Wei Xizhou stood in the imperial study with tears streaming down his face. The empress looked suspicious. She didn't believe that Long Chen would kill innocent people indiscriminately. There must be something fishy about this matter.
"Why haven't you arrived yet?"
The empress asked Yingfeng.
"It should be soon."
Yingfeng hurriedly went out to urge her, and happened to bump into Long Chen at the door.
"Why did you kill Mr. Wei's son? It's very difficult for the Lord to do this."
Yingfeng asked in a low voice.
Long Chen smiled and said, "It's okay."
Entering the royal study, the empress looked solemn and asked: "Long Chengen, what's going on?"
Without waiting for Long Chen to reply, Wei Xizhou cursed loudly: "Beat my son Wei Ling to death in the street, what else can happen? He is spoiled and domineering. The traitor Jing Tianlie is not as good as him!"
"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me, old minister, and behead this traitor to the public, otherwise he will be another Sedum Lie."
Long Chen didn't speak, and looked at Wei Xizhou quietly, asking him to finish cursing before speaking.
"Have you finished scolding? Killing requires a life, right?"
Long Chen looked at Wei Xizhou coldly.
"Yes, murder must be repaid with life, and debt must be repaid with money. It is only natural and right!"
Wei Xizhou was extremely angry and kept roaring.
Yingfeng couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him: "Master Wei, please don't do this to your Majesty's face!"
Wei Xizhou relied on his old age and cried out: "I have only one seedling in the Wei family, and I am half buried in the ground. If Long Chengen kills my son, it will cut off the incense of my Wei family. If I don't kill Long Chengen, I will not accept it, and the whole world of Great Zhou will not accept it."
The empress looked at Long Chen and asked: "What's going on?"
Long Chen took out a list from his sleeves, presented it to the empress, and said: "Last night, Wei Chen went to Rouge Lane to investigate the news. He happened to encounter Wei Ling forcing good people into prostitution and beating the people. When Wei Chen saw that the person who was beaten was about to die, he
After giving me a pill, Wei Ling summoned his men to surround me and threatened to make me kneel down."
"I want to ask Wei Xizhou, what is the crime of your son forcing a good girl into prostitution? If your son wants me to kneel down, does your son want to be emperor?"
Wei Xizhou was speechless for a moment.
The man with the scar only said that Wei Ling and Long Chen had a conflict, and then Long Chen beat Wei Ling to death with one palm, but did not say anything else.
The empress finished reading the list, handed it to Wei Xizhou, and asked: "How many people did your son kill?"
In addition to killing Liu Laohei, He Juntao also found out that Wei Ling had killed four people, raped six women, and one of them was raped first and then killed.
Wei Xizhou looked at the list and argued: "This is a frame-up by Long Cheng'en. Your Majesty, this is a frame-up. My son is not this kind of person."
Wei Xizhou knew exactly what Wei Ling had done. Some of the cases were brought to the Yamen, but Wei Xizhou used his power to suppress them.
"Your Majesty, since Wei Xizhou said this, I would like to ask the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hold a joint trial and conduct a public hearing on this case."
"Wei Chen even suspected that Wei Xizhou was involved. As a former censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he knew the law and violated the law, and protected and condoned it. He should be executed for his crime!"
The empress looked at Wei Xizhou and asked: "Wei Yushi, what do you think?"
Wei Xizhou looked at the empress, his lips trembled, but he was speechless.
There is no doubt about Long Chen's investigative ability. Cases as complex as the Flower Picking Devil have been solved. If Wei Xizhou is investigated, he will definitely get it right.
By then, not only will his son die unjustly, but his head will also not be saved.
Seeing that Wei Xizhou was silent, the empress sighed slightly: "Wei Yushi, you are a veteran of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. You must set an example in everything you do and set an example for the younger generations in the court. Please step down."
Wei Xizhou bowed his head and bowed before exiting the imperial study.
"Going to Rouge Lane again?"
The empress was slightly angry.
Long Chen chuckled and said: "Weichen really went to investigate the case. The half-immortal lady from Wangqing Pavilion is very weird. Weichen wants to know where she came from."
The empress sneered and said: "I only heard that the half-fairy lady is as beautiful as a fairy."
Long Chen was surprised: "You actually alerted Shengting?"
The empress snorted coldly: "Back off."
Long Chen bowed with a smile and exited the imperial study.
Outside the door, Yingfeng asked jealously: "How many women have you been hanging out with?"
