In the imperial study room, Wu Zhan reported the results of his inspection to the emperor tremblingly, "I would like to report to the emperor that the deceased had no other injuries except the ten fingers were blurred. To die from damage, the murderer must be a master with extremely high internal strength."

"How tall is it?" The emperor glanced at Huo Zhengquan.

That Zuo thought for a while, "I have to find a master to compare this, the lower officials don't know much about it."

The emperor asked Commander Xu to be summoned and asked him, "Can you shatter a person's meridians without leaving trauma?"

Commander Xu glanced down at the corpse on the ground, and replied cautiously: "I have never done this before, but it is very simple to shatter a person's tendons. If there is no trauma, you need to ask the other party not to resist. There are also some martial artists with superb martial arts. , you can shoot a cow to death from a distance, but usually there will be internal injuries.”

After hearing Commander Xu's words, Huo Zhengquan got up and asked, "Your Majesty, can you allow me to inspect Yang Hu's body?"

Dali Siqing stood up and retorted: "I think it's inappropriate. Marshal Huo is very human. It's not appropriate to let him touch the evidence."

Huo Zhengquan glanced at him indifferently, "Master Yuan, you said that I am very human, so who do you think I am? A fairy or a demon?"

The other officials present couldn't help laughing. Master Yuan really cared a little too much. It's true that Marshal Huo has high martial arts skills, but he wouldn't be able to destroy the evidence just by touching the corpse, right?What's more, it's still under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Sure, Huo Aiqing should take a good look too. If it's as Wu Zuo said, Huo Aiqing should be able to find out something." The emperor waved his hand and ordered the corpse to be carried up.

The faces of several civil servants were not very good-looking. Fortunately, Yang Hu hadn't been dead for a long time. As long as he didn't look at the unrepentant face, it was normal.

Huo Zhengquan raised his clothes and squatted beside the corpse. He closed Yang Hu's wide eyes and pinched him inch by inch.

"The muscles are stiff, the bones are intact, and there is no blood on the teeth or the corners of his mouth. His ten fingers should not be bitten by himself, and his five internal organs are not damaged. It is very likely that he died from broken tendons."

"Didn't you bite the ten fingers yourself?" The emperor walked towards the corpse, and the manager hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Your Majesty, the dead are so unlucky, you'd better not get too close."

"No problem." The emperor pushed his arm away, walked to the front of the corpse, looked carefully for a while, then asked Zuo with his eyebrows, "Why did you say that his ten fingers were bitten by yourself?"

"This..." Wu Zuo also heard that the deceased left a blood book and saw that there were no other wounds on his body, so he concluded that he bit it himself. As for the blood on his mouth, it seemed to be there before.

Wu Zuo is not sure if he remembers correctly, but he only walked away for a short quarter of an hour, and the body was guarded by heavy soldiers, so no one should be able to approach it.

Without a clear answer, Wu Zuo didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the emperor, "It's a humble position and arbitrary."

"But besides himself, who would bite his finger properly?" Dali Siqing hadn't noticed this before, so he hurriedly took out the blood book and asked Huo Zhengquan: "Can the marshal recognize Yang Hu's handwriting? "

Huo Zhengquan stood up and snatched the blood book from Dali Siqing, even if he read the content again, he would not be moved, "As far as I know, Yang Hu is illiterate, of course, it is not ruled out that he is pretending. "

If Yang Hu was really a pawn sent to Huo's army by others, then many things he knew might be false.

"Is this impossible? A lieutenant general doesn't even know a single word?"

"Master Yuan, what do you think war is? Is it won with a pen?" What's wrong with being illiterate, there are many illiterate generals in his Huo family army.

"This..." Dali Temple Minister had no way to refute, but he still put forward his own opinion, "Your Majesty, Yang Hu also brought a blood book, how about comparing the handwriting?"

The emperor ordered people to check the handwriting of the two blood books, and the result was exactly the same. He also sent people to check Yang Hu's life, and it was still possible to find out whether a person had learned characters.

These two blood books use a lot of characters. Although the handwriting is immature, like a beginner's handwriting, at least they can read well.

Huo Zhengquan silently listened to the emperor's arrangement. If he hadn't been suspicious, he must have thought that the emperor was fair.

Fortunately, no matter whether Yang Hu is literate or not, this person is not credible anymore. If he is literate, but he hides this from the Huo family army, his motives are not pure. If he is illiterate, then the two blood books may be given by others his.

When Huo Zhengquan walked out of the palace, he was still thinking, who would deliberately reveal such a big flaw, Yang Hu's death should have been more valuable.

According to his guess, the person behind it should try to impose the murder charge on him as much as possible, and the blood book is the evidence left by Yang Hu desperately.

But if it can be proved that the blood book was not written by Yang Hu, it will be very difficult for him to be charged.

"Why are you here?" Huo Zhengquan stopped and looked at the boy sitting on the wall.

