In the Jinluan Palace, the prince discussed state affairs with his ministers, and King Huai listened. If something was wrong, he would correct it.
At this moment, Uncle Dingyuan and Uncle Wu Wei stood there, as if they had fallen into a trance and had not participated in the discussion of state affairs.
Until the end, when the great eunuch said that he had something to do but had nothing to do and left the court, Uncle Dingyuan and Uncle Wu Wei looked at each other, and the former walked out first.
"My lord, Liang Wei, I have something to report." Uncle Dingyuan bowed and said.
The prince had a handsome face and a gentle temperament. He nodded slightly, and the eunuch said loudly: "It's accurate."
Hearing this, Uncle Dingyuan knelt down on his knees, touched his head to the ground, and said, "I beg the Crown Prince and His Highness Prince Huai to make the decision for me."
King Huai's face was calm, showing no trace of joy or anger. The prince frowned and said, "Uncle Dingyuan, what do you mean? Just tell me what you have to say."
Uncle Dingyuan fell on the ground, prostrate himself to the ground, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, your only son Liang Xu is dead..."
In the Jinluan Palace, the officials looked at this scene, looking at the scene with their noses and noses, as if they could not see anything.
The prince frowned and said, "Didn't we discuss this matter some time ago? Liang Xu died in the service of his country. Will I treat him badly?"
Uncle Dingyuan raised his head, his eyes were red, and said: "But I found out yesterday that my only son Liang Xu died unjustly!"
"Why are you unjustly accused?" The prince frowned, somewhat puzzled.
Ding Yuanbo's acting skills were very superb. He burst into tears and said, "Although my son Liang Xu died at the hands of the evil cult, he was also killed by thieves!"
Of course, the tears and sniffles were not all fake. It was true that Liang Xu was his only son, and Uncle Dingyuan was indeed sad for Liang Xu's death.
At this time, before the prince could say anything, Wu Weibo came out of the queue, knelt on the ground with a pop, bowed to the ground, and said: "I also ask to play."
"Say." The prince sighed.
"My legitimate son, Zhuo Zhibin, was also killed by thieves and died at the hands of the evil cult." Wu Weibo said in a deep voice.
"Then tell me, who killed Liang Xu and Zhuo Zhibin?" the prince asked.
At this time, the two of them said in unison: "Gu Chen."
"Um?"
Hearing this, the prince's complexion suddenly changed slightly, but King Huai was still there with his old spirit, and his complexion did not change.
When Duke Liang heard this, his brows knitted together.
"How could Gu Chen harm your son? Is there any misunderstanding?" the prince asked with a frown.
Uncle Dingyuan said: "Your Highness, this Gu Chen is narrow-minded. He had a conflict with my son, Zhuo Zhibin and the young Marquis Cao Zhen on the street in the inner city of Tiandu before, so he harbored a grudge. On that day,
In front of the Kunyuan Sect's mountain gate, Jingtiansi's troops were ambushed by the Demon Cult. My son, Xiao Hou Ye and Zhuo Zhibin knew they were outnumbered, but they still stepped forward and held back four Vajra Realm warriors from the Demon Cult. However,
However, the other party was too strong, so in desperation, my son and the others asked Gu Chen for help."
Seeing this, Wu Weibo continued: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows Gu Chen's strength. He can fight one against a thousand. How could he face four Demon Cult warriors who can't even save my son and the others? Those four Demon Cult warriors will
In front of Gu Chen, he brutally murdered my son and the young Marquis, but Gu Chen did nothing. How can such a character and behavior be worthy of the position of Viscount?"
Uncle Dingyuan grabbed the ground with his head and said loudly: "I beg Your Highness to take back your order and deprive Gu Chen of his position as Viscount."
Uncle Wu Wei also echoed: "I beg Your Highness to take back your order!"
At this time, a civil official came out and said: "Your Highness, if what Uncle Dingyuan and Uncle Wu Wei said is true, then Gu Chen's character really needs to be carefully evaluated. Such a narrow-minded mind can be easily destroyed just because of a little quarrel.
