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The prince was stabbed to death, which made Puyangye and Gao Zhan very happy, and immediately dispatched an army to directly capture Chen Ping Town.

Before Yu Chiyuan could figure out the situation, he was surrounded by Lanxi.

He has the aura of a victorious general, and Gao Zhan dare not attack him by force.He didn't have the strength to go out of the city, so he had to guard.

He thought it was Ji Qingyun's miscalculation, but he didn't expect that the sergeant came to report that the prince was assassinated and died. The emperor was furious and wanted to imprison all the people who accompanied him in the camp that day and buried him with the prince, even those lieutenants were not spared.

Wei Chiyuan remembered Ji Qingyun's attitude that day, and then suddenly realized that it was Ji Qingyun who deliberately transferred him and his father away, so as not to have anything to do with this matter.

Yu Chiyuan was very anxious, but he couldn't leave Lanxi at this time.

When he thought that Ji Qingyun was going to die, he immediately sat down on the ground like a bereaved dog.

...

When Duan Shiyu heard the news, he hurried to find Prince Qi.Prince Qi's family has many friends from all corners of the country, so he called people to intercept the emperor's letter.However, it was too late. After Xinbing ran and killed two horses, he had already arrived in Xuzhou.

Ji Qingyun knew that there was no way to change the situation this time, so he had to obediently wait for death, and was tied up outside the barracks with those lieutenants, waiting for the verdict.

The executioner was a young soldier. He raised the knife and dropped the heads of several lieutenants.Ji Qingyun's face was covered with blood, he raised his head and looked at the young soldier.

The soldier frowned, feeling a little unbearable.

Ji Qingyun said: "I have something to say."

The soldier asked, "What are you talking about?"

Ji Qingyun asked: "Can I tell the emperor what I said?"

The soldier hesitated and looked at the letter soldier.The letter soldier looked at the servant next to the emperor.The servant said: "Yes."

Ji Qingyun roared: "A foolish king!!! I don't regret dying!! Why do you want to kill these generals!! Such a foolish king! Kill the generals before the battle, and the country will be destroyed soon!!"

The servant shouted: "Quick! Kill him, kill him!!"

The soldier closed his eyes and swung the knife in his hand.

"Ding!" There was a collision sound, and Ji Qingyun only felt a pain in his lower abdomen. He opened his eyes and saw the heads of the soldiers in front of him falling off.

The servant yelled in fright, and the scene was chaotic.He stared blankly at the tilted world, until the servant's head fell off, and then he woke up, raised his head, and saw Luo Sha's face.

Luo Sha held him under his arm, holding the ring knife in one hand, rushed out a bloody path, and fled into the forest with Ji Qingyun.

……

The prince's body was transported back to Kyoto City seven days later.The corpses of the decapitated lieutenants were brought back together with them.

The content of the funeral was complicated, and the prince's body was placed in the East Palace.His corpse was already somewhat rotten, Zhuling saw the prince's corpse, crawled over and hugged her tightly, crying heartbreakingly.

The master wears a shroud to summon the soul, which is only the first part of the funeral, and everyone knows that the soul cannot be summoned back.The master was shaking the doll, but his eyes were constantly looking at everyone's expressions.

After burying the crown prince, Layman Lingshan walked out of the East Palace without looking back.

The emperor stood in front of the coffin and remained silent for a long time.Fu Ling lay in front of the coffin, this was the second time she had fainted.

Chang Shi Kutuo walked over and said softly: "Someone came to report that Chen Ping has fallen, and Xuzhou... is gone again."

"Hmm." The emperor sighed, and asked in a flat tone, "Do you have anything to say?

Ku Tuo shook his head and said, "The corpses buried with him have been...already packed."

"Hey..." The emperor was furious at the time, so he said such words. He asked those lieutenants to be buried with him. Now that he has calmed down, he felt that it was biased. However, the emperor's order cannot be changed just by changing it. He sighed deeply. In a low tone, he said: "Tell the king of Yue that he doesn't need to mourn the funeral, and go directly to Xuzhou."

"Yes." Ku Tuo bowed and pushed down.

……

Duan Shiyu put on hemp mourning clothes and sat in the yard with a dull expression. After listening to the servant's orders, he waved him out.

He didn't dare to think about it, he rode on the horse like a log, kicked half a tiger talisman in his arms, and went to Lantian camp.He only took 50 people away, and took them to ambush at the north gate.

Chen Li, the commander of the Forbidden Army at the North Gate, was replaced by Yu Chi Kan. Yu Chi Kan was guarding the North Gate, turning a blind eye and pretending he didn't see anything.

The King of Wu came from outside the north gate in mourning clothes with only a team of attendants.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw Yuchi Kan who was guarding the gate. He realized something was wrong, and was about to ask a question when Duan Shiyu rushed out with 50 ambush soldiers, blocking King Wu's back path.