Wearing an official uniform, the young man seemed a lot more stable, but when he opened his mouth, he completely destroyed this stability, "This young master came to answer Mao. I haven't been here for a long time, and I forgot that I still have this job."

Huo Zhengquan frowned. He was serious and serious, so he naturally hoped that all of his sons would be like this. "You're ashamed to say so."

"It's okay anyway." Yin Xu jumped down, followed Huo Zhengquan out of the palace, and asked on the way: "What happened in the end?"

Huo Zhengquan suddenly turned his head and looked at him seriously several times.

"What's the matter? Suddenly you don't recognize me?" Yin Xu tugged on his belt. This official uniform was made last year. It's a bit short. The new one hasn't arrived yet, so it's very uncomfortable to wear.

"Where have you been in the palace today?"

Yin Xu raised his head and looked up at the sky: "Let's think about it, I went all the way in from the east gate, then passed through the Chengde Hall, went to the guard camp, and then came out. I didn't go anywhere."

Huo Zhengquan was thinking about Yang Hu, when he first saw Yin Xu, he felt that he had something to do with this matter for some reason.

However, the palace is heavily guarded. If it were him, he might not be able to tamper with the corpse in broad daylight. It is probably because he wanted to go wrong.Putting aside the doubts in his heart, Huo Zhengquan asked him whether to go back to Huo's house or to the Third Prince's Mansion, and Yin Xu chose the latter without even thinking about it.

Huo Zhengquan lowered his face, knowing that this was the answer, but no father would want to see "the son is not allowed to stay when he grows up", he has not yet married, and he has already devoted himself to the third prince.

"The Third Highness is scheming, bold and careful, and decisive in doing things. Don't come back crying when you suffer losses in the future."

"Tch, you underestimate me too much. There are not many people who can make me suffer, unless I do it myself."

Huo Zhengquan didn't bother to remind him that in life one always has to take some detours and suffer some setbacks. He really didn't believe that Teng Yu could spend his whole life guarding a man.

"After going back, tell His Highness the Third Highness what happened in the palace, and ask him not to interfere."

"Do you need to say that?" Yin Xu waved his hands casually, got into the carriage of the Third Prince's Mansion, and left Huo Zhengquan separately.

In a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, Yun Heran frowned and listened to the situation in the palace, and said in a low voice: "The emperor suspects that Yang Hu did not write those two blood books?"

"Yes, Marshal Huo said Yang Hu was illiterate."

"This is a good proof. Although Yang Hu has been in Huo's army for ten years, he is a general. If he doesn't write, it doesn't mean he can't write. It can also be said that he learned it recently."

"The emperor sent someone to investigate."

"Then you make arrangements, starting with the people around him. Aren't there two servants who came with him this time? Arrange an identity for them."

"My subordinate understands."

The eldest prince sat aside and thought deeply. The whole plan seemed perfect, but in actual implementation, there were too many loopholes, so he could only adapt to the situation.

"How did uncle bribe Yang Hu? Isn't he a very loyal person?" The eldest prince asked curiously.

"Haha... There are things in this world that are much more important than loyalty. Yang Hu is a filial son."

The eldest prince nodded, this kind of thing is not difficult to understand, as long as a person has a weakness, there is always a way to deal with it through threats and temptations.

"Will the royal father believe it?"

"Of course it will. In fact, our biggest reliance this time is the emperor. No one wants to take away the military power of the Huo family more than him." Yun Heran dared to set up this situation because of this.

He even saw a lot of shadows of the emperor in it, otherwise Yang Hu would probably have been executed when he sued the court, and the guards in the dungeon would not have become careless.

"Then what to do next?"

"Yang Hu's chess piece should also play its last role. Sending people to spread the news that Yang Hu's death was caused by Huo Zhengquan killed people to silence it. It is only spread by word of mouth among the people, and no evidence is needed."

"No one would believe it." The First Prince said bluntly.

"Haha...what's the matter? The good show is yet to come."

"I hope so." The First Prince did not express any overly confident views on this, he still felt that these schemes were too false and untenable.

Yun Heran sighed, "Uncle knew that this plan was implemented a little early, but the emperor is now eyeing us, if he doesn't take the initiative to attack, is it necessary to watch him destroy the Yun family and make the fourth prince his heir?"

Pushing the Huo family out to solve the urgent needs of the Yun family, in Yun Heran's view, is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. It can not only divert the emperor's target, but also suppress the Huo family.

The best outcome would be that the Huo family's military power would be taken away, and their reputation would be ruined. After the emperor seized the Huo family's military power, he would definitely let the Yun family go, and there was absolutely no possibility of cutting off the two major military powers in a short period of time.

In the worst case, the Huo family turned defeat into victory, and the Yun family would bear the anger of both sides at the same time.

If you fight, you still have a chance, if you don't fight, you will die.

The eldest prince took a deep breath, "I see, uncle."

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