Prince Ning from behind looked over and carefully looked at the man on horseback. He finally breathed a long sigh of relief. This matter had nothing to do with him. He could finally look at the case in front of him with confidence and boldness.
Thinking of this, King Ning took two steps back and stood next to Prince Shunyang to show his alignment. After all, the more careful and the more skillful the dancers, the longer they can live.
Princess Jiashan frowned and looked at King Cheng not far away.
"Prince Cheng," Prince Shunyang said, "no one has spoken. As the Minister of Zongzheng Temple, you should say a few words first."
King Cheng stared at Cui Zhao with his eyes, and after a long while he gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you here? Who made you do these things?"
The panic look on Cui Zhao's face suddenly calmed down at this moment. Even facing these royal relatives, he seemed to have no fear: "No one, it was me who wanted to kill Huijing. I conspired with Mr. Yang from the Punishment Department.
We must kill that monster monk, he deserves to die for his many evil deeds."
As Cui Zhao spoke, he exerted force on his feet and tried to pull his feet out of the stirrups, so that he could at least dismount and walk into the prison.
But the more he struggled, the tighter the stirrup got, trying to break his bones and flesh. Soon the officers and soldiers gathered around him. Cui Zhao closed his eyes slightly and took a long breath. Someone would untie the stirrup and pull him away.
When he is dragged off his horse, he will become a prisoner.
"You still refuse to tell the truth until now," King Cheng said sternly. "You clearly want to kill someone and silence me. I have treated you well over the years, but you listened to the instigation of others and did such a thing."
Cui Zhao quickly looked at King Cheng, then lowered his head: "I am sorry for the prince. This matter has nothing to do with the prince. It is all my own doing."
Prince Shunyang looked at King Cheng, as if he wanted to get some clues from the angry expression: "Your Majesty, has this Cui Zhao been in your house for many years? I remember that we went out to drink more than ten years ago, and it was this Cui Zhao.
Zhao Zhao serves by his side, and he is now the chief steward of Prince Cheng's palace, a capable servant beside the prince."
King Cheng gritted his teeth and turned to look at Prince Shunyang: "Are you going to convict me now? I know I will come to arrest people tonight, is it possible that I will order someone to get involved in this matter?
Just now you said that the person behind the scenes is smart, cunning, and good at taking advantage of people's hearts. If I am the person behind the scenes, wouldn't it be too careless?"
"The prince didn't know in advance," said the Prince of Shunyang County. "Just now I went to the prince's house and pulled the princes out of bed. Just before that, the princes thought that there was something wrong in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked the princes to come and come and do something.
witness.
The one caught was Du Guan Lingshi who went to kill Huijing in the prison. Du Guan Lingshi had nothing to do with the prince, so the prince naturally didn't need to worry, but he didn't expect that someone had already targeted Cui Zhao...
Maybe the prince had already sensed the danger at that time, but I was keeping a close eye on him, so it was already too late to send the message."
Prince Shunyang looked at Prince Cheng's feet as he spoke: "I am the one wearing your prince's shoes. Fortunately, your prince is alone tonight, otherwise it would be inconvenient for him to walk."
When Prince Shunyang said this, Prince Ning couldn't help but frown: "Prince Cheng is alone tonight? Not in my aunt's yard?" Prince Cheng spends a lot of money on his concubines every year. Everyone knows that Prince Cheng spends a lot of money on his concubines.
The only problem is that he can't escape from women. King Cheng is acting so uncharacteristically, obviously because he has something important to do tonight and cannot be disturbed.
Maybe in ordinary times, King Cheng deliberately misbehaved with women and was trying to cover up for himself. If Cui Zhao was caught, King Ning still couldn't believe that King Cheng was such a person.
"No wonder," said the eldest princess of Jiashan, "when something happened in our house, Princess Cheng was present. You had already made arrangements...you asked people to torture a child and force me to reveal the secrets of the past.
What exactly do you want to do? If you don’t hesitate to let Su Wanli communicate with foreign enemies, is it possible that you want to rebel? "
King Cheng's face became even more gloomy: "This Cui Zhao is the steward of Prince Cheng's Mansion. You can't blame me just because you caught Cui Zhao. I am the Minister of Zongzheng Temple and a member of the Yingzong Emperor's lineage. You can't provide evidence."
, don’t even think about framing this king.”
"That's not what royal family members are like," Cui Zhao, who was riding a horse, suddenly said sarcastically. "When you see benefits, you fight for me, and when encountering disasters, you blame each other. You people are not worthy of my service at all."
Cui Zhao gritted his teeth, pulled out the dagger and stabbed himself in the heart.
Everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, Cui Zhao suddenly begged for death. Just when Cui Zhao's dagger was about to pierce his heart, a stone flew over and hit Cui Zhao hard on the neck.
Cui Zhao only felt that his vision went dark, and he no longer had any consciousness.
Song Chengxuan came over and said, "Princes and eldest princesses, the emperor has ordered that all criminals be sent to Dali Temple for interrogation."
Prince Shunyang said: "It is time to investigate clearly. Fortunately, Huijing is not dead, so we have some proof."
King Cheng's eyes were gloomy, as if his entire face was immersed in darkness, making it difficult to see his emotions.
Song Chengxuan ordered people to pull Cui Zhao off the horse. Seeing the Yamen leading Cui Zhao gradually walking away, Song Chengxuan turned back to look at Prince Cheng: "Princes, let's go too!"
King Cheng was shocked.
Prince Ning couldn't help but said: "Are we going too?"
Song Chengxuan said calmly: "Holy edict, this case is of great importance, and all the princes must also hear the trial together."
King Cheng's heart immediately sank. He glanced at the steward next to him. The steward understood and was about to leave quietly. He just took a few steps, but saw a young man standing in front of him. The young man's face was full of flying smiles.
The eight white teeth are particularly dazzling in the moonlight.
"Young Master's muscles haven't been stretched yet," Xu Qing'an said, moving his wrists and neck, "How about you run away first and see if I can catch up with you?"
…
Xu Rui watched the people in the yard being arrested. He took advantage of the chaos and hid in the darkness. He leaned in a corner and breathed for a while. Then he walked out cautiously. Even if today's affairs were successful, he could leave with peace of mind.
There are still a few hours before the sun shines brightly, so this night can be regarded as a near miss.
Gradually, the noise was left behind, and Xu Rui gradually relaxed his body. He had just injured the muscles and bones in his legs due to the fight, and when he suddenly relaxed like this, he immediately felt pain and became limping when he walked.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry anymore. He only had to walk slowly to the forest not far away, find a big tree to lean against for a while, and then leave the city after dawn.
The woods are not far away...turn this street...
Xu Rui thought like this, and as soon as he turned around the street, he saw a carriage parked not far away. Then the curtain of the carriage was opened, and the female family members in cloaks were helped out of the carriage.