In the face of the enemy, he will refuse to save his comrades. No matter how powerful such a person is, he will only be a disaster to our country, Your Highness, please think twice."
"Your Highness, please think twice."
A group of civil servants who greeted Uncle Dingyuan and Uncle Wu Wei came out one after another. After all, there were also factions in the court.
Just like Liang Guogong, although he, Uncle Dingyuan and Uncle Wu Wei are all nobles of Great Xia, they are obviously not in the same interest group.
"This..." The prince suddenly fell into trouble and could only look at Prince Huai as if asking for help.
King Huai sighed softly, the prince's character was still too weak. If he ascended the throne in the future, he would suffer a lot when facing these old foxes in the court.
But now that the prince has found him, King Huai naturally cannot sit idly by and ignore him. At this time, he only heard him say: "How do you prove that what you said is true?"
"Everyone present at Jingtiansi can testify to this scene. I am also willing to confront Gu Chen on the spot." Uncle Dingyuan said.
Uncle Wu Wei also said: "I am also willing."
The prince frowned. Could it be that because of this matter, Gu Chen and the people from Jingtiansi were summoned to the Jinluan Palace for a confrontation?
Moreover, Gu Chen now has a very good reputation in Tiandu. If this matter spreads, the impact will be extremely bad. Not only will Gu Chen's reputation be bad, but the people may secretly say that he is short-sighted and values treacherous ministers.
At this time, King Huai said calmly: "We are called to the Jinluan Palace. If both of you insist on your own opinions, do you want me and His Highness to watch you quarreling here?"
"this……"
Uncle Dingyuan, Uncle Wu Wei and all the civil servants suddenly choked on their words.
"What do you think, uncle emperor?" The prince looked at King Huai.
King Huai pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, let's find someone from Qintian Prison."
"Qin Tianjian?" The prince raised his eyebrows.
Hearing the words "Qin Tian Jian", the officials in the main hall immediately started talking in low voices.
"quiet!"
With a snap, the chief eunuch flicked the whip in his hand, and the officials immediately fell silent.
Qin Tianjian, in the dynasties before Daxia, was a department that observed astronomical phenomena, calculated solar terms, and formulated calendars.
But in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Qintian Prison had a different meaning. Like the Jingtian Division and the Mingjing Division, it was one of the most important institutions in Great Xia.
Qin Tian Jian, together with Jing Tian Si and Ming Jing Si, is known as the "one supervisor and two departments" of Daxia, and is the three most important institutions in Da Xia.
It is precisely because of the existence of these three institutions that Daxia has been able to securely dominate the world for 518 years.
The Qin Tian Jian is different from the Jing Tian Si and the Ming Jing Si in that it neither oversees the external affairs nor investigates the internal affairs. Its main responsibility, in addition to observing celestial phenomena and formulating calendars, is to predict good and bad luck.
It is rumored that the chief supervisor of this generation of Qintian Prison has mastered the peerless skill "The Art of Seeing Qi between Heaven and Man", which allows him to observe the stars and celestial phenomena, the earth's veins of Kyushu, and even all the changes in the world of Kyushu.
The "Heaven and Human Observation Technique" can even observe the entire world, let alone people. Therefore, Qin Tianjian has always been very accurate in seeing people. For some major cases, when the court can't find a clue, he will ask Qin Tianjian to see people.
The Heavenly Prison sent people to interrogate the prisoners.
All living beings have their destiny, and Kyushu also has it, and the art of fortune-seeing between heaven and man can observe the destiny of all destiny, and even the future direction of the world as a whole.
However, the contemporary supervisor of the Qintian Prison has never appeared in the past twenty years. The most recent time can be traced back to twenty-three years ago. Before the current Holy Lord was about to die, he summoned the Qintian Prison.
The prison master entered the palace.
No one knows what the two discussed that day.
Because, whether it is the supervisor of the Qintian Prison, the commander-in-chief of the Jingtian Division, or the Mirror Master of the Mingjing Division, they are all figures who stand at the pinnacle of power in Great Xia. When Emperor Xia was young, they
They grew up together and possess the power to support dragons.
