Chapter 396 Evidence

Tuoba Xiong couldn't accept it for a while. His sons were arguing in the hall, but he didn't stop them. He wanted to use this opportunity to see what his sons were thinking. It was not until he saw that they were making such a fuss in front of the ministers that he spoke out to stop them.

"Father, I have evidence." Tuoba Lang glared at Tuoba Qiong fiercely, then pulled out a black jade pendant from his bosom and said to Tuoba Xiong, "Father, this is what my eldest brother was holding when he was murdered. It is Tuoba Qiong's jade pendant."

"What!" Tuoba Qiong was shocked and scolded Tuoba Lang, "You are talking nonsense. How could my jade pendant be in my brother's hands?"

"Hmph, then you have to ask yourself." Tuoba Lang showed the back of the jade pendant in his hand and said angrily, "Even if you want to deny it, you can't. Your name is engraved on it."

On the back of the black jade pendant, the word "Qiong" was clearly engraved.

At the same time, Tuoba Qiong also recognized it. It seemed to be the jade pendant that he had lost. When he got up this morning, he found that the jade pendant was missing and had people looking for it everywhere.

But Tuoba Qiong never expected that the missing jade pendant would appear here and become the evidence of his harm to Tuoba Hun.

"This is a frame-up." Tuoba Qiong said angrily: "Someone framed me!"

"Hmph." Tuoba Lang presented the black jade pendant to Tuoba Xiong and said, "Father, the reason I'm sure it was Tuoba Qiong who harmed my elder brother is because of this jade pendant."

Tuoba Xiong looked at the jade pendant in his hand with mixed feelings. He recognized that this jade pendant belonged to Tuoba Qiong. He had often seen Tuoba Qiong wearing it before.

"Qiong'er, tell me." Tuoba Xiong sighed. Brothers fighting with each other was what he least wanted to see. Now... Hun'er even lost his life.

"Father Khan," Tuoba Qiong knelt on one knee and said, "This jade pendant is indeed mine, but it was lost some time ago. I even had my servants look for it everywhere. If Father Khan doesn't believe me, just call the people in my mansion to confront me."

"Bah." Tuoba Lang spat, "I saw you wearing it yesterday, how did you lose it?"

"I just discovered it's missing this morning." Tuoba Qiong glared at Tuoba Lang and said, "If you don't believe me, just go and ask."

"Humph." Tuoba Lang said with disbelief, "Big brother was murdered last night, and your jade pendant was lost last night. Don't tell me that someone first ran to your house to steal your jade pendant, then ran to your big brother's house to assassinate him, and by the way, put your jade pendant in his hands."

"But this should be the fact." Tuoba Qiong said angrily. After thinking about it, only this hypothesis made sense. After all, many people saw him carrying the black jade pendant yesterday.

"Fourth brother," Tuoba Bo said at this time, "If that's the case, then what kind of person could be so capable of doing this in one night without alerting the guards of the First Prince's Mansion or the Fourth Prince's Mansion, and still manage to do it flawlessly? As far as I know, both Big Brother's Mansion and yours are extremely well-defended. It's not something an ordinary person could break into."

"That's right, Fifth Brother is right." Tuoba Lang said, "Tuoba Qiong, if there really is such a person, then wouldn't our Chi Le be in danger at all times?"

"You also said that the eldest prince's mansion is heavily guarded. How can I get in quietly and assassinate my eldest brother?" Tuoba Qiong asked back.

"Then you have to ask yourself."

Tuoba Lang firmly believed that it was Tuoba Qiong who harmed Tuoba Hun.

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