Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 467 Knocking Que

The ministers dispersed.

Many of them originally belonged to the Uiwang Party and were connected by the relationship between the various sects of the Righteous Way. Now they also know that King Yi cannot be saved.

Not to mention other people, even they believed in their hearts that this was what King Yi did. Because he was beaten at the banquet, he became angry and planned the assassination, and there was a motive; and there were countless people who could prove that the archer was indeed King Yi's personal guard, and the evidence was also available.

It is said that there is still a lack of a complete chain of evidence to complete the solid case. This is the evidence collection and confession work that Liumen will have to do in the future. The point is, the archer died without any evidence, and Liumen could not torture King Yi to extract a confession, let alone play a soul searcher, so the evidence was definitely unclear, and most likely the case could only be closed without key evidence. How to determine it depends on Ji Qingyuan. will.

But unless the real culprit jumps out on his own, even if there is insufficient evidence to convict King Yi, the suspicion of King Yi will still not be cleared away. Ji Qingyuan's pardon and acquittal will be useless. In any case, the Prime Minister and the three sects of the imperial court will never admit that a person is carrying the crime. The prince suspected of killing his brother. Ji Qingyuan dared to stand up, and they all dared to refute it.

Since it is destined to fail, it doesn't matter whether it is a solid case or not...

Many people returned to their mansions and started writing.

Some people are writing letters to the righteous sects, saying that King Yi cannot be saved. Do you want to quickly find another supporter? I am afraid that the current situation would not be able to unite the hearts of the people, so I suggest that we come to the capital again as soon as possible...

Someone is making a memorial on the ground worriedly, saying that the current situation is caused by not establishing a crown prince, and is willing to appeal to His Majesty to establish a crown prince as soon as possible with his death remonstrance!

Someone was writing a letter of surrender for Ji Wuyou. Anyone with a quick mind knows that Ji Wuyou has the greatest chance of succeeding at this time, and it is almost difficult to reverse it.

Six doors inside, Xiahou Dimuran was sitting in the courtroom. Others had left. Xuanzhe was being interrogated in prison. Only Xue Mu and the people with him were in the courtroom. Xia Wenxuan, Ye Guying and Zhuo Qingqing were all there.

After a while, Xia Houdi said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Zect Master Xia helped catch the murderer and saved my ninth brother's life. Xia Houdi is very grateful. The previous grudges have been wiped out."

Xia Wenxuan said: "I am doing it for myself, scaring your father's scapegoat. Although I am not afraid of taking the blame, I don't want to take it for others."

Xia Houdi said calmly: "There is no scapegoat. My father's paralysis was originally due to poisoning, not because of you. Your crime is unreasonable intrusion into the palace and lawlessness. As of today, this matter is forgotten, and I will cancel the wanted order. , you and I are together."

Xia Wenxuan laughed: "That makes sense and is refreshing."

Xia Houdi's eyes fell on Xue Mu. Seeing that Xue Mu was still pondering, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Xue Mu raised his head, with confusion in his eyes: "Are Ji Wuli's guards awesome?"

Xia Houdi was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"A strong man who has entered the late stage of Taoism and casually died for him... Where did he get such a strong power? What level are his guards?"

"This Taoist is a very trusted commander of Ji Wuli. Maybe Ji Wuli is very kind to him every day, so it is not surprising that this person died for the Lord. It's just that this person was not famous for his arrows in the past, otherwise we would have been killed last time you were assassinated. It’s time to investigate him...I think it’s probably Ji Wuli who secretly developed some special methods.”

Xue Mu still pondered.

Xia Houdi said seriously: "What are you doubting?"

"Whether this person leaves the mansion, or he is somewhere else, or someone else leaves the mansion to give him an order, someone must leave the mansion, right? Weiye Qingqing led people to look at Yiwang's mansion. No one went out at all. Could they sneak in? Hiding it from Weiye? I suspect that this person may have another loyalist, and the order he received did not come from Prince Yi's Palace."

Xia Houdi's expression became fierce.

This is indeed the key point. No one had anticipated Wei Ye's surveillance in advance, and the other party's plan revealed its biggest flaw here.

"But this is useless..." Xue Mu murmured: "This can't be key evidence, and it can't point to anyone. It can't explain anything... And there is something I really don't understand..."

"What?"

"This person is a very patient person. He has endured many opportunities that seemed like he could take the lead. This kind of person will never choose such a drastic method easily. In other words, if he wanted to use this method, he would have done it long ago. If you use it, why do you use it today? Is there anything special about today that makes him irritable and violent?"

There is nothing special, the only special thing is that Xiahou Di recognized his ancestor and returned to his clan.

