Pei Gonggui

"Pei Ziyu, what are you laughing at!" Mrs. Xue shouted at Pei Jun first, "The trial is so important, how can you allow yourself to be presumptuous!"

These words caused all the royal officials behind him who had not yet sat down to stare at Pei Jun with hatred on their faces. Unconsciously.

Under Zhang San's incomprehensible glaring, Pei Jun only felt that his whole body seemed to be congealed just now, and at this moment, it had flowed again following the scene in front of him and Zhang San's words, gradually spreading from his chest to his cold limbs, making him The hands and feet that had been cold for a long time gradually warmed up, and I gained some strength, and my eyes finally became clearer because of this.

He took a few deep breaths, loosened his right hand, and let go of the shroud in his hand, but his eyes were still looking down at the torn front of the assassin in the cloth, examining the blue chest exposed under the shirt, his face His smile slowly faded away:

"That's right... I really recognize this tattoo. It really belongs to the scout battalion under my late father's command."

All the princes and ministers in the hall were silent when they heard the words, but Pei Jun bluntly recognized him, and immediately became noisy: "Does he recognize it?" "It really is him—"

"But..." Pei Jun then interrupted them loudly, and his hands tied together by the iron chain also borrowed strength from the ground, supporting him to stand up slowly from the ground, and said slowly, "Although I can definitely recognize this tattoo, But I also know that the scout battalion of the frontier army that this tattoo belongs to has died on the battlefield with my father as early as 13 years ago. King's."

The people present did not know the details of the assassin beforehand, and they were all taken aback when they heard the words.And Zhang San was forced back a few steps by Pei Jun's forward movement. Although he was still staring at him defensively with red eyes, his words were calmer than before: "This is just your one side."

"Is it just a one-sided statement? Zhang Duancheng can go to the Ministry of War and the frontier barracks to check the list, compare the number on this tattoo with it, and all doubts will naturally be solved."

Pei Jun passed by him, glanced at him, then turned to look at Cai Yan in the hall, raised his eyebrows slightly: "But I'm puzzled... How could this person who died early tomorrow sneak into the capital alive? How could he come here to murder King Jin?" He clicked his tongue and asked with a sneer, "What advice does Grand Master Cai have?"

For a moment, everyone in the hall cast their eyes on Cai Yan, only to see that Cai Yan's eyes under gray eyebrows were like eagles, staring at Pei Jun closely:

"Master Pei is good at dancing and has a lot of snares, what method did he use to get this person into the capital, how would this pavilion know?"

Pei Jun laughed even more when he heard this: "That is to say, the cabinet and the Dali Temple have never been able to prove that I, Pei Jun, knew this assassin, let alone that I, Pei Jun, secretly ordered this assassin to act—so However, several cabinet ministers dared to bring the troops of the department to break into the forbidden court and take me out of the palace... What is the reason for this?"

The court department and the several princes looked at each other, as if they realized that Pei Jun's words were resolving the unfavorable situation on the field, and gradually began to show anxiety.

Taifu Xue couldn't help getting up and scolding: "Pei Ziyu, what this assassin is killing now is the Prince Jin who has been at odds with you for many years, and he belongs to your father's scout camp back then. Besides you, the only son of the Pei family, who is the mastermind behind the scenes? Who is there? There are so many witnesses and evidences, don't you have to quibble and deny it!"

"How can it be sophistry and denial? What Taifu Xue said is wrong." Pei Jun smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, and glanced lazily at Taifu Xue, "I am not the only courtier who has enmity with King Jin, and there are even generals, A family member, why did Taifu Xue expect me, a civil servant who can't understand swords, to accomplish this assassination? Besides, is it the king's land in the world, and the king's minister on the shore of the land. Even if this assassin really belongs to the scout battalion, he is also a member of the border guards The army is not subordinate to my father alone."

"My father was a general back then, but he was ordered by the emperor to receive a military talisman and lead the border guards to fight to defend the country. The soldiers in the scout battalion were not the retainers of my Pei family, and my father and I were not their masters either. They belong to the imperial court, and they have only one master, and that is the emperor in the palace. Even if you take ten thousand steps back, if you insist that this scout is a loyal soldier and listens to my father, then he is loyal to my father, too. It's not me. For more than ten years, I don't know him, he hasn't met me, and he has nothing to do with each other. Besides, the soldiers will change their territories every three years. Now, it should not be the time to lead that group of soldiers. According to Mr. Xue's words, wouldn't my father be the personal guard of Pei's family anywhere? Then what Mr. Xue meant, could it be Said that my father had already had a different intention and wanted to recruit troops to separate the regime? But this is even more absurd..."

When he said this, he looked at Taifu Xue with a cold gaze, and his expression gradually became awe-inspiring:

"My late father, Pei Bing, died in the battle against the enemy. It has been thirteen years since his heroic soul passed away, and his body has not yet been returned... Taifu Xue was in a peaceful and happy environment, but he satirized his late father's dissenting intentions and shamed his loyalty. , The descendants feel ashamed, don't they feel flushed!"

Taifu Xue's face turned pale, and he opened his mouth to say more, but Cai Yan raised his hand to stop him.

Cai Yan looked at Pei Jun at the hall, and at this moment he regained his composure, put down his hands and said calmly: "My lord Pei has misunderstood. Everyone knows that General Pei is loyal and loyal. Of course, Taifu Xue didn't mean that. It's just the assassin's body. If the tattoo is really related to General Pei, the evidence will definitely point to Pei's mansion, if there is no other strong evidence, Mr. Pei is the prime suspect and must be detained for trial—"

"Taishi Cai is really anxious to keep me in Dali Temple to accompany my sister."

