181. Ximen Yi finally made a decision helplessly, agreed with Suluo City, and told Suluo City about the communication line with Jiangnan. While the people on the life line retreated and waited for new contacts, Suluo City hurriedly
Entered the palace and went to see Ximen Xianchu.
Su Luocheng knelt down and kowtowed, and explained to Ximen Xianchu one by one about the bribery of assassins to assassinate Su Ranhua, completely as if he was asking for forgiveness.
Ximen Xianchu listened quietly to Su Luocheng's words, his scrutinizing gaze burning on him, "I thought it would be Guard Li who found out the truth and reported it to me, but I didn't want Mr. Su to surrender himself." Ximen Xianchu said
Chu's voice was very calm, and no waves could be heard.
"Emperor Liu wanted to clear Ran Hua and apologized with death, but Wei Chen wanted to execute her with his own hands in order to ask for the emperor's forgiveness. Wei Chen did not try his best to find out the truth. He only wanted to escape for the prime minister's house. Wei Chen felt sorry for Ran Hua.
, I'm sorry, Your Majesty. It's not easy for Ran Hua to escape death. I will definitely see the Emperor, surrender and plead guilty, and let the Emperor handle me!" Su Luocheng's head was knocked on the ground tightly, and he did not dare to raise it.
"Cooperating inside and outside, let the killer break into the palace, Su Luo City, how many brains do you have to dare to do this!" Ximen Xianchu's voice was sharp, and his sharp eyes were directed at Su Luo City. He knew that the killer could sneak into the palace, there must be someone inside.
, otherwise his heavily guarded palace would become a street market?
"I deserve to die! I just want to bring the guilty girl's head to the emperor and don't care about anything else." Su Luocheng bowed his head and said.
"Don't you worry about anything else?" Ximen Xianchu sneered. To be able to reach the position of prime minister, he has an eye for all directions and an ear for all directions. How could he not think of the full extent of the matter? I am afraid that surrendering and pleading guilty is also a designed escape route for himself.
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Su Luocheng bowed his head and said nothing.
"Master Su, in fact, if you don't come and plead guilty, it will be difficult for Guard Li to find out anything about you. Your contact with Jiangnan Wulin is really airtight. Why do you risk your life to plead guilty?" Ximen Xianchu asked.
When Su Ranhua's crime of deceiving the emperor became unfounded, those motives for "killing people to silence" had no reason to exist. Ximen Xianchu thought of countless possible explanations for Su Ranhua's assassination, but there was no expectation.
It turns out that Su Luocheng would confess his guilt so openly. This is not his usual style.
"I dare not deceive the emperor!" Su Luocheng looked like he was die-hardly loyal, which made Ximen Xianchu feel disgusted.
"So, let me ask you, does Wu Shan sneak out of the palace have anything to do with you?" Ximen Xianchu asked.
"Your Majesty, the matter of Prince Wushan has nothing to do with the minister." Su Luocheng replied with fear. Colluding with a foreign prince is very different from paying a killer to assassinate his own daughter. The former is a sign of collaborating with the enemy.
He couldn't take the blame for Ximen Yi.
"Oh? It seems that I really need to strengthen the palace's defense." Ximen Xianchu raised his eyebrows.
Su Luocheng thought to himself that Wu Shan was destroyed by Ximen Yi in Fenghua Garden. Even if he went to investigate, he could not find any clues about leaving the palace and could only treat it as an unsolved case. So he was not afraid of Ximen Xianchu.
If someone goes to investigate, Ximen Xianchu will not be able to do anything as long as Wushan pretends that he slipped out of the palace on his own. At most, it is just suspicion, but it is not enough to make a final decision.
"Su Luocheng, as the prime minister of the current dynasty, you should know that our dynasty does not allow court officials to collude with martial arts people. What is your intention in contacting the martial arts in Jiangnan?" Ximen Xianchu asked sharply again.
"I deserve to die!" Su Luocheng kowtowed, "Wei Chen heard that there are people in the martial arts who master many wonderful medical skills. Originally, he wanted to ask around the country to cure the stubborn diseases of the third lady and prepare others for emergencies.
It happened that something happened to the little girl, and Wei Chen was frightened, so he thought of a despicable plan to kill the girl with his own hands, hoping to get forgiveness from the emperor afterwards, but he never thought of breaking into the palace and colluding with the martial arts. Wei Chen had been loyal to the Qingyuan Dynasty all his life, but he really didn't want to take the responsibility.
The crime of deceiving the emperor is an insult to the Su family's family tradition, so I did such a panic. I can learn from my sincere heart!"
"So, Mr. Su did something wrong because he was in fear? Was he also contacting people in the martial arts community to seek medical treatment?" Ximen Xianchu narrowed his eyes, looked at the prostrate Su Luo City on the ground, and asked.
"I deserve to die. I lost my sense for a moment and became dizzy." Su Luocheng said, "The crime of deceiving the emperor is not child's play. I can't allow the entire prime minister's house to be implicated by Su Ranhua, so I made a reckless move.
.I will never contact anyone from the martial arts world again. Even if the lives of the three ladies are incurable and there is no cure, I will never do anything inappropriate again."
"Yes, the crime of deceiving the emperor is not a child's play." Ximen Xianchu looked at Su Luo City and said in a deep and steady voice, "It turns out that Mr. Su has such a deep affection for the third lady."
"The third lady wanted to leave the Queen Mother and marry Wei Chen. It was not easy for Wei Chen to marry the third lady. However, there were some unfavorable rumors later. Wei Chen could not explain it to others, so he pretended to neglect her. In fact, Wei Chen's
I care about her very much in my heart, otherwise if something happened to Ran Hua that day, the ministers would not have done anything improper to force the King of the North and the Emperor because of her, so that Ran Hua could have an identity."
Su Luocheng acted sincerely for a moment, like an affectionate man and a loving father.
"I don't want to pay attention to your family affairs. It's just that Dr. Liu died to apologize. I wonder how Mr. Su will apologize?" Ximen Xianchu didn't want to see Su Luocheng acting to his heart's content, so he asked him a difficult question.
Su Luocheng trembled all over and bowed his head without saying a word.
"You've said you should die many times." Ximen sighed leisurely.
"Go back to the Emperor." Su Luocheng's voice was trembling, "I am willing to admit death and please spare the time for the Prime Minister's family."
"Are you also willing to admit death?" Ximen Xianchu's eyes flashed.
"Due to my fault, I almost killed the King of the North. The crimes I committed are the most serious. The family tradition of the Su family has been ruined by the humble minister. Please forgive me for the fact that the Su family has served the country for many years."
Please spare the lives of others in the prime minister's residence, and I will die without regrets!" Su Luocheng looked up at his death and shouted as if he was home.
But deep down in his heart, he was counting the time, waiting for the emergency that had been arranged long ago to save his life and restore the status of the Ximen family in the Qingyuan Dynasty.
Time flies against the clock, and if anything goes wrong, everything will be ruined.
"Huh——" A strong wind blew by, and the breath of a sword rushed into Jinyang Palace, passing through Suluo City, and reached Ximen Xianchu on the dragon chair.
Su Luocheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to neglect. He jumped up and chased the sword edge, blocking Ximen Xianchu intact. The sharp sword light pierced his chest.
"Bold assassin!" All the guards rushed forward.
Under the siege of everyone, the assassin died immediately. Before dying, his last glance was towards Suluo City, which was lying in a pool of blood.