Therefore, no one except the Emperor of Great Xia has the right to interfere with the movements of the three of them.
Even King Huai can't do it.
It can be said that these three people are above all power agencies in Daxia and are only responsible to Emperor Xia.
Now, Emperor Xia is in seclusion, and the commander-in-chief of Jingtian Division and the Mirror Master of Mingjing Division have also disappeared. Some people say that they are in retreat with Emperor Xia, while others say that the two of them traveled around the world.
Of course, some people say that they are sitting in Tiandu, but they have never shown up.
Today, the Jingtian Division and the Mirror Division are managed by deputy commanders and four major supervisors.
Among the three, only the supervisor of the Qintian Prison has the most obvious traces. He has been sitting on the stargazing platform of the Bagua Building in the Qintian Prison.
At this time, I heard King Huai say slowly: "Go to Qintian Prison and ask for someone."
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Qintian Prison is located in the northwest corner of the inner city of Tiandu. It covers a large area, but it is inaccessible and there is not even a guard.
The Bagua Tower is very tall, with upturned eaves and corners, and has eight floors. It is the tallest building in the inner city of Tiandu and overlooks the entire Tiandu.
The top floor of the Bagua Tower is called the Star Observation Deck, which is where the supervisor of the Qintian Prison spends his time. Standing on it, it feels like you can reach out and touch the stars. Therefore, the Star Observation Deck is also called the Star Picking Deck.
There are not many people inside the Qintian Prison, and the supervisor has always stayed at the observatory on the eighth floor. The daily operations of the Qintian Prison are handled by the supervisor's seven disciples.
Even the seven direct disciples of the prison master in Qintian Prison have not seen the prison master for a while, but occasionally they can hear his orders to do some things for the prison master.
At this moment, on the eighth floor of the Bagua Tower, a young man aged 21 or 2 was talking to a disciple of Qin Tian Jian. Suddenly, a disembodied voice came to his ears, as if coming from outside the sky.
It was an old voice that said in his ear: "Yu'er, you go to the palace later and act according to the opportunity."
Qi Yu knew that this was his teacher's voice. He had long been accustomed to his teacher's elusive behavior. He raised his hands to the top of the Bagua Tower and said respectfully: "Yes, teacher."
He is the youngest disciple of the supervisor of Qintian Prison. He is in charge of the eighth floor of Bagua Building on weekdays.
The seven disciples of the supervisor of the Qintian Prison each manage a floor of the Bagua Tower. As for the star observation deck at the top, it belongs to the supervisor.
It's a coincidence that there are seven floors in Bagua Tower that need to be taken care of, so the supervisor of Qintian Prison accepted seven disciples. I don't know if there is any connection between them.
The old voice only left one sentence before disappearing again. After Qi Yu gave instructions to the disciple of Qin Tianjian, he stood at the door and waited silently.
There are no guards around the Qintian Prison, and there is no need for guards. If the prison owner is not willing, no one can approach the Qintian Prison.
People in Tiandu are spreading rumors that there is an old god living on the top of the Bagua Tower in the northwest. He is not concerned about worldly affairs and is the patron saint of Daxia.
Even the civil and military officials, including people from the Jingtian Division and the Mingjing Division, including the deputy commanders and the four major supervisors, all feared the Qintian Supervisor because of the existence of this supervisor.
That is a figure as famous as the Commander-in-Chief of Jingtian Division and the Master of Mirror Division, and he is also the only legendary figure whose traces can still be traced today.
As expected, not long after, in the palace, the guards sent by King Huai came to the Qintian Prison.
The guard looked nervous. He had heard from his colleagues that the Qintian Prison was very evil. Many people would encounter ghosts hitting the walls when they walked here, spinning back and forth and unable to find their bearings. After a while, they would react.
By the time, they had already walked far away from Qintian Prison.
In addition, the prison leader is stationed here, so the Qintian Prison is extremely legendary in the minds of everyone in Daxia.