King Wu's feet softened, but he pretended to be calm and shouted, "King Yue, what do you mean???"

Duan Shiyu was sitting astride the horse, and the horse was pacing restlessly.Duan Shiyu patted the horse's neck, and said coldly: "King Wu, you raised assassins and assassinated the prince, what else do you want to say?"

King Wu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Is there any evidence for this statement?"

Duan Shiyu drew out a broken arrow and said, "There is also... an attempt to assassinate the prince."

King Wu squinted his eyes and said coldly, "This statement must be well-founded."

Duan Shiyu didn't say much, drew out his bow, nocked an arrow to the Xuan, and pointed it at King Wu.A feeling of coolness welled up King Wu's spine, he took half a step back stiffly, and shouted: "Are you going to shoot and kill the prince openly, King Yue!!!"

Duan Shiyu sneered, put down his bow and arrow, and stared at King Wu.

When King Wu saw Duan Shiyu retracting the arrow, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He thought Duan Shiyu was just trying to be brave.The emperor just died a prince, if Duan Shiyu kills another prince here, then he can imagine his future, besides, the king of Yue has no power in the palace.

King Wu proudly stood up straight, strode forward with his head held high, and walked in front of Duan Shiyu, saying, "Brother Yue King, are you also here to grab the crown prince?"

The war horse exhaled hot air from its nose, restless.Duan Shiyu tightened the reins and said, "It doesn't matter who the crown prince belongs to."

"It's not important? Hmph, brother Yue Wang really can talk, but no matter how beautiful the words are, it's useless." Wu Wang put his hands in his hands and said with a smile: "We are all the same."

Duan Shiyu said: "We are different."

King Wu showed a mocking face and said with a smile: "What's the difference? It's all for this position. Unfortunately, even if the prince dies, it's not your turn!"

Duan Shiyu said: "The Du'an Division has already investigated and dealt with it, and the censor Song Xuanli is raising assassins."

The corner of King Wu's mouth twitched, and then he recovered his composure, and said with a smile, "What does it have to do with me, the doctor Yushi raises assassins?"

Duan Shiyu narrowed his eyes, raised his bow and set his arrow, and said: "When you die, it will have something to do with you."

"You..." Seeing the cold light in Duan Shiyu's eyes wantonly, King Wu hurriedly backed away.At this time, Zhang Xiaoyan from the Beijing Guard Battalion led a patrol and happened to pass by here.

The King of Wu hurriedly called for help, shouting: "The king of Yue seeks... um."

Duan Shiyu let go of his finger without hesitation, and the arrow carried the sound of the wind, and inserted it into King Wu's mouth.King Wu's eyes widened in disbelief, but unfortunately he was speechless.

Duan Shiyu's fingers trembled a little.The servants of Prince Qi's family following behind urged: "It's too late to stop now, kill him!"

Duan Shiyu didn't dare to think too much, he was afraid to think about it any further, he couldn't bear to do it again, so he drew a second arrow from the quiver and shot it at King Wu's heart.

King Wu couldn't believe it until he died. Duan Shiyu really dared to kill him, but he didn't have time to think about it. As his heart stopped, King Wu fell down with a plop.

King Wu's servant was too frightened not to move, he looked at Duan Shiyu and lay down with urine running down his trousers.

Duan Shiyu withdrew his bow, looked at him, and said, "Let's go."

The valet fled in a hurry.

The servant ran back to King Wu's mansion, and the guards of King Wu's husband hurried to the north gate, but at this time Duan Shiyu had already entered the palace, and the guards of King Wu's mansion ran into the guards of the East Palace who had come, and when the two met, it was a scuffle.

Zhi Jinwu was still stunned at the gate of the city, his head full of question marks.

Ku Tuo hurried to the East Palace.The emperor was already standing with weak legs, and just as he was about to go out, he collided with Chang Shi.

Ku Tuo quickly knelt on the ground.

The lofty Son of Heaven seemed to be ten years old at once, his eyes were swollen and blue, he couldn't lose his temper, and asked, "Why is it so hasty?"

Ku Tuo's lips trembled and he raised his head, but he couldn't say anything.The old eunuch who had served the emperor for decades had tears in his eyes.

The emperor vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Hearing the chaotic voices outside, he sighed and asked, "Is it King Wu?"

Ku Tuo nodded, but before he could say anything, Duan Shiyu took King Wu's head and led a group of guards to rush in.

Seeing his pupils constrict for a moment, the emperor staggered a step, almost collapsing to the ground.The servant quickly got up and supported the emperor.

Duan Shiyu gritted his teeth and said: "The king of Wu assassinated the crown prince and plotted to make trouble in advance, and my son came to escort him."

