to the emperor, or should we arrest the prince for interrogation?
Obviously neither is appropriate.
"This matter is difficult." Zhu Xiaochuan's brows condensed into the character "Chuan".
I was worried when I couldn't catch the assassin, but now that I caught the assassin, I was even more worried!
"It's my life." Wu Zicheng sighed and shook his head.
"You have to continue the investigation even if it's your life." Xiao Chen calmed down from the shock just now, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this matter was too strange, and he was afraid there was another reason.
No matter how heartless Prince Li Xian is, he will never do such a thing.
If it is possible to say that he assassinated his father Li Wanjiang, how about assassinating the queen? It is also unlikely.
Because the queen's death would do him no good.
The prince was very rude to the queen, but later Xiao Chen learned from Murong Danqiu that the real reason why the prince did this was not to covet her beauty, but to get her and control her.
He knew that his father Li Wanjiang had a functional disorder, and he expected that he would not be able to satisfy the Empress in her youth.
Besides, Li Wanjiang was nearly fifty years old, but his prince was not yet thirty, and he was handsome and handsome. He felt that he and the queen were a match made in heaven, a dragon and a phoenix.
There is another important aspect. As long as you can win the queen's heart or even win her over, you can get Murong Heng's support.
This is the most beneficial thing for him.
The Queen has always been very indifferent to his enthusiasm, and even expressed her deep disgust in person.
But in his opinion, the queen was just pretending to be reserved and a little embarrassed.
As long as you continue to struggle, sooner or later you will be able to succeed.
As the saying goes, as long as there are no virgins in the world, there will only be lovers!
Even good girls are afraid of stalking men, right?
Therefore, Xiao Chen analyzed that the possibility of the prince doing this was very small, extremely small.
But what the assassins said was true, but it didn't seem like they were lying...
There must be something else hidden, but what exactly is it? We have to continue to investigate.
"Oh? Little Eunuch Xiao, what do you mean?" After Zhu Xiaochuan experienced this incident, he was very impressed by Xiao Chen's cleverness. He said so firmly that he wanted to investigate, so he must have had some calculations.
"What the villain means is that the words of those people inside cannot be trusted!" Xiao Chen simply asserted, "There must be something hidden in it. Who knows that someone is not pretending to be the prince?"
"Well, that makes sense. In fact, I don't believe that the prince did this." Zhu Xiaochuan also felt that he could only follow Xiao Chen's thinking and proceed with the trial.
"What if they insist that it was the prince who ordered it?" As a military general, Wu Zicheng had a relatively simple mind.
"Haha, it's not up to them." Xiao Chen smiled lightly.
"What do you mean? Do you want to make a false confession to deceive the emperor?" Wu Zicheng was surprised when he heard this.
"Sigh... Commander Wu, our Emperor is so wise and powerful, what can he hide from this old man? Let alone a villain, even if it is the Marquis and you, plus the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, who can do it?
Do you want to get in touch with his old man at all?"
Xiao Chen thought in his heart that this was a pimple on an elm tree, and his head was filled with mush!
Do you have to understand it if I explain it directly to you?
The question is, can this be said so directly?
"Commander Wu, what Young Eunuch Xiao means is that we should interrogate ours. No matter what the outcome of the trial is, just report it to the Emperor, and the Emperor will be able to distinguish clearly." Zhu Xiaochuan also felt that Wu Zicheng was a bit short-sighted.
What Xiao Chen means is for us to pretend to be confused while pretending to understand. You guys are so damn confused!
First of all, this matter involves the prince, so you can't investigate too carefully; secondly, if you examine it clearly and can't find any faults, how can you show that our emperor is wise, wise, and perceptive?
Are you the only one who can show off that you are smarter than the emperor?
Also, once the interrogation reveals that the prince is responsible for this matter, if you report it directly to the emperor, will he still have any room for maneuver?
"Oh... let's continue the trial? Anyway, I'm stupid and I'll listen to you two." Wu Zicheng vaguely seemed to be a little more awake.
Seeing the two people staring at him, he quickly added: "I'm not trying to excuse myself, I mean it's up to you how to judge me, and I'll just shoulder the responsibility with you..."
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Zhao Laifu will be tried first.
You said that the prince instigated you, so did the prince instigate it in person, or did he instigate you through other people?
The answer was that it was the prince himself.
We are not stupid for such a big thing. If the prince did not come forward personally, who would dare to do it?
So where did you plan this?
Did you go to the East Palace to look for the prince, or did the prince look for you?
Of course, we can't go to the East Palace, where there are too many people... The place where we met was Cuiyun Tower.
What building?
Brothel.
There are four major brothels in Fengyang, the capital, namely Cuiyun Tower, Ningxiang Pavilion, Jiefang Pavilion and Wanchun Courtyard.
Cuiyun Tower is one of them, and the girls there are famous for being good at playing and singing.
It is a relatively high-end singing brothel.
It is also the family that the prince frequents most often.
To say that the prince can still be without his beautiful concubine? Of course not.
But lust is like a carrot and cabbage, everyone has their own preferences. As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it is impossible to guess with common sense.
Song Huizong was still the emperor, but he didn't like all the beauties in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, but he was obsessed with a prostitute Li Shishi.
Where can I go to reason?
Three days ago, the prince called everyone together and ordered them to take action tonight.
He also gave each person three thousand taels of silver to make funeral arrangements.
After asking around, the assassins all said the same thing.
"I heard you guys farting! How could the crown prince and future emperor do such a treasonous thing? I think someone must be impersonating him... Lord Marquis, Commander Wu, what do you two think?"
Xiao Chen first finalized the case.
The two of them nodded and said yes. After such a detailed interrogation, they basically knew in their hearts that this matter was definitely not done by the prince.
The whole process was so non-confidential, it was like child's play!
The prince cannot be such an idiot.
Then here comes the problem.
Who is pretending to be the prince and putting the blame on him?
This must be checked clearly.
Who will check?
Zhu Xiaotian and Wu Zicheng looked at Xiao Chen in unison.
"What do you two want to do?" Xiao Chen felt that there was ill-intention in the eyes of these two people.
"Little Eunuch Xiao, I have to trouble you to go to Cuiyun Tower in person for this matter," Zhu Xiaochuan said.
"The Marquis and I have special status, and we are not allowed to go to places like brothels. Those who know are investigating cases, but those who don't know think that we two have behaved improperly. If the censors find out, they will start to bite us again." Wu Zicheng
explain.
The implication is that your Eunuch Xiao is a eunuch, so there is no problem in going to a brothel.
What else could Xiao Chen say? He could only do so reluctantly.
The three of them discussed it and decided to go their separate ways.
Wu Zicheng went to report the preliminary interrogation results to the emperor and express the opinions of the three people at the same time.