Chapter 23 I Became the Goddess's Son-in-Law?! (Twenty-Three)

Yuan Yi was imprisoned in the Dali Temple to await interrogation for trespassing on the general's residence. Si Xuansu visited him once, demanding he confess to conspiring with the Marquis of Ningyang and the Marquis of Huaiyi to rebel. Yuan Yi readily admitted to the plot…

Yuan Yi was imprisoned in the Dali Temple to await interrogation for trespassing on the general's mansion.

Si Xuansu visited him once and asked him to confess to conspiring with Marquis Ningyang and Marquis Huaiyi to rebel. Yuan Yi understood that admitting to rebellion would lead to certain death, so he did not agree.

At night, in the pitch-black prison, a man carrying a torch suddenly entered. In his other hand, he held a key. He stopped in front of Yuan Yi's cell and opened the cell door.

Yuan Yi was resting and recuperating when he heard the sound. He opened his eyes and, in the firelight, saw the face of the person who had come. It turned out to be a lackey who often served by the side of Marquis Ningyang.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan Yi frowned. "By the way, when is the Marquis going to rescue me?"

"Save me?" The man chuckled softly as if he had heard a joke. "Daoist priest, I've come today to send you to the Western Paradise. Don't you even understand that?"

"Why?" Yuan Yi was terrified, but she tried her best to remain calm.

"Kill him to silence him," the man said.

"Why did you silence me? Si Xuansu made me confess to treason, but I didn't say a word. You shouldn't treat me like this, Lord Marquis!" Yuan Yi shouted.

“You’ve only held back for a moment, but who can guarantee you’ll never betray us? Most importantly, you’re useless and know far too much. Why should we rescue you? The Marquis no longer needs trash like you. Let me clean house.”

"Do you think you can kill me?" Yuan Yi sneered as he stood up, but stumbled as soon as he stood up.

Seeing this, the man laughed loudly and said, "Do you think I don't know? You even used the Great Strength Golden Pill to deal with Si Xuansu, but you were still defeated by her. You are already seriously injured. Killing you is as easy as crushing an ant."

After saying that, he stopped talking and used an eagle claw to strike Yuan Yi's abdominal wound. Yuan Yi tried to dodge in a panic, but the newcomer pressed on relentlessly, and Yuan Yi realized that he was about to be unable to escape.

He closed his eyes, thinking, "Heaven is going to kill me," but he did not die. When he opened his eyes, he saw the assassin himself, severely wounded, thrown against the wooden fence, looking at him with fear.

What exactly happened?

At this point, the others in the prison were alerted, and the assassin, realizing he could not succeed, fled.

Having escaped unscathed, Yuan Yi took a deep breath and sat down on the ground.

At that moment, a talisman floated out from where he had been attacked, turned into ashes, and scattered across the ground.

He suddenly remembered that when he was at the General's Mansion, Jiang Yiqing had said a few words to Si Xuansu. Then she looked at him and chuckled, "Daoist, you might be targeted by evil people on this journey. Although you are also an evil person, it would be wrong to let you die, so I will do you a favor."

Suddenly, a talisman appeared in her palm and burrowed into his forehead. At the time, he thought she was using some kind of sorcery to harm him, but now he realized that it was this talisman that saved his life at the crucial moment.

Yuan Yi laughed sadly. Didn't they want him dead? Then they'll all take his place.

...

The fact that an assassin went to the Dali Temple to kill someone and cover up a crime shows what a huge secret was hidden. After Si Xuansu reminded him, the matter alarmed the emperor, who ordered the people from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to stand by and personally interrogate the case in the Golden Palace.

The Emperor was very satisfied with Si Xuansu. She valued judicial fairness and shared the burdens of the country. In contrast, Marquis Huaiyi spent his days searching for rare treasures to please him. Recently, he said he would dig a hot spring for him, but after the construction period, he claimed that the hot spring had disappeared into thin air.