Long Chen stopped, took Yingfeng's hand, and swore: "Heaven is my witness, I really went to investigate the case last night. If I was looking for flowers and asking Liu, how could I kill Wei Ling?"
Yingfeng thought about it, Xunhua asked Liu why he was in the street fighting when he was supposed to be in bed.
"I believe you once."
Yingfeng was a little unhappy.
Long Chen hugged Yingfeng and said with a smile: "I haven't been to your yard for a long time. Has that tree sprouted?"
Yingfeng spat in a low voice: "Thief, you only remember that tree."
When he walked outside, there was no one around. Long Chen put his hand into his clothes and said with a smile: "My memory is not very good. I will go to your room to carefully recall what color the bellyband in your closet is."
Yingfeng blushed and went back to the inner chamber with Long Chen.
....
Coming out of the chamberlain room, I happened to bump into He Ningxin.
"Master He, what a coincidence."
Long Chen walked forward with a smile. He Ningxin stepped back alertly and scolded in a low voice: "Don't mess around!"
Long Chen was stunned for a moment. He really didn't think about what to do. It was He Ning who was overthinking.
"With your reminder, if I don't do something, I won't be able to cope with the situation."
Long Chen looked rogue, and He Ningxin turned around and ran away in fright.
"Why are you running? It's not like you haven't tried it before."
Long Chen was a little disappointed.
After leaving the palace and returning to Long Shuai's Mansion, Feng He was waiting in the room.
"Sir, do you have something to do with me?"
"Go to the barbarian grassland yourself and get some news for me."
"Barbarian grassland? What happened?"
Long Chen whispered a few words, and Feng He looked a little surprised and asked: "Isn't it possible?"
Long Chen said: "You just go."
Feng He set off immediately to the barbarian grassland.
Sitting in the room, Long Chen sat cross-legged and slowly activated the Yin Cultivation Technique.
In the past, Long Chen only used the Yin Cultivating Technique as a means to hide his identity, but later he discovered that the Yin Cultivating Technique and the Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix Jue had mutually reinforcing effects.
But while chasing Xiao Ling, Long Chen also discovered a problem. The Yin Cultivation Technique and the Ice Palm seemed to be connected.
It's just that Xiaoling cultivates for speed and relies on women's yin blood, which is against heaven and humanity.
The Dafa of cultivating yin relies on self-cultivation, and there is no need to do anything harmful to nature.
If you can master it, it is a powerful skill.
....
Daming Palace.
The empress sat on the phoenix chair, Long Chen stood at the head of the generals, Emperor Yuwei stood at the head of the civil servants, and the other ministers stood in their respective positions.
Wang Wei, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, came out and paid homage: "Your Majesty, Nanliang Jinling has reopened the Hero Platform to recruit heroes from all over the world and step up troop training and preparations for war. I am afraid that there will be another war. The ministers request to recruit troops and prepare for war in case Nanliang attacks.
"
This was Li Chengdao's instruction to Wang Wei to encourage the empress to recruit troops and prepare for war.
This proposal looks good, but it is actually a ploy to drain money from the bottom of the pot.
The national strength of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was not as good as that of Nanliang. Now it faces Jiangcheng in the south, Caishi City to garrison troops, Jade Buddha Pass in the west to garrison troops, and there are 50,000 cavalry in the north. These troops and horses need money and food support, which is a huge consumption of national power.
Long Chen was training troops in the South Camp. He originally wanted to train more, but now he has only recruited 20,000 soldiers, so he will no longer recruit them because the soldiers are all strong and strong. If they all become soldiers, who will farm the land?
Big countries can withstand hardships, but small countries cannot.
Nan Liang was fine with hundreds of thousands killed by Long Chen, but if the Eastern Zhou Dynasty lost hundreds of thousands of troops, it would be over.
"General Long, what do you think?"
The empress asked Long Chen, and all the ministers also looked at Long Chen.
"Wei Chen believes that the number of soldiers depends not on the number of soldiers, but the number of generals depends on their bravery. The population of our country in the Zhou Dynasty is not as good as that of Nanliang. We should have better troops and simpler administration to win with the best."
After Long Chen finished speaking, the empress nodded slightly and agreed.
Other ministers also agreed with Long Chen's point of view.
Wang Wei pretended to be ashamed and returned to the train.
Wang Wei was already angry with the empress and Long Chen about this matter, so he just went through the motions and let Li Chengdao take a look.
"What else?"
Li Hao, the minister of Honglu Temple, came out and paid homage: "I have something to report to you."