The emperor pointed at Duan Shiyu, his fingers trembling, and asked, "King Wu assassinated the crown prince?"

Before Duan Shiyu could answer, Zhuling who was guarding in front of the coffin ran out.The woman who is normally as calm as a chrysanthemum can no longer face everything calmly. She is a little crazy and asks with a smile: "Wu Wang is dead??? Wu Wang is dead??"

Duan Shiyu said: "Wu Wang assassinated the crown prince, and he has been laid down."

"Ha..." Zhuling ran over and snatched King Wu's head away. Her eyes were crazy, she laughed loudly, threw King Wu's head on the ground, and stomped on it several times.

The emperor was furious and shouted: "Drag back!!!"

The maid hurried over and dragged Zhuling back to the room.Zhuling laughed with a sharp voice, and shouted: "Manjin, Manjin, you have raised a good son!!!"

The emperor's cloudy eyes were filled with tears. He knew that the initiative was in Duan Shiyu's hands. At this time, the emperor became sober and asked, "Since the matter has developed to this point, let's go to the main hall and talk about it."

Duan Shiyu: "Yes."

After the early court, the minister was called to the main hall again.Before the emperor came, the ministers whispered to each other.Song Xuanli's legs were trembling, and the cold sweat on his back had soaked through his clothes.

The emperor was helped into the main hall by the attendants.At this time, the Son of Heaven lost all his majesty, staggering, haggard like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, staggeringly sitting on the dragon chair.

Duan Shiyu walked into the main hall wearing Xuanjia, and stood among the courtiers, his eyes like torches.

The Prime Minister on the right, Xiao Zhongling, squinted his eyes and remained silent.

Duan Shiyu said: "Zhang Lun of the Du'an Department investigated this matter."

Some people in the court didn't know what they were investigating, so they started whispering again.The emperor rubbed his forehead, his ravine face was full of pain, he said tremblingly, "Come up."

"Yes."

The servant invited Zhang Lun from Duansi Mansion.Zhang Lun of Du'an Division knelt down on one knee, neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "The minister found out that five years ago, a group of criminals from Kyushu were transported away when they were transferred to Tongtian Pavilion, and they were raised privately."

When mentioning Tongtian Pavilion, the emperor's eyes brightened a little, and he asked, "Who is it?"

Zhang Lun said: "Doctor Yushi, Song Xuanli."

With a plop, Song Xuanli fell to his knees.

Keeping disciples is not a felony, but stealing the emperor who built the Tongtian Pavilion... Song Xuanli thought that he would die, but the emperor was not thinking about this now, and he was a little lucky, asking: "What does that have to do with King Wu?"

Duan Shiyu smiled bitterly. At this time, the emperor still wanted to excuse King Wu.

Zhang Lun's face turned green, and he said, "Doctor Censor, please defend yourself."

The emperor turned his gaze to Song Xuanli.

Covered in cold sweat, Song Xuanli crawled out on his knees, prostrated himself on the ground, and said, "This was done by the guilty minister alone, and has nothing to do with the King of Wu."

The emperor frowned even tighter, and this answer made him more entangled.

If King Wu is not guilty, then Duan Shiyu is guilty, so Duan Shiyu must be punished.But King Wu is dead, and Duan Shiyu is still alive...but if this matter is really related to King Wu...the emperor couldn't bear it, and he didn't want to punish King Wu, even though King Wu was dead.

The emperor's expression was uncertain.Song Xuanli was a little at a loss.

Zhang Lun said angrily: "Good job, Song Xuanli! Still arguing!"

Song Xuanli wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The guilty minister deserves to die."

Xiao Zhongling stood up slowly, walked into the hall, stood beside Song Xuanli, and said: "This is a big matter, and Du Ansi is in charge of matters outside the palace. It seems that it is not in line with the system to entrust this matter to Du Ansi."

Seeing that Xiao Zhongling seemed to be helping him again, Song Xuanli nodded quickly.

The emperor frowned, and it took a long time to suppress the depression in his heart, and asked: "Then what should I do according to the prime minister's wishes?"

Xiao Zhongling said: "It should be handed over to Tingwei first."

Song Xuanli plopped and knelt on the ground.

Yao Lihua walked out of the queue, bowed slightly, and said, "I will enforce the law impartially."

Song Xuanli glanced at Yao Lihua's pale and cold face, and shouted: "The sinner deserves to die! The sinner really listened to King Wu's orders!!!"

"Hey..." The emperor sighed deeply, and slowly stood up while supporting the dragon chair.He didn't say anything, he didn't say he wanted to punish King Wu, and he didn't blame Duan Shiyu.Silently supported by the attendant, she walked out of the main hall tremblingly.