Chapter 36 Unable to Judge
Ye Linghan's handsome face slowly darkened: "Are you looking for death?"
He thought Ye Lingchen was joking with him, and he actually took it seriously just now. You can imagine how unhappy he felt.
Su Xing also thought so, and his favorable impression of Ye Lingchen was greatly reduced.
He felt Ye Linghan's anger, but did not sympathize with Ye Lingchen. He just quietly took a step back.
Ye Lingchen realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly explained: "My Royal Brother, you misunderstood. This is really a gift, and a big one at that."
After that, he took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, then pulled out two sheets and handed them to Ye Linghan: "Brother, please take a look. Is this the person you have been looking for recently?"
Those were two portraits, and they were of the same person, none other than Young Master Liang who had recently died.
One of them was painted by a palace painter, but no one knows who painted the other.
Ye Linghan realized something instantly, his eyes narrowed, and he asked in a grim tone: "Where did this come from?"
Ye Lingchen immediately pointed at the person in the box: "I searched from him, and these are all from him."
As he spoke, he handed over the few remaining cards in his hand.
Su Xing had just seen the portrait and knew it was related to the case. He immediately stepped forward to take it and then looked at it carefully.
Ye Lingchen was somewhat surprised by Su Xing's behavior. He subconsciously glanced at Ye Linghan, but saw that Ye Linghan didn't say anything.
"Prince Regent, please look." Su Xing took into consideration the presence of Ye Lingchen and did not directly say who the person in the portrait was.
Ye Linghan turned his head and looked over, his handsome brows furrowed immediately. They were actually the beggar Liu Yan met, the concubine of the Minister of Works, and the gangster who induced the Minister of Personnel to gamble!
They turned their eyes to the person in the box again. Although they did not speak, they all thought of a possibility: the person in the box was the murderer who killed these four people!
The next moment, they simultaneously turned their gazes to Ye Lingchen...
Su Xing was puzzled. How could the murderer be in Ye Lingchen's hands?
Ye Linghan stared at Ye Lingchen coldly with a look full of suspicion and said nothing.
Ye Lingchen paused, and he cursed and swore, "Don't worry, my brother. I have nothing to do with this matter. I just wanted to lend you a hand, so I came back specially."
"What is this matter?" Ye Linghan immediately caught the loophole in Ye Lingchen's words, his face even gloomier than before: "I haven't announced what it is yet, how did you know it?"
Although their investigation is no longer secretive, they have not disclosed the case to anyone except those who are related to the case.
Ye Lingchen did not show any panic after saying the wrong thing, as if he had never intended to hide it.
He smiled awkwardly at first: "My Royal Brother, please forgive me. I am a prince after all. Although I am not in the imperial city for many years, I still have to cultivate some spies."
At this point, he suddenly looked serious and swore again: "But don't worry, my brother, I am only doing this to protect myself and prevent someone from harming me. I am definitely not plotting anything bad!"
Ye Linghan said nothing upon hearing this, but just stared at Ye Lingchen fiercely.
Ye Lingchen was a little anxious, and explained very quickly: "Brother, you must believe me. I just received news that two important officials of the court had died, and then I heard that every Shangshu Mansion was investigated, and there was also a city-wide search for Mu Yuanhou. I made a bold guess and estimated that something big had happened in the imperial city."
"It just so happened that my people caught this suspicious guy and found these portraits on him, so I sent him to you without stopping..."
After saying this, he looked straight at Ye Linghan with extremely sincere eyes.
Ye Linghan remained calm on the surface, but he couldn't make up his mind. He actually didn't know much about his younger brother Ye Lingchen.
He was not sure whether Ye Lingchen was really not interested in power, nor was he sure whether his love for traveling was just an act.
After all, they all came from royal families and had been influenced by the desire for power since childhood, so it was impossible for them to have no thoughts about the throne.
But he didn't think Ye Lingchen was lying when he heard what he said just now...
Su Xing was also unable to judge whether Ye Lingchen's words were credible. He was just against Ye Linghan's indiscriminate killing of innocent people without solid evidence. It did not mean that he thought Ye Lingchen was innocent.
For a moment, no one spoke in the study, it was eerily quiet.
At this moment, Tianyi came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Yingyi has finished his trial."
Several people were stunned, and then Ye Linghan spoke: "How is it?"
Tian Yi only saw Ye Lingchen at this time. He paused and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. Then he looked at Ye Linghan with a asking look.
"No problem." Ye Linghan glanced at Ye Lingchen and ordered, "Speak."
"Yes." Tianyi clasped his hands together and reported with a serious expression: "The housekeeper said that they were just distant relatives and had no idea about this matter. He only knew that he had been in close contact with someone from the Ministry of Justice recently, but he didn't know the person's identity."
"Just because he said he didn't know, does that mean he doesn't know? What does Yingyi do for a living?" A terrifying aura suddenly burst out from Ye Linghan's body.
"···Yingyi has tried all the methods he could, and the housekeeper is almost dying···" Tianyi spoke weakly for Yingyi.
Ye Linghan knew Ying Yi’s methods and didn’t say anything, but his face became even gloomier.
After a while, he asked in a cold voice: "Did the person from the Ministry of Justice go to investigate?"
"I'm going!" Tianyi replied quickly.
Su Xing was overwhelmed when he heard this. How did it involve the Ministry of Justice again?
This matter is becoming more and more complicated. Is there a traitor in the Ministry of Justice?
This is really a mess. One moment he is at Xia Mansion, the next moment he is at the Ministry of Justice. Both of them are places that should not be related to the case. But...
Su Xing felt more confused than ever before, his head was swollen and he had no idea what to do.
He reached out and pinched his brows, trying to calm himself down and think again.
Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of the person in the box out of the corner of my eye. Isn't this another clue?
He had an idea and walked over.
Everyone heard the noise and looked towards Su Xing.
Su Xing squatted beside the box and checked the man's physical condition first, then turned to Ye Linghan and said, "Regent, can you find a doctor for him first?"
Before Ye Linghan responded, he added: "We don't need a royal doctor, just hire a doctor from outside, it will be faster this way."
Ye Lingchen was curious about Su Xing again. Wasn’t this guy a well-known idiot in the Imperial City?
Why is he next to Ye Linghan? And he was still giving orders, but the key point was that Ye Linghan was not angry at all.
As expected, Ye Linghan immediately ordered Tianyi: "Go find a doctor."
Tianyi took the order and left. Ye Linghan looked at Ye Lingchen again and asked, "Have you interrogated him?"
Ye Lingchen was stunned and said quickly: "No, he was unconscious when I found him, and I was busy on my way, so..."
Ye Linghan listened with an unclear expression and stared at Ye Lingchen for a while.
Then he turned his head to look at the darkening sky, and suddenly changed the subject, commanding in a strong tone: "From today on, you will temporarily stay in the Regent's Palace. You are not allowed to leave without my order."
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