What kind of trigger is this? Because someone has been coveting Xiahou Di for a long time? As a result, she became his younger sister and touched his inverse scale. I couldn't bear it anymore?

The possibility exists. You can guess this way based on the story, but it is not convincing enough in reality. Xue Mu could only think about this for himself and could not tell Xia Houdi.

Xia Wenxuan said impatiently from the side: "Why don't you care? Anyway, if you can be sure that it was not Ji Wuli who did it, then whoever benefits from this will do it. Isn't it very simple?"

With just the evidence that no one left the house, Xue Mu really didn't dare to say that it was definitely not Ji Wuli's doing. But he had already preconceived the idea. The imaginary enemy in his heart was always a very calm and patient person. It was absolutely impossible to be superficially shallow like Ji Wuli. Someone like Ji Wuli planned the Luzhou Plague? Can you plan to assassinate your father? Just kidding.

That means there is still one person who hasn't shown up, the one who benefits the most?

He looked at Xia Houdi.

Xia Houdi bit his lower lip tightly, almost bleeding.

After a long time, she said hoarsely: "You can't rely on conjecture, you need evidence."

Xue Mu sighed: "Unfortunately, there is no evidence. Maybe I am the only one in the world who has preconceptions and insists on getting into this. Anyway... if you believe me, just keep an eye out."

Weiye and the others understood all the riddles in this question and answer, and everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Xue Mu seems to have... locked onto Ji Wuyou?

If it was really Ji Wuyou, he would be too good at hiding it, right? He didn't even say a word about the previous factional conflicts. Is he really not afraid of others taking over?

Why would such a person who can endure and hide inexplicably take such drastic measures this time? It doesn't make sense, just because they benefited, do you think it was someone else's fault? There is indeed lack of sufficient logical support, and there is no evidence at all. It's understandable that Xia Houdi, who has been very close to Ji Wuyou since childhood, doesn't want to believe it. He might not believe it even if he told passers-by.

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No matter how others view this case, Ji Wuyou's benefit is certain. Even if Xue Mu questions it, it can't change any trend without evidence.

Before dawn the next day, the ministers knelt and knocked at the palace door.

The leader was Su Duancheng, the Prime Minister, who brought hundreds of key officials who originally belonged to the "Prime Minister Party" to knock on the palace and ask for the establishment of a prince.

The so-called Xiangguo Party, to put it another way, is actually a synthesis of the Qi Wang Party and the Tang Wang Party, a group that represents the ruling interests of the bureaucratic gentry class. It's just that Ji Wuyou never stood on the stage before, and Ji Wuxing didn't have many supporters. People could only lead with Xiang Guo.

As of today, Ji Wuxing is seriously injured and it is not known how long it will take to recover. Their intention to establish a prince is very clear and they can already change their name to Qi Wang Dang.

At the same time, there were many people who were originally members of King Yi's party among the officials in Kouque. They all said with righteous words that King Yi was crazy and could not be a king. They wanted to stand on the side of justice.

"Both flesh and blood are fighting against each other, brothers are fighting against each other. All these heart-breaking things are caused by the pending decision of the Crown Prince. I kneel down to ask Your Majesty to establish the Crown Prince early and restore stability to the country. How lucky the world is!"

The number of people knocking on the door exceeded the total number of court officials, and there were countless low-level officials standing outside. Because this was the time of the Spring Festival, numerous officials from other places were in Beijing, including several high-ranking officials from Xinjiang. Xue Mu’s old acquaintance, Jianzhou Governor Ye Tingsheng, was among them.

He had been alienated by Ji Qingyuan because of Xue Mu's secret instigation, and had long been leaning towards a certain prince. Now it seemed that it was Ji Wuyou.

Xia Houdi and the three heads of the imperial sects were standing beside the queue and did not participate in the knocking ceremony, seemingly watching with cold eyes. But since they didn't stop it, it was clear that they supported it. Because they also hope that Ji Qingyuan will quickly establish the throne, or even pass the position directly, which is a mess.

In other words, except for Eunuch Li’s people, almost all officials in the world are included here...

This kind of force that forced the palace was so huge that it could be directly supported. Eunuch Li led his inner guards to block the palace gate, knowing that he could not stop this trend at all.

The officials were all warriors, so it was unstoppable for so many people to kowtow together. The sound spread slowly into Ji Qingyuan's palace, and Ji Qingyuan listened with his eyes open and expressionless.

Liu Wanxi carefully accompanied her and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

"Ask them... Who do they want to support by forcing me like this? Let's just tell them."

Liu Wanxi sighed in her heart.

It's not just brothers who are at odds with each other. Isn't it obvious that father and son are also at odds with each other?

This is really the dirtiest place in the world, including herself.