What kind of nonsense is this? The Emperor thinks that Marquis Huaiyi has become increasingly outrageous lately, even daring to deceive him.

In the Golden Palace, not only were Si Xuansu and Jiang Yiqing present, but also the Marquis of Ningyang and the Marquis of Huaiyi. The Emperor was surprised that everyone took this matter so seriously, but the Marquis of Ningyang and the Marquis of Huaiyi did not look too good.

"Master Yuan, I ask you, why did you sneak into the General's Mansion and even fight with Minister Si?"

"I was instructed to kill Si Xuansu and Jiang Guye to silence them," Yuan Yi said indifferently.

One sentence put everyone present on edge, and the Marquis of Ningyang and his wife looked pale and anxious.

"Who is instructing you?" the Emperor asked, frowning.

Yuan Yi's gaze swept over the crowd, then his finger pointed directly at Marquis Ningyang.

Not only was the Emperor stunned, but everyone except Jiang and Si was also stunned.

"Your Majesty, he's spouting nonsense!" shouted the Marquis of Ningyang. "This sorcerer should be executed immediately!"

The emperor told him to quiet down and continued, "Then who was the one who wanted to kill you?"

“His subordinates,” Yuan Yi said, pointing to Ningyang Hou again.

Why would Marquis Ningyang do this?

"Because Marquis Ningyang and Marquis Huaiyi were plotting a rebellion, General Si and Jiang learned about it from Daoist Lingyi. Marquis Ningyang then ordered me to silence them. I failed in my duty, and when General Si came to persuade me to tell the truth, he worried that the truth would be exposed, so he ordered his men to silence me as well."

Upon hearing this, the surroundings fell silent. The Emperor's cold gaze swept across the faces of the two marquises, both of whom looked terrified.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense. Why would I plot a rebellion? That's utter rubbish." Marquis Huaiyi suppressed the dryness in his throat and tried his best to defend himself.

"The Marquis of Huaiyi wanted to marry into the General Si's family in order to use the Si family's military power to rebel. They started plotting this a long time ago. The Marquis of Huaiyi took pills every day and gradually became incredibly strong, all so that he could take down His Majesty when he wasn't paying attention..."

"Shut up, you evil Taoist!" Marquis Huaiyi shouted.

At the same time, several silver needles flashed out from Ningyang Marquis's sleeve and shot towards Yuan Yi Daoist's back. Others could not see it clearly, but Si Xuansu saw it clearly. She intercepted the silver needles in mid-air and looked at him: "Marquis, do you have to resort to such petty tricks in front of His Majesty?"

Marquis Ningyang's face darkened, but he was unable to retaliate.

"Enough!" The Emperor never expected to hear such a thing from Yuan Yi. He said, "The Ministry of Justice shall thoroughly investigate this matter and not let any clue go unnoticed! Marquis Huaiyi, Marquis Ningyang, and their families shall be imprisoned pending the investigation results."

He pointed angrily at the two marquises and said, "If this Taoist priest dies, you won't live for more than a few days either. Remember this."

The ministers had never seen their emperor so furious. He turned and left, leaving the crowd with varying expressions.

Who would have thought that the Marquis of Huaiyi, who was so favored by the Emperor, would secretly plot a rebellion? And that the Marquis of Ningyang, who valued his reputation and was praised by everyone, would actually commit murder to silence witnesses?

This is absolutely outrageous!

On the way back to the General's Mansion, Si Xuansu asked, "Yi Qing, was Master Yuan Yi under your control when he confessed?"

Jiang Yiqing shook her head; even she herself was somewhat surprised by this.

She originally intended to use the "Truth Powder" from the store to make Master Yuan Yi reveal the truth, but she didn't expect him to be so resentful that he didn't need any Truth Powder and said everything in front of His Majesty.

Si Xuansu seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this. In this world, things are constantly in flux, with no end in sight. The most precious thing is to have someone you can trust wholeheartedly, someone you don't have to worry about being betrayed.

She was lucky to have found such a person.