Pei Jun interrupted Cai Yan with a sneer. Regardless of his disheveled clothes and disheveled hair, he walked slowly to the front desk, looked up at Cai Yan, and said clearly and seriously: "But Grand Master Cai, I am not My sister, you are not a woman of no rank or grade who can let you catch me and put you in jail. I am still an official of the imperial court, and I am a second-rank Shaofu personally appointed by the emperor. According to the regulations of my court, if there is no direct evidence If you are charged with a crime, you cannot take officials into custody without authorization. Therefore... If Taishi Cai wants to take me into prison, he must either let the dead man speak and say that he was ordered by me, or find physical evidence and letters to prove that I ordered him Kill King Jin. As long as you show evidence, I, Pei Jun, will be at your disposal today."

But as soon as he finished speaking, before Cai Yan could speak, Ma Siwei, a soldier from Dongcheng who accompanied Zhang San to transport the corpse not far away, suddenly seemed to remember something, and said hesitantly:

"My lords, my lords, my lord... I have something to report. In fact, when Prince Jin's personal guards were chasing this assassin, the assassin saw that the situation was not good. He wanted to destroy a document, but he threw himself into the backyard. Swallowed it by himself. Right now, the document...is still in his stomach."

These words were like a stone falling into the water, and immediately made the whole family raise their voices again.

Pei Jun immediately said: "Then immediately call Wu Zuo to dissect the assassin's belly, and see what he is hiding, and whether it has anything to do with me, Pei Jun!"

Cai Yan's complexion changed after hearing this, he absolutely knew that this matter must be deceitful, but at this moment, the words of Si Wei and Pei Jun had already been heard by all the royal officials present.

The one who most wanted to find out the real murderer was naturally the king of Thailand who was closest to Jiang Yue. He beckoned and ordered the minister of Dali Temple to say: "Go and call for the assassin, and dissect the assassin's stomach for Gu Dangtang!"

The Minister of Dali Temple answered while wiping his sweat, and immediately searched for the foreman behind the hall.

Wu Zuo hastily met all the officials and princes on his knees, and walked to the side of the burden with a scalpel, raised his hand and stroked the shroud.

In an instant, the white cloth wrapping the corpse was stained red with blood, which caused the clerk to gasp slightly, and was about to speak, when Pei Jun urged, "Have you taken it out yet?"

Wu Zuo was interrupted by these words, and didn't dare to delay any longer, he hurriedly held his breath and concentrated on continuing to search for the corpse. After touching for a long time, he finally pulled out a not-so-sticky ball of paper from the assassin's throat, and he didn't dare to offer it up. Going to Dali Temple Minister, he said awkwardly: "This...is the thing in the throat of the corpse."

Dali Temple Minister didn't care about the dirty thing, so he quickly took it away and unfolded it, only to see that the paper ball was actually a document needed to pass through the state government.

The king of Thailand on the seat heard his report, and couldn't hide his anxiety: "Where is the document issued?"

Dali Temple Minister endured the stench, approached the document a little closer, recognized the handwriting, and said affirmatively when he was young: "It was issued by Fengzhou."

"Toyosu?" King Tai frowned, "Who issued the certificate?"

Dali Temple Qing pointedly unfolded the lower corner of the paper ball, looked at the seal, and was slightly startled: "Return to the lord, the person who signed the letter... must belong to the prefects of Fengzhou and Tuzhou—Lord Cai Min Cai!"

"what?"

Everyone in the room did not know that Cai Yan was Cai Yanchang's son. Seeing that this paper document suddenly changed the person behind the assassination from the Pei family to the Cai family, there was an instant uproar.

All the princes stood up at once, and the King of Thailand snatched the document from the Dali Temple Secretary. After scanning the black and white letters on it with sharp eyes, he immediately gritted his teeth and looked at Cai Yan: "Grand Master Cai! What's going on here?" !"

Cai Yan's situation suddenly fell from the peak to the bottom, and he realized that he had been tricked. At this time, he could only try his best to suppress his shock and anger, and said calmly: "Return to the lord... According to what I know, the frontier army was in the northern Feng, Tu Erzhou was destroyed, it is most likely that the remnants of the crime were not cleared, and the customs clearance documents were stolen from the state capital—"

"Steal?" Pei Jun interrupted him loudly, with a cold snort, "Grand Master Cai is being unreasonable. Just now you said that the assassin had tattoos from my father's military service. You know that my father has passed away, but you can still judge that it is My son instigated an assassin to poison the King of Jin, but now we find that the assassin has a seal of Cai Yan on his body. You, a father, have also reasoned that the assassin stole the certificate issued by your son—tsk , It’s really better to have a father than to have no father. This is obviously a similar situation, but it’s just from my Pei family to the Cai family, and the judgment is very different! The court department, can't do this to cover up the real murderer? How chilling is this?"

"You..." Cai Yan was robbed of his words, and his mind was agitated with anger. Only then did he realize that Pei Jun seemed to be making excuses for himself just now, but in fact, since he identified the tattoos, he had been making secret remarks to lure him away. Judgment, what is waiting is his self-contradiction at this moment——

It turned out that from the moment the corpse appeared, everything was a trap to lure his Cai